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Mr. Laurann and I got up super early on Weds morning and our neighbor drove us to L.A.X. We got there and everything was great...boarded the plane...and then sat there for a few hours because there was an issue with a smoke alarm. At one point we were sitting on a totally dead plane since they had to shut everything off to reboot the system. By the time we took off and landed...we'd missed our connecting flight. We had to take another one to a different airport than we planned to land at...about 5 hours behind schedule and worse...our luggage didn't end up on the plane with us. Nope. It was in Philly and we were in Ohio. So...no clothes until the next day. That might not have been so bad but I had a food accident in the hotel room and so I was trapped without pants in the room! LOL! Yeah, go ahead and laugh. I can...NOW. Mr. Laurann was my hero and rushed by taxi to Walmart the next morning to buy me clothes.

The parties were awesome!!! Mr. Laurann and I dressed up for the caveman party. See picture below...

My outfit for the futuristic didn't work out so well. (Darn breasts...lesson learned...try on costume next time!!! LOL). I won three awards. I included a picture. (They are SOOO pretty that this picture doesn't do them justice!)

One was a thank you for being one of ten authors who were involved in a testing for pricing at third party retailers. One was for No Fear of Commitment. If you weren't aware, I signed a 75 book contract with Ellorascave in July. Yes, 75! LOL. If you know me at all or read this blog, you know that's not so scary for me. I have books I wrote before I was published and I'm a writeaholic. Plus... I LOVE ELLORASCAVE! I don't think I can say that enough. I love working with them, I just love writing for them, and now you know you're going to see a lot more books...for sure! LOL. The third award was for Super-Sexy Shifters. won it! Yippee!!! The awards are really beautiful and they are currently sitting close on my desk. I stare at the pretties A LOT! LOL!

I know I had to include this news. Caveman Angelo won the . He's on some of my covers, a REALLY fantastic guy, and um...here's a picture of him along with the other Cavemen who posed for a picture with me for one of the awards. Angelo is the tall one to the far left standing up. They were all really great guys, very charming, and um...they can all dance! Yeah. You really want to go to Romanticon 2012 to see them put on the shows they do. LOL!

Next year we're going to Romanticon 2012!!! I wouldn't miss it!!! I can't wait until they release the details because I'll be reserving that hotel room and booking flights! LOL. If you can...I hope to see you there next year. For those of you who were able to make it this year... Wasn't it AWESOME??? We really had a blast!!!

On a book note... should be getting a cover real soon. October 14th is coming up!!! I really have fun writing them. More books will be coming! I'm writing books for ALL of my series. I was able to update and turn in Justice from New Species before I left for Romanticon. I don't have a release date yet but I'm hopeful for November. December at the latest I'm sure. I'm updating the remaining original 9 as quickly as possible but it's not easy doing all that editing. LOL! It does show me how far I've come over the years. I'm going line by line over the books updating, fixing, and smoothing them out.

In my personal life...my son's birthday is tomorrow. He's going to be seven. It's really emotional for me. I won't go into all the gory details but I had a pregnancy condition that turned really bad. My son was born 2 months premature, it nearly cost both of us our lives, and poor Mr. Laurann faced losing us both. We're fighters though and we pulled through. It was a long, hard recovery road, but my son turns seven tomorrow. When he was born they thought he'd never walk, talk, or have any kind of normal life. He had years of going to specialists, physical therapy, and learning support. Today you'd never know to look at him that he's not a normal, happy, regular kid unless he were to pull up his shirt and you saw the scars on his chest. He didn't sit up until he was a year and a half old, couldn't walk until he was two, but by the time he was 3...he was running! He's in a class with other kids his age and I couldn't be prouder of him. He's one brave, strong, tough kid!!!

So yeah...I always think back to that horrible night my world turned into a nightmare when I started to hemorrhage at 32 weeks and realized we probably weren't going to make it. I don't know how both of us survived, to be honest, and it was a miracle. My son was on life support for the first week of his life, had to undergo two surgeries within hours of his birth, and didn't come home from the NICU for a month. He was 4 pounds the day we brought him home. SOOO small! I actually have a picture of him inside a 12 inch Christmas stocking. I show people that stocking and they are shocked at seeing the picture, that he was that small. LOL! Here he is. This was his first Christmas. So...happy birthday to my brave little guy!!!

Have a great weekend! I'll be at a birthday party and working on more books!!!

