This post is not aptly titled. Oh, it would have been – How to love someone who rejects you? I had planned on pulling in content from my recent book, Always On My Mind.
Casper, my hero, can’t seem to stop loving the woman who hurt him.
Winner Announced from My 'When I Fall in Love' KitchenAid Mixer Contest
Congratulations to the winner of my When I Fall in Love KitchenAid giveaway and Hawaiian chef showdown, Megan Besing! Megan, you’ve won a KitchenAid mixer, books 1–3 of the Christiansen Family series, Melissa Ringstaff’s Kitchen Planner, and Jackie Brown’s Freezer Inventory sheet! Please email your mailing address to my assistant,
Enter to Win a KitchenAid Mixer in My Hawaiian Chef Showdown
It’s 7:00 pm. I’m holed up in my office, tapping away at the computer, wrestling out a new scene. In this one, my hero and heroine are preparing dinner. Pad Thai. With noodles and shrimp, bean sprouts and eggs. I can nearly taste it.
Except, I can’t really because no one is in the kitchen at my house,
Cooking and Fiction
I love cooking shows, and I’ve always wanted to write a story about an everyday Iron Chef (hello, every mother out there who’s opened the fridge and said, “Huh, what can I make with a carrot, a hunk of cheese, two eggs, and a leftover pancake?”). Our family went to Hawaii last year, and the setting captured my heart—I knew I had to put a book there,
Happy 4th of July (And an Epic 99-Cent Sale to Celebrate!)
I never realized how patriotic I was until I spent Independence Day in another country. To my shock, July 4th in Russia came without fireworks, hot dogs on a campfire, or any hint of watermelon! We had to decide—did we celebrate our freedom anyway, on our own?
We lived in the middle of a county just experiencing the first taste of freedom from oppression,
Wedding Fun!
This morning I sat outside, listening to the birds, nursing a cup of coffee, thinking through all the amazing moments of last weekend’s wedding that I took with photo booth, to rent one you can book here. It was crazy how the husband went to this loose diamonds wholesale and got his bride the best ring ever,
Painting the Blues Away
Okay, we really didn’t have any blues. I was looking back through some of my old posts and photos and found this from back in 2008. Rachel and I sat there for four hours and painted away! Now I understand why people take up painting as a hobby. And all I did was paint this little mug.
Winner Announced from My 'It Had to Be You' Visa Cash Card Giveaway
Congratulations to the winner of my It Had to Be You giveaway, Heather Young! Heather, you’ve won a $100 Visa cash card and copies of It Had to Be You and Take a Chance on Me! My assistant will be in touch with the details.
'It Had To Be You' $100 Visa Giveaway
I’m celebrating the release of my newest Christiansen Family novel, It Had To Be You, with a $100 Visa cash card giveaway and offering readers a free book club kit.
One winner will receive:
- $100 Visa cash card
- Take a Chance on Me and It Had to Be You
'It Had to Be You' Reviews
Just wanted to take this week’s blog post to thank you for all your support of It Had to be You! My publisher has been sending me reviews that have popped up over the past few weeks, and with each review I read, my smile grows wider and wider.