Sweeter Than Wine is on the ARe Best Seller List! Yay! I’ve been working on creative promo items for upcoming signings and for RT in April. Luckily for me, there’s a scene towards the end of Sweeter Than Wine where the hero prepares a relaxing bath for his lady. I admit, I really liked the idea of him pampering her with something so luxurious and yet simple. A nice soak in soothing, salty, scented water has a dreamlike quality that’s appealing.

One of the small promotional items I’ve come up with for this book is a pretty little organza bag filled with Solar Pacific Sea Bath Salts scented with Lavender Essential Oil (as in the book). I got these yummy light puple salts from the San Francisco Bath Salt Company. They have a great website that explains the way Solar Salts differ from most other kinds of salts. Simply put, because they are made the old fashioned way - by naturally evaporating sea water over a long period of time - they retain most of the beneficial minerals you really want in a bath salt.

They also have some great recipes on their site, for things you can do yourself, at home, to make life luxurious. Well, at least bath time. (BTW, I don’t get anything for plugging this company… I just really like their product!)

So if you see me at a conference, look for these little goodies with a Sweeter Than Wine card attached and take one! Enjoy a little pampering… on me.

I didn’t get much done yesterday. We had thunderstorms most of the afternoon/evening, then I got hit with some edits. I think I’ll do the edits today and get them off my desk so I can attack the rest of my WIP with a clear mind. In the meantime, look what I got in the mail yesterday…

Just had to crow about my new bumper-type stickers. Aren’t they cool?

I’ll be giving them out at my various appearances over the next months, but if you really want one, all you have to do is email me at biancadarc at gmail dot com with your mailing address, and I’ll send you one!