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Carina Press Launches Today!

Congratulations to CARINA PRESS, a new digital first publisher! Today is their launch day and I hope you all will go check them out! They’re an offshoot of Harlequin, and specialize in all genres, so something for everyone.

My awesome friend Angela James, formerly of Samhain Publishing, is their Executive Editor. Angie is smart and savvy and has a keen eye for great books so I know they’re going to put out amazing content!

There are 10 launch books available today in multiple genres, so go check them out here!

And I personally recommend EXCLUSIVELY YOURS! It’s a funny, warm, romantic contemporary romance. I got an advance peek and just loved it!

You can also buy all the Carina titles at your favorite online booksellers.

Go buy today!

Book Stuff

I finished The Perfect Game over the weekend! So excited! The Perfect Game is the second book in my sports series (the one yet to receive a super hot delicious cover.) The Perfect Play, the one with the hottest cover ever, is already done and in the hands of my editor. So now The Perfect Game will sit for awhile before I edit it.

Speaking of the hottest cover ever, The Perfect Play is now up for preorder at Amazon!

Next up for me is the first romantic suspense book under my new contract with MIRA. So excited to dig in and start writing this book. Still playing with titles, but as soon as I have a title that will stick I’ll start talking about it. The first book releases in Sept, 2011, so still a ways to go, but I’m beyond thrilled about this new series and can’t wait to tell you all about it. Soon.

On the reading front, I’ve been reading like mad, which makes me all kinds of happy. I’ve read the first 3 books in Nora’s Bride Quartet series and have loved them madly. I read them back to back and now I’m frustrated that I have to wait til November for the 4th book.

I also got a sneak peak at Maya Banks September release, The Darkest Hour, the first of her new KGI romantic suspense novels. And it’s wonderful. And speaking of Maya, she has a brand new website so you should head over and check it out, and while you’re there, take a look at The Darkest Hour under her Coming Soon books.

I’m currently reading Jill Shalvis Wilder series and it’s wonderful. I love sexy contemporary romance and this one is fun and sexy and the Wilder brothers make my pulse race and make me sweat. It’s a great series and I can’t recommend it enough. The books are Instant Attraction, Instant Gratification and Instant Temptation and you can check them out here

You can always find me over at Goodreads which I do try to keep updated, but I tend to get a little behind. I’m trying very hard to keep track of the books I’ve read and loved.

That’s it for me for now. Time to work!

New Cover Art!

For those who haven’t heard me squeal on Twitter and Facebook today, behold my new cover art for THE PERFECT PLAY, releasing from Berkley Heat in February, 2011.

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Football pro Mick Riley is an all-star, both on the field and in the bedroom. But a sexy, determinedly single mom just might be the one to throw him off his game…

For years Mick has been taking full advantage of the life available to a pro athlete: fame, fortune, and a different girl in every city. But when he meets and beds confident, beautiful event planner Tara Lincoln, he wants much more than the typical one-night stand. Too bad Tara’s not interested in getting to know football’s most notorious playboy any better.

As the single mother of a teenage son, the last thing Tara needs is the jet-set lifestyle of Mick Riley; even though their steamy and passionate one-night stand was unforgettable. Tara’s life is complicated enough without being thrust into the spotlight as Mick’s latest girl du jour. Tara played the game of love once and lost big, and she doesn’t intend to put herself out there again, especially with a heartbreaker like Mick.

But when Mick sets his mind to win, nothing will stop him. And he has the perfect play in mind.

Isn’t it just yummy?