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Help SPIRITS OF THE HEART win the RONE!

I’m very happy to host Claire Gem for a special message and request. I’ve just voted for her book Spirits of the Heart (the process is very easy), and I hope you will too, after reading about it below. Good luck, Claire!

RONE Finalists

I’m thrilled to announce that my second Haunted Voices novel, SPIRITS OF THE HEART, has been nominated for a RONE award, hosted by InDtale. But I need votes to get it to the finals!

Voting is open only one week: May 7-13. Ends this Sunday, Mother’s Day.

This title made the finals in the 2017 I Heart Indie Awards, and missed winning by a hair – help it make it over the top this time, please . . .

You have to register on the InDtale website (it’s free, no obligation). Once you confirm your registration with the link they email you, the voting takes place here. My title is third one under Paranormal Long, right at the top of the voting page.

Please help this book, which has a solid 4.8 star rating on Amazon, get the recognition it deserves!

The Blurb:
An addiction counselor and a security guard struggle to free a little girl and her father, two lost spirits trapped inside an abandoned mental asylum.

Addiction counselor Laura Horton returns from college to move in with an old friend and start her career. But her homecoming is jarring. Her friend moves out, leaving Laura alone with the gorgeous but intimidating ex-boyfriend—in a house that snugs up to an ancient graveyard.

Officer Miller Stanford is a man with a shattered past. His alcoholic dad destroyed their family, a weakness Miller is terrified will consume him too. The last thing he needs is a sexy, blonde addiction counselor watching his every move. When he begins to see specters in the dark, he starts questioning his own stability.

But Laura sees her too—a pathetic child-spirit searching for her father. Then Laura starts digging into old asylum records . . . Can Miller and Laura uncover the secrets of Talcott Hall without jeopardizing their love—and lives—in the process?

You can view Spirits of the Heart on Amazon, and watch the book trailer here.

Instructions: You have to register on the InDtale website (it’s free, no obligation). Once you confirm your registration with the link they email you, the voting takes place here.

Thanks in advance for your support, and thank you, Dee S. Knight, for hosting me!

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Most Romantic Memory #MFRWauthor

Jack and I have been married for 45 years and we dated a good many years before that. So all in all, he’s been in my life more than 50 years—since I was 13. Like a lifetime, actually. So it seems we would have had a thousand “most” romantic memories on which to draw to answer this question. Truth is, from the very beginning, all of the time we’ve spent together has been special. We’ve always laughed, enjoyed the small things, and just gone through each day hand in hand, counting ourselves lucky. Has it all been what most would consider “romantic”? Well, no. So I had to spend a minute or two to think back on all the places we’ve been and things we’ve done to determine which memory was not only romantic but most romantic.

One year, for Christmas Jack’s brother and sister-in-law gave us frequent flyer miles to go anywhere we wanted (I know, right??). At thaGolden Gate Bridge in fogt time, I was in Virginia finishing up my year’s teaching contract and Jack was working in Kansas City as an IT consultant. We decided to spend my spring break in San Francisco.

Jack flew into Richmond the day before my break started and the next day we flew to San Fran.

We’d been there before, but always working, never with time to do whatever came to mind. I’d found a good hotel right at Fisherman’s Wharf that provided a concierge to arrange trips from the city and a car rental desk. We caught the shuttle at the airport and waited as the driver dropped off each passenger whose hotel was ahead of ours. As a reward for being patient, he took a detour down Lombard Street, commonly called the crookedest street in the world (actually, it isn’t even the crookedest street in San Francisco).Lombard Street Flowers lined the street, which has to be taken at a low speed not only due to the curves but to the grade, and it was not only quite the adventure, but not something we would have thought to do on our own.

 

For the next several days we slept in, took our time at everything, and stopped to smell the flowers—and the fish. We walked the Wharf, Chinatown, Union Square, and Market Street. Taking advantage of the great transportation system the city has, we rode buses and cable cars all over. We took a city tour and (the one day we didn’t sleep in) also a day trip to Monterey, Carmel, and Pebble Beach. One day we rented a car and drove down to San Jose where we visited the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and later ate at one of our favorite restaurants, the Menara Moroccan Restaurant. Yum!

