Author Archives: Peggy Jaeger

My stepfather went to join my mother today in Heaven.

In all honesty, although I’m sad…I am so happy for them both, that they are together again.

36 years ago on this date, at 6:48 a.m. after laboring for over 72 hours, my baby girl came into the world.

And changed our lives forever.

In her 36 years she has accomplished many things…just a few inlcude:

Starting karate at the age of 4 and being the only girl in her class for years!

She was a flower girl in her babysitter’s wedding when she was barely 3…and her aunt’s when she was 5

She graduated high school after learning to play 4 instruments, then graduated from an Ivy League college with honors.

She’s traveled the world…been more places than I can ever hope to be!

She Sky dived in New Zealand…

Ran the New York City marathon…and a few other cities as well…

Gotten married, become a home owner, and had 2 exceptionally beautiful and smart children who are the loves of my life…

and she has still remained my baby in every way. I couldn’t love her more if I tried, and in truth, I love her more each and every day.

She’s lived a wonderful life so far for her 36 years.

I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for her.

Happy Birthday, Erin.

This Saturday, September 20th, I will be in Lancaster, PA along with over 100 authors and vendors participating in the annual Books, Books, Books event.

I will have a wealth of my Paranormal romance books for sale…

In addition to RETRIBUTION and DEATH BETWEEN THE PAGES

On a lighter, more romancey note, I’m also bringing my MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN series and the current HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER books

There’s a charm bracelet giveaway for the first 100 people through the door and I’m one of the participating authors.

And….as a special offering – I’ve got 3 of my books that are no longer in print available under the BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK category. Stop by my tables, #61 and 62, to check everything out!!

So, Come join me at Books Books Books 2025 on Saturday,
September 27, 2025 at Wyndham Lancaster Resort EXPO CENTER, 2300 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster,
PA 17602 from 12:30 – 5 p.m. 135 authors (including me!) from various genres will be on-hand selling
and signing their books. Purchase tickets in advance through JotForm for $5 to be eligible for raffle
prizes. VIP tickets are available for $50. VIPs get a special tote, an anthology, and a dedicated hour
with the authors from 10-11 a.m.
This event is weather independent – rain or shine, we’ll be there!
Come join us!

~ Peg

in my newest Heaven’s Matchmaker release.

First, I have to show you this:

Don’t they look so pretty all in a series row on Amazon? LOL

Now, the final book in the HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER series, YOU’RE MY MATCH is up for preorder across all digital media. On Amazon, you can preorder it here: ZON On every other platform such as Kobo, Apple books, etc, You can order it here: universal.

Now, this book is dedicated to someone I have never met, and probably never will, but she was instrumental in helping me develop one of the most important secondary characters in the book, CarlieRae Quinlan, Charity Quinlan’s mother, our FMC.

Charity is from Mississippi, as are her parents, CarlieRae and Rory Quinlan. And on the page, they SOUND as southern as they can be – in the best possible way. To get the phraseology and cadence down pat, I used comedienne LEANNE MORGAN as my spirit guide for CarlieRae, and because she was perfection – I dedicated the book to her. Here’s the dedication:

To comedienne and fabulous human being, LEANNE MORGAN. Why, you ask, am I dedicating a book to a celebrity I have never met? Because she was the inspiration for CarlieRae Quinlan. Without Ms. Morgan’s wit, comedic timing, and insight into human nature, mothering, and menopause, CarlieRae would never exist.

When you read YOU’RE MY MATCH, and if you have ever seen Ms Morgan perform, you will HEAR her voice when CarlieRae is on the page, speaking. I guarantee it.

for YOU’RE MY MATCH.

It seems like it took me forever to do this, but I finally have links for preorder for the fourth and final book in the HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER series, YOU’RE MY MATCH.

As of today, the book is available for preorder across all digital media, using this link: UNIVERSAL LINK

Her job as an assistant wedding planner means everything to Charity Quinlan. She’s got a bullet point plan for her future and she’s not about to let anything get in the way of her goals. But a drunken hookup with a coworker – a guy she’s had a hate/hate relationship with from the get-go – may put her plan in jeopardy.  Charity has to ensure her boss never finds out about her indiscretion. But every day it’s getting harder to hide how much she wants a repeat of that amazing night.

