The Desert Sheikh is now on video!

I just love this video of The Desert Sheikh which was created by the very talented Patti Roberts at Paradox Productions featuring all three books of The Desert Sheikh trilogy.

I'm also over at Patti's site talking about ice cream, writing in my PJs (no photos!) and my favourite quotes, including, 'I used to be Snow White, but I drifted'. Who said that? To check, go to my interview at Patti Roberts and Guests.

Thank you Patti and I hope everyone enjoys The Desert Sheikh video.

Writing Romance by Bestselling Author, Alexandra Sellers

First Alexandra, can I say how great it is to interview another romance author, especially one that writes sheikh romances!

Great to meet you, Katheryn!  And thank you for having me on your blog.  As Jane Austen says, "If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard?"  For "heroine" read "sheikh romance novelist"!

First, I believe you have been writing for quite a few years, including writing romance novels for Harlequin.  

Yes, my first book was published in 1980, by Dell. And my second was then commissioned by Harlequin, and after a few more books I went to Silhouette, which was then a Simon & Schuster imprint. Harlequin had to buy the whole imprint, I like to think, to get me back…

Love In Bloom Romance Giveaway!

As part of the Love In Bloom Giveaway Hop I'm giving away some great FREE romance!

The first ebook is the wonderful novel Broken Wings by D. G. Torrens, which I read recently and LOVED! Here's what it's about:

Two people who have both suffered tragic losses in their young life; both of them avoiding love for completely different reasons. Joshua, a soldier in the British Army, a bomb disposal expert and the very best at what he does. Angelina, an editor for a local newspaper and writer in her spare time. Both of them focused on their careers.

Brought together unexpectedly, they fall unconditionally and irrevocably in love with one another. All is perfect in their lives until Joshua is unexpectedly posted to Afghanistan for six months. Angelina's worst fears are finally realized. Joshua has to go, it's his duty as a soldier, but the pull in his heart is strong and he leaves her behind with a heavy heart.

Angelina is devastated and prays for his safe return. Until one day, a few weeks into Joshua's deployment, there is a knock on her door that changes her life forever.

Inside the World of Romance Author, Deila Longford

Yesterday romance author, Deila Longford, was kind enough to invite me over to her blog to talk about happy-ever-after endings and today it's great to reciprocate by having her over to mine to talk about her life and her beautiful books (don’t you love the book covers!) Over to you, Deila.

Hello, I would just like to start by thanking the lovely Katheryn Lane for asking me to do a guest post on her blog. I was really faltered that she had asked me to do a post and (I must admit) a little bit nervous about what to write. I am not the world’s best in writing blog posts, but bear with me, I will try my best. I feel that I should start my telling you a little bit about myself. I live in rural Scotland with my family in a country house. My only neighbours are horses and other farm animals. My bedroom window looks over a lake (or Loch as I call it) and every morning I wake up and that view is what inspirers me to write.

Why I Love Strong Female Characters by James West

Today I'm doing a blog swap with author James West. I'm over at his place, at http://jamesawest.blogspot.com eating chips and salsa,and talking about sheikh romances, while he's kindly agreed to come over here to talk about why he loves strong female characters (as do I!) and eat some local flat bread, olives and hummous and maybe even a bit of camel's hump? Over to you James! 
  
First, I want to thank Katheryn for inviting me to guest post on her fantastic blog! It’s so nice to be here.

I knew right away I wanted to talk about strong female characters, a topic that has been on my mind as I work on my new novel. I will apologize for the shameless plugs right up front, because I will mention some of my work in this post :)

I come across this subject occasionally when I am on Goodreads, KindleBoards, etc. Like with most things, people seem to be split down the middle on what they prefer.