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Monday, December 3, 2018
HOLLY JOLLY HOLIDAY HOP!!
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Monday, January 8, 2018
HELLO 2018 HOP AND GIVEAWAY
☆¸.•*¨*★☆ Hello 2018 Hop and Giveaway ☆★*¨*•.¸☆
An incredible group of authors have come together to start 2018 off with a bang and offer you the chance to win some amazing prizes. Enter our big giveaway on Laid-back Book Promotions to be in with a chance of winning a Kindle Fire or a $15 Amazon giftcard then hop along each page and enter each giveaway.
Start hopping here ➜
Sunday, November 30, 2014
NEW ADULT ROMANCE BLOG HOP!
This blog hop is brought to you by Books To Go http://bookstogonow.com/blog-hops/ and I thank them for inviting me and hosting this hop!
Celebrate the Wonder of the Holiday Season! Visit all of the blogs and answer this question, What or who would you like to find under your Christmas tree this year? There's a giveaway at each stop so be sure to visit them all!
So good to have you blog hopping with me! So, bring your jingle bells and Christmas cheer with you and come hop with me, Zoe Dawson. I'm all about the HEA! That Happily Ever After!
This is what I have written in the New Adult genre and I love it very much! I have a whole slew of books planned.
NEW ADULT CONTEMPORARY MYSTERY
A PERFECT SECRET SERIES - HOPE PARISH NOVELS
A PERFECT MESS IS CURRENTLY FREE:
A PERFECT MESS IS CURRENTLY FREE:
The perfect girls. Three perfect secrets. One holy trinity.
A Perfect Series: Three perfect girls, three perfect secrets, one unholy trinity
A Perfect Mess, Book #1 – the girl most likely to succeed, an unpredictable Outlaw, and a dangerous secret that could be the death of her.
A Perfect Mistake, Book #2 – A preacher’s daughter, a reckless Outlaw, and a secret that will change her life forever.
A Perfect Dilemma, Book #3 – The town’s poor little rich girl, a sweet-talking Outlaw, and a secret that will ruin all that she holds dear.
Check out the playlists in the column to the left.
All of the books are out, the most recent release is A Perfect Dilemma. Here's a teaser for you
WHERE TO BUY:
COMING IN JANUARY, MARCH AND MAY 2015- HOPE PARISH NOVELLAS
Here's the link to add them to your GOODREADS shelf. Thanks for stopping by my blog and checking out all my New Adult books!
I will be giving away a $5 Amazon Giftcard! Please enter below and
comment on my blog about What or who would you like to find under your Christmas tree this year? YOU
MUST COMMENT ON MY BLOG TO WIN MY GC!
GRANDE
PRIZE: (Four) $25.00 Amazon Gift Cards!
$25.00 donated by Jennifer Conner
$25.00 donated by Sharon Kleve
$25.00 donated by Natalie Nicole-Bates
$25.00 donated by Amber
Daulton
That's it. GO HERE for a list of blogs. Happy hopping
Thursday, September 18, 2014
FALL INTO ROMANCE BLOG HOP!
This blog hop is brought to you by Jane Wakely www.hopswithheart.blogspot.com and I thank her for inviting me and hosting this hop!
So good to have you blog hopping with me! So, come and Fall into Romance with me, Zoe Dawson. I'm all about the HEA! That Happily Ever After!
I'm going to give you an overview of all the books that I write and a sneak peak into what is coming up.
ROMANTIC COMEDY
GOING TO THE DOGS SERIES
These books center around four women who meet in a dog park and become fast friends. All four books include scenes with their pets and how integrated and wonderful pets are in our lives. Of course, there are plenty of doggie and hero shenanigans All four books are out with Leashed FREE.l
These are wedding and honeymoon novellas to compliment each of the novel series and should be read after you have read the full-length novel. All but Captured are out. The last couple from Collared will be released on November 2, 2014.
URBAN FANTASY
THE STARBUCK CHRONICLES
NEW ADULT CONTEMPORARY MYSTERY
A PERFECT SECRET SERIES - HOPE PARISH NOVELS
This series is set in the fictional town of Suttentowne, Louisiana just about thirty minutes South of Lafayette, right near Cajun Country.
A Perfect Series: Three perfect girls, three perfect secrets, one unholy trinity
A Perfect Mess, Book #1 – the girl most likely to succeed, an unpredictable Outlaw, and a dangerous secret that could be the death of her.
A Perfect Mistake, Book #2 – A preacher’s daughter, a reckless Outlaw, and a secret that will change her life forever.
A Perfect Dilemma, Book #3 – The town’s poor little rich girl, a sweet-talking Outlaw, and a secret that will ruin all that she holds dear.
Check out the playlists in the column to the left.
All of the books are out, except A Perfect Dilemma which releases on September 22, 2014 and is up for preorder. Here's a teaser for you.
You can go to MY AUTHOR CENTRAL page to check out all my books and buy. Here's the link to add them to your GOODREADS shelf. Thanks for stopping by my blog and falling into romance with me! Have a great fall!
I will be giving away a $5 Amazon Giftcard! Please enter below and comment on my blog about what kinds of romances you love to read. YOU MUST COMMENT ON MY BLOG TO WIN!
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That's it. GO HERE for a list of blogs. Happy hopping!
Monday, July 21, 2014
Meet My Character Blog Hop
Welcome to the Meet My Character Blog Hop! First I want to thank Kyra Halland for inviting me to the blog hop. Her info is below to check out her post.
Kyra Halland Began with the Prydain books by Lloyd Alexander and the Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Leguin. She has always loved fantasy. She has also always loved a good love story. In 1990, as a new stay-at-home mom with a young baby, she finally decided to combine those two loves - like chocolate and peanut butter! - by writing the kinds of romantic fantasy novels she wanted to read. Complicated, honorable heroes; heroines who are strong, smart, and all woman; magic, romance, and adventure; and excursions into the dark corners of life and human nature mixed with a dash of offbeat humor - all of these make up Kyra Halland's worlds. She is excited to share those worlds with readers, who she hopes will enjoy her stories and characters as much as she does. Kyra Halland lives in southern Arizona. She has a very patient husband, two less-patient cats, and two young adult sons. Besides writing, she enjoys scrapbooking and anime, and she wants to be a crazy cat lady when she grows up.
Meet My Character Blog Hop post | Website | Facebook | Goodreads
And now, an introduction to my last and third triplet from A Perfect Dilemma in my A Perfect Secret series:
1) What is the name of your character? Is he/she fictional or a historic person?
Braxton Outlaw may be a fictional character, but is very real in my head. He’s one of three triplets. His ancestor, Duel Outlaw, was branded a thief and a murderer and hanged for stealing a Confederate payroll and murdering the guards. The curse of his crimes has followed the family down through the years. Being outcasts has affected the whole family line including anyone who is associated with them. His love interest is River Pearl Sutton. She is the town's rich girl and descended from the town's founder, Colonel Beauregard Sutton.
2) When and where is the story set?
It’s set in present day Louisiana in the fictional town of Suttontowne that's on the ancient, mysterious and primal swamp. A place of lush ferns, colorful flowers growing in the shade of hardwood trees dripping with moss, teeming in wildlife and fraught with danger.
3) What should we know about him?
He owns his own bar/restaurant called Outlaws and is a very good chef. Very innovative. His brother Booker made it big publishing horror on the internet and helped him to buy the business. The triplets entertain there when all three of them are present. Brax plays the violin or as it’s called in the South, the fiddle, Booker the piano, and Boone the guitar. They all sing. He has a very strong bond with his mother and his two brothers. They have always had to protect each others’ backs growing up in a town that scorns them. Brax is extremely angry about two things. Not being able to pursue River Pearl Sutton because of his reputation and the disappearance of his father when the trips were six to avoid the law when he was accused of stealing.
4) What is the main conflict? What messes up his/her life?
Even though he’s been trying to resist River Pearl because of his reputation, she requests Brax’s help to research Duel Outlaw because he and Colonel Sutton were friends. She wants to write a speech about friendship for the annual Founder’s Day Festival that celebrates the Colonel. But during this research River Pearl stumbles on a terrible secret that forces her to either destroy her family or lose the man she loves.
5) What is the personal goal of the character?
His main goal is to resist River Pearl to keep her from being affected by his reputation, but resisting her becomes increasingly difficult the more they are together.
6) Is there a working title for this novel, and can we read more about it?
The series is called A Perfect Secret and the book is titled, A Perfect Dilemma. You can read about Booker Outlaw and Aubree Walker in A Perfect Mess and Boone Outlaw and Verity Fairchild in A Perfect Mistake. Links to buy are on the pages.
7) When can we expect the book to be published?
It should be out in August/September, but to ensure you don’t miss it, get notified about my upcoming releases by signing up for my newsletter. For information about all my other books, check out my website.
Be sure to check out the next three stops on the Meet My Character Blog Hop:
Candace Carrabus I've been writing stories and riding horses-frequently simultaneously-for as long as I can remember. I grew up on Long Island and spent my formative years in the saddle-just imagining. After high school, I traveled to Ness, England and studied at a British Horse Society training school. This was an all-around amazing experience. When I left, I clutched a certification to teach riding in my hot little hand, and I enjoyed instructing riders for many years. Who am I kidding? We know it is the horses who do the teaching. All we can do is try to remain open to what they have to say. Not surprisingly, my fiction and non-fiction are both frequently infused with the mystery and spirituality horses have brought to my life. My philosophy, in brief: (No, not in briefs, but that's a nice image, thank you very much.) We are all immigrants in spirit, with our minds, hearts, and souls being the final frontier. Yep, that's it. I've discovered this is what happens to all my main characters-whether by choice or accident or design-they go somewhere else. They immigrate. At first, this change may be only external-physical. Over time, their journeys lead to a place of discovery and growth that is within each individual alone. The final frontier to which we all can go.
Website | Facebook | Goodreads
Margo L. Dill is the author of Caught Between Two Curses, a YA light paranormal romance novel about the Curse of the Billy Goat on the Chicago Cubs, and Finding My Place: One Girl's Strength at Vicksburg, a historical fiction, middle-grade novel. She currently has two more books under contract--both are picture books--with High Hill Press and Guardian Angel Publishing. Publication dates of both are to be determined. Besides being a children's author, she is also a freelance editor with the business, Editor 911: Your Projects Are My Emergency! and she is part of the WOW! Women On Writing e-zine's staff as an editor, blogger, instructor, and social media manager. She is also an editor for High Hill Press and specializes in memoirs, historical fiction and children's and YA novels. Margo loves presenting workshops to writing groups and school groups. She loves to ask children the question: Would you eat rats to save your city from falling into the hands of the enemy? What would you do to save your family from a curse? Margo believes that books are meant to be used with children and teens, and she started a blog about this very subject in August 2008, where she continues to blog on a regular schedule each week. She shares mostly children's and YA books as well as memoirs or other inspirational women's literature that encourages and supports women and girls around the world. She blogs at http://margodill.com/blog/. When she is not writing or editing, Margo loves to spend time with her husband, stepson, daughter, and crazy Boxer dog, Chester. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri; and if she could eat out every day, she would! She is also a member of the St. Louis Zoo, and this is one of her family's favorite places to go!
Website | Facebook | Goodreads
Lala Corriere has been passionate about all the arts since early childhood. She is a painter and a former stage performer. Early work careers blended high-end real estate sales and as President of an interior design firm. Her fifth grade teacher, Miss Macy, was the first mentor to suggest she consider a career in writing. That extension of the arts, the written word, turned into a full time passion in 2001.
Website | Facebook | Goodreads
Kyra Halland Began with the Prydain books by Lloyd Alexander and the Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Leguin. She has always loved fantasy. She has also always loved a good love story. In 1990, as a new stay-at-home mom with a young baby, she finally decided to combine those two loves - like chocolate and peanut butter! - by writing the kinds of romantic fantasy novels she wanted to read. Complicated, honorable heroes; heroines who are strong, smart, and all woman; magic, romance, and adventure; and excursions into the dark corners of life and human nature mixed with a dash of offbeat humor - all of these make up Kyra Halland's worlds. She is excited to share those worlds with readers, who she hopes will enjoy her stories and characters as much as she does. Kyra Halland lives in southern Arizona. She has a very patient husband, two less-patient cats, and two young adult sons. Besides writing, she enjoys scrapbooking and anime, and she wants to be a crazy cat lady when she grows up.
Meet My Character Blog Hop post | Website | Facebook | Goodreads
And now, an introduction to my last and third triplet from A Perfect Dilemma in my A Perfect Secret series:
1) What is the name of your character? Is he/she fictional or a historic person?
Braxton Outlaw may be a fictional character, but is very real in my head. He’s one of three triplets. His ancestor, Duel Outlaw, was branded a thief and a murderer and hanged for stealing a Confederate payroll and murdering the guards. The curse of his crimes has followed the family down through the years. Being outcasts has affected the whole family line including anyone who is associated with them. His love interest is River Pearl Sutton. She is the town's rich girl and descended from the town's founder, Colonel Beauregard Sutton.
2) When and where is the story set?
It’s set in present day Louisiana in the fictional town of Suttontowne that's on the ancient, mysterious and primal swamp. A place of lush ferns, colorful flowers growing in the shade of hardwood trees dripping with moss, teeming in wildlife and fraught with danger.
3) What should we know about him?
He owns his own bar/restaurant called Outlaws and is a very good chef. Very innovative. His brother Booker made it big publishing horror on the internet and helped him to buy the business. The triplets entertain there when all three of them are present. Brax plays the violin or as it’s called in the South, the fiddle, Booker the piano, and Boone the guitar. They all sing. He has a very strong bond with his mother and his two brothers. They have always had to protect each others’ backs growing up in a town that scorns them. Brax is extremely angry about two things. Not being able to pursue River Pearl Sutton because of his reputation and the disappearance of his father when the trips were six to avoid the law when he was accused of stealing.
4) What is the main conflict? What messes up his/her life?
Even though he’s been trying to resist River Pearl because of his reputation, she requests Brax’s help to research Duel Outlaw because he and Colonel Sutton were friends. She wants to write a speech about friendship for the annual Founder’s Day Festival that celebrates the Colonel. But during this research River Pearl stumbles on a terrible secret that forces her to either destroy her family or lose the man she loves.
5) What is the personal goal of the character?
His main goal is to resist River Pearl to keep her from being affected by his reputation, but resisting her becomes increasingly difficult the more they are together.
The series is called A Perfect Secret and the book is titled, A Perfect Dilemma. You can read about Booker Outlaw and Aubree Walker in A Perfect Mess and Boone Outlaw and Verity Fairchild in A Perfect Mistake. Links to buy are on the pages.
7) When can we expect the book to be published?
It should be out in August/September, but to ensure you don’t miss it, get notified about my upcoming releases by signing up for my newsletter. For information about all my other books, check out my website.
Be sure to check out the next three stops on the Meet My Character Blog Hop:
Candace Carrabus I've been writing stories and riding horses-frequently simultaneously-for as long as I can remember. I grew up on Long Island and spent my formative years in the saddle-just imagining. After high school, I traveled to Ness, England and studied at a British Horse Society training school. This was an all-around amazing experience. When I left, I clutched a certification to teach riding in my hot little hand, and I enjoyed instructing riders for many years. Who am I kidding? We know it is the horses who do the teaching. All we can do is try to remain open to what they have to say. Not surprisingly, my fiction and non-fiction are both frequently infused with the mystery and spirituality horses have brought to my life. My philosophy, in brief: (No, not in briefs, but that's a nice image, thank you very much.) We are all immigrants in spirit, with our minds, hearts, and souls being the final frontier. Yep, that's it. I've discovered this is what happens to all my main characters-whether by choice or accident or design-they go somewhere else. They immigrate. At first, this change may be only external-physical. Over time, their journeys lead to a place of discovery and growth that is within each individual alone. The final frontier to which we all can go.
Website | Facebook | Goodreads
Margo L. Dill is the author of Caught Between Two Curses, a YA light paranormal romance novel about the Curse of the Billy Goat on the Chicago Cubs, and Finding My Place: One Girl's Strength at Vicksburg, a historical fiction, middle-grade novel. She currently has two more books under contract--both are picture books--with High Hill Press and Guardian Angel Publishing. Publication dates of both are to be determined. Besides being a children's author, she is also a freelance editor with the business, Editor 911: Your Projects Are My Emergency! and she is part of the WOW! Women On Writing e-zine's staff as an editor, blogger, instructor, and social media manager. She is also an editor for High Hill Press and specializes in memoirs, historical fiction and children's and YA novels. Margo loves presenting workshops to writing groups and school groups. She loves to ask children the question: Would you eat rats to save your city from falling into the hands of the enemy? What would you do to save your family from a curse? Margo believes that books are meant to be used with children and teens, and she started a blog about this very subject in August 2008, where she continues to blog on a regular schedule each week. She shares mostly children's and YA books as well as memoirs or other inspirational women's literature that encourages and supports women and girls around the world. She blogs at http://margodill.com/blog/. When she is not writing or editing, Margo loves to spend time with her husband, stepson, daughter, and crazy Boxer dog, Chester. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri; and if she could eat out every day, she would! She is also a member of the St. Louis Zoo, and this is one of her family's favorite places to go!
Website | Facebook | Goodreads
Lala Corriere has been passionate about all the arts since early childhood. She is a painter and a former stage performer. Early work careers blended high-end real estate sales and as President of an interior design firm. Her fifth grade teacher, Miss Macy, was the first mentor to suggest she consider a career in writing. That extension of the arts, the written word, turned into a full time passion in 2001.
Website | Facebook | Goodreads
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
BTS and Wild Child Publishing Present: Christmas Paws Blog Hop
December 3rd - 10th
Grand Prize of $200.00
My furry baby is our Little Cat. She's about nine years old and as cute as a button. She still only weights about ten pounds and fools around like a kitten. She's a gray tabby with this gorgeous tan color and has green eyes. She loves to be loved and when she thinks she's not getting enough attention, she lays on her back with her paws curled (we call it bunny feet) and looks at us like, "Yeah, you know you want to pet me." :-)
Although I have a cat, I've written quite a bit of romantic comedy that involve dogs. It's Sex in the City meets the Dog Whisperer. Here are the books in the series. The first book is Leashed and it's free.
Here's what Leashed is about:
And they call it puppy love!
When Jack falls head-over-paws for cute and cuddly Jill next door -- that creamy coat, those soft brown eyes, and, yowza, those long legs, he simply cannot help himself. Bing, bang, boom, a few weeks later, Jack has some 'splaining to do when that cute female is with puppies. Jack's going to be a father, trouble is his lady love's owner and his owner need a little shove into love. Being a large and in-charge Great Dane, that's no problem for Jack. With a little cooperation and a little matchmaking, some nudging, whining and puppy dog eyes, hopefully, everyone will live happily ever after together.
