Friday, October 4, 2013

Upcoming Release: The Long Game, by J.L. Fynn


Book Name: The Long Game
Book Genre: NA Contemporary
Book release date: October 7, 2013

Smooth talking. Ambitious. Loyal. Twenty-year-old Shay Reilly has proven himself to his Irish-American Gypsy clan on small-scale cons, but now the clan leader has a bigger mission for him: playing the long game.
To rake in the big score he’s after, he needs to con co-ed Spencer into falling in love with him. He knows he should see Spencer as a mere means to an end, but that’s easier said than done when there’s a witty, attractive girl in your arms.

Now the only thing that can keep them apart is the thing that brought them together: Shay’s plans of revenge against someone who wronged his clan and family years before—Spencer’s father.
 
 
Excerpt:
“That girl was sex on two legs,” Jimmy Boy said.
“That girl was a buffer. Country people don’t bring anything but trouble. Besides, you’re the one who always says to never let a pretty face get in the way of a good con.”
He winked. “That don’t sound like me at all.”
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The Long Game on Barnes and Noble: To come.


J.L. Fynn is the public face of the writing collaboration between Katherine Ernst and Chelle Bruhn. Katherine and Chelle have been writing together since they were 14-years-old and are happy to be able to team up professionally after all these years. They both live outside of Philadelphia, PA and look forward to years of fruitful work together.

J.L. Fynn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JLFynnauthor
J.L. Fynn on the web: http://www.jlfynn.com/
Official J.L. Fynn tour page Pen & Muse Press: http://penandmusepress.com/long-game-j-l-fynn/



 

cover reveal: The Best Laid Plans by Tamara Mataya



Jayne Griffin isn’t looking for Mr. Right. She’s looking for Mr. RTFN and a toe-curling good time. She’s got the brains, the powerful job as a futures broker, and thanks to a makeover and a thin book of dating advice, the confidence to turn any man’s head.
               
                Malcolm Black notices his high school crush, Jayne, from the stage of her company’s work party.
His adolescent feelings for her died beneath months of abuse at the hands of bullies. Abuse that was Jayne’s fault. Though this scorching hot studio musician is unrecognizable as the band geek he used to be, the hurt still lives inside him, and he hatches a plan: Seduce Jayne into falling in love with him, and then shatter her heart.
               
                The white-hot chemistry between them is a pleasant surprise. It all goes so smoothly until feelings start to develop... and that invitation to their ten year high school reunion lands in their inboxes.

                Jayne wants the perfect lover. Malcolm wants revenge. But you know what they say about The Best Laid Plans...

Coming November 12th 2013 from Swoon Romance



BIO:
Tamara Mataya is currently a librarian; she lurked there for so long recommending books to patrons and shushing people, that she suspects they only hired her so it would be less creepy. Now she’s armed with a name tag, and a thin veneer of credibility. She’s also a musician with synaesthesia – which isn't an issue until someone plays a wrong note, which makes her want to squirm inside out. It makes for a good live show.

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Cover Reveal: The Dividing Line by Victoria H. Smith

COVER REVEAL
 
The Dividing Line
(The Space Between #2)
 
The next title in The Space Between series by Victoria H. Smith will be releasing February 14, 2014
 
Cover designed by Okay Creations
 
New Adult Contemporary
 
 
 
  A new love and a new life. Drake left Chicago with little more than the clothes on his back to be with his girlfriend Lacey. Though he has no regrets, he sometimes wonders if his time spent in Paris has put his life on hold. He’s overworked and underpaid at his dead-end job, and his employer sees him as expendable. His bright light at the end of the day is Lacey, but he finds himself slowly falling into the shadow of her newly-acquired fame. The city of love has found their new starlet in Lacey, but Drake is simply the man by her side. With all good things there comes a price. Lacey has been living the dream. She arrived in Paris with nothing but heartache and loss. Now, she’s the rising star of the city’s newest opera and dating the man of her dreams. When her performance contract is extended, she must decide if her new life of glitz and glam is what’s best for a future with the man she loves—or if it’s just what’s best for her. Paris brought Drake and Lacey together. But when their hopes for the future begin taking them in different directions, they must a find common ground or risk a line dividing them that may prove to be insurmountable. The Dividing Line is the sequel to the new adult multicultural romance The Space Between.

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About the Author Victoria H. Smith has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. She puts it to good use writing romance all day. She resides in the Midwest with her Macbook on her lap and a cornfield to her right. She often draws inspiration for her stories from her own life experiences, and the twenty-something characters she writes give her an earful about it. In her free time, she enjoys extreme couponing, blogging, reading, and sending off a few tweets on Twitter when she can. She writes new adult fiction romance in the sub-genres of science fiction, urban fantasy, and contemporary, but really, anywhere her pen takes her she goes.


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Thursday, October 3, 2013

STAY WITH ME by Abigail Kerber

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Recovering from a devastating heartbreak, Bailey Hart has sworn off all relationships and is determined to focus on her future away from Milton, Oklahoma. Everything is going according to plan until a mysterious new guy moves to her small town. Ty Jacobs is everything Bailey wants to avoid; however, she finds herself drawn to him in ways she can't explain. Will Bailey's stubbornness force her to stay on the path she has laid out for herself, or will Ty find his way into her already broken heart?
 
