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Well, hello there, 2015!

03 Saturday Jan 2015

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Fourth quarter was a tough one for me, and I have not been blogging nor have I spent much time on social media. So, hi and Happy New Year!

One of my resolutions for this year is to write more– I’d really like to release more than one book this year!– and one of those books needs to be the as yet unfinished SPEEDING that started me on this journey. Looking at it now, I see it needs A LOT of editing and revision to go along with the final chapters, but that is something I would love to do this year. I will also be taking it down from the site in the next few weeks so when it is finished and released it won’t bring up any plagiarism alarms, and it will of course be free (charging for something I’ve offered for free for years seems a bit, um, wrong.)

BURN is first up, and it in full swing, with characters you know along with new ones that will anchor the Aylesford stories. That said, how about a snippet with some old and new characters?

“You’re living with Nate? Oh my god!” Kendall shrieked as she sat down to lunch, meeting Belle, Claire, and Taylor.
Belle felt her cheeks heat with color. “It’s not like that.” At the disbelieving looks of her friends, she gave in. “Okay, it’s kinda like that, but not.”
“Sure, that makes sense,” Taylor commented, a smile on her lips.
Belle took a deep breath, held it a moment, blew it out and tried to explain. “He wants to keep me safe. After my building was burned down, they’re worried.”
“So, naturally, you move in with a yummy firefighter you’ve had the hots for forever,” Taylor finished.
“And the other part? Where you said it’s kinda like that?” Claire asked.
“We kissed last night, and let’s just say…” Was there really a word to describe it? She settled on, “Wow.”
“That’s all you’re giving us? Really, Belle?” Claire complained.
“How’s Owen these days?”
“Touché, sister mine.”
“That’s what I thought.” She stared her little sister down. “You’d better not forget.”
“Tell!” Kendall ordered.
Claire looked away, took a breath. “Belle made me promise to go after Owen if she took a step with Nate.”
Kendall and Taylor both gasped at that. “What? You’re dating Daniel,” Kendall sputtered.
“He’s boring!” Belle drew the word out.
“Boring, huh?” Taylor asked, eyes on Claire.
“Total vanilla, home to watch TV by nine, meatloaf every Wednesday, boring,” Belle continued with a smirk.
“Maybe not that boring,” Claire defended halfheartedly. “He’s just so… So…,” she trailed off to search for a word.
“Just so-so?” Taylor asked.
“We broke up this morning. It was,” she paused, “really easy.”
“He wasn’t feeling it either?” Kendall asked.
“Guess not,” Claire agreed with a shrug. “We were much better friends than lovers.” She blew her hair out of her eyes. “We really weren’t great lovers.”
“So, what’s your plan, baby sister?”
Claire shook her head, her cloud of dark hair flying. “I called him.” Three sets of eyes focused on her as she swallowed and continued, “I left him a message and asked him to call.”
“A message?” Belle repeated.
“I called his office.” When Belle rolled her eyes, Claire added, “After hours. Tonight.”
“Please tell me you left him your cell.”
“I’m doing this, Belle. I’m making the first move. I’m sorry if it’s not as big as you moving in with your lickable firefighter, but I’m doing it.”
“Good for you,” Kendall encouraged.

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Welcome 2014!

01 Wednesday Jan 2014

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2013 has given way to 2014 and while I can’t say 2013 was a bad year, I’m excited to begin a new one.  While we did buy a house at the end of February, I did not have a book release, and that is something that will definitely change this year!  In fact, there will be two books released in 2014 come hell or high water!

And now I’d better get myself back over to one of those books I just promised!

 

Oh, and speaking of Live For Me….  A snippet!

“You still with me?” Caleb asked from across the table and she pulled herself out of her thoughts.

“Always.”

“Not just then. Where were you?”

She toyed with her food and he waited for an answer. “Upstairs,” she finally admitted quietly.

His smile was boyish. “Oh, really?”

“It’s your fault.”

“I am pretty irresistible.”

She loved him like this. Carefree, playful, seemingly unburdened by all that had transpired today. “Yes you are.” She flashed a grin before righting Georgia’s sippy-cup for the third time. “Even when you’re being impossible.”

“I’m not impossible,” he denied and she laughed.

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Happy New Year!

30 Sunday Dec 2012

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So, the world didn’t end (shocker!), and we’re headed into 2013.  What do I have planned for this coming year?  Let’s see…

April 30th– Live For Me, The Everetts of Tyler Book 3

June– Burn (Aylesford Series)

August– Neighborhood Watch (Aylesford Series)

October– Book 4 of The Everetts of Tyler, originally titled Burn For Me, but that may change.

So, are you now asking, “Hey, what’s this Aylesford Series?”  Well, it’s a series based in Aylesford (no way!).  The first one, Burn, is centered on firefighter/EMT Nathan Reynolds and lingerie shop owner Isabelle Baxter.  I haven’t worked the blurb to a point where I’m happy with it yet, but I will soon.  For those of you who have read Fight For Me, Neighborhood Watch was teased at the end.  This one focuses on Detective Chris Delmonico and Nate’s sister Allison Reynolds Quinn.

“Okay, so what’s with the title change for Camryn’s book?”  My thought was having a book titled Burn and another one titled Burn For Me, even if they are separate but interrelated series wasn’t a great idea.

And with that, I need to get back to writing Live For Me and Burn and agonizing about the title of the next Everett book!  Best wishes to everyone for a safe and prosperous 2013.

Oh, you wanted a snippet?  Okay then…  Why not one from Burn?

Isn’t the cover awesome?  Another Jimmy Thomas pic and Jodi Jo design!

 He tossed his hands in the air. “I haven’t even been on a date in months because of you.”

Her heart nearly stopped beating. “Right. Women are always throwing themselves at you.” She adopted a high pitched voice, “Nate is sooo hot! Nate is sooo brave!”

She could tell he almost laughed, but thought better of it. Instead he raised an eyebrow at her. “Oh, do they say that?”

She pushed at his solid chest. “You know they do.”

“And it bothers you?”

“Hell yes it does.” Dammit.   

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See Ya, 2011!

26 Monday Dec 2011

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2011, 2012, DANCE WITH ME, Happy New Year, SPEEDING

I hope everyone had fabulous holidays!  I am looking forward to returning to a regular work schedule– between last Sunday and Saturday I worked, oh, 70 hours and I am sooooo done with that!  2011 has been a good year, both personally and professionally, but 2012 will be even better.  Well, at least I hope that’s the case.  DANCE WITH ME will be finished and released, and (provided everything works according to plan), it will be the first of many.

Aaaand… since I haven’t been around much this week (see the aforementioned 70 hour week), how about a blurb or two?

Priscilla nodded, ear to the phone. “Are you sure you can do this? You can’t screw this up,” she demanded as she drummed dark red nails against the shiny polish of her desk. “Untraceable, nothing less.”

“Consider it done, Ms.McClaren,” came the clipped reply.

 “I can’t go back there. I’ll…” She shifted her feet as she thought about what she’d do. “I’ll run away again if you make me go back there.”

“What did she do to you?” Kendall asked, alarm in her voice.  

I’ll be back soon to tell you about some books I’ve read, promise.  Right now I have to run herd on my progeny currently shooting each other with Nerf guns.

((hugs))

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