Writing from My Heart

Scheduling, or Why So Long Between Series Releases?

Every writer is asked “When will X book be out?”

This is a good thing! Someone is interested in more of our work!

Many times we have a specific answer: “August 11, 2026” (Which is the answer to “When is the next Below Stairs Mystery coming out?”). Or, “September 16” (For “When is the next Leonidas the Gladiator Mystery?”).

But sometimes I don’t have an answer, because I don’t know, and it’s very frustrating (however that is changing–as I will reveal).

Here are the reasons why I have had gaps in book releases:

I write multiple series. Current series are: Shifters Unbound, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, Below Stairs Mysteries, Stormwalker, Mackenzies / McBrides, Leonidas the Gladiator Mysteries, Riding Hard, and this doesn’t include other, shorter series that I’ve started. My goal is to have at least one entry in each every 18 months, but sometimes this is impossible.
I can only write so many books a year. I know authors who can write one book per month, even long ones! I can’t. It takes me, from starting the draft to finishing up the proofreading, anywhere from two and a half to four months. Now, during the editing and proofreading stages of one book, I can be drafting another. I love to write, so once I’ve sent the book off to my editor, I go on the next book. I can usually manage three to four novels a year and one to two novellas on top of that using this method.
Real Life has a way of intruding. Like most people, I’m constantly dealing with things in my life. In the last five years, I’ve gone through my mom’s death, losing two cats, watching my husband’s health lag with MS, moving, and trying to take care of my own health (e.g., the sciatica I’ve developed), as well as the usual home maintenance, doctor’s appointments, etc. I have to help my husband a lot, and there’s no one to take care of physical things while I’m writing. Plus, I need vacation once in a while!
Publisher contracts can be restricting. It is a rare publisher that doesn’t try to control what their authors are writing. To be fair, they don’t want to spend a lot of money and time on an author, and then she’s too busy to write the books in her contract and another publisher is making money from her other books. I used to write for multiple publishers and had to negotiate carefully to do so, though now I mostly publish myself. But my publisher’s contracts will state specifically what series I’m allowed to publish and when. So, while I’ve been writing one Below Stairs Mystery novel a year, my contract restricts me from publishing other books under the Jennifer Ashley name too close to those releases.
Sometimes I just don’t have it in me. I love all of my series. I know the characters like they’re my family and I enjoy the heck out of entering their worlds. But sometimes the romance between two characters who need to get together just doesn’t come to me. Romance is a journey, and if I can’t vividly visualize how that journey will go, I can’t write the book. I don’t want to crank out something mediocre just so Character A and Character B can get together. I want the story to be intense, and at times it doesn’t happen (see “Real Life has a Way of Intruding” above). And no, I won’t turn to AI to write them for me!

That all said:

I’ve come up with a way to organize myself and get all of these books written, which is why I will have releases this year in August, September, October, and probably November, then again in either January or February. First, my contract restrictions have eased. Second,

I have a spreadsheet! It’s color coded and everything. What could go wrong?

But seriously, I have over the last six months, pounded out a working schedule of my upcoming releases.

I won’t necessarily post this schedule to the world, because I need to remain a little flexible, for things like Real Life Interference and I Don’t have It In Me.

However, I have worked out how to rotate through my series and make sure I have releases in each one a little more often. I will post dates and titles for each book once I’ve started drafting it or am very confident of the release date. I hate when I post a date and have to change it for one of the above-mentioned interferences.

What’s Coming Up (For Real)

This where I am on my next releases:

Murder in Blackfriars (Below Stairs Mysteries, Book 9) Release date August 11. Status: Completely done (on pre-order) and ready to be read!

Brother at Arms (Leonidas the Gladiator Mysteries, Book 4). Release date September 16. Status: In proofreading and on pre-order.

Below Stairs Mysteries Novella. Release date October. Status: In edits (I’m being a little cryptic with title and release date, because I’m waiting for Murder in Blackfriars to be released. See Publisher Contracts can be Restricting for why.)

Riding Hard: Jack (Riding Hard, Book 9). Release date November. Status: Drafting (I have chapter 1 mostly done). Note: This will be the last Riding Hard book.

Dylan (Shifters Unbound Book 17). Release date beginning of 2027. Status: Brainstorming. I won’t post the release date until I start writing, because I have a lot of Real Life stuff coming up Oct-Nov, so that might slow me down. But, it will be the next book after Jack, no matter what.

