Friday, August 31, 2018

Saturday Sample: Turnaround Farm


It's release day! Turnaround Farm releases today from Wings ePress. This is one of my favorite books, and I think you'd like it too. Let me share a blurb with you, and just a small except where you'll meet my heroine Holly Grant.

Dedicated career girl Holly Grant has no time for romance. She doesn’t need a man to complete her, thank you very much. Building Grant Realty takes all of her time and attention. If she can close a deal for Turnaround Farm her business will take off like a rocket. Her first problem is that Jeb Wakefield doesn’t want to sell his farm, and her second problem is Jeb’s grandson Dan, the finest looking man Holly’s ever seen.
Turnaround Farm is available at https://wingsepress.com/turnaround-farm/ 

Excerpt: Chapter One

“You’ve lost your mind,” Loretta Patterson moaned as she doggedly trudged down the rough, graveled road behind Holly. “It’s twenty degrees out here and getting colder by the minute. We have no business coming out in weather like this.”

“The roads are icy, and our car slid into a ditch too,”her employer Holly Grant said with a grin. She bent her head against the bitter driving wind that almost took her breath away. “It isn’t like you to forget something like that, Loretta.”

“As if I could,” Loretta retorted, teeth chattering. “Why couldn’t you have waited for the weather to improve to see the Wakefields?

Holly glanced at the forbidding gray landscape. The clouds looked low enough to touch and thick enough to choke you. “Loretta, I’ve told you a million times. If you want to be a success in the real estate business, you have to work at it. Stop worrying so much. This is important to Grant Realty.”

“The Wakefields refuse to even discuss selling their property. Why do you think they’ve changed their minds?”

Holly grinned. “I did a little research. They’re broke, and Turnaround Farm is nothing but a white elephant. They work like dogs, but they never get ahead. I want them to think about what selling the farm would mean tot hem. And don’t forget that my buyer upped his offer.”

“Don’t you ever think about anything but business?”Loretta asked, her voice almost snatched away by the wind. “There’s a world of exciting things to think about besides business.”

Holly rolled her eyes at her exasperating assistant.“No, I don’t, and you should get your mind off Michael Stuart and think a little more about business yourself.”

“I’m engaged to Michael! Why shouldn’t I think about him? This time next year we’ll be married, for goodness sake.”

Holly scowled. “Marriage is a trap. Most men expect their wives to help them earn a living, but do they help out around the house in return? No, they don’t. They’re so egotistical they want to reproduce themselves, so their wives have to take care of the kids on top of everything else they do. Well, if you want to fall into that trap, go ahead. I’m not that dumb.”

Loretta sighed and bent her head against the wind while Holly hid a smile. Her assistant had learned not to argue with her when she jumped on her soapbox. The leaden sky smelled of snow. How were they going to get their car out of that ditch? Call a wrecker maybe.

Presently, Loretta voiced the same concern. “Dan Wakefield is one of the most unpleasant men I’ve ever met. You’re lucky you weren’t in the office when he dropped by to ream us out about pestering his grandfather.I hope you don’t think he’ll be willing to get the car out of the ditch.”

“Maybe not, but his grandfather Jeb is a true gentleman. At the very least, he’ll let us take shelter from the weather until a tow truck comes.”

Loretta sighed as she tucked her scarf more firmly around her throat. “Okay. I hope you can close this deal.You’re sure working hard enough for it.”

Another gust of wind buffeted the women who picked up their pace in an effort to reach Turnaround Farm before dark.

Haunted

Title: Haunted
Series: My Shattered Soul Saga #2
Author: K. Schwartz
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
Release Date: August 30, 2018 Cover Credits: Ali Winters of Red Umbrella
SHE HAS SURVIVED HER DEATH. NOW, SHE MUST SURVIVE HERSELF. Blaire Stevens’ sorrow is a powerful force. Recent events have her grieving in a human sports bar, but when her anger and guilt jeopardize the ghosted community, she must face the council. Again.
Aiden Briar has lost Blaire once, and won’t risk it a second time. When his gifts allow him to listen to Dorris, the quirky human psychic residing in Blaire’s home, sharing her story, he finds himself racing against time to piece together the puzzle.
Under the watchful supervision of a council she no longer trusts, Blaire must undergo her rigorous placement testing as the group searches for answers. The consequences are numerous, and time is running out.

Kristine Schwartz was born in London, Ontario, Canada, where she quickly developed her love of all things books and stories. After dipping her toes into the writing community by reviewing everything she could get her hands on, she began developing her first book. She published that story, Ghosted, in October of 2017, and she quickly began work on further works to offer readers. As a mother to four, her days are consumed with loving her children, freelance editing, and plotting and writing her next works.
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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Taxed by Love

Title: Taxed by Love
Series: St. Fleur Novel
Author: AJ Renee
Genre: Contemporary Romance
SubGenre: Brother's Best Friend/2nd Chance
Release Date: August 29, 2018

Love was in the air and Gabrielle wasn’t interested. Even if she was willing to risk her heart again, which she wasn’t, any man would have to get past her overbearing brother first.
Andrew was unashamed of his love of women... until he found himself yearning for what his friends had found—love and family. When a gorgeous woman caught his eye at a buddy’s wedding reception, he blindly followed, unable to resist her allure.
Their encounter was meant to be no-strings fun, but months later, Gabrielle couldn’t get him out of her mind. Andrew regretted never getting her name or number, leaving them both with only memories and unanswered desires.
An unexpected reunion brought the couple to St. Fleur, where trouble had been stirring for their friends and family. Can Andrew persuade Gabrielle to take a risk on a playboy? Or will tragedy jeopardize their chance at love?
AJ Renee is the author behind the St. Fleur series, Beauty Unmasked, Winter's Surprise, Surviving Paris, and Finding Love at the Falls.... She's a military wife and mother to three young girls. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with her Master of Science in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology while working at the library.
She loves to write steamy romance with suspense and a happily ever after. When she isn't writing or interacting with her readers, you can find her spending time with her family or reading. AJ enjoys traveling, researching family history, and all things New Orleans.
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