As promised, today is the Big Reveal of the brand new title for my November 2012 Harlequin Desire.

And it turns out you guys are veeeeeery smart, indeed. :howyoudoin

If you need a reminder of the list of title choices Editor C & I were working with (or some of the comments posted in response to that list), hop back to last week’s “from Boardroom back to the drawing board” post & check them out.

Okay…are you back?  (That’s all right, take your time.  We’ll wait. :roadrunner )

So…can you guess which one we picked? :scratchhead

The new title is…

drum roll, please  

SECRETS, LIES & LULLABIES

Whoo-hoo! I don’t mind telling you that I LOVE it!

How about you? Are you, like, totally excited about this book now?  I sure am!

This month’s Drink of the Month is brought to you by the request of several Darlings of The Dungeon in honor of the Southern-set ON THE VERGE OF I DO.

The Perfect Peach Bellini

Ingredients:

2 oz. peach nectar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 oz. peach schnapps
3 oz. chilled, dry Champagne
1/2 cup crushed ice

Directions:

Mix the peach nectar, lemon juice, and schnapps in a chilled glass.
Add half a cup (or more) of crushed ice, stir, and add the champagne.
(Serves 2)

Want your Peach Bellini frozen for those hot-hot summer days when a cool drink just won’t do? Simply prepare ingredients in a blender!

Enjoy! :cool

Happy Sunday!  How’s your weekend going so far?

And what are we HAPPY about this week?  Hopefully, a lot! :eeee

I AM HAPPY with the beautiful, warm weather that’s finally moved in, but be prepared for a Monday Moan & Groan (see the HappyBookers YahooGroup) if it gets too much warmer.  I like sunny & warm, but not hot & sweaty. :hotstuff

I AM HAPPY that I discovered Veronica Mars via repeats on SOAP Channel.  Yeah, yeah, I know it’s been cancelled for years now & I probably should have caught it when it was originally on.  For some reason, it just didn’t appeal to me back then.  But I’m trying to rectify that now & am really liking it.  I don’t even mind the angsty high school setting (which I think is why I avoided it to begin with) because the mysteries & characterization is so good.

Are any of you Veronica Mars fans?  Who’s your favorite—or least favorite—character?

I AM HAPPY, too, that I got to see all the way to the last episode of Season 1 (of Veronica Mars) before my DVR has a thunderstorm-related fit & messed up my recordings.  I must wait now for those episodes to repeat before I can pick up again & start watching Season 2, but I’ve got a great season ender to reminisce about in my head until that happens.

And I AM HAPPY that some stuff is going on behind that scenes that’s bound to send me into a stress-induced near-nervous breakdown. (Or should that be nervous near-breakdown? :scratchhead )  It will be in a good way, & I’m kind of excited about it, but still…there will be stress, & probably no small amount of hair loss & hallucination before all is said & done. :Cukoo

Your turn!  Tell us all the great stuff going on with you this week…the stuff that makes you smile or chuckle or feel grateful to be alive.  And then we can do a funky little chicken dance to help you celebrate. :chickendance

Now to announce the winner of Friday’s Free Book Friday giveaway—The Alibi by Sandra Brown…

:chickendance Quilt Lady!!! :chickendance

Congratulations, Quilt Lady! :patrick3 Please contact me with your name & mailing information, & I’ll get your book out to you as soon as I can!