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Stay With Me is the debut novel by Abigail Kerber. Kerber is an Oklahoma native who received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism and Broadcasting from Oklahoma State University in 2005. Beyond her passion for writing, Kerber and her husband enjoy traveling and spending time with their growing family. Kerber currently resides in Oklahoma City with her husband, two sons, and dog.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

BEYOND EIGHTEEN Release Day!

Beyod Eighteen Beyond Eighteen Max Goldstein has been confronted by death, betrayal, and unwanted expectations. He must work to find the delicate balance of a love that has been tested and a family that has been broken. Returning to the warmth of Wilson’s arms, he finds the only place he can be truly healed. Unfortunately, teetering on the edge of losing everything he’s ever wanted, Max must make decisions that pull at his sense of responsibility and push at his desire to protect the life he’s found with Wilson. When Wilson Mooney is thrust into adulthood, she never expects her childhood demons to come knocking. Struggling to balance the delicate nature of her relationship with Max and the burning sting of betrayal; Wilson realizes she must dig deep within her soul to find forgiveness. Will she allow circumstances out of her control to shape her future? Or will she find the strength and maturity to go beyond eighteen and have the life she desires with the man she loves? Will Wilson and Max ever get to have their happily ever after?

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RELEASING October 2, 2013
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About the Author: By day Gretchen teaches computers, by night she dawns the cloak of motherhood, wifehood, and authorship. She is making her way through self-publishing and is truly learning to let go with every curve and bump in the creative process. She enjoys writing about first loves and first times, in the first person. She is a firm believer that anything is possible if you set your mind to it; and what you expect out of life, always finds a way of showing up. Gretchen happily lives in Northern California with her amazing husband, their three terrific boys, her talented mother, one goofy black lab, one crazy kitty, and eight happy chickens. Even though it sounds like it, she doesn't live on a farm. www.facebook.com/gretchendelaoauthor www.facebook.com/wilsonmooneytheseries

Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Eighteen-Wilson-Mooney-ebook/dp/B00FKAK9SS/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1380669210&sr=1-3&keywords=gretchen+de+la+O

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

New Adult - it's not necessarily what you think.

We bang on (pun intended) about how the New Adult category is NOT just Young Adult with graphic sex.

If you still think it is, Read this post. It's too long to go into here.

Read it? Good. Didn't read it? Whatevs. Because THAT is NOT the point of this post.

Ambling around Twitter, I've been more than a little disconcerted to see, yet again, more posts about what NA IS.

Posts such as, 'NA is just YA contemp but with 19-year-olds instead.'

'NA is contemporary romance, but with girls at college instead of high school.'


Okay. Some - even a LOT of NA is that. But if you think that is ALL NA is, you are missing out. Because there's a whole lot more out there.

NA is a CATEGORY. Sure, it's new. Sure it's still finding its feet, and people (narrow minded 'I didn't foresee this as being a real thing, so I'ma cling to the belief that it ISN'T A THING' people) still insist it's a fad.

I think it's already been proven that it IS a "thing." And it's here to stay.

But now the question remains - what IS is? IS it just contemporary romance?

NO!

Our very own Melanie has written a freaking GORGEOUS Historical romance that changed my mind about a genre.

I have friends who have written NA SCI-FI!

I myself have written a NA Urban Fantasy, and have plans for a NA Action/ Adventure with a MALE MC.

 NA is still really new! But like any emerging category *cough* YA wasn't even a thing that long ago and everyone said it wasn't necessary and was just a fad and blah blah doesn't THAT sound familiar? *cough* it takes time to flesh out.

As more people accept that hey, people really do want to read about this age group's experiences, the genres will expand within the category to be even more inclusive. Sci-fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Thrillers, Historical, Adventure! ALL THE GENRES!

But it's still being debated by SOME people *rolls eyes* as not even being a thing. Some people's perceptions are very limited as to what it is. But that does NOT mean that there aren't INCREDIBLY talented people out there writing (NON CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE) NEW ADULT, and doing it WELL.

Melanie Harlow. Looking at YOU, kid. ;)


Cover Reveal: CRASHING INTO YOU by B.D. Rowe

 
CRASHING INTO YOU
By B.D. Rowe
Release: November 5, 2013
New Adult Contemporary Romance
 
Bookish college sophomore Sydney Baker wants Evan Taylor with every ounce of her being. The hottest stud on campus, Evan is six foot four, ripped, stacked with muscles. He's even easy to talk to. There's just one problem: he's her roommate Melanie's boyfriend. But when Melanie tragically dies after a night of wild partying, Sydney and Evan turn to each other in a time of intense grief. And it doesn't take long for their close friendship to blossom into something more. Unfortunately for Sydney, secrets from the past soon put her relationship with Evan to the test. Especially when a sexy blonde freshman makes her way into Evan's life, and tries to rip away everything Sydney holds close to her heart. **Mature Situations and Sexual Content - Recommended for Ages 17+**




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  About the Author B.D. Rowe is a writing fiend, book devotee, film fanatic, and constant dreamer. Rowe is currently working toward an MA in English-Writing at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is hard at work on another novel. Web Site | Facebook | Twitter| Goodreads | Newsletter

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