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April 16, 2025

Easter Egg Hunt! April 17-20!

It’s time to hunt for Easter eggs and pick up some free books!

For this special Easter Egg Hunt, I’m giving my medieval romance, Sage, away for free! So grab your copy now!

Here’s an excerpt:

“You do know how to read…don’t you?”

Dread sliced through her. “Of course,” she lied instinctively, feigning indignation. “How could I figure this out if I can’t read?”

“That was the third word you’ve spelled wrong.”

Frustrated because he was right and he had seen through her defenses, Sage gathered the parchment and folded it together. Reading had always been her weakness. The one thing she wanted more than anything. It just was not viewed as important to the way her family lived. Not as important as sword fighting, or lock picking, or hunting. She shoved the parchment into the book and rose, embarrassed and angry. “So, I am not a perfect speller. That doesn’t mean I can’t read.” Even though she couldn’t.

Marcus stood quickly, holding his hands out in supplication before him. “Sage, I didn’t mean to insult you. I just think decoding is more difficult if you can’t read.”

“You don’t need to read to decode.”

“But…you do.”

Incensed and hurt that her secret was so apparent, and that he had figured it out, she lifted her chin and whirled, marching away toward the tree where the horse was tethered. She would escape tonight. What difference did it make if he knew she couldn’t read?

“Sage!” Marcus called.

She sat down with a harrumph and crossed her arms, closing off communication. Imagine! Him accusing her of not being able to read. How humiliating. How embarrassing. How correct.

She and Marcus had been making progress on the black book. Then, he had accused her of not being able to read. Of course, he was right. She couldn’t read. She could only read two-letter words—and what good was that? She could sound some of the others out. Usually. Apparently, not well enough to fool him or to decode the book.

Upset and ashamed, she refused to look at him. She had always wanted to read. It had been a fierce desire inside her to know why. And books gave answers. And knowledge. She had begged her father to find someone to teach her, but it wasn’t important to him. She always felt like an outcast among her family because she thought learning to read was important. She always felt Willow and Raven were laughing at her for her desire to read.

Oh, what was the use? Marcus was right! He had kidnapped someone to decode the book who couldn’t even read. She rose, frustrated. “So, I can’t read. What difference does that make? I can sword fight. I can pick any lock you give me. I can figure out any puzzle.” She held the book out to him. “Like this book. It doesn’t matter if I can’t read. I can sound words out. And I can certainly decode this book.”

Marcus approached her.

She fumed silently, her teeth clenched, and her fist balled, but her feelings were shattered. Her lower lip trembled with hurt embarrassment.

“I only asked because…I can teach you.”

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Grab Sage for FREE!

Now that you have my giveaway, and I hope you all grabbed my goodie, hop to all the other author sites to find their colorful eggs (hint: mine is on this page) and enter their g!ve@ways. Get the worksheet and author list here – https://www.facebook.com/share/1BPj9S...

Collect the colorful eggs and write the author’s name on their egg or write the number of the egg next to the author’s name on the worksheet. Once you’ve hopped to all of the author’s sites, you can enter the gr@nd pr!ze dr@wing for a $150 GC!

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Here’s my egg-

Have fun! And Happy Easter!

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Published on April 16, 2025 18:16

January 23, 2025

Mark your Calendars!

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On January 30th and 31st, a wonderful event to meet new authors and a chance to win giveaways!

Over 50 historical romance authors will be g!v!ng away books, g!ft cards, and swag! https://www.facebook.com/groups/historicalromanceloversgroup

Cozy Socks and Cocoa Party!

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Published on January 23, 2025 07:16

December 26, 2024

Free Novels for One Day!

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Don’t miss this great event! For today only, tons of FREE books to download! Grab them soon!

Resurrection

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Published on October 17, 2024 17:19

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October 5, 2024

Start the Haunting!

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It’s that time of year again. Time to read something spooky and paranormal. Here’s a bunch of vampire romances. Immortal Death is included in this list.

Get your Vampire romances

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Published on October 05, 2024 08:48

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