When Jack falls head-over-paws for cute and cuddly Jill next door -- that creamy coat, those soft brown eyes, and, yowza, those long legs, he simply cannot help himself. Bing, bang, boom, a few weeks later, Jack has some 'splaining to do when that cute female is with puppies. Jack's going to be a father, trouble is his lady love's owner and his owner need a little shove into love. Being a large and in-charge Great Dane, that's no problem for Jack. With a little cooperation and a little matchmaking, some nudging, whining and puppy dog eyes, hopefully, everyone will live happily ever after together.
You can check them all out here on my Goodreads page:
I also write New Adult Contemporary Romance
A Perfect Mess is available and A Perfect Mistake will be out in December!
Click for more info and check out the other 12 NA's of Christmas novellas while you're there!
I will be giving away a pet themed necklace and a treat for your pet. Be sure to leave a comment on this post so that I can get in touch with you if you win! That's it. Happy Christmas Paw Hopping!
You can go here to enter in the grand prizes and to find more links to hop!
Friday, March 15, 2013
Lucky in Love Blog Hop
So this St. Patrick's over 250+ authors and bloggers are going to show you some love. We have TWO grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!
But before we get to the prizes, take a look at an excerpt from my new release.
Excerpt from Groomed for Murder
Book #2
Going to the Dogs
By Zoe Dawson
All rights reserved
“You stupid cow!”
Brooke yanked her gaze away from the computer screen, her
heart plummeting to her toes like a stone. Kristen Wright-Davis. Not again. With a surge of adrenaline,
she raced out of the office toward the grooming room, where her nemesis
shrieked in short, staccato blasts, punctuated by the yapping of her hyper toy
poodle, Mimi.
“I have asked you repeatedly to sedate Mimi, Mrs. Wright-Davis.”
Her groomer’s voice wobbled and Brooke moved faster to stave off disaster.
Pushing the door open, Brooke wasn’t surprised to find that
Kristen—a life-sized, hard-gloss, Barbie-zilla—had backed poor, disheveled,
worn out Rachel into a corner physically as well as verbally. Her groomer was
buckling under the pressure and looked like she was about to burst into tears.
Kristen loomed over Rachel, her tanned, pampered skin in stark contrast to the
groomer’s pale face.
The hair on the back of Brooke’s neck popped up like
porcupine quills. How dare that self-absorbed witch attack poor Rachel!
“Kristen—”
"Don't talk back to me, dog groomer girl. You are
nothing but a service provider, and you aren’t entitled to an opinion!"
Kristen snapped, wagging her head like Mick Jagger on steroids. “Look what you
have done to my Mimi!” She pointed a trembling finger at her noisy dog for
emphasis. “This is outrageous! She has a show this weekend! You have ruined any
chance she had to win. You stupid, stupid cow.”
Brooke stepped forward, summoning her most soothing manner.
“Kristen, why don’t you and I discuss how we might solve this problem to your
satisfaction?”
The woman’s head snapped around and homed in on the new
target, just as Brooke hoped she would. As smooth as silk, Brooke maneuvered
herself between Kristen and a cowed Rachel, squeezing her groomer’s shoulder
reassuringly as she ushered her out of the room with a quick whisper. “Go hide
in my office.”
“Look at what she’s done to my baby. It-it-it’s intolerable,”
Kristen screeched, pointing again with a blood red-tipped finger, then settling
her fists at the waist of her tight leather pants with a huff. Her
collagen-puffed lips evolved from a pout to a nasty snarl.
Brooke looked down at the spoiled furball that still yapped
and growled and snapped the air, straining to reach Brooke and sink in her
needle teeth. The tension inside the small room scraped against Brooke’s skin.
Obviously Mimi was simply reacting to the tension and to her owner’s state of
mind.
And then Brooke finally took a close look at the poodle’s
cut. What a disaster. Fur was missing in clumps scattered throughout her
otherwise precise and professional show cut.
