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400 Likes Celebration!

Happy, Happy, HAPPY Friday!! I feel like I've earned the right to say that three times today....it's been a VERY long week! 

Well,  I finally go 400 likes on my Facebook page so in honor of that I have posted the prologue to my novel  Drowning In Love that I will be releasing in the summer. This was a little thank you to all of my great Facebook people....they really are the best! So if you haven't read it yet, what are you waiting for? Head on over to my page and check it out! Prologue Drowning In Love.

Also wanted to let you know about some great giveaways going on:

First, enter to win a signed copy (yup, signed by yours truly) of An Unplanned Lesson here Enter to win a signed copy of An Unplanned Lesson

Or if you prefer the e-copy instead here's another great giveaway: Enter to win an E-copy of An Unplanned Lesson

I wasn't fooling when I said I was going to have lots of surprises going on! Hope all of you have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!!

Cover Reveal

First of all let me say, Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful Mom's out there! Hope you are spending you day doing something fun or just taking it easy!
I have something very special that I would like to share with all of you in honor of Mother's Day.....The cover/synopsis to Drowning in Love my new novel that I'm hoping to have released by of Summer of 2013.  I was a little hesitant about revealing it just yet because I'm still working very hard at perfecting the storyline but my patience got the best of me, so I must! So without further ado, here it is:
Mia Taylor has a huge heart, but just how much pain can one heart endure? Mia was living the picture perfect life, engaged to her high school sweetheart and working at her dream job at an upscale salon in New York City. She had it all. Until the day her past, present and future were taken away, leaving her to face the world scared and alone. Trying to pick up the pieces of her broken life, while mourning the devastating loss of her fiancé she just goes through the motions as an empty shell.

Enter Travis Montgomery, Olympic swimmer and totally gorgeous. He has several medals under his belt and just as many women. Mia is well aware of his womanizing reputation and refuses to be his next conquest, but finds herself coming alive again whenever she’s around him. They agree to be “just friends,” quickly finding that they are unable to fight the attraction between them. Mia’s life becomes complete once again with Travis in it; but nothing good lasts forever, at least not in Mia’s world. Torn apart by an ugly secret, Mia’s heart is broken once again.

When the unthinkable happens and Travis needs Mia the most, she must reach deep inside to find forgiveness for the one man who will always hold the key to her shattered heart. But will doing so only break it further; this time beyond repair?

*Expected Publication Date: Summer 2013


Do you like? Don't forget to to add to TBR List on Goodreads,
I hope that you grow to love Mia & Travis as much as Nicole & Dailan and Kat & Julian. I'm working hard to make sure that the readers can connect with them in the same way. Good character development is like fine wine... they take time to age and perfect! So, just bear with me....it will be here before you know it!
In other news....the Mother's Day Giveaway is over and the winners have been notified. Congrats to them and thanks to all who entered! Don't be disappointed if you weren't one of them, I will be doing plenty more in the near future. Well, that's all I have for today....hope all of you have a great day, especially if  you're a mom and if not, make sure you are extra nice to yours! I may be having some other little surprises going on throughout the day on my Facebook Page so be on the lookout!

Mothers Day Week Giveaway!

Yup, that's right, we mom's get a WHOLE WEEK! Since I can't offer you guys a date with Julian or Dailan (yes, I know it took me a while to realize they're fictional too!) I'm going to to kick it off with a little giveaway.  I will be having a few other surprises throughout the week as well. But be sure to enter this one so you can stock up on some of your favorite books that you've been dying to read! Happy Saturday and Good Luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Share....share...share!

 
Happy Friday Everyone! I know I haven't been keeping up on my blog posts like I should be! I've been spending every free minute that I have, working on my new novel Drowning In Love. Speaking of which, I have a little bit of a challenge going on right now. I'm DYING to share the cover with everyone. I'm thinking this may be the best cover out of all my books! I plan on doing it once I get 400 Likes on my FB page. I will also be posting an inspiration photo of Travis Montgomery the new sexy leading man from this novel once I reach 350 like (just as an added bonus!).
 
