This week, romance novelist Teresa Medeiros asked her Facebook followers if they liked reading historical romance. As of August 6, she’d received over 1500 responses (likes and comments). In her reply to her fans, Teresa said, “I’ve always felt that historical romances provide a complete escape and ‘mental health break’ from our present world that
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My personal trainer told me this week that to lose weight, it takes persistence and aspiration. He probably didn’t use the word “aspiration.” I picked it because it happens to be the name of one of my favorite lesson horses at Premier Stables—Calloway’s Aspiration—aka Dan. (You see, horses with fancy names have barn names too.)
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It’s that simple. There’s enough bad news in the media. There’s enough heartache in life. So I write romance because everything is tied up in a neat little bow at the end of the book. The hero and heroine are together. All’s right with the world. Sure, I know it’s a form of fantasy. Fiction
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When I was in junior high school, I wrote my first book. It was a group project dreamed up by my girlfriends and me. You see, we had our own little fan club. I’m dating myself when I tell you the name of the group—the Beatles. We were Beatle fans, which was not uncommon back
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My mother-in-law asked me this question the other day. You see, she can’t understand why a person who has ridden as long as I have should still need lessons. After all, in her day, she could rent a horse at a stable and go on a trail ride. However, that was a long time ago
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The salesman at Costco talked us into switching to Direct TV. Ten days before Christmas, a technician set up our satellite dish, unconnected the old cable boxes, and gave us new remote controls. I soon realized we lost a few favorite channels, but we gained TVG and the Hallmark Channel. Besides previews for Kitten Bowl II,
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Meet my hero Judd Romeo in Kentucky Cowboy as the heroine does for the first time since high school. Fisting her hand, Mandy pounded on the door. Then she stuck both hands into her pants pockets, knocking her car keys out of the right pocket. She bent down to pick them up. The door opened
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Research. Yes, I actually enjoyed the research needed to write this series. The eight books in the Bluegrass Reunion series are contemporary romances about family and second chances. They are set in Kentucky. Each romance stands alone. For Kentucky Cowboy, I learned about the Professional Bull Riders—about bull ropes and suicide wraps, about “rank” bulls
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Most of my books are about second chances. From a non-traditional Gothic novel like Tangled Memories to my newest release Kentucky Blue Bloods, the theme revolves around characters making the most of their second chances. As an ex-English teacher, I studied and taught “theme” in literature. Every good novel will have a theme. From a
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