Spotlight on One Kind Hand by Christine DePetrillo

ONE KIND HAND by Christine DePetrillo is out now! Check out the celebrity small town romance and be sure to get your copy today!

Spotlight on DISSENT, A New Romance Charity Anthology Benefiting Reproductive Rights in the US.

                         

GIVEAWAY! Romantic Fantasy Starter Kit & Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven

Today I am excited to share a new book, Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven, and a giveaway for an exciting fantasy romance starter kit that includes some amazing authors and two of my favorite books (Written in Red, and Cry Wolf). These six books, the first in their respective series, are essential to building your fantasy romance collection! One lucky winner will receive the starter kit, which includes Phoenix Unbound, and twenty runners-up will receive an advance reading copy of Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven!

Author Anne Elizabeth’s Favorite Holiday Traditions & A Giveaway of The Power of A SEAL!

New York Times bestselling author Anne Elizabeth is an award-winning romance author and a popular comic creator. With a BS in business and MS in communications from Boston University, she is a regular presenter at conventions as well as a member of the Author’s Guild, Horror Writers Association, and Romance Writers of America. Anne lives with her husband, a retired Navy SEAL, in the mountains above San Diego.

Today she's here to share some favorite Christmas traditions and there's a giveaway too. So make yourself a mug of cocoa or whatever drink you prefer, get comfy, and enjoy!

Spotlight on Betrayed: Powerful Stories of Kick-Ass Crime Survivors; Profits Are Donated to Help Domestic Violence Survivors

Betrayed: Powerful Stories of Kick-Ass Crime Survivors

22 Crime Thrillers by bestselling, award-winning, and critically acclaimed authors!

What happens when the person you trust the most betrays you? That’s the question posed in Betrayed, a powerful collection of stories about love, violence, and survival. The characters in these pages may suffer and bleed, but they fight back. They are survivors — not victims.

In Terri Lynn Coop’s Legal Aid, an overworked lawyer takes on a complex divorce case that just may get her fired ... or killed.

An invalid who believes his neighbor is tormenting his young wife takes matters into his own hands in Wendy Tyson’s Soap.

When a private investigator is hired to find someone who appears to have disappeared from the face of the earth, he questions whether some people should be found in How Not to Find Someone in Houston by Liam Sweeney.

And in Elizabeth Heiter’s The Second Shot a teenage girl is convicted of murdering her abusive father ... but is she really guilty?

As a bonus, New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan contributed the novella, Mirror, Mirror, about what happens when a police detective suspects her sister is hiding a dark secret ... a secret that just may get them both killed.

These stories and more fill the pages of the first anthology published by Authors on the Air. Victims become victors and – hopefully – justice is served.

Every author has donated their time and stories. Profits from this anthology are being donated to programs and organizations that help victims of domestic violence reclaim their lives.

Spotlight on Zero to Sixty by Marie Harte & A Giveaway!

To celebrate Marie Harte's new release, "Sixty to Love", the publisher is giving away a bundle of the first two books in the "Bad Boy Body Shop" series. The giveaway is at the end of this post.

 

Caffeine addict, boy referee, and romance aficionado, Marie Harte is a confessed bibliophile and devotee of action movies. Whether hiking in Central Oregon, biking around town, or hanging at the local tea shop, she’s constantly plotting to give everyone a happily ever after. Visit www.marieharte.com and fall in love.

Spotlight: Closed Casket, A New Hercule Poirot Novel by Sophie Hannah

 

Listen to After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

A Free Serialization of the Complete Audiobook in Eight Parts

Presented by Sophie Hannah

Spotlight & Giveaway: Pocket Star eBook Holiday Books! Win the anthology Baby, It's Cold Outside!

 

The holiday stars of Pocket Star EBooks offer perfect escapes for winding down this holiday season. Take a break, get a drink and some cookies and indulge in a new book or two:

GIVEAWAY, INTERVIEW, & RECIPES: A Dictionary Of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton

This book appealed to several of us here but we weren't able to review it so I decided we'd feature it. There's a short Q&A with the author, Jackie Copleton, some Japanese recipes (including cake!), and the publisher is giving away one copy of the book to a US reader. Make yourself comfy and enjoy!

Jackie Copleton spent three years teaching English in Nagasaki and Sapporo. A journalist, she now lives with her husband in Glasgow, Scotland.
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EXCERPT & SPOTLIGHT: The Executive Decisions Boxed Set by Grace Marshall

A few years ago Ms.Marshall wrote a guest post and shared an excerpt from her book, "Identity Crisis", which is part of her new box set, "The Executive Decision". That post just happens to be my number one most popular post ever. Today I'm delighted to share an excerpt  from "The Exhibition", also part of "The Executive Decision".

Voted ETO Best Erotic Author of 2014, and a proud member of The Brit Babes, K D Grace believes Freud was right. In the end, it really IS all about sex, well sex and love. And nobody’s happier about that than she is, otherwise, what would she write about?

Love Horses? Love Romance? Check Out These Books by Colette Auclair

 

A Pocket Star EBook

Kentucky Derb-E Treat!

