This is a new feature I'm trying out. When I get questions — about anything — I'm going to try to answer them on Wednesday. :)

So here's the second one for the feature from a lovely fan:

Do you allow your family to read your stories before you send them out to be published?

Actually my husband (who is dubbed Hero Material) line edits, so yes.

But my parents and sibling do not read my stories. So thankfully I can write whatever I want (sex and/or violence) without worrying about what my mom or dad's going to think.

I think Mom wants to read my books — she always asks me for a copy. But with her being an immigrant, it's not easy for her to read full-length novels written for adults. I have shorter works, but they're paranormal. Unfortunately, those are even more difficult for non-native speakers due to all the made-up words.

If have any questions about me, my writing, books, characters or anything else, feel free to drop me a line by leaving me a comment, using the contact form or via Facebook or Twitter. I reserve the right not to answer if the topic happens to be politics or religion. But anything else is more or less fair game. Thanks! :)

Woohoo!!!! Spring's here!

This is a new feature I'm trying out. When I get questions — about anything — I'm going to try to answer them on Wednesday. :)

So here's the first one for the feature from a lovely fan:

When did you start writing?

I started writing when I was in elementary school. But back then I only wrote bad poems about goldfish. Don't ask me why goldfish. I've never owned a fish in my life. :)

When I was in junior high school, I wrote really really bad emo-angst drivel. I thought they were brilliant at the time, but looking back on it now, it's obvious I was delusional. There was no conflict whatsoever…just two really rich and beautiful boys and a girl — yes a love triangle! ;) — angsting for 100+ pages then the story ended when the girl died of some horrible disease like consumption. And I wrote the same story over and over again with different character names and settings.

It wasn't until I was twenty-five that I decided to write commercially. That's when I started studying craft, points of view, character development and so on. I also studied the market and publishing contracts, and read widely to see which genre I liked the best and wanted to write in. I started writing contemporary romance, then deviated to urban fantasy and other things, then came back to contemporary romance. No, I don't ever plan to write more poems about goldfish. :)

If have any questions about me, my writing, books, characters or anything else, feel free to drop me a line by commenting to this post or using the contact form or via Facebook or Twitter @nadialee. I reserve the right not to answer if the topic happens to be politics or religion. But anything else is more or less fair game. Thanks! :)

Last week, Jackie Barbosa, one of the sweetest and most generous writers I know lost her seventeen year-old son in a terrible car accident. I'll never understand the depth of her and her family's pain, but as a mother myself, I grieve for her loss.

Today, in support of Jackie, who is an incredibly talented storyteller, I'll be featuring two of Jackie's books that I think my readers will enjoy.

First — Heat in the Game. It's an Entangled Brazen novel. So if you like what that line has to offer — or if you just like hot, sexy contemporary romance, this is for you.

Angela Peterson was always the quiet, shy kid growing up in Harper Falls, crushing on the high school quarterback and honing her football strategy skills. Now grown up and coaching the high school team, she's shocked when that same sexy quarterback returns to Harper Falls asks her back to his hotel room. And then tries to steal her job.Injured NFL quarterback Cade Reynolds is in Harper Falls to take over as interim head coach, and he never thought the tall, blond bombshell he propositioned would offer up any resistance. Not to a repeat of the amazingly wild night they shared and certainly not to his coaching position.

But the Harper Falls High Eagles are Angie's team, and even the hometown hero won't take that away from her, no matter how hot he is. As the two engage in a battle of wits and wills, this is one game neither is prepared to lose.

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Once burnt, twice shy.

Delaney Monroe could have married her college sweetheart, Wes Barrows, and lived the life of the idle rich thanks to his family's casino money. Instead, she chose to become a firefighter. Unfortunately, that decision ended her relationship with Wes, who couldn't bear the thought of her in such a dangerous profession. A little less than three years later, Del is one of the most respected members of her crew and loves her job, but she desperately misses Wes. Then, during a search and rescue operation, she's knocked unconscious by falling debris.

Wesley Barrows finds himself with a major dilemma when his ex-girlfriend wakes from a serious head injury with no memory of the past few years or the circumstances that led to their breakup. On one hand, it's the opportunity he's longed for since he blew it and let her walk out the door. On the other, the fact that she's got amnesia at all is the fault of the risky occupation she chose despite his objections. When her neurologist recommends that Delaney be allowed to recover her memory without being told what's happened, Wes has no choice but take her home and act as if they're still together, which isn't a hardship when, in his heart, they always were. But as the bond between them becomes closer and more passionate than ever, Wes knows he risks losing her all over again when the truth comes out.

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And if you like historical romance, Jackie's Riever is free.

P.S. A memorial fund has also been set up in Jackie's son's name. Details to donate can be found here. Any and all donation amounts are greatly appreciated.

Please share this post with your friends, and thank you so much, guys!

I finally managed to book our vacation to Thailand in February 2015. I know, I know, it's eleven months out. We thought about going this year, but our schedules didn't work out. I really need something like this to look forward to, since I've been feeling slightly burned out recently.

I also confirmed every detail with the hotel to make sure our stay will be comfortable and there won't be any surprises. (Some hotels can be a bit…fickle… coughcoughWestinChosuncoughcough.)

The below is the hotel we're going to stay at. Hero Material and I stayed there in 2010 for our honeymoon, and we loved it. (Which is why I was inspired to set Gavin and Amandine's second honeymoon in Thailand in Redemption in Love…) We're not going to Chiang Mai since The Boy's still too young for tigers and elephants and the like.

So now I'm totally dreaming of next February. LOL.

If you could go anywhere for your dream vacation, where would you go?

To celebrate the release of Sweet in Love, I'm doing a big giveaway with sixteen romance authors. Please come join the fun. :)

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