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February 16, 2016
Made To Love Her – NOW AVAILABLE ON KOBO!
Made To Love Her (Maggie & Vince, #3) is finally on Kobo!
For those who have been waiting–here you go!
February 14, 2016
MADE TO LOVE HER – NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM
MADE TO LOVE HER
MAGGIE & VINCE, #3
Is now available on Amazon.
Click below to get it!
A NEW RELEASE ON VALENTINES DAY FOR YOU!
MADE TO LOVE HER
MAGGIE & VINCE, #3
by
Z.L. Arkadie
Available one day early on iBooks, Google Play and Barnes & Noble for Nook!
(Not yet available on Amazon & Kobo)
Made To Love Her (Maggie & Vince, #3)
The final book in the Maggie & Vince series!
eBook Price: $2.99
Finally, the story you’ve been waiting for. Will Maggie and Vince make it to the altar with their sanity still intact?
February 11, 2016
Another New Release Is Upon US!
For
MADE TO LOVE HER (VINCE & MAGGIE, #3)
This will be final book featuring Vince and Maggie as principal characters.
Here are the details!
RELEASE DATE: Monday, February 15, 2016
Mark your calendars!
It may take longer on some stores. I’ll keep you updated.
Description:
Will Maggie and Vince make it to the altar with their sanity still intact?
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Maggie and Vince have gone through some crazy times during their relationship, well now read where the road to discovery and learning to love each other leads to.
February 3, 2016
In the beginning… (while writing He’s So Good: Robert & Carter )
It always sucks.
I’m writing… He’s So Good (Robert & Carter) and if you’ve been around for a while, when I used to blog more, then you know writing the beginning of the story is the most torturous part.
I feel discombobulated. Nothing is going right in or out of the world of the story I’m telling. I feel like I’m never going to get going–I’m never going to finish. And what I’ve already written sounds okay but I’m pretty sure it’s how I want to start. I’m playing off the first paragraph of “He’s So Bad: A San Francisco Love Story.”
It starts like this: She moans, and it makes me harder.
Here’s what I feel…
I feel “He’s So Bad: A San Francisco Love Story” is the best book in the LOVE in the USA series as a whole. I loved writing all the books but there was something about “He’s So Bad” that made me feel as if I was constructing a masterpiece out of Robert Tango–a fully alive and complex human being, captured in fiction. So if you haven’t read the book, grab it. I’m thinking about promoting it soon. But first, I have to find my way out of the start of the book blues. And, in addition to “He’s So Good,” written by me, I’m writing “The Sexy Artist – Fixation” with T.R.
Sigh…..
At first I thought I needed a hug but I think I need to dig deep and find some extra tenacity.
Here’s another reason why I have to dig deep. It’s cold as heck in this house and it’s on propane. Well… propane in Southern California is upwards of $3.50 a gallon! Rip offs!!! So, we’ve been keeping the thermostat set to like 65 degrees max. I know that’s wimpy to a lot of you in other parts of the country but cut me a little slack–I grew up in the Sunshine state! LOL!
January 31, 2016
HOT NEW RELEASE!
The Sexy Professor
Redemption
by
Z.L. Arkadie & T.R. BertrandGet your copy today!
The Sexy Professor – Redemption
eBook Price: $2.99
iBooks
Google Play
Amazon
Nook
Every wide-eyed, ddd female, and of course some male, students on campus wanted a piece of Professor Derek Valentine.
His enigmatic charm and sexy face are inescapable.
But I’m a realist. Not in a million years would a man like that have any interest in me.
At least that’s what I thought. Until one day heartache would put us together and through our pain we would find our bliss.
January 28, 2016
A Look Inside January’s New Release!
Keep your eyes peeled open for The Sexy Professor – Redemption!
Mark your calendars. The release date is January 31, 2016
And here’s an excerpt:
The Sexy Professor – Redemption
Since Calypso Café is pretty far from campus, not many students hang out here, so finding a place to sit is easy. Today there’re far fewer patrons than usual. It might have something to do with the weather. The rain has started to pick up too.
The bells on the door ring when I walk in. The sound catches Gina’s attention.
“Well, look who the cat dragged in,” she says from behind the counter, grinning.
