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Mini-Contest Closed

All my winners have received their books. Thanks!

Quick Update and Mini-Contest

It's time for an update for anyone possibly paying attention.

I'm hard at work on edits for The Crush Revisited coming soon from Loose Id.  I'll update the blog when I have a release date, but my best guess is late summer. My best guess could be wrong! This my longest Shawn Lane book yet coming in around 34,000 words or so.

I also don't have a release date yet for Burning Love coming from Evernight Publishing but I do know it should in in June.  Once I've gone through my edits, I should be returning to work on Arresting Love which is a companion story of sorts to Burning Love .

I have lots to do later this year too including writing Lincoln Hill Book #2 (related to The Crush Revisted ).

In the meantime, I've decided to do a mini-contest. Just so no one forgets I'm still here. Take a look at my website at www.authorshawnlane.com. You can find my book list of available titles there (please note one title, Beyond the Norm, is not available at this time). I'll give a free copy of any of my available ebooks to the first 5 people who email me at authorshawnlane@gmail.com with their format choice. The contest ends Thursday, May 23, at Midnight Pacfic time or when I announce that all the winners have received books, so get me that email soon.

Amber Quill April 2013 Best Sellers List

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AMBER ALLURE / April 2013
 
1. Threadbare Gypsy Souls - T. A. Chase (Gay / Werewolf)
2. Needing Seth - Shawn Lane (Gay / Contemporary)
3. Going Down - Cassandra Gold (Gay / Contemporary)
4. Three Little Words - Allison Cassatta (Gay / Contemporary)
5. Revving It Up - Sean Michael (Gay / Contemporary)
6. Aria Of The Eclipse - Vivien Dean (Gay / Futuristic)
7. The Beat - D. J. Manly (Gay / Contemporary)
8. Go Coastal - Heidi Champa (Gay / Contemporary)
9. Cherish - A. J. Llewellyn (Gay / Contemporary)
10. A Little Bit Of Country - Christiane France (Gay / Contemporary)
 

Coming Soon Stories

As you will see from the sidebar over there I have two coming soon books. The Crush Revisited (Lincoln Hill #1) from Loose Id (date to be determined) and Burning Love from Evernight Publishing (date to be determined).

While I await edits for both of the contracted stories, I am currently hard at work on the next Lincoln Hill story, The Secret Revealed , and Arresting Love , which is the next story after Burning Love .

I'll post updates as I have them.

Book Boyfriend Winner of $10

Terri was the winner of the $10 Evenight GC and I have contacted her via email. Thanks Everyone!

End of the Hop, A New Release, and A New Contract

Thanks for all those who participated in the Evernight Publishing Boyfriend Blog Hop. It is now closed and I will be announcing the winner of the $10 Evernight Gift Certificate later this week.

And speaking of I am pleased to advise my latest MM Romance on the Go with Evernight, The Right Time For Love , is now available for purchase at their site and various third party sellers including Bookstrand, All Romance eBooks, and Amazon. Get your copy today as it includes a cute nurse and a hunky cop.  

In the meantime, I have some exciting news. The Crush Revisited , the first in my Lincoln Hill planned trilogy has found a home at Loose Id. I don't have any details yet as we are just in the contract stage but I couldn't resist mentioning that I have the offer and have accepted it. More to come as I learn the details.

Evernight Publishing's Book Boyfriend Blog Hop

Book Boyfriends...
They can be strong and sexy, dark and dangerous, rebellious and reckless or cute and quirky. We love to fall in love with these irresistible heroes and Evernight Publishing has them all!
The authors of Evernight invite you to a Speed Date challenge. Their cowboys, Doms, detectives, millionaires, royalty, vampires, soldiers, shifters, even steam-powered heroes are waiting to meet you on each author website. 50 heroes in 7 days! Are you up for the challenge?
Pull up a chair and get to know every single one. I’d love to introduce you to my hero...
When I decided to include my most recent release with Evernight, Figuring it Out , I wanted to do something a little different. You see in Figuring it Out the POV is all my hero’s, Avery’s, since I wrote the story in first person. So, for the Book Boyfriend hop I thought it would be cool to focus on Avery’s hero, Joe.
So what I decided to do for fun is take a scene from the book that was in Avery’s POV and write it in Joe’s for the blog hop.  Take a look below at my scene from Joe. Hope you like it.