In short, we had a wonderful, romantic week. I can still picture us watching the seals at Pier 39 and eating breakfast outdoors at one of the wharf area’s many restaurants. We were unashamed tourists, and we loved it. Maybe because we had to spend so much time apart while working in two states, that vacation away from family and work pressures seemed dreamlike. Romance, in all its glory

Later, Jack found a job in San Francisco and we lived there for a little over a year. We loved our time living in the city but even the new memories we created can’t compare with those we made that trip. Pure love. Pure fun. Pure magic.

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

11 Ways to Improve Family Vacations

With the start of summer coming at the end of the month, I thought it might be a good time to come up with a few tips.

Early on in our marriage, Jack (who writes as Francis Drake) and I took a break from real life and drove a tractor trailer all around the U.S. and into Canada. Trucking is pockets of high stress surrounded by seriously boring down time. During all of this, we observed families on car trips—and not always in the happiest of situations. Here are some of our tips (in no particular order) for traveling with your family, based on our experience sharing truck stops, theme parks, and rest areas over eight years of trucking.

1. Each mode of travel offers its own stress and advantages. Cars and vans let you spend more time

Airport crowds

together. (Downside: Cars and vans force you to spend more time together.) Planes are a hassle these days even without the addition of children in the mix, but at least you can get places faster. Trains offer time together while still keeping travel time at a minimum, but it’s pretty expensive. At least there is the opportunity to move around while bypassing highway traffic jams and long hours of wait time in airports. So don’t just assume there is only one way to get from point A to point B. Check into various methods of transport and choose which best suits your needs.

Another tip from a professional driver should you choose a car vacation, is to allow enough time to drive just below the speed limit. Let others pass you by. Wave to them as they speed past and again when you see them stopped by the police on the side of the road later. You might be surprised at what good time you make (a few miles per hour makes very little difference in several hours’ driving) and how much more rested you are when you arrive at your day’s destination.

2. If possible, don’t travel with pets. While having Rover along seems idyllicDon't travel with pets for the kids, bringing your family dog or cat with you on vacation adds another level of stress. They have to be walked, watered, and fed during the day. Leaving them in the car while you’re walking, watering, and feeding yourself and your children can be problematic. And finding pet-friendly motels is not always easy.

3. Be flexible with your plans. One thing you can be sure of when traveling is that crap is going to happen. Sites you wanted to visit may be closed unexpectedly or weather might force your plans to change. Try to keep alternative sites or activities in mind for those occasions. Relatives who came to visit this past summer had all kinds of places in California they’d planned to see but the massive wildfires that erupted while they were in route meant they had to make other plans. There is so much to see and do in our great country that alternatives shouldn’t be too hard. That is, unless you’re someplace like Wyoming where viable alternatives might be a hundred miles off. In that case…

4. Have alternative activities with you. Sometimes, waiting an extra day to view an attraction you really, really want to see means an unplanned night in a motel room or tent. Board games the family can enjoy will make the time go faster and provide those all-important family moments. And they don’t have to be large, bulky games. A pair of dice for Yahtzee will do, or a deck of cards for War, Go Fish, or whatever, depending on the age of your children. (If it’s just adults, strip poker can also be a pleasant way to pass an evening, but you didn’t hear it from me.)

5. Give up electronic devices—or at least schedule and limit their use. This goes for the grownups as well as the kids. Without vacations, I know many parents who spend little time with their children except during meals (maybe). When on vacation, you’re not only forced to spend time together, it’s removed from the everyday world of chores, work, kids’ activities, etc. This should be a special time to explore and refresh your knowledge of each Electronic devices mean no conversationother, and that can’t be accomplished with one or more family member glued to video games, Facebook, or email. Set aside an hour or two each day for device time and everyone will end up appreciating the freedom. Eventually. (Hey, I’m not sayin’ it’s gonna be easy.)

