I lost a friend last week — and readers lost a wonderful storyteller — when Judi McCoy passed away due to complications of diabetes. She’s lingered in a coma for a long time until the end came on Saturday.

  Judi and I have known each other for years, meeting waaaay back when our first books were being published and renewing our friendship at a variety of conventions and conferences in the last decade or so.  We spent many hours discussing our favorite books, editors and actors — Gerard Butler was a topic of our discussions many times.

And during my first visit to the Washington DC chapter’s retreat in Harper’s Ferry, I was the required virgin member of the “Women in Jeopardy” team that also included Kensington editor Kate Duffy (an editor we both wrote for at one time) and others. Judi (at Kate’s orders) even had lovely (????) t-shirts made up for the team which became the envy of everyone there!

    I think our team may have won that year — after stealing….er…borrowing another team’s points in a final, last ditch effort to win in a game that included the frequent yelling of the phrase — “That isn’t fair!” which was answered with “Life isn’t fair!” A tough game for sure!

    Many, many romance writers met Judi through her participation in the 2-day pre-con writers’ workshops at the RT convention. Judi took over those workshops some years ago when their founder, Ann Peach, passed away. With Judi’s help, hundreds of writers have been guided closer to their goal of becoming a published author.

    Judi has always had a passion for animals, being a champion of no-kill shelters and animal welfare causes for a long time. So, it should have been no surprise at all to me or anyone who knew her when her storytelling talents took a break from the paranormal romances she’d been writing and moved to a new mystery series featuring a dog-walker in NYC and her favorite dog, Rudy. Rudy helped his owner solve mysteries and was named after one of Judi’s favorite dogs. She even donated the proceeds from sales of the first book, HOUNDING THE PAVEMENT, to the largest no-kill shelter in the US.  Now, the sixth and last book in the series will be coming out in early March.

     So, today, as her family and friends gather in her hometown for a memorial service, I’m also remembering her — thinking about our times together and all the laughs we shared. Judy always told me that my lack of the pet gene didn’t keep her from liking me — which she usually didn’t if someone was a non-pet person. I’m glad she could get my failing. We talked, laughed, celebrated, brainstormed ideas, discussed writing and writers, signed our books, and met readers together. And, even now as I write this, I just can’t believe she is gone.

     I miss her already………

Terri

 PS — If anyone is interested in honoring Judi by making a donation, her favorite charity was:

Last year, seven Harlequin Historical and Mills&Boon authors were invited to write short stories about real historical royal weddings to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. They were released in digital formats only in April 2011 and were a big hit with readers looking for stories about some of William’s ancestors or those on the throne (before he will be.) Since we know that not all royal matches have been love matches, we were invited to choose either the actual royal couple involved or to use our own fictional couple and set their story at the royal wedding.

And we were off! Time was short – we were invited right around Christmas week in 2010 and the stories were needed by mid-January for publication in April – so we were writing at breakneck speed. The collection spans more than 8 centuries and all include Author’s Notes to give some historical background or context to our choices and research. While others were shopping for fascinators to wear while watching Wills and Kate, we were hard at work creating these stories!

We were recently thrilled (and surprised) to learn that Mills& Boon would be publishing the collection IN PRINT as a February Special release and so it has – ROYAL WEDDINGS THROUGH THE AGES is a beautiful trade-sized paperback now available in the UK.

So — what are the stories about? Why did the authors choose their particular time period, royal couple or wedding? Let’s ask the authors!

My own story – WHAT THE DUCHESS WANTS – is about Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry of Anjou(who would be Henry II of England). I have always been drawn to Eleanor and have featured both her and Henry in several of my medieval HHs. I have always through that, since Eleanor had the extremely rare opportunity of choosing her (2nd) husband, there must have been something more personal, more attractive, more passionate in her choice of Henry of Anjou. She could have her choice from among Europe’s elite and eligible nobles and royals – so why Henry? That drove me to tell this story!

Michelle Willingham set her story in 1191 – LIONHEART’S BRIDE is about King Richard and Princess Berengaria. “I write primarily in the medieval time period, and choosing the story of Richard the Lionheart allowed me to create a second generation story from my MacEgan Brothers series of Irish warriors,” Michelle said.

