Aloha to Dallas - Take a Walk on the Historical Side

 

Fan favorites dressed up for the annual Historical party.  

Top row, Hildie McQueen and Elizabeth Hoyt (aka Wiggy). 

Middle row:  Sharon Page, Sabrina Jeffries, and Beth Williamson.  

Bottom Row:  Victoria Vane, Ally Broadfield, Elizabeth Essx, Julia Justiss, Ella Quinn, and Gina Conkle.

Elizabeth Essex dressed in a Regency gown; she hosted the Battle of Trafalgar table at the SOS America Military Tribute (link).

The tables were decorated with shoes ... above is the 60s!

Beth Williamson loves cowboys!

This shoe represents time travel.

Victoria Vane is all smiles for readers.  If you dressed in a historical costume, what time period would you represent? One randomly selected commenter from my RT posts wins a book choice from my convention stash. Comments are open through Sunday, May 31. I'll post the winner on Monday, June 1, at SOS Aloha.

Mahalo,

Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City

Below, Heather Graham in blue. 

Aloha to Barbara Vey's Reader Appreciation Luncheon (part 1) - Romance Rocks!

Aloha!  I arrived in Milwaukee on Saturday morning for Barbara Vey's Reader Appreciation Luncheon (link).  Above are the three "coffee" stooges who greeted me at the airport.

The luncheon featured 60 authors with 7 readers at their tables - 480 booklovers celebrating romance! Tracey Devlyn (link), second from left, transported her readers to Merry Ole England. 

Angie Fox (link), holding book, celebrated MY BIG FAT DEMON SLAYER WEDDING with her fans. 

Elizabeth Hoyt (link) played peek-a-boo.

Deeanne Gist (link), second from left, is cute as a button with her fans.

Two "princesses" from the royal table of Susan Elizabeth Phillips (link).  

Jeannie Lin (link) showed off the bento box for each reader at her table.  I loved bento boxes in Hawaii!

Have you visited (or traveled through) Milwaukee?  One randomly selected commenter from this week's blogs wins a book choice from my convention stash ... which has been boosted by the luncheon goody bags.  Comments are open through Saturday, May 3, 10 pm in Baltimore.  I'll post the winner on Sunday, May 4, at SOS Aloha (link).

Mahalo,

Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City

Coming tomorrow ... my table with Eileen Dreyer! 

Aloha to NJRW Conference (part 3) - Let them eat cake ...and read books!

Let them eat cake!  The NJRW conference continued with a delicious luncheon featuring my favorite food group - chocolate!

I had to loosen my belt so I could waddle around the book signing to see Elizabeth Hoyt and Sara Humphreys.

I chatted with Kathleen Long and Sally MacKenzie.  Sally recently returned for a "research" trip to England, including a visit to Devon - my ancestors' stomping grounds.

Stephanie Draven and Vicky Dreiling were all smiles for the camera ...

... so were Risky Regency writers Diane Gaston and Elena Greene; they contribute to the Risky Regencies Romance Blog (link).

Here are the RomVets - Christyne Butler, me, Diana Cosby, Cathy Maxwell, and Ella Quinn.

I am giving away two conference bags filled with fun swag plus:

Diana Cosby's HIS CAPTIVE
Diana Cosby's HIS WOMAN
Margaret Mallory's KNIGHT OF DESIRE
Eloisa James' KISS ME ANNABEL
Anthology, THE LADY MOST LIKELY, with Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway

To enter the giveaway,

1.  Leave a comment about taking photographs - do you have a fancy camera or a simple camera like me?  

2.  This giveaway is open to all readers.

3.  Comments are open through Saturday, October 26, 10  pm in Baltimore.  I'll post the winner on Sunday, October 27.

Mahalo,

Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City

Dinner at Bahama Breeze ... do you recognize these authors?

Our waitress is Ciera, left back, who was awed by them!