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There are worse things than winding up dead…

With her ex-husband’s death, Elyse Cabot thinks she’s permanently off the emotional roller coaster… until he turns up posing as his twin brother—the real victim of foul play—at his funeral. Before she can get any answers out of him, he’s gone, leaving her with more questions than closure.

And a fortune in loose diamonds.

Seeing Elyse again brings back a lot of hot, sweaty teenage memories for Jack. Then she opens her mouth and out comes some cockamamie story about her ex, diamonds and double crossing. So much for rekindling an old flame. Still, he just can’t seem to resist the lure of this dame in distress.

He just hopes he can solve the case before he does something stupid—like fall in love.

Warning, this title contains the following: Twins, explicit sex, graphic language, some rock ’em sock ’em violence, and did we mention diamonds?

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Big girls don’t cry over a spilled chocolate milkshake—they run like crazy.

Alex Barrett’s all too “real life” sentence is almost over. She’s spent years being a parent to her siblings—and her flaky mother. What was her reward, other than an empty bed? Nothing. And now that she’s almost free, nothing’s exactly what she plans to do. Except have fun.

One minute she’s one of thousands of panting female fans at hotter-than-hot Drew Hartford’s concert. The next, she’s all wet—and so is he. Okay, so it’s only because she dumped a milkshake all over him.

Drew’s meteoric rise to the top of the country charts is fueled by the swooning women who throw themselves at his feet. Alex? She’s different. When their icy paths cross, she doesn’t throw her panties, she beats a hasty retreat. There’s only one way to keep this intriguing lady around long enough to charm her out of those panties: offer her a job she can’t refuse.

Drew may be every female’s definition of a fantasy man, but a paycheck and a roll in the hay do not a relationship make. Besides, Alex is tired of living 24/7 for someone else. Even a someone who’s offering her dreams of happily ever after…

Warning: Hot and heavy loving; stuff country songs are made of.

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~ Finish two books.(I have well over 20 open WIPs to choose from so it’s not like I have a lack of ideas to choose from)

~ Submit two finished books (they kinda go hand-in-hand y’know)

~ Start and finish a new book from start to finish (but not until I have finished the afore mentioned two books)

~ Submit brand spanking new book (you see the pattern here right, this is supposed to be how it works–rather than staring the WIP and making 42 save copies of it and stopping around page 90 and thinking it’s crappy and watching a week of Lifetime and finishing two quarts of Chunky Monkey to appease the pain and doubt . . . . wheshew . . . . I guess I needed to get that off my chest!)

~ Look for an agent (I won’t be so bold as to put find an agent–a lot depends on that other person too)

~ Write every week (I know me, every day ain’t gonna happen–but if I do better, like two three days a week, I will have gotten so much more done!)

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Go on vacation and you can learn a few things about yourself (and somehow about your characters—trust me, I can ALWAYS figure out a way to get life around to writing!)

1. A child who can ride umpteen roller coasters can get airsick (several times!)

2. A pair of safety scissors left in a backpack from school years gone by can and WILL make it through one airport but not the other.

3. 4 kids 2 parents on vacation—SOMEone is ALWAYS in a bad mood—if you're lucky it's one one person at a time. (unless that one is the youngest—then there is MUCH trouble—Sheesh!)

4. When you have a cuter than cute family they will get pointed out at various different shows various times and not just once per show—who knew the McD's were so fabulous! (well, I did of course)

5. Ankles (yes, plural) were not meant to go certain directions.

6. Yes you can pass out from pain! (let's just mark that off my to-do list and move along)

7. BEWARE OF THE STOCKADES!

8. Claustrophobia can hit at the MOST inconvenient moments—like RIGHT when the ride closes you in tight, moves the front to within inches of your face and YOU CAN'T GET OUT!

9. If the DH, who tends not to be cold, suggests you take a jacket, and you don't listen, it will cost you lots of money to buy a couple of sweatshirts and blankets for the late evening fireworks show.

10. While on vacation you will still run across those folks who have NO patience for wheelchairs or crutches—lighten up folks you're on damn vacation! (And I AM THE ONE WHO CAN'T FREAKING WALK—you don't hear me complaining!)

11. Your DH is the biggest kid of them all!

12. If there is a special ESPN thingie going on at a park—avoid it at ALL cost (unless you have sports freaks in the fam, then you're just screwed—suck it up!)

13. Once you tell a child, "No the ride's not scary, I swear" and they get off Tower of Terror unhappy, your credibilty is a little shaken!

14. Despite any pain you incure, taking an unexpected vacation with the family is muy fun! (Can't wait to go again—hear that honey!)

Anything that happens to you or the family can and will be fodder for your next book(s)—right kids!

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February 3, 2009 = Danielle Devon, Divinity in Chains
February 4, 2009 = T.A. Chase, Out of Bounds
February 5, 2009 = Rita Oberlies, The Catcher and the Lie
February 6, 2009 = Kimberly Nee, Eden’s Pass
February 7, 2009 = Dawn Brown, Living Lies
February 8, 2009 = Lexi Adair, Rockstar
February 9, 2009 = Avery Beck, Sexy by Design
February 10, 2009 = Angelle Trieste, Devil Falls
February 11, 2009 = Lissa Matthews, Pink Buttercream Frosting
February 12, 2009 = Denise Belinda McDonald, Second Chances
February 13, 2009 = Kelly Jamieson, Friends with Benefits

The authors will be posting an excerpt from each of the above-listed stories. And where they stop, you will begin. You will continue writing the story as you see it, or would like to see it, up to two-hundred and fifty words. A winner will be chosen from the entries each day, and at the end, on February 14, a grand prize winner will be chosen.