It is Tuesday once again and time for a Lunch Break Read! This week, Stealing the Bride, is the featured Excerpt–which also happens to feature one of my most favorite heroes–Temple. He stole my heart the moment he stepped on the page in One Night of Passion, and he continued to pop into my books for years to come.

Fair warning: Temple is an irascible charmer who will steal your heart.

So enjoy your lunch, have a quick read and enjoy Stealing the Bride. And after you’ve read the excerpt, consider coming back and posting a comment … Read more »

I have a confession to make: I am a lunch time reader. I think I like lunch more for the chance to read than the eating part. LOL!

So for the next ten weeks, I’ll be featuring an excerpt from one of my books–the perfect sort of lunch break sampling. And when you are done reading (and having lunch!), come back here to leave a comment and you’ll be entered in a drawing for a new lunch bag stuffed with books and goodies.

Make sure to come back every Tuesday for a new excerpt and a new contest.

This week’s … Read more »

My contest over on my Facebook page broke just about every record! I’ve never seen so many LIKES, COMMENTS, or SHARES. So thank you, one and all, who played along. And so, without further ado, the winners are:

Facebook:

Sara McLaughlin

Marianna Buccafuri Clark

Diane Lucy

Bonus for Newsletter Readers:

Christie (@sixfortheroad on Twitter)

Linda Williams

Thanks to one and all for entering and if you are listed as one of the winners, please send me your mailing address via my Contact page! Thanks so much for playing along.… Read more »

Thanks to everyone who entered The Knave of Hearts Newsletter contest, and I apologize to everyone who had problems with the email. Still not sure what went wrong, but to those of you who sent your entries onto me directly, I made sure they were added to the rest of them.

And so, without further ado, the winner of the box of books, goodies and a new Kindle Fire is:

Amanda S. of Laramie, WY

Amanda, I’ll get your box in the mail today and do enjoy your new Kindle!

And a special thank you to everyone who is rushing … Read more »

Good reason to subscribe to my newsletter: these awesome people get access to exclusive contests for just being, well, awesome.

And the winners to my latest newsletter contest are:

Mary C. of Seattle, WA
Molly L. of Rogersville, MO
Heather H. of Myrtle Beach, SC

Each of them will receive of box stuffed with books and goodies.

Thank you to everyone who entered and to everyone who isn’t subscribed to my newsletter: What are you waiting for?
(Pssst. Scroll to the top of the page and the box is right there waiting for you.)… Read more »

This book, Mad About the Duke, is the story inspired my upcoming Bachelor Chronicles spin-off, Mad about the Major. Here is where the Duke of Parkerton finally meets his match.

But the wait for Parkerton’s story took some time. He first appeared at the end of This Rake of Mine, chastising his younger brother, Mad Jack Tremont, to get out of jail and go marry Miranda. I sort of fell in love with him the moment he stepped on the page. He is so stuffy and ducal and proper. He just needed his life turned upside down.… Read more »

I totally missed posting a winner last week for the Black Gown v. Red Dress post. I blame being on double-death deadline for letting this slip past me. My sincere apologies. But I am here to set this to rights. The winner for that week’s post is:

Stephanie M:

And for last week’s #TBT post on nicknames in How I Met My Countess, the winner is:

Rosalie Otto:

Each of them will receive an autographed book.

And watch for this Thursday’s Throwback into the Bachelor Chronicles when I take a look at Mad about the Duke, the … Read more »

Moving along to the next installment of my #TBT look the Bachelor Chronicles series (in advance of the June 2nd release of Mad About the Major), this week we are going to look at How I Met My Countess.

Opening up what I think of as the last third of the Bachelor Chronicles is a trio of books about the Widows Standon. The idea for the book came from Love Letters of a Duke, where the hero laments having these warring dowagers from the previous heirs driving him crazy. I wondered about these three and then came … Read more »

If you were at RT and entered the Mad About the Major Selfie contest, there are two things you should know:

1) You all cracked me up!
and
2) I couldn’t pick just one winner.

So here are the winners:

ashleygrothwolfe on Instagram

kimberlietx on Instagram

Mary @hufflewhat on Twitter

Ladies, you have 7 days to claim your prize! Email me via my Contact page to claim your Kindle Fires! Congrats and thank you to everyone who shot a picture and fanned their way through RT!

And remember all, Mad About the Major is still on sale until it releases … Read more »

In my continuing #TBT look at my Bachelor Chronicles series (in advance of the June 2nd publication of Mad About the Major), today’s smack down is more of a cover standoff: Confessions of a Little Black Dress v. Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress.

A little background might be in order–after writing Love Letters from a Duke, Avon asked me to come up with a title that had the same sort of communication theme. I absolutely wracked my brain trying to find a “Letters” sort of title for Tally’s book. And then, driving down the highway one … Read more »