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Books, Books, and more Books!
So what's going on at my end? Well, my Christmas book is at my editor's being reviewed. I have just completed Elkhorn In The Moonlight and have that ready to go to my editor, as well as Midnight Escape. I'm applying the finishing touches on Roadside Love. I expect to have all 3 of these manuscripts on my editor's desk in April, 2018. Depending on the editorial changes recommended, they will then be modified and sent to my beta readers, then to my publisher! I hope you are as excited about all these possible reads as I am!
Heads Up!
We're moving. It's with a sadness in my heart, that I have to say goodbye to Montana this summer. I can't handle being sick six months out of the year. I have an allergy to snow mold, and recycled air in my home. So far I'm managing to avoid the hospital this year. With my husband's severe arthritis in his knees, and my allergies, we have to move to a warmer climate. We don't know where and when at this point, only that it will be this summer. I may take a month hiatus from the newsletter and giveaways while making this move.
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This month's author spotlight is on Tina Gayle. Let's take a look at her books, and learn a little bit about Tina!
Even the Threat of Cancer can cause stress. The days before a doctor gets the results of the test can seem like forever.
When I was in my teens, my mother found a lump in her breasts. The only way for them to tell if it was cancerous was to do a biopsy. Back in those days, a woman had to check into a hospital to have a biopsy done.
The days before the biopsy, I remember believing that those may be the last days of my time with her. We grew very close during that time and remained close afterward.
When I decided to write CEO’s Widow, I remember the pain I suffered and tried to add that to the story. This book does not go into the technical aspects of the treatment. Instead, it is about the emotional pain the cancer causes.
CEO’s Widow - Book 4 of the Executives' Wives' Club series
Genre: Contemporary Romance with strong women fiction elements
Four women...
One fatal car wreck...
Everyone's lives changed...
CEO’s Widow
Blurb:
After surviving the grief from her husband’s death, Marianne Clark has built a new life with the help of the other Executive Wives. She plans to enjoy grandchildren and friends until her doctor tells her he found a lump in her breast. Her world turned upside down. She re-evaluates her priorities and decides she grab hold of life with both hands.
Knox Turner lost is first wife to cancer. He’s determined not to let Marianne face this challenge alone.
Can this couple face the trails ahead and build a future together?
Buy Links:
Available at Amazon | B&N | Apple | Kobo | Smashwords
When I was in my teens, my mother found a lump in her breasts. The only way for them to tell if it was cancerous was to do a biopsy. Back in those days, a woman had to check into a hospital to have a biopsy done.
The days before the biopsy, I remember believing that those may be the last days of my time with her. We grew very close during that time and remained close afterward.
When I decided to write CEO’s Widow, I remember the pain I suffered and tried to add that to the story. This book does not go into the technical aspects of the treatment. Instead, it is about the emotional pain the cancer causes.
CEO’s Widow - Book 4 of the Executives' Wives' Club series
Genre: Contemporary Romance with strong women fiction elements
Four women...
One fatal car wreck...
Everyone's lives changed...
CEO’s Widow
Blurb:
After surviving the grief from her husband’s death, Marianne Clark has built a new life with the help of the other Executive Wives. She plans to enjoy grandchildren and friends until her doctor tells her he found a lump in her breast. Her world turned upside down. She re-evaluates her priorities and decides she grab hold of life with both hands.
Knox Turner lost is first wife to cancer. He’s determined not to let Marianne face this challenge alone.
Can this couple face the trails ahead and build a future together?
Buy Links:
Available at Amazon | B&N | Apple | Kobo | Smashwords
Are you a full-time writer or part-time, and how do you organize your writing time? Full-time writer, I work normally from seven to around four-thirty to five. I start my day with all the internet things like check email, twitter, blogs, etc. I then like to listen to what I have written the day before with my dragon software. I revise and it primes the pump for what I should write next. I do take regular breaks but for the most part I’m in my office working most days.
When did you first know you wanted to be a writer? I wanted to be a writer a long time before I believed I could be a writer. I wrote stories in my head and took them to my nephews, but I didn’t believe I could write a book. My first challenge was to prove myself that I could sit and write for hours at a time. It’s lonely work and I am a people person. So I wasn’t sure I could stand the solitude, and I struggle with that at times.
Find Tina at :
Home - www.tinagayle.net
Blog - www.tinagayle.blogspot.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/AuthorTinaGayle
Goodread - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1641826.Tina_Gayle
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/tina.gayle
When did you first know you wanted to be a writer? I wanted to be a writer a long time before I believed I could be a writer. I wrote stories in my head and took them to my nephews, but I didn’t believe I could write a book. My first challenge was to prove myself that I could sit and write for hours at a time. It’s lonely work and I am a people person. So I wasn’t sure I could stand the solitude, and I struggle with that at times.
Find Tina at :
Home - www.tinagayle.net
Blog - www.tinagayle.blogspot.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/AuthorTinaGayle
Goodread - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1641826.Tina_Gayle
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/tina.gayle
The Showers by Adam Mann
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Only A Hero Will Do
Defender of the realm…and his wary heart…
Captain Grant Alexander is an enigma in London society. Dashing and handsome, he coldly eschews marriage. But the ton knows nothing of his role in the Legion: to bring Typhon, the traitor who seeks to destroy the British monarchy, to justice.
When Grant is thrown together with fellow Legion member Elizabeth Atwell, he’s instantly beguiled yet exasperated by this beautiful viscount’s daughter. She has little interest in combing the marriage mart for a well-bred, well-heeled husband, but is adept at code-breaking and handling a bow and arrow. She also refuses to do as she is told, insisting she accompany Grant on his mission.
As Typhon continues to evade capture and dark forces are at work, Grant realizes he must act, not only to protect the realm but Elizabeth too…not to mention his heart, which is in danger of thawing every time she comes close…
Captain Grant Alexander is an enigma in London society. Dashing and handsome, he coldly eschews marriage. But the ton knows nothing of his role in the Legion: to bring Typhon, the traitor who seeks to destroy the British monarchy, to justice.
When Grant is thrown together with fellow Legion member Elizabeth Atwell, he’s instantly beguiled yet exasperated by this beautiful viscount’s daughter. She has little interest in combing the marriage mart for a well-bred, well-heeled husband, but is adept at code-breaking and handling a bow and arrow. She also refuses to do as she is told, insisting she accompany Grant on his mission.
As Typhon continues to evade capture and dark forces are at work, Grant realizes he must act, not only to protect the realm but Elizabeth too…not to mention his heart, which is in danger of thawing every time she comes close…
The Counterfeit Lady
Freedom!
Vowing she’ll never submit to an arranged marriage, an earl’s daughter bolts for the remote seaside cottage that should be hers upon marriage.
But instead of a quiet respite from her controlling family, she finds her refuge occupied by the last man she ever wants to see again—an American artist, who’s also a thief.
And quite possibly one of her father’s spies.
Vowing she’ll never submit to an arranged marriage, an earl’s daughter bolts for the remote seaside cottage that should be hers upon marriage.
But instead of a quiet respite from her controlling family, she finds her refuge occupied by the last man she ever wants to see again—an American artist, who’s also a thief.
And quite possibly one of her father’s spies.
Becker Circle
My first and only boyfriend believed I was too gutless to leave. He was dead wrong. I graduated Harvard early and left his hot temper and everyone else behind for Dallas. Determined to make it on my own, I land a second job bartending at the neighborhood pub smack in drama central where most every jerk in the neighborhood hits on me—at a huge price. A week into the job, the neighborhood’s very popular drug dealer falls to his death a few feet from the table I’m serving. The cops say suicide, but the hot guitar player in the house band and I suspect foul play, and I intend to prove it. We dig deeper, grow closer, and make a shocking discovery. We know the murderer. Watch the trailer (https://youtu.be/WcHmOXoiJSI).
From Here to fourteenth
It's 1894 on New York's Lower East Side. Irish cop Tom McGlory and Italian immigrant Vita Caputo fall in love despite their different upbringings. Vita goes from sweatshop laborer to respected bank clerk to reformer, helping elect a mayor to beat the Tammany machine. While Tom works undercover to help Ted Roosevelt purge police corruption, Vita's father arranges a marriage between her and a man she despises. As Vita and Tom work together against time and prejudice to clear her brother and father of a murder they didn't commit, they know their love can survive poverty, hatred, and corruption. Vita is based on my great grandmother, who left third grade to become a self-made businesswoman and politician, wife and mother.
