I survived my first writers convention.

Yes I'm alive! It was a close call but I made it. It got a little overwhelming but with the help of some great friends I made it through the week without any scars. A bit worse for wear and totally exhausted but it was one of the best weeks of my life. Of course getting to meet all my author friends from online for the first time in the flesh was THE best thing. I've blogged about it over at Rhian's blog and there's even a pic page that I'm slowly adding pix to. Got check it out HERE.

Now for last months Fallen Angel Reviews.

All I Want For Christmas by Kelly Jamieson - Review
Moon Madness by Mina Carter - Review
Tempting Tori by N.J. Waters - Review
The McCassey Brothers Trilogy Megabook by Lauren N. Sharman - Review
Hearts Afire March by Jade Morrison & Shaunta Grimes - Review

I'm hanging at my CP's house this week and it's great to be in the same room with Mari. She's just the best and we've done so much laughing I think my sides are bruised. I'm off to New York on Friday to meet Hubby and we'll be traveling around a bit but you can catch my updates on twitter www.twitter.com/RhianCahill
I'm freezing at the moment and I'm sure NY is only going to be colder. Glad I bought my big jacket with me.

A plug for my alter ego

My first short story is being released on April 11th from Noble Romance Publishing. It's the first in a collection of stories about woman finding love and lust in foreign countries and I loved writing this first one and I'm just as enthralled with the second which is almost ready to be submitted to the publisher. But for now here's the first one.

One Night In Bangkok by Rhian Cahill available April 11 from Noble Romance Publishing

One night in Bangkok is all it takes to turn Beth Martin’s future plans upside down. After being betrayed by the man she’d tied herself to the last thing she needs is another man screwing her life up. But Tom is different. He makes her feel sensations long forgotten, makes her want in ways best left unspoken. Can she live out her wildest fantasies in one decadent night? And when it’s over, can she walk away, or will what she doesn’t want prove to be what she needs?

Bad, bad blogger!

Yes, I know I've been away a long, long time. So lets get to it. Here's the reviews I've snuck in over the last couple of months.

Chasing Sunset by Sami Lee - Review
Cry Sanctuary by Moira Rogers - Review
Last Call: Kamikaze by Moira Rogers - Review
Last Call: Hurricane by Moira Rogers - Review
Fall Into Me by Linda Winfree - Review
A Question Of Trust by Jess Dee - Review
Wicked Garden by Lorelei James - Review
Secret Intentions by Caitlyn Nicholas - Review
Taking Tara by Alyssa Brooks - Review
Cowboy Lies by Lynde Lakes - Review
Love Me Tomorrow by Dee Tenorio - Review
Lucas by Eliza Gayle - Review
Crux by Moira Rogers - Review

I've had to cut back on the reviewing as I've managed to score myself my first contract. Noble Romance Publishing will release One Night In Bangkok on April 10th. It's the first in a series of short stories about woman finding love and lust in foreign countries. The second story is ready to be submitted after a little more tweaking. You can find out more at Rhian Cahill.

I'll be in and out over here as I'm three weeks away from going to the US for 8 weeks. First stop is the Romantic Times Convention in Orlando then it's off to my CP Mari Carr before meeting Hubby in New York City. We'll be going from there to Atlanta back to Washington DC and then he flies home and I continue to my other CP Devon Gray. Then it's back to Mari's before we both head off to the Lori Foster Reader Appreciation weekend where we're meeting up with our other CP Vivian Arend and some other great writer/reader/cover artist friends that are part of a new group blog International Heat. I'll try to post once a week with pix or at least some news of how it's going.

FAR reviews for December.

Here's the list of reviews I did last month. There are some really, really great books in this bunch.

Scarlet and the Sheriff by Carly Carson - Review
Going For It by Elle Kennedy - Review
Rough, Raw, and Ready by Lorelei James - Review
Carnal Harvest by Robin L. Rotham - Review
Hot In The Saddle: Conn 'n' Caleb by Ciana Stone - Review
Devils on Horseback: Zeke by Beth Williamson - Review
Tall, Dark, and Texan by Jodi Thomas - Review
Have Yourself a Naughty Little Santa by Karin Tabke - Review
By The Book by N.J. Walters - Review

Go check them out.
Rachel C

New Release!

RETREAT by MARI CARR

Jon Walker and Night Thomas lived their childhood in a cult. They embraced the lifestyle, and it was there that they were trained as BDSM Masters. Only when the cult was infiltrated by undercover agent Reilly did the boys learn of the cult's seedy underside, and help to destroy it.

Nearly fifteen years later, Jon's job as a high school teacher — and his lust for the school's gorgeous secretary, Carly — bring him close to the normal life he's always craved. Just when that life is within his grasp, Reilly returns. An incarnation of the cult has resurfaced with Jon's evil mother at the helm, and Reilly wants Jon and Night to go undercover to stop Cassandra Walker once and for all.

Shocked by his mother's return and his BDSM past come back to haunt him, Jon is terrified of Carly discovering his dark secrets. Including the darkest of all — his complex relationship with Night, and his unrelenting urge to share Carly with his best friend.

