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Klaus Brothers Invasion Final Day: Nicholas and Wolfgang!

Ten days until Sweet Inspiration is released! Woo hoo! I am totally stoked that my debut novel, a light paranormal Christmas romance featuring Santa and his five sexy sons (Nicholas, Sven, Wolfgang, Gregor and Oskar), will be available for purchase on 12-02-09. Look for it at The Wild Rose Press website. To help us celebrate, Wolfgang and Nicholas Klaus are visiting Penelope's today and giving away an Amazon gift card and a sweet holiday treat from Crate and Barrel to two lucky commenters...

Contests! Interviews! Fire Engines!

Okay, the fire engines may have been a slight exaggeration. But the contests and interviews are for real. Monday, November 23 is the final day of the Klaus Brothers Invasion. Penelope is hosting Nicholas Klaus (master pastry chef and hero of Sweet Inspiration, my debut novel) and Wolfgang Klaus (Director of Charitable Donations for Klaus Enterprises and general do-gooder) for an interview and give-away. (Something tells me the other brothers are gonna show up, too!) Two lucky commenters will...

Quickie Reviews: Shelter Mountain and The Rules of Seduction

Happy Wednesday to all! The last couple of weeks have been a bit bumpy reading-wise. As you can tell from my Monday morning rant, I read a contemporary that irritated me no end with the sundry, boring details of everyday life. I also read 2 alien romances which have thrown me for a loop. Aliens and romance seem like a weird combination. These books are truly splicing together sci fi and romance, and I'm not quite sure I'm on board for that. For some reason, more "standard" paranormals, with v...

Monday Morning Announcements!

First up....Wolfgang Klaus was called out of town for a business-related emergency. So, unfortunately, he will not be able to join us this morning for the Klaus Brothers Invasion. He is extremely apologetic. (That's his photo at the top of the post. The Klaus boys seem to have some trouble keeping their shirts on. Hmm.) Wolfie will be joining us next Monday (Dec. 23) with his brother Nicholas for the final day of the Invasion, and TWO winners will be chosen. Penelope will be giving away...

Beard of the Day

Okay, so it's not just the beard. It's the hairy chest, bulging pectoral muscles and six-pack abs, and wet and wild awe-inspiring state of being. Hugh. The Man. The Myth. The reason I fell in love with beards.Enjoy!Happy Friday,Penelope

Congrats, Natascha!

Congrats, Natascha! You have won the Amazon gift card from Sven this week. Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by for Sven's interview. I am eagerly awaiting my package from Amazon with Shelter Mountain, by Robyn Carr. It was recommended to me by some nice folks on the Ami boards. Can't wait to read it! Since the kids are home for the holiday, I guess I will have to sneak into the bathroom and hide out for a bit! :)
Happy Veteran's Day,Penelope

Most Absurd Conflict Ever and Other Fun Stuff

I just gobbled up a bunch of books in the last several days. Elizabeth Hoyt's To Desire A Devil, Amanda Quick's With This Ring, and An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James. 

In a nutshell....Amanda Quick is the master of the universe. The first 13 pages of With This Ring are absolute perfection. Her writing never ceases to amaze me...she can nail an entire scene with a single word. Everything about this book is perfect...the storyline is tight, the characters are larger than life, the...

Klaus Brother's Invasion Week 3: Sven Klaus

The Klaus Brother's Invasion continues at Penelope's. This week toy designing, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hunky blond hippy Sven Klaus is joining us. He is one of the five Klaus brothers (Nicholas, Sven, Gregor,Oskar and Wolfgang) in my debut novel Sweet Inspiration, which will be released on 12-02-09 by The Wild Rose Press. Sven is into wood-working, tie-dying T-shirts, and saving the environment. He already looked through my recycling area and scolded me. I'm in...

Beard Of The Day

As we all know, Penelope has a fierce fondness for beards. She finds it shocking that a great number of women are still reluctant to embrace the deliciousness of facial hair. So, I have decided to implement a new subtle strategy to convert these "anti-beard" individuals over to the dark side. By posting delicious hunk-aramas sporting beards/staches/goatees, etc. I am hoping to rope in some converts. 
Beard of the Day for Nov. 6, 2009 is compliments of Gerard Butler. Nicely trimmed, excellent...

Awards, Honesty and Mindless Botanical Knowledge

Thanks to Patti at Book Addict for this award. I am supposed to pick 7 blogs to pass this along to, and then list 10 honest things about myself. Well, the blogs I would have picked have already won the award, and I feel sort of uncomfortable only picking 7. I read a lot of blogs, and a nice chunk of them can be seen in my sidebar. So please take a look. In addition to some really fun romance blogs (some are serious, some are irreverent, some are silly, and some are informational....and oh...