Today is the perfect time to introduce Kit’s guide through the fae world: a character called Valentine (most of the time). In this excerpt Kit and Valentine find themselves spending the night in a safe house in the Faedemesne, though it proves to be far from safe for Kit. ‘I told you, it’s a SafeContinue reading “Valentine’s Day with the Fae”
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Excerpt time and a bundle of nerves.
It’s just over a month until Dance with the Fae comes out. Usually I’m gearing up to do social media posts and blog tours but this time I’m adrift because at the time of querying, the organiser wasn’t sure the bloggers who take part on Twitter would be posting elsewhere. It’s a bit nerve-racking asContinue reading “Excerpt time and a bundle of nerves.”
A gift for a dryad
I hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend and not rushing about too much finding last minute gifts. Doing my shopping reminded me of the scene I wrote in The Promise Tree when Edwin takes Drusilla a present. What do you get a 200 year old dryad for Christmas? “I brought you a gift.” HeContinue reading “A gift for a dryad”
A Midwinter visitation
Midwinter greetings to you! Daughter of the Sea opens on Midwinter’s Day when Effie rescues a baby and a basket that she spots floating out to sea. A year later a visitor arrives on Midwinter’s Night. Read on to discover the first encounter between Effie and Lachlan. ‘It’s late,’ Effie said cautiously. ‘Do you needContinue reading “A Midwinter visitation”
Dance with the Fae- Cover v Cover
My editor recently got in touch to let me know that the cover for Dance with the Fae is changing. We spent a lot of time during the design stage going back and forth between combinations and settled on the one below. Now the colour has changed to this. I can’t decide which one IContinue reading “Dance with the Fae- Cover v Cover”
Thursday Throwback
Redeeming the Rogue Knight and Cats When a hero is in danger of coming across as unlikeable, received wisdom suggests giving him a ‘save the cat’ moment. It doesn’t literally have to be a cat, of course, but he should do something that reveals a soft, squishy, lovable interior under the shell of hardness or coldness,Continue reading “Thursday Throwback”
Happy Birthday to me!
Today marks the tenth anniversary of my first book being unleashed on the world. Those of you who have followed me from the start will remember that Falling for Her Captor was given a contract as a result of me entering it into Harlequin’s So You Think You Can Write contest. I thought at theContinue reading “Happy Birthday to me!”
What’s in a name?
I was a chapter and a half into a WIP when I realised something wasn’t working. After redrafting and editing and still getting nowhere with what I knew could be a great story it dawned on me the problem wasn’t with the story but with the heroine. I just wasn’t feeling her (unlike the heroContinue reading “What’s in a name?”
Sneak peek
With less than a week to go until the release of The Blacksmith’s Wife I thought I’d share a snippet. This is the first meeting between Hal and Joanna. Joanna has talked her way into the tournament grounds, hoping to find Sir Roger, the knight she is in love with. Joanna made her way to the courtyardContinue reading “Sneak peek”
Shameless self-promo
Harlequin are running a contest to find the Harlequin Hero of the year. The hero has to appear in a book published between October 2014 and September 2015 which means both Hugh and Will are eligible. The top sixteen heroes will face off to find hero of the year (and who wouldn’t want to watchContinue reading “Shameless self-promo”
Elisabeth Hobbes Writes History 