The three books after that will be Mackenzies (Megan’s story), Stormwalker (Shape Changer), and then a novel in the new mystery series, Robert Archer Paranormal Mysteries (A Matter of Vengeance). All three of these are in Brainstorming mode. These three might flip around depending on Real Life factors, and I will post firmer dates once I start writing each.

After that, I will start all over again with Captain Lacey (Book 18 in that series, Murder on the Rhone, was just published this past March), and then continue with another Elizabeth I book, then back to Below Stairs, and around we go. I’ll pop another Satin and Silk book in somewhere (this will be a 3-book series) and perhaps start something new as well.

(By the way: ALL of these books will have paperback editions as well as e-book, and most will have Audio editions. Almost all will be translated into German and French with some in Italian as well.)

So there you have it. The more-or-less answer to “When is the next book coming out?”

I also post all this info on my websites, which I update every couple of weeks. (I love updating my website. There are actually people who don’t. How is this possible?)

Check out my Forthcoming pages here:

Jennifer Ashley Forthcoming Books

Ashley Gardner Forthcoming Books

If you’ve made it to the end, thank you!!!

Sneak peek at the Below Stairs Halloween Novella.

Sneak peek at the cover of Riding Hard: Jack

Sneak peek at Dylan’s cover.

So Many Mysteries (Hooray!)

This is a year of mysteries, with entries in most of my mystery series as both Ashley Gardner and Jennifer Ashley. (If you are a romance fan, don’t worry! Those are coming next).

First was Murder on the Rhone, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Book 18 in March.

August sees the release of Murder in Blackfriars, the ninth book of the Below Stairs (Kat Holloway) Mystery series. I cannot believe I’ve written nine books in this series already! I started with an idea and a forgotten novella, and now, here we are! (Pre-order Murder in Blackfriars here.) In this one, we delve into Daniel’s background and secrets from his past people are willing to kill for.

In September will come Brother at Arms, Book 4 of the Leonidas the Gladiator Mysteries series. I have the finished book back from the editor, and I’m going over the edits now. (Pre-order Brother at Arms here).The book will be out in paperback (as well as e-book) on day of release (Sep 16), or you can pre-order the paperback directly from me. I have already set up the narrator for audio, so that is coming too!

It has been a while since my last Leonidas book, though I was able to slide in Saturnalian Gifts this past December to catch everyone up on the characters and world.

Then in October, will come another Kat Holloway novella, in time for Halloween! I’m not posting anything about that yet. (I do have a cover peek below plus on my Upcoming Books page). Once Murder in Blackfriars is out, I will spill the beans about that. Watch this space!

Speaking of beans, Brother at Arms, which is set in May, AD 64, features the festival of Lemuria, celebrated on the 9th, 11th, and 13th of the month. At Lemuria businesses and even temples were closed, while everyone placated or banished whatever evil spirits lurked in their homes. It’s an animistic festival, not dedicated to any of the gods, but specifically targeted to spirits tied to the house.

Why beans? Apparently, the rituals to send evil away involved black beans, either tossing them or spitting them onto the floor. When I researched this, I thought, “They can’t mean black beans–those are a crop from South and Central America.” (And very tasty. I make black bean chilaquiles whenever I can.)

Further investigation showed that they meant fava beans, but a variety that has a dark color. These beans were tossed around while the head of the household wandered about the house asking the evil-minded spirits to go.

I like to put these long-forgotten festivals into the Leonidas books–there were several every month. It helps to ground the book in that world, and maybe give readers information they might never have known about Ancient Rome.

I have planned more books in the Leonidas series, as well as Kat Holloway, Captain Lacey, and Robert Archer paranormal mysteries (more about my series planning in another post).

For now, enjoy all these mysteries, and yes, romances are coming! (So are more mysteries.) Check out my Coming Soon page on the Jennifer Ashley / Allyson James website as well as on the Ashley Gardner site for some hints at where I’m going.

As always, if you have read this far, thank you!

Sneak Peek at Kat Holloway October Novella Cover

Reflections on Captain Lacey, New Boxed Set, and Storewide Audio Sale

Over the weekend, as I was updating my web store and making some Captain Lacey audio bundles available (more on that later), I realized how very far we’ve come.

Many years ago, I received the first box of The Hanover Square Affair in the mail from my publisher, and I cried.

There it was, the story about this calvary captain that I’d dreamed of for so long, and labored over during worldwide and personal crises, in a box on my doorstep (and in bookstores!).

