FAQ

There are currently six full length novels and three holiday novellas in the series:

• Christmas With a Prince (novella)
• Scandal With a Prince
• Honeymoon With a Prince
• Christmas on the Royal Yacht (novella)
• Slow Tango With a Prince
• The Royal Bastard
• Christmas With a Palace Thief (novella)
• The Wicked Prince
• One Man’s Princess

The three Christmas novellas are available individually as ebooks, or in ebook, print, and audio as a single collection titled A Royal Scandals Christmas.

A Royal Scandals Wedding, a short story exclusively for newsletter subscribers, is set at the wedding of Prince Stefano and Megan Hallberg, who appeared in Scandal With a Prince. More Royal Scandals projects are in the works. Expect to see stories for all of the Barrali and Cornaro siblings.

There are six titles in the series. In order, they are:

• Fit for a Queen
• Going to the Castle
• The Prince’s Tutor
• The Knight’s Kiss
• Falling for Prince Federico
• To Kiss a King

A short story called The Hire is also available to newsletter subscribers. It features Daniela D’Ambrosio, the main character of Fit for a Queen.

The two series take place at the same time, and the overlap is minimal. The stories were planned so that a reader can pick up either series without having the other spoiled. So, in answer to your question, it doesn’t matter. Read what catches your interest (always a good rule of thumb.)

The audio for all six books is new.

For the story of how the Royal Scandals and Royal Scandals: San Rimini stories came to be, read my blog on Once Upon a Time in San Rimini.

Some audiobook retailers have subscription models based on credits while others give members a certain number of audiobooks per month. However, most will allow you to purchase without a membership, so you can get an audiobook from whichever retailer makes the most sense for you for that particular title.

Whenever I hear about a sale, I share it with my newsletter list. I am also working on giving readers the ability to buy audiobooks direct. Once that’s in place I’ll make an announcement.

Another great option: all of my audiobooks are available at libraries worldwide. If your local branch doesn’t already have the title you want, ask for it! They can obtain copies instantly through the distributor of their choice.

No. While Kindle Unlimited allows subscribers to read as many books as they choose from the Kindle Unlimited selection, any books that are part of the program cannot be sold at any retailers outside of Amazon. That would mean withdrawing my books from Apple, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Tolino, FNAC, Gandhi Mexico, and many other shops where readers find their books. It would also mean removing my books from libraries, where they are available free to patrons at branches worldwide.

If your book budget is tight, please consider requesting my books at your local library. Libraries have easy access to all of my titles in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.

Yes. No official release dates yet, so stay tuned.

The stories I write are fiction. However, I pick up ideas from everyday life—a newspaper article, something I see on the news, or just overhearing conversations—and then asking myself, “What if…?” and letting my imagination wander. I also get ideas from out of the blue (in other words, I daydream a lot.) For me, the easy part of writing books is coming up with ideas. They’re everywhere.

First and foremost, read everything you can get your hands on. I learned the most about writing simply by reading broadly, and by figuring out what I like and don’t like. It’s important to pay attention to why a book does or doesn’t work for you. Something else to do: write a little every day. It gets you in the habit. You don’t have to show it to anyone, but the more you write, the more you’ll improve. Finally, don’t be afraid to take a heavier class load in English and Literature classes. Literature because it gives you the chance to read and discuss great books, and English because it’s important to know the basics of language and proper usage. Then you need to sit down and actually WRITE. Don’t talk about writing or make grand plans to write. Just write.

For me, writing is a career. There are days I don’t feel like writing, but I show up at my keyboard and do the work just as anyone would in any other career. (Could you imagine if your local police decided they weren’t inspired to fight crime?) If writers waited to be inspired to write, I doubt many books would get finished! That being said, I enjoy my job immensely so I’m quite happy to show up and work.

That’s fantastic! So many people say they want to write, but they never get around to doing it. That alone puts you one giant step ahead of the game. Unfortunately, I get a ton of requests to read unpublished work, and if I did it for some people I’d feel obligated to do it for everyone. That means I wouldn’t have time to write, to eat, to sleep…well, you get the idea. So, no, I’m sorry to say that I can’t read your work, give you comments, or show it to my editor or agent.

There are also a lot of legal reasons why I can’t read unpublished works by other writers. What if you write about a character named Jane and I read it, then I have a book with a character named Jane, so you decide that I must’ve stolen your stuff, because there’s no way I would have come up with a character named Jane on my own? Not that you’d ever do that, but others might. You see how this can get me into major trouble.

Download my current booklist as a PDF. It’s formatted to be easy to take along with you to a bookstore or library.

I also post regularly to my Blog. You can subscribe to it here and it will appear in your inbox.

I have a page on Facebook I post to about once a week, though if you follow me there, be aware that Facebook doesn’t always show posts to my followers. A few times a month, I share book recommendations on BookBub and Goodreads. I’m on Twitter, but don’t tweet regularly.

If you’re interested in having me visit with your book club, send a request via my Contact page. I’m happy to visit in person or do call-ins/video chats with clubs, depending on the location.

Ebooks can be read on nearly any tablet, computer, or smartphone. All you need is the appropriate app for the device. For books purchased on Amazon, you can learn about their Free Kindle app here. For Nook, go here, and for Kobo, visit this page. Other retailers will have similar apps. When you’re on their site, search for “reading app” and you should find it. If you are on an iPhone or iPad, the Books app will be preinstalled. Most Android devices have Google Play preinstalled.

I can barely design a stick figure. I leave book covers to the professionals, though I do consult with them.

As with book covers, some things are better left to professionals. My site is designed by the fabulous folks at xuni.com. However, the photographs you see at the top of each page are my own, taken while on research trips.

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