Johnny Ray's Blog, page 47
December 17, 2012
HERE IS A COMPLETE LIST OF MY WORK ON AMAZON
HERE IS A COMPLETE LIST OF MY WORK ON AMAZON
December 16, 2012
ANNOUNCEMENTTHIS IS THE COVER TO MY NEXT NOVELTELL ME WHA...
ANNOUNCEMENTTHIS IS THE COVER TO MY NEXT NOVELTELL ME WHAT YOU THINKIT SHOULD EB RELEASED SHORTLY
December 13, 2012
THE SALSA CONNECTION FREE DAY ON AMAZON STORY BACKGR...
THE SALSA CONNECTION
FREE DAY ON AMAZON
STORY BACKGROUND I loved writing this story since I love to dance salsa, and telling the background to such a fantastic dance. When you never give up hope
love will find a way
Where ever you have to go
love will lead you
And all you have to do
is simply--DANCE!
THE SALSA CONNECTION--AN INTERNATIONAL ROMANTIC THRILLER is a 93,000 word romantic thriller that has already won the Royal Palm Literary Award for best thriller. The story moves from the salsa clubs of St. Petersburg, Russia to New York to Louisiana and, finally, to Italy. The red-hot thread of the dance runs through a novel that explores the Russian mob, slavery and prostitution rings, and the art world, as well as love, loss, revenge and the strength of family ties.
When Nickolay Panov left St Petersburg, Russia to go to New York City for an international ballet competition 25 years ago, he was considered one of the best ballet dancers in Russia. The Americans say he was murdered. The Russians say he defected. In any case, he never returned. Just before Nickolay disappeared, several priceless paintings and icons from a major museum were stolen. While he was accused of the theft, no solid proof has ever been offered to tie him to it. However, evidence shows that the stolen goods were shipped to America. The CIA and the Russian Government are still pursuing all leads connected to the heist, and so is the Russian mafia.
Sveta was three years old when her father disappeared, so it’s a shock when, in the mail, she receives an invitation to a salsa dance competition in New York. At the bottom of the invitation is a note: “Please come to the competition and enter, my little lady.” No one but her father has ever called her that. Why has her father surfaced after all these years? Sveta wants answers, even if it means entering the late-night, sultry world of salsa dancing in St Petersburg and New York City and coming into uncomfortably close contact with the Russian mob.
STORY BACKGROUND I loved writing this story since I love to dance salsa, and telling the background to such a fantastic dance. When you never give up hopelove will find a way
Where ever you have to go
love will lead you
And all you have to do
is simply--DANCE!
THE SALSA CONNECTION--AN INTERNATIONAL ROMANTIC THRILLER is a 93,000 word romantic thriller that has already won the Royal Palm Literary Award for best thriller. The story moves from the salsa clubs of St. Petersburg, Russia to New York to Louisiana and, finally, to Italy. The red-hot thread of the dance runs through a novel that explores the Russian mob, slavery and prostitution rings, and the art world, as well as love, loss, revenge and the strength of family ties.
When Nickolay Panov left St Petersburg, Russia to go to New York City for an international ballet competition 25 years ago, he was considered one of the best ballet dancers in Russia. The Americans say he was murdered. The Russians say he defected. In any case, he never returned. Just before Nickolay disappeared, several priceless paintings and icons from a major museum were stolen. While he was accused of the theft, no solid proof has ever been offered to tie him to it. However, evidence shows that the stolen goods were shipped to America. The CIA and the Russian Government are still pursuing all leads connected to the heist, and so is the Russian mafia.
Sveta was three years old when her father disappeared, so it’s a shock when, in the mail, she receives an invitation to a salsa dance competition in New York. At the bottom of the invitation is a note: “Please come to the competition and enter, my little lady.” No one but her father has ever called her that. Why has her father surfaced after all these years? Sveta wants answers, even if it means entering the late-night, sultry world of salsa dancing in St Petersburg and New York City and coming into uncomfortably close contact with the Russian mob.
November 25, 2012
Do you know the four steps to love? Have you ever th...
Do you know the four steps to love? Have you ever thought you lived a life before, with your one and only true love?
Are you prepared to advance to the next level with your love, or miss the chance forever?
Want answers? THE JOURNEY TO WHITESTONE
Are you prepared to advance to the next level with your love, or miss the chance forever?
Want answers? THE JOURNEY TO WHITESTONE
November 24, 2012
BLACK FRIDAY TO CYBER MONDAY SPECIALTO GET IN THE SPIRIT ...
BLACK FRIDAY TO CYBER MONDAY SPECIALTO GET IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS OCCASION, MY NOVEL
HER HONOR'S BODYGUARD
IS FREE ON KINDLE
Do first loves ever really die? While reunions can take many forms, there is always one question that has to be answered sooner or later—what happened?