I never thought I’d finish that book or that anyone would publish it. Or thought the publisher would offer for five more books of the series. Imagine my terror when I had to write book two! (After that, it got easier.)

My publisher dropped the series like a hot potato after book six (A Covent Garden Mystery), saying the sales weren’t what they wanted. Actually they announced they wanted no more when I was in the middle of writing book six. And I cried again.

I had to put the series aside while I wrote other things in my Jennifer Ashley life, but I kept coming back to Captain Lacey, wondering if I could sell to another publisher or if this newfangled self-publishing thing would amount to anything.

But, do you know what brought Captain Lacey back to life? Readers and my newsletter.

The first six books might not have lived up to publisher expectations (they decided “historical mystery didn’t sell”), but people read the books, liked them, and wrote me to tell me so. They also joined my newsletter list to be informed in case the series ever continued. I kept that list on a spreadsheet on my computer, and when self-publishing let me re-publish the first six books, I sent out a timid email to those on that list saying they were available again, and that I was working on Book 7 (A Death in Norfolk).

The response was amazing! So many people purchased Hanover Square online, around the world, and then went on to A Regimental Murder, and the next book, and the next.

Encouraged, I wrote and published A Death in Norfolk, and also The Necklace Affair, a story I’d written while sitting around on jury duty waiting to be called. (I revised and expanded the story, and I was never called to be a juror on that case.)

By the time I wrote book 10 (The Thames River Murders), the books started to hit the USA Today bestseller list! (I didn’t cry this time, I just rejoiced.)

I was so pleased that so many readers went back to a series the publishers threw away and showed me how much they enjoyed the books. I am exceedingly grateful.

So, this weekend, as I was bundling up Captain Lacey audio books on my store, it struck me that I’d never have believed way back then, as a brand new and scared author, that I’d be on Book 18 (Murder on the Rhone), with e-books, paperbacks, and audio books, plus German and French translations of the entire series, and I’d be offering the books not only on retailers worldwide but on my own web store.

It made me stop and think about where it all began, and how far Captain Lacey and I have come.

I am now brainstorming Book 19, which will have a cover and tentative release date as soon as I can pin down the title.

The point of this ramble is to express my profound gratitude for those who support Captain Lacey, and if you’re not a reader of that series, then Ashley Gardner in general (and Jennifer Ashley when I’m writing all her books).

Which Brings me to …

Storewide Audio sale and a New Boxed Set

1) All Audio Books are 3.99 on my Web Store!

All Audio books on my web store are discounted to 3.99 (US$, other currencies will be the equivalent). Every single Audio Book, from Captain Lacey, to Leonidas the Gladiator, to Below Stairs Mysteries, Stormwalker, Mackenzies, Shifters, Riding Hard (and anything else). Every audio book, regardless, is 3.99.

You can read these on the Bookfunnel app on your device of choice. (See https://bookfunnel.com/help/ for assistance with that.)

Find all my audiobooks here: https://geni.us/xqKYB

I have bundled audiobooks for further savings

Captain Lacey Audio Bundles: https://geni.us/kyH1Af

Leonidas the Gladiator Audio Bundle: https://geni.us/ysx2Ekx

Below Stairs Mysteries Audio Bundle: https://geni.us/2X3gbG

Riding Hard Audio Bundle

Shifters Unbound Audio Bundles

Stormwalker Audio Bundle

Mackenzies / McBrides Audio Bundle

Grab now before I come to my senses and restore the full prices.

2) An e-book boxed set of the most recent three Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries

Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, Volume 6

Find it at:

Amazon: https://geni.us/3ZMep2

Apple: https://geni.us/N617R

Kobo (and Kobo Plus): https://geni.us/BeTfmK

Google: https://geni.us/he2bot

(Nook is coming)

On my shop, I bundle the books a bit differently, which you can find here:https://geni.us/8xNF

That’s it for now. If you got this far, thank you!!

All my best,

Jennifer Ashley / Ashley Gardner / Allyson James

It’s my Bday, and I’ll post about the Gladiator series if I want to

I continue to work on Brother at Arms, the fourth book in the Leonidas the Gladiator series. I have an excerpt posted here.

You can also pre-order the book at my direct web store.

I will be adding the pre-order to other retailers gradually, so check the book page for those as they come up (I’ll also post).

I’m more than halfway through the draft! The book is taking unexpected turns, which is normal for me. I enjoy watching where the characters want to go.

