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Six Sentence Sunday!!!!!!!!!

This is from RTL - Carter's Treasure...

It's also from Carter's POV.  Thanks for visiting... and PLEASE check out my fellow authors at www.sixsunday.com.   I was gone on vacation last week, but I can't wait to read their posts today!!

Have a great weekend everyone... Hugs, A


“Do you know how much I adore you?”Molly smiled so sweetly, his heart melted. “I do.”Those two words rang loud in his ears and suddenly he was very aware. Carter could see clearly he was holding his future wife, he could see his future in his arms. “Oh God, Gorgeous, I love you.” 

It's Six Sentence Sunday again!! :)

This snippet of Racing to Love - Carter's Treasure brings us to the first time Carter and Molly are truly alone... ; )

Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Hugs,
A

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He took a finger and traced her jaw line. Molly focused on his eyes. Seeing the need and power in the pale blue, but also an understanding, kept her calm. Even though her senses were on overload, he had a quietness about him that relieved her fears, leaving only trust for the man who was holding her. His finger slowly started down her neck then softly he traced the neckline of her tank top. Her breath caught and she bit her lip, but she kept her focus on the eyes watching hers. 

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Hugs,
A

Six Sentence Sunday

I'll be away from my laptop for a bit this weekend and didn't want to risk trying to schedule my post. That didn't work out so well for me last weekend - ugh.. technology!

So here it is for this week. I'm going to give a few more in Carter's Treasure, then I'm going to switch it up for January 2013 release of Jesse's Soul!

This is a little different from previous snippets! This brings a very overprotective big brother into the mix! LOL Carter is trying to reassure Molly, then you see Brody (her brother) swing into the action... poor guy-he just needs to chill out!

Enjoy and have a great weekend. Try to stay cool! Hugs, A


Everything will be fine, no worries. You go on, get some rest and I’ll see you in the morning.” Brody’s anger was fanned as he watched Carter stroke his sister’s cheek, then lean down and kiss her again. A peck on the lips, but a kiss nonetheless. The man had balls. He was going to have them on a platter if the guy didn’t back away from his sister.

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For me the Fourth of July is many things.  Hot weather, fireworks with the kids, hot dogs at the family get-together, but it something else much more important as well.  I have several family members that have served or are currently active military.  I also have several friends who have husbands, sons, daughters, wives, aunts or uncles, you name it and you get my point.  The red, white and blue represent what those heroes are giving to us daily--our freedom.  With that said, I want to publicly thank all of you, whether you're serving yourself or have loved ones serving.  Thank you for keeping us safe, thank you for your service and God Bless you all!


The giveaway for this stop is an ebook copy of my debut;  Racing to Love - Carter's Treasure.  




Synopsis:
From the outside, Molly West had everything, beauty, brains, and a career she’d retired from not once, but twice.  Being in the limelight and in a sport that was male driven, she was often surrounded men.  She ignored first the boys, and as she got older, the men.  Unfortunately, they were all the same, all after one thing, and she had absolutely no use for them.  Her cold shoulder and patented not a chance in hell look were usually enough to get her point across.  Occasionally, she had to resort to her sass—and her brother.  Molly had no plans in changing what was a perfectly good system. That is until she walked into the pits.  When she stood toe-to-toe with the sex in jeans, she knew right then and there that the man her adoptive mother always told her was out there, was now standing right in front of her.Carter Sterling had traveled the racing circuit since he was a boy.  He’d heard all the old standbys, She’s out there somewhere, love comes along when you least expect it.  Good things come to those that… Yeah, he’d heard them all.  The last place he expected to meet the love of his life was on a pro track.  All she did was smile, and he knew, looking into her sapphire blue eyes, Molly West was his.  Forever.  If it was only that easy.  From the moment he laid eyes on her, he had a gripping feeling in him.  An overwhelming need to protect her.  A girl he’d just met.  Carter had learned a long time ago that gut feelings are almost never wrong.  Molly now held his heart in her hands, but it was going to take a lot more than just love to protect her from the past she thought she’d buried a long time ago.


