Category Archives: Romance

Do Opposites Attract?

  Often when you’re dealing with romance editors/publishers as a writer, one of the things you need to figure out is what makes one character the RIGHT person for the other? What does your heroine have that your hero needs in his life to be happy and vice versa? There’s a whole trope out there for “opposites attract” and many […]

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Lost in Transmutation

  You know how once upon a time I permanently established my geek cred by making it into a Sci-fi anthology? With a romance? (Which is like an extra achievement unlocked, I think.) BUCKLE UP, KIDS! I DID IT AGAIN! My short story, Lost in Transmutation, is in Far Orbit Apogee. How awesome is the cover? FRAKKIN AWESOME!     […]

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Crazy Over You Excerpt

    So, this is my favorite excerpt from Crazy Over You. It’s slightly racier than most of the stuff I put on my blog, but…oh, who am I kidding, you were hoping for that.   “Hello. Sheriff’s department. How can I help you?” a woman’s sweet voice answered on the phone. “Yeah, my name is LeAnn, and I have […]

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Crazy Over You is out!

The final book in the Taming the Pack series is out!           She’s on the sheriff’s most wanted list. Waking up with a naked woman holding a knife at his throat is just about the last thing Sheriff Travis Flynn expected. And the brother she’s looking for? A murderer. And dead. Probably. But the real shock […]

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Sugar Pie – A Meet Uncute

If you don’t know the term “meet cute” then the sub-heading might be baffling to you. A meet cute is the term for a scene in a film/story/etc that features a couple meeting for the first time in a cute or adorable way. This story is built upon a conversation I had on Twitter that began with me stating that […]

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Rock My Bones

  So, my story in the Accidental Valentine anthology is getting great reviews. Wanna know more? How about the first line? There were times when you just had to say “this is not acceptable, no matter how good you look in your jeans.” How about a few of my favorite lines? “You want to get dirty with me in the […]

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Accidentally in Love

  So, once upon a time, I wrote this short story about a paleontologist and a painter. It was a bit too…racy for me to ever put on this blog, but I loved it with all the love of a mother for a wild child who tells inappropriate jokes. Rock My Bones is in this anthology:   Accidental Valentine – […]

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Out of Line – Free Story

  Been a while since I posted a free story. Here’s a contemporary romance short for you.           Out of Line   All they ever did was fight. The world seemed to enjoy that. They ate it up week after week. As Lawrence stared down at the script with another scene of him and Chelsie arguing […]

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Fairy Tale Retellings

  Everything has already been done. But has it been done well? And can it be done differently? I think there’s a certain appeal to fairy tale retellings or reimaginings in that beyond the classic elements crossing over from the fairy tale–there’s also the fact that you “know” the story and you’re curious how they’ll do it differently. This Weakness […]

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Weakness for Goodreads (Giveaway)

    Hey, I’m doing a giveaway of an autographed print copy of This Weakness for You on Goodreads! Check it out! Also, don’t forget that my giveaway of the red hood ends soon also…and you get entries for adding this book on Goodreads.     Goodreads Book Giveaway This Weakness For You by Wendy Sparrow Giveaway ends December 01, […]

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