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January 30, 2018
New Release Endorsements 1-30-18
My fellow readers,
You’ve been hit hard lately.
Many of you have had illness either the flu, or a family member has been sick. My fellow readers, I understand how this has significantly hindered your reading time.
Don’t you deserve a reward for putting up with snotty tissues and coughing?
Today is one of those release days where so many of our favorite authors are releasing. So today, I say reward yourself, my fellow readers, and get to #oneclicking
Help get over the sickness and #makereadinggreatagain
The Upside of Being Single by Emma Hart (Romantic Comedy with Mardi Gras flashing, an embarassed new employee, and lots of NOLA lovin) http://amzn.to/2FvFT5N
Hostage by Skye Warren and Annika Martin (Thriller standalone. He’s obsessed with her, and she can’t help but be drawn to the man taking her hostage) http://amzn.to/2DZ21Zi
Moonlight Sins by Jennifer L. Armentrout (A new romantic thriller series from best-selling author Armentrout, andddd you can get the kindle or paperback plus audio for $10!) http://amzn.to/2EmOGru
Fortune’s Kiss by Anne Connely (Serious blurb jolt on this one! A fortune teller told her she’d meet a man this day, he’s been dreaming of a girl, one he has tattooed on his chest) http://amzn.to/2FuJAZs
Escape by Jay Crownover (If you’ve met her tattooed hotties, wait until you meet her cowboys. Whew!) http://amzn.to/2DKYGda
Well Played by JS Scott and Ruth Cardello (Brother’s best friend! YES #oneclick I’ve been looking for one of these) http://amzn.to/2DNEhUC
The Look of Love by Chris Kensington (Newly republished as a sweet and clean romance) http://amzn.to/2DOsoOn
Her Passionate Hero by Caitlyn O’Leary (A SEAL and a school principal) http://amzn.to/2DI5E2n
That Sexy Stranger by Nadia Lee (She’s trying to seduce someone else, goes into the wrong room and the sexy stranger thinks she’s a prostitute! But when she puts him in his place he can’t seem to stop thinking about her. A blurb that made me LOL and I need it.) http://amzn.to/2BF9TtF
Taming Him by Kennedy Fox (A new series from the queens of Instagram featuring sexy cowboys) http://amzn.to/2DMOh0u
Chord by Chelsea M. Cameron (Female/Female true NA set in college and part of a series of standalones) http://amzn.to/2rSVnPu
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January 29, 2018
Straight Up Irish First Chapter Reveal AND GIVEAWAY
The moment you’ve all been waiting for.
Who is ready to get your first glimpse at sexy Playboy Connor Murphy?
I need a wife if I want to help save my family’s billion-dollar pub empire. There’s just one problem: I never plan on marrying. So, I need someone who understands that this is just another business deal. I don’t do commitments. And my brother’s executive assistant, Fallon Smith, fits that bill.
Fallon needs help with her grandmother’s expenses, and her pretending to be my fake wife is a way we can make that happen. She’s not my biggest fan, but we can help each other and then go our separate ways. That she’s beautiful and I enjoy spending time with her–doesn’t matter. When all of this is done, she’s heading home to America, and I’ve got a company to run.
A fake wedding and a whole lot of whiskey. What could go wrong?
You can add this book to your GoodReads (and someone may be going through and messaging people to get a swag pack who add this book!)
Or Pre-Order!
Barnes & Noble (Coming soon)
Google Play (Coming soon)
And if you happenread the first chapter, you may want to pay attention to the very end for a special, awesome, one of kind giveaway. Let the luck of the Irish be with you!
Chapter One
Connor
The harsh morning light streamed in through the windows as if it were a switch that made the pounding in my head even worse.
The Irish sun I swore was worse than the American one, and so was the alcohol. Nothing in the world compared to Irish whiskey and it had been a while since I’d been back to my hometown of Dublin.
