Welcome back to Jen’s Jewels, your go-to destination for discovering your next great read. This week, I’m shining a spotlight on POSTMARKED DECEMBER by USA Today bestselling author Jenny Hale. It’s officially the season for Christmas romance, and few authors capture the magic of the holidays quite like Jenny. So grab a...

As part of my story development process, I create a playlist of songs that mean something to the main characters or that capture a certain theme or emotion of the story. Music enlivens my imagination, allowing me to experience the characters’ fictional world in a real, sense-based way. These songs were among these most heavily rotated as...

ENGINEERING A LOVE STORY

What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
ENGINEERING A LOVE STORY is an upmarket romance about a divorcing software developer in the year 2000 whose hopes for a bigger life are tested by a workplace affair that threatens her career, her newfound independence, and her...

Excerpt from RED SEAL by Rosa Kwon Easton:

KO-CHAN

Pyongyang

April 1943

The loud squeal of the train’s brakes woke Ko-chan up from a deep sleep. He patted his jacket and felt the gold metal buttons on...