HOLLY JOLLY HOLIDAY HOP!!

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Happy Holidays!!

FREEBIES, GIVEAWAYS AND A SCAVENGER HUNT!

INSTAFREEBIE GIVEAWAYS!

Get them while they're hot! I do mean the books, people. ;)

GIVEAWAYS!

Oh the beach! Who doesn't love the sand, surf and sun? I know I sure do and a good book is all part of that summer reading experience both on the sand, in the car or back home. Enjoy all these reads! And, good luck on winning the prizes from the giveaway below! xoxo

SPRING FLING FREEBIES!

Are you looking for a new book boyfriend this spring? You're in luck! Until days end on Friday, April 21st you can download any of these books for FREE! Just click on the title you're interested in and it's yours!

Maybe one of them will be your new favorite!

CRAZY ABOUT ROMANCE!

Who isn't crazy for romance and with spring in the air, it's all around. Enjoy some great books and if you're falling in love it'll only make it better, and for those who have found their one and only, you can get that feeling of falling all over again. Happy reading!

ROMANCE IS BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE!

What do we secretly love about Easter? C’mon, be honest, it’s the chocolate. So why are 75+ FREE and bargain $0.99 romances ready to stuff your Kindle better than chocolate?

• No calories.
• Lasts longer than average chocolate egg.
• Probably won’t melt on your e-reader (though your e-reader might melt from some of these books!)
• Comes with many different varieties of book boyfriends from sweet to sexy to out-of-this-world.

Convinced?

Yeah, we’re not either. But hey, fill up your e-reader with these amazing romances, grab your chocolate stash and enjoy. Don’t forget to enter the rafflecopter with a chance to win a further 60 e-books with many authors offering you another FREE book just for signing up to their newsletter.

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Spring has sprung and it's all about romance! So here's another fabulous chance to win books! Click the graphic where three winners will get a shot at a 40+ romance novel bundle, but everyone can still get 40+ books FREE.

Lucky in Love Blog Hop

I personally haven't yet been lucky in love, but my heroes and heroines are.  They each go through a lot in each story to finally get their love.  


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:

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords

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.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Celebrating Readers!

#CelebratingValentine

Share a Valentine's Day moment!

 

This Giveaway Hop was organized by Reading Romances!

My Valentine's moment is all about my readers!
A Valentine's Card for you all!

Love and Kisses!  Zoe!

Buy links here:

Leashed

Groomed for Murder

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

Number of winners: 3
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

 

Hop and enter the other giveaways!

A Doggie Mug

To celebrate the New Year and my new release, Groomed for Murder, I am giving away a copy of Leashed and a doggie mug of your choice.  Here is the one a lucky winner just received.

Head over to my website either by clicking the tab above or go directly to my contest page here.  Now that's a cute mug you can enjoy any beverage in!  Good luck!

Party & Prizes Time!

Another year is over! Can you believe it? Well we authors, readers, and bloggers sure can't. And to celebrate the New Year with a bang, we're going crazy and sending out so many prizes, fun parties, experiences, and other goodies, that it's a bit scary. Each author has a favorite New Year memory, book, idea, or way to party and we're going to show you!

And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 200 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.

But that's not all....

We have THREE 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!

A New Year celebration is about ushering out the old and welcoming the new.  Many people celebrate by making that long trek to Times Square, getting that restaurant package, or throwing a party of their own.  Here's a full menu for your own New Year's Day celebration.

New Year's Day Dinner
  
Green Goddess Dip (appetizer)
Roasted Pork Loin 
Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes 
Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan 
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
Triple Chocolate Mousse Pyramids

And, of course, more bubbly or your favorite mixed drinks.  Raising my glass to the end of 2012 and welcoming 2013!  May all your dreams come true!

Speaking of the new and dreams come true--I have a new release!  Groomed for Murder, Book #2 in my Going to the Dogs Series is out now!

Can a dog have a bad hair day?

​​Brooke Palmer owns Pawlish, an exclusive doggie spa and grooming business in upper Manhattan, but when a client’s champion poodle gets a bad poodle cut and has to undergo therapy to recover, the client sues.  The lawyer they send is drop dead gorgeous, but Brooke won't be wooed by a corporate shark in a sharp suit.​

​Corporate lawyer Drew Hudson has better things to do then take on this ridiculous lawsuit, but since he works for the client’s husband, he has no choice.  After meeting the beautiful, sweet-tempered owner, he can’t keep his mind on the silly case.  But when the client turns up dog gone dead, Brooke may be a conflict of interest when she’s charged with the murder.  All Drew wants to do is prove that this sexy entrepreneur is not dangerous, except to his heart.

Can she take a chance on him?

Find it on:

Amazon | Barnes & Noble

 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 two winners at random and contact them by email after the giveaway is over.  Have a wonderful day, and happy hopping.

My Prizes

1 $10 GC to Amazon

1 digital copy of Leashed

But there's still more...

1st Grand Prize:  A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

2nd Grand Prize:  A $300 Amazon or B&N Gift Card

3rd 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!!

 a Rafflecopter giveaway