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August 30, 2014
Gold Box Deal ALERT and Giveaway!
Woohoo! Three Days on Mimosa Lane is part of today’s Amazon Gold Box Deal ;o)
Get your copy for only $1.99 for today only!
BONUS: Share the Three Days news via Here in My Heart’s Release Party Page on Facebook, make sure you’re a guest of the party, and I’ll be giving away $10 and $25 Amazon gift cards as Three Days rises in the Kindle rankings.
Come join the fun!
We’ll have more “flash” and pre-release prizes and drawings all of September, and we’re planning a BASH for September 30th’s Here in My Heart release!
August 29, 2014
Join Here in My Heart’s Release Party and WIN a Kindle Paperwhite!
We’re already having a blast, pre-release partying and giving away fun prizes in Here in My Heart’s Release Party.
Sign up for weekly chances to win and and flash giveaways as we wait for Here in My Heart’s September 30th release!
We’re currently having a GoodReads rally and a Hunky Guy Pic contest, both giveaways are a chance to win Amazing Gift Cards. Plus… Did I mention, Hunky Guys?!
But you have to be a Here in My Heart Release Party guest to be eligible to win. And you really, REALLY, don’t want to miss out.
On September 30th, Release Day prizes will include a Kindle Paperwhite, a Vintage Quilt (one of the below), and tons more (including gifts from guest authors who’ll be stopping by to join the fun!
I’ll post notices out here when we kick off a new giveaway. But all the actions over on the Release Party Page.
See you there ;O)
August 22, 2014
Here in My Heart Release Day GIVEAWAY & Party
Check back soon for amazing giveaways and party fun for the September 30th release of Here in My Heart.
Save this page to your favorites.
Don’t miss you chance to win a Kindle Papewhite, a vintage Quilt like the on in Here in My Heart’s cover, FREE books, Amazon gift certificates, and much, much more!
July 19, 2014
FREE Mimosa Lane Series!
Read my Best-selling, Award-winning Mimosa Lane Series for FREE!
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited is offering a FREE one-month trial! I couldn’t wait to share the news with my readers and friends.
Not all titles are available in KU yet.
But all of Mimosa Lane is. Sweet!
And my new Echoes of The Heart spin-off series, launching with Here in My Heart in September 30th will be.
Catch up with Mimosa Lane so you don’t miss a single moment. And now you can do it for free with a one-month trial of Kindle Unlimeted.
How does it work?
Read KU Details and sign up HERE.
Download Mimosa Lane and leave lovely reviews HERE:
Christmas on Mimosa Lane
Three Days on Mimosa Lane
Love on Mimosa Lane
And ENJOY!
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Live and work together,
or lose everything that matters…
The ultimatum tilts Dru Hampton’s contented life in Chandlerville, Georgia, on its ear. The man that Vivian, her cantankerous boss and benefactor, wants Dru to partner with-live with-is Brad Douglas, who’s let Dru down every way a man can.
Sheriff’s deputy Brad Douglas has come a long way since his rebellious youth. He’s back home to care for Vivian, his ill grandmother. He’s stayed out of Dru’s way all these years to make up for the hurt he once caused her. Now, the delightfully mischievous Vivian’s dying wish is for them to rebuild at least a working relationship together…and she’s betting on them rediscovering much more.
The family business and the Douglas home that Dru and Brad both cherish will be sold if they don’t resolve their differences. Can these childhood sweethearts make up and reclaim each other’s hearts before it’s too late?
July 13, 2014
WIN a Kindle and Free Books: Street Team Time!
Have a BLAST on Anna’s Street Team!
Here in My Heart is on its way (out September 30th!), and I’ll be celebrating with my hard-working, fabulous Street Team, giving away a Kindle to one lucky member and FREE Books from my new Echoes of the Heart series and the award-winning, best-selling Seasons of the Heart series–which continues in the spin-off Here in My Heart.
Do You LOVE:
Anna’s books?
Advanced Reading Copies only members get to review?
Sneak peeks of future books only the Street Team sees while Anna writes?
Sharing your excitement about Anna’s books, the blast she has on social media every day, release parties and event, and much more?
AMAZING prizes?
