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#BookReview MADE IN NASHVILLE by Mandy Baggot #romance #music

Made in Nashville by Mandy Baggot
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Honor Blackwood is a heroine you love to follow and identify with. She's a tough, scrappy, country singer whose career was derailed by an attacker on stage. She survives, but loses her boyfriend and self-confidence.

Jed Marshall is a country star with a blot in his background. Brash, angry and prone to lose his temper, Jed has a code of honor he refuses to yield, and one of the most important is anti-bullying. He will not stand by to see...

#NewRelease Beckoning Heat by Tia Greene #erotica #suspense

Product Description:Welded with a love for firearms and an insatiable hunger for retribution, Maxus Manning hunted the beasts that preyed on females. But when his latest mission involved a young woman whose lovely attributes fires his own blood, Max finds himself wanting nothing more than to turn beast, himself.His polar opposite, Marina Knightly, oozed with charm and sweet innocence, turning his sinister world upside down. Would the girl of his dreams accept him as he is or will his vengeanc...

#RomanceInAMonth Author Interview - Lyssa Layne and The Right Pitch #romance #baseball

Lyssa Layne is full of ideas and has several projects going on at any given time. She joined Romance In A Month and finished the first draft of The Right Pitch in a month. I'm happy to have Lyssa tell you about her experience with our Romance In A Month class.
Tell us about your writing. What types of stories do you like to write?I’ve only written one book previous to The Right Pitch and it was really heavy on the drama side. Colie’s story is a lot more laid back but still filled with lots of...

#BookReview LOST AVALON by K. S. Thomas #contemporary #romance

Lost Avalon by K.S. Thomas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Heavy and hard-hitting romance about addiction and codependency.

First of all, K. S. Thomas is a masterful storyteller. She pulls you into Blaise and Ava's story with graphic descriptions and raw emotions. Who wouldn't feel for Ava as she manages self-destructive Blaise, bent on ruining his life to cover up for his hidden pains.

While Ava seems to have it together on the surface, she also unravels when she realizes she's in love with Blaise. She...

#BookReview ARCHER'S VOICE by Mia Sheridan #romance #comingofage

Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This modern Beauty and the Beast story is captivating and endearing. Archer's a hero you just can't help but side with. Everything's been against him his entire life, and he's become a recluse, a man the small town of Pelion shuns.

Bree Prescott is running from her past and the visions that haunt her. She ends up in Pelion and immediately runs into Archer who mutely helps her when she dropped her items coming out of a drugstore.

Soon, she fin...

#CoverReveal The Breathe Series by Elena Dillon

 

Breathe by Elena Dillon Book 1 - Breathe Series Young Adult Romantic SuspenseJasmine’s life wasn’t normal for a 16 year old girl. It hadn’t been normal since the murder of her older sister, Daisy, two years ago. Her life had been changed forever. The monster that murdered Daisy was never caught. That was the reason her family decided to move away from their hometown in Southern California, to start over. Hopefully in a place where the last name Rourke wouldn’t bring on stari...

Michal's Window De-Sexed and on sale for 99c #romance

Are there set standards for sensuality and heat levels in romance novels?

I don't think so. What's too hot for some may be bland as butter for others. Case in point: My first novel, Michal's Window has been called porn by reviewers. [Check out the ONE-star reviews on Amazon], whereas my latest novel, Whole Latte Love wasn't "Hot" enough for an old cougar.
Michal's Window does not name body parts or depict the sex act, whereas Whole Latte Love definitely shows more than it tells. So, what's goin...

#CharacterInterview INCANTATION PARADOX by Annamaria Bazzi #magic #fantasy

Hello Readers! Today I'm interviewing Dolores Reynard from Annamaria Bazzi's newest book, Incantation Paradox. It seems that after an accident, middle-aged Dolores wakes up and finds herself in a strange bedroom--not just that, her body is now that of a teenager (Mona), and everyone at the house believes she IS Mona. Imagine this happening to you! Well, I got a chance to ask Dolores how she coped with this strange phenomenon.


What were your first thoughts when you realized you couldn't get bac...

#RomanceInAMonth #AuthorInterview Chantel Rhondeau on Happy Endings #romance #writing

Chantel Rhondeau is a romance/romantic suspense author who joined my inaugural Romance In A Month class. She completed her first draft within a month of writing and is busy revising and editing. Here's a sneak peak of her story, Happy Endings.


Happy Endings (McCallister's Paradise - 1) Coming Early 2015Contemporary Romance
Handsome, wealthy Quinn McCallister is the most eligible bachelor on McCallister’s Paradise. Making his family's island resort a success is all that matters to this workaholic...

Summer Sales Slump or #KindleUnlimited? A New Publishing Strategy #selfpublishing

It's Summer!

On July 18, Amazon unleashed KindleUnlimited, a brand new service for readers. For $9.99 a month, readers can borrow and read as many ebooks as they want, provided they are IN the Kindle Unlimited program.

Unfortunately, books can only be in the Kindle Unlimited program if they are also in KDP Select, which means they cannot be published anywhere else. On July 18th, my books were not in KDP Select and I saw an immediate drop in sales. My best selling book, Chance for Love: Boxed Se...