Now my new Web site!

It's done, finally. It's a work in progress, of course, but all the pages are there and working and I'm very thrilled with the design and feel of the site.

Check it out; and while you're there, you can sign up for my newsletter with updates on my book release dates and other news.

Now my new Web site!

http://colleengleason.blogspot.com/2006/04/now-my-new-web-site.html

My new look!

Don't you love my blog's new look? I'm so excited!

Jax has been working diligently to get the whole website done in this style...there are a few tweaks yet to be made, including my newsletter sign-up, but for the most part, the site is done!

Take a peek and see what you think...

My new look!

http://colleengleason.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-new-look.html

You thought CPAs were boring?

RUN FOR THE MONEY - By Stephanie Feagan

What’s it about?

Pink is honored by an offer to act as accounting watchdog for the Chinese Earthquake Relief Fund, but when she discovers someone is using her identity to embezzle the money, she loses that loving feeling. In her quest to find the crook who set her up, she comes face to face with the Russian mob, a Chinese man with an axe to grind and an annoying habit of getting in over her head. Literally.

But Pink’s not giving up, because out of all the options she has, including several with the two amazing men in her life, spending her old age in prison isn’t one of them. Pink’s going global, and the world won’t ever be quite the same.



Is it good?

RUN FOR THE MONEY does a wonderful job of once again illustrating that being a CPA can be dangerous -- at least for Pink Pearl. From the moment Pink finds herself being framed for the embezzled funds, the story is non-stop action and suspense.

The mystery aspect has plenty of twists and turns and will keep readers guessing to the very end. The two previous books (SHOW HER THE MONEY and SHE’S ON THE MONEY) introduce the characters and the complex relationships among them, and both are very good, but otherwise RUN FOR THE MONEY stands on its own. And while the mystery is resolved by the end of the book, other things aren’t, leaving the door open for more tales from The Pink Files. I highly recommend RUN FOR THE MONEY.

Jennifer Bishop
Romance Reviews Today www.romrevtoday.com

You can visit Stephanie's website here.

You thought CPAs were boring?

http://colleengleason.blogspot.com/2006/04/you-thought-cpas-were-boring.html

Wicked Ways...

Let's give it up for another native Michigander's new book...

The Viscount’s Wicked Ways by
Anne Mallory



What Others Are Saying:

"I found the THE VISCOUNT’S WICKED WAYS to be as charming and irresistible as the viscount himself! Anne Mallory gives classic romance a fresh and delightful spin with her clever plots and winning imagination."

-Teresa Medeiros, author of After Midnight

Excerpt:
The footsteps neared, then stopped. Patience closed her eyes, praying for deliverance. The pendulum of the longcase clock swung in measure with her racing heart. Time seemed suspended. Eventually, the person moved on, and she exhaled the breath she had been holding.

A hand shot out and grasped her arm, pulling her against a hard body.

“And what do we have here?”

Nerves gripped her as she recognized the viscount’s voice. “I was just picking up a book. I couldn’t sleep.”

“It’s late to be out. People could get the wrong impression.” His breath tickled her neck and she involuntarily moved back against him. “Or have the wrong intentions.”

Her muscles tightened. She stepped away and twisted to face him. “That they could. You should heed your own advice, my lord.”

She was pleased to note that her voice was cool and calm, in direct contrast to the rest of her body.

The viscount let go of her and leaned negligently against the doorframe. “And why would I do that? Of what do I need to heed?” He leaned forward, his lips inches from hers. “This is my domain, and I can take what I want.”

She forced herself to remain still, not wanting to give an inch.

His expression was both smirking and triumphant, and it was mixed with something she couldn’t identify. “I have never claimed Patience, perhaps I should work on that besetting sin.” And the last inch of space between them was lost.

Wicked Ways...

http://colleengleason.blogspot.com/2006/04/wicked-ways.html

Four Play

I know I'm behind on my Paris Research Trip recap, but Diana tagged me and since this takes a bit less effort than arranging my photos, etc., I'm going for it.

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Cashier Supervisor
2. Health Insurance Company Sales Manager
3. General Mills Representative
4. Vice President for a small company importing body products from Germany

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. When Harry Met Sally...
2. Victor/Victoria
3. LOTR (don't ask me to pick)
4. The Emperor's New Groove

Four places you have lived:
1. Philadelphia, PA
2. Michigan
3. Michigan
4. Michigan (boring, huh?)

Four TV shows you love to watch: (I don't watch TV, so I'm relying on DVDs here...)
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Friends
3. Frasier
4. Alias

Four websites you visit daily:
1. Wet Noodle Posse.com
2. WSJ
3. Diana's Diversions
4. The Awful Truth (I know, I know...it's my secret vice!)

Four places you have been on vacation:
1. Tahiti
2. England, Scotland, Wales
3. Paris
4. Maine

Four of your favorite foods:
1. nachos with guacamole & jalapenos
2. chocolate with caramel
3. popcorn with real butter and a little salt
4. fresh grapefruit/orange juice

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. In the tub with a good book, chocolate and caramel, and popcorn
2. Looking at my name on the NYT best-seller list
3. In Rome
4. In a new addition on my house

Four friends I am tagging that I think will respond:
1. Trish Mi
2. Mary
3. Jill
4. Esri

Four Play

http://colleengleason.blogspot.com/2006/04/four-play.html

Rock on J. K. Rowling!

And I'm not saying that just because she writes an incredible series.

Check this out. Thank God someone who has influence on the teen and pre-teen world has come out and said this.

I especially like the line about

"celebrities whose greatest achievement is un-chipped nail polish, whose only aspiration seems to be getting photographed in a different outfit nine times a day, whose only function in the world appears to be supporting the trade in overpriced handbags and rat-sized dogs."

Bet Paris Hilton won't be buying anymore of Ms. Rowling's books. Not that she could read them anyway....

Rock on J. K. Rowling!

http://colleengleason.blogspot.com/2006/04/rock-on-j-k-rowling.html

Jill Monroe writes Great Romance

Now Shipping -
Share the Darkness by
Jill Monroe




Hannah Garrett has always felt safe in the dark. It meant she never had to show people the truth. On the run from a man who wants to kill her, Hannah's learned to keep to herself and not get attached....

Until she meets Ward Coleman.

Being around her sexy coworker has awakened a need she'd forgotten — and it's
not just this heat wave that has Hannah hot and bothered. But she can't afford to get too close,especially when she's not sure she can trust him.

What she doesn't know is that Ward is on to her and is determined to learn her
secrets. And getting caught in a hot, dark elevator is the best place to find out all
this undercover FBI agent needs to know.

What Others Are Saying:

A sympathetic heroine and hero, excitement and a satisfying ending make Share
the Darkness a great read. 4 Stars - from Romantic Times

Share the Darkness was an incredible book...Jill Monroe has a winner on her
hands with this one - from Cataromance.com

About Jill:

Jill Monroe fell in love with reading romance novels when her Grandma handed her
a
Presents novel many (although Jill won't say HOW many) years ago. Her grandma
couldn't
be more proud when Jill sold her first book to Harlequin. Share The Darkness is
Jill's 2003 Golden Heart finaling manuscript, and her first sale to Blaze. Look
for 3 more
Harlequin Blaze books from Jill in 2007!

Jill Monroe writes Great Romance

http://colleengleason.blogspot.com/2006/04/jill-monroe-writes-great-romance.html