Category Archives: Writing & Publishing

New Cover!

Books, Writing & Publishing

I am truly blessed by the cover gods. Another awesome cover, this one done by Scott Carpenter for my July 29th Samhain release!

A big thank you to my editor Angie James who helped design this cover since I like to be hands off in that department (i.e. please God give me one less thing I have to do :giggle: ). She has a great eye and a determination to get the best covers for me. She did good huh?

Blurb below the cover:

A romantic game of chicken—and they’re both too stubborn to flinch.

Lucy Fairchild, lawyer and heiress to the Fairchild fortune, has just had the worst day of her life. Her father has found the perfect man for her to marry. Yes, she’s thirty and single, but that doesn’t give her father the right to run her life. She’ll choose her own husband—someday.

Jake Dalton is struggling to make his fledgling construction company a success. Ever mindful of his father’s derogatory comments that he’d never amount to anything, he’s spent his entire life trying to prove he’s not a failure.

From their first meeting on a construction site, verbal sparks fly. Their argument escalates into a dare for a date—and the game is on. Lucy thinks Jake is the perfect fake boyfriend to parade around in the hopes of getting her father off her back. Jake is amused by the chance to annoy both Lucy and her dad—he doesn’t intend to take the dating thing seriously.

But the heart is a fickle thing, and not above playing dirty. In their quest to prove something—to each other, or maybe to themselves—they find themselves building a case…for love.

And suddenly all the rules have changed.

Edits and Idol and Dancing and Auction

Life in Motion, Writing & Publishing

Revisions and Copyedits for The Ties That Bind are finished, so another project off my desk. :cheer:

Back to Riding On Instinct. Smokin hot bikers…yummm… :sasmokin:

Don’t forget you can still bid on hundreds of items in Brenda Novak’s Auction for Diabetes Research, including mine, autographed copies of my Demon Hunter books plus an ARC of THE DARKEST TOUCH. Only 10 days left so get your bids in on the items of your choice! :boobie:

American Idol final performances were last night. It was…interesting, to say the least. I’m a huge David Cook fan. I thought he did well. Was it his best performance of the season? I don’t think so. Should he win? Yes, I think so. Though I’m sure there will be thousands who disagree, because David Archuleta was really good last night. I just think he lacks maturity and a genre right now. But I’m probably wrong, David A will win, and David C will make a smokin hot CD that will sell tons. Still, fun to watch and I’ll be glued to the finale tonight anyway.

I couldn’t help but think the judges were trying to manipulate the outcome with their comments last night. Maybe the producers already know how they want this to play out. David A with the win, David C already with the lock on making a marketable CD. But who knows. Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Slezak had a great writeup about the whole thing. You can read about it here.

So who do you want to win?

Dancing With the Stars finale was last night, and Kristi Yamaguchi won it all. Finally, after what–3 or 4 Seasons–a woman finally takes the prize again. Now Jason was one stellar hottie and a damn fine dancer, but Kristi was better and deserved to win. If she didn’t, I think they should have renamed the show Dancing With The (Sports) Stars. Fortunately, the show got it right and they won’t have to rename it now. Heh.

So…onto So You Think You Can Dance. Thankfully the networks keep me immersed in reality shows so I don’t go through withdrawals in the summer. :giggle:

This ‘n That

Life in Motion, General Stuff, Writing & Publishing

So the start of this week brought revisions from Berkley for THE TIES THAT BIND, my novella in the UNLACED anthology releasing in December. Nice to revisit Rick and Lisa’s story again. This one is a reunion romance with hawt sex. Fun stuff. The revisions are going very smoothly and I should finish them up today, which means it’ll be back to writing RIDING ON INSTINCT, Spence and Shadoe’s story, the third Wild Rider’s book for Berkley that will release next April. I’ve gotten behind so I need to pound out some word count on that book in the next month.

Our weather has climbed into the 90’s. Air conditioner has been turned on. Loving the heat again! :boobie: I planted white gladiolia bulbs in honor of my mother and they’re starting to poke through the ground, so I’m excited. We need to do a ton of yard work in the front yard (weeds! omg), so if the deluge of rain will just stay away, maybe we can get that started soon.

The Bachelorette premiered last night. Anyone catch that? There were some…interesting guys for DeAnna (who got royally screwed by Brad, so I’m glad she’s getting a chance to shine again). Is it just me, or were a bunch of the guys just…bleh? When Trista was the Bachelorette, there were a lot of really hot guys. Some of the guys last night were okay, but no one really hit my hot buttons. I guess it’s early and we’ll see how it goes. I’m sure some will grow on me (I really liked the chef. Cook for me and I’m yours :doglick: )

I got a peek at the cover for DARE TO LOVE yesterday, my July Samhain release. It’s awesome! As soon as I get the final cover I’ll put it up for y’all to ogle.

What’s on your agenda for this week?