More updates when I have them!

PS: Yes, it is really my birthday. I’ve decided in the last couple of years to celebrate a birthday *week*. That way if life gets hectic and there’s no time to celebrate on the actual day, any day of that week works just as well. Or every day! I’ve already made one cake (yellow with chocolate frosting and sprinkles). There might be more.

PS2: I don’t believe in not celebrating as we age. Hey, we made it another year! We deserve a party!

Murder on the Rhône Audio and Updates for May

I’m pleased to report that the audiobook for Murder on the Rhône is now out and available everywhere:

My web store: https://geni.us/uL8SWs (where it’s 15% off until May 30!)

Audible: https://geni.us/LYh6BV

Chirp: https://geni.us/R3bCE

Google: https://geni.us/W5Faf

Kobo: https://geni.us/ll2u9

Nook Audio: https://geni.us/GPDy

James Gillies did a wonderful job on this, juggling the many different characters and their accents. (Talented narrators like James, and others I use, are why I will not be having robot voices read my books anytime soon. Ok, ever.)

I hope you enjoy the audiobook!

Updates for May

At the moment I am hard at work on the next Leonidas the Gladiator book, Brother at Arms. It’s going slower than I like (what’s new?), but I’m about 1/3 of the way through the draft.

In this book, Leonidas learns things about his deceased friend Xerxes that he’d rather not know, and he suspects Xerxes’ death might not have been as straightforward as it seemed.

I’m happy to be back in Ancient Rome with Leonidas, Cassia, Marcianus, Aemil, and others.

I plan to put Brother at Arms on pre-order in June. I wanted a July release, but because life is slowing me down, I likely won’t hit that date. It would be perfect for an August release, but Murder in Blackfriars (Kat Holloway Book 9, which is on pre-order) is out in August, and I can’t release both in the same month. So, very likely, Brother at Arms will be out in early September. I’ll have a firm pub date when I start the pre-orders. The book will be out in ebook and paperback, and also audio.

I notice I’ve slowed way down on blogging and youtube. I’m trying to devote much more time to writing, and also real life, which keeps throwing things at me. If you live in an older house, you know things are always falling apart and are difficult to repair. If you have or live with someone with a chronic disease, then you understand the challenges of that too.

At the moment, we’ve moved to our summer abode (also an old house that needs lots of upkeep), where I can sit in my sunny office and write books while crows perch in the trees outside and yell in through the window. Inspiring another Stormwalker book, which will come.

Thanks for reading to the end! Enjoy Murder on the Rhone in audio, and I’ll post the pre-order for Brother at Arms soon!

Duchess in Diamonds is Out!

Today is release day for Duchess in Diamonds!

Find it here:

My shop (ebook): https://geni.us/RAsL

My shop (paperback): https://geni.us/NecdRU

Apple: https://geni.us/FnGW

Amazon: https://geni.us/r0fZ3

BN/ Nook: https://geni.us/bGQoF

Kobo / Kobo Plus: https://geni.us/7s2t8A

Google: https://geni.us/xCy3F

Read an Excerpt: https://geni.us/8FBfZb

Duchess in Diamonds is a book of my heart, that I’ve been trying to write for years.

It’s a sweet / spicy Regency romance about a duchess (Caro), mother of a nine-year-old duke, trying to sell the family art collection to make ends meet. Enter Eamon Stone, veteran of Waterloo, son of a swindler, also trying to make ends meet.

A marriage wager, close friends and found families, warm romance, along with some intrigue, makes this a feel-good story but with some heat. I hope you enjoy it!

I am exploring options for an audiobook, and will update on that when I have details. Meanwhile it is out in paperback and ebook everywhere.

This is Book 1 of 3 (so far). Next up, Jo and Hayden in Princess in Pearls.

Let me know if you read the book, and if you want more!

Bear Attraction is finally in Print!

Some thrilling news! Bear Attraction (Walker and Rebecca’s story in Shifters Unbound), which has long been e-book only, is finally in paperback! I received the rights back to that book (plus Feral Heat and Lone Wolf), and for the first time ever Bear Attraction will be available in paperback.

It is now orderable on my bookshop: https://geni.us/cJ4xr5 (specify signed or no signature).

I have a ton coming to me from the printer, and I’ll be able to fulfill the orders once they arrive (should be sometime next week).

It is also available in ebook with it’s cute new cover. I also added to the back matter with information on the Shifters and who is who and what books are about which Shifters.

