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Out and About October
M.L. Guida and I shared a table at the Penned conference in St. Louis last month. We gave away a Kindle. Here we are with the lucky winner (Yes, one of my readers). Congrats, Annie! Next year I’ll have my own table at Penned Conference. I just have too many books to be sharing a table.
I went to Mexico with my friend, Jackie. Her husband hates the heat, so we head south once a year for the last twenty years together. Each morning we go hiking up the foothills outside my resort and celebrate each night with amazing food. It’s the same hiking path I took when I first started writing and the women from the Worlds Apart series talked to me.
It was great meeting Cecilia at ‘Show Me Your Books’ and seeing her again at Penned Con.
Here are my conference dates for next year. I hope to see as many of you as possible.
- Book Obsessed Babes (BOB) 3/9/2019 signing. St. Augustine, FL
- Space Coast Book Lovers 6/27-30/2019 Cape Canaveral, FL (just west of Cocoa Beach)
Arrive a day early and check out the Kennedy Space Center/NASA. It’s awesome - Penned Con 9/12-14/2019 St. Louis, MO
- Show Me Your Books NEW DATES 9/19-21/2019 Kansas City, MO
In 2020 I’ll be returning to Weekend with the Authors and Literary Love, Savannah.
An Uncontrollable Passion
An Uncontrollable Passion
Outer Worlds Passion: Book 1
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Blurb:
He looked past his genetically engineered bride and became obsessed with her battle-scarred bodyguard.
Militia cadet Sydney Aubrey’s life is turned upside down when she receives new orders. An attraction to a man after a chance encounter threatens her new assignment. Haunted by her past, Sydney fights not to have history repeat itself.
Clay Wilson worked hard to build his outer world operation and travels to Earth to collect his contracted bride. He questions his decision to marry to enhance his status when a totally unacceptable woman invades his life and stirs his body.
Travel to the 31th Century in this sexy, gritty science fiction romance.
When Earth runs out of natural resources, mankind heads to the stars. In the outer worlds and Frontier, there are no laws and women are a commodity.
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September 2018 Out and About
One of my favorite things about attending conference is meeting new friends/readers. Many I communicated with via Facebook, but it’s special meeting them face-to-face.
I met Mary at the 2013 Romcon in Colorado Springs. She came to surprise me and another Author in Phoenix in 2015. Well, my day was made when Mary was attending a wedding in Kansas City and came to the Marriott specifically to see me. She’s a dear friend and I didn’t want to let her go.
On of the advantages of being short is being front and enter when a group photo is taken. This was the first ‘Show Me Your Books’ and we had an incredible collection of authors. I was proud to be part of the group.
Out and About at Literary Love & Once Upon A Book
Attending conference is always a lot of fun. It’s wonderful meeting my readers and gaining new ones. At Literary Love: Savannah, Savannah Verte (in the big red hat) and I co-sponsored a lunch table. The readers were given cute fascinator hats Savannah picked up in New Orleans. Two of our readers bugged out before the photo was taken. Naturally, I wore my purple fascinator!
At Literary Love: Savannah, I was also on 3 panels (PNR, YA, and scifi/fantasy/UF). I enjoyed listening to panel discussions when I attended conferences as a reader and was thrilled to participate in these 3 panels. This was the PNR panel which included Laura Hawks and Milly Taiden.
Conference are also an opportunity to network with fellow authors and do some business. An industrious reader caught me and Jennifer Wentworth having a quick meeting related to the new scifi series I will be releasing in October/November/December. I posted this picture on Facebook and someone asked if I had fallen. It was actually more comfortable talking and taking notes sitting on the floor than sitting on the chair.
At Once Upon a Book in Frankenmuth, Michigan it was a lot of fun dressing up as a Greek Goddess. That’s my roommate at the convention Laura Hawks with me. Yes, I know I’m not in purple or have my fascinator on. It felt strange!
The Soul Mate
The Soul Mate
Worlds Apart: Prequel Novella
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Blurb:
His first touch electrified her!
Leenea Rickard never made a decision without fear her mind-control telepathic father would apply his influence. Even the man she ultimately married would not be her choice. Her fate had not mattered until her eyes connected with a stranger at an anti-government rally.
Zane Childers realized what Leenea was to him the moment he touched her. They must hide the true nature of their relationship or become targets of a corrupt government. Their future is jeopardized when a boy’s life is threatened and they decide to save the child.
Enjoy this prequel to the Worlds Apart series where Zane and Leenea must discover what being soul mates involves.
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A Touch of Prudence
A Touch of Prudence
Magic’s Destiny: Book 1
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Blurb:
Prudence ‘Prue’ Hardt never knew who her father was, only that he was from Magic, New Mexico, a town she hasn’t seen in twenty years. Fearful of the power that she might have inherited from any number of mystical beings that live there, Prue knows she has no choice but to track down her paternal DNA before it is too late. What she doesn’t expect when she returns home is to be drawn to a mysterious man, or to discover that her life is in danger.
Star Ranger Dreyden has been on one too many missions when he is ordered to a primitive planet to spy on a small town with unusual residents. His attitude toward his unwanted assignment changes when he spots a beautiful woman – and sees the patterns on her skin. Patterns that can only mean one thing – she is his chosen one. Resentment turns to cold determination when she is threatened, no easy task when she isn’t exactly appreciative of his efforts.
Prue and Dreyden must work together as Prue searches for her father and struggles with her new powers. Dreyden knows that it will take a touch of prudence to convince Prue to trust him. Will he be able to protect her from the dangers that threaten their future while she learns to control the power she wields?
Find out in A Touch of Prudence.
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A Touch of Patience
A Touch of Patience
Magic’s Destiny: Book 2
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Blurb:
Patience ‘Pati’ Harper does not possess the virtue her name depicts. She is the last witch in her family’s line and feels pressured to bear a child, even though her temperament does not result in many second dates. Being only one-quarter jaguar shifter, her inability to shift almost brought her ancestral line to an end when she was almost killed in her teens.
Danyal Zabare, a jaguar shifter, who grew up hearing stories about soul mates and is determined to settle for nothing less. He recognizes Patience as his mate the instant he lays eyes on her. Leaving everything behind, Danyal follows her through a portal to an unknown world.
Confronted with her past and a man claiming to be her future, Pati must evolve into what destiny demands. Will Pati’s magic be strong enough to save her and two innocents from the violence of her past.
Enjoy another adventure set in S.E. Smith’s Magic, New Mexico.
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A Touch of Harmony
A Touch of Harmony
Magic’s Destiny: Book 3
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Blurb:
All they need is a touch of harmony…
Harmony Neutron’s new assignment brings her to Magic, New Mexico, where a devastating threat looms over the town. Her mission goes from bad to worse when she is forced to confront her greatest fear – of animals! She is sure that some cosmic force is laughing at her when she discovers that her Chosen One is none other than Chase Bishop – a werewolf.
Chase has been the unfortunate subject of his two best friends’ unsuccessful attempts at matchmaking. Determined to stop their meddling in his life, he is shocked when a woman from the stars appears – and changes everything. Unfortunately, recognizing the woman is his mate does nothing to calm her fears of his werewolf.
Frustrated and helpless, Chase does the unthinkable and asks for assistance from a powerful witch to help ease Harmony’s fear of his animal side. He doesn’t have much time to convince her they belong together. A rogue governmental agency is after Harmony and determined to catch her at any cost. Will the spell give Harmony the time she needs to accept that their love is real, she can trust him, and he would never hurt her – before it is too late?
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Drake’s Nightshade
Drake’s Nightshade
Nightshade Saga: Book 5
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Blurb:
Dare to enter the Nightshade universe…
Drake is the last of his blood brothers still a vampire. Pure joy consumes him each time his unborn soul mate reaches out to him telepathically. But everything changes when an unconscious woman is brought to him to be saved.
Starla Childers wakes in the Nightshade universe, a dimension that is forbidden to enter. She learns she cannot leave the dangerous realm because of a blood exchange between her and a vampire. Torn between fear and an unexplainable attraction, she must stay in the realm with a man who captivates her body and soul.
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