“A well-spent day brings happy sleep.”
~Leonardo Da Vinci

Happy Sunday!  I hope you had a lovely Mother’s Day last week, & have much to be grateful for this week!

I AM HAPPY that I was able to help with the Animal Welfare Council yard sale last week.  I didn’t do a whole lot, but I certainly donated oodles of stuff for them to sell, was able to help with setting things up for a couple of hours, & then made a nice, rounded-up donation for the items I grabbed for myself while helping to set up. :kittyplay   (I can be very generous when people let me in the doors early so I can poke around before the crowds arrive. :eyelashes )

I AM HAPPY the cover flats for MUST LOVE VAMPIRES arrived so I can see how gorgeous this book is going to be when it finally hits the shelves! :chick   It is really, really gorgeous, let me tell you.

And if you missed my offer on Twitter & Facebook to autograph a cover for you before MLV comes out, let me know.  I’ve still got plenty & will be happy to send you one.

Although, if you’re signed up to be one of my Street Walkers, never fear—you’ll be getting one when I send out the next batch of promo items, anyway.  And if you aren’t signed up to be one of my awesome Street Walkers, but would like to be, please contact our very own Huggy Bear (a.k.a. Darling Laura J.) via the Street Walkers website.  Her info is in the far right sidebar.

I AM HAPPY beyond belief that THE BITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS & INHERITING HIS SECRET CHRISTMAS BABY are both Finalists for Phoenix Desert Rose RWA’s “Golden Quill” Award.  Happy Dance!  Happy Dance!  Happy Dance! :getdown

I AM HAPPY that Madame Mommy Dearest has been able to take another cruise, which I know she enjoys.  This time, she’s touring Boston, the New England states, & parts of Canada.  I am hoping, as a souvenir, that she will bring back my weight in maple syrup.  That’s a lot of syrup, but OMG, I lurvs it!  I would drink it as a beverage, if I thought I could get away with it.  (How about you… do you like syrup nearly as much as I do? :spaghetti )

And last but not least, I AM HAPPY that everything involved in that Top Secret happy-happy is still moving forward & going fairly smoothly.  (Knock on wood.)  Shhh. :hide   I still can’t talk about it, but I will ask you to keep sending those positive thoughts my way.  If it all works out, I will definitely be filling you in, believe me. :bees

Allrighty…that’s about it for me.  How about you?  Please take a moment to tell us what you’re happy about this week.  And feel free to share the news about your Mother’s Day celebrations.  Did your kids do right by you, or have you been rethinking the wisdom of bringing them into this world at all? :spikey

And now for the winner of our Friday the 13th Free Book Friday giveaway, No One Heard Her Scream by Jordan Dane…

:getdown   Denise Vega!!! :getdown

Congratulations, Denise! :claphat Please contact me with your full name & mailing information, & I’ll get your book out to you as soon as I can!

I can’t decide whether this is a Friday the 13th Sexy Fail or a food one, but it’s certainly a…um…unique look, isn’t it? :oucher

A FRIDAY FUNNY

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

Taking a short break from the cookbooks & HIDDEN HEIR-relate giveaways to offer something a little more suitable for Friday the 13th, this week’s Free Book Friday offering is No One Heard Her Scream by Jordan Dane.

To enter the giveaway for this book, simply leave a comment to today’s post that includes the code FBF—for “Free Book Friday,” of course—to let me know you’re interested in the drawing. (U.S. residents only for the prize, please, but everyone is welcome to chat.)

Winner will be announced during our Happy Sunday post on…well, you know, Sunday. Winner is responsible for contacting me with her mailing information—i.e. I will not be contacting you—so be sure to check back in or you might not even know you won! :crying (If prize isn’t claimed within 14 days, another name may be drawn or item may be tossed back into the goody bag to be re-used for a future giveaway.)