Summer 2010

Growing up on Florida's Gulf Coast, I could never understand the excitement that children in novels from my little library felt when school let out.  Summer?  You mean that season when the temperature rose into the 90s, humidity deepened into a thick malaise, and the best I could hope for was a shady spot and a paper fan?

 

Now, of course, having lived in cooler climes, I understand the fascination, not to mention the now prevalent use of air-conditioning.  Summer is for me, at last, a favorite season.  The fact that my newest novel is usually released in July helps a lot.  This summer's no exception.  Fortunate Harbor, the second novel in the Happiness Key trilogy, went on sale today.  If you're reading this during the period from June 29th to July 6th, you'll find a coupon for $1.50 savings to use during that time right here on my blog. 

 

This is a year of multiple publications for me.  Happiness Key came out in mass market format in June, and now Fortunate Harbor.  In September, Mira Books reissues Iron Lace with a lovely new cover, and in October, Berkley Prime Crime, puts out the newest of my Ministry is Murder mysteries, A Truth for a Truth.  In November, Rising Tides, the sequel to Iron Lace, is reissued, again with a brand new cover.

 

Am I finished?  Not quite.  I'm told one of my former romances, Mail Order Matty, is being reissued in December.  Stay tuned on that one.

 

I just got back from a book tour with four other authors (see news) and plan to do a radio tour (my favorite kind since I can do it at home in shorts and flip flops) and blog touring, as well.  But my big plan?  To finish Sunset Bridge, book three of the Happiness Key trilogy, and make it the best of the bunch.  We'll see if I pull that off. 

 

I hope your summers are filled with friends, cool breezes and happy endings in your favorite novels.