We’re talking warm and cozy, curled up with my husband on the couch, a glass of Cabernet in hand, a crackling wood fire, the children tucked away in their beds asleep.  The family has come and gone, and we’re alone, counting down the final days of November.  Wanna know more?  Pick up one of my books. :)  Better yet, win one here today!

Welcome to the Hot Autumn Nights Blog Hop where you can win a $155 gift card to Barnes & Noble or Amazon (winner’s choice) AND this one of these Aromatique scented gift sets to keep for yourself or gift to a friend!

Choose from Aromatique’s scented fragrance gift sets ~ “Cinnamon Cider” candle and room spray (my personal favorite)  – or –  “Smell of the Tree” scented oil/reed diffuser set.

You’ll also receivea $25 gift card (Amazon or Barnes & Noble) plus a free ecopy of one of my books ~ your choice between award-winning Jennifer’s Garden, Lust on the Rocks or Whisper Privileges.

“Wonderful!  How do I enter?”You can leave a comment here, follow me on Twitter and/or sign up for my newsletter.  That’s three chances to win!  If you leave a comment, don’t forget to leave your email address.

For those women’s fiction fans, stay-tuned for the upcoming release of my novel, Condemn Me Not.  Bound by friendship, two women find themselves at common crossroads, struggling with choices both past and present, career and home.  Sign up for email alerts and you’ll hear it FIRST. :)

It’s Black Friday and not a minute too soon!  Or wait–is it too soon?

People ask that question every year.  Is Christmas pushing its way into Thanksgiving?  Creeping in on Halloween?  I don’t know about you, but I found it odd to walk the aisles of my nearby Lowes Home Improvement store where ghosts and ghouls littered the one side, while Santa and his reindeer pranced along the other.

Odd.  It was a tangle of confusion, resistance.  I was having a hard enough time as it was dealing with the fact that October was halfway over, let alone I had to start thinking about Christmas!

But what’s a gal to do–other than leave the kids at home when she goes shopping anywhere this time of year?

“Mom, can we get some more candy?”

“Because you didn’t get enough, traipsing through the streets the other night?”

“Can we buy some pumpkin pie?”

“Don’t you think you ate enough over the last three nights?  I know I did!”

“Mom–we NEED that ginormous Santa Claus balloon decoration for the front yard.  Can we get it?”

“Are you kidding me?”

We are rocking and rolling from here on out, celebrating the best of 2012 and looking forward to 2013!  New releases, giveaways, books, new authors and plain old fun—you’ll find it all right here. :)

The Romance Reviews Year End Splash Party runs for a month, so you’ll have plenty of time to load up on prizes and books!  But don’t delay, each day features different authors and opportunities, as well as chat sessions with some of your favorites.  I’ll be chatting November 27th, so mark your calendars now!  And my latest release, Whisper Privileges will be featured from November 26th thru November 29th.

My next release, Condemn Me Not premiers December 7th, 2012.  Watch for the cover to appear soon!