More Book News!

The second of the books set in Desperation, Oklahoma has an official title. BACHELOR COWBOY will be released in January next year. For more information on both it and THE RODEO RIDER, check out the "Coming Soon!" link under "The Books" or click here.

Books News

It's been a long day with four grandkids here on spring break, but I have news on the release date for my third Harlequin American. TAMING KATE is the working title, and I should have the official one in a fews days. It will be a January 2010 release. This is the second book of a series set in the fictional town of Desperation, Oklahoma, and is the story of the best friend of the hero in THE RODEO RIDER, which will hit shelves this year in August. For more information on the Desperation books, check out my books page via the menu on the left.

Have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!!!

March 2009 Harlequin Americans

If you haven't checked out the Harlequin American offerings for this month, now is the time!

Busy as a Bee

Yes, it's been a very busy time here and not what I had expected. All of us--kids and grandkids--have been down with something during the past month, whether it was colds or flu. Most of us are better, but my cold settled in my ears and although they don't hurt, I can't hear well. It makes for a lot of "excuse me's".

In spite of the not-so-great health, I've been working on several website projects. Besides the normal updating that's done each month, I created a new website for my local writer's group. If you feel the urge, take a look at WARA (Wichita Area Romance Authors). If you're a writer, there are some articles and tips on writing. Later next month, we'll have a blog--Bits & Bytes: Romance the Writer's Way--directly addressing writing romances. We're planning to have some great discussions, so I hope others will join us there, whether writers or readers or anyone curious about writing romance.

By the end of this week, there will be two more "new" websites. My friend, author Patricia Davids, who writes for Steeple Hill Love Inspired, and I have been working on a facelift for her website. We'll be unveiling it later this week. And Harlequin Romance author Susan Meier has a new blog about home cooking that we hope to have jazzed up by the first of next week at the latest.

I'll try my best to squeeze in a quick visit and post here this week and will post the March HAR covers. As always, they're great!

January & February 2009 Harlequin American

It's my pleasure to introduce my friend Lisa Child's first book in her newest series and all of Harlequin American's February authors and releases. What a wonderful Valentine's gift a book is for ourselves or to lift the spirits of a friend!

Feburary 2009 Releases

And if you might have missed them...

January 2009 Releases

Free Harlequin & Silhouette Books?

You betcha!! Harlequin is gifting their readers in American and Canada with free downloads of 16 different new releases as a way to thank them during Harlequin's 60th Anniversary celebration.

So how do you get yours?



First let's see what books are available.


Harlequin American Romance, Once a Cowboy by Linda Warren
Harlequin Blaze, Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly
Harlequin Historical, His Lady Mistress by Elizabeth Rolls
Harlequin Intrigue, Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels
Harlequin Presents, Price of Passion by Susan Napier
Harlequin Romance, The Bride's Baby by Liz Fielding
Harlequin Superromance, Snowbound by Janice Kay Johnson

Silhouette Desire, Baby Bonanza by Maureen Child
Silhouette Nocturne, Kiss Me Deadly by Michele Hauf
Silhouette Romantic Suspense, Stranded with a Spy by Merline Lovelace
Silhouette Special Edition, Dancing in the Moonlight by Raeanne Thayne

Love Inspired, A Very Special Delivery by Linda Goodnight
Love Inspired Historical, Homespun Bride by Jillian Hart
Love Inspired Suspense, Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry

Kimani Romance, Irresistible Forces by Brenda Jackson

Nascar, Speed Dating by Nancy Warren



The details:

• The titles are available as a PDF and in all eBook formats. There is no drm (digital rights management)


• The titles are also available as a Stanza App for the iPhone and iPod Touch


• The titles can also be found at all the online retailers like Sony, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Fictionwise.com, eReader.com, etc.


• The 16 free books (one for every series) will be available throughout 2009.

It's easy, it's painless, and even better, it's FREE!

Visit Harelquin's 60th Anniversary website to download your free books and read about all the events and celebrations taking place this year.

Enjoy! Indulge!

The Long Holiday Break is Over

It seems like only yesterday that it was the day after Christmas. (By the way, the day after Christmas is my favorite day of the year. It's another 365 days until next Christmas.) Time has gotten away from me and I see it's nearly Valentine's Day. Now that's a holiday I let go by without a bit of fanfare.

Since the end of the holiday season, I've been busy. I switched rooms. More precise, I switched my office and bedroom. This is not an activity for the faint of heart. And it took three weekends. It also took nearly rebuilding my desk after breaking one side in half...horizontally.

So why did I attempt this death defying feat? My bedroom, in which I sleep 5-6 hours a night, change clothes twice a day, and occasionally read in bed, was the largest of the two rooms. My office, where I spend the majority of the other 18 hours, is the smallest. It didn't make sense to squeeze my life into a smaller room when I had the option of a larger one. Uh huh.

But it was worth it. The broken desk (with accompanying weeping), the ancient (and ugly) government issue 5-drawer file cabinet that weighs more than all my grandkids together and caused my back to ache for 5 days, the boxes of papers and files and "stuff" that still need to be gone through were all worth it. I just wish I knew when everything would find its place and get there, because my moving time has run out, and it's time to get back to real work--writing and friends and websites. Copy edits for my August Harlequin American arrived yesterday. The long holiday break is definitely over.