St. Patty's Day Pinterest + Facebook Party!

Join your favorite YA and NA authors as we celebrate being Irish for a day and play on Pinterest. There will be over 45 e-book giveaways! 

You can join the Facebook party HERE!

You won't want to miss it!


Participating Authors:

Lila Felix   A. W. Exley  Melissa Pearl   

Jessica Gibson  Cindy M. Hogan  Sarah Ashley Jones  

Marie Landry  Rachel Morgan  Jennifer Snyder 

Stacey Marie Brown  Jessica Therrien  D.L. Raver 

Stacey Wallace Benefiel  Marilyn Almodóvar  Angee Taylor 

A.O. Peart  Devyn Dawson  Rick Chiantaretto 

Raine Thomas  L.P. Dover  Tamara Hart Heiner  

Leigh T Moore  Meradeth Houston  Amber Argyle 

Tawdra Kandle  Carlyle Labuschagne  Lisa Collicutt

Christy Dorrity  Stephanie Fowers  Kristina Renee

Faith McKay  Charlotte Abel  Jamie Ayres

A.M. Hargrove  Charli Webb  Amy Harmon  

Alyssa Rose Ivy  Kristie Cook  Lani Woodland

T.M. Franklin  Laura Howard  Sharron Riddle

Eliza Tilton  S. M. Boyce  Bethany Lopez 

Dawn Leigh  L.A. Casey  Emma Adams  

Amber Garr  Liz Long

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Cover Reveal of 8 Weeks

I'm so excited to share the cover of 8 Weeks with you!

8 Weeks is the first book in my new Time for Love series. 

Title: 8 Weeks


Author: Bethany Lopez


Publication Date: March 24, 2014


Summary:
Is eight weeks enough time to earn back the love of someone you've betrayed...the only one you've ever loved?



Shelly has been in love with Cal since they started dating in eleventh grade. Despite everyone saying that the odds were against them, they got married after graduation and built a life together. Now, six years later, she is faced with the ultimate betrayal. Devastated, her first instinct is to call it quits…



After a drunken binge at his best friends’ bachelor party, Cal betrays the one person who has always been there for him, his wife, Shelly. Terrified and realizing she might divorce him, Cal must come up with a way to prove to her that his love is true…



Cal asks Shelly for eight weeks. Eight weeks to convince her that their marriage is worth the fight. Will Shelly be able to trust him again, or will their marriage end the way many others do when faced with opposition… In divorce?


About Bethany Lopez:
Award-Winning Author Bethany Lopez began self-publishing in June 2011. Since then she has published various YA and NA books. She is a lover of romance, family, and friends, and enjoys incorporating those things in what she writes. When she isn't reading or writing, she loves spending time with her husband and children, traveling whenever possible.

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Cover Reveal of Control You by Jennifer Snyder

Control You

by Jennifer
Snyder

Release Date: Spring
2014

Summary from Goodreads:

Companion novel to Break
You.

Kind hearted and naive,
Paige Jacobs wants what every girl craves…to be loved. She uses this need to
make excuses when her current boyfriend goes from being a tad jealous and
slightly overprotective to stalker-ish. She isn’t that girl
and Craig isn’t one of those guys. Things are fine. Perfectly
fine. Until the moment a dark-haired, tattooed hottie with a snarky mouth walks
into her life and tells her she deserves better.

Confident and boldly
spoken, Cameron Green has always been the guy bad girls can’t get enough of and
all the good girls want to tame. He’s lived a lavish lifestyle filled with
drugs, women, and alcohol up until his destructive path finally caught up with
him. Now Cameron isn’t sure what to do with himself or how to dampen the
longing for something more festering inside of him since coming out of his
drug-induced haze. But when he meets a doe-eyed girl who gets past his walls
like no other, everything about him clicks into place.

Together the two learn
there are emotions that hold within them all the power to control you…

Link to Break You:

About the Author

Jennifer Snyder lives in
North Carolina were she spends most of her time writing New Adult and Young
Adult Fiction, reading, and struggling to stay on top of housework. She is a
tea lover with an obsession for Post-it notes and smooth writing pens. Jennifer
lives with her husband and two children, who endure listening to songs that
spur inspiration on repeat and tolerate her love for all paranormal,
teenage-targeted TV shows.

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Cover Reveal Organized by:

Today is A Zebra Like Me's Book Birthday!

Maybelle Dawson longs for normalcy and belonging. Often misunderstood, she struggles with a rare disorder, labeling her a Medical Zebra.

Maybelle’s happiness and well-being threaten to slip through her fingers as she battles to take control of her life. She faces a never-ending battle on her journey to find love, courage and friendship in a world lacking acceptance.

With the guidance of her guardian angel, Maybelle finds her way out of emotional and physical isolation to discover lasting love and amazing friendships.

A Zebra Like Me is the story of one teenager’s battle with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a disorder affecting one in five thousand people.

Buy Links:

Barnes & Noble: https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-zebra-like-me-amy-maurer-jones/1118071495?ean=2940148184720...

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Zebra-Like-Amy-Maurer-Jones-ebook/dp/B00HWL4EJI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390005161&sr=1-1&keywords=A+zebra+like+me

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/387861

About the Author

Amy Maurer Jones has been happily married to her own version of Edward Cullen for sixteen years. She lives in the small town of Tabor City, North Carolina (close to the North and South Carolina shore) with her husband Kelly and their two beautiful children, Olivia and Keaton.

