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LAST CHANCE TO RUN, by New York Times bestseller Dianna Love

To an undercover agent, she’s a Person of Interest.  He’s interested. Escaping the compound of a deadly international felon—with a fortune in rare, stolen coins hidden on her body—elite athlete Angel Farentino has to make the most important run of her life. Literally. One step ahead of lethal men and dogs on her trail, she runs into the arms of a dark stranger willing to help her if she’d let him.  Between figuring out who’s sabotaging his undercover work for the DEA and trying to save his baby sister from herself, the last thing Zane Jackson needs is to get entangled with a woman who’s treading on the wrong side of the law.  But when the long-legged distraction races into the middle of his operation and stows away on his plane, a primal need to protect forces Zane to risk everything, starting with his heart.

THE LAIRD by USA Today bestseller Sandy Blair

Cursed on his death bed centuries ago, the laird of Castle Blackstone, Duncan MacDougall, wanders the echoing halls of his island-bound home as a ghost. Knowing only one woman has the power to set him free, he follows his castle’s newest mistress with great interest as she tours her inheritance for the first time. Could this plain, odd woman from across the sea be the one? Raised in the New York foster care system, street-wise catering director Beth Pudding isn’t easily frightened. But then she isn’t alone in her new home. A handsome specter with piercing blue eyes is following her every move as she evaluates the wisdom of keeping her inheritance, a decrepit island-bound castle. Who is he? And what does he want?

DEADLY PURSUIT by USA Today bestseller Misty Evans

Her sting operation put a ruthless criminal in prison.

One year ago, rookie FBI agent Celina Davenport pulled off the ultimate undercover operation…she seduced Emilio Londano – the dangerous leader of the San Diego Mafia – and destroyed his illegal empire.

Now he’s escaped and looking for revenge.

When Londano escapes a maximum security prison and begins picking off Celina’s friends and coworkers, everyone she knows becomes a target. Including DEA agent Cooper Harris, the man who once broke her heart and is now assigned to be her bodyguard.

How far will they go to stop him?

Cooper must risk his career – and his heart – to keep Celina alive. But will their past, with its forbidden passions and impulsive choices, put them directly in the killer’s crosshairs?

DOG COLLAR CRIME by USA Today bestseller Adrienne Giordano

Out of work and down on her luck, Lucie Rizzo is forced to move home to her nutty, mob-infested family. A move that also brings her back into the tempting arms of Frankie Falcone, the ex that never fails to make her heart sit up and beg.

When Lucie parlays her temporary dog-walking gig into a career making fancy dog accessories, she is thrown into an investigation that’s more Goodfellas than good doggie. One that could shatter her new life and her second chance at love.

INVISIBLE MAGIC by Amazon bestseller Mary Buckham

To save the innocent, Alex must call upon her untested abilities, but at what cost?

Hidden from a world unaware of magic, a recently and only partially trained group of operatives known as the Invisible Recruits are the only ones willing to stand between mankind and those powerful preternatural factions seeking to change the balance of power and gain world domination.

Alex Noziak, part witch/part shaman, anticipates facing dangerous preternaturals out for blood . . not fashion week. But when the rookie agent is sent undercover to find out who, or what, is behind a series of world-wide thefts of top-secret intelligence, Alex tangles with the Seekers.

Seekers hunt gifted human individuals like Alex and her squad whose rare powers can keep the balance between human and nonhuman squarely on the side of the humans. Her simple assignment turns into a battle of survival for everyone involved when she crosses Bran, a mysterious warlock, who might be her only ally or worst enemy.

THE MERZETTI EFFECT by Amazon bestseller Norah Wilson

Dr. Delano Bowen has searched over a century for a cure for his vampirism, as well as a vaccine to protect the vulnerable. At last, he thinks he’s found it in Ainsley Crawford, a descendent of the Merzettis, a family hunted to virtual extinction by vampires who feared the anti-vampirism properties in their blood. Ainsley has no idea of the genetic gift she carries, and Delano wants to keep it that way. With the lives of innocents at stake, he cannot gamble on her cooperation. But when his arch enemy sets out to destroy him and the fruits of his research, Ainsley is in grave peril. Delano must draw her closer to protect her. When attraction flares, hot and urgent, Ainsley sees no reason to resist it, but Delano knows she could literally be the death of him.

OUT OF FOCUS by Amazon bestseller Nancy Naigle

Kasey Phillips thinks her biggest problem is deciding whether to photograph Cody Tuggle’s honky-tonkin’ tour, until an accident on Route 58 claims the life of her husband. 

