Yeah, I knew you’d have to stop and read a message with that title. 😆

My webmistress and I have given my website a much needed update. If you haven’t perused the pages in a while, you’ll want to check out the “Books/Coming Soon” and “For Readers” pages in particular. If you’d like bookmarks or signed bookplates, you can take a peek at what I have there.

I’ve spent the past two days thinking about writing, preparing to write, talking about writing—but guess what? No pages!!! And this morning I have to do the bills, so you know I’m going to lollygag around with that until I’ve frittered away the whole day. Why do I hate revisions so much?

BTW—I finished Stone’s Embrace yesterday! Whew!

I opened up my email yesterday to find news that would warm any author’s heart. Just Erotic Romance reviewed both Saddled and Texas Men and loved them! They gave both stories 5 stars! Here are some snippets:

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“…I couldn’t put this story down! It was danger, betrayal, sexy and fun all rolled together into the perfect erotic romance. The plot was brilliant, and the characters unique…The sexual scenes will make you clamp your knees together and dream of a sexy cowboy or two of your own. They were hot, spicy and plentiful throughout…This is a great story, but a word of caution—don’t start it unless you have time to finish it—you won’t want to put it down.”

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Bound and Determined
“…Tara and Cody are like two peas in a pod. They are loners who have an insatiable lust which can only be sated by each other…Cody’s playful, teasing ways towards Tara ignites the chemistry between them providing readers with a sensual, erotic and romantic love scenes…I found their insecurities and fears quite realistic making it easy to relate to these characters. The secondary characters are quite funny providing Tara and Cody with either a helpful hand or just making our main characters squirm a little bit. The most memorable part of this story is the fun and games that Tara and Cody put each other through in bed. Hot, hot and hot!”

Breezy Ridin’
“…Sarah is a spoiled, mischievous, defiant trouble maker that seems to get Joe all riled up. [Joe’s] possessiveness and his need to dominate her attract Sarah and she constantly tries to defy him to get under his skin while enjoying the repercussions. Adding Logan Ross to their sensual chemistry and you get a wicked and kinky kind of sexual battle that will raise any reader’s internal temperature to boiling point…don’t forget to turn up your AC, you’ll definitely need it.”

Night Watch
“…Amy and Logan are quite the opposite in every way except for how they feel about each other. Amy is a straight-laced woman whose libido is craving to surface and Logan is the man who can unveil that side of her. Logan is a Dom who seems to be missing something in his life and Amy is the one who can fill that void. I love how he finds her quirkiness very appealing and how at times she finds the way he introduces his world to her quite bizarre, when in retrospect his purpose is to seduce her…Night Watch is an emotional and erotic story that I couldn’t put down. Ms. Devlin has definitely created three very hot stories about three intriguing females who has lassoed themselves three very hot Texas men.”

Progress on Stone’s Embrace

I’m this close to being done with this book—if I can figure out how to wrap it up. I usually have an ending in mind when I reach this point, but not this time! I hope this isn’t going to be one of those days when I write a scene, scrap a scene, and then try to rewrite it again because it sucked.

The book is decidedly strange, even for me. And I don’t understand this fascination with Hell I have. I won’t give away the story, but I will say that the Hades was so much fun to write that I might have to give him his own HEA.

What’s next? I have the fourth Dark Realm story to revise. Should take me about a week. Then, finally, I can start something shiny and new. Got any suggestions what you might like to see next?

On another note, I want to say thank you to everyone who’s sent me a note regarding Saddled. I’m thrilled my debut book with Samhain was so well-recieved. I’ve gotten more letters from readers for this book than any other in a long, long time.

Guess I should write more sexy cowboys. 😀

I’ll be talking about my current guilty pleasure (hint: he’s an American Idol contestant). Stop by and share your favorite to win.

Writing went well today. I surpassed my planned page count and turned in copy edits for HAVE SEX WILL TRAVEL. And I started getting the pool ready for warm weather. Ever have to skim pollen scum off water?

Anyway, so my brain’s a bit fried and I’m ready for bed, but I thought I’d let you know what’s coming for those of you who like to track that sort of thing.

Here’s the list of all the releases I have scheduled for the rest of the year. There might be one or two more, but it depends on how quickly I get those stories out the door.

04/24/09 – UNLEASHING THE TIGER, Altered States series (Ellora’s Cave)
06/10/09 – LOCKDOWN (Ellora’s Cave)
06/23/09 – STONE’S EMBRACE, Captive Souls series (Samhain)
06/23/09 – DARKNESS BURNING (Avon Red)
06/30/09 – HOTBLOODED, Tempted by a Cowboy anthology (Kensington Aphrodisia)
08/??/09 – HAVE SEX WILL TRAVEL, Sexy Little Numbers anthology (Black Lace)
09/01/09 – THE HIRED HAND, Lesbian Cowboy anthology (Cleis)
10/??/09 – FRANNIE & THE PRIVATE DICK (Ellora’s Cave)
11/10/09 – RIDE A COWBOY, To Serve and Protect anthology (Ellora’s Cave and Pocket Books)

A couple of those are retreads. Frannie appeared in the NIBBLES ‘N’ BITS anthology. RIDE A COWBOY was released last year in A HOT MAN IS THE BEST REVENGE. But if you haven’t read either, you get another shot!

Progress on Stone’s Embrace

Okay, think about it. Winter’s over. You’ve prepared your planting beds in March—April’s time to plant those seeds and nurture their growth.

Let me make that analogy personal. I’ve planned new projects, plotted out the chapters, and now it’s time to write the proposals I will send out by month’s end. It’s a fertile time, both physically and mentally. Make the most of it!

There is the little problem of a book that was due like yesterday! I have some wiggle room—until next Monday, but I really wanted to get it in on time. I feel like I’m eating into one of my “fertile” weeks finishing it off. Think positive thoughts for me. I also have to add pages to another project for an editor who wanted a little bit more to make a decision. Wish I could jump on it, but again, that fertile time, new seeds and all, isn’t happening until I finish that too. Maybe April’s gonna be a bust for me.