Brooke mentally threw up her hands. Half of this animal’s
problem was that she had such an indulgent, spoiled, pretentious woman for an
owner. The other half was she had an indulgent, spoiled, pretentious woman for
an owner. Maybe Kristen should be the one to take a sedative before coming into
Pawlish.
“I’m so sorry this happened just before a show.” Brooke
cleared her throat, reaching for a more mollifying tone. “I sympathize with
your disappointment. I would be happy to offer you six months of grooming for
free, and I’ll refund the full amount of the entrance fee as compensation.”
Kristen’s eyes narrowed and her face darkened. “Six months
free? Entrance fee? My baby looks like this, and…and you insult me with six months of grooming free and money? That’s a slap
in the face. I will never use your cut-rate joint again.”
She grabbed Mimi and stuffed the yapping, snarling bundle
into her Louis Vuitton dog carrier. Mimi shoved her head up over the zipped
closure and snapped at Brooke again as Kristen swept past her toward the door.
Brooke’s first line of defense and
strongest skill was her ability to defuse tense situations, to turn snarling
lions into pussycats. It was definitely time to put her lifetime of practice to
work as skillfully as she could. Fast.
As the young wife of an older,
wealthy, and prominent lawyer, Kristen had a great deal of influence in New
York City, especially in the social circles where Brooke found most of her
clientele. It would be all too easy for this woman to bad-mouth Pawlish
to all her friends and sabotage the business Brooke had made successful by
providing unparalleled and skillful service.
Staying calm and thinking
creatively should do the trick. “Kristen, my policy is that no client
leaves Pawlish unhappy. Let’s work together to make that happen.”
Kristen turned around and stared over Brooke’s shoulder.
Brooke looked behind her, frowning. What was she looking at? Rachel stood at
the office door, tear tracks marking her face. She was the sweetest, most
helpful girl, and was the only one at Pawlish who would work with Kristen’s
unruly poodle. Brooke’s heart turned over, and she wanted to go comfort her,
but she had to deal with Kristen first.
With a hard-edged, steady gaze at Rachel, Kristen snarled,
“Fire that stupid cow.”
Brooke’s head whipped around, her face stiff with shock, her
jaw slack. Rachel’s sobbing and the slam of the office door struck her heart
with a hard, painful thump. Was this woman serious? Fire Rachel, an employee
who had been with her since she’d started her business, who took on any task
that was asked of her, who worked so hard that Brooke had to shoo her home to
her kids? Brooke had no words—well, she did, but those words weren’t
professional. Kristen’s callousness was simply mind-boggling.
Fire exploded in the pit of her stomach and flashed up her
torso, heating her face. It wasn’t enough that Kristen insisted on bringing her
nasty, fidgety, contrary little dog for grooming without sedating her first.
Noooo, this woman—who had more money than she could spend—wanted Brooke to fire
a hard-working, very competent employee just to satisfy her spiteful whim.
Kristen’s smug look only fanned the flames of Brooke’s determination. Rachel
wasn’t going anywhere.
For the first time since she’d opened her doors, Brooke
decided this particular customer was not
right.
“Oh, Kristen, there’s no need for such drastic action.”
Brooke waved her hand in dismissal. “We can come up with something much more
palatable. Like a yummy basket of homemade, totally organic doggie treats for
sweet Mimi? How does that sound?” She needed to unclench her jaw so the next
words she spoke sounded more calm and self-assured.
Kristen tilted her head. “Ahhhh…you’re placating me, and
usually I’m all for that. A little groveling always makes my day. But in this
case, no. I insist you give me what I want. And I always get what I want.” Her smile was full of sunny,
self-satisfied condemnation.
“I’m trying to make amends. Please, let’s put this behind
us.” Brooke smiled, too, trying to extend an olive branch without wishing at
the same time that Kristen would choke on it.
Kristen wrinkled her nose in mock cheer, but her eyes
projected just plain mean girl. “Ooooh, you’re so cute when you’re insolent.”
