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Sizzling Summer Giveaway

I’ve joined beaucoup bloggers and authors for the Sizzling Summer Giveaway, featuring two KINDLE FIRES loaded with books!

The lovely ladies at YA Bound host this massive giveaway event.

Streamline, my swimming romance, will be one of many New Adult books up for grabs:


And three blogs will feature Streamline guest posts:








You can enter the giveaway at any participating blog by completing this Rafflecopter form. Good luck!

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NAmazing Adventure: Win Streamline!

Welcome to my stop on the NAmazing Adventure, a blog hop featuring over 60 New Adult authors, and prize packs that include ARCs, signed books, gift cards, swag, and more! If you’re not sure what the NAmazing Adventure is, please click here to start from the beginning and read the complete rules on the NA Alley website. Now let’s get this journey on the road!

My New Adult book is Streamline:
Seems like Leo Scott has it all: looks, brains, and athletic talent. He’s captain of his high school swim team with a bright future in college and beyond. But Leo has secrets. His mother’s crippling car accident has devastated his family and left Leo to deal with his father’s abuse, battered and alone.

Leo’s girlfriend Audrey Rose is poised for her own share of success. As one of Florida’s top high school swimmers, Audrey dreams of college swimming stardom. But there’s an obstacle to her glorious rise to the top. Her number-one supporter–her father–is in prison for murder.

Part murder mystery, part tale of young love in a military family, this gripping story takes readers on a journey from Pensacola to Annapolis. Leo and Audrey must band together to rise above the adversity they encounter and find their true selves in the process. When everything’s on the line . . . streamline.

Got that jotted down in your quest scroll?

Great, because you’ll need it for the quiz at the end of this quest. And remember, you must complete ALL SIX quizzes to be eligible for a prize pack.

But wait! You have a chance right here and now to win Streamline. (This is my giveaway in addition to the NA Alley prize pack you can win by answering quiz questions). To enter, complete the Rafflecopter form:

Thanks for stopping by. Ready to move on?

Click HERE (Lisa Sanchez’s blog) to go to the next stop on your adventure!

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Authors Blog Hop Giveaway

Isn’t Lady Amber awesome? She created this blog hop to celebrate indie and self-published authors. I love my small publisher Omnific, and sometimes it’s tough to get the word out about my books.

Check out Lady Amber Reviews to learn more about this generous blogger.

I love to read and write books that make me FEEL. Spunky, smart women, and tortured, sensuous men who get themselves into all sort of trouble. I write romantic suspense for young adults, new adults, and adults:

The Conduct Series
With Good Behavior
Bad Behavior
On Best Behavior (launching September 2013)
NA swimming romance Streamline

I’m giving away one of my ebooks–you choose–and 5 bookmarks. Just complete the Rafflecopter form.
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The Best Book Ever Giveaway Hop

I realized I hadn’t participated in a giveaway for a while, so I just signed up for The Best Book Ever Giveaway Hop hosted by The Best Books Ever and I Am A Reader.

I’m new to the Best Books Ever meme, but it sounds fun. It’s a place for readers to vote on the best books in a genre.

My vote for Best Love Story is a novel I recently finished: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I cried buckets reading this adult novel (here’s my review).

Do you enjoy emotional reads about older teens? I’d like to put my NA/mature YA swimming romance Streamline up for two best books genres: emotional reads and older teen reads. (I am NOT claiming Streamline is the best book in those genres–just putting it up for your consideration!)

You can win an ebook of Streamline by completing the Rafflecopter form.
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Now hop over to these participating blogs to WIN STUFF!

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Get Healthy Blog Hop

Alex Cavanaugh, Stephen Tremp, L. Diane Wolfe, and Michael Di Gesu have teamed up for the Get Healthy Blog Hop!


Bummed about being fatigued all the time? Not feeling as fit as you’d like to be? Here is a Blog Hop that can help us make 2013 a year that we can  get healthier.

The Objective: Share with everyone something you have done that affected your health in a positive way. 

I just attended my 20 year college reunion over the weekend, and I was amazed by how fit my peers looked. What am I doing wrong? I’ve always been a tall, athletic woman, and I know being thin isn’t in the cards for me, but I’m displeased by some recent weight gain.

Change is HARD, and one change I need to make is to incorporate more mindful eating into my regimen. According to Lauren Todd, mindful eating is eating based on physiological cues instead of environmental or emotional cues.

After a long day of work I often plop down in front of the TV to eat my dinner. This is NOT mindful eating. We can’t be mindful if eating while blogging, reading, or watching TV.

Here are some tips Lauren shares:

Tips Towards Mindful Eating

▪   Eat When Hungry.  More often than not, food restriction leads to subsequent binge-eating or, in some cases, serious eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia.

▪   Take Food in One Bite At a Time.  This process helps an individual to enjoy food and allow the body to process how full it is.

