Tag: Witches
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Stay in the Spooky Mood with Brewing Tricks Before Treats
I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! If you’re not ready to let go of the spooky mood, visit the Funk-N-Fiction blog to read Brewing Tricks Before Treats. One of my favorite parts of writing romance is seeing my hero through my heroine’s eyes: “Considering his towering height, intimidating physique, and penetrating gaze, the man…
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Cover Reveal: Brewing Tricks Before Treats
Cover reveal!! In honor of October 1st and the official start of the spooky season, I’m excited to begin the countdown to the release of Brewing Tricks Before Treats (Witchy Business, 9)! This opposites attract romance is brewing with delicious secrets, poisonous elixirs, and decadent kisses. I had a blast writing these characters, and I…
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Til Death Don’t Us Part: Making the First Kiss Unique and Soul Deep
As a romance writer, I’m always looking for fun and exciting ways to describe the “first kiss.” Whether it’s a metaphor that connects to the character or plot, I love anchoring the hero and heroine’s kiss in the story in some new or fresh way that makes their kiss uniquely theres. One of the stories…
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Fated by Fire: The Misadventures of Wrong First Impressions
Romancing the Holidays, Volume 2, features my Witchy Business short story, Fated by Fire. This romance was so fun to write because it explores the misadventures of wrong first impressions. My heroine is a psychic, but her visions of the hero are all doom and gloom and villainous. When she meets him in person, however,…
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Exploring Unfinished Business with Ghosts & Second Chance Romance
The very first short story I ever wrote with First Coast Romance Writers was for Romancing the Holidays, Vol. 1. It’s a story titled, Grave Promises, and it features two characters who have unfinished business – with ghosts and each other. This second chance romance is snappy, witty, and haunting; I thoroughly enjoyed bringing their…
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Grave Promises Favorite Quote | The Cute Meet
If you’re looking to dip into one of my books but you’re not quite sure about having vampires or aliens as heroes, try one of my short stories! Grave Promises was the first short story I ever published, and it has one of my favorite cute meets: “Oh, his voice had always been deep, even…
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Thanks-Book-Giving | Nov. 17-19
Thanks-Book-Giving begins today! Visit Tattered Pages Book Club and enjoy dozens of bookish giveaways from your favorite authors… including me! Beginning today-Nov. 19, you’ll get three full days of nothing but FREE stories and SWAG. Check it out!
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Throwback Thursday | Head Over Undertow
Happy Throwback Thursday! Last year, I published Head Over Undertow for Funk-N-Fiction’s annual Halloween Flash Fiction Blog Event. After twenty years firmly locked in the friend-zone as his best friend’s little sister, Peyton St. Peters is seducing Walter Reece at this year’s All Hallows’ Eve celebration. She’s wearing the bikini. She’s rocking the heels. She’s…
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Meet the Heroine | Isrid Belini
In my newest Witchy Business romance, Pumpkin & Spice, my hero uncovers something unexpected about my heroine… and his reaction is EVERYTHING. “Garth wiped the cloth down the bridge of Isrid’s nose from brow to tip, removing pumpkin guts and uncovering more of her birthmark. It began at her temple, was solid over her cheekbone,…
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Pumpkin Inspiration
Each short story in Funk-N-Fiction’s annual Halloween Flash Fiction Blog Event is inspired by an image from a DeviantArt artist. My idea for Pumpkin & Spice sprouted from this gorgeous pumpkin photo by Moyrah. As I was crafting my story, I thought to myself, “What would a person do with that many pumpkins?” And that’s…
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