Bronwyn Scott’s PRINCE CHARMING IN DISGUISE is set at the wedding of Prince George and Caroline of Ansbach in 1704. “I wanted to pick something in the Georgian period and mostly I wanted to pick a real marriage that was considered happy,” Bronwyn said. “When I saw this, I knew I had the one I wanted. I’ve always wanted to write ‘historical fiction’ ala Philipa Gregory or others of that genre and this seemed like a perfect chance to experiment with that.”

A PRINCELY DILEMMA by Elizabeth Rolls is set at the ill-fated wedding of George, Prince of Wales, and Princess Caroline of Brunswick in 1795. “I chose Prinny and Caroline because their marriage was such an unmitigated disaster from start to end and the scandal surrounding it from the start gave me lots to work with. I have to admit that with the Maria Fitzherbert – Prinny – Princess Caroline situation I could see certain parallels with a more recent royal marriage. Which just goes to show that there really is nothing new underneath the sun. Plus it was fun to slip back a little further in time into the late 18th century.

Going back to the continent, Lucy Ashford featured Napoleon and Marie-Louise’s wedding her THE PROBLEM WITH JOSEPHINE. “I chose the wedding of Napoleon and Princess Marie Louise of Austria in 1810, partly because I love the Napoleonic era, and partly because it was such a huge, lavish wedding – fabulous celebrations, ending with fireworks all along the Seine. The wedding took place in the Louvre, which was full of Napoleon’s prized art collection (much of it looted!),” Lucy reports. “And while I was reading up about it further, I discovered that at the last minute, some unknown courtier suddenly discovered that there were lots of portrayals of Napoleon’s previous wife, the notorious Josephine, still in the Louvre – but painted into larger works, which were impossible to remove. So, at the last minute, they had to be painted out, or Napoleon would have gone crazy when he saw them on his wedding day!”

Ann Lethbridge chose Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold’s wedding in 1816 for her story – PRINCESS CHARLOTTE’S CHOICE. “I chose the wedding of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold because it happened in the Regency, which is when all my books are set, and despite all the odds against it, theirs was a real romance.”

And last, or most modern of the historical stories is Mary Nichols’ WITH VICTORIA’S BLESSING set at the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. “I chose Victoria and Albert for my Royal Wedding because I wanted to write a love story and theirs was a love true love match. So many Royal weddings in the past have been politically driven and consequently disastrous and I wanted to my fictional hero and heroine to overcome obstacles and be happy too.
In trying to be both romantic and also historically-accurate, the authors discovered some fun facts while researching for theirs.”

Since readers ask us where our ideas come from, I thought the authors could share a tidbit or two that they found interesting!

Elizabeth reported that “Since Prinny took back the pearl bracelets he gave Caroline and gave them to his current mistress, Lady Jersey, I thought I should try to find something positive to write about him, so I focused on his legacy to the British Nation which was quite extensive. Windsor Castle, the British Museum, Buckingham Palace, a Royal Collection to rival that sold by Charles I – and the Brighton Pavilion, which the Rev’d Sidney Smith described as looking as if, ‘…the dome of St Paul’s went down to the sea and pupped’! You can sort of see what he meant and it just made my day reading that.”

Bronwyn discovered that shortly after they married, Caroline came down with small pox and nearly died. George was so devoted to her that he stayed by her side at the risk of his own life—and it was a risk. He did contract the disease and nearly died as well. But they both recovered and went on to have a long marriage.

Surprisingly, Ann found that people often assume that women during this time were prim and proper and thoroughly subdued. Princess Charlotte was a very strong-willed young woman, who grew up in an exceedingly dysfunctional family. She regularly broke the rules set down by her father, the Prince Regent, and got into all kinds of scrapes. Sometimes the ladies set to watch over her turned a blind eye to her shenanigans and sometimes she found ways to avoid their eagle eyes and do what she wanted to do. In the summer of 1814 after Napoleon’s abdication Britain received a great many visits from European nobility and since the Princess was not officially “out” she was unable to participate in many of the festivities. Many thought this was unkind of the Prince Regent. Those Princes were a bit like the rock stars of today, and Princess Charlotte found her own way to meet with the glittering young men at her home and then rid herself of her chaperones. She walked a very fine line and could have been utterly ruined. It seemed to me, reading about her pushing the boundaries she was set, that she wasn’t much different to teenagers today.