In a desperate race against time as a hurricane threatens the eastern seaboard, they search for her three-year-old son who is missing from the wreckage.

A community and friends rally to help, but someone knows more than they are telling.

A CHARMING CRIME by Amazon bestseller Tonya Kappes

***2013 eFestival of Words Fantasy Novel Finalist***

Bubble... Bubble...

June Heal has nothing to lose when she relocates her homeopathic cure shop, A Dose of Darla, from the flea market booth in her home town, to a quaint shop in the cozy but unusual little town of Whispering Falls, Kentucky. Or so it seems.

Cures and trouble...

Whispering Falls has a lot of secrets. From talking snow globes to whispering animals not to mention a few sprinkles of fairy dust, June realizes Whispering Falls is more magical than she thought. . .literally.

Magic stirs...

June discovers she was born into a family of psychics, and her homeopathic cures truly are magical. Unfortunately, they are not magical enough to save her from being the number one murder suspect when a member of the community that she had just had a disagreement with shows up face down in the lake with June’s lucky charm in the victim’s grasp.

And troubles double...

Add to that an attraction to her high school best friend, Sheriff Oscar Park and Mr. Prince Charming, her cat, is stealing charms from Belle’s Baubles, June is forced to clear her name in more ways than murder. After all, they don’t have cauldrons in jail.

A Charming Crime is book one of the bestselling Magical Cures Mystery series. Come walk around Whispering Falls for a fun, fantasy mystery with magic and romance. You won't want to leave.

DEADLY RELATIONS by Amazon bestseller Alexa Grace

Detective Jennifer Brennan, still haunted by her abduction five years before, devotes her life to serve and protect others.  So when three young women go missing and are found murdered on her watch, she vows to find the killer — or die trying. 

A personal relationship with her partner, Detective Blake Stone, would be career suicide. But the connection Jennifer has with him is nothing short of electric.  Working with Blake daily and denying her attraction is hard.  But when he moves in to protect her, resisting him becomes pure torture.

As they fight temptation, two detectives race against time to find the killer before he strikes again.  It is the most important case of their careers.  It could be their last.

Bonus Young Adult book: TIME TRAP by Amazon bestseller Micah Caida

Her memory is blank. Her future's in question. Her power is dangerous.

Waking up in an unknown world, Rayen learns only that she’s seventeen and is hunted by a sentient beast.  Terrified that she may never learn who she really is or find her way back to her home, she’s captured in a land that is at times familiar even if the people and the structures seem alien.  When local law enforcement delivers her to a private school, she’s labeled as a Native American runaway, and Rayen discovers a secret with deadly repercussions.  Forced into an unlikely alliance with a computer savvy street punk and a gifted oddball girl to save their world - and the future – Rayen finds the key to an identity that no girl would want and a strange seventeen-year-old boy who is as deadly as he is attractive.

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TWENTY FIVE BY RACHEL HAMM & GIVEAWAY

Abigail Bronsen is sure her life is going nowhere when she turns twenty-five and realizes she hasn't done anything on a list of goals she made for herself as a teenager. Ben Harris is looking to find "the one" after his last girlfriend cheated on him. When they crash into each other, it appears they've both found exactly what they wanted. A year of firsts follows: first date, first kiss, first “I love you’s.” The first fight is inevitable, but neither of them saw a breakup coming. When Abigail is offered a job overseas, they’ll discover that no relationship is perfect and even true love sometimes finds itself separated by time and distance.

Twenty Five will be FREE for Kindle from August 29-31.  

Be sure to take advantage and download it!!!

Q&A With the Author:

When did you know you wanted to become an author?

I've written a lot throughout my life.  In middle school and high school, I wrote cheesy short stories and poems full of teenage angst and despair.  I kept journals after journals full of more angst and despair.  In the back of my mind, I always imagined writing a novel, but in the same way I imagined winning the Best Actress Academy Award - it would be the coolest thing in the world, but the likelihood of it happening was a billion to one.  

I was twenty-four years old, living with my parents, stuck in a crappy job, and I just decided to go for it.  I wrote and wrote and wrote, not really caring if anyone ever read it or if it was any good, I just needed to get the words on the page.  When I finished it, that's when I knew.  And suddenly, it didn't seem like such a long shot.

Where did you come up with the premise for Twenty-Five?