.My phone vibrated against the nightstand and stared at the screen until my eyes adjusted to the light I saw not only the time but that Jack’s assistant was calling me.
“Shit,” I muttered, unlocking my phone and sliding it to my ear.
“Fallon, Mo Gra, tell me your calling with some good news.”I jumped up, searching for something to cover my naked arse and found my clothes from the night before strewn across a hardwood floor.
“Using cutesy Irish pet names for me has never worked in your favor, and it especially isn’t when your brothers are wondering where you are.” Her American accent flowed through the speakers with the clicking of a keyboard loud and clear in the background.
“What’s the fun in that? C’mon, now. We’ve been emailing and having this lovely phone calls for months now. We’re practically best mates,” I said, grabbing my boxers.
“Is everything okay, Connor?” A soft voice with a thicker accent than mine murmured.
I whirled around, covering up my junk and my lucky shamrock tattoos that graced each hip bone. On the bed was a pale redhead with a devious smirk and hair more messed up than a 1980s American metal band. I’d say I shagged that one pretty good, wish I remembered it. Been a while since I’d gotten that knackered and wound up in the bed of a hometown girl.
“Is there someone in the background? Are you seriously hooking up when you have a meeting in ten minutes?”
The girl on the bed’s eyes widened, Fallon’s words booming through the phone.
“Yeah. I thought I set the alarm on my phone and would be on time. But the alarm didn’t go off and now I can’t find my pants. Think I can just walk in wearing my boxers?” My blue eyes searched the floor until I found my crumpled jeans.
“Yeah, it went off twice, and you mumbled for me to snooze it. Is that your wife on the phone? Should I be worried? ” the bed girl said in a scratchy voice, raising her eyebrows.
I shook my head as much as I could and slid on my pants.
If I didn’t get my shit together, the meeting was going to start without me. Why did I need to drink that much last night? While my brothers went home early, I just had to see what I was missing in Dublin by studying and working in America. Better than facing the fact why I was back in the country, I guess.
Funerals are as good of an excuse as any to get knackered.
“It’s my brother’s assistant. Fallon, wanna say hello to this girl who is asking if you’re my wife?” I asked with a smile that caused the girl on the bed’s eyebrows to raise even higher on her head.
Fallon groaned. “Why do I even bother calling you? This feels like Deja Vu from when you almost missed your flight out of Boston.”
“Ah, but that one didn’t involve a girl. Just whiskey. And I made that flight, thank you very much.” I held the phone between my ear and shoulder, sliding on my shirt.
“Only because I saved you with pre-boarding.”
“ Maybe when you’re done with work; you can come back. Or we can meet up tonight,” girl on the bed murmured.I combed my fingers through my hair, hoping it didn’t look as bad as hers did.
“Did she seriously ask you to come back? While you’re on the phone with me even?” Fallon’s laughter carried through the phone.
“Not now, Erin,” I said, brushing her hand off my shoulder while I tried to shimmy on my socks, not looking to see the girl’s reaction. If I hurried, I could still make the meeting on time and maybe even find a breath mint or two on someone’s desk on the way there.
“Don’t worry; I’m on my way, so you don’t need to get jealous. You’re the only girl who can bother me at all hours of the night.” I stood up and stepped into my shoes.
“Erin?” the bed girl asked with a huff.
I turned and looked at her steely glare and arms crossed over her bare chest.
“Not Erin?”
“Not even close,” she growled.
Fallon’s laugh carried through the speaker. “Oh, this is classic.”
I frowned even though Fallon couldn’t see it.
“Well, sorry Not Erin, but thanks for the sex I can’t remember. Hope it was better than mediocre for you,” I said with my hand on the door.
Never said I wasn’t an arsehole.
This caused a gasp from both Fallon and the bed girl. I quickly ran out the door, closing it before the thud of something hard hit the wall behind me. Could have been worse, I could have been cold-clocked by a shoe.
