What’s New for 2012
I’m writing as fast as I can. Here’s what I’m working on for 2012. The print version of THE DAUGHTERS OF WINSTON BARNETT coming early January. Pride and Prejudice meets Fiddler on the Roof with a Jamaican-American twist. Meet the Barnett sisters: Faithful, good natured Beverly; headstrong, ambitious Janet; bookish, droll Francine; silly but sweet Trudy and bold, reckless Maxine. They live under the strict rule of their religious, Jamaican father in the small town of Hamsford where they’re content with their sheltered life. But that comfortable life is shattered when Janet tries to leave and the wealthy Jeffrey Farmer returns to town with his foreign friend, Frederick Durand. Soon…
A Shopaholic Finds Love: Behind the Scenes of GAINING INTEREST
Can’t resist a sale? Have a budget, but rarely stick to it? Do store clerks know you by zip code? Does your credit card have a name: Maxed Out? If this sounds like you, you’re not alone. The holidays are a season of giving, but for shopaholics they’re the equivalent of an alcoholic at a beer keg party—temptation everywhere. Sales, discounts, buy one get one free, layaway…all to the tune of holiday music. It was during one holiday season when I came up with the premise for GAINING INTEREST. A close friend of mine had just spent over $600 dollars on clothes she didn’t need (and couldn’t afford). I convinced…
3 Quick Questions for Susan Fox
Susan Fox, who also writes as Susan Lyons (and in future as Savanna Fox), is the award-winning author of “emotionally compelling, sexy contemporary romance” (Publishers Weekly). Publishers Weekly gave her February title, His, Unexpectedly, a starred review and ranked it as a Top 10 Romance for Spring 2011. A resident of both Vancouver and Victoria, B.C., Susan has degrees in law and psychology but would far rather be writing fiction than living in the real world. Here she talks about her newest release YOURS, UNEXPECTEDLY. About the Book Yours, Unexpectedly Kensington Brava ISBN 9780758259318 What happens when the runaway bride finds that her discarded groom has come along for the…
Mr. Darcy’s Proposal author Susan Mason Milks
I’d planned on making this another 3 Quick Questions post, but as I learned more about debut author Susan Mason Milks and her new release MR DARCY’S PROPOSAL, I knew I couldn’t stop at three. Jayne Ann Krentz first brought her to my attention on her Facebook page and when I discovered Susan was a Jane Austen fan like myself (Ms. Austen was a big influence on THE DAUGHTERS OF WINSTON BARNETT) I had to talk to her. Enjoy! About the book Mr. Darcy’s Proposal Available in both print and eBook formats! This retelling of Pride and Prejudice asks “what if” events prevented Fitzwilliam Darcy from proposing to Elizabeth Bennet that…
The Dairyman and the Gentleman
It was a rainy day in Seattle when I first saw him. I’d planned on reading that day, but my aunt’s dog had chewed up one of my favorite books and I was in a rather foul mood. So I turned on the TV and a man walking with a lame horse appeared on the screen. He was talking to me about his town of Anatevka and the traditions there. Soon I got to meet his wife Golda and his five daughters: Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Sphrintze and Bielke. I watched the movie Fiddler on the Roof transfixed. I was ten, but I knew these people. I knew this man. I…