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So many releases, so little time. ;)

31 Thursday Jan 2019

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This year, I’m working at a quick pace! With eight scheduled releases, I’m going from release to release without a lot of down time! 🙂

But I can’t complain, and I have another book in my hands–another box arrived! There is just something special about having the physical copies of my books in my hands.

FALLING FOR THE COWBOY DAD  comes out March of this year!

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(I also just noticed that streak of gray going on, and I definitely need to dye my hair again! I’m not ready for gray streaks just yet… give me time.)

Like I said in a previous post, this is my 20th Harlequin release–and I’m really excited about it! It feels like a big milestone for me.

I hope you’ll pick up a copy! 

A cowboy who can’t read, a surprise daughter who’s darn near brilliant, and his best friend who is a preschool teacher. Grace has always been there for him… is a little extra help too much to ask?

 

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4.282079.512.9781335510570He’s always been the one…

She’s always been just a friend!

Grace Beverly spent years hopelessly in love with her best friend, Billy Austin. Now he’s back in Eagle’s Rest, Colorado, determined to provide the best life possible for his four-year-old daughter. He’s just not sure how. Helping Billy navigate the world of parenting is a one-way ticket back to heartache. Yet how can Grace say no to her oldest friend?

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Reviewers Wanted!

24 Thursday Jan 2019

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I’m looking for reviewers again–this time for THE BISHOP’S DAUGHTER. This book is being published through Kensington Books, and will be released in May 2019 in bookstores everywhere.

Do you love Inspirational and Amish romance?

I’m looking for people who are willing post a review on several different online locations such as a blog, Amazon, Bookbub, Goodreads, Indigo, Barnes and Noble…

If you’re interested, please go to my contact page and leave a message for me telling me:

  1. The online locations where you are willing to leave reviews, like Goodreads, Amazon, Bookbub, a personal blog, a review site…
  2. A little bit about yourself
  3. Where you live

 

In return for an honest review, I will mail you an Advance Reader Copy of THE BISHOP’S DAUGHTER, and I am truly grateful for any and all reviews you can post!

*Limited to reviewers in Canada and the continental United States because of mailing costs.

 

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In this poignant, beautifully written novel, a faithful young Amish widow is reunited with her wayward first love . . .

As a bishop’s daughter and good Amish mother, widowed Sadie Hochstetler teaches her young son that God blesses those who try their best to please Him. But her brief marriage taught her that life is infinitely more complicated than that. Older, and serious, her late husband seemed a sensible choice—especially compared to Elijah Fisher, the spirited boy with whom she butted heads and hearts. Then Elijah abruptly left for the Englisher world, taking Sadie’s beloved brother along with him—a double betrayal she still strives to forgive. Especially now that Elijah has returned . . .
 
Elijah plans to stay in the Amish community only as long as he’s needed, helping his family and working for Sadie’s ailing father. The outside world has changed him, leading him to question rules and restrictions that others take on faith. Once, he’d been head over heels in love with the bishop’s daughter—a girl he was judged unworthy of courting. Nine years have changed so much between them. Yet something remains—a spark that, for all their differences, might light the way home again . . .

 

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Falling for the Cowboy Dad

07 Monday Jan 2019

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I really love seeing the different covers that sell in North America vs. the UK. For my March release, FALLING FOR THE COWBOY DAD, the covers couldn’t be more different!

Here is the North American cover:

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And in the UK, they will this cover on their shelves:

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Which one would tempt YOU to pick it up and take a look? Personally, I’m a sucker for the North American one… but that might just be because I’m Canadian and the marketing team knows me better than I think. 😉

 

He’s always been the one…

She’s always been just a friend!

Grace Beverly spent years hopelessly in love with her best friend, Billy Austin. Now he’s back in Eagle’s Rest, Colorado, determined to provide the best life possible for his four-year-old daughter. He’s just not sure how. Helping Billy navigate the world of parenting is a one-way ticket back to heartache. Yet how can Grace say no to her oldest friend?

 

 

Thanksgiving Free Read

19 Monday Nov 2018

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Last year, I wrote a Thanksgiving themed novella for Harlequin’s Free Reads! If you haven’t discovered the Free Reads, you have to. They’re great–novella short romances that are absolutely free!

Last year, I contributed a free read, and mine was a story about a woman falling for her billionaire boss… and I got a great response from it!

If you haven’t read it yet, why not check it out?

Thanksgiving with her Boss

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A late-night kiss is the last straw. Emmie Thomas has tamped down her crush on her boss, Rob West, for almost a year, but she just can’t anymore. What else is there to do but quit and fly to her hometown of North Fork, Alberta, for her family Thanksgiving celebration?

When a mixup sends Rob to Alberta, too, he’s determined to get her back. But does he just want her to be his assistant again? Or is he finally ready to admit he wants something more?

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Thanksgiving with her Boss

Free Read!

Where do you get your ideas?

27 Thursday Sep 2018

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Writers get asked this a LOT. Where do our ideas come from? And the best answer I can give you is this:

We have twisted imaginations!

Some things we just make up. Other things, come from everyday stuff in our lives that gets twisted and pickled in the brine of our imaginations.

For example, in my newest release, HER LAWMAN PROTECTOR, there is a woman with a stroller. She’s a little creepy. Okay, she’s a lot creepy. I’m not going to tell you WHY she’s there, or who she is, or anything like that, but trust me–she’s memorable!

