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.)

I had something else planned for today, but then I got a bit of news that I just have to share!

I’ve just learned that I am a DOUBLE FINALIST in Phoenix Desert Rose RWA’s “Golden Quill” competition—for INHERITING HIS SECRET CHRISTMAS BABY in the Short Contemporary category & THE BITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS in the Single Title/Mainstream category.

Whoo-hoo! :getdown

This is the second contest final for INHERITING HIS SECRET CHRISTMAS BABY, which is really kind of awesome.  I mean, really…how cool is it that my first new book with Harlequin/Silhouette Desire is getting so much positive attention?  Not to mention the fact that it’s a continuity story, with the potential to confuse readers with “pop-up” characters they might not be familiar with if they haven’t read the other books in the series.  That is truly kind of a marvel.

Then we have the very first contest final for THE BITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.  But I’m super-psyched about it because it’s such a hard book to categorize.  Not only is it a three-in-one, but it’s “vampire lite,” so I’m never sure whether it should be entered in Paranormal or Single Title.  If I enter it in Paranormal, will it be compared to all of the dark, serious, suspenseful vampire novels out there by authors like J.R. Ward & Lara Adrian?  But if I enter it in Single Title, will judges think it’s in the wrong category & wonder why the heck it isn’t in Paranormal instead? :knock

So this is a real boon for me, & I’m delighted.  And this time, at least, I seem to have picked the right category for my funny, sexy holiday vampires. :inbed