Hellooooo! and also, talking secrets at Katie Reus's place

Hey everybody!

The three of us in Mexico...before I got sick! Okay, this
pic could be taken anywhere, huh? 

I know I've been quiet around town...I'm in Mexico right now! Which was awesome until I got sick, but now I'm feeling better. *eyes coffee and rolls*  I was here with my mom and sister, and they are gone now, and Mr. Crane is traveling down to meet me. I have been nervously eyeing the weather--at home (all that snow! Will Mr. Crane's plane fly? will my mom and sister get back?) and here (so much rain in the forecast! can you tell I'm a worrier?) But this part of the trip is just us on our first non-family visiting vacation in years, so I want it to be perfect.

Ooh, and I'm reading THE IRON DUKE by Meljean Brook, which is definitely everything it's cracked up to be. I just finished Julie James' SOMETHING ABOUT YOU, which was fabulous vacay read that brought a smile to my face.

Come visit! We're talking secrets. 
Okay, and today I am visiting my pal Katie Reus's blog. She has a new release coming out entitled DANGEROUS SECRETS, and I'm blogging, in a slightly random and writerly way, about secrets, and also, giving away a copy of MIND GAMES! Come say hi!

There are a lot of fun secret and danger-oriented posts there all month. Plus, tons of giveaways - books, gift card, Nine West purse! Katie Reus knows how to throw a party!

Katie's blog.

I hope everybody is well, and happy, and I know a lot of you out there are snowed under. Well, I hope you have a good book. And pizza. Chocolate. Internet connectivity...