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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

SPOTLIGHT ON TINA BASS

Author Interview

 
Author Name: Tina Bass
State where you live: Virginia
A Little about yourself:
Let's see a little about me. I'm getting ready to 'get away' for summer vacation with my best friend. A week of just girl time! Actually I've been ready since the first snow flake fell, but then again I'm not a winter person. But it's not all fun and games. The setting is a lake house that just 'happens' to play into The Safe Series story lines.
  1. Is being an Author what you thought you would do with your life?
Honestly, it was the last thing I ever thought I would do.
  1. What made you decide to be an Author?
I don’t know if I ‘decided’ to do it or not. As long as I can remember I’ve always had “stories” in my head, but never thought that much about. I just assumed everyone did. Then I jokingly made a comment about writing a book to a friend of mine. She told me that if I did she would help me all she could. So I sat down and just started writing and before I knew it, His Safe Keeping, was published.
  1. What would you tell any new authors that are breaking into the business?
I’m pretty new myself, so I still have so much to learn, but I would say that if you can’t spend a lot of time (or money) on writing, editing, advertising, promoting, and just getting your work out there, then I would consider looking into going with a publishing company. And, keep writing!!
  1. What is the strangest thing you have written about?
Well if you ask anyone who has known me since school age then every one of them (including me) would say the whole process of me writing is strange. All through school, and even years after, I never liked reading. It has only been in the past five or six years that I started to enjoy reading. So for me to not only write a book, but to now be working on my third book, that is very strange. But, it’s a good kind of strange.
  1. What is the hardest part of being an author?
Finding the time to write. Some days I have so much going on that I barely have the time to write a sentence. And at times I sit down to write for “just a little while,” and before I know it hours have passed and it’s way past my bed time. Of course, I end up paying for that the next day. I’m way too old to pull an all-nighter.
  1. Do you love what you do?
I do. I truly love putting the stories that are in my head on paper and sharing them.
  1. Do you have a family?
Yes. I have three children of my own. Three that feel like my own; and four (and one on the way), grandbabies.
  1. What was your first published work?
His Safe Keeping.
  1. What are you currently working on? Can you share any of it with us?
Right now I’m working on book 3 of the Safe Series, Safe in the Storm. Yep, it’s Storm’s turn, and everyone who has read Safe With Him has already met Storm. Now there will be more of Storm, and Storm and Bree’s past, as well as what happened with Lizzy.
  1. New release book cover?
TINA BASS Teaser
My newest is Safe With Him, book 2 of The Safe Series:
  1. Have you ever wanted to quit writing? If so, why?
Not yet, lol. Then again, I’m still very new. But, I really don’t see me wanting to quit any time soon. I’ve got too many stories still to share.
  1. What genres do you write?
Contemporary romance with a light erotic touch.
  1. Anything else you would like to share?
Next month my small little town, Appomattox, will be having a five-day sesquicentennial celebration, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lee's surrender to Grant, which ended the Civil War.
  1. Give us some unusual fun facts about you.
I don’t know how “unusual” it is because for me, it’s pretty normal, but I’m a true sweet freak. And I say freak because I freakin love sweets. I eat some kind of sweet, usually in the candy variety, every single day. I have, on numerous occasions, bought birthday cake; just because. Just because I love birthday cake. My kids are used to this so they think nothing of seeing birthday cake in the house when it’s not even close to being anyone-that-we-know’s birthday. But, hey, every day is someone’s birthday. So I’m just helping them celebrate.
  1. Share with us your links. (Facebook, Tumbler, Twitter, Instagram, Etc)
Facebook The Safe Series Group: http://tiny.cc/75mcvx
Amazon Author Page: http://tiny.cc/yqkcvx
(I also have) YouTube Channel Book Playlist: http://tiny.cc/17lcvx

Monday, March 16, 2015

Emma Fitzgerald and Velvet Reeds Book Sale Blitz



I hope you will check out the sale of both of my good friends books today! Their books are the best on the market!

Also please only Share Emma's Amazon US link as unfortunately the others will not now be on sale. 


Author Velvet Reed and  Author Emma Fitzgerald have placed their current books on sale for 99cents for a limited time. Make sure to #oneclick your copy.


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The Rhythm of My Heart (Matters of the Heart #1) by Velvet Reed

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20504580-the-rhythm-of-my-heart

** This book is recommended for people over 18 years due to strong language and sexual content.**


** This book is NOT a standalone. The series NEEDS be read in order to fully understand the story.**


SYNOPSIS


Grace Rivers is your everyday twenty-five year old. She could have the world at her feet, but instead chooses to help run the family business. After experiencing great loss early in her life, Grace values what's most important: her family and friends. But she aches to find that certain someone—that one great, passionate love who values family as much as she does.


Cole Tierney loves his life. He has a wonderful family, a loyal best friend and a successful career as an ER doctor. The only downside is he wants someone to share it with. After being used and left heartbroken, he wants to find someone who will love him for him and not his or his family's status. 


"Every beat my heart makes is for you. Every time it beats faster it's because of you—because you're near me, because of your smile—because you take my breath away." 


Their two hearts collide by chance and an undeniable connection is quickly made.


But when others are plotting against their happiness, will their love flatline, or will the rhythm of their hearts continue to beat as one?


 PURCHASE LINKS

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Amazon US Paperbackhttp://amzn.to/1CbyXGi
Barnes & Noblehttp://bit.ly/1slGVWq




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Saving Our Hearts (Matters of the Heart #2) 

by Velvet Reed

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21891812-saving-our-hearts



** This book is recommended for people over 18 years due to strong language and sexual content.**
** This book is NOT a standalone. The series NEEDS be read in order to fully understand the story.**


SYNOPSIS
When your whole world shatters and time stands still, recovery is never easy. Plans and dreams, ripped apart now seem impossible and finding a steady rhythm for your beating heart seems unattainable. 


Cole Tierney and Grace Rivers had a bright, uncomplicated future ahead of them, but the accident changed that. In the aftermath, there are wide reaching consequences, not only for Cole and Grace, but their loved ones too.


Only together can they battle to survive the impact. Is it enough for them to heal and fight for their future? 


With just one glimmer of hope before them, will a small miracle have the strength to save their hearts?


 PURCHASE LINKS

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Amazon US Kindlehttp://amzn.to/1BcNGLC
Amazon US Paperbackhttp://amzn.to/1CbzfwL
Barnes & Noble http://bit.ly/18hAI8P




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ABOUT VELVET REED 

Velvet Reed is the pen name of an avid book lover turned writer. 


Born and raised in Sydney, Australia; she is a city girl at heart but loves the laid back lifestyle of living in country New South Wales. Married to her first and only love, she is a devoted mother of three who juggles her very active children and their many extracurricular activities, working in the middle of the night, running a blog, and writing.




Velvet's love of reading was realized only 4 short years ago after the death of her amazing father. She used the escape into the fictional world to help her through her grief and post natal depression, not releasing the great impact so many talented authors would have on her life.


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Oceans Apart by Emma Fitzgerald



Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22604465-oceans-apart


SYNOPSIS
Nobody ever cares about second place. Nashville native, Annie Scott, knows second place well. She has never been anyone’s priority and is sick of being an option. In a snap decision, she flees her hometown for the unknown shores of Sydney, Australia; hoping the enforced solitude will give her back her identity and kick-start a new life. Fate throws her in the path of Cam Hart. The Professional surfer is wallowing in self-pity after his recent embarrassing loss. The idea of losing himself in-between the sheets for some no-strings fun definitely has appeal and Cam believes he has found the perfect girl to distract him. The two drifting souls soon discover their chemistry and passion is more than they bargained for. When fate throws Annie and Cam together, both afraid and uncertain, will they be allow themselves to be swept along in the tide of possibility?


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ABOUT EMMA FITZGERALD



Emma Fitzgerald is a lover of words. The way they are weaved and worked to make people and places come alive and how they can draw the reader into worlds their imagination had never even dreamed of. Emma has loved reading and writing since the day her life was first touched with the gift of a 100 year old copy of 'Emma' by Jane Austen. She soon discovered that the written word could transport her, not only across the world, but across time. Emma loves a 'Happily Ever After' and has found her own HEA with her amazing husband. They and their three children live in Southern Australia.


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