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July 1, 2015
Loving Lexi by Lisa Survillas
BOOK INFORMATION
TITLE – Loving Lexi
SERIES – The Lexi Series
AUTHOR – Lisa Survillas
GENRE – New Adult
PUBLICATION DATE – January 16, 2016
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) – 246 pages
PUBLISHER – Lisa Survillas
COVER ARTIST – Robin Harper with Wicked by Design
BOOK SYNOPSISLexi
Reliving my past.
Confronting my mother.
Finding my family.
The summer before my senior year is a roller coaster of emotions, but I make it. I come out on the other side, stronger and ready to face my last year of San Francisco State University, when life takes another direction. The rock I’ve come to count on disappears emotionally and leaves me reeling. Will we find our way, or will I be lost and alone again?
Derek
Watching her pain.
Lifting her up.
Loving her strength.
The summer before my senior year is better than I could’ve imagined. Her strength knows no bounds and is truly inspiring to everyone around her. Then the phone call from my past comes and knocks me off my feet. Unable to look at her while dealing with this, I hide, like a coward. Will I get over this moment from my past, or will it drive a permanent wedge between us?
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EXCERPT“You don’t know how happy it makes me to leave here with no reason to look back. Knowing I left everything behind feels like I’ve lifted a huge weight off of my shoulders. I feel so much lighter, like I can breathe freely again. The clamp around my lungs is gone.”
In that moment, the joy on her face touches me in a way I can’t even explain, and I can’t help but pick her up and twirl her around, sharing in her excitement. I hope the expression on her face is here to stay. My stomach has been in knots for days wondering what she would have to deal with here, but this ending is more than I could’ve ever imagined.
AUTHOR BIOHi! I’m Lisa. I live in SUNNY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA with my wonderful husband and two teenage children. With two kids in high school and involved in activities both inside and outside of school, I have a lot to juggle. When home, I lock myself inside the office to write. I’ve always loved to write, but life always seemed to be too busy.
When inspiration finally hit, I made the most of the time hubby and kids were busy and published my first book in February 2014. I’ve published a total of 4 books in the past year and am hoping to bring you a few more before 2015 ends.
AUTHOR FOLLOW LINKS
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WEBSITE / BLOG –
FACEBOOK –
TWITTER
Instagram – @authorlisasurvillas
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June 29, 2015
My Peach Tree Died
My peach tree died but my writing is alive and well. This might sound like a Twitter tweet and indeed, at 53 characters it could be one, but it’s also my daily dose of inspiration.
True, I’m a horrible gardener. Although I love staring at Pinterest photos of beautiful gardens and the idea of going outside to pick my own fruit or vegetables sounds like a glorious lesson to teach my children, I just don’t have the passion for it.
Perhaps it’s also a matter of time. I live in a very hot climate and to give that peach tree the attention it needed would have meant hours of pruning, weeding around its base, creating a barrier so it was protected from gophers, and yes…water. Too bad there’s a draught going on and my area was told to lay off the excessive watering. But the truth is whenever it was cool enough outside to do this work, I chose to sit in front of my computer with my stories.
Passion + Time Put In = Success
I have it for my writing, but not so much for my garden. But I’ve decided to be okay with that. Pursue your passions and watch yourself flourish!
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June 27, 2015
Pre-Order and Save
“Malibu Angel,” my upcoming contemporary/paranormal romance novel is available via Smashwords at a special price. You can pre-order and save. Prior to publication day on August 2nd, Malibu Angel can be yours for just 0.99.
Remember, on August 2nd the price goes up to $2.99. Thank you for your support. I hope you love this romantic story about a lifeguard who is also a guardian angel as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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June 25, 2015
Malibu Angel Giveaway
I’m so pleased to offer a Malibu Angel Giveaway! This Read and Review Giveaway is open to all Goodreads community members. Via this giveaway, ten lucky winners will receive a paperback edition of “Malibu Angel,” my upcoming contemporary/paranormal romance novel that is due to hit online bookstores August 2nd.
