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June 10, 2026

What exactly do we mean when we call something a forbidden romance? Turns out, people have wildly different ways to define “forbidden.” Which can make it difficult to find the type of book you’re actually searching for, which I learned the hard way writing and publishing a book that is a forbidden romance. The best…

April 20, 2026

If you’ve read Runaway Rogue or Keeping the Countess, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I’m something of an anthophile (a person who has zero chill about flowers). Flower-giving has been a gesture of affection since ancient times, but as the estate system in Europe grew in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, a…