Milda Harris | Author of Young Adult Books

My books are available on all ebook retailers again!

2018-02-05T19:22:00.002-08:00

Calling all iBooks, Kobo, Google Play, Smashwords, etc. fans!

My books are back at those retailers (or on their way!). Yes, they are also still available on Amazon, but I only have a few ebooks in Kindle Unlimited now. It's way more fun to be wide!

Check them out when you get a chance:

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Venom & Vampires RELEASE day! Read my EXCLUSIVE story in it - Embracing the Witch! Release WeekGiveaways!

2017-07-25T21:31:00.000-07:00

ORDER VENOM & VAMPIRES NOW ON:

AMAZON | B&N NOOK | APPLE iBOOKS | KOBO | GOOGLE PLAY

It's only 99CENTS during release week!!! That's 20+ books for less than a $1! It's an AWESOME deal! The price goes up next week!

A witch who only wants to be normal. A man sworn to protect her. The vampire who vows to kill them both.

Seraphine likes things to be by the book. That’s why she’s an accountant. Numbers are logical. Then she has a dream. It’s one of those dreams. A warning.

Seraphine fights to ignore her gut instincts because it doesn’t fit into her nice and normal life. Hours later, a man named Cade shows up on her doorstep. He’s there to save her from being killed by a vampire. She has no intention of believing him. Vampires don’t exist. He knows she’s dead wrong.

VENOM & VAMPIRES GIVEAWAYS:

Author Rue Volley's Venom & Vampires Giveaway (ends around August 9th)!

$25 Amazon gift card AND 6 print books! Enter to win here!

FLASH GIVEAWAY of Venom & Vampires to give a prize to those who read this far!!! And to celebrate the end of release week! (once they're gone, they're gone!). Updated on 7/31!!! And I'll be checking daily, so as of right now - they are still available!

These are first come, first serve Amazon Giveaways - so once, they're gone, they're gone - check all links!!!!
https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/f8a292c8876c437b

AND, random winner links!

https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/d024934f302ae1ee

https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/08c33f705d57e600

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I hope you enjoy Venom & Vampires! It's been so much fun to be a part of this collection. I'm settling down to start reading all of the other authors' books tonight too! #amreading

Venom and Vampires is Available for Pre-order!

2017-06-27T20:12:00.000-07:00

I have a new paranormal romance story that is ONLY available in the VENOM AND VAMPIRES collection called EMBRACING THE WITCH. This collection will only be available for a very limited time, so don't wait! Get it now!

Pre-order it now on:

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BONUS! If you pre-order Venom and Vampires now, the authors are giving away some FREE ebooks with proof of purchase!

ABOUT VENOM AND VAMPIRES:

A collection with bite…

Prepare to sink your teeth into 23 Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy stories featuring vampires, shifters, witches, demons, chimeras, and more from today’s NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and internationally best-selling and award-winning authors!

With over one million words of fiction and over 100 hours of prime reading material, this exciting collection will treat you to brand new worlds and inventive re-imaginings of our beloved monsters-in-the-dark. You won’t want to miss out on these stories with bite. We’re certain you’re gonna love it…to death!

ABOUT EMBRACING THE WITCH (my story in Venom and Vampires):

A witch who only wants to be normal. A man sworn to protect her. The vampire who vows to kill them both.

Seraphine likes things to be by the book. That’s why she’s an accountant. Numbers are logical. Then she has a dream. It’s one of those dreams. A warning.

Seraphine fights to ignore her gut instincts because it doesn’t fit into her nice and normal life. Hours later, a man named Cade shows up on her doorstep. He’s there to save her from being killed by a vampire. She has no intention of believing him. Vampires don’t exist. He knows she’s dead wrong.

EXCITED ABOUT THIS COLLECTION?

Enter the Swag Pack GIVEAWAY! One Grand prize winner will receive a Tote bag, a Makeup bag, book cards, bookmarks, stickers, a button, a keychain, a necklace and a magnet! 9 Mini-swag pack winners will receive book cards, bookmarks, a button, keychain, necklace and magnet! (Ends around July 25th, 2017).

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE RELEASE DAY!!!!!

2017-03-17T22:54:00.001-07:00

Death by Chocolate is available now!

It's DEATH BY CHOCOLATE release day! It is Book #3 in the Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery Series. To celebrate the release, it's only 99cents and available on all ebook retailers! Get it before the price goes back up to $2.99!

About Death by Chocolate: Ava is excited to spend the day on the set of a real live television show that Celebrity Cupcakes and Coffee has the honor to cater. That added bonus? It's one of her favorite television shows AND she gets to work with Easton! The downside? Murder.

Available on: AMAZON | B&N | iTUNES | KOBO | GOOGLE PLAY | SMASHWORDS

**Death by Chocolate goes into Amazon Kindle Unlimited after March 31st, 2017**

I'm Back!

2016-11-11T12:35:00.001-08:00

After an insanely busy non-writing few months, I am back at it! There's no excuses except to say that life got in the way of art. Anyway, I'm trying to readjust my schedule and reassess what I will be working on. I also need to delve back into characters that I haven't spoken to in awhile. I'm looking forward to that!

My plans so far are (and as I tweak release dates, I will keep you posted! Most likely on Twitter, Facebook, etc.):

Death by Chocolate with a February 28th, 2017 release date. It will be in Kindle Unlimited for those of you who have that. I've just started working on it again and hope to have the draft done in the next couple of weeks.

Adventures in French Sleuthing with a May 2017 release date. The earlier the better, actually. I am really looking forward to writing about Kait again and I plan to write that book fast because the idea has been in my head for months and months and months.

After that...I am not sure yet. I really want to work on Doppelganger 3, the next Funeral Crashing mystery (I have ideas for the next 2 books after French Sleuthing!!!), Hillary for President (yes, even though the namesake behind it lost because the story was meant to be about elections, strong women, and the race for the presidency anyway!), the next New Girl book, and the next book in the Crashing Prom series. I have other books in my head that I want to write too that you don't even know about! If you have an opinion on what I should get to after Death by Chocolate and Adventures in French Sleuthing, please leave a comment or message me at milda@mildaharris.com. I'd love to hear what my readers want next!!!!!!!!

HUGE GIVEAWAY IN AUGUST!

2016-08-06T16:06:00.001-07:00

I'm part of a 150+ author GIVEAWAY happening in the month of August! There are HUGE prizes in this giveaway! Two people will win the GRAND PRIZE of $1000 each (on Sept. 1st) and there will be a $100 winner every week!

How to enter? Follow this link: www.bit.ly/StrongReaders

The giveaway runs from August 1st, 2016 to August 31st, 2016!

Good luck everyone!!!!!

A New Writing Project: Hillary for President!

2016-06-26T13:58:00.000-07:00

I have a new writing project that I'm really excited about. For those of you that have been following me since I started my indie writing journey in 2012 with Adventures in Funeral Crashing, you'd know that I love writing challenges. That first Funeral Crashing book was originally started in 2011 during the 3 Day Novel Contest. Crashing Prom's first draft was also a 3 Day Novel. One of my other books, The New Girl Who Found a Dead Body was a NaNoWriMo novel.

What I'm about to do, is start a new writing challenge. It's exciting because for the last couple of years it has been tough for me to do writing challenges. I have toddler twins and my writing time has most definitely been impacted by that huge life change. I'm so tired! I've been searching for a motivator lately, to push me on even when the twins have exhausted me (which is most days of running after any toddler) and I think this is it!