“Did you make it out of there alive after that comment?” Fallon asked.
When I stepped outside, I looked around, realizing I was only a few blocks from the office and the pubs I probably stumbled to this girl’s place from. “Ah, and the luck of the Irish is on my side, Mo Gra because I’m not far from the office.”
This wasn’t the first time I’d run to the office after a less than savory encounter with a bird. It’s how my life had been since I started Uni in America and then graduated three years ago.
“You do know this is a will reading, right? Not just you and Jack in a phone conference talking numbers?” she questioned.
“I’m very aware of what this meeting is for,” I grumbled.
I still had at least a few minutes before I was considered past fashionably late and onto acting the maggot. Running down the brick-paved streets of my childhood, I dodged the flower sellers and the older gentlemen who liked to walk for no reason at all.I wanted to come back to Ireland on better terms and not for my Da’s funeral.
Lung disease was one of the top killers in Dublin, and it hit him hard and fast. I didn’t know how bad it was until Fallon called and told me Da was in the hospital. She booked me a flight back home for the next day, but he was already gone before I even crossed the Atlantic.
“Sorry. That came out wrong.” Voices echoed in the background, and I wondered where she was in the building.
I’d seen the girl’s work photo icon in emails and breezed past her desk a few times, but never really saw her. Funny that she was someone I’d talked to almost as much as my brothers these past six months and I hadn’t formally met her.
“Where are you right now? Are you waiting for me outside the meeting room door? Hoping since Not Erin didn’t get a round two that maybe we can officially meet and hit it off?” I joked and breezed through the wrought iron gates of the Murphy Family Pub headquarters, past the secretary and front lobby, covered in photos of generations of Murphy’s who had run the company.
My family owned a distillery for years and used to brew the whiskey in downtown Dublin. The brand expanded, and my father went into the pub franchise business. Now we had hundreds of pubs all over the world, and the original distillery was currently used for a museum and pub on the first floor with corporate offices on the second.
Mam passed away soon after my youngest brother, Sean, was born. Da raised us all while building his empire and now with his sudden passing, my brothers Jack, Sean, and I were set to inherit the company. This meeting was just a formality to settle the estate, giving us our shares in the business. I figured Jack would take Da’s position as CEO with me as CFO and Sean as president or something if he wanted it.
“Your flirting isn’t cute, Mr. Murphy.”
I stopped at a mirror in one of the hallways, noticing my hair stuck up every which way and I tried to lay it down flat with one hand, holding my phone with the other. “What’s this Mr. Murphy nonsense? We’re practically family, Fal.”
She huffed. “Are you almost here? I’m almost to the conference room, and I don’t want to have to tell your brother you’re still not available.”. I started jogging, and just as I turned the corner, instead of breezing into the conference room, I ran chest first into a petite blonde who was holding a tray of coffees that had now spilled all down the front of her dress.
“Aw, I’m sorry ma’am. I didn’t mean to do a number on ya,” I said, staring at her wide blue eyes, circled by red framed glasses. She looked between me and her dress.
I expected to hear a laugh or some quip from Fallon on my phone, but instead I listened to my voice echoing through the pink dressed girl’s phone.
Recognition dawned on me as my eyes roamed over her from the top of her blonde ponytail down the soaked through dress and cardigan, showing off the curvy frame she hid under the nerdy little ensemble. Her photos and glances at her did not do her justice. She was beautiful in a natural way which made her not need the fancy clothes or too much makeup.
“Fallon. We finally get to meet. I feel like I should hug you. Or maybe undress you. You know get you out of that pink number and into something not stained.” I stepped closer, putting my arms out. I may have said the words jokingly, but the thought of her dropping the dress and taking her against the paneled wall was on the forefront of my mind.
“Are you serious right now? You need to go. You’re going to be late,” she hissed
I glanced at my watch again. Shit, the meeting probably already started. I didn’t have time to sweet talk or other things. Pulling out my wallet from my back pocket, I grabbed a few notes. “Let me at least buy you a new dress and replace the coffees.”
“What? No. Just go. I’ll take care of this.” She narrowed her eyes and slightly shook her head.
“Are you sure?” I raised my eyebrows, still holding the money toward her.
The clock near the conference room chimed, alerting me it was at the top of the hour.
“We can chat more about this later,” I said, putting my money back in my wallet. “Nice officially meeting you, Pinky. Let’s do this again real soon, ” I said with a grin, patting her shoulder before I scooted toward the conference room and shut the door behind me.
Three sets of eyes looked up from the conference table they sat around.
My brothers were in crisp blue suits with their light brown hair perfectly gelled, making me look even more like a fool than I felt with my wrinkled clothes which smelled like sex and whiskey.This wasn’t the way to honor, Da, but at least I was there and I was going to be there for his company, no matter what it took.
“Mornin’,” I said, taking my seat across from the estate solicitor, Thomas O’Malley, who looked like a real-life leprechaun with his short stature, bright red beard, and reading glasses perched on his nose.
“Glad you could grace us with your presence, Connor,” Thomas said, shuffling the papers in his hands.
“Happy to have made it,” I said, folding my hands on the table and smiling, even though my brothers audibly groaned next to me. If there was one thing I learned from Da, it was that you never showed weakness.
“Okay, let’s get started with the reading,” Thomas said, clearing his throat.
Then flipped to a new sheet. “Whereupon my death, my three sons, Jack, Connor, and Sean will each inherit their equal share of thirty-three and a half-percent of the family franchise upon the day all three of their marriage certificates are certified by a priest and again by my solicitor Thomas O’Malley, six months after the day of their nuptials. If all three of them are not married within a year of my death, none will be able to get controlling interests, and the board may offer each son’s ownership stake to the highest bidder.”
Every hair on the back of my neck stood on end. Marriage? Thre three of us? Within a year? All of that to get the company? That couldn’t be right. Da never said anything about that. Sure, he was a loyal family man, who never married or even dated after Mam died, but I didn’t think he would do something like this.Especially when the board was a bunch of crotchety old men who smoked too many cigars and were probably half the reason Da got sick in the first place.
My oldest brother Jack leaned forward in his seat. “Thomas. I could be wrong here, but is this stating that each of us has to be married and not just married, but married for six months? And this all has to happen within the year? That can’t be right. Da never even re-married or had a serious girlfriend. He used to say the pub was his only wife after Mam.”
Thomas sighed, pushing his glasses up. “You young men have done a fine job in your positions in the company, but your father also knew you were still sowing your wild oats. He wanted to make sure you settled down a bit, so the company didn’t suffer. This was his way of seeing to that.”
There has to be a clause that can get us out of this, right? I don’t even have a girlfriend, let alone a girl I’d want to marry by the end of the year.” Sean said.
I wanted to ask Sean what he even had to do with this company since he hadn’t taken an interest in anything but rugby. I know Jack had brought up more than once about eventually buying out his portion and now with us all having to be married, or none of us got the company, which put a damper on that one. Before I could ask any more questions, Thomas cleared his throat.
“Boys, I’d like to say there’s another option, but that’s what it states in the will,” he said, standing up and placing the papers in his briefcase. “You can try and get your own solicitors or a judge to dispute this, but I’ve been doing this for longer than you’ve been alive. Once this will is set and notarized, it’s legally binding.”
“Does the board know about this?” Jack asked.
Thomas nodded solemnly. “Ah, they’re aware of the clause, not all of the details, but some have already made comments about a buyout for a third of the company.”
I clenched my fists without even thinking, my gut twisting at the thought of someone else taking over the business.The one Da had built from the ground up, but Jack and I had worked to keep it a well-oiled machine on both sides of the pond. A bunch of old men with one foot in the grave would just run the franchise into the ground along with all our hard work.
