Writing can be a solitary job, although there’s a lot of emailing behind the scenes, and until Covid-19 hit the world, some great conferences to attend. (“So that’s what she looks like – I thought she’d be much older. And do you reckon she sounds South African?” Goodness, we talk…)

One of the best ways to enjoy some authorly company in the current climate is to work as a team, and a box-set project is a great way to do it.

First, there’s the fun of planning. Then inviting suitable authors to take part, and settling on a theme so we produce a cohesive reading experience for you. There’s no point in having a couple of sweet boy-and-girl-next-door stories followed by a bear shifter, a multi-partner affair on a spaceship with pink aliens, and a coming-of-age story mixed in with several super-hot romances bordering on erotica. No – you know what you like, and you’d like lots of the same please. And why would we risk bad reviews by giving you a mixed bag of what you don’t want?

USA Today best-selling author Bronwen Evans is a long-time friend of mine. I was thrilled to be invited to join her and eleven other top Australian and New Zealand romance specialists to produce a 12-novella steamy box-set to launch later this year. Yay – plenty of time to do a really good job. And with Bron at the helm I knew it would be organised superbly.