My Inspiration for Writing Middle South I have always loved to escape into a book. I still make time to read every night before I go to bed. Right before I started writing Middle South, I was reading a lot of funny women’s fiction and the movie version of Bridget Jones’ Diary had just come out. I thought, I can do that too! I had the novel brewing in my head for a while. One morning, sitting on my bed in my parents’, I opened up my computer and started writing. I was in graduate school, and I was annoyed…

Former marketing whiz Kennedy Lowell knows bar-tending isn’t her destiny. After derailing her life to epic proportions in one fell swoop, though, she’s content with the easy refuge of pouring drinks and keeping to herself. But the arrival of her sexy new boss and two wannabe friends who won’t take no for an answer throws Kennedy into a tailspin. Add the temptation of a homey new bakery desperately in need of a marketing genius and Kennedy begins to wonder if easy is all it’s cracked up to be. Easy is Hunter Clayborne’s middle name. Uncomplicated is what he expects when…

Secrets and Sensibilities by Regina Scott My rating: 4 of 5 stars Slightly different from the traditional Regency Romances I’ve read, but thoroughly enjoyable. Both the hero and the heroine were delightful characters. Description: When art instructor Hannah Alexander agrees to accompany four of her students on a country house visit before Easter, she never dreams of entering into a dalliance with the owner David Tenant, the handsome new Earl of Brentfield. But one moment in his company and she’s in danger of losing her heart. There are secrets aplenty at Brentfield, enough to challenge any lady’s sensibilities, even those…