Happy National Wine and Cheese Day! When my husband and I were dating, we often went to a local wine and cheese place. It was the thing to do back then. It was very romantic to sip wine and snack on cheese and crackers while getting to know each other. I often wish that wine and cheese places would make a comeback. We used to sometimes sit and have wine and cheese when we got back from the beach, but we haven’t done that in years. Maybe we’ll start that up again! What about you? Do you like taking a break with a little wine and cheese? P.S. The ladies of the At the Shore series would definitely sit and have some wine and cheese while chatting about their love lives. You can grab the first book in the series, ONE SUMMER NIGHT, for only 99 cents at https://amzn.to/4o0DtCW.
Fun Romance Novel Word Search
Good morning! It’s Fun Friday, and today I’m trying something different: a romance novel word search! I love doing word searches and similar puzzles. If I’m on a plane or a long car ride, I sometimes will pull out a word search book and do a few puzzles to pass the time. I hope this one isn’t too easy and you can find all the words. It was a little hard creating it! What about you? Do you like doing puzzles? P.S. Solving puzzles is what both South Beach Security and Crooked Pass Security do daily. You can grab your copies of the books in those two series at https://amzn.to/4pziKGS.
Exciting Sandia Peak Adventure
During the Romance Writers of America conference, we had a free night and a friend invited me to go on the Sandia Peak Tram. Now, I heard “tram” and I thought it was a bus-type ride. Imagine my surprise when I realized it was an aerial tram! Many of you know I am afraid of heights, so I worried how I would react to it. Surprisingly, the fifteen-minute cable car ride wasn’t all that bad. Maybe my Namsan Tower adventure helped me somehow. The trips up and down weren’t that bad, although I did have some vertigo up on the observation decks. It was a beautiful view, and we had a nice dinner at the top to wait for night to fall and see the lights come on. Today, I’m sharing a video of that trip’s highlights with you!
Happy National Mango Day!
Happy National Mango Day! Mango is one of my favorite fruits, and I’m so happy that you can find them in most stores now. I love eating a sweet, ripe mango or making a mango smoothie. I even have mango ice cream in the fridge right now! With so many books set in South Beach, you can bet you’ll see an appearance of a mango in one of them. You can see all those South Beach books at https://amzn.to/4fMpAWm. Here’s a quick mango smoothie recipe for you!
Ingredients
1 cup chopped mango (fresh or frozen)
1 cup yogurt (unsweetened)
1/2 cup milk
4 tbsp honey or sugar (more or less depending on the sweetness of the mango)
1 cup ice
Directions
Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
Don’t like mangos? Substitute peaches or any other fruit of your choice!
Pop Quiz Romance Peeps!
Good morning! It’s time for a pop quiz, romance peeps! I’d love to know so many things about how you read. What format do you prefer? Where do you buy your books? What’s your fav genre/trope? Inquiring minds would love to know! P.S. If you happen to love a mix of romance, vampires, and suspense, check out DARKNESS CALLS! It was an RT Top Pick and finalist for best paranormal at Affaire de Coeur. It’s specially priced at 99 cents at https://amzn.to/4fhZqcs, and it’s the first in a long series of connected books!

New Week, New Energy, New Chances
It’s a new week, and I’m filled with new energy after the RWA National Conference. What about the new chances? After chatting with friends, I’m getting to work on a brand-new story while I wait to here about my proposal for a new series for Harlequin Intrigue. This is going to be a longer romantic suspense story filled with espionage and baseball. Yes, you read that right. Baseball. Wish me luck! By the way, if you love baseball, check out my Marauders baseball romance series. It’s free on Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/4vqpngY.

Happy National Ice Cream Day!
Happy National Ice Cream Day! I’m heading home today and probably won’t get to celebrate by having a scoop of ice cream. I hope you’ll have a scoop on my behalf. My fav ice cream flavor lately is chocolate peanut butter from Callie’s Creamery. Callie’s is a local, family-owned shop. Unfortunately, they just suffered devastating damage thanks to some flooding. There’s a GofundMe to help raise money so they can reopen. I made a donation, and if you can spare even $1, it would be wonderful to help this family open their ice cream shop again. The GoFundMe is at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebuild-our-family-ice-cream-shop.




