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Firstly, I want to say a big THANK YOU to all my readers and reviewers�� I’m now officially a Top 100 Bestseller on Amazon for New Adult Romance! Woohoo! (If you haven’t picked up already, do it now while it’s still only 99 cents!)

I’ve set my first novella in the Big Girl series to FREE! Check out now, totally free, and leave a review if you like it! I’m working on the last novella in the series right now..

Shannon Locklear just won backstage passes to the hottest concert in LA, Wilder Side. She’s thrilled to be able to meet the band backstage, and when the guitarist takes her aside, the sparks that fly between them could light a bonfire��

He’s a lead guitarist who can’t shake his inner demons.

Julian Bremmer is a musician struggling with alcohol and his band’s newfound success. Girls throw themselves at him because he’s a rock star, but all of the attention doesn’t stop him from feeling empty inside. When he meets Shannon, he can’t help but wonder if she’s just the next girl who wants him for his fame��

Fate has thrown them together, but will the world pull them apart?

Guys�� oh my god, you guys…��!

I have been working on this for quite a while now��

and I’ve gotten a lot of help �� thank you so much to my beta readers and my editors, without whom I would be lost in this muck of a manuscript��

But I’ve hit the publish button and it’s on sale ( woohoo!)�� and there’s only one thing I can say while celebrating the finish to my first new adult romance novel:

p.s.

My new novel Me, Cinderella? is on its way��

Sneak peek into the first chapter��

I bent down to pick up the nickels and got my first lucky break of the night. Right next to my shoe was a five dollar bill, just sitting on the floor! I picked it up reverently and looked around to see if there was anybody who might have dropped it, but the café was empty apart from me and the barista. She coughed and shifted her weight onto her back foot, evidently irritated at waiting for me to get my act together.

Five dollars! Five whole dollars! This was a windfall I couldn’t squander. I looked up at the café menu, my mouth watering at the possibilities. I had gotten into the habit of skipping dinner, but maybe today I could splurge and get a bagel. My stomach growled at the possibility. But no, I should wait and buy bagels at the store. Everything was overpriced here except the coffee.

I scanned the menu again and resigned myself to just the caffeine injection. It was enough to know that I could buy something if I wanted to. My eye wandered to the café window. The man was still sitting on the bench, as still as a statue. I could see his breath coming out in small white puffs, and for some reason my heart wrenched in my chest.

“Two coffees,�� I said impulsively, handing the five dollar bill over to the barista. My hands trembled slightly as I picked up the cups. What was I doing?

I pushed open the door with my shoulder bravely and exited the warm cafe, one coffee in each hand. For an instant I wavered. What if he didn’t want it? What if he thought I was a weirdo? I set my shoulders and walked over to him. He must be freezing, sitting out in the cold.

“Here,�� I said, offering him the steaming cup and putting on my most well-meaning smile. He looked up at me and my breath caught in my throat.

A scar ran down the right side of his cheek, the white seam visible all the way from his hairline to his chin. That wasn’t what made me gasp, though. Dark frowning eyebrows framed his piercing blue eyes and a shock of almost-black hair threatened to escape from under his wool cap. He was younger than I thought when I walked past him, probably less than ten years older than me. And handsome. I gulped.

He must have thought my reaction was to his scar, for he immediately angled his face away from mine, the white seam disappearing from my view. A defensive expression rose up on his face, and he looked at me suspiciously, one brow slanted up.

“Um, I thought you might want something to drink…�� My words trailed off lamely as I held out the coffee to him. I never could talk around handsome men. His expression softened and he reached out to take the proffered cup.

“Thank you,�� he said. The slightly accented words came out low, growling even, and as he took the cup, his long fingers brushed against mine. Again my heart jumped in my chest and I pushed down the strange feeling that was twisting up inside of my body. You don’t know who this man is, Brynn. He could be a serial killer, for all you know.

“You’re welcome,�� I said, quickly pulling my hand back and wrapping it around my own coffee. The warmth spread through my fingers, but it was nothing compared to the electric heat that I had felt touching his hand. After a moment he tilted his head up toward me, and I realized I had been standing there in silence, just watching him.

