Foremost, to all of you who've called "time out" from the holiday bustle to email me nice notes on my December holiday book, STROKES OF MIDNIGHT, thank you! Your kind words mean more to me than any critical praise. For those of you who missed my previous Christmas book for Harlequin Blaze, IT'S A WONDERFULLY SEXY LIFE, "Don't worry, be happy." ;) It may be long gone from brick-and-mortar bookstores, but you can still order the book online, including trusty ole amazon.com.
Fortunately STROKES OF MIDNIGHT is a two-day read, leaving oodles of time for tackling all those other great books waiting to be read. (Christmas started out as Twelve Days, remember). My personal pick is Claire Cook's LIFE'S A BEACH. Claire is the talented author of MUST LOVE DOGS as well as several other books celebrating not only romance but the quirky beauty of all our relationships. LIFE'A A BEACH is chockful of romance, to be sure, but there's also plenty of sister love-hate to go 'round as well as pets--you gotta love a heroine who names her cat "Boyfriend."
You can read my "review" of LIFE'S A BEACH at a wonderful new site/ezine: Writersarereaders.com.
P.S. Don't forget...My special holiday co-contest with fabulous fellow Harlequin Blaze author, Cathy Yardley draws to a close this Monday, December 17th, so please check back for the announcement of winners. In the spirit of celebrating the charms of giving *and* receiving, each winner will receive two extra sets of books to give as gifts.
PPS. I can't believe I left this out of my NYC posts. Check out the above photo of STROKES OF MIDNIGHT (center), my New York-over-the-holidays book taken, yes, in New York over the holidays!
