Let’s start with some winners.
Vesper has won Susana Ellis’s charm bracelet.
Jennifer L won Erica Monroe’s book, Dangerous Invitation,
and Joan O won Cara Elliott’s book, Scandalously Yours.
Congratulations ladies!!!!
I want to thank everyone who came by last Sunday. Your comments meant so much to me at a very difficult time.
When I’m upset I garden. We have one bed that runs along the living room that I’ve ignored for several years, but Anna’s death gave me the push I needed to clean it out and plant it. I’m not done yet, but you’ll see the difference.
Here are pictures of how it looked before.
This is how it looks now.
There’s still more work to do, but we’re getting there.
Magens has been going through some changes as well. The mangrove swamp has breached, sanded up, and repeated the cycle several times with all the rain.
A catamaran came to visit the other day.
The rocks at the end of the beach are surrounded by water again.
The Temptation of Lady Serena
With all the turmoil I’d almost forgotten that The Temptation of Lady Serena releases on January 2d, just eleven more days! Then I received the review from Romantic Times, and a couple of other good reviews.
This is what RT had to say:
“This charming, sweet love story is the perfect addition to the Marriage Game series. Readers will enjoy the classic plotline with its stubborn alpha male hero, awkward heroine, misunderstandings, interference from loved ones and truly likable characters from previous novels — and the ultimate happily ever after.” – RT Book Reviews
Yesterday I found a fantastic and very funny review at Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales, and Fantasy.
Another blog tour with giveaways will start on January 2d. I’ll post the tour dates here and on my website.
If you want to read the book, please pre-order. My publisher only keeps track of the numbers if the book shows movement before the release. Also, all pre-orders go on the first day statistics for ratings.
Have a wonderful week, and Happy Holidays.
Ella
Ella Quinn ~ Author 
Way to go Ella!
I’ve been letting my gardening go as well. Hopefully by next spring I will have this whole publishing thing better organized and under control. (I can dream, can’t I?
And then I’ll be able to reclaim my neglected garden too.
Thanks, Liza. I’d let that back bed go for 4 years. I’m glad to be getting it done.
What a lovely and colorful start to a new garden bed, all the sweeter because it honors Miss Anna.
I have had so little time for gardening this year, but I intend to start taking some of that time back. I have let the DDJ beat me into the ground, but starting in January I am going to fight back and take my life and soul back from that horrible place. I can’t afford to quit, but I can afford to leave it at the door and to refuse to surrender any more of myself than is necessary to complete my tasks and come home.
Winter is actually a good time for me to whip my garden and all of my shrubs into shape. I have let my azaleas and rhododendron run wild and as a result they have become a bit stringy and gangly. Need to give them a bit of a trim! And the wisteria must be whipped into submission as it nearly took over everything this summer!
Good for you, Louisa!! I look forward to your pictures.
Well done, Ella! Great therapy and beautiful flowers!
Thank you, Carol! Have a wonderful Christmas!
Wonderful garden. I leave the gardening up to my husband. He’s the one with the green thumb. I kill everything. Loss is always difficult and it helps when you can keep busy! I loved what RT had to say. That’s high praise from them. I like to think of them as the snotty aristocrats who look down their noses at everyone.
LOL, Melissa. Thank you so much. Snotty aristocrats indeed!
Congrats to all the winners!
What beautiful pictures! I wish I could garden, but I don’t seem to have the patience. So jealous of the temperatures! Another day where we don’t even reach above zero. -5 will be the high and that’s not even mentioning the wind-chill.
Thanks for stopping by, Stacey!! Have a wonderful holiday season!