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Looking for free books?

I get a lot of hits from people looking for free downloads of my books.

Let me just say that there are no free LEGAL copies of my books available.

Oh, there are ILLEGAL copies of my books out there.  I spend time I’d rather spend writing sending takedown notices because the people uploading these books are violating copyright and I’m just trying to protect the books I worked hard to create.

Piracy hurts authors.

Of course, piracy hurts us financially.  I make a royalty on each copy sold.  Therefore, an illegal download means I didn’t make any money off that sale.  I love writing books. It’s my job, however, and I use that money to pay my bills.  If writers don’t get paid for the books they create, they have to find other ways to pay their bills.

Piracy hurts readers because when writers have to take other jobs to pay their bills, they don’t have the same amount of time to write the books readers enjoy.

It’s a lose-lose situation.

Piracy also hurts authors because our publishers like us to prove that we’re worth the money they’re spending editing, designing covers and printing/distributing books. If we don’t sell books, we don’t get new contracts to write more books because we’re not providing a return on their investment. The thousand illegal downloads doesn’t prove to the publisher that people like our books. The publisher looks only at the books sold because that’s how they make money. Low sales equal an author who doesn’t have a publisher anymore.

That hurts readers, too. If you’ve ever wondered why an author set out to write a trilogy but only two books exist, it’s because the sales of those first two books weren’t considered good enough for the publisher to take on the third book.

Again, a lose-lose situation.

Piracy is illegal. Copyright laws exist to protect the intellectual and creative property of artists of all kinds. The pirates who upload books, music, movies, software, etc to sites so others can download them for free are breaking the law and showing disrespect for the creators of that content.  The people who download that content are stealing. It’s no different than walking into a store, shoving something down your pants and walking out. It’s theft. Period.

Some folks believe that all content should be free, and I’ll never be able to convince them otherwise. They’ll never pay for anything, no matter how many times they’re told it’s illegal and immoral to steal. However, if you believe that authors deserve to be paid for the work they create, I’m hoping you’ll go purchase their books. I know; times are tough right now and lots of people are hurting financially.  However, the library is a great place to get books you love to read for free. And it’s legal.

I’m hoping you just landed on this page because you were hoping there was a free, legal giveaway going on somewhere or maybe you were hoping the next book was available already.  I now hope that you’ll wait and get a copy legally — either through a bookstore or your local library.

Harlequin/Mills and Boon controls all of the rights to the distribution of all Kimberly Lang books written for Presents/Presents EXTRA/KISS and Modern/Modern Heat/RIVA.  Free downloads of selected Harlequin/Mills and Boon titles are available at http://www.everyonesreading.com/ and http://tryharlequin.com/. None of my books are currently available through these programs, though.  Sorry.

Any other site offering free downloads of my or any other Harlequin author’s books are doing so illegally.

Please don’t support piracy.

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Kimberly Lang;  The Secret Mistress Arrangement; The Millionaire’s Misbehaving Mistress; Magnate’s Mistress…Accidentally Pregnant!; Boardroom Rivals, Bedroom Fireworks!; What Happens In Vegas…; Girls’ Guide to Flirting With Danger; The Privileged and the Damned; The Power and the Glory; Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet; Kimberley Lang; free download; streaming; pdf; ebook; torrent; 4shared; The Downfall of a Good Girl; The Taming of a Wild Child

 

New Trading Cards

I have new a Romance Trading Card for the Marshall series!

 

 

I'll have them at the various places I'll be over the spring and summer (at least while they last!) If you'd like one, just send me an SASE and I'll send it to you!

 

 

So Pretty!!

I have a cover for Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet!

 

That guy is really pretty. Hummina is the word that comes to mind.  And he's absolutely perfect for Finn!

Redemption will be out in the UK in April and in June in the US.

Happy Holidays!

Whatever you are celebrating this time of year (and even if you're not celebrating anything at all), I wish you days of joy, peace, abundance, happiness and love.

 

Tickets for Barbara Vey's luncheon on sale!

I'm so thrilled that Barbara Vey has asked me to be a part of her first Readers' Luncheon. Barbara is a huge advocate for the genre and a really neat lady.

This luncheon sounds like it's going to be awesome, and I hope if you're in the Milwaukee area, you'll be able to attend on Tuesday, April 10.

Full details are here.

Tickets for Barbara Vey’s luncheon on sale!

I’m so thrilled that Barbara Vey has asked me to be a part of her first Readers’ Luncheon. Barbara is a huge advocate for the genre and a really neat lady.

This luncheon sounds like it’s going to be awesome, and I hope if you’re in the Milwaukee area, you’ll be able to attend on Tuesday, April 10.

Full details are here.

A giveaway!

I'm giving away five copies of The Power and the Glory over on Goodreads:

 

I can't get their widget to work, so here's the link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12890234-the-power-and-the-glory

 

Good luck!

 

New photos

I'm very excited that I had new headshots made.  I'm slowly updating the site with the new photos. Tell me which ones you like best!

 

 

 

And this one was just for fun… this is what romance novelists really *should* look like, right?

In the middle…

of a lot of things.  Funny how everything seems to happen all at once, right?

I'm very excited to say that the last book in the Marshall series has a title!  Finn's story is Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet and will be out in the UK in April and the US in the summer (hopefully June, but that's still TBD).

Of course that means that I'm diving into the new book, which I'm not quite ready to talk much about (because I'll jinx it, I just know it), but I'm really excited. It's set in one of my favorite places on earth, New Orleans! Laissez les bon temps roulez, y'all!! (And yes, there will be a trip to New Orleans for gumbo and beignets, all in the name of research, of course!)

The New Voices competition is heating up over on the Mills and Boon Romance Is Not Dead site. I know there are a lot of nervous writers with their hearts and souls posted there, and I both applaud them for their courage and wish them all the best of luck.  The nice folks over at M&B Romance HQ have made an ebook full of advice from the editors (and a few writers) to help and encourage aspiring authors. It's a free download (in ePub format). Click HERE and scroll down to the bottom of the page.

And stay tuned y'all… I got some new headshots (finally!) and they'll be posted soon.

 

The Power and the Glory

Oh, squee! I have covers for The Power and the Glory!

November 2011 (UK)

December 2011 (US)

And here's the blurb:

The Marshalls …

A rich, powerful family that mixes business, politics…and pleasure.

If the US had a royal family — this would be it!

 

Any red-blooded woman would kill to be handcuffed to political hot-shot Brady Marshall, but campaigner Aspyn Breedlove wants to raise awareness—not her own acute consciousness of those delicious, iron-hard muscles beneath Brady's expensive suit…

 

Overnight she's an internet sensation, and in a shock move she's made part of the Marshall re-election campaign… Aspyn hopes she can dance with the devil and create change from within. But what chances does she have when that devil is sex-on-legs Brady Marshall—and she wants to do considerably more than dance with him…?

 

The Power and the Glory will be out in the UK in November and the US in December.  I adore Brady and Aspyn and can't wait for you to meet them!