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Category Archives: Tempted by the Night

The Care and Feeding of a RITA

March 12, 2009 – 7:20 pm

So you all just cracked me up this week. Here I thought I’d posted a good blog on “what makes a great romance,” and then the discussion turns to focus on my poor decrepit RITA. So I feel I should offer both a defense and some thoughts for anyone who might gain one in the [...]

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Going to the Dogs

February 9, 2009 – 3:38 am

It’s. That. Time. Again. Excuse my enthusiasm, but it is time for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Forget all the other dog shows that populate the television, this is the Academy Awards for Dogs. This is the big show. I get all excited and sit glued to the tv for hours watching the best [...]

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Psst . . . Pass it along . . .

September 8, 2008 – 7:36 am

I think books were meant to be shared.  At least that was what I learned growing up as I watched all the adults in the family pass along good reads.  And if a book was particularly good or popular, then there was the bartering that went into who got it next.  My husband and I [...]

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Dedication

August 26, 2008 – 9:48 am

Here it is. August 26th. The day this book comes out. Of all the books I’ve written, this one feels like it has taken ages to reach this point. I wrote it nearly two years ago, just after His Mistress by Morning came out. So to me, the process has been a whole lot of [...]

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Spoilers and their Spoilage

August 21, 2008 – 8:04 am

I am no fan of spoilers. If I am looking forward to something (a book, a TV show, a movie) I make it a studious practice of avoiding anything that might hint at the plot, the twists or even if there is a surprise. I’ll read a review for about two lines to get the [...]

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