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Dear Readers, Gotta love Arizona! It's only June, and we've been having temperatures in the 100's for weeks now. That's okay with me, I love the heat and the bright, sunny days. I suppose if I could live anywhere else, it would be near the ocean. The Atlantic ocean. That sounds weird coming from a "desert rat" but I grew up in Connecticut and lived for a number of years so close to the beach, we could walk — and did! All of eleven-years-old, no cell phones, and me and my pals would spend the entire day at the beach without our parents, dragging in sometime around supper, sunburned, hungry and tired. Ah, those were the days. With spring, came another deadline for me. I just recently mailed off my newest book to my editor, the second in my Bear Creek Ranch series. As the rock band Queen says, "Another one bites the dust." This book was a unique challenge for me. The hero, Jake, was "sort of" the bad guy in Cowboy Dad, book one in the series (which will be out this August). He was "sort of" redeemed at the end of Cowboy Dad but did have a ways to go. This second book is about that journey. The heroine is "sort of" based on a gal I worked with some years ago. She (my heroine) has never been able to have a healthy baby because of a genetic problem. Yep, you guessed it. She winds up unexpectedly pregnant and is scared to death she'll lose this baby like her previous ones. This is one of the most emotional books I've ever written, and I'm really excited about it. Next up is book three in the Bear Creek Ranch series. This book has a little lighter theme and some humor tossed in. At my editor's suggestion, I'm giving the hero five-year-old boy and girl twins who are a little more rambunctious than this laid back, professional fisherman can handle. It'll be fun drawing on memories of my own twins and the mischief they got into when they were five — was that really thirteen years ago? I recently received some good news I hope you won't mind me sharing. My book, Night Hunter, was a finalist in the Golden Quill contest. Better yet, my book, His Only Wife, won first place in the short contemporary category. Life works out kind of funny sometimes. Last year, I entered four local contests with The Gate to Eden and only finaled in one (I wound up taking first place). This year, I entered just one local contest and was a double finalist. I must admit, it was quite the bright spot in an otherwise dull week for me. That's about it this time around. Thanks again, my friends, for stopping by my website home. And Happy Summer to you and yours. Warmest wishes, Cathy McDavid P.S. Be sure to check out my blogs at www.gabwagon.blogspot.com and http://harauthors.blogspot.com And for MySpace fans: www.myspace.com/cathymcdavid.
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