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Spotlight on Christine Warner's Bachelor's Special!

Hey there, WordWrangler readers! We're putting the spotlight on Christine Warner's new contemporary, Bachelor's Special, today! Welcome Christine! And read on for a fab excerpt!



About the Book:

Saute, simmer, and flambé…

Jill Adgate wants three things from life: a successful catering business, the devoted love of an exceptional man, and a family. What she has is no job, a mounting pile of bills, and her outspoken best friend—who sets her up on a blind date with the man who inadvertently ruined J...

Wilted Roses

About a week ago, I got to quit my retail job to write full-time! Yay! My hubs (I need to think up a nickname like Kristi's Radioman) bought me the colored roses in the foreground and DD (she's too old to be Bebe like Kristi's little angel) got me the red ones. Aren't they gorgeous?

They sat on the kitchen table and boy, did the smell good! Every time I saw them, I smiled. Not only were they stunning, they represented the bright new future ahead of me.



Write every day. Put out a book every thre...

Good News Galore!

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This week at Word Wranglers we've been bursting with good news. Here's mine:

You may have noticed that my blog went up way later than usual. I haven't had a spare second in days to write. I've spent the last few days with family that I haven't seen in years. Some of them, I've never met.  The reason we came together was for a sad occasion. There was a death in the family. But we had a fabulous time together, getting to know each other all over again. We all exchanged stories about...

Look, The Sun and Other Good News

 Part of finding Good News is the ability to look for it. Since I don't have any earth-shattering news to share I went in seach of it.

Today started out in sunshine. Big yellow ball in the sky. Yay! 

My flowers are loving it. And many are in full bloom. My beloved honeysuckles are erupting and fill the air with a sweetness. Who needs air-freshners when you have honeysuckle outside the front door?

My wildflowers are well, pretty damn wild. 

Here's a hint: Don't scatter foxglove seed...

News? You Want News?

So you want a little good news, hmmm? Well, Liz did set up the week this way, didn't she?


Let's see...our deck project, the one that didn't seem like it would ever be done is...well, done. After starting and stopping multiple times because of inspector issues and weather issues and then more inspector issues and then a car accident that stopped our contractor from doing anything...And I think it turned out quite well. I can't wait for the weather to really warm up so we can eat outside, and en...

Happy Anniversay, Me!

 Yesterday, Liz said it was Good News Week here on the Wranglers. Not only did I get to quit my retail job of six years to write full time, (yay!) it's my anniversary! Not my wedding anniversary. It's my author anniversary! One year ago today, my first book was published by Crimson Romance! That was a very special day because my road to publication was especially long. I wrote for TWENTY years before I got the email that said we want your book. I was ALWAYS the bridesmaid, not the...

It's good news week!

That was the title of a song when I was in high school. Don't remember the song, just the title. But Good News is abounding among the Wranglers this week. For me personally, not much in my writing life is new, but the hero and I are going to Florida to spend a week with some of our favorite people and my kids who live in Vermont are moving back to Indiana. That means two more of my grandkids will be within squeezing distance, a happy thing. A good news thing. Oh, and it's June. I love June!...

Bliss

Yesterday I was reading People Magazine and their back page feature is Five Questions With---this week it was with Justin Bartha--who I've enjoyed since the National Treasure movies. Seriously, waiting for number three.

Back to the magazine--his last question was, "When was the last time you experienced a moment of Bliss?"

What a great question! Just the idea of a blissful moment.

When my girls were younger and I did daycare for a living, bliss was warm bubble bath with a good book. The peace, t...

Guest Sharon Cullen with a Special!

Please welcome my friend, Sharon Cullen, and her book:  The Notorious Lady Anne:
 
I’m so excited to announce that my historical romance, The Notorious Lady Anne, is now on sale for .99. If you like swashbuckling pirates and a heroine who isn’t your normal, run-of-the-mill heroine, you’ll enjoy this book.
 
The .99 price is for a limited time only and it’s available in both Nookand Kindleformats! 
Nicholas Addison, celebrated captain of the Blackwell Shi...

What do you read?(

I'm puny today, so I'm not going to subject you to any soliloquies on my sore throat or even on how I feel about writing, but I do have a question for you.

I've been on the love seat for a while, sniffling and drinking liquids and reading. It occurred to me, as I read a Candace Hern book (liked it very much but it was longer than I thought it should be and I skimmed over some of it--my apologies to the author; she deserves better than me as a reader) and delved into Alicia Rasley's Charity Beg...