This is so easy. The setting I love the most is the island of Kauai. The reason I love it is that it’s one of those places where I feel centered. It’s as if my spirit knows that it is home. For fourteen years, we owned a condo on Kauai, and I treasured every moment we spent there. Rain or shine, it was always a delightful place to be.

That’s easy. I would go to Bimordus Two, the capital city for the Coalition of Sentient Planets in CIRCLE OF LIGHT. It’s set in a biodome on a barren world in a star system far, far away. My heroine, Sarina Bretton, is kidnapped from Earth and transported there to wed a nobleman and become the legendary Great Healer. She’s destined to save everyone from a devastating plague. But along the way, she falls for the dashing starship captain instead. On Bimordus Two, she finds technological wonders of an advanced civilization.

 FIVE BELLES TOO MANY involves five couples vying for the perfect Southern wedding via a reality TV show. Because I am fascinated by the back story of television shows, I’d love to step into the drama of these Southern belles and New York TV people.

I would love to return to the family farmhouse featured in my Paint & Shine Mystery series. It is a Sears Catalogue house built by my paternal grandfather on a foundation that he built. The wide front porch extends across the entire front of the house and has a porch swing at one end. On a clear day, you can count seven ridges of the Smoky Mountains. There’s nothing more pleasurable than being in the swing, wrapped up in a heritage quilt, sipping a bit of moonshine mixed with an Ale 8 ginger soda.

 I would love to live in Cymbeline, Georgia, where my Georgia B&B Mystery series is set. It’s a picturesque and diverse small town filled with mature trees and appealing architecture, along with quite a few antique shops that make the place a tourist destination. A main square consisting of interesting emporiums and eateries is well within walking or biking distance of many of the town’s neighborhoods. Bonus points for living in my protagonist’s lovely Queen Anne home in the historic district, though unlike Nina Fleet I’d probably keep the house my private residence rather than converting it into a bed and breakfast.

I love the story world of the Savannah, Georgia, candle shop. It is filled with all the whimsical things I love in a shop, one where I could spend hours looking at everything. Long ago I discovered that the ability to feel wonderous delight is a boon to my soul. The brightly colored artisanal crafted candles and soaps, all laced with every manner of essential oils and local books are the basis of the shop, along with fanciful dragons and pirates, lip balm, wind chimes, ferns, and lotions is a sensual delight and the aromatherapy is extra special here.

My settings are all real, and I’ve been to all of them, even if sometimes I’ve changed the names. However, in MOSAIC MAYHEM, one of the three connecting novellas to my Anastasia Pollack series, I sent Anastasia to Barcelona, and I’d love to go back. It’s a beautiful city, and I wasn’t there long enough to see and do as much as I would have liked.