Emme Cross's Blog

Fans of the books Love on St. Barts and Lessons on St. Barts might want to check me out on Twitter and Instagram and Facebook. I've posted a lot of photos of places described in the books. My prose does not do justice to the island. It really is a tiny perfect hunk of France plopped down in the middle of the Caribbean.

As the series progresses, I will be posting even more pictures of places described--not just on the island but other settings as the characters move around the globe.

I hope this enriches the experience. I'm never sure if visual aids help or hinder. Sometimes the most evocative pictures are the ones we imagine in our own heads.

Emme Cross

Book 4 in my series of romance novels set on St. Barts is due out September 24 but you can pre-order it today.
Here are the links for Baby on St. Barts:

in the US:
http://www.amazon.com/BARTS-totally-a...

in the UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/BARTS-totally...
in Canada:

http://www.amazon.ca/BARTS-totally-ad...

The third book in my series of St. Barts romance novels is due out September 5, but available for pre-order now. It's called Back to St. Barts. Here are the links.


in the US:
http://www.amazon.com/BARTS-totally-a...

in the UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/BARTS-totally...


in Canada:
http://www.amazon.ca/BARTS-totally-ad...

Hi guys

I just want to give a shout out to everyone who posts reviews. It doesn't matter if they are texts or just a click on the number of stars. It doesn't matter if they include photos and vidoes (though high fives to Bianca and to Suzanne for doing all that technical stuff that confuses me.) What matters in this day and age is to offer feedback. I know some people don't like my book. I don't like a lot of things that ring other people's bell. I had trouble with Girl on a Train and Gone Girl and even Fifty Shades. But the big thing is to offer feedback. That's what authors need. You have to understand that we live in our heads and we think we know stuff and we may not and we think we understand our characters' world and we may not. Readers can point out flaws and point us in the right direction. The one thing authors want, is to be better. So thank you.

Hi everyone
There is some question about which book is which. To clarify, Love on St. Barts is the first in the series. Lessons on St. Barts is the second in the series. Next up---Back to St. Barts.

The other titles/covers are from old editions. Everything has been updated by my new publisher. All hail Jasper Joffe!

Hope that clears things up. I am trying to figure out how to fix my Goodreads page to avoid confusion in the future.

If you like the book--or not--feel free to post a review. I read 'em all.

Thanks, Emme

My books Love on St. Barts and Lessons on St. Barts are out. As an amuse bouche, I am posting all kinds of photos of the places on that special island that inspired scenes from the books. Check out my Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

I wish more authors would do this. I love to see the places where they imagine lovers entwined or a literal cliffhanger. I can close my eyes and paint a scene based on their words, but add the photos and this is like watching a movie in IMAX, 3D. It enriches the experience.

Besides, it doesn't hurt that St. Barts is so darned photogenic and always ready for its close-up!

There is apparently some complaints about Fifty Shades of Grey in the fan fiction community since it started out as fanfic based on Twilight. If I had written the first series, I would be cheesed at having my characters co-opted. But the real anger comes from fanfic members who contributed to the adaptation with the understanding this would not be used for profit. Wrong, considering the amount of money the books and now the movie have made.

Interesting reading---http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british...

Hugh Grant of Four Weddings and a Funeral says he's too old for rom-coms. Part of me says, good on him coz it may be creepy especially if they pair him with a twenty-something hottie. Another part of me wonders is there such a thing as being too old for romance? For love? For sex? Isn't the whole point of love is that it is supposed to be blind? Not see the stretch marks and the cellulite and the grey hair? I hope Hugh's wrong. I would love to see a rom-com featuring baby boomer plus types other than Diane Keaton.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celeb...

Exotic locales are a turn-off for romance readers according to this article. They quote a number of authors even discouraged from setting their books in France! Apparently, it's all about England.

I love books set in exotic places. I want a novel to take me out of myself through time and distance. A good writer can paint such a vivid picture with words that you almost feel as if you're on the beach, or in the mountains, or traipsing through the jungle.

Heaven save us all from the familiar and the mundane.
I hope this is just another phase in the publishing industry like vampires.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/happyev...

The big screen adaptation of Gone Girl has premiered in New York and the reviews are universally good. Congrats to Gillian Flynn who wrote for EW for a while. She's making a living as a writer---a good living. Thats amazing.

I have problems with this novel. (SPOILER ALERT!!!) It is too much like Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow. There is the crazy like a fox incredibly intelligent wife. There is the weak, preoccupied, unworthy unfaithful husband. She frames him for murder and there's even the same plot point of frozen sperm which results in a pregnancy that saves the evil doer's life.

I know there are only so many plots and so many twists and turns but this was just too similar for me. I will see the movie on Netflix or something--David Fincher is good and the casting should work---but that's it.

I know this is some people's favorite book. I urge you to go back and read the original. I enjoyed that even more.