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Trick or Treat!

Friday, October 31st, 2008
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Happy Halloween! To celebrate, I’m giving away winner’s choice of my Brava backlist. :) Just tell me your favorite costume that you saw this year. Since the day is young, I’ll leave this open until Monday morning, when I’ll decide a winner.

Hope you have a hauntingly good time tonight! As for me, I’m herding my monsters around the neighborhood to get their tricks and treats. Our neighborhood goes all out for Halloween (like some do for the holidays) so there are plenty of haunted houses, giant blow-up pumpkins/Frankensteins/ghosts, and dead people popping out of caskets. Fun, scary stuff!

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Midnight Sins Contest

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
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In a little over a month, my second single-title will release from Kensington Brava. MIDNIGHT SINS will take readers back into the world I created in HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT, and, I’m sure hoping folks enjoy that trip.

Here’s the blurb for my book:

Cara Maloan doesn’t look like a monster. In fact, the gorgeous blond nightclub singer possesses heavenly attributes that make Atlanta detective Todd Brooks sure there’s a higher power somewhere. But a twisted killer is leaving a trail of bodies in seedy hotel rooms across town. The male victims show no wounds–it’s as if the life was simply drained from them. And right now, mysterious Cara is Todd’s only suspect.

Cara knows it’s foolish to be so drawn to a man who thinks she’s a murderer. She also knows Detective Brooks would find the truth even harder to swallow. Cara is one of the Others, a race of powerful, paranormal creatures who live among humans. Cara’s particular abilities make men putty in her hands–all except this rugged, sexy-as-hell detective. But now someone, or something, has singled Cara out for serious payback…

As uneasy trust gives way to mind-blowing desire, Cara and Todd will go head-to-head with a killer whose mission is deeply personal, and who’s determined to serve up revenge that’s hotter than hellfire, and just as deadly…

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Want to win an early (& autographed) copy of MIDNIGHT SINS? I’ll make the contest very simple–promise! Halloween is sneaking up on us–ah, I do love my paranormal holiday–and I’d like to hear about your Halloween traditions. So, to win an autographed copy of MIDNIGHT SINS, just tell me about one of your favorite Halloween traditions. I’ll be back on Saturday, and I’ll pick one commenter to win.

And here’s my tradition to get things started: Every year, I throw a big Halloween party for my son. Costumes, candy, and apple-bobbing. :-) I am a terrible apple bobber, but it sure is fun!

Cynthia Eden
www.cynthiaeden.com
MIDNIGHT SINS–Available November 25, 2008

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Little…silly …addicitions….

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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Little addictions…

 

I’m silly by nature so today I thought I’d share something that drives my hubby nuts. I love bags. All sorts of bags…travel ones, organizer ones and hey…on sale ones are the best! I’m always prowling through them and thinking…ahh look at the way the front compartment on this one is made. All these nest little pockets with snaps and Velcro…won’t that be handy. Or look at that one, it has zippers to make sure stuff doesn’t fall out…I’m thinking of the guy that lost his gold medal recently on a Southwest flight…He left it under the seat in front of him…YIKES! Okay. So I don’t have a gold medal but I don’t want to lose my stuff. Due to my fascination, I now have quite a collection of travel-organizer-secure-my-stuff bags. I think my hubby is considering buying a leash to keep me near him when we go to stores like Best Buy….they have neat camera bags and lap top ones…oh and backpacks!

In bed with a stranger

The saving grace is that I’m a instructor in Tae Kwon Do….ah no…not like that…I wouldn’t use tae kwon do on my hubby….well, okay, maybe if he actually tried to slip a leash on me…but actually many of my bags end up at the studio for kids to use for events. We seem to always need one for a medical kit or a snack bag that can be smuggled onto the event floor. Lap top cases are great for getting candy ring side. It’s amazing what a Heresy’s kiss can do for a younger kid that is a little nervous…

Have fun shopping this holiday season!

Check out my cover…my first Brava cover….I love it!

Mary Wine

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Confessions of a Lost Soul

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
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I’m diving from Cincy to NY and who knows if I’ll ever get there…or back! Yikes! What am I dong? I’m one of those people who walks around the block and gets totally lost and now I’m off to NY. Pray for me.

If I go out of a department store at another entrance than the one I came in I never find my car…the security guy and I now exchange Christmas cards…and I’ve quit shopping in Target as I always get lost in that place. As my husband used to say…When God was handing out the direction genes you were last in line.

I have little tricks to help me look not quite so inept. I finally put a flower on my car antenna so I can find it. The really bad part is if it’s snowed while inside and I come out and everything is white, even the flower! I once pushed a grocery cart around a parking lot for an hour looking for my car. Least I didn’t have to worry about food thawing or spoiling.