There's a part in the book where Abby, the main character, is telling Ben, the other main character, about Jane Austen and how much Austen's writing means to her.  She says, "She wrote the love stories she never got to experience."  That's what Twenty-Five is for me.  The love story I've always wanted.  I didn't have to come up with the premise, it was what I wanted the most in the world and so I put it into words, pages, and chapters.

Describe your book in three words.

This is the hardest question!   Sweet, simple, enchanting

What can your readers expect next from you?

I'm working on two books right now.  The first is a fantasy about a community of merpeople who do not have the ability to love.  It's called The Maidening Ceremony and I'm hoping it will be ready for purchase by the beginning of the year.  The second I've recently started writing, but I'm very excited about it.  The working title is Lark, and the premise centers around the idea that everyone is born with a "life mate," or the person they are intended for.  But what happens when you can't find that person?  I hope to have the first draft finished before November so I can begin working on something new for NANOWRIMO.  Several readers have asked about a sequel to Twenty-Five, and I'm not ruling it out, but at this point I don't have another interesting story to tell about the characters and I don't want to write a sequel unless it really adds to their story.

Thank you, Rachel, for taking the time to stop by Book Mama Blog!  I can't wait to read Twenty Five!

Rachel was born in Buffalo, NY, but raised in Burlington, NC.  Thanks to her northern parents and being raised in the south, she likes to say she got the best of both worlds: (soda) pop and terrible sports teams (go Bills!), grits and southern hospitality.  For her, little things in life are the ones to be the most passionate about.  Sunkist.  Getting pedicures.  Her dvd collection.  A really great pen.  Twenty-Five is her proudest accomplishment.  Rachel now lives in Raleigh, NC, but someday hopes to make it to London. 

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copy of Twenty Five!  

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Divided by Livia Jamerlan - Cover and Q&A

Alani LaBelle has it all, great job, amazing friends, and a loving fiancé. Traveling to Las Vegas with her girlfriends for her bachelorette party was supposed to be a fun girl’s weekend. She never expected on her last night in Las Vegas her path would cross with Ryan Kraft. A complete gentleman who is also sweet, kind and extremely sexy. The sexual chemistry she feels for him is undeniable. Though it is only a few hours they share she feels a connection with him. Thinking it may be cold feet she brushes it off and tries to focus on her loving fiancé Marco.

Days before her wedding days she calls it off as her world gets ripped apart. 

Needing to escape her reality she travel to Grand Forks North Dakota the place Ryan is from. She tries to convince herself and her friends that she isn't going there for him, but she is relived when their paths cross again.

A friendship between Ryan and Alani grows rapidly. Innocent at first but always pushing for more. As she is ready to come home, their friendship take a turn when Ryan asks her to stay with him. As they journey together in a new relationship Alani has to adapt to life in a new city, new job, as well as dealing with Ryan's ex-girlfriend Stephanie who is waiting for the perfect moment to get Ryan back.

Will Alani's love for Ryan be enough for her to stay with him through turmoil? Will Ryan have room in his heart for her love? Will he have time for their relationship with what life throws at him?

When did you know you wanted to become an author?

To be honest, I can’t really answer that. Never in a million years did I ever think I would write a book. I kept journals throughout my life, but just as a way to vent and get my feelings across, or as a way to reflect on my day. A little over three years ago, I began to read any book that was suggested to me as a good romance novel.  After a couple of recommendations, I began to read four to five books a week.  An idea for a book popped into my head, which was different than “Divided”.  I shared it with a friend and she suggested that I put it down on paper. At first, it was supposed to be for fun and a way to relax, but when the idea of “Divided” began to develop, I could not stop writing.  This is when I knew I wanted to become an author.

Where did you come up with the premise for your book?
I was stuck in traffic in New York City, when the story came to me. I, like Alani in the book, went to Las Vegas for my bachelorette party. I met a variety of different people and listened to their love stories. Each one more fascinating then the other from there I could no longer control it, the story formed, the characters came to me, and I began to write.

Describe your book in three words.

Struggle from within.

Three reasons people should read your book?

One, I poured my heart into this book, living and breathing for my characters until I was able to finish their story. Two, I feel that this book is different from others.  It may seem like a love triangle at first but there are twists that I think will have readers turning page after page.  Three, the storyline is inspired by people in my life and the events in the book are relatable to anyone who is reading it. I hope that everyone will go on the same roller coaster ride I did while writing it.

What can your readers expect next from you?
Before I started to write “Divided”, I was working on a book that I was never able to finish. It’s been a bit of a challenge with working on the edits for “Divided”.  Now that “Divided” is done, I am focusing on completing my other book, which I hope to release by early 2014. 

