Sizzling Historical Romance

Announcing the My Guilty Pleasure Collection

Here is what the reader can expect:

1. Standalone novels that don't require a commitment to a long series--one and done. 
2. Emotionally intense historical fiction. Addictive (betcha can't read just one)
3. A variety of settings and situations to explore those oh-so-familiar romantic tropes we adore. 
4. Great price. 2.99 or read it in Kindle Unlimited (KU)
5. Page-turning (not door-stopping) plots. 
6. Heroines who are neither feisty nor passive but real women who have a major problem on their hands.
7. Heroes who are neither alpha nor beta but real men who were doing just fine until she came along.

My Guilty Pleasure Titles

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More to come in 2018! Happy Valentine's Day and good reading!

Smashwords 2017 Summer Sale Blowout

Cottage, beach, lake or mountain or even backyard pool--it is summer in the northern hemisphere and we don't know about you guys, but we're clocking off early. We don't have the time or money to go on vacation, so we're taking a staycation.  We're hitting the patio with a stack of ebooks, a pitcher of sangria (the friendliest way to consume cheap wine) and letting the stress melt away. Click on the link below to be taken to Smashwords Sale Page for Romance titles and shop till you drop!

July Summer/Winter Sale on Smashwords!

TONS of eBooks are deeply discounted or free on Smashwords throughout July. The selection is massive. Try out genres you've always been curious about but couldn't afford to indulge. Twenty bucks will buy you a lot of ebooks that are yours to keep.

Smashwords sells ebooks in all digital formats for ereaders of all stripes--even the older models are supported and the customer service is outstanding. 

Catherine Lloyd titles on sale:

(Click on the title to be taken to the sale page)

Grab Dark Redeemer Historical Romance Boxed Set Edition for $1.25 (reg $4.99)

Grab Mandrake Falls Four Seasons Romance Boxed Set Edition for $1.25 (reg $4.99)

N J Dorrian titles on sale: 

(Click on the title to be taken to the sale page)

Snap up Girl on a Wire for $1.50 (reg. $2.99) 

Weight Loss and Romance

We here at Writewood Creations have been trying to lose ten pounds (each) for literally years and we've discovered a certain level of starvation is required to pull this off for inactive women in their fifties. We don't care what the diet gurus say--our research shows we lose weight when we are hungry. As in starving. So hungry that a lunch of vegetable soup tastes out of this world. (For instance, I'm really hungry now and I can't wait for my poached egg on whole grain toast. Can. Not. Wait.)

There's no other way. We don't like to exercise, especially in the winter. A collective shudder goes through the office when someone suggests a walk at noon. ("In this? Are you well?") So that's out. Hunger is the only way to whittle those pounds down. Our motto is: "If you are not hungry, you're doing it wrong."

But we've noticed an overall increase in our testiness since we started this thing. Publishing is a cranky business at the best of times. Lots of snark and general irritating nit-picky stuff to deal with. We used to console ourselves with vats of red wine and chocolate Easter bunnies. Cabbage soup doesn't have the same soothing effect as a good-old bag of Hershey's Kisses. And the worst thing is, this semi-starved state will have to be permanent. The new world order. We just can't eat like we did in our twenties.

Does reading romance novels help us stay the course? Here are our completely unscientific results from the past month. We discovered:

1) Reading warm-to-hot love stories cheered us up and helped us unwind at the end of the day.
2) Romance novels are calorie-free. You burn calories reading a book!
3) Reading an engrossing romance distracted us from being hungry and kept us out of the fridge.
4) Romantic love stories made us more amorous with our husbands. Everyone knows sex burns calories.
5) We believe reading romance stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain and reduced our cravings.

Total weight lost: 7 pounds.

Craving a doughnut? Pick up a romance instead! The craving will pass and you'll be an hour or two closer to bedtime and another day done without blowing your diet. We've got this!