His life is a series of one-night stands and Kolby O’Brian is not about to change his status for anyone – not even the little fireball who’s been the bane of his existence since the first day they met. Why, then, are his eyes always straying to Charity when he should be concentrating on work? And why does being around her suddenly make him want to be a different kind of man? A better one? One who thinks about…the future?

These two polar opposites need to decide if they want a future together or a life without the other in it, because an emotional volcano is churning and it’s about to erupt.

I am so glad this book is up for preorder. As the last book in the series, I had an emotional time writing it, and I think I was able to convey all that emotion into the story!

And don’t forget, until September 7, 2025, the first three books are all available across digital media for just 99 cents each. You can read all three books for less than $3.00 before the fourth comes out!!

Mix and Match ( Book 1)

Love Match (book 2)

Perfect Match ( Book 3)

and look how nice all 4 books look together:

I’m so happy with these covers and stories ( because I created both!! LOL)

Happy reading, kids ~ Peg

If you’re on Booksprout, I have a new book campaign for you to join. I’ve put the arc to YOU’RE MY MATCH up on the read and review platform for 1 month, starting today.

If you like sweet with heat romances, enemies to lovers, workplace romance, matchmakers and small town romance books, you might want to give this one a read through.

I will tell you about some triggers, though, before your request it: the book deals with the mental health concerns of bipolar disorder, hoarding behavior, and self-harm. If any of those are triggers, emotionally for you, you might want to pass, or just know about it in advance so it doesn’t sneak up on you.

I loved telling Charity and Kolby’s story. From the first time you met them in DEARLY BELOVED, A Match Made in Heaven, book 1, I’ve been thinking about their story and how to get them to their own HEA. It took a while ( 9 years, lol!) but they finally got to learn to love one another.

Requesting YOU’RE MY MATCH on Booksprout means you will read the book and write an objective review of it to be uploaded to either Goodreads or Amazon on publication day, which is 11.24.25. So you’ve got plenty of time to read the book before the review is needed.

Thanks for requesting it ( if you do) and happy reading, kids.

~ Peg

and here’s a present from me to you!

Happy NATIONAL MATCHMAKER DAY! I love a matchmaker story, don’t you?? In real life and in fiction, lol! I actually know a few people who were matched using one, so I am especially happy for them today.

Now, my little present – I’ve put all the ebooks in my HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER series on sale starting to day and going until 9.7 for just 99cents each. You can get all three for less than 3 bucks across all digital media ( kindle, nook, apple, etc.)

And pretty soon I’ll be putting the last book in the series, YOU’RE MY MATCH, up for preorder for the 11.24.25 release date!

So, sit back and enjoy this momentous day with a series all about…the day!! Lol. Or I should say…Matchmakers!

and how they all combine.

Today is August 30, 2025 and at midnight tonight my GOODREADS giveaway for MIX AND MATCH ( book 1 in the Heaven’s Matchmakers series ) ends. Did you enter? If you did, good luck!

If you didn’t ( no shade!) you might be interested in knowing that tomorrow, NATIONAL MATCHMAKER DAY, the entire series goes on sale for just 99cents on Kindle, B&N Nook, Apple books and Kobo! SO you can get the entire series for less than $3.00! The books will be on sale for 1 week, until September 7, then they go back to their original 2.99 price.

I’m doing this so that everyone gets a chance to read the series

before the final book, YOU’RE MY MATCH goes on sale on November 24, 2025 – just in time for your Thanksgiving post-tryptophan reading ! The preorder will be up soon, I promise!

YOU’RE MY MATCH ( Charity and Kolby)

Her job as an assistant wedding planner means everything to Charity Quinlan. She’s got a bullet point plan for her future and she’s not about to let anything get in the way of her goals. But a drunken hookup with a coworker – a guy she’s had a hate/hate relationship with from the get-go – may put her plan in jeopardy.  Charity has to ensure her boss never finds out about her indiscretion. But every day it’s getting harder to hide how much she wants a repeat of that amazing night.

His life is a series of one-night stands and Kolby O’Brian is not about to change his status for anyone – not even the little fireball who’s been the bane of his existence since the first day they met. Why, then, are his eyes always straying to Charity when he should be concentrating on work? And why does being around her suddenly make him want to be a different kind of man? A better one? One who thinks about…the future?

These two polar opposites need to decide if they want a future together or a life without the other in it, because an emotional volcano is churning and it’s about to erupt.

….are getting out of hand.

