Author Archives: JessV

This Week’s Releases

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Love Will Find a Way Fire up those eReaders, gang, because we’ve got a fantastic lineup of new releases this week, all by veteran Crimson Romance authors! Love Will Find a Way by Anji Nolan, author of Desperate Obsession and The Cormorant Club: When Emily Wilkes’s roommate and co-worker Jude Cameron steals a large quantity of diamonds from the Transcontinental warehouse vault, the police accuse Emily of being Jude’s accomplice. Both Bill — Emily’s much older boyfriend — and Jack –the new guy Emily ... Read more >

Reading is a Mood

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Paradise Island By Charmaine Ross, author of Daman’s Angel and Paradise Island Reflecting on my reviews, I’ve come to the conclusion that reading is a mood. This is true for competitions I’ve entered my books in, writers group opinions, friend’s opinions and the like. If you’re not in the mood to read the style of book, then don’t try. I mean, you don’t want to read an introspective book when you want to go the gym and burn off some energy, just as you don’t want to read an adventure book if you really want ... Read more >

Football All Fall Long

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Scrimmage Gone South By Alicia Hunter Pace, author of Sweet Gone South and Scrimmage Gone South I must have been a young teenager when I discovered Rod McKuen. If you have not made the self same discovery, he was a writer of romantic verse with a raspy voice who recorded his poems on vinyl and eight track tapes. I collected Rod on what we called records and played them on the family stereo that resembled nothing so much as a coffin. I haven’t thought about Rod McKuen in years but there was one poem that I still remember, not for ... Read more >

The Man Behind the Scenes

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The Devil She Knew By Rena Koontz, author of Love’s Secret Fire and The Devil She Knew Maybe it was the gun, a black .40-caliber Glock. Perhaps it was the badge, shiny, gold and engraved. Conceivably, it could have been the career –— FBI special agent. There is a hint of excitement and danger associated with that profession, one that might appeal to a young woman looking for both. More likely, it was the man, with the badge in his pocket and the gun tucked in his shoulder holster, with those tantalizing blue eyes and that ... Read more >

Time Travel – For Real?

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The Other Side of Heaven By Morgan O’Neill, author of The Other Side of Heaven: Book One of the Italian Time Travel Series, and the Roman Time Travel Series Has anyone actually traveled through time? We – co-authors Cary Morgan Frates and Deborah O’Neill Cordes – write about it in our novels as a way of getting our twenty-first century heroines back to pivotal moments in history. But has it ever occurred… for real? We’ve uncovered tantalizing stories in our research for our time travel series. From “ghosts” who ... Read more >

No Rhyme or Reason – Just Love.

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Kirby By Samantha Anne, author of Kirby I must have written and rewritten this post ten times in about as many days. The truth is, while I’m always super eager to participate and share my thoughts on this amazing site, I had no idea where I was going with this. It wasn’t until the tenth hour (as usual) that, as I stared at a blank Word document, I finally asked myself, “What would you want to share with your friends?” The answer came to me quickly – love. I’m no stranger to heartache, and neither are my very ... Read more >

Q: My boyfriend and I just broke up, and I feel awful. He’s hurt, but I just didn’t think the spark was there. Am I a bad person for hurting him like this?

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A: Love, in real life, is very different from the 275 page novel romance version of it. In reality, and that’s where all of us live, it is a process of trial and error. There isn’t a person out there wearing a flashing neon sign that says ‘perfect mate for …’ We all have to find our Mr. or Ms. Right by experimenting with friendships and relationships, and they won’t all work out. Online dating sites advertise that you can find your perfect match and advertise their successes, but they never show you ... Read more >

Congratulations! You’re published! Now what?

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Seal of Surrender By Traci Douglass, author of Seal of Destiny and Seal of Surrender Over the past couple of months I’ve been riding the crazy rollercoaster that is today’s publishing environment. As a relative newbie to the world of published authors – my first book, Seal of Destiny, was published with Crimson Romance in January 2013 and the second book in the series, Seal of Surrender, released just this week—I can say the journey has been quite a learning experience. There’s a lot of advice out there for the ... Read more >

California Homecoming

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California Homecoming Release date: 24 June 2013 Pregnant and alone, Sarah Ladina wants to regain her independence and do what’s best for her soon-to-be-born baby, but buying a run-down Victorian for an inn wasn’t her brightest idea. An inability to cook or fix a leaky faucet will make the job even harder. When a friendly golden retriever, disabled vet, and potential cook show up on the first day, she knows her life is going to get a lot more complicated. When her ex tries to get back into her life and her doctor orders modified bed ... Read more >

Blitzkrieg Love

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Cover Coming Soon Release date: 24 June 2013 “Don’t try to be my hero. Don’t care about me. Don’t let go.” Twenty-two-year-old Beatrice Stevens lives to dance. Two years ago she walked in on the picture of horror: after stabbing her mom 34 times, her father killed himself. She found his corpse still clutching at her mom’s, determined not to let go of her even in death. Now Beatrice freaks out if she’s hugged, loomed over or receives attention from daddy-type guys. Unless she’s dancing—the one thing that feeds her ... Read more >