Turquoise Morning Press

Life in Mental Chains - Now in Print!

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:26:00 +0000

Life in Mental Chains
by Ruth J. Hartman

From darkness to the light -- my terrifying journey with OCD. (Memoir)

Once an easygoing person and confident dental hygienist, what happens one February changes Ruth J. Hartman’s life forever. OCD locks its tentacles around her mind, taking her on a terrifying journey she never imagined possible. Take Ruth’s journey with her, as she travels through the darkness to the light.

Now available in Trade Paperback Print!

Release: May 27 2012
Category: Non-fiction, Autobiography, Memoir
Length: Short Book
Price: $2.99 Kindle Ebook; $7.99 Paperback

About the Author: Ruth J. Hartman is a published author as well as a licensed dental hygienist. She lives in rural Indiana with her husband of 29 years and their two very spoiled cats. Her published works include a memoir, a children’s book, and several sweet romance novels. Ruth’s sweet, humorous romances revolve around dentistry, cats, or both.

Got Stars? Debut Young Adult Title from Janie Emaus - Mercury in Retro Love

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:48:00 +0000

Mercury in Retro Love
by Janie Emaus

A Young Adult Novel

A story about crushes, conflicts and astrological confusion.

Finally, after years of making love predictions for her friends, fifteen-year-old astrologer, Emma Seigel, sees a boyfriend in her future. But there’s one big problem. Mercury is heading for Retrograde in four weeks, and she sure knows what that means. It’s like an astrological PMS. A disastrous time to start a new relationship.

Using her school newspaper column, Emmastrology, she sets a plan in motion and within a week lands hottie Evan Randolph as her boyfriend. She’s a Taurus. He’s a Capricorn. Both earth signs. What could be more perfect? But is he as perfect as her prediction claims him to be? The stars are telling her it’s right. But her heart says it’s all wrong.

Everyday her feelings are growing stronger for someone else, a Leo, so totally not the sign for her. And to make matters even worse, Emma’s actions, caused by her unflinching belief in astrology, get her in trouble with her best friends in the whole world.

Time is running out. Can Emma straighten up this mess she’s in before Mercury goes Retrograde again?

Release:  May 28, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Young Adult, Romance
Heat Level: Sweet
Tags: Astrology, Love, Teenagers, Romance, School Newspaper, Mercury in Retrograde
Length:  56,000 words, Novel
Price: $2.99 Digital Ebook; Trade Paperback Print Coming Soon

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Author Bio: As a little girl Janie would read newspaper articles out loud to her family and friends, incorporating them into the stories. By the time she was in junior high, she was creating plots and characters of her own. And has been writing ever since. She has published poetry, short stories, and worked as a ghostwriter. This is Janie’s first novel for teens. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband. You can visit her at www.janieemaus.com

New from Honey Creek! - Nursing Second Chances by Maggie Greene

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:18:00 +0000

Nursing Second Chances
by Maggie Greene

A Honey Creek Sweet Romance!

Kiersten Hart left Honey Creek the minute she graduated high school and never looked back. When her sister Jeanine is widowed and left to raise two children alone, Kiersten moves back on a temporary basis. When Charles steps in and sweeps her off her feet, she has to decide if the wounds from her childhood can be mended.

After his wife died, Charles Webber swore he’d never love anyone again. He buried himself in his work and didn’t look up until he found out his son was sick. Moving to Honey Creek was supposed to make things easier. Kiersten does little to help keep things simple. Though he is taken with her, he soon realizes the casual relationship they agreed on is turning serious. As their expiration date approaches, Charles must decide if Kiersten is worth the risk.

Release:  May 14, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
Heat Level: Sweet
Length:  32,000 words, Long Novella
Price: $2.99

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Author Bio: Maggie Greene has often been described as having an overactive imagination. She’s not convinced this is true, but does seem to spend a lot of her time daydreaming up ways to make her characters fall in love. When she’s not buried in a pile of books or typing away on her computer, she’s living out her very own happily-ever-after with a very patient husband and a demanding cat.

Maggie loves to hear from readers. You can contact her at authormaggiegreene@gmail.com or through her website www.authormaggiegreene.com

Now available - Keri Ford's Rough Ride, Book One of The Roughneck Series

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:52:00 +0000

Rough Ride
by Keri Ford

The Roughnecks Series, Book One

You do for family, no matter what. Lane Iverson knows that better than anyone. Harboring a secret about his mother’s death, Lane is counting the days until he finishes helping his brothers with some work and can head back to his hiding hole hours away. As long as he doesn’t have to face his three brothers every day, the guilt is easier to carry.

There is only one thing that can risk his plan. All of five foot tall, with these deep eyes and a voice that shudders through him. The completely addicting, Gretchen Jones. She’s been watching him the entire time he’s been in town. With courage from her friends behind her, she confronts what she wants. To her surprise, that’s the easy part. Keeping her heart protected when she knows he’ll be leaving? Not so easy, but her only choice.

