Z.L. ARKADIE

Just an FYI, “The Secret Keeper” has just completed editing. It’s now waiting for the first round of proofing. I just thought I should formally inform you. I’m also working on my next book, which once again I’ve put pressure on myself to meet a hard deadline. Sigh… I had to write what I could feel in my gut at the moment, and that’s “Another LA Love Story.” Meet the Hester and Broderick sisters and cousins. Are they really cursed or up until now have they just been unlucky in love? They will be the next LOVE in the USA family you’ll become acquainted with. I’m so excited to write…

So The Sterlings series cover change project is complete! Yay! I’m so very excited about the new covers and would to share them with you! They’ve been done by one of the best in the industry, Sarah Hansen of Okay Creations. And so without any further ado, here they go!    

Good news! Well I’ve tried the rest and now I’m going to settle on my best. After I wrap up the final book in The Sterling Series, titled The Secret Keeper, which is almost done, I will write three more books in the LOVE In the USA series. Yay!!! I know… Right? I think it was a bad idea to abandon my plans for the LOVE in the USA series–a bad idea. My next three books will be either A Seattle Love Story, A Palm Springs Love Story, A D.C. Love Story or Another LA Love Story. I’ll write them all eventually but I’m pondering which will come first.  

I promise I’m starting to love this day. And I love it when someone responds! Love, love, love it! Anyway, so here’s today’s question: What’s your favorite romance read of all time? And please, no pressure to say any of my books! LOL! Like, zero pressure. My favorite is ‘Thorn Birds” by Colleen McCullough. I love the preamble–it goes like this: There is a  legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage…