My face is going to hurt. I just know it...

Do you ever go to an event and have such a good time, when you get home your face hurts from smiling, your stomach hurts from laughing, and you can't sleep because your still giggling about something someone said? Well, that's the kind of afternoon I'll have today because I'm sharing the company of 4 entertaining authors:

EILEEN DRYER
ANGIE FOX
SHIRL HENKE
KIMBERLY KILLION
PATRICA RICE

If you happen to be in the St. Louis area this afternoon, you should stop by AROUND THE CORNER PAPERBACKS between 1:00 and 3:00. It's going to be a hoot and a half! :)

Here's the addy info:
Around the Corner Paperbacks
5496 Baumgartner Road, Suite 127
St. Louis, MO 63129
(314) 416-9100

Eileen Dreyer

Award-winning, best-selling author Eileen Dreyer, known as Kathleen Korbel to her Silhouette readers, has published 26 Silhouette books, 8 medico-forensic suspenses, and 7 short stories.

2010 sees her extending her range into historical romance. BARELY A LADY, the first book in her DRAKE'S RAKES series for Grand Central, premieres in July and follows the lives of three women who meet in Brussels during the battle of Waterloo and stumble over a plot against the throne. Eileen spent time not only in England but India to research the series.

A retired trauma nurse, Eileen lives in her native St. Louis with her husband, children, and large and noisy Irish family, of which she is the reluctant matriarch. She has animals but refuses to subject them to the limelight.

Dreyer won her first publishing award in 1987, being named the best new Contemporary Romance Author by RT Bookclub. Since that time she has also garnered not only five other writing awards from RT, but five RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America, which secures her only the fourth place in the Romance Writers of America prestigious Hall of Fame. Since extending her reach to suspense, she has also garnered a coveted Anthony Award nomination.

A frequent speaker at conferences, she maintains membership in Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and, just in case things go wrong, Emergency Nurses Association and International Association of Forensic Nurses.

Eileen is an addicted traveler, having sung in some of the best Irish pubs in the world, and admits she sees research as a handy way to salve her insatiable curiosity. She counts film producers, police detectives and Olympic athletes as some of her sources and friends. She's also trained in forensic nursing and death investigation, although she doesn't see herself actively working in the field, unless this writing thing doesn't pan out.

Barely a Lady ( Drake's Rakes #01 )
ISBN-13: 9780446542081
Publisher: Forever
US SRP: $ 6.99 US
Pub Date: July 01, 2010

After discovering her former husband on the battlefield of Waterloo--and in enemy uniform--Olivia Grace must pretend to still be married to Jack to keep him from being hanged as a traitor.

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Angie Fox

Angie Fox is the New York Times bestselling author of the Accidental Demon Slayer series. She claims that researching her books can be just as much fun as writing them. In the name of fact-finding, Angie has ridden with Harley biker gangs, explored the tunnels underneath Hoover Dam and found an interesting recipe for Mamma Coalpot’s Southern Skunk Surprise (she’s still trying to get her courage up to try it).

Angie earned a Journalism degree from the University of Missouri. She worked in television news and then in advertising before beginning her career as an author.

The Accidental Demon Slayer
ISBN-13: 9780505527691
Publisher: Love Spell
US SRP: $ 6.99 US
Pub Date: July 01, 2008

Newly anointed with demon-fighting powers and suddenly able to hear the thoughts of her hilarious Jack Russell terrier, a preschool teacher finds a new dark and dangerous world, including a sexy shape-shifting griffin she's not entirely sure she can trust.

The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers
ISBN: 0505527707
Publisher: Love Spell
US SRP: $7.99 US
Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
Pub Date: May 01, 2009

Accidental demon slayer Lizzie Brown and her grandmother's coven of biker witches have rolled into Sin City to take out a super-sexy succubus who has her eye on world domination--and worse, Lizzie's man, in this second entry in Fox's red-hot series.

A Tale of Two Demon Slayers
ISBN-13: 9780505528278
Publisher: Love Spell
US SRP: $ 7.99 US
Pub Date: February 01, 2010

In this third installment of Fox's red-hot, hilarious paranormal series, Lizzie and the gang travel to Dimitri's home in Greece where they are confronted with his past . . . and an unwelcome family secret that could destroy them all.