Excerpt: 
They continued to walk back toward the pits, but he stopped when they were in the darkened hallway, just before they would have rounded the corner and been seen. Molly’s heart sped.He was still holding her hand, but turned to face her as he placed his other hand on her waist. She sucked in a breath when he stepped forward. Her first instinct was to be anxious, to cower back, but something in those ice blue eyes told her she didn’t have to be afraid.When he had leaned in to kiss her when they were sitting on the track, she’d panicked. And then when he had started to move away, she’d panicked again—for a different reason entirely. Those flip-flopping emotions were about to drive her crazy.Now, in the dimmed corridor, Molly closed her eyes to catch her breath and to search for a decision. He’d been rubbing his thumb on her waist, but his movements stopped when her eyes dropped closed. The soothing strokes didn’t continue until she finally reopened her eyes and dragged her attention up his chest and past his Adam’s apple. She continued up until she locked her gaze with his. When she offered him a hesitant smile, he began stroking her again with a warm smile on his lips.Staring down at her, he let go of her hand and skimmed the back of his over her cheek. She felt her heart thundering, her pulse racing when she ran her hands up his chest, feeling each and every rippled muscle. She’d never purposely touched a man like this before. Sure, she’d felt Brody’s muscles when she’d smacked him for one reason or another. Or when trying to push him off of her after he’d wrestled her to the ground being an ornery brother and all. But this? This was foreign. Her eyes were back on her own fingers, taking everything in. She stopped at his heart and could feel it pounding hard beneath the soft cotton t-shirt.“Just so you know…” he started in his slow, sexy voice.She could tell he was waiting for eye contact again before continuing. “Yeah?” she whispered.“I’m going to fall in love with you.”



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I have to apologize - again!

So I wrote out my Six Sentence Sunday and posted my sentences and tried to "schedule them" - and leave it to technology to screw it up!  UGH..... I'm sorry guys :(  They're very late, but they are below...
Hugs,
A

Six Sentence Sunday :) - Racing to Love - Carter's Treasure

I remembered!!  woot woot!  quite a feat given that I'm camping in 105 degree heat at my favorite race track!! LOL

Here's another little piece of my debut baby...Carter's Treasure, book 1 in the Racing to Love series...

Hope you enjoy, have a safe and wonderful weekend.  Please stop by www.sixsunday.com to check out a whole list of amazing authors participating in SSS!
Hugs,
A

You've met Carter and Molly, you have an idea of their attraction, here's another taste!



He squeezed her tightly, then let go to cup her face in both of his hands. “I promise you, with all my heart, I’ll never hurt you.” He leaned down and softly kissed her lips. “I promise.” She reached up and placed her fingertips to her lips, still feeling the jolt from the feather soft kiss. The light touch had been just a hint of what was sure to come, something that sent her stomach to the ground in both fear and anticipation. 

The amazing, great, wonderful...Susan Mallery!

For those of you who know me, you know I've been a fan of Susan Mallery's forever.  She is also the one person who inspired me to write, and write in a series format!  Below is the reason why... Enjoy!  Hugs, A



