HARPER AND CALEB ARE ON THE CHARACTER COUCH

The Character Couch is a reader-focused website where fans can go to nominate a favorite couple that they’d like to see go into a “light” therapy session—as fans did with Harper and Caleb. I say "light" because these aren't angst-ridden sessions, but fun and entertaining, certainly poignant at times. It is the brainchild of Tracy Tappan whose "therapist" persona Regan Malloy is a Family and Child therapist in Midtown, Manhattan. Keep this name in your databanks. You'll be seeing it crop up in Captured.

Harper and Caleb are on the couch. Yep, anyone who knows me as an author knows that I don't spare my characters conflict. That's the only way they learn the truth in their souls and the deep abiding love that builds and lasts between them. Head over to the session and comment. Check below. There are a couple of prizes and also a request. Would love to know your thoughts.

As anyone who is a fan of my novellas, you all know that the marriage and honeymoon can be rough for my couples.

Captured will be here before you know it. Here are the deets:

 

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A companion novella to Collared, Going to the Dogs, #4. Your reading enjoyment would be enhanced if you've already read Collared.

Harper and Caleb are getting married and for the most part nothing has really changed for Harper. She’s still uber rich, her life filled with charities and smoozing. But instead of loneliness and protective walls, she’s opened her heart to the best and most wonderful thing that has happened to her—gorgeous and tough, Detective. Caleb Shaw.

But Caleb’s once normal, blue collar life has been significantly changed. With Harper’s money taking care of everything, what is there for him to provide her? Especially when he hears it bantered around that he’s a “kept” man. Harper dismisses that kind of talk as nonsense and urges Caleb to not worry about it. But even as he tries to grow a thick skin, his pride causes rifts. Will Caleb let Harper’s wealth destroy the deep and abiding love they found?

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Diamonds are a dog’s best friend.

Harper Sinclair discovers that her champion, award-winning standard poodle, Ch. Edgewood Sky High Blue is missing her $50,000 diamond dog collar that was given to her by Harper's eccentric, indulging grandmother along with valuable pieces of jewelry. Harper calls the robbery division of the NYPD and reports the thefts. The detective they send is surly and tough with a pair of brown eyes that make even this calm, cool socialite's lungs claw for air.

Rough and tumble Detective Caleb Shaw has better things to do than run over to the penthouse of a frigging socialite to find a frigging collar for a frigging pampered poodle---award winning or not. He has real cases to solve, but when he gets a load of the poodle's owner, his interest in the case...heats up. Satin sheets or not, he wants Harper. But there is more to this robbery than the dog collar. Has someone close to Harper pulled an inside job?

Can a lovely socialite collar a hard-boiled detective or are they worlds apart?

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Now for the prizes!

Tracy will be offereing a $10 giftcard to the first four posters.

I will be offering this bracelet to one random winner who tweets this giveaway and nominates A Perfect Dilemma for a session on The Character Couch. Click on the cover below.

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About Tracy:

Tracy Tappan, founder and creator of The Character Couch, is a multi-genre author of gritty romance. Her latest release in her dark paranormal series, THE BLOODLINE WAR, about an endangered breed of human who are kidnapping genetically enhanced women to save their race, is available now http://amzn.to/18XDygs

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RELEASE DAY FOR TANGLED

Out Now!

The second wedding novella of my Going to the Dogs series. Callie Lassiter is marrying Owen McKay. It was so fun to get back to this couple. Since Leashed was a novella, I didn't really have as much room to play with the characters. As a result, Owen's past was alluded to. Now you get the full story of his life before he met my dog park babe and fell head over heels in love.

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Genre: Romantic Comedy

Release Date:  Now

Description:

A companion novella to Leashed, Going to the Dogs, #1. Your reading enjoyment would be enhanced if you've already read Leashed. Note: Leashed is currently FREE

Callie and Owen are getting married, but there’s always been something that’s bothered Callie. Owen has never opened up about his childhood, never confided in her what formed him into the man he was today.

As they tie the knot, Callie’s determined that now that Owen is her husband, she has a right to know about his past. A past Owen would rather die than reveal to his beautiful new wife. His past is ugly and brutal. He’s worried that Callie will see him in a different light. He can’t take the chance.

But as they embark on their new life together, Callie can’t let it go and Owen won’t open up. How can their marriage progress in light of what Callie feels is Owen’s distrust. Will their marriage even survive the honeymoon?

RELEASE DAY FOR FETCHED!

Out Now!

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When I was writing Collared, Book #4 in the Going to the Dogs series, it was my intent to include Poe's wedding and the birth of her child. But as I progressed through the novel, the wedding scene was cutting too much into Harper and Caleb's romance. I wanted to start off with them. So, I removed the wedding and baby stuff. That's when it hit me, why not do Poe's continuing journey to her own self-discovery through the novella. I had conflict! I had a wonderful honeymoon destination. And, I had two characters I loved to write about - Poe and Jared. Writing this novella from their POV was also much better than getting it second-hand from Harper. So there you have it. As a result of conceptualizing this novella, I decided it would be a stellar idea to write all the weddings and honeymoons of all my dog park babes in the order they get married. So, you can go here to see what will be happening with the other three girls. Now, onto Poe and Jared.

