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Won’t be long now!

Know what this is??

It’s me getting ready to head out to the post office to send out books to the winners of copies of Sweet Tea and Secrets on Goodreads!

We’re down to less than two weeks to the release date of Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes. To help celebrate the release of Carolanne and Connor’s story — I gave away six copies of Sweet Tea and Secrets on Goodreads. That’s the first book in the series. If you haven’t read it yet — I hope you will. Adams Grove is a great place to spend the summer!

Join me in congratulating the lucky six winners -

Mark Flood – Canada
Michelle Lagenour – Stockton, CA
Sarah Bauman – Dallas, TX
Emily Getzel – Muskego, WI
Mary B. Turner – Bloomfield, CT
E. Harris – Clearwater, FL

Now….let’s count it down to July 9th and the release of Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes. (Available for pre-order now)

Hugs and happy reading~

Nancy

Sunday Cover Reveal Fun!

Thanks so much for joining for the cover reveal of PECAN PIE AND DEADLY LIES tonight on Facebook. If you missed it, or you want to share with your friends….here it is again.

I’m so excited about this book. It’s the follow-on to OUT OF FOCUS. This is Cody Tuggle’s story and is the fourth in the Adams Grove series.

We did a giveaway during the reveal this evening. Here are the lucky winners::

Hilleary Peterson won the Adams Grove jar candle from Shining Sol Candles

Shining Sol Jar Candle – Adams Grove scent

Jennifer Wilson won the Read. Relax. Repeat. Lens/Screen Cleaner

Lens/Screen Cleaner

and Sue Peace won the set of autographed Keeper Kase cards

Autographed Keeper Kase cards

 

Thanks for making the cover reveal so special. I had so much fun chatting with all of you.   If you’re on Goodreads.com I hope you’ll add all of the Adams Grove books to your bookshelf.  If you need chapbooks, or swag for your book club just shoot me an email at nancy@nancynaigle.com.

Hugs and happy reading~

Nancy

COVER REVEAL :: Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies

COVER REVEAL THIS SUNDAY

This is a pretty exciting time for me. WEDDING CAKE AND BIG MISTAKES will be out in just a few weeks (July 9th), and then just two months later….another release. I’m going to share a sneak peek of the cover of PECAN PIE AND DEADLY LIES with my closest friends and readers before it’s even up on the Amazon or Barnes and Noble websites.

When?                 SUNDAY 6/16 9pm-9:30pm Eastern

Where?                Nancy’s Facebook page

What?                  COVER REVEAL:: Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies (Release Date 9/24/13)

 Let’s make a little party of it, shall we? Join me on Facebook Sunday evening and we’ll chat about the story and characters, and I’ll even share some trivia from the process.  Then, we’ll draw for some prizes, and wrap up with the cover reveal. You can start entering today. You can earn up to 30 entries if you do everything!(scroll to the bottom to get to the rafflecopter page to enter!)

What do you have to do to win something? Oh, it’s so easy, and there are options that will earn you extra entries, too. There’s a Rafflecopter form below that lays out all the different ways you can enter. Do one or do them all. It’s up to you.

Why am I so excited?

OUT OF FOCUS is still one of my favorite stories. If you haven’t read it yet, I hope you will because you’ll enjoy PECAN PIE AND DEADLY LIES that much more if you have all the history between Kasey and Cody.  When Kasey was at her lowest point, Cody was a true friend…and don’t we all treasure those types of friendships?

  Kasey Phillips thinks her biggest problem is deciding whether to photograph Cody Tuggle’s honky-tonkin’ tour, until an accident on Route 58 claims the life of her husband. 

In a desperate race against time as a hurricane threatens the eastern seaboard, they search for her three-year-old son who is missing from the wreckage.  

A community and friends rally to help, but someone knows more than they are telling.

Here’s the back cover copy for PECAN PIE AND DEADLY LIES.

America’s beloved country superstar Cody Tuggle never expected to be one of America’s most wanted. At least that’s how he feels since he’s been accused of murdering his scheming agent. Desperate to prove he’s innocent, he turns to his only alibi, award-winning photographer Kasey Phillips, who recently toured with him and his band.

After an exciting life on the road, Kasey has settled down in small-town Adams Grove with her five-year-old son. Unexpectedly reunited with Cody, she finds herself open to love again. But just when she’s ready to fall, everything she ever believed about him is called in to question. 

Cody has waited a long time for genuine love, and he can’t let this chance with Kasey slip away. But as the evidence stacks up, the accusations against him put a damper on the sparks flying between them. Can he convince Kasey he’s innocent, and will she clear his name in time? Or will their dreams of the future be the victim of a deadly lie? 

***CLICK HERE TO GET TO THE RAFFLECOPTER GIVEAWAY***

Don’t worry…there’s a GO BACK button to come back here, too.

Who can I count on to join my Sunday evening??

Love Small Town Series? Books 3 & 4 coming soon…

WELCOME TO ADAMS GROVE…where the tea is sweet, but trouble is brewing.

Thanks so much for supporting this series and being patient as I switched publishers which delayed the next installments a little….but we’re getting closer!! I love this small southern town, and I’m glad you’ve embraced it too.

As you know, we kicked off the Adams Grove series with these two books.

Sweet Tea and Secrets and Out of Focus, can be read in any order.  So if you’re behind…grab them now and catch up!

On July 9th – Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes will release. That picks up where Sweet Tea and Secrets left off. Jill and Garrett are back, and you’ll find out if Pearl was right about Carolanne’s love match or not.  Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes is available for pre-order on amazon.com now, and you’ll get amazon’s low price guarantee on your pre-order, too.  It will be available in trade paperback, audio and kindle digital.

I’m very excited that we’re working on the final cover for the fourth book in he series Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies. This is the “rest of the story” from Out of Focus. If you loved Cody Tuggle in Out of Focus, you’re going to be thrilled to meet up with him again in Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies. This one is set in Adams Grove and in Nashville, TN at Cody Tuggle’s estate – Hillcrest Farm. It was an awesome story to write and I had some extra-special help with the music industry and touring from the lead guitarist of the Bret Michaels Band, none other than Pete Evick! He spent hours and countless texts and emails helping me vet my ideas. It was so much fun to hear his stories and glean inspiration from his rock star life. To play with a legend like Bret Michaels you know Pete’s one heckuva talent — but more importantly, he’s one heckuva a nice man. I’m honored to have met him and include him in my circle of friends. Thanks, Pete!

In case you haven’t read Out of Focus yet, we’ve put the Kindle version on sale for just 99cents for a couple weeks. I hope you’ll grab it while it’s extra affordable and fall in love with Cody…and be ready for his story on September 24th (just happens to be my 19th wedding anniversary that day!!)

Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies is on sale for pre-order in paperback for a low 7.77 right now, so jump in on that deal while it’s going on. Pre-ordering on amazon is easy and they guarantee you’ll get that lowest price!!

So…here’s to lots more fun in Adams Grove over the next few months.   Stay tuned for the cover reveal of Book Four — coming soon~

Thanks for taking the ride with me.

Nancy

Got to love Goodreads Giveaways

Do you use http://www.goodreads.com to track books and find new ones or even new authors you might enjoy?  If not, do check it out!

It’s totally free and the community of like-minded readers is awesome. I often post giveaways on Goodreads, since I enjoy entering the contests to win a free book, too.

Today – I congratulate   ALISON WALKER of Spartanburg, SC and SELENA HICKS of Vilas, NC the two winners of a free copy of Sweet Tea and Secrets ~ the first in the Adams Grove series.

Join me in a Hug and High 5 to today’s winners!

Sweet Tea and Secrets
Out of Focus
Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes :: Release Date July 9th – Pre-order Now
Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies :: Release Date September 24th – Pre-order Now
Mint Juleps and Justice :: Coming in 2014

AND…join my free newsletter at www.NancyNaigle.com/ncont.htm to stay up to date on all my new releases and contests.

Brighton – Books – Baby Goats – Brenda Novak Auction :: What do these things have in common?

They are some of my favorite things…and…this Saturday 5/4 at 9pm eastern (6pm pacific) I’ll be hanging out with the Brighton folks on their Facebook page for a BRIGHTON LIVING May Issue Facebook party talking about all of those things and anything else on your mind. I hope you’ll join us. Details on how the Facebook party works are at the very bottom of this post so you can print them out if you like. We’ll be giving away prizes to lucky posters … books, my new Adams Grove scented candle from Shining Sol candles and adorable wedding cake charms from Brighton. YAY!

You don’t have to wait to check out the article though. You can do that now by going to https://www.facebook.com/BrightonCollectibles?fref=ts and clicking on the BRIGHTON LIVING tab just under the banner. Then you’ll see the cover of the issue and the READ STORY button for the article “Heart in the Write Place“. Take a read and leave a comment. And don’t forget to LIKE the Brighton page. I personally think they should have a LOVE button…but that’s just me.

ALSO—don’t forget the Brenda Novak Online Auction for Diabetes is in full swing. There are some amazing donations. I’m the category captain for the READ. RELAX. REPEAT. category, but I also was able to get a pair of tickets and meet and greet passes to see Bret Michaels…that, my friends, we posted under the ONCE IN A LIFETIME category! Sweet! Visit the auction today. It runs through the end of May and their are items in every price range. Even a little adds up to a lot, and together…we’ll make a difference.

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FACEBOOK PARTY GUIDELINES – SAT 6p PT / 9p ET

1) If you don’t have a Facebook account, you need to create one. Go to http://www.facebook.com/ to sign up.

