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THE READER VIEWS AWARDS
Another day, another award. Sigh. It's just so tedious how people keep giving The Refusal these things . . . hahaha. Being serious for a...
evemrileyauthor
May 4, 20223 min read


WINNING THE PINNACLE BOOK AWARDS
I put The Refusal in for as many awards as I could find, expecting that the competition would be fierce and maybe I'd win something if I...
evemrileyauthor
Apr 19, 20221 min read


AN INDIES TODAY BOOK AWARD SEMI-FINALIST
I am so thrilled to be a semi-finalist in the Indies Today 2021 book awards. Their book review for The Refusal is amazing too (see...
evemrileyauthor
Mar 7, 20222 min read


8 VICIOUSLY FUNNY Marriage Tweets
One of the joys of being involved in the bookish community on social media is exploring fun things to post, alongside promoting my books....
evemrileyauthor
Feb 2, 20221 min read


WINNING A BOOK AWARD
So I was scrolling down the page thinking . . . yeah, yeah, won't even have got placed. There's not even a romance section . . . there's...
evemrileyauthor
Jan 11, 20221 min read


A ROMANCE READER VIDEO
One of the great joys of being on social media is all the amazing readers who get in touch. When @romance.novel.junkies (find her here)...
evemrileyauthor
Dec 1, 20211 min read


Romance reader CHIT-CHAT
Readers of The Refusal have had a lot they want to talk to me about. That lift scene. Does Janus's company go down? Is Fabian guilty? And...
evemrileyauthor
Nov 11, 20211 min read


EDITS, EDITS, EDITS
One of the joys of sharing The Refusal on social media has come from fans responding with their own ideas about the book, often in quite...
evemrileyauthor
Nov 1, 20212 min read


LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
One of the joys of writing is including places you love, and The Techboys Series contains a whole series of places in New York that are...
evemrileyauthor
Oct 18, 20211 min read


A ROMANCE BOOKBOX
I'm delighted to announce that The Refusal is being included in a romance bookbox and I am so excited to be included with Elle Nicoll and...
evemrileyauthor
Oct 12, 20211 min read


MORE ON ROMANCE READERS
Although I've written a book, probably like all authors, I'm first and foremost a reader. But I'm a very specific kind of reader - a...
evemrileyauthor
Jul 15, 20211 min read


FIVE ROMANCE NOVELS IN THE MAIL
When the first author copies arrived it was so exciting to hold The Refusal in my hands for the first time and see all my words in print...
evemrileyauthor
Jul 6, 20211 min read


CAUGHT MID CHAPTER
I absolutely love it when people message me on instagram and ask what's going to happen next, or just to be excited, when they are part...
evemrileyauthor
Jun 28, 20211 min read


MAKING FRIENDS IN THE HILLS
There's something about running in the highlands that makes for an adventure. Sometimes I trip over and injure myself like I did this...
evemrileyauthor
Jun 23, 20211 min read


I DON'T THINK IT WILL EVER GET OLD
Another message from another reader mid book. I hope that when I've got lots of books out there, I will feel just as excited about these...
evemrileyauthor
Jun 15, 20211 min read


MESSAGES FROM ROMANCE READERS
My ARC readers came to me via Instagram and gave me such lovely feedback about The Refusal, often as soon as they started reading or in...
evemrileyauthor
Jun 13, 20211 min read


BEFORE AND AFTER
I started out with this post thinking it might be fun to explore some writing before and after it’s edited. What was I thinking? One of...
evemrileyauthor
Jun 8, 20211 min read


So WHAT IS THE REFUSAL ABOUT?
Here's the blurb: Never let down your guard. Never let anyone see your weakness. You can’t say I wasn’t warned . . . When I first...
evemrileyauthor
May 28, 20211 min read


THE REFUSAL
I thought I would add a bit of a teaser for the launch of my debut romance novel, The Refusal, that I posted on my Instagram account...
evemrileyauthor
May 7, 20211 min read
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