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Sneak Peek: Confessions of a Little Black Gown

Here it is, the first peek inside Confessions of a Little Black Gown. I thought with the holidays being over and all of us having to get back to work, I'd extend the season just one more day and give everyone a little treat. Hope you enjoy it! I'll set the stage by...

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A Quickie

Oh, get your mind out of the snowbank.  Not that kind of quickie. A quickie gift. Perfect for a stocking stuffer, something to give to your book group, local bookseller who finds you great titles, friend at work who passes along gently used books. I did these up this...

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Book Review: Silent in the Grave

If you are traveling in the next week or so for the holidays, I would love to recommend a great book: Silent In The Grave by Deanna Raybourn. This isn't so much a romance as it is a historical mystery, but most of the time, at least for me, when someone says...

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Prepare for Christmas Now, Enter My Contest

Hey all, just in case the holidays can't come any soon enough for you, you should drop by my Contest this month and enter to win one of twelve "Days of Christmas" packages I'll be sending out next month, which will include yummy, nummy homemade Christmas treats,...

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Reforming Rakes, Redeeming Rogues

In the last year I've had the privilege to meet Maya Rodale. Though we've only met online, she strikes me as a kindred spirit, and I happened to love her first book,  The Heir And The Spare.  Like anyone else who read this engaging story, I've been eagerly awaiting...

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Take My Inspiration, Please

The second question people always ask you after you tell them you are an author (the first being: do you have any books that you've sold) is always: where do you get your ideas. Most of the time, I haven't the vaguest clue where the ideas come from, they sort of sneak...

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