#TeamKearns in #Vegas 2014

Karen Cino & I

 Every booksigning is awesome!


I LOVE seeing old friends, meeting new ones, 

Allie K Adams & I

FINALLY meeting those friends face to face,

and hugging members of #TeamKearns! Not to mention signing books for all of the above.

 

But this particular trip to the Romance Novel Convention Book Fair (#RNCVegas2014) was amazingly sweet because I was able to take my husband along.

Because of our four fairly young kids, we usually have to tag-team the out of town thing. This July, though, we capitalized on our anniversary and birthdays and RNC becoming the perfect storm and hit Vegas!

My favorite part of the event was the quick camaraderie between Ryan Diaz and Gavin Matthew and my husband. 

The three acted like life long buddies and laughed and teased throughout the afternoon, until Rhonda and I were in stitches.

A BIG THANKS to Ryan Diaz aka Enrique "Ricky" Santiago from Lucky 13. Yes, he's reading "himself"...The Condom Scene. Bwahahaha!

...and Gavin Matthew, who will become the face of Mason James (as soon as we talk him into losing the beard *wink*) 





 
and Rhonda Plumhoff, President Extraordinaire for adding to the awesomeness of the weekend!!!

Let's do it again very soon! 

Like February? 

Mwah!

Meeting Romance Cover Model, Fabio

Okay, so when a girl gets a call that says, "Hey, I'm going to see Fabio. Wanna come with me?"

The ONLY answer is: "HECK to the YEAH!" 

So last Friday morning, I hopped in Kris Tualla's van and together we headed to Whole Foods in Phoenix to meet the Romance Icon.

Now I've met my fair share of 

handsome Cover Models in my short stint as a Romance Author: 

Ryan Diaz aka 

Lucky 13's Enrique Santiago

2013 Arizona Dreamin' 

Men of Our Dreams Contestants

James Allen

James Magnussen

Tony Lomelli

 
and Jimmy Thomas.

(yes, I know, my job is so very hard...Bwahahaha!)
 
That said, I found myself more than a little giddy to be meeting the guy who's name has accompanied the Romance genre for decades. 

Morgan Kearns, James Magnussen, Kris Tualla

James Magnussen joined us... 

as did Phoenix's Fox10 News.

Morgan Kearns, FABIO, Kris Tualla

Finally, Fabio showed.

James Magnussen, Morgan Kearns, Fabio

He was WAY bigger than I thought, even taller than James' 6'4. 

It did seem he had a little trouble making a natural smile. *shrugs* 







Hugs and pictures all around AND he signed two novels for me! WooHoo!! 

Bucket List: Meeting Fabio. CHECK!