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Can He Convince Her? #Persuading_Lucy #pre-order

12/27/2017

 
Old boyfriend, the one who broke your heart wants you back. But you walked away--far away. Out of sight and out of mind, right? Lucy has been living her life and avoiding Cal for years. Why can't he understand that?

Has that ever happened to you? A guy won't understand why you can't go there. There are always those guys who have hurt you but once you walk away, they see you as this desirable person again. Why? Because you aren't fawning over them? Or because you protected your heart?

In Tammy Mannersly's latest book (now on Pre-Order), Lucy has walked away, heart intact for the most part. Too bad that Cal isn't convinced. And when he finds her again, he's out to prove to  her that he's changed.
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You can’t hide from destiny….
Callum Hawthorne is one of those lucky guys who seem to have it all. He’s a wealthy property tycoon, the CEO of his family’s company. He’s handsome, intelligent and charming and has a gorgeous new woman on his arm every week. But there’s one thing still missing – the love of his life, Lucy Spencer.
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Fourteen long years ago, Lucy left for college and cut off all contact with Cal, leaving their mutual friend Madison as his only connection. That was until in his effort to save his deceased father’s beloved Gold Coast property, The Calypso, Cal contacts Insight Marketing, the best advertising firm in Melbourne, and discovers his Lucy among the team.

Successful marketing executive, Lucy Spencer had managed to avoid her ex-best friend for nearly half their lives. Fearful of trusting him, loving him and having her heart broken all over again, Lucy tries to keep her distance from him, but discovers that there is a fine line between love and hate, and maybe – just maybe – Cal could be her inescapable destiny.
 

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About the Author:
Tammy Mannersly is an Australian author based in Brisbane, Queensland. She loves writing romance, has a fondness for animals, is crazy about movies and enjoys a great Happily Ever After. Her passion for writing started at a very young age and led her to complete a Bachelor Degree in Creative Industries majoring in Creative Writing at Queensland University of Technology.

You can find out more information about Tammy and her work on her website: www.tammymannersly.com or by visiting:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tammymannersly
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16935790.Tammy_Mannersly
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tammymannersly/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TammyMannersly
 

Three Simple Words Change their Lives Forever! #new_release #Collide

12/14/2017

 
Words are powerful. Two words like "I Do" or "I'm pregnant" can have a lasting impact. So can words of hate. But three little words change two people's lives all the time. "I Love You" has a way of bringing people together and setting them on a path for their future... and who knows... maybe the "I Do" or "I'm Pregnant" will follow.
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Three simple words were all it took to change their lives forever.

Losing a loved one is hard. Learning to survive in their absence? That’s even harder. For Gemma Michaels, life had become difficult following her brother’s death, but the one thing that kept her afloat was the one thing she knew she shouldn’t have desired – her best friend, Ben.

He’d made a promise to her brother – to protect her, no matter what. For Ben, that had meant that she was off limits. But then she slips and tells him the three words he’s been waiting to hear.
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Love happens when you least expect it.

EXCERPT:
“If you’re trying to charm my pants off of me, it isn’t going to work, Nate.”

At least, I hoped he wouldn’t succeed. Again.

On one hand, the last thing I needed was to repeat the same mistake. On the other hand? I was single, and I did have needs. Of course, Nate’s model looks certainly didn’t help to keep my mind from considering his earlier proposal.

And this is why you don’t drink around Nate, I told myself.

“Get your mind out of the gutter, Gem, geez,” he joked. I dropped my hands from his neck and shoved him gently in his chest before he grabbed my wrists, pulling me to where he stood. “I’m serious. You have convinced yourself my idiot cousin can do better than you. You seem to think that you can’t compete with the other girls, but it’s utter bullshit.”

“It’s not bullshit; it’s called accepting the reality of the situation,” I said.

“You’re so much more than those other girls, Gemma. I only wish you could see what I see,” he said. A sincere smile spread upon his lips, and he released his hold on my wrists. “Don’t let your fear keep you from trying. Sometimes the things that scare us the most are exactly what we need.”

 

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Even the best of us fall.

One phone call was all it took to disrupt the happiness Gemma Michaels had come to know. Instead of basking in the glow of her newfound romance with Ben, Gemma is forced to watch as her mother fights to overcome her grief, while struggling to deal with her own. When all hope seems lost, Gemma Michaels will find a way to move past her grief and allow herself to be happy.
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In the end, love is all that matters.
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​About the Author:
Nicole Sobon is the author of The Emile Reed Chronicles (YA Science Fiction), the Outbreak duology, Collide (NA Romance), and more!
 
You can find her online at:
Twitter: @NicoleSobon
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NicoleSobonAuthor
Blog: http://www.NicoleSobon.blogspot.com


Looking for the Perfect Holiday Gift for Your Family, Your Friends, or for YOU!?! #AuthorSigning #Deadwood #WildDeadwoodReads

12/12/2017

 
Looking for Legendary Events? We've got them at Wild Deadwood Reads 2018! Deadwood Vacation You are officially invited and welcomed to attend Wild Deadwood Reads Book Signing and Legendary Events in Deadwood, South Dakota. You'll find so many things to do, including fun and adventurous outings planned just for us that weekend. Register right away so you won't miss out on any of the excitement! Everything starts Thursday evening, June 7, with a Meet-and-Greet Cocktail Hour on the patio overlooking Deadwood. Check out the view! View from the Patio View of Deadwood from the Deadwood Mountain Grand. Wild Deadwood Reads has grown since year one. In June, we had just under 50 authors, and since we've already registered more than 80 authors for 2018, we're projecting we'll double our author roster to around 100 for next June! To accommodate this bigger and more Legendary event, we're taking over the entire, amenity-packed Deadwood Mountain Grand Hotel, and we've negotiated a fabulous rate for guest rooms for you from Wednesday through Sunday night, so you can come in early, stay an extra day, or do both! Deadwood Mountain Grand Our Hotel - the new and upscale Deadwood Mountain Grand Get ready to jump onto a luxury motorcoach with 54 of your new friends-to-be on Friday morning for an all-inclusive sightseeing tour including three amazing destinations around the Black Hills. Big Thunder Gold Mine Big Thunder Gold Mine Crazy Horse Monument Crazy Horse Monument [caption id="attachment_2024" align="aligncenter" width="708"]Prairie Berry Winery Prairie Berry Winery Saturday morning you'll enjoy a hot, delicious Breakfast With the Authors right in our hotel, in the Deadwood Mountain Grand's Event Center on the second floor above the Non-Smoking casino. At one end of the Event Center we'll relax over a scrumptious hot buffet breakfast, and at the other end are the ready-to-rock tables for the Author Book Signing! Deadwood Mountain Grand Wild Deadwood Reads Book Signing The book signing begins Saturday morning at 10:00 am in the Event Center which is accessible by escalator, elevator, and stairs, and there’s lots of room for us at this lovely venue! We'll even have vendor tables where local small businesses will tempt you with everything from hair pretties to chocolate! Book Signing Aaron Bunce and his #1 Helper During the Book Signing, you'll have the chance to win something fabulous at the Basket Raffle, which will support a local non-profit organization. Authors, cover models, sponsors, and vendors are all very busy dreaming up the perfect goodies to place into a basket to catch your attention! Check out the basket examples on our website! Saturday afternoon, we have The Rodeo! Right in town, it's a gasp-provoking Professional Bull Riders Rodeo with the rankest bulls in the territory. We're lucky to have an exclusive VIP Package, Behind the Chutes, where we'll watch PBR Bullriders and stock contractors show us how they load the bulls into the chutes, and how the cowboys get themselves settled onto the bulls - for at least 8 seconds! We'll enjoy VIP reserved seating for the rodeo, bus transportation both to and from the rodeo grounds, a special dinner after the rodeo at the No. 10 Saloon's upstairs restaurant (in close walking distance of our hotel) featuring an entertaining show created just for us by our Rodeo hosts! Afterward, head downstairs for a live band at the official after-hours hangout for the Bullriders and all the rodeo staff. Get your cameras ready - they love to show off their belt buckles! [caption id="attachment_2033" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]PBR Rodeo 2017 PBR Deadwood Rodeo If you're not in a Rodeo mood, we have the perfect event for you! Hosted at a downtown hot spot, Wild Bill Bar in walking distance of our hotel, join authors and readers for Wild Book Readings at Wild Bill Bar - with DESSERT! This sweet event takes us on a trip back in time as we head to their private, upstairs room which has been lovingly refurbished to look like a Victorian theater with bistro seating. A cash bar, an author-sponsored dessert bar of delicacies, and authors reading you their favorite scenes from their own books. Mix, mingle, and indulge! This event will be Legendary. There's so much to do and see in Deadwood and all around the area, you'll have a must-see list that'll keep you busy all weekend. And we give you plenty of time to explore on your own! Walking the streets of historic downtown Deadwood, you can easily imagine Wild Bill Hickok tipping his hat as he passes you on the sidewalk. Or Calamity Jane causing a ruckus at a noisy saloon. Or Seth Bullock facing down a gunslinger and sending him on his way to Mount Moriah Cemetery, just up the hill from town. And, well, you don't have to imagine any of this. Deadwood stages free shootouts right on Main Street! Wild Deadwood Reads Reader Registration is only $10 which includes a handy neck wallet and two more wonderful gifts which are listed for you on the website. Besides being the perfect spot for your phone and other essentials, the neck wallet holds your name tag which allows you to sign up for all the great weekend events listed above, some of which are FREE! Check out our website http://wilddeadwoodreads.com/ and our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/wilddeadwoodreads/ to see everything that you can experience! I am thrilled to be going to Deadwood next June, and I want to make sure you don't let this awesome opportunity slip your mind or slide off your calendar. Register today and you'll be all set to have one of the best, Wildest, and most Legendary times you'll ever experience!

Can Love Last? Facing Trials

12/7/2017

 
In the second book of Collide, we learn that an incident might cause Ben and Gemma to fall apart. Their love might be destroyed with one phone call. If you missed out on the first book in the Collide Series, I'm sharing it below too. It releases on Dec. 15th so you can get both!
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Even the best of us fall.

One phone call was all it took to disrupt the happiness Gemma Michaels had come to know. Instead of basking in the glow of her newfound romance with Ben, Gemma is forced to watch as her mother fights to overcome her grief, while struggling to deal with her own. When all hope seems lost, Gemma Michaels will find a way to move past her grief and allow herself to be happy.
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In the end, love is all that matters.


Pre-Order Collide: Book 2 today!

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And don't forget to pick up Collide: Book one which releases on Dec. 15th!

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Three simple words were all it took to change their lives forever.

Losing a loved one is hard. Learning to survive in their absence? That’s even harder. For Gemma Michaels, life had become difficult following her brother’s death, but the one thing that kept her afloat was the one thing she knew she shouldn’t have desired – her best friend, Ben.

He’d made a promise to her brother – to protect her, no matter what. For Ben, that had meant that she was off limits. But then she slips and tells him the three words he’s been waiting to hear.

Love happens when you least expect it.

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About the Author:
Nicole Sobon is the author of The Emile Reed Chronicles (YA Science Fiction), the Outbreak duology, Collide (NA Romance), and more!
 
You can find her online at:
Twitter: @NicoleSobon
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NicoleSobonAuthor
Blog: http://www.NicoleSobon.blogspot.com
 

When is He Right For You? #new_Release #Glimpses_of_Wilderness

12/4/2017

 
When do you know if he is right for you? Do you have a check list where you check off each item he fits? Does he have to bring you a certain present? Use a special nickname or make you feel a certain way? Wouldn't it be great if you already knew from your dreams?

Anna has been seeing Robert in her dreams for years. She knows he's the perfect man for her but he's only from her dreams...or is he? 
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NOW AVAILABLE!

No nightmares about my dad’s car crashing or my sister’s tiny face vanishing in a window of red. No, not anymore. Now when I sleep I fall into an expanse of frozen wilderness, the other life I’ve lived…

The one I’ve lived with him.

Anna experiences vivid dreams from a past-life she lived in the 1800s with her husband Robert and their children in the wilderness of the Michigan Territory. Much like her own mother grieving the man and child she lost, Anna can’t simply let go of the memories that haunt her.

But when she runs into Robert in this lifetime, a whirlwind of their past lives—and deaths—rocks her modern world to the core. What will she be willing to risk to spend every lifetime with Robert?

In the twists and turns of “repeating” their lives over and over through time, Anna must sacrifice everything for a glimpse of immortal love.

EXCERPT:
I can still feel his touch on my skin and his lips on my mouth. I sink deeper into the covers and close my eyes so tightly I see stars. I want to be with Robert a little longer. I’m not ready to leave, never want to let him go. But now my face is too wet with tears to sleep. Robert’s gone, trapped in our wilderness memories until I’m lucky enough to dream again. And I’m here without him. Always here…

I swipe the tears until the remnants of eyeliner I failed to remove last night are simply black smudges on my face. She stares back at me from the mirror—the Anna of the wild, the Anna who misses her husband and babies, the Anna who’s as broken as her mother, no matter how hard she tries to pretend she’s okay. Me…

How can I accuse Mom of living in the past and never letting go when I’m holding on to a past from a couple hundred years ago? I know what I have to do. I pick up my phone again and open Facebook. No one will ever need to ask about my relationship status again. I type his name and read my new status update: Anna Berkeley is in a relationship with William Hull.

Pick up Your Copy Today and Find out the Truth About Anna and Robert!

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About the Author:
Lee Ann Ward is an award-winning fiction author with a background in journalism and mass communications. She is also the former Senior Editor of a digital romance publisher. Her love of books started at the age of three, and she's been addicted ever since. She's published six novels (with her seventh and eighth on the way) and has written several more. When she's not writing, she's reading, singing, baking designer cakes, bowling and dreaming. She's married to Joe (who also happens to be her publicist) and they have 4 sons who they adore, and a granddaughter who is the love of their life. They make their home in the small fishing community of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. You can find more on Lee Ann and her books at:
 
Author website: www.leeannward.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leeannwardbooks
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeAnnWard1115
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeannward1115/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1275370.Lee_Ann_Ward
 

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