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June 12, 2012
Weekly Blog Contest - June!
Close QuartersRerelease of my 50th Book!Book 5 in The Goddard Project seriesMass Market PaperbackKensington Brava - July 2012ISBN-10: 0758242026ISBN-13: 978-0758242020
Buy the book ~ Read an excerpt
Reader ReviewClose Quarters is compelling. The danger from the corrupt soldiers is vivid and you can feel the menacing stares leaping off the pages. Tanya and Roman dance around their feelings and desire for each other. Their chemistry is tantalizing and powerful. The secondary romance of Dr Fleur and the state department official is deeply moving. This book will touch your heart and stay in your thoughts long after you finish. Lucy Monroe's books are one of a kind and a must read. Enjoy. ~ Judy (Cincinnati , Ohio)
Contest 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.
Last week Gin Price was my guest blogger. She talked about her newest release Tagged. Gin tells us the story of how she first came up with this book. What city was she in, when her character first came to visit her?
Buy the book ~ Read an excerpt
Reader ReviewClose Quarters is compelling. The danger from the corrupt soldiers is vivid and you can feel the menacing stares leaping off the pages. Tanya and Roman dance around their feelings and desire for each other. Their chemistry is tantalizing and powerful. The secondary romance of Dr Fleur and the state department official is deeply moving. This book will touch your heart and stay in your thoughts long after you finish. Lucy Monroe's books are one of a kind and a must read. Enjoy. ~ Judy (Cincinnati , Ohio)
Contest 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.
Last week Gin Price was my guest blogger. She talked about her newest release Tagged. Gin tells us the story of how she first came up with this book. What city was she in, when her character first came to visit her?
June 11, 2012
Satisfaction Guaranteed - Reveiw
Counting the days until the rerelease of my 50th book, Close Quarters is due to hit bookstores one again. I thought it would be fun to revisit each of the books in the Goddard Series. My 52 Week's of Romance will feature the first four books in Goddard Series starting this week. Take a trip down memory lane with me!
[image error] Satisfaction Guaranteedby Lucy MonroeThe Goddard Project Series, Book 1Kensington BravaRomantic SuspenseISBN: 0-7582-1178-3Reviewer: Melissa
Although Beth Whitney has always been attracted to Ethan Crane, she’s always known that he is not type of man that she should get involved with. Ethan Crane is the quintessential secret agent, fearless and totally dedicated. After years of being neglected by her father, who was also an agent and now runs the agency that both Beth and Ethan work for, and then being left at the altar by her very ex-fiance, another dedicated agent who got involved in a case and put his work before Beth and their wedding, Beth has kept her self busy working as many hours as possible behind the desk in her father’s agency.
Now she finds herself drawn into an undercover operation with Ethan where they are playing lovers. While forced into close contact with him, she tries to keep it professional, but she quickly finds herself unable to resist him and they truly become lovers. The more time she spends in Ethan’s arms, the harder it is for Beth to protect her heart. What will happen when the job is done? [image error] Satisfaction Guaranteed has it all! Action, adventure, romance and off the chart sensuality! Ethan and Beth practically melt the pages with the heat between them. The action keeps the story moving so that I couldn’t stop turning the pages! Lucy Monroe once again delivers with the beginning of what looks to be another not to be missed series!
June 9, 2012
Weekly Contest Winners
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Weekly Contest Winners!
Close Quarters
Congratulations Erin Towne you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's Close Quarters. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy
Congratulations Laney4 you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Wedding Vow of Revenge. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
Close Quarters
Congratulations Erin Towne you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's Close Quarters. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy
Congratulations Laney4 you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Wedding Vow of Revenge. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
June 8, 2012
When Ideas Attack - Guest Blogger Gin Price
I'd like to introduce my readers to a new friend, Gin Price. She is one of the team captains in my Reader Fitness Challenge. I hope you will take a moment and read Gin's blog and enter her contest! Thank's Gin for stopping by today!
I remember the moment I came up with my favorite book idea. I was sitting in the passenger seat of an Xterra, next to one of the coolest men I know, surfing down the side streets of Las Vegas looking for garage sales. At the corner of an unknown avenue, we were deciding whether to go left or right. I don’t remember which we decided on because there, in front of us (okay, slightly to the left) was a bunch of spray-painted “tag flags”—as I call them.
In myriad colors, words and phrases best not be repeated, as well as a few names of taggers and/or their gangs spelled out in sharp angry slashes, claimed the once colorless wall, and in the background, a beautiful flower with rain-kissed petals. The daisy should’ve looked out of place surrounded by scrawled hate—but it didn’t. The anger only added to the tragic beauty of the flower and I have to say, I felt the idea tingle instantly.
I get the idea tingle a lot whether I’m writing romance of YA, but this time, the tingle came with the recognition of genre. Incoming YA idea! In the throes of “the tingle”, goose bumps make the tiny hairs on my arms and legs stand up and feel around, like little antennae searching for inspiration, and I pick up entire conversations between materializing characters within seconds.
Emanuella introduced herself to me before the Xterra turned the corner, and just as quickly she told me she wasn’t sure she likes her name, but that her mother gave it to her. Oh…and she has a secret. She’s all heart-happy for her brother’s most hated enemy and fears that one day she’ll fail at keeping the two gangs from killing each other.
When a graffiti artist wants you dead…you’re tagged, she said to me.
The book was born.
I’m happy to say, a few years after I wrote the last sentence in Tagged—two agents, 40 rejections, and many bats to the ego later—my editor Bryl at Noble Young Adult loved the story and I received a contract offer. Phew!
Only…after I opened the gate to one Young Adult book, I was attacked by book after book, writing the ideas down faster than I could possibly write the novels. And sometimes, while working on one project, another gives me a hip-check and others still visit me in the shower! I’m just trying to shave my legs here…ARGH!
At times like these, I start fantasizing about being part borg. I’d hook my brain up to a computer, letting it just suck the ideas out and spew the book out in an hour so I could get in a nap or have a thought that doesn’t have anything to do with a character or setting or plot.
And why…for the love of all that’s holy…can’t I go to Walmart without assigning the personality quirks I see in the diverse shoppers there to characters in my books? Is it possible to just buy a mango, Gin?
As far as complaints go, I have to admit, book ideas attacking is a bad one for a writer. Yes, I can get bogged down and turned around trying to work on too much at once, but in truth, I’m grateful the ideas are flowing, and I hope to follow this book, which launched my YA career, with several others. And really, there’s no way to do that without sharing the shower from time to time.
As a thank you for taking the time to read my guest blog, I’d like to give out free e-copies of Tagged to those who comment with which side they think they’d be a part of and why: Parkour/Freerunners (Do a search on YouTube if you’re unsure what Freerunning is!) or Graffiti! My favorite answer/answers win! The winners will be announced on June 11th and my email will be supplied so that winners can keep their emails private.
Oh! I’ve also posted the first chapter up on my blog if you’d like to read a sample. www.gintensity.blogspot.com
Again, thanks for coming to visit my post, and thanks a ton to Lucy and her wonderful staff for having me. It’s a privilege to be part of the Reader’s Fitness Program, as it has introduced me to a bunch of really great authors and readers!
All my best, Gin Price
I remember the moment I came up with my favorite book idea. I was sitting in the passenger seat of an Xterra, next to one of the coolest men I know, surfing down the side streets of Las Vegas looking for garage sales. At the corner of an unknown avenue, we were deciding whether to go left or right. I don’t remember which we decided on because there, in front of us (okay, slightly to the left) was a bunch of spray-painted “tag flags”—as I call them. In myriad colors, words and phrases best not be repeated, as well as a few names of taggers and/or their gangs spelled out in sharp angry slashes, claimed the once colorless wall, and in the background, a beautiful flower with rain-kissed petals. The daisy should’ve looked out of place surrounded by scrawled hate—but it didn’t. The anger only added to the tragic beauty of the flower and I have to say, I felt the idea tingle instantly.
I get the idea tingle a lot whether I’m writing romance of YA, but this time, the tingle came with the recognition of genre. Incoming YA idea! In the throes of “the tingle”, goose bumps make the tiny hairs on my arms and legs stand up and feel around, like little antennae searching for inspiration, and I pick up entire conversations between materializing characters within seconds.