6. Remember that comment that crap happens? Well, also remember that kids will pick up on the attitudes and moods of parents, especially in the hyper-close environment of a family vacation. If the car breaks down and dad is yelling and kicking things and mom is responding back in kind, don’t be surprised if the kids are tense and likely to react to anything you say or do in like fashion. Do your best to stay calm and you’ll inspire calmness in your children.

Surprisingly, this works at home, too! Go figure.

7. Bring snacks but not those full of sugar. You know better than I what happens when children get on a sugar high. They come down at some point, but is it before you’re ready to jump from the moving train or after?

8. Control expectations. Years ago, Jack and I went to Disney World. I was so excited I could hardly see straight. (Yes, I was in my 30s at the time. So what?) However, once we arrived, lines were long, the day was blisteringly hot, and a couple of the rides I’d looked forward to weren’t open. I was disappointed. And I wasn’t even a ten-year-old. But Jack encouraged me into It’s a Small World (air conditioned), fed me a hot dog, and distracted my loss of Pirates of the Caribbean with Space Mountain (the distraction worked—never again!). During a romantic dinner in one of the hotels, we recapped all we’d seen and I realized that if I had just ventured to Orlando looking for a nice day I would have been better off. As it was, we did have a great day. But even the Happiest Place on Earth can’t promise that no crap will happen. Managing expectations will ensure a better outcome than expecting everything to be perfect.

9. Related to the last point, vacation is meant to be fun. Relax and let the fun happen.

10. Instead of planning a week or two for vacation, plan mini-vacations by visiting places closer to home. Our parents were in the military and our dads didn’t always have leave when our schools were out for summer or spring breaks. In my case, we went to the mountains a couple of hours away from home, or to the coast for two-three days. We lived in a state where such trips were possible, but most all states have interesting places to visit fairly close by. Don’t think of the city as a place to go shopping. Take a weekend and see a play or visit the museums. Drive to a waterfall in a state or national park and hotel it or camp overnight. Explore what’s in your area by computer and then explore it together as a family.

11. Finally, overriding all of the tips above, if you remember one last thing your family vacations will be great. Time away isn’t just for the parents and not only for the kids. Time away is for the family. If each member of the family thinks more of the other members than of themselves, your time is bound to be special—even when crap happens. You will build memories to be treasured for lifetimes.

Dee S. Knight and Francis Drake are husband/wife erotic romance writers. They have been married for nearly fifty years and know all about the stress of traveling and how to alleviate the worst of it. Visit their website for sweet (Ann Krist), historical (Amber Carlton), and erotic romance (everyone else).

Character Profiles #MFRWauthor

I confess that I used to be a complete pantser. I had an image of characters in my head and that was all I needed. But sometimes I found that I as I wrote, I added bits and pieces, traits and hobbies to the characters and then it was hard to keep things straight. I often forgot what color hair my heroine had or whether the hero’s eyes were green or blue. Once I renamed the hero halfway through the book and only caught it in editing (thank heaven). I knew I needed help.

Creating a character is a little like chemistry: a little of this and a little of that, and you have a character that’s memorable (and keeps the same name all the way through the book!). I found a how-to guide that had character sheets in it, and I adopted it to fit what I wanted to know about my characters. Suddenly, I had a form to fill in for height, hair and eye color, hobbies, education, family members, etc. I added elements for conflict and goals, too. I assigned each major character three adjectives and then wrote three things the character might do that represented those adjectives. I found the character sheets helped keep me in line and on target.

Lately, I took two courses with Laurie Schnebly Campbell through Writer University and learned a lot! Laurie’s help was aimed toward plotting through character motivation.

I ended up with much of the same goals/motivation information I had using the guide sheets, but it’s much easier to come up with. I think I will still use the guide sheets to track physical characteristics but use Laurie’s process to find motivation and apply it to plot. By the way, if you’ve never taken a course with Laurie, I found her to be a real pleasure—fun and helpful.

So, am I no longer a pantser? Well, I haven’t gotten to the point of detailed outlining, but I have found a couple of methods that help me hold my stories together better. I hope…

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

Favorite romance genre of all #MFRWauthor

Well, of course, that title is misleading because there is no favorite romance genre of all. There are favorites and more favorites.