I debated with myself for a few days whether or not to make a public statement about this, and after much soul searching, decided I just couldn’t let it slide and simply let others in the book community say their piece without adding to the discourse with my 10 cents ( adjusted up for tariffs and inflation!).

So, if you are in the know, you know that last weekend a bookcon took place in Boston called Sinners and Stardust. It’s a romantasy bookcon, so obviously, I didn’t attend because I don’t read or write fantasy or romantasy or any of its genres like dark romantasy, mafia, etc.

Apparently, several problematic behaviors occurred from the “fans” attending. Just stop for a moment before I continue and consider this: the word FAN comes from the word FANATIC, which means, a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause; [often with modifier]; a person with an obsessive interest in and enthusiasm for something, especially an activity or person.

Let that definition sit for a moment. Notice the words OBSESSIVE INTEREST and SINGLE-MINDED ZEAL.

Okay, to continue.

There was a ball attached to this con where actors and cosplayers dressed up as favorite “characters” from some of the books represented by their authors at the con. Demons, warlords, overlords, all kinds of “Lords” from dark romantasy books were present and amenable to photo ops with “fans.” And yes, I am putting the word in quotes again for a reason.

One of the characters – and please forgive me for this because I don’t read the books or know the character – is, apparently, a favorite among the dark readers. So much so, that the actor portraying him was mobbed by a group of women at the ball, secured into a corner where he was summarily groped, fondled, a hand was shoved down the front of his pants to “fist him” and – believe it or not – an air tracker device was planted on his clothing. Why, the air tracker? Because the people who planted it wanted to find out what hotel he was staying in and his room number.

I’m going to let you figure out why they wanted that information, but if you need any help doing so, remember: his genitals had already been groped, which, as a definition, is called sexual assault. It’s just a hop, skip, and air track locator away to doing something even more egregious.

WTF???

This was a group of WOMEN. WOMEN!!!! If a man or men had done this to a female cosplayer they would have been tarred, feathered, and burned at the stake by the women attendees present. So please explain to me when it became acceptable for WOMEN to do the same thing to a man they all are fearful of having done to them??

Reportedly, the gentleman had a panic attack and had to be treated by EMS. It’s a wonder he didn’t need to be put into a mental health facility for a few days. I can’t imagine the flashbacks he’s going to have over this.

It’s indescribable the anger that is burning inside me at this disgusting display. And I don’t want to hear anything about alcohol causing or fueling the behavior. And I definitely don’t want to hear anyone blaming the AUTHORS for writing stuff where these kind of actions are “doable.” This is fiction, people. FICTION!!!!!! Make believe. The authors had nothing to do with what happened to that man. They didn’t write a scenario saying to sexually assault him and then put it into the ether for these women to perpetrate.

Another thing that happened was one of the authors was speaking to a group of her friends and she was approached by a group of “fans” who proceeded to grab her. From what we’ve heard, they were very aggressive and said many inappropriate things to her about her characters and her writing. The author said NO repeatedly about leaving her group and the “fans” didn’t listen. They just disregarded her pleas and basically carted her away.

The author stated, afterward, that she felt threatened, unsafe, and was fearful, so again, I am going to ask when did it become acceptable to women to treat one another the way they are always in fear of being treated themselves??

Dark romantasy and dark romance is predicated on FANTASY -which, if you need a defintion of is:  the faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable.

Pay attention to 3 words: imagination( imagining), impossible and improbable in that definition.

The books are make believe. They are not real. The characters are make believe. Once again, they are not real.

The coup de grâce in my opinion, though, was one of the attendees “won” a huge plastic dildo from one of the authors present. I’m not going to interpret why the author thought this was an appropriate item to giveaway – I’ll leave her to figure that out, but the women who won it did several things that she could and should be arrested for. One, she strapped it on to her genital region under her dress and went around asking people, “Wanna see something?” and then lifting her dress and shoving it at them, while she cackled with laughter. OKay, can you say the word ASSAULT? The other thing that has been reported is that she was having oral sex with it in the lobby of the hotel – where people not attending the conference and their children were walking. Simulating oral sex with a fake penis in a public place. Public lewdness as an offense doesn’t come close to what she should be charged with.

That person needs intense psychological help if you ask my opinion. Not that anyone is, but still…

All of this behavior, isolated and disgusting as it is, adds fuel to the general public’s disdain for romance readers and writers in general, claiming we are all sex-starved, nymphomaniacs who can’t write REAL fiction.