Livia Jamerlan is a hopeless romantic she is always looking for her next love story to pop in her head. Though Livia kept a journal throughout her early life, she never thought about pursuing a career in writing, she always used it for a form of therapy, pouring her heart out into words. It wasn’t until a story developed in her head that she decided that maybe she could write a book. At first it was just an escape from reality but now she use it as a power to put all her feelings, hopes, and fears on paper. Deciding it was time to tell her story she began to write, with each passing day the story grew, characters we formed, and what seemed like a hobby at first has now become a passion for Livia. 

When Livia is not writing she is spending time with her husband and their two dogs, she might also be curled up with a new book, or she is out traveling the country to support indie authors at their book signings.

HUGE INDIE EVENT & GIVEAWAY!!!

It's no surprise that I love my indie authors and books!  I am hosting a bunch of my favorite indie authors and giving away one e-book from each of them!  This giveaway is open internationally and ONE LUCKY WINNER will receive an e-book from each of these amazing and talented authors!  Now let's meet these lovely ladies and read about the books you can win!

An avid reader and writer, Tracie Banister has been scribbling stories since she was a child, most of them featuring feisty heroines with complicated love lives like her favorite fictional protagonist Scarlett O'Hara. Her debut Chick Lit novel, BLAME IT ON THE FAME, is being released in January, 2012. She resides in the South and enjoys watching TV, going to the theatre, finding talented, new writers, and spending time with her three adorable rescue dogs.

Lending a sympathetic ear and dispensing sage words of advice is all part of the job for psychologist Pilar Alvarez, and she’s everything a good therapist should be: warm, compassionate, supportive. She listens, she cares, and she has all the answers, but how’s the woman everyone turns to in their hour of need supposed to cope when her own life starts to fall apart? While working hard to make a success of her recently-opened practice in trendy South Beach, Pilar must also find time to cater to the demands of her boisterous Cuban family, which includes younger sister Izzy, an unemployed, navel-pierced wild child who can't stay out of trouble, and their mother, a beauty queen turned drama queen who’s equally obsessed with her fading looks and getting Pilar married before it’s “too late.” Although she’d like to oblige her mother and make a permanent love connection, Pilar’s romantic prospects look grim. Her cheating ex, who swears that he’s reformed, is stalking her. A hunky, but strictly off-limits, patient with bad-boy appeal and intimacy issues is making passes. And the sexy shrink in the suite across the hall has a gold band on his left ring finger. When a series of personal and professional disasters lead Pilar into the arms of one of her unsuitable suitors, she's left shaken, confused, and full of self-doubt. With time running out, she must make sense of her feelings and learn to trust herself again so that she can save her business, her family, and most importantly, her heart.

Samantha Stroh Bailey has been a writer ever since she could pick up a pen. In fact, she even sent her first manuscript, Freddy the Flame, to publishers when she was ten years old (it was rejected) and a lifelong passion to write was born.

After 15 years of teaching ESL to adults, including at the University of Toronto, she decided to live her dreams of being a fulltime writer and editor. Now the owner of Perfect Pen Communications, she not only gets to write novels, but also writes and edits for magazines, websites, businesses, students and other writers.

Her work has appeared in Now Magazine, The Village Post, Oxford University Press, Abilities Magazine, on mommyish.com and many other publications. Samantha also has a Master of Education in Applied Linguistics.

She lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. Finding Lucas is her first novel.

Can you ever really go back to the past? After five long years of living with Derek, her former bad boy turned metrosexual boyfriend, Jamie Ross finally reaches her breaking point. She's had enough of his sneering disdain for her second hand wardrobe, unusual family and low-paying job as the associate producer of Chicago's sleaziest daytime talk show. When her new boss plans a segment on reuniting lost loves, Jamie remembers Lucas, her first love and the boy she'd lost ten years earlier. Spurred on by her gang of quirky friends, Jamie goes on a hilarious, disastrous and life changing hunt to track Lucas down. But will finding Lucas give Jamie everything she's looking for?

Born and raised in the Midwest, Libby Mercer's adventurous spirit kicked in after graduating from high school, and she's since lived in Boston, NYC and London. For several years, Libby worked in fashion - first as a journalist and then as a shopkeeper, and for a while she dabbled in design. Libby has been a writer for as long as she can remember. She penned her first book at age seven - a picture book entitled BIG and small. Countless numbers of stories later, her first book, Fashioning a Romance, was published in May 2012, followed by Unmasking Maya and The Karmic Connection. Libby lives in San Francisco.

Guilty of nothing more than working too much - or so they say - Adam Stowe is dumped at a "wellness center" in the middle of nowhere by a couple of concerned colleagues. When he meets Lorraine, the beautiful and bewitching yoga instructor, his spirits start to lift, but once he discovers what a flighty fruitcake she is, they drop back down to subterranean levels. 
For Lorraine Jameson, Luna Wellness Center was a beacon of solace when her life was falling apart, and she can't stand the way Adam's toxic energy is poisoning the peace. He embodies everything negative about the life she discarded eighteen months ago. Despite being fiercely attracted to the arrogant man, she's determined not to let Adam Stowe anywhere near her heart. 
Adam and Lorraine couldn't be more unsuitable as a potential couple... so why is the universe so dead set on uniting these two? 

Brea Brown lives in Springfield, Missouri, with her husband and three sons, but her international support network stretches as far as Australia. Her published novels are "Daydreamer," "The Secret Keeper," "The Secret Keeper Confined," "The Secret Keeper Up All Night," "The Secret Keeper Holds On," "The Secret Keeper Lets Go," "Plain Jayne," and "Quiet, Please!"

In the fifth installment of Brea Brown’s much-beloved series, the lovably flawed "secret keeper," Peyton Northam, suspects the people closest to her are keeping some pretty big things from her. Once the center of her circle of friends, she's now no longer the go-to confidante. She'd always thought this would be a welcome relief, but instead finds it frustrating and hurtful to always be the last to know everything. And that's what seems to be happening more and more often. She wants to know as much as she doesn't want to know, and it's starting to make her nuts. Or is that just the hormones taking over for the perpetually pregnant pastor's wife? At the same time, Peyton's ever-developing drive to do the right thing is hampering her ability to keep certain secrets. Now, she may have to let go of a confidence that has been nagging at her conscience for years. But is it really her secret to tell?

A born & bred New Yorker, Meredith Schorr discovered her passion for writing when she began to enjoy drafting work-related emails way more than she was probably supposed to, and was famous among her friends for writing witty birthday cards. After dabbling in children’s stories and blogging her personal experiences, Meredith found her calling writing “real” chick lit for real women. When Meredith is not hard at work on her current work in progress, she spends her days as a trademark paralegal at a law firm in New York City. Meredith is a loyal New York Yankees fan and an avid runner. She also loves to read and is always on the lookout for her new favorite author. A State of Jane is her 2nd novel.

What happens when your high school nemesis becomes the shining star in a universe you pretty much saved? Book blogger Kimberly Long is about to find out. A chick lit enthusiast since the first time she read “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” Kim, with her blog, “Pastel is the New Black,” has worked tirelessly by night to keep the genre alive, and help squash the claim that “chick lit is dead” once and for all. Not bad for a woman who by day ekes out a meager living as a pretty, and pretty-much-nameless, legal secretary in a Manhattan law firm. While Kim’s day job holds no passion for her, the handsome (and shaving challenged) associate down the hall is another story. Yet another story is that Hannah Marshak, one of her most hated high school classmates, has now popped onto the chick lit scene with a hot new book that’s turning heads—and pages—a cross the land. It’s also popped into Kim’s inbox—for review. With their ten-year high school reunion drawing near, Kim’s coming close to combustion over the hype about Hannah’s book. And as everyone around her seems to be moving on and up, she begins to question whether being a “blogger girl” makes the grade in her off-line life.

Hi! I'm Nicky Wells, your ultimate rock chick author. Signed to US Publisher, Sapphire Star Publishing, I write Romance That Rocks Your World, featuring the rock star and the girl next door. My books offer glitzy, glamorous contemporary romance with a rock theme ~ imagine Bridget Jones ROCKS Notting Hill! If you've ever had a crush on any kind of celebrity ~ rock, pop, movie or other ~ you'll connect with my heroes and my leading ladies!
I love listening to rock music, dancing, and eating lobsters. When I'm not writing, I'm a wife, mother, and occasional teaching assistant.

Her famous star remains her rock while life takes her on a little detour ... Who says that the road towards true love is straight and even?  Sophie is certainly discovering that it is anything but.

