Posted in My Books, Odd Observation, Writing

Back In The Day

Bikers viewWhen my husband I were dating, he was known for being a bad boy. Since I don’t want to embarrass his family or my daughters, I won’t get into about what he did. But we hung out with some people you would call in a nice way – rough. Now, I’m not saying all of them were that way. A few of the girls were like me, from the middle class part of town and attracted to the bad boys.

I can tell you after a few years, I realized that life wasn’t for me. The drinking, drugs, smoking, cussing (still a bad habit of mine that slips out on a occasion) and living on the edge sucked big time. They cheated on each other, stole from anyone, even their friends, and many didn’t know the meaning of hygiene or taking care of their possessions. And they would laugh about it all.

Thankfully, my hubby grew up to be a good man, though that bad boy mentality (a.k.a. Cranky) comes out on occasion.

Over the years, a few people have recommended to me book series about motorcycle gangs/clubs. My sister even talked about how much she loved Sons of Anarchy. I gave in and bought one book, “sampled” a few others and watched the Sons. The book I didn’t finished, the others I didn’t buy, but I did watch all seasons of SOA. The TV series had some good moments. I think mainly I wanted to see Charlie/Jax’s butt. Otherwise, the show had more violence than plot.

The books and even the show reminded me of those days from my youth.

So now I’m writing a motorcycle club series. It will be toned down (really, I’m known for writing about sex and violence; so there will be enough in it) compared to the series and the partial books I’ve read. As I mentioned, I’ve been around those type of people. You don’t want to mess with them or be like them.

But there is something romantic and sexy about bad boys and dangerous men. Even more so when they’re reformed.

Posted in Circle of Deception, Contests, My Books

CIRCLE OF DECEPTION DOES IT AGAIN!

Final Hi-Res Cover webYAY!  I received some wonderful news today.  CIRCLE OF DECEPTION is a finalist in the Georgia Romance Writers’ Maggies!  This is a lovely big contest. Sure. Not as big as the Ritas (those are like Romance Writers of America’s Oscars). They’re more like the Golden Globes of romance.  LOL!

That’s four for DECEPTION.

(2013 GDRW’s Booksellers Best, 2014 SMRW’s Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, 2014 HODRW’s Aspen Gold, and now 2014 GRW’s Maggies!)

 

[corrected 8/6/14)

Posted in Circle of Deception, Contests, My Books

Looky, Looky What I Got Today!

My third book in The Circle series, CIRCLE OF DECEPTION, is a finalist in the 2014 Aspen Gold Published Writers Contest!

They gave me a nifty website medallion to use.

Final Hi-Res CoverAspen Gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the third contest in two years that it has been a finalist. (The e-book came out in December 2012 and paperback in January 2013.)

Posted in Circle of Dishonor, My Books

For A Limited Time!

Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000039_00009]In celebration of that special day this week (Shhh! My birthday is Wednesday), the price of CIRCLE OF DISHONOR is 99 cents. (No, it’s not my age.) Amazon has changed it already.

B&N, Kobo, iBooks and a few other places will have it changed in next few hours or so. It will be that price for only a few days. So go get it!

 

Posted in Blog Tour, Circle of Dishonor, Giveaways, My Books

Super Book Blast Tour

The commenter winner of the $25 Gift Card (Amazon/B&N) is DeeJay Sakata!

And the $25 Gift Card (Amazon/B&N) for the website host is Snarky Mom!

[Updated 6/29/14 with winners at each location and specials shown above. Those without winners didn’t have anyone commenting besides me and Goddess Fish Promotions and sometimes the web-host. So people missed out!  Those who won, be sure to go back to the blog and post a thanks to the website. My info on how to collect is there. Congratulations to those who took the time out and commented.]

SBB_CircleOfDishonor_Banner I’ll be traveling around today at the websites below, saying hi and giving away free copies of CIRCLE OF DISHONOR to commenters. At the end of the tour, I’ll give away a $25 Amazon/B&N gift card too. Hope to see you there!

  1. Carpe_Diem
  2. Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock – Erin
  3. Queen of the Night Reviews – Jay Riv
  4. Deal Sharing Aunt
  5. Bunny’s Review
  6. In Shadows
  7. The Pen and Muse Book Reviews
  8. Literary Nook – Carol Savoy
  9. Snarky Mom Reads… – Ashley Anne Applebe
  10. Read More Romance
  11. Our Wolves Den
  12. Brooke Blogs – D J Sakata
  13. Aly’s Miscellany
  14. Mismatched Bookends
  15. Two Ends of the Pen
  16. BookSkater
  17. Angels with Attitude Book Reviews – RitaWray
  18. Room With Books
  19. Romance Novel Giveaways
  20. For the Love of Bookends – Shannon
  21. Serenity Doesn’t Come Easy
  22. Jodie Pierce’s Ink Slinger’s Blog
  23. Writer Wonderland – Angela Adams
  24. Welcome to My World of Dreams
  25. It’s Raining Books – Mary Preston
  26. Straight from the Library – Virginia
  27. Long and Short Reviews Elise-Maria Barton
  28. fundinmental – Laura Thomas
  29. Books and Other Spells – Anna
  30. Jen’s Reading Obsession
  31. The Simple Things in Life
  32. Sexy Adventures Passionate Tales
  33. Carpe Libros
  34. Mia Downing – Kim Muhl
  35. Nephy’s World
  36. A Book Addict’s Delight