The Aspen Valley Series:

 

The Kentucky Derby is just a few days away and we are highlighting the EBooks Thrown, Jumped, and Branded in Colette Auclair’s award-winning Aspen Valley series!

Bon Appétit and a Book - Giveaway, Recipes, and Romance with Authors Andrea Laurence & Abby Green

It's winter where I am and cold. Cocoa and comfort food are my staples (I have a mug of cocoa as I'm typing this). When the opportunity arose to have a couple of Harlequin's authors provide some yummy recipes I happily said yes. Now, I'm not much for cooking. I like it simple; the microwave and toaster oven are two of my favorite kitchen appliances. But I enjoy looking at recipes, these look delicious, and I think I'll share the chili recipe with my sisters; they like chili and they actually LIKE to cook. Weirdos. :P

Originally, I thought I'd do a separate post but these two recipes seem like a good combo so I decided to put them into one post. After the recipes, you'll find info on the books and authors, and a giveaway.

SPOTLIGHT & EXCERPT: A Bluestocking's Christmas & Other Historical Romances by Lindsay Downs

Historical romances aren't my usual read but I know some of you are fans and the author of the books I'm spotlighting today is using some of his book proceeds to help a couple of authors who are battling cancer. Since fighting cancer is something I'm always help to with, I offered to host him and his books on the Nook. I met Lindsay through Astraea Press when I was an editor there and worked on one of his contemporary novels, "Emily Dahill CID Part Two".

Two AP authors are dealing with cancer currently. To assist them and their families during this difficult time Lindsay will give one of them the royalties for November from the sale of his Christmas regency, "A Bluestocking’s Christmas". The other will be given the royalties from his three self-published books; "The Masked Lady and The Murder", "The Guilty Countess" and "The Earl’s Spitfire".  He will be giving them the money, not donating it to a fund they might have set up.

SPOTLIGHT: Cozy Christmas Capers, A Cozy Mystery Anthology

Christmas AND cozy mysteries? Oh yeah, works for me. I'm not familiar with most of these authors but for $1.99, it's hard to pass up.

Have You Heard About a New ARC Service, IndieARCS?

If you like NetGalley then check out IndieARCs!

SPOTLIGHT: Home for Christmas by Jessica Scott and JoAnn Ross

WOO HOO! It's party time! Today is the release day for a new duet, "Home for Christmas" containing stories by Jessica Scott and JoAnn Ross. They each contributed a novella. Jessica is one of my very favorite authors and possibly the best contemporary romance writer on the market. I'm not familiar with Ms Ross's works but if Jessica likes her, I'll give her a try. :)

Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.

SPOTLIGHT & EXCERPT: Gideon Lee by Lisa Orchard

 
Hello! Today I have an excerpt from a contemporary young adult, "Gideon Lee", by Lisa Orchard; it releases this Tuesday from Eskape Press. 

Lisa Orchard grew up loving books. Hooked on mysteries by the fifth grade, she even wrote a few of her own. She knew she wanted to be a writer even then. Her first series, “The Super Spies,” has reached bestseller status

After graduating from Central Michigan University with a Marketing Degree, she spent many years in the insurance industry, pining to express her creative side. The decision to stay home with her children gave her the opportunity to follow her dream and become a writer. She currently resides in Rockford Michigan with her husband, Steve, and two wonderful boys. Currently, she’s working on a Coming of Age Young Adult series called The Starlight Chronicles. When she’s not writing she enjoys spending time with her family, running, hiking, and reading.

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SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY: Code Runner by Rosie Claverton

Did you know that Carina Press publishes mysteries? Many people think of them for romances and erotica but they have mysteries - romantic mysteries of course but also cozies and straight up mysteries. Last month they had some of their mysteries on sale for 99 cents and I picked up several. Now they are touring to highlight some of their titles. I have an excerpt from one book, "Code Runner" by Rosie Claverton, information about some others, and a tour wide giveaway.

You can join Carina Press and some of the authors for a twitter chat tomorrow, October 2nd at 2 pm ET. Chat #CarinaMystery w/ @rosieclaverton @JulieALindsey @hollywest @rickzilla and @thrillerchick

SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPTS & GIVEAWAY - Cowboy Up by Melissa Keir, et al

Today I am sharing a new box set (aren't they quite the rage these days! But you can get some good deals). "Cowboy Up" has seven cowboy/Western romances by some best selling authors. I have a mini excerpt from each book and at the end there's a giveaway of the bundle by one of the authors', Melissa Keir.

So grab a snack, make yourself comfy, and enjoy!

EXCERPT & SPOTLIGHT: Treasure Coast by Tom Kakonis

Launched in September, Brash Books is the brainchild of Lee Goldberg, author of more than 40 books including the bestselling Fox & O’Hare series with Janet Evanovich, and Joel Goldman, author of the hugely successful and award-winning Lou Mason, Jack David, and Alex Stone series. Lee and Joel decided to do something never done before—publish the best mysteries, police procedurals, thrillers, and spy novels of the last 30 years—as well as innovative new titles that will be the among the best of the next 30 years. 

In other words, Brash Books publishes the best crime novels in existence. Their roster features an unparalleled list of highly acclaimed Edgar, Shamus, Anthony and National Book Award-winning or nominated titles.