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#goddessfishblogtour Day 13… still going strong

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I am exhausted!!! Yesterday’s book birthday was the most I’ve worked in a longlonglong time!!! But it was fun, that’s for sure. So, Back to the tour, still going on. Today  I’m over on the Avid Reader talking about all stuff writing related. Stop by and leave me some  love.

And if you missed it, I was featured on USA Today’s HEA Blog yesterday. Click here to read the interview. It’s was oodles of fun to do.

It’s my #BOOKBIRTHDAY YAY!!

 

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You’re all probably sick to death about hearing about this release because I’ve been talking about it 4EVAH!! But today’s the day, at long long long last. CAN’T STAND THE HEAT is released into the book reading world. And along with its release, I’m still plugging away on my Goddess Fish tour. Today I’m over at Read Your Writes Book Review.

I’m giving some writing advice that I stick to. Stop by and leave some love then take a chance at the $50.00 Amazon GC!

 

 

#GoddessFishBlogTour Week 3 begins #CantStandTheHeat

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Hope everyone had a lovely Easter or Passover. It’s back to the “grind” for me today. Week 3 of the blog tour starts with a visit to K.T.Castle, talking about  how I write my dialogue between characters. She also reviewed the book and can I just say, Le sigh!   My heart is just singing!    Stop two is a  review over at one of my favorite bloggers Book Magic. And I’m having a total Sally Field moment this morning because they both like it ( the book) they really really liked it!! hahaha,Stop by. Leave love! take a chance t that $50 Amazon GC card. ( Wish I was eligible for a try!! haha).

If you’ve missed any of the other stops, here’s a recap:

March 19: Romance Novel Giveaways

March 20: BooksChatter 

March 20: Sharing Links and Wisdom

March 21: Edgar’s Books

March 21: Christine Young

March 22: Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews

March 22: Candrel’s Crafts, Cooks, and Characters

March 23: Unabridged Andra

March 23: BooksChatter – review

March 26: Welcome to My World of Dreams

March 27: Sorchia’s Universe

March 27: Rachel Brimble Romance

March 28: Nana Prah’s Blog

March 29: Fabulous and Brunette

March 29: Stormy Nights Reviewing and Bloggin’

March 30: It’s Raining Books

April 2018 Spring into Freebies Giveaways

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Want to find a new writer, learn what novels some of your favorite authors are reading, or find new book reviewer and blogger recommendations? Visit https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/literary-giveaway-portal to participate in this new multi-author giveaway. All genres are included whether it’s novels from debuting authors to award-winning/bestselling authors with multiple books and/or series. The best part — it’s all free for readers to enter, as authors are generously donating copies of their books as well as other prizes each month to help find new fans and build up their reading communities. Be part of this wonderful new group right now! I’m excited to participate in this month’s giveaway and can’t wait to share with you all that will be offered in the coming months. You never know which surprising authors might just show up on the list this year!

I’ll be giving away 3 copies of my April release CAN’T STAND THE HEAT

Just click the links below to enter.

April Giveaway: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/92db775011/?

Literary Giveaway Portal: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/literary-giveaway-portal

 

#Saturday Seven #LASReviews

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Nora Roberts/JD Robb is my favorite author of all time. Bar, none. Many of her books deal with families ( as do mine) and as secondary characters with investment in the plot resolution, she typically adds children into the mix. Gotta love a bad boy who loses his heart to his lover’s kids! So, in no real order, these are my favorite Roberts/Robb books with kids as a major driving force to the story.

The Heart of Devin McCade

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Sheriff Devin MacKade has always known his destiny was to serve and protect the small town of Antietam, Maryland—and for a long while he thought that future would include Cassie Connor. But when Cassie married the wrong man, Devin did the honorable thing and kept his feelings to himself. Now that Cassie’s divorced, Devin can finally follow his heart. Question is, can Cassie?  Cassie’s children, Connor and Emma love Devin and he them. I sigh every time I read the interactions between him and Emma.

All I want for Christmas

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Single dad Mac Taylor is about to find out the lengths to which his mischievous twin boys, Zeke and Zach, will go to find him the Christmas gift of new love when they send a special wish for a new mom to Old Saint Nick… The twins wish for a mom for Christmas from Santa. Le sigh…..

The Next Always

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The historic hotel in BoonsBoro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it’s getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett has little time for a social life. But there’s another project he’s got his eye on: the girl he’s been waiting to kiss since he was sixteen.

After losing her husband and returning to her hometown, Clare Brewster soon settles into her life as the mother of three young sons while running the town’s bookstore. Though busy, Clare is drawn across the street by Beckett’s transformation of the old inn, wanting to take a closer look…at both the building and the man behind it…  The scene where Beckett asks Clare’s boys if he can marry her is so heartwarming, I’m sighing writing this just remembering it!

Sea Swept

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A champion boat racer, Cameron Quinn traveled the world spending his winnings on champagne and women. But when his dying father calls him home to care for Seth, a troubled young boy not unlike Cameron once was, his life changes overnight.

After years of independence, Cameron has to learn to live with his brothers again, while he struggles with cooking, cleaning, and caring for a difficult boy. Old rivalries and new resentments flare between Cameron and his brothers, but they try to put aside their differences for Seth’s sake. In the end, a social worker will decide Seth’s fate, and as tough as she is beautiful, she has the power to bring the Quinns together—or tear them apart… The relationship between Cameron and Seth is more father and son than brother to brother, and it’s endearing. Talk about a bad boy with a  heart of gold!

Red Lily

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Hayley Phillips came to Memphis hoping for a new start, for herself and her unborn child. She wasn’t looking for a handout from her distant cousin Roz, just a job at her thriving In the Garden nursery. What she found was a home surrounded by beauty and the best friends she’s ever had—including Roz’s son Harper. To Hayley’s chagrin, she has begun to dream about Harper—as much more than a friend…

If Hayley gives in to her desire, she’s afraid the foundation she’s built with Harper will come tumbling down. And that wouldn’t be the only consequence, since her dreams are tangled up with Roz and the nursery. Hayley will have to put the past behind her to know her own heart again—and to decide whether she’s willing to risk it…

The In Death books – Bella Eve (Born in Death)

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Just as Eve Dallas begins to investigate the grisly double homicide of two young lovers—both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm—her friend Mavis need a favor. One of the moms-to-be in Mavis’s birthing class has gone missing. Normally, such a case would be turned over to Missing Persons. But Mavis wants no one else on the job—and Eve can’t say no.

Now Eve’s trying to track down the missing woman, while simultaneously unearthing the deals and double-crosses hidden in the files of some of the city’s richest and most secretive citizens, in a race against this particularly vicious killer. Luckily, her multimillionaire husband Roarke’s expertise comes in handy with the number crunching. But as he mines the crucial data that will break the case wide open, Eve faces an all too real danger in the world of flesh and blood..Mavis goes into labor and Roarke and Dallas are her birth coaches, which, if you’ve read any of the series, you know is so comical it’s more than laughable! But the first time Eve holds her name sake in her arms is the stuff great writing is made for!

(Apprentice in Death)

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Eve Dallas has seen a lot of killers during her time with the NYPSD but never one like this. A review of the security videos reveals that the victims were killed with a tactical laser rifle fired by a sniper, who could have been miles away when the trigger was pulled. And though the list of locations where the shooter could have set up seems endless, the number of people with that particular skill set is finite: police, military, professional killer.

Eve’s husband, Roarke, has unlimited resources—and genius—at his disposal. And when his computer program leads Eve to the location of the sniper, she learns a shocking fact: There were two—one older, one younger. Someone is being trained by an expert in the science of killing, and they have an agenda. Central Park was just a warm-up. And as another sniper attack shakes the city to its core, Eve realizes that though we’re all shaped by the people around us, there are those who are just born evil… the last 10 pages of this book are priceless as Roarke and Eve finish up the case they are on and then hastily make their way back to Bella’s birthday. When the toddler sees their bruised and battered faces, she kisses their bruises away and even the perpetual snarky Dallas looses her heart.

Since this blog hop is inspired by the Long and Short Reviews site, click on these other authors and see what their #Saturday Sevens look like

1.
ELF the Reading Addict
2.
Lisabet Sarai (giveaway too!)

#Research…a necessary evil or funfunfun to do?

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I love trivia. The more arcane or weird an item of info is, the better for me. When TRIVIAL PURSUIT first burst onto the world stage in the 1980’s no one wanted to play against me. Le sigh…..

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Because I like knowing weird trivia facts, I lovelovelove research. My characters are all over the map with regards to their careers and knowledge bases. I’ve had doctors, veterinarians, tv producers, writers, lawyers, and artists, just to name a few. And for every book and different career choice, I’ve had to do a little research to ensure I was staying true to not only the character, but how their career fit in with the plot line.

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Some of my favorite pieces of info that I learned from researching my books are:

a cow has 4 stomachs
the gestation period for a horse is 11-12 months
a Coroner doesn’t have to be a medical doctor.
the first digital camera was invented and used in 1975
milk chocolate tempers between 87 and 88 degrees Fahrenheit
White chocolate is really a chocolate derivative made from cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids
the basic cake recipe for almost every baker is simple to easy.

Writers need to get things right in their work. In the past, publishers had fact checkers to make sure when an author added a piece of info into their story it was correct. Not so much anymore. But now, with the information needed at our fingertips, anyone can and should be a fact checker simply by using Google.

There are two reasons I am so anal about research. One is from a writing viewpoint, the other as a reader. A few years ago I read a book by a very well known and well paid romance writer who said that the hero was wearing Bausch and Lomb Blue colored contact lenses. At the time, I was a contact lens technician and KNEW B&L made no such lens. As a reader I was disappointed in the writer and the publisher for not fact checking that. (FYI, B&L now does make a blue colored lens in their disposable brand of lenses. Back when this book was written, they did not and would not for several years.)

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The personal reason I am such a devout researcher has to do with my first book. It was about an ice skater who’d won  2 Olympic gold medals. When I was describing her winning routine, I spelled the move she made as A-X-L-E. Now, I skated for decades myself, but never knew the word when used in this skating context was spelled A-X-E-L. An agent I’d sent the manuscript to also happened to be an ice skater on the side. When she saw how I’d misspelled the word, she wrote me back that she never read the rest of the book because that mistake questioned my credibility as a writer of the subject to her. Lesson learned. The hard way.

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So, research. Fun or tiresome? You already know my answer.

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Since this is a blog hop, lets see what the other authors have learned from their book research:

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Questionable Research Topics




2.
Odd Things I Consider Research- Maureen Bonatch






3.
For the birds




4.
You Know Nothing, Gemma Snow






5.
Molly Daniels – Policy 101 and Phone Calls




6.
The side benefits of research






7.
What I don’t know – #MFRW 52-week Blog Challenge




8.
What I Learned from Research #MFRWauthor






9.
Survival, Baseball, Blood banks and more




10.
Don’t Use It All






11.
Research. . . a necessary evil or funfunfun to do?

#GoddessFishBlogtour Day 10. #CantStandtheHeat

 

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I had to put up a different banner this morning because I figured everyone was getting sick of the old one! Still managed to get the book cover up on it though, so YAY me!

Anyhoo…Day 10 of the tour. Today I’m visiting It’s Raining books ( love that blog title!). The interview is a goodie. Had me thinking, really thinking when I did it! Stop by and see why.

If you missed any of the previous stops, here’s a recap:

March 19: Romance Novel Giveaways

March 20: BooksChatter 

March 20: Sharing Links and Wisdom

March 21: Edgar’s Books

March 21: Christine Young

March 22: Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews

March 22: Candrel’s Crafts, Cooks, and Characters

March 23: Unabridged Andra

March 23: BooksChatter – review

March 26: Welcome to My World of Dreams

March 27: Sorchia’s Universe

March 27: Rachel Brimble Romance

March 28: Nana Prah’s Blog

March 29: Fabulous and Brunette

March 29: Stormy Nights Reviewing and Bloggin’

March 30: It’s Raining Books

#GoddessFishBlogTour, Day 9, #CantStandTheHeat

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Are you sick of me yet? hahah. No, really. I’ve got stops line up until April 19 so if you are….what’s that Demi Lovato song about being sorry?

Another 2-fer today. First, I’m over on Fabulous and Brunette talking about why it was so important to me to write a calm heroine for a change. Then, I’m over on Stormy Nights Reviewing and Blogging with a book excerpt. Stop by both places for a chance at the Rafflecopter.

And if you’ve missed any of the previous stops, here’s a list of where I’ve already been:

March 19: Romance Novel Giveaways

March 20: BooksChatter 

March 20: Sharing Links and Wisdom

March 21: Edgar’s Books

March 21: Christine Young

March 22: Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews

March 22: Candrel’s Crafts, Cooks, and Characters

March 23: Unabridged Andra

March 23: BooksChatter – review

March 26: Welcome to My World of Dreams

March 27: Sorchia’s Universe

March 27: Rachel Brimble Romance

March 28: Nana Prah’s Blog

#GoddessFishBlogTour Day 8 #CantStandTheHeat

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7 down – about 67,000 to go! hahaha. Just kidding ( kinda). Today I’m over at Nana Prah’s Blog  with a quick book excerpt. Stop by and take a chance at a $50 Amazon GC to be awarded at the end of the tour.

And if you’ve missed any of the stops so far, here’s a recap:

March 19: Romance Novel Giveaways

March 20: BooksChatter 

March 20: Sharing Links and Wisdom

March 21: Edgar’s Books

March 21: Christine Young

March 22: Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews

March 22: Candrel’s Crafts, Cooks, and Characters

March 23: Unabridged Andra

March 23: BooksChatter – review

March 26: Welcome to My World of Dreams

March 27: Sorchia’s Universe

March 27: Rachel Brimble Romance

And I’ve still got 2.5 more weeks to go!!!

#GoddessFishBlogTour day 7….going strong with #CantStandTheHeat

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Another 2-fer today for my tour of Cant Stand The Heat. I’m over on Sorchia’s Universe and Rachel Brimble Romance

taking about stuff!

If you missed yesterday, I was over on Welcome to My World of Dreams

Not tired yet, but…getting there!! hee hee