I hope everyone’s having a happy Easter! :)

I’m still coming down off my Release Day high, but my husband has to work today at 2 pm so I’m hoping to get something done. Before too long I’ll begin preparing our cozy Easter Breakfast (a baked spinach dish, ham, scrambled eggs and cornbread muffins…mmmm, maybe I’ll even brew a pot of coffee) and we’ll try to stop by his parents’ for a brief visit prior to the start of the workday.

Edits on Book 3 are [—] this close to “finished.” I’d like to wrap them up and send them out tonight. My five-day vacation from the dayjob is now on day 3 and I haven’t performed a single bit of Spring Cleaning. If I divide my apartment into threes, I can still do it! Today will be Dining Room/Living Room day (complete with vacuuming), tomorrow will be Bathroom/Bedroom day (with vacuuming) and Tuesday I’ll polish it all off with a shiny kitchen (with Swiffering). I’d hoped to squeeze in a pedicure, but it’s been so cold I don’t think I’ll get to wear my cute spring shoes for another few weeks.

If you’re reading “All the Trees in Pearl” this weekend, I hope you’re enjoying it! 

Cadari Lover

Cara Carnes

One horrendous act meant to destroy her. Only one night to fulfill a lifetime of passion. Could fate be this cruel?

Rina Daniels has lusted for her sexy Cadari friend for years but never acted on it. When the opportunity presented itself she ran, only to find herself in the hands of his enemies. Forcefully converted to the sexual being known across the universe as tagratis, she is now doomed to spend an eternity unfulfilled.

Kandos Strabuquar hates himself for not protecting Rina. He never should have allowed her to remain on his planet, even if it was just for a visit. An aquamarine necklace and an experimental drug are their only hope. Will it be enough?

Available now at Ellora’s Cave!

I turned in DQ Book 3 V 2.0 Sunday night, and I’ve been trying to get back in the writing groove - I really want to write this new short I started March 1, a past-life thing I’d like to send to Ellora’s Cave. But I think I need a cool-down. :)

Last night I impulsively attended a chat hosted by Barry Eisler and added his first book to my Amazon cart…then found out Jennifer St. Giles was also in attendance, so I have two of hers on the way, and tossed in an Anna Campbell book for good measure. When I clicked to check out, Amazon informed me of their 4-for-3 special so of course I had to choose four more books. Right? That’s the way these things work. Teresa D’Amario, also in attendance, pushed Sydney Croft’s Riding the Storm like it was crack, and I scooped it up like the little crackwhore I can be when it comes to spending money. Two other Jacqui D’Alessandro books later and I finally said “enough!” Put in my order, went to find something to read, and picked up (about a year after buying it) Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. Loving Magic Bites. Totally forgot that today I’m buying Cara Carnes’ Cadari Lover as soon as Ellora’s Cave puts it up to buy.

How am I supposed to feed my new organic milk addiction and my between-projects book addiction in the same month?!