Actually no. When I was growing up, I wanted to be a lawyer…then later a plastic surgeon (until I realized I had to take organic chemistry :shudder:)…then later an investment banker. But as it turned out, I didn't become any of those.

And when I started writing, I decided I wanted to write something that was uplifting. I don't mind really good novels with sad endings, and I read them. But I didn't have the heart to make my characters go through some super crappy conflict and problems and…end up dead. So romance seemed like a natural genre for somebody like me. And it doesn't hurt that I enjoy reading it. :)

Happy June, everyone!

A few people asked me what I’m going to be up to for the rest of the year. I think some people are wondering how much they’ll have to wait to get more books from me, especially after getting a book a month from December till March.

I honestly can't write one book a month. Most of the ones in that spurt were books I'd written in 2013.

Still…I'm writing as fast as I can, while trying to avoid burnout. So here are some tentative (very tentative!) release dates for the rest of the year:

Summer — probably around August — Four Weeks Till Forever (The Pryce Family, Book 1) — Mark Pryce & Hilary Rosenberg's romance

Late Fall / Winter — Merry in Love (Hearts on the Line, Book 6) — Meredith Lloyd & Daniel Aylster's romance

Winter — I don't know if it's going to be in December 2014 or early 2015, but the second book in the Pryce Family series will be released. No title yet.

Currently Four Weeks Till Forever is in the line editing stage, and I'm drafting Merry in Love. If everything goes according to plan, I'll send Merry in Love to my editor sometime in mid-June, take a week off to refill my well, and go straight to editing Merry in Love and outlining the second Pryce Family novel.

BTW — If you have any suggestions for, or something you’d like to see in, my books, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Another BTW — Merry in Love is going to be a holiday romance, which means a lot of previous couples are going to show up again (Alex & Natalie, Ethan & Kerri, Gavin & Amandine, Blaine & Catherine). If you have questions about their post-HEA lives, let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. (For example, a reader asked me via Facebook if Catherine's going to have a baby of her own. That question will be answered in Merry in Love.)

Thanks for reading! :)

There is a site called epubpdfbook dot com. It's a pirate site that is pretending to be a retailer. It claims to sell everything for $1.99 or so. But once you enter your credit card info, it won't allow you to download anything. You have to wait for somebody on their side to email you the book.

That's a huge red flag. Any legit e-commerce site should have it set up so that order fulfillment is automatic. There are many economical service providers that do the credit card processing and digital order fulfillment.

My guess? This site is basically a credit card phishing site. So please beware of this. And if there's a site that has deals too good to be true, check to make sure it's legit first. There are so many scammers and hackers that try to steal data.

What do you think?

Very badly!

I generally don’t have a title when I start writing. My poor cover artist! I don't know until I'm done with dev edits…or maybe in some cases until I'm done with line edits. The only book I had a title from the very beginning is Merry in Love (Meredith Lloyd's story — coming this winter), partly because it's so easy to have a little fun with the “in Love” pattern for the Hearts on the Line books, and Merry is a short form of Meredith…and the book is a holiday romance.

So…some of the tidbits about my titles. :)

Vengeful in Love was originally entitled Carnal Secrets.

Reunited in Love‘s working title was Temporarily in Love (I told you I suck at this…!).

Redemption in Love‘s working title was Anything But Divorce (I know… :sigh:)

Thankfully I have a great team of people helping me, so the final title usually isn't too terrible. :)

I generally do an Ask Nadia session on Wednesdays, but I decided to talk about something else, which several people have asked me about.

Where can I buy a copy of a Nadia Lee book?

If you're buying a print copy, any store is fine. And just for the record, I don't mind if you buy new or used when it comes to print copies. Amazon, B&N and other bookstores should carry them or be able to order them for you if they're not in stock.

For ebooks, I currently distribute to the following stores only:

• Apple iBooks — All 51 international stores
• Amazon — All territories
• Barnes & Noble
• Kobo
• Google Play
• All Romance eBooks

Several people have asked me about my distribution plans at Smashwords. I think this is because I used to distribute my books via Smashwords, and I currently have one book available on Smashwords (Vengeful in Love).

I plan to pull that book down from Smashwords soon and close my account with them. I basically used Smashwords to distribute Vengeful in Love to Barnes & Noble, because Barnes & Noble does not accept books that are free. So I had no choice but to use Smashwords.

But recently, the negatives are considerably outweighing the positives.

Pro(s)

• You can make your book free on Barnes & Noble.

Con(s)

• Reporting is extremely slow. Oftentimes I have to wait for weeks for updates.
• And the reports are confusing. I have a degree in finance and minored in economics and took more accounting courses than I should have in college. I still get a headache when I look at their reports.
• Their payments are slow.
• Their ebook file vetting system is inconsistent and slow. (I'm not complaining about having to create a consistent and/or proper epub file. I've been doing that for years now, and Apple, which is one of the pickiest vendors out there, has no problem with my files. What I object to is random errors that don't make any sense.)
• Their support is slow (if you get a response at all).
• I've received my tax forms late a few times, and they were often the wrong forms.
• The biggest problem: Smashwords opts me in for new vendors without my consent or notifying me first. There are certain vendors I do not want to do business with. I understand Smashwords wants to grow its business, but it should respect my wishes as well and not send my books to places without my explicit permission.

I know many overseas readers buy from Smashwords because it's easy and convenient. But I can no longer distribute my books to a place that routinely disregards my wishes (in addition to all the other issues). I try to accommodate overseas readers by making my books available on all 51 Apple iBooks Store, localized Amazon stores and putting them on All Romance eBooks and Google Play.

Thanks for your understanding!