Cat Lady in the House

Hi there! I'm thrilled to be the newest Beachwalk Press author contributing to the Spicin' It Up Blog. I write sensual contemporary stories. This past year, Beachwalk published Sunny's Second Chance and Sunny's Hope, and coming right up I'll be part of the Psychic Seductions anthology with my story A Hint of Heaven. I am an unapologetic cat lady, and I include a cat in every story I write. Sunny owned Mr. Trix, and Muffin starred in a special way in A Hint of Heaven. In real life, I cannot imagine not having at least one feline in the house, and currently we have four. That works for us, since we live in the boonies, and our pets get to spend hours of perfect cat enjoyment hunting in the neighboring fields. Today, I thought you might like to meet my cat crew. Shadow and Doshia are brother and sister. They were born in our garage fourteen years ago when a feral mom cat took up temporary residence and then went her way.

Frisco and Maggie are just a year old. Also the offspring of a feral mother, they were given to us by friends who found four kittens in their garage as well.

Thanks for stopping to see my babies. I'd love to hear about your pets too. Leave me comment, won't you? See you in two weeks! ~ Nola Cross "Small town...big love."

Loving Summer

This week I'm at camp. Really. Camp. It's a Christian family camp, where we stay in lovely little cabins, eat with several other families, swim all afternoon, and enjoy tons of music and faith building moments. My husband comes up for one day, usually. You see, the singing is really not his cup of tea, and he takes our week away as his 'staycation' to catch up on things and have the house to himself.


I'm planning on doing very little work this week. Unless that work is beating the kids at parents vs kids capture the flag. Or reading. I do count reading as work hours, because, yeah, it totally is, so I will be working--very diligently.


Happy Summer, Beachwalk Friends!! I hope you're getting a little time to soak in the summer sunshine, even if it's only for an afternoon.




Oh, and if you're looking for something to read, check out Mary's Men. Available now to spice up your summer!





Three husbands—a dream come true or a pipe dream destined to break them all?

Mary Duncan likes to think she's as open as any modern 1960's woman, but when her boyfriend presents his vision of "family" she finds herself between twin brothers and a cousin—all willing to love her if she'll have them…together.

Loving Thomas and Paul comes easily, the sexy twins everything she'd never hoped to dream. If not for her new mother-in-law, the gossiping townsfolk, and the wall of silence from her own family, Mary would be in Montana heaven. Just as the young group finally start to find their footing with the new relationship, Duane Paraby returns from Vietnam, reluctant to join the relationship, but an integral part Mary refuses to give up.

When confrontation explodes around them, threatening to terminate their bonds before they're even set, Paul, Thomas, and Duane will have to prove they have what it takes to be Mary's men.


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Aussie Fun!

Hi everyone - I'm new to the Spicin' It Up blog, but when I was chatting with the other Beachwalk Authors, we thought I might do something a little different. So here I am! (Yep I'm certainly different!!)

So who am I? I'm Imogene Nix - nutty author and bookseller :D In my spare time I have 2 daughters (but only one still at school) a husband and of course Super Pup! (My trusty sidekick)

I write Paranormal, Science fiction and generally any kind of hot romance that captures my attention.

To find our more about me though, I recommend visiting my website - www.imogenenix.com and following me on Facebook www.facebook.com/ImogeneNix  but now I have that out of the way, what was I going to chat about today??

Oh! That's right!

I was having a lovely chat with the gorgeous Pamela the other day about school and specifically the rules in Aussie Schools and it got me thinking...

Are there really so many differences?

It seems that there are. See I have a teenager in her last year of school (the last of my two) and she's chomping at the bit to be grown up. She wants to wear makeup and jewellery to school. In Australia, most schools actually ban the wearing of makeup and jewellery, just as they ban mobile (cellular) phones too.

They are only allowed to drive once they have their license and can only carry one non-family member in their car as well. And there is no in school parking.

All of these are "normal" over here, yet not in America. It's something I struggle a little to remember - particularly when writing about Australianisms.

When I wrote A Bar In Paris I had a heap of Australianisms which made sense to me, but may have to be adjusted for the overseas market. So here are a few:

• Swag (sleeping roll - usually consisting of mattress and bedding)
• Pull up a stump (grab a chair)
• Geez (wow, gosh)
• shout (no not yelling - when you buy a round of beers/drinks, we call it a shout)
• chucking a Brenda (throwing a tantrum)
• Cactus (as in it's dead - that machine is cactus)
• Carked it (as in it's dead - the washing machine carked it!)

Anyway, I thought I might focus on things that we say/do differently over the next few blogs :D I hope you enjoy learning a bit more about 'Staylia" (Australia)

Oh and if you have some time, why not check out my Beachwalk titles? This month, The Plan, is on special for a tiny 99 cents!

The Plan

What happens when wrong and right collide amidst indescribable passion?

Jonah Fielding has been brought in to clean up the Department of Authority on Centauri. In the course of his work, he captures Kadie Frost, the young woman who managed to escape his sting operation. Kadie, an orphan, now almost destitute illegal parts runner, is shocked to find herself falling for the man who arrested her.

Jonah's world is one that Kadie doesn't understand and fears. When he offers her a deal, she agrees to help him with the investigation. Now they must fight an impossible attraction, find the bad guys, and along the way they'll even end up getting married…purely for the sake of the case, of course.

In the middle of upheaval they find themselves surprised by the scorching promise of passion while bewildered at how it all went awry. The clock is ticking and anything can happen next. Will they survive when work and pleasure collide?

Content Warning: This book contains a sexy, hot man in uniform and a wayward, hotheaded woman, as well as lots of adventure of the futuristic and bedroom variety.