Happy July!  I can't believe how quickly the summer is flying by.  We have been anticipating the completion of our new home and will be closing on it this month.  Just think, I will have a whole, brand new office to mess up!  Kind of boggles the mind, doesn't it?

I'm so excited about Kensington's new Aphrodisia book club.  It offers two books free just so you can see if you like Aphrodisia (and who wouldn't?).  You can find out more about it on my website.  The first books ship soon so don't wait!

I'm still waiting on the cover flats of GIVE ME MORE and The Firefighter (ALL FIRED UP), both February releases.  As soon as I get them, I will scan them and get them up on the web site.  Okay, maybe my husband will do the scanning and creating of the jpg, and the web mistress at NovelTalk will put them on the site, since I am still a hopeless techno-tard.  Regardless, I'll have something to show soon.

My new Christmas novella (Christmas 2007 release) is HOT FOR CHRISTMAS.  The hero is a bah-humbug kind of guy and the heroine is nutso for Christmas.  In fact, she opens a Christmas boutique right next to his favorite restaurant, ruining his appetite.  His appetite for food, that is.  Once he sets eyes on this woman, his other appetites are raging out of control.  He's so cute!  As some of you know, I like to write about somewhat klutzy heroines.  I thought it would be fun, this time, to do a hero whose klutzy quotient shoots through the roof when he gets close to his soulmate.  As soon as I figure out how to post excerpts, I will post some for all of my books, including HOT FOR CHRISTMAS--but remember I suffer from techno-tardation, so it may be a while.

My next contracted book, HIP DEEP, has been set aside while I work on the synopsis for HOT FOR CHRISTMAS, but I plan to get back to it soon--I left Devon and Jamie in a very heated situation and am anxious to see where it leads!

A few years ago I judged a wonderful manuscript in a contest--can't remember which contest now--the entry was titled Resurrecting Gertie.  I was so please to hear Dorchester bought the book and it is now released as TALK GERTIE TO ME--isn't that a great title?  I just love it!  The book was written by Lois Winston.  A while ago, Lois posted on one of my author loops that she was having a contest to name her latest book and I WON!!!!   Dorchester loved my choice, evidently and LOVE, LIES & A DOUBLE SHOT OF DECEPTION will have my name on the acknowledgment page.  And that's not all!  I also get an autographed copy when the book comes out in June 2007.  Woo-hoo!!!  Free books--life is good!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Fourth of July.  Happy reading!