2) Once you’ve signed up (or logged in if you already have an account), go to www.facebook.com/brightoncollectibles at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET on May 4th .

3) ‘Like’ our page if you haven’t already done so. The ‘Like’ button is located under our timeline cover picture, on the right side. Just click it.

4) Look for the post about Brighton Living. You can’t miss it. We will have just put it up, so it will be the most recent post on the page, in the left column, with a photo of our May magazine cover.

5) At the bottom of that entry, underneath the magazine cover photo, you’ll see ‘Like’ ‘Comment’ ‘Share’ – You can click any of these buttons to reach the newsfeeds/tickers of your FB friends.

6) To contribute a comment, write something in the field that appears beneath the post’s magazine cover photo.

7) To update, so you see other people’s comments, just refresh the page. The refresh button is F5 on a PC or just click the circular arrow that’s on the top of your page, on the right side of your address bar.

8) If you see someone’s comment, and want to respond directly to that person, begin your message with @ and the person’s Facebook name.

A Facebook party is just like a live chat. People should feel free to chime in. We’ll be on the page to help if anyone has difficulties.

Thanks for coming to the party! Look forward to ‘seeing’ you.

READ. RELAX. REPEAT.

Get swept away to the small town of Adams Grove

Sweet Tea and Secrets

 

Out of Focus  

 Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes ~ Release Date July 9

Book Four: Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies        ~ Release Date September 24

Book Five: Mint Juleps and Justice              ~ Coming Spring 2014

 

 

Don’t forget if digital is your preference you can still get autographed Keeper Kase cards for free for all of my titles. Just drop me an email at nancy@nancynaigle.com and I’ll be happy to send you one.

Hugs and happy reading.

Nancy

WINNERS OF ADVANCED READER COPY – Congratulations

I’m so excited to announce the winners of the Goodreads contest for an ADVANCED READER COPY of

Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes

Not sure what an Advanced Reader Copy is? It’s an uncorrected proof of the novel. It’s the format that the publisher sends out for promo and early reviews prior to a release date. This book is the third in the Adams Grove series and it will come out on July 9th. Here’s what the ARC looks like::

compared to the final version which will have this beautiful cover ~

JOIN ME IN A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO:

     LISA BOHN of Chesaning, MI

     RACHEL KESSLER of Brigantine, NJ

HUGS AND HAPPY READING, LADIES 

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WELCOME TO ADAMS GROVE…where the tea is sweet, but trouble is brewing.

Read the whole series…. (Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes is available for pre-order — as is the Sept 24 release of Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies)

ADAMS GROVE ~ A Novel Scent Giveaway

JOIN IN THE FUN!!

It’s official – Shining Sol Candle Company has launched the ADAMS GROVE scented candle.

“Adams Grove” - Introducing “Adams Grove”, the first in our line of celebrity endorsed candles. A novel scent named after the small town in the series written by the Virginia native author, Nancy Naigle. Read and relax to the soothing  combination of vanilla and lavender.

To celebrate I’ll be giving away two Adams Grove gift packs that include a Read. Relax. Repeat. water bottle huggy, a special votive sized Adams Grove scented candle, and a sneak peek at the first chapter of Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes which comes out on July 9th.

HOW TO ENTER::

Lots of chances to get in the game… with a Rafflecopter giveaway.

HUGS AND HAPPY READING.

Sweet contemporary love stories are just my style…

If you are one of the lucky readers that already downloaded and read THE PRACTICE PROPOSAL…then you already know what an awesome story it is. You might have even noticed that the cover blurb was from me

I was thrilled to be asked to provide that blurb because I absolutely loved THE PRACTICE PROPOSAL by Tracy March!

But it’s not just me. Readers are totally falling for Liza and Cole’s story! Here’s what Valerie over at Stuck in Books said about THE PRACTICE PROPOSAL “It wasn’t brazen or brash.  It was sweet and charming.  Little secrets that popped out made it interesting.  I must admit that at least one of those secrets was a complete blindside for me. Love it when that happens.

I enjoyed these two together.  I loved that they were on opposite sides of a baseball rivalry.  I love the pie wars.  I loved Liza’s bestie.  I loved that all the little pieces were tied up.  I loved the ending.  I felt good reading this book. If you’re looking for a nice quick read that just feels good, then give this one a shot.”

And everyone’s falling for Cole, the sexy hero. And why not…could you resist a face like this?

Yeah…that’s what I thought. He was one of her inspirations for, Cole, the hero in this book.

Hurry and get your copy today!  http://bit.ly/12AUeZM

No excuses — THE PRACTICE PROPOSAL is only $2.99 and is available for nook and kindle readers  And don’t forget to follow Tracy March on facebook and twitter (@Tracy_March) … trust me…you’ll want to be in the loop when her next book, GIRL THREE, comes out next month….and her next sweet contemporary comes out later this year.