As I am about to embark on a remodeling project, I’ve been thinking about how to (re)organize my books. Once upon a time, they WERE organiz...

Yesterday, August 16, was the 192nd anniversary of The Peterloo Massacre . On that date in 1819, in St. Peters Field, Manchester, England, ...

I'm totally exhausted, which is definitely the wrong way to be on release day. Pompeia, the heroine of my new release, was a joy to ...

People are always interested in where writers get the inspiration for their stories. For me the ideas can come from anywhere. The idea for ...

I hope some of you saw the blogs Harlequin posted on the peregrine falcon family that nested within sight of the office windows in Toronto. ...

One of this month’s Harlequin Historicals is Christine Merrill ’s Dangerous Lord, Innocent Governess , reminding me that the governess has ...

Lately I've been working on a story that begins at a masquerade. The masquerade isn't important to the story except to facilitate a...

This past week saw over 2,000 romance authors converge on Times Square in NYC, to attend the 2011 Romance Writers of America national confer...

Michelle Styles examines the life of Harriot Mellon Coutts, Duchess of St Albans, Celebrated actress, senior partner in Coutts Bank and forg...

Images of heroes and heroines on horseback or riding in grand carriages are part of what I love about writing books set in Regency England....

Congratulations to Cheryl St. John, RITA finalist in the novella category for “Mountain Rose” in the TO BE A MOTHER release from Love Inspir...

Reading is a wonderful escape to a familiar landscape for most of us. My reading “comfort food” includes historical romance, of course, as w...