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June 11, 2014
June 1, 2014
Cover Reveals coming soon!
Are you curious to learn more about the Byrd family of Birdseye, Indiana?
Add Book 2 of the Byrds of Birdseye family saga here!!! And then stay tuned for more information.
Maybe you’re more of the historical Western type. Would you like to know what happened to the rancher’s sister, Jessica, at the end of Montana Brides #1?
Add Montana Brides #2 to your TBR list here, and details will be ready ASAP!
As soon as I am finished with an editing project, I will be furiously working on these two books, and I am so looking forward to what you think!
If you haven’t yet read Bird After Bird or The Rancher Takes a Wife, here’s the link to my Amazon page, where they are currently exclusive. Bird After Bird will be available at all ebook retail outlets in July. The Rancher will hit wider distribution in August. Both books are presently in paperback at the lowest possible prices I could set them at, so if you are a paperback girl, by all means, order now.
Thanks so much for your support! If you loved the books, I could really use your positive reviews on Amazon & Goodreads. Have a great day & thanks for reading!
May 22, 2014
Less than two days left to enter
Do you love a good, old-fashioned sweet romance, free of anything salacious or twisted? Maybe it’s not your every day sort of read, but once in awhile, isn’t it a sweet relief to read about good people making their way through the wicked world with their hearts & souls intact?
Well, if you do love to read such a book, you are going to love my series Montana Brides. It’s not that the folks in the book live in an unrealistic world–in fact, I’ve gone to great pains to make sure the settings and characters are historically accurate. It’s just that these folks are *good* people put through hard times, choosing to do their best. Maybe some of them have their characters tested. Maybe sometimes they choose wrong, but there are always happy endings in these books, and you don’t have to be embarrassed to read them in public, or to tell your grandma about them!
Don’t get me wrong, I like a good, spicy read as much as the next hot-blooded American female, but this series is meant to make you swoon, make you smile, and make your heart happy.
And you could win a signed paperback of the first book in the series!!!
Giveaway ends 5/24:
Goodreads Book Giveaway
The Rancher Takes a Wife
by Leslea Tash
Giveaway ends May 24, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
And the cover reveal for book 2 is coming soon!
May 2, 2014
The Rancher Takes a Wife, Montana Brides #1 is out!
In case you missed the teasers, here’s one of my faves. 
But why be teased when you can snag the book for $.99 for a limited time? Buy the first installment of Montana Brides for Kindle, or the paperback here.
April 25, 2014
Winners announced & another chance to win
Did you win one of the four prize packages from my huge rafflecopter? Check the FB page!
If historical Westerns are more your style, I have another chance for you to win. I’m giving away two paperbacks via Goodreads of my upcoming series’ first book, The Rancher Takes a Wife, Montana Brides #1
Goodreads Book Giveaway
The Rancher Takes a Wife
by Leslea Tash
Giveaway ends May 24, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
Thanks to all who entered the Bird After Bird giveaway and helped me launch the book. Stay tuned for more info on upcoming stories from Birdseye, Indiana and Wedlock, Montana!
April 22, 2014
Review After Review
I can’t thank the readers enough for leaving such great reviews of my debut novel, Bird After Bird. Here are a few of my favorite lines from their feedback:
Absolutely amazing
Word after word…I was hooked!
Give you a case of the feel goods
A truly beautiful story
One of my better reads of late
I would definitely recommend it to friends
I was hooked and captivated
Lovely and romantic
I enjoyed this from beginning to end
Sweet romance with a happily ever after (HEA)
Be still my beating heart!
I wish it was longer!
Tender and sweet
So well-written!
I adore this story
I think women will declare Laurie to be a Book Boyfriend and fight over him
I loved this book like crazy. I read it in a day. I recommend it highly.
Keeps you interested start to finish
Great read
And there are more. I am just SO SO SO GRATEFUL.
It’s a challenge launching an author brand. It truly is. You start with a few twigs and thistles of an idea, and you work at it day after day. A bird can build a pretty decent nest in a day working non-stop, but writing isn’t like that. It’s not even an incubation period. It’s more than that. It’s the idea, the nest, the egg, the incubation, it’s feeding the squawking bratty bird-child of a book and then handing it over to others to critique its wings, its beak, the shine in its eyes.
Eventually, it’s pushing that beastie out of the nest and seeing if it will fly. You know not everyone is going to love it, but you just hope you did your best to get it in front of everyone who will. That’s one of the toughest parts, to be honest–reaching you.
I am so grateful to all who have left kind words about Bird After Bird. It means a lot to me.
