Please forgive my subject line.  I will admit to a certain fondness for alliteration.  Oh sure, I've watered it down, but it's a part of a fine tradition, well utilized in epic stories told in verse.  Can you tell I was an English major?

Anyway, the debut novel I'm about to present the trailer for really is dreamy: HOW TO MARRY A DUKE by Vicky ( Read more... )

I'll have an awesome interview up later today with Jeri Smith-Ready, whose YA novel SHADE debuts today.

In the meantime, I wanted to touch on two good causes.  First, you've all heard about the floods in Nashville (and if not, here's an article you can read for an idea of the extent of the damage).  One of my very best friends has been forced out of ( Read more... )

If I haven't said it earlier, HAPPY NEW YEAR, everybody!

I'm still excavating my inbox from the vacation, but guess what was in the envelope I just opened?  Well, because I'm not evil...much...I won't keep you in suspense.  Here's the great cover that just arrived for Elise Hyatt's second Daring Finds mystery, FRENCH POLISHED MURDER.


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Dyce (short for Candyce) Dare never thought she’d end up twenty-nine and divorced, with a toddler to raise, an ex who “forgets” his child support and a diet consisting mostly of pancakes.

To make ends meet, Dyce takes a chance and starts up Daring Finds, a furniture refinishing business.  But finding things to refinish is ( Read more... )

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