Hello Readers!

Hope your summer is going well so far and if you're in one of the "hot zones" that you are managing to keep cool and semi-sane. And I just wanted to drop you a quick note to test the new mail program.

It's been a busy summer in the office here...finishing up revisions on Dragon's Lair -- a paranormal contemporary for Silhouette Nocturne and working on the last "commanded" installment. The second in the series, a November 2007 release, is titled "Bedded By Her Lord" and while it is available for preorder on amazon, there's no cover available yet (can you hear the whine?). We'll have an excerpt up on the site asap -- within the week, I hope.

Outside of the writing, I've spent some time trying to get a presence online. LOL -- ok, I've been majorly procrastinating. You can check out my "play time" activities on MySpace - Bebo - Shelfari - and Blogger. As far as I'm concerned, that's enough play time for me.

I'd really rather be writing or reading. Speaking of which, what was on the top of your summer reading list? I've been lucky enough to find time for:

Raintree: Inferno by Linda Howard
Raintree: Haunted by Linda Winstead Jones
Raintree: Sanctuary by Beverly Barton
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian
Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands

Not bad for someone who isn't into Vampire books. LOL -- guess I just needed to be in the right mood.

The only other story I've had time for is an unedited manuscript of the next Elizabeth Vaughan novel...Dagger-Star. All I can say is...yummmm...if you read and liked Beth's Warlands series you're in for a treat come next spring.

And now it's time to get back to hitting the keys.

Stay cool, enjoy the rest of summer and I'll catch you in the fall. Until then...

Take care,

Denise