The Beginning, Again

Hey Everyone,

I'm over at Heart-Shaped Glasses, talking about series books. 

Come on over and tell us about your favorite series!

Cheers!

Giveaway!

Hey There,

Some of the HDP authors are having a giveaway. You can win an Amazon gift card to buy whatever your little heart might like. Check out our Rafflecopter below and enter to win!


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The holidays are steaming toward us, who couldn't use an extra GC? Good luck!

Fall Food Favorites

Hey Everyone,

I'm over at Heart-Shaped Glasses talking about my favorite fall food. Do you have a favorite food that you look forward to when the weather cools off?

Come on over and tell us!

Once is Never Enough

Today is my day over at Heart-Shaped Glasses. I'm talking about school, and if you're ever really through learning. Come on over. :)

Are we ever really through with school? What do you think?

A Soul to Keep

Check out Moira Keith's new release, A Soul to Keep. If you enjoy a good paranormal/urban fantasy story, you should give this one a try.

Here's the blurb:

In the realm of the Fallen, there’s a little saint and sinner in us all…

One moment can impact the future.

Love never served Jayde Cross well and owing a debt to a demon is the proof. Reaping is a lonely existence and with her thirtieth birthday approaching, she's got enough to worry about without adding romance to the mix. It's why her friendship with the man living next door works so well. They both live lives filled with secrets and ignoring their self-imposed rules isn’t an option. Too bad her heart disagrees.

The past is about to come back and haunt one of Heaven’s Fallen.

Caleb Thorne always found living among mortals difficult, until he met the intriguing woman down the hall. She demands nothing of him and is completely safe. When an enemy from his past catches up with him, Caleb soon discovers the rules of the Fallen exist for a reason and loving a mortal may prove to be the bigger danger.

In a world where their love is forbidden, Jayde and Caleb may just discover that sometimes breaking rules is the only thing that can set you free.

Here's where you can get your very own copy: Buy It Here

Enjoy!

My Book, Finally!

Please let me shed a few tears of joy over this announcement. Most of you know this has been a long time coming. Actually, so long you probably thought I just made it up. But as of today. It's finally come to pass. My novel now has a life of it's own.

BUY IT HERE

Here's the blurb:
Drive hard. Turn left. Find love…and danger.

Sarah Miller has finally become crew chief for a racing team, but her dream job comes with a hitch—dirt late model driving sensation and the man she swore she’d never see again, her old flame, Damon Blade. 

Damon has too many women trying to run his life: his mother, his sister and his boss. Getting stuck with a female crew chief is the last straw...until he discovers its Sarah. And that someone else from his past is holding a grudge and determined to kill them both.

Balancing dirt track racing and staying away from a murderer has them running three wide. Headed full speed into the turn, will there be room for romance?

Many times over the last couple years I thought this day would never come. I'm sending out a sincere 'Thank You' to everyone who played a part in helping me move this project forward. It wouldn't be where it is without you. 

Thanks!

Book Party!

Romance Rules!

If you haven't got plans for Sunday, drop by the Hearts Desire Press facebook page. We're having a party! There will be fun swag, some free ebooks, and some great choices in gift cards.

 

Here's the Link

 

We've got some great contemporary romances, romantic suspense, contemporary western suspense, urban fantasy, erotic romance, and some hot cowboy love to top things off. A little something for everyone.

 

We'd love to see you there!

 

 



 

Ride A Falling Star

Today we're honored to host author D'Ann Lindun. She writes contemporary western suspense. I've read this story, so I can tell you this is a captivating read.

She's doing a blog tour right now, and the dates are below so you can follow along!

Here's the blurb:

A stubborn Cowboy. A feisty Showgirl. One mobster determined to kill them both.

When showgirl Ava Demassi witnesses a mob hit, she has only one thought—get away. She runs for her life, straight into the pickup of saddle-bronc champ, Levi Callahan.

The last thing Levi expects is another rodeo devotee to jump into his truck, let alone one so desperate. But when a killer gives chase, he realizes she isn’t his run of the mill fan. Unable to save his fiancé from being murdered years ago, he won’t make the same mistake twice.

Even when the odds seem stacked against them, will Ava and Levi find the one thing in life they’ve been missing, or will a hired killer cost them everything?