I hope you ALL entered the giveaway! It’s ending soon!
And if you haven’t grabbed the book yet, the sale will be ending soon, too! Buy it on Amazon for $.99.
April 8, 2014
Kindle Paperwhite giveaway
Okay, so yesterday was insanely busy, but maybe you gathered there’s a giveaway going on to celebrate the launch of Bird After Bird. I would love if you would enter this and share it with your friends. Grand prize is a Kindle Paperwhite!
Right now BIRD is as “cheep cheep” as it’s ever going to be, so download it and read at your leisure. You can even gift a copy to a friend and time the delivery for whenever you’d like.
If you haven’t read the book yet, here’s why I chose the prizes up for grabs:
Kindle Paperwhite – no brainer. Everyone wants one!
Amazon gift card – who doesn’t love those?
Signed copies of Bird After Bird – bloggers unanimously requested this prize
Bird journals & bird buttons swag – everyone liked the journal giveaway I did last week, so I ordered a few more. The 1″ buttons/badges will match!
Jewelry – I love etsy, and I found a necklace in the shape of a paper crane. That’s very meaningful for the characters in BIRD. I also found a darling wren broach in honor of the main character, Wren Riley. Finally, a gorgeous swallow bracelet to represent the love between the two characters. Any fan of the book is going to love that one. I can’t lie, I am tempted to keep these for myself!
ebook copy of Bird After Bird – another blogger request
There will be four prize packages because that means MORE people can win!
If you’ve already read & loved the book, I would appreciate your review on Amazon &/or Goodreads. Since this is my first book, I need all the help I can get spreading the word about the Bird!
April 7, 2014
What To Read Next: Bird After Bird by Leslea Tash
Shéa McLeod put together the coolest post about the launch of Bird After Bird, and the promotional giveaway.
Originally posted on Shéa MacLeod, Author - Everything's Better With Dragons:
So, you might think, why is that girl posting contemporary romance? This is a PARANORMAL romance site, doggonit!
Well, I love romance of ALL KINDS. Anyone who knows me knows I’m OBSESSED with the Regency (so, yeah, Regency romance!). Paranormal and scifi romance are probably my faves, but a good contemporary? Yeah, I like those a LOT. And Bird After Bird by Leslea Tash is beyond good and into the realm of stellar. I laughed. I cried. I shouted at the characters for being idiots. And I got all squishy over the romance. Yup, it’s one of THOSE books. And I can’t get enough. Even better? Right now it’s just 99 cents. WOOT!
I loved this book SO much! You should pick up your copy today. Seriously, you’re going to love it.
And if that wasn’t enough, there’s some giveaway goodness going on. You know me! I…
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Bird After Bird has left the nest!
It’s on Amazon, and it’s only $.99 for a limited time.
Dear Birdy, Princess Birdzilla von MuffinStuff, Keeper of Dreams, Lover of our Fine Feathered Friends, queen of my life and light of my world, I hope this letter finds you well. If you are reading this then I am gone, and sweetheart, I am so sorry.
Chi-town professional Wren Riley is 25 and a rising star in the business world. She can eat a man alive and laugh about it to her girlfriends in seconds flat–and she does, on the regular. Behind the power suits and the flashing, flirty eyes, however, Wren has a secret, vulnerable side. Following a devastating loss and the discovery of a bird journal she and her father made together years before, Wren sets out to seek peace, closure, and something she just can’t name. Is that something tied to the little paper cranes she keeps finding along the way?
Laurence Byrd grew up a lanky Hoosier kid with the good/bad fortune of having the same name as the state’s perennial basketball legend. With a better affinity for dogs than sports or school, he ends up in the Army instead of the Chicago art school of his dreams. Still, his service to our country is something he can be proud of–until an argument with the girl who means the world to him results in a series of events that blows his life apart. With no one left to understand him, black sheep Laurie pours out his heart into letters and drawings he never intends to send–then he folds them into paper cranes that he leaves behind like messages in little winged bottles. He never dreams someone might be finding them.
God damn it, Sylvia, for a few moments I tricked myself into feeling really alive. I cut it off before anyone got hurt, but just for a moment or two, I really thought I might feel something again–something like trust. Something like love. Not the kind of love we had, but something new. Something like hope.
Spoiler alert: Wren and Laurie are going to meet. And when they do, their lives are never going to be the same.
“I must admit that when I got to the end of this book, I let out a tiny whimper from under my breath. It was over and I didn’t want it to be; the style of writing was unique, fun, quirky and witty.” ~JC at All Is Read
“Sweet and delightful.” ~Yolanda, of Yolanda Has So Many Books