Emanuella introduced herself to me before the Xterra turned the corner, and just as quickly she told me she wasn’t sure she likes her name, but that her mother gave it to her. Oh…and she has a secret. She’s all heart-happy for her brother’s most hated enemy and fears that one day she’ll fail at keeping the two gangs from killing each other.
When a graffiti artist wants you dead…you’re tagged, she said to me.
The book was born.
I’m happy to say, a few years after I wrote the last sentence in Tagged—two agents, 40 rejections, and many bats to the ego later—my editor Bryl at Noble Young Adult loved the story and I received a contract offer. Phew!
Only…after I opened the gate to one Young Adult book, I was attacked by book after book, writing the ideas down faster than I could possibly write the novels. And sometimes, while working on one project, another gives me a hip-check and others still visit me in the shower! I’m just trying to shave my legs here…ARGH!
At times like these, I start fantasizing about being part borg. I’d hook my brain up to a computer, letting it just suck the ideas out and spew the book out in an hour so I could get in a nap or have a thought that doesn’t have anything to do with a character or setting or plot.And why…for the love of all that’s holy…can’t I go to Walmart without assigning the personality quirks I see in the diverse shoppers there to characters in my books? Is it possible to just buy a mango, Gin?
As far as complaints go, I have to admit, book ideas attacking is a bad one for a writer. Yes, I can get bogged down and turned around trying to work on too much at once, but in truth, I’m grateful the ideas are flowing, and I hope to follow this book, which launched my YA career, with several others. And really, there’s no way to do that without sharing the shower from time to time.
As a thank you for taking the time to read my guest blog, I’d like to give out free e-copies of Tagged to those who comment with which side they think they’d be a part of and why: Parkour/Freerunners (Do a search on YouTube if you’re unsure what Freerunning is!) or Graffiti! My favorite answer/answers win! The winners will be announced on June 11th and my email will be supplied so that winners can keep their emails private.
Oh! I’ve also posted the first chapter up on my blog if you’d like to read a sample. www.gintensity.blogspot.com
Again, thanks for coming to visit my post, and thanks a ton to Lucy and her wonderful staff for having me. It’s a privilege to be part of the Reader’s Fitness Program, as it has introduced me to a bunch of really great authors and readers!
All my best, Gin Price
June 7, 2012
52 Weeks of Romance by Lucy Monroe!
Week 23's Featured BookWedding Vow of Revengeby Lucy Monroe
ISBN#0-3731-2526-2
March 2006 North America
The instant Angelo Gordon sees stunning model Tara Peters he’s certain she will share his bed. But her innocent beauty isn't the only thing that attracts him – he’s out for revenge...
Tara is not an easy conquest. When she pushes Angelo away he realizes the only way he can have her is if he plays a very different game. And Angelo is happy to up the stakes – he’ll take the ultimate revenge – marriage!
What Readers are saying about Wedding Vow of Revenge:
"I read "Wedding Vow Of Revenge" in my free time. I loved it. Dang you're good Lucy. Keep at it. Whatever you write we will all read. Cheers." ~ Mark
"I haven't bought a Harlequin Presents since I first discovered the "Romance" genre in the 1980's. But this was to good to pass on...a wonderful book, beautifully written. I couldn't put it down. Good thing I had the next day of from work, and I could sleep in...Thanks." ~ Cindy
Buy the book.
Contest 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.)Wedding Vow of Revenge was a best selling book. The book it top lists for several weeks. Name one of the lists Wedding Vow of Revenge was on and for how many weeks.
June 6, 2012
June 5, 2012
Weekly Blog Contest - June
Close QuartersRerelease of my 50th Book!Book 5 in The Goddard Project seriesMass Market PaperbackKensington Brava - July 2012ISBN-10: 0758242026ISBN-13: 978-0758242020Buy the book
OPPOSITES ATTRACT.
IF THEY DON’T COMBUST FIRST.
To some, he is an assassin. To others, he’s merely the man who gets the job done when no one else can. Now politico-military black-ops leader Roman Chernichenko has to take out the leak in an espionage plot that could destabilize all of Africa. Nothing will distract him from his mission. Not even the deliciously appealing blonde who’s awoken his deepest desires—and just happens to be his target...
Tanya Ruston is a beautiful and brainy do-gooder—and now Roman is supposed to dispose of her when all he really wants to do is seduce her. Soon it’s clear Tanya’s no information agent—and now that his conscience has gotten the better of him, he and Tanya are on the run from the good guys and bad. If they’re going to make it out alive, Roman will have to act fast—and stop thinking about how he’s going to get his feisty new charge down the aisle...
Contest 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.
Lucy is giving away a book a week in her 52 Weeks of Romance. Last week was week 22, which featured Bodyguards in Bed, an anthology with two other authors. Name one of the other authors in Bodyguards in Bed. And don't forget you can pick up this summer sizzle for your kindle from Amazon.
June 4, 2012
Harlequin More Than Words Nominations
I received this invitation to nominate inspiring women for Harlequin's More Than Words 2013 award. We all have wonderful women in our lives who inspire us, nominate her and she could be part of a Harlequin book.
Dear Readers,
As many of you know, Harlequin is committed to honoring women for their good works, celebrating their accomplishments and supporting causes that are meaningful to them.
Currently, we are soliciting inspiring stories of women who have made extraordinary contributions to their communities. Five finalists, selected by the Harlequin employee committee, will be up for a public vote on October 18th, 2012. The three recipients with the highest number of votes will be awarded the 2013 Harlequin More Than Words award, and the announcement will take place in January 2013. Harlequin will also make a donation of $15,000 to each of their causes. Their stories will be the inspiration for fictional short stories written by our Harlequin authors and distributed for free as eBooks—all with the aim of inspiring readers to turn awareness into action by encouraging them to become engaged and make a difference.
The nomination form is due before July 6th, 2012. For more information or submit a nominee, visit HarlequinMoreThanWords.com. I look forward to hearing from you about the amazing women in your life.
Sincerely,
Tiffany ShiuAssistant Manager, Public RelationsHarlequin
Dear Readers,
As many of you know, Harlequin is committed to honoring women for their good works, celebrating their accomplishments and supporting causes that are meaningful to them.
Currently, we are soliciting inspiring stories of women who have made extraordinary contributions to their communities. Five finalists, selected by the Harlequin employee committee, will be up for a public vote on October 18th, 2012. The three recipients with the highest number of votes will be awarded the 2013 Harlequin More Than Words award, and the announcement will take place in January 2013. Harlequin will also make a donation of $15,000 to each of their causes. Their stories will be the inspiration for fictional short stories written by our Harlequin authors and distributed for free as eBooks—all with the aim of inspiring readers to turn awareness into action by encouraging them to become engaged and make a difference.
The nomination form is due before July 6th, 2012. For more information or submit a nominee, visit HarlequinMoreThanWords.com. I look forward to hearing from you about the amazing women in your life.
Sincerely,
Tiffany ShiuAssistant Manager, Public RelationsHarlequin
June 2, 2012
Weekly Blog Winners!
Weekly Contest Winners!
Watch Over Me
Congratulations 2kasmom you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's Watch Over Me. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy
Congratulations chey you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Bodyguards In Bed. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
June 1, 2012
Reader Fitness Challenge May Winners!
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There are a few weeks left in the Reader Fitness Challenge and I'm so excited and blessed by the results. We'll reveal all in just a few weeks, but until then, stick to your plan and remember you are doing this for a healthier, more energetic life.
Congratulations to all the May winners! Winners were drawn randomly each Thursday.