With Here in My Heart’s release, we’re re-launching Anna’s Street Team and Review Team, and looking for dedicated and enthusiastic fans and friends. Join in the release fun and get behind-the-scenes access to so much more as Anna drafts Waiting for Your Love and A Darling Bride, Echoes of the Heart Book 2 and 3, coming in 2015!
Anna will be giving away to her STREET TEAM ONLY a host of prizes during Here in My Heart’s release, including free digital copies of books and a KINDLE!
BUT we have only a few new slots open to the team.
How Do You Join?
Let Anna know:
Which of Anna’s books you’ve read
Why you’re excited to join the Street Team FUN
Whether you have time to read and review her Sept. 30 release, Here in My Heart
If you’re active on social media, particularly Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumbler
If you’re currently on any other Street Teams
How much time you have to spread the word about Here in My Heart ’s release and other great surprises coming through the end of 2014
NOTE: Participation IS required to be eligible for Street Team-Only giveaways
Members who do not participate regularly may be removed, in order to make room for others waiting to join in the fun!
How to contact Anna with your answers?
Three different ways:
LIKE Anna’s Anna DeStefano: Author Facebook Page and LEAVE her a message
LEAVE a comment below on this Blog Post.
EMAIL Anna at anna @ annawrites.com (remove the spaces in the address, for it to work properly)
That’s All there is to it!
We’ll be selecting Street Team and Review Teams members by the end of August and getting everyone hooked up to the fun right away…
Advanced Reader copies of Here in My Heart go out soon.
The team starts seeing early excerpts in August.
Anna will post work-in-progress excerpts from Waiting for Your Love as she nears her September 1st deadline
In addition to the KINDLE and FREE BOOKS, and TONS of chances to win surprise bonus prizes like Amazon gift cards along the way.
We can’t wait to have you on board!
July 11, 2014
Fairy tales are more than true…
Once upon a time is every day. Our life to dream, our future to bend…
The dream is the thing, the vision, the voice. Any time, anywhere, we are what we see and what we choose to believe, so choose wisely.
“Fairy tales are more than true:
not because they tell us that dragons exist,
but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
~ Neil Gaiman
Do they come true, the tales we tell?
You don’t need me to believe that for yu.
See past the pain that holds you.
Fall in love again with hope, with possibility.
Today. Tomorrow. Forever.
Time to bend.
To mend.
Time for Once Upon a Time again…
July 9, 2014
Everybody has a dream…
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Don’t confuse dreams with fairy tales. They’re meant to be the inspiration that gets us through the hard work, sustains us over the long haul, and says, “Get over it, you’re doing fine,” when we stumble about, clinging to our path.
“Dreams don’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat,
determination and hard work.” ~ Colin Powell
We have to first Wake Up from the dream and face reality for what it is. We must find our purpose each and every day, keeping our motives true. We must want with every fiber of our being, without losing sight of the consequences of the sustained work to be done to reach a dream sweeter than imagination. Because once achieved, that dream is the culmination of effort only we could give and imagination only we’ve been blessed with.
Our dreams are our reality. They’re our voice. They’re our all, if we want them badly enough.
“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die tomorrow.” ~ James Dean
Live with your all, your dream firmly in your reality, fighting for forever.
That’s the way to wake up every morning.
July 7, 2014
“Live your life from your heart…”
“Live your life from your heart. Share your heart. And your story will touch and heal people’s souls.” ~ Melody Beatti
THIS is why I write, create, wake up in the morning and work through the night at a job that shouldn’t be a job, but the business of it is the only way I reach the readers I’m blessed to.
So I’m grateful–insomnia and anxiety-riddled rough drafts and painful edits and all.
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ~ Melody Beatti
I’m so grateful to life the life I do.
“To love beauty…”
“To love beauty is to see light.” ~ Victor Hugo
As easy as it is to submit to the problems and the hassles and the disappointments of any day, we’re rewarded so much more by seeking that flicker of light our soul needs to catch flame and thrive. Amidst the most trying of circumstances, there is an ember of who we want most to be. BE that someone, despite the rest.
If we make each moment about who and what should consume us, then that sparkling goal becomes our reality, not all that stands in our way.
“Each one prays to God according to his own light.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
July 2, 2014
Today you are you…
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” ~ Dr. Seuss
And always remember, fun is good…
