Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to take a few moments and wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas. I hope all of your Christmas wishes come true!

See you Monday for Recommend Monday! And then Tuesday, for the release day party for SWEET REWARD!

God bless.

Christy

Four Days Till SWEET REWARD!

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Hope you're having a great week and getting ready to celebrate large this weekend. I'm finally through with my shopping and am ready to do some wrapping, baking and candy making. Yay!

With the release of SWEET REWARD only days away, as an enticement, I thought I'd share some reviews over the next few days as we countdown to Tuesday. Here's an awesome review written by Dawn over at Guilty Pleasures.

http://www.guiltypleasuresbookreviews.com/2011/12/review-sweet-reward-lcr-9-by-christy.html?zx=db7f814882107a24

Recommend Monday!

Good Monday Everyone!

How was your weekend? Do anything fun? Are you still shopping or have you finished your gift buying? Did you find time to curl up with a good book? If so, we want to hear about it!

My weekend was fun and full. As usual, I'm running late on my shopping. Wish I was one of those people who start their shopping December 26 for the next year. Are you one of those? If so, know that you have my admiration and not a little bit of envy. (:

Did everyone see my post last week? I was finally able to share news about the new series. At this point, I'm calling it the Wildefire series but that's subject to change. My heroines' last name is Wilde and they grew up on Wildefire Lane in a small town in Alabama, not far from Mobile. The town is fictional, but the southern will be fully authentic! Finally can use some of those y'alls that come so easy for me!

Not to be too melodramatic, but did you notice we're only 7 days away from the last of the Last Chance Rescue books? SWEET REWARD releases on Tuesday, December 27! Woohoo! I loved Jared and Mia and hope you will too!

I've lived with these LCR characters since 2006, when I first started writing RESCUE ME. I know their flaws and strengths, as well as their deepest fears and incredible courage. Saying goodbye is both a happy and sad time for me. I'll miss hanging out with these interesting, intriguing characters, but knowing they will continue to rescue victims as they live out their happily ever after is a great comfort. And Aidan, Angela, Kendra, Raphael and Sabrina Fox continue to whisper little snippets in my ear from time to time. At some point, I would love to return to them and let them tell me their story. We'll see!

I'm very excited about this new path and new series. I hope you'll fall in love with it too. I've already met Zach Tanner and Savannah Wilde, the hero and heroine of the first book, which I'm tentatively calling SECRETS OF A SOUTHERN NIGHT. Zach and Savannah have me intrigued already. Can't wait till they tell me more of their story!

In the midst of all the craziness of preparing for the holidays and a book release, I have been able to finish two books, too! I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. Jami Alden's Hide from Evil was deliciously riveting, causing more than a few breathless moments, especially near the end. And I read the second book in Robyn Carr's Virgin River series, Shelter Mountain, which caused more than a few tears. I'm beginning to understand the addiction that goes with this series. I've already started the third one!

This week, I'm shopping till I'm dropping, a few more doctor's appointments and then maybe a little shaking and baking. LOL Hopefully more baking than shaking.

BTW, if you have an e-reader, you must jump over to Just Romantic Suspense and register for this awesome prize! The drawing is at 10:00 (EST) tonight. http://www.justromanticsuspense.com/2011/12/jrs-christmas-giveaway.html

Hope your week is filled with good things. I'll check back and chat a little later with you. Can't wait to hear what books you loved and devoured last week.

Happy Monday All!

Yay! Some Good News!

Hi Everyone!

Hope you've had a fabulous week and are looking forward to a fun-filled and relaxing weekend. My week has been busy and very good. I've been promising you some information on what I've been working on. Now, I can finally share. I'm pleased to announce that I sold another romantic suspense series to Ballantine! The premise revolves around three sisters who return to their small Alabama to solve their parents' murders. The first book is tentatively titled SECRETS OF A SOUTHERN NIGHT. Don't know if that title will stay but it definitely reflects the storyline. And though it's quite different from Last Chance Rescue, the new series will feature strong, heroic characters, murder, mayhem, suspense and plenty of steam! No release dates have been set but I wanted to give you the good news as soon as I could.

Have a fabulous weekend and I'll see you back here Monday for Recommend Monday!

Chatting over at Get Lost in a Story

Hi Everyone!

I'm over at the blog Get Lost in a Story, chatting and answering questions. Come over and tell me which LCR character you'd most like to go to dinner with. I'm also giving away 3 Last Chance Rescue books, winner's choice. Come chat with me!

http://getlostinastory.blogspot.com/2011/12/three-last-chances-to-get-lost.html#comment-form

Recommend Monday!

Good Monday All!

Did you have a good weekend? Do anything fun? Read anything fabulous? Tell us about it!

My weekend was full and fun and included shopping, baking and a bit of reading. I'm in the middle of two books, which is unusual for me as I generally like to concentrate on one story at a time. However, I'm finding reading a somewhat dark book, Hide From Evil by Jami Alden and a lighter book, the second Virgin River, Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr, is a good combination for me. When one gets too too intense, I go to the other and then go back again. Do you ever do this?

Can you believe we're 14 days away from the release of SWEET REWARD! I'm so excited for you guys to read this book. Mia and Jared were such fun characters to work with and I hope you love their story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Over the weekend, I received two rather lovely reviews. The first is from Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=31728 and the other is from Night Owls Review, who named SWEET REWARD a Top Pick: http://www.nightowlsuspense.com/nor/Reviews/Reese-reviews-Sweet-Reward-by-Christy-Reece.aspx

Hopefully these reviews will whet your appetite and make you even more excited to read SWEET REWARD. With the holiday rush and things getting crazy this time of year, don't forget to pre-order your copy so you can get it as soon as it's released! And if you don't like to order online, don't forget to ask your bookseller at your favorite bookstore to pre-order it for you.

My time this week will be filled with shopping, end of the year doctor appointments, a bit more reading and some writing. Hope everyone has a fabulous week. Can't wait to hear what you're recommending today!

Chatting Today!

Happy Saturday Everyone! Hope your week has been spectacular! Just wanted to drop by real quick and give you a heads-up on a giveaway and chat. I'm over at http://www.bitchcanwriteabook.blogspot.com today at 10:30 AM (CST). Also, Maureen is continuing her awesome holiday giveaway with a signed copy of SWEET JUSTICE to one commenter. Come over and share your Last Chance Rescue love and stay around till 10:30 and chat with me!

Hope to see you there! And see you back here Monday for Recommend Monday!

Have a great weekend!