Aren't they adorable?

So, here's what I'm planning! Starting today, I've published the first chapter of Hillary for President.

About the book: Hillary Rhodes is excited to be starting her senior year, but running for class president is not on her agenda. Mostly, she just wants to make it out of high school and she's quite happy to be invisible. That all changes when she gets nominated for senior class president. Will she rise to the challenge? More importantly, can she win?

I officially decided to write it on June 7th, 2016 when Hillary Clinton gave her speech claiming the Democratic nomination. Whether you're for her or not, it was a huge moment in United States history!

Yes...that's only a few weeks ago. The thing is, it is so inspiring! It's history in the making! Anybody can be president! I was truly inspired, for myself, for my daughters, and for future generations. I wanted to write about that, in my way.

You know, now that I think about it, the general idea for Hillary for President had actually come to me over a year ago when Hillary Clinton decided to run for president in the first place. Again, it was just so inspiring to see a woman run for president!

At the time, I just didn't know how I should undertake such a project. Was I the right person to even write a political story? I don't write political satire, you know? But then again, I realized that I can look even further back and see the seed for this story. I actually had a story started for a 3 Day Novel contest years ago (about eight actually because I think it was when Hillary was running against Obama!). That book was about a quiet girl who eventually became the first woman president of the United States (it's told in flashback), but it was never finished. So, as you can see, the story has been in my head for awhile. FOR YEARS. Whether I'm the right person to write a political satire or not, I am and I'm going to write it in my style, my way. Truthfully, I don't think I've ever read a YA novel about student elections (I'd love to hear about some good ones!), so this is definitely new territory for me. It's kind of scary, actually, but I quickly realized that I had to write this book now if I was going to write it. So, here I go! Carpe diem!

HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT is a serialized novel so the way I'm writing this is very different from how I usually write my books. I will publish a chapter, starting now, every Tuesday, all the way until Election Day: November 8th, 2016. So, yes, it's a serial and part of the fun is being along for the ride!!!! I have a very general outline (and am working to fill it in fast so that I can build the story adequately, although I also want to leave room to wiggle if something interesting happens in the real election!), but I will be writing about a 5000+ word chapter every week to be published the following week. I'm looking at it being like writing an episodic television show, except that I'll be releasing a chapter of a novel every week. That is why I'm calling them episodes. Each episode will cost $0.99, but it will also be in Kindle Unlimited. I'm going to do the best job at this that I can. It is a story that I am very compelled to write and I hope that you will all enjoy the ride along with me!

I know that with about 20 or so episodes, buying each one can get pricey. I think it's part of the fun reading it week by week and if you look at it that way, it's not that much a week. Still, I'm hoping that many of you have Kindle Unlimited and can read it through that program for free. They do offer a FREE 30 day trial if that interests you: Join Amazon Kindle Unlimited 30-Day Free Trial My ebooks Murderous Muffins (Book 1, Killer Cupcakes is FREE to all) and Crashing Prom are also currently in KU, so you'd be able to read those as well if you join.

And I know I usually write mysteries, but in some ways this book is a mystery too - it's just of a different kind. Who will be senior class president? You have to read it to find out!!!!!

Okay. Pause here. I know that some of you are like: "Wait!?!?!!?! What about Death by Chocolate (Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery #3) and Adventures in French Sleuthing (Funeral Crashing #5)? And Doppelganger 3?!?!!? I've been waiting ages for that one!" My plan is to keep pushing forward on those books too. I want them all written by the end of the year. Now, that will be tough with an extra 5000 words to write and edit every week, but I want to keep the deadlines I have for all of you die hard Milda Harris fans as well. That's why this is even a bigger challenge. I really want to work on upping my writing productivity and thus becoming a better and more successful writer. I'm really going to try my best to do it all.

Wish me luck! Happy reading!

Title Reveal for Funeral Crashing #5!

2016-05-09T11:47:00.003-07:00

Funeral Crashing #5 will be coming out later this year. I'm working on getting the cover finished, but in the meantime, I wanted to let you all in on the name of the book!

Ready? Okay, here it is! Funeral Crashing #5 is going to be called Adventures in French Sleuthing! I'm shooting for it to be out by Fall 2016 or sooner! Woo-hoo more funeral crashing! I know I can't wait to start writing it! I'm getting ready to do that right now. It's in the outlining and brainstorming phase.

In the meantime, I'm writing Death By Chocolate, a Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery. The first book in that series, Killer Cupcakes is FREE if you want to check it out!

Death By Chocolate (Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery #3) Cover Reveal

2016-04-27T21:05:00.000-07:00

Here is the cover for DEATH BY CHOCOLATE, Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery #3! It will be out in July 2016!

Check back next week for more about Death by Chocolate! I'll count down the weeks to its release with the book blurb, excerpts, and more!

Let me know how you're liking the series so far! I'm having a blast writing them!

MURDEROUS MUFFINS RELEASE DAY! And A FREE Ebook To Celebrate!

2016-04-26T21:39:00.000-07:00

Murderous Muffins is available on Amazon Kindle now!

It's MURDEROUS MUFFINS release day! It's Book #2 in the Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery series. I'm super excited about it! It's been such a fun series to write since it takes place in Hollywood. I used to work in television and I live in Los Angeles so it's been fun to put all of that knowledge into my books!

Haven't started the Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery series? That's okay! Book #1, KILLER CUPCAKES, is currently FREE!!!! Check it out!

Get it for FREE on: AMAZON | B&N | ITUNES | KOBO

About Killer Cupcakes: Ava's first day of work at Celebrity Cupcakes and Coffee goes horribly awry when television star Penelope Rose drops dead after eating the first cupcake. Horrified that she might be at the top of the list of suspects, Ava and her totally hot co-worker Easton set out to investigate what happened. Will they be able to solve the mystery or will Ava's first day of work be her last?

About Murderous Muffins: Ava is excited to go on a Hollywood Celebrity Homes Tour with her co-workers from Celebrity Cupcakes and Coffee. Besides hoping to spot someone famous, she's hoping that she'll finally get an opportunity to snuggle up next to Easton. Too bad someone else has other ideas...murderous ones.

Now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!

Make sure to join my mailing list for the latest news and FREEBIES!!!!

Tomorrow I'll be revealing the cover for Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery #3, Death by Chocolate due out on June 28th, 2016!

Happy New Year!!!!! The Plan For 2016 and a New Release!

2016-01-23T07:43:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! Adventures of a New Year's Date is out now!

Happy New Year!

I'm releasing a Funeral Crashing short story called Adventures of a New Year's Date for the new year. It's a companion to Adventures of a New Year's Kiss, the novella featuring Suzie Whitsett searching for her missing necklace. Adventures of a New Year's Date follows Claire, one of the suspects in Adventures of a New Year's Kiss, and her first date with Dave Rickerson. It's a sweet romantic holiday story with a minor mystery as Claire tries to figure out why rich and popular Dave would ask her out on a New Year's date.

The book blurb: Claire Murray has no idea why handsome, popular Dave Rickerson would want to ask her on a New Year's date. They've never even spoken before and suddenly he's pulling out all the stops to get her to go. Is there something he's not telling her or is this a fairy tale New Year's Eve about to come true?

I actually wrote it last year when I wrote Adventures of a New Year's Kiss because the story behind Claire and Dave's first date intrigued me. I reread it this December and decided to release it after some editing and adding to the story. There may eventually be more to this release, but I'll leave you to ponder what I mean by that...I do like mysteries after all!

