Candy hearts OR box of chocolates? Chocolates, as long as it’s dark chocolate. YUM! Flowers OR jewelry? I love flowers, but not roses. I want carnations or wildflowers—something that will last longer. Romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant OR romantic picnic outdoors? Picnic, for sure. I’m not big on fancy…
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1.This book required ALL the research. (Read: productive procrastination.) Though I love a good road trip and have traveled up and down the east coast, I’ve never traveled Route 66 or been inside a 1970’s Airstream. The good news? Research is paying off and reviewers are saying I’ve nailed it,…
“How Not to Marry A Duke” Coming April 2023! Hello from Tina Gabrielle. Fall is my second favorite season. (Summer is my first). I like the colorful leaves, decorations, corn mazes, hayrides, and Halloween costumes. There’s so much to do and see during the fall season. I’m a chocolate lover…
I would not be an author without Chai Tea Lattes! My muse works for that semi-sweet, cinnamon flavored warm goodness. Without it, she doesn’t show up – LOL! And at this time of year, when the weather turns crisp and cool, it keeps me comfortably warm and cozy. I have…
I am a proud owner of a first-generation iPod, the original, clunky white one with the scroll wheel. Yeah, that’s me. My husband surprised me with it one afternoon years ago, and I still consider it one of the sweetest, most romantic gifts I’ve ever received. The music of…
This past summer, I took a research trip to the UK, where I went to some of my characters’ favorite haunting grounds in London, a side trip to Stonehenge, and finally to Brighton, where I was able to peek at a very interesting Regency-era locale: The Royal Pavilion. …
Readers don’t fall in love with books–they fall in love with heroes. That’s wisdom I heard early in my romance writing career. The implication was, writing a great heroine was secondary to writing a man who readers wanted to date. This was hard for me to hear as someone…
For me, writing a book is akin to watching a film – albeit exceptionally slowly, over the course of several months to a year. Visualizing characters, their setting, costumes. Imagining embellishments such as the texture of a hanbok, the way Rui’s hair might flutter in a stray wind, the…
When you think Contemporary Romance, Persian girls don’t come to mind. That’s because, other than my books, I’m not sure how many romances have Iranian women main characters. Not ones set here in the states, living average, every day, American lives. Or at least as average as it gets…
What’s currently on my nightstand isn’t dystopian, it isn’t YA—it isn’t even fiction! It’s The Beekeeper’s Handbook by Diana Sammataro & Alphonse Avitabile, and—surprise, surprise—it’s all about how to keep bees. Beekeeping is something I’d love to do, but because there’s so much knowledge that’s needed, I’m doing my research…