Da put a lot of hard work into the enterprise. What he built. What he wanted our family to have. That wasn’t just going to disappear because of some marriage clause, I couldn’t let it.
“Can’t we just find some girl, see if she wants to get married for a few months, then divorce with a nice little settlement? Isn’t that what they do on those American reality shows for publicity?” Sean asked, staring between all of us.
Thomas shrugged. “I guess there’s nothing in the will that says you can’t, but how do you think the board would take that? Moreover, your Da would probably roll in his grave if he heard you married a girl just to get the company. Your mother was the love of his life and the reason he was able to make this company what it is today. He just wants the same thing for you boys. Not some random fling.”
“I’m sure there are worse things we could do,” Sean muttered, buttoning and unbuttoning his suit jacket.
“If we have nothing else to discuss, then I best be heading back to the office. You’ll call if you need anything and let me know as soon as I get to meet the future Murphy girls,” Thomas said with a tight-lipped smile.
We walked him toward the door, but none of us left the room.
Jack was the first to speak as soon as Thomas rounded the corner and was out of sight. “What the hell are we going to do?”
Sean shook his head. “I don’t know. This wasn’t at all what I was expecting. Hell, I guess I’d better get on a dating app or something.”
“This isn’t a joke,” Jack growled.
I put my hand on his shoulder, trying to calm the beast a little, but his nostril’s flared. “Calm down, Jack. We’ll figure this out. We always do.”
His dark blue eyes didn’t move from the empty hallway. “This isn’t about deciding where to put a new pub in America or marketing expenditures. This is marriage. This is our company. Our future.”
I nodded solemnly. We all knew what was at stake here and the only way to solve our problems was with a wedding. Something I never even thought I would be thinking about. Now I had no choice. I was going to be a married man by the end of the year, and so were my brothers, no matter what it took.
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January 25, 2018
Countdown to the release of STRAIGHT UP IRISH!
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January 10, 2018
Weight Watchers Wednesday: Explained
Instead of my usual post, I’m doing something a bit different and put together a video about Weight Watchers and getting started (complete with showing the app).
You can click here to watch it.
Warning it is about 11 minutes long but it is safe for work! No swearing!
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January 3, 2018
Weight Watchers Wednesday – The quick and the dirty
Since I’ve been pretty vocal about my weight loss with Weight Watchers lately (thirty-seven pounds down as of 12-31-17!) I thought I should get better about posting my Weight Watchers Wednesday.
I’ve posted on some non-scale victories and how I got started.
I thought about posting more recipes or some things about freestyle.
Then I thought “Let’s post about what we really care about…how to do this the easy way.”
The quick and the dirty
You know how with every healthy lifestyle there is always the “try a healthy alternative” option?
Well, yanno, sometimes I just want the real thing instead of taking an hour to make a gluten free, cheese free, vegan pepperoni pizza. And you know what?
I CAN.
Here are some of my quick and dirty little secrets for things like fast food, drinking and PIZZA
So, here’s the situation. You can make your own pizza using Ole wraps (one point each), or you could order a pizza or go to CiCi’s or Chuckie Cheese if you’ve had a long week and you just want to load your kids up on pizza and games.
A piece of one-topping pizza (regular or thin crust) is anywhere from 6-9 points a slice. But who stops at just one?
Well…actually…I do.
My secret?
Believe it or not, everytime we either order a delivery pizza or go out, I make sure to load up on salad first.
Yes, I know, salad, gross. But if you load a salad with chicken or shrimp, eggs, vegetables, and even beans, before dressing it’s zero points! And I dont know about you but a salad with shrimp and eggs sounds amazing.
Not all places do have salads, but I know for sure if you go to Cici’s or Chuckie Cheese they do have a great salad bar.
And with a little internet search I found that Dominoes has salad you can order with your pizza delivery and so does Marcos
Now what about fast food?
