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Happy Valentines Day

I wanted to wish you all a particularly wonderful Valentines Day!!! Whether you are spending it with loved ones or a great romance novel, I hope your day is filled with joy and you are surrounded by love!



Hubcap and I will be taking all the kids out to dinner and then a movie - our traditional family date for Valentine's Day. We've been doing it since the kids were little, but old enough to realize what Valentine's Day was. We wanted them to know that we thought celebratin our love for them wa...

New Book by JJ Massa

Another of my auto-buy authors has a release and it's a werewolf story. Yum!!!

A Family PortraitBook 3:The Montgomery Family Chroniclesby
J.J. Massa
Tavist Darke lost his mate and pup years ago and never expected to have a family. He no longer looked for happiness in life. He didn't expect to find another mate. The love of his adopted pack was more than he ever expected. When he met beautiful Tracey West and her enchanting children he knew his secret prayers had been answered.

Tracey West had a ...

New Book by Jaci Burton

Rough hands rounding the curves of a soft warm body—caressing, stroking, edging her toward exquisite pleasure…


Seduction is a cinch in these four all-new sizzling stories from the hot authors of Unlaced…



Jaci Burton breaks the rule of mixing business with pleasure when two professional rivals cross paths at a tropical resort. She figures she can handle a fling with no strings attached. He's out to show her that she figured wrong.





Jasmine Haynes explores the lust of a former supermodel who needs ...

Fabulous News for Presents Authors

I'm so happy about this, I could cry...and I almost never cry!




Harlequin/Silhouette Books are now included in the USA Today's Bestsellers List. I never thought I'd hit the list first with a Presents, but if it doesn't happen with Moon Craving, I actually have a chance with my upcoming The Shy Bride! I'm feeling really emotional right now. What do you all think of this news?



Read the article here.

Blogg Winner for Last Week

The blog winner for last week's drawing is JudyF!!! Since Judy has all of my backlist, she'll receive a couple of books from my prize closet by other authors and some candy, 'cuz sugar is a necessary food group. LOL

JudyF...love if you could email Andre with your address and particulars, he'll get your prize out to you ASAP.

By the way, this week, I had Hubcap do the drawing. He makes a very attractive, if masculine, Vanna White. :)

REMEMBER: To be entered in the prize drawing, all you have t...

Reading is All Sorts of Good For You

We, who are dedicated romance fans, are firmly aware of the benefits to reading. We've heard the study results that show reading and doing things like crossword puzzles helps to maintain healthy brain activity as we grow older. We've each experienced in our own ways the life changing power of the written word.

Now one of my favorite fashion magazines even recognizes the benefits of reading:

Read the article here. Your turn: post your favorite link to an article about reading or romance, or...

Feature Author on B&N.com

Melanie at B&N.com managed to arrange something special for my final stop on my Blog Tour for Moon Craving. I'll be the Feature Author on Romantic Reads all week long! :)

It's time to break out the snazzy pink jacket and pill box hat as I trip off my final train...

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Romantic-Reads/bd-p/RomanceGeneral

Love those Shifters

Yes, I do...but so do lots of other readers and they've got a nifty little blog where they like to talk about it. I'll be guesting there with a post on how I came up with the Children of the Moon world all this week. Please stop by and share your thoughts on werewolves, fantasy worlds and maybe even my Chrechte!

Love those Shifters

New Book by Heidi Betts

KNOCK ME FOR A LOOP
(Book #3 of "Chicks with Sticks" trilogy)St. Martin's PressISBNs: 0-312-94673-2 and 978-0-312-94673-9February 2010

SHE'S CUTTING HIM LOOSEWhen it comes to relationships, talk show host Grace Fisher won't stand for cheating—especially not from her fiancé, star hockey goalie Zack Hoolihan. Her weekly knitting group backs her up when she calls it off, but it doesn't entirely ease the sting of betrayal. She won't listen to Zack's indignant explanations of innocence—she just...

New Book by Ashleigh Raine

Forsaken Talisman

by Ashleigh Raine





Is she a victim of a madman's agenda, or a willing player in his demonic games?





Book two in the Talisman Bay series.





Kidnapped and mind-wiped by the Shadow Walkers' greatest nemesis, Skylar has no memories of her own, except for her name. All she knows is what memories she does possess belong to someone else—as does her face—and that she can't trust anyone, including herself.





Shadow Walker Dusty Clements goes against direct orders to rescue Skylar and take her i...