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Happy February

February is a short but busy month. I’ve always loved Valentine’s Day because it also happens to be my half birthday. This year it falls on a Friday. Do you have plans with your honey?

Speaking of honey, I’m obsessed with canning lately since devouring the gorgeous and informative tome Saving the Season, which is all about saving the flavors of the season to enjoy year round. With that in mind, I preserved some local southern california blood oranges and Meyer lemons in the form of marmalade w...

Cover Reveal: Complete Me by Catherine Peace

Catherine Peace is showing off her brand-new, sexy-as-all-get-out cover for Complete Me, a 1NightStand novel coming soon from Decadent Publishing. Can’t wait to check it out!

About Complete Me

Out of the dating game for five years, best-selling romance author Claire Ergleston is convinced that writing out the romances she’s always wanted is a lot safer than trying in real life. Then she receives the news that she’s been signed up for a 1Night Stand date “to give her something to talk about in i...

Spotlight on: Haley Whitehall’s Midnight Heat

Please welcome Haley Whitehall to the blog today to share some tidbits about herself and her new release, a historical romance titled Midnight Heat. Thanks for stopping by, Haley!

1. Your latest release,MidnightHeat, is set after the Civil War. What kind of research did you do to get those authentic period touches?

I have a large Civil War era library with diaries and textbooks, and I consult them frequently. The little touches are always what make any book special, but especially a historical...

Why I stair walk

Charles Fleming, the author of the book Secret Stairs, has started a mini revolution in Los Angeles. People who have read his remarkable collection of guided walks have fallen in love with the numerous and sometimes quite enchanting public staircases all over our surprisingly hilly metropolis.

I used to go on walks all over the city with a friend. When she had a baby and moved away, and then I had a baby, I thought perhaps my days of exploring the city on foot were behind me. How wrong I was....

What I’m reading – January 2014

I’ve been reading a ton lately as I’ve been recovering from getting my wisdom teeth out. Luckily, it’s been a pretty smooth recovery, but I’m not passing up a chance to rest and catch up on my to-read pile!

I finally got to Once Upon a Montana Christmas by debut author Alanna Lucas. This is a holiday novella set in late nineteenth century Montana. I loved the writing and the love story between the strong, resolute heroine and the secretly sensitive hero. Throw a baby and some Christmas cookies...

Spotlight on: Tara Quan’s Delicious Delay

Please welcome Tara Quan, here to tell us more about her new contemporary romance Delicious Delay!

Guest Blog: In Search of the Adrenaline Rush

by Tara Quan

Hi Libby. Thanks a bunch for letting me come over today to promote Delicious Delay, a contemporary multicultural romance. Taking place entirely in a Middle Eastern airport, it features an Arab Hero, a redhead heroine, and a scrumptious meal. If I’ve managed to pique your interest, the blurb, excerpt and buy links are at the end of this post...

Spotlight on: Joya Fields’s Sidelined Afterlife

Please welcome Joya Fields, here with a blurb and exciting excerpt from her contemporary romance with a ghostly twist, Sidelined Afterlife.

About Sidelined Afterlife

Psychic and medium Veronica Matthews hates being able to communicate with the dead and the nearly departed. What good is it if she can’t lead the police to the victims of violent crimes before they die? But when her neighbor comes to her for help, she’s torn—until she understands that the ghost haunting him is more dangerous than a...

I’m in January’s BTS Book Reviews Magazine!

Thanks to the wonderful people at Decadent, I’m a featured author in the January issue of BTS Book Reviews magazine. I recently learned about this e-mag, and it’s fabulous, full of great author interviews and articles on current romance trends. Turn to page 22 to read an exclusive interview with me abut Love Unlocked, including info on my newest project!

Check me out on AReCafe.com

Where have I been for the last few weeks? Argh. Holiday commitments. Being endlessly sick with a cold, then a sinus infection. Clearing my schedule to have my wisdom teeth removed, only to have to reschedule because of being sick. Let me just say, the end of 2013 was a bit of a slog, but I have a bright outlook on 2014, especially now that I’m on antibiotics and the Christmas tree has been taken down! (Still have to get through the wisdom teeth, but one thing at a time.)

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Spotlight on: Shiloh Saddler’s Saltwater Lover

Please welcome Shiloh Saddler, a hot historical author, who is here with a quick Q& A and some info about her recent release, Saltwater Lover.

1. What’s the first romance novel you can remember reading? What did you think?

You would think this would be an easy question to answer, but I’m not quite sure. I realize it isn’t a true romance because it doesn’t end happily ever after, but I’d have to say Gone with the Wind. I loved the vivid detail of the Civil War and I had a crush on Rhett Butler.

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