It's that delicious time of year again when our thoughts turn to two of the most important blessings in life—love and chocolate! I'm especially loving the fact that I just finished the final revisions for my September release THE DEVIL WEARS PLAID. I must celebrate with chocolate!

FEBRUARY CONTEST

If your thoughts are turning to love, what better prize than autographed hardcovers of my two most recent releases—SOME LIKE IT WICKED and SOME LIKE IT WILD! (And just for fun, I'll throw in a bag of Hershey's Kisses!) Just visit my Contest Page to enter.

FACEBOOK FROLICS

Hope you can join us over at my new Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/teresamedeirosfanpage. We talk about fascinating things like weird pet behavior, which celebrity you'd most like to look like (Ernest Borgnine didn't get a single vote) and what book you might choose to introduce a friend to the pleasures of the romance novel. This is also where I preview my latest videos (readers got to meet my cats Buffy the Mouse Slayer and Willow Tum-Tum "in person" last week). This week I'm taking my Facebook friends on a guided tour of my office. (I hid all the clutter first, of course.)   

TWITTER

And if you're not sick of me yet (I know I am! ;)) I'm still "tweeting" my little heart out over at http://www.twitter.com/teresamedeiros. If you haven't joined yet, Twitter can give you immediate access to your favorite authors and celebrities as well as allow you up-to-the-second access to your friends. (If they're not sick of you yet.)

NEW VIDEO

To prepare myself for the May release of ROBIN HOOD starring Russell Crowe, I posted a tribute video to my favorite actor over on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBdCDPaYDUo

GUEST BLOG APPEARANCE

I'll be visiting The Romance Dish (http://www.theromancedish.com) on Wednesday February 17, 2010. This will be one of my first official blog appearances since we closed the doors over at Squawk Radio so I'm very excited. I'll also be giving away another prize that day so make sure and pop by if you can!

BLOG OF THE MONTH

As our thoughts turn to fitness in this New Year (we have to do SOMETHING to counteract all of that chocolate), I thought I'd introduce you to a very special man in my life...Richard Simmons!

CHARMED LIFE

I've also posted a couple of fun new blogs over at http://teresamedeiros.blogspot.com, including a PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY OF MY EARLY YEARS and my TWENTY WRITE RIGHT TIPS for aspiring writers.

RECOMMENDED READS

I just discovered the sophisticated joy that is Sherry Thomas with her historical romance DELICIOUS. Sherry brings the late Victorian era to rich and sensual life with her beautiful prose. I was so swept away by the book that I've already ordered two more of her books—PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS and NOT QUITE A HUSBAND. 

I'm also very excited because my dear friend (and one of my favorite authors) Connie Brockway has a new historical coming out tomorrow—THE GOLDEN SEASON. It's on its way from the bookseller right now, along with a copy of Laura Kinsale's first book in several years—LESSONS IN FRENCH.    

Well, now I know you must be sick of me so I'll sign off. I want to wish each of you a joyful Valentine's Day and always remember—if you can't find the perfect Valentine in real life, you can always find him between the pages of a romance novel ;)

God bless,

Teresa