I have two young kids and sometimes when we’re out all day or I’m on a deadline, I’m asking my hubs to just pick us all up Mcdonalds or Sonic.
I have ordered salads from these places, but as a good friend once told me “Ordering a salad from Mcdonalds is like giving a huge to a hooker.”
And seriously, I can’t drive or run around while eating a big salad. So I have to come up with other options.
When I go to Sonic, I usually end up ordering a kids meal.
The breakdown on that is: 2 piece chicken strips – 6 points, tots – 6 points, and a Diet Cherry limeade for 0.
So 12 points is a lot, especially now that I only get 23 points a day. But it’s better than a 26 point cheeseburger with large tots for 19.
Now for McDonalds
The bane of all Mom’s existence.
But you know what? Sometimes a mama has to take her kids to this place and let them run around the play area so they can get work done or just sit and not have them yell “MOM” every two seconds.
McDonalds is a little bit harder, but there are things you can get just for sitting there, like a zero point Diet Coke or a 4 point medium non-fat latte.
If you want to actually eat, the southwest salad with dressing and chicken is 6 points (but again…salad).
If I want breakfast (which they serve all day) I can get an egg mcmuffin or egg whtie delite for 7 points.
Or like a good adult, I go for the happy meal. 4 piece nuggets are five points. Fries are 4 points. So 8 for a kids meal and you’ll get a toy!
Those may not be the answers you were looking for…
But sometimes we have to make sacrifices for our health and when you really look at the points of some of these places and food, I dont know about you but I get sick just looking at a 48 point value on a Sonic shake (literally that’s two days worth of food for a dessert!)
Any other questions? What are your “quick and dirty food tricks?”
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January 2, 2018
New Release Endorsements- 1/2/18
My Fellow Readers,
Today is the first new release day of 2018. With a time of new beginnings, I decided to change up the look and feel of new release endorsements.
As a fellow reader, I want to make sure you get the best experience possible. Please let me know if you’d like me to continue this format or go back to the original.
Together in 2018 let’s keep #makereadinggreatagain and as always #FEELTHEVERN
★Roni Loren – The Ones Who Got Away
Running on the platform of ugly cries, romance, and all the feels.
Available now with mass market only 30 cents more than ebook http://amzn.to/2EDyp0Y
★Anna Todd – The Spring Girls
Running on the platform of sassy heroines, fun re-tellings of classics, and hangover inducing.
Available now for ebook and paperback http://amzn.to/2CFuQHe
★Sawyer Bennett – Wicked Choice
Running on the platform of sexy scenes, suspense, and surprise pregnancies.
Available now for ebook and paperback http://amzn.to/2EBObtk
★Monica Murphy – Pretty Dead Girls
Running on the platform of mystery, young adult reads, and psych thriller.
Available now for ebook and hardcover http://amzn.to/2ECKxQb
★Carrie Ann Ryan – Whiskey Secrets
Running on the platform of romance, girl on the run, and suspense.
Available now for ebook and paperback http://amzn.to/2CcSXvE
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December 28, 2017
2017- A year in review
2017
One of the hardest and craziest years of my life, personally and professionally.
And it all started on New Years Eve when my family lost our dog of nine years, Snogs, who died in my husband’s arms.
I didn’t write for a while after that happened and honestly wasn’t sure what to do. I had a book coming out in February and it was the last one I worked on while she was alive.
And that was just the very first day of 2017…
January
January brought Izzy into my life. The Belgian shepherd husky mix made me smile again but she was also a boat load of work while I was trying to get some books out!
February
Somehow, with a new puppy, I was able to get a new book out. A standalone in the Friendship, Texas series, Sofie and Johnny’s story went live and went wayyyyyy better than I expected. (Goats are funny y’all).
March
So in March I was actually working on a few projects. Unmasked was on sub to different publishers, I had The One That Got Away coming out, annnnnd I had the idea for Straight Up Irish, which was pitched to Entangled. I had to sit FOREVER on that announcement of my first three book traditional deal. But then came April and more craziness.
