Thank you all for your patience. We had a huge three day event at our shop this past weekend, which I was in charge of, and it went fantastically well. I’m so proud of my staff for the kickass job they did, but mostly I am exceedingly thankful it is over!

I haven’t had a chance to watch anything - so I’m covering my eyes about the result of last night’s Amazing Race finale until I get the chance to watch it.

But! I did not come back empty handed. No, no! I got a sneak peek at the cover of my second Black Sheep book, The Black Sheep & The Hidden Beauty, and the back cover copy, so I have to share it with you all. Woo hoo!

They had a lot to live up to after The Great Scot cover and the first Black Sheep coming out this August, The Black Sheep & The Princess…but I think the art department at Kensington managed to do that and then some! What do you think?

And here is the back cover copy…

They’re back—the boys your mother warned you about, the black sheep her mother warned her about—the bad boys every good girl needs oh so badly…

Raphael “Rafe” Santiago may have left the streets years ago, but the street has never left him. A rough childhood in the Bronx taught him never to let his guard down, to keep everything in order, and always to trust that little voice in his gut that tells him when someone’s got something to hide. Horse trainer Elena Caulfield, is definitely hiding something, and Rafe intends to find out what it is and take care of it—his way.

But his way wasn’t supposed to include feeling an intense attraction to the tomboyish Elena. With her mud-caked boots, quiet strength, and gentle manner, she’s nothing like the flashy, seductive, overtly feminine women Rafe usually beds. The closer he gets to her, the harder it is to control that fiery passion he’s worked hard to keep cooled, the kind that can catch a man off guard and leave him open to danger—because whatever secret Elena’s protecting, it’s big…and worth killing for. Because when you’re from the Bronx, you take care of what you love—or die trying…

Available January 2008!

But right this very second, it’s SHaQ Attack time and I have advance copies of my August Black Sheep book that I’d love to give a couple away to some very patient and deserving Blog Babes. I’m not even going to make you work at it. Just send me an email to donna@donnakauffman.com with “Pick me!” in the subject line and this Friday, I’ll draw three winners from the pile of entries.

AND! If that wasn’t enough excitement, I’m also running a contest on my regular homepage newsletter in conjunction with the release of Perfectly Plum next month. So hop on over to my homepage (link is at the top of the column to your right) and sign up today.

Hopefully - hopefully! - I’ll be back with the MAC tomorrow. In the meantime, good luck and Happy Monday!

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