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Interested in reading this book? It is only .99 cents and has been nominated at The Rock Stars of Romance as one of the Most Romantic books EVER! It has 516 5 star ratings on Amazon.  CLICK HERE to BUY!
 


It's sequel, Return to Poughkeepsie is out now and getting great reviews:



 Click here to buy Return to Poughkeepsie
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Prefer audiobooks? We've got you covered:Poughkeepsie Audio Book
You know what's CRAZY? Omnific Publishing and I have gotten such an overwhelming response from Poughkeepsie that we created an Enhanced Collector's Edition App for Ipads, and soon, all other devices too.






Here's the link for #EnhancedPough

Making their catagory their bitch!!!

Poughkeepsie and Return to Poughkeepsie are #1 and #6 in their kindle bestseller category! And Poughkeepsie has been sitting at number 1 (mostly) for well over a month! The boys are proud. Thank you all for giving this crazy series a shot. I'm writing Saving Poughkeepsie today for you!!!! 

Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector's Edition Giveaway for iPad Owners!!!!

 Hello Gorgeous Readers!!!

Omnific Publishing and I are so freaking excited about our Enhanced Poughkeepsie App for iPad that we want to share 10 free copies!! That's $130 worth of prizes!!!




Okay, my exclamation points are getting out of control. Pretend they are jazz hands. Below is a super easy Rafflecopter for you to enter. In this 'copter you will find some of the artists and amazing friends that helped make this dream come true. How about the summary? I'm all over it.


Description Immerse yourself in the world of Debra Anastasia’s Poughkeepsie.
 
Experience this bestselling novel for the first time…again as you break all the rules about books with Omnific Publishing and Debra Anastasia. In this enhanced version of the novel, you’ll enjoy insights from the author, music by Ron Pope and other artists to set the mood, and images and video that bring the scenes to life as you read. You’ll delve deeper into the world of Poughkeepsie through nearly 50,000 words of added scenes (more love, more drama, more romance!) and informative insights into how this marvelous story and its characters came to be.

Self-contained in this app (no wifi needed after downloading):
•complete novel Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia
•author/director’s pop-up commentary
•music by Ron Pope, Rustic Overtones, Monoxide G, Violet Winter, Bo Heart, and Jeff Epstein and the City Line Singers
•more than 100 images to enhance the story
•videos of your favorite characters in action
•special animation
•sound effects
•interviews with the characters, author, and more
•interactive games
•trailers for the Poughkeepsie Brotherhood series
•how-to knitting instructions
•how-to instructions for making a paper rose
•recipe for the dinner Livia makes for Blake


How about one of the gifs you get to see in the app? 





BEFORE YOU ENTER!!! YOU MUST HAVE AN IPad!!!!! MUST!! The code won't work on anything else. Don't worry the product will work on other platforms soon. We'll make sure everyone can enjoy Enhanced Poughkeepsie!

a Rafflecopter giveaway



Thank you so much for checking this out! 

Can't wait to buy it for your very own? You can get the product HERE 

#SavingPoughkeepsie Teaser

*Unedited Teaser**

Cole watched this man in front of him have a dream. A beautiful dream.

He added quietly, “It’s an amazing plan. I’m so proud of you.”
Beckett turned and looked at Cole with a skeptical gaze, ‘But…”

“No. Just flat out perfection. You’re a force to be reckoned with. You’re so damn smart. And you have a power inside of you that’s unstoppable. You,” Cole stood and walked with purpose until he was right in front of his brother, “have been put on this earth for a reason. And I do believe you’ve found it.” #SavingPoughkeepsie

Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector's Edition

Excerpt from Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector's Edition:



“And now you’re scared I’m crazy. Listen, I’ll go.” She turned toward the stairs.

He grabbed her hand as gently as he could to stop her. The tingling started, and he wanted to hold it forever. She looked at his hand and then at him and smiled again.

He’d need a mental wheelbarrow to keep today’s smiles. “Don’t go. I’m not scared of you. I promise.” He wanted to kiss her.

“That’s good.” She squeezed his hand and stepped closer.

To anyone walking by they would seem a happy couple. The dream of it made him swallow.

“So if I don’t have a train to catch, do you think you’ll get sick of me?” She kept his hand in hers.

“No.” Never leave.

The train pulled out, and the platform became a stage for just the two of them.

“You know, I hate trains,” she said. “Well, not trains but the tracks. I’m always afraid I’ll have a spasm or something and fall on the tracks. How weird am I? Why am I saying this out loud?” She finally let go and pulled her hair into a ponytail. She had nothing to tie it back with, so it fell down her back again. A breeze set free the scent of her shampoo and swirled a few tendrils around her face.

“No weirder than the guy who plays a cardboard instrument.” He dared to sweep the hair from her face, and she looked up at him. The eyes were definitely bluish today. The moment was so full, and he knew it wasn’t just him. She could feel it too—he’d bet his life and his piano on it. He took a deep breath.

