Monday, 23 November 2015
Thanks-Giving Back Hop
Hi Everyone,
The
Coming Together altruistic erotica group has organized a week-long blog hop to
promote our charity erotica titles. The hop has a grand prize of a (currently)
$40 gift certificate. Plus every author has a prize at each individual post.
If you
could share the links and the news via FB, Twitter, your blog or other social
media, I'd be very grateful. I'm including the list of links in this email, and
attaching a banner. We are using the hashtags #givingbackhop and
#comingtogether
Warmly,
Lisabet
Thanks-Giving
Back Hop Links
Sunday 22
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Tuesday
24 November
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25 November
Thursday
26 November
Friday 27
November
Saturday
28 November
Sunday, 22 November 2015
Saturday, 21 November 2015
**News Flash**
Okay, I don't really have a news flash... I have more of an update... the series name Intended Hearts has been changed to Intended Mates... the first one never did seem right to me. I'm hoping to hear soon whether or not it has been contracted at MLRPress.
I'm still on target of finishing The Connelly Chronicles 2: Beautiful Goodbyes on time... then I need to sit down and write down some basic story notes that are vying for attention in my head. Taking Chances 1: Lie To Me has decided it wants to go in a whole different direction so next year I will have to revise the 20K I've already written.
The weather is stinking hot here in my part of the world 39 Degrees/102.2 Fahrenheit... so I feel like my brain is melting... the cat's aren't stupid they are all in the house with the aircon running... all three are nearly 13 years old and don't like the heat.
Friday, 20 November 2015
Releasing ~ Harder & Harder To Breathe
HIDDEN HEARTS 1
RELEASING: November 20th
PUBLISHER: Fireborn Publishing
BLURB
Sammy has loved Micah from the
first moment they'd met, but Micah is straight. Years later when he's
threatened and he seeks and receives Micah's help, Sammy begins to think maybe
Micah isn't so straight after all.
Disaster brings people together
in the most unexpected ways. Sammy Ranmore has just become the Steins brothers'
next target in their ongoing scam. Being robbed then shot at, his life is
falling apart. Who is after him and why? He needs a friend.
Micah Ives was over the
unrequited love he'd felt for Sammy. Two years later his life is finally on
track--or so he thinks. One phone call in the early hours of the morning has
Micah running to save the day--and Sammy.
Sammy moved to Gatton to be
closer to the one person he'd never get over. When his life gets thrown a curve
ball of epic proportions, he calls Micah for help. With the help of family,
Micah and Sammy must find out if they're strong enough to face evil--and see
where newfound love can take them.
EXCERPT:
"Honey, why are you calling me so late?" Micah cringed at both
the endearment slipping free and the tenderness of his own voice as he heard
his ex-flatmate speaking. Actually, he was kind of surprised he even recognised
Sammy's voice when he'd answered the phone. Two years was a long time after the
bittersweet end to their time sharing a flat. Now, to suddenly be woken up
at--he looked across to the clock on his nightstand--shit! It was three
a.m. A sniffle on the other end of the line had all sense of tiredness fleeing
from his body, and Micah suddenly found himself wide awake. Once again the
strong need to slay all of Sammy's dragons was flooding Micah's system. He
wondered if he offered his help again, would he get the same reaction as last
time. Still, he couldn't stop himself from asking. "Why are you crying? Is
everything okay?"
"I didn't know who else to call. Bradley left me. He took
everything and left. I'm...I--" A broken sob filled the line as Sammy
shattered on the other end of the phone. Micah needed Sammy to tell him what
the hell was going on.
"Sammy, where are you? I'm coming to get you. I need to know where
I can find you." Tossing back the sheet, Micah stood, went to his closet,
and grabbed the first things his hand fell on as he coaxed Sammy's location
from him.
Sammy rattled off his address and shock slammed into him when Micah
realised his old friend had been living in the same township and he hadn't even
known it. Why hadn't they ever run into each other? It wasn't like Gatton was
some huge city. Surely if Sammy had been here for any length of time they would
have crossed paths before now. There were so many questions he'd have to ask.
"I'll be there in a couple of minutes, hon. Tomorrow you can decide
what else you need to do." Again he cringed at the term of endearment and
couldn't believe what a goober he was sounding like.
Micah's hands shook as he grabbed his keys from the top of his dresser
and left his house. By the time he'd gotten into his car and set out, he
realised he hadn't even locked his front door. Pulling out his phone, he
dialled a number he knew well. The music died in the stereo when his Bluetooth
kicked in. He also knew Kayne would just be getting up to get ready for work.
Being in demolition, sometimes jobs required travel and an early start on the
road.
"Hey, Micah, do you know what time it is?" Kayne yawned over
the line.
Micah chuckled. "Of course I do, and I know you're up since I just
passed your house."
"What the hell are you doing out at this time of the morning?"
Kayne asked. "I thought you were coming in late today. If you're going to
work, why didn't you pick me up?"
"I'll be in later. I really need you to do me a favour. On your way
to work, can you to stop and lock up my place? I had to leave in a bit of a
hurry. Make sure I turned the lights off as well."
"What's happened? Is it Jacen or your dad? Do you need me to come
with you?"
The worry in his friend's voice was comforting in a weird way. Micah had
always known that no matter what else life threw at them, Kayne would have his
back. They had been best friends since high school. Nowadays they didn't get to
spend as much time together other than when they spoke at work. Ever since
Teagan had given birth to Macen, she had curbed who her husband could hang out
with. Micah had the feeling she was doing everything she could to separate
Kayne from all of his friends. Mind you, whenever possible Kayne and Macen came
to visit. Micah just wasn't sure Teags knew about their visits. If she did,
they would fall by the wayside. He'd never really understood why she'd always
had such an intense dislike for both Ives brothers. Though, probably he got off
a little lighter than Jacen did. Teags absolutely hated Jacen.
He responded. "The family's fine. I'm going to help a friend. Do you
remember Sammy?"
"The guy you shared a flat with in uni? Why's he getting in touch
now? I thought he told you to fuck off and leave him the hell alone."
Micah sighed deeply. "Yeah he did, but he needs my help and I'm
going to go get him. Apparently he lives on the other side of town. I didn't
even know he'd moved to Gatton."
"Are you sure this is a good thing, Micah? I don't want to see you
go through what you did a couple of years ago."
The lie forming on his lips made him feel guilty, as Kayne was
practically the only person outside of his family he was completely truthful
with. Well...almost. "This time I won't try to be the guy's protector.
I've learnt my lesson. He asked, so I'm just helping him out of his tough
spot."
"Hmmm, I'll believe it when I see it. You've always treated the guy
the same way you do Jacen and look how that ended up. Your brother moved two
states to get away from you." Even though Kayne sounded like he was
joking, Micah knew his friend missed Jacen probably as much as much as Micah
did.
Micah blurted out before he could stop himself. "He didn't leave
because of me. He left because of you. You hovered over him just as much as I
did, buddy." Cursing inwardly, he was glad his friend wasn't in the car
with him and couldn't see the truth on his face. Micah had always sucked at
lying. Jacen had once told him his face was like an open book. Every emotion
he'd ever felt was clearly written for all to see. He didn't truly believe
Kayne had anything to do with Jace leaving, but he did suspect Teags had a hand
in it.
Laughter trickled over the line. "God, you're an idiot. You keep
thinking what you want, but we all know Jace ran from you. Go be your knight in
shining armour and I'll shut your place up like the good friend I am. I'll even
drop by tonight for a beer to find out what happened with you and golden
boy."
As the call ended Micah pulled up in front of a set of units on
Woodlands Road. He didn't even have to hazard a guess at which unit Sammy lived
in because it was the only one with all the lights on and it had police both
entering and leaving.
Holy shit! What the hell is going on?
ABOUT ME
NJ needs to write like she needs to
breathe. It’s an addiction she never intends to find a cure for. When you don’t
find NJ arguing with Vlad, her muse, or writing about the wonderful men in her
stories, you’ll find her reading work by other authors she greatly admires. NJ
lives on five acres situated in the SE of Qld, Australia with her family who
all encourage her writing career (even if
she does occasionally call them by her character’s names), and her variety
of pets. NJ thinks anyone who takes the time to read her stuff is totally awesome, and wants to thank you
all.
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Thursday, 19 November 2015
My Guest ~ CA Szarek
Release Date: November 4th
Publisher: Totally Bound
Blurb
It’s
Christmas in Antioch, Texas.
