By Jess Verdi, Crimson Romance’s Assistant Editor and Website Guru Those of us in the northern hemisphere of good old planet Earth are well into Spring, and you know what that means — Spring cleaning! But, hey, according to The 100 Best Romance Novels: From Pride and Prejudice to Twilight, Books to Fall in Love — and Lust — With, written by Crimson Romance’s core editorial team, housework can be sexy! Here’s our list of the Top Five Most Romantic Chores: 1. Gardening — ... Read more >

By Susan Blexrud, author of The Gettysburg Vampire and His Fantasy Maid I know, I know. It’s a writer’s cliché, asking “what if?” But for me, it was only applied to its fullest extent in the writing of my newest story, His Fantasy Maid, which debuted May 20 from Crimson Romance. While I’d been schooled in “what if?” by countless authors over the years, the most notable of whom was Carl Hiaasen, the genesis of my stories had always been more a matter of serendipity or epiphany than taking a real-life ... Read more >

By Rowena May O’Sullivan, author of The Silver Rose and The Jade Dragon I was walking across the kitchen a few weeks ago after my editor had sent me a JPEG of my new cover for The Jade Dragon, my second book in the Greenwood Witches trilogy, and I was suddenly overwhelmed. I’m published. I have two book covers. I have two books out in the big wide world. How amazing is that! Where did I come up with the idea of The Jade Dragon? It was born from a kernel of an idea that formed while writing the first book, ... Read more >

By Sharon Ervin, author of Nightingale As salt seasons food, for me, romance enriches fiction. From Shakespeare to Sayers, Ludlum to Spielberg, writers who devise amazing adventures and unforgettable characters season their stories with romance. Salt lining the rim adds zest to a margarita. Like anything else, however, too much salt can ruin the taste. I can write a salty tale (pardon the pun), but don’t enjoy porn or even eroticism where there is sex without a story. D. H. Lawrence, established as a novelist, ... Read more >

Crimson Romance is thrilled to announce its first continuity series, The Emerald Springs Legacy. The first of the five titles in the continuity will be published in February 2014. Romance flourishes in the lush organic farms of Emerald Springs, Washington amidst sabotage, family feuds, and rivalries new and old. Q. What is a continuity? A continuity is a group of books following the lives of a family. Think Dallas or Dynasty. The romances and big lives of these families are what continuities are all about. ... Read more >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >