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Not Just the Greek's Wife - Release Day!

Not Just the Greek's Wife - Out TODAY!
by Lucy Monroe
Harlequin Presents ~ Oct 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0373130955
Traditional Contemporary Romance

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Chloe and Ariston’s emotions leap from the pages in this evocative second-chance romance, packed with vivid scenery and love scenes that sizzle.  4 Stars, RT Book Reviews

Ariston Spiridakou had one reason and one reason only for marrying Chloe: he needed a biddable bride to provide the requisite heir. Yet three years later Chloe’s status as good Greek wife is a distant memory—and her defiance has had her cast out of Ariston’s life....

Infuriatingly, Chloe now finds herself at Ariston’s mercy—but his help comes with a wicked price: the unyielding condition that he won’t even consider her request until she’s shared his bed...and is expecting his baby!

52 Weeks of Romance Contest Winner

Weekly Contest Winner!
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Congratulations SusanR you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Pregnancy of Passion. Please email me your name and address and I will get your prize in the mail.

Hurry only TWO WEEKS left to register!Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October!  It is free, but you have to be registered to win prizes.  There are over 40 authors and industry professionals signed up!

52 Weeks of Romance! Contest

Pregnancy of Passion 
by Lucy Monroe
December 2006 North America
US ISBN 0-373-12590-9


“Lucy Monroe is a master at depicting strong passion between her two main characters, and again in Pregnancy of Passion she has delivered a powerful punch. Be prepared for sorrow and pain but also a passion not to be denied.”
—Marilyn Shoemaker, Contemporary Romance Writers Reviews


It was a year since their tempestuous affair had ended. So why was he back? Elisa trusted Salvatore di Vitale about as far as she could throw him. And, as the Sicilian security expert was over six feet of pure muscle, that wasn’t very far.  Salvatore told Elisa he had come to protect her, and that much was true.  But if their close proximity led to passion he wouldn't exactly be complaining. And if passion should lead to pregnancy…so much the better! Because then Elisa would have to marry him – which was Salvatore’s plan all along…
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Question: Please leave your answer in the comment section. Winners will be announced on Saturday. If you leave your email address in your comment I will contact you regarding the prize otherwise you may check back on Saturday to see if you are the winner and email me.



Pregnancy of Passion hit two best seller lists.  Name one of them. 




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Humpday Hottie!

Don't forget to enter...just 4 days left!Goodreads Book Giveaway Not Just the Greek's Wife by Lucy Monroe Giveaway ends September 30, 2012.
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Not Just the Greek's Wife - ONE WEEK 'til release date!

Not Just the Greek’s Wife
Harlequin Presents #3089 - October 2012
© By Lucy Monroe
ISBN-10: 0373130953
ISBN-13: 978-0373130955



“Chloe and Ariston’s emotions leap from the pages in this evocative second-chance romance,  packed with vivid scenery and love scenes that sizzle.“  —4 Stars, RT Book Reviews

Ariston Spiridakou had one reason and one reason only for marrying Chloe: he needed a biddable bride to provide the requisite heir. Yet three years later Chloe’s status as good Greek wife is a distant memory—and her defiance has had her cast out of Ariston’s life....

Infuriatingly, Chloe now finds herself at Ariston’s mercy—but his help comes with a wicked price: the unyielding condition that he won’t even consider her request until she’s shared his bed...and is expecting his baby!

Out October 1st, 2012preorder the book ~ read an excerpt

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Goodreads Book Giveaway Not Just the Greek's Wife by Lucy Monroe Giveaway ends September 30, 2012.
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52 Weeks of Romance Contest Winner!

Weekly Contest Winner!
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Congratulations Nadia Hassan you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book The Greek's Innocent Virgin. Please email me your name and address and I will get your prize in the mail.

Hurry only TWO WEEKS left to register!Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October!  It is free, but you have to be registered to win prizes.  There are over 40 authors and industry professionals signed up!

52 Week's of Romance

The Greek's Innocent Virgin
by Lucy Monroe

US ISBN 0-373-12464-3
May '05 - NA



Greek tycoon Sebastian Kouros thinks he knows all about Rachel Long: she’s a scheming money-grabber who deserves nothing from him or his family.  Rachel has come to Sebastian’s island to claim her inheritance – but although the bitterness between them is ripe, neither is expecting their searing sexual chemistry. Sebastian takes Rachel to his bed, but it appears she’s not the virgin she claims to be. Perhaps now is the time to take her as his mistress, and discard her when he sees fit…
Only Rachel is telling the truth – she’s an innocent and a virgin…

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Question: Please leave your answer in the comment section. Winners will be announced on Saturday. If you leave your email address in your comment I will contact you regarding the prize otherwise you may check back on Saturday to see if you are the winner and email me.



The Greek's Innocent Virgin was a book I dedicated to a very special woman, who was this book dedicated to?



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Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October!  It is FREE but you have to be registered to win prizes.  There are over 40 authors already signed up!
                                      

Humpday Hottie

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Not Just the Greek's Wife - Coming Soon!

Not Just the Greek’s Wife
Harlequin Presents #3089 - October 2012
© By Lucy Monroe
ISBN-10: 0373130953
ISBN-13: 978-0373130955




Ariston Spiridakou had one reason and one reason only for marrying Chloe: he needed a biddable bride to provide the requisite heir. Yet three years later Chloe’s status as good Greek wife is a distant memory—and her defiance has had her cast out of Ariston’s life....

Infuriatingly, Chloe now finds herself at Ariston’s mercy—but his help comes with a wicked price: the unyielding condition that he won’t even consider her request until she’s shared his bed...and is expecting his baby!


“Chloe and Ariston’s emotions leap from the pages in this evocative second-chance romance, packed with vivid scenery and love scenes that sizzle.“ —4 Stars, RT Book Reviews

Out October 2012preorder the book ~ read an excerpt

Simply stated...Trees

I have a deciduous tree outside my office window. It's some kind of Maple, but don't ask me which one. That's Hubcap's department and he's not here to reference. :) Right now, the leaves and little reddish-pink flowers block my view of anything but the sky and the tree itself.

While I may not be a dab hand at identifying the subspecies (is that even the right word?) of a tree, I love them. Always have. Our last house backed up to a greenbelt (area that could not be developed) filled with towering Douglas Firs that danced in the wind like tall-skinny hula masters. I loved that view and will never forget the morning mists that made the small forest magical. I still miss it. Sigh...

So, if you think I'm saddened all I can see is a tree out my window, you'd be wrong. Its gorgeous and inspiring and does a lovely job of blocking off the rest of the world. Which sometimes I need. Want. Enjoy. Not absolutely sure which is the exact feeling, but think need may be the closest. :)

When I was a little girl (maybe 8), I used to sit under the big willow tree in our front yard and draw. I loved that tree and when it had to be cut down because the roots were growing into the plumbing and basement foundation, I cried. I still love willow trees more than any others, though when we went to Hawaii this past spring, I fell deeply in love with the Banyon trees. They're so old and majestic and intricate - just like a great book!I loved trees so much, I counted the number in our yard back then and proudly proclaimed it to all who would listen. (There were 13.) We have trees now, but they're young...the house isn't old and it was built on a cleared lot. One of the trees in our back yard died this year. We don't know why, but we're looking at it as an opportunity to plant a fruit tree. Both Hubcap and I like them. :)

We had a play area between two trees that I spent a lot of time playing make believe in too, when I was young. Before my parents divorce, before we moved to a mobile home park space with no trees. The play "house" was between two huge Evergreens. One of them had something like a cave on the opposite side to where the branches had been trimmed to make the "house". It was another spot where the lower branches did not all grow together, but the ones above draped down, protecting it from sight. I hid there once in a while, from the world.
Sometimes books are my trees...when I'm so stressed by deadlines, I *can't* think of my own stories, I hide in someone else's. It works. For me. Reading is a place to go when where I am is tough, or scary, or simply boring. :)

Sometimes the hot-tub is my tree. With all the bubbles going, I can't hear anything else and I can just float and think about stuff that isn't going to make my heart bleed. It's okay, we've all got stuff like that in our lives and sometimes its more prevalent than others, but joy is so much sweeter because it rarely comes without cost.

Maybe that's why I write romance, I want to be a beautiful, blocking tree for someone else - I want to give books that will make hearts glad and remind us that no matter how harsh the pain, there is the hope of redemption. Does that sound too grandiose?

I'm not sure, but one thing I do know...I love trees.


What do you turn to to soften the rough edges of the world, or simply block it out entirely?