To refresh: Rebecca was first introduced in Bodyguard, as the Kodiak bear Shifter house mate of Ronan. The hero, Walker Danielson, first came into the Shftertown world in Tiger Magic, where he was sent to capture Tiger. Walker and Rebecca began some chemistry in Tiger Magic, and now they have their story told. Bear Attraction also introduces the characters who will return in White Tiger and other books in Kendrick’s Shiftertown.

I will be loading Bear Attraction (print and ebook) to Amazon and B&N, and other stores via Ingram, but I am waiting for those vendors to take the Berkley version down first. That will be a couple of weeks.

The audio book is still available at Audible, Chirp, etc, as are the translations. That hasn’t changed (though I will be adding a French translation).

I am so, so, so happy to have the rights back to this book! I’ve been trying to get them for ages, because my publisher just would not put Bear Attraction in print. It has been a long game of patience, my friends.

Please enjoy the new cover and the ability to hold a printed book in your hands.

My bookshop: https://geni.us/cJ4xr5

More information and excerpt: https://geni.us/hSsSPX

I will be working on Lone Wolf and Feral Heat next to have them uploaded in paperback and ebook with new covers.

New!! Pre-Order Duchess in Diamonds

At long last, I am thrilled to announce the release of a brand new Regency romance novel: Duchess in Diamonds, Book 1 of Satin and Silk Historical Romance. Out April 23!

First, links where you can find it (to pre-order), and then I’ll tell you about the book and the series!

From My Bookshop:

E-Book: https://geni.us/RAsL

Paperback: https://geni.us/NecdRU

If you order the ebook from my store, you will get it the moment I upload the final files, be that two days or two weeks before it’s released on the retailers. (The print book will ship out on release day, and I can only send within the US, because of postage costs.)

The Retailers

Amazon: https://geni.us/r0fZ3

Kobo: https://geni.us/7s2t8A (will be in Kobo Plus upon release)

BN: https://geni.us/bGQoF

Google: https://geni.us/xCy3F

Apple: To come

I don’t yet have pre-order links for the paperback (except for my shop), but this will be out in print at release. (Also in libraries, and I’m working on audio.)

What It’s All About

I’ve had the idea for this series in my head for years, but had to push it aside to write other books and series. I’d worked up a proposal for a publisher, but then I couldn’t get my sh*t together to write it (my mom passing away really stymied me for a while.) I decided to indie publish it instead.

Finally I was able to write book one, and now it will actually appear!

The Gentlemen

Eamon Stone, Hayden McCormick, and Dominic Wolfe have survived everything together—from a brutal schoolboy existence to deadly missions against Napoleon. Stranded behind enemy lines at Waterloo, they make a pact: if they live through the day, each will try to settle down and marry, leaving the last bachelor standing the loser of their wager.

No one expects Eamon Stone, son of a disgraced swindler, to fall in love first, least of all Eamon himself.

The Ladies

The three ladies in question also grew up together, their families residing in nearby homes in Hampshire, and they’ve remained close ever since.

The Duchess: Caro Aylesmore, a widowed young woman who’d been the second wife of the aging Duke of Aylesmore, bore him a son (Leo), who is now nine and the duke. Aylesmore, unfortunately, had been feckless with money and Caro has to resort to selling anything not entailed to keep food on the table for herself, Leo, and her mother-in-law. The last thing she needs is to fall in love with Eamon Stone, son of a confidence trickster, especially with Leo’s cousin doing his best to take Leo away from Caro.

The Princess: Jo (Princess Josephine Anne-Marie Sophia Vollen of Osagard), daughter of the heir to the throne of Osagard, has lived in England her entire life, and has grown close to Caro and their third friend, Louise. Her father is in exile, waiting for the day he might be recalled to rule their tiny Balkan land. This makes Jo off limits for any suitor who isn’t thoroughly vetted by the prince’s majordomo, which for now, is fine with Jo. Until she meets Hayden McCormick, the brilliant tutor from the Shetland Isles hired to tutor her niece.

The Countess: Louise, Countess of Heyford, married for love and went into deep mourning for her husband when he passed away. She has two boys (her heir and spare) she will do anything for, and she’s not pleased when Lord Dominic Wolfe, second son of a marquis, arrives on the horizon. She finds him arrogant and stubborn, and has no idea why she’s compelled to ask him to teach her two sons horsemanship. She will keep him at arm’s length as long as she possibly can. After all, she has no intention of falling in love again.