So she has finally found the man of her dreams.  Well ... she knows who he is, even though she hasn't actually quite met him yet.  But she misses her opportunity, and then her life goes crazy.  Rock star and ex-fiance', Dan, keeps getting in the way of her new romance - even if he is just trying to be helpful.  A fire, an impromptu mini trip with Dan, and a dreaded wedding later, Sophe is still struggling to meet the love of her life.  Then, just as she is getting it together with her perfect man, best friend Rachel commits an act of unspeakable betrayal.  Sophie has had enough.  Confused and distraught, she decides that it is time for a radical change.  Surprising herself and shocking her friends, she embarks on a secret journey and eventually gets her life back on track.

Jen Tucker has been a Girl Scout cookie schlepper, piano lesson skipper, backstroke award winner, highway U-turn ticket receiver, tattoo envier, Jack Wagner hard-crusher, infomercial addict anonymous member, $13.55 Bingo jackpot winner, Grammy award winning singer Seal stalker with her friend Julie, and never wore stilettos while doing any of the above due to the fact that she has horrible bunions. She wrote the popular children's books, Two by Two and Little Pumpkin and now Jen has written her first nonfiction piece. Jen, a Purdue University graduate, lives in West Lafayette, Indiana with her husband Mike and their three children. If Jen had spare time, she would skydive, bake pretty little works of art cupcakes, and sit on her front porch drinking Moscato with her friends. Instead, Jen drives her children to school, still wearing her donut patterned pajamas and promises said children she will not walk on school property with morning breath.

Yes, this time she checked to make sure her panties were not inside out when her day began to head south.  Jen Tucker returns with her latest memoir, The Day I Lost My Shaker of Salt.  her dogs sample ant trap delicacies, a dentist appointment goes strangely awry, and she battles potential road kill daredevils on one thorny day.  Tender at times, funny as always, one of your favorite girlfriends returns to show you there are silver linings in the midst of bad days.

Jen's debut memoir, The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out, was a 2011 Goodreads Semifinalist in the humor category.  She is a regular contributor at Survival for Blondes, where she marries humor with preparedness.  Jen lives in Indiana with her husband, three children and two dogs.

Cat Lavoie was born in the small town of Jonquière in Québec, Canada. At the age of nineteen, she packed up her things (mostly books) and moved to the big city of Montreal where she currently lives with her tempestuous cat Abbie--who is both adorable and quite possibly evil.

An incurable Anglophile since her university days where she studied English Literature, she can often be found daydreaming about her next trip to London. Since she's an expert at the art of procrastination, Cat is easily distracted by cooking and home improvement shows--even though she's not particularly good at either.

Cat grew up watching soap operas and legal dramas and--had she not decided to be a claims analyst by day and write chick lit by night--she would have probably become a designer suit-wearing lawyer. Or a character on All My Children (which is what she really wanted to be when she was twelve).

When twenty-seven year old Roxy Rule's best friend and roommate accepts a glamorous new job overseas, she expects their relationship to continue as it's always been - carefree and easy - until they share a heart-stopping kiss. While Ollie escapes to jolly ole England to live out his dream and save the planet with green architecture, Roxy is stuck in New York City working for a boss who makes her want to stab herself with a letter opener. She can't bear to think about her own big-city dream of being a chef anymore. Over the years, her passion for food has only resulted in extra pounds and a staggering credit card balance for fancy kitchen equipment that she barely has time to use. Still, Roxy's sure that nothing can come between two lifelong best friends - not even mild jealousy over a thriving career or a silly little kiss that meant nothing.

In fact, it was such a meaningless and forgettable kiss that it's not worth mentioning to her fiance not that he would even listen - all they do these days is argue about their upcoming wedding. Roxy is faced with an unexpected family reunion when her younger sister Steffi arrives on her doorstep, six months into a pregnancy she refuses to discuss. When older sister Izzie - in the throes of a premature midlife crisis - joins them, she's determined to crack the case of Steffi's impending motherhood.

With the Rule sisters living under the same roof again, Roxy's quiet little apartment in the city is about to be anything but peaceful. Roxy soon discovers that her seemingly idyllic relationship with Ollie started getting complicated way before he left for London. She must come to terms with her feelings for him, learn to stand up for herself and go after what she really wants. Breaking the Rules is the story of what happens when you have to redefine the rules of love, friendship and family in order to find yourself.

