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Happy New Year!

Here's to a great 2010! I'm off to the party store to get one of those giant champagne balloons. Hope everyone has a fun, festive and martini-ish holiday (I will be serving mango martinis and peach martinis! Yum!)
Penelope

Happy New Year!

Here's to a great 2010! I'm off to the party store to get one of those giant champagne balloons. Hope everyone has a fun, festive and martini-ish holiday (I will be serving mango martinis and peach martinis! Yum!)
Penelope

Penelope Has Left The Building!

I am officially on vaca until the little chickies go back to school, on Jan. 4. In the meantime, I will be hiding in the bathroom with my NEW KINDLE!!!!! Yes, my husband surprised me on Christmas morning with a kindle, and hot diggity damn, it rocks. Unfortunately, my romance addiction is steadily growing worse with this enabling device. My husband actually uttered these words...."Uh oh. I think I've created a monster." Hee hee...he's such a worrier!
Happy New Year!Penelope

Penelope Has Left The Building!

I am officially on vaca until the little chickies go back to school, on Jan. 4. In the meantime, I will be hiding in the bathroom with my NEW KINDLE!!!!! Yes, my husband surprised me on Christmas morning with a kindle, and hot diggity damn, it rocks. Unfortunately, my romance addiction is steadily growing worse with this enabling device. My husband actually uttered these words...."Uh oh. I think I've created a monster." Hee hee...he's such a worrier!
Happy New Year!Penelope

Merry, Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to All! And Happy New Year!Penelope

Carpathian Christmas, Anyone?

Nothing says Christmas quite like gingerbread cookies, twinkling lights, and an alpha male Carpathian rocking his lifemate's world. Seriously. I have a lot of Christmas romance novels I like to re-read for the holidays, but for some reason my favorite is Dark Celebration by Christine Feehan. This book is really only for long-term Feehan fans who have been following the Dark series since the beginning. It is really cool to see old favorite characters come together in the Carpathian mountains f...

Trash Talking Gingerbread and a Rockin' Review

Happy Only 4 Days Till Christmas! :)
Today I am guest blogging at Book Chick City, discussing my family's somewhat unorthodox tradition of a trash-talking gingerbread house competition. BCC is giving away a free copy of Sweet Inspiration to one lucky commenter. Please stop by!
Also, I laughed out loud this morning reading a new review for my novel from The Romance Studio. Here's a snippet...
"What a sweet Christmas treat!...This scrumptious tale was realistic yet fantastical...All the delicious...

Beard of the Day

Hee hee hee....I just couldn't help myself.
Anyway, here are some announcements for the week:
Review for Sweet Inspiration at Seriously Reviewed (rating: 19/20): "....a holiday story you just can't afford to pass up..."
Review for Sweet Inspiration at Got Romance Holiday Reviews (5 candy canes!): "...a wonderful book to sit down with on a cold winter's night..."
Review for Sweet Inspiration at Book Chick City (rating: 6/10): "...a lovely Christmas read!"
Coming up this week....
Guest Blog and...

Recent Reading Highlights

I think I've read about 100 books in the last couple of weeks. I have been re-reading old favorites (loads of Julie Garwood historicals and Stephanie Lauren's books, too). I have also read some first-timers. Here are a few highlights....
Naked Dragon by Annette Blair: First time read. Will be released January 5. The hero of this book is Bastian, the dragon, and his not-quite-there grasp of the English language is absolutely hilarious. He totally reminds me of Fabio, the Italian contestant...

Christmas Parade at The Romance Readers Connection

The Romance Readers Connection blog is hosting a Christmas Parade this week. Today I'm there discussing the animated film Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, narrated by Fred Astaire. This adorable children's film was a major source of inspiration for my holiday novel. Stop by and say hi if you get the chance!
Sweet Inspiration was also reviewed by TRRC. Here's a snippet from Rista Tompkins' review...
"....This is a fabulous Christmas novel! I loved the sexy dynamic between Nicholas and Lucy. Their...