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Day 3 of Blog Tours

It's day three of my new release blog tours. With each one, I'll be giving away a $20 gift certificate to either Amazon or All Romance Ebooks (winner's choice).

Here are the stops for today:

Never Gonna Let You Go: The New Sensuality

Unknown Futures: Everyday is an Adventure

Visit every stop on the blog tours to increase your chance to WIN!!

 

It's RELEASE DAY & Day two of book tours

For the release of my scifi/dystopian romance, I'm over at Daily Dose of Decadence, sharing where my story ideas begin.

And it's day two of the blog tours for both Never Gonna Let You Go and Unknown Futures. With each one, I'll be giving away a $20 gift certificate to either Amazon or All Romance Ebooks (winner's choice).

Here are the stops for today:

Never Gonna Let You Go: Pippa Jay's blog - book feature & excerpt

Unknown Futures: Anne Holly's blog - Learn more about Jewel & Flavia

Visit every stop on the blog tours to increase your chance to WIN!!

 

Visiting Four Strong Women and Day 1 of Virtual Book Tours

Today I am visiting Four Strong Women, ranting about batteries.

Come over and share in the rant with me.

And today is also the beginning of two blog tours. With each one, I'll be giving away a $20 gift certificate to either Amazon or All Romance Ebooks (winner's choice).

Here are the stops for today:

Never Gonna Let You Go: Thank yous on my blog

Unknown Futures: Aspiring Romance Writers

Visit every stop on the blog tours to increase your chance to WIN!!

 

Never Gonna Let You Go…Thank You!!

Squee! I'm super excited that Never Gonna Let You Go releases tomorrow. It is the first book in The Underground, a scifi/dystopian series with romantic elements.

I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to my story.

First of all, here is the dedication:

To Mrs. Faulds, my high school Science Fiction English teacher. Although it's not what you intended, this story started in your classroom. Also, a huge thanks to Kate, Lindsay, Rebecca, and Zee.

And thank you to:

Rebecca Royce, Layna Pimental, Zee Monodee, and Kate Richards, my awesome critique partners and beta readers for this story.

Laura Garland, and all of the other editors from Decadent who worked on this story, for making it shine.

Lisa and Heather, the owners of Decadent Publishing.

Fantasia Frog Designs for creating my fabulous cover. How you get in my head, I will never understand. Always the best!!

Thank you JoAnne Kenrick for creating both the teaser trailer and the book trailer for Never Gonna Let You Go! Awesome, as always.

Thank you Carrie Ann Ryan for creating the book tour button for me!

Thank you to all those who will taken the time to buy, read and/or review Never Gonna Let You Go!

And most important, thank you to my husband and children who remain ever so patient with me. I'm glad you understand this is more than just a hobby.

You are all fabulous!

Never Gonna Let You Go is available in multiple ebook formats from Decadent Publishing and other ebook retailers. Please note: There are many free apps, such as Adobe Digital Editions that you can download to read ebooks on your computer and phone. Also, the PDF format is great for printing a copy.

Six Sentence Sunday: After the confrontation in Never Gonna Let You Go #sixsunday

Thank you to everyone who reads and comments on my excerpts each week.

Today I bring you another six from Never Gonna Let You Go (blurb here),

which releases January 31 from Decadent Publishing.

Here is what happens after the confrontation between Calla and Melina. They've worked out their differences, and Melina is telling Calla not to cry in front of the rest of the team. Enjoy!

"That's when they'll walk all over you. We need to stick together."

Staring into her eyes, she noticed her commander's expression change. She recognized the desire, the lust. Holloway brushed her thumb across her bottom lip.

She gasped, more from wanting to take Holloway's thumb into her mouth and the tingling need in her loins than surprise at the commander's touch.

Visit http://www.sixsunday.com/ to find out who's participating in Six Sentence Sunday this week or follow the #sixsunday hashtag on twitter.

Making Book Trailers & Join me on TBR: the blog

Find out how I make my book trailers over at Selena Robins Musings. And I'm giving away an Amazon gift certificate.

Today I'm also over at TBR: the blog for an interview. Stop by and see what this new blog is all about.

My 1st post on Backward Momentum

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Starting today, I will be posting every Thursday on Backward Momentum. Come join me for my introductory post.

 

Making Book Trailers & My 1st post on Backward Momentum

Starting today, I will be posting every Thursday on Backward Momentum. Come join me for my introductory post.

[image error]And stop by Selena Robin's Musings where I go through my process of making book trailers. I'm also giving away an Amazon gift certificate.

Speculative Fiction Tour and Heroines!

Today, I'm over at The Galaxy Express as part of Decadent Publishing's Speculative Fiction tour. Giveaway!!

And join me over at author Lisa Fox's blog where I bring heroine inspiring women along.

 

Is Real Estate Sexy? Guest post by Liz Crowe

Liz Crowe and I are swapping blogs today. So while she's here, I'm over on her Brewing Passion blog. If you haven't already, please stop over and visit me.

Is Real Estate Sexy?

Depending on your perspective…sales of any kind is sexy. Anyone who can make a good living by the sheer force of their personality and creativity– i.e. "sales skills" has got something going on.

I should know.

[image error]I got my real estate license after toiling in the non profit fund raising, marketing and promotions fields for a couple of years, then after doing some free lance marketing consulting to a few architects in Ann Arbor, I got some good advice from one of them (my favorite architect—extraordinarily creative AND a big fan of the 2 martini lunch!)

"You're damn good at this (writing marketing plan, implementing same). You should do it where you can make REAL money. Go get your license."

So I joined a room full of former teachers, nurses, stay at home moms and other random souls in a week long class where I learned about debt to equity ratios, seller disclosure statements and imminent domain, took a test in Lansing and BAM I was released into the wild, ready to sell. It took me a while to get a handle on the ebb and flow of a Realtor's week (heavy on the evenings and weekends just sayin') and the whys and wherefores of the multi list system.

By the time I got it, I was pregnant with my 3rd kid and headed overseas. Flash forward eight years….back in the saddle in Ann Arbor, with the biggest brokerage in the county, and ….. 2008 happened. You remember right? All those loans given to folks whose only qualification was "have a pulse?" yeah. However, believe it or not, 2008 was a banner year for THIS Realtor….my best (six figure) yet.

I still have a real estate license but those of you who already know me can fill in the blanks after that. I got "recruited" to be a "Beer Wench" and never looked back!

My new series "THE REALTORS: LIFE IN THE HOUSE LANE" is something that rattled around in my head for a couple of years before taking shape. I'll go ahead and answer the inevitable questions now:

YES "Jack Gordon" is based on a very successful local realtor I got to know very well. Kind of…he's actually an amalgam of two guys but whatever.

YES "Sara Thornton" is based on me. "BASED" on me mind you….

These two folks are very real—with all the trappings of success but nurturing deep flaws and an emptiness that all the six figure closings in the world can't fill. Until they meet each other…

The Realtors: Life in the House Lane

Love is an easy word to use, a hard one to demonstrate, and sometimes impossible to trust.

The Realtors is a sweeping epic, encompassing over ten years in the lives of two people who know how to love with their bodies, how to please and get pleasure, to control and be controlled. When it comes to the deeper meaning of the one word they both need however, their strong personalities get in the way. While their physical connection sizzles they continue to disappoint one another emotionally.

Jack Gordon has it all–money, success, a string of women—but sustains a deep longing for something more. When he thinks he finds it with Sara Jane Thornton, his world is never the same again. Sara releases his natural Dom, a side of him he'd thought buried out of frustration and unhappiness. Sara learns a true submissive must trust implicitly, something she cannot associate with him, no matter how many times she tries, and he fails.

With a rich cast of secondary characters, including a young man who presents a near-perfect foil to Jack's intensity, and who falls hard for Sara; The Realtors series is a romantic saga with an emphasis on contemporary life and love, with a healthy dose of white-hot eroticism. Modern, busy, driven characters living lives of purpose and real-time stress, seek the ever-elusive and highly coveted combination –a friend, lover and trusted advisor who will be there for the long haul.

Floor Time (The Realtors – Book 1):

Jack Gordon is Ann Arbor's most delectable bachelor. At age thirty-five, he's made millions as a top-selling Ann Arbor real estate broker and has the right connections to close a deal by any means necessary. With his rugged good looks and compelling personality, he has a virtual black book most men would kill for and he uses it often, never settling for one woman for very long.

While his D/s past remains buried, exactly where he wants it, an undercurrent of boredom and dissatisfaction runs through his life now. A disastrous experience years earlier made him swear off the whole scene, but the more Jack suppresses his natural Dom, the more his frustration grows.

Sara Thornton, a rookie in the real estate game, has fast-tracked herself to the top of the Ann Arbor market. Her life reflects a disciplined and focused routine, exactly the way she wants it. However, as her career takes off, the fulfillment she seeks remains inexplicably out of reach. The one thing she knows for sure, she will not join the Jack Gordon groupies in her company, no matter how tempting that might seem.

A chance encounter, then a difficult transaction, throw Jack and Sara together and the sparks fly high and hot and often. Forced to confront the compulsions that gain momentum with each sizzling encounter, their relationship seems to spiral out of control until Jack finally admits what he needs, and shows Sara what she's been missing.

Releases January 30, 2012 from Tri Destiny Publishing, with an Autography pre-signing party later this week.

 Coming Soon to the Series:

 

Find Liz Crowe here:

www.lizcrowe.com

www.brewingpassion.com

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