I I first met my guest today at an RT Convention where she was handing out bling for lanyards. Our conversation was quite short at the time, so it’s wonderful to have her here as my guest today where I can ‘chat’ to her some more. Her Royal Hotness, Sabrina York, is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of hot, humorous romances. Her titles range from sweet & snarky to scorching romance in historical, contemporary and fantasy sub-genres. I’m a fan of her historical romances and haven’t yet explored her other stories. When I visited her webpage I was amazed to see that the variety of stories she writes—Hot Cowboys; Paranormal Fantasy; Scorching Seals; Military Romance; Untamed Highlanders;  Waterloo Heroes and the list continues (and so does my “To Be Read” pile!!).  Sabrina’s a RITA Nominated Author (2017 Susana and the Scot) and has won multiple industry awards for her work. She’s one of the fabulous authors who’ll be at the inaugural Booklovers...

“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...