AAD NOLA ’12 in Review

I just returned from the Authors After Dark Reader Convention in New Orleans–Bourbon Street to be exact, which is an experience in itself. The architecture in the French Quarter is gorgeous–the balconies, enclosed courtyards, old buildings, actual operating gas lamps. As for the city aspect, it wasn’t Mardi Gras so I figured it would be pretty quiet, right? Not so much. I thought I could handle any city, but what I saw on Bourbon Street was enough to shock even a jaded, born and bred New Yorker like me. Strippers, mostly naked, standing in the doorways to lure in customers from out on the street; some of the women were nude and painted gold. Hawkers worthy of any carnival trying to get people into their shows. Bums dressed in costume coming right up in your face demanding you take their picture for cash. Drunk young frat boys. Drunks in general of all ages. Tourists with their young children walking the streets at night among the debauchery. Live sex shows–no cover charge. Live music in all styles. Artists selling their wares. Tarot card readers. Voodoo shops. All condensed in a few blocks in the French Quarter, and my room faced Bourbon […]

Are Bull Riders the Hottest of all the Heroes?

Good news! You did it. Your nominations put my professional bull rider hero, Luke Carpenter, from HOOKED (Studs in Spurs, Book 4) in the All Romance eBooks’ Hottest Hero contest. What perfect timing too because although it’s been available as an eBook, Hooked releases this week in paperback! Better news! Voting opened yesterday in Round 1 and you all are eligible to win a prize just for voting. You can vote for one hero in each matched one-on-one pairing in each round for the 5 rounds, and each time you vote you are entered to win a $25 gift certificate from ARe. Here is the breakdown of the first two rounds. Only if Luke beats his competitor in Round 1 (meet the heroes which is things such as occupation & a quote) does he advance to Round 2 (best kiss). The breakdown is below. Thank you to everyone who nominated Luke and who takes the time to check out the contest and vote for their favorite heroes in round 1! Cat ARE’S HOTTEST HERO CONTEST ROUND 1 – Meet the Heroes – Aug 1 – Aug 7 32 Hero’s will be divided into 16 pairs. Readers will get to vote for […]

I WANT YOU…to choose

The lovely hosts of  SERIOUSLY SENSUAL, Nicole Brooks and Gabrielle Denize, have invited me back to their radio show for a LIVE, on-air book discussion at BlogTalkRadio and we need YOU to choose which of my books we’ll be discussing. Think of it as your local book club, but with the participants being from all over the globe, actively asking questions, making comments and WINNING PRIZES! The date is Saturday, July 21, 8 PM Eastern Time. If you’re unfamiliar with BlogTalkRadio, don’t worry. It’s easy. Once it’s showtime, just click on the show link and the show will stream from your computer speakers. There is also a chat room where you can type questions and interact with other listeners once you’ve signed in with either a BlogTalkRadio account (free to sign up) or your Facebook account. NOW, for the book we’ll be discussing… YOU get to choose. So check out my BOOKS page and let us know which book you want to hear about most. We’ll compile the results from the comments on our blogs, Twitter and Facebook and announce the results so you’ll know prior to the show. Then don’t forget to tune in on July 21st because as I […]