We posted some fabulous smooch excerpts last month. Did you enjoy them?
Now it’s time for you, the readers, to vote for your favorite. Which one moved you? Which tempted you? Which made you want to keep reading?
Need to refresh your memory? See the list of Smooch excerpts (posted in December of 2008) here.
Voting booth will be open from Jan. 1 to Jan. 15 at noon. One vote per person.
Posted in Smooch of the Day.
It is 1885 and Jessica Sullivan is an actress in San Francisco. Acting is her job and a way to pay her debts. Her best friend and roommate Michelle, on the other hand, loves the adoration of her fans, mainly men. Michelle introduces Jessica to Lee Montgomery, a gambler and one of Michelle’s lovers.
Jessica has no use for men, especially after her traitorous husband deserted her, taking her inheritance as well as her brother’s inheritance and leaving her in poverty six years ago. So it is no wonder that Michelle’s plan to match up Jessica and Lee is met with contempt. However, Lee is attracted to the wounded Jessica and slowly worms his way into her heart. But when the two are accused of murder, their future may end at the hangman’s gallows.
Gifted author Denise Eagan continues the saga of the Montgomery family with her th... Continue Reading
Posted in January 2009, Reviews, Zebra Books.
Hi Darlings!
As Rebecca Covington, the gossip queen heroine of my new book, TALK OF THE TOWN, would say, “I promise to tell you everything!” The whole truth and nothing but the truth: First, contrary to popular belief, Rebecca is NOT me — she has much thicker hair and thinner thighs, but we do share the same world in Chicago.
I love writing about the heart beneath Chicago’s glitter. BUT my grand passion –besides family and friends of course — is exotic travel. We were at the Beijing Olympics this past summer and it was wonderful to be a part of such global friendship.
I promised to share so here it is — the thrill of of the Olympic Games and one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. At the finals of Track and Field it was fun to see myself on the jumbotron in the Birds Nest, EXCEPT it was at that exact moment the zipper on my dress broke — splitting all the way down the back, exposing I was braless and wearing a... Continue Reading
Posted in Blog.
Paula Holiday has abandoned the big city, and her career as a documentary filmmaker after being reduced to producing salacious, non-news worthy pieces such as “Who Really Killed Diana”, or any other piece of “trash” news that was requested of her. Loading up her car, Paula moves to Springfield, Connecticut, a town where she has spent many happy holidays in the pre-divorce days of her marriage. Now she opens her own business named “_pH factor_, Garden_ Solutions”; pH for her name, Paula Holiday, and pH for how sweet or sour your gardening soil may be. However, business was slow, but Paula has moved in to her bungalow, and has picked up a few day jobs that have kept her from total despair or bankruptcy.
Paula’s settled into a routine, she is either at work, home, or eating at the P... Continue Reading
Posted in February 2009, Reviews, St. Martin's Press.
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