Vance had always been extremely proud of Noella, and just because his life had been ruined, he saw no reason why she had to have the same faith. When his dad died, leaving him and his mother penniless, he dropped out of law school and ended his relationship with Noella, but in doing so, he stopped a scandal that could have ruined her family. These secrets he would never let her know. Ironically, years later, he would have never guessed she would be instrumental in ruining his career with the Tampa police force.
After Noella finished law school and started pursuing her goal of working up the ranks in judgeships, she never considered inviting another guy into her life. As such, when someone attempts to threaten her into vacating her seat on the bench, and by force if necessary, she knows of no one else she really trust as much as Vance, who now has a successful bodyguard and private detective business.
She knows that Vance might hate her for her part in having him dismissed from the police force, but what he will never know is that she actually saved him from going to prison. Additionally, she now thinks he was framed, and perhaps by the same people who are threatening her. She had to talk him into taking her on as a client . . . but would he agree to her request?
As the number of attacks on her life increases, Vance soon has no choice but to offer her his protection, and in spite of everything, when they see each other again their old attraction for each other returns. She wants the truth. He wants the truth. However, making the ultimate sacrifice is not always easy to understand, whether given or received. Ultimately . . . could they now trust each other with these secrets? While their lives depend on discovering the truth to their past, these truths are locked in deep secrets that could also destroy them.
Do first loves ever really die? While reunions can take many forms, there is always one question that has to be answered sooner or later—what happened?
Vance had always been extremely proud of Noella, and just because his life had been ruined, he saw no reason why she had to have the same faith. When his dad died, leaving him and his mother penniless, he dropped out of law school and ended his relationship with Noella, but in doing so, he stopped a scandal that could have ruined her family. These secrets he would never let her know. Ironically, years later, he would have never guessed she would be instrumental in ruining his career with the Tampa police force.
After Noella finished law school and started pursuing her goal of working up the ranks in judgeships, she never considered inviting another guy into her life. As such, when someone attempts to threaten her into vacating her seat on the bench, and by force if necessary, she knows of no one else she really trust as much as Vance, who now has a successful bodyguard and private detective business.
She knows that Vance might hate her for her part in having him dismissed from the police force, but what he will never know is that she actually saved him from going to prison. Additionally, she now thinks he was framed, and perhaps by the same people who are threatening her. She had to talk him into taking her on as a client . . . but would he agree to her request?
As the number of attacks on her life increases, Vance soon has no choice but to offer her his protection, and in spite of everything, when they see each other again their old attraction for each other returns. She wants the truth. He wants the truth. However, making the ultimate sacrifice is not always easy to understand, whether given or received. Ultimately . . . could they now trust each other with these secrets? While their lives depend on discovering the truth to their past, these truths are locked in deep secrets that could also destroy them.
November 16, 2012
Promotional timeI will be signing book covers tomorrow at...
Promotional timeI will be signing book covers tomorrow at 1pm at the Miami book fair. Anyone that would love to do a live interview with me there is more than welcome to. I am also giving away for free my novel MODELS AND LOVERS on kindle. I hope you take advantage of this. www.amazon.com/MODELS-LOVERS-MODERN-R... Additionally, if you check my author page on Amazon, I will be giving away a few of my novels for the unheard of price of 99 cents to celebrate the black Friday promotional day next week. http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Ray/e/B0... 
November 6, 2012
November 1, 2012
THE JOURNEY TO WHITESTONEA PARANORMAL ROMANCE&B...
THE JOURNEY TO WHITESTONEA PARANORMAL ROMANCE
&
BOOK ONE
IN
THE DREAM MASTER SERIES
BY
Johnny Ray
If dreams present a way to live a fairytale life eternally, why wouldn’t you want to live in one forever?
THE JOURNEY TO WHITESTONE, an 82,000-word paranormal romance, and the first in this Dream Master series, is set in Atlanta, Georgia and the Great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee.
As Jacquelyn Parker struggles with her life spinning out of control, resulting in a bitter divorce, and her career ruined, she is sucked into a sinister world of late-night sleazy bars. It is her last minute prayer that fortunately finds its way to the Dream Master who controls the gates to Whitestone, a side door to heaven, and the next step in enlightenment. From her dreams she learns that she only has one chance to reunite with her one true love and advance to the next level of enlightenment.
In order for Jacquelyn to master the four steps of enlightenment and find her true love, the Dream Master summons the assistance of other enlightened ones who teach Jacquelyn various philosophies from the Tai chi to the Karma Sutra to guide her path.
After centuries of missing her true love in time and space, Jacquelyn has only one last chance to get it right, and live the ultimate happy ever after life. If she is unsuccessful, however, she will have to live with the tragic failure forever.
October 29, 2012
NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENTMY NEXT NOVEL WILL BE RELEASE ON&nb...
NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENTMY NEXT NOVEL WILL BE RELEASE ON OCTOBER 31, 2012I THINK THIS IS THE PERFECT DATE FORA PARANORMAL ROMANCE THE JOURNEY TO WHITESTONE IS THE FIRST BOOK IN THE DREAM MASTER SERIES
AND NOW THE NEW COVER
AND NOW THE NEW COVER