Join my mailing list and you can get short stories like it for FREE when I release them. I still have some Funeral Crashing Ethan POV's to email out in 2016 so it's a good list to be on! Yes, I'm still planning on writing those. I'm using them as my prep for writing Funeral Crashing #5.

Other than that, what are my 2016 plans? When is Funeral Crashing 5 coming out? What about Doppelganger 3?

Here are the novellas and books I'm hoping to release in the order I plan on writing them:

1. Murderous Muffins (Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery #2) - Pre-order for Murderous Muffins is live now with the release being on April 27, 2016. This will be an Amazon Prime book for all of you Prime members. I released the first book in the series, Killer Cupcakes, in December and that one is a wide release right now.

2. Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mystery #3 - shooting for June 28th, 2016. This will also be an Amazon Prime book for all of you Prime members.

3. Funeral Crashing #5 - shooting for Summer 2016. I've already started outlining. I know what it's going to be about and I know what happens with Ethan/Kait/Troy. You'll have to wait and read it to find out! I'll be teasing this one early. I'm already having my cover designer work on the cover...

4. Doppelganger #3 - shooting for Fall 2016. I have a slight feeling Doppelganger may not wrap up in book #3 like I'd planned. There's so much more to tell. If it doesn't, I'll write Doppelganger #4 right after because I really want to wrap up the story for everyone and unlike the Funeral Crashing books, each book really leads into the next one. I'm so sorry that it's taken me so long to get to it. I blame my own little Doppelgangers. ;)

Super adorable though, right?

There may also be some more Funeral Crashing and Doppelganger novellas. Maybe. I have some ideas. Are you all enjoying the side stories?

After those books, I have a bunch of other books I want to write, but I won't commit to them just yet. I'll leave them a mystery since all of them involve completely new stories. I do have a couple of questions for my fantastic readers, though! Is anybody interested in New Girl #2 or Crashing Prom #2? Those could be on my list for later!

I'm also thinking about writing a pilot to pitch to Amazon for an original tween series. I'll let you know about that if/when I decide to do it! I'll need your online support!

Happy New Year 2016! Happy reading!

RELEASE DAY! GIVEAWAY! FREE BOOK! It's a Party Because Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak (Funeral Crashing #4) Is Finally Here!

2015-05-12T21:43:00.001-07:00

Get it now on Amazon Kindle!

ADVENTURES IN HOMICIDE AND HEARTBREAK is now available to buy at your favorite ebook retailer! I'm so excited to finally release it!

About the book: Kait Lenox and Ethan Ripley are officially in the I love you stage and they can't keep their hands off each other. When she's not making out with Ethan, Kait also has a new internship at the local police department. Kait's life is finally perfect, that is until she sees her boss interrogating someone she knows. It's Troy, her ex-BFF Ariel's boyfriend and it looks like he's going to be accused of murder. Kait knows she probably shouldn't get involved and that Ethan will hate it, but she just can't help herself!

Buy it now on:

Amazon USAmazon UK Amazon CA Amazon AU

B&N Nook

iBooks

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AND some smaller ebook retailers also have it! The paperback is coming this month to Amazon, BN, & Createspace!

FREEBIE ALERT!!!!

Losing It: A Collection of V-Cards (ONLY for mature readers, 18+) is FREE May 11-13. Ethan and Kait have a steamy scene in it. There's also 21 other great authors you should meet! Their scenes are swoonworthy! Get it now on AMAZON before it goes back up to $3.99!

AND...make sure to join my mailing list! Starting this month (May 2015) I'll be sending out the Ethan POV's from each of the Funeral Crashing books to my mailing list before I put them up for sale on Amazon. It's a huge freebie for my mailing list subscribers! Join ASAP so that you don't miss out!!!!!! http://www.mildaharris.com/p/contact.html

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!

And now for a release week GIVEAWAY! Win ebook copies of ALL of the Funeral Crashing ebooks! Enter below and WIN! Already read them? That's okay! Enter anyway and I'll exchange them for other books that I've written of your choice or you can win an Amazon Giftcard for their cash value!

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You can also still enter to win a signed paperback copy of Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak on Goodreads (ends May 15th, 2015): https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/136561-adventures-in-homicide-and-heartbreak

ALSO...

Make sure to also check out the first chapter of Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak which I posted here: EXCERPT

I'll be posting more this week about writing the book, Funeral Crashing #5, and more! Check back!

Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak Excerpt & Giveaway!

2015-05-06T11:32:00.001-07:00


Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak is out May 12th, 2015!

The countdown to Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak's release begins! It will be officially released Tuesday May 12th, 2015! In today's blog I'll post an excerpt and tell you about a signed paperback giveaway of Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak!

Before I do that, FREEBIE ALERT! Make sure to join my mailing list! This month (May 2015) I'll be sending out the Ethan POV's from each of the Funeral Crashing books to my mailing list before I put them up for sale on Amazon. It's a huge freebie for my mailing list subscribers! Join ASAP so that you don't miss out!!!!!! http://www.mildaharris.com/p/contact.html

And now the excerpt!!!!

Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak (Funeral Crashing #4) EXCERPT (I apologize for the weird formatting. Blogger hates copy/paste from Word. Drives me crazy! :) ):

I love you. There it was written on the screen of my phone in text message from my boyfriend, Ethan Ripley. I couldn’t get enough of looking at those words. We had only said, texted, and written those three significant words about a billion times, but it wasn't getting old. I felt giddy every single time I saw or heard them from Ethan. I was so totally and completely in love with him. I still couldn't believe that he was my boyfriend and that he loved me. Life had taken such a surreal, amazing turn since the beginning of the school year. My life was finally completely perfect for once.
“Kait. Kait. Kait. Kait. Miss Lenox,” Detective Dixon said breaking into my thoughts.

I looked up and felt my cheeks start turning pink. The silly smile that I knew was on my face disappeared. I turned off my phone and put it back into my purse. It was kind of embarrassing getting caught sending love texts to your boyfriend by your boss when you were supposed to be doing work for your internship.
“Oh, hey, Detective Dixon. Is something up?” I asked innocently.
Detective Dixon handed me a stack of papers. “Yes. Can you photocopy these for me ASAP?”
“Sure. No problem,” I said taking the stack of papers from Detective Dixon. “I’ll get them back to you right away.”

When I took the internship at the Palos Police Department I thought that it would be really cool, but so far it had mostly been making tons and tons of copies. Of course, I did manage to read some of the police reports, which were really interesting, but the downside was that my fingers were full of band-aids from paper cuts and I kept getting ink stains all over my clothes.
“Can you get me a cup of coffee too?” Detective Dixon asked.

That was another part of my job. I brewed and poured a ton of coffee. I was practically becoming a barista like Suzie. Everyone had a specific way to drink his or her coffee too. Detective Dixon’s order was easy. He liked his coffee strong and black. It was one of the few orders I managed to remember.
“Sure. Do you have your travel mug?” I asked. As a thank you for getting me the internship I had gotten him a travel mug that said: Recycling is cool. It wasn’t completely altruistic of me of course. I was trying to get Detective Dixon to get rid of his Styrofoam cup addiction. Plus I was hoping that if Detective Dixon read that mantra every day then it might stick and make him pro-active on recycling. A girl could hope.