April
Oh, April. This was the month of a lot of things.
Professionally, I had my first announcement in Publisher’s weekly announcing my three book deal for the Murphy brothers.
In the midst of that announcement, USA Today revealed the covers for the rest of the books in the Friendship, Texas series.
Then I released The One That Got Away, with the now infamous cover. The story about that is on my YouTube channel
Personally, April was also a hard time for me personally. Blog post here about my health problems and how basically I had to lose weight or go on medication and hope not to have a heart attack before I was forty.
June
I was asked to be a part of Kendall Ryan’s Kindle World. Since I couldn’t get out all of the Friendship, Texas books with publisher commitments, I decided to write a little spinoff to Friendship, Texas titled “FAMED“.
August
Somehow in the middle of edits for Straight Up Irish (formerly titled Connor), I managed to also write and release another book in Susan Stoker’s Kindle World that’s a spinoff of the popular alien series, Protecting Earth.
November
I attended my second year at Traveling Bookshelf and managed to release Unmasked, that book that was on sub earlier in the year but ended up being published by meeee. With my hottest cover to date I’m told.
What will 2018 bring?
Well, Straight Up Irish will be out in February, followed by Irish on The Rock in September. In between that I do have some Friendship, Texas books planned and a few signings.
If you want to keep up with me, keep following this blog and definitely sign up for my newsletter to get alerts when these new releases come out!
Oh and heyyyy just for reading all of this, how about a giveaway for one of the paperbacks I released this year? Sounds good? Enter below!
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December 19, 2017
New Release Endorsements 12-19-17
My fellow readers,
Today, as we all get lost in the holiday season, I want to remind you all that as readers we also need to take care of ourselves.
Some of us have family coming in, some of us have long road trips to visit family. Whatever you need for an escape, a book is the best way to jump into a fictional world without having to spend the money you just had to dump on an extra gift since Aunt Mildred is coming in from Kansas and she sent your family Chili’s gift cards.
So today, my fellow readers, check out these new releases. They can serve as your own escape, or if you have Amazon prime, you can always pick up a few of these in paperback for last minute gifts (Aunt Mildred would love a Meghan March book set, don’t you think?)
Sinful Empire by Meghan March. (The finale in the anti-hero series and the audiobook is also out for that road trip!) http://amzn.to/2AYk7WC
Cowboy Up by Harper Sloan. (Third in Sloan’s series about hot cowboys in Texas. The massmarket paperback and audio CD are also available!) http://amzn.to/2yZyOXS
Team Player by Rochelle Page, Sara Ney, et al. (An anthology of sports romances and it’s #FREE in #KindleUnlimited!) http://amzn.to/2B04JJm
Brave by Tammara Webber. (One of my favorite authors of all time! He’s using her to get her father’s company and she’s using him for a distraction. O.o) http://amzn.to/2D7Nebt
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December 3, 2017
State of the Reader address 2017
My Fellow Readers,
Today, December 6th, 2017, marks six years since I first published.
In that time I’ve watched authors being told that New Adult wasn’t a thing and then have New Adult authors make NYT bestseller lists by self-publishing. I’ve watched authors become overnight successes and some who have gone from their highest highs to lowest lows.
My fellow readers, I’ve seen it all. From the blacklist to the rise of Indies and the fall of so many things that affected authors, readers, and everyone in between.
In these six years, I’ve published thirty-seven stories. Everything from a trilogy about an awkward teen girl that falls in love with an alien to a snowboarder making a bet to win a figure skater during the winter Olympics.
There have been ups like watching The Only Exception hit top 100 in multiple countries, signing with an agent, and getting my first publishing deal.
There have been lows like the failed Fight For You, a former co-author trying to tarnish my name only to ruin herself by stealing money with a fake event, and a lot of crazy emotional moments that happened.