Release:  May 6, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Romance, Erotic Romance
Heat Level: Sizzle-Erotic
Length:  Novel, 47,000 words
Price: $2.99
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Author Bio: Keri Ford was raised in South Arkansas on a farm surrounded by family, horses, cows, donkeys, ostriches, emus, chickens, ducks, Canadian Geese, and enough dogs one would think they were a pound…and then she bought a Cosmopolitan when she was twenty-two. She doesn’t recall the fantastic sex tip that drew her to the magazine, but she vividly remembers reading an excerpt of Christina’s Skye’s Code Name: Princess. One elevator scene and quick thought of, I didn’t know people wrote stuff like this… and her life would never be the same.

Website: http://KeriFord.com

Email: AuthorKeriFord@gmail.com

Ice Princess by Jennifer Anderson - a new Honey Creek YA Novella

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:11:00 +0000

Ice Princess
by Jennifer Anderson

A Honey Creek Young Adult Book
Honey Creek Royalty Series, Book One

Mya Newman never minded the routine or quiet that came with living in a small country town like Honey Creek, Ohio. For her senior year, she craved something exciting to happen instead of it melting into a cookie cutter routine like the previous years.

When a new girl, Audrey Moore, moves to Honey Creek, Mya finds herself caught in a triangle. She discovers hidden feelings for her best friend, Michael Graves, but he seems to have eyes for the new girl.

After Mya’s father becomes ill and eventually passes, she turns to her best friend, Michael. Never leaving her side, she can’t help but wonder if he’d rather be elsewhere. With fear of rejection and loss of friendship, Mya decides she can’t confess her recently discovered feelings.

When Michael and Mya share a dance at the Winter Formal, does she confess her true feelings for him? Or does she shy away, forever longing to be the princess who finds her prince?

Release:  April, 2012
Category:  Young Adult
Length:  Novella, 22,000 words
Price: $1.99

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Bio: I’m a mommy, wife and now author. Even though I've spent many years on either coast, I've spent a majority of my life in the Midwest. Here is where my heart grows with the love and support of my family and friends, and here is where I find inspiration for my stories.

I didn’t grow up wanting to be an author but knew I needed to do something creative. After many years of moving from one job to the next and not finding happiness, I set pen to paper and began work on a Young Adult novel that will never see the light of day. And that’s okay.

Prince Charming, Book Two in my Honey Creek Royalty Series, is set to release September 2012. You can find me on Twitter @JenniA8677, on my blog musingsfromthepeanutgallery.blogspot.com or check out my website jenandersonauthor.com.

The debut Legend After Dark book - Crescent Moon by Janet Eaves

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:49:00 +0000

Crescent Moon
by Janet Eaves

A Legend After Dark Novella

Description:

She is dangerous, deadly and broken.

He has only two choices: Fix her. Or kill her.

Release:  April 20, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Romance, Suspense
Heat Level: Sizzle
Length:  Novella, 30,500 words
Price: $1.99, available in ebook only

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Judy Alter's latest - No Neighborhood for Old Women

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:47:00 +0000

No Neighborhood for Old Women
by Judy Alter

A Kelly O'Connell Mystery - Book Two

Claire Guthrie shoots and wounds her husband the same night that Florence Dodson, Kelly O’Connell’s former neighbor, supposedly falls down her back steps, hits her head, and dies, Kelly knows it’s murder, but she has a hard time convincing Mike Shandy. She also has a hard time explaining why she gave Claire refuge in her guest apartment. Mike is adamant that she stay out of police matters. But then, with another murder, it’s clear someone is targeting elderly women in Fairmount, and panic invades the neighborhood.

Jim Guthrie dies in an automobile accident—or was it an accident? Kelly’s real estate business plunges. Who buys a house in a neighborhood with a serial killer? And in the midst of it all, Kelly’s mom decides to move to Fort Worth from Chicago.

Will Kelly solve her differences with Mike? Will Claire be convicted of murder? Will Kelly’s mom be safe and yet not dependent on her? And most important, will Kelly be able to identify the serial killer and restore peace to her Fairmount neighborhood.

No Neighborhood for Old Women holds some real surprises.

Release: April 8, 2012
Category: Fiction, Mystery/Crime, Cozy Mystery
Length: Novel, 72,000 words
Price: $3.99 Digital Ebook

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Author Bio: After an established career writing historical fiction, for adults and young adults, about women of the nineteenth-century American West, Judy Alter has turned her attention to contemporary cozy mysteries. No Neighborhood for Old Women is the second in the Kelly O’Connell Mystery Series. The first, Skeleton in a Dead Space, is available at www.turquoisemorningpressbookstore.com.

Follow Judy at www.judyalter.com or her two blogs at www.judys-stew.blogspot.com or potluckwithjudy.blogspot.com.

Judy’s western fiction has been recognized with awards from the Western Writers of America, the Texas Institute of Letters, and the National Cowboy Museum and Hall of Fame. She has been honored with the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement by WWA and inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame at the Fort Worth Public Library.

