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  • Check out Wild Crush Wine Bar(n)Check out

    Check out Wild Crush Wine Bar(n)Check out

    Visit the Wild Crush Wine Bar(n) with Michele and learn about some of the inspiration for Love’s Secret Ingredient.

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  • Gratitude and Other Musings

    Gratitude and Other Musings

    It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and I’m sitting warm and dry at my kitchen island. Outsidethere are leaf blowers making noise as yard cleanup begins in earnest here in Missouri. I’ve gotthe next five days off, and even though my extended family won’t be gathering, I’m meetingwith former students, visiting friends, writing, and enjoying my…

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  • Happy November!

    Happy November!

    Yes, I know, it’s been a little while. Time got away from me and here’s why. First, my next book in my Love in the Valley series for Harlequin Special Edition will be out July 2024 and will be called One Suite Deal. We’re going back to Beaumont to meet Edmund Clayton, who’s the cousin…

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  • Happy May and Cookies

    Happy May and Cookies

    It’s May, and this month I’m focused on gratitude. Back in February, I found a book called Today I am Grateful For—and bought it. I’ve written in it every day. The book asks my mood, what the moon phases are (I’ll admit, I never know), what I’m manifesting, and what I’m grateful for. Filling it…

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  • Sparks of Inspiration in the Air

    Sparks of Inspiration in the Air

    People often ask me where I get my ideas. For What Happens in the Air, I actually crewed a hot air balloon during the Great Forest Park Balloon Race.

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  • Two Beautiful New Covers

    Two Beautiful New Covers

    Harlequin always does a beautiful job on my covers. Depending on the market, they often change the cover images. These are the Mills and Boon versions.

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  • New Cover!

    New Cover!

    Thrilled to present my cover for Baby in the Boardroom, my Feb. 2010 release. First Comes Baby…After her latest boyfriend breaks things off, Kristi Jensen can’t help but wonderwhat’s wrong with her. As if that isn’t bad enough, her parents are pressuringher to find a husband. So the unluckyin-love executive does the next best thing:she…

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  • What works for me

    What works for me

    What works for me… Might not work for you. It’s a concept I’ve been mulling lately as I get ready to teach another year of school, where I have to individualize learning to best reach all my students. I was thinking about this concept as I read an article in a writing magazine that said,…

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  • Bachelor CEO Review–Genre Go Round

    Bachelor CEO Review–Genre Go Round

    http://genregoroundreviews.blogspot.com/2009/06/bachelor-ceo-michele-dunaway.html Bachelor CEOMichele DunawayHarlequin American Romance, Jul 2009, $4.99ISBN: 9780373752690 In Chenille, Iowa, Chase McDaniel is the only one of his siblings who loves working at the family firm, McDaniel Manufacturing. He knows his grandfather will retire soon and expects to be named the next CEO; as he has earned it. Instead his grandfather orders…

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