Week of May 3Alyson Widen - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Jenny Muraski - Erin Nicholas (choice of backlist ebook)Valerie Cozart- Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)Chrissy Bollig - Jami Davenport (Whose Been Sleeping in My Bed)Linda Abbott - Jenna Bayley-Burke (Par for the Course ebook)Judy Blow - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Week of May 10Kim Brooks - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Debra Guyette - Bronwen Evans (To Dare the Duke of Dangerfield ebook)Barbara Smith - Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)Cheryl English - Mary Wine (book)Kris Gilson - Jenna Bayley-Buke (Compromising Positions)Jennifer Cline - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Week of May 17Jennifer Mathis - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Holly Smith - Erin Nicholas (Anything You Want)Kelly Thrash - Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)Debi Newberry - Patty Shenberger (ebook)Cid Tyer - Jenna Bayley Burke (Her Cinderella Complex ebook)Michelle Breaux - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Week of May 24Debbie Burke - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Rustynne Dalton - Bronwen Evans (To Wager the Marquis of Wolverstone ebook)Lucero Guerrero - Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)Valerie Cubsted - Donna Grant (Shadow Highlander)Carolyn Gray - Jenna Bayley-Burke (Par for the Course ebook)Pamela Calkins - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Week of May 31Cindy Hazelwood - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Sarah Curnutt - Erin Nicholas (choice of backlist ebook)Melody Prater - Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)PG Forte - Mary Wine (book)Jamie Kersten - Jenna Bayley-Buke (Compromising Positions)Nikki Wyatt - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Terms:Prizes cannot be substituted or exchanged. If the prize is lost in the mail or customs, the giver cannot be held responsible and will not be shipping out replacement prizes.
Please do not contact me or the giver about not receiving the prize until a full thirty days have passed from today. I can't tell you the number of people who have contacted me over the years about a "lost" prize only to have it arrive the day after I asked my PA to take some of her very limited time in my office (I'm not Nora Roberts - my staff is small and all work very part-time) to look into it. Which is why I've had to follow in many other author's footsteps and institute the 30 day rule.
There are a few weeks left in the Reader Fitness Challenge and I'm so excited and blessed by the results. We'll reveal all in just a few weeks, but until then, stick to your plan and remember you are doing this for a healthier, more energetic life.
Congratulations to all the May winners! Winners were drawn randomly each Thursday.
Week of May 3Alyson Widen - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Jenny Muraski - Erin Nicholas (choice of backlist ebook)Valerie Cozart- Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)Chrissy Bollig - Jami Davenport (Whose Been Sleeping in My Bed)Linda Abbott - Jenna Bayley-Burke (Par for the Course ebook)Judy Blow - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Week of May 10Kim Brooks - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Debra Guyette - Bronwen Evans (To Dare the Duke of Dangerfield ebook)Barbara Smith - Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)Cheryl English - Mary Wine (book)Kris Gilson - Jenna Bayley-Buke (Compromising Positions)Jennifer Cline - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Week of May 17Jennifer Mathis - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Holly Smith - Erin Nicholas (Anything You Want)Kelly Thrash - Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)Debi Newberry - Patty Shenberger (ebook)Cid Tyer - Jenna Bayley Burke (Her Cinderella Complex ebook)Michelle Breaux - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Week of May 24Debbie Burke - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Rustynne Dalton - Bronwen Evans (To Wager the Marquis of Wolverstone ebook)Lucero Guerrero - Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)Valerie Cubsted - Donna Grant (Shadow Highlander)Carolyn Gray - Jenna Bayley-Burke (Par for the Course ebook)Pamela Calkins - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Week of May 31Cindy Hazelwood - Lucy Monroe (Fitness DVD)Sarah Curnutt - Erin Nicholas (choice of backlist ebook)Melody Prater - Debra Parmley (A Desperate Journey)PG Forte - Mary Wine (book)Jamie Kersten - Jenna Bayley-Buke (Compromising Positions)Nikki Wyatt - Lucy Monroe (The Greek's Pregnant Lover)
Terms:Prizes cannot be substituted or exchanged. If the prize is lost in the mail or customs, the giver cannot be held responsible and will not be shipping out replacement prizes.
Please do not contact me or the giver about not receiving the prize until a full thirty days have passed from today. I can't tell you the number of people who have contacted me over the years about a "lost" prize only to have it arrive the day after I asked my PA to take some of her very limited time in my office (I'm not Nora Roberts - my staff is small and all work very part-time) to look into it. Which is why I've had to follow in many other author's footsteps and institute the 30 day rule.
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