About the Author:

Falling in love with romance novels the summer before sixth grade, D’Ann Lindun never thought about writing one until many years later when she took a how-to class at her local college. She was hooked! She began writing and never looked back. Romance appeals to her because there's just something so satisfying about writing a book guaranteed to have a happy ending. D’Ann’s particular favorites usually feature cowboys and the women who love them. This is probably because she draws inspiration from the area where she lives, Western Colorado, her husband of twenty-nine years and their daughter. Composites of their small farm, herd of horses, five Australian shepherds, a Queensland heeler, two ducks and cats of every shape and color often show up in her stories!

 D’Ann loves to hear from readers! Please contact her at

dldauthor@frontier.net

http://dlindunauthor.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/DLindunAuthor
http://www.amazon.com/DAnn-Lindun/e/B008DKL9TU

You can keep up with D'Ann here:
5/19  A little fiction of every flavour - Guest Blog

5/20  B*tches Be Writin' - Spotlight

5/21  A Passion for Romance - Guest Blog

5/22  My Erotic Notions - Spotlight

5/23  You Gotta Read - Interview

5/26  Laurie's Thoughts - Spotlight

5/27  Sizzling Hot Books - Guest Blog

5/28  Fall Into Reading Reviews - Review

Thanks for being with us today, D'Ann! We wish you much success with your latest release.

  

I Don't Care What You Think

Gotcha! Did you expect something juicy? As writers, we all worry to a certain degree about what people think of our work. Do you?

I'm over at Through Heart-Shaped Glasses talking about it. If you've dealt with this, come tell us about it.

Are You Ready for Luck?

Today is my day at Through Heart-Shaped Glasses and I'm talking about what it takes to be lucky.



Find Us Here



Think you've got what it takes? Come on over and tell us about it.

Ripe For Trouble

Greetings!
 
Nope, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Or the face of my blog, even though it may appear that way. I'm back with great news.
 
Hearts Desire Press has their first official release. It's a contemporary romance and an awesome short work by the fantastic Autumn Piper. Here's the deets:

BUY IT HERE

The biggest mistake she didn’t quite make just sauntered back into her life.

When Ivy Leeds takes a publicity job in her hometown, few things have changed…but Ridley, the bad boy of her graduating class, has cleaned up his act. Or so everyone else thinks. After hearing him and his friend practicing pickup lines, she has her doubts.

Ridley Tucker can hardly believe his eyes when Ivy, the president of the Brainiac Club, comes back to town. Some things never change—she’ll barely give him the time of day, and she still looks as good as she did that night at Prom.

Living in a small town means avoiding someone is nearly impossible, and those most worthy of avoidance turn up in such awkward places…


Content Warning: High school flame revisited plus reformed bad-boy equals combustion suitable for adults only.

This is a fun read. It's filled with spice, that wonderful small town feel, and Ms. Piper's trademark humor. If you're looking for some entertainment while you're waiting on someone, waiting in line, or just waiting for life to happen, give this one a try.

Happy Monday!

Top Ten Favorite Movie Couples

Many thanks to SoSimplyStephanie for the great fun to be had in the Sweetheart Blog Hop!

In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d share my very favorite family movie couples. Some are funny, some are serious, and some are just plain cheesy. It seems any time these movies play, I find myself pausing whatever I’m doing to watch just one more time. Enjoy!

1. Buttercup and Westley from The Princess Bride

“As you wish.” Awww. Best movie line ever. Who can resist ‘true love’? I think this is one of my favorite movies of all time. So many quotable lines.

 

2. Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean

Everyone should have a love as honorable and timeless.

 

3. ‘Baby’ Houseman and Johnny Castle from Dirty Dancing

First loves. Ahhh. Sigh.

4. Manny and Ellie from Ice Age: The Meltdown

I just love these two. Besides being seriously funny, they are just with it all the way around.

 

5. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger from Harry Potter

You will never convince me it was a mistake that these two got together.

6. Belle and Beast from Beauty and the Beast

Um, beauty loves a beast. Need I say more?

 

7. Han Solo and Princess Leia from The Empire Strikes Back

“I know.” ‘Nuff said.

8. Aragorn and Arwen from The Lord of the Rings

Be still my heart! What one will sacrifice for love.

9. Jack and Rose from the Titanic

Sweet, tender, and tragic.

10. Sam and Molly from Ghost

A love that transcends death. This one made me cry.

Hope you enjoyed these. Don't forget to enter the drawing for a $100 gift card and other cool prizes! Here's the link: Sweetheart Blog Hop

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!

