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Reader Question… Solved! What’s going on with Katherine Allred’s book What Price Paradise?

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Camille KNOWS what book she’s looking for, but wants to know why she can’t purchase it…

She asks:

Hi, Maryse!

I love Reader Questions and I am hoping that you can help me with a mystery I am curious about.

I am so eager to read Katherine Allred’s book What Price Paradise, but it is really hard to find any copies.

I haven’t seen a digital version online (admittedly, I only have only read Kindle and Apple digital books, so other formats are a bit foreign to me), and the print copies I have come across are very expensive (as in, almost 200$!!).  I’m even struggling to have a copy interlibrary loaned to my local branch for a variety of reasons. read more

Author News Round-up – October 9th 2014

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Lots of great GREAT news in our fabulous book world today (and over the last week or so)!! So look what I did. I compiled them all into a list. 😀 Authors and books and release dates, and covers, and sequels, and teasers, and super-steamy things to look at. *wheeeeeeeee!!* I love news day!

Okay so let’s see what’s coming up:

Thought you might be interested in hearing that PULL (Book Two of PUSH) will be released in digital format on November 6th!!!!

Cover Reveal for PULL (Part Two of PUSH)
Thursday, October 9th, is going to be very revealing!
Get your first look at the cover of PULL and read the book’s blurb read more

Author News & Writing Progress Updates – August 8th 2012

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So many of you have been asking,

“When is the sequel coming out?”

What sequel? Any sequel, ’cause if we loved the book, we want more! LOL! Here are the tidbits I’ve found so far. 🙂

  • BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!!! Sylvia Day just announced the THIRD book in her amazing “Crossfire” trilogy. Title —> Entwined with You (A Crossfire Novel) – expected release date is December 31st 2012 and IT IS ready for pre-order!!! (thank you, Christina, for that update). Don’t forget, book #2 Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel will be out Oct 2nd.
  • Christine Zolendz is writing a sequel to Fall From Grace as we speak. Here is her latest blog post (as of August 4th 2012):

“Okay.  I’m writing way too fast and now I have HUGE holes in the entire plot and it’s like reading a different language now. I had to go back and make someone die.  I bet some of you are screaming at me right now. Sorry, plot holes suck.  And not in a good way.”

  • JM Darhower of the “Sempre (Forever)” sensation is also working on it’s sequel as we speak. Here is an update from her blog as of May 2nd 2012
“”I’m writing a sequel to Sempre right now, which means a lot more editing in my future… real editing, where I have to make srs bsns decisions about what to cut and where to condense and if a scene is REALLY necessary (*struggles to accept it’s not ALL necessary*).”
  • —-> FREEBIE ALERT!! & RELEASE Update: The sequel to The Future of Our Past (The Remembrance Trilogy) by Kahlen Aymes has JUST been released!! It is called —>Don’t Forget to Remember Me. Oh right and to celebrate the new release, the author is giving away book #1 free, right now on Amazon. Go get it!! —> The Future of Our Past (lots of great reviews, and this one has been mentioned to me quite a few times. You guessed it! It’s now very high on my TBR list).
  • Fans of “Seduction and Snacks (Chocolate Lovers)” by Tara Sivec REJOICE!!! She has just announced that the sequel, “Futures and Frosting” is expected to be released October 1st 2012. <—– Thank you Marcia, for that update!!! P.S. Yet another book that is high on my TBR list. I have heard nothing but awesomeness about it, especially just how funny it is. Ahhhhh if reading could be my day job… just sending my wish out there 😉 LOL!! 
  • Jamie McGuire has just updated us on a “Walking Disaster” tidbit (the sequel to my absolute favorite “Beautiful Disaster“):
“Over 36,000 words in four days. I am going to finish this book before I deliver this baby even if my fingers are whittled down to tiny nubs, so help me God.”
  • Fans of TJ Klune’s Bear, Otter, and the Kid and the sequel Who We Are? I am!! And guess what. He’s just finished another book. UPDATE NOTE: Not related to Bear/Otter series but here’s what he had to say:
“Oh, and on the 33rd day of writing it, I finished my next novel, Just The Way You Are.