There you have it–more or less. There is a lot going on inside the books, of course! See the Series Page which will have ongoing updates, and the book pages for excerpts and more information when I have them.

You can read an excerpt for Duchess in Diamonds here.

I hope you enjoy the series!

Updates for February

I am trying to revamp my YouTube Channel (@jenniferashley6040), and have posted several new videos about what’s coming up, my writing process, and series insights. If you like vids, please give them a watch!

Meanwhile …

I suddenly got very busy. I’m proofreading the pages of Murder in Blackfriars (Below Stairs Mysteries Book 9) and still drafting Murder on the Rhone. On top of this, I’m prepping like mad for the Wild and Windy booksigning this week (Feb 12-14). Not to mention giving my cat two different meds twice a day and doing everything else in the course of my life.

The reason I don’t do more in-person appearances is that it takes a lot out of me. The prep eats time and energy, and sitting behind a table for hours can be grueling. I do enjoy meeting readers and chatting, signing books, and that sort of thing. But I don’t have a team of ten people taking care of all the details. My husband used to help a lot, but MS has robbed him of so much that he really can’t do physical stuff anymore. So packing and lugging boxes, setting up and tearing down tables, etc., is all me. (I do have a part-time assistant, but she lives across the country from me and can’t always be there to help with signings.)

I’m thinking after this signing, there will be limited places I go. I don’t mind jaunting to the Poisoned Pen, but I can only do that when they invite me. If I sat in their store offering to sign books every day, I think they’d soon tell me to leave. 🙂

What I am doing instead is reviving my YouTube channel, writing more books, ramping up my web store, where you can purchase signed books (as well as ebooks and un-signed books), and connecting more through my newsletters and blogs.

I’m trying to put all my writing focus into the Captain Lacey book just now (I’m so enjoying being back in his world).

Once I’m finished with that, I will make the announcement for a new Regency Romance series! I love the characters and setup for the series, and I hope readers love it to.

High time for a New Captain Lacey

I at long last have Murder on the Rhone (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Book 18) up for pre-order. Yay!

I am so happy I finally have time to write this book. I was working on four books at once at one point this fall, but thank heaven, they are all finished, turned in to my publisher, or already published. Leaving me time (starting at Christmas) to write just one!

Find the pre-orders for Murder on the Rhone here:

My Web Store: https://geni.us/A58OXA (Where it will be released the minute it is final and proofread).

All other vendors will release it March 17:

Amazon: https://geni.us/6tf3 (paperback out on release day)

BN (ebook and print): https://geni.us/5eMZBz

Kobo: https://geni.us/1LmAMnY

Google: https://geni.us/5LcXJvq

Apple (to come)

As always when I write these posts, I lament the fact that Amazon refuses to let you preorder the paperback book. They used to, but then they took away that function. Maybe they got burned too often with people not delivering books on time.

In any case, the paperback will be out on release day, available from Amazon, BN, and my web store (US only in my case, and shipping takes a while.)

Hooray for Captain Lacey! It’s so nice to spend time with him and Brewster and friends and family once again.

After I finish this book, I will start Brother At Arms (Leonidas the Gladiator, book 4), which has also taken forever for me to find the time to write.

I have an appearance coming up (two actually):

Jan 27 at 7pm at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, AZ. (Click here to go to the announcement). I will be discussing and signing the latest Kat Holloway release (A Silence in Belgrave Square) as well as Eloise and the Queen. Two other historical mystery authors will also be chatting and signing (Rob Osler and Dianne Freeman).
Feb 13-14 at the Renaissance Hotel in Glendale, AZ (just off the 101, the one by the big arena my husband and I call the bouncy house.) Wild and Windy West Book Event. Day pass tickets are still available for the signings only on Friday and Saturday. It’s a huge romance book fair, and I will be one of many, many, many authors signing. I am not a fan of crowds so send me good energy for this one. 🙂 https://tickets.wildandwindybookevent.com/e/wild-and-windy-phoenix-2026/tickets

After all this, I’m staying home to write! Or maybe take a quick vacation with my husband somewhere. We had to cancel our October vacay because our AC went out (and melted our house). It was a huge and expensive mess and we decided we needed to stay home and clean up instead of running around on planes, cars, and ferries. But I’d like to go somewhere to relax, even if we just jaunt to the next city. We can always find something to do there.

Anyway, please take care, enjoy the New Year, and I will get back to typing!