Detective Dixon frowned. He never knew where he put that mug. I was always finding it in random places when I got him coffee.
“I think it’s on my desk.”
“No problem. I’ll get it after I make the copies,” I said.
"Thanks," Detective Dixon said.
The travel mug was actually probably not on his desk, but buried under a pile of paper. Once I even found it under his desk. I didn’t know how Detective Dixon kept any of his files straight. His office was a constant mess. That mess also, much to my disappointment, still included Styrofoam cups. When I wasn't at the office getting him coffee in his mug, he was still drinking from them. Maybe he needed a second travel mug so that he could use that one when he couldn't find the first one. Still, I had to admit, Detective Dixon was great at his job. I guess his disorganized system worked for him despite the fact that he couldn't seem to find that one mug when he wanted a cup of coffee.
I got up from my desk to go to the copy room.
"And Kait," Detective Dixon said.
"What?" I turned back to look at him.
"You're doing a great job so far."
Thank you," I felt my cheeks turn pink.
I rushed to the copy room. Maybe making copies wasn't so bad. At least that was what I thought for about two whole minutes until the copier jammed. It practically shredded one of Detective Dixon's original reports. I tried to breathe and not kick the copy machine. I pulled a few shreds of the original paper out of it. I'd have to tape it together. I wondered if Detective Dixon would freak out. It wasn't my fault, though, that the copier ate it.
I grabbed some tape off of the stockroom shelf. Luckily it was in the same room as the copier. I started taping the paper together. It was a police report from a week ago. I scanned the first few lines and stopped. My heart started to race. It was about a murder. Now this was why I had accepted Detective Dixon's offer to intern for the police department. I wanted to see how a professional murder investigation was carried out. I glanced around. It was a grey area, reading the cases. I wasn't sure what Detective Dixon would say if he caught me perusing them. Somehow I thought that he might not approve. I finished taping the paper together and scanned the top of the page.

When Dixon entered the apartment he observed a female lying on the ground fully clothed with a gunshot wound to the chest.
I wondered if they had any suspects yet. I shouldn't get ahead of myself. I read on.
She was lying only a few feet from the doorway in the living room of the apartment. Her purse was on the floor next to her, its contents spilled across the floor as if it had fallen with her when she was shot. The room itself appeared in order and there was no sense of a scuffle having occurred.
"Hey, Kait. I'm about to interview someone. Can you hurry up and get me that coffee?" Detective Dixon asked, poking his head into the copy room. "I found my mug and I need those copies."
I almost jumped out of my skin, but I tried to cover it. I grabbed the copies. I almost didn't have time to feel surprised that Detective Dixon had found his travel mug. Almost.
"Sure. Here's the report. I sort of mangled one of the originals, but it was the copier. I swear," I said.

Detective Dixon frowned, but took my copies including the shredded report. "Be more careful next time."
I grabbed the travel mug that Detective Dixon held out to me and ran for the kitchen. I didn't want to give him the time to put together that I had been reading the report. I wasn't going to meddle. I was just curious about the case. Still, I had a gut feeling that Detective Dixon wouldn't be happy about me sticking my nose where it didn't belong.
I quickly filled Detective Dixon's coffee mug with black coffee and walked back to his office to give it to him. I knocked, but he didn't answer. I peered into the room. He wasn't inside. I wondered if I should go find him in one of the interrogation rooms, but I wasn't sure that he'd look favorably on me walking in if he was already interrogating a witness. That could also be dangerous. I walked into his office and placed his mug on his desk.
Of course as I did that, the top of the coffee spilled a little onto a file folder on his desk. Today was not my day. First the copier shredded the report and now this. I looked around the room and spotted a box of tissues on a side table. I grabbed them and blotted the file folder. At least it helped a little. I opened it. My half shredded document was underneath along with a bunch of other papers. I stared at it. It was like fate. I was tempted to start reading the report again, but I didn't. It would be way too easy for Detective Dixon to catch me if I was in his office. Still, if I ever needed to copy it again at least I'd know which case it was...
I shook myself out of my thoughts. At least the shredded report wasn't wet. I shut the file folder, dabbing it again with more tissue to make sure it was as dry as possible. Then I made sure to place it far away from the coffee mug.
I ran back to my make-shift desk, which was really just a small folding table set up for me in an out of the way spot in the bullpen. I pulled out my phone. I needed something to occupy my thoughts and my number one distraction was Ethan. He would make me feel better. I thought about calling him, but I didn't think any of the other officers would want to hear me talk lovey-dovey to Ethan.
Hey. Whatcha up to? I texted. Maybe we could get back on track with the I love you texts. They made me super happy inside. Should I say it first.
Writing a song. Ethan texted back.
I smiled. This could be just about as good as the I love you texting. About me?
Maybe. Ethan wrote.
I knew I had a sappy look on my face now. I hoped it was another song about me. I absolutely loved the first song that he wrote about me. It was called Funeral Crashing Girl and I had recorded him singing it. I listened to it over and over and over again. The first time he played it for me was at one of his gigs on the night he told me that he loved me for the first time. It meant so much more to me because of that.
I still couldn't believe that Ethan loved me. It was like all of my dreams had come true. Things were perfect between us. I got to kiss him practically every day at school and make-out with him whenever I had time outside of school. There was only one thing that I was nervous about. I was starting to want more. Things had been great right up until New Year's. Then after an amazing New Year's kiss that had lit my body on fire and that I hadn't wanted to stop, I started thinking about it. You know. It. It was totally freaking scary, but I was definitely starting to want more. I was pretty sure Ethan felt the same way. At least I hoped he did. We hadn't really talked about it officially or anything. I was too scared to bring it up and I really wasn't sure if I was ready. I mean, a huge part of me was definitely ready. My heart beat a little faster just thinking about it, actually. I had definitely fantasized about it, but that was all fantasy. The reality of it was different. It was such a big step in our relationship, not to mention in my life. It was kind of terrifying and yet, super exciting too.
"But I didn't do anything!" A guy was yelling from inside one of the interrogation rooms.
The yelling broke me out of my head. I reluctantly looked up from my cellphone as the door to that interrogation room swung open. Detective Dixon walked out and over to Officer Quincy. I wondered what was going on. It looked like a heated discussion. I wondered if it had to anything to do with the report I had started to read. Was the suspected murderer in there? Officer Quincy was frowning at something Detective Dixon said. I wished I could hear what they were saying. This was why I was here! I wanted to know how they investigated a murder. What kind of questions did they ask when they were interrogating someone? Did they really do good cop/bad cop? I wanted to know.
Officer Quincy was facing me. I wished I could read his lips. I needed to practice that. Maybe there was a video online that could give me some tips. Huh. He had kind of nice lips for a guy. Truthfully, I'd almost have a crush on Officer Quincy if I wasn't dating Ethan. He had slightly too long for a cop brown hair, brown eyes, and you could tell he worked out. He was pretty hot actually. To top it all off, he couldn't have been that much older than me. He had to only be in his early twenties. I hadn't really talked to him or anything, though. I still got tongue twisted around cute guys even if I did have a boyfriend. Besides, I didn't want Officer Quincy to remember the first time he had met me. I had been covered in goop at a funeral and it wasn't the best first impression.
Officer Quincy glanced over at me like he could tell I was looking at him. I looked away, feeling my cheeks turn pink. That was when I saw whom Detective Dixon had been talking to in the interrogation room. He was leaning toward the doorway and staring at Officer Quincy and Detective Dixon like he was trying to figure out what they were talking about too. It was someone I knew. My jaw dropped. It was my ex-BFF's boyfriend, Troy Matthews.

