Okay, the truth is, I actually CAN cook. I know I don’t always come off as the most domestic girl ever because of things like starting microwave fires and randomly finding a bottle of maple syrup…in my bed. (It used to be the oddest object I’d ever found in my bed…until the day I looked EVERYWHERE for my DVD superdrive …
A walking tour of Maple Valley…
I’ve had a lot of people ask how I choose the settings for my books. The answer, ummm… Each setting (so far) has come about for different reasons. But when it came time to kick off my new Walker Family Series—which includes Three Little Words, just released this week—I knew I wanted to set it in Iowa, my home state. …
Three Little Words + One Great Giveaway!
YAY it’s the official release day for my free e-novella, Three Little Words. This novella paves the way for my new Walker Family series. I love this story. I really love it…for a lot of reasons, like: Two words: Seth. Walker. There’s a halfway-unintentional inside joke running through it and I’m itching to see if anybody’s going to realize it. (My …
Get *Three Little Words* EARLY + gushing acknowledgements!
Guys, I have an e-novella releasing tomorrow… But you can get it early! Three Little Words is available for download today by going here. Tomorrow you’ll be able to get it at B&N, Amazon, CBD and all the usual places. But do you really want to wait a whole 24 hours?? And bonus: There’s a sneak peek of From the Start at the end! …
Why CALLED is going on my ‘favorites’ shelf
Earlier this week I posted an interview with debut author Ryan Pemberton. We talked about his new book—CALLED: My Journey to C.S. Lewis’s House & Back Again—and I had a chance to gush just briefly. But today I’d like to gush at length. What follows is half-review, half-reflection. Oh, and if you haven’t had a chance to enter the giveaway …
An interview with CALLED author Ryan Pemberton + a giveaway
It’s rare anymore that I will sit down and read for hours. I just never have time…that is, until last week. A killer virus had me down for the better part of a week. The downside: I looked and felt like death. The upside: I got to read! And I had the privilege of reading one of the best books …
My Paper Heart (+ awesome author Courtney Walsh’s super giveaway!)
This post is part of Courtney Walsh’s #shareyourheart campaign, celebrating the release of her new novel. Be sure to enter her fabulous giveaway and check out the most adorable book trailer in the world! My lovely and talented friend Courtney Walsh has a new book out! It’s called Paper Hearts and before I say anything else today, can we please just …
Would you like to help launch my next book?
Guess what! I have a new book coming out in a couple months. I can’t believe how quickly April is coming. It feels like just yesterday I was trying to figure out who these people are who make up the cast of FROM THE START. And, too, asking myself questions like why in the world I decided to stick a …
Ten signs you’re addicted to Gilmore Girls ~ guest post + giveaway from Jill Lynn
I’m super pumped to welcome the awesome Jill Lynn to the blog today. Jill’s first book, Falling for Texas, just released and I’m so excited to read it. AND if you want a chance to read it, too, you can enter the giveaway below for a chance to win it. (Although, everyone’s a winner if you just go out and …
A chance to win FROM THE START galleys!
My upcoming book FROM THE START, which releases in April, is all about a retired NFL quarterback and a jaded writer of romantic made-for-TV movies. Writing my heroine scriptwriter wasn’t such a stretch for me. Sure, it took a little research to discover where and how Hallmark-esque movies are made. But I felt up for the task. Writing a football …