Dear Readers!

Well, finally, summer is here! Even if it’s not official on the calendar, Memorial Day is here, the weather is moving in the right direction and school is out!
The first week in June is a big one for me. I’m at the Philadelphia Writers Conference the 6th, 7th and 8th, and from there I fly to the beach to be with my family for seven wonderful days in the sun!

This vacation is the highlight of my summer. A few of my sisters and nieces and I rent a huge beach house that our families rattle around in. I get to hear the latest stories from preschool, kindergarten and grade school, as well as the gossip I missed while my teen nieces and nephews were in school. We’ll swim, have a margarita or two, and watch old movies…just to spend time together.

The world moves at such a fast pace anymore that some of us don’t really get the chance to interact with the people we love. For me, this week with my family is one of the best of my year!

After that, I have to scramble home to write my 34th and 35th books! Book 34 is tentatively titled MAID IN MONTANA and is about a single mom who agrees to work for a surly rancher and live with him. It seems like a good plan until she shows up with her baby and he’s not really happy to have the little guy around. Book 35 is a Christmas story. It’s a kind of special story and I don’t think I can do it justice in a line or two, so let me just say Scrooge has nothing on this hero who intends to close down the town candy factory and toss everyone into the unemployment line unless the heroine can convince him otherwise…without the help of three ghosts. 

In August, MILLIONAIRE DAD, NANNY NEEDED, my contribution to the Wedding Planners Continuity hits the shelves. I’m very excited about this book. Audra and Dominic’s story was a lot of fun for me to write. Everybody loves spending somebody else’s money, so when Audra becomes Dominic’s temporary nanny and he gives her the go ahead and buy whatever he needs for the new baby of the house, it’s fun to spend his money…even if it’s only pretend!

Dominic was a great character to explore for a lot of reasons. He was a playboy almost by default. He had some deep wounds from his past that he refused to acknowledge and Audra was just the right person to force him to face the truth so he could be whole again.

And Audra’s end of the bargain? She finds the love of her life – if she can convince him that they’re destined to be more than friends!

It’s a fun, romantic, emotional read!

With the MILLIONAIRE DAD, NANNY NEEDED release and two fun books to write, I’ll be busy. Plus, I’m doing a 3-hour workshop at Seton Hill at the end of June and two online workshops. I’m also appearing at the New Jersey RWA chapter conference in October.

But this summer I’ve also decided to make time to stop and smell the roses. I’m going to get out in the sunshine and enjoy myself. I hope you will too!

susan