▪   Use All Senses to Focus on Food.  Eating slowly will allow recognition of tastes, textures, and smells, fostering a healthy relationship with food.

▪   Find a Good Place to Eat.  I admit that I have eaten more than a couple burritos waiting for the subway at the Park Street T-Stop. With all the commotion around me, it is difficult to truly concentrate on the food I eat. Snacking or dining in busy locations is not conducive to mindful eating.

▪   Say Good-Bye to Guilt.  Mindful eating is a way to reconnect with one’s meal in order to properly fuel one’s body. By eating mindfully, there should be no guilt associated with yielding to your body’s hunger.



We practiced mindful eating at my workplace by taking three minutes to eat three raisins. Try it some time! Mindful eating helps you recognize your hunger and fullness better, and reduces overeating.

Exercise has always been something I enjoy doing—especially swimming laps with friends. I know not everyone feels this way! I’m giving away an ebook of my New Adult swimming romance Streamline to celebrate my favorite form of exercise.


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#Omnilicious Twitter Party


Good things are happening at Omnific Publishing.

We’ll host our first Twitter Party this Friday 5/31/13, starting at 7:00 p.m. EST.


Prizes and giveaways galore! Hop back on my blog on Thursday to snag my secret letter for the scavenger hunt.

Secondly, Omnific has a Facebook group you can join HERE. Check out giveaways, reviews, and other goodies from our growing group of authors! Omnific’s latest release Tangled by Emma Chase is tearing it up, sitting at #1 in Erotica on Amazon’s Kindle charts.

Thirdly, I want to thank author Carol Oates for her help with beautiful graphics like the Twitter Party one above. She’s helping her fellow Omnific chicks with some kickass marketing tools!

Finally, come back on 5/29 for the Get Healthy Blog Hop, when I’ll give away a copy of my swimming romance Streamline.

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Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Blog Hop

Thanks to Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Alethea from Read Now Sleep Later for hosting this Easter Giveaway Hop!

A friend invited me to his house for Easter dinner, and I’m having a blast finding fun Easter desserts on Pinterest. I tested the recipe for Coconut Macaroon Nutella Nests:

Check out my Pinterest Easter board HERE

I’m giving away one Jennifer Lane ebook of your choice:

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Bunny hop over to these participating blogs!

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Streamline Birthday Day Four

Streamline‘s book birthday party has been rocking due to awesome hosts and book-themed treats like Olive Garden breadsticks (carbo-loading for swimmers), grape juice (this is Young Adult/New Adult after all), and oxycontin (but who said teenagers follow the law?)

Would you like to see the actors I envision as the main characters? Check out my Streamline Pinterest board HERE.

Make sure to stop by these blogs to keep the party going today!

Thursday 3/28
Author Carol Oates’ blog
Book Nerds Anonymous blog
Author Hannah Downing’s blog
Author Kyra Lennon’s Write Here, Write Now blog

The giveaway has three days left–get on it if you haven’t entered yet. 😉

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Book Birthday Bash Day Three

Streamline turns one-year-old this week! We’re celebrating with a giveaway of one signed print copy and three ebooks. You can enter at any participating blog.

Here are today’s party hosts!

Wednesday 3/27
Books, DIY’s, and Randomness blog
Life of a Total Book Nerd blog
Christina’s Book Review blog
Author Elisa Dane blog 


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Nicki Elson’s Divine Temptation

It’s a special day for my pub sister and friend Nicki Elson–the release of her novel Divine Temptation!

Isn’t that cover divine? I loved Nicki’s first novel, Three Daves, a sexy 80’s college romp (see my review).  Check out the blurb for Divine Temptation:

Maggie Brock has everything under control. Even her divorce, though painful at the time, only registers as a minor blip in her carefully constructed universe. Her life in Prairie Oaks has once again returned to a smooth, predictable pace…until an angel shows up in her bedroom.


The angel is just as bewildered as Maggie about why he’s been sent to her, but their unsuccessful efforts to gain understanding of the mystery fade to the background as their relationship grows. Soon, Maggie’s biggest problem becomes the angel himself, as her feelings for him develop into something less than saintly.


While Maggie struggles to keep her desires pure, a nefarious being lurks in the shadows of Prairie Oaks, watching and waiting for the opportunity to fulfill his ambiguous purpose. Preying on her conflicted emotions, the demon manipulates her at every opportunity, but the one to deliver Maggie directly into his hands is the last person she’d expect.



Get it HERE.

It’s also Day Two of the Streamline Book Birthday Bash. Head over to these blogs for reviews, interviews, and giveaways.

Tuesday 3/26
Paulette’s Papers blog
Author Cherie Colyer’s blog
Mich’s Book Reviews blog 
Author Kelsey Ketch’s Book Nook blog