Hi, all! At the Romantic Times Conference this past May I had a bit of an epiphany while shopping for books with my teen daughter. We (readers) really want information on new to us books. This may sound simple, but I was shocked how little information, even at a...
This month I hit up a good friend of mine to provide the New to You Book (and prize). Kristi and I met as debut authors, both writing very different genres than we do now. This month, September 2013, Kristi's third young adult novel is out... and it has vampires. :)...
Trail of Dead, an urban fantasy, by Melissa F. Olson . What is Trail of Dead about? Trail of Dead is the sequel to Dead Spots. Both novels feature Scarlett Bernard, a young woman in Los Angeles with the ability to "null" supernatural powers. If a vampire or werewolf...
Rush by Eve Silver, a young adult novel debuting this month! (Answers provided by the author. Thanks, Eve, for participating!) What is Rush about? Sixteen-year-old Miki Jones's carefully controlled life spirals into chaos after she's run down in the street,...
My excitement for the weekend was going to the Romantic Times Convention and receiving this fabulous award for The Witch Thief! Romantic Times has given a number of my books Top Picks over the years, but this was my first major contest win. Look, it's real! This year...
Have a new eReader or tablet to fill? Let me help! Here's a list of books free for the taking. Ho! Ho! Ho! and Happy Reading! (And, as always, check before you hit BUY! Books may go off at free any time. Scroll down to make sure you see everything. Romance is at the...
A few weeks ago I went on my first ghost hunt – in Gettysburg! I’d been planning to do a tour, but once we got there the hunt sounded like more fun, especially for the kids. As it turns out, my mother and I had a great time, my son too, although his was more due to...
Have you missed all of Lucy’s rants about this? Yes, seriously, you can. In fact once you are familiar with both breeds it takes only a glance to know which breed you are looking at. Alaskan malamutes in general are larger than Siberian huskies. Alaskan malamutes...
Since I was a child, I’ve had a bit of an obsession with rocks. I think this mainly had to do with growing up in an area with some spectacular rocks to collect. My favorites were what we called sparkly rocks which you mainly find around creeks. Most of mine I found...