Submission Call - Hearts Desire Press

PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED

Overall, we’re fans of great storytelling, solid steamy romances, and powerful toe curling sexual tension regardless of whether the sex is on screen or behind closed doors. We’re open to romantic suspense, contemporary, paranormal, and urban fantasy, but there are a few things that we would love to see cross our desk:

 

• Everyone loves an athletic body and HDP is no exception to the rule! We crave romance that heats our blood and has us cheering like fanatics for the hero and heroine to score! Any sport will do! Football, baseball, hockey, and snowboarding are some of our favorite sports, but with summer coming up...we’re dying to see a romance that features a competitive surfer!

• Cowboys! Of course we’ve got a thing for great contemporary western romances with heart stopping cowboys. Give us a cowboy on the verge of losing everything and a heroine that can bring him to his knees.

• Paranormal or urban fantasy stories that feature angels, demons, witches, vampires, shifters, or Fae steeped in edge of your seat mayhem and romance that will leave us breathless.

• Military heroes! Some of us have grown up in military families and some of us are veterans. All of us are suckers for a man in uniform story.

• Time travel romance captivates us. Knights, Highlanders, or Egyptian Princesses showing up in unexpected places and discovering the love of their life in another time. We believe in everlasting romance.

As Hearts Desire Press does not publish young adult, new adult romance, or children's books, we will not be able to respond to submissions of such material. Please refer to the Hearts Desire Press Submission page for submission guidelines. This is an open call, there is no deadline.

 

We are a hybrid, royalty-paying publisher with unique offerings for authors. If you trust us with your work, and we contract it, here are some of the benefits you’ll receive as an HDP author. 

• Monthly payments/sales reporting so you can manage your writing business

• Royalty schedule that over time favors the author, not the publisher

• Author choice of digital only or digital and print, provided the work is at least 50k words

• Every title receives marketing/promotional support, commercial quality cover art, editing by industry professionals, formatting with premier industry design software, and will be published in a timely fashion. 

Authors these days need to have their stories in more than one venue to be successful. We get that. And we’re okay with it. Let us help you keep your career moving forward, in the direction YOU want it to go.

 Your success is our business!

Words to Keep You Going

Today I'm over at Through Heart-Shaped Glasses revealing things that keep me going.

Stop by and tell me what keeps you going for chance to win cool swag!

Love Songs for the Road

BUY IT HERE

Happy Wednesday! Here's a book I promised to review. Don't you love it when it turns out to be a sweet read? Please continue on to learn more about this story from debut author Farrah Taylor.

Blurb:

A rock star. The nanny. A love that could rock their world.

The only thing rock star Marcus Troy loves more than making music is his kids. So finding just the right nanny to take on tour with them is important—as is proving to his ex he deserves joint custody. Falling for his employee wouldn’t just be fodder for the paparazzi: it could ruin everything.

Too bad the perfect nanny turns out to be beautiful, vibrant Ryan Evans. Ryan’s never left her small Montana town before, so she jumps at the chance to see the country. And as much as accidental fame doesn’t gel with shy Ryan, what does is her relationship with her capricious, smoking-hot, shockingly good dad of a boss. Marcus is nothing like what she expected. But when the whole world’s watching them, will life in the spotlight be too hot to handle?

My review:

A lovely debut story! Farrah Taylor has done a fabulous job of turning an old cliché into a touching and entertaining read. Her characters are far deeper than meets the eye, and it won’t be long before you’re pulled in and traveling down the road with them.

Marcus is a bad boy rock star, and it isn’t long before we realize it’s what he does, not who he is. And sometimes life just sticks you between a rock and a hard place. How he works to handle some tough situations really made me cheer for him not only as a man, but as a dad.

Ryan is a down-home girl with roots and a plan for her life. When she gets thrown for a loop by her new boss, she handles it in such a frank and realistic way, and quickly comes to understand sometimes things just spin out of control. But that doesn’t deter from doing what she must, and I really loved that about this character. She was sweet and yet very strong.

Once I started reading this book, I really had a hard time putting it down! Well done, Ms. Taylor, well done.


I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Editors Required

Looking forward, 2014 is going to be an exciting year. Part of that excitement stems from the challenge and joy of building something amazing and working to make dreams come true. In that vein, Hearts Desire Press is looking to expand its team of Content Editors and Line Editors.

Content Editor Requirements: A solid understanding of GMC, POV and Grammar.

Line Editor Requirements: A thorough knowledge of Grammar and familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style.

If you know of anyone who would be interested in becoming part of our team, and enjoy working with some fantastic authors I would appreciate it if you’d have them contact us.

Please put the position you are inquiring about in the subject line of your email. In the body of your email please give us a brief summary of your editing experience, the romance genres you prefer to edit, and how many authors you are willing to take on.