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Buy it now on:

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Amazon CA
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AND some smaller retailers also have it!
Google Play coming soon!
Paperback coming soon to Amazon, BN, & Createspace!

And now for the GIVEAWAY!

You can enter to win a signed paperback copy of Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak on Goodreads (ends May 15th, 2015): https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/136561-adventures-in-homicide-and-heartbreak

Be sure to check back during release week for another Funeral Crashing giveaway and to find out more about Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak!

YA Spring Fling GIVEAWAY and an Interview with Author M.A. George!

2015-03-20T20:17:00.000-07:00

It's the YA Spring Fling Blog Hop! What's that you say? Well, a ton of other authors and I are giving away a whole bunch of books, swag, and more!!

There's a YA genre for everyone!!!! I'm giving away multiple ebook copies of my Paranormal Romance/Science Fiction Romance Doppelganger, so make sure to enter and win! The YA Spring Fling giveaway runs from March 20^th to April 3^rd!!!

Many of us are also interviewing one author on our blog. For my stop, I'm interviewing author M.A. George! Her book Aqua is one of the books being given away! Make sure to enter the GIVEAWAY at the end of this blog and win some books and/or swag!!!!!

An Interview with Author M.A. George the author of Aqua!

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

I love when ideas pop randomly into my head—in the shower, at the grocery store, or while I’m staring absently out the kitchen window and smearing peanut butter on my thumb instead of on the bread—and a fresh new story plays out in my head. It’s like reading a page-turner for the first time, waiting on the edge of my seat to see what happens to my characters next.

What’s the worst thing about being a writer?

When my mind can’t conjure one solitary splinter of an original plot line to save my life. That’s when scrubbing the toilets starts to sound like a fun diversion.

Plotter or Pantser?

Pantser all the way. I make a general outline at the outset of a new novel, and I tweak it along the way, but I always end up miles from where I began. Usually it’s a thrilling ride—not knowing which way the story will take me—but sometimes I feel as though my characters are languishing in the spotlight beam and awkwardly waiting for me to feed them the next line, wondering why their director is wielding a toilet scrub brush.

What are your top tips for surviving a bad review?

I think there are two types of bad reviews. The mean-spirited ones that blatantly trash a book don’t bother me, because usually it’s obvious that the story just wasn’t a good fit for that reader from page one. As a reader, I don’t pay attention to that type of review when I’m browsing the virtual shelves for new books, so I have to hope that most other readers don’t put too much weight on them either. As an author, I tend to dwell more on thoughtful reviews of my books that point out flaws I can also see. Of course, I’d love to pretend all of my creations are flawless models of literary perfection, but let’s be honest…I’d probably keep rewriting and tweaking every chapter for a hundred years if it were possible. Rather than wallowing in self-pity when a new reader sees fault in my meticulously crafted story, I try to use it to make the next story better. Make sure not to make that same mistake again. Or if I don’t agree with the reader’s opinion, I chalk it up to differing tastes and try to shrug it off, while consuming several heaping spoonfuls of Ben and Jerry’s.

What are your top tips for surviving a zombie apocalypse?

I’m afraid I can only divulge my foolproof plan for surviving the zombie apocalypse to those who bribe me with jars of peanut butter, books, or foot massages. I’ll throw in a free travel-size bottle of Zombie Repellant 3000 if you include all of the above forms of payment. (Kidding, by the way. I don’t actually know the secret formula for zombie repellant. I do, however, plan to survive the zombie apocalypse by subsisting on stockpiled peanut butter and books. Wouldn’t actually be that much different from my current circumstances...)

Thanks for the interview! It was a blast. :)

Thank you M.A. George! It was nice having you on my blog! Make sure to check out her website too: http://www.booksbygeorge.net/

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ENTER THE GIVEAWAY!!!!!

To enter to win a copy of one of a gabillion ebooks (including my book Doppelganger!) and more enter the YA Spring Fling Giveaway - http://www.sarahdaltonbooks.com/#!ya-spring-fling/ciql

For the next stops on the blog tour and more author interviews check out these posts on March 22nd, 2015:

Interview with Sarah Dalton: http://monkeyqueenbooks.blogspot.com

Interview with N.P. Martin: http://nanonoodle.com

Happy Spring Everyone!!!!!!!

Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak (Funeral Crashing #4) Is Now Available For Pre-Order!

2015-03-01T07:36:00.002-08:00


Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak

Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak (Funeral Crashing #4) is now available for pre-order! It releases on May 12th, 2015.

Amazon US

Amazon UK

Amazon CA

Amazon AU

Barnes and Noble

iBooks

Kobo

Smashwords

A little bit about Funeral Crashing #4: Kait Lenox and Ethan Ripley are officially in the I love you stage and they can't keep their hands off each other. When she's not making out with Ethan, Kait also has a new internship at the local police department. Kait's life is finally perfect, that is until she sees her boss interrogating someone she knows. It's Troy, her ex-BFF Ariel's boyfriend and it looks like he's going to be accused of murder. Kait knows she probably shouldn't get involved and that Ethan will hate it, but she just can't help herself!

In the next two months keep a lookout for more about Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak including teasers, excerpts, Funeral Crashing giveaways, and more!

Are you a book blogger? I'll be posting a signup form for release week soon!

Have you read the rest of the books? Here's the reading order for the Funeral Crashing series!

The Funeral Crashing Series:
#1 - Adventures in Funeral Crashing
#2 - Adventures of a Graveyard Girl
#3 - Adventures in Murder Chasing
#3.5 - Adventures of a New Year's Kiss (A novella featuring Suzie Whitsett)
#4 - Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak

What are you most excited to see in Funeral Crashing #4? Let me know!

The Losing It True Confessions Blog Hop and Giveaway!

2015-02-09T21:27:00.000-08:00

Confession: When I was in high school I had the biggest crush on a guy who didn't know I existed. I'd write notes about him to my friends, talking about how cute he was or if I saw him between classes. I even once managed to gather the courage to ask him if I could borrow a quarter. Hey, it was a big deal to do even that. He didn't have one, but he talked to me! He actually talked to me! I also once ran into him at a Burger King over summer break. I just about died...and went to heaven!

That was it. I loved him from afar. Sadly, nothing ever happened with my crush. Oh believe me, I so wish it did! I actually wonder if he ever even knew I liked him. Maybe he did. I acted really goofy around him. Still, a part of me wishes that I'd taken a bigger chance and really talked to him, made the move, kissed him, done even more than that...even if it ended in rejection.

High school eventually ended and so did that crush. Funny enough, I saw his wedding announcement in the newspaper years later. It was very random that I saw it since I never read the paper. To this day I wonder why fate told me that he was getting married. Weird, right?

Still, that crush has definitely inspired some of my angsty teenage stories. All of that wanting made my imagination soar! Plus I read a ton of romance books and they definitely added to my imagination. Crush fantasies anyone? I had plenty and they all turned out really, really, really well!

Truthfully, looking back on that crush, it wouldn't have lasted. He's so not my type. He was a hot guy who played sports with blonde hair and an amazing smile, but that's all I really knew about him. Seriously. Besides, years later I met my husband - a smart, hilarious, super hot artist and he is so definitely my forever guy. I got my happily ever after after all.

The point of all this? I love writing about teenage angst. It's actually fun to write about when you're not living it. Besides, my characters get to make their romantic fantasies come true. They get to take the chances I never did in high school. It's like I'm getting a second chance while I'm writing about their adventures in love, romance, and sex.

