I set out a nice dish of candy bars — for my hubby. If we get 2-3 trick or treaters, we’ll be lucky. But we are the proud owners of 6 cleverly carved pumpkins. My daughter and grand-daughters had a lot of fun with this process. I helped, too, even though I’m not fond of […]

Wrong.
Especially if you have a calendar that says “Daylight Saving Time Ends” on Oct. 28th. My whole day was a mess yesterday and my alarm went off at 6 a.m. this morning, only to find it was 7 a.m. Did this happen to anyone else? Could the people in charge please make up their minds? […]

In the back of my calendar is a list of appropriate wedding anniversary gifts.
Year 15 is crystal.
Year 20 is china.
Twenty-five is silver, and 30 is pearl.
All good. My hubby even hit a couple of those on the nose or pretty close.
So what’s he supposed to buy for number 33?
The book doesn’t say, but I’m […]

Hey, ya’all, we’ve been having a blast on the eHarlequin thread with the heroes from our Texas Hold’em series. If you’ve ever been curious about a hero in a book and wanted to ask him a question, now’s your chance. But Friday will be the last day our guys are showing up. We’re also picking […]

We’re live on eHarlequin. Here’s the link: CHAT
This is going to be wild and a lot of fun, because we authors are stepping aside to let our heroes answer questions and talk about life, love and poker.
We authors will jump in when needed. As crazy as it sounds, it’s fun, too. And, BEST PART: […]

This is it, my friends. The series title and tagline for my new series set in the Black Hills. I’m very happy with it, and I’ll tell you why.
#1 - It fits. In fact, it’s perfect because a small town suddenly finds the spotlight of notoriety shined firmly its way.
#2 - it’s clever and fresh […]

The romance market is in a constant flux, like a river pulled by the tides of public buying power and readership. Harlequin is an amazing company that has one very big ear intently listening to buyers of books through the Ka-ching of money going into the cash register. They try new things and sometimes the […]

My friend and avid booklover, Barbs, just sent me a few more shots to share. Not sure I copied them from my email in the best way possible, so the quality might be as sharp as it could be, but you’ll get the idea.
Speaking of Barbs, here she is with me and […]

Thanks, everyone, for all your feedback and good wishes. I love hearing from you and appreciate your support.
First off, my friend Linda Warren, who is closing out the Texas Hold’em series in February, sent me her cover. It’s great, which is only fitting since Linda’s story is, too. I loved how she worked in […]

My home chapter of RWA, the Sacramento Valley Rose, put on its 2nd Reader’s Luncheon on Saturday. I forgot my camera (I swear my short-term memory loss is getting chronic. :shock:), but I had solid promises from several friends who remembered their cameras that they will forward photos.
Here’s the first to come through for […]