“Hi!” I sing. My heart feels genuinely warmed by the sight of her face.
Her boss, Randy, narrows his eyes at me as if it’s my fault he’s pissed at Gina. “Your break is fifteen minutes—not sixteen,” he says, shaking his finger at her.
She rolls her eyes dismissively. “Have a seat, Nom. I’ll be there in a sec.”
Gina is the only person who calls me Nom. I give her a thumbs-up and walk down the aisle to find a table. I pass the booth Elena and I used to like to sit in and opt for the booth near the far left corner of the café, close to the street entrance. We used to hate sitting on this side of the room because it’s so distracting with everyone coming in and out of the rear door, but I don’t have to worry today since most people decided to stay home and out of the thunderstorm.
Gina wears the same welcoming smile as she struts toward my table while tapping her watch. “So how long has it been since I’ve seen you? A decade?”
I snort facetiously. “More like two weeks.”
She stands over me. “You could’ve answered my calls and texts.”
I turn down the corners of my mouth. “I know—sorry. I was just in such a bad way that I didn’t want to talk to anyone. Not even the people I love who are still breathing and walking the earth.”
After a moment, she sighs and slides into the seat across from me. “You look miserable.”
I spread my hands over my face. “I’m going to drop my classes,” I say in a rush.
I peep at Gina through the spaces between my fingers to gauge her reaction.
Her back is against the seat as if she’s been blown away by what I said. “Wow, well…” She sighs. “That’s pretty gangster of you. Have you broken the news to Dick Sutters?” She’s referring to my father.
I shake my leg nervously and gnaw on my bottom lip as I stare at the wood pattern of the table. “No.”
“He’s going to blow a major gasket, being that he’s been footing the bills for your law school experience.”
“I know,” I groan.
She’s quiet, so I look up.
Gina is watching me with narrowed eyes. “Why are you quitting anyway?”
I shrug. “I’m just not into it anymore.”
“This doesn’t have anything to do with Elena, does it?”
I twist my mouth dubiously.
“It’s not your fault, Nom.”
I pick nervously at a scratch on the table. “But I’m the one who left her.”
Gina rolls her eyes. “Oh fucking goodness. I don’t mean to speak ill of the dead, but Elena was a big girl who made her own choices—good or bad. Everyone knew that but you.” Her eyes widen as she looks past me. “OMG, it’s sex on a stick.”
I frown curiously and then turn to see who she’s referring to. I gasp and quickly turn back around. “It’s Professor Valentine.”
“Exactly.”
I lean forward to whisper, “He just offered to help me get back on track.”
She looks taken aback. “What do you mean back on track?”
“He offered to tutor me, personally.” That sounded more salacious than what I meant.
Gina’s eyes and mouth expand. “Oh shit, Nom, he wants to fuck you.”
I balk. “Huh? No, he doesn’t.”
“Oh yes, he does.” Gina’s smile stretches wider, and she waves. “Hey, Professor Valentine!”
I chastise her with my eyes.
“How are you, Gina!” He sounds cheery.
“Here he comes,” she says through her painted-on smile and without moving her lips.
I put my hands over my face and slouch in my seat. What if Gina’s right?
End of Excerpt
You can now Pre-Order
The Sexy Professor – Redemption on iBooks and Google Play
Release Date: January 31, 2016
3 more days to wait!
January 4, 2016
Happy New Year and Publishing Plans for 2016!
First, and this comes very late, but I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Both days for me were FANTASTIC! 
I try to make this sort of post every year. And let me tell you, there’s some much on my mind and so much on my plate that my thoughts are jumbled. I’m still trying to figure out where to start.
I think I want to start off explaining the LOVE in the USA series. There has been one thought that has been on my mind all year. If you’re a fan of this series or was a fan of this series, then I think you’ll find this part very informing.
I don’t like reading romance. And I don’t write it either. I write about life and the various elements that occur in it, romance being one of them. The other elements are career, family and friends.
