I’m so glad it’s Friday and I’m sure that most of you are too! I’m making real progress with Bare Facts, a book I’m writing for Brava that will come out next February.

Here’s a little tease of what’s going on!

Daniel Williams was once in the Yakuza (the Japanese mob) but now is a successful millionaire importer. His old connections in the Yakuza helped get him where he is today but when a line is crossed he breaks with the Yakuza and sets his one-time best-friend up to go to jail.

Five years later, Sekijima is out of jail and determined to do one thing–tear apart Daniel’s new world. He won’t stop until Daniel is dead.

Daniel isn’t ready to die and he can’t fight Sekijima on his own so he hires Liberty Investigations to help him find where Sekijima is hiding. But he doesn’t count on the bodyguard Liberty Investigation’s sends is Charity Keone. With her super-model good looks and her leathal skill with weapons, Charity is not the kind of woman that Daniel is used to dealing with.

And this is the worst possible time for him to be attracted to a woman, with Sekijima looking for weaknesses in Daniel and exploiting them.

Today I’m working on finding an assassin and questioning her and Daniel and Charity are turning a corner in their attraction with each other.

Kathy

I can’t believe the school year has ended already! But we are out for summer in Texas. My kids are out for three full months and let’s say they are really excited about it. And to be honest I am too. I love having them home and doing all the fun things that we’ve put off until Summer.

I have an awesome tan…I know it’s not hip or cool to lay in the sun anymore but I’m of Italian descent and my skin craves the sun. I like the way it feels all summer long. I love the way I look when I wear white clothes and the contrast between that light color and my tan.

What do you like best about summer?

E-mail me at kathy@katherinegarbera.com with your answer and a chance to win my latest Silhouette Desire release…Six Month Mistress. I have three copies of the book.

Kathy

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Kathy

I’m so excited that May is almost here. Make-Believe Mistress will be hitting shelves any day now and I think the book is a lot of fun. I really enjoyed delving into what-if to play with what would happen if someone’s secret fantasies were sudden put on display.

I’m putting the finishing touches on the first book in a series I’m doing for Desire for 2008 called Sons of Privledge. The first book features a Greek tycoon and it has been so much fun to write.

Kathy

I’m almost finished with my WIP, The Greek Tycoon’s Secret Heir which will be the lead title in a new triology I’m doing for Desire next year called Sons of Privledge. But I’m struggling to cross the finish line…which I know is my process at this point in the book.

When I get this close to the end and just seem to slow down on the writing I turn to the internet and start well shopping! My newest find is this cool website called SeeJanework.com.

They have a great collection of really cool desk stuff for women. I love it!!

I’ve also been procrastinating by watching a lot of the Food Network. Last night I made a truly awesome dinner which my family scarfed down.

I think that’s enough procrastination for today, time for me to get back to work…well, after I check out See Jane Work one more time!!

Kathy

Am I the only one who waits until the last minute to file her taxes??? I hope not. But at the same time I hope that all of you are much more organized than I am. I’m much happier living in my fictional worlds writing my books then worrying over writing down all my expensese. So I save them all for the last minute and then have to spend days organizing everything.

Kathy

Do any of you know that old Mamas and Papas song? I’m not actualy sure that’s the title, because I always get titles of songs wrong.  In fact I’ve lost more bets to my husband on song titles then I should probably admit to.

But I do love music and since I’ve just started a new project I’ve been working on a new playlist in iTunes.  I have to say I LOVE iTunes. 

Here are a few of the songs that I’ve recently discovered that I love:  Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall.  I’m probably the only person in the U.S. that hated her other song the one about Cherry Tree.  But I love Suddenly I See.  It works really well for my heroine in the MIP because she’s kind of blinded by her perceptions.

Another song that I love is Hate Me by Blue October.  There is so much angst in the song I can hardly stand it.  I’m dying to use that song as the backstory for one of my heroes.  Of course, I haven’t figured out how to do that yet!

So what about you?  What songs do you love or hate?  I have two copies of Lori Foster’s Jude’s Law that I’m offering as prizes today.

 Kathy

This is my first official post on the Brava authors blog because even though I think I’m technically savvy, I’m not.  February is one of my favorite months and not just because of Valentine’s Day!  I met my husband in February and we had our very first date on Feb. 12.  We were young (18 and 19) and went to a concert at Disney called Valentine Heartbeat.  He gave me two dozen roses and a huge box of yummy chocolates and I have to say I was smitten.

He was the romantic guy I’d been waiting for.  We had a great time at the concert and ten months later he asked me to marry him.  I’ve never regretted it.  He’s still romantic even after 17 years of marriage. 

The other reason I love February is that my youngest child was born on the 20th.  He’s this smart, funny little guy and he’s going to be 10!  I can’t believe how fast the time has gone and I think that it is probably time for me to stop saying I still haven’t dropped my post-pregnancy weight.  I mean he’s ten.  Way past the baby stage!

I’ve been busy working on my September Brava release…Sex With A Stranger.  My heroine, Jane, unfortunately didn’t marry the kind of guy my hubby is.  So divorced and disgusted she’s decided to head to Vegas and make some changes in her life. You know do a little wild living.  And my hero Liam O’Roarke (he’s one of Andi’s brothers–from Body Heat) is just the guy to help her with her wild living. 

I am having a lot of fun writing about Sin City and these two characters.

Okay, now it’s your turn, what do you love about February?

 Kathy