I have discovered the antidote to feeling inadequate, and it is the Bell Curve. For those of you lucky enough to never have to sit through Probabilities and Statistics, the bell curve is a visual representation of data where the line peaks in the middle and then slopes toward each end. Like a mountain. What […]
Read More →I’m sorry. When I published The Suburbs Have Secrets in September, my intention was to immediately write the sequel so that you all could read it this spring. My carefully laid plans had me fast drafting the book during October and November – right before I broke to work on my next contracted Harlequin Romance I […]
Read More →(Sunday night, 8:42 PM) Revisions are due for THEIR CHRISTMAS MIRACLE at 9AM. Coincidentally I have to work at the book store at 9AM. That means I’m a tad insane, and insane Barb would mean a more emotional Monday Musing than usual. Fortunately my pal Penny Watson wrote one today that is excellent, and she […]
Read More →Today’s First Chapter is from A Millionaire for Cinderella, Book 1 of my In Love With the Boss series. It’s the story of Patience Rush, who’s job as a maid was obtained with a lie. Just what is Patience hiding? And why? CHAPTER 1 HOW LONG DID it take to examine one little old lady? […]
Read More →I finally figured it out – the whole going fallow thing. It isn’t so much about burning the weeds and allowing a new plant to grow as it is allowing the existing plants — the ones who are being choked by the weeds — to flourish. This sounds a lot like a duh kind of […]
Read More →Hey Everybody – Donna Alward here. Barb’s on deadline, so I’ve taken over her blog. I’m happy to share the first chapter of A Cowboy to Come Home To. It’s one of my favorite stories. I hope you like it too. Friendship Melissa Stone has done a fine job of avoiding her former best friend […]
Read More →How do I love this story? Let me count the ways: 1) A character modeled after Tattoo. 2) Hockey, Dunkin Donuts, and New Hampshire references. 3) A hero who I loved beyond measure. 4) A single mom heroine juggling everything. Oh yeah, and it was a finalist for the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards. Chapter […]
Read More →Winner of the Booksellers Best Award 2014! Waitress Abby Gray is about to discover knights in shining armor aren’t just for fairy tales. CHAPTER ONE “HEY, WHERE DO you think you’re going?” Pudgy fingers gripped Abby’s wrist. She froze, hating herself for her reaction. “Let go of me, Warren,”she said. Her ex-boyfriend shook his head. […]
Read More →Read an article over the weekend that raised – in my mind – an interesting question regarding equality. Would you rather have Equality of Opportunity or Equality of Representation? Obviously in a perfect world, we would have both. But if you had to prioritize one over the other in your fight for equality, which one […]
Read More →I call this the little book that could. Weekend Agreement won the Golden Heart for best unpublished manuscript in 2007 and convinced Harlequin to take me on as a potential author. Later, with Entangled Publishing, it hit 101 overall on the Amazon Bestseller’s list. I love this book. Cynical billionaire Daniel Moretti works hard, plays […]
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