It's hot. I know. Here are some tips for staying cool. Bonus! I dropped a cute new mini-trailer for one of my thriller series at the end. We are entering a heat wave in the northeastern USA, and here at Casa-Shayne-Lewis, we’ve learned a few ways to keep the house a little bit cooler. So to set this up, we do not have central air in our century-old farmhouse. We do have two freestanding air conditioners, one in the living room, one in the bedroom. I run them as seldom as poss

I'm an activist. In my actions, I have bumped into a couple of fellow activistst who have mentioned that feminists once (or more than once) burned romance novels while protesting for women's rights. I was frankly flabbergasted by that revelation. Let me give you my arguments for why that was and is such a misguided approach. And here, I'm speaking about male/female romances, because feminists do not attack gay or lesbian romances for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't

Hello my lovelies. I miss you! I know it's been kind of quiet around here for a couple of weeks. I fell into a book. I fell hard. I've written three drafts of Arsenic and Old Ladies in nine weeks, and have messed up my back/neck/shoulders in the process. Omygod I'm in pain right now! But I'm doing PT and it's improving very slowly. I finished the third draft just yesterday and sent it off to my editor, who has to love it or else I'll die. Phew! Three drafts in nine weeks! Tha

Torn from his mother's arms a newborn, he finds his way back as a man, led by the love of a strong, stubborn woman who won't take no for an answer VIDEO EDITION BELOW - TEXT BELOW THAT - AUDIO PODCASTS LINK TEXT EDITION BELOW It's MAY and I have a ton of stuff happening I want to share with you. Pour a cup of coffee and let's chat, shall we? The obvious big event for me this month is the release of LONE WOLF. This book is pure emotion from start to finish. I can't tell you ho