Happy Mother's Day!

For my mom, who is awesome:


and my Grandma, from whom I get my curly locks and stubborn temperament:



I can hear you laughing at my hair. You just wish you'd had hair that fierce back in the 80s.

While we're discussing fab moms and flashbacks, here's my baby godmother, who scanned a pic of us back in the 90s: cut for unrepentant substance use frizz:



ETA: Baby godmother is the woman with the big grin and middle finger waving freely. *G*

good reads!

Hey Gloria!

I'm reading Son of the Morning right now and it's AWESOME! I hope the Naked Gentleman worked out as well for you! :D

Incidentally, gentle readers, I must mention just how fabulous Sally MacKensie's Naked series is - Kayleigh Jamison got me started on them and now we're going through the whole series! They are Regency through and through, and while more risque than a traditional Cartland, but it's appropriate for a Regency, if that makes sense. It's got the playful banter and underlying sexual tension and it's...like chocolate mousse - decadent and light as air.

I'll post more about Son of the Morning later, but for now I'm totally sucked into it. The hero's a hunky Scot, and there's time travel, and Grace, the heroine is awesome - intelligent and attractive, but not too much - not Mary Sue perfect.

Spellbound is #7 on Fictionwise!

Aphrodite's Apples anthology Spellbound - Tales of Mischief & Mayhem is currently ranked as the 7th top selling Horror title over at Fictionwise! It features my short, Connacht the Immortal. Check it out:

http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/HorroreBooks.htm

This was a Halloween release with a limited run last October, but it looks like this deliciously spooky anthology has risen from the mists and come back to haunt us. ;)

For more information, check out Spellbound here:

http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook45685.htm?cached

Auction for the Cure!

Join Brenda Novak and Aphrodite's Apples Press in the search for a cure for diabetes! Brenda’s Third Annual On-line Auction for Diabetes Research is on now, and Aphrodite's Apples has an eBook packet, worth $50 up for sale! It includes includes titles by Nikki Watson, Katrina Strauss, Kayleigh Jamison, HS Kinn, Yolanda Sfetsos, Candice Gilmer, LA Taylor, Alisha Steele, Ivana Peters and many more! Bidding is open now!

I also urge you to check out the rest of Brenda's auction, she has some simply amazing goodies! Diabetes affects over 20 million people in the United States alone, and someone you know and love is affected by this disease. I'll be bidding for my mother-in-law, who has diabetes. Do it for someone you love, and do it now!

--H