Jaci Burton’s Muse

Ack! I’m a day late. But I was out of town this weekend visiting mom and moving some of her furniture. We just won’t even talk about that *g*

Okay, time for the weekly to do list. I checked last week’s list and was surprised I actually managed to get most of it done. Woo hoo! I didn’t suck as badly as I thought.

This week:

I want at least 20K on Demon Island rewrite. Need to get cranking on that baby.

Finish up RITA books. No, I’m not done yet. *sobs*

That’s it. I’m keeping the list purposely short because I’m going to try and focus (yeah, right). We’ll see how it works.

So what’s on your ‘to do’ list for the week?

This one looked easy enough so I swiped it from Angie’s blog today. *grin*

ICE AND RAIN, the print duet for the third and fourth books in my STORM FOR ALL SEASONS paranormal series, is now available in print!

A STORM FOR ALL SEASONS - WINTER ICE By Jaci Burton
Book 3 in the Storm For All Seasons series.

Control is everything to Logan Storm. Control over the family business, the Rising Storm Hotel in New Orleans, control over his emotions, and control over the magic within him.

Sophie Breaux is the granddaughter of a voodoo princess and welcomes the supernatural powers that live within her. She’s been having visions about hot and sexy Logan Storm. Visions of destiny and of danger. When she tries to warn him, Logan thinks she’s a con artist and wants no part of the raven-haired goddess.

The one thing Logan can’t control is Sophie’s fiery passion. She melts his walls of ice with her sultry heat, threatening everything that is orderly in his life. His control begins to slip away with every touch, every inflamed kiss, and he’s powerless to stop his feelings.

Sophie knows that in order to save Logan she must melt his cold heart with scorching love. And when a woman is determined to get her man, nothing will stop her.

Note: The second book in the A Storm for All Seasons series is “Devlin Dynasty 2: Fall Fury”. That story brings together characters from both series.

A STORM FOR ALL SEASONS - SPRING RAIN By Jaci Burton
Book 4 in the Storm For All Seasons series.

Kaitlyn Storm has loved Brett McGregor since she was seventeen, even before he pulled her into his arms and kissed her until she was breathless. But Brett pushed her away, not wanting to subject Kaitlyn to the demons inside him.

Ten years later Brett is a widower with a dark secret he hides from everyone, especially Kaitlyn. He doesn’t want her to get close, doesn’t want to risk hurting her. Though he owns a prominent New Orleans art gallery, he no longer paints. Not since that black day six years ago when his wife died. And no matter how much Kaitlyn begs him, he won’t paint her nude portrait, even though her lush body and sensual nature haunt his dreams at night.

But Kaitlyn won’t take no for an answer. She’s determined to use all her powers of magic to convince Brett to start living and loving again, even if she has to seduce him while posing nude for a painting. And in the game of seducing the man she loves, Kaitlyn is relentless.

Click here to buy!

Diana blogged about guilty pleasures, so figured I’d pick up the ball.

Of course I’m all about pleasures, and it’s hard for me to find pleasures to feel guilty about, but there are a few.

1. I have cleaning ladies who clean my house every other week. Yes, I feel guilty about this because it’s a luxury, but I write full time, I work part time and I try to keep up with everything else. But cleaning the house always came last, if at all. So I indulge. I feel guilty about it, but I indulge. Otherwise the dust bunnies would rule my world. Seriously rule my world.

2. Clinique Body Butter. It’s expensive but it’s saved my dry skin this winter. I *heart* it and I don’t care how much it costs.

3. Naps. I need them and I shouldnt’ take them but whenever I can, I head for the sofa, grab the puppies and my blanket and I’m out cold. I love naps.

4. There are 4 computers in my house. I personally have both a desktop and a laptop. I use the laptop when I sit on the couch (okay it’s supposed to be used for travel….so I travel to the couch and use it *g*). Ashley has the old desktop. Charlie has his own laptop. Necessary? No. But I wanted a new desktop that was faster and I wanted the laptop for…uhh…travel *snort*. And now no one has to share…or wait.

5. Charlie. My favorite guilty pleasure. Yes, sometimes I feel guilty for wanting him all to myself, or for taking him away from things he should be doing, or for wishing he was with me instead of somewhere else. Tough. I’ll live with the guilt. *g*

Addendum: My new Dooney and Bourke purse! How could I forget to add my Dooney and Bourke purse to my guilty pleasures? Ack! Now THAT was definitely a guilty pleasure. hehehe

I’ll tag whoever wants to do this.

Ugh. It’s Monday again. I had a fabulous birthday weekend! Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I laid around like a sloth and did nothing. To me that’s fun and oh, did I need that. And Charlie bought me a silver necklace from Tiffany’s to go with the silver earrings from Tiffany’s he got me for Valentine’s Day. All is right in my world *g*

The TO DO list for the week:

Get worldbuilding stuff to editor for approval

Start rewrite on Demon Island

Work on Berkley book

Finish reading RITA books

Make hotel reservations for trip this weekend

Make reservations to board puppies this weekend

Package up ’stuff’ for post office mailing. Books for prize winners, books to enter contest, yada yada.

Can I stop now? eeek!

What’s on your list for the week?