I think this condition is basically genetic. I have a wonderful daughter, Ann…the one I’m driving to NY to drop her stuff off to ’cause she’d never find cincy…and she’s as bad as me. My son’s not much better but my other two daughters seem to be pretty good at finding their way around. Got their daddy’s genes. 

I couldn’t even find my oldest daughter’s rehearsal dinner. Where the heck was that blasted restaurant? So, I called the place and the dear sweet lady who answered the phone stayed with me all the way till I got there. Now that’s customer service! Least I remembered to charge my cell phone…another of my little quirks. Duh, you gotta plug the little suckers in!

My brother was at the rehearsal dinner and felt so sorry for me that he went out and bought me one of those Garman thing. And it is terrific. I really mean it. If you are like me…and I really feel sorry for us…get a Garman or tomtom or another one of those GPS thingies.

We’ve named our Garman Audrey. Ann and I share Audrey. Mail her back and forth when we’re going places. And if we don’t do what she says she actually sounds pissed when she says “recalculating.” One of these days she’s going to say…What the hell do you thing you’re doing!

So, here I am, a lost soul and my question to you today is, are you a lost soul too? And what little tricks do you have for finding your way around. I need all the tips I can get. Do you have a story about getting lost? That would make me feel a little better in that I’m not the only one wandering around out there. I’ll give away three copies of I’m Your Santa from the answers.

Hugs
Dianne Castell
DianneCastell.com

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Weekend Fun

Monday, October 13th, 2008
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HI Everyone,
Sorry I’m late posting this. I got in late last night. It was Buns & Roses weekend in Dallas where authors sat with readers and had tea and goodies and talked about–what else–books, while raising money for literacy. I’ll be posting pictures of the event on my website this week if my webmistress isn’t swamped.

I’m tickled pink to say I had my picture taken with Sherrilynn Kenyon. She is such a nice person, and a wonderful author. Boy, were they lined up to buy her books, too! There were fans dressed as vampires, some had tattoos of her characters–I’m talking about real ones, not the wet and stick on kind.

Okay, I can see it now, someone with Planet Nerak tattooed on their arm. :mrgreen: That would be cool.

And I met up with a lot of old friends–like Billie Jo over at Romance Junkies who flew in for the event, Jane Graves, Candy Havens, Jodi Thomas, Sandy Blair, Monica from the Allen bookstore, new friends Wyndi, Ali…. so many that I’m going to quit listing them.

I’m off to catch up on my writing. I have contests coming up for my newsletter group so drop by my website if you’re not already a member and join.

Best,
Karen Kelley
Available Now The Bad Boys Guide To The Galaxy/Brava
MM Brava Reissue I’m Your Santa 10/08
My Favorite Phantom/Brava 01/09
www.authorkarenkelley.com

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Survey: Your fave heroes

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

When it comes to heroes, who keeps you hot and bothered, intrigued and absorbed and, of course, a little bit in love?

Thanks to the talents of Kensington’s Kristine Mills-Noble and the insights of editor Kate Duffy, all my covers from Explosive to The Midnight Man and — wait till you see Dangerous Games in 09 — feature images of amazing men daring you to pick up the book and get involved in their lives. They’re not easy guys to get to know for the reader or the heroine, but then, what woman doesn’t like a challenge?

So let’s do a survey. Please let me know which hero types do it for you — and why:

1. The rogue, playboy who puts up a fight and refuses to fall in love
2. The dark, brooding enigma with a mysterious past
3. The dangerous man on a mission to save the world
4. The everyman whose strength and charms are gradually revealed

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Kiss of Death

Monday, October 6th, 2008
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I just got back from the Kiss of Death retreat in Portland, Maine. KOD is the mystery-suspense chapter of Romance Writers of America. It’s for those who like a little mystery, action, adventure, or thrills with their love story.
It was a fun and informative weekend and hosted a variety of authors from varied lines of fiction from straight mystery to the serial killer romance with a paranormal twist. I got the best of both worlds, since I write a straight mystery series with a Sudoku champion sleuth and my Gemma Bruce contemporaries always have a little dash of adventure or mystery. I plan to keep pushing that parameter until I arrive at romantic mystery.
Mary Buckham and Dianna Love gave their excellent fiction workshop as well as talks on pacing and world building. Ellora’s Cave Editor, Raelene Gorlinsky and agent Meg Ruley gave us an inside view of the industry. Homicide Lieutenant Danny Agan took us through a crime scene complete with body (I think it was a scarecrow) and Lisa Gardner gave a fascinating keynote speech.
A fun time was had by all. And then there was the lobster. Yum.
Any suspense/mystery lovers out there? What’s your fave?

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