All over social media the day after this occurred, idiots – and I use that word descriptively and pejoratively – posted things like “what did you expect to happen? These books promote sick behavior like that?” and “Not surprising because those books are trash and when people read trash they act it out.” And my favorite: ( Note the sarcasm in the word) “He ( the cosplayer) probably loved it.”

Okay, again, WTF??

I write all levels of heat – everything from sweet to steamy, so I ‘ve got a broad range of sex on and off the page in my books. I’ve had people come up to my table at books cons -mostly men, but some women too, – who have said things like, “I bet your husband is a happy man,” and “Where did you do all your sex research?” And my favorite, “You don’t look like a romance writer.” Which was followed up by the man adding, “You don’t give off a slut vibe.”

How many times can I say WTF in this piece??

All the stuff that has been going on for the past 6 months with bad bookcons ( One Million LIves, Once upon a CON) and now this, has justified in my mind that I am done doing big author and genred events for the foreseeable future. As authors, we pay a ridiculous amount of money to attend these cons with table fees, hotels, travel, swag, giveaways, and I have never even broken even on the back end with what I’ve laid out. The most expensive one I attended a few years ago cost me $1000.00 and I never sold one book.

You can’t sustain a business if you are always in the red. That’s just fiscal soundness.

The bad behavior and poor reputations these cons are getting has now made me see that I am done being a small cog in a big wheel. I will still do my local bookstore booksignings, and library events- which I lovelove love doing – but the big, mulitauthor, genre-ed events are over for me. I’m too old and too damn tired to worry about my own personal safety and mental health and that of my readers’s in a space where they – and I – should be safe, sound, happy, and feel protected.

And as far as the women who did what they did at Sinners and Stardust: you all need professional help and should be arrested.

Rant over…

of their books.

Seems counterintuitive, right? Why are you giving something you should be making money on, away for free??

You write a book ( a product) that you hope people read ( and pay for),and you spend more time than you’d like marketing the book just so people know about it. And the more people who know about it, the chance that you will make a sale of that book, rises.

Makes sense in a commercial, market economy, no?

Then why do authors give away their books for free on things like Goodreads giveaways, or the book schmivoways on tiktok, or at the facebook parties that were once all the rage when an author came out with a new book?

I can’t speak for every author, I don’t have that kind of conceit ( LOL) but I can tell you why I do Goodreads giveAways and tiktok ones, too.

It’s to gain new readers.

That’s the name of the game in book publishing right now. You’re going to say but I thought the goal was book sales so you make money off all your hard work.

Yup, that’s true. But in order to make a book sale, you need – wait for it – readers!

Finding new readers when you are tyring to make a name for yourself as a legit author is hard. You could spend thousands of dollars on FB ads, or ‘Zon ads, or Bookbub deals. But most of us don’t have that kind of marketing budget.

My first year as an author I had zero dollars to spend on marketing. And it showed. I think my first book during its first release sold something like 30 copies. In an entire year! And that was with a traditional publisher.

But as I gained some new readers, who, through word of mouth- bless them -gained me even more readers, I started to develop a following. But the number was small, loyal though theY were, and I needed to find ways to get more new readers who would turn into one-click readers. Ways that wouldn’t break my non-existent marketing budget.

I did my first Goodreads giveaway in May of 2015. 346 people requested the book – the first in the MacQuire women series and, my first book!

Did that giveaway garner me some sales? Yeah, a few. People who didn’t win bought the book just because they had seen it listed in a giveaway. I got a few fan latters because of that too, so my empirical data is truthful.

So…I kept doing the giveaways. The one that garnered me the most entrants, and which subsequently sold a lot of books for me on the back end, was this one:

2249 people requested it. That’s quite a jump from 346!

And now, I’ve got my newest giveaway going on over on goodreads for Mix and Match

The giveaway started on 8/15 and today ( 8/16) already has 614 entrants. The giveaway is set to run until 8.30.

How many of those people truly want to read the book and aren’t just entering because they want to win something? I can’t give you an exact count, but the WANT TO READ stats on the book are good so that tells me readers are interested. And since most of my “fans” already have read the book, this also tells me these are new readers – the gold medal of book sales.

So, that’s my reason for doing giveaways, why I give the book away instead of making a legit sale and getting some coin back on my investment. What I’m really getting for the ROI( return on investment) is new readers-to-my work who will – please Jesus – become lifelong readers of mine.

Want to enter the Goodreads giveaway? Here’s the link: GRG