And the winner is…

After receiving many entries in our May contest, from all over the world, the grand prize winner is…Jonna Smith! Congratulations, Jonna! You’ll be receiving a Mother’s Day gift basket with chocolate, hand lotion, bath salts, and signed copies of Her Irish Warrior, All Night with the Boss, and Hired By the Cowboy. We hope you enjoy it! Our runner up was Sheina Alinsug who will receive signed copies of all three books. Thanks so much to everyone who entered.

One of my favorite activities at the WRW Retreat was the Annual Jeopardy game. Pictured to the left is my team, a group of historical romance writers. And let me just say, if you ever have to play a game show, get Julia Quinn on your team. She won “The Weakest Link” and proved her game show prowess for us. Pictured from left to right: Julia Quinn, Kathryn Anderson, Sophia Nash, me, Kathyrn Caskie, and (I feel like the worst sort of schmuck, but I think the last person was Sandy Rangel(?)). From the beginning, we knew the game was not going to be fair and this was emphasized over and over.

Our hostesses were Kathleen Seidel, Jennifer Enderlin, and Karen Rose Smith, pictured from left to right in their red sequined gowns. My biggest surprise was the singing portion of Jeopardy. Jennifer Enderlin came up with the category “Jews Who Rock” and the hostesses would sing the opening line and guess which Jewish singer wrote/performed the song. Shauna Summers, editor at Bantam, proved to be the most competitive person I’ve ever seen. I think she would have launched her body across the room to get the judge’s attention when she knew the answer. It was hilarious.

At the end, it got sillier and sillier until we were all cheating like crazy during Final Jeopardy. In order to ensure a win, Shauna offered everyone in the room book contracts. Needless to say, she won. Here, you can see her being hoisted in her victory chair.

Just for kicks, I’ll list two questions that were asked. See if you can guess the answers! (Answers must be in the form of questions)
1. This pair of authors, a mother and a daughter, were famous for writing “Vindication for the Rights of Women” and “Frankenstein”
2. (Name that Jewish singer. Bonus points for the song. ) “Her name was Lola . She was a show girl.”:banana: