Happy Sunday!

We’re a bit behind again because of Earth Day, but better to celebrate keeping our planet clean & green than spinning off into the black nothingness of space, right?

So what’s making us happy & content this week?

For me, I AM (still) HAPPY that ON THE VERGE OF I DO hit the USA Today bestseller list.  Total surprise, total excitement, & a total thrill that’s not wearing off anytime soon. :chickendance

I AM HAPPY, too, that ON THE VERGE OF I DO just spent its third consecutive week on the BookScan list of Top 100 Romance Novels.  Woot!

I AM HAPPY that everything from my recent post-deadline To Do List has been done & crossed off.  I mowed the yard…I did the laundry…I finished reading both Sandra Brown’s Smoke Screen & Lorraine Heath’s A Matter of Temptation…& I think there was even a Saturday in there somewhere recently where I actually managed to take a nap. :yawn

But the thing that trumps everything else—yes, even the USA Today thing—is that I AM HAPPY The Kittehs are safe & sound & locked securely inside after yet another prison break at the beginning of the week.  Any gray hairs that I have or manage to get in the future will SO be caused by these kiddos.  Not to mention that I swear to God my house &/or doors are haunted.  I know they were latched & locked, I know, know, KNOW IT, & still one somehow got opened & the cats still managed to escape. :patrick2

So there’s lots for me to be thankful for this week. :cool

How about you?  Let us know what you’re happy about or grateful for this week so we can give a little cheer with you! :cheer

This week’s Free Book Friday giveaway is a great Southern offering—Hell’s Belles: A Tribute to the Spitfires, Bad Seeds, & Steel Magnolias of the New and Old South…

:chickendance   Angie M!!!  :chickendance

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

Southern Belles gone oh, so wrong…

A FRIDAY FUNNY

This month’s holidays & special occasions have forced me to postpone my new release-related funnies, but here they are.  (Some of them, anyway.)  Finally.

In honor of the Charleston-set ON THE VERGE OF I DO, some Southern funnies… :cool

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

Another great book that offered me amusement, encouragement, & a splash of Southern hospitality while I was writing ON THE VERGE OF I DO…  This week’s Free Book Friday offering is Hell’s Belles: A Tribute to the Spitfires, Bad Seeds, & Steel Magnolias of the New and Old South by Seale Ballenger.  (Some great quotes in this one, too, which you know I love. :howyoudoin )

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! :happysad

(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.)