Now I’m guessing that many of you read my books because of my ability to write a tight and engaging story. I guarantee you that didn’t happen over night. It’s my style and that will never change but as I evolve and grow my stories do and will change. So if you want to get an idea of how “Made To Love Her: Maggie & Vince, 3” is going, then make sure you read “He’s So Bad: A San Francisco Love Story.” This book can be read as a standalone. I’m writing the second and final part of the book after finishing Made to Love Her, which is He’s So Good (Robert & Carter), which can be pre-ordered on iBooks. So what I’ve done is greatly decreased the graphic sex and strong language but increased the story elements and plot twists.
So basically, I’m writing at another level! And a few things happened in my life to make that so. So again, if you want to get an idea of how the LOVE in the USA series is going from here on out, then make sure you read He’s So Bad: A San Francisco Love Story. Links below:
iBooks
Google Play
Amazon
Nook
Kobo
This leads me to The Sexy Series.
The Sexy Boss – Sedition is the first book in this series, and I’m writing this series with a partner, T.R. Bertrand. There are elements in this story that are traditional romance–like the traditional/conventional HEA. Just because “Sexy” is in the title doesn’t mean that it’s all sex, sex, sex! Actually the sex is limited and we’re really focusing on a mystery that has to be solved while bringing two people together in a romantic relationship. Also, their stories are about life, and growth and the next step. These are feel good books. The LOVE in the USA books are edgier and hyper-contemporary. The Sexy Series are more traditional but also contemporary.
Okay and now to the up and coming new releases:
Sometime before 1/31/2016, The Sexy Boss – Sedition will be re-released into one stand-alone novel with a HEA. We’ve added a third part to the book, giving it an HEA that traditional romance readers will find more satisfying. But also, we added a character to this story that will be the lead of a future book, Detective Molina (he’s also in Sexy Professor- Redemption) so reading the third part of this story is a good way to get to know him before he becomes the The Sexy Detective :-).
We’ve also given The Sexy Boss – Sedition a new cover! (See right below this.) I’ll let you know when you can purchase the complete book, which will contain the third part of the story.
Sigh….
Okay.
Are you still with me?
Just checking because I’m almost done. 
December 16, 2015
LOVE in the USA Series – NO LONGER IN Kindle Unlimited.
FYI
The Love in the USA series in no longer in Kindle Unlimited.
Go to Shop Z.L. Arkadie to pick up any ebook in the series at your e-tailer of choice.
The Kindle Unlimited Work Around–LOVE in the USA Series
So… I’m sure a number of you have been searching for some of the books in the LOVE in the USA series at your e-tailer outlet of choice.
At the moment the following books are enrolled in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited (KU) Program until March 2, 2016.
LOVE in the USA Boxset (Books 1-3)
Find Her, Keep Her (A Martha’s Vineyard Love Story)
There’s Something About Her (A Manhattan Love Story)
Say You Love Her (An LA Love Story)
Know Her, Love Her (Daisy & Belmont, #1)
Still In Love With Her (Maggie & Vince, #1)
Explore Her More of Her (Daisy & Belmont, #2)
These books are ARE NOT enrolled in KU:
Made To Like Her (Maggie & Vince, #2)
He’s So Bad (A San Francisco Love Story)
During the period of enrollment the books will be sold exclusively on Amazon.com.
So how can you get the enrolled books if you really want them?
Most devices allow you to download the Kindle App. So go ahead and do that. Next, for the US, UK, CA, DE, AU, IT, FR and IN stores you can sign up for a free 30 day trial of Kindle Limited. Heck, during that time you can read the books you want in the LOVE in the USA series and many more for free!
I would so do it if I wanted to finish out a series that’s enrolled in the program.
Here’s the link:
I would love for you to continue with the series. The next release, Made To Love Her (Maggie & Vince, #3) is still scheduled for February 15, 2015. It’s the final book starring Maggie & Vince, and it’s going to be one wild ride to the altar.
I apologize for any inconvenience but at least the program offers a way to make lemons into lemonade!
Also, some of my PARCHED books are enrolled in KU. I know many people don’t like to read about vampires and such, but I’m positive that if you like the LOVE in the USA series, then you’re going to love PARCHED. It’s not your average paranormal romance ;-). This will be your opportunity to try The Seventh Sister, The Fifth Sister and Light Speed for free. Each can be read as a stand-alone.
That’s all for now!
Thanks for reading my series!
All best,
Z