 

 

WHAT IT'S ABOUT:

A companion novella to Hounded, Going to the Dogs, #3. Your reading enjoyment would be enhanced if you've already read Hounded.

Poe is getting married and she’s having Jared’s baby. She’s gotten her happily ever after, but everything happened so fast, she’s barely had time to take it all in. She’s worried about her ability to be a good mother. Will her doubts overshadow these joyous occasions—her marriage and honeymoon with her sexy cowboy?

But, she’ll have to catch her breath on the run. Before she can say Zombie Apocalypse, she’s off to Vegas where all her friends and family are assembling. They have to put a wedding together in a week. Can the dog park babes come to her rescue to get this hitching to come off without a hitch?

Ah, wait, The Terrible Two are involved.

Sneak Peek

Poe sat on the front porch of Jared’s pappy’s ranch, rocking back and forth as the sun peeked over the horizon. She sipped a cup of the coffee that Jared’s pap, Roy, had made before he went out to do his chores. The Terrible Two and Daisy had only raised their heads as she’d left the room. Lazy little rascals

She’d left the wonderful warmth of Jared’s body because she couldn’t sleep. Part excitement, part disbelief, and part anticipation had pushed her out of slumber.

She was pregnant.

Having a baby.

With child.

Knocked up.

Oh, God.

And!

She was getting married.

Hitched.

Tying the knot.

She rocked back and forth some more and told herself to shut the hell up.

She wanted to marry Jared. She was ecstatic to be cradling their child inside her body, so why did she have this terrible feeling of disquiet, why did the feeling persist, constantly knotted between her shoulder blades?

They would be leaving for Vegas early tomorrow morning. Jared’s pappy was going to drive with them, then fly back to Texas after the wedding. She grinned at the thought of getting married in Vegas, her insides bubbling with glee. She’d always wanted an unconventional Vegas wedding.

Harper, Brooke, and Callie would meet them in Vegas, and Poe’s mother was flying in with her brother Wilder and her sister Austen. Jared’s brother Nate was scheduled to arrive about the same time. Then there would be a number of other friends attending, most of her St. Mark’s colleagues and staff, were coming as well, including Mr. Leonard. He and the cute cockapoo that he’d adopted, Binky, were doing really well together. They were also expecting several people from the shelter where she volunteered—all coming in spite of the short notice. She hadn’t even started her director’s job at the new clinic yet, and wouldn’t until she got back to the city.

Another thing she had to think about. How much did she want to work after the baby was born? Drawing a deep, shaky breath, Poe closed her eyes and leaned back, her insides trembling. And there was that ugly dread again.

She set her cup down with a snap and headed toward the barn. When she got there, she found Roy un-baling hay, getting it ready to spread around three freshly mucked stalls.

“Ahhh, looks to me like you got the same kinda timin’ as my son.” He gave her a wink.

Poe giggled. “I can help with spreading the hay.”

“Well, that’s sumpin’, then.”

She grabbed handfuls and started scattering it around the first stall.

“You fretting?”

“About what?”

“You’re usually snuggled up to my son ‘bout this time of mornin’ You tell me, little gal.”

“Kumquats are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, either forming the genus Fortunella, or placed within Citrus sensu lato.”

Roy didn’t bat an eye. He was as used to her spouting off random nonsense as Jared was.

“Sumpin’ tells me it ain’t kumquats that’s got your rope in a twist.”

She managed a wry smile that didn’t have a whole lot of energy behind it. “No flies on you, Pappy.”

“Life changes ain’t easy. ‘Specially when they’re unexpected and as serious as having a baby and pledgin’ yer life to someone, young lady. But I remember what it was like when my wife was pregnant with Jared,” he said, a soft, reminiscent smile tugging at his mouth. “It can be nerve-wracking, but you ain’t seen nuttin’ yet. The hard work is after they’re born. Then, before you know it, you got yerself two strappin’ boys and they’re making you prouder than a peacock.”

“Well, this is something I don’t see every day. Poe out here doing chores when she could be sleeping. I’d rather she had been. I like waking up to my snugglebug.”

Jared stood in the barn doorway resting one broad shoulder against the frame, his thumbs hooked in his pockets as he studied her, a glint of amusement in his wonderful moss-green eyes. Smelling freshly showered and shaved, his t-shirt stretched over his wide chest, his smooth throat and arms tanned from the sun, he drew the eye and the senses.

From deep inside an upwelling of love hit her so hard she almost staggered. He regarded her with those compelling eyes. Then he stepped toward her as if his Pappy wasn’t standing there watching, and Poe waited for him, feeling as if the magic between them was as wonderful and new as the day he first laid eyes on her. When he reached her, his eyes crinkled up at the corners, and he bent his head and kissed her mouth.

