Book 3 of Guys and Daughters miniseries

All Kevin Vaccaro had wanted to do, when he went looking for his ex-girlfriend on the other side of the country, was to apologize for not fighting harder to help her overcome the same drug and alcohol dependency issues that had held him in bondage for years. Except his ex is dead...leaving behind a baby girl. Jobless, homeless, clean for barely a year, how the hell is Kevin supposed to prove to Pippa’s grandfather – and her widowed aunt, the baby’s primary caregiver – that he deserves custody of his own child?

Julianne McCabe knows letting Kevin stay in her father’s house for a month – Victor Booth’s condition for even considering eventually giving Kevin custody – means very possibly having to give up the child she loves as her own. If Kevin takes Pippa away, Julianne’s heart will break. But even worse, watching Kevin’s fight to earn her father’s – and Julianne’s – trust threatens to dissolve the safe cocoon she’s woven around herself since her husband’s death.

And that will never do...

Also available in Large Print and assorted e-book formats

Fall 2007

First, the important stuff – my husband and I became proud (and, yes, borderline obsessed) grandparents for the first time this summer! And, since Tristan’s Mommy and Daddy only live five minutes away, we get to play with him a lot. Any day now, we’re sure he’ll stop giving us “Who are these crazy people with the big, dumb grins on their faces?” looks...

But between frequent visits from our favorite little human being in the whole world, I’ve written a new series for Silhouette Special Edition and a snarky, sniffly, sorta paranormal Young Adult romance currently being shopped by my agent. Busy, busy. So busy that I’m blogging very little these days. Lots to say, yes, but precious little time to say it. And it’s about all these stories I have to tell...

However, for what it’s worth, I finally have a MySpace page. It’s myspace.com/karentempletonauthor. And I could really use some friends...

Anyway, the new series, GUYS AND DAUGHTERS, premieres in November 2007 with DEAR SANTA. At a loss how to connect with his three-year-old daughter after her mother’s sudden death, Connecticut millionaire Grant Braeburn reluctantly enlists the aid of his ex-wife’s best friend, Mia Vaccaro, even though Mia and Grant can’t stand the sight of each other...and despite Grant’s harboring a potentially devastating secret that would not only rewrite the past, but could threaten the future, as well.

Then, in YOURS, MINE...OR OURS? (January 2008) Mia’s ex-cop brother Rudy Vaccaro sees his dream come true when he buys a run-down inn in New Hampshire. Except, that is, for his twelve-year-old daughter’s accusing him of ruining her life...and the small issue of the owner’s having promised the inn to single mother Violet Kildare. Between her husband’s disappearing act and losing the inn, Violet’s life has become a junkyard of broken promises. So why should she trust Rudy when he says he wants them to form a real partnership? And not just about the inn...

And last, Mia’s and Rudy’s youngest brother Kevin grows up PDQ when he discovers he has a four-month-old daughter in Albuquerque...and that the baby’s mother is dead. Can the recovering substance abuser prove to Pippa’s uber-protective grandfather that he’s ready, willing and worthy to take custody of his own child...and, perhaps, convince her widowed Aunt Julianne to take another chance on love? Watch for BABY, I’M YOURS, in April 2008.

By the way, Harlequin/Silhouette is now releasing all their titles in Large Print and e-book formats. The Large Prints are available at most online retailers, as well as eHarlequin; and ebooks are available from eHarlequin and dozens of online ebooksellers, like Fictionwise.com. And BABY STEPS, my Dec. 2006 Special Edition, is my first book to be available in Spanish for American readers. PASO A PASO will be available as a Harlequin Julia edition in November, 2007.

And speaking of eHarlequin...I’m writing my first ever FREE online read for them, a Christmas story to run in (duh) December. All I can tell you is that it involves an elf stranded in the airport on Christmas Eve, and the hunk the elf never really stopped loving, and it’s just the kind of awwww story you want at Christmas. And did I mention it’s FREE? So check over there the first of December or so. Even the busiest Santa’s helper has time to read a 10,000 word story, right?

Other than that, you know the drill. Check out the Books page (the backlist is getting scarily impressive), click on the Excerpts links, contact me if the mood strikes (I generally answer all email within a day or two). I’m not really in the market for assorted pharmaceuticals, payday loans or photoshopped images of anybody’s body parts, but other than that, I’d love to hear from you.

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