Wel­come! Halfway through Jan­u­ary already! So far I’ve had a mild win­ter, weath­er-wise. I hope that trans­lates to an ear­ly spring and a nice warm sum­mer. Well, I can hope.

This pic­ture was tak­en yes­ter­day by author Gem Sivad from her back yard. I love birds of prey, they’re so majestic!

Favorite Song of the Week ~ Just try to watch this with­out smil­ing. Yeah I know, I’ve regressed in age here, but seri­ous­ly. Fun song:

Work in Progress News ~ Can you believe I start­ed two new wips this past week? Crazy. But I final­ly start­ed Dean’s sto­ry, book two in the Earth Scents series.  I’ve been mean­ing to write this one for years. It feels good to get some words down.

Search Term of the week aka How Peo­ple Found My Web­sites ~ Well, this does­n’t sound good, but okay: “his tongue was sud­den­ly in my mouth “nasty” kiss”

What I’m read­ing ~ I read a few short sto­ries this week, as well as re-read­ing some old faves. I think I might spend as much time read­ing as I do writ­ing. That’s okay, right? So I reread Tri­na M Lee’s Once Bit­ten this week. If there’s ever any­thing that will help me clear my mind of all things con­tem­po­rary romance, this will do it. Although this isn’t a romance, there are some very sexy scenes, and some extreme­ly alpha male scenes:

Alexa O’Brien has nev­er been like oth­er peo­ple. A dead­ly assas­sin, she is a were­wolf with extra­or­di­nary pow­er. Pow­er that fierce­ly draws her to Arys, a mys­te­ri­ous vam­pire who awak­ens her dark side. What they cre­ate togeth­er is dan­ger­ous and bind­ing, forc­ing her to ques­tion the source of her abil­i­ties. She risks los­ing her remain­ing human­i­ty as well as the one man she dares to love.

When Alex­a’s wom­an­iz­ing for­mer lover and pack Alpha is framed for mur­der, he turns to her for help. She would like noth­ing more than to watch kar­ma at work but as the body count ris­es, long buried secrets are exposed. Alexa is forced to face the painful truth that not every­one is who she thinks they are. Not even her.

This is book one of an ongo­ing series. Not for the Twi­light fan, I’ll tell you that.

Hero Quote ~ From my book Last Call, com­ing March 27th:

“Now, I don’t know what your ex said to make you feel inad­e­quate as a sex­u­al being, but let me tell you some­thing. You sure as hell know how to turn me on. You’re def­i­nite­ly a sex­u­al being.”

All right, that’s all I’ve got for you this week. Thanks for stop­ping by!