Please don’t tell me you have not been watching the stunning ‘jumper’ series, (known as such as the leading lady always wears a jumper – even in Afganistan – one of only two jumpers she appears to own)
The Killing This series is NOT to be missed.

There, now, you’ve had a preview of both jumpers – what more could you want?

I know…
A black-eyed Frenchman with a body and a face to die for – a man who takes a very stern line indeed…

Yes?
Then, Spiral is for you.

Don’t mumble about subtitles, just listen to that delicious voice and fill your eyes with a hot, hunky man – Along with a gripping full-on crime drama, of course…

Enjoy!
Sxx

One of the best things about my working day is powering up and finding truly wonderful mails from genuine readers. I couldn’t be happier to read and reply, because you, the reader, are my inspiration, and without you there would be no Susan Stephens.

But… I must admit, I do have difficulty understanding why anyone would want my ‘autograph’ on a piece of paper, and as there has been a rash of these recently I thought it time to give this polite reminder:

I sign books at official book signings and I give away signed copies of my books to prize winners in contests where the official running the contest picks out a winner at random.
There are no exceptions, other than to people known to me, and those I trust.

That said, let’s get on with our day with smiles in our hearts and genuine affection in our thoughts, wishing only the very best of everything to those we know and trust.
Sxx

So thrilled to have my polo pages UP!!!

You can find the Link on my Home Page to take you into a whole world of thundering hearts and galloping hooves

And with loads more to come, thanks are most definitely due to the incredibly talented Jo for reading my mind so accurately!
We’re planning to add more each month until the Acostas world is not just a fantasy, but a destination

Utterly beyond thrilled by the fairy-godsister actions of one of my closest friends, Lizzie, who has managed to snaffle two tickets for us to hear the totally incredible pianist, Lang Lang, in concert at the Albert Hall in London. Wizzie, you are truly the wizz I always knew you were. And Lang Lang is just one of those incredible forces of nature that comes along maybe once in a generation. I can’t wait.

Sxx

With the deadline demon on my tail there isn’t much time – but there are a couple of things I absolutely have to share with you…

First off, the genius of Josephine Piraneo, the designer of my new polo pages. These will up in the next couple of days and I couldn’t resist just a taster now…

And, okay, there may be a couple of hot men…

And finally, before I dash off to attend to another hot man… Nacho Acosta – the oldest of the Acosta guys, I just had to post this shot. Having already purchased my ‘Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.’ tee, in honour of conference in Atlanta next year, I simply couldn’t resist…

Have a good one, ladies!

Aaargh, must dash

Sxx

No, this is not a heads up for my next series of books – Frostbite? Seriously?

What’s wrong with cuddling up beneath a snuggly blanket in front of a blazing log fire, I want to know?!

Everything, according to my barmy children, who do their level best to make me feel like such a slouch (cue mug of hot chocolate thick enough to stand a spoon in… and a book about bad-boy polo players )

So this mail is to let Jenny from Newcastle and Marie from Jersey know – as well as everyone else who has mailed me with a request for a news update on the sprogs… that

will be taking part on several weekends to come in the Frostbite Series of yacht races. And, yes, that is exactly as frigidly unpleasant as it sounds (at least to me!) – UK waters in Jan/Feb. Are you kidding me?

while
is cycling the length of Great Britain, from Lands End to John o' Groats in aid of the Forget-Me-Not Children's Hospice.

Remember.

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay,
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts I once had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad

Christina Rossetti

Wishing all my friends, my wonderful readers and my crazy family the best of everything at Christmas and only happy thoughts, good health and success in the New Year with the freedom to achieve everything your heart desires.

Thank you for everything – your friendship, your support, your hugs, your love, your laughter – thank you for it all.
Sxx

Here are a few words for my friend and for you.

‘Your friend is your needs answered
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and fireside.
For you come to him with hunger, and you seek him for peace…

…For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.’
Kahlil Gibran

Sxx

Please please please support the Military Wives and buy their wonderful recording

Isn’t it time for something real from real people with real emotion without studio tricks, or the fool’s gold of fleeting celebrity?

Having watched Gareth Malone in the TV programme, The Choir, transforming people’s expectations of what they can do, has left me awestruck. The power of music has never been in doubt in my mind, but to see this put to work in the most practical and caring way just fills me with – love, really, and a feeling of reaching out and joining with those people who have been given, not just a means of expression, but who have been lifted and embraced by the power of music.

No need to ask what I’m listening to as I write this to you.
Sxx