Fiction Friday | The Love Penalty

I’ve written all kinds of romances over the years, with tropes ranging from friends-to-more (The Breakup Project), to best friends-to-more (Tangled up in Love), opposites attract (too many to name), arranged marriage (The Captivating Lady Charlotte, Midnight’s Budding Morrow), to various others. One thing I haven’t done too much of the ‘bad’ girl. I feel …

Fiction Friday | Rocky Road by Becky Wade

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Rocky Road by Becky Wade, book 2 in her Sons of Scandal Romance series that’s releasing on February 14, 2024. Here’s the book description for Rocky Road: Christy Award Hall of Fame Author FBI Agent Jude Camden handles every aspect of his job with by-the-book …

Fiction Friday | One Wrong Move by Dani Pettrey

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for One Wrong Move by Dani Pettrey, book 1 in her Jeopardy Falls romantic suspense series that’s releasing February 6, 2024. Here’s the Book Description for One Wrong Move: Taunting riddles.A deadly string of heists.Two broken hearts trapped in a killer’s game.Christian O’Brady was pulled into …

Fiction Friday | Christmas Ella by Angela Ruth Strong

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Christmas Ella by Angela Ruth Strong. Here’s the book description: Cinderella story meets reality TV when the star of All That Glitters sweeps location director Ella Goodwin off her feet. To avoid disapproval from the King family, she attends their masquerade ball in disguise, never …

Fiction Friday | Heart in the Clouds by Jennifer Mistmorgan

Today I’m sharing my book recommendation for Heart in the Clouds, the fabulous debut novel by Australian author Jennifer Mistmorgan. Here’s the book description: He’s a charismatic Australian bomber pilot used to beating the odds.She’s the radio operator he speaks to each night before he flies.He makes a bet that he can steal a kiss….and …

Fiction Friday – The Peasant King by Tessa Afshar

Narelle here. I’m excited to share an interview with Tessa Afshar talking about her new book, The Peasant King, that’s releasing in November 2023. What characters from The Hidden Prince do we meet again in this novel? Twenty years have passed since the events in The Hidden Prince, and now our main character is Keren and Jared’s …

Book Review | A Royal Christmas by Melody Carlson

Welcome to Fiction Friday where I am reviewing A Royal Christmas by Melody Carlson. Book Description Adelaide Smith is too busy for fairy tales. She’s been working hard to put herself through law school and now that the end is in sight, she’s determined to stay focused on her goals. Then she receives a letter …

Fiction Friday | Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee

Narelle here. I’m excited to welcome Michelle Shocklee to our blog today and share our interview about her new book, Appalachian Song, that released October 3, 2023. Fast Five Hobbits or Mad Max? Hobbits…as long as I’m invited to their Hobbit house. Books or TV? Books. Always. Sun or snow? Snow. Desert or sea? Sea. …

Fiction Friday | What’s the deal with Celebrity books?

Lights, camera, action! I recently heard my new release Muskoka Spotlight being described as a celebrity romance book. I suppose it is, as it’s about a famous Hollywood actor hiding out in Muskoka, Canada where he meets an aged care nurse, and sparks fly, etc. It’s just I hadn’t really thought about it in that …

Fiction Friday | What Makes a Strong Heroine?

Today I am talking about What Makes a Strong Heroine? It takes a special kind of woman to cope with all the flak, so it was interesting to consider what kind of qualities a woman might need to deal with situations where she could face anything from misogynistic remarks to having hot dogs thrown at …