Voice recognition mistake of the day: I was making a note of a recommended historical romance, and it came out "Passion favors the Bald." My husband will be glad to know that.

News from the Cattery: "This year, our adoptions have grown to an average of 18 per week!" To help pay costs, their 2021 spring drawing offers ten Amazon gift cards of $100-$500! Plus you are helping more cats get adopted. Get 2 tickets for $5.

I love this pet portrait from my friend Nancy Coffelt. She takes commissions. Check out her other animal portraits at her online gallery.

Fun fact: "17th- and 18th-century English physicist Sir Isaac Newton … invented the cat flap to help his pet cat Spitface pass freely from one room to the next." – Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Cat Lover's Companion

Wildlife Link: Check out these photos of a bobcat – so beautiful, with huge paws! (In the next cat café book, our characters visit the big cat rescue from Lions and Love at the Cat Café. Big cats need love too!)

As you may have heard, I'm also writing a series of comedies based on the movie Sweet Home Alabama, which my brother wrote. These take place a decade before the movie, when the characters are teens. We could use some review love, so if you'd like to get free copies in exchange for honest reviews, request them here: Get book 1 via Story Origin here. Get Book 2 free for review via Story Origin here.

Bonus Voice Recognition Mistake of The Day: "What?" He pulled back and growled, "Moralize!"

Ahem – that should be: "More lies!"

Spring into Reading Giveaway: Enter for free; browse romance books to earn more entries. Prizes include a Kindle Fire, Booklovers Swag Bag, and Amazon Gift Cards from $5-$25. Enter here: https://swee.ps/RXUqv_CRamDtS

Find New Books and Authors!

Hearts of Spring Clean Romance Giveaway: Meet new characters and discover new authors in these free books and samples! Find sweet contemporary romance and romantic comedy stories, free with newsletter signups (unsubscribe any time). Check out the options: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/rfmyfuz

March Kindle Unlimited Book Fair: Get your Kindle Unlimited Romance Reads: doctors and veterinarians, athletes and mountain men, billionaires and cowboys, teachers and students. These choices include sweet and spicy, realistic and fantasy/paranormal. Find your KU books: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/ydoBGOl

The Luck of the Irish 99-cent Sale: Fill your Kindle with great books for only 99 cents! Choose from:

Contemporary Romance (Romance w/royals, billionaires, cowboys, rock stars and beta heroes)

Romantic Suspense (including my southwestern adventure Valley of Gems, temporarily on sale)

Thriller

Romantic Comedy

Sweet Romance

See them here: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/I2sQ0D5

Books on My Radar:

Dear Author reviewed two children’s picture books, Here Comes Valentine Cat and Here Comes the Easter Cat by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Claudia Rueda. They sure look cute!

August Blues (Deerbourne Inn), by Amey Zeigler: 99 cents A romance author meets a book critic who hates all things romance in an idyllic Vermont town and fall in love. "But what will happen when Annie discovers her hated critic and the perfect man are one and the same?"

Her Outback Driver: A feel-good road trip romance across the Australian Outback, by Giulia Skye:  99 cents “Hot and steamy, just like the Australian landscape.” -Chick Lit Central. A former Olympic gold medalist Michael Adams—now Canada’s hottest reality TV star—goes in to hiding in Australia and meets a sweet and scruffy British backpacker looking for adventure to heal her broken heart.

If you haven’t read the first three books in the cat café series, the collection is on sale for 99 cents March 20-26 (US/UK). What a great price for three books! Plus, soon I’m going to be removing this collection from publication, so now (or rather, tomorrow, depending on when you open this email) is a good time to get it or let your friends know about the sale. Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK.

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