“Is there something I can do for you?�� he said.

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Check back in soon for links to buy Me, Cinderella? at a discounted price, or to be notified whenever a new book of mine is released!

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Hi everyone! I’m busy editing away on my new novel, but I’m not too busy to give away another free copy of my books! In my Big Girl series, Julian is a rock star in the best and worst kind of way. Struggling with alcohol, he doesn’t want to open his heart up to anyone. But of course, when Shannon gets a backstage pass to one of his shows, he falls head over heels.

I’m dating a rock star now, but he’s definitely a good guy ��My characters, on the other hand, are bad to the bone, especially Julian! ��For today’s giveaway, I’m giving away a copy of my latest release��Playing in Paris to a lucky commenter who leaves their email below. Do you go for the bad boys or the good ones?

She’ll follow the man of her dreams halfway across the world.

Shannon can’t wait a whole semester to go and see Julian on tour in Europe. She devises a plan to arrive early and surprise him. But the surprise she gets is not the one she’s hoping for.

He’s dealing with his loneliness the only way he knows how.

Julian has spent his life battling against his alcohol addiction. Now that Shannon isn’t around, there’s nothing to keep him away from that temptation. Without her, he spirals down into a desperate oblivion.

Can love mend two broken people when their faith in each other is shattered?

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But that’s not all! The Grand Prize winner will win either a free Kindle or Nook! Leave a comment below with your email for the chance to win!

Thanks to Herding Cats & Burning Soup for hosting, and�� for more prizes!

Hi fellow hoppers! I was tickled pink to find out about this bloghop because the novel I’m writing now is called Me, Cinderella? and it includes a whole bunch of mythology and legend. Leave your email in the comments about your favorite legend to get a chance to win an ADVANCE COPY of my novel, due to be published in July.

My favorite legend has always been Cinderella because there are so many different variants of the story, each one stranger than the last. Here’s the :

They tell the fabulous story that, when she was bathing, an eagle snatched one of her sandals from her maid and carried it to��Memphis [Egypt]. While the king was administering justice in the open air, the eagle, when it arrived above his head, flung the sandal into his lap. The king, having been stirred both by the beautiful shape of the sandal and by the strangeness of the occurrence, sent men in all directions into the country in quest of the woman who wore the sandal. When she was found in the city of Naucratis, she was brought up to Memphis and became the wife of the king��

And here’s a sneak preview from the first page of Me, Cinderella:

Before my mother died, she told me stories. I sat on her lap and listened to her spin golden tales through the air. We never had much, but I didn’t notice the cracks in our plaster walls when she talked about Cinderella putting on her crystal slippers and dancing all night with Prince Charming.

She told me stories of castles and dragons, stories of men who flew above the clouds to reach the sun and gods who rained jealous fury upon their rivals. Stories of lovers whose passion rose above earthly desire and changed their fate to a different end than the world had meant for them. Stories of hope and of death.

None of those stories were true, but mine is.

Thanks for reading, and make sure to leave your email in the comments for a chance to win an ADVANCE COPY of Me, Cinderella!

Hello to all the Hot Summer Night bloghoppers and welcome to another giveaway! Whew, this summer is just JUMPING with giveaways! My favorite summer memory comes from last summer, when I went out on a hike with a sexy boy who turned out to be as good at kissing as he was at climbing trees What’s your favorite summer memory?

For today’s giveaway, I’m giving away a copy of my latest release��Playing in Paris to a lucky commenter who leaves their email below.

She’ll follow the man of her dreams halfway across the world.

Shannon can’t wait a whole semester to go and see Julian on tour in Europe. She devises a plan to arrive early and surprise him. But the surprise she gets is not the one she’s hoping for.

He’s dealing with his loneliness the only way he knows how.

Julian has spent his life battling against his alcohol addiction. Now that Shannon isn’t around, there’s nothing to keep him away from that temptation. Without her, he spirals down into a desperate oblivion.

Can love mend two broken people when their faith in each other is shattered?

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But that’s not all! Books to Go Now has even more to make your summer hot and steamy:

We are offering two Grand Prizes!! In order for readers to take part, they must leave their comment and email address.����Two winners will be chosen at random and notified no later than May 31, 2013.

