2026 New Books and Ideas

 

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." — Hal Borland Hey Ya'll!  Happy 2026. I hope it’s a great year for you. We are coming out of a holiday hangover filled with family, friends, and fickle temps. I read some great books, spent time with my sweet kids and grands, visited Universal Studios, and saw a college football game.

Congratulations to Jo Ruth. You are the winner of  A Guardian Til Christmas giveaway.

From the Writing Desk This month in the office is a lot of paperwork dealing with subscriptions and taxes. There are also updates for social media and websites. Bright and early every morning, I'm editing my current project I hinted at several times last year—a survival story for women with a supernatural twist. Next month, I’ll begin agent-hunting. This year, I also plan to finish up my last small town romance set in Lagrasse, Georgia. I have outlines waiting for my next piece of women’s fiction as well. Inspired by my coming of age in 1980s Nashville, it’s been in my head for years, and I look forward to getting it down.

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This is the third book I ever published after The Privateer and Turtle Soup. I loved the deep dive into research and traveling to the Caribbean to enrich the prose. Books by Jane Austen and Patrick O'Brian, and the Pirates of the Caribbean films, were big influences. There was also a wicked stepmother because every Cinderella deserves an adventure. Julia Scott flees an arranged marriage and a cruel stepmother to live with her uncle in the West Indies. Attacked by pirates and desired by island natives, the only person she can trust is John Smith-if that's his true name. Check it out for a swashbuckling, romantic escape!

January Love Inspired Releases  Visit Harlequin.com or your favorite bookstore.

My Love Inspired Books Visit my website for links to my small town Love Inspired romance books or visit Harlequin.com. You can also order them from your favorite bookstore. It's a great way to keep inspirational romance on brick and mortar shelves!

So long for now... I hope you stay safe and warm this winter, and the anticipation of a bright, colorful spring keeps you going. Thank you for staying with me, supporting my books, and being my reader friends.   Warmly, Danielle Thorne Click here to see my entire line of historicals and sweet, Southern romances.