Included: Print release of You’ll Be the Death of Me!
Upcoming release of Pretend You Love Me!

Plus:  A new weekly online read starting November 28th!

Also – the winner of a print copy of You’ll Be the Death of Me!

Hi, everyone,
The holidays are upon us.  I’ve spent the last few days getting some
Christmas shopping done.  One tradition that we have is every year
I get each member of my family a Christmas ornament.  I try to find
one that isn’t simply pretty, but has some meaning.  For instance,
this year my new grandson’s ornament is a star with a snowman
painted on it, symbolizing his first winter with us.  It’s a fun, fairly
inexpensive way to welcome the holidays.

What does this have to do with my writing?  Absolutely nothing!  But I hate just jumping into ‘business’.

However, since you insist…

First, ‘You’ll Be the Death of Me! Is now out in trade paperback.  You can purchase it online, or order it
from your local Borders if it’s not stocked there.  In case you’ve forgotten the story, the blurb is next.  If
you’ve already read this, skip ahead to hear more news.

Meddling landladies, fashion-tortured canines, psychotic best friends – is that what it takes to bring two
love-jaded people together, or will they be killed with good intentions?

Allison Leavitt is great at living in a make-believe world – she’d created one in her best-selling mystery
novels, home of her fantasy man, a hard-nosed detective with a granite-encrusted heart. It’s taken
years for an artist to finally capture his image, the one she’s lived with in her head for far too long.
Imagine her shock when she discovers him standing in her living room!

When the shock fades, one question remains: now that she’s found him, what is she going to do about
making fantasy reality?

Displaced Los Angeles detective Jay Cantrall isn’t happy with his Spokane, Washington assignment,
and even more disgruntled with his whacked-out apartment house. The landlady runs around in
muumuus whispering sweet nothings to her bizarre canine companion, who hates Jay but has romantic
tendencies toward his leg. One tenant thinks nothing of staging mock murders, another is a man-shark,
and his next-door neighbor, Allison, although incredibly delectable, seems to be incapable of little more
than fish imitations.

Besides, he learned his lesson where women are concerned: nothing can bring a man’s downfall faster
than a woman’s lies.

It seems that whenever Jay and Allison are near each other, disaster strikes. And when one of the
disasters leaves Jay injured, guilt-ridden Allison decides to nurse the cranky cop back to health. But will
her ministrations heal the wounds deep inside both of them, or will it end in yet another disaster?

More news:

‘Pretend You Love Me’ will be out in e-book on December 12th!  I recently finished final edits, and my
darling editor even raved about it, and that’s after umpteen times of reading it (she might have been
punch drunk!).  You can read an excerpt on my website, and see the cover.  Here’s the blurb:

It’s one thing to deceive your meddling family, it’s quite another to fool yourself.
Cassie Delistraty is one tough woman. A brilliant attorney, well-schooled in self defense, she’s quite
capable of taking care of herself. But can she face down her own mama? Heck, no!

Nursing a bruised heart from her failed marriage, Cassie has returned to Seattle to decide the next
chapter in her life. But she’s stalled – she spends all her time remodeling her new home, playing with
her dogs, and flirting outrageously with her former crush, Mike Ashford, whenever they come into
contact. She thinks it’s working, but her mother has other ideas. She stages a dance contest to find a
suitable man to date her hermit daughter.

Enter her knight in shining armor – or rather, a bar apron. Rescuing girl-next-door Cassie Delistraty has
been a habit throughout Mike’s life. The headstrong don’t-rescue-me-I-can-handle-it female always
finds some sort of trouble – from helping the downtrodden to protesting wrongdoings. And despite her
protestations, she does need someone to watch over her. But could this be one rescue too many?

Because who’s going to save Mike from Cassie?

The fake relationship Mike springs on Cassie presents her with a tempting new possibility – use the
farce to finally eradicate this crush Cassie’s labored under for over a decade. But what to do when the
flames she fans to life threaten to burn out of control?

Even more news:  I sold a story to Samhain for their 2007 Christmas anthology.  Right now, I’m finishing
up the rough draft.

The new online read – Stop That Wedding!

This is a story I wrote a few years ago.  It’s a fun, slapstick romp through a socialite’s attempts at
learning about the real world, planning her wedding, and not falling in love with the wrong guy.  Add an
overbearing grandfather, a whacky mother, a very opinionated younger sister, and you have the
perfect recipe for disaster.

Disclaimer: no animals, real or imagined, were harmed in the making of this story.

To read more, go to my website,   www.staciawolf.com .  I’ll have the links active by midnight of the 28th.

And the winner is – Beth R!  Congratulations, Beth!  I’ll e-mail you shortly.

Until next time,
Stacia