The World of Sophia Sinclair

It's the Deal of a Lifetime! OK, that's a lie. It's a pretty good deal, but probably not the deal of a lifetime.  But if you love to read, do sign up for authors' newsletters. Not just mine, but everyone's.  Most authors today do have a newsletter, and we typically offer you a deal: You give me your email address, and in return I will give you things like a free prequel to my current series, or a discount, or a chance to win a gift card, or perhaps just heads up on new releases.  Why are authors anxious to have you subscribe to our newsletters? For the same reason we write blogs and post frequently to social media: It is no longer enough just to write books. Back in the good old days, that was all we had to write. Just books. It must have been nice. But today, we have to hustle hard. Millions of books are published each year. Some are dreadful. Some are wonderful. Some books, which are exactly what you love to read, you'll never see. It's hard for authors to...

All Men Fart If you're in a relationship, you might compare yours with the ones in your favorite romance novels.  But doing that is very much like comparing your life to the lives of others on social media. You know what I'm talking about. Your friend confides in you that her marriage is on rocky ground, but her social media shows them on vacation, having fabulous meals, adorably playing with their toddler, whatever. She does not post pics and video of one of them crying or slamming doors or sleeping on the sofa. We all know that people's social media is not an accurate reflection of what their daily lives are. How many times have you cropped a photo to avoid the basket of unfolded laundry or the messy coffee table before posting the pic on your social media? Anybody would assume your house is always neat and tidy and maybe it is, but mine isn't. I only wish my house was as put together as it usually appears on my social media. Similarly, in Romance Land, you see a spec...

  Read the book that started it all! All the books in the Small-Town Secrets can stand alone, but like peanut butter and jelly, they are better together. When you read the books in order, you'll really get to know Fairview. You'll learn the best place for pizza (Sorrentino's, of course!) and where to go to get a drink (The Clipper, obviously!)   You'll get to know the characters well, because people you meet in an earlier book will pop right up in later books. You'll meet their children, who grow up as the series progresses.  The first book is all about Molly, the library director at the Fairview Public Library, a hard-working single mom who isn't even looking for a relationship until a sexy stranger with a compelling back story walks into her library. He's smitten immediately, probably because he saw a bit more than she intended when she climbed the ladder to put away a book on the top shelf. Oops. The great thing about Fairview? There are no presidential p...

Waiting For The Big Time There are a handful of authors out there who make the big bucks. Everybody loves their books. I'd go hungry if necessary to buy the hardback of Diana Gabaldon's latest, to give one example.  But there are thousands of fantastic books written every year that go unread. What do authors do to try to get noticed? We give our work away. It's what creative people do, I'm afraid, because the same thing is true of singers, artists and photographers. While nobody ever asks insurance salespeople or doctors or lawn care company owners or roofers to give away their work, it's just accepted that creative people will give it up for free. And you know what? We absolutely will, because we all hope that eventually, if enough people read our book/listen to our songs/look at our paintings, we will eventually have enough fans that we can make a living with our art.  That might not be true of most of us, but dreams die hard. So here's the deal: I need people...

Now It's Ashley's Turn If you've been reading the Small-Town Secrets series, you've "met" Ashley a number of times. She's everyone's favorite bartender at The Clipper, and she knows everything that's going on in town. But her own plans have been a big secret. That's about to change: Ashley Butler is everyone’s favorite bartender at The Clipper. She’s seemingly always there to remember your favorite drink and offer a sympathetic ear. But Ashley has plans that go far beyond bartending. She has been quietly working on a major project for years, and she’s just about to make her move. When wealthy developer Maxwell Bishop makes a stop at The Clipper, he’s utterly captivated by the beautiful, intelligent, self-assured woman behind the bar. When he accidentally throws a monkey wrench into her plans, he tries to make it up to her. Ashley accepts his offer and their attraction heats up, but they are from such different worlds. She was raised by a poor s...

Enjoy your visit to Fairview It’s the sort of place you’ve driven through countless times. Just another small town. The local dive bar does a good business. The old downtown is struggling, but a few brave entrepreneurs have opened cute little coffee shops or boutiques a few shuttered storefronts down from the local businesses your parents tell you have been there as long as they can remember. There’s a library and a small hospital, which still hangs on even though a lot of people will drive to a bigger hospital in the next city if something is really wrong.  Houses are known as “the old Williams house” or “where Joe Fisher used to live” even though two other families might have lived there since the last Williams or Fisher passed away or moved on. If you go to the local cemetery, you’ll see the same last names over and over again. It’s a place where families stay for generations, although that’s starting to change now. Maybe you grew up in such a place. If you did, you know there’s...

Here's the new cover for Kiss and Tell. It tells the story of Lori and Jake. We met Lori in Worth the Wait, where she was Molly's best friend: Lori is a beautiful nurse who is never seen without perfect hair and makeup. But nobody has ever fallen in love with her, and she’s starting to worry that nobody ever will.  She is powerfully affected by a tragedy in the ER one night. It’s time, she realizes, to stop waiting around for a man and to embrace the single life. She starts with buying her first house. Enter the gorgeous but seemingly shallow real estate agent, Jake, who has the nerve to hit her up for business even as she’s caring for his injury. Their attraction is undeniable, but Lori is determined to avoid getting entangled with the wrong sort. So is Jake. Soon, but not soon enough, they realize how badly they have misjudged each other. Is their love and passion strong enough to overcome hurt feelings and misunderstandings? Kiss and Tell is racier than Worth the Wait, becau...