It occurred to me that we had grown fixated on abs and that sexy little V all through last year and so I decided to give you a change of pace — some nice hot buns to chase away the winter chill.

I don’t know about you, but winter is my least favorite season primarily because I hate the cold. I can tolerate the rain, even the gloominess and yes, even the snow, but not the cold. I’m convinced that it’s because I’m just not genetically ready for it yet. Having been born in Cuba, my body craves heat and not ice (except maybe in my mojito). Read the rest of this entry �

I hope you like the Guilty Pleasure I’ve made for you for this New Year’s Eve! Read the rest of this entry �

Here’s what Mrs. Claus doesn’t want you to know! Underneath all that padding and the beard is a very sexy guy. He even wears his red suit to the gym — Check him out! Read the rest of this entry �

I had been having a rough time getting into the holiday spirit this year. The weather has been off and on and today it’s majorly off. Cold — which I hate — and the threat of snow.

Plus, I’ve been running around like crazy, trying to finish a proposal, working on an assortment of deadlines . . . Read the rest of this entry �

Trying to figure out if you’ve been naughty or nice? Well, many thanks to my friends Tempest, Cora and Cassandra over at the great Midnight Moon Cafe for the link to this Naughty or Nice Christmas Stocking Quiz. As you can tell, I made Santa a very happy man! LOL! Take your own Christmas Stocking Quiz by clicking here! Read the rest of this entry �

I spent a good part of Sunday doing the holiday shopping. Got most of it done in a few stores that were having great sales and offers. Read the rest of this entry �

December 11 to 23: Check out the Twelve Days of Chicas Tour! Drop by each site starting on December 11 to read a great Christmas story, share recipes and holiday experience, and possibly win one of the great prizes that each author is offering. Read the rest of this entry �

Cowboys or military men? A tough choice for today’s Guilty Pleasures Monday and so I decided to give you a little bit of both!

Why am I debating this to such a degree? Well, I’ve been hard at work on that series that I mentioned recently. It’s another chapter in the Coltons story that Harlequin has done and my story is about a military man, but he’s grown up in Texas so he’s probably got a good bit of cowboy in him as well. Read the rest of this entry �

I’m back from my short road trip to Philadelphia and the talk at Swarthmore College. It’s snowing today and so I’m taking a moment rest, do lots of writing and catch-up work. Read the rest of this entry �

Oh the weather outside is frightful . . . Okay so maybe it isn’t so frightful yet, but the cold is definitely here in NYC . . . Well, at least for today. Yesterday felt like spring.

But despite the weather yo-yo, one look around New York City and you know it’s Christmas. Actually, it’s been Christmas since before Thanksgiving since everyone seemed in a rush to get up the holiday decorations. This is a shot of the front of the Lord & Taylor store on Fifth Avenue. During our annual Christmas in the City jaunt, this is one of our must stops to check out the windows. Read the rest of this entry �

Today’s Guilty Pleasure is sexy Italian soccer star Fabio Cannavaro! If I had to pick someone that looks like Hadrian in HOLIDAY WITH A VAMPIRE, this Fabio would definitely be the breathtaking bloodsucker. Read the rest of this entry �

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution just released a list of the worst book titles and you can click here to read more of this article! Read the rest of this entry �

First, let’s get our minds out of the gutter so we can answer this question correctly.

What’s a man’s sexiest organ?
. . . . .drum roll please . . . Read the rest of this entry �

Bryant Park has been transformed again for the winter! They’ve set up the Citibank Ice Skating Pond over the great lawn. Luckily it’s gotten cold enough to freeze whatever the surface is so people can skate.

They also had something going up yesterday and my sis caught the activity on her way home and sent this picture — snowmaking at Bryant Park so they could film a scene for the upcoming Sex and the City movie. How cool is that? Read the rest of this entry �

For a number of years, I’ve done workshops on the state of Latino fiction and as I am going to be doing a number of talks on this topic in the coming year, I wanted to update some aspects of the discussion. It occurred to me that it might be good to broaden the fact-finding to include various kinds of multicultural fiction and not just Latino fiction.

Armed with that intent, I’ve developed a survey (click here to access the survey) as a way of allowing you to offer your opinions on the state of multicultural fiction today. As the survey is intended to reflect current publishing trends, I am asking only published authors or those with books that are to be released shortly, to offer their comments on the survey.

As this is my first attempt at a survey of this nature, I also beg your indulgence if it’s lacking in any way.

Here’s a link to the page with the survey: http://www.caridad.com/state-of-multicultural-fiction/

Feel free to share this link with any other authors that you think might be interested in offering their opinion on this topic.

Thanks so much!

I wracked my brains this weekend thinking about who would be this Monday Guilty Pleasure and then it came to me!

Jorge Ramos who could quite easily slip into the role of Pablo Amenabar, Sylvia’s father from SOUTH BEACH CHICAS CATCH THEIR MAN. The light eyes and lean wiry body (although Pablo might be a little more muscular and not as grey!) Read the rest of this entry �

My friend Lois Winston and I spent Friday and Saturday driving to and from Rhode Island where we met the wonderful Rhode Island Romance Writers. It was a blast meeting these delightful women and talking with them about writing. We had lively discussions and great food. The only wonkiness to the whole event was the remnants of Hurricane Noel which hit us on the ride home. Even my low-slung Sebring convertible wobbled with the strong blasts of wind hitting the coast! Read the rest of this entry �

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This Guilty Pleasure Monday is all about Bad Boys with Bite. Today’s favorite is Buffy Bad Boy Spike aka James Marsters.

What is it about Bad Boys with Bite that is so appealing? Well, I met a delightful group of bloggers from Italy who run the Isn’t It Romantic? site and today, I’ll be blogging on that site about Bad Boys with Bite and why we love them. Click here to check out the blog! Read the rest of this entry �

First of all, thanks for all the wonderful holiday comments while I was gone. The winner of that special blog contest is Norma Storms! Norma, please e-mail your address to cpsromance@att.net so I can send the prize! Read the rest of this entry �

It’s almost time for another installment in THE CALLING vampire novels! FATE CALLS is a novella in HOLIDAY WITH A VAMPIRE, a December release for Silhouette Nocturne. I thought I’d leave you with a glimpse of this novella before I take a little break — until October 20th! Read the rest of this entry �