A Friday Funny

Free Book Friday

Just in time for Halloween, this week’s free book is my very first (& only other until now) foray into the paranormal—“Curse of the Dragon’s Tears” in the HOTTER THAN HELL collection.

To enter, 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, please.  Winner will be announced during our Happy Sunday post on…well, you know…Sunday. :Bigthumbs )

I fully intended to have my conference recap post ready for today, but life intruded & I got a little sidetracked, so I guess it will have to wait a while longer. :Pretty

What I do have to share today is the exciting news that I’ve received a stellar review from RT BOOKReviews for my December Silhouette Desire, INHERITING HIS SECRET CHRISTMAS BABY.  (Now available for pre-order, by the way, at Amazon.com, BN.com, & just about anywhere books are sold. :winkwink )

Follow me on this funny story for a minute, though…

For about three days before leaving for NJRW, I had been checking my mail diligently, waiting for my RT magazine to arrive.  Not because I knew XMAS BABY would be reviewed in this issue, but because THE BITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS was going to be part of this month’s Kensington Brava ad, & I was dying to see it.  (Did you see it?  Check out page 27, if you haven’t…ain’t she gorgeous? :love )

My copy never showed up, though, so I hied off to the conference sans magazine.  Never fear, I told myself, they’ll probably have copies there.  And sure enough, they did—yay!  As soon as I saw one, I grabbed it up & did the page-by-page flip-flip-flip thing until I found my ad.  Ahhh, nice.  I don’t even think I showed it to anybody, I just wanted to see it for myself.  So the magazine went into my bag & then later got tossed on the bed.

Skip ahead to Sunday night when I got home & started making the social networking rounds.  The first thing I spotted was a note on my Facebook page from friend & fellow writer Christine Glover: “Just saw your RT review this month for INHERITING HIS SECRET CHRISTMAS BABY—am so happy for you!! 4.5 Stars!! Way to go!”

I immediately had one of those Chris Griffin (from Family Guy) moments—Whaaaaa? It had never even occurred to me that XMAS BABY would be reviewed this month. :crazy  I’m glad someone alerted me, though.

So I ran back to my bags & dug around for my magazine, then did the whole flip-flip-flip thing again.  Yep, there it was—INHERITING HIS SECRET CHRISTMAS BABY: 4 1/2 stars, “In the final installment of Dynasties: The Jarrods, Betts neatly dovetails all the storylines and hands readers a blazingly sexy finale.”

Yippee!  I don’t usually pay much attention to reviews one way or the other, but I have to admit, I’m really happy about this one because it gives a big thumbs up not only to my first new Desire in three years, but also to a story I really loved.  Yes, it had its complicated moments (the last book of a 6-book continuity, juggling six couples & 12+ characters… LOL) but Trevor & Haylie & little baby Bradley really pulled at my heartstrings, so it’s nice to know one reader, at least, enjoyed them as much as I did.

You guys are next.  I can’t wait to hear what you think. :cantputdown

Oh, & my copy of RT finally arrived—the Monday after I returned from the conference. :faint