A Memorable Thanksgiving

For many years Thanksgiving vacation meant family reunion with about forty relatives and a dozen close friends gathering for lunch and dinner at my parents' house, or my aunt and uncle's, exchanging news and jokes, and making plans for the next year. As the children grew and the parents' health failed, the reunion took place at my house.
But the dear old people left us one after the other. So this year we decided to break the tradition that held sweet and painful memories.

My son suggested a cruise and we welcomed the idea. With nine adults and two small children, we boarded the Ruby Princess ship, sailed the Caribbean and enjoyed a week of relaxation and togetherness. After a day at sea, we docked at Princess Cay, an island owned by the Princess company, and lunched on the beach. Here are some pictures taken on Princess Cay Island. For the next three days I will post pictures of St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. John islands and Grand Turk.
Older people lay on comfortable lounge chairs.

Pretty girls dipped their legs in the ocean.

The children played in an enclosed kidd-camp under the close supervision of several monitors chosen from the ship staff.

If you like to travel and love to read, come and enjoy my international romances. I will take you around the world through stories that simmer with emotion and sizzle with heat.

BABIES IN THE BARGAIN
Rx FOR TRUST
http://www.monarisk.com/

Thanksgiving

Have a happy THANKSGIVING.

Don't eat too much.

Relax and read.

See you in a week.
I will back with many stories and beautiful pictures.

Here is a list of of award-winning books you will enjoy reading.

TO LOVE A HERO
FRENCH PERIL
BABIES IN THE BARGAIN
Rx FOR TRUST

If you like to travel and love to read, come and enjoy my international romances. I will take you around the world through stories that simmer with emotion and sizzle with heat.

Fort Lauderdale

Today I am blogging at:

http://www.voicesftheart.blogspot.com/

About psychic, dreams, and incredible things. Please come and visit.

Yesterday was a gorgeous day here in Fort Lauderdale with a perfect 78 degree temperature.

I spent an hour swimming in the ocean.

If you are looking for a nice vacation in warmer climate, come and visit South Florida.

We don't have the beautiful foliage colors of the north states or the snow-covered slopes, but we offer the amazing blue variation of our ocean and the most beautiful sandy beaches, the Intercoastal and its many canals.

Yes I am partial to my Florida, its speldid sunrises on the ocean and colorful sunsets.

I'll be back tomorrow with a lovely video to show you.

If you like to travel and love to read, come and enjoy my international romances. I will take you around the world through stories that simmer with emotion and sizzle with heat.

BABIES IN THE BARGAIN
Rx FOR TRUST
http://www.monarisk.com/

Back to writing, blogging, and more

Today I attended a workshop on how to update my blog and website. You’ll notice I already applied what I learned and gave a facelift to my blog. I even added a followers’ box and I hope to see you joining my list of followers.

I have good news to share with you. Rx FOR TRUST, my latest contemporary romance that won Best Book of the Year 2010 at Readers Favorite, is now a finalist at EPICON 2011.




I was thrilled when I received the email with that good news. The winners will be announced at the EPICON conference in Williamsburg VA, in March 2011. I hope I’ll be able to attend. It’s a little bit like the Golden Heart or RITA award for ebooks.

Following that good news, I managed to kick myself —hard—and sit on my computer to write. My muse rushed back with a story set in Greece. So we are going to travel together to the beautiful island of Mykonos.


If you like to travel and love to read, come and enjoy my international romances. I will take you around the world through stories that simmer with emotion and sizzle with heat~

BABIES IN THE BARGAIN

Rx FOR TRUST

http://www.monarisk.com/