New Love Stories Magazine

New Love Stories Magazine launches in January...with my story, Culinary Magic, on page 6!

Google Alerts

If not for Google Alerts, I wouldn't have known I was nominated for a CAPA Award.

Psyche Award: (The Psyche Award is a category for romances that did not meet the nomination criteria but that our reviewers felt deserved special recognition.)

Found by Jenna Bayley-Burke (The Wild Rose Press)

It is a HUGE list of stories that were nominated, but still cool, yes?

Z is for zipped up!

I did it! I zipped up an alphabet of blog posts. Good to know I can actually pull it off.

Y is for Yule Log

Because it plays on TV every Christmas...

X is for X-posted

X-posted...has to be yahell-speak if ever there was such a thing. But it is darned handy...especially when you have a book coming out on the 29th (which Amazon claims to be shipping now!)

Her Cinderella Complex
She’s got the man—and the wedding—of her dreams. If only love were part of the fantasy.


Her Cinderella Complex is a sweet romance about a woman who is dreaming of happily ever after with a man who views their relationship as yet another business transaction. I enjoyed watching the development of their relationship. -- Gotta Write Network

"The characters were splendid and jumped off the pages. The whole concept of the story was very intriguing and was enough to keep me glued to the pages until I finished the book. Would this happen in the real world? It would be very nice if it did and I was Heather. The sexual tension was exactly where it needed to be." - Fallen Angel Reviews

"This is a fantastic story with very strong characters who were beautifully written and I immediately fell in love with both of them." The Good, The Bad, and the Unread

"Her Cinderella Complex was a wonderfully sexy and fun book...Their sexual encounters were extremely erotic...Her Cinderella Complex is the first book that I have read by Ms. Bayley-Burke and it won't be the last." The Romance Studio

"Her Cinderella Complex is a delightful gem that had me laughing out loud and rooting for these two people to make it. Just when I’d think I had the plot figured out the author, Jenna Bayley-Burke would throw me a curve, which kept me on my toes, and interested in finding out what happened next! The relationship between Heather and Curtis is a welcome and refreshing change from the typical alpha male and the all-too-willing-to-agree female pairings that tend to dominate these types of love stories. This is a fast-paced book that will not only have you smiling but enjoying the hot, steamy and sometime funny love scenes. At no point does the story drag. So do yourself a favor and treat yourself to having a good time while reading Her Cinderella Complex ." - Literary Nymphs

W is for Wikipedia Tours

Daily Lit has divided up classic novels and will send snippets to your inbox - Dickens is so much more worthwhile than those sale ads from the Gap. I've done a couple books from there...classics work better for me than contemporary stories. Probably because the classics were written to be read in installments. Anyway...

Daily Lit has Wikipedia tours...a bit o' learnin' in your email every day. Educate yourself about :

Wikipedia Tour: Wine 101
Wikipedia Tour: Wonders of the World
Wikipedia Tour: Famous Poets
Wikipedia Tour: Masterpieces of Western Art

and lots more! Better than a daily calendar! I'm thinking of doing the art one.

V is for Violin

I can play the violin, clarinet, and piano. Not well, mind you. In fact I doubt I could manage more than Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...but I can play.

Can you plan an instrument?