Next weekend our local Waldenbooks will close its doors for good. I knew it was probable it would get the ax — so many Waldenbook stores have been closed the past few years thanks to the economy and the huge shake up at Borders.

The Borders closings have been numerous across the US.

But this closing hits hard. It’s the only full service bookstore we have, and it holds very fond memories for me.

I started buying books there when I was in high school. I feed my monstrous reading habit through that store. I bought a good deal of … Read the rest »

Love Western Romance is hosting their annual contest for Best Western Historical Romance of 2008. One Real Man is a contender! Woohoo!!!

Click here to see the list of books and to cast your vote.

When you vote, you are automatically entered into a contest where you can win a $25 gift card and a bundle of goodies donated by the authors whose books are up for Best Western Romance. So vote!

You could be a winner too! … Read the rest »

Friends and peers of romance author Jo Leigh have combined their talent and energy for an auction to benefit this talented author.

Jo lost her husband to cancer, and the medical bills are montrous. Please visit the website to see the impressive list of gifts and books up for auction.

Clicking the button above takes you to the website listing the items up for bid, and also provides a link to Jo’s sad story.… Read the rest »

I put up my Christmas tree. Not one decoration on it, but the tree is up. It’s a new one, so it was easier to put it up now rather than stow it and fetch it later when the mood struck. ‘Cause I’m thinking the mood ain’t gonna strike real hard.

Now, I bought this skinny tree so I wouldn’t have to move furniture around. The tree fit perfectly where I wanted it to go at the end of the hearth, in front of the French doors. (Should that be door, since the tree is in front of just one … Read the rest »

My Kensington editor sent me the back cover copy on A Cowboy Christmas. 🙂

Closer than brothers, bonded forever after growing up in an orphanage, three best friends set out to become cowboys, not knowing destiny will also make them heroes. But one fatal betrayal divides them, and now each man must face the West alone. Reid Barclay’s story is the first in Janette Kenny’s dazzling new trio of historical Western romances…

A COWBOY CHRISTMAS

Reid Barclay has never celebrated Christmas—but this year, the rugged cowboy is going to change that, even though there’s trouble brewing at the Crown Seven