Double Woo-hooo!

Woke up this morning and there was an email from my Mod Hot mate Natalie Anderson to say Pleasure, Pregnancy and a Proposition had just topped the Waldies list! Thanks Nat. 

What a hoot. And some much needed incentive to get me finally getting this darn book six to work. 

Think I'm finally getting there but boy, oh, boy has this thing been a total slog. I guess some books are just harder than others (and some are complete buggers!)

Also spotted the cover for my June release on Amazon which is totally cool. And yes, there is a certain scene in a luxury hotel bathroom, which would explain why my hero and heroine are having a fairly hot time in their bathtub on that cover.

Will be posting an excerpt from the opening chapter soon on my website so stay posted.

PHS Must Watch Friday

Psst. Pop on over to the PHS today where I'm blogging about how you can be a feminist and still love the Julia Roberts/Richard Gere prostitute Pygmalian romance Pretty Woman. Interesante, Si!

And shamelessly plugging my latest book into the bargain. Which is called Pleasure, Pregnancy and a Proposition and is currenly flying high on the eharlequin bestseller list... Just in case I haven't mentioned that already.

Library Talks and Laguna Beach

First off, have to say a great big gushing thank you to the folks at Goodmayes Library in Essex who made me very welcome for my first ever library talk last week.

I think things went exceptionally well. I got asked lots of nice, not-too-difficult questions, rambled on fairly coherently and only made one catastrophic error. When asked where I get my heroes' names from I said: 'Well, it's all about picking a name you think might be a guy you could fancy. For example, I don't think I'd ever find a guy called Nigel sexy.' Needless to say the only guy there blanched. And I had to apologise profusely because his middle name was Nigel. I mean, what were the chances right??? So forgive me again Nigel, who actually turned out to be a real sweetheart. (How wrong can a girl be.)

Have been ploughing on with my current WIP since my brush with fame last Wednesday. Took a little break today to find a house for my hero who's a mega-gorgeous movie star. I did have

 him living in Malibu, but suddenly wondered if that was a bit passe. So after a quick google and lots of salivating, I found his perfect pad. 

Laguna Beach in California.... Oh yeah, baby.

Banging My Own Drum.... And Mickey Rourke's...

Just a quick note to say my latest Presents is now available online at eharlequin and already flying high in both the bestseller list and the ebooks bestseller list. How wonderfully thrilling!

Just what I needed to get me cracking the whip on my latest WIP. If you remember that's my 'be kind, rewind' epic which I had to start from scratch again a few weeks back. Am plugging away at it, and it's finally taking shape into something really fabulous (honest!). But boy this one is hard work. Remind me again why one should never make a bad boy Irish movie star your hero (thanks again Colin Farrell, this is all your fault, buddy).

Am sneaking a day off at the RNA lunch tomorrow (snow allowing) to cheer on my Mod Hot buddy Kate Hardy and fellow Presents author India Grey who are both up for the coveted Romance Prize. Well, done Ladies. And remember, as Jonathan Ross said at the BAFTAs last night, everyone who's nominated is a winner really.

By the way, you could hear the cheer across Islington when they announced Mickey Rourke as the Best Actor winner. If I've got one film recommendation so far this year, it's go see The Wrestler. Rourke is a genius and, as much as I love Sean Penn, I hope he wins the Oscar too.