Last year at when we were checking our hotel room to make sure we didn't leave anything behind...I remember thinking... I'll be back next year! And tomorrow...I'll be back! LOL!!! It seemed like soooo long to wait for 2011 as we walked out of that room, heading for the front desk to check out, and hang out in the lobby waiting for our ride to the airport. The year passed and it's that time again! WHOO HOOO!!!!

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We don't take vacations. We have kids ages 6, 8, and 12 still at home. It's tough finding someone to step into our home and care for three of them. My mother-in-law is going to do that. BRAVE woman but she used to be a cop so...she can handle our brood. LOL! is our one and only trip a year and we look forward to it like you can't imagine. It's the time when Mr. Laurann and I can have fun, relax, enjoy being just a couple for those 5 magical days, and is SO MUCH FUN! The parties are a blast, the workshops are amazing, and meeting everyone...priceless!

It's hectic preparing for a trip. Buying everything we want to take, getting the kids situated so they are set, and buying promo items is time consuming. I think I have the house all ready for my MIL to move right in to step into our shoes to take over caring for the kids. I even bought her ice cream and her sodas. Now...it's all just a matter of making sure everything last minute is done and making it to the airport on time! SO EXCITED!!!

I plan to take lots of pictures to post on facebook. I bought a new laptop since my kids use mine. I didn't want to leave them without a computer. My desktop that I write on is OFF LIMITS for anyone to touch...EVER! LOL. That's a story that involves one of them playing a game and it getting a virus...and yeah. So the new law is NO ONE touches my desktop. I probably won't be able to keep up with my emails (sorry) but I will respond to them after we return.

The questions to the most asked questions - LOL - Yes, I plan to write more books in ALL of my series. Justice is the next New Species books. 9 books were written originally, I am updating them ASAP, and plan to write brand new ones once I get the first 9 sent in. More Zorn - Yes. Coto, Vhon, and Vinlotti are on my 'to write' list. Ryder will be the next Raines book. Cousin Brand's story the next Mating Heat book. releases at Ellorascave on Oct 14th at 9 am Ohio time. (I have to mention that because there was an issue when came out. I guess EC got a LOT of emails starting at midnight...from other countries...LOL). Nook users...Valiant was FINALLY loaded at B&N today. Here's the

Onyx and Sky are getting books for the Cyborg series. (Trying to remember all the questions I get asked the most...tapping my forehead...LOL) Books are loaded 1-3 weeks to other sites (Kindle, nook, ARE) after they release at Ellorascave but sometimes faster. Valiant went up on Kindle in 2 days. I still don't have a release date for the Something Wicked This Way Comes anthologies but I believe word is that the first one will release sometime in October! I wrote a story for each of the four volumes. One is a futuristic hot alien story. Two involve sexy vampires (my first vampire ones that will be published but I used to write some vampire books before I was published), and then there's a shifter story. They are not related to any of my series books. They are something new, something fresh, and you don't need to play catch up by reading other books to read them. : )

The fastest way possible to get news from me on upcoming books or what I'm working on is friend me at Facebook. I am addicted to using it, I'm on there often, and I respond. I don't have an author page on there since I love being able to get messages and the author pages don't have 'message' buttons. Feel free to contact me at will. LOL! I do have a twitter but I don't use it near as much as facebook. (Mentioned I'm addicted, right??? LOL!) I think I covered everything. (fingers crossed).

I hope everyone has a fantastic week/weekend! SO EXCITED about !!! If you are there...find me! I have romance trading cards to pass out and I'll even have Mr. Laurann carry some around so you can snag him too if you want them!!! For those of you who aren't able to make it...I plan to give some of them away after I get back. I bought a TON of them and if I run out...I can always order more. LOL!!!

The 7th Cyborg Seduction book - Taunting Krell has an Oct 14th release date!!! Here's the . I'm really happy it's coming out so soon. I do plan to more books in the series in the near future. The excerpt and blurb are up at Ellorascave. : ) Here's the blurb...

Book 7 in the Cyborg Seduction series.

Krell hates humans. They left him scarred and undesirable to females. He's lived a lonely existence in his home world because of their brutality. He is angry when he's ordered to interrogate the captured human but she's the enemy, a soldier from Earth. He'll show her the same mercy they showed him. None.

Cyan didn't expect to survive her mission against the Marcus Models but she was stunned and elated when she was confronted by cyborgs. The past and present collide when she sees Krell. He is part of a dangerous secret from another life but he is completely irresistible to her.

Krell is persuaded to keep Cyan in his home while he learns everything about her. He's certain she can't be trusted but she uses her body to distract him. He's determined to keep her at a distance but Cyan is just as determined to get the big, sexy cyborg into her bed.