She pressed herself against him, suddenly feeling like weeping. Needing his strength, and at the same time overwhelmed by it.

He lingered over her mouth, and when he pulled away, he said, “Good morning, beautiful.”

She cupped his jaw and smiled. “Good morning. Where are The Two and Daisy?”

“Chasing butterflies again and being a general nuisance to the livestock,” he said rolling his eyes.

“I think they’re going to miss being here when we leave tomorrow.”

He nodded, and suddenly his gaze sharpened. “You okay?”

“Yes, I’m fine,” she said, trying to dismiss that stupid, overbearing feeling. She was never morose. For her, Goth was a way of dressing, not a way of being. She smiled to alleviate his sudden tension.

He gave his pap a sidelong glance, but Roy had turned away and was heading for the third and final stall.

Jared bent down to grab a bale, his biceps bulging. He followed his pappy, flashing another grin over his shoulder. “I wanted to give you a proper wakeup call this morning,” he whispered.

She smiled and giggled. “You’re so bad.”

“No, darlin’. I’m good, and if you’d hung around this morning, you would have experienced all the goodness I had to offer.”

Poe glanced over at Jared’s father. “Well…” she said softly. “I’m feeling a bit tired…you know, with the pregnancy and all.”

He grinned from ear to ear.

“Git along then, cute lit’l doggie and I’ll…um…finish helping my pap and be there before you can say Old McDonald.”

She glanced down at his groin with an appreciative look on her face. “With the whole farm? I’m feeling the urge to moo right now.” Heat sizzled through her and she fanned herself. “I’m gittin’! And then I’ll be gettin’. Oooh, hurry up with the hay.”

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COVER REVEAL SQUEE SURPRISE!: FETCHED - POE'S WEDDING NOVELLA!

Sometimes the best laid plans lead to something even better. It was my intention to include Poe's wedding in Collared. I wrote it, but it just wasn't working in the flow of the story. Also, it was from Harper's point of view and I kept thinking how good it would have been to write it from Poe and Jared's point of view. So, as I was driving into work that morning, I got this gleam of an idea. Why don't I just take it out and make it a wedding novella. Then I could really do the story justice. Viola! Fetched was born. Then the idea just kept steamrolling along. Why don't I do the other three girls and each of their weddings. Bingo! Each wedding novella will include both the wedding and the honeymoon, are short reads of about 10 to 15K and will be released according to the order in which the dog park babes are getting married. These novellas are really meant as a companion read to go along with each of the Going to the Dogs Series books.

Here's the full deets on all the stories in the novella series:

Fetched: Poe and Jared from Hounded
Wedding Venue: Vegas Baby!
When: August
Reception: Sinclair Crowne Resort
Honeymoon Destination: Sinclair Villa, Gozo, Maltese archipelago, Mediterranean Sea - water sports, spectacular views, quaint villages

Tangled: Callie and Owen from Leashed
When: August
Wedding Venue: church where Callie was baptized, Harrison, New York
Reception: Callie's childhood home, backyard, Harrison, New York
Honeymoon Destination: Chile - winter sports in the Andes, cozy fireplaces
 
Handled: Drew and Brooke from Groomed for Murder
When: October
Wedding Venue: 620 Loft & Garden, New York City
Reception: The River Café, New York City
Honeymoon Destination - Portugal - colorful city, old world architecture, beautiful beaches
 
Captured: Harper and Caleb from Collared
When: May
Wedding Venue: The Plaza Hotel
Reception: The Plaza Hotel
Honeymoon Destination - Maui, Hawaii  - black sand beaches, Haleakala

Fetched will be releasing on October 28, 2013, two weeks after Collared. Here are the cover and description. Enjoy! ***Update! Had to push the release of this novel due to time constraints, but only by a couple of weeks! It'll be November 11 instead.**

 This cover was designed by the fabulous Robin at Robin Ludwig Designs, Inc

Genre: Contemporary Romantic Comedy

Release Date:  October 28, 2013

Description:

Poe is getting married and she’s having Jared’s baby. She’s gotten her happily ever after, but everything happened so fast, she’s barely had time to take it all in. She’s worried about her ability to be a good mother. Will her doubts overshadow these joyous occasions—her marriage and honeymoon with her sexy cowboy?

But, she’ll have to catch her breath on the run. Before she can say Zombie Apocalypse, she’s off to Vegas where all her friends and family are assembling. They have to put a wedding together in a week. Can the dog park babes come to her rescue to get this hitching to come off without a hitch?

Ah, wait, The Terrible Two are involved.

Here are the other Going to the Dogs series books

Leashed for Callie and Owen's story (Currently free)
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Groomed for Murder for Brooke and Drew's story
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Hounded for Poe and Jared's story.
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And, in case you want to read something else I've written, here's the first book in my New Adult Romance A Perfect Secret series:

A Perfect Mess
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