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Interviewed At Indigo’s

Indigo has interviewed me (that sounds very musical and happy… and it IS – I LOVE being interviewed). http://indigosin.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/indigos-21-with-cynthia-sax-61713/ I share writing advice and my whacky processes and other strange things. ***************************************************************************** He Watches Me From Cynthia Sax She desires to be seen. He wants to watch. Anna Sampson has a naughty secret. Every night, she slips into her neighbor’s yard and swims naked in his pool. She fantasizes that the dynamic young billionaire watches her nightly nude aquatics, his brilliant green eyes gleaming with lust. She discovers this isn’t pure fantasy. Gabriel Blaine has been watching her via his security cameras, and now that he has returned to L.A., he doesn’t plan to stop. That’s all he wants—to watch. Anna knows she shouldn’t allow him and she certainly shouldn’t want more, but she craves Blaine’s attention, needing his gaze fixed on her body. Part One of The Seen Trilogy...

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Excerpt from Julie Anne Long's It Happened One Midnight!

Check out the latest sampler from author Julie Anne Long! It Happened One Midnight - on sale June 25th

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Jun 17 - Post

Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone

I have a confession to make.  I’ve been cheating. As the header picture of this blog shows, I am a lover of Regency Romance. What’s not to love? It’s a glittering world of fabulously wealthy dukes and duchesses, earls and countesses, gorgeous dresses, and magnificent homes. Just so you all know, in my next life, I am coming back as a duchess. But I didn’t start out reading these Regencies. Back when I first started reading romance, I read Shanna, which took place in the West indies. I left romance after that, and when I returend became introduced to the world of Bertrice Small. I read everything by her and I am sorry to say, I got bored after a while with the kidnapping to the harems and all that. Once again, I left romance and read mostly mysteries, woman’s fiction and what used to be called chick-lit. I have...

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New Bad-Boys of Baseball!

Stealing Home Diamonds and Dugouts #1 Jennifer Seasons Released April 2nd, 2013 100 Pages, Ebook Avon Impulse Gifted by: Publisher Reviewed by: Lisa Gibson Chinook fans are gonna LOVE the Bad Boys of the Denver Rush! Love may be just a game, but the baseball players in Jennifer Seasons' sexy diamonds and dugouts series— they're playing for keeps! Mark Cutter has it all: a lucrative baseball career, fast cars, and faster women—and all thanks to his priceless good luck charm. At least, that's what he thinks before Lorelei Littleton shows up. Next thing he knows, he's waking up alone, the sexy brunette has vanished, and his good luck charm is gone. More than a little curious about the wicked-hot cat burglar and determined to get his property back, Mark's going to track down the thief and make her pay—big time. Maybe Lorelei feels a tiny bit guilty for stealing Mark's...

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Jun 17 - Post

Atlanta during the 2013 RWA Conference: Random Thoughts from ITP

It’s almost time for the annual Romance Writers of America (RWA) conference…which means the questions and planning are starting to firm up. This year, I am so excited it’s in Atlanta… For those of you who have checked out this blog seeking writerly enlightenment on southern culture, or perhaps just to figure out what the heck ITP means, welcome! I have lived in Atlanta for 15 years, and I am happy to lend my own recommendations and thoughts to the amazing Romance authors who will soon be coming to my fair city. In my day job for the CDC, I’ve participated in a ton of scientific conferences downtown at the Marriot Marquis, so by now I know the drill. Buckle up baby, you’re in my city now! From Wikipedia, top to bottom left to right: Atlanta skyline, the Fox Theatre, the Georgia State Capitol, Centennial Olympic Park, Millennium Gate, the Canopy Walk,...

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Unwrapping: Review of ANYTHING BUT SWEET by Candis Terry

As a huge fan of Candis Terry’s Sugar Shack Series, it was a no brainer for me to sign up for the Tasty Book Tour promoting Candis’s upcoming new release, ANYTHING BUT SWEET. On Wednesday, the lovely lady will be joining me for an interview so be sure to come back then to meet her.   ***eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest and unscripted review.  Blurb for ANYTHING BUT SWEET:  A man who doesn’t like change . . . The Wilder family is something of a Sweet, TX institution: between their yearly BBQ blow-outs and their Hardware and Feed store, they’re an institution—an institution that ex-marine Reno Wilder has tried to preserve, in honor of his lost loved ones. But it seems like he’s the only one who’s got any respect left for traditions when a new TV makeover show rolls in to renovate Sweet to...

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Jun 16 - Post

Herds of Lightning Bugs

dd You may think I’m joking but as I type this post I feel surrounded by blinking lights. I love lightning bugs. They remind me of being a small child and running around catching them in a mason jar and sleeping with them beside the bed. I remember catching one at a time. But this year they seem to have multiplied. Everywhere you look they’re are hundreds blinking.  It’s a nice, sultry night in Georgia. The rain has subsided and made way for clear skies. I’m enjoying sitting on my patio working on my current book as my hubby listens to guitar riffs on youtube via his phone.  It always inspires me to write when I sit outside in the twilight and watch the sun sink into the horizon. I feel like the sinking sun sometimes. As I work on the finishing touches of my latest work I wonder how...

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Review: One True Love by Lori Wilde

One True Love (Cupid, Texas #0.5) by Lori Wilde Blurb: In Cupid, Texas, they say everyone has one true love. And if you write a letter to Cupid, you will get an answer in return . . . Now, from New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde, read how the legend of Cupid began . . . All it took was one great love story! Too bad for pretty young housemaid Millie Greenwood that her one true love is John Fant, the handsomest, wealthiest man in town. But in 1924, a maid—no matter how lovely—isn’t about to marry into the town’s foremost family, and John is on the verge of becoming betrothed to another. Everything seems hopeless until Millie writes a desperate letter to Cupid, and the most romantic legend of all is born . . . Review: This was my first read of Lori Wilde’s work and I thought...

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Jun 16 - Post

Guest Review: Unforgiven – Anne Calhoun

For as long as he could remember, he wanted her… Raised by a single mother, Adam Collins resolved to take no chances with a girl’s future—or his own. That’s why, as hard as it was, he resisted everything he felt for Marissa Brooks. Then one night a reckless challenge left a fellow student dead and changed both their lives forever. As penance, Adam took the boy’s place in the Marines, where he could disappear into discipline and duty, and left Marissa behind to struggle with her dreams. Twelve years later, Adam is back in Walkers Ford to serve as the best man in his friend’s wedding. The years haven’t diminished the electric connection he has with Marissa. But Adam’s mistake continues to haunt him, and Marissa is stumbling under the weight of her family’s legacy. Together they wrestle with demons and dreams, but if there’s any hope for a future...

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