My favorite romance genre to write is contemporary. That covers a wide range of more types: paranormal, erotic, humorous, angsty, ménage, etc. Passionate Destiny is a prodigy book because it’s somewhat humorous, paranormal, and erotic. Probably I like contemporary because I’m lazy. In contemporary romance, there is little truly in depth research that has to be done. I can make up pretty much whatever I want and make it fit into a storyline, whereas when writing historical there is so much to find out about day-to-day living.

For reading, I enjoy contemporary also, but I read a lot of Regency period and other historical romances. I might not enjoy researching all the details that make up a historical romance, but I love reading them! I like some of the best known authors like Julie London, Eloisa James, Mary Balogh, and others, but lately have discovered Kryssie Fortune‘s One Knight Stand and Jan Selbourne. Her book Lies of Gold (Napoleonic setting) was wonderful but I highly recommend Perilous Love (outbreak of World War 1)! I thought that book was simply glorious!!

One thing I know for sure is that I love reading romance! It gets the endorphins going and makes me feel happy. There’s nothing wrong with that, is there?

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

People I Know (and have put in my books) #MFRWauthor

I think it’s inevitable that writers tend to write the things they know—and that includes places, pets, and yes, people. The trick when it comes to people is not to write them so real to life that they recognize themselves. Most people don’t see themselves through the same lens that the rest of the world uses. If I say to a friend, “Why do you always seem to xxx?” they will say back, usually with a hurt or confused expression, “I don’t.” I probably would do the same. I read once that the flaws we see in others are often the same flaws we have ourselves. Yikes!!

 Just to be clear, I do not know these people and they are not in my books. 😉

So, ignoring the guideline I just set out, some of my friends might well recognize themselves in my books, but more through dialogue than through description. What someone says usually sticks with me and I use that for the basis of my character. So my husband might recognize himself as Tyler Birch in Impatient Passion when I have him say that his father told him he could go to any school he wanted but that dad was sending the money to Virginia Military Institute. That was true and we still laugh about it. Jack’s (and Tyler’s) relationship with their fathers came through in those few words.

By the same token, the grumpy but kind of endearing characteristics of Margaret in Passionate Destiny were based on a boss I had. He told me that he went to graduate school in Kansas. We had lived in Kansas and loved it because the people were so friendly. That’s exactly what Staten Island born-and-bred Joe didn’t like. “You can’t even stand in a X@%$ grocery store line without someone talking to you and asking about your ^%@! life story!” Without the expletives deleted, that’s the very sentiment Margaret expresses in the grocery of her new, small Virginia town. If Joe didn’t recognize himself in those words, I did something wrong!

On the other hand, my mom and her twin probably would deny ’til the cows come home that they are really Dan’s aunts in The Man of Her Dreams. They are two funny ladies who interrupt each other, contradict and agree, insult and quibble, yet obviously love each other dearly. They finish each other’s sentences just like Dan’s aunts, too. A conversation with them is like watching a tennis match, with your head turning back and forth as they deftly weave their words into single thoughts. Amazing!

When you write, are you more careful or less to hide the real person behind the character? It’s fun both ways as long as no one ends up with hurt feelings.

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

Celebrate!! Manuscript Complete! #MFRWauthor

Gosh, is there any better feeling than finishing that manuscript you’ve been working on for months? Nope. It’s time to celebrate, dudes and dudettes! I’d like to say that I grab my honey love, give him a big ol’ smooch, and take him out for dinner and dancing. I’d like to say that we come home to climb under the sheets and light the night on fire! I’d like to say all that, but honestly…?

First, I take a nap. Then I take the opportunity to cook something for dinner. I mean cook something instead of imploring Jack to bring home Mickey D’s or slapping cheese between two slices of bread. Finishing a manuscript means I might prepare something as exciting as pasta with a bottled marinara sauce and salad in a bag. (That’s what passes for coking in our house.) Last, I kiss Jack goodnight and go to sleep. After all, tomorrow’s a big day. The manuscript might be finished but editing and polishing are waiting to start.

I love writing.

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

Lessons Learned from My Worst Review #MFRWauthor

Glass breaks.

