http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts Your one stop for authors and books on the web Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:32:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good morning! I just wanted to stop by to announce the winners of the gift certificates (ebook Bucks) from All Romance ebooks! First place winner of $25.00 in ARE ebook bucks is Anna Shah Hoque!  Second place winner of $15.00 in ARE ebook bucks is Tracey D...and third place of $10.00 ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/hello-again-from-ursula/ [caption id="attachment_4278" align="aligncenter" width="160" caption="I wish we had these growing by us!"][/caption] Well hello everyone!  The time has come...Spring. It was almost 80 today here and I got a little sunburn while on my hike this afternoon. I am ready for all the cold weather to go away.  What sorts of things ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/happy-spring-2/ Well, it’s me again. I hope you’ve enjoyed this day and that it’s been sunny where you live. Before I leave to enjoy the remainder of this long-awaited weekend I wanted to share with you what’s coming up in the future. An erotic short story of mine will be published ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/thanks-for-having-me-2/ Hello again, Ursula here! Aside from reading and writing, travel is another passion of mine. Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you I have a passion for Paris and all things French. I’m not sure when it began, but I’m certain it will never end! And so, I ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/part-deux/ Good Morning Everyone! I’m so pleased to be here today to share with you a little about myself and my books. I would love if you’d comment so I can get to know you too! Okay, let’s begin…let’s just say I’ve always been in love with books. The public library was ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/coffee-book-and-blog-with-ursula-grey/ Food can be wonderfully romantic; nothing says “romance” quite like a candlelit dinner for two!  And there’s nothing sexier than a man in the kitchen.  Food engages all five senses and makes us feel alive like nothing else . . . well, maybe there’s one other thing. *wink*  That’s why ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/food-and-love/ 3/16 Wild Ride (Hardcover) - Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer - published by St. Martin’s Press Voices of Dragons (YA) - Carrie Vaughn - published by Harper Teen   Cerridwen Press   3/18 Highland Dawn, by Donna Grant (Historical Romance/Fantasy Romance) Ellora’s Cave 3/15 Shapeshifter’s Craving, by Lee Pearce (Twilight/Naughty Nooner)   3/16 On the Edge, by Raine Latimer (Moderne)   3/17 Waiting for Wednesday, by Mari ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/tuesdays-sweet-treat-35/ I've carefully consulted random.org, and the winner is... Dara! Congratulation, Dara! Look for an email soon from me! Thank you all who read my post and commented, or didn't comment - it's all good! May your springtime be filled with soft breezes, fragrant flowers and lots of wonderful reading! http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/winner-of-allison-chases-drawing/ Good morning, everyone, Allison Chase here! Thank you to the amazing Coffee Time ladies – Karen, Karenne, Bonnie, et al – for having me here today. Through your collective energy, Coffee Time has grown into an awesome site, in my humble opinion one of the best for lovers of the ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/strong-heroines-call-for-strong-heroes/ Avon Vampire and the Virgin, The by Kerrelyn Sparks Abandon the Night by Joss Ware Wild Marquis, The by Miranda Neville     Vintage/Anchor Books THE MAEVE BINCHY WRITERS’ CLUB by Maeve Binchy THE BOOK OF FIRSTS by Peter D’Epiro CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS: A Spiritual Confession by Anne Rice THE YANKEE YEARS by Joe Torre CHEEVER: A Life by Blake Bailey PAULINE ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/tuesdays-sweet-treat-34/ Thanks for having me over here at Coffee Time! Sorry I'm a bit late. I'm sitting here with my Mocha Magnifico protein shake and wondering what you guys might want to hear about today. I've got a computer class project, PTA work, a transcription to do, but what I really ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/multiple-books-multiple-worlds/ Hello Coffee Time Readers! I'm here with a fresh cup of French pressed Columbian and I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Chloe Harris. Well, almost. Chloe Harris is really two people Barbra and Noelle. Barbra and I (Noelle) were critic partners with very busy lives. Eventually we discovered that we worked together ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/take-a-sip-of-a-caribbean-brew-with-chloe-harris/ Thank you for stopping by today to read my blog at Coffee Time Romance. I'm honored to be here. Many thanks to Karenne, Bonnie, and the rest of the crew for this invitation to blog! I think this is the second time I've blogged. I feel challenged to come ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/theresa-scotts-blog-at-ctr/ I'd like to thank Karenne and Bonnie for having me here on Coffee, Books and a Blog.  I really enjoyed my day.  Thank you so much also to everyone who was kind enough to read my posts, especially if you took the trouble to leave a comment as well, but ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/thank-you-7/ I'll leave you with an excerpt from 'Dancing With Fate' where the two main characters first meet. She was the loveliest woman Myrddin had ever seen. Spellbound, he watched her step from the falls. He should have turned away but he found it impossible not to watch her as she dried ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/excerpt-from-dancing-with-fate/ Well, it's late here in the UK and time for me to take my leave.  I hope you've enjoyed your visit to my world, and getting to know a little bit about my stories and characters. Thank you for reading, and special thanks to everyone who commented.  I'll draw the winner ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/goodnight-and-where-i-am-on-the-web/  ...and then I heard another voice, masculine this time, deep, rich and precise. “When are you going to give me a story of my own?" I felt a tingle run through me.  There is something about that particular voice that makes my toes curl, in a most provocative way.  His blue eyes ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/the-final-saga/ [caption id="attachment_4134" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="This picture of Terpsichore and her mare, Sal, was made by my 'muse sister' Masha Holl. Sal is based on my own mare, Sally, who I sadly lost, aged 34, about six months before Dancing With Fate was published."][/caption] "Greek Mythology has rarely been so much fun ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/reviews-for-dancing-with-fate/  I was thrilled to be one of nine authors contracted by The Wild Rose Press, to each write a story about one of the nine Greek muses for an anthology 'Song Of The Muses'.  Each story was released gradually through the summer of 2008 as an E Book, and then ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/dancing-with-fate/ Reviewed by Orchid, The Long and Short Of It Reviews (Five Star Plus Best Book Review) "This book is wonderful! There are few books that hold my interest to the point where I can't bear to put it down, but Children of the Mist is most certainly at the ... http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/some-reviews-for-children-of-the-mist/