An Interview With Education Officer Sonja Price

...so much research-wise these days. I had to be very sensitive about the political tensions of the region, though, and answered some very critical questions put to me by a...

Mary Smith: Chick Lit Shop Blog

...am always on the hunt for the unique story. A witty title, a colorful & unique cover, a quirky blurb or premise will always catch my eye. I also love...

#respectromfic Week: Interview With Amy Richards Of Words & Kisses

...had a bit more time on my hands so I expanded into keeping stock alongside the subscription so Words & Kisses became more of an online bookshop. Romance has always...

A Changing World – Tania Crosse

...now! It achieved coverage in all the local newspapers and magazines, of which there were many more in those days, and local radio stations. The book sold like hot cakes...

Ask An Industry Expert: Tara Loder

...I can quantify which romance genre we represent the most. What one reader calls a saga, another calls historical fiction. What some would call a romance, others would call women’s...

Ask An Industry Expert: Julian Friedmann

...is one of the main challenges, alongside trying to keep all colleagues and all clients happy. Agenting is a bit like informed gambling: can I sell this writer and can...

Ask An Industry Expert: Robbie Guillory

...imagine you might have viewed it with a critical eye, given one of your earlier ‘positions’! Anything you can share from that time and are below-stairs portrayals like Downton Abbey...

The Secret Sister By Jan Baynham

...war camp not far from where I was born and brought up and the area of Wales where I partially set all my novels. Several of the prisoners stayed in...

Adrienne Chinn – Love In A Time Of War

...runner, and Christmas card enthusiast. She is also an original You Tube star. Her wedding dance went viral, sparking a worldwide trend in choreographed first dances. She and her husband...

The Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award:

...sisters and her children, but how on earth can Ari take care of an entire village? Can she fight off the circling land developers from Saxburgh, and stop her in-laws...

Stranger In My Bed – Karen King

...they caused the injury themselves, to even pretend to other people they are the victim, and for the actual victim to never tell anyone, to cover up for the abuse....

Lola Jaye – The Attic Child

...an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, called, ‘The Black Chronicles Photographic Portraits 1862-1948’. It’s there I saw a photograph of a little boy whose gaze I couldn’t...