Happy Monday Everybody, ****CONTEST PORTION OF THIS POST IS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED!******* Friday afternoon I finished reading Christie Craig’s new book, Don’t Mess With Texas , which is available on August 23, 2011. This is laugh out loud humorous fun! A heroine who pukes on the hero, a no-nonsense Nana (loved her! Nana needs her own story, she's just that funny), a strong defend-and-protect type hero--mix it all together and you've got a novel jammed pack with Christie’s humor, romance, mystery, suspense and everything else she could think of including an English Bulldog sleeping in a coffin. Ex-cop turned P.I. Dallas O’Connor and his buddies got a bum deal when they were framed for a crime they didn’t do. Now out of jail and setting up their P.I. firm they’re ready to kick some serious butt and make sure those who are falsely accused get a fair shake in this system. They’re gonna make sure a 19 year old boy doesn’t get locked up for a murder he didn’t do and...

Happy Friday All, Sorry I was gone on Thursday. No, I hadn't forgotten the blog, or you, my dear readers. I've been really busy this week and so blogging has fallen by the wayside. But today is not quite so busy. Robin Badillo newest Blood Hunter book is now available on Amazon Kindle . She and her vampires are becoming quite close from the looks of things. She also has a non-vampire romance out called Whiskey Road . Currently I'm reading Lady Of Quality by Georgette Heyer...the same book Kathy at Beadmore Designs  used as inspiration for the last day of the Great Jewelry Giveaway . I haven't gotten very far into it, yet, but so far the character of Annis Wychwood is very spirited, as is one of my favorite Georgette Heyer female characters. Right now I don't have any major plans for this weekend...there's a few things that might happen, but we have decided, yet. So, what have you been up to and what do you have planned for the weekend?

Happy Monday All, Thanks for all the well wishes for my offspring. Offspring is on antibiotic and doing much better. Anniversary was fun and Mother's Day was lovely. I feel like I'm still coming down off of last week's Great Jewelry Giveaway high. That was so much fun and I can't believe it's over! (Wah!) Oh well, there's other fun things coming up (although, unless Kathy at Beadmore Designs tells me differently, we won't be giving away anymore jewelry). By the way, just because the Great Jewelry Giveaway is over does not mean you can't go to Beadmore Designs and order something from Kathy. Please tell her you heard about her from Write By Bethany. Now onto business. Today, I've got some special things to tell you about: I got a friend who sells lovely Catholic (and there's some other not strictly Catholic things on there, too) gifts. Her name is Nance, and the website is called Visions In White . I've ordered several things from he...

Happy Wednesday All, The contest portion of this blog post is now closed. However, you can enjoy the rest of the post. Yesterday's The Shadows Are Falling Jewelry Winner is Donna Marie! Congratulations to Donna Marie and I hope you enjoy the ShadowFalls #1 Necklace and Earrings Set. Never fear, readers...the week continues and so does the author/jewelry pairings... Tea Trelawny ( accent on the e in Tea ) has an erotic story out called Hidden Treasure : Lara Lacy inherits a Victorian home, a ghost and a possible treasure. But too many fake mediums have convinced her that anyone claiming to communicate with ghosts is a liar—including Lara’s inventive lover Nate Hoffmann. Of course, his seductive ways tempt her to change her mind. Stripped bare—in all ways possible—the lovers engage in deep exploration and eager discovery—of the physical and paranormal type. Tea commissioned that Kathy of Beadmore Designs make her an antique looking necklace that's so exquisite you wo...

Happy Tuesday Everybody, The contest portion of this post is now closed. Please feel free to enjoy the rest of the post and check out the author and jewelry combo and be sure to visit Kathy at Beadmore Designs to see how to purchase her lovely jewelry she has for sale. Congratulations to Susan M. for being Monday's Great Jewelry Giveaway winner of the SURREAL Set. But, nobody fret...the week's not over and I have more authors who are sponsoring more jewelry that you can enter to win. Today's contest prize is sponsored by C.C. Hunter , author of the fabulous Born At Midnight , which is book 1 in the Shadow Falls Series.   A little about the series:  Kylie thought her life was normal, until she ended up with some weird stalker soldier dude, a camp full of paranormal teenagers, and Kylie is faced with one heck of an identity crisis. Who is she? Does she have any special powers? And just who is that stalker anyway? Start your journey with Kylie in Born At Midnight . ...

Happy Monday All, The contest portion of this post is now closed. However, you can read the rest of the post just for the fun of it and to find out what it was about. Thank you! If the date looks weird on this post it's because I'm posting this on Sunday night; but I couldn't go to bed without making sure this post was up--especially since I've been gearing up and hinting at this giveaway for so long! But rest assured, this post  is for Monday. It's finally here! The author/jewelry giveaway that I hinted at last week. I know this really awesome person named Kathy. Kathy is an incredible jewelry artist and she has recently started up a company, Beadmore Designs (I have a link available at the end of this post) I have several pieces of jewelry made by Kathy and all her work is absolutely exquisite. She makes it all by hand and her attention to detail, creativity and imagination makes her work absolutely lovely. This week, along with several author ...