Thanks to everyone who kept this blog so lively over the past few days! This is the end of this contest, but be watching because in a few days, I will be announcing another contest to celebrate the releases of Darkness Burning and Tempted by a Cowboy!

Following are the names of the current winners. The lucky ones need to send me an email to let me know where to deliver their prizes!

* The autographed copy of TEXAS MEN or DOWN IN TEXAS goes to…Lyoness2009!
* The autographed copy of ALLURING TALES: HOT HOLIDAY NIGHTS goes to…Heather Brewer!
* The free download of any one of my Ellora’s Cave backlisted stories goes to…Tamika!

Thought I’d post this quick. I’ll be back later with photos from the conference, but I didn’t want you to have to wait a minute longer. I got up at the butt-crack of dawn to cut and paste all the entries into a single document, thinking I’d use the scissors and put all your names into a big bowl.

But I had 27 pages of entries when I was done! So, I cut out the comments and just kept the names and that took me down to 7 pages of single-line entries!

Still too many. So, I added numbers to each line, then went to an online random number picker and voila! The generator chose “69”—no kidding.

Lucky number 69 is…

But wait. Before I announce the first winner, let me just say how much I enjoyed reading through all those comments—from all three sites where you entered. Some of you were very, very persistent! I hope it paid off.

Okay, lucky number 69 is…Becky Ward!

The winner of the multicultural stash was much easier to choose with only one day worth of entries. That winner is lucky number 16…Eva Sikka!

I need both Becky and Eva to send me an email with your snail mail addresses. Congratulations! Thanks to everyone for playing!

Oh, and I have two more winners to announce later today. One is my March website contest winner—I know April’s almost gone but I forgot!! Bad author! And I have the winner to a contest I ran on the Aphrodisia loop a while ago. Again, mea culpa! Be looking for the new contest rules on my contest page later today!

I’m baaaack! And oh, my aching feet. I napped yesterday evening in front of the TV, slept solid for about nine hours when I finally managed to get off the couch. I can’t believe how tired I was. I thought I’d paced myself well this time around. Ha!

I brought back a nice stash for my winner. And I have another box I’d like to put together as well of multicultural books. So, if anyone would like to be considered for the multicultural stash, send me an email! Email Me!

I’ll post winners tomorrow and start sharing my RT photos and stories. I had a great time—reconnected with friends, met new friends, drank way too much!! Oh, I did work too. I have an exciting new project that my buddy Sasha White and I pitched to our Samhain editor, but more about that later!

I’m glad to be back. Be patient for a day and then I’ll make an announcement. I have other prize winners that I will be mailing stuff to this week as well, so if you’ve been wondering…I got a little behind trying to get out the door to Orlando. This is catch-up week!

Thanks to everyone for posting. I can’t believe how busy this place has been while I was gone!

Today, I’ll be blogging at Access Romance and talking about the conference I’m flying to today. The contest is still ongoing. Don’t miss a chance for another entry. Remember, one lucky winner will get a box full of conference goodies!

Just a reminder! The Unleashing the Tiger contest starts today! See details in yesterday’s post!

I’ll be blogging today at After Midnight Fantasies. Be sure to stop by to say hello and earn your first chance at that prize!

If you wonder where I’ve been, well it’s been a little nuts around the Devlin house lately.

Dad’s out of the hospital at last. He’s home and recuperating, so thanks for all the good wishes!

I finished revisions of the fourth Dark Realm story and shipped it, and have been doodling with new ideas ever since. I can’t seem to land on just one, so I’m letting my brain jump around and just taking notes—maybe something useful will come out of all these unfocused thoughts.

Two big things happening this week. First, I have a new release coming on Friday. Click on the picture if you’d like to read more about it. I’ll post a couple of excerpts this week to whet your appetites!

Oh, and that second big thing? I’m heading to the Romantic Times Convention on Tuesday morning. Can’t wait!!

As for that contest…I always come back with tons of swag (books, promo items) from conference. I’ll send a box of stuff to one lucky winner. All you have to do to enter is post a comment on this blog anytime between April 20th and 26th!

I’ll be blogging with the Bradford Bunch today and would love to see some familiar faces! I’m offering a prize, so be sure to scoot over there!