Open Thread for Authors (Author Promo) for August 2015
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Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus.
The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows:
The book has to be released in that month (i.e., anything released during the last week of February would be a March release)
You can post for yourself or you can have a friend post for you if the idea of posting about your book paralyzes you .
No self published authors unless you write romance. No, I am not a POD hater, I am just thinking about the manageability of the thread.
Think about the readership. I.e., does your non fiction book about psoriasis really fit?
This one is more of a guideline than a rule, but be smart about your comment because if it is just a link to your website and the title of your book, I doubt you are going to get any interest.
DA reserves the right to delete the post if it promotes objectionable content (i.e., no daddy/daughter incest recommends are going to be allowed. Sorry.)
That’s it. Post away.
*runs into thread, looks around & can’t believe she’s the first here*
*gets all shy*
Ummm…hello!
*pages up to check rules for umpteenth time*
OK now…the third in my racy rugby romance Scarlet Series, ‘PLAYING WITH FIRE’, will be released on the 15th of August, on Amazon.
‘Let it go free. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever.’
If you haven’t read any of the earlier novels, be warned as there’s lots of rugby and braai action, as well as drinking and lashings of hot rugby men.
I* really need to be as brave as Sophie tries to become while she’s on her holiday of a lifetime in Southern Africa, having hot sex and discovering herself at the same time.
*I am the worst self publicist. If you can’t already tell.
Anyway, ummm…it’s past my bedtime. Thanks for reading. Ta-ra.
Tx
My pen name, Abigail Barnette, has a new series (spun off from The Boss series) that starts on August 4th. The first story, FIRST TIME, is made up of two books, one from the hero’s POV, one from the heroine’s POV. Both novels stand on their own, so you don’t have to read them both to get the whole story. It’s available for pre-order on Amazon, B&N, iBooks, and Smashwords.
Gosh…thanks, DA, I rely on you for ‘getting the word out’ across the pond, as it were. For all those readers who like British-based books, British humour and the British slow-burn romance with character driven plot… my latest book is released on 31 July. It’s called ‘I Don’t Want to Talk About It’
What if the one person you wanted to talk to wouldn’t listen?
Winter Gregory and her twin sister Daisy live oceans apart but they still have the ‘twin thing’ going on. Daisy is Winter’s port in the storm, the first person she calls when things go wrong …
And things are wrong. Winter has travelled to a remote Yorkshire village to write her new book, and to escape her ex-boyfriend Dan Bekener. Dan never liked her reliance on Daisy and made her choose – but Winter’s twin will always be her first choice.
She soon finds herself immersed in village life after meeting the troubled Hill family; horse-loving eight-year-old Scarlet and damaged, yet temptingly gorgeous, Alex. The distraction is welcome and, when Winter needs to talk, Daisy is always there.
But Dan can’t stay away and remains intent on driving the sisters apart – because Dan knows something about Daisy…
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Want-About-Yorkshire-Romances-ebook/dp/B010R2N6GK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1437978729&sr=1-1&keywords=i+don%27t+want+to+talk+about+it+jane+lovering
The Captain’s Frozen Dream
http://amzn.to/1JiVDZg
Available August 1st.
Can he salvage her reputation?
Trapped in the Arctic ice, intrepid explorer Captain Conrad Essington was driven on by thoughts of his fiancée, Katie Vickers. Finally home, he’s ready to take her in his arms and kiss away the nightmare of that devastating winter.
Except the past eighteen months haven’t been plain sailing for Katie, either. With Conrad believed dead, and her reputation in tatters, Katie has relinquished all hope of her fiancé ever returning to save her. Now he’s back, can the dreams they’ve both put on hold at last come true?
Charmed and Dangerous: Ten Tales of Gay Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy
Available August 25
http://www.amazon.com/Charmed-Dangerous-Paranormal-Romance-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B0124HQFYQ
Magic takes many forms. From malignant hexes to love charms gone amok, you’ll find a vast array of spells and curses, creatures and conjurings in this massive collection—not to mention a steamy dose of man-on-man action. Charmed and Dangerous features all-new stories of gay paranormal romance, supernatural fiction and urban fantasy by ten top m/m paranormal authors.
Rhys Ford – Dim Sum Asylum
Ginn Hale – Swift and the Black Dog
KJ Charles – A Queer Trade
Nicole Kimberling – Magically Delicious
Jordan Castillo Price – Everyone’s Afraid of Clowns
Jordan L. Hawk – The Thirteenth Hex
Charlie Cochet – The Soldati Prince
Lou Harper – One Hex Too Many
Andrea Speed – Josh of the Damned vs. the Bathroom of Doom
Astrid Amara – The Trouble With Hexes
Charmed and Dangerous – both Astrid Amara and Ginn Hale? And Nicole Kimberling? Sold!
@jordan Castillo Price – Am I glad I saw this!
@Toria Lyons:
OK, so it appears I should have added links…here ya go:
Playing with Fire – http://amzn.to/1SL3Hly
My Amazon page – http://amzn.to/1LTOzDY
Thanks to DA too.
(P.S. I’m always looking for beta readers and reviewers – drop me an email if you’re interested. Thanks!)
Dang it. I forgot to mention Releasing Rage, my cyborg SciFi erotic romance.
This is a very DARK story so please don’t read it if you’re sensitive to violence (of any kind).
Releasing Rage
Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals—kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal—survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
On Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Releasing-Rage-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B00ZOL1DRO
On Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ZOL1DRO/
On ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-releasingrage-1850041-340.html
On B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/releasing-rage-cynthia-sax/1122455646