Good morning and Happy Friday! Today I’m offering up a free read of one of my military romance novellas that is set on the Jersey Shore. Actually, all the stories in the Take a Chance series are set in towns all up and down the Jersey Shore. All the stories are also about military heroes, male and female, and how they are willing to risk it all for a chance at Happily-Ever-After. I hope you’ll enjoy this sexy read and have a great weekend. To download the free read, please visit https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/mpx6b.
#FreebieFriday – My Top Picks for Weekend Reading
If you’re like me part of a perfect weekend involves reading a good book! I prefer reading mine on the beach, but any place with a book is heaven. This Freebie Friday I scoured the shelves for some freebies for you that seem like they’d be good reads. Check them out:
Big Rock by Lauren Blakely – https://amzn.to/2WQ3Xgm
Slow Burn by J.H. Croix – https://amzn.to/31fxbEt
Real Men Howl by by Celia Kyle and Marina Maddix – https://amzn.to/2MtVlaX
Adam by Jennifer Ashley – https://amzn.to/2MtVlaX
An Indecent Proposition by Stephanie Julian – https://amzn.to/2WS2YMr
Please also take a moment to check out the 99 cent special for ONE SUMMER NIGHT! You can find it at these retailers:
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Radish: Read three chapters for free – http://bit.ly/2AERQFk
#ThrowbackThursday – Miami Seaquarium & My Hallmark Novel
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had been offered a proposal to write a book for Hallmark. The tentative title is SOUTH BEACH LOVE and the story is set in the South Beach/Miami area. The hero and heroine are competing chefs who are helping out family to plan the most spectacular quinceañeras anyone has ever seen and I’m excited to be able to work with this kind of story. For starters if I wasn’t a writer I’d love to be a chef so I can vicariously fulfill that dream. Plus I had a blast planning my daughter’s quince and keeping alive that tradition. I’m looking forward to sharing it with all of you. Finally, I’ve laid out some of the scenes in my fav places in the Miami area, like the Miami Seaquarium. We visited many times as kids and as adults we took my daughter there. Today I’m sharing a photo from one of those visits! Have a great Thursday!
#TeaserTuesday – The Takeover Effect by Nisha Sharma #TheTakeoverEffect
Today I’m sharing a new release from my buddy Nisha Sharma! Nisha’s THE TAKEOVER EFFECT is out today and if you love powerful women and alpha heroes who fall instantly in love, then you should check out this novel! Here’s a little teaser for you:
- Hemdeep Singh knows exactly what he wants. With his intelligence and determination, he has what it takes to build his own legacy away from Bharat, Inc. and the empire his father created. But when his brother calls him home, Hem puts his dreams on hold once again to help save the company he walked away from. That’s when he encounters the devastating Mina Kohli in the Bharat boardroom, and he realizes he’s in for more than he had bargained.
Mina will do whatever it takes to recover control of her mother’s law firm, even if it means agreeing to an arranged marriage. Her newest case assignment is to assist Bharat in the midst of a potential takeover. It could be the key to finally achieving her goal while preventing her marriage to a man she doesn’t love—as long as her explosive attraction to Hem doesn’t get in the way.
As Mina and Hem work to save Bharat, they not only uncover secrets that could threaten the existence of the company, but they also learn that in a winner-takes-all game, love always comes out on top.
To find out more about THE TAKEOVER EFFECT or to purchase it, please visit:
- Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HTesZ0
Avon: http://bit.ly/2V8KNhC
AppleBooks: https://apple.co/2V8KO5a
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To find our more about Nisha (and congrats on the RITA nomination for MY SO CALLED BOLLYWOOD LIFE), please visit http://www.Nisha-Sharma.com.
#ManCandyMonday – NYPD Detective Peter Daly from TEMPTATION CALLS
One of the things I loved about working with Harlequin on THE CALLING IS REBORN vampire romance series was that they were always willing to let my push boundaries in the stories. This was especially true in TEMPTATION CALLS which included not only issues with domestic abuse, but also featured a mixed race heroine, Samantha Turner, who falls in love with NYPD Detective Peter Daly. Actually it would be hard to not fall in love with Peter. He’s loyal, courageous, and respectful of Samantha. He loves the kids in the shelter she runs and protects Samantha and the women there. And when he observes how much Samantha loves to garden, he brings her a flat of impatiens. He’s almost too good to be true, but he’s also a man whose job is filled with violence, something Samantha wants to avoid at all costs. I hope you’ll check out Peter in TEMPTATION CALLS. You’ll also get to meet sexy santero Ricardo Fernandez in this book. You’ll see more of him in DEVOTION CALLS.
TEMPTATION CALLS is specially priced at 99 cents until March 8.
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#HumpDay – Counting Down to Valentine’s Day #WaybackWednesday
Trying to stay positive on this Hump Day by counting down the days until Valentine’s Day! Only 8 to go until a romance writer’s fav day of the year. One of the things I love is hearing how people first got together. In my case, it was rather embarrassing I must admit. Hubby and I had kind of met at a Freshman Orientation mixer that the university was holding so new students could get to know one another. As was typical after such parties, I rushed home to pull out our Freshman yearbook to find out more about “Bob”, the young man I’d just met. Turned out he was a Brooklyn boy who was also in my major and after a few days of class, I ran into him again off and on. But that’s not where it gets embarrassing. When it came time for one of our classes to assign seats in the lecture hall where we had class, I looked him up on the seating chart and saw he was sitting right in front of me. Unfortunately, when Bob sat down it was in the wrong seat and silly me, I was only too quick to tell him! Ugh, I was so not savvy about the whole man/woman thing having been too involved in my studies and other non-romantic type activities. Sigh. But somehow it worked out all right since we’ve been married forever. Today I’m sharing this photo of those two awkward freshman who were dating! LOL
How about you? How did you meet your significant other?