Daryn Cross' latest release - This Magic Moment

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:43:00 +0000

This Magic Moment
by Daryn Cross

Graham, CEO of Scrumbles Snack Cakes and Crandall Drake, CEO of Pretzelcious Pretzels are workaholics. Mike Kramer and Gretta Fishman, who work for each CEO respectively, are not. What’s worse, Mike and Gretta are lovers who can’t spend time with each other due to their bosses’ OCD work habits. But they have a plan: ask Maxwell Magic, the magnanimous, magical, mystery matchmaker, to solve their problem by getting their two bosses to stop working and start loving in a match that lasts forever. Zack and Crandall are in for a crazy ride, because Maxwell knows all and he will design a plan that is infallible; but, in the process they will have long-hidden secrets exposed and will be forced to sacrifice more than they thought possible to gain what they never thought could come true. But it can, because it’s magic—This Magic Moment!

Release:  April 3, 2012 (Advance Release on Amazon December 2011)
Category:  Romance, Contemporary, Fantasy, Magic
Heat Level: Sizzle
Length:  Novel, 70,000 words
Price: $3.99 Digital Ebook; $12.99 Trade Paperback

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Author Bio:

A native Virginian, Daryn Cross is a multi-published author who writes romantic fantasy and sci-fi. She is a voracious reader of anything from novels to tabloids in the grocery line; a collector and depository of strange and unusual trivia and observed behavioral idiosyncrasies of strangers, and a connoisseur of rich dark chocolate, fine roasted coffee and smooth red wine.

Banger's People - new from Mary O'Dell

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:33:00 +0000

Banger's People
by Mary O'Dell

Every time Dixie Honaker feels that a ride on the love boat with her elegant, silver-haired neighbor Walter may be about to happen, Banger, her rude but good-hearted mutt, does something to splash cold water all over them.

Despite Banger’s helping to rescue Walter after he is mugged, the man still finds the dog a little too grungy for his taste. He feels the same about Dixie’s lovable, wild-ass son, with his pregnant girlfriend and druggie pal. But never fear, Dixie eventually nails down the truth about who mugged Walter and helps everyone else work out their problems—everyone but Banger, that is, who ends up in court on Halloween Day and needs a special dispensation of justice from the unlikeliest of sources.

Release: April 3, 2012
Category: Fiction, Mainstream, Women's Fiction, Strong Romantic Elements
Tags: older couple, romance, dog, family, neighbors
Length: Novel, 64,000 words
Price: $2.99 digital ebook; $11.99 Trade Paperback (see below)

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Author Bio: Appalachian born and raised, Mary O’Dell, poet with a crotchety black cat and an ageless heart, would live in a treehouse but there’s not one big enough for all her books. Besides, at her age it would be a foolhardy venture. Instead, she allows that heart out on a regular basis to perch (sometimes warily) on her sleeve. The cat sleeps safe and sound on her chest at night.

Mary is founder and president of Green River Writers, Inc., which offers retreat and critiquing sessions year-round. Her mentoring series in poetry and memoir happen in cafes and coffee shops in and around Louisville, Kentucky.

Mary has several poetry collections to her credit, among them Poems for the Man Who Weighs Light and Living in the Body from Mellen Poetry Press and The Dangerous Man and What I Can Count On by Finishing Line Press.

The Sweet Letting Go, was published in 2010 by Turquoise Morning Press, tells the story of two damaged people whose burgeoning relationship allows them to heal and learn to love even as tragedy encroaches.
Mary is at work on a new novel, a family saga and love story that takes place in the West Virginia coalfields in the thirties and forties.

Debut Release by Historical Romance Author Taryn Raye

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:32:00 +0000

Castaway Hearts
by Taryn Raye

Twice orphaned, Catherine Barrett arrives in Virginia a stranger to her closest kin and secretly engaged to the one man her family would disapprove of- her seafaring grandfather’s apprentice. Add to her troubles, the rich and intriguing older brother of her secret betrothed, Dawson Randolph, a plantation owner who is as heartless as he is handsome. Heartbroken when her intended sets sail for his maiden voyage, Catherine finds it difficult to adjust to her new life, hoping to befriend the one man who is, undoubtedly, the match her grandparents wish for her. Dawson’s distaste for her secret engagement to his brother makes it clear he has no designs for marriage to anyone. Especially her.

Ten years since the tragic loss of his young wife and infant son, Dawson Randolph is convinced love and marriage is a fool’s game and resents being pardon to his brother’s hidden engagement. Damned by his instant attraction and his own growing desire, Dawson vows to befriend her against his better judgment. Determined to bring her happiness in a time of fear and uncertainty, Dawson puts aside his animosity to become her confidant, only to realize Catherine holds the key to his heart. When tragedy strikes at sea, Catherine’s guilt pushes Dawson to the fringes of her life as madness consumes her.

Can his love save her before she drowns in her own grief? Or is he doomed to love her from a distance, always in the shadow of her love for his dead brother?

Release:  April 1, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Romance, Historical
Heat Level: Sensual
Length:  Novel, 79,000 words
Price: $3.99 Digital Ebook; Trade Paperback Print TBD

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Author Bio: A romantic at heart, my love of storytelling began in childhood with the typical fairytales and my membership at age 10 to the Just for Girls Book Club. I grew up on classics and contemporary tales, but it wasn’t long before my tastes also matured as I ventured into my mother’s stash of Harlequins and Silhouettes, too.

Always an avid reader, I have found that some stories, the ones most near and dear, reside where only I can hear them—in my heart and my mind. For the majority of my life, those stories remained buried as I put my writing on the back burner to everything else.

There comes a point for writers though, where the desire, the necessity to write, overrides our own logic and reasoning. I couldn’t keep promising myself I would get around to it “someday” and for me, that realization came in 2006 when the emptiness ached so bad I had to fill it with the one thing my heart desired most. Writing all the stories locked within.

I’m so pleased to be able to share these stories with you now and in the years to come. I hope you’ll enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Born and raised in a small town in Central Kentucky, I now reside in the southern part of the state with my husband, stepson, daughter and my mischief-making cat named Miscellaneous, aka Mizzy.
I love hearing from others and welcome visitors at any of the many places I hang out:

Blog-http://tarynraye.blogspot.com/
Myspace-http://www.myspace.com/butterflymom2475 - Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/people/Taryn-Raye/100000936901634
Twitter-http://twitter.com/#!/ScribblingTaryn - Website-http://authortarynraye.webs.com/
About.Me-http://about.me/tarynraye

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Trajectories - The Debut Young Adult Title by Tess Grant

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Trajectories by Tess Grant
The Kitty Irish Trilogy, Book One (Young Adult)

Kitty Irish has heard all the rumors swirling around Daniel Phinney. Most of them involve a gun, a flask, and a temper. One chance encounter with the WWII veteran over a grisly find in the woods pulls the cover off the dark secrets of their small town, and Kitty is drawn into an unlikely partnership.

Armed with an antique rifle and a handful of homemade silver bullets, the two form an efficient team. Unfortunately, their game is werewolf hunting, and disaster is only a bite away.

Release:  March 25, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Young Adult, Paranormal
Tags: young adult, paranormal, werewolf, shifters
Length:  Novel, 55,000 words
Price: $3.99 digital; Trade Paperback TBD

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Author Bio:
After nearly ten years as a forensic anthropologist, Tess Grant semi-retired to a farmette in Michigan. She lives there with her husband, children, and a number of strange critters, none of which are werewolves. You can visit her at http://tessgrant.wordpress.com/

Trade Paperback coming soon!

New from Suzanne Barrett - Risking It All

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:49:00 +0000

Risking It All

by Suzanne Barrett

A GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS

Pushed out of his own start-up company, Tom McKittrick is ready to lick his wounds in private at the rural family estate he’s inherited. But he isn’t prepared for his Garden of Eden to have a built-in Eve—a reclusive naturalist with a long-term lease on the caretaker’s cottage, a knack for gardening, and an incredibly beautiful face.

A PARADISE FOR TWO

April Fairchild is not about to let Tom McKittrick order her out of the home that has been her cozy retreat from the world. But she has to feel sorry for him—the corporate bigwig is clearly out of his element in, well, the elements. April knows she can teach this hunky guy a thing or two about how to relax. All she has to do is sow the seeds of romance…and let nature take its course.

Release:  March 12, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
Heat Level: Sizzle
Length:  60,000 words, Novel
Price: $3.99 digital ebook; Trade Paperback Print TBD

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Author Bio: Following a career in engineering, Suzanne has returned to her first love of writing and literature. Born in Southern California, Suzanne, along with her husband and an elderly cat, make their home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Suzanne is also a jewelry designer, and her wirework is shown at various arts and wine events throughout the county. In addition, she has an Irish travel website with articles, recipes, and an extensive photo gallery. When she’s not writing or designing jewelry, Suzanne loves to garden.
First published by Kensington Books, Suzanne now writes for Turquoise Morning Press. Risking It All is Suzanne’s tenth published novel. You can visit Suzanne at www.suzannebarrett.com

Honey Blood and the Collector by Daryn Cross

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:50:00 +0000

Honey Blood and the Collector
The Book of the Beginning Series, Book 1
by Daryn Cross

Honey Blood Draper lives in Transylvania—Transylvania County, North Carolina. She sort of lives in a castle and owns a pet dragon—miniature breed. And she slays vampires who hunt her. You see, her blood is like honey, sweeter than wine.

Suddenly Crawford Miklos, heir prince of the elvan kingdom shows up with kisses that slay her and commands her to come with him and kill a wizard. It seems she is the only hope for the continuance of the Ieies, a special breed of the elvan race, and the last descendant of the patron saint of elves, Bloody Rose. Why does Crawford think they can defeat the wizard? The Book of the Beginning says they will. But is there more to it than that?

Release:  March 1, 2012
Category:  Fantasy; Vampires, Elves, Dragons, Wizards
Heat Level: Sensual
Length:  @96,000 words; NOVEL
Price: $4.99 digital ebook; Print TBD

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Author Bio: A native Virginian, Daryn Cross is a multi-published author who writes romantic fantasy and sci-fi. She is a voracious reader of anything from novels to tabloids in the grocery line; a collector and depository of strange and unusual trivia and observed behavioral idiosyncrasies of strangers, and a connoisseur of rich dark chocolate, fine roasted coffee and smooth red wine.

Available for your Kindle and Nook. Print coming soon!

Middle Grade Fiction Release - The Warrior's Drum by F.R. Warnock

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:07:00 +0000

The Warrior's Drum
by F.R. Warnock

What happens when baseball-crazy Nick Thompson’s dad gets transferred to “worse than the middle of nowhere” Halleytown just as the Little League all-star team selection is about to begin—the year Nick is a shoe-in as the starting second baseman? Bradley J. Johnley, that’s what! An uncoordinated brainiac and fellow sixth grader, Bradley gets Nick embroiled in a 200-year old mystery involving a valuable necklace and a missing Native American artifact, complete with an attached curse. Come along for the adventure, as Nick and Bradley attempt to unravel the mystery, find the warrior’s drum and break the curse.

Release: February 19, 2012
Category: Juvenile Fiction, Middle Grade Fiction, Boys Adventure
Length: 21,000 words; short middle grade novel
Price: $2.99

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Author Bio: F.R. Warnock, grew up in a small town in northeastern Kentucky not far from the Scioto River Valley, the traditional home of the great Shawnee Nation. She discovered her love of baseball at age eleven, when her brother began playing Little League. The Warrior’s Drum is her first book for the younger reading crowd.

Now available - Murder on the Mountain by Maddie James

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:18:00 +0000

Murder on the Mountain
A Ladies of Legend Romantic Suspense Novel by Maddie James

Kate Carpenter thinks her Tennessee State trooper husband is dead.

ATF Agent Michael Lehman knows he is not.

When Michael goes undercover into Kate’s elementary classroom for a few weeks, posed as a school drug cop, his mission is to find out what Kate knows about her husband’s supposed death, and to determine if she has any involvement in hiding away the AWOL trooper turned drug runner.

His mission is to get answers. Get into her life. And not into her panties.

But somehow things go haywire….

Reviews:
If you enjoy a good suspense novel, grab this story as quickly as possible. Beware; it is difficult to stop reading once you start. ~Night Owl Reviews, 4 1/2 Stars, Top Pick

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Release:  February 12, 2012
Category:  Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense
Heat Level: Sizzle
Length:  56,111 words; Novel
Price: $1.99

Author Bio: Multi-published and bestselling romance novelist, Maddie James, trips between contemporary, historical, and paranormal worlds, as she pens stories within, and frequently crossing, a variety of romantic genres. With over three dozen published titles, written under two (and soon three) pen names, she feels fortunate to work with some of the quirkiest characters around—those in her head, and in her life. She lives with her muses—who most days manifest themselves as four-legged furry creatures—and often laments that her cats have become her children, and she has become her mother. Que sera, sera.
Learn more about Maddie James, her writing, and her pen names at www.mjnovelist.com

Murder on the Mountain was previously released by Resplendence Publishing in 2008. This is a revised and updated edition of the novel.

Debut Release for Honey Creek Books - Bloom by Julie Anne Lindsey

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:03:00 +0000

Bloom by Julie Anne Lindsey
Seeds of Love Series in the Honey Creek Books line.

In a town filled with her past, she never expected to find her future….

Seven years ago Cynthia left Honey Creek with a broken heart. Three years ago Mitchell arrived with one. Now Cynthia’s come home, and these two hardened hearts can’t stop arguing. If they’d only take a break long enough to find some common ground, they might be surprised to find love can grow anywhere.

If they let it, love will find a way to Bloom.

Release:  January 29, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Sweet Romance
Heat Level: Sweet
Length:  24,600 words, novella
Price: $2.99

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Author Bio: Born and raised as an only child in Ohio, Julie had plenty of time to people watch and make things up. When she didn’t think she could make a living at the latter, her love of people led her to Kent State University where she earned a BA in Psychology. A few years and three kids later, she discovered the thrill of writing and hasn’t looked back. Writing allows her to harness her seemingly endless supply of energy and create something of value in the wake.

Julie is a mother of three, wife to a sane person and Ring Master at the Lindsey Circus. Most days you’ll find her online, amped up on caffeine and wielding a book. She blogs about books and writing at http://blog.juliealindsey.com

Look for additional sweet romance titles in the Seeds of Love series to come.

From the author of BEACH RENTAL, Kincaid's Hope by Grace Greene

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:50:00 +0000

Kincaid's Hope
by Grace Greene

Beth Kincaid left her hot temper and unhappy childhood behind and created a life in the city free from untidy emotionalism, but even a tidy life has danger, especially when it falls apart.

In the midst of her personal disasters, Beth is called back to her hometown of Preston, a small town in southwestern Virginia, to settle her guardian’s estate. There, she runs smack into the mess she’d left behind a decade earlier: her alcoholic father, the long-ago sweetheart, Michael, and the poor opinion of almost everyone in town. As she sorts through her guardian’s possessions, Beth discovers that the woman who saved her and raised her had secrets, and the truths revealed begin to chip away at her self-imposed control.

Michael is warmly attentive and Stephen, her ex-fiancé, follows her to Preston to win her back, but it is the man she doesn’t know who could forever end Beth’s chance to build a better, truer life.

Release:  January 22, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Women's Fiction, Romantic Elements
Heat Level: Sweet
Length:  76,800 words - Novel
Price: $3.99 Digital; $13.99 Trade Paperback

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Author Bio: Grace Greene writes fiction with romance, suspense and inspiration ~ always with a strong heroine at its heart, and an happily-ever-after-ending--most of the time. Grace is also an artist and photographer who loves houses and landscapes that ooze character and is fascinated by human nature. A Virginia native, Grace lives in central Virginia. Visit Grace at http://www.gracegreeneauthor.com/

Commitment by Margaret Ethridge - Now Available

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:40:00 +0000

Commitment
by Margaret Ethridge

Tom Sullivan wants a woman who is willing to accept him as he is. The successful divorce attorney has seen enough of the flip side of love to know better than to promise forever. Women have tried to pin him down, but none have managed to make it stick.

Until Maggie McCann.

Maggie is only interested in one thing. Her fortieth birthday is looming and the tick-tock-tick-tock in her head means her biological clock is about to strike midnight on her dreams of finding Prince Charming. Armed with a new plan for her happily ever, she foregoes the Fairy Godmother routine and makes an appointment with a fertility clinic for a rendezvous with a sperm donor.

The last thing Maggie needs is to get mixed up with a player like Tom Sullivan.

A chance encounter and the opportunity to scratch a decade-long itch prove irresistible, and what starts as a one-night stand turns into a game of cat and mouse when Tom learns of Maggie’s plan to start a family on her own.

To Maggie, messing with a player like Tom Sullivan is the single-girl equivalent of playing with fire, but she convinces herself to take what she can get for as long as she can and expect nothing more. But Tom falls hard and fast for Maggie, and now that they’re planning to have a baby together he starts banking on his own a happily ever after.

If only he can get her to commit…

Release:  January 22, 2012
Category:  Fiction, Women's Fiction, Romance
Heat Level: Sensual
Length:  84,000 words - Novel
Price: Digital $3.99; Print TBD (coming soon!)

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Author Bio: Margaret Ethridge lives in Arkansas with a sweet-talking Southern gentleman who claims to be her lawfully wedded husband. She is the (not-so-wicked-but-she-has-her-moments) stepmother to their two children, the adoring mistress of three spoiled dogs, the food purveyor to eleven hungry goldfish, and the comic foil for one rather impertinent house rabbit who thinks he rules the roost.

Visit Margaret at www.margaretethridge.com

Now Available from Lynna Banning - Gauchos & Gumption: My Argentine Honeymoon

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:40:00 +0000

Gauchos & Gumption: My Argentine Honeymoon
by Lynna Banning

Journal of Leora Marie Banning, 1910-1913

Eighteen-year-old schoolteacher and new bride Leora Maria Banning sails to South America in 1910 to join her husband’s family on their cattle ranch. Far from civilization on the plains of Argentina, Marie struggles to adjust to the rough life of the Pampas, to be accepted for herself, and to realize what loving her husband demands. She learns to make ostrich egg omelets for breakfast, converse in Spanish with the gauchos, and wear “bombaches,” the baggy, calf-length pants worn by the Argentine cowhands. She records her adventures through photographs taken with her simple Kodak box camera.

Then, camped a thousand miles from Buenos Aires, Marie discovers she is pregnant. The battle to save herself and her child challenges everything she believes in.

This memoir is based on stories and remembrances of the Argentine which Marie related to her granddaughter, the author, while she was growing up. *The photographs included are those Marie took during her Argentine honeymoon.

*Publisher Note: Photographs are included in trade paperback print version only, and not in digital/ebook versions.

Release: January 15, 2012
Category: Memoir, Fictionalized Diaries, Historical
Length: Short Novel, 30,000 words
Price: $2.99 (digital/ebook)

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Author Bio: Lynna Banning combines a lifelong love of history and literature into a satisfying career as a writer. Born in Oregon, she has lived in Northern California most of her life. After graduating from Scripps College, she embarked on a career as an editor and technical writer, and later as a high school English teacher.

An amateur pianist and harpist, Lynna performs on psaltery and harp in a medieval music ensemble and coaches musicians and writers in her spare time. She loves hearing from her readers. You may write to her directly at P.O. Box 324, Felton, CA 95018, or at carolynw@cruzio.com. Visit Lynna’s website at www.lynnabanning.com.

New from J.W. Keleher - Beul Nam Beinn, a Merworld Fantasy

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:06:00 +0000

Buel Nam Beinn
A Merworld Fantasy by J.W. Keleher

A story. Yeah. Sure. A story and more.

Douglas didn’t ask for much. He’d traveled to these islands off Scotland to investigate the property he’d inherited from his grandfather. The locals called the property’s sealed cave Beul Nam Beinn—Mouth in the Hill. Douglas was curious.

Look inside? Why not?

The mouth, sealed long ago for reason unknown, reopened had a story to tell. A family story. A story of Douglas’s ancestry. He had broken a seal and opened himself in the process. To his ancestors. To the cave. To the sea. To dreams and nightmares and understanding.

Beul Nam Bienn. Douglas changed. So will you.

Release: January 14, 2012
Category: Fiction, Fantasy, Merworld
Heat Level: Sweet-Sensual
Length: Novel, 78,000 words
Price: $3.99

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Author Bio: J. W. Keleher admits the past year has been tough. Besides visiting the Sarengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge, and Zanzibar, he became terribly sick and had an extended period of unemployment (you could say one side of his toast was burnt while the other glowed with the essence of toastness). He imagined his life progressing differently.

Currently he lives in a house with two spare bedrooms (he keeps trying to rent one out, but it just doesn’t ever seem to work) and a thermostat that never goes much above sixty. His experiment of growing lettuce in the kitchen has failed. He enjoys visits from the neighborhood cat and movie nights.

He has two extended problems he’d like to resolve (well, maybe more than two but let’s just focus on two for now). He’d like to find a place to call home (you know where he could hang a hammock to swing in for the rest of his days) and he wishes he had the money to fly to Nancy, France for an extended period (if he did have the money to fly to Nancy, France and found he liked it, maybe it would become his home; this could be like hitting two bird with one stone…except, of course, birds are smaller).

He has often wondered why anyone would want to think inside of a box. He prefers to think in thrift stores, junk shops, old forests, and near the sea. He is a writer, teacher, archaeologist, and artist. Find out more about him at http://www.jwkeleher.com.

Now Available - The Troubadour by Darby York

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:58:00 +0000

The Troubadour
by Darby York

A Sapphire Nights Short and Sensual Novella

Courtly love, as sung by troubadours, is often a refuge for medieval wives. Yet its basis is fantasy, a far cry from the harsh realities of everyday life. Will a reluctant bride find courtly love, or her one true love, and satisfy the longings of her romantic heart?

Release: July 14, 2012
Category: Romance, Historical, Medieval
Heat Level: Sizzle-Erotic Romance
Length: Short Novella, 10,000 words
Price: $0.99

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Author Bio: Darby York believes her past lives have prepared her to write historical romance. She is happily married in this lifetime, dabbles in the metaphysical, and rescues stray cats and dogs. Visit Darby at www.darbyyork.com

Also by Darby York: The Betrothed, The Bridegroom

The Daughter by Christina Wolfer

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:01:00 +0000

The Daughter
by Christina Wolfer

Abandoned by her mother at birth, social worker Katie Delynski believes love and relationships are learned—and she hasn’t learned anything good about either. She avoids both love and relationships by focusing on her career and by getting prostitutes off the street. But when a man she’s never met commits suicide and names her as his daughter, leaving her millions of dollars and a family full of new relatives, things change. Her new family invites her into their lives, stirring a sense of belonging she is afraid to believe in.

Determined to put her windfall to good use, Katie buys an old building for a women’s shelter. Her newfound family puts her in touch with Conner Patterson, a family friend, to help rehab the building. As work progresses, Katie finds herself falling in love with Conner, but fear keeps her from acting on her feelings. It soon becomes apparent, though, that Conner may be her only hope for survival, when someone hurt by her father’s past indiscretions is determined to make Katie pay for her father’s sins.

Release: January 14, 2012
Category: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense
Heat Level: Sensual
Length: Novel, 70,000 words
Price: $3.99 Ebook; $12.99 Trade Paperback Print

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Author Bio: The first Compiled Writings by Christina were gathered and stapled together when I was ten years old. Those terribly written, yet funny to read, short stories often held some resemblance to my life growing up on a 39 acre farm in Williamsburg, OH, a small town east of Cincinnati. There were horses, cows, pigs, dogs, cats—okay, a zoo—which included three older brothers.

I left this wonderful life behind at eighteen to pursue a degree in Journalism and then a career in Marketing. After ten years of living in the city, I moved back to Williamsburg and bought those same 39 acres I grew up on. I eventually married my best friend, Jack, and allowed him and his son to move in with me, my two dogs and two horses. Since then, we’ve added another horse and built our dream home, a log cabin. The desire to write and become publishing was never far from my mind. It pushed at me until I could no longer ignore the stories running through my head.

Then one day, sitting in an airport on my way home from a business trip, I wrote the first chapter of Two Brothers. Once that first book was written, well, then I had to figure out what to do with it. I joined Romance Writers of America, as well as my local chapter, which eventually led me to Turquoise Morning Press and the release of my first book.