“Thank you for coming to see me, Livia. You’re the best part of my day.” Too much. So much.

She reached up and pushed some hair from his forehead. He closed his eyes so he wouldn’t snatch her hand and kiss it. He desperately needed to play it cool.

“I know what you mean.” Her hand lingered just a hope too long.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/poughkeepsie/id763056961?mt=8

Sign ups! Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector's Edition app Book tour!!!

Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector's Edition app Book tour!!! Bloggers please sign up here to review the app from March 19th-24th (March 19th is my 40th birthday too!) 

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Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector's Edition eBook and App!!! (IPad ONLY for right now)

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It will only work on IPAD at this moment!!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pough... style="color: #386eff; font-family: Helvetica;">Poughkeepsie - Omnific Publishing</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Droid, iPhone, and ePub (which will work on your computer) will be available in the near future. Please add your email address <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GjmW..." target="_blank">HERE </a>with your preferred format, and I will send you a note when it’s available. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Let me tell you a story...that comes alive before your eyes! Omnific Publishing and I have been working on this passion project for over a year. And when I say <i>enhanced</i> I mean everything my crazy ass could dream of putting in my book! I dream big. And Omnific breaks rules. We're dangerous together. So what's in this thing? It might be easier to tell you what's <i>not</i> in there...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Naked people? Nope. I've got naked people in there.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">A custom soundtrack from Ron Pope, The Rustic Overtones, Violet Winter, Monoxide G, Jeff Epstein and The Cityline Singers, and Bo Heart that plays while you read? Nope, I've got that too. (What? I KNOW!)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Never mind, I'm too excited to play this game anymore. Here's what’s coming at you:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Threaded through the original story is a running, pop-up commentary from me (your author). The app also includes games like "Which Poughkeepsie Man is Your Perfect Match?," how-to videos, a video tour of Poughkeepsie (the real town), insight into how the book cover was designed including <i>alllll</i> of our draft <i>Poughkeepsie</i> covers, <i>and</i> a Mouse-approved knitting pattern. There are sound effects in all the right spots to enhance the story, plus additional videos, pictures, animation, and songs, as well as new scenes you’ve never read before. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">But still I had more dreams. I wanted actors recreating scenes from the book. Impossible, crazy even…and yet in this enhanced edition you’ll watch as Beckett talks to Mouse, and you can be swept away as Kyle dances—lost in herself and her new love for Cole.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">This is the ultimate love letter to my readers. I can't even calculate the amount of time and effort and miracles it took to bring this to you, but you deserve it all! Please enjoy the enhanced version of <i>Poughkeepsie</i>, it's waiting for you at the train station and counting your smiles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CN5XhCBTAqQ..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CN5XhCBTAqQ..." height="400" width="267" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">To download the Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector's Edition for your iPad search "Poughkeepsie" or "Omnific Publishing" in the APP store on your device for your iPAD. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><h4><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Coming Soon: The APP will be available on iPhones, Droid platforms (for your smart phones and kindle fire) and ePUB (for your computer) please add you name to the notification form linked above. </span></h4></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/sh..." data-thumbnail-src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/b6kmXLP5jo4..." height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/b6kmX..." /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/b6kmX..." type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Questions? Problems? Adorable stories about your dog? Email Debra.anastasia@gmail.com </span>

Rachel Firasek's BURNING, the Tears of Sin Series (giveaway!)

“Never say never.”Gabe James never thought he’d suffer from a broken heart. He never thought he’d have to work for a living. And he sure as hell never thought he’d fall for a woman that carries a torch for the man that is trying to ruin his life.Jade McKenzie has danced with demons most of her life, and just when she feels like the dark clouds have lifted, a pointless fight with an ex-boyfriend leaves her with a scarred face and ends her ballet career. Now she dances on a stage where the sway of her hips trumps the pirouettes of her past, a mask concealing her marred beauty. But nothing will stop the pain of shattered dreams.Except love.With Gabe’s career on the line and the threat of financial ruin blazing on the horizon, he’s guarded against a woman threatening to distract him even further when he needs his focus most. Jade can’t escape the memories of her past or Gabe’s heated glances—even if he swears that it’s her enthralling him. The two together are like kerosene and matches waiting for a spark. For a woman with no future and a man on the verge of losing hope, the only things left to cling to are their determined wills and the promise of a burning love. a Rafflecopter giveawayAdd Burning to your Goodread’s TBR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19299468-burning
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Rachel Firasek spends her days daydreaming of stories and her nights putting the ideas to ink. She has spent a dull life following the rules, meeting deadlines, and toeing the line, but in her made up worlds, she can let the wild side loose. Her wonderful husband and three children support her love of the written word and only ask for the occasional The Voice and Best in Ink quality hour.

She has a philosophy about love. It must devastate or it isn’t truly worth loving. She hopes that you all find your devastating love and cling to it with all your heart! Oh, and don’t forget to live on the edge—that’s the only way to experience romance…
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