Updated:  Wednesday, July 16, 2008

I receive the loveliest letters from readers and they're often filled with questions about my books, about upcoming books, about ideas, etc.  Below are a few of the most frequently asked questions, and my answers--at least they're the best answers I can come up with right now!

When is I'M NO ANGEL coming out?
Do you travel to all the places you write about?
What book are you working on now?
Where do you get your ideas?
Who comes up with the titles for your books?
Will the Remingtons and Wildes appear in more books (especially Beau Remington)?
Will you ever again write another time travel or ghost story?
Will Merry Nicholas ever appear in another book?
What authors do you read?
How can I get a copy of your out of print books?
Will ENCHANTED, WISHES COME TRUE, TILL THE END OF TIME and IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU ever be reprinted?

Q: When is I'M NO ANGEL coming out?
A: I'M NO ANGEL was released on June 29, 2004
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Q: Do you travel to all the places you write about?
A: I wish! I have been to Montana and Wyoming numerous times. In fact, Bob and I once owned ten acres in Montana and had hoped to retire there. (That, of course, was before we purchased our retirement home in far northern California.) So, fortunately, I do know a lot about Montana and Wyoming, which made the stories that take place there easier to tell. I've also written a few books that take place in Palm Beach, Florida. That, my friends, is a place I go to in my dreams. I envision owning a fabulous marble mansion on the ocean, palm trees swaying in the warm summer breezes, and an oh-so-fabulous hunk serving me mai tais as I lounge by the pool, writing my books. But, no, I've never been there. I do, however, love Florida. I've been there twice: to Orlando for Walt Disney World, and to St. Augustine, where I found the inspiration to write LOOKING FOR A HERO.
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Q: What book are you working on now?
A: I'm not telling! I'll let you know after I'M NO ANGEL is published. (I'd rather let you guess after you read that book. Who knows, I may have a contest, and we'll see how many people answer correctly.
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Q: Where do you get your ideas?
A: Here, there and everywhere. Honestly, I wish I knew. Sometimes they come in a flash, totally out of the blue, and I jot them down just as quickly so I don't forget. Sometimes I sit in my recliner for days on end agonizing over a plot line. I may know who the hero and heroine are (sometimes they're secondary characters from another book), but I don't have a story for them. Lauren Remington from BORN TO BE WILD and Mike Flynn from SOMETHING WILD were both in my book WIFE FOR A DAY. You wouldn't believe the number of letters I received from readers asking me if I was going to write their story(ies), and write them I did. However, when I first began writing WIFE FOR A DAY, Mike Flynn and Lauren Remington were going to have their own secondary love story. I wrote and wrote and wrote about them, but in the end, I couldn't make them anything more than friends. Obviously they knew better than I did who they should be paired up with, so they helped me create Max Wilde and Charity Wilde, and their romances blossomed from there.
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Q: Who comes up with the titles for your books?
A: Avon (my fabulous publisher) has come up with quite a few of my titles: IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU, LOOKING FOR A HERO, WIFE FOR A DAY and BRIDE FOR A NIGHT. I titled TILL THE END OF TIME all by myself. It was the perfect title for my ghost story. BORN TO BE WILD, SOMETHING WILD, STUCK ON YOU, AND THEN HE KISSED ME, and I'M NO ANGEL were my titles, and fortunately they stuck. Sometimes I need a title to help me create the story. I'M NO ANGEL was definitely a title like that. When you read the book, you'll see how perfectly it fits both Angel Devlin, the heroine, and Tom Donovan, the hero.
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Q: Will the Remingtons and Wildes appear in more books (especially Beau Remington)?
A: I really wish I had an answer for that. The only thing I can say is: I don't have any more Remington or Wilde books planned at this time. I've married off just about everyone who appeared in those stories, except poor Beau, but he was only a 16 year old when WIFE FOR A DAY came out in 1999. I've got to let him age a little bit before he's first-class hero material!
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Q: Will you ever again write another time travel or ghost story?
A: Ah, now that would be fun! I live in hope that that will happen someday, I just don't have one planned at present.
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Q: Will Merry Nicholas ever appear in another book?
A: That would be fun, too! I'd love to write another Christmas-in-July story, with the delightful Mrs. Santa Claus winging her way into someone's life and helping that person find true love. For now she appears only in ENCHANTED and WISHES COME TRUE, but I have the feeling she will appear again one day.
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Q: What authors do you read?
A: I'm a sucker for a lot of different authors and different genres and I buy a whole lot of books by favorite authors but, sadly, I rarely find time to read as much as I would like to. I love historical romance, paranormal romance, and cozy mysteries. Check out My Favorite Things for a list of my all-time favorite books. To that you could add anything written by Jude Deveraux and Lorraine Heath. I adore Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Janet Evanovich, and the Elvis Cole mysteries written by Robert Crais. My tastes are always changing, so there's no telling what I'll love to read next week. And I have a lot of fabulous writer friends whose books I love--but if I started listing everyone, I'd never get to the end of this answer!
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Q: How can I get a copy of your out of print books?
A: ENCHANTED, WISHES COME TRUE, TILL THE END OF TIME and IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU are definitely hard to find. My hope is that all four of these books found their way to Keeper shelves, because, to me, they're very special. Occasionally they turn up in used book stores, so keep hunting. Check your local library. Or go to www.NewAndUsedBooks.com. If the book isn't available, fill our the Wish List, and who knows, a copy might magically appear.
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Q: Will ENCHANTED, WISHES COME TRUE, TILL THE END OF TIME and IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU ever be reprinted?
A: I hope so! Only time will tell.
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