But through it all, a lot of you have stuck by me. Have continued reading my stories and helped to #makereadinggreatagain
To celebrate this occasion, I’ve put together four full-length novels and two novellas, all in one book.
These are all first in series stories that would normally cost over $10 all together.
(First in series but most do not have cliffies and can be read as standalones if you wanted to)
Not only all of that but for a limited time you can buy this set for only #99cents before it goes off the market forever next month!
So get your copy and fall in love with a series all over again or read it for the first time.
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2jGQguz
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1311252288
Barnes & Noble: https://goo.gl/vxUvYC
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/for-the-first-time-15
And, do not fear! Since this is also a super Tuesday, I’m sharing my new release endorsements. For The First Time is in great company for this, December 5th, 2017, release.
*No Reservations by Kristen Proby (A 1001 Dark Nights novella. A standalone with two people who say they don’t want strings attached…but…) http://amzn.to/2Aobg32
*The Right Direction by Kathy Coopmans (First in a new series of standalones with a sexy rock band) http://amzn.to/2BGmxK7
*Eternity by Erin Noelle (Completion of the Expire duet and it’s #FREE in #KindleUnlimited) http://amzn.to/2BFYtHt
*Fear The Wicked by Lily White (I’ll be honest, I can’t tell what it’s about but the blurb is hot) http://amzn.to/2ibUNoh
*Love, Snow, & Miseltoe anthology by Hilaria Alexander, Alexandria Bishop, et al (Christmas anthology that’s #FREE in #KindleUnlimited) http://amzn.to/2nrrBPs
*10 things I love about you by Micalea Smeltzer, Carey Heywood, Michelle G Miller, Skye Warren, Mary Ting, et al (A 90’s anthology! And proceeds go to the national kidney foundation) http://amzn.to/2jcD8O6
*Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate (Second chance romance that’s only #99cents or #FREE in #KindleUnlimited) http://amzn.to/2ide6xq
*On The Line by Jen MclaLaughlin (Haters to lovers in a popular series of standalones) http://amzn.to/2nrmPBO
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November 24, 2017
Best online Black Friday Deals for 2017
Hey y’all!
With the holidays now hot on our tails, I thought it was time I upped my sharing game of deals and steals I find on products.
Today may be Black Friday, but why fight the crowds when you can get most of these deals online?
Toys & Games
Barbie Glam Getaway house. Normally $40 and today $25 (Almost 40 percent off) http://amzn.to/2A6bDgp
Barbie gymnastics doll and coach. Normally $20 and today $10 (50 percent off) http://amzn.to/2A2Nr0u
Fisher Price Learn and Laugh Food Truck. Normally $70 and today $38.50 (Almost 50 percent off) http://amzn.to/2hQQ0bM
Apples to Apples Party Box. Normally $20 and today $8.83. (Almost 60 percent off) http://amzn.to/2BgM90d
Melissa and Doug schooltime play set. Normally $25 and today $12. (50 percent off) http://amzn.to/2ziVaEo
Household
Ecovac robotic vacuum. Normally $300 and today $150 (50 percent off) http://amzn.to/2zkSPZE
Amazon Fire Tablet. Normally $50 and today $30 (40 percent off) http://amzn.to/2hRtU9f
10 foot, battery operated rope lights. Normally $33 and today $5.29 (84 percent off) http://amzn.to/2hP22SM
Brother label maker Normally $40 and today $10 (75 percent off) http://amzn.to/2hQJkug
22 foot solar Christmas lights. Normally $20 and today $5 (75 percent off) http://amzn.to/2iLkzQY
Books
33 percent off all Chelle Bliss books and merchandise (signed too!)
25 percent off all signed paperbacks from SL Scott
Signed books sale from CC Wood (Limited time for the holidays)
Signed book packages from Magan Vernon (That’s me!) With over 50 percent savings!
And big savings on signed books from Magan Vernon with over 70 percent savings on novellas!
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