RITA nomination!

I'm beyond thrilled to announce that my November 2008 book THE COWBOY'S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE, a Silhouette Special Edition, was named a RITA® finalist by Romance Writers of America. This is considered by most to be the premier award in romance fiction and it's an incredible honor to be nominated in contemporary series romance.

This is my third nomination, and I must confess, it never gets old!

Free ebook!

My 2006 title DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT, book 2 in my Cowboys of Cold Creek series, is now available for free download from many places, including http://www.harlequincelebrates.com. The book is only going to be free throughout 2009, so hurry to get your copy! DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT won Romantic Times' best Silhouette Special Edition of 2006 and also the Reviewers' Choice International prestigious RIO Award of Excellence for best short contemporary of 2006.

Here's the back cover copy:

"Lt. Magdalena Cruz had come home ... but it wasn't the way she'd envisioned her return. And though all she wanted was to be alone, infuriatingly handsome Dr. Jake Dalton -- of the enemy Daltons -- wouldn't cooperate. And she needed him to, because the walls around her heart were dangerously close to crumbling every time he came near ...

Jake had spent most of his life trying to get closer to Maggie, with little to show for it. But she was the woman he'd always wanted, and no injury in the world could change that. Now if only he could convince her that the woman who stood before him was beautiful, desirable, whole ... and meant to be his ..."

The other two books in the series are still available at various outlets. The first book in the trilogy is LIGHT THE STARS – SSE #1748/ISBN 0-373-24748-6 and the third is DALTON'S UNDOING – SSE #1765/ISBN0-373-24764-8. Maggie and Jake also show up in my latest release, THE COWBOY'S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE - SSE #1933/ISBN 0-373-24933-6