Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. I’ve always been interested in how much we know about how the things around us work. We use machines every day but often have no idea how they function or how they’re made. For example, I grew up working on car engines, but I’d have no … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. I never fit in at school. Growing up a Jehovah’s Witness and a Trekkie made me feel like an outsider. Imagining what it’d be like to travel to a galaxy far, far way—creating my own universe and cast of characters—became the perfect escape for me. I took … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. I’ve always planned to write The Clifton Hall trilogy and when AAP was done, I began to think seriously about how Lydia Clifton might develop as a young woman. How she might develop anxiety and a sort of defiant resilience. I wanted to showcase a heroine with … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. I was inspired to write my books once I realized they were there. All my life experiences had led to the perfect moment of quiet, inside and out, where I could hear them as poetry in my heart and mind. Once I heard the poems, I translated … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. After I finished my first series, an urban fantasy trilogy, I wanted to try my hand at another genre I love so much myself. A mix of contemporary romance and romance suspense, with a bit of small town life mixed in. When I thought about … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write The Ghost in Her? A. At the start of the pandemic, I was lonely and depressed, like many Americans. I was working on a true crime about false confessions and realized that the project contributed to my foul mood. I took an inventory of my situation and concluded … Read more
Books That Make You Want to Run Away to a Small Rocky Mountain Town Don’t we all love books that bring out the best in us? Something that makes you wish you could climb into the pages with the characters and share a cup of hot chocolate with them? Such is what best-selling author Virginia … Read more
Rocky Mountain Yoga, Book 1 in the Rocky Mountain Romances series, introduces readers to Jasmine and her dog Rambo. This big city girl runs for her life with her standard poodle in tow after she discovers her boyfriend is involved in some shady business. Furthermore, she escapes to her grandma’s house in a small Colorado … Read more
Books That Make You Get a Little Twisty in Your Genre Reading It’s always a treat to find books that mash or blend genres well, that have some romance, say, mixed with suspense, or fantasy, or comedy, or the supernatural. They can be the best kind of imaginative fun. Author Ann Charles does just that, … Read more
The first book in Virginia Fox’s Rocky Mountain series, Mountain Town Mischief with a Poodle (Rocky Mountain Cozies Book 1), is an uplifting romance story that promises to enrich a reader’s life through its stalwart belief in love and the promise of new beginnings. The story centers around Jasmine, a yoga instructor who flees to … Read more