Mary revealed that one of the things she learned was that Prince Albert was terribly seasick on his way to England and most of his staff succumbed too, and that also worked well her story, because it gave Richard the opportunity to speak to the Prince and meet a long lost relative destined to help with his courtship of Emily.

And scandalously, Lucy found a fact of ‘artistic’ interest — Jacques, her hero, talks about the famous Canova sculpture of a naked Napoleon, which Napoleon rejected in 1811 as being ‘too athletic’. This statue later came into the possession of the Duke of Wellington and is now on view to the public at Wellington’s former home, Apsley House, in London. How (in)appropriate!

So, real history, seven royal couples, seven weddings – seven phenomenal love stories in one collection for you all to enjoy! Different styles and voices from seven leading Harlequin authors – something for everyone and we hope you’ll give it and us a try!

The authors will be dropping in during the day from all over the US, England and even Australia, so please ask your questions — we all have more interesting tidbits to share and will tell you all about our other upcoming releases, too! Five lucky commentors will be chosen to win either a copy of the anthology or a copy of an author’s backlist — so post away!

For anyone interested in purchasing this special UK edition in print, I would suggest Book Depository – free shipping to most countries world-wide. (Digital copies will be available through only the UK sites like Mills and Boon or Amazon.co.uk.)

OHMIGOSH!! I nearly forgot to invite you ALL over to chat live with us tonight – Wednesday, February 8th — at 9pm EST on Romance Reviews Today. Here’s a link to their chatroom –just click on Mo’s Book Buzz — please stop by — we’re not really dangerous, we just write characters who are! LOL!

    Do you watch police dramas like LAW&ORDER? Or lawyer shows like THE FIRM or my old favorites BOSTON LEGAL, LA LAW and SHARK? I confess to being a long-time addict of LAW&ORDER in most all of its forms — especially the UK version with. . . sigh. . . Jamie Bamber in its first five seasons.

I really enjoyed stars and celebrities showing up in guest roles, too, even knowing that they’ll be either a) the viillain, or b) the opposing attorney. Jerry Lewis appeared on it and so did Julia Roberts along with many others. And almost the entire cast of the HBO series OZ appeared on the various versions.

I think it was my love of Law&Order that got me bounced from the jury box the last time I was called for jury duty. That or my general fascination in watching people and analyzing their behaviors (as any good writer does)! I made it to the jury box and noticed that the defense team (two young men accused of robbery, etc) were stacking the jury with mothers of boys and single young men and the prosecution team was going for single women and old(er) white men. Interesting, huh? Anyway, I was watching and kind of enjoying/appreciating their strategies when I was dismissed….

So, guess what I’ll be doing today as you’re reading this blog? Yeppers — jury duty! This time I’m going to try to be more circumspect. . . and discreet. . . yeah…sure! I’m packing up my not-yet-read magazines and a few books to take (because jury duty day IS guilt-free reading day) and getting ready to spend the day at the courthouse in Camden.

Have you been called to jury duty? Served on a jury? How did your experience go?  Are you as fascinated with law-and-order type tv shows as I am? What’s your favorite? I’ll check in when I can during the day to find out…and to let you know how it’s all going!

    Terri is thrilled that A MATTER OF TIME, the third book in her MacKendimen trilogy, is now available now in digital formats!! THE QUEEN’S MAN, her Elizabethan time travel romance will be available soon!

    Visit her website from info on all of her current and upcoming releases. . .

I just got one of my favorite yearly emails — the one telling me to expect a package of books in the mail! Now, c’mon, what kind of romance reader would I be if that didn’t make my heart beat a bit stronger? LOL — and I AM a romance reader through and through.  So, after I have fun with that box of books, what do I have planned? Well, after reading the other Jaunty Quills upcoming releases, I’ll be looking forward to:

Okay — you all know (or some of you know) that I swear I don’t like vampire romances…….for sooooo many reasons. And I stand by that except when a new Midnight Breed romance comes out from Lara Adrian! LOL!  Her vamps are a different twist on the ‘same old’ vampire mythology and these stories are dark and steamy as are the heroes in them. Wow….. This one is special because it also marks Lara’s first  hardcover release AND because we finally get to Sterling Chase’s story — woohoo!

Next up on my anticipation list is Kerrelyn Sparks’ WANTED:UNDEAD OR ALIVE — hey! wait a sec! It’s a vampire romance! How could that happen?

