A Letter From Pamela Browning

Dear Readers,

I love to hear from you! You can contact me through this website, and I'm always delighted to respond. So please write and let me know what's going on in your lives.

One of the questions that I'm often asked is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Some of them are my own inspiration, some I brainstorm on my own or with others, but many ideas come from people who are totally unaware that they've sparked the seed of a story.

For instance, let me tell you about that time in the Piggly Wiggly, a grocery store in the small town where I used to live. "I hope I get to see him," a woman ahead of me said as she leafed through a tabloid newspaper bearing the smiling image of a major movie box-office star. "Imagine him coming here to film a movie at our race track!"

Her friend kept tossing items from the cart onto the counter. "They're going to need lots of extras for the crowd scenes. I saw an ad in the paper for tryouts. You should go and sign up."

Those women went on their way, happily planning to become movie extras, but they'd left me with questions: What if Mr. Hunky Movie Star visits this small South Carolina town and falls in love? And what if the object of his affection says, "No way, I'm not interested in you and all your Hollywood glamour." Hey, stranger things have happened!

But the time wasn't right for that book when I first thought of it. In those days, small towns weren't considered particularly exciting settings for romance novels, and movie stars were taboo heroes (don't ask me why! I have no idea). More than twenty years later, those things had changed, and so I wrote the book. It's Down Home Carolina Christmas,a Harlequin American Romance. I enjoyed working with the characters so much that I followed it with a sequel, Down Home Dixie, about the sister of the heroine in Down Home Book 1.

Now for the reasons I like to hear from readers: I want to know what's important to you, about your family life, about your favorite books, and most of all, why you chose to read one of mine (or not!). Your feedback helps me to keep those good books coming as I have for more than twenty years. I never forget that I owe my success to you, the readers. And I am very grateful for your continued support.

Love and best wishes,
Pamela Browning

Selected Works

That's Our Baby!
Men In Uniform: Heroes who lay it all on the line for the people they love. As Sam flies his Cessna low over the glaciers on the way to Kerry's lonely cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, he doesn't relish his errand. He'll ask her to sign papers relinquishing her rights to bear his child in the future. Trouble is, the baby already exists. Kerry's pregnant....with a baby that she doesn't know is Sam's!
Down Home Carolina Christmas: Book 1 of the Down Home series
Luke and Carrie are as different as oil and water, but when a movie star comes to your small town, how can you resist?
Down Home Dixie - Book 2 of the Down Home series
No self-respecting Southern woman would give aid and comfort to the enemy - unless she has a special kind of union in mind.
Snapshots
The wrong twin - and the right one...a love story spanning twenty years.
The Treasure Man
What she's found is as good as gold - but is it enough to last a lifetime? Romantic Times Rating: 4½ stars
The Mommy Wish
Love doesn't exist in a vacuum. The bad things that happen to us can't be swept away, and sometimes the stars don't have all the answers. Join Molly, Eric, Phoebe, and her imaginary vacuum cleaner on Fiona, a 53-foot sailboat, as they navigate an uncharted journey to a special place in the heart. Romantic Times Rating: 4½ stars
Cowboy Enchantment
Rancho Encantado, an enchanted spa where not only do you get a makeover, you get a life. Erica Strong wants a fling with a real cowboy, and she gets more than she bargained for. Who knew that babies were so much fun?
Baby Enchantment
Rancho Encantado, where dreams come true...but how do you expose someone else's secrets and protect your own? Especially if you're a journalist assigned to uncover fraud?
Heard It Through The Grapevine
In The Family: The Bigger The Family, The Greater The Love....Gina never wanted to see Josh Corbett again after he dumped her on reality TV. But he shows up on her doorstep, and what's a nice Italian-American girl to do? Especially when he's still crazy about her?
Breakfast With Santa
St. Nick says he can't deliver a daddy for Christmas, but the Marine in the Santa suit just might! Unfortunately, Beth didn't make the request - her son did. Tom is ready, willing and able to make Mitchell's wish a reality, but first he has to convince Mitchell's mom.

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