One of my first book boyfriends was named Florian. If I close my eyes, I can visualize him in front of me. Tall, dark haired with a touch of grey, beautiful strong fingers, piercing eyes … oh yes, a French accent.

Yes, I fell in love with Mary Burchell‘s Florain from Harlequin romance title Under the Stars of Paris (originally published in 1954, my paperback is the 1975 reissue). Even at age nine, I knew I wanted to live in Paris (somehow that city has always been my heart’s second home). When I saw Paris in the title of …

If you’re looking for some recipes that you’ll add to those handed down in your own family, you should consider purchasing Ava Miles’ Country Heaven Cookbook: Family Recipes & Remembrances

This relatively short cookbook (67 pages, including an excerpt from Miles’ novel Country Heaven) is chock full of the best in comfort food. Not only are the recipes from Country Heaven included, but also several from Miles own family.

In addition to being a bestselling author, Ava also worked as a chef. So you know that she’s made sure to test these recipes out and they’re so clearly written …

Join Ava Miles  the bestselling author of the Dare Valley series that includes number one bestseller NORA ROBERTS LAND  as she stops by to dish a bit of COUNTRY HEAVEN – the first book in her spinoff Dare River series.

Combing country music, down home cooking, and hot, sweet, and spicy romance, COUNTRY HEAVEN is a joy to read.

In addition, Ava’s published a Country Heaven Songbook (featuring the lyrics and songs she wrote for the book) as well as a Country Heaven Cookbook. Now this cookbook is GREAT! It includes all the recipes from COUNTRY HEAVEN as well as …

I became hooked on shifter romances years ago and one of the people I blame for this addiction is author Terry Spear. Yes, that’s right, when I began to read Terry Spear’s Heart of the Wolf series, I was hooked. Why? Because Spear creates a fabulous, believable shifter world.

No, I didn’t start looking at my neighbors too closely (though I did wonder about that coyote/wolf that began wandering around). Seriously, though, Spear’s Heart of the Wolf series combines believable protagonists that are shifters whom I’d love to have move in next door. (Yes, quite a few hunky alphas …

Plagiarize 
(as defined by MerriamWebster.com*)
"to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own : use (another’s production) without crediting the source." 
"to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source"
*"Plagiarize." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 19 July 2014. See: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize.

You may notice this new button that’s appeared on the blog. 

I never thought I’d need to add a copyright, yes a © to my blog posts. But, believe it or not, I found out that someone plagiarized one of my reviews …