Today’s Sexy Fails are brought to you in honor of tomorrow’s Super Bowl.  And also because…well, I’m not sure when I’ll have an excuse to post something like this again & I just couldn’t resist. :tpspspspt

(I concur—Go Steelers!  But to this guy—oh, no, you need to just go away! You’re not doing the team any favors rooting for them looking like this. :crazy )

A FRIDAY FUNNY

With the Super Bowl on Sunday—even though I am not, in general, that big a sports fan—how could I possibly post anything other than football funnies today?

(This one isn’t even American football, but I couldn’t resist.)

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

This week’s free book is my very own TANGLED UP IN LOVE.  Why? you might be wondering.  Well, don’t forget, the hero, Dylan Stone, is a sports writer. Which means he loves the Super Bowl & is probably already warming up his seat at the stadium. *g*  So while this may not be a football book, per se, it’s really, really close. :winkwink

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 also 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! :whhhat (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.)

So here’s the Good News I’ve been sitting on for nearly a week now. And it has not been easy to keep it under wraps, either, believe me! :surrprisse

I have just been invited to write one of the books in another continuity series for Harlequin Desire. :dancing

It happened pretty simply:  I got a phone call from Agent Extraordinaire saying he’d just gotten off the phone with Editor C.  Editor C wanted to know if I would be willing to push back the Desire I was supposed to write next (a stand-alone of my own—hey, that rhymes :tpspspspt ) to participate in another multi-author continuity instead.

Well, sure, says I!  They gave me absolutely no details…what the continuity was going to be about (another “Dynasties” series? a “Texas Cattleman’s Club”? something set at a pro golf tournament? behind the scenes at a soap opera?), what my story was going to be about, not even what other authors were going to be involved.  But I tend to be game for (almost) anything, especially where Desire is concerned, so I said sure.

What they did tell me was that I would be doing Book #4 of the 6-book series & that my story would be out in April 2012.  (Go ahead—mark your calendars now.  Doesn’t matter what the book is about, you know you’re going to love it. :winkwink )

Jump ahead a few days, though, & I’ve received the bible for this continuity, so now I do have details.  The authors I’ll be working with this time are (in no particular order) Kathie DeNosky, Day Leclaire, Jennifer Lewis, Rachel Bailey, & Tessa Radley.  And the series is, indeed, another installment of the ongoing “Dynasties” continuities—whoo-hoo!  I love these!  This time, it’s “Dynasties:  The Kincaids”…don’t you just love that name? I do!

New money. New passions. Old secrets.  The Kincaids are a wealthy Southern family based in Charleston, South Carolina, which means I’ve gotta start dusting off my y’alls & fiddle-dee-dees.  Oh, yeah, you can expect some uber-fun blog posts when this book comes out.  I’ve already got a joke, a recipe, & a giveaway in mind. :gotcha

So that’s the news I’ve been teasing you with for so long. Now it’s time to celebrate!