Lissa Morgan

And what a week it was!  On Tuesday 24th May, my debut for Harlequin Mills & Boon Historical - The Welsh Lord's Convenient Bride - came out in the USA and Canada, and on Thursday 26th May, it came out in the UK, in e-book.  Not only was it so exciting to see this book published after fifteen years of writing without success, but I got so many lovely congratulations and good wishes on social media it was both awesome and humbling.   So I just want to take this opportunity to say thank you - to Harlequin Mills & Boon for signing me, to  the wonderful well-wishers and reviewers, to the writing friends that have supported me on my long journey towards publication, and - last but certainly not least - to those reading or planning to read my debut novel 💖 But in writing, like everything else, there is never time to rest on one's laurels! The second book in my contract - An Alliance with his Enemy Princess - has just gone in to the editors, and is due out in January 2023.  

And needless to say, it is so exciting and a bit like being in the middle of a whirlwind!  My debut novel for Harlequin Historical ~ Mills & Boon Historical was published yesterday, 24th May, in the USA and Canada. The UK edition will be out tomorrow, Thursday 26th May, in e-book and I totally love both these covers!   I'm also thrilled to be featured in the HMB Historical Box set, out in June, alongside Annie Burrows and Lauri Robinson... And, finally, I am so honoured to have my debut novel 'on the shelf' alongside all these fabulous Harlequin Mills & Boon historical authors.  A momentous month, to  say the least!  Purchase links M&B | Harlequin | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Barnes & Noble | Kobo   Reviews GOODREADS | BOOKBUB

My debut novel, The Welsh Lord's Convenient Bride , is out next week - 24th May in the USA and 26th May in the UK!  To say I'm thrilled would not even come close to describing a dream come true.  Having begun writing in 2007, and writing almost every day since, I had started to believe it would never happen. Giving up was never an option but, nevertheless, the doubts and disheartening thoughts and feelings were starting to creep in... However, switching my focus from contemporary to historical romance in summer 2020 was like a magic door opening and I will be forever grateful to my acquiring editor, the fabulous Linda Fildew, for suggesting historicals might be the way to go.  I loved writing this book - and am loving writing my second novel, An Alliance with his Enemy Princess , which is due out in January 2023. I hope you love reading both of them!   Read my Call Story here!  

 I don't get a lot of time for reading - like most writers, I suspect - and so am quite selective in my choice of books. During April, I set aside time, just before lights out each night, for catching up with a couple of books from two of my favourite authors - Lara Temple and Virginia Heath.   The Earl She Should Never Desire , published by Harlequin Historical-Mills&Boon Historical, is a gentle, witty, slow-burn sexy story about Lily, a war widow, and Marcus, an aristocrat resigned to marrying the 'ideal' wife - sweet, undemanding Anne - before his 35th birthday.    Well, like all best laid plans, that goes out of the window when Anne's sister Lily comes to London. When the two meet, the attraction is instant and overpowering, and the valiant attempts on both parts to resist is doomed from the start.  I loved Lily. She is a strong heroine with a selfless heart and she never gives way to self pity despite all she's suffered. Marcus was gorgeous, of course, and