Ask An Industry Expert: Juliet Pickering

...club’ (Bolu Babalola and Jendella Benson) and literary fiction (Janice Galloway and Michael Donkor).   I notice you don’t refer to the often used term ‘commercial fiction’? I always think...

Blogger Interview: Elaine Brent: Splashes Into Books

...feel good stories about strong women and nice guy heroes. She especially likes it when they make her laugh. She also writes multi-cultural romances as Jeevani Charika. You can find...

Meet The Contenders For The Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award 2020

...the stunning French Riviera, and to Grasse – the perfume capital of the world – where they made their own perfume, and visited the cathedral where ‘the wedding of the...

Jl Merrow: Redeeming A Rotter

...misunderstood. Is the antihero’s rotten reputation entirely undeserved? Care needs to be taken here; revealing our bad boy has really been a nice guy all along can leave the reader...

Press Release: The Romantic Novelists’ Association Honours Katie Fforde With Lifetime Achievement Award

...short stories and a Quick Read for The Reading Agency’s 2021 campaign. Her books have continued to top the bestseller charts through her almost 30-year career. As someone who understands...

New Releases: August 2020

...Christmas at Carly’s Cupcakes Contemporary romance Boldwood Books eBook (all platforms), Audio, Paperback, Large Print 13th August 2020 For Carly, the owner of Carly’s Cupcakes, it’s the busiest time of...

Rachel Burton: The Things We Need To Say

...other and it also features a cute dog called Captain and a cameo from one of the characters from my first book!   Thank you again, Rachel, for your time...

Nicola Cornick: Escape To An Intriguing Past

...much more sensual historical romance came in and now, slowly, we’re seeing a return in popularity of the traditional books alongside the others. It’s also great to see that LGBTQ...

Elaine Everest: From Woolworths To Teashops

...Ghost Garden, the first installment in historical paranormal series The de Chastelaine Chronicles is out now, published by Totally Bound. You can hear Catherine and Eleanor chat about writing on...

New Releases: August 2023

...she has always avoided, while Katie discovers a relationship was not all she thought it was.         Caitlyn Callery: A Betrothal Agreement. Regency Romance The Wild Rose...

Never On Saturday By Sue BaRNArd

...to join you today. My latest release is actually an audiobook. It’s called Never on Saturday, and is a dual-timeline paranormal romance novella based on an old French legend. Unfortunately...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Conflict/emotion/tension!

...“It’s often essential to include some backstory, however, and these scenes or paragraphs can be inserted at different points in the story, possibly intertwined with current action. Active flashbacks can...