Making HIStory HERstory...

It was Georgette Heyer who addicted me to Regency romance, and my first Regency-set romance was dedicated to her. But I have also always been fascinated by the strong women of history. In a time when women had almost no rights at all, every now and then a woman overcame every obstacle to...

Not Your Stereotypical ...

I like to think of myself as non-judgmental. I’m trying to raise my children with the mindset that everyone is equal. I’m proud of the fact that to them a family with two moms or two dads or different skin color from ours are no different fundamentally than their own family. But in...

To Love a Thief, or The...

Leave a comment here to win a copy of any title on EM Lynley’s backlist! Winner selected on May 1, 2012. One of my favorite aspects of writing romance is taking two characters who may not like each other on page one—or worse, absolutely hate each other—and get them into some...

Clare London holds on f...

I’m holding on for my own special hero – though Freeman’s a rather different applicant from the usual! When I started writing Freeman, I knew I wanted a hero in the old-fashioned sense – discreet but tough, quiet but determined *sigh happily* – and I wanted...

JL Merrow applies some ...

Anyone see the boat race this year? What a drama! I’m talking about the annual Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Boat Race, which took place on Saturday, April 7th. The official website called it “one of the most eventful races in history.” So, for those of you who don’t share my obsession with...