I waited outside the drama class one day for Jennings. Avery.
I’d never even heard that name before until one day in a class the teacher called the name.
Avery.
I really liked it. And I liked the kid who had it even more. He was beautiful. Like in an androgynous way. Dark hair, dark eyes. Like a starving artist or a poet. I wanted to know him the minute I saw him.
It wasn’t easy being gay for someone like me. Not that I was out in high school. I definitely wasn’t. Couldn’t be. I was a jock and jocks weren’t gay. Except I was. And I wanted Avery. 
I’d begun to think he would never come out of that damn class. I’d been leaning against a wall next to the path when he finally came out. Alone. Great. Because if he’d come out with one of his weird actor friends no way was I sticking around. 
I tried to play it cool by not walking forward to greet him. I didn’t want him to guess how much I really wanted to see him. But he had slowed his pace to a near crawl and I began to get impatient. Just when I was about to go to him after all, he reached me.
Straightening away from the wall, I stepped into the path in front of him.  
“Uh, hi.” He backed up a step.   
“Avery, right?” Like I didn’t know his name. Like I hadn’t been writing it over and over in my notebook.
Avery nodded, looking like he might bolt at any moment.
I glanced toward the drama class. “Are you part of that school production of Cats?”
“Yeah.”
“You’re into that, huh?”
“Yeah,” he said again.
Obviously Avery was the shy type since I couldn’t seem to get more than one word out of him. His fingers clutched his book bag tight and he held it in front of him like a shield.
Up close like this, Avery was even more breath taking. Hot. I tried not to stare too much at his little plump lips, but I wanted to taste them. I dreamed of those lips.
“You gay?” I don’t know why I asked him that. I was pretty sure he was. If he’d said no I don’t know what I would do. But I guess maybe I needed the confirmation.
“Yeah.”
I exhaled. “That’s cool.”
“Is it?”
“Sure. Listen, I wanted a favor.” Might as well get to the point. And the point was making sure I’d see as much of Avery as possible. Like maybe every day.
“You’re a brainiac or something, right?”
“I don’t know about that.”
“Sure you are. You get A’s I bet.” I risked a glance at his lips again. It was damn hard to think with them pursed like they were. “Anyway, I was hoping you could help me out with English Lit. I pretty much suck.”
Which that much was true. I hated that class. It bored me to tears and I was barely passing.
“I’m sure you aren’t as bad as you think,” he said. “But the truth is, I don’t do other students’ work for them. Sorry.”
I smiled. “Avery, I’m not asking you to do my work.”
“No?”
“I want you to tutor me. Help me get my grade up.”
“Oh? Oh.” He nodded. “That I can do.”
And so he did.  He agreed to tutor me twice a week in the school library after classes. I wanted more than two days, but I went with it. Unfortunately, Avery was all business and actually thought I wanted to be tutored. I did get a B in English Lit but I never really got to know him because he decided I was there to learn or something. 
The tutoring ended and Avery moved on. I still thought about him. But then he got a boyfriend, Brett. I hated Brett and wanted to punch him.
Avery was supposed to be mine. He just didn’t seem to know that.

What’s up for grabs?
•              One lucky hopper will win a KINDLE PAPERWHITE eREADER sponsored by Evernight Publishing.
•              Every book blogger/reviewer site is giving away one free eBook from Evernight (winner’s choice of any eBook from Evernight Publishing’s website).
•              Plus, each author offers their own unique prize! So visit each blog hop stop for a host of fabulous prizes to win.

I am giving away a $10 gift certificate to Evernight Publishing.
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How to enter?

First answer this question. What production is Avery part of in this excerpt (as well as in the book)?  Be sure you leave the answer and your email address in the comments below to be eligible to win a prize.

Keep hopping to the next author or blogger. After you’ve met each hero click here to vote for your favorite book boyfriend. You’ll earn an extra grand prize entry!

You’re one step closer to meeting your next Book Boyfriend...

Needing Seth Now Available

Good news

NEEDING SETH is now available at Amber Quill Press.

Contest Winners and Blog Hop

Okay the winner for Needing Seth is Jessica. I will email you your book this weekend after it releases. It will be released this weekend from Amber Quill Press.

And the winner of  The Right Time for Love is Lola. I will email you your book later this week around the release date. It will be released next week from Evernight Publishing.

And in other news, beginning Monday, April 15th, I will be taking part in a Book Boyfriend Blog Hop with Evernight Publishing. I am giving away a $10 gift certificate to Evernight to use on your choice of books. Also other participants are giving away prizes and Evernight Publishig is also giving away a Kindle. 

So please stop by and leave you answers and comments on the Blog Hop  from April 15-21. 

Double Contest Needing Seth and The Right Time for Love

Okay everyone as life would have it I have two releases coming up in April.

Needing Seth from Amber Quill on April 14th

Release Date: April 14, 2013
Length: Novella
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Amber Quill Press
Shy and a bit of a science fiction geek, Seth Landers is afraid he’s going to die a virgin. Until the day Casey Logan, the sexier than sin doctor where he works, notices him, and then… asks him out. Seth’s life is finally changing for the better, that is if Casey can convince the shy geek inside Seth that Casey needs him in his life. 

AND I am still without a cover I am afraid for The Right Time For Love



Release Date: April 19, 2013
Length: Short Story
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Evernight

From the moment nurse Skylar meets the very sexy Detective Trevor Stanton at the hospital where he works sparks fly. Too bad it never seems to work out between them. Former relationships, near misses, and even after a hot night of steamy sex- it’s one opportunity after another slipping away from them. Maybe it’s not meant to be for them. Or maybe with just a little effort they'll both find the right time for love.


Okay, so please email authorshawnlane@gmail.com if you'd like to enter to win one or both books. If you are only interested in one, please include which one. And also, the format, please. Contest closes for both on April 12, 2013