Roxanne Rhoads: 2/17/13

When her parents’ rock band The Pack performs at Zach’s bar, Mandy discovers her True Mate, Joe Blackwolf, the band’s lead singer and guitarist. All she has to do now is convince Joe that she told a little white lie to make her mom happy, her father that rock musicians aren’t all alike, and her new mate’s family that rockers aren’t all that different from classical musicians.

Joe Blackwolf is celebrating his fortieth birthday. And what he wishes for when he blows out the candles is to find his True Mate. He succeeds when he meets Mandy Goldwolf. Problem is…she belongs to someone else. Finding out the truth leaves him free to explore every inch of her smokin’ hot curves, but now Joe and Mandy are neck deep in overbearing relatives and everyone is in for a rockin’ Valentine’s Day.

A Romantica® paranormal erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

About the Author

Hi. I’m Francesca Hawley and I’m a fat chick. A woman with dangerous curves just like my heroines.

Many people don’t like the word, “fat” but I do because it’s the truth and I’ve learned to own it. I am a fat chick and I always will be. Even if my fairy godmother popped in right at this moment and waved her wand to make me a size 2, I know that mentally and emotionally I’d still be a fat chick. So why is this relevant? Well, my size has had a major influence on how I see the world and how I write.

I first began to read romance when I was in my teens. I loved the genre, but the heroines were all thin. Their thighs didn’t rub together…had never rubbed together…and frankly I had trouble relating to these ladies. The stories were great—full of emotion and well told, but the heroines weren’t like me and that was a major disappointment. I kept wondering where were the fat heroines? I found some occasionally, but to have their Happily Ever After they usually had to lose weight and go from ugly duckling to swan.

Well, I wanted a fat heroine who loved herself—or at least learned to love herself—and a hot alpha hero who liked her jiggly bits just the way they were. Since I didn’t find many big girls to read about, I decided to write about them myself. After all, I loved to write anyway and had been writing almost as long as I’d been reading, so Francesca Hawley – author of Romance with Dangerous Curves was born.

In a Francesca Hawley romance, my readers will find authentic, sensual, fat heroines who love and are loved by their intense, passionate, and seductive Alpha heroes. I hope you enjoy their dangerous curves just as much as their hunky heroes do.

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Interview Spoilt by Joanne Ellis

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Cover Reveal Caged Heat by Milly Taiden

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

How a Cover Can Create a Story By Sky Purington

How a Cover Can Create a Story

By Sky Purington

In most circumstances if not all, the story is typically written before the book cover is created. My first eleven publications certainly were. But some patterns are meant to be broken. As it turns out Highland Defiance is the first story in which I received the cover closer to the beginning of writing my tale.

I already knew Adlin, the hero of Highland Defiance, extremely well as he’d appeared in six previous novels. So picking out his image took little time. As an immortal, he’d overseen the MacLomain Clan for several centuries during a tumultuous time when Christianity and the old Pagan ways both existed. This accounted for the use of the statue in the background. Even the title came to me quickly. No matter what happened in medieval Scotland you could always count on one thing… battles and war.

Though I’d had my reasons for picking the pictures and title, once the cover was in front of me the story slowly changed from the direction in which it was originally heading.

The title became not an action but a thing.

That’s right, the Defiance is a portal in which those possessing magic can travel through time. Found in various areas of the world it becomes an unexpected supernatural doorway in The MacLomain Series- Early Years. Even the castle in the background found a special unplanned place in the story.

So thanks to my fabulously talented cover artist, Tamra Westberry, I’ve become a writer who uses a book cover to create a story. A method that I also ended up using in next month’s release, Highland Persuasion (The MacLomain Series- Early Years).

Best,

Sky

Highland Defiance

The MacLomain Series- Early Years
Sky Purington

Genre: Time-Travel Romance

ASIN: B00AVKFQ8K

Number of pages: 125 pages

Word Count: 47,000

Cover Artist: Tamra Westberry

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Book Description:

Mildred, a young woman living in New England during the onset of World War II, worries about her family. What is to come? How will life change? Little does she anticipate change is to come not from war, but from an unexpected trip back in time to medieval Scotland.

Adlin, Chieftain of the MacLomain clan, will never forget the moment he lays eyes on her. Though he rules one of the most powerful clans in Scotland, Mildred redefines the man he thought he was. Her quick wit and perseverance humble his natural arrogance. Her sensuality cripples his defenses.

The maddened determination of a rival chieftain threatens their very existence. Caught together in time, they must find a way to evade the mighty MacLeods and keep peace in the Highlands. But lust, rage, and potential war simmer on the edge of their every move.

Will Mildred and Adlin find true love despite the odds? Find out in HIGHLAND DEFIANCE.

Stories from the original, MacLomain Series, include The King's Druidess (Prelude), Fate's Monolith (Book I), Destiny's Denial (Book II) and Sylvan Mist (Book III). Also available in The MacLomain Series Boxed Set (Books 1-4)

About the Author:

Sky is the best-selling author of seven novels and several novellas. A New Englander born and bred, Sky was raised hearing stories of folklore, myth and legend. When combined with a love for nature, romance and time-travel, elements from the stories of her youth found release in her books. Readers have described her work as "Refreshing" and "Unforgettable."

Purington loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at Sky@SkyPurington.com. Interested in keeping up with Sky's latest news and releases?

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