There was a big meeting in town last night to bring people up to speed on the Telegraph Fire. I”m bad with numbers but I think they said 30,000 acres have burned. 25 homes are gone and about the same number of barns and outbuildings. No lives have been lost. We need to remember that. But still the numbers are grim and the fire is only 30% contained. Other foothill communities are on alert. The air quality is still terrible.

Not be make light, but “Being able to breathe” has just moved into the Number #1 reason why I should be excited about going to San Francisco.

To cheer me up, two of my dear friends, Susan Crosby and Kimberly Van Meter, both sent me the Romantic Times BOOKreviews review of my September release, HIS BROTHER’S SECRET. Another wonderful 4.5-star review. That is so exciting! It truly did lift my heart. Here it is:

Guilt isn’t the only reason Hollywood producer and writer Shane Reynard hires small-town girl Jenna Murphy to help him pen the pilot for a TV show based in her hometown of Sentinel Pass. Shane’s been harboring an attraction for Jenna ever since college. When he finally tells her that it was his own brother who drugged and raped her back then, will she believe that it was her talent that landed her the job? His Brother’s Secret (4.5), by Debra Salonen, is wonderfully written. Salonen’s characters are as realistic as their problems. Shane is likable, and Jenna’s insecurities make her easy to relate to.

Now, if my review copies would just come so I could get them in the mail to other reviewers…

Deb

PS: Check out the link I provided in the last post to Beth Pratt’s blog if you want an update on her situation. Thankfully, it sounds like her house has been spared. Yeah!!!