Lucy Monroe's Blog, page 59
March 27, 2012
March Retro Release Contest!
March Retro Release - Have you read this book yet? If not, here's your chance to win your own copy!The Sheikh's Bartered Bride by Lucy MonroeBy Lucy MonroeHarlequin Showcase - March 2011ISBN-13: 978-0-373-68822-7Originally Harlequin Presents - February 2005ISBN 0-373-12447-3© 2005 Lucy Monroe
Once again Lucy Monroe shows why she is gaining more and more fans with each book. The Sheikh's Bartered Bride will tug at your heartstrings in a way that only Ms Monroe can do. It will definitely heat up your cold winter nights. ~ The Best Reviews
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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.
March 26, 2012
Romance - A Life Changing Force
Romance...is it chocolate box fiction or a genre so powerful, it can change lives?If you know anything about me at all, you know I can only answer that question one way. I believe that romance fiction is bigger than entertainment, but it undoubtedly *is* entertainment. I think it is bigger than books written mostly by women for a predominately female market, though it is that as well. It is, in truth, so powerful, so big that it *does* change lives...the lives of its readers and the lives of the authors who seek to make their living writing it.
I started reading romance when I was in middle school. I pilfered the books from my older sister's room and you know, she told me the other day that she'd never realized. Go me. :) It wasn't a huge leap you know...I was a voracious reader as a child and I still am. Books have changed my life in so many ways, but romance consistently more than any others. Reading it gave me the courage to try things I never would have otherwise. It made me believe that life could be happy and trust me, back then...I needed that kind of assurance. Romance helped me to set standards for the man in my life that led to my present amazing Hubcap. Reading romance, especially Presents, planted a desire to travel, to see new places, and experience other cultures that I would otherwise have been ignorant of.
I'm not saying that romance was the only influence for these things, but it was a significant one. And most recently, reading gay romance opened my heart and my mind to sexuality different from my own. I'm still learning and growing. And I'm loving it.My biggest goal in writing is to touch readers' hearts. I've alway said that if my books can impact a single reader the way my favorite authors have affected my life, then I will feel immeasurably blessed.
Well, I've been blessed over and over again. Letters from readers who realized they were not alone when reading about the challenges my characters faced have made me cry. Notes from others who have used my books as solace in times of grief, or learned about their own sexuality and found new ways to express themselves in intimacy, or gotten insight into the minds of their significant others tell me that I'm by no means the only person whose life has been signifcantly impacted by romance.
What about you? How have you been touch by the books you read?
March 24, 2012
Weekly Contest Winners!
Weekly Contest Winners! The Sheikh's Bartered Bride
Congratulations Tamsyn you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's The Sheikh's Bartered Bride. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy
Congratulations greenduckie13 you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Hot Desert Nights (Anthology). Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
March 22, 2012
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Monroe!
Week 12's Featured BookHot Desert Nights
Anthology with Lucy Monroe, Kim Lawrence & Louise Allen
Sep 2007 UK ~ Sep 2007 Aus/NZ ~ Jul 2007 North America
US ISBN-10: 0-373-83721-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-373-83721-2
Mistress To A Sheikh by Lucy Monroe
Jade sacrifices nearly everything to succumb to the sensuous pleasures of wealthy sheikh Khalil...only to realize she's simply another notch in his well-worn bedpost. But Jade can be sneakier than forty thieves when it means getting what she wants!
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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.)Hot Desert Nights is an anthology of three amazing authors. Lucy's story is described above, what are the titles of the other two stories in the book?
March 21, 2012
Humpday Hottie!
March 20, 2012
March Retro Release Contest!
March Retro Release - Have you read this book yet? If not, here's your chance to win your own copy!The Sheikh's Bartered Bride by Lucy MonroeBy Lucy MonroeHarlequin Showcase - March 2011ISBN-13: 978-0-373-68822-7Originally Harlequin Presents - February 2005ISBN 0-373-12447-3© 2005 Lucy Monroe
A reader review....
"I have just read your book The Sheikhs Bartered Bride, and I just had to write to tell you how much I loved it. It was like being on an emotional roller coaster, but so well worth it, I just loved the way you had written it. You could visualize everything from the characters down to the tents in the desert. So I have to say thank you for writing such a great book, and I look forward to reading more of your books, and if they're anything like this one I can't wait. You have give me hope that at 31 I may yet find the man of my dreams, so again thank you! Here's to more romance in the world and men like Hakim." ~ Clare from England (NB: From Lucy...it was so special sharing this letter because I remember feeling exactly as Clare did...receiving hope from romance and an assurance that there were "good men out there" because fiction, or not...someone had written about them. I am now married to my "alpha at the end of the book" and will never forget the gift of hope romance brought into my own life.)
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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.
This book takes place in the imaginary Middle Eastern Country of Kadar, what American city does the book also take place?
March 19, 2012
It's not a Dream – It's Who I Am
I was doing a little spring cleaning in my files this weekend and came across this post from before I was published. It is hard to remember those days and at the same time I don't take the fact that someone found my books worth publishing for granted. I hope you read this post and feel inspired to never give up and continue to push forward until you reach your goals.
It's not a Dream – It's Who I Am
I woke up this morning feeling like a writer. Something inside me has changed and the term "romance author" is no longer a dream I pursue, but part of the definition of who I am. It's not a goal on the far horizon, but the reality of my present.
No, I didn't publish while I was sleeping. I didn't get "the call" upon waking. I'm not sure what changed my perspective.
Is it the over one-million words of romantic fiction I've typed so earnestly into my computer and presented to others for critique, acceptance or rejection?
Is it the two hanging files bulging with contest comments, scores, finalist notifications, placement announcements and that one win?
Is it the not so bulging, but just as impacting file full of editorial comment and/or rejection?
Or the identical one for agents?
Is it the industry knowledge stored on my computer and in my brain that I've eagerly sought while learning my craft over the past few years?
Or is the knowledge that yesterday I sent a certified letter severing the business relationship with my agent?
I think maybe that was the final thread in the weave that resulted in me waking up this morning no longer feeling like a wannabe, but an I am. I made that decision based on what was best for my career. A career that does not yet include a sale, but is real nonetheless, with a future – a future I could not afford to see stymied by attaching myself to an agent who didn't share my vision for it, or my writing.
I'll sell one day, maybe even one day soon. Maybe not. But I won't give up trying, because this person...this romance author...she's me. She's part of who I am. I'll always be a writer and the unpublished tag doesn't make it any less real...not anymore.
I woke up this morning feeling like a writer and it felt good.
What are you doing to keep your dreams alive?
Don't forget to sign up for my ReaderFitness Challenge!
It's not a Dream – It's Who I Am
I woke up this morning feeling like a writer. Something inside me has changed and the term "romance author" is no longer a dream I pursue, but part of the definition of who I am. It's not a goal on the far horizon, but the reality of my present.No, I didn't publish while I was sleeping. I didn't get "the call" upon waking. I'm not sure what changed my perspective.
Is it the over one-million words of romantic fiction I've typed so earnestly into my computer and presented to others for critique, acceptance or rejection?
Is it the two hanging files bulging with contest comments, scores, finalist notifications, placement announcements and that one win?
Is it the not so bulging, but just as impacting file full of editorial comment and/or rejection?
Or the identical one for agents?
Is it the industry knowledge stored on my computer and in my brain that I've eagerly sought while learning my craft over the past few years?
Or is the knowledge that yesterday I sent a certified letter severing the business relationship with my agent?
I think maybe that was the final thread in the weave that resulted in me waking up this morning no longer feeling like a wannabe, but an I am. I made that decision based on what was best for my career. A career that does not yet include a sale, but is real nonetheless, with a future – a future I could not afford to see stymied by attaching myself to an agent who didn't share my vision for it, or my writing.I'll sell one day, maybe even one day soon. Maybe not. But I won't give up trying, because this person...this romance author...she's me. She's part of who I am. I'll always be a writer and the unpublished tag doesn't make it any less real...not anymore.
I woke up this morning feeling like a writer and it felt good.
What are you doing to keep your dreams alive?
Don't forget to sign up for my ReaderFitness Challenge!
March 17, 2012
Weekly Contest Winners!
Weekly Contest Winners!
The Sheikh's Bartered Bride
Congratulations Donna you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's The Sheikh's Bartered Bride. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy
Congratulations Tina you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Valentino's Love-Child. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail.
Have your registered for the Reader Fitness Challenge?
March 16, 2012
Reader Fitness Challenge - Registration
March 15, 2012
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Monroe!
Week #11's Featured Book:Valentino's Love Childby Lucy Monroe
Harlequin Presents #2820
US ISBN-10: 0-373-12820-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-373-12820-4
A Review:Lucy Monroe has a fabulous love story on her hands with Valentino's Love-Child. Readers will be crying for more of this fast paced explosive passion filled romance story. Ms. Monroe is an author that should be on everyone's must buy list and her latest release is no exception. Valentino's Love-Child gives the readers what they are asking for and so much more. I truly loved Ms. Monroe's Valentino's Love-Child story and I cannot wait to see what she will come up with next. —Sonya, 5 Angels — Fallen Angel Reviews
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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.)As the story begins, Valentino appears to be untamable, but in the end, one strong, attractive American Lover tames the untamable. What is the name of Valentino's American Lover?