Jackie Bouchard  used to be trapped in the hamster wheel of corporate America, but she was lucky enough to escape and now fully understands the term "struggling writer." Jackie loves: reading, writing, and, yes, even 'rithmetic (seriously, algebra rocks); professional cycling; margaritas; blogging (she never thought she'd say that, but she does); dogs in general, and her crazy rescue pup specifically; and her hubby. (Not in that order.) Jackie dislikes: rude people and writing about herself in the third person. After living in Southern California, then Bermuda, then Canada, then the East coast, Jackie and her husband settled in San Diego. American Jackie, her Canadian hubby, and her Mexican rescue mutt form their own happy little United Nations. "What The Dog Ate" is her first novel. Her second, "Rescue Me, Maybe," is due out in September 2013.

The vet handed Maggie Baxter a plastic specimen bag containing a pair of size-tiny lavender thong panties extracted from her dog; but they were not hers. Or rather, they were hers now since she'd just paid $734 to have Dr. Carter surgically remove them from Kona's gut.

This is how Maggie Baxter, a practical, rule-following accountant, discovers that her husband of seventeen years is cheating on her. All her meticulous life plans are crushed. When he leaves her for the other woman, Maggie and her the-world-is-my-smorgasbord chocolate Lab, Kona, are left to put their lives back together. As Maggie begins to develop a Plan B for her life, she decides to be more like Kona. No, she's not going to sniff crotches and eat everything that isn't nailed down; rather she'll try to approach life with more ball-chasing abandon. Finding herself in situations where she begins to go through her usual over-analysis of the pros and cons, she stops and instead asks herself: What would Kona do? With Kona as her guru, Maggie begins her quest for tail-wagging joy. 

"What the Dog Ate" is a funny, tender story of mending a broken heart and finding love and a new life right under your nose, with woman's best friend at your side. If you enjoyed Claire Cook's "Must Love Dogs" or Lolly Winston's "Good Grief," you'll love "What the Dog Ate" and be rooting for Maggie and Kona.

LL Collins has been writing stories since she could write. When she was little, she would write into the night and then read to her little sister, her best friend, and anyone who would listen. In school, if an assignment asked for three pages, she would write ten or more, and was encouraged throughout the years by many loving teachers. She got a degree in Creative Writing but decided to teach since at that time publishing was a rarity. She has been teaching for over ten years and has two boys, ages 11 and 9 and lives in the sunny (and blistering hot) state of Florida. Last year, she finally decided to make her dream happen and began writing Living Again, a story that has been screaming in her head for a long time now. She is already working on book two, and is determined to make her dreams come true in the self-publishing world. Living Again will be released at the beginning of October. 

Kayley Carson thought she had it all--married to the love of her life, a great job, and a baby on the way. Then one day, her life changes forever when she loses her husband in a tragic accident. No longer sure how to navigate life after her enormous loss, Kayley clings to her newborn baby, her family, and her friends to keep herself living. 

When she meets someone that challenges her belief that she's better off alone, she has to decide if she is capable of letting him in after swearing she was never going to love anyone the same way again. 

She's not the only one with a painful past. He is struggling with trust issues after a previous relationship went horribly wrong. After a terrible misunderstanding brings out both of their insecurities, will the painful memories of the past keep them both from living again?

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COVER REVEAL FOR BLOGGER GIRL BY MEREDITH SCHORR - PLUS AN EXCERPT!

Meredith Schorr is here today to reveal the cover for her 3rd novel, Blogger Girl!

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What happens when your high school nemesis becomes the shining star in a universe you pretty much saved? Book blogger Kimberly Long is about to find out. 

A chick lit enthusiast since the first time she read Bridget Jones’s Diary, Kim, with her blog, "Pastel is the New Black," has worked tirelessly by night to keep the genre alive, and help squash the claim that "chick lit is dead" once and for all. Not bad for a woman who by day ekes out a meager living as a pretty, and pretty-much-nameless, legal secretary in a Manhattan law firm.

While Kim's day job holds no passion for her, the handsome (and shaving challenged) associate down the hall is another story. Yet another story is that Hannah Marshak, one of her most hated high school classmates, has now popped onto the chick-lit scene with a hot new book that's turning heads--and pages--across the land. It's also popped into Kim's inbox--for review. With their ten-year high school reunion drawing near, Kim's coming close to combustion over the hype about Hannah’s book. And as everyone around her seems to be moving on and up, she begins to question whether being a “blogger girl” makes the grade in her off-line life.

Excerpt:

“What blog?”

I felt a flush creep across my cheeks as I turned around to face the source of the question. I wasn’t surprised, since I blushed whenever I talked to Nicholas, even when the phone rang at work and I saw his name on my caller ID.

