This week, I'm flying down for my first Romance Writers of American national conference, and in celebration, Stockholm Diaries, Melanie will be $.99! If you're in San Diego, stop by and say hello to me at the Indie Author Signing on Thursday, July 14! I'm really excited to listen to what so many of my own favorite romance authors have to say. I'm not even sure who will be there, but if I got to choose, I'd love to sit down and have a round-table talk with Lisa Kleypas, auth

Experimenting with vlogging for a Facebook event! Tried to take it outside, but the wind created too much noise. Next time:)

My family and I spent the second half of June on vacation in Hawaii. We had all been looking forward to the trip for a long time for different reasons. My husband wanted to relax. The kids wanted to swim. Me? On some coldish winter day this last year, I found a photo of a canopied bed next to the beach. I imagined my husband and me lying on this bed, reading, as the kids played in the sand a little further away. After two weeks, all four of us left the Big Island thoroughly c

Today's the day! One year ago, I published my first book, Stockholm Diaries, Caroline - hurrah! I got the idea for this series when our family was still living in Sweden. As an expat, I met many women (and some men) who had moved from around the world for love - "love refugees," as we all were called. I wrote this book a tribute to the many stories I heard about both the struggles and the rewards of an international relationship. As you can see from the cover, Stockholm