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Romance cover artist, Anne Cain to visit my blog!

Mark your calendars everyone. On March 29, as  part of my Tarnished Gold Virtual Blog Tour, cover artist Anne Cain will sit down for an interview with me. We'll discuss covers, art, and how she goes about the process of creating the beautiful work she creates, including my covers for Tarnished Gold and For Men Like Us. How does she feel about naked on books covers? Come by and find out.



Check out the entire tour, which starts on March 25. I've giving away a Kindle, 8x10 glossies of Tarnished Gold star, Jack Abadie, and lots of books!

4 1/2 star review for For Men Like Us

I was thrilled to come home from Date Day to find this fabulous 4 1/2 star review for For Men Like Us in my inbox. I love it when a reviewer loves my book so much that they call dibs on my next release!



Check it out  on Live Your Life, Buy the Book



You can buy the book at Dreamspinner Press.

Serenity's Dream - Lucien and Serenity at ARe

The new expanded, rewritten version of Serenity's Dream - Lucien and Serenity, is now available at All Romance Ebooks.



The older version made the top five in the Historical Regency category for several weeks. With more story and better editing, I see no reason why we can't do that again. :)



Enjoy the expansion.

Tarnished Gold is available for preorder

You can now preorder Tarnished Gold, in ebook or paperback at Dreamspinner Press. Be one of the first twenty to order the paperback, and it will arrive signed by me.



The Tarnished Gold Virtual Blog Tour is shaping up. The schedule is found here.



You can add Tarnished Gold to your To Read shelf at Goodreads. 


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Tarnished Gold Cover Reveal

The brilliant Anne Cain has once again created a cover I am enormously proud of. Meet Jack Abadie and Wyatt Maitland from Tarnished Gold. 



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Dreamspinner Press will publish the book on March 25, 2013. I expect it to be on pre-order soon. The first 20 prints copies sold will include a signed title page, with an inscription from me.

Visiting Confessions From Romaholics Today

I'm over at Confessions from Romaholics today, talking about the story behind For Men Like Us. Come on by and leave a comment. A random commenter will have their choice of one of my backlist books.

Blurb for Tarnished Gold

My novel set in old Hollywood is a shiny new blurb. Very pleased indeed. Cover will come soon.





In 1915, starstruck Jack Abadie strikes out for the gilded streets of the most sinful town in the country—Hollywood. With him, he takes a secret that his country hometown would never understand.

After years of hard work and a chance invitation to a gay gentlemen's club, Jack is discovered. Soon, his talent, matinee idol good looks, and affable personality propel him to the height of stardom. But fame breeds distrust.

[image error]Meeting Wyatt Maitland turns Jack’s life upside down. He wants to be worthy of his good fortune, but old demons haunt him. Only through Wyatt's strength can Jack face that which keeps him from being the man he wants to be. Love without trust is empty.

As the 1920s roar, scandals rock the movie industry. Public tolerance of Hollywood's decadence has reached its limit. Under pressure to clean up its act, Jack’s studio issues an ultimatum. Either forsake the man he loves and remain a box office darling, or follow his heart and let his shining star fade to tarnished gold.

Tarnished Gold Release Date

Received the news that my novel set in old Hollywood will be released at Dreamspinner Press on March 25.



I've finished the second round of edits and I'm feeling really good about the story. I eliminated a secondary character, which I would have never done if my editor hadn't asked me, "Is he really necessary?" and in doing so, strengthen another character significantly. Win-win! In do the elimination, many of the things I was iffy about went away.



So now is the wait for the cover. Can't wait to see what Anne Cain does with it. I hope she likes my idea. :)

My new guest blogger post at The Novel Approach

On February 11, I begin something new and exciting. My friend, Lisa Horan, invited me to be a permanent guest blogger on her site, The Novel Approach. Today, she announced that, and tomorrow, my post on doing research in preparation for writing, will appear on her wonderful blog. Click here is the link for the announcement.



Many people know Lisa from Top 2 Bottom Reviews and that is where I got to know her and Michelle Montgomery. The three of us met at Gay Rom Lit and have become good friends. I am honored to contribute to The Novel Approach, which is a wonderful review site, as well as a place for readers to meet and get to know authors, and vice versa.



I hope you'll join me on February 11, and every month, for some fun. I might do a review or writing a post on something to do with writing, publishing, or reading. I have some ideas in mind.



Join me too on my blog tour to celebrate the re-release of Serenity's Dream. I hope to meet lots of new readers out there.



Hugs,

Brita



Here is the blog tour schedule:






February 10 - Romance Lives Forever

February 11 - The Novel Approach (a regular monthly column)

February 12 - Sinfully Tasty Reads

February 19 - Confessions of a Romaholic

February 21 - Lee Brazil

February 26 - Pen and Muse

February 28 - You Gotta Read Reviews




March 5 - Rom Fan Reviews

March 7 - Mama Kitty

March 19 - Books N Kisses




May 9 - Romance Lives Forever

New & Improved Serenity's Dream is now available

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Today is release day for the new version of Serenity's Dream. I have long wanted to give it a good scrub, get rid of the passive voice and filters, and put some more meat on the bones. It is done and I am pleased with the result.



Serenity was my debut novel and I was pleased that it got published. However, as I've grown in writing, I saw flaws that I wanted to fix.



The character of Haynes begged for his own story, but it took until now to flesh it out. I had it in mind, but wasn't sure how to implement it. Eventually, I chucked the idea because no matter how I thought about it, it didn't work. What great insight we get as time passes. Now he has a story within Serenity's Dream.



Serenity and Lucien also have a backstory that is sweeping in its telling of what became of their marriage, etc.



In the rewriting of each of the Sapphire Club books, I listened to reader critiques, as well as reviewers. With Serenity's Dream, I felt that much wasn't explained. It is now. In Lord Decadent's Obsession, I truly thought that everyone would fall in love with Prentice Hyde, and that didn't happen. They just might now.



Each of those two books has an additional thirteen thousand words. Lots more story!



Chocolate, Tea, and the Duchess has undergone the most drastic changes. So much so, I've retitled it, Thornhill's Dilemma. The story is almost completely changed. Readers wanted Alexander Chilton to enter the picture much earlier and now he does. I've taken some risks in that book that I hope will meet with reader approval.



I am on the Noble Romance author blog all day today, with little tidbits about my books, excerpts, and an article I wrote about book covers.



I have my likes and dislikes on covers and I make them known. Check it out and tell me what you think about them. Do you get embarrassed by books that you read? I certainly do it the cover goes too far.



Looking forward to seeing you there.



Hugs,

Brita