Carly Phillips | 5 Things I’m Thankful For

With the Thanksgiving Holiday around the corner, this seemed like the perfect topic. There are so many directions I can take this list. Of course I’m thankful for my family, my friends, my dogs. I’m grateful for my career and especially for my readers. I’m beyond thankful for the people in my life who help make my career and life run more smoothly - my “team” who I couldn’t begin to work without. But I thought I’d reach beyond the obvious:

1. Books and the authors who write them - people often ask, when you’re not writing, what do you love to do? Duh? READ! I am grateful for my brave author friends (those I know personally and those I don’t) who are brave enough to put words on paper for the world to see.

2. Chocolate - even though it’s bad calories, there is nothing more satisfying than a biting into a good milk chocolate treat.

3. Soap Operas and Law and Order Marathons - because I’m often home alone and I need “company” (although I’m not a big people person), I need noise and things that comfort me. Knowing I can turn on the television and have these shows on (General Hospital, Days of Our Lives (Yes, I still miss One Life to Live and All My Children) … and Law and Order (And SVU) … this makes me happy.

4. Pet Rescue Organizations - I have 3 dogs - two wheaten terriers and one mutant (large) Havanese - although only one of mine is a “sort of” rescue, I’m grateful for the people who dedicate themselves to saving dogs from puppy mills, and those who foster dogs and them send them on to their furever families. You all are saints!

5. Facebook - because without that online time suck, I wouldn’t have access to all the writers I might not meet otherwise. (Yep, I said it. I like Facebook!)

So there you have it. My unorthodox list of what I’m thankful for. What are you thankful for? If you had to think “outside the box?"

About Carly Phillips

New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips tossed away her legal briefs and a career as an attorney to become a stay at home mom. Within the year, she turned her love of reading into an obsession with writing. Over 30 published novels later, Carly writes sexy contemporary small town romances, striking a balance between entertainment, humor and the emotion her readers have come to expect and enjoy.

Carly is a New York Times bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publisher’s Weekly bestseller and as of 2012, a Romance Writer’s of America RITA Nominee. In 2002, Carly’s novel, The Bachelor, became Kelly Ripa’s “Reading with Ripa” pick on Live with Regis and Kelly, making it the first romance ever chosen on a nationally televised book club.

Carly received her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University and is a graduate of Boston University School of Law (J.D.). To date, Carly has over thirty novels to her credit, all available wherever books are sold.

When not writing or playing online, Carly loves to read, occasionally to knit, and to spend time with her family. She lives in Purchase, New York with her husband, two daughters and her dogs, a soft coated wheaten terrier and a Havanese. Her dogs are prominently featured on her website and Facebook page.

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About DARE TO SEDUCE

Alpha billionaire businessman, Max Savage has had a thing for Lucy Dare for as long as he can remember but he values his long standing friendship with her brothers too much to cross the line. When Lucy shows up at an engagement party on the arms of another man, Max doesn’t like the changes he sees in her and vows to make her his own.

It’s now or never. Max can think of one way to convince Lucy she’s with the wrong guy. He’ll dare to seduce her … no matter what the consequences.