By:  Sandra Elzie Commitment to a cause can carry a high price.  How high?  It can cost you little or it can cost you everything you have…including your very life. I’m currently writing a romance that is near and dear to my heart.  Although the story is fiction, it is closely based on stories my mother told me about her life living in Denver State Orphans Home during the era of World War II.  The story is about how my father was stationed in Denver, how they met and married after a whirlwind romance—just a few months before he was [...]

Please join me in welcoming this week’s Guest Chef, Harlequin Medical Author, Jessica Matthews.  Jessica Matthews’ interest in medicine led to a career as a clinical lab scientist and she uses her background to create her stories for Harlequin.  Eventually she traded in her microscope and test tubes to write full-time.   She won the 2010 Cataromance award and has been a finalist in various contests, including the National Readers Choice Awards.  She’s written 30+ books for Harlequin and currently lives with her husband in Kansas. I’m so honored and pleased to be one of your Guest Chefs!  Thanks so much [...]

So I electrocuted Boy Genius again. For anyone keeping score—which apparently BG is—this makes twice. Now I’m sure a smarter writer could do a lot with this, but I’m in a creative cul-de-sac at the moment so I’ll just resort to my usual: “I told you to cut the power!” Boy Genius is rubbing his arm with enthusiasm and it’s pissing me off. Like he’s the only one who’s been traumatized here. I mean I had to keep Turbo from doing a victory dance around his flailing body. This is not stuff you put on Christmas cards. This isn’t even [...]

By: Susan Carlisle The other day my son, Nick, and I were in Kohl’s to pick up a present for my husband. Nick and I stopped by the restrooms before we started our shopping. As I came out of the restroom one of the managers along with an associate rushed into the office.   A few minutes later the manager came by me again in a hurry to another part of the store. I didn’t think much about it and went about my business. I sent Nick to the men’s department to get his father’s gift and I went to the [...]

  Everdark (book 2) – The Dark Ink Chronicles by Elle Jasper http://ellejasper.com/ Publisher: Signet; Original edition (June 7, 2011) ISBN-10: 0451233778 ISBN-13: 978-0451233776 Paranormal Romance – Vampires Who knew there were more than ghosts haunting Savannah, Georgia? Riley Poe would do anything to keep her younger brother safe.  Little did she know she would have to live up to that promise.  Or die trying.  In Afterlight, book one of The Dark Ink Chronicles (see my review here), Riley hooks up with a vampire family after her teenage brother, Seth, and his friends accidently releases some major evil from the [...]

  Afterlight: The Dark Ink Chronicles By Elle Jasper http://ellejasper.com/ Publisher: Signet; Original edition (November 2, 2010) ISBN-10: 0451231678 ISBN-13: 978-0451231673 A teenage prank gone wrong. A sister hell bend on saving her brother from himself. A lie meant to protect. Riley Poe is about to have her world turned upside down.  Having experienced the darker side of Savannah Georgia, she’s well aware that her fifteen-year-old brother has to make his own mistakes to learn from them.  But something evil is released during a night of vandalism and now Riley has to step in and save the day. She survived [...]

It’s not easy keeping characters apart when they’re practically panting for each other from the get-go.