Amy loves reading and writing Young Adult because she finds young people inspiring. She appreciates how teens are able to look at the world with a fresh perspective and willingly open their minds to the endless possibilities that life has to offer. She particularly enjoys writing strong heroines who face problems head on, learn, grow and mature into the type of people who do the right thing.

When Amy isn't reading and writing, she teaches high school theater arts and dance. To say that Amy has a flare for all things creative would be an understatement, just don't ask her to assemble anything that requires instructions or sadly, you will be out of luck!



Favorite quote:

"You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost." ~ Martha Graham



Links:

Website

Facebook

Amazon

Twitter

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Author's Note

A Zebra Like Me is a work of fiction
but Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and the message in this story are very real. I have
EDS and I’ve learned to live with this disease. Sadly, much of my battle has
been seeking compassion and finding acceptance from those who don’t understand
it. My mission in publishing this book is two-fold.

1 – Awareness – I aim to educate people about
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I’m a teacher and through my teaching I’ve learned the
best lessons are learned in unexpected ways. I hope my readers will gain a better understanding of this disease
through the fictional world I created for Maybelle. There are people like her
all over the world. Some EDS patients’ symptoms are less severe than
Maybelle’s, some are worse. You may know someone with EDS and not even realize
it.

2 – Self Empowerment – I want other people with EDS
to know they are not alone. There are support groups and resources online that
can help you learn how to cope with this disease. Don’t give up on a normal
life. Learn how to avoid injuries and the external hazards that trigger your
issues. Find hobbies that are safe, fun, and relieve stress. Surround yourself
with positive people and avoid or tune out the people who can’t or won’t
support you. Take care of yourself, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Need Help? The Ehlers-Danlos
National Foundation is just a click away.

http://www.ednf.org/

Holiday Giveaways of Make it Last, Nissa, and Indelible

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Make it Last

by Bethany Lopez

Giveaway ends December 31, 2013.

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Nissa

by Bethany Lopez

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Indelible

by Bethany Lopez

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Five Questions with Melanie Stinnett

Five Questions with Melanie Stinnett

 

1.     When you think of your favorite books, what is it that draws you to them and makes you want to read them over and over again?

I love stories with some sort of salvation – either from an outside danger or some sort of internal struggle. In the end, what really gets me is the emotion of the story. If they make me laugh or cry or want to throw my Kindle at the wall – that makes a good book.

 

2.     Did you consciously decide to write the genre you write, or did it choose you?

I have always enjoyed reading contemporary romance so in a way I chose to write in this genre. However, I feel like my characters chose their story.

 

3.     If you could sit down for a drink and a chat with any writer, who would it be, and why?

Fisher Amelie – I love her stories and would love to learn more about the series she’s writing! I’d love to tell her in person that, in the initial stages of writing my novel, she was a big inspiration to me.

 

4.     When you are not writing (or reading) what is your favorite pastime?

I love spending time with my husband and my two boys. We like to do things outdoors – love going to the lake and to the park. I also love music, so some days are good for just having a dance party with my two year old.

 

5.     At what point were you sure that your book was ready to be published, and how did you go about making it happen?

 

When I sent my completed manuscript to my post-edit beta readers and they gave me great feedback. Until that point, I still had doubts and concerns about publishing on my own, but I always pressed forward. From the minute I decided to write a novel, I made sure to surround myself with others who had already gone through the experience. Although no journey to self-publishing is the same for everyone, knowing that others have made it through and had success has been a big encouragement to me.

 

You can find Melanie's debut novel, Crossing Paths, on Amazon.

What's New and What's Ahead

Happy Friday Everyone!

 

I have some things happening and I wanted to give you all an update to let you know what's been going on, what I'll be doing for the next several months, and what's ahead for 2014.

 

First off, I will be deploying for several months, so my Internet time may be intermittent. I won't really know until I get there, but I'm hopeful that I'll still be around here and there.

 

During my move from CA to NC, I signed with Inkslinger PR and they will help get the word out about any books I have coming out. You can also check out their Facebook page.

 

I have finished TTYL and it is currently with my editor, Kristina at Red Road Editing. Once she is done with it, I will see what I can do to get it released no later than Nov.

 

I am working on a new Contemporary Romance as well, and have scheduled the photo shoot for the cover with K Keeton Designs in Nov. I'm not sure what my timeline will be for this one, but I will get it out as soon as I can.

 

Unfortunately, due to my deployment, I will no longer be able to attend the New Adult Sleepover Weekend, The Readers Favorite Book Awards in Miamai, or The Novel Experience. I'm really disappointed that I can't be there, as I was really looking forward to meeting everyone and getting to be on panels with some wonderful writers.

 

That being said, I do have some events scheduled after I return in 2014:

 

UtopYA - Nashville - June 20 - 22 2014https://www.facebook.com/UtopYAcon
https://www.facebook.com/groups/314920831946257/
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Southern Girls Author Event - Greenville - July 19 2014
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-Girls-Author-Event/435655953209301

https://www.eventbrite.com/event/7382993733
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Authors After Dark - Charlotte - Aug 6 - 12 2014

http://www.authorsafterdark.org/

https://www.facebook.com/authorsafterdark?ref=br_tf
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Penned Convention - St, Louis, Missouri - September 13, 2014
www.pennedcon.com

https://www.facebook.com/authorsafterdark?ref=br_tf#!/pennedcon
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Queen City Indie Con - Cincinnati- Oct 24 & 25 - 12 2014
https://www.facebook.com/#!/QueenCityIndieCon
http://queencityindiecon.com/

 

Hope to see you at one of these Fabulous events. Please drop my a line if you need anything, either here, on my FB Page or on Twitter.

Thanks!