Per the latter, IT'S A WONDERFULLY SEXY LIFE is my a) first ever contemporary, b) first ever Harlequin, c) first ever paranormal and d) first ever Christmas book.And I've just finished my second paranormal for Harlequin's Extreme Blaze line. THE HAUNTING will hit bookstores, both brick-and-mortar as well as online, this April 2007. The book begins with my heroine, Dr. Maggie Holliday, discovering a 150-year-old diary buried behind some loose wallboard in the attic of her newly purchased historic home in the Fredericksburg, VA historic district where I've made my home coming on six years now.
Having just moved from an historic home that (amazingly!) resembles my heroine's Victorian dream house, I've been struck by all the miscellaneous "stuff" you discover when you're ramping up to pack. I'd always seen myself as a neat nick but the whole house purge in preparation for packing indicated otherwise. In THE HAUNTING, Maggie finds the diary, which happens to have been penned by her previous Civil War era incarnation, Isabel Earnshaw.
What hidden treasures (or terrors) have you found when ramping up for a move? Maggie's move from the Washington, DC area to Fredericksburg, VA went considerably more smoothly than mine did. What was your worst ever absolute nightmare move? Or, on the perkier side, what the best move you ever made and why?
Whether we get there by the short, smooth easy road or the long, prickly bramble-riddled one, it's my personal belief that we're all always exactly where we're meant to be.
Here's wishing you a safe, joyous kick-off to the winter holidays...
Hope