Oops! Bad review.

Well, that was a short post!

It’s never fun getting a bad review. I don’t care how much people say it’s a learning experience or how we grow through facing up to the negative. Poppycock! That might be true eventually, but at the beginning I find it just plain hard. That book was my baby. I nurtured it, fed it, held it in my arms until I released it into the cold, cruel world and I wanted nothing but good things to happen to it. And then some random person comes along and says it has no merit?? Where is that person? I have something to discuss with him (her).

But then I settle down and read the review again. Usually I find that the reviewer has a point in some small way. Maybe I didn’t fully explain why the artist shot the armadillo, or perhaps I overplayed the role of the dance hall girl in my contemporary thriller. All things are possible. By then I can see where I need to do better in the next book.

And I guess people who say a bad review can be a learning experience are right after all…

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Thanks!
Dee

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Confessions of a Serial Dieter

I am excited and so pleased to introduce our first blog guest, Kryssie Fortune! Her book, One Knight Stand, sounds fun–in a vampirish, sexy kind of way. I’m looking forward to reading it!

Confessions of a Serial Dieter

Do you struggle with your weight? I didn’t until I went off to university. Money was tight, and I didn’t want a mountain of student debt. I ate anything stodgy to keep hunger at bay, but do my hips show it. I’ve been dieting since I graduated and could afford decent food.

So, back in July, I started a low carb diet. That left me four pounds lighter and so hungry I felt lightheaded. Chocolate makes everything betterAs soon as I ate anything normal, I put those damn pounds back on.

August.
I tried the South Sea Diet. This made my breath stink and made me feel sick. I didn’t last more than a day and half. No, no, no!

September.
I thought I’d just go low calorie. I woke up at 2am, and boy was I hungry. Don't go near the fridge!

That’s another diet off my life.

October.
Cabbage? In soup?I tried the Cabbage Soup diet. Have you tasted that stuff? Just don’t, is all I can say.

November.
I thought I’d try the Ketonic Diet. There’s some science behind this one. Apparently, it helps epileptics, but get this: It works by denying the body its primary fuel – glucose. One of the listed side effects is death. I didn’t get any further with this one. Chocolate or cheese. The only two food groups needed.

December.
Who diets at Christmas? Not me

January.
Oh God. I’ve put on weight over Christmas. I joined a slimming club yesterday, but all those points and that little calculator thing is such a fuss. I’m already fed up of salad.

February.
I’ve landed my dream job. Whitborough Castle has hired me as its archivist. Of course, no one knows what happened to the last two, but it was too good a chance to pick up. I’m stressing about it already. Now I need chocolate. I must be craving the B vitamins. 'Nuff said.

March.
I started my job a couple of weeks ago. I love it. Some of the high ups think I’m too young for my role, though. They made that clear when I showed them around this morning. Then this drop dead gorgeous guy—a tourist with a day ticket—starts telling me an alternative history of the chapel. Talk about Fake News. Anyway. Got to dash. I’ve got records to update and stuff. If you want to know about the castle, the archivists, and drool worthy Blaxton, you can read my story in Kryssie Fortune’s book – One Knight Stand.

ONE KNIGHT STAND by Kryssie Fortune
(This book was formerly sold as Knight’s Vampire.)

One Knight Stand

Buy here:
Amazon USA http://amzn.to/2pgAf24
Amazon UK http://amzn.to/2pnLBAe
Amazon Canada http://amzn.to/2FYZKhT
Amazon Australia http://amzn.to/2FSUUiV

BLURB
Crusader knight, Blaxton de Ferrers rises as a vampire after the Knights Defender steal his soul. Murdered by his cousin, he preys on the people he once swore to protect. His emotions leach out of him. Gradually, he forgets how to feel.

Eight hundred years later, he meets Harriet.

Harriet Mortlake’s a strong, sassy woman who battles her weight and her temper. She’s the modern-day archivist in the castle which was Blaxton’s childhood home. She’s supposed to ferret out the castle’s secrets. Instead, she finds the love of her life.

When danger threatens Harriet, Blaxton steps in. Harriet and Blaxton are a match made in heaven. Except… he’s a vampire and he’s destined for hell.

