Long-time and beloved romance author Edith Layton passed away this morning following a long bout with ovarian cancer. She leaves behind three grown children, her grandchildren, and tens of thousands of readers who enjoyed her historical romances. WordWenches.com which Edith was active on until a few weeks ago, is doing a commemorative post for Edith tomorrow, June 3, 2009. Please invite anyone who knew Edith and/or her books to come by and leave a comment. They are planning on putting everything they get on CDs for the family. Click here for ommemorative post Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.

Everybody fantasizes about going to Las Vegas and winning big. And certainly, we’ve all seen the “Whatever Happens …” TV commercials and secretly wished we were experiencing the spontaneity and frenzy of Sin City shown in these ads. Excitement and luck run rampant there. Everywhere you turn, someone or something is beckoning to you to try your LUCK! Mike Corwin, the second Corwin cousin heads to the gambling capital for just such an experience, but will the infamous Corwin Curse that has plagued the males in his family for generations follow him? Or will he end up on a lucky streak that lasts a lifetime? This is the premise of my newest novel and the second book in my “Lucky” series, LUCKY STREAK. And sometimes, thankfully, luck pays off for me! I definitely don’t like to presume good things will happen, I like to hope. I’m afraid of jinxing something. Can you really do that? I rarely tempt fate. But it’s an interesting concept, isn’t it? Luck? LUCK is fickle. And yet many of us believe. When I ask myself why, I realize it’s because of HOPE. It’s the possibility that Lady Luck will step in and pick us up…