Susan Mallery Speaks to Librarians about the Appeal of RomanceNew York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery was asked to speak this summer at the American Library Association national conference in Anaheim, California, on a panel called “Isn’t It Romantic?” Mallery’s latest book, SUMMER NIGHTS (Fool’s Gold book 8) is dedicated to librarians who have done so much to introduce readers to her books. This is the speech she prepared. The appeal in romance is that our books offer readers a celebration of community. Romances are all about connecting. Sure the boy-meets-girl part is fun and exciting, but often what really brings a reader back again and again are the connections made within the novel.
Most romances happen in a larger context of relationships. Families and friends play an important role. We want to experience falling in love with a hunky guy, but we also want a sense of belonging. The most popular books feature a cast of usually likeable, sometimes annoying, generally realistic characters who are amazingly like people we know. Or people we get on an emotional level.
These other characters, sometimes seemingly unimportant, can be the glue that holds our books together. Our hero and heroine are revealed through their relationships with secondary characters. The gruff solitary man who unexpectedly cares for a wounded puppy wins our heart forever. The exhausted single mother staying up until midnight to frost cupcakes for her son's first grade class reminds us of ourselves. While the romance is central to the story and the reason we think we read "those kind of books" I believe the real truth is we love the sense of community a romance brings to the table. The sexy guy on the cover draws us in, but the heroine's relationship with her sarcastic best friend turns out to be just as satisfying and meaningful.
The majority of romance readers are women. Women are usually the keepers of relationships in their lives and the lives of those around them. We are the ones who maintain the friendships, remember birthdays, make sure each of our children has a moment to feel special. We can spend a weekend with our girlfriends and when we get home, still think of something we could have told them. When I travel to a writers’ conference and hang out with my writer friends for days, then return home and get a call from one of them, my husband can't believe there's anything left to say. I've tried to explain there's always more to talk about but he just shakes his head.
In our lives we want friends and family. We want connection. Romances offer that in our fiction. We can meet women we want to have lunch with and men we want to fall in love with. Romance isn't man against nature or man against himself. It's man and woman falling in love in a much bigger context. One or both of them have a family, there are friends, coworkers, pets. It's a real world populated by the funny and the strange and if done well, it's a world we want to return to again and again.
For years now, romances have been written in groups. Trilogies, sisters, brothers, a band of warriors. Sherrilyn Kenyon gives us her immortal warriors. Debbie Macomber gives us Cedar Cove. In between lie stories only limited by the imaginations of the writers who create them. It is the combination of the familiar and the unknown that draws us back.
I started writing in about:blankFrom that very intelligent advice, my Fool's Gold series was born. www.foolsgoldca.com It's a small town set in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. I started with the idea of a town suffering a man shortage, which gave me the chance to put women in non-traditional jobs. I decided to write the books in trilogies, with the idea each trilogy would stand on its own, allowing readers to join at any point. By the second Fool's Gold trilogy I'd realized the man shortage wasn't that interesting, but the non-traditional jobs were, so modifications were made.
Reader response has been terrific. They love the town. Mayor Marsha, California's longest serving mayor, is a fan favorite. I keep track of previous heroes and heroines using a data base and often feature births in subsequent books. I use social media to increase the level of connection with my readers. We have the usual interactions, but there is another level on my Facebook page, www.facebook.com/susanmallery. Readers help me name characters, pick careers and suggest new businesses for the towns. When a former heroine is due to give birth, readers usually vote on the gender of the baby and offer name suggestions. Next year three new businesses will open in Fool's Gold and each one of them is the result of something a reader said to me.
A romance can take place nearly anywhere, in any time. We have smart ass heroines who rescue themselves, timid virgins and librarians who dance on bars in our books. Every romance writer has a specific vision for what she wants to write, but what we all have in common is connection. Sisters who are drawn together because of a dying parent. Vampires fighting enemies while protecting the women they love. Handsome dukes who marry the most unlikely of spinsters, drawn to her against all odds, in part because she takes care of her younger siblings.
In romances we find the relationships that matter most to us personally. Those who adore babies in books can be endless entertained by the antics of newborns. If you prefer sexy, sassy heroines, there are dozens of writers to give you exactly that. The appeal of romance is how the stories speak to us so personally. They show us women who are brave, who overcome odds, who always have a snappy comeback and in the end find not just love, but also a place to belong. Romances celebrate the very best of us, and that ideal state is often illustrated in the connections our characters make with each other.
Romances are a reading escape that also touches the heart. Romances affirm what is most important to each of us—the people we love, who love us back.

Amazon links are connected!!!!

YAY!  The print and ebook version are now connected!  What can I say, it's the little things that excite me! <3  hugs,  A
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Have a great week!!  Check out Six Sentence Sunday this weekend!  There are a ton of great authors posting.....

I'm a total failure today :(

I have been chasing my tail this week and falling farther and farther behind.  I realized at 5 o'clock this morning that even though I signed up to post Six Sentence Sunday...I failed to post my sentences last night... :(  please forgive me!  I'll try to do better next week.  Please go to www.sixsunday.com to follow my fellow authors on Six Sentence Sunday!! :) xxoo - A