“You didn’t know about Kim’s blog?” Rob asked, his blue eyes reflecting amusement.

Nicholas shook his head, not removing his eyes from mine.

All I could think about was running my fingers along the dark stubble on his jawline. Never completely clean shaven, he currently looked like he hadn’t touched a razor in several days. I held his gaze willing my voice not to give away my crush, but the heat on my face suggested a crimson complexion that probably already had. “I have a blog where I write book reviews.” I figured Nicholas didn’t know about my blog since our opportunities to socialize outside of work had been few and far between in the four months we’d worked together. It was that unfamiliarity which I blamed for my chronic bashfulness in his presence. Well, that and his overwhelming sex appeal. Unable to maintain eye contact a second longer, I glanced back at Rob hoping he’d pick up the dialogue.

“It’s incredibly popular. Publishers actually beg my secretary to read and review their client’s novels on a daily basis.” Rob beamed at me like a proud uncle as if he was somehow responsible for my blog’s immense popularity.
I turned back to Nicholas and smiled shyly. “Every other day basis is probably more accurate but yes, it’s a widely read blog. I have several thousand followers and get requests from authors, publicists and agents pretty often.”

Nicholas looked at me with admiration. “Awesome. What types of books do you review?”

 I hated this part of telling people from work about my blog. I never knew if the attorneys would raise their noses in the air and judge my taste in “literature.” Here goes nothing. “Chick lit,” I admitted.
Nicholas tilted his head to the side. “Like the gum?”

I giggled as if I’d never heard that one before. “Yes, it’s called chick lit, like the gum. But it’s also a book genre. Like Bridget Jones’s Diary, The Devil Wears Prada. You know?”

Nicholas looked thoughtful as he rubbed his thumb along his chin. “My ex-girlfriend had a bunch of books with pink covers. Were those chick lit?”
 Forcing myself to stay focused instead of wondering what his ex-girlfriend was like, how long ago they broke up and why, I smiled and said, “Probably.” Although chick lit had certainly evolved beyond stereotypical pink covers, it wasn’t the time to go into defense-mode.

Nicholas smiled wide. “Very cool, Kim!” Glancing at his empty glass, he said, “Time for a refill. Be right back” and walked towards the bar.
I tore my eyes away from the back of Nicholas’ light blue business shirt and back to Rob. But Rob was now talking to Lucy about some guy she had deposed the previous day. Boring work talk. I downed the rest of my prosecco and walked over to the bar. After quickly getting the bartender’s attention, I ordered another glass, on Rob’s tab of course, and observed Nicholas finish sending a text. As he smiled into his phone, I felt my Hanky Panky thong practically melting off. At only about 5”7’, his stature might have kept him off of some women’s top five lists but since I was vertically challenged too, he was currently number one on mine. I couldn’t even think of who would follow him in second and third place.

“Penny for your thoughts, Blogger Girl.”

I snapped out of my list making and faced Nicholas, silently praying he was not a mind reader.

He looked at me expectantly.

I swung my free hand in dismissal and lifted my drink towards him. “Nothing important. Cheers!”

Nicholas clinked his glass against mine, said, “Cheers” and took a sip of his drink. 

Following his lead, I took a sip of mine.

 Nicholas inched closer to me. Speaking in almost a whisper, he said, “Having fun yet?”

Very aware that we’d never stood this close to each other and that these were practically the most words we’d ever exchanged one on one, I replied with faux nonchalance, “Can’t really complain about free drinks. You?” The cuffs of his shirt sleeves had been pushed up to his elbows and I pondered whether the dark hair on his arms was coarse or soft. I wondered what it would feel like to run my fingers up and down his arm. I also wondered if he could hear my heart beating through my chest.

“Definitely can’t complain about that,” Nicholas agreed. “And a break from work is always welcome, especially these days.” He smiled. “Doing anything good this weekend?”

I had practically forgotten it was Thursday night, which was odd for me since I lived for the weekends when my secretarial duties did not get in the way of my reading. “Not sure yet. Probably drinks with friends. And I need to catch up on some reading. For the blog. What about you?” Please don’t mention a girlfriend.

“Oh, this and that.” His eyes glowed, almost like he was holding back a secret.

I bit down on my lip and without thinking, blurted out, “Do This and That have last names?”

Nicholas gave me a once over before shaking his head laughing. “I’ll probably spend most of it at work actually. So, tell me more about this blog.”

I tipped my head to the side. “What do you want to know?”

“I don’t know. Like, what made you start it?”    

 “The condensