Recipes and Romance: June 2015

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

TO KISS A RAKE pre-release blitz and $25 GC #giveaway!

Only a few days left. The blitz was yesterday and as usual I'm late, but the giveaway isn't over yet. Here's the rafflecopter:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The blitz is for my July release, To Kiss a Rake. I'm working on the sequel (which will probably have either 'Kiss' or 'Rake' in the title, but at this point, I have no idea, since I'm a scramble for a title at the last moment kind of writer).

And I'm thinking about the third story in the series (Scandalous Kisses is the series name, so yes, maybe 'Kiss' should be in each title...?). It has a very feisty, very bitter heroine. I just wrote a scene in which she was awfully rude to the heroine of the second story. Will I be able to redeem her? I hope so.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Cover art love, naked male torsos, and a #giveaway

I'm over at Embracing Romance today talking about covers -- guess why? Of course it's because of the lovely cover of my upcoming release, To Kiss A Rake (which I already posted here, I know).

Do you have an opinion about half-naked men on romance novel covers? Do they imply too much about sex and not enough about love? This is the first time I've had one of those covers, and I absolutely adore it. Join me at Embracing Romance and tell me what you find compelling in covers. I'm giving away one of my novellas (winner's choice) to one lucky commenter.

And here's the cover again, because I can't get enough of it, and of course some pre-order links, too. :)

Amazon US

Amazon UK

Amazon Canada

Amazon Australia

Barbara

Friday, June 12, 2015

To Kiss a Rake is up for pre-order!

Hooray! To Kiss a Rake is up for pre-order! It will be released on July 29th. Isn't the cover gorgeous??

http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Rake-Scandalous-Kisses-ebook/dp/B00ZAY07OK/

I had a lot of fun writing this story, and I hope you have as much fun reading it. Here's the blurb:

WHEN A LADY IS ABDUCTED BY MISTAKE…

Melinda Starling doesn’t let ladylike behavior get in the way of true love. She’s secretly helping with an elopement, when she’s tossed into the waiting coach and driven away by a notorious rake.

REVENGE REALLY DOESN’T PAY.

Miles Warren, Lord Garrison, comes from a family of libertines, and he’s the worst of them all—or so society believes. When Miles helps a friend to run away with an heiress, it’s an entertaining way to revenge himself on one of the gossips who slandered him.

Except that he drives off with the wrong woman…and as if that wasn’t scandalous enough, he can’t resist stealing a kiss.

More later!

Barbara

Night Owl Reviews event - Amazon gift cards #giveaway

It's time for the Find Your Next Great Read Scavenger Hunt at Night Owl Reviews.

100 Amazon gift cards are up for grabs, and the grand prize is a $250 Amazon gift card!

Enter now at: https://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Blog/Articles/Find-Your-Next-Great-Read-Scavenger-Hunt-June-2015

Or you can enter the Rafflecopter right here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

GOOD LUCK!

Barbara

Thursday, June 11, 2015

SIZZLING SUMMER READS PARTY -- today my Q&A is up! #Giveaway

Busy week... Today is the day my Q&A is up at the Sizzling Summer Reads Party from The Romance Reviews. I'm giving away a copy of Lady of the Flames, but that's only one of many, many prizes offered. There are over 350 authors and publishers participating in the month of June, and the Grand Prize is $100 gift certificate.

Here's where to go to find my Q&A and other ways to enter:

http://www.theromancereviews.com/event.php

GOOD LUCK!

(Coming soon: info re my new book, To Kiss a Rake, which is already up for pre-order at Amazon.com)

Barbara

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Blitz and #Giveaway for LADY OF THE FLAMES!

Today's the day -- Thanks to Bewitching Book Tours, I'm on a bunch of blogs with a Rafflecopter giveaway of a $25 gift card for either Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Here's the list of blogs -- guest spots and interviews -- if you'd like to visit some of them:

Guest blog

Roxanne’s Realm

www.roxannerhoads.com

Spotlight

Fang-tastic Books

www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com

Interview

The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom

www.creativelygreen.blogspot.com

Guest Blog

Books N Pearls

http://booksnpearls.com/blog