Thanks, everyone, for the comments! There's a lot of fans for connected books here, and some authors mentioned that I love, too! Robyn Carr (I once received her author copies of a book by mistake - she was so lovely when I emailed to let her know!) Janet Evanovich and Nora Roberts are both simply brilliant. And there's some authors you've all suggested that I need to follow up. I'm off on vacation in a week, a cruise around the Pacific Islands. Hopefully we'll find one as beautiful as Cole and Taryn's! I plan to do loads of reading in between other activities, so I'll check out those names. Thanks again for having me!
Can I suggest King Leonardos? Everything about that character does it for me. OTT sexy and brave and the bod's pretty good too. Love the excerpt, Cynthia!