FRIDAY NIGHT BRIDES: It's All About the Girls Today!!

Sometimes you just need to try something new.

And sometimes you want to do that surrounded by your friends.

Today marks the release of FRIDAY NIGHT BRIDES and I have to tell you, I am BEYOND excited about this book.  I love all of my books and my characters that I create, but this book is just a little bit more for me. Why?  Because it's a little bit of a departure from my normal stuff.  This is more women's fiction than romance, for starters - although there is plenty of romance in it.  The book focuses more on friendship between four women more than anything else.

Hailey, Becca, Angie and Ella - Meet the girls.

The four of them have been friends since they were five and they have been modeling in Friday night bridal fashion shows since that time.  They've gone from flower girls to bridesmaids to brides and during this particular wedding season in the book, their lives really start to change and it's about more than bridal fashions.

I am all about my friends.  Seriously.  I have been blessed with some amazing friends and most of them I've known and been close to for most of my life.  I think that friendships are so important and for me - at times in my life when I wasn't close to my family, I always had my friends.  So this book is for all of them!

For an exclusive excerpt from the book, you can click HERE.

Buy Links:
Amazon:  http://amzn.to/1WRsh7A
B&N:  http://bit.ly/26Ooqir
iTunes:  http://apple.co/1W5YSu1
Kobo:  http://bit.ly/24lZAYn

Also, please join me Friday night over on Facebook for the celebration - FRIDAY NIGHT BRIDES:  Girls Night In!  We are going to be celebrating the book release AND all-things friendship!  I'll be giving away books and swag and fun things like Starbucks gift cards and little things to pamper yourself with!  Don't miss out!  You can hang out in your jammies and eat ice cream while sitting at your computer and no one is going to judge you - because we'll ALL be doing that!!  So RSVP today!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1719294635026352/

Have a great day and HAPPY READING!!

HAPPY RELEASE DAY!!!

Oh my goodness!  I am so excited about today that I can barely stand it!!  "I'll Be There" is finally available and Amazon still has it on sale for $2.80!!  CRAZY!!!

So what does a girl do on book release day?  Sadly, it's not glamorous.  I still had to get up and drive my son to school in the rain (Gasp!).  Now I'm going to visit all the blogs and sites that are promoting me today and then I'm meeting up with some friends for lunch and going to Barnes & Noble to see my baby on the shelf.  Maybe I'll wear a tiara.  It's not definite - depends on the weather - but it's always a possibility.  Silly, yes? 

My husband and son are a little less than impressed at this point in my career.  I'll still make dinner tonight - even though I'd prefer takeout.  It's almost as if they don't understand how emotional a day like this is.  I put so much time and effort into creating this story and now everyone is going to start reading it.  Some may love it, some may hate it.  And either way, it's an emotional roller coaster for me!  You'd think they'd just approach with caution, put the Chinese food takeout down in front of me and then slowly walk away.  They should have learned this by now!!  Clearly I'm not being obvious enough in my attempts to train them.  There should at least be some sort of cake!!  Tomorrow's my birthday so I'll make up for it then.  :)

I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!!  And if you get the chance, take advantage of the sale price on "I'll Be There" and get caught up on the Montgomery family!!

The Shaughnessy Brother Series Has Arrived!!

I cannot even begin to explain how excited I am about today.  "Made for Us" - book one in my new Shaughnessy series is finally LIVE!!  Woo-Hoo!!!  

Here's the thing - series books.  You either love them or hate them.  Personally?  I love them.  I like introducing characters that you get to follow before and after they have their story and you really get to know them.  For the Shaughnessys, there are six siblings - five brothers, one sister.  Each sibling is going to have a book of their own over the next two years.  "Made for Us" is eldest brother Aidan's story.  He's a building contractor and a bit of a control freak.  He has a routine and he sticks to it.  And all the while, he sees himself as the anchor of the family - the one who everyone turns to and who helped his father raise his siblings after the death of their mother.

He meets his match (and don't they all!) in Zoe Dalton.  She's an interior designer/decorator who finds herself working for Aidan.  They butt heads immediately because she's as strong-willed as he is.  Sparks fly immediately and that's when things get fun!

As for the rest of the family, they are quite the eclectic bunch!  Let me introduce you:
Aidan - oldest, building contractor
Hugh - owns a string of private luxury resorts, has a lot of OCD issues
Quinn - former NASCAR driver who now deals in classic car restorations
Riley - musician.  Okay, he's one of the hottest rock stars in the world!
Owen - Riley's twin, astrophysicist.  Extremely shy and socially awkward.
Darcy - the baby of the family, only girl.  She's kind of bratty at first but she's going to grow up to be AMAZING!!  I seriously can't even wait to start her story!

Believe it or not, Shaughnessy books two, three AND four (Hugh, Quinn and Riley) are already written but they won't be out until 2016.  I believe they will be released in April, August and December.  Don't hold me to that, they may be a little different but you can be sure that as soon as I have a release date, you'll know about it!

So it's a big day!  I'm going out to celebrate with friends - go to Barnes & Noble and do my pictures with the books!  I'm a goof, I know.  If you haven't ordered your copy of "Made for Us", what are you waiting for???  Go for it!!  Here's the Amazon link:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UTWFWMA?refRID=02KRAH3Y06XPYB5CSTY2&ref_=pd_rhf_eetyp_p_img_7 

And don't forget you can join me and Sara Humphreys for a month-long celebration over on Facebook where you have the opportunity to win prizes every day!  Stop by for the Scavenger Hunt!  Here's the link:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1492072517751546/

Have a FABULOUS day!!

 

Made For Us Pre-Orders

I remember when I started self-publishing how only traditionally published authors were allowed to have pre-order links on Amazon.  I was soooooo envious.  Sigh.  Then, as time went on, the indie authors were allowed to get them.  The only problem with that for me?  I was one of those flying-by-the-seat-of-my-pants writers and pretty much I published books on a whim.  Spur of the moment.  Whenever the urge struck.  I would write a book, edit and publish within a month so a pre-order link wasn't really working for me.

Well now it is!  

Now that I've slowed down and writing longer books that are being traditionally published - and don't even get me started on how much I am LOVING seeing my books in paperback in the stores! - all of my books go on pre-order about six months before they're released.  It's a little weird seeing the book on all the sites and knowing that it won't be available for so long but I do enjoy seeing how many people are ordering a title because they want to make sure they have it on the release date.

I still do it all the time with my favorite authors.  And when I do it way far in advance?  It's like a nice little surprise when it pops up on my Kindle.  It's like a little present and I think "Yeah, me!" for being on the ball and knowing how much I'm going to enjoy reading a new book.  

But then again, who doesn't enjoy a new book, right?

So "Made for Us" will be out August 4th.  SOOOOO much fun stuff is going to be happening with it!  Besides the actual release of the book - which in itself is very exciting - I'll be hosting a release party on Facebook on August 3rd - you can join here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/835345099883774/ and then I'll be doing a month-long scavenger hunt with author Sara Humphreys on Facebook that will lead up to her new release, "Brave the Heat" which will be released September 1st.  It is all going to be a lot of fun and I hope to see tons of people at these events - and by see I mean your names on my computer on Facebook!  Lol!

We are going to be giving away stuff at all of the events - signed books, swag, Amazon gift cards...you name it, we may very well be giving it away so you don't want to miss out!  To join the scavenger hunt, go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1492072517751546/

To pre-order your copy of "Made for Us" on Amazon, you can click HERE.

To pre-order your copy of "Brave the Heat" on Amazon, you can click HERE. 

Do you pre-order your books or wait for them to come out?  Do you go to events on Facebook?  Do you enjoy winning stuff?   Tell me about it!!

HAPPY RELEASE DAY!!!