800px-Stroller&baby,japanAnd where did she come from? I have this friend… LOL! Yes, if you’re my friend you run the risk of being written in novels. She has a toddler, and we meet up in front of our kids’ school every day. So every day, I walk down the street toward the corner, and I see her standing there with the stroller. Well, one day I was walking down the street thinking about this manuscript, and I saw her standing there, and it came to me…

On the bright side, she’s read the book and LOVED it! So far, I think it’s her favourite. I reminded her that I’d written her into this one in the form of “Woman with Stroller”, her response was to laugh and say, “Yeah, I recognized myself there!”

So where do I get my ideas? Everywhere. And nowhere. And sometimes from my friends who have done nothing more dramatic than stand there with a stroller. 😉

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Their relationship isn’t real…

But his feelings for her are!

Detective Jack Talbott has devoted his life to ending police corruption. His latest target is Liv Hylton, the ex-wife of a dirty cop. She’s also the woman he’s secretly loved for years. To get close to her, Jack’s going undercover as her boyfriend. But when the evidence points to Liv’s innocence and a threat to her safety, he’ll do anything to protect her. Even risk his career…

You can get the e-book now at the Harlequin site! The official book release is October 2. 🙂

In my hot little hands

20 Thursday Sep 2018

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My October release, Her Lawman Protector, took a little bit of time to arrive. Normally I get my own copies a lot quicker, but Harlequin rushed out another box for me when mine didn’t arrive, and it landed on a my doorstep a couple of weeks ago. And here it is…

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…in all its glory! I love this book so much! It’s a mystery with an undercover cop and a heroine who has no idea she’s being investigated.

It’s available now through the Harlequin site as an e-book, so you could snap up a copy now!

The print version will be available online wherever books are sold starting October 2. 🙂

Outlasting the murderous bastards ;)

13 Thursday Sep 2018

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I haven’t always been plus-sized. There was time when I was thin as anything. But then DNA, age and childbirth combined in a glorious right of passage, and here I am!

I apologize for nothing. I look fantastic–all curvy and cute. I look huggable. I am huggable… for the right people, of course.

When I was thin, I was cold a lot. Even in summer. If I missed a meal, I got shaky and saw spots. Now? I’m winterized. Bring it on! I have more energy. I’m more comfortable in my own body. I was a beautiful woman then, and I’m a beautiful woman now. A few pounds changes nothing, except my flexibility when it comes to mealtimes.

 

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There is no-one more beautiful than the woman who feels completely comfortable in her own body. There really is no one type of beauty to exclude all the others. It’s being able to look in the mirror and recognize just how lovely you are that makes all the difference.

Muffin tops and unsightly rolls only exist in poorly fitting clothing. If you don’t feel gorgeous, girl, go shopping! Because under those clothes, you are absolutely perfect.

So let’s outlast those murderous bastards and live our lives to the full! 🙂 We’re beautiful survivors.

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And don’t forget about my new release featuring the plus-sized heroine you didn’t know you needed!  It’s available this month in an early e-book version through the Harlequin site. It’s coming in the official paperback online release October 2. 🙂

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Their relationship isn’t real…

But his feelings for her are!

Detective Jack Talbott has devoted his life to ending police corruption. His latest target is Liv Hylton, the ex-wife of a dirty cop. She’s also the woman he’s secretly loved for years. To get close to her, Jack’s going undercover as her boyfriend. But when the evidence points to Liv’s innocence and a threat to her safety, he’ll do anything to protect her. Even risk his career…

 

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The e-book available now

 

The paperback version will be available October 2 at the official release.

Bring on school!

03 Monday Sep 2018

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School is almost here–as in it starts TOMORROW!–and that means I’ll have my workdays to myself again. Of course, I’ll miss my son, because he really is my favourite kid on the planet, but I’m really looking forward to some quiet. It might not surprise you to know that writing books is much easier when you don’t have a ten-year-old singing his own inappropriate versions of Christmas carols to the parrot in the same room. 😉

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This summer flew by! I had planned my summer with a light workload, so when things came up I kept dropping them into my summer thinking, “It’s fine… I have a light summer.”

Yeah… it was a REALLY busy summer! My parents moved out from Toronto, my husband had a month off of work (which is way less helpful in getting work done than you’d think), and then there were all those little jobs I’d left for myself to get done. But I got it all done!

And I am so ready for the fall!

Especially my October release…

I’ll just put this right here… in case you wanted to check it out… 😉 4.278504.512.9781335633828

Available NOW in e-book on the Harlequin site!

*For the paperback copy and any other e-tailer, you’ll have to wait for the official October 2 release. 

A new cover!

05 Thursday Jul 2018

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I got the email every Harlequin author loves to get–I got my official cover for HER LAWMAN PROTECTOR.

This is the story with the plus-sized heroine and the beefy cop. Detective Jack Talbott has devoted his life to ending police corruption. His latest target is Liv Hylton, the ex-wife of a dirty cop. She’s also the woman he’s secretly loved for years. To get close to her, Jack’s going undercover as her boyfriend. But when the evidence points to Liv’s innocence and a threat to her safety, he’ll do anything to protect her. Even risk his career…

And here is the cover! So what do you think?

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Their relationship isn’t real… but his feelings for her are!

Coming October, 2018!

 

 

Cover vs Cover

28 Thursday Jun 2018

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I love it when Harlequin uses my cover for promotion! It’s not only fun, but it makes my release feel so much more real. The things authors look forward to. LOL!

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This time, my cover was pitted against Jill Weatherholt’s cover–and her book looks great, too!

I have to say, it’s going to be one pretty Love Inspired shelf come August. 😉 I hope you’ll pick up both of them!