I had so much fun being a part of the Losing It Collection. And another confession - this was the first losing it scene I've ever written. It was kind of scary. I wasn't sure what to write or do. It's just like the first time, funny enough. :)

I also got to meet 21 other very cool YA/NA authors. I had a great time collaborating with them.

I hope you enjoy Losing It! Mention it to your friends!

This is a 2015 Limited Edition Collection, so get it now! 22 scenes for only 99 cents! That's an awesome deal!

Giveaway

Enter to win a signed paperback copy of Adventures in Funeral Crashing (US) OR ebook copies of Funeral Crashing #1 and #2 (INT).

My Losing It scene is an extended scene from the Funeral Crashing Mysteries and is called Adventures in Dating. It's told from Kait Lenox's point of view. She's an unpopular girl who has a crush on one of the hottest guys in school. Sound familiar? :)

Book one, Adventures in Funeral Crashing, is FREE. Ebook download links are below:

Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-In-Funeral-Crashing-ebook/dp/B005DGFV5U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319429605&sr=8-1

Barnes and Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/adventures-in-funeral-crashing-milda-harris/1104561205

Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Milda_Harris_Adventures_in_Funeral_Crashing?id=JLgQBAAAQBAJ&hl=en

iBooks - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/adventures-in-funeral-crashing/id453380998?mt=11

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>>> Read all of our confessions and enter to win paperbacks and swag at every stop! <<<

Kristina Circelli (US)
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Ednah Walters (INT)
Nikki Jefford (INT)
Stacey Wallace Benefiel (US)
Helen Boswell (US)
S.T. Bende (US)
Amy Miles (US)
S. M. Boyce (US)
Milda Harris (INT)
K. A. Last (INT)
Heather Hildenbrand (INT)
Ginger Scott (US)
Julia Crane (US)
Tish Thawer (US)
Misty Provencher (US)
Alexia Purdy (US)
Tamara Rose Blodgett (US)
A.O. Peart (US)
Bethany Lopez (US)
M.R. Polish (US/UK)
Julie Prestsater (US)

Want to get down and dirty with the authors of Losing It? Join us in the Champagne Room on Facebook. Must be 18 or older to request entry.

Ready to Lose It?

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Waiting on Wednesday - Losing It: A Collection of V-Cards

2015-02-04T10:26:00.001-08:00

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking The Spine

I decided to do a Waiting on Wednesday selection this week. That's because I'm really excited about a book that releases next week! This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Losing It: A Collection of V-Cards

It releases next Tuesday, Feb. 10th, 2015 and I have a scene in it starring Kait and Ethan from Adventures in Funeral Crashing. Yes, it is a sexy scene...and very hot.

What is the collection about? Here's the book blurb:

22 Bestselling YA authors reveal what went on behind the curtain in your favorite YA novels! From paranormal to contemporary, this collection features over 200 pages of ALL NEW CONTENT full of deleted scenes, extended endings, and more from the young adult series’ you love.

In this YA/NA crossover collection all of your favorite heroines are cashing in their VCards! YA just got steamy, sexy, and not afraid to go all the way!

Due to the graphic nature of some content, this collection is recommended strictly for mature readers.

Stories include excerpts and extended material--ALL NEW CONTENT featuring the following YA novels & authors:

The Grimoire Saga by SM Boyce
The Death Series by Tamara Rose Blodgett
Penny Black Trilogy by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
Dirty Blood series by Heather Hildenbrand
The Mythology Series by Helen Boswell
Stories About Melissa Series by Bethany Lopez
Keegan’s Chronicles by Julia Crane
The Tate Chronicles by K.A. Last
Fragile Creatures by Kristina Circelli
The Spellbound Trilogy by Nikki Jefford
Judgement of the Six Series by Melissa Haag
A Dark Faerie Tale Series by Alexia Purdy
The Double Threat Series by Julie Prestsater
The Elsker Saga by S.T. Bende
Ovialell Series by Tish Thawer
The Runes Series by Ednah Walters
The Cornerstone Series by Misty Provencher
The Waiting Series by Ginger Scott
Forged Series by A.O. Peart
The Arotas Series by Amy Miles
Funeral Crashing Mysteries by Milda Harris
The Wolf Trilogy by M.R. Polish

I'm actually pretty excited to read the other authors' scenes. We all discussed writing them and I want to see how they turned out!

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iBooks | Barnes & Noble | Kobo

Add the collection at Goodreads

What's your "waiting on" pick this week?

Losing It: A Collection of VCards - Get Excited!

2015-01-28T10:00:00.000-08:00

I am so super excited about this collection!

Two weeks until release! Here's what's in store:

22 stops. 22 different prizes. 22 true stories from the Losing It authors.

Join our Twitter Party! February 11 from 7-9PM EST. Use hashtag #Vcard

Join us in the Champagne Room, our private Facebook page, where you'll have VIP access to excerpts, discussions, and giveaways.

Request exclusive access here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/332424686965271/

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Got a book blog? There's still time to sign up for the Losing It Release Blitz.

Want Losing It to appear on your eReader the second it releases?

Be one of the first to receive this oh so satisfying collection of all new, never before published scenes. Over 200 pages with 22 authors. All for 99 cents!

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Losing It: A Collection of V-Cards Cover Reveal!

2015-01-14T09:25:00.000-08:00

Losing It: A Collection of V-Cards is coming out on February 11, 2015 and this is the cover reveal! Looks super sexy, right? And it's just in time for Valentine's Day (and the release of Fifty Shades of Grey movie!)!

Pre-order is now live on:
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1Epif4L
Amazon AU: http://bit.ly/1yILVv7
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1yGiCWS
Amazon CA: http://amzn.to/1CzjM6T
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1woqJD2
iBooks: http://bit.ly/1Czj5dQ
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1woqLL9

And make sure to add it on Goodreads too!

What is it? Well, it's a collection of V-Card stories from 22 bestselling authors that reveal what went on behind the curtain of your favorite YA novels. In this YA/NA crossover collection all of your favorite heroines are cashing in their VCards! YA just got steamy, sexy, and not afraid to go all the way! Due to the graphic nature of some content, this collection is recommended strictly for mature readers. It's suited for 18 years and over.

And, drum roll please...here's the official cover!

So, what does this have to do with me? Well, start getting excited because there's an extended scene in it from Adventures in Funeral Crashing!!!! Yes, Kait and Ethan...

Nope. That's all I'm saying for now. Kait and Ethan and I'll let your imaginations run wild!!!!

The other YA novels and authors in the collection are:

The Grimoire Saga by SM Boyce
The Death Series by Tamara Rose Blodgett
Penny Black Trilogy by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
Dirty Blood series by Heather Hildenbrand
The Mythology Series by Helen Boswell
Stories About Melissa Series by Bethany Lopez
Keegan’s Chronicles by Julia Crane
The Tate Chronicles by K.A. Last
Fragile Creatures by Kristina Circelli
The Spellbound Trilogy by Nikki Jefford
Judgement of the Six Series by Melissa Haag
A Dark Faerie Tale Series by Alexia Purdy
The Double Threat Series by Julie Prestsater
The Elsker Saga by S.T. Bende
Ovialell Series by Tish Thawer
The Runes Series by Ednah Walters
The Cornerstone Series by Misty Provencher
The Waiting Series by Ginger Scott
Forged Series by A.O. Peart
The Arotas Series by Amy Miles
Funeral Crashing Mysteries by Milda Harris
The Wolf Trilogy by M.R. Polish

Here's something fun that you should know about! Request access to the Champagne Room on Facebook - it's a VIP room for readers to mingle with the LOSING IT authors. There will be weekly teasers, naughty excerpts, and giveaways beginning January 14, 2015. You must be 18 to enter.

