Psst! The name of the winner of my BAD contest can be found at the bottom of this message.

Well, the book is out. I hope I enticed you enough with snippets that you are eager to buy your own copy. When you read it, let me know how you liked it and whether you want more Red Stiletto stories.

Something nice happened the other day. I received a message from the Australian Romance Readers Association that Darkness Burning is a finalist for Favourite Erotic Romance for 2009! A very nice honor indeed. And you should see who is keeping me company in that category!

Favourite Erotic Romance
Bengal’s Heart / Lora Leigh
Bite My Fire / Mary Hughes
Caleb (The Shadow Wranglers) / Sarah McCarty
Claimed by the Wolf / Charlene Teglia
Darkness Burning / Delilah Devlin
Laid Bare / Lauren Dane
On These Silken Sheets / Sabrina Darby
Perfect Formation / KB Alan
Sweet Persuasion / Maya Banks
Taboo / Jess Michaels

This announcement is so timely because I just received the copyedits of Darkness Captured, DB’s sequel. That book will be out in September.

So, today that’s the first thing I’ll be working on. Then it’s right back to the big book for Berkley. I’ll be checking my email, so let me know when you get a chance to read Bad, Bad Girlfriend. I want to know if you laughed as hard as I did during that one particular scene…

There were 97 entries in the contest for the Amazon.com gift certificate. And many of you figured out how to enter as many as 6 times, increasing your odds. Smart. I won’t make you suffer and drag this out. The winner (by random number generator) is…Elise Crafton Antes! Elise—email me!