Well, I am hooked on this series, too — Kerrelyn’s Love At Stake series has a lighter approach to vampires as well as those other paranormals I’ve sworn never to read — shapeshifters!  But I do enjoy these stories about the good vamps fighting the bad vamps to protect humanity — the good vamps’ leader Roman isn’t too bad either!

Okay, okay, before you all think I’ve lost my mind actually talking about vampire romances — I am sooooo waiting for the first book in Madeline Hunter’s next historical series – THE SURRENDER OF MISS FAIRBOURNE – coming in March. OH NO!! Why do Madeline Hunter books always come out on or near my own writing deadlines? I guess I’ll have to work something out with her publisher because there is no way I can NOT read this the day it hits the shelves….. It’s the first of her new Fairbourne Quartet and this time she tackles the world of auction houses. Since I love the rich, historical texture of her stories, I can’t wait for this one.

My newest addiction is Gaelen Foley’s INFERNO CLUB Regency historicals. I found a reference online to Gaelen’s stories involving a secret order of warriors founded in the Middle Ages and still operating in Regency England and France – I was hooked! I raced through the first two and am in the middle of the third — just as the fourth one was released — AND there’s a fifth one coming too! Woohooo for me!

So, how about you? What’s coming up in your reading future in 2012? Readers — what book or series are you looking forward to? Authors — what can readers expect to see from you in 2012? I’m looking for a few more suggestions for once I finish these….so what do you suggest?

     Terri is thrilled to see her 2011 short story WHAT THE DUCHESS WANTS included in the Mills&Boon Special Release – ROYAL WEDDINGS THROUGH THE AGES in February! Since it’s a M&B release, it can be ordered online here or here. For lots of exciting info about Terri and her upcoming books, visit her website. 

I’ve been fooled again! I blissfully approach Christmas doing the non-chalant attitude right up until the last-minute panic hits just before the holiday. Then I rush and race around doing all the things that my friends did at a leisurely pace through the whole month. I survive only to discover that the year’s end is rushing towards me at an alarming speed.

Well, it’s happened again — even when I promised myself that I would be ready for it.  And as I’m gathering my markers and getting ready to fill in my 2012 calendar, I like to look back and look ahead–at things I’ve done and things I hope to do.

I am really looking forward to the new stories that are swirling around in my head. As I’ve been revising my first romance novels for re-publishing, I’ve gotten some great ideas for other stories – long, short and in-between. Stories that I never noticed the first time around, ones that now seem intriguing and new.  It’s funny how the excitement builds and all the possibilities look soooo shiny and sparkly ahead. I can feel the itchy feeling that happens when a new idea is swirling around in my brain…I wonder where they will lead me?

I’ll be doing some traveling this coming year — some personal (hubby and I are coming up on our 35th Anniversary in 2012!) and some for my work (both writing and dental hygiene) and, as most of you who know me can guess, even a trip (or two) to Mr. Disney’s World and Land.  (Hey, RWA is being held in Anaheim right across the street from D’land — how can I fight that? LOL)

And one of the best things I’ll be doing is meeting readers throughout the year at signings, chats and through blogs as well as during speaking engagements from Scottsdale AZ to the Pearl Buck House in PA. I hope to see you at one of them!

One of the fun things is looking ahead to all the wonderful romances to be read this year — my favorite authors have bunches of books on their way for me….and you! I’ll be having a couple of books out from Harlequin Historicals (or their UK counterpart-Mills&Boon) and two more of my time travels to re-release. But more on those later!

So, as you look towards 2012, what are your plans, expectations and hopes? Any books you’re waiting for? Anything that will make 2012 special? Do you plan to hit the New Year running or slip gently into it? Please post a note and I’ll choose one to receive a signed book and one of the last of my 2011 wee Disney gifties……….

  Terri is busy finishing up with the Christmas holidays and getting ready for the New Year and for writing her next Highlander novel. Visit her website for lots of info about her upcoming and current releases.

Happy New Year to everyone!

   “Is it time yet? Is it, is it time yet?”

Those words from last year’s holiday hit “Toy Jackpot” sum up the excitement of the next 10 days, don’t they?  I remember the way my kids would whisper those words throughout the days leading up to that wonderful moment on Christmas morning when they would charge down the steps to see what Santa had left them under the tree.

