by Linsey Lanier About a month ago, J. A. Konrath wrote a post on his blog entitled “Are You Dense?” In this post, in his shy, gentle manner, Joe tells it like it is in publishing today. He lists a set of arguments against self-publishing and shoots them down one by one. Here’s one of my favorites: With all the self-published crap out there, it will be impossible to find anything good. There are billions of websites on the internet, the majority of them crap. Yet somehow you managed to find my blog. Joe’s a witty guy. I was so [...]

By Susan May I like riding a bike. I don’t do it enough, but when I get a chance to see some place by bike I take it. I once rode a bike all over Charleston, South Carolina. I had a wonderful time and would highly recommend it. Another time I rode a bike in Germany, even up to a castle. Recently, I was in Gulf Shores, Alabama and rented a bike for the day. I would have to say I enjoyed it just as much as I did in Charleston or Germany.  On a sunny, Sunday afternoon I suggested [...]

    The Sheikh and the Virgin   by Kim Lawrence http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=115   Harlequin Presents ISBN- 13: 978-0-373-12954-6   Prince Tariq Al Kamal furiously forbids his brother to marry an unsuitable woman. Then Tariq whisks Beatrice away to his desert home where he becomes intent on seducing her. What he doesn’t realize is she isn’t his brother’s intended— she’s an innocent who’s about to become his bride!   A handsome, smart and rich sheikh is put in his place by a savvy, street smart young woman. Tariq finds that Beatrice is not who he thinks she is, and Beatrice discovers [...]

When it comes to love, they
believe in one perfect mate,
but putting the centuries-old belief to the test
could bring them everything they desire.

 Update – – Winner Announced – – Drum roll please….  *************Using the wonderful randomizer program******************* #0***************  And the winner is – – – – our first commenter (plugged in 0-32) KAT or Kathy as she signed her post.  Kat, shoot me an e-mail at tamibrothers@yahoo.com.   Thank you to all who commented and to all who stopped by to read my post today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only 5 days left!!!  We are down to the wire as the Brenda Novak Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes 2011 winds down.  This is not only a terrific cause to get behind that will make [...]

Please join us in welcoming this week’s petit fours and hot tamales Guest Chef, Barbara White Daille! What’s in a Name? A RANCHER’S PRIDE Sam Robertson’s life just changed. In one short day, he found out that he’s a daddy; that his beautiful little girl, Becky, is deaf; and that her aunt, sign language teacher Kayla Ward, intends to fight him for custody. There are plenty of reasons Sam shouldn’t fall for Kayla. A city girl like her has no place on his ranch, particularly when she’s his ex-wife’s gorgeous sister. But thanks to the judge’s orders, Sam’s spending a [...]

Of all the things people told me to worry about when I married Boy Genius, my dog, Turbo, was not among them. In my defense, I was preoccupied with other stuff. Stuff like the wedding I didn’t want, the foreclosed home we just bought, and the fact that BG’s grandma fingered my wedding dress announcing to everyone how white was not my “friend.” To this day, I’m still not sure whether white’s not my friend because she thinks it washes me out or because she thinks I’m a whore. But I’m getting off point here because I still feel kind [...]