Check out the newest sampler from NY Times bestselling author Tessa Dare Any Duchess Will Do- on sale May 28th
The night was stormy. Lightning streaked across the sky in jagged spears. Nicole lay in her bed hoping that this onslaught would soon be over. She was twenty-five years old and still didn’t like storms. The only comfort was the knowledge that her friend in the shadows was watching over her. She knew he was there, even though she couldn’t see him, in fact, she’d never really seen his face. She just knew he was somewhere near.
I’ve been looking forward to Saturday since last Saturday Saturday morning is house cleaning time at me house. I do laundry while mopping, vacuuming, scrubbing bathrooms and straightening our week long mess. But Saturday is also a time for writing. As a writer you try to find time to write. Sometimes when you work a full time job and have other obligations and passions, it’s hard to find enough time to put words in your laptop. Well, I love to write on Saturday. After the house is clean and everyone is ready for a nap, I’m ready to write. Today is no exception. I always start with checking my book sites and social sites. That way I’ve got everything behind me as I start work. As I sit in my swing on the front porch, a light breeze blows across lifting my spirits. It’s not too warm yet here in...
...JANE RENWICK!! Hurrah, Jane!!! Congratulations!:) Send your contact information to me using this form on my website— tell me you're the winner of the Avon blog, and let me know whether you'd like an early digital copy or a signed early paperback hot off the presses. We'll get it to you as soon as we can! Thanks so much to all of you for stopping by the blog!! It was so much fun to read what you think of the various Everseas and Redmonds—and I can't WAIT for you to read about Jonathan Redmond and Thomasina de Ballesteros in IT HAPPENED ONE MIDNIGHT. I hope you love them as much as I do!! Have a terrific weekend. xoxo Julie
Happy long weekend! Need something to take to the beach or read in the park? Well, today only, Along Came a Duke is an Amazon Daily Deal. You can download it for only $.99! Click here to check it out! In Along Came a Duke, Aunt Allegra A lesson Tabitha Timmons, a penniless spinster, has never needed to heed. That is, until she is left a vast fortune payable only upon her marriage to the very respectable Mr. Barkworth—a match that offers little chance of discovering exactly what her aunt means by "untoward attentions." But the same can't be said when the Duke of Preston happens along Tabitha's path. He spies a rebellious streak in her that matches his own and he makes it his mission to save her from such a passionless match, interfering in her life at every turn. All too soon, Preston—whose very name spells ruin—has Tabitha...
I’m like a ghost. I drift aimlessly through the Leigh’s empty Beverly Hills mansion, my bare feet slapping against the painted gray concrete floor, shoes not allowed in the sprawling modern bungalow. I’m not dead. I move the oversized, never-been-opened book staged on the chrome coffee table an inch to the right. I’m breathing. I flick one light on and turn another light off, maintaining the minimum required amount of illumination. I have a physical form. I rearrange some of the catalogues, creating the illusion that they have been recently placed on the modern glass table, all of the stores featured priced out of a new graduate’s budget. But I’m not living, not truly, and no one sees me … which is how I like it. *** As Anna shares in this scene from He Watches Me, she views herself as being invisible and she likes it that way. Other...
Eloisa James's ONCE UPON A TOWER is out on Tuesday! In fact it will be ELOISA JAMES DAY on Tuesday in celebration of the novel's publication. Think giveaways and more! But before that, don't forget about that pre-order promotion--still time to pre-order and submit your proof of purchase here or here (on Facebook) r email Kim AT Eloisajames.com and you will receive a FREE 25 page printed booklet with an exclusive short novella and a compilation of Eloisa's Fairy Tale essays, plus a signed, personalized Essex Sisters postcard! Also, Eloisa is giving her artistically-inclined fans an opportunity to win a signed Eloisa James paperback library--every book by her, signed! Create an image inspired by your favorite Eloisa James novel and post it on her Facebook! More info on that here. And speaking of ONCE UPON A TOWER, more amazing reviews... they just keep coming in! “The latest splendidly sexy fairy-tale...
Hello romance lovers! In honor of the release of The Hangover Part 3 this weekend (one of my absolute favorite franchises), we're holding a giveaway of our own books featuring crazy nights that the characters can't quite remember the next day. So leave a comment telling us your favorite summer movie ever, or the one you're most looking forward to this summer (or about your own crazy night if it's PG-rated!) to be entered to win the following: 1. DVDs of The Hangover Parts 1 and 2 2. WHAT HAPPENS IN SCOTLAND by Jennifer McQuiston 2. The entire Royal Entourage series by Sophia Nash Giveaway ends on Monday, one winner announced on Tuesday. Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare (Spindle Cove #4) May 28, 2013 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May Another girl’s prince had arrived. That was Pauline’s first thought, when she stumbled in and spied the finely dressed man silhouetted in the door. She watched it happen every few months in this village. These young ladies sought refuge in Spindle Cove for the oddest of reasons. Their harp-playing lacked grace, perhaps, or the color of their eyes was unfashionable at Court this season. And then – to the utter astonishment of everyone except Pauline – some handsome earl or viscount or officer came along and married them. I’m a fan of Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series, and I am sorry to say this is the final book in the series. That said, it’s one heck of a story and to best explain, I’m going to turn it over to Griff and...
How do you write emotion? To someone that doesn’t write you may think this is easy. Well, it’s not easy to put emotion on paper. In life we feel so many emotions. We feel happy, excited, angry, grief, depressed and the list goes on. But how do you put it on paper? How do you get the reader to feel the emotion themselves? I’ve read books that made me laugh, cry and even get angry. But how do you relate that feeling in your own writing? It’s all in the way you describe it and put all you have in it. Make sure you put every detail in so that it brings the reader into the situation. If you leave out some of the details it could make the reader become detached. The words you use to make the description more vivid is key. Go for the gusto, use a...
Anything But Sweet Sweet, Texas Series Candis Terry Releasing June 25th, 2013 384 Pages Avon Romance Gifted by Edelweiss Reviewed by Lisa Candis Terry at her finest! ANYTHING BUT SWEET is heart-warmingly FANTASTIC! HE’S STUBBORN AND THOROUGHLY MALE . . . If Charlotte Brooks thinks she and her TV makeover show can turn Reno Wilder’s hometown upside down, he’ll be happy to prove her wrong. The x-Marine has seen too much turmoil and he likes Sweet, Texas, just the way it is. Traditional. Familiar. A little dull. Everything Charli isn’t. But instead of backing off from his scowls like everyone else, Charli digs in her skyscraper heels. SHE’S TENACIOUS AND WICKEDLY TEMPTING . . . Reno Wilder is a one-man unwelcoming committee, but Charli isn’t budging. It’s clear the gorgeous cowboy needs an overhaul just as much as Sweet. Someone needs to break him out of that gruff shell...
