Writing is one of my life’s passions. I put my heart and soul into each and every contemporary romance novel I write, and Marina's Journal, is where you’ll get the inside scoop. You’ll learn more about your favorite characters, and I’ll talk about what inspires me. Best of all, when I start working on my next novel, you’ll be the first to know. Please explore and thank you for visiting!
Marina Martindale
A Labor Day Scene from The Letter
Labor Day was always a bittersweet day for me when I was a kid. To me, if was the official last day of summer. School started the day after Labor Day. While it was great reconnecting with friends, I didn't like the conformity of it. I much preferred living life on my own terms. As an adult, however, I enjoy the Labor Day holiday. The traffic is can be crazy, so I usually don't travel. ...
Meet Jenna Winters from Rivalry
Jenna Winters is a twenty-nine-year old divorcee who works for Salisbury & Norton Architects, the same firm where Ian, in The Reunion had also once worked. She's an interior designer who's part of a team working on a new hotel and spa for a VIP client. So far, the client has liked her ideas. So has Chad, the project architect. However, the client's daughter-in-law, disagrees with one of Jenna's changes. As they argue back and ...
A Reading Sample from Rivalry
Jenna Winters and Ken Frank wished each other well when they ended their relationship and went their separate ways. Ken soon meets another woman while a twist of fate reunites Jenna with Bill, a man from her past. As Jenna and Bill reconnect, word about Bill reaches Ken. With the help of an unsuspecting mutual friend, Ken hatches a plan to destroy Jenna’s happiness, once and for all. I got the idea for Rivalry from ...
The Rivalry Book Cover
Kudos once again to Wes Lowe, for yet another amazing cover illustration. Wes has been a part of my team for well over a decade. His art has graced the cover of every novel I've written, including the Luke and Jenny series of historical novels, which were written under a different name. Rivalry is the story of a May-December romance. The inspiration comes from two sources. The first was reader feedback, from The Reunion, my ...
An Eclipsing Illusion
The past few weeks have been rather interesting, to say the least. I live in north Texas, near the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, and a major event was about to unfold. On April 8, 2024, my town would experience totality during a solar eclipse. At first I was intrigued. My neighborhood would go completely dark for about four minutes. It would be like midnight in the middle of the day. And I could see it ...
The Beginning of My Journey as an Author
It was so unexpected My journey as an author began some twenty odd years ago, and it was the last thing I would have ever expected. I was a free-lance graphic designer who enjoyed photography. In my spare time I was a tour docent at what was then called The Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park. Along with guided tours for students, the museum had a Living History Program. It was a group of historic ...