An application can be obtained by emailing employmentATheartsdesirepressDOTcom

Please feel free to share this with anyone you know who may be interested.

Wishing you happiness and much success in the New Year!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas my dear friends!

Hugs and love to each of you.

 

 

 

Hearts Desire Press

Just in case any of you are wondering where I’ve gone, or what I’m up to these days I can finally tell you! As my dream of working in the world of publishing continues to evolve, to that end I’m opening my own publishing company.

You can find it here:

Hearts Desire Press

Yes, we’re the new kid in this crazy ever-changing publishing world. And we’re a bit different. I wouldn’t go so far as to call us a hybrid, but I see our place in an author’s endeavor to build a writing career as one smoothly functioning part of a whole. Not the be-all-end-all goal of career building.

These days the smart, career focused author will have their eggs in many baskets, traditional publication, small press, and indie. I applaud that, and believe it’s entirely appropriate.

If as an author you find you like what we do at HDP, you’re welcome to publish with us for as little or as long as you like, but we understand that these days it takes more than one publishing experience to build a solid writing career.

Those of you who know me, know I’ve been self-employed for a long time. HDP isn’t my first trip around the business block. I know how hard you must to work to build success. And I can’t think of anything I’d rather do than work with those in the publishing world. So if you’re an editor, an author, or a marketing professional I’d appreciate it if you’d consider working with Hearts Desire Press in the future.

Happy Thanksgiving!

To all of my American family and friends, wishing you a wonderful holiday. You're in my thoughts today and always. If the holidays aren't your cup of tea, here's a hug from me to you. *hug*

 

And to all of my writer friends and my readers - I'm so very blessed and lucky to have you in my life! Thank you for all of your love and support throughout the year. It is noticed and appreciated very much.

 

Love,

Sutton

 

 

Fall Book Extravaganza Giveaway!

Welcome to the 

Fall Book Extravaganza Giveaway!

  We are excited to announce that this is our first year hosting the Fall Book Extravaganza Giveaway and we had 25 awesome authors and book bloggers sponsor over 55 prizes, including a Kindle Fire! Below you will find a Rafflecopter where you can enter to win one of these FABULOUS PRIZES! 

GRAND PRIZE: Kindle Fire HD

Plus, 55+ other great prizes!

~Swag & Gift Cards ~

$15 Amazon Gift Card

by I'm Shelfish Blog

Mixed Swag Pack -YA & Adult

by BMTS Tours

$25 Book Lovers Pack

by Deal Sharing Aunt

"Box of Books"

by I'm Shelfish Blog

Book Swag

by Serenity's Lovely Reads

~ Print Books ~

Sweetwater Canyon Series (FULL SET)

 by Maggie Jaimeson

(Series includes to books that have already been released and two future releases.)

(2) Signed Copies of Kea's Flight 

by  Erika Hammerschmidt 

(2) Signed Copies of If the World Ended, Would I Notice 

by  Erika Hammerschmidt 

(2) Signed Copies of Everything Happens for a Reason (but nothing happens for a GOOD reason)

by  Erika Hammerschmidt

Signed Copy of Bared Naked 

by Rachel Eliason

Signed Dean Koontz Novel

by Elizabeth Los

~ eBooks ~

Ghostly Clues

by  Kay LaLone

(5) Crash and Burn

by Chelsea Camaron

Bad Blood

by  Ginny Lurcock

Paranormal Books 

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Urban Harvest 

by Laurie Treacy

The Chosen 

by  Annette Gisby

Silent Screams 

by  Annette Gisby 

New Zealand with a Hobbit Botherer

by  Annette Gisby 

(3) Through the Crimson Mirror

by Daniel Alexander

(3) Beginner's Success in Public Speaking

by Daniel Alexander 

Awaken (Divine Hunter Book 1) 

by L. J. Sealy

Wicked Hunger 

by DelSheree Gladden

Transitions

by  D.A Lascelles 

SEE ME

 by Natalie-Nicole Bates

Remember the Stars

 by  Natalie-Nicole Bates 

Antique Charming

by  Natalie-Nicole Bates 

(4) Newly Published Books

by Debra Gaudette

(2) Kea's Flight

by  Erika Hammerschmidt 

(2) If the World Ended, Would I Notice?

by  Erika Hammerschmidt 

STRENGTH

by Carrie Butler

COURAGE

by Carrie Butler 

(3) Beyond the Winner's Circle 

by Sutton Fox

(5) Bared Naked 

by Rachel Eliason

Invisible 

by DelSheree Gladden

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