To Wager Her Heart, the third and final Belle Meade Plantation novel, hit the shelves last Tuesday—the same time the huge release day celebration giveaway with over 30 prizes went live! Have you entered the giveaway yet?  ENTER TO WIN   Prizes include . . . U.S. Mailing addresses only due to postage costs   And there's also the regular monthly giveaway for August for … [Read more...]

It doesn't seem possible, but my husband and I celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary this past weekend. Four decades, four wonderful children, and now four years in our new city of Wichita. Ken surprised me with a fun date night that showed off much of the best this town has to offer. We drove downtown and parked at the beautiful Century II concert hall and convention center, then caught the … [Read more...]

For the past few days, I've been racking my brain for a blog topic and drawing a BLANK.  So I asked two of my heroic writer friends, Courtney Walsh and Katie Gansert, for help.  Katie came up with the idea for this post and the three of us compiled the below list together.  Please keep in mind that we love writing and publishing and that we were laughing and only wincing a little when we … [Read more...]

In a previous post, I mentioned that my husband and I had the pleasure of attending the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, England last September. Before the costumed promenade, we met Jane Hope who was there photographing the event. A few months later, the Associate Editor of Victoria magazine, Melissa Lester, emailed me to let me know she'd recognized me in Jane's photographs and asked to interview … [Read more...]