Also, I've posted two excerpts on my FB page as well as an inspiration photo of Dailan O'Maley, from An Unplanned Lesson (that I'm sure you ladies would love).
 
So go on over and give it a like and share, share share!!!   https://www.facebook.com/BethRinyu
 
Oh and most importantly....have a wonderful weekend :)
 

Blog Tour

Good Morning everyone....the birds are singing, the sun is shining (well at least here it is anyway) what more could you ask for? Okay, maybe another cup of coffee and for me to stop being so darn cheerful this early in the morning.....Okay, I'll stop. Just wanted to let you guys know about the upcoming blog tour this week for An Unplanned Lesson, there will be a couple of giveaways as well, so don't miss out stopping by some of these blogs on the dates listed below to find out what they are:


April 29 - Reading Addiction Blog Tours - Meet and GreetApril 29 - Busy Mom Book Reviews April 29 - My Bookmark BlogApril 30 - Faerie Tale Books May 1 - Noemi BetancourtMay 1 - Lov Liv Life ReviewsMay 2 - Queen of All She ReadsMay 3 - Please Another Book


Also, tonight I will be posting the first paragraph of my prologue to Drowning in Love, the novel that I'm currently working on so be sure to check out my facebook page so you don't miss it!

Hope all of you make the most of your day!!

Extra....Extra!!

Good Morning everyone! Before you become engrossed in the the morning news on TV, the internet or your newspaper (do people actually still read the newspaper?) check out all my exciting news first!

In today's headlines.....

The The Exception To The Rule is on sale for .99 cents on Amazon for just a few more hours. Go get your copy an find out why everyone is crying and falling in love with Kat & Julian.Both An Unplanned Lesson and The Exception To The Rule are now available in iTunes.I posted a teaser for my upcoming novel Drowning in love on my Facebook Page. I will be posting little teasers, the cover and character inspiration photo's there as well in the upcoming weeks. So make sure you give it a like to so don't miss out!I've really gotten the hang of Pinterest (finally!) and have been pinning away! Check out my two book boards The Exception To The Rule and An Unplanned Lesson                                                 

Okay, that's it for today's headlines! Now on to the weather.......


Have a great day everyone!

Hooray for Saturday!!

Yay, it's Saturday! What's everyone doing this weekend? I'm planning on relaxing and working on my book. I'm planning on doing some giveaways in the near future, so be sure to like my Facebook Page so you don't miss out! That's also where I plan on posting some teasers from this new book and also sharing the cover!

 I found another beautiful 5 star review for The Exception to The Rule when I just went on to Amazon to look at my reviews. I cannot express how happy it makes me to hear that people are getting the same emotional impact from Kat & Julian's beautiful love story that I intended. I fell in love with the story line when I wrote it. I was afraid that I would be the only one that was so attached to it because I was the one who created it, I'm so glad to see that I'm not.

Dailan O'Maley is still continuing to win over the ladies hearts in An Unplanned Lesson. I love reading reviews and emails from people telling me how much they love him - I think he's pretty special too!

I can't wait until I can share a little bit more about Travis & Mia, the couple from my new book. I'm still working really hard to perfect their personalities. I tend to drive myself crazy when it comes to character development, to me that is the single most important detail when reading and writing a book. If you don't have characters with well defined personalities that the readers can connect with immediately  then you can't connect with the book. I will tell you that Travis is a little more like Julian (from The Exception to The Rule).   But to all of you Dailan O'Maley lovers out there, don't fret.....I actually have three different ideas for a 2nd book to An Unplanned Lesson. Once I get done with this current book, I'm going to narrow it down and see which one would work best.

Oh well, enough from me! Hope all of you have a great weekend, running errands, spending time with your family, reading a good book - I can suggested two really good ones ;). Whatever your plans, make it your best day ever!