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Patricia Rice

With several million books in print and New York Times and USA Today's bestseller lists under her belt, former CPA Patricia Rice is one of romance's hottest authors. In her forty-seventh book, she begins a new regency series entitled Rebellious Sons. The first book, THE WICKED WICKERLY, is a July 2010 release.

Patricia Rice's emotionally-charged contemporary and historical romances have won numerous awards, including the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice and Career Achievement Awards. In addition to receiving the Bookrak Bestselling Paperback award, her books have also been honored as Romance Writers of America RITA® finalists in the historical, regency and contemporary categories.
A firm believer in happily-ever-after, Patricia Rice is married to her high school sweetheart and has two children. A native of Kentucky and New York, a past resident of North Carolina, she currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri, and now does accounting only for herself. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Authors Guild, and Novelists, Inc.

The Wicked Wyckerly ( Rebellious Sons )
ISBN-13: 9780451230713
Publisher: Signet Book
US SRP: $ 7.99 US
Pub Date: July 06, 2010

Abigail Merriweather's farm is quiet since she lost custody of her four young half-siblings--until a roguish gentleman named Fitz stops for a rest, his rebellious daughter in tow. His etiquette is questionable, his parenting deplorable--so why does Abby delight in his flirtations?

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Shirl Henke

Shirl Henke sold her first novel, a big historical romance titled GOLDEN LADY, to Warner Books in 1985. In 2005 she switched over to the “dark side” publishing two political thrillers, CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY and HOMELAND SECURITY under the pseudonym Alexa Hunt. She's also written romantic suspense for Penguin Onyx and Silhouette Bombshell as Shirl Henke. She's appeared on the USA TODAY bestseller list, been a RITA Finalist twice, received a BookraK Bestseller Award and won three Career Achievement Awards, an Industry Award and three Reviewers Choice Awards from Romantic Times.

She's a member of the Author's Guild, Romance Writers of America, Missouri Romance Writers, Sisters in Crime, Novelists Inc. and International Thriller Writers.

Love Lessons at Midnight
ISBN-13: 9780843963632
Publisher: Leisure Books
US SRP: $ 6.99 US
Pub Date: July 01, 2010

No one knows the true identity of the mysterious madam who runs London's most notorious brothel--a place where a man's wildest dreams can come true. Robert St. John has not imagined the pleasure he will find or the danger he will court while seducing its mistress.

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Kimberly Killion

Award-winning author, Kimberly Killion, has been hailed by Romantic Times Magazine as an author who writes “captivating romance with excellent pacing and characters who are honorable, intelligent and full of humanity.” Her debut book, HER ONE DESIRE (Kensington 2008), was nominated for the romance-publishing industry's highest award of distinction, the RITA® Award. HER ONE DESIRE won the 2009 Booksellers Best Award for both Long Historical and Best First Book. In addition, Kimberly’s writing received an Award of Merit in the 2009 HOLT Medallion. She was recognized in the 2009 National Readers’ Choice Awards, the 2009 Golden Quill Awards, and the 2009 More Than Magic Contest. Romantic Times Magazine awarded Kimberly’s second Scottish-set novel, HIGHLAND DRAGON (Kensington 2009), with the K.I.S.S. Award and said this is “a tale to cherish.”

Aside from writing, Killion teaches graphic/web design and serves as the President of the Missouri Romance Writers of America. She lives in Illinois with her husband, two children, a dog, three cats, and two dozen chickens.

Highland Dragon
ISBN-13: 9781420104417
Publisher: Zebra
US SRP: $ 5.99 US
Pub Date: October 01, 2009

Killion delivers a passionate medieval Scottish tale in which a laird must choose between avenging his father's death and surrendering to the passion he finds in the arms of his enemy's daughter.

Her One Desire
ISBN-13: 9781420104424
Publisher: Zebra
US SRP: $ 3.99 US
Pub Date: July 01, 2008

After the daughter of the Lord High Executioner rescues a Scottish spy from certain death in the Tower of London, she fuels him with desire and everlasting love, in this sizzling debut romance.

Stop by if you are in the area!!!