Book Tour with Ellen Gable

Today on the blog, I'm talking virtual book tour newness as Catholic writer Ellen Gable's novel Julia's Gifts is out now. Julia's Gifts, a World War I romance, is Ellen Gable's 8th book and I am delighted to be part of her virtual book tour! I've enjoyed the straightforward prose of her O'Donovan books that …

KISSING MAX HOLDEN has a cover!

The amazing Katy Upperman’s KISSING MAX HOLDEN has a final cover. Look at the prettiness! You can find KISSING MAX HOLDEN in August 2017. 🙂

Guys, Kissing Max Holden has a finalized cover, and I could not love it more!

Let’s talk about the pretty, shall we?

The colors: I liked the grayscale of the winning cover direction, but I LOVE how this new image looks: sharp and crisp, with plenty of contrast. And then there’s the gradient pink of the title; pink is my favorite, and I’m so happy to see it featured on Kissing Max Holden‘s cover. It feels fresh and fun and romantic.

The cover models: I mean, I couldn’t have handpicked a more perfect Jilly and Max. She’s beautiful but approachable, and he’s got dark, wild hair and a jaw that won’t quit. Together? They’re adorable.

The composition: The way he’s coming over the fence for her? Yes. They way she’s touching his face? There’s a history there. The way he’s holding her wrist? Clearly, he wants her. The almost-kiss? Perfect, perfect, perfect.

Also, bonus: My name!…

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DIVIDED by Sharon M Johnston

DIVIDED: AN OPEN HEART NOVEL Sharon M. Johnston Publication Date: November 24 2015 New Adult Science Fiction Romance A new heart should mean new life, instead it’s a living nightmare.  Mishca Richardson’s life is at an all-time high after her heart transplant. With new boyfriend, Ryder, she has the perfect summer romance. Even the nightmares plaguing …

Thursday Think on the Romance Genre

But for some people, marriage and 2.3 children works towards this lasting relationship. It’s about relative feelings and situation – such that no relationship is like another. This post highlights that not all romance in novels has to end in marriage or commitment, though. You know – in life nowadays, there are so many different ways in and around monogamy, and it might be good to see more of those in popular fiction.

TRISH MARIE DAWSON

Like what I assume are millions of other people over the last few months, I came across E! Online’s article this am about the lovely Goldie Hawn, pulled from her Porter Magazine article in June, and one of the things she talks about is her ongoing 32 year relationship with Kurt Russell. If you don’t know much about them, they still aren’t married, which is actually kind of awesome and impressive, considering this is a Hollywood couple, where dating/marriage status never seems to stay the same for long. Even us normal(ish) folks can look at a relationship such as Hawn’s and Russell’s and find it inspiring. In this interview, Goldie says about relationships:

I’ve always loved Goldie Hawn, but as she ages (beyond gracefully and beautifully, may I point out) she continues to be not only a positive influence for other women in the acting industry, but all women…

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What Are you Writing? Sunday Fiction

A day late, but I wanted to participate in Vanessa Rodriguez's Sunday Fiction Post-Up where writers share extracts of their WIP or latest works. After an exhausting weekend, I'm back home and I get some time to myself again. This extract is from my contemporary romance short, 'SoS', which I finished the first draft of …

A Shot of Reckless By Maddie Paige

Today on the blog: a cover reveal for a new college New Adult book coming out with Elephantine Publishing - A SHOT OF RECKLESS by authors writing under the name Maddie Paige. WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Art major, Roxy Thompson, is a ball of fun—but she's also careful to keep her walls intact when it comes …

RSW 24/08/15

Phew. Has it already been a week? I feel like I've been all over the geography this week, busier than average. How I did on last week’s goals. > Write 2,000 words of the WiP short. Done this, I think. > Edit chapter two of H and get it to my critique partner. Working on …

Beautiful People: the Friendship Edition

For this month’s Beautiful People (hosted by Cait and Sky), I’m going to look into the friendship between two characters (the main characters, in fact) of mine in my work-in-progress short. Kazia and Joel haven’t known each other for so long, but they soon become firm friends, and a bit more… How long have they …

Quick Takes Friday about Goals, Success, and Holidays

For this week's Quick Takes, I'm still in Scotland, but only just. Check out the rest of the hop over at This Ain't the Lyceum. ~1~ This week has been weird, in terms of weather. We had some almost torrential rain a couple of days - the kind of rain that is constant throughout the …

Beautiful People: Greetings to Patience

I'm still editing - and trying to balance the two academic and creative meanings of 'revision' - so I have no fully-formed character to present for you. Instead, I'm going to have a new-new character for this month's great questions of the Beautiful People tag (hosted by Cait and Sky). Patience (surname-not-yet-created) is the MC …