Cheers, and for more prizes!

For all of you wanting new stories, I’ve been hard at work on a novel that I’m releasing before July as part of the . It’s called Me, Cinderella? and I’m very, VERY excited about it. For those of you who have read any of my , the story follows Shannon’s roommate Brynn all the way to Budapest. It’s almost done and I’m going to spend the next month editing like crazy. Eeek! Can you tell I’m excited?

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One kind deed can change your life forever��

Brynn Tomlin could never afford to follow her heart. But when she sees a stranger shivering in the snow outside of the college library, an inexplicable urge leads her to buy him a hot cup of coffee. It’s just a small act of kindness, a few words of conversation. Brynn should be focusing on her finals, after all, not on the man who looked up at her gratefully with piercing blue eyes.

He could have been anyone �� a janitor on break, a graduate student, a bum. But the man standing outside in the cold turns out to be Dr. Eliot Herceg, one of the most brilliant minds in mathematics and heir to a fortune. After years of reclusive isolation, he now finds his heart awakening to the kind girl whose name he does not know.

Brynn has spent her life trying to forget her desires, and Eliot’s deep wounds have taken nearly a decade to heal. After so much hurt, will either of them be able to open their hearts again?

Welcome to all of the Wet and Wild hoppers! Anyone who comments with their email will automatically be entered into the grand prize competition, as well as my own giveaway for my newest release! First prize is a $100 Victoria’s Secret gift card, second prize is a digital gift basket, and third prize is you’re fired (just kidding!)

For today’s FREE giveaway, I’m giving away a copy of Playing in Paris to a lucky commenter who leaves their email below.

She’ll follow the man of her dreams halfway across the world.

Shannon can’t wait a whole semester to go and see Julian on tour in Europe. She devises a plan to arrive early and surprise him. But the surprise she gets is not the one she’s hoping for.

He’s dealing with his loneliness the only way he knows how.

Julian has spent his life battling against his alcohol addiction. Now that Shannon isn’t around, there’s nothing to keep him away from that temptation. Without her, he spirals down into a desperate oblivion.

Can love mend two broken people when their faith in each other is shattered?

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Thanks for participating, and�� for more prizes!

Welcome to our steamy stop on the Sinful Sirens bloghop giveaway! The most sinful thing I’ve ever done? Let’s just say that it involved wrist restraints and a whole lot of spanking��

For today’s FREE giveaway, I’m giving away a copy of my new release to a lucky reader who comments with their email below.

She’ll follow the man of her dreams halfway across the world.

Shannon can’t wait a whole semester to go and see Julian on tour in Europe. She devises a plan to arrive early and surprise him. But the surprise she gets is not the one she’s hoping for.

He’s dealing with his loneliness the only way he knows how.

Julian has spent his life battling against his alcohol addiction. Now that Shannon isn’t around, there’s nothing to keep him away from that temptation. Without her, he spirals down into a desperate oblivion.

Can love mend two broken people when their faith in each other is shattered?

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If you’re interested in my FREE new release, just post your email in the comments. And if you’re at all eager to share, I’d love to know the most sinful thing you’ve ever done (or thought about doing!)

Hi fans and fellow blog hoppers! I can’t wait for summer to arrive �� the cold always makes me dreary. So what better way to kick off this month of blog hops than with the CALIENTE Blog Hop. For today’s FREE giveaway, I’m giving away a copy of my new release to someone who comments with their email below.

She’ll follow the man of her dreams halfway across the world.

Shannon can’t wait a whole semester to go and see Julian on tour in Europe. She devises a plan to arrive early and surprise him. But the surprise she gets is not the one she’s hoping for.

He’s dealing with his loneliness the only way he knows how.

Julian has spent his life battling against his alcohol addiction. Now that Shannon isn’t around, there’s nothing to keep him away from that temptation. Without her, he spirals down into a desperate oblivion.

Can love mend two broken people when their faith in each other is shattered?

Check out the grand prizes and sign up through the rafflecopter link below. And if you’re interested in my FREE new release, just post your email in the comments and let’s start making this summer steamy!!