Emmy Grayson

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New wish unlocked for my birthday 🥳

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It totally counts. 😂

Every. Single. Time. 😅

Must remember the snacks! 😂

I loved writing this enemies-to-lovers, but I also loved incorporating elements from my husband's and my honeymoon in Kauai into Nicholas and Anika's romance. It's a love letter to an incredible destination I hope to take my kids to one day 💞

My mother-in-law has the best ornaments 🎄 Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

My eBlast with the always amazing Fresh Fiction went out this morning to its readers with the exciting news that AN HEIR MADE IN HAWAII will be available tomorrow!!

For my teaser, I wanted a beach-y photo, but something different than my usual preference for silhouettes and almost-kisses. Enter TTAH Photos (.photos on Instagram) and this gorgeous shot taken on Nusa Penida, an island in Indonesia. Tiraya and Adam, the brains behind the photo, made it available through Unsplash. It captures Nicholas and Anika's enemies-to-lovers energy perfectly!

One of the incredible videos I came across while researching the art and tradition of hula dancing was from the 2015 Merrie Monarch Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPW5LA3zy2Y. According to their website, "The Merrie Monarch Festival is a non-profit organization that honors the legacy of King David Kalākaua, who inspired the perpetuation of our traditions, native language and arts."

2015 Merrie Monarch Winners- Hula Kahiko (Wahine Division) Highlights of the 5 top finishers in the 2015 Hula Kahiko (ancient), Wahine (female) Division.1st Place: Hula Hālau ʻO KamuelaNā Kumu Hula: Kauʻionālani Ka...

Well this release day snuck up on me 😅 Coming 12.26.2023.

❤️ Enemies-to-lovers
❤️ Surprise baby
❤️ Winter escape

Today's writing soundtrack as I tackle Book 1 of The Drakos Heirs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pu1CF-8EAs&list=PL949FJOPKjEH6EnAl6LbVgmFk44PhNfIm&index=9.

❤️‍🔥Enemies-to-lovers
❤️‍🔥Greek billionaire
❤️‍🔥Touch-her-and-die vibes
❤️‍🔥He falls first
❤️‍🔥Steamy AF

09. Madeleine (Spectre Soundtrack) Complete Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL949FJOPKjEH6EnAl6LbVgmFk44PhNfImFilm: Spectre (2015)Music Video: © MovieTRAX/Simply Great MusicArt...

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Oh heck yes! Hats off to Amalie Howard, one of my favorite historical romance authors 👏

📚It’s official! I’m going back to school… kind of. 😎

QUEEN BEE has been chosen for TAYSHAS, the high school reading list for the state of Texas, for 2024!

🗣️Thank you to the Texas Association of School Libraries for including QUEEN BEE in your reading list! Huge shout out to all the teachers, students, and librarians!

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🔗 https://twitter.com/TxASL/status/1730626286148526314

👑 YA
🐝 Count of Monte Cristo vibes
👑 Found family
🐝 Second chance romance
👑 Diverse read
🐝 Major glow up

Happy Halloween 🎃

Image by Margaryta Yermolayeva

It's a hot mess 😅

Writing a scene where the hero's face is in shadow...had to go to one of my favorite action films for inspiration and stay for Jamie Lee Curtis's amazing (and oh relatable with that BOOM onto the floor 😅) dance: https://loom.ly/tYi8LVc

Jamie Lee Curtis & Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies (1994) Written & Directed by James Cameron Channel Stats For Fox https://www.youtube.com//communityBuy True Lies (1994) https://amzn.to/3hkXJ43 True Lies is a 1994 American spy action comedy...

“I ended up in foster care because my biological mother preferred alcohol and pills over being a parent.” She winced as the words came out, sharp and rawer than she had intended. “I was told she was a good mom before my father passed. I was only five and don’t have many memories before then.”

He stood and moved to her, sitting down in the chair across from her. He leaned over, plucked the crumpled tea bag from her fingers and tossed it in the trash before sitting in front of her.

'Why,' she thought with sudden rising panic, 'does this feel more intimate than kissing partially n**e on his desk?'

💋HIS ASSISTANT'S NEW YORK AWAKENING by Harlequin

"As I recall, you kissed me back. Yet so far, we've managed to exist for--" he glanced at his watch "--eight minutes in the privacy of my office without a repeat performance." He arched a brow, ready to deal his final card. "Unless you think you can't keep you hands off me."

It's here! HIS ASSISTANT'S NEW YORK AWAKENING is available today from Harlequin.

Think my editor will accept "doing the monster mash" in my next romance? 😂

Give me spooky, not horror, for Halloween...that being said, I would 100% read a book about this adorable little horror 😂

Feeling cute. May move across the room later.

Did you know one of Thomas Edison's early inventions was a Talking Doll (1890) that used a miniature phonograph for a voice? Not creepy at all. Only on the market for one month (imagine that), the phonograph proved to be too fragile for children to play with. Yes, that’s the reason. Edison subsequently had the sound device exorcised to allow for the remaining dolls to be sold. This doll, currently on display, certainly doesn’t wander the shelves each night looking for a new voice. Alright, have a good one.

Image: Sometimes I frown…but when I do it’s because you won’t go to sleep. Talking Doll (1890)on display in a case at Thomas Edison National Historical Park. What do you mean the case is empty?

So today I...

👁 Popped myself in the eye with a glue cap
🐶 Comforted Baby Grayson after he crawled under the dog and the dog sat on his face with his bony butt
🐍 Chased a baby copperhead snake off the porch with a machete
❤️ Realized my next book with Harlequin comes out a week from today

The creativity well is depleted for the day, so...buy my book, please 😂 All the tropes (office romance, virgin awakening, boss-secretary) set against the backdrop of New York City. A stunning cellist moonlighting as a secretary until she makes it big. A hunk of a hero trying to honor his parents' legacy. A proposition for the only man she's ever wanted to be her first. All the sexy, romantic things 🔥

Coming Tuesday, October 24th. I hope you enjoy it far more than I did seeing that d*mn snake pop its little head up from behind my pumpkin.

Me: *taps hollow spot at base of throat as I try to write a sensual scene*
Mr. Grayson: [walks by] What are you doing?
Me: What do you call this spot on your throat?
Mr. Grayson: Cricoid cartilage.
Me: 😑That's not sexy.
Mr. Grayson: 😑Well fine, screw you, too, anatomy.

After this conversation, I'm thinking about rewriting some of my *ahem* intimate scenes from a paramedic's point of view 🤣

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New author goal unlocked 😅

PSA: Please don't actually eat any letters or postcards sent by Grayson Romance.

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