New! Grandma’s Wedding Quilts Series

New! Grandma’s Wedding Quilts Series

Allow me to introduce the eleven authors behind the twelve novellas and novels of our new sweet, clean historical romance series: Grandma’s Wedding Quilts. Each book is connected by family ties: each living grandchild of Grandma Mary (siblings and cousins) makes an appearance in their own book. My new title, Pleasance’s First Love is #5 of 12, coming on January 13th. This series will release in its entirety in January, 2017.

Blog Tour: Garden of Her Heart by Shanna Hatfield

Blog Tour: Garden of Her Heart by Shanna Hatfield

USA Today Bestselling Author Shanna Hatfield introduces her new release Garden of Her Heart. Set in Oregon in 1942, this sweet romance between a wounded soldier and a fugitive discover love midst the greatest of challenges, in the least likely of places. This Blog Tour article shares where the idea for the book originated, a peek inside the new release, and more info about Shanna and her sweet romances.

Victorian Leap Year Traditions Part 1

Victorian Leap Year Traditions Part 1

If you recall seeing the 2010 movie, LEAP YEAR, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode, then you know a great deal of fun can be poked at the long-held European tradition of ladies taking a turn, roughly once every four years, in the dominant role of pursuer in a romantic relationship.

According to an article titled LEAP YEAR, and subtitled: Ladies’ law in Leap Year–Bachelors’ Penalty, as published in The Weekly Kansas Chief newspaper on 21 January, 1892, “A lady has the privilege in leap year of suggesting marriage between herself and a bachelor acquaintance.