!!!!!!!!It’s a little bit shorter than WWA, but in my opinion, 10x funnier. I pulled out all my funny tricks for JTWYA and I hope you all will laugh at Paul, Vince, and Helena Handbasket as much as I did (there might be a tear or two there as well… I’m a jerk like that).
What’s next? Finishing up the BOATK short to celebrate BOATK’s birthday on 8/12/12.
  • Anxiously awaiting the sequel to Crow’s Row by Julie Hockley? I know I am! The author has just recently had a baby (she now has 2 kids, under 2!), but has updated us with this tidbit on her newly designed webpage:
“… busy writing the sequel to Crow’s Row!  Check back often for news about my progress.  So far, a few chapters into the sequel…still no title!”
  • Karina Halle has just updated us with some exciting news about a new book (not EIT related) but OMG rock stars! “The Devil’s Metal” is expected out in September and here is what she told me about it: “… it follows an aspiring college-aged music journalist who gets to tour with her favorite band and gets close to the alcoholic, enigmatic singer that she’s been crushing on for years.”

here is the official awesome sounding book blurb. Blurb? Why does that word make me laugh?: read more

Today’s Latest Author & Book News – August 1st 2012

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Lots of GREAT & exciting author news today, and some “teaser” treats, too!!

  • Sylvia Day has released an awesome teaser for her upcoming book Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel (Ahhhh Gideon… You bad, bad boy!! *giggle*)
  • S.C. Stephens… speaking of bad boys, another one of our favorites has his own little “sneak peak” for us! Here’s a snippet from her upcoming book in the Thoughtless series —> “Reckless”
  • Of course, the bad boy news can’t be complete without an update from my favorite —> Travis!!! So guess what? Beautiful Disaster will be a movie!!! Jamie McGuire’s Beautiful Disaster news just keeps coming!! *squeeeeeee* It’s just wayyyy too exciting and I’ll admit to being a bit nervous considering… I mean. Who are they gonna pick for him!? He’s just such bad-boy perfection! And here’s another interesting article/perspective about the upcoming movie that Jamie enjoyed.
  • Jamie McGuire also requested a little favor, on Facebook!! 😉 She said:

“Vote for Beautiful Disaster’s cover at RT…because I’m competitive and like to win things!”

And the indie publishing success news just keeps on coming!! Karina Halle of the awesome Experiment in Terror series has just signed on with a big time agent!! Check out the great news on her blog post. K.A. Linde’s brand new release BUT already HUGELY successful

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Today’s Latest Author & Book News + Freebie & Bargain e-Books!!

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Cherrie Lynn’s book cover reveal for her upcoming “Leave Me Breathless” release (Nov. 2012)
  • This news is a week old, however I wanted to congratulate Jamie McGuire on this amazing development!! Beautiful Disaster AND the current book she is writing (Travis’s POV called Walking Disaster) have been picked up by Simon & Schuster!!! Check out the article here. Jamie also updates us with this news: “Beautiful Disaster’s AUDIO BOOK will be available 8/14! REALLY excited to hear it!”
  • Colleen Hoover’s books, Slammed &  Point of Retreat (yes BOTH of them) have made this week’s NYT Best Seller’s LIST!!!! Woooohoooo our favorite authors are rocking the charts!! (hee hee)
She says:
“Y’all are the best! Thank you so much for helping get both Slammed and Point of Retreat in the top 20 of the New York Times!!! Y’all butterflying rock!!!”
She also linked up an enthusiastic, customized “screen shot” of her books on there. Gotta see it!
  • Check out the entire NYT Best Sellers list here!! Of course, you’ll notice the entire Fifty Shades Trilogy is still on there, and so is Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel!!
  • Maya Banks, Lynsay Sands, Caroline Hanson will be at the RWA Convention next week!
  • Stephanie Campbell’s latest YA release (Delicate) is now available! Oh looks good! Something about a boyfriend that gets a little too intense when a new guy shows up in school. Eeeep!!
  • Liz Reinhardt also just released a YA novel “Inherit” (YA mature paranormal)
  • Nicole Williams has just released a new book entitled CRASH. There’s a bad boy… hehe. Enough said. 😉
  • Tiffany Snow has just released one chapter of her upcoming “Turning Point” the next book in the “Kathleen Turner Series” (full book expected release date December 2012)
  • Sylvia Day updates us on her experience at the latest Comic Con
  • Cherrie Lynn gives us a wonderful sneak peek at her “Leave Me Breathless” book cover. Ghost and Macy’s book and OMG is it ever Fantastic. For this eof you who have read her book “Rock Me” , (with one of my absolute favorite tattooed bad boy heroes), this will be the next book. SO VERY excited!!!
        Now for the goodies!!!

NOTE: Free and bargain priced when I added them, but prices can change on Amazon, so make sure to check before you finalize your order.

Free and bargain e-books that you can read on your Kindle, or even on your computer with the Kindle software. (NOOK USERS: I’ve been told that often, many of these freebies and bargains are also available on the Nook).

FREEBIE Alerts!

          

Bargain Alerts!

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