In other news - Slade won book of the week at Whipped Cream reviews. Here's a .


I'd also really like to say thank you EVERYONE! It's been a really great week for me. came out and the feedback has been amazing! I'm so happy that this series is so welcomed by so many. I'm thrilled to say that all three books - , , and have been staying on the top 100 Best sellers list in Romance at Kindle. It's been awesome to see them on it. There's another dream come true for me. LOL.

This has been an amazing month for me. I'm celebrating A LOT. Two years ago this month Ral's Woman came out and I became a published author. I met Mr. Laurann in September of 1989 so it's the anniversary of our first date. A friend of mine who knew him introduced us. My oldest daughter turned 20. I'm also gearing up to go to Romanticon!!! I'm mostly packed, totally ready to take 2 flights to reach Ohio with Mr. Laurann, and looking forward to it. Last year I met so many amazing people, had such a good time at the events and workshops, and it's just a fun time to be had. Here's a .

I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

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I am happy to say Valiant was loaded super quickly. I get about 60 emails a day asking when it will load there. LOL. Now I'll have more free time to write since I won't be answering that question. It's up!!! Whooo Hoooo!

I want to thank everyone for the wonderful and supportive emails I've gotten over this series. I can't state enough that I'm floored and humbled to be where I am and that so many people are reading the books. I used to write in all my free time, year after year, and to be honest...I got a LOT of crap for it sometimes. I wrote New Species and I honestly never thought more than a handful of my friends would ever read them. I wrote them out of love, they were my outlet in life, and my 'happy place'. It never crossed my mind that they'd actually get published one day in the future. I dreamed but did I think it would really happen? It was a nice dream. Just a dream.

To be able to go back and salvage them...and for them to do so well...WOW. It's like the much younger me and the older one are connected again. She had REALLY BAD writing habits, horrible spelling, and a tendency to write redundant sentences a lot...(LOL) but one thing never changed as I grew older. I love a good story and the characters.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I should be able to finish cleaning up Justice's story. Life happened, it does that, and I'm behind a bit. I'm not kidding when I say it takes longer to edit my old books and fix them than it does to write a new book. It's worth every minute though. It reminds me why I was so obsessed with this series. I'm having a blast and can't wait to fix the next book. Taunting Krell should be getting a release date really soon. I'm guessing we'll know the date by the end of next week at the latest.

Valiant is out! Whoo Hooo! I'm happy to say that I've gotten some wonderful feedback already. I apologize that I wasn't able to post this earlier. It was one of those days where I literally got a few hours of sleep, jumped out of bed, and rushed out the door! I just got home a short while ago, answered some emails while I ate something, and now I'm updating the blog. LOL!

I'm amazed and touched at the outpouring of emails I've received over the New Species. I was really worried about releasing them. I wrote them a long time ago, my writing style was VERY different, and while I've gone line by line to update and correct my old bad writing habits...I wasn't sure if I could clean them up enough to make them shine. I added in cell phones, tried to weed out the references that dated the books, and had a few good laughs over words I used to use. Rad was one of them. LOL. Remember that one? It was rad, man! LOL!!! It isn't easy to tackle long books to edit line by line but reading my old books was like going home to visit family after a long absence. I remembered why I was so obsessed with them for the years I wrote them, and now I'm back in their world. When I finish updating the original nine, finish the three other books that were nearly completed, I do plan to write brand new books in the series.

I'm currently over half way done with going over the 4th book - Justice. I get asked a lot for a list of the first nine books. Some of the names have been changed already and I'm not sure if the others will have to get a name change. I can tell you that Justice is #4. Tiger is #7. Brass has a story but his was only mostly done when I had some health issues and had to take a year off writing. That's when I stopped writing this series. I will finish that story for Brass. I have partials that I started on some of the characters you've met. Harley, as an example. I wrote the first three chapters of his book. I saved all my old computers and I was able to find and salvage all those partial stories from them. Yippee!

In other news...Taunting Krell should get a release date and a book cover really soon! That's the 7th Cyborg book. I plan to write more books in the Cyborg, Zorn, Mating Heat, and Riding the Raines series. I am not sure which book I'll finish next. I'm a mood writer, I get obsessed with a character, and that's who gets finished first. LOL!

