I saw this yesterday on the Today Show, and it was so interesting I thought I’d repost it here.

Food and sex are two of the strongest and most closely linked human desires.

“The satisfaction from eating a delicious meal and the satisfaction from having sex both activate pleasure receptors in the brain,” says Audrey T. Cross, Ph. D., formerly a professor of nutrition at Columbia University’s School of Public Health. “This explains why humans often associate eating with sex.” And while the notion of aphrodisiacs is largely unfounded, there are certain foods that can energize you, trigger your … Read more »

Forget the brouhaha between RWA and Harlequin. There’s a bigger, more vicious war going on and it involves princesses. Go HERE to see what all the hubbub’s about.

And since you’re popping around…Today I’m guesting at both Novel Spaces and Fresh Fiction. Stop by and say hi and enter to win a book!… Read more »

Letter from the RWA President:

Dear Members,

Romance Writers of America was informed of the new venture between Harlequin Enterprises and ASI Solutions to form Harlequin Horizons, a vanity/subsidy press. Many of you have asked the organization to state its position regarding this new development. As a matter of policy, we do not endorse any publisher’s business model. Our mission is the advancement of the professional interests of career-focused romance writers.

One of your member benefits is the annual National Conference. RWA allocates select conference resources to non-subsidy/non-vanity presses that meet the eligibility requirements to obtain those resources. Eligible publishers … Read more »

Summary: The ludicrous terms of her father’s will have police officer Hailey Roarke breaking into her cousin’s house in search of a small bronze statue.

When her cousin turns up murdered, Detective Shane Maxwell is assigned the case. He’s not an unfamiliar face. Shane and Hailey met the year before at his sister’s wedding and the two almost had sex. Though Shane is not entirely certain that Hailey didn’t kill her cousin, he finds himself putting his job in jeopardy to help her unravel the puzzle her father left and to prove her innocence. Along for the ride are various … Read more »

Excerpted from STOLEN SEDUCTION
Release Date: December 29, 2009
Dorchester

Shane hadn’t spoken a word to her on the boat ride back to Marathon. Hadn’t asked if she was okay or even looked her way. And Hailey tried not to read anything into that. Tried to tell herself she didn’t care whether he was worried about her mental health.

But it was hard. Especially when they climbed on the Roark Bombardier and she gave the pilot the coordinates from her father’s letter, found out they were heading to Jamaica, told Shane, and he still didn’t say a single word in … Read more »

Excerpted from MARKED
Release Date: May 2010
Dorchester

The air chilled, and the hair on the back of Theron’s neck stood up before he could question the child in-depth. Destiny forgotten, he edged toward the opening of the loft that looked down over the burned village. Then cursed long and low.

“Marissa,” Acacia said in a forceful voice, “Did Theron put you up to this?”

Theron moved as quickly and quietly as he could across the floor and grasped Acacia by the arm, pulling her up to his side. “We have a problem,” he said quietly into her ear.

She … Read more »

Shane tugged the baseball cap lower over her face and frowned. “Couldn’t you have found a Cubs hat on that rack? Shit, I’d even settle for a Red Sox cap at this point.”

“You don’t like the Yankees? They’re like America’s team.”

He stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and stared at her like she had three eyeballs. “You’re sick, you know that?”

Hailey couldn’t help it. She laughed. “It’s only baseball, Maxwell.”

He slapped a hand against his heart. “Only baseball? Only baseball? That’s only my heart you’re ripping to shreds and throwing on the sidewalk.”

She rolled … Read more »

My birthday cake, courtesy of the DH. (And yeah, I know it’s missing letters. But he gets points for trying.)

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I am obsessed with this:

How was your Halloween? Did you dress up? And I have to know…did you already know about the LFL????… Read more »