I’m so excited to share my inspiration for Virgil and Marigold in The Prospector’s Only Prospect. Virgil was easy. I knew I wanted the tone of the book to be light and one of my favorite Old West romcoms is Support Your Local Sheriff. I love how James Garner uses…
Category: Behind the Book
Now, there are no Starbucks in the world of The Moonlight Blade, but there is coffee! It’s canon. The characters never visit a café because they are too busy trying not to die, but I like to imagine that in a quiet moment after the story ends, or in an…
“Everything you need to know in life you can learn from The Golden Girls.” That’s the opening line in my romantic comedy, Her Super-Secret Rebound Boyfriend. The main character in this book, Lola, along with her BFF, truly believe that The Golden Girls hold all the answers to life’s problems.…
(which you can buy right now for only $.99!) I know I’m biased when it comes to this book, but truly, you NEED to read LOVE AND OTHER UNKNOWN VARIABLES, and not just because it’s my first book baby, but because of these five, very reasonable reasons. You’ll laugh…
My new book The Princess Problem takes place in a fictional country, Moncriano. I figured that it was safer to not risking pissing off any actual European royalty with the story of a long-lost kidnapped princess in their kingdom. I’m a huge fan of royals (as you can probably tell…
If Characters Were Martinis My latest book Seduced, a London Sex Club novel, is set in a private membership club that is…so secret, so wicked, so posh, a woman’s every fantasy can be fulfilled. I had great fun creating the fictitious setting for Club Exotica where the…
My first novel, Most Ardently, is a fun, modern-day remix of Pride and Prejudice, with an eclectic cast of characters. Here’s a crash course in what to expect from them: Elisa Benitez (Elizabeth Bennet): Darcy Fitzgerald (Fitzwilliam Darcy): Charlene Locke (Charlotte Lucas): Robert “Bobby” Charles III (Charles Bingley): Julieta Benitez…
It’s time for a sneak peek at The Revenge Game by Alice Gaines! Adam sat at the table in their cottage on the cove and watched Nicole prepare dinner. It was exactly the sort of scene he’d fantasized about when he’d been young and in love. And for…
What happens when characters won’t stop telling me their feelings? Vanessa Riley here. I am stopping in today to give you steps to follow when your character won’t shut up. That sounds harsh, but you are on deadline. You’ve made word count. You are tracking to your plan.…
Writing a Series Backwards Did you know I’m writing my two dragon shifter series backwards? I never would have thought so before trying this crazy experiment, but writing backwards has its advantages. Let me back up and explain… My latest release is The Rogue King, is the…