by Keira on February 27, 2013 · 13 comments
Keira: A naked, bareback, horse riding alien – okay what inspired that?! *nudges with elbow* Share the goods! Cheryl Brooks: One of the traits I gave Jerden was his animal magnetism, and women aren’t the only ones susceptible to it. I knew there wouldn’t be much in the way of sexual heat until later in [...]
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by Keira on February 10, 2013 · 6 comments
Keira: If you could go back in time and give advice to your 12 year old self what would it be? Pam Jenoff: I don’t think I would give her advice. My 12 year old self if a lot like me now (at 41!) – impatient and high-strung, trying to do everything at once. I’ve [...]
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by Keira on February 2, 2013 · 36 comments
in Author Interviews, Contests, G-I, Governess / Companion, Regency
Keira: How does a governess become a companion? Anne Gracie: In my book The Autumn Bride Abby is sacked from her governess job when she smuggles in her sister and two friends for the night. They have nowhere else to stay — they’ve just escaped after being kidnapped and taken to a brothel. Things go [...]
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by Keira on January 15, 2013 · 1 comment
in Author Interviews, Gambling, J-L
Keira: Why do the St. Claires hate the Huntingtons? Is it mutual – like in Romeo and Juliet? Montagues vs Capulets? Laurel McKee: I have totally loved “Romeo and Juliet” ever since I saw a Shakespeare in the Park production when I was about 8! Who doesn’t love the idea that love can overcome hatred? [...]
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by Keira on January 9, 2013 · 0 comments
in Author Interviews, D-F, Regency
Keira: Was Sophie Lawrance inspired just the tiniest bit by Anne Elliot, the heroine of Jane Austen’s Persuasion? Cara Elliott: Ha! It’s so interesting that you should ask that! Anne Elliot and Elizabeth Bennett of Pride and Prejudice are my co-favorite Austen heroines. And while at first blush they may appear to be very different, [...]
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Keira: How does one join the League of Second Sons? What credentials are needed beyond being a second son? Isobel Carr: The way I pictured the whole thing starting was with a bunch of disgruntled younger sons forming a plan over a late night of drinking after the Hardwicke Marriage Act passed in the 1750s. [...]
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by Lynn Reynolds on December 15, 2012 · 0 comments
in A-C, Author Interviews
Lynn Reynolds: Are you a person that loves to fly as a passenger or would you like to be the pilot? Rachel Carrington: Just as a passenger. I’ve never even thought about taking pilot lessons because my eyesight isn’t 20/20 even with glasses. So I wouldn’t want to be up in the air squinting and [...]
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by Keira on November 26, 2012 · 15 comments
Keira: Write a job advertisement for an Eternal Guardian! Elisabeth Naughton: WANTED: Warrior to join the Eternal Guardians order, defenders of the Argolean realm and watchers of the human race. Must be smart, hot as hell, have a strong protective instinct and be of hero status (descended from one of the original seven heroes OR [...]
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