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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 
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Streamline Book Birthday Bash Day One

Happy Birthday to my book baby.

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 this or any participating blog.

Here are the lovely book bloggers and authors posting reviews, interviews, and giveaways:


Monday 3/25
Nawanda Files blog
Author Darcia Helle’s A Word Please blog 
Reading, Writing, and Everything in Between blog 
Author Jen DeLucy’s blog 

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Gearing Up for the Streamline Book Birthday Bash

Streamline turns one-year-old next week! We’re celebrating with a giveaway of one signed print copy and three ebooks. You can enter at any participating blog, starting Monday March 25th:

Monday 3/25
Nawanda Files blog
Author Darcia Helle’s A Word Please blog 
Reading, Writing, and Everything in Between blog 
Author Jen DeLucy’s blog 
Tuesday 3/26
Paulette’s Papers blog
Author Cherie Colyer’s blog
Mich’s Book Reviews blog 
Author Kelsey Ketch’s Book Nook blog 
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 
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
Friday 3/29
Actin’ Up With Books blog
Author Trisha Wolfe’s YA Bound blog
My Bookish Fairy Tale blog
Author Nicki Elson’s Not-So-Deep-Thoughts blog

Woo hoo! I’m stoked to have so many lovely party hosts, and now we need YOU to be our guest. Stop back next week for the party that runs all week long. *Major hangover predicted*

And now it’s time to bounce with Omnific Publishing. For details, visit HERE.

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Happy Times

Happy March to you! It’s still cold in Ohio, but I’m hoping the spring thaw happens soon. I planted some bulbs in the front of my condo last fall and I’m curious if they’ll appear. (My thumb isn’t exactly green.)

Now to share a few happy events in my writing career:

1) I’m under contract for my fourth novel with Omnific Publishing! On Best Behavior (The Conduct Series #3) will be the third and final novel in my romantic suspense trilogy, which tracks the journey of two ex-cons falling in love and running from the Mafia. It feels wonderful to finish a series.

With Good Behavior (The Conduct Series #1) and Bad Behavior (The Conduct Series #2)

I can almost visualize the cover for On Best Behavior, and I can’t wait to see what my publisher creates. If you want to add On Best Behavior to your Goodreads TBR shelf, go HERE.

2) I’ll be a featured author at the New Adult Sleepover Weekend. One of my sisters lives near Hilton Head, so the Savannah, Georgia location is perfect for me.

This gathering of authors and readers will take place 12/6/13, hosted by Stella Price and Damaris from Good Choice Reading. Check HERE for more info.

I look forward to discussing my mature YA/NA novel Streamline with readers.

3) Streamline‘s turning one year old. Stay tuned next week for the Book Birthday Bash, with over 20 blogs signed up March 25-29. Details are HERE.

Finally, I meet with my tax preparer today. Gathering bundles of paperwork crap isn’t so happy, but getting a return will be! Have you done your taxes yet?

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CRAZY, STUPID LOVE: New Adult Giveaway

Have you heard of the NEW ADULT genre? It’s all the rage–books about characters age 18-25.

Thanks to Talk Supe for hosting this event. Some of my favorite NA reads include Slammed, Point of Retreat, Where She Went, Easy, Flat Out Love…and Poughkeepsie.

My pub sister Debra Anastasia has written one humdinger of a New Adult book…Poughkeepsie!

Poughkeepsie is a beautiful love story about truly seeing people with all their sparkles and flaws.


Read my 5 star review HERE.


Along with giving away an ebook of my Mature YA / New Adult novel Streamline, I’m giving away an ebook of Poughkeepsie.


See the post below to sign up for Streamline‘s book birthday, March 25-29, when there will be more giveaways.


To enter the Crazy Stupid Love giveaway, simply complete the Rafflecopter form.

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Three Kindle Valentines Giveaway

Happy Valentine’s Day and Happy Singles Awareness Day! Omnific Publishing is giving away THREE LOADED KINDLES to celebrate their three-year anniversary this Valentine’s Day.

One of my books will be available on each of the three Kindles (With Good Behavior, Bad Behavior, and Streamline).

And I’m also happy today because it’s my birthday. Presents abound!


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OMNIFIC VALENTINE’S DAY ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!
Omnific is giving away THREE KINDLES for THREE GREAT YEARS! 
Kindle #1 will feature all of Omnific’s 2010 titles!
Passion Fish
Three Daves
Seers of Light
Boycotts & Barflies
A Valentine Anthology
The Unidentified Redhead
Stitches and Scars
Eve of Samhain
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit
With Good Behavior
Trust in Advertising
Take the Cake
Immortal Awakening
The Redhead Revealed
Whisper of Light
Shades of Atlantis
Breaking Point
Whirlwind
Kindle #2 will feature all of Omnific’s 2011 titles! 
Indivisible
Pleasures Untold
Bad Behavior
Pieces of Us
Becoming sage
Crushed Seraphim
The Way That You Play It
Big Guns
Concessions
It’s Only Kinky the First Time
Starstruck
New Flame
Shackled
Swim Recruit
Sway
Full Speed Ahead
The Second Sunrise
The Summer Prince
Whatever it Takes
Ember
Cat O’ Nine Tails
The Guardian’s Wildchild
Small Town Girl
Poughkeepsie
Embrace
Kindle #3 will feature all of Omnific’s 2012/2013 titles!
Destiny’s Fire
Grave Refrain
Streamline
Burning Embers
Saving sunni
Cocktails and Dreams
The Winemaker’s Dinner: No Reservations
The Winemaker’s Dinner: RSVP
The Winemaker’s Dinner: Appetizers
Recaptured Dreams
Clarity
Divinity
Glimpse of Light
Circle of Light
Iridescent
Between the Lies
Reaping Me Softly
Once Upon a Second Chance
Bittersweet Seraphim
Wallbanger
The Winemaker’s Dinner: Entree
A Christmas Wish
Blood Vine

In addition, the Omnific debut collection will be only $.99!

Check out the Omnific Publishing Blog for more info HERE.
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Follower Love Giveaway Hop

I looooove my followers! To celebrate YOU, I’m jumping on the Follower Love Giveaway Hop, hosted by the illustrious Kathy at I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and Nicole at The Reader’s Antidote.

Want an iTunes gift card or a Jennifer Lane ebook of your choice? Just enter using the Rafflecopter form.

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