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When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? Probably in my teens, when I was meant to be studying and instead was lured away by the pictures of women in beautiful dresses on the front covers. My first exposure as a reader was...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? As a teenager. I was an avid reader of Sweet Valley High and Christopher Pike in my early teens and then at sixteen I discovered my mom’s Danielle Steele and Jackie Collins books. Those two...

6:30 AM: I can rarely sleep past 6:30. On the weekends, while everyone else sleeps, I’ll take my e-reader, make a cup of coffee, and read for an hour or so. If it’s a weekday, I’ll make sure the kids get up and moving, pack lunches, and...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? When I was a junior in college, I visited a new and used bookstore just off campus for a hard-to-find textbook. They had a section of romance novels, all dog-eared and well loved. While the...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? At fifteen, with a Harlequin Romance, Where Seagulls Cry by Yvonne Whittal. Who are some of your author-ly inspirations? Christine Feehan, Linda Howard, Angela Knight, Shayla Black, Nalini Singh, JD Robb… just to name a...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? When I was sixteen. I picked Shanna by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss out of my mom’s bookcase. I fell in love from page one. Who are some of your authorly inspirations? I have so many! I...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? The first time I read Shanna by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss in the late 1970s. Who are some of your authorly inspirations? Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, Judith McNaught, and so many more! Fill in the blank...

1:00 PM Neighborhood coffee or tea shop. My writing day begins when I make it to one of the local coffee shops I can walk to from home. Some days that is later than others, but the ideal time is after the lunch crowd has come and...

5:00 am—Wakeup: unless the cats let me sleep later. Coffee comes first (in my favorite What Deadline? mug) and then right to the FitDesk (my stationary bike with a desk attached) for what is meant to be a quick check of the web but never ends up...

Reading opens our minds to new experiences; through books we take trips to foreign lands, other planets, and other times, all via the magic of prose. We wondered if books are a way to get to know the real world, too. We asked Malcolm Neil, our Director of...