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GUEST BLOG: Piano Play by Tara Sue Me
I’ve talked a few times about the hardest chapter for me to write in The Submissive, so I thought I’d do a 180 and share what became my favorite – Chapter Eighteen. Chapter Eighteen is my favorite for...
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GUEST BLOG: Chemistry, Take Two by Anne Calhoun
It’s the must have component of every romance novel, the chemistry that makes what’s happening between the hero and heroine special, unique to their HEA. It’s the thing we can’t explain, the reason why...
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Anne Calhoun Winner!
If you’ve not picked up a copy of Uncommon Pleasure by Anne Calhoun, you should soon. Loads of chemistry in this book, as she talked about in her guest blog here at The Pond. The winner of her print...
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GUEST BLOG: Inspiration by M. Leighton
That’s a loaded question. For me, anyway. I’m asked this question often and, as usual, I don’t have a pat answer. For me, inspiration is a tricky, sort of nebulous thing. It can come from anything....
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GUEST BLOG: My Secret Victorian Life Lynn Viehl
I always write my novels for my readers, but there are books that I write for myself as well. A great deal of what I wrote in the StarDoc series was loosely based on my experiences working in the...
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LYNN VIEHL WINNER!
It’s always a pleasure to have Lynn Viehl join us here at The Pond. Her guest blogs are fun and intriguing. Such was the case a few weeks ago when she talked about her secret life… And now one of our...
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GUEST BLOG: Red-Hot Perfection by HelenKay Dimon
Thank you so much for having me here today to talk about my newest release, Everything You Need to Know. This is one of the launch books for the new Cosmo Red-Hot Reads by Harlequin line, and I’m...
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GUEST BLOG: Love Those Bad Boys by Alexandra Hawkins
It’s always a pleasure to drop by, TGTBTU. I’m honored to be your guest blogger today! With the recent release of my two ebooks: The No Good Irresistible Viscount Tipton and The Scandalously Bad Mr....
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GUEST BLOG: How My Family Story Ended Up in Adelaide’s Book by Genevieve Graham
I love being an author, but I freely admit that one of the scariest things for me is sitting down to create and discovering you have no idea what you’re about to write about. When I wrote my first...
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GUEST BLOG: Emotional Cowboy Reunion by Leah Braemel
Thanks so much for hosting me to talk about Slow Ride Home, the first book in The Grady Legacy trilogy. When my editor first contacted me about writing another contemporary western for Carina, I knew...
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GUEST BLOG: Behind the Scenes: Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan
Ever wonder how an anthology comes together? Well, let me tell you, it’s not just unicorns and rainbows. Okay, it sort of is LOL. This book came together because Lia Davis and I wanted to put our...
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GUEST BLOG & EXCERPT: When does a Mistress become a submissive? by Joey W. Hill
“How do you get your ideas?” It’s the question most often asked by readers, and one I’m never sure how to intelligently answer (grin), because a story comes to me in flashes or snippets. A bit of...
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GUEST BLOG: Victorian Christmases by Lynn Viehl
You are never more Victorian than when you celebrate Christmas, and this is because a great many of today’s holiday traditions began or were popularized during the Victorian era. Decorating a Christmas...
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HelenKay Dimon Winner!
It’s always a treat to have HelenKay Dimon visit the Pond! Don’t know about you, but I enjoyed her guest blog about the perfect hero and heroine in romance, and in her case Forest and Jordan in...
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Carrie Ann Ryan Winner!
Our thanks to Carrie Ann Ryan for visiting us earlier this month with a guest blog to celebrate the release of Ever After, a paranormal anthology which also includes Marie Harte, Rebecca Royce, Lia...
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Alexandra Hawkins Winners!
We were happy to have Alexandra Hawkins blog about those bad boys she’s so very good at creating as she celebrated the closing book in her Lords of Vice series, Twilight with the Infamous Earl. Five...
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GUEST BLOG: A Happy Western Christmas by Tracy Garrett
All right, everyone who hasn’t even started their Christmas shopping, raise your hands! That’s me, waving a bit frantically. Granted, now that the nieces and nephews are a bit older, there isn’t as...
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Lynn Viehl Winner!
Another huge thanks to Lynn Viehl for her very informative and entertaining guest blog about Victorian Christmases. Don’t know about you, but I learned a lot reading that post! And now to our winner...
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Tracy Garret Winners!
We so enjoyed having Tracy Garrett with us for the holidays to celebrate her new novella in the western-themed anthology, Wishing for a Cowboy, that hit the shelves in November. Don’t you just love...
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SPOTLIGHT: Ladies of Impropriety by Bronwyn Scott
The Ladies of Impropriety duet was a chance to do something different, and I think it accomplishes that! I loved writing these stories that attempt to mix nontraditional settings and experiences with...
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GUEST BLOG: Behind the Dedication by Elizabeth Boyle
Last spring, when I was on book tour, I was in Houston and met a lovely young woman by the name of Tiffani Storck. She confided to me that she longed to do exactly what I was doing, and I was so...
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GUEST BLOG: One Character, Multiple Roles . . . by Alexis Morgan
Let me start off by saying I love Leif Brevik, the hero in my latest Snowberry Creek book. I confess that I fall a little bit in love with the hero in every book I write. After all, I spend a lot of...
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Lauren Jameson Winners!
My apologies, I thought I had wrapped up all of our 2013 giveaway winners by the end of last year, but one got by me! So our thanks go out to NAL and Lauren Jameson for giving us a chance to help...
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GUEST BLOG: Fast Friendships by Kathryn Craft
I believe in the possibility of fast friendships. When conditions are right, friendships can both develop quickly and hold “fast” over time. I explore the key role such relationships can play in my...
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GUEST BLOG & GIVEAWAY: Love the Hard Way by HelenKay Dimon
Thank you for having me here today to talk about my newest release, Mercy. This one is an erotic romance with a bit of suspense. The suspense is more in the background. The focus here is really on the...
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GUEST BLOG: Writing Family by Lauren Dane
I like to write series. One of the main reasons is that I get to write a large cast of characters who all intersect with one another at some point. Because, really, the best way to understand a...
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GUEST BLOG: In Love with Alpha Women by M.L. Buchman
I’ve become known for my alpha women. I’m a guy writing romance, I love my alpha women. But when I think about it, it’s nowhere near that simple. I recently read through a bunch of my reviews (there...
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DUCK CHAT: Slow Burning with Maya Banks!
Today we welcome Maya Banks to The Pond to celebrate the first book in her new Slow Burn trilogy. We meet the Devereaux family in Keep Me Safe – Caleb, Beau, Quinn, and Tori. Caleb is frantic to find...
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GUEST BLOG: What Inspired My Characters? by Grace Burrowes
When I think over the Christmas stories that get to me, two stand out. The first is “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” the longest running television Christmas special ever there was. The second is “A...
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GUEST BLOG: Getting Hot and Steamy This Holiday Season! by Julie Ann Walker
With the onset of winter’s ice, wind, and snow, I can’t think of a better way to spend those few extra holiday reading hours than curled up in front of the fire with a good book that whisks me away to...
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