I'm all geared up for Romanticon. If you're going...AWESOME! I'll have Romance Trading Cards on me to pass out wherever I go so please come say 'Hi' to get yours. I'm also bringing promo items for the area Ellorascave has for that. Plus...I'll bring even more stuff for the book signing. Let's just say I'm bringing a third suitcase since I need it to take all that stuff with me. If you're not going...I'm sorry. When I get back from Romanticon I'll probably run some contests and send out some promo items to winners. Yippee! Here's the link to

I ALWAYS get asked this. All my books release at Ellorascave first, then are sent to other book stores 1-3 weeks later when they load on sites like B&N, Amazon, ARE, and others. I never know exactly when they are loaded to each site. I check daily and then post the links on Facebook.

Have a fantastic week!!!

Slade has been added to kindle! Here's a I haven't found it yet on other sites. I'm happy it loaded there so fast.



In other news...Fury is up for book of the week at Whipped Cream. If you have a moment...please vote this weekend.





to vote! Thank you.



Krell's story has been send in! I am hopeful it will get an October release date. As soon as I have the official title of the 7th Cyborg book...I'll post it!



I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!!!

COMING SOON - September 14

Book 3 in the New Species series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series.

Tammy has always tried to be prepared for any calamity life might send her way but she never imagined a sexy, lion man-beast in her future. He's huge, got the most exotic, golden cat-eyes she's ever seen, and she's so terrified she's speechless for the first time in her life. He's stalking closer, growling at her, and she's too terrified to even flee.

Valiant hates humans. But when he gets a whiff of the adorable human female who has invaded his territory, he starts rethinking that. Her fear scents of pure, sweet temptation and the closer he gets, the more appealing she becomes. Once he's got his hands on her, he isn't about to let her go. One thought will change his life. MINE!

Before Tammy can regain her senses, she's flat on her back in Valiant's bed. Now he just has to use every inch of his big, buff body to convince her that she should stay with him forever.

So happy that it's coming out so soon! I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

Today is the DAY! Slade is coming out at Ellorascave!!! This is the second New Species book in the series and WOW...I'm so thrilled to finally get these books out after all these years. It's like seeing my past and present meet up...and it's just AWESOME!!! It reminds me of how I used to dream of being published one day....how sometimes it seemed it would never happen, yet I never gave up hoping. I would spend all my free time writing stories year after year and it made me happy to have that outlet. Writing became like breathing to me, a part of me, just...who I am. To get this series published...it reminds me how blessed I am and that dreams CAN come true no matter how long it takes!!! It's amazing and makes me want to cry in a good way!!! Thank you!!!



I'm sharing a release date with my critique partner, Kele Moon today!!! I'm so excited to do that! She writes some SUPER hot stuff that never fails to pull me in until I'm so emerged in the story that I'm actually FEELING her characters. They cry, I'm crying. They are happy, I'm grinning. I feel privileged to get to read her books before they come out and have her read my books. Plus...she's a fantastic person. Warm, funny, and has become my best friend. I hope you check out her latest and greatest, plus her other books. She writes M/F, M/M/F, and this is a M/M. HOT STUFF!







Fury has finally landed on Kindle for everyone who has emailed me to ask...WHEN? LOL! It's there! I know what the next question will be... When will Slade hit Kindle? I don't know. I can tell you it usually takes anywhere from a week to possibly three weeks to hit kindle, nook, and the other sites. I'm HOPING it hits kindle within a week. FINGERS CROSSED.



In other news... the dates haven't been released yet for when the anthologies are coming out but I'll let you know when I hear them. Promise. My fingers are crossed that Valiant, the third New Species book, will get a Sept release date. I just finished writing Krell's story and I'll be sending it in as soon as Kele reads it and tells me how I did. I'm sending it to her this weekend. I'm just reading over it one more time to make sure I didn't forget anything. (LOVE this story, B.T.W) I don't have an official title to share, I have to have the one I tagged it with approved first, but I'll let you know when I do. Fingers crossed....again...maybe an October release date for Krell's story. : )



I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Fury has finally been added to Kindle! If you click on the cover it will take you there. I'm so glad it's up. LOL! I get a lot of emails and asked on my social networking sites (facebook and twitter) about WHEN...so it's there! I'm hoping that after Slade is released...it comes up faster!



Speaking of Slade...





It comes out FRIDAY! This is a plus sized novel.

Book 2 in the New Species series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series.

Dr. Trisha Norbit is flat on her back in a hospital bed, pinned under a really big New Species male. Though drugged out of his mind, he promises her ecstasy and is determined to deliver—but hospital staff intervenes. 215 is a man Trisha will never forget. But, when she meets him again at Homeland…he doesn't even remember her!

The nosy new doctor wants to know all about the breeding habits between humans and Species. Slade proposes a hands-on education but s

But, when her life is in danger, he's the only one who can save her. As they flee through the wilderness, their desire ignites and cannot be denied. Hot sex, on the run, has consequences that are even more dangerous and will change their lives forever.

