Caridad Pineiro® Romance Author
NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Romance Author
Happy Sunday! We’ve had lots of rain the last few days but it’s supposed to be a beautiful day today. I hope it’s a beautiful, happy, and relaxed day where you are. P.S. – There are only 37 days left until the release of SABOTAGE OPERATION, the first book in the South Beach Security K-9 Division Spinoff! You can find out more at https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/sabotage-operation/.
I mentioned I’ll be at Readers Take Denver and A Day of Wine and Romance in the next few weeks! If you’re in the area for either of those, I hope you’ll come by. If you want to stay informed on my upcoming events and possibly score an ARC of SABOTAGE OPERATION in this month’s newsletter, please take a moment to sign up for my newsletter at https://bit.ly/CaridadsNewsletter. As a thank you for becoming one of my newsletter VIPs you can download a free copy of SOUTH BEACH LOVE and you’ll be able to keep up with VIP giveaways and other exclusives.
I am so excited about my two upcoming events and I need your help to pick the nail art for them! But first, a little about the events. I’m flying out next week to Denver for my first time ever at Readers Take Denver! As excited as I am, I’m also a little nervous about such a big event. I think there are nearly 3000 attendees with all the authors, narrators, and vendors who will be there. I’ll be taking part in the book signings on Friday and Saturday and will also be moderating a panel on Getting the Perfect Agent. Once I’m back, I hit the road again with my daughter and some Jersey friends for the absolutely fabulous Day of Wine and Romance on May 3-5. Roz Lee is the author who runs this event and it is such a fun and intimate gathering at the Brook Hollow Winery. It’s a great opportunity to chat with the authors and snag some tasty wine as well. There is a Meet and Greet the authors on Friday night and book signings on Saturday and Sunday. Plus it’s right near the beautiful Delaware River. If you’re in the NY/NJ/PA area, I highly recommend this event and hope you’ll come by. In the meantime, what nail art do you like? I’ll be doing two of them!
Like so many, I couldn’t wait to see the eclipse! I decided to head down to the beach to get a clear view and I wasn’t disappointed. But it was very windy on the beach that made it really cold even though the temperature a block away was a much warmer 50 degrees. I braved it out to the full eclipse though. I was only at 90% totality so it never get very dark. More like dusk. We also had a few clouds around full totality time but that didn’t keep us from seeing it. I managed to get some photos at our 90& totality but the sun was too strong during the earlier stages. A weird thing happened in the photos: You could see the phases of the eclipse in various reflections in the photos. I understand that shadows cast by the eclipse will create a similar phenomenon. If you have any eclipse photos, I’d love to see them! Please drop them in the comments. P.S. – This beach is in one of the towns that was an inspiration for Sea Kiss from the At the Shore Series.
Look carefully into that middle section of bright blue and you’ll see the eclipse at 90% totality!
It’s National Siblings Day so I’m sharing a picture of me with my two siblings! Actually, my mom and dad are in this photo as well! I’m off to the right next to my dad while my sister Carmen is off to the left with my mom. My brother Gonzalo, who earned the nickname Duke in high school, is in the center of the photo. I’m not quite sure when this photo was taken, but I’m pretty sure it was taken at a park on Long Island where we had gone to spend the day with some friends. I love stories where there are siblings like the At the Shore series with Owen (One Summer Night) and Jonathan (What Happens in Summer) Pierce. How about you? Do you have siblings or love stories with siblings? Share a photo if you’d like!
I want everyone to give a big HELLO to the wonderful Terreece M. Clark who is an author, journalist, and entrepreneur who has written bestselling children’s books as well as contemporary romances! I am so very happy to have her here with me and if you play your cards right, you might score an e-signed copy from her Courageous Love Series for yourself and a friend! Please visit my Facebook Fan Page for a chance to enter the contest!
Hey friends! I’m author and journalist Terreece M. Clarke thank you Caridad for having me on Takeover Tuesday!
I write love stories about smart Black women who experience extraordinary love. My stories have heart, heat, humor, feet-kicking swoon, and plot twists that keep you guessing – and maybe throwing the book.
I grew up watching soap operas with my Granny and love high drama + suspense. Shonda Rhimes is BAE. If there’s not a disheveled bedside vigil for a main character are they even loved?
My Courageous Love series has three books out with a fourth book releasing May 1, 2024.
In Heartbeat, Maya is a successful architect who plans her life down to her color-coordinated closet, until someone tries to kill her. On the run, she devises a different plan: new town, new name, no men. Then a green-eyed detective with a past enters the chat. This book will destroy you…and put you back together again. I promise.
Love Never solves the mystery behind Maya’s parents Elise and Smooth. They only had 96 hours together, but shared a love that knows no bounds. Bring the tissues and grab the bonus epilogue to learn about the six-foot lady flower painting.
In Chaser, plus-sized, billionaire heiress Shayla St. Pierre has three broken engagements and a charcuterie board of lovers. When she proposes a friends-with-benefits relationship with Xavier Alexander, a devoted cowboy businessman he turns her down…until he doesn’t. Everyone thinks they’re a freak until they find themselves upside down against a refrigerator.
Coming in May is Fingertips. Selene Whitaker is the consummate professional whose life is thrown into comical, then deadly chaos when her one-night stand is revealed as Jacob Q. Fox, rancher, volunteer firefighter, AND her boss’s new client. When her past resurfaces the couple has to decide if love can endure when SHE’s the morally grey one?
Come by Caridad’s Facebook Fan Page and share your favorite Shonda Rhimes plot twist + tag a friend to possibly win an e-signed copy from my series for you both!
I absolutely love Corgis. I dare you to look at one of their faces and not smile! They seem perpetually happy with their elfish grins and having been used for herding, they’re smart, obedient, full of energy, and can be trained easily. Even though they have all those good traits, I couldn’t picture having a Corgi as a K-9 hero in my new South Beach Security K-9 series. After much thought, I chose a Belgian Malinois as the K-9 hero in SABOTAGE OPERATION, the first book in the series. A Belgian Malinois is protective and smart and the breed was once also used as herding dogs but they’re now a favorite of law enforcement and the military. Still, I think that if I were to own a dog, it would be a Corgi. What about you? Would you pick a Corgi, Belgian Malinois, or do you have some other favorite breed?