Mowed
Curvy girl Pepper is accustomed to flying under everyone’s radar. Being a big girl hasn’t led to many dates or exciting adventures. All of that was about to change.
Through the small-town rumor mill, Pepper learns her old teenage crush just moved back to town. Jason was the star quarterback, prom king, and also Pepper’s neighbor from across the street.
One day he sees Pepper out mowing the lawn and makes her an offer of no-strings attached, no-holds barred sex that has the potential to benefit them both.
Nothing quite turns out the way either of them thought it would.
Through the small-town rumor mill, Pepper learns her old teenage crush just moved back to town. Jason was the star quarterback, prom king, and also Pepper’s neighbor from across the street.
One day he sees Pepper out mowing the lawn and makes her an offer of no-strings attached, no-holds barred sex that has the potential to benefit them both.
Nothing quite turns out the way either of them thought it would.
Behhind the bench
Dr. Danni Angelo is the team physician for the Clarington Quakes hockey team. She’s worked hard to earn the players’ respect, but the new coach, Trey Mason, is stirring things up, and Danni’s worried her job may be in jeopardy.
Trey finds Danni…distracting. Beauty, brains, and sexy moves on the ice have him uncomfortably attracted. He’s the new guy on the block. He has a reputation to build and a standard to set. The last thing he needs is a complication.
When the team spirals out of control and Danni and Trey get caught up in a drug scandal, things heat up on and off the ice. It’s a whole new game plan…Behind the Bench.
Trey finds Danni…distracting. Beauty, brains, and sexy moves on the ice have him uncomfortably attracted. He’s the new guy on the block. He has a reputation to build and a standard to set. The last thing he needs is a complication.
When the team spirals out of control and Danni and Trey get caught up in a drug scandal, things heat up on and off the ice. It’s a whole new game plan…Behind the Bench.
Moonshine
Some secrets are too dangerous to keep…
A thrilling novel of romantic suspense from author Sylvie Grayson.
After losing her husband to a deadly illness, Julia Butler is determined to look after her family, but this is the 1930’s and times are tough for everyone. As the endless string of jobless men trudges past her farm, she does her best to hang on. Then two strangers suddenly appear at her home. They are hiding something that places her family in danger, and nothing will ever be the same.
Dr. Will Stofford has become disillusioned with women. In an effort to heal his broken heart, he leaves his brothers behind and sets up his medical practice in the Kootenays where no one knows him.
Meeting Julia throws his plans into chaos. Will can’t turn his back on a challenge and he won’t rest until he solves this puzzle and puts things right.
If marrying Julia is part of the solution, then so much the better.
A thrilling novel of romantic suspense from author Sylvie Grayson.
After losing her husband to a deadly illness, Julia Butler is determined to look after her family, but this is the 1930’s and times are tough for everyone. As the endless string of jobless men trudges past her farm, she does her best to hang on. Then two strangers suddenly appear at her home. They are hiding something that places her family in danger, and nothing will ever be the same.
Dr. Will Stofford has become disillusioned with women. In an effort to heal his broken heart, he leaves his brothers behind and sets up his medical practice in the Kootenays where no one knows him.
Meeting Julia throws his plans into chaos. Will can’t turn his back on a challenge and he won’t rest until he solves this puzzle and puts things right.
If marrying Julia is part of the solution, then so much the better.
Jade
Jade never wanted a mate. She loved being an assassin and she had a family in her fellow assassins, their mates, and little Silas. She truly had everything she needed. But when Ghost assigned her to track the same immortals who tried to kill Xander’s family, she couldn’t refuse.
But the complication arises when Ghost requests she partner with Noah, a human and ex-special forces soldier. Jade has never worked with a human before, much less one that hated her from the moment he laid eyes on her. But she was a professional and if she could play a part in destroying the immortals who threatened her family, she could accept the human. If only she knew how to fight her attraction to him.
All Noah Hale wanted was to kill the immortals who lured his best friend and fellow ex-Navy SEAL to his death. He had no desire to be teamed with a beautiful tracker who mesmerized him the moment she turned her emerald eyes his way. But in order to stop other soldiers from pursuing the same fate, he needed to swallow his pride and work with a group of immortals he didn’t trust.
As Jade and Noah track the group of shifters through the mountains of Colorado, the danger lurking around every corner threatens everything they both hold close. Will they be able to find a way through, together?
But the complication arises when Ghost requests she partner with Noah, a human and ex-special forces soldier. Jade has never worked with a human before, much less one that hated her from the moment he laid eyes on her. But she was a professional and if she could play a part in destroying the immortals who threatened her family, she could accept the human. If only she knew how to fight her attraction to him.
All Noah Hale wanted was to kill the immortals who lured his best friend and fellow ex-Navy SEAL to his death. He had no desire to be teamed with a beautiful tracker who mesmerized him the moment she turned her emerald eyes his way. But in order to stop other soldiers from pursuing the same fate, he needed to swallow his pride and work with a group of immortals he didn’t trust.
As Jade and Noah track the group of shifters through the mountains of Colorado, the danger lurking around every corner threatens everything they both hold close. Will they be able to find a way through, together?
All those miles i walked
At eighteen, DJ made a choice–her heart or her dreams. Neither was wrong, yet either would break her heart. She chose the world. Over a decade later, she returns to Crescent Creek and to the one regret she's ever had–Scott.
Scott’s always been steady as a rocky reef. He’d loved once and when she’d left, his strong heart had crumbled like a sandcastle. Now DJ is back, and Scott wants nothing to do with her. If only Eva, his and DJ’s old friend, didn’t need their help. Because of her, he’s stuck with DJ and he’d be damned, she still gets under his skin.
DJ is a free spirit who needs the road under her feet. Scott is a family man who wants to groom his roots. With danger on their doorstep and a baby to keep safe, how much are they willing to compromise for love?
Scott’s always been steady as a rocky reef. He’d loved once and when she’d left, his strong heart had crumbled like a sandcastle. Now DJ is back, and Scott wants nothing to do with her. If only Eva, his and DJ’s old friend, didn’t need their help. Because of her, he’s stuck with DJ and he’d be damned, she still gets under his skin.
DJ is a free spirit who needs the road under her feet. Scott is a family man who wants to groom his roots. With danger on their doorstep and a baby to keep safe, how much are they willing to compromise for love?
I am not a golfer, despite everyone’s attempt to tell me that I have great arm/leg/eye coordination. I have gone mini golfing on 4 different occasions, and have done something at each trip, to make it most memorable.
The first time I ever went to a min golf place, it was up in northern Michigan, off Highway 2, where the Mystery Spot was. The place was wired fence in, and for some reason, it had a hole in the middle of it. I was with my family, and we were laughing and giggling. When it came my turn to hit the ball over the a little creek that went through the mini golf range. I hit the ball, and it went through the hole in the fence. I’ve determined that the hole was there specifically for me……
A group of us friends went to a mini golf place in Lansing and we came upon the spot where the men had to hit the golf ball in the “HIS” hole, and the women had to hit the ball in the “HER” hole. In my infinite wisdom, I hit the ball in the “HIS” hole.
I took a swing one time, to hit the golf ball from one part of the mini golf course, to the other side, and the club head went spinning in a different direction….
I hit the ball once, and hit a man in the nuts. Poor guy went down to his knees. Later, when I apologized to him, he wouldn’t talk to me, but his significant other chuckled.
Yes, these incidents has ended up in my WIP, Moonlight Path and I tell everyone when they see me coming to a mini golf range to clear the area…..
The first time I ever went to a min golf place, it was up in northern Michigan, off Highway 2, where the Mystery Spot was. The place was wired fence in, and for some reason, it had a hole in the middle of it. I was with my family, and we were laughing and giggling. When it came my turn to hit the ball over the a little creek that went through the mini golf range. I hit the ball, and it went through the hole in the fence. I’ve determined that the hole was there specifically for me……
A group of us friends went to a mini golf place in Lansing and we came upon the spot where the men had to hit the golf ball in the “HIS” hole, and the women had to hit the ball in the “HER” hole. In my infinite wisdom, I hit the ball in the “HIS” hole.
I took a swing one time, to hit the golf ball from one part of the mini golf course, to the other side, and the club head went spinning in a different direction….
I hit the ball once, and hit a man in the nuts. Poor guy went down to his knees. Later, when I apologized to him, he wouldn’t talk to me, but his significant other chuckled.
Yes, these incidents has ended up in my WIP, Moonlight Path and I tell everyone when they see me coming to a mini golf range to clear the area…..