Reader Advisory: There is a scene of an attempted rape.

And as for the next release...I don't have a date but it will be Valiant - the third New Species book. I'm really HOPING for a September release date! I don't have an official blurb to release yet. You'll meet Valiant in Slade's and Doc Trisha's story. He's been mixed with lion DNA and humans aren't his favorite! LOL!



I am slowly updating the original nine books. I took a break between Valiant and the 4th book (Justice) to finish up a few books I'd been working on in my spare time. Krell's story (7th Cyborg) is finished. I'm just going over it, fixing anything that needs fixed, and then I'm sending it to my critique partner. She'll let me know what she thinks and if I need to work on his story a bit more. If not...I'll send it IN to Ellorascave! WHOO HOO!!! After that I'm going to work more on Cousin Brand's story from Mating Heat. It's over half done. The plan after that is to clean up books #4 and #5 in the New Species books. Then it's back to writing new stuff. Zorn and Raines will get my attention. That's my master plan at least. Things could change but yeah... right now that's what I've scheduled. I write by the seat of my pants but I am trying to get better at keeping a list of what to write and when. We'll see how it goes! LOL!!!



I haven't gotten word yet on the Anthology release dates for Something Wicked This Way Comes but I'll be sure to let you know when I do!!!





I'm also counting down to !!! Omg! I'm sooooo excited to go!!! Mr. Laurann is going with me and we can't wait to board the planes (2 of them...each way!). I can almost hear that jacuzzi tub calling to me and to see everyone...WHOO HOOO! I had the BEST TIME EVER last year and this year is going to be bigger and better!!! If you can make it, I sure hope to see you there! I'll be the blonde frantically searching for iced coffee at any given time. LOL! I ordered romance trading cards along with a lot of the other authors so that should be a fun. I look forward to that too. I bought a binder to collect them myself. : )



Have a great week and is coming out FRIDAY!!! I'll post again. LOL!

Slade comes out NEXT WEEK!!! August 19th!!! I'm so excited to get this series out! I can't say it enough. Between updating Fury, Slade, and the third book (look below for the cover) Valiant... I also wrote some anthology stories that were accepted by Ellorascave. I'm so THRILLED to be a part of the Something Wicked This Way Comes anthologies!!! I don't have release dates on the anthologies or Valiant yet but it shouldn't be too long!!!



I get a lot of emails asking me to write faster!!! I laugh every time because I write seven days a week...every day...and LOVE what I do. Until a cover is released... most people don't know what an author is up to. I've had a super busy summer. came out last month. Slade this month, and hopefully (fingers crossed...) Valiant next month. They were written a long time ago but I had to update them to fix all my old bad writing habits and so they aren't dated from the time I originally wrote them. Updating is faster than writing entirely new books. I'm writing new ones for my current series, updating old, and slowly getting the books to you!!! (Or maybe not so slowly since there are 5 new covers on this blog! LOL!!!!)



Four of my stories are going to be in the 4 Volume anthology books for Something Wicked This Way Comes. I'm so honored to be a part of it with so many wonderful, talented authors!!! (Check out their names...WOW!!!) This summer has been AMAZING!!! Plus...I'm working on a book from each of my current series. Cyborg, Raines, Zorn, and Mating Heat. I don't know what order they'll finish in but I'm typing away at them!!! With the anthologies...you can expect a futuristic alien story, a werewolf story, and...two vampire stories!!! These will be my first published vampire ones. I could totally relate to them since over the summer I've tended to work while others slept to get as much writing in as possible. I've seen the sun rise many a time!



I'll post as soon as I get release dates for Valiant and the anthology books.

















































































































In my personal life...I broke a back tooth. I have no idea how it happened but OUCH! So I had to have it pulled. DOUBLE OUCH!!! I took pain pills yesterday so I didn't get anything done. I rarely take anything so when I do...they hit me hard. I was a slug on the couch and Mr. Laurann was WONDERFUL. He rubbed my feet and pampered me. I drifted in and out of sleep which helped since even with pills...not my best day ever! I'm feeling better today and refuse to take more pain pills since I can't write on them. I'm tough and pain doesn't bother me too bad so I'll 'big girl panties' it by putting them on and dealing with it. The hardest part, honestly, is learning how to drink my iced coffees without a straw! I'm sipping them from the top and WEIRD!!!







I hope everyone is looking forward to doing something fun this weekend!!! I'm going to finish a book I'm working on and then...it's off to finish the next one!!!