Winners understand that they are receiving the paperback in exchange for an honest review that they will publish on Goodreads and Amazon and anywhere else that they choose.
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Goodreads Book Giveaway
Malibu Angel
by Mia Fox
Giveaway ends July 08, 2015.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
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June 21, 2015
Romantic Things to do at the Beach
There’s a good reason why the beach is a prime spot for romance. During the day the sun on the water glistens like a diamond and at night the glow of the moon is equally breathtaking. In light of my upcoming book, “Malibu Angel,” being set at the beach, I’ve listed five top romantic things to do at the beach.
Profess Your Love in the Sand
Sure, it’s fun to make sand castles, but creating visual testaments of your love in the sand is even better. You can simply make a heart with you and your loved one’s initials, or go a step further and write a poem before the ocean takes your thoughts out to sea.
Message in a Bottle
These days, we know that throwing a bottle out to sea isn’t very environmentally friendly. But, here’s an updated way to send a message out to sea. Grab a large stone, use paint or chalk to write a love message and toss it with all your might. Your thoughts will be forever with the ocean.
Picnic by Day or Night
Let’s face it…food and romance go together. Whether you’re having a picnic during the day or an evening feast, enjoying your food on the beach somehow makes it taste just a bit better.
Can you rub suncream on my shoulders?
Have you heard that line? It’s an oldie, but a goodie. When your loved one looks like they’re getting a little fried, or even if they’re not, offer to massage the suncream onto their shoulders and then take some extra time around their neck and back. It’s an appropriate way to get close.
Take a beach walk.
The great thing about taking a walk on the beach is that there isn’t a need for words. Simply holding hands, feeling the ocean breeze and gazing at the water while it nips at your toes is an ideal way to spend time with someone you care about.
Want more romantic beach ideas? Add “Malibu Angel” to your Goodreads’ TBR list.
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June 14, 2015
Untamed Desires by Jessica Wood
Ready for a cover reveal? Untamed Desires by Jessica Wood is coming in September 2015 and I’m pleased to reveal the cover today.
Make sure to add this book to your Goodreads TBR list here.
Read on for more details about Jessica Wood’s upcoming release…
It’ll be the summer she loses everything she was to him.
Naomi desperately wants to get away from her life. Her boyfriend dumps her out of the blue, her best friend stabs her in the back, and her boss fires her—all in the same week. So when the opportunity to spend the summer in Paris for free lands on her lap, she jumps at it.
When she arrives in the most romantic city in the world, she imagines a summer of self-discovery, away from all the drama. But when she meets Sebastian, the Parisian bad boy who lives next door, Naomi knows she was wrong. Sebastian is seductive, mysterious, and everything Naomi is not. When he offers to be her personal guide around Paris, she knows it’s going to be the summer she loses herself completely to Sebastian and his world of secrets.
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June 8, 2015
Let the Games Begin!
“Malibu Angel,” my latest book, is coming out soon. Let the games begin!
Set in Malibu, California and telling the tale of a lifeguard who is also the guardian angel to an up and coming bikini designer, this book is a total beach read.
For my first contest, simply respond with how you would finish this sentence:
It wouldn’t be summer without ___________.
Five lucky winners will receive an ARC (advanced reader copy).
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June 5, 2015
Help for Busy Writers
I think it’s important to recognize that in our quest to “do it all” and “have it all” that sometimes it’s just not possible. However, there is help for busy writers in the form of online tour companies who will assist in finding bloggers to shout out your latest book news.
While I do take an interest in the marketing of my books, I prefer to focus more on my writing and let others help me in that area. After all, that’s their expertise. So, how do you find one of these companies? Remember, Google is your friend. Aside from that, you can look at other author’s websites and FB pages as they will most likely give a plug for someone who has helped them.
My favorite tour company is My Family’s Heart. They are professional in their response time, which is the most important thing to me. They also work with a healthy number of bloggers, create beautiful graphics for authors and have a fabulous reporting method. What’s not to love?
My Family’s Heart can be found on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, and of course, their own website.
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June 4, 2015
Save Me by Natalie-Nicole Bates
BOOK INFORMATION
TITLE – SAVE ME (Believe Again)
SERIES – RISE
AUTHOR – Natalie-Nicole Bates
GENRE – paranormal romance novella
PUBLICATION DATE – 1/2015
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) – 16,000 words
PUBLISHER – Leap of Faith Publishing
COVER ARTIST – Regina Paul
BOOK SYNOPSIS
For over one hundred years, Daniel Tremont searched for the woman who brought him back from the dead after a tragic fire. He is sure she is the love of his life. When he finally catches up with her, he realizes he’s made a terrible mistake.
Alone in his grief, Daniel stumbles upon the remains of a long shuttered insane asylum. In the distance, he sees a beautiful young woman beckon to him.
Is she real, or simply the spirit of a long dead former inmate of the asylum?
Brecklin is at the asylum to spend the last day of her life alone. Daniel’s arrival now complicates her plans. But Brecklin soon realizes Daniel isn’t an ordinary man. He is an extraordinary man. He needs her to save him, and in return, he will save her. Can she believe long enough to alter the course of her fading life, and maybe in return, find a forever love?
BUY & TBR LINK S
AMAZON KINDLE US – http://www.amazon.com/Save-Me-Believe-Again-Rise-ebook/dp/B00R0U909U
AMAZON KINDLE CA – http://www.amazon.ca/Save-Me-Believe-Again-Rise-ebook/dp/B00R0U909U
AMAZON KINDLE UK – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Save-Me-Believe-Again-Rise-ebook/dp/B00R0U909U
EXCERPT
A vision in pink.
He blinked hard to be sure he was seeing what he thought.
It was a woman standing in the open doorway of the morgue. Her long, almost waist length dark hair flowed over a pink dress that nearly reached her ankles. Her feet were bare.
Daniel’s heart began to beat double time in his chest, as she crooked a finger at him.
Was she real? Or was she some spirit of a former patient from Barrow Haven?
He seen some oddities over the years, most likely because of his eternal condition. But never a ghost or spirit like this one. She absolutely shined, and he found himself rooted to the spot, unable to lift his sneakered feet.
When she blew him a kiss, his feet unstuck, and he walked towards her. Just as he got closer, she suddenly turned, and darted into the open doorway of the morgue.
He knew he shouldn’t pursue her. He didn’t know what she was, or what game she may be playing. Yet he picked up his pace, until he entered the open doorway where she disappeared just a minute or two earlier.
It was true he didn’t really know her, but his new keen sense of perception told him she was a kind, gentle soul, lovely…and lonely as he was. A woman without connection. And that made him even more attracted to her. An attraction that went beyond the beautiful face, or the use of her perfect, sexy body she freely gave to him.
It was something much deeper, he was sure. Something that had begun by chance, by fate, maybe. Something he could not just walk away from. Now she was telling him she would leave forever.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Natalie-Nicole Bates is a book reviewer and author.
Her passions in life include books and hockey along with Victorian and Edwardian era photography and antique poison bottles. Natalie contributes her uncharacteristic love of hockey to being born in Russia.
She currently resides in the UK where she is working on her next book and adding to her collection of 19th century post-mortem photos.
Visit Natalie online at www.natalienicolebates.com
AUTHOR FOLLOW LINKS
AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE – http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0071MP0DC
WEBSITE / BLOG – www.natalienicolebates.com
FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/groups/585466478240251
TWITTER – https://twitter.com/BatesNatalie
GOODREADS – https://www.goodreads.com/Natalie-Nicole
Tsu : https://www.tsu.co/NatalieNicoleBates
Street Team Sign Up: https://www.facebook.com/groups/441841792565396/
Facebook Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/585466478240251
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June 2, 2015
A Saint’s Salvation by Beverly Ovalle
I have an opportunity to share information about “A Saint’s Salvation” by Beverly Ovalle. For those who want a peak into Beverly’s mind, make sure you catch the great interview at the end.
BOOK INFORMATION
TITLE – A Saint’s Salvation
AUTHOR – Beverly Ovalle
GENRE – contemporary military romance
PUBLICATION DATE – Feb 10, 2014
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) – 61
PUBLISHER – Secret Cravings Publishing
COVER ARTIST – Dawne Dominique
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Corporal Nicholas ‘Saint’ Santiago needs to go home to reclaim the man he used to be. To be the man he was before Operation Enduring Freedom slowly hardened his heart. He needs to reconnect to the values and the reasons he is doing what he does. Saint also needs to try to forget the courageous woman he knows was meant to be his.
Petty Officer Angelina Jones’ life changed the moment Saint saved her life. She survived the blast but now has to deal with the fact that she will never be whole. Knowing Saint received a ‘Dear John’ letter, Angelina has no intention of being his rebound romance. She needs to be loved for herself. She needs to forget about the one man she knows was meant to be hers.
They each try to find someone to help them forget.
But what does fate have planned for them?
BUY & TBR LINK S
AMAZON KINDLE US – http://amzn.to/1KtxDjs
AMAZON KINDLE CA – http://www.amazon.ca/Saints-Salvation-Beverly-Ovalle-ebook/dp/B00II8OTU8/
AMAZON KINDLE UK – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saints-Salvation-Beverly-Ovalle-ebook/dp/B00II8OTU8/
BARNES & NOBLES NOOK – http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-saints-salvation-beverly-ovalle/1118637570?ean=2940148157076
SMASHWORDS – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/416352
KOBO – https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/a-saint-s-salvation
GOODREADS – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20623026-a-saint-s-salvation
SECRET CRAVINGS PUBLISHING – http://store.secretcravingspublishing.com/index.php?main_page=book_info&cPath=4&products_id=824&zenid=0273b80c166317bb654c8145d5a109c2
BOOKSTRAND – http://www.bookstrand.com/a-saints-salvation
ALLROMANCE – https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-asaint039ssalvation-1425306-149.html
SHELFARI – http://www.shelfari.com/books/37293882/A-Saints-Salvation
EXCERPT
“Help me roll this on until we can get him out of here.” Her voice sent a ripple through him. Nick had always ignored the attraction he had felt for her. He’d had his girl back home, and fraternization out here could get him thrown in the brig. Not to mention the brig out here was a hell hole.
Nick was leery about approaching Doc now. The Dear John letter had been a shock. He had known Leila for years. Hell, they had been friends since they were little. Her betrayal was unexpected. Nick didn’t even really know Doc. He could trust her with his life, but he wasn’t ready for another go around with his heart, no matter the attraction he felt.
Nick looked toward the fence line, rifle at the ready. Shots were firing sporadically around him. That’s when he saw it, the trail from a grenade launcher, unmistakable. Shit!
BOOK TRAILER
AUTHOR BIO
Beverly Ovalle dabbled with writing on and off for years when her best friend finally dared her to submit a story to a writing contest. Beverly decided she had nothing to lose and since she’d always wanted to be an author sent it in and agonized for months waiting to hear back. Contract in hand she has never looked back.
Beverly has been obsessed with dragons and romance since she was a young girl, collecting dragon books and reading everything she could find on them even down to the care of real life dragons. She’s always been slightly panicked that the world as we know it will end, so has prepped for it, haunting survivalist pages and prepper projects she felt she needed in the event SHTF.
An avid fan of all romance, Beverly’s goal is to share her love of the written word and write the hot and erotic romances that she enjoys. She writes what she loves to read and it was only a matter of time before her obsessions crept into her writing for her to share. She hopes you enjoy her tales as much as she loves writing them.
A Navy Veteran, Beverly has traveled around the world and the United States enabling her to bring her settings to life, meeting and marrying her husband of twenty five years along the way for her own romance. Reading romances since the fourth grade she’s followed as the genre changed and spread into the vast cornucopia of romance offered today.
Fun Facts:
The name was changed less than two weeks before publication!
A Saint’s Salvation was inspired by my son’s tattoo
His tattoo says ‘St. Nicholas’ – the original name of my book
A Saint’s Salvation took me eight months to write!
The name A Saint’s Salvation was my editor’s suggestion
The teasers were made from photos from Afghanistan
The Marine in the teasers is my son
He only gave me permission to use his photo because he loves me
He only gave me permission if I cut off his head! LOL
AUTHOR FOLLOW LINKS
AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE – http://www.amazon.com/Beverly-Ovalle/e/B00BOGT8MU/
WEBSITE / BLOG – www.beverlyovalle.com/
BLOG – www.beverlyovalle.net
BLOG – www.SSLYblog.wordpress.com
FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/BeverlyOvalleAuthor
TWITTER – https://twitter.com/ovalleba
TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FatedDragons
GOOGLE+ – https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BeverlyOvalle0211/posts
PINTEREST – https://www.pinterest.com/ovalleba/
TUMBLR – http://ovalleba.tumblr.com/
GOODREADS – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6982787.Beverly_Ovalle
TSU – http://www.tsu.co/BeverlyO
AUTHORDB – http://authorsdb.com/authors-directory/3752-beverly-ovalle
NEWSLETTER – http://eepurl.com/-r58z
An Interview with Beverly Ovalle
1. What does your writing process look like? I usually have one tab open to the internet so I can look up anything I think I need while I write. I’ve been trying to work within a plotting framework but I’m a seat of the pants kind of girl.
2. Do you have any strange writing habits? Can we say messy? I usually end up writing all snuggled in my bed in front of my laptop. I have an old hospital serving tray type thing that I picked up at the thrift store that is perfect for my laptop so it is in front of me with another section that holds my various beverages and a snack, my phone and kindle. Once I’m comfortable in my nest I start to write.
3. What is your favorite/least favorite part of the writing process? Remembering my characters personal characteristics. I try to write the basics all down but if I forget I have to go back and read what I’ve written and end up editing everything to get back to where I left off.
4. Is there a subject you would never write about? I would never write about cheating on a spouse. I don’t read them either.
5. How important are names in your books? How do you select names? Sometimes they are just names I like, but most of the time, I search baby books to find a name that matches something about the character. I don’t always remember them though! But it is important to start the book that way for me.
6. What literary character is most like you? Um, I’m a comic book kind of girl. So I’m going to say Wonder woman.
7. What is something you want to accomplish before you die? I’m not sure so bear with me while I ramble. I’ve jumped off a cliff into a sink hole, I’ve climbed a pyramid in Mexico. I’ve travelled around the world with the US Navy. I’m married, have two children, written and published books. I’m in a career I enjoy. I’ve never wanted to climb mountains or jump out of planes. Maybe I would go to culinary school. I love to cook. And learn to properly can food. I’d love to be able to do that.
8. Where is one place you want to visit that you haven’t? Europe. Is that too broad? I want to visit a castle, see Piccadilly Square, walk in the Highlands, kiss the blarney stone, see that great art work in the Louvre and see the coliseum. I’d love to see Egypt but with the way the Middle East is, I don’t think I will ever go there.
9. What books/authors have inspired you? Too many to name! Every author inspires me to create.
10. What are you working on now? I am working on a dragon shifter book tentatively named A Dragon’s Treasure. I’m on the last chapter before sending it out to beta readers. Hopefully it will be out this year or early next year. I am also editing a military romance, Love Me Forever that will be coming in July in an anthology with Secret Cravings Publishing. I’m also working on edits on Stealing Hope A Dragon’s Fated Heart that will be coming to Ardent Books in August or September.
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