Weekly Update & Contest Announcement ~ September 9, 2013

Hello everyone. I hope you're having a great start to your week.

Writing & Editing

Writing is going good. I'm roughly 23K words into Paul's book, the third in my Daniels Brothers Series. For those of you who've been following this series, and have read Behind Closed Doors and Red Zone, you know that Paul is the eldest in the Daniels clan. He and his lady...and Chloe...have been keeping me on my toes.

I'm almost through the first round of edits for Finding Anna Book 4. Once that's finished, my lead editor and I will go through it one more time, and then it's off to the copy editor for all the fun grammar and spelling corrections. By the end of the copy edit, I should have a release date, so keep an eye out for that.

Reading

The last two years, reading hasn't been a priority for me. I've been so busy with writing and editing that I just didn't have time. I'm trying to change that.

Last Thursday, I posted a review of Once & Always by Grace Brannigan. If you missed my review, you can view it here.

Currently I'm working on Hotblooded by Erin Nicholas. It's a contemporary romance. I'm 63% into it, and I'm really enjoying the story. If you like contemporary romance, you should check this out. So far, I'm impressed, and I will most likely be checking out more books from this author in the future.

Hidden Threat

The big news last week was that my debut novel, Hidden Threat, was loaded to Netgalley. Hidden Threat was one of the first titles released by my publisher, TWCS. Because of that, it's not only getting a fresh new cover, but we are in the process of re-editing it as well. Look for the re-release coming soon, along with a blog tour.

Contest Announcement

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All you have to do is sign up for my newsletter. Everyone who is signed up for my newsletter by the end of September will be entered to win one of these eight signed Behind Closed Doors bookmarks. This contest is open internationally. The sign up here.

Review of Once and Always by Grace Brannigan

Title: Once & Always

Author: Grace Brannigan

Rating: 3.5 Stars

Source: Amazon

 

A sweet and easy read.

 

Once and Always is the first book I’ve read by Grace Brannigan. I was looking for a cowboy read, and this one story fit the bill. Tyler and Anna have a history. They haven’t seen each other for six years, and over that time a lot has changed…for both of them.

 

I thought for the most part the author did a good job with the story. Tyler was easy to love from the beginning. He was easy to relate to, and there were times when he spoke that I was close to swooning.

 

Anna was a little more difficult. She had a lot of issues, and even more than Tyler sometimes, she didn’t seem to be able to let go of the past. It was frustrating.

 

Overall, I liked the book, and I will probably read more from this author in the future. There were a few editing issues, though nothing too major. My big pet peeve with the book was that there were a couple times when Anna was explaining something to Tyler, but because it was something that his character should have already known, it felt more as if the author was trying to force feed the information to the reader. I felt the author could have got her point across by either having Anna explain the information to someone not familiar with ranching, or she could have left it out altogether as I didn’t feel the terminology really added to the story.       

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About the Author

I have been a writer of some variation most of my life. I enjoy writing contemporary romance and paranormal/time travel romance. I have previously written for Harlequin/Silhouette Romance.

I am a self styled artist and writer who enjoys creating the written word and working in various visual mediums.

I live in the scenic Catskill Mountains of New York.

My characters are quirky, independent and family oriented. Strong women dealing with every day life problems, always maintaining their style of integrity. Clearly imperfect, they are doing the best they can in a world that sometimes throws them curve balls.

Contemporary series is Women of Character, stand alone books set in today's world. Echoes from the Past, Once and Always, Heartstealer and Wishing on a Rodeo Moon.

Time travel series is Women of Strength Trilogy, paranormal time travels from modern times to the middle ages to eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Once Upon a Remembrance, Soulmates Through Time and Treasure So Rare.

Romantic Shorts series, approximately 100 pages, Two Babies, A Cowboy and Sara, and also Deception. I will be offering these stories in an additional format, utilizing the Open Dyslexic Typeface for those with dyslexia or reading difficulties.

In 2013 look for new series Faeries Lost, where the faerie world and the human world come together and sometimes collide, all in the name of love and relationships. Find Me, Whisper Me and Hear Me.

Come along for the ride.