Like any good story, my journey has just begun and the ending is yet to be written.

Visit Christina at www.christinawolfer.com.

New from Keri Ford

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:18:00 +0000

Uninhibited in Apple Trail, Arkansas,

Volume 2 (3 Novella Anthology/Bundle)

by Keri Ford

Welcome to Apple Trial, Arkansas. Something must surely be in the water in this small town. Women are tossing their inhibitions out the window and the men are grasping at what to do about it!

Keri Ford's sexy, erotic six-novella series will have you laughing, crying and grasping for something hot and spicy!

This combined volume brings you the last three novellas in the series:

Making Her Nights

Satisfying Her Tastes

Chasing Her Trail

Now In Print!

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Release:  December 28, 2011
Category:  Erotic, Romance, Contemporary
Heat Level: Erotic Romance
Length:  86,000 words, novel length (3 novellas in one package)
Price: $4.99 Digital

Author Bio: Keri Ford was raised in South Arkansas on a farm surrounded by family, horses, cows, donkeys, ostriches, emus, chickens, ducks, Canadian Geese, and enough dogs one would think they were a pound…and then she bought a Cosmopolitan when she was twenty-two. She doesn’t recall the fantastic sex tip that drew her to the magazine, but she vividly remembers reading an excerpt of Christina’s Skye’s Code Name: Princess. One elevator scene and quick thought of, I didn’t know people wrote stuff like this… and her life would never be the same.

Website: http://KeriFord.com

An Irish Rogue - New from Suzanne Barrett

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:32:00 +0000

An Irish Rogue
by Suzanne Barrett

Justine Farris would do anything for her dotty old aunt, but marrying Declan Walsh seems just plain crazy. Although the handsome handyman might be sent back to Ireland unless they pretend to tie the knot, how can Justine possibly say “I do” when they can’t agree on anything.

Declan would never have proposed to an independent, unconventional woman like Justine, but this is an emergency. Then, suddenly, he begins to wish that his temporary fiancée could stay in his arms forever. And where there’s a will, there’s a way….

Release: December 26, 2011
Category: Romance, Contemporary
Heat Level: Sensual
Length: Novel, 60,000 words
Price: $3.99

Now available at the TMP Bookstore . Smashwords . All Romance Ebooks . Bookstrand . Barnes and Noble . Amazon/Kindle

Author Bio: Following a career in engineering, Suzanne has returned to her first love of writing and literature. Born in Southern California, Suzanne, along with her husband and an elderly cat, make their home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Suzanne is also a jewelry designer, and her wirework is shown at various arts and wine events throughout the county. In addition, she has an Irish travel website with articles, recipes, and an extensive photo gallery. When she’s not writing or designing jewelry, Suzanne loves to garden.

First published by Kensington Books, Suzanne now writes for Turquoise Morning Press. Late Harvest , book one, is a Mendocino California wine country story, followed by her two-time Golden Heart finalist book In Love and War a story set in County Waterford, Ireland. Taming Rowan, book three, is set in England’s Cumbria district and one borne of her work in aerospace. Sierra Bride is Suzanne’s first published historical and is set In California’s Sierra County. An Irish Rogue is set in her Northern California hometown.

Visit Suzanne at www.suzannebarrett.com

Banger's People by Mary O'Dell

noreply@blogger.com (Maddie James) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:50:00 +0000

Banger's People
by Mary O'Dell

Now available at Amazon
Kindle - $2.99
Now in Trade Paperback Print - $11.99

Every time Dixie Honaker feels that a ride on the love boat with her elegant, silver-haired neighbor Walter may be about to happen, Banger, her rude but good-hearted mutt, does something to splash cold water all over them.

Despite Banger’s helping to rescue Walter after he is mugged, the man still finds the dog a little too grungy for his taste. He feels the same about Dixie’s lovable, wild-ass son, with his pregnant girlfriend and druggie pal. But never fear, Dixie eventually nails down the truth about who mugged Walter and helps everyone else work out their problems—everyone but Banger, that is, who ends up in court on Halloween Day and needs a special dispensation of justice from the unlikeliest of sources.

About Mary O'Dell
Appalachian born and raised, Mary O'Dell, poet with a crotchety black cat and an ageless heart, would live in a treehouse but there's not one big enough for all her books. Besides, at her age it would be a foolhardy venture. Instead, she allows that heart out on a regular basis to perch (sometimes warily) on her sleeve. The cat sleeps safe and sound on her chest at night. Mary is founder and president of Green River Writers, Inc., which offers retreat and critiquing sessions year-round. Her mentoring series in poetry and memoir happen in cafes and coffee shops in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Mary has several poetry collections to her credit, among them Poems for the Man Who Weighs Light and Living in the Body from Mellen Poetry Press, and The Dangerous Man by Finishing Line Press. Mary is at work on a new novel, a family saga and love story that takes place in the West Virginia coalfields in the thirties and forties.