Rachel C

NEW RELEASE!!!

Okay, have to brag.
My CP Devon Gray has a new release. I love this story, it's had many forms over the time I've known Devon and to finally see it in print, well, let's say it more than flutters my heart. PLAYING FOR KEEPS is published by The Wild Rose Press - The Wilder Roses. It's been out for less than 24 hours and already 2nd on the bestsellers list.
You can find Devon here and here, and her other book ADDICTED.

PLAYING FOR KEEPS by DEVON GRAY

Pasts are best left behind, hidden deep in your memory—that is where I buried mine. The feel of his hands and mouth on my body, the height of sensuality I reached beneath his touch. I'd fought so hard to forget—how could just the sight of him bring it all back, forcing me to become lost in him? Again.
Years before I had watched him, craved him—a guitarist in a band riding the wave to stardom—my brother's best friend. On the verge of womanhood, I never dared to reveal how I yearned. Until a cold New Year's Eve when I offered myself as the woman I'd become, bringing to fruition the deepest of wants. As that night turned, so did my life. Devastatingly so. I never dreamed I'd become another of his one night stands.
Can pasts be exorcised if they come back to haunt you? And when a notorious playboy who broke your heart offers you his…how do you know if he's playing for keeps?

Rachel C

Reviews are up!

My reviews for October are up on the Fallen Angel Reviews site. I'm slowing the reviewing down getting ready for our trip back to Australia for Christmas. There's so much to organize over the next 6 weeks that I won't be able to find as much time to read and review as I'd like. Plus I'm taking on NaNoWriMo again, so I'll be busy writing my own stuff. Let's not talk about the fact that I should be doing that right now. Here are the reviews:-

Daringly Delicious by Leigh Ellwood - Review

Hidden by Karen Erickson - Review

Hot Rodeo Night by Sage Burnett - Review

Hot Shot by MJ Fredrick - Review

Wild Frontier by Sienna Black - Review

Kaitlin's Silver Lining by Ciara Gold - Review

Cattleman's Club: Patton's Way by Jenny Penn - Review

That's it. Catch ya later, I'm off to write.

Rachel C

Checking in.

The Tribe at the Grand Canyon. Don't we look happy? It was chilly and windy and I loved it. I wanna go back!

So, what am I doing? Well, what I'm not doing is the reviews that I have due but don't panic I'll have them in before deadline. It's just that there's been some things going on around here that are taking up a lot of my time.

I've got a health issue I won't bore you with but it's not something that'll go away quickly and needs me to make decisions I'd really like someone else to make. *sigh* Anyway, I've made them and I'll be jumping over that hurdle in the near future.

The Princesses started home schooling. Did I mention before that I hoped this would be the best thing? So far it's the best damn thing I've ever done for them. They're loving it. They're enthusiastic, which has to be a good thing. AND, they're smiling! Oh, and we have to hatch shrimp on the weekend so they can do their biology lesson on Monday. How cool it that?

I'm supposed to be writing, LOL, I am doing some. Just not as much as I'd like. I received and email telling me the editor I was working with for Rhian's submission is leaving the company and my ms was being passed to another editor. What this will mean I'm unsure of but I haven't heard from the new one yet so I've stopped doing what I was doing (requested by original editor) until I hear from the new editor.

I'm doing a beta read/crit for a fellow writer I met on the Romance Divas forum. It's a rom/sus and I gotta say I love it! It's taking me longer than normal because I kept getting lost in the story and forgetting I was supposed to be checking it for plot holes, flow, missing words, etc. But I gotta say, I LOVE IT!!!

Anyway, off to do some stuff.

Rachel C

I'm Back!!!

This was us just over two weeks ago on our way to board the first plane in our two plane journey to LA. Damn it went quick! We had a blast and I'll be blogging pix for weeks, months, maybe years, there are almost 10,000 of them after all. LOL Yes, we took that many pix. L to R - Hubby, Princess & the Pea, Me (in back), The Kid (in front), Son#1's girl (in back), Princess One (in front) and Son#1. I think we look rather good for 4:30 in the morning and no sleep.

So while I was away Fallen Angel Reviews loaded last months reviews and I wasn't here to blog them so I'm blogging them now.

Stone's Soul - Lexxie Couper - Review
Tequila Truth - Mari Carr - Review
Lily Blossoms - NJ Walters - Review
Sensual Spell - Rachel Carrington - Review
Broken Pentacle - Eden Rivers - Review
Hungry For More - Diana Holquist - Review
Insatiable Desire - Rita Herron - Review
Sin In Jeans: The Hussies Series - Ciana Stone - Review
The Preacher's Daughters: Wild Chaote - Sheri Gilmore - Review
The Long Road Home - Lauren Sharman - Review

Rachel C

Back in two weeks!

Well, I'm off on our family holiday. It's taking us a 7 hr flight and then a 9 hr flight to get to LA but who cares when we'll be touring LA, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and San Francisco! Sooooo.......

Leaving On A Jet Plane - Lyrics by John Denver

All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Close your eyes I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Bye bye!

Rachel C