Books to Keep YOU Warm!!!

Some would say it’s the most romantic time of the year. Whether you have a
sweetie to snuggle up with or not, it won’t matter because I’m about to share
some books that will keep you warm no matter what.

The first, Wicked By Any Other Name, comes from my lovely friend Linda Wisdom. I adore her books, because she never fails to make me laugh.

“I always I always knew that one of the witches would be a true romantic,”
Wisdom says. “What I didn’t realize is that Stasi, the sensitive one with a
heart of gold, would encounter crazed townspeople that would bring to mind her
memories of living in Old Salem during the Witch Trials or that she could end
up being a victim of that hysteria. But Stasi proves herself even if she
hiccups iridescent bubbles when she’s nervous and is cursed with red hearts
over her head that’s echoed over Trev’s head meaning Cupid has deemed them soul
mates. Further proof you don’t mess with Cupid’s domain.

“There are many days I’m convinced my books write themselves. That the witches
whisper in my ear ‘I’ll take over’ and I let them. For me, the stories revolve
around them and even their personalities. They’re crafted first and the story
easily follows from there. In all my years of writing I’ve never had as much
fun as I have now.”

I heart my friend Annette Blair’s Cartwright triplets. The latest is Never Been Witched, and tells Destiny’s story. A paranormal debunker and a psychic witch try to avoid each other by unknowingly retreating to the same lighthouse. With one bed and crazy chemistry, it takes an angel and two ghosts to help them come to terms with the past and make way for the future. These fun romantic comedies just absolutely make my day! A Highlander of Her Own is the latest from Melissa Mayhue. Ellie Denton’s world is spiraling out of control. Animals talk to her, and her life has become more than complicated. A new birthmark makes life even tougher when she discovers it has a connection to her Faerie ancestors. “I think this is my favorite book so far,” Mayhue says. “I really connected with the heroine in this story. When I was writing her she, and her dogs, just seemed to take on a life of their own.” Be careful around Kathy Carmichael or she just might put you in a book. “While I was writing HOT FLASH, I visited my family in Texas,” she says. “My niece, then about thirteen years old, listened to my sisters and I cackling and howling with laughter over something we found amusing and probably the rest of the universe wouldn't. She slowly approached us, wagging her head from side to side, and finally said, "You guys are sooo weird." My response? "I'm sooo putting you in my book." And I did. Check out the baby shower scene in ‘Hot Flash’ to find out how.” Dead Right is the first in a new series from Cate Noble. After eighteen months in a secret prison in Southeast Asia, Dante Johnson wants only to move on with his life – until a bomb attack makes it clear that someone, somewhere won't let the past go,” she says. “All signs point to Catalina Dion, the brilliant foreign agent he once believed himself in love with...the same woman suspected of selling him out.” I’m really looking forward to the new Young Adult novel, Evermore, by Alyson Noel. Since an accident claimed the lives of her family, Ever can see auras and read people’s thoughts,” says Noel. “People think she’s a freak and she goes out of her way to avoid them. Everything changes, though, when she meets the gorgeous, exotic and wealthy Damen.” Claudia Dain says that she had a completely different hero in mind for Amelia in The Courtesan’s Wager. “About a third of the way through, another man poked his head in and wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. Somehow, to my complete shock, he became the man for Amelia. Not only was I stunned, but so was Amelia, and her surprise that this is the man she loves forms the heart of the book. Who is the hero? Read it and be as surprised as we were.” Rodeo cowboy Dakota Scott has his hands full when his truck breaks down in a small New Mexico town, and he runs into a woman who really needs his help in Riding the Line, by Kate Pearce. “It’s kind of like one of those old black and white movies with the wise-cracking heroine and the Alpha hero on a road trip,” says Pearce. Carolyn Jewel’s new title Scandal says it all. The Earl of Banallt is enthralled with Sophie Evans, who refuses to be seduced by him. Years later, when she’s widowed, the Earl tries again, but she has a difficult time believing his attentions are true. C J Lyons has a new hospital drama, Warning Signs out this month. Amanda Mason is trying to finish medical school, and keeping a troubling secret. The only person who seems to notice is the devastatingly handsome Dr. Lucas Stone. I love the title Bikini Diaries by Lacey Alexander. Businesswoman Wendy takes a trip to Florida and has no idea who it’s going to change her life when she puts on a bikini and adopts a new, sexy attitude. Fun stuff! I’m running out of room, I told you there were lots of books to keep you warm this February, but don’t forget to check out Carla Cassidy’s two releases from Harlequin, A Hero of Her Own and Profile Durango. And Eileen Wilk’s Mortal Sins, which is the fifth in her series about a FBI Agent who isn’t entirely human. Oh, and last, but not least, Fallen from Cindy Holby. This is one historical you just have to check out.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Candy

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Candy is a nationally syndicated entertainment columnist, who has interviewed just about every celebrity there is in Hollywood and written thousands of articles. She is the author of the Charmed & Dangerous series including Charmed & Ready Charmed & Dangerous, Charmed & Deadly, and Like A Charm. Her latest book The Demon King and I is available now!

Her non-fiction prose includes Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy, and essays in Alias Assumed: Sex, Lies and SD-6, and Five Seasons of Angel. She's also the entertainment critic providing the latest on TV, film and celebs for the radio station 96.3 KSCS. And she's the managing editor for FYI Television.

You can visit Candy daily at her blog or her website