Detective
Cole Lucas and his wife, fellow detective Andi are taking it easy for the
holiday—time off from the police department.
Andi’s
plans for Christmas are shattered when her family cancels. They’re not coming
home to Texas. She’s crushed, sure Christmas will be ruined. But Cole is fine
with an intimate affair—just them for the holiday, forging new traditions.
Can
Cole show Andi she can rely on him and prove he’s all she needs for Christmas?
A Message From CA
Christmas is almost here.
This has me freaking out, honestly.
I can’t believe November is gone. Thanksgiving is next week.
I’d scream out loud—for real—if I could avoid the funny looks.
I haven’t started shopping yet. Not that that’s horribly
unusual, but I’m at least thinking about it by this time, usually. I don’t have
any ideas of what to do, buy, etc. None of my family has submitted lists just
yet, which I guess means they’re as unthinking
about Christmas as much as I am.
Is that good, or bad?
I’m not sure…just yet.
Now I find myself wondering where the heck 2015 went. For me it’s been a rough one, honestly. As far as
writing, didn’t repeat my awesome 2014, I really struggled. I hope to get back
to it, really get back to it in 2016.
I can’t believe the year has gone by so fast, almost without
noticing, I guess.
Time is something that we can’t ever get back, so we need to
use it, well, consciously. That’s hard to do with how hectic life gets.
The fast pace way things are now—led by technology, in many
ways—is what we’ve grown used to as a society. We rush and rush, no matter the circumstances,
and time gets away from us.
I think it’s natural for the most part. But it definitely leads
to that “What the heck happened?” dazed, baffled feeling that hits a lot of us
as the holidays approach.
It can make your head spin.
It does mine, anyway.
As this time of year approaches, it reminds me of what really
matters.
Family.
Christmas is (as it should be) a time to connect, and
reconnect with the people that mean the most to us. They don’t have to be blood
family, and I think in a lot of cases these days, they aren’t. Family comes in
all shapes and sizes and there’s nothing wrong with that. I know they sort of
force me to sit and take a breath from all the rushing I always do.
So, at this of year, I hope you take a moment (or a day) to
spend time with those you care about!
Merry Christmas (because it will be here sooner than I’d like
to admit).
To Celebrate Christmas, I’m sharing a FREE story that goes
with my CROSSING FORCES, romantic suspense series. It’s called COLE IN HER STOCKING and it goes with the first
book, COLLISION FORCE. It’s about Andi and Cole, the hero and heroine and their
first Christmas together (it’s after the book in the timeline)
You can download it in whatever format you need from my
publisher, Totally Bound Publishing, website.
CROSSING FORCES Series
Blurb
Small
Town Texas doesn’t always mean small time crime.
Welcome
to Antioch, population fifty thousand.
With
a police department full of detectives and officers who are good at what they
do, throw in the occasional FBI agent, and the bad guy doesn’t have a shot, no
matter how big the crime.
Bestselling,
award winning author of romantic suspense and epic fantasy romance, C.A. loves
to dabble in different genres. If it's a good story, she'll write it, no matter
where it seems to fit!
She's
a hopeless romantic and always will be. Risking it all for Happily Ever After
is what she lives by!
She's
originally from Ohio, but got to Texas as soon as she could. She's happily
married and has a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice.
She
works with kids when she's not writing.
They
work together and fight together. Relationships will be forged and changed
along the twists and turns.
When
fate intervenes, love and happiness can be found in unlikely places.
Find
CA Here
Instagram (@caszarek)
~ Goodreads
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Busy...Busy....Busy...
CHRISTMAS PROMO OP
I have been busily scheduling people in for my Christmas Promo Op up and running... I'm hoping to get a few more Guest Bloggers... so if you know of someone please send them my way. I'm happy to pimp out their wares to the world.
2015 WRITING SCHEDULE
I'm kind of on track... with my current rate of wordage I will definitely be finished on time.
2016 WRITING SCHEDULE
I spent some time yesterday writing up my OCD list of chapter page numbers and mark off boxes to keep me on track... I know it sounds crazy, but it works for me... especially if I want to complete the Penny Brandon Challenge I have set for myself.
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