This week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop, we're asked, "Name something that inspires your writing--real life, other books, a setting, dialogue you overhear, etc."
Ooh, another easy question! Actually, any of those can and have served as a source of inspiration. But, as I mentioned last week, (and as you can see below) I have a new book coming out soon! Que Será, Syrah is the third book in a multi-author series I have been working on with fellow authors Kate Davies and Kelly Jamieson.
The whole series was inspired by a trip Kelly and I took to Napa, many years ago. Although, of course, I also lived just south of Napa for almost twenty years so the setting for this series was--and is--very important to me. It's probably the place that feels most like home.
In fact, the SF/East Bay/North Bay area provided a lot of the details for the Oberon series, as well. The Pour Decisions series is set in a fictional small town in Napa Valley, so there's a blend of actual reality and stuff we made up. But I've tried to make it as true to life as possible.
Interestingly, my Atlas Beach, NJ location (the setting for the Games We Play stories) was based as much on a trip I took to Mendacino as it was by the time I spent on the Jersey Shore as a kid/teen/young adult.
Now, hop on over to Leslie Hachtel's page to find out what inspires her. And don't forget to check out her book, A Dance in Time.
Lady Grace imagines escaping her cruel husband and miserable life. A portal into the past offers her so much more, including meeting the man of her dreams. But his life is at risk. Can she save him? Can he rescue her?
Que Será, Syrah
They may be keeping secrets and telling lies, but a little white wine never hurt anyone.
Allegra
It’s not every day that you inherit one-third of a winery. I should be on top of the world, floating on Cloud Wine, as they say. Instead, don’t you just know it? I’m about to make one of the biggest mistakes of my life. And that’s saying something. My family has always viewed me as something of a screw-up, not always fairly. But in this case? They’re not only dead right about me messing things up; they don’t even know the half of it. Yet.
Complicating my quest to redeem myself, earn my sisters’ respect, and help them turn our winery into a straight fire success, is my low-key relationship with Sheriff’s Deputy Clay Romero. Sure, there are risks involved in sleeping with the enemy, but ‘what’s meant to be will find a way,’ right? And whether Clay believes it or not, I know we’re fated. With a capital F.
Clay
We’re Capital F somethin’ all right; but I don’t think it’s fate. Ever since Legs (AKA Allegra Martinelli) blew back into town, I’ve been flirting with disaster. Literally. I doubt that woman’s ever met a rule that she didn’t want to at least bend. And, as luck would have it, it’s my job to try and stop her. I love my job, and I think I love her. But there’s not enough wine in Napa to convince me that I’ll be able to hang on to them both.
Legs keeps likening us to Romeo and Juliet. And as I keep trying to remind her; that kind of story tends not to end well. I’m sure there are exceptions, but are we gonna be one of them? I guess we’ll find out.
Releasing May 27, 2025
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