Join here: Champagne Room on Facebook

I'll be posting more about the book as it nears its release date so make sure to check back!

New Release! Adventures of a New Year's Kiss!

2014-12-31T11:12:00.001-08:00


Adventures of a New Year's Kiss is available now on Amazon Kindle.

Happy early New Year 2015! Adventures of a New Year's Kiss is available now on Amazon Kindle (and Amazon Unlimited)!

2015 is going to rock and there will be tons more Funeral Crashing this coming year! I'm wrapping up Funeral Crashing #4 now...and if you read this whole blog, you'll even notice that I've given you the title...

Adventures of a New Year's Kiss is a Funeral Crashing story following Suzie Whitsett. It can be read as a standalone, although in the series it takes place between books 3 and 4, making it Funeral Crashing #3.5.

Here's a little bit about the book:

Suzie Whitsett loves Kyle Jones and when he gives her an amazing necklace for their two month anniversary, she is over the moon. Twenty-four hours later, it's gone and Suzie has to find out who took it before everything she has with Kyle falls apart right before New Year's...and their first New Year's kiss.

Attention Funeral Crashing Fans! Make sure to check out the BONUS SCENE at the end of the book that details Kait and Ethan's New Year's Kiss!

Like I mentioned above, although the characters from the Funeral Crashing Series make an appearance in this novella, it is a standalone cozy romantic mystery story featuring Suzie Whitsett.

The Funeral Crashing Series:
#1 - Adventures in Funeral Crashing
#2 - Adventures of a Graveyard Girl
#3 - Adventures in Murder Chasing
#4 - Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak

Funeral Crashing Standalones (Featuring other Funeral Crashing Characters):
Adventures of a New Year's Kiss (Funeral Crashing #3.5 featuring Suzie Whitsett)

Ethan Tells All Stories (Told From Ethan Ripley's POV):
#1 - Adventures in Double Dating: Ethan Tells The Adventures in Funeral Crashing Double Date Scene

A note to fans of the Funeral Crashing series who are not on my mailing list yet - join it! You'll get the Ethan Tells All stories for FREE if you're on the list WHEN I send them out!!! Otherwise, I will be selling them online.

Calling All Book Bloggers! Special Collection Announcement and Cover Reveal Sign Ups!

2014-12-16T22:58:00.002-08:00

So, this is about to happen...

Special Collection Announcement & Cover Reveal Sign-Up
Coming February 11th:
LOSING IT: A Collection of V-Cards
20 bestselling authors reveal what went on behind the curtain of your favorite YA novels

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FADE IN

We are releasing a 20 author collection titled LOSING IT on February 11th, 2105 with all new, EXCLUSIVE content.

These will be scenes--all based on previously published YA novels--that pick up where we so tortuously left off when our YA novel's love scene ended, was interrupted, or happened "off screen." A look at what went on after we faded to dark.

I am taking a scene from the Funeral Crashing series and this February I'm blowing the door wide open on it! Will it be Kait and Ethan? Ariel and Troy? Suzie and Kyle? Things are about to heat up!

A hot collection requires a hot cover and we've got one designed by KILA Designs. The Sign-Up form is now up. We'd love to have book bloggers join in the January 14th Cover Reveal sign-up and help show off this exclusive collection.

Sign up below to be a part of the Cover Reveal!
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Crashing Prom Book Blitz & Giveaway!!!!!

2014-12-07T10:18:00.001-08:00

Thank you to Xpresso Book Tours for hosting this blitz!

Crashing Prom Book blast blogs to check out!!!!! Find out more about Crashing Prom AND enter the blitzwide GIVEAWAY for a $25 Amazon gift card and a paperback copy of the book!!!!!! Also, some blogs are giving away an ebook copy too! For the ebook - each blog is posting a separate giveaway, so you can enter to win for any/all of them!

I'll be posting more blogs as the blitz continues, so be sure to check back!

Here are the blogs taking part in the Book Blast:

Once Upon a YA Book: Prom Stories Guest Post, excerpt, and a blitzwide giveaway!

Bookish Events: Interview, Excerpt, an ebook giveaway of Crashing Prom (International okay!), and a blitzwide giveaway

Notebook of Books: Guest Post on writing Crashing Prom and a blitzwide giveaway!

Books Direct: Guest Post, excerpt, and a blitzwide giveaway!

Literary Winner: Excerpt, blitzwide giveaway and another giveaway for an ebook copy of Crashing Prom!

Collector of Book Boyfriends: Prom Stories and the Idea Behind Crashing Prom Guest Post and a blitzwide giveaway!

Jess Time To Read: Author interview and the blitzwide giveaway!

Word to Dreams: Prom Stories and the Idea Behind Crashing Prom Guest Post and the blitzwide giveaway!

Girls with Books: Excerpt from Crashing Prom and TWO giveaways - one is the blitzwide giveaway and the other is for an ebook copy of Crashing Prom (International okay for the ebook giveaway!)!

Unraveling Books: Blitzwide giveaway AND a giveaway for an ebook copy of Crashing Prom (International okay for the ebook giveaway!)!

Vera is Reading: Excerpt, Guest Post, and blitzwide giveaway!

Mythical Books: Guest Post, excerpt, blitzwide giveaway AND a giveaway for an ebook copy of Crashing Prom (International okay for the ebook giveaway!)!

A little bit about Crashing Prom:

Crashing Prom is available now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited and it is also available as a paperback at other retailers!

If you like Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot, and chicklit books check out this latest NA chicklit romance by the author of the Funeral Crashing Series!

Avery Rylee never went to her high school prom. It is one of her biggest life regrets. Now, at the age of twenty-four, Avery has many more regrets. She is stuck in a rut with her career and she has just been dumped by her fiance. After a night of cheap wine and hitting rock bottom, all Avery wants to do is lie in bed at home with a gallon of ice cream, but her three best friends have other ideas. They have planned a cross country road trip to a prom to help Avery start over. Step one is an Ex-Bachelorette Party in Vegas to help Avery try and forget her ex-fiance. Instead of forgetting him, though Avery finds herself the star of her own web series. As a result, she goes on a filmed hunt across America to find a prom dress, a hot date, and a pair of amazing shoes. Will Avery be able to heal her heartbreak, survive internet reality show fame, and have the perfect prom?

Crashing Prom Release Day & Movie Cast Ideas!

2014-11-07T10:31:00.001-08:00

Crashing Prom is available for Amazon Kindle now!

Today is the release day for CRASHING PROM on Amazon Kindle! So excited! I love release day!

Here's a little about the book:

Avery Rylee never went to her high school prom. It is one of her biggest life regrets. Now, at the age of twenty-four, Avery has many more regrets. She is stuck in a rut with her career and she has just been dumped by her fiance. After a night of cheap wine and hitting rock bottom, all Avery wants to do is lie in bed at home with a gallon of ice cream, but her three best friends have other ideas. They have planned a cross country road trip to a prom to help Avery start over. Step one is an Ex-Bachelorette Party in Vegas to help Avery try and forget her ex-fiance. Instead of forgetting him, though Avery finds herself the star of her own web series. As a result, she goes on a filmed hunt across America to find a prom dress, a hot date, and a pair of amazing shoes. Will Avery be able to heal her heartbreak, survive internet reality show fame, and have the perfect prom?

