RaeAnne Thayne's blog

Congrats, Tammy (tlm455) ...

Kulwicki7 you're the winner! Please email Karen at karen@karenrosesmith.com with your snailmail addy so she can send your prize :)

I've been crazy busy with deadline and could swear I updated this with a winner's name but apparently it's one more thing that's slipped through the swiss-cheese holes in my brain right now (like laundry and cleaning and ... what's the name of my youngest kid again?!?). So the winner of the free book .... drumroll ... is Chey!!! Email me at rthayne@xmission.com and I'll ship your book.

We're very thrilled today to welcome the wonderful Stacy Connelly blogging about her August release,  Once Upon a Wedding. Thanks so much for being here, Stacy!

Kim is the winner. I've contacted her separately to let her know.

I've recently become a big fan of Burn Notice (yes, it usually takes me a couple of years to catch on to things!). I've only seen a handful of episodes, though I've got about 10 waiting for me on my DVR after Saturday's big Burn Notice marathon on USA (yay!). Now I just need to find the time to watch them ...

ChrystalGB816, you're the winner. Contact Karen at kartempber@aol with your snail mail addy so she can send you the book!

We're so thrilled today to be joined for our Q&A by the wonderful Patricia Kay, who's latest book HIS BROTHER'S BRIDE-TO-BE is a July release from SSE. Patricia, thanks so much for answering our questions!

We're very thrilled today to be talking with fabulous SSE author Cindy Kirk about the latest book in her MEET ME IN MONTANA series, YOUR RANCH OR MINE?.

My parents will be celebrating their 50th anniversary on July 2. For months, they've both been quite insistent they didn't want us to throw a big party for them or send them on a cruise or any of the typical things people do to honor their parents' fortitude and stamina in sticking it out together that long. In a bit of a turnaround, they're giving me and my six siblings a gift of sorts ...

Today we're very thrilled to be talking to new SSE author Christyne Butler about her June release, THE COWBOY'S SECOND CHANCE. Christyne, thanks so much for joining us!

* Where did you get the idea for THE COWBOY’S SECOND CHANCE?

Oh, goodness I don’t know if I can remember! Landon and Maggie’s story started out as a short story for me about fifteen years ago. I’ve always loved cowboys and small towns and country fairs and romance…and it just blossomed from there! When I started to seriously pursue my writing I knew their story needed to be told fully so I dusted off that old story…