#TeaserTuesday A Second Chance at Love and an Upcoming Book Signing
Good morning! The summer seems to be flying by and so are the days until my upcoming signing at the Edison Barnes & Noble! Please join me on August 4 to sign some of my latest releases! Here’s the info for it:
- Romance at Menlo Park
Author Event, Special Event, Author Signing
Saturday August 04, 2018 12:00 PM
Join us from 12PM-4PM and meet your local romance authors!
Menlo Park Mall
55 Parsonage Road
Edison, NJ 08837
732-548-4179
And now for today’s Teaser and a Thank You! Thank you all for your support of the At the Shore series! You have really made it special for me! Today’s teaser is from Chapter 1 in WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER In this scene Connie and Jonatha are about to see Jonathan for the first time in many years. They are both still the same in some ways and very different in others. They are both still wondering about the “What if?” I hope you enjoy this teaser!
Excerpt
Chapter 1
Jonathan Pierce stared hard at the mirror, wondering what Connie Reyes might see tonight when she and her friends came over for the dinner his brother Owen had arranged. What Connie might think after so much time had passed.
The teen she had known seven years earlier was gone as was the man she’d run into shortly after Hurricane Sandy. That man had been replaced by one who had known his share of hardship and success. Barely perceptible laugh lines that hadn’t been there that last summer bracketed his mouth and eyes. There was a thin scar above one brow thanks to a crash while testing a new vehicle prototype on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Another jagged white line on his jaw was courtesy of shrapnel when a hydrogen fuel cell had unexpectedly exploded in their lab.
He looked away and leaned heavily on the edge of the vanity, noting the other assorted nicks and scars on his hands. They were the hands of a man who had lived life to the fullest and made himself what he wanted to be and not what others expected. He knew he’d sometimes hurt people with his choices, especially his older brother Owen, who’d had to shoulder the burden of the family business as well as their father’s ire whenever one of Jonathan’s escapades caught the attention of the media.
He’d gotten used to the interest the press had in him. After all, he was the renegade son of a wealthy family. A self-taught inventor who had sold his first small invention for millions. He was now revolutionizing the motor vehicle and battery industries with his innovative designs, unconventional methods, and fearless experiments.
He had brought idea after idea to life with detailed research and hard work. There had been failures along the way, but that had only made the successes that much more enjoyable. He had celebrated those successes with his team, his brother, and a bevy of actresses and models who were only too keen to be seen on the arm of a rebellious multi-millionaire who might soon be a billionaire if his company’s stock prices continued to climb.
Only… none of those women could hold a candle to Connie.
Connie, who he would see in just a few hours thanks to his brother. Owen had finally decided to fight for Maggie Sinclair, and he was happy that his brother was following his heart. But while Jonathan would do almost anything for Owen, he wasn’t happy about having to spend time with Connie.
Smart and beautiful Connie, he thought with a sigh and a shake of his head.
He’d managed to avoid her for the last several years. Sure, he’d seen her after Sandy and occasionally from afar when Maggie and her friends had come down to Sea Kiss. Or every now and then when he’d gone to some business event in the city.
He’d tried to tell himself he didn’t like the sleek professional woman she’d become. That she wasn’t prettier than ever. He tried not to imagine peeling off those elegant business suits to reveal the real woman beneath. But he was lying to himself.
He had never really gotten over the Connie Reyes that had emerged that summer they had shared. The woman who had learned to live for the moment and have fun. Who had been carefree and willing to explore their love. He doubted he would ever forget that women and wondered if she was still there, trapped inside her very prim and proper suits.
Maybe he’d find out tonight, he thought, and prepared himself for what might be a very difficult dinner.
***
Connie Reyes splayed her hand across the nervous butterflies in her stomach that were beating their wings so violently, she felt like throwing up. She was tempted to beg off from dinner with the Pierce boys, only Maggie needed her moral support and Connie never disappointed a friend. Especially Maggie, who was like a sister. She’d do anything for Maggie, even suffering through a meal with Jonathan Pierce.
“You feeling okay? You’re looking a little . . .†said Emma Grant, her other BFF. Emma eyed her intently, her green-eyed gaze inquisitive.
“I’m just fine,†she lied, but it was clear from Emma’s meaningful stare that her friend suspected something was up as they followed
Maggie onto the patio and to the long row of tall privet hedges that separated the two Jersey Shore mansions.
She tamed the flutters much as she did when arguing a case before a judge and trudged along behind Maggie as they eased through the hedges and approached the entrance to the Pierce mansion. They had barely reached the front porch when Owen threw open the door, a big friendly smile on his handsome face.
He welcomed them warmly, but Connie couldn’t resist mumbling to Emma, “Said the spider to the fly.†As much as she wanted things to work out with Owen, she still worried about how Maggie would be hurt if they didn’t.
Emma jabbed her in the ribs and luckily, it seemed as if Owen either hadn’t heard her comment or if he had, was choosing to ignore it. She gave him props if it was the latter, since it indicated he was truly trying to be nice for Maggie’s sake.
They quickly walked through the foyer and living room and back to the dining area. Jonathan was in the kitchen, an apron over his jeans and T-shirt. The T-shirt hugged his broad, muscled chest and laid bare the powerful muscles of his arms. His light brown hair still had the kiss of the summer sun and was tied back from his face, revealing the sharp lines of his features.
He looked older, but still so handsome.
She had thought she could handle this dinner for her friend’s sake. That she could face Jonathan and not get caught up in the emotions from years past. But it was impossible to forget the way he’d held her in his arms, a dimpled smile on his lips, his sea-blue eyes bright with humor and love. With that memory, the flutters in her stomach were replaced by an ache in the region of her heart.
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