Kristen took a step closer, getting right into Brooke’s face. Her eyes
narrowed, her voice low with a steely calm. “You’ve made a big mistake, Brooke.
I’ll ruin you any way I can. Just wait and see if I won’t.” With that, she
flipped her unnatural blonde hair and flounced out.
Oh, shit, that chick was scary.
Brooke took a deep breath to calm
her pounding heart. Surely she could find a way to win Kristen over. She’d been
able to convert cranky old Mr. Witherspoon into a fan when she was a kid. If she
could do that, Kristen should be easy. It was just a matter of time.
Brooke dragged her hands through
her hair, rolling her eyes. Turning to her receptionist, she said,
"Really, can a dog have a bad hair day?"
"Maybe," her receptionist
laughed softly, “but I'd wager that poor Mr. Wright-Davis didn't get the first
place trophy with that wife."
Find it
on:
If you'd like to see where it all began, check out the first book in the series, Leashed.
Now what are those prizes and how do you enter?
You
must leave a comment with your email address. It doesn't have to be
anything big, but to be entered to win the grand prizes and to be sure I
have a way to contact the winners, there has to be at least an email
address. But I love comments, too! Then fill out as many of the
Rafflecopter entries as you like (the more you do, the better the
chances of winning.)
I'll
choose a winner at random and contact by email after the
giveaway is over. Have a wonderful day, and happy hopping.
My Prize
1 $5 GC to Amazon
But there's still more...
1st Grand Prize: A $100 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
2nd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+
bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!
Everything
in the grand prizes is available to U.S. and International entrants,
except the Swag Pack which is available only to U.S. entrants.
To find ALL the hoppers go here.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Celebrating Readers!
#CelebratingValentine
Share a Valentine's Day moment!
My Valentine's moment is all about my readers!
A Valentine's Card for you all!
A Valentine's Card for you all!
Love and Kisses! Zoe!
Buy links here:
If you like what you read and want to see more, leaving a review on Amazon, B&N and Goodreads will enable an author to publicize better. Show all the authors you love this Valentine's Day some review love and keep those books coming!
What you can win here: Plush bear in a mug with balloon, Tootsie Rolls and Hershey kisses
Open to: US residents only due to postage costs.
How to enter: Please leave a comment and email address. The winners will be chosen at random.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Saturday, January 19, 2013
That Special Magic
And they lived happily ever after. Almost anyone who's either seen a Disney movie or read a fairytale knows those words. That's what romance books are all about and if you're here at my blog you can see that I'm all about the happily ever afters! And it looks like you are, too! We romance writers thank you! (We...ahem...love romance, too! But I guess you already know that!)
Once upon a time there was this young girl. As it goes with young girls, they often try to find out where they belong in the world. What are their strengths and weaknesses. Well, this young girl loved to read. When she was sixteen years old, her grandmother gave her a book to read. But this wasn't just any ordinary book. This book glowed with a special kind of magic. A magic that permeates every part of the world. The girl wanted to know about the special magic and even as her anticipation rose and her fingertips tingled, she read the book. And something wondrous happened. She started to see where she might fit into the world, where she might make her mark. She discovered something inside herself that she didn't know existed. She discovered a passion and the determination to make special magic on her own. Of course, that girl was me. And the special magic? You already know. That's the power of love. My happily ever after was discovering that I wanted to write books about happily ever afters.
Please comment and leave your email address Tell me, what is your special magic, your passion?
Discover the magic of my novels:
Going to the Dogs Series:
A New York City dog whisperer, a reluctant, sexy bad boy, amorous great Danes, and the unexpected puppy pregnancy. Where to Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords
A
savvy entrepreneur, a seriously ridiculous lawsuit that leads to a very serious
murder, an enticing and hard-as-nails lawyer and a lovable bulldog.
Where to Buy:
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords
What you can win:
A $5 Amazon Gift Card and a copy of Leashed.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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