And then those minutes of wrapping paper hysteria and screams of joy, empty boxes and packages flying all over were followed by hours of trying out all the new games, toys, Legos, racing cars, or whichever was the toy-of-the-year present. The anticipation of the days and weeks before melted away in such a short time.

So, here we are, in that time of build-up and preparation when our hopes are high and our wish-lists are still growing. There’s still a chance that the one thing we want the most will show up on that magical morning under the tree. Or that the one person we most want to see at this special time of year will return home or visit.

What am I looking forward to? Well, I’m still trying to pull off a few Christmas surprises. I’m very good at “Christmas lying” – which is the only time I condone lying — and have managed to surprise my family with various presents that were in short-supply or hard-to-arrange. My habit began years ago during the Cabbage Patch kids phenomenon and continued until the last few years and I’ve arranged a secret Christmas cruise and found a Wii when no one had them. (That Wii involved LOTS of Christmas lies, but my son forgave me for those when he opened his present!)

My most enjoyable moment on Christmas is just having my kids home, opening presents and eating a BIG breakfast that includes a couple of their favorite foods and hot tea. Sounds simple but it usually is the simple things that bring joy.

And how about you? What are you looking forward to on Christmas? Any favorite family traditions or gatherings? Or something new? Do you use an Advent calendar? Do you have a favorite meal? Post and let me what builds your level of anticipation!

  Terri is taking part in the Harlequin Historical Authors’ Holiday calendar and will be featured author on Thursday, December 15th — but anyone reading this can enter a bit earlier than everyone else using this link!  And Terri is thrilled that the first two books in her MacKendimen Clan trilogy are now available in digital formats – A LOVE THROUGH TIME and ONCE FORBIDDEN can be found on the major online booksellers.

As many of you who follow this blog or read mine during this time of year, November is a very strange month for me — filled with the very best AND worst of things.

The bad things? My dad died on Thanksgiving in 1976. I was diagnosed with kidney cancer in November. I broke my back (for the second time!) in November. The good things? My third son was born in November. My first book was published in November. I was cured of cancer in November.

It’s a real up-and-down time of year for me. But, with Thanksgiving right in the middle of it, I do find myself trying to focus on the good things and to take time to be thankful for them.  And this year is no different so I thought I’d share a couple of them with you:

1) I’m thankful for my health — I just hit my five-year-cancer-free date so WOOOOHOOOO!

2) I’m thankful for all those writers who continue to inspire me and whose work keeps me happily reading for hours and hours.

3) I’m thankful for my writing colleagues who cheer me on when I need it, support me when I’m down and point me in different directions when I need to turn or move. I’m thankful for their creativity and their constant friendship.

4) I’m thankful that I’ve had the chance to share my stories and my characters with readers.

5) I’m thankful for my readers who give me their time and attention and let me know how my stories have affected them.

and 6) I’m thankful that I found the Jaunty Quills, or that they found me, and invited me to be part of this wonderful community!

As you gather with family or friends this week to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, what will you be thankful for? Share it with me. . . .

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!   

Terri

   Terri is also thankful for those people who have won blog or chat prizes and have waited patiently to receive them — she hopes everything will be on its way in the next couple of weeks! In the meantime, she’s also working on her next Harlequin Historical novel (a return to the MacLerie Clan and the Highlands of Scotland!) which will be part of a 2012-13 trilogy. Visit her website for more info about her and her latest releases!

I attended the New Jersey Romance Writers Conference last weekend and had a wonderful time. Inevitably, published authors chat about what’s going on in the publishing industry and talk comes around to effective methods of promoting ourselves and our work/books to readers and potential readers (AKA you!).  Over the last couple of years social media like Facebook and Twitter have been increasingly growing and authors are being told to be there and to have a presence so that we can meet and ‘friend’ readers, fans and potential readers. Some publishers even give tutorials about how to use these social media for those authors among us who just are not comfortable being in the public eye and at interacting with the public at the fast pace of the internet.

   Interestingly, a tidbit of information shared in one of the discussions was that social media and an author’s presence there does not bring about sales of books.