Monday....Monday!!

Happy Monday everyone! I know, I know.....those two words just don't belong together, unless you are sitting on an island surrounded by turquoise water, palm trees and a warm ocean breeze with your drink of choice in hand! Then who cares what day of the week it is, right?  I had a pretty exciting weekend. I attended my first "official" book signing. It was really a neat experience and I met a lot of great people during the process. I got quite a few chapters of my third novel done but the most exciting news of the weekend.....I finally decided on the cover. To say I'm in love with it is an understatement! My cover girl sent me at least a dozen choices, when I found the one that I somewhat liked, she began to tweak it for me (yes, I was a major pain in the....).  Each time she would make a little change I would like it more and more, until finally, she sent, "the one." It was like bells going off on the $1,000,000.00 slot machine - okay I never really experienced that and maybe I would be just a little more ecstatic about that happening than my cover, but you get my drift. I am happy beyond words and I CANNOT WAIT to share it with everyone! I'm just hoping that I can do it proud and make the inside of it just as great as the outside.....I'm still shooting for summer! It will be the perfect book to take to the pool (hint, hint) or beach with you while you are relaxing in the sun!
Oh well, that's all I got for today...my lunch hour is just about up! Hope all of you are making the most of this Monday and if you are lucky enough to be sitting on a beach somewhere reading this.....Have a pina colada for me!

The Roller Coaster Ride of Book Writing

Writing and putting your book out to the world is a lot like like a roller coaster.You can feel so good about  it when you're hearing positive feedback and for each good review you slowly move further up the hill until you reach the top! Then all it takes is one negative word and you're face and stomach clenches before your dropped down that hill at warp speed. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I hate roller coasters. I draw the line with the tea cups! But I have to say,  the book writing roller coaster, isn't so bad. Maybe because the past few weeks have been the upward ascent for me. I know it's just a matter of time before I hit that drop again! But I realized that you can either scream or sit back and enjoy the ride and I'm choosing the latter of the two. So, I got to thinking, if I was brave enough to put two books out for the world to see, then I should be brave enough to ride a real roller coaster -yeah, that's just my overactive imagination talking!  I better put that voice to good use instead, like in the book that I'm currently writing,

Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and remember, if you happen to hit that drop with anything in life, embrace the butterflies in your stomach and smile!! It only lasts a split second and then it's over! 



                                                    

Don't Put The Cover Before The Book

Just checking in with everyone to see how your week is going? I've been busy, busy, busy working away on my latest novel. I actually thought of a title for this one and it wasn't even that painful! But, there always has to be something, right? Right, and for this book, it's the cover that's making me crazy and my cover designer as well (although she's too sweet to admit it!). I'm reminded of the old saying "Don't put the cart before the horse" (that is how it goes....right?) I know that I should just be focusing on my writing and worry about the cover after, but in some crazy way, seeing the cover helps to inspire me with my writing. 
I am so happy with the feedback that I have been receiving on The Exception to The Rule and An Unplanned Lesson. Dailan O'Maley has become a new book boyfriend to quite a few readers this week. I know that I've said this before, but I'll say it again..... knowing that people love my books as much as I do means more to me than anything! It's like getting a really nice compliment about your kids....even though you think their great; it's nice to hear it from someone else who isn't as close to them as you are.
I also want to say once again that I have the best Facebook friends on my page...they are such a FUN group of people and I just LOVE talking about my books with them!
For any one local in the NJ area I will be at Princeton Public Library on Saturday from 1pm to 4pm would love for you to stop by and say hello!  http://www.flickr.com/photos/princetonpubliclibrary/8631920241/
 Well, that's all for tonight.....got to spend a little more time with my current book couple, Travis & Mia, if I want you guys to meet them by the summer! I left them hanging in the middle of a very tedious situation, so I think they would appreciate it if I got back to them too!
Have a great night, morning, afternoon...depending on where you are! XO