EXCERPT
“How dare you embarrass me like that?” Harriet Mortlake planted her hands on her hips and glowered at the man she’d cornered outside the cafe. Her normal iceberg cool deserted her, and she wanted to slap the condescending smile off his face. Around this stranger, she felt as though lightning bolts flashed from her eyes.

“It’s a temple, not a chapel,” he insisted.

Stubborn. Damn. Male. She’d been showing the big guns from the Castles’ Management Trust around the building. They’d already made it clear they thought her too young for the archivist’s role. This know-it-all had infuriated her when he sounded off in the chapel. Now he antagonized her all over again.

“As if!” Harriet snorted. “No way would medieval Christians build a pagan temple on their grounds. Superstitious locals would have accused them of devil worship. They burned heretics at the stake, remember?”

Despite Mr. Condescending’s interference, she’d impressed the big bosses—she thought. Now the sexiest male, ever, clung to his ridiculous belief the chapel had been a pagan temple.

He flashed her a smile which would have lit up the underground chapel where he’d embarrassed her earlier. He should keep his mouth shut and let her admire his looks. Everything about him radiated sex appeal. Looking at him almost made her anger evaporate, but he gave her the know-it-all look that made her bristle.
“You need to get your facts right,” he told her, determined to have the last word.

Stupid, arrogant male. She couldn’t decide whether to show him her diplomas and degrees or kick his shins. She’d reined in her temper while the higher-ups carried out their inspection. Now they’d left, she felt free to vent her rage. Hands still on her hips, she tapped her foot at him.

“Lost for words without an audience? Or don’t you have any facts to back up your cock-and-bull story? Put up or shut up, Mister. Tell me why you think it’s a temple.”

Mr. Condescending sat outside the castle’s tearoom as if he hadn’t a care in the world. His interference when she’d shown the bigwigs into the chapel could have cost her the job she loved. Whitborough Castle’s extensive records needed cataloging, and Harriet couldn’t wait to get her hands on them.

ABOUT KRYSSIE FORTUNE
Kryssie Kryssie Fortune writes the sort of hot sexy books she loves to read. If she can sneak a dragon into her paranormal books she will. Her paranormal heroes are muscular werewolves, arrogant Fae or BDSM loving dragons.

Kryssie likes her contemporary heroes ex-military and dominant. Her heroines are kick ass females who can hold their own against whatever life – or Kryssie – throws at them.
Kryssie’s pet hates are unhappy endings, and a series that end on a cliff hanger.

Her books are all stand alone even when part of series. Plot always comes before sex, but when her heroines and heroes get together, the sex is explosive and explicit. One review called it downright sensual.

HOW TO FIND KRYSSIE
Website http://kryssiefortune.wixsite.com/kryssie
Blog http://kryssiefortune.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter https://twitter.com/KryssieFortune
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KryssiesFortune
Pinterest http://bit.ly/1OGFnjc
Goodreads http://bit.ly/2kxqabJ
Amazon Author Page http://amzn.to/2hA0ZVO

Thank you, Kryssie for joining me on Nomad Authors Blog!

What I Learned from Research #MFRWauthor

Let’s just start out by saying that it’s really easy to go off the skids while researching! While preparing a book about the Outer Banks in 1903 I got caught up in North Carolina’s role (and specifically the OB) in the War Between the States. Not too pertinent. Actually, what I would like to do is type in a question in some magical online place and have the answer pop up. Is there such a place? If so, please email ASAP.

Because I typically write in contemporary time frames, I don’t do a whole lot of research except about a particular locale or a job. For a book I’ve yet to finish I found out what a creative project manager does for a fashion designer. It’s not a position I’d ever considered—or even knew about.

And for that book I mentioned previously, it was interesting to find out that the Outer Banks were not the die-hard Southerners found in other parts of Dixie. Because of their exposure to the shipping lanes, they were used to working with the North, and the distinctions between blacks and whites were more blurred. Makes sense, but I’d never thought of it. Too bad my book didn’t need that knowledge, lol.

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

Now in print!!