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…
Category: Behind the Book
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…
Liam Cruz has had plenty of time and opportunity to find love. As a heavy hitting all star for the MLB team The Nashville Slammers, a talented cook, and a self-professed family man, he is quite the catch. It isn’t until Isla Bennett walks into his bar, however, that…
I didn’t get to know the beauty of western Massachusetts until college. Born in eastern Mass, I moved with my family to Florida when I was only three, and I grew up on the untamed sandy flatlands of the Gulf Coast. Right before I started high school, we…
What songs do you feel? Scarlet Bain can’t be touched. She struggles with a form of autism that affects her senses. Music has become her escape. No, not her escape, her Utopia, where she can feel connected to something besides herself. When she longs to…
The first time my husband asked me on a date, he decided to do so in a loud bar where we could both hardly hear. He lead off with, “Do you like wine?” The answer at the time was a resounding NO. I found wine to be too sour.…