Apparently, posting and following and tweeting doesn’t seem to sell books or cause readers to run out and buy them — for other than the very biggest of the big-name authors. The rest of us get lost in the mix. Although readers like to chat with us on FB and Twitter, and follow us through our days and share our posts and photos with others of their friends, they don’t go out and buy our books due to seeing us there.

As a reader and a fan,  it was interesting to me. I do follow some of my favorite authors, but those are authors whose books are already on my auto-buy list. I don’t read anything on FB that makes me buy those authors, I follow them because I already enjoy them and their work. But surely, not all readers do this too? LOL!

So……that brings me to my question of the day — do you follow authors you already enjoy or do you begin to try new authors through their FB or Twitter postings? Do an author’s posts make you try out their work? Or are the authors you follow your auto-buys? Let me know what you think and I’ll pick two posters and give them each a $10 giftcard to Amazon or iTunes for sharing!

   Terri is working hard to get her time travel romances (previously published by Berkley/Jove’s Time Passages line) ready for republishing. She hopes to have them re-released in the next few months with the first one, A LOVE THROUGH TIME, coming out in early November! Visit her website for more info about those and about her upcoming new releases! 

Well, maybe not the ODDEST but I just love it when romance novels turn up unexpectedly!

   I was watching the movie RED and loved it when Bruce Willis’ character clearly was reading the romance novels his love interest was reading so he could talk with her about them! LOVED IT – even if they were a fictional version of Harlequins.

   And I remember the opening of KATE AND LEOPOLD with Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman — when Kate’s secretary is reading and weeping over a romance novel ! I think that it was one by Christine Feehan – though completely different from the one she described to Kate. And though Kate needed her to do something, she insisted on finishing the last few pages before she could. A true romance reader!

And then, who could forget the wonderfully, campy episode of HIGHLANDER with Adrian Paul, when one of the wives of another Immortal decides to get revenge on him by writing stories based on Duncan MacLeod’s amorous adventures! DRAMATIC LICENSE featured a glamorous romance author doing readings of her work in huge bookstores and having glamorous launch parties thrown by her publisher. For a long time, I thought that must be how a romance author’s life really was! LOL! The fictitious romance novel in the episode was called The Blade of the MacLeod….

So, I just thought I’d ask all of you — where else have romance novels turned up that made you smile? In which movie or tv show? Or mentioned in other types of books?

    When not catching up on movies missed, Terri is busy working on some new projects and a few old ones, too, as she prepares her first four romances for re-release in digit formats. Watch here on the Jaunty Quills and on Terri’s website for updates on the progress!  And, Terri will be signing her latest releases at the upcoming NJRW conference on Saturday, October 22 between 4:00 and 5:30pm. She hopes you’ll stop in and say hello!

Back at Christmastime, I posted a blog (somewhere!) about the really funny holiday tv commercials. . . I gave Target two thumbs up for their holiday efforts, especially the music in them! Very snappy — and they made the music available for free, too.

So, they’ve really applied their efforts to this season — the Back to School Season — and given Staples a run for their advertising money this summer.

That’s a high standard to beat, too, because every August I run in to hear and see the most wonderful commercial for the most wonderful time of the year:

Staples – classic!

And the updated version –

Staples – updated

And they even go around the world –

Staples Back to School – UK

Or how about this one — featuring one of the stars of GLEE?

Staples – Glee theme

And listen to the music in the background to learn the identity of this not-so-typical dad:

Staples – surprise   (He lives in my area-southern NJ!)

As August approached, I waited to see what the new seasonal commercials would be, but I was a bit detached since my youngest is now in college and the excitement of school supply lists that are needed immediately is over.  And Target came through in a big way — my two favorite ones:

Target – Glitter       The way that teacher says ‘glitter, so much glitter’ gave me the creeps!

And my new favorite that has me singing about denim and Shaun White hoodies:

Target – Denim

Did any of them make you laugh? Is this a happy-happy-joy-joy time of the year in your household or are you sad to see the school year begin? How did opening day(s) go for you? Post a comment and I’ll pick two winners — one will get a Target gift card and one will get a Staples gift card (and a book to each, of course!)

Oh! An extra prize to the person who can tell me who the heck Shaun White is and why I should wear his hoodies? LOL!

      Terri is home and writing again and will have some exciting news in October about her time-travel romances and a new Harlequin series, too! Stop back or stop over at her website to keep up-to-date on her books, events and news. . .