Whenever I write a book I always think about who I'd want to play the characters in a movie. So, here are my ideal movie cast ideas for CRASHING PROM!

IDEAL MOVIE CAST:

For AVERY, I'd pick Emma Stone. She's got great comedic timing and is such a funny, talented actress.

Emma Stone as Avery.

For VIVI, I'd pick Zooey Deschanel. She's super quirky and I love her energy. Vivi needs to be played by someone with a great energy about them. Vivi is someone that is always on! I also considered Zooey for the part of Avery because of her comedic background in The New Girl.

Zoey Deschanel as Vivi.

For TESS, I'd pick Trojan Bellisario. She plays the more studious type on Pretty Little Liars and Tess is a workaholic...

Trojan Bellisarion as Tess.

For MIA, I'd pick Gina Rodriguez. I love her on Jane the Virgin. She has a sweetness about her and that's how I see Mia.

Gina Rodriguez as Mia.

For FLYNN, I was thinking Dave Franco. He's cute.

Dave Franco as Flynn.

For LUCAS, I'd pick Nicholas Hoult. He has the most amazing eyes and smile. Plus he was great and funny in Warm Bodies.

Nicholas Hoult as Lucas.

Who would you like to see play the characters in a movie? I'd love to hear your ideas!

Check back this weekend for some more posts! And don't forget to enter the giveaway for a signed paperback of Crashing Prom on goodreads (see the link below to a previous blog!).

To see my other posts about Crashing Prom check out these links:
Crashing Prom Excerpt & Giveaway!
Crashing Prom Release Week Begins!

FYI, CRASHING PROM is only available for Kindle right now, since I'm trying out Kindle Unlimited. I'll let everyone know when it's available on BN, iTunes, Google Play, etc. Probably in 3 months. The paperback will be out within the next week since I'm still waiting on a proof of the book to approve.

Crashing Prom Excerpt & Giveaway!

2014-11-06T09:25:00.003-08:00

Crashing Prom is available for pre-order now!

CRASHING PROM release week continues! It will be officially released this Friday, November 7, 2014! In today's blog I'll post an excerpt and tell you about a signed paperback giveaway of Crashing Prom!

First, the Crashing Prom EXCERPT:

Josh Evans was my ideal prom date. He was standing about ten feet away from me at his locker. It was now or never. There was only a month left until prom and if I didn't ask him now, he'd ask someone else first. I suppose it was also possible that some other brave girl might ask him too. I had to do this now especially since I was pretty sure that there was no way that Josh was going to ask me to the prom. At least, I didn't think so. I really wasn't on his radar. Sure, we had one class together, English, but the only time we ever actually talked was when we were put into a group together to work on a project.

The last time we were in a group together was a month ago for the Shakespeare section. We were reading Romeo and Juliet. The group picked Josh for Romeo, but I wasn't the lucky Juliet. That coveted role fell to Kerri Penn. I was totally jealous at first, but it turned out that she was a great actress. She really pulled the scene off unlike Josh, who turned out to be terrible. We got our B grade because of Kerri. Josh seriously couldn't act at all. It sounded like he was reading from the book for the first time even though he'd memorized his lines. Still, even Josh was a better actor than the other guy in our group, Ben Turner. I ended up helping direct the scene with Kate Yearly. I preferred staying offstage. Attention centered on me like that freaked me out. Still, it would have been perfect being Josh's Juliet. I would have gladly braved the stage for him.

I suppose that was still a missed opportunity for me. I could have spent time talking to Josh during that project, but I didn't. The problem was that I wasn't great at flirting. Other girls could flip their hair, giggle, and smile, but on me it came off as totally awkward and fake. I was the smart girl, at least in English, and my nose was always in a book instead of talking to the cute guy. In this case, I spent the whole time working on the directing instead of flirting. I doubt Josh even noticed me as a girl. I hated that about myself. I wanted to be better at the girly stuff, but I just wasn't. I felt weird and guys just didn't seem to look at me like that.

Sure, I wasn't popular, but I wasn't unpopular either. I was somewhere in the middle. I had plenty of friends, but no boyfriend. Still, all of my friends already had their prom dates. I was stuck going stag if I didn't find a date, although if that happened I was pretty sure that I'd rather not go at all. All of my friends didn't understand why I hadn't found a date yet. Prom was a month away. I thought I had time. I had only just realized that my time was running out if I wanted to go with my ideal prom date.

I watched Josh from my locker where I'd been watching him since the beginning of the year. I wasn't watching him in a creepy way. I just thought he was gorgeous and he was nice eye candy to spy on from my locker. It was ridiculous, but it totally made my day to just see him even if it was from afar.

I'd known him since we were in grade school, but somewhere within the last year, Josh had gotten super hot. He had brown hair that was a little long, really awesome blue eyes, and a body that had gotten really toned and tan since he'd joined the track team. I so wanted him to ask me out. The problem was that Josh hadn't asked me out and prom was in a month, so if I wanted to go with him...

I looked at the clock on the wall that signaled the time to get to class for the students. There was about five minutes before the first bell rang and it was now or never.

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And, now onto the GIVEAWAY! I'm giving away one copy of a signed Crashing Prom paperback on Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/114518-crashing-prom (US, Canada, Australia, and UK are ok to enter!). Enter now and win it for free!

While I'm talking giveaways, another big GIVEAWAY to enter right now is this one to win a Kindle Fire - http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1002a5cf2/ It's to promote a sampler book bundle I'm a part of called: Love Firsts: A Sampler of Young Adult Contemporary Romances (a FREE ebook!).

Ok, check back as this week continues for more fun info about Crashing Prom! I plan to do a movie cast and more!

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Crashing Prom Release Week Begins!

CRASHING PROM Release Week Begins!

2014-11-03T19:30:00.001-08:00

Crashing Prom is available now for pre-order on Amazon Kindle!

My latest book CRASHING PROM will be released this Friday - November 7, 2014. Yay!!!! It's very exciting! I always love releasing a new book!

This book is something a little different for me. There is no mystery, sci-fi, or paranormal in it. Crashing Prom is just a fun, silly, romance book, although it's also about friendship. The main character is in her early twenties instead of in high school. Technically, Crashing Prom is a NA (New Adult) chicklit contemporary romance book and a new genre for me. Yay, new adventures!

Here's the book blurb for a little more detail about the novel:

Avery Rylee never went to her high school prom. It is one of her biggest life regrets. Now, at the age of twenty-four, Avery has many more regrets. She is stuck in a rut with her career and she has just been dumped by her fiance. After a night of cheap wine and hitting rock bottom, all Avery wants to do is lie in bed at home with a gallon of ice cream, but her three best friends have other ideas. They have planned a cross country road trip to the prom to help Avery start over. Step one is an Ex-Bachelorette Party in Vegas to help Avery try and forget her ex-fiance. Instead of forgetting him, though, Avery finds herself the star of her own web series. As a result, she goes on a filmed hunt across America to find a prom dress, a hot date, and a pair of amazing shoes. Will Avery be able to heal her heartbreak, survive internet reality show fame, and have the perfect prom?

Pre-order it now for Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Prom-Milda-Harris-ebook/dp/B00NLYBFPG/ref=la_B005E1RVT8_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415057347&sr=1-9

I'll be posting quite a bit more about CRASHING PROM this week, so check back for an excerpt, a movie cast, a giveaway, and more!