“Ella Quinn’s bachelors are clever, charismatic—and determined to remain single. Yet one by one, they find that fate—and certain irresistible women—cast doubt on even the best laid plans...” Have I got your full attention?  Clever, charismatic Regency bachelors are always appealing to me. I’ve loved The Worthingtons Series by USA TODAY bestselling author, Ella Quinn, and am looking forward to reading title number 6 in the series which is scheduled for release in the next few days (February 26 th !!).  Ella’s author tagline of writing “smart, fun, spicy Regency romances with a large cast of characters” lives up to its promise and readers are swept away by her stories. I must add that I’ve also loved following Ella’s Regency tidbits on her website—all sorts of gems such as the latest posts about “How Boy’s Learned to Dance” and “Almack’s”. Welcome to Ella Quinn who is my guest author today! It’s lovely to have you on the blog, Ella and I’m hoping there’ll...

This blog is usually dedicated to interviewing romance authors, but this week, I hope you'll not mind that I'm digressing to talk about February 14th - Valentine's Day. A few of my readers sent me messages asking how I'd celebrated Valentine's Day and I'm sure they expected that as an author of romance books, I would cherish the day and have received flowers and chocolates from my husband of almost 26 years. Well, I didn't. Was I disappointed? Not at all.  Although sometimes we've written each other cards for Valentine's Day and I have given and received chocolates, as well as having received flowers, neither of us really buy into the commercialism and I have to tell you it's the flowers or chocolates or loving actions I receive 'out of the blue' that mean even more to me than sentiments on Valentine's Day. So, we wished each other a Happy Valentine's Day, told each other how much we love each other and then my husband ...

Today’s Guest Author was a professional artist before becoming a  NY Times and USA Today Best-selling author, so her creativity is definitely strong! She continues to indulge this talent not only through her storytelling but through her hobbies of jewellery making and making collages.  From America’s Southwest, I have yet to meet this two time RITA Nominee, winner of the prestigious Historical Storyteller of the Year from RT Book Reviews, and inductee of the RWAmerica Honour Roll, but am looking forward to doing so this year at the Australian Romance Readers Association author signings in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in March, and at the Booklovers Convention in New Orleans in May. A huge welcome to Celeste Bradley!  Thank you so much for being my guest today, Celeste. Hey there, Alyssa! I'm happy to be here. :) I’ve got a lot of your backlist to catch up on but I’m loving reading the Runaway Brides series at the moment and have loved the premise...

  How much creative talent can one person have? My guest author today has an abundance of artistic talent and energy. Initially, she was a dancer (dancing in the movie “Fame”) before a serious back injury forced her to change directions. It didn’t prove to be a setback because she then went on to a fabulous acting career where she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe award for her role in the 1985 film, Agnes of God. I can only imagine what fun her three children had growing up when she took a break from acting in 1994 to focus on them, because I’m sure she would’ve focused so much creative energy into her parenting and created very special memories for them. Now, this remarkable woman has returned to acting (seen playing alongside Brad Pitt in the 2017 Netflix feature film “War Machine”) but for years she’s also been honing another creative talent — as an author of novels and screenplays. Originally, her books were dark st...