Hi, I have a new Christmas release coming out on December 20th from Breathless Press. It is my seventh e-book release and the first one that pushed me to create a blog hop to promote it. I am relatively new to blogging and promoting my work on the internet. Many times I feel like a lost kitten chasing my tail because I don’t know how to get my e-books out there. The internet and social networking sites can be very intimidating for the brave-hearted, and mind-numbing for people like me. Little secret, I’m a bit shy. I know, an erotic romance author who is shy, oxymoronic I know. This time, however, I felt compelled to try my hand at being a blogging bell. My inspiration? Twas a well-timed blog hosting that I set up with Ivy Bateman. I noticed it was exactly twelve days before the release of Mistletoe Madness, my Christmas story. A divine intervention? Maybe. I am an author who doesn’t rule out the possibility of anything magical. After all, it is the season of miracles. So with the concept of my blog hop set in stone, I put myself at the mercy of my fellow authors. I worried that with being new to the writing community, I might not have enough takers to fill twelve blog spots. I have to tell you how amazed and very grateful I was when most of my spots were snatched up that first day. The writing community didn’t turn their backs on me for being new, and the quality of authors who asked for posts amazed me. They also stepped up and made my blog hop raffle a hundred times better by offering to add their e-books to my raffle. So, what have I gotten out of my Twelve Days of Mistletoe Madness hop? Not one partridge in a pear tree, but I do have some new friends in the writing community, an outstanding appreciation and respect for the remarkable men and women who joined me in celebrating my work, and a much better understanding of how hard it is to keep up with a blog. Thus I want to tip my winter hat to the creators and administrators of Coffee Time Romance. I appreciate them giving me the opportunity to share my work and my thoughts on their blog. I also want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and a happy and safe New Year!
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Mistletoe Madness Blurbs
Christmas is hard for Izzy to face, but when her grandmother gives her magical mistletoe she may find a new love for the season.
Who would have thought a bunch of English holly could change Isabella Cortez’s life forever? Izzy doesn’t know what to think when her grams gives her the holly and insists she hang it in her apartment. Grams has always been the superstitious gypsy of the family. When she foretells that the mistletoe will make the man of her dreams profess his love for her, Izzy’s more than a little worried, especially when the man she’s been seeing calls to ask her to dinner. Can she accept love from the man who might ask for her hand when another has always secretly held her heart?
Dane Johnson is an ex-SEAL who bought a personal gym in a small town. He was looking for the promise of a peaceful life, but what he got was a drenched woman trying to fix a flat tire in the middle of a rainstorm. They quickly became friends and he had to hide his true feelings for her beneath a layer of meaningless dates that didn’t go anywhere. This Christmas feels different, though. Izzy has finally dumped the stuffed shirt she’s been seeing and made a real effort to celebrate the holiday season. Now, all he needs is a small miracle to get her to open her heart and mind to the love he’s been carrying for her all this time.
Excerpt-
“Um…Izzy, about what happened””” He rubbed a hand on the back of his neck in a gesture that spoke volumes. It was his tell that he was uncomfortable with the present conversation. Izzy fought the wave of disappointment as her ego took the hit. Just because her girly parts were suddenly jumping for joy at his touch, didn’t mean he was feeling the same temptation. She wasn’t exactly his type of woman, either. Dane was an exercise junky. All his women went to his gym and had tall, slim figures. She, on the other hand, was on the shorter side of average with more padding on her hips and thighs than she was comfortable with. No, she wasn’t his type. The sooner she got back to feeling like his sidekick, the better.
“Nothing happened.” She shrugged her shoulders, her arms dropping to her sides as she bit her lower lip hard. I am such a liar! Two more minutes of staring into those beautiful eyes of his and I would have been begging to lick my ice cream off his naked chest!
“What if I wanted something to happen?” His eyes were guarded as he watched her closely.
“What?” She could have sworn the rug shifted beneath her feet but knew it was her head spinning with the question she never thought to hear from her best friend.
“You do realize I’m not gay, right?” His grin could charm the panties off a mother superior.
“Yeah. I just””You never””” Oh heavens! Her body was burning up like a hay bale doused in gasoline, and all he was doing was running those hungry eyes over her body. At this rate my panties are going to burst into flames!
“We’re friends!” she blurted out as she fought to deny the attraction sparking between them. His head snapped back as if she’d sucker punched him. For a split second she recognized the hurt expression he was quick to hide behind a slow breath and a shrug that came off as far too casual.
“You’re right. We are friends.” He stood up away from the wall and turned to leave the room. Izzy rolled her eyes up in a silent plea for guidance, her gaze colliding with the red and green bunch of leaves hanging over his head as he ducked beneath it.
“Dane!” Her outburst had him swinging around to catch the mistletoe right in the face. He grimaced as he bent his head to look at her. She moved before she could talk herself out of it.
“Izzy?” He caught her around the waist as she charged right into his chest, sinking her fingers into his still-damp hair. Sighing, she tugged his head down to hers.
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