Fairytale Wedding or Fab Honeymoon

With money being tight nowadays, it’s hard for young couples to have both an amazing wedding as well as an over-the-top honeymoon. Some people have to choose only one of them. I think if you asked Emma from NEVER A BRIDE whether she would pick a fairytale wedding or a fab honeymoon she would choose wedding since she is a wedding planner. Although she’s one who doesn’t believe in happily-ever-after. What about you? If you could choose only one, would it be the wedding or the honeymoon? P.S. The AT THE SHORE box set is now specially priced at 99 cents for all three books! Grab your copy today at https://amzn.to/4cyhE6r.

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If I’m a new to you author

If I’m a new to author you might wonder about my books and what I bring for you to enjoy. I’ve written in various genres but one of my favs is romantic suspense and I have a number of books in that genre. What I’ll bring you is heartwarming romance and heart-pounding suspense with characters that you’ll fall in love with! My romantic suspense books have everything from ancient Aztec relics to several K-9 romances. You can even download DECOY TRAINING for free if you have Kindle Unlimited! Please take a moment to check them out at https://amzn.to/3YQmrNk.

Exciting New Releases and WIPs

I’m busy working on the second book in the Crooked Pass Security romantic suspense series, tentatively titled DEADLY IN DENVER. The first book in the series, CLIFFSIDE KIDNAPPING, will be out in June 2025 and DEADLY will be out in July 2025. I’m so excited about this series which visits with the characters from COLD CASE REOPENING. I love seeing what’s happened with Rhea and Jackson and hope you will also! But don’t worry that you have to wait that long for another book from me. KILLER IN THE KENNEL and DANGER IN DADE, the next books in the South Beach Security K-9 series will be out in November and December of 2024. You can pre-order your copies or pick up the first two books in the series at https://amzn.to/4dp2t0A.

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Happy National Tell a Joke Day

Question: What’s the difference between in-laws and outlaws?
Answer: Outlaws are wanted.

That’s the joke the cashier at the local beverage store told my husband when he went to pick up some things for a quick dinner with the kids and the Ax Man. Kind of funny and what’s more appropriate than a joke on National Tell a Joke Day! Do you have any funny jokes to share? What about the age old favorite Knock Knock jokes? P.S. – I absolutely don’t write humor although there are some funny parts in my books, like SOUTH BEACH LOVE. I loved the quips between the two nieces in that book and also their growth as they join together to give their aunt and uncle a happily ever after. SOUTH BEACH LOVE is specially priced at 99 cents at https://amzn.to/3YI9bKw or download it for free by signing up for my newsletter at https://bit.ly/CaridadsNewsletter.

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Beautiful Hanbok Adventure

My daughter and I were blessed to be able to visit South Korea last year. It was an amazing adventure and we were able to see so many things and yet there was still a lot more we’d like to visit. One of the things on the list of things to do was to wear a hanbok and visit one the many palaces in Seoul. Koreans encourage people to wear the traditional dress since if you do, entry into the palaces is free. Because of that, it’s not unusual to see many men and women strolling the palace grounds in traditional dress. In olden days, the color and fabric could tell you the person’s marital status and position in society. You can either rent or buy a hanbok at various shops located in and around the palaces and we rented hanboks, had our hair done, and headed off to the palace. This is a picture of my daughter and I wearing them. P.S. – I have no books set in Korea, although the reason for the trip was for my daughter and I to research our books. I have a proposal for a romantic suspense with my editor but as you might know, my daughter writes K-drama and K-pop themed romance novels. You can find them at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Samantha-Ann/author/B09QT7DKSR.

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Empower Women

One of the most wonderful things about being a writer is all the amazing women that I have met over the many years. I love going to conferences and spending time with my fellow authors as well as fellow readers. Today I’m sharing some authors that I think you should check out as my way of helping empower women. Meet Samantha Ann, my daughter, as well as my friends Sharon Hamilton, Roz Lee, Linda Parisi, Stacey Wilk, and Gail Chianese (in no particular order LOL!) These women write in several genres but I think you’ll love them all! If you want to meet most of them in person, you may want to visit with us at the Fall in Love with New England Conference in October. P.S. If you’re a fan of stories with strong female friendships, you’ll definitely love the contemporary romance AT THE SHORE series, especially since the box set with all three novels is specially priced at 99 cents for a limited time. Grab your copy at https://amzn.to/46Qiv0T.

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Tempting Teaser from Sabotage Operation

It’s Teaser Tuesday and I’m sharing a steamy scene from SABOTAGE OPERATION. In this teaser, Matt and Teresa have been caught in one of those typical, tropical Florida afternoon showers while searching for clues to find out who is attacking Teresa’s stable. They’ve taken shelter in a neighbor’s house and discover that the suspect may have broken in to the home to use it as a base for his attacks. But as they wait for the rain to pass so they can call the police, the attraction that has been simmering between them grows until they can no longer deny it. You can download your copy of SABOTAGE OPERATION at https://amzn.to/3YELoej.

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He issued a hand command for Butter to stay, and before she settled herself down, she shook the rain off her short fur.

Returning to Teresa, he sat beside her and scooped her up into his lap.

She came without protest and burrowed into his warmth.

He wrapped his arms around her and little by little her body stopped shaking. She peered up at him, and this close he could see the lighter green shards in the depths of those jewel-tone eyes. And that perfect nose and those full lips. Natural lips, not fake, model ones.

She can be a model, she is so beautiful, he thought, cupped her cheek and ran his thumb across those tempting lips.

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TERESA HAD BEEN grateful for the heat his body had provided, but now there was a different kind of heat building between them.

The butterfly-light pass of his thumb on her lips was as intimate as any kiss, and her body responded to it, nipples tightening against her damp T-shirt. Heat and wet pooled at her center.

It had been too long since she’d been with a man, and it hadn’t been a man like Matt. Big. Hard-bodied. Complex. She mimicked his action and cupped his jaw.

His skin was beard-rough beneath her palm. Hard much like the rest of him, but as she met his gaze, it was impossible to miss the need in his sapphire eyes.

Need that mirrored her own and she wasn’t about to deny him or herself.

Bending, she covered his lips with hers, moaning at the feel of them and his muscled body against hers.

He returned the kiss, meeting her lips over and over until it wasn’t enough, and he opened his mouth on hers with a soft groan.

His growing hardness registered against the softness of her hip and her insides pulsed with need as she imagined being with him.

The loud pounding of a fist on the front door and Butter issuing sharp, insistent barks had them jerking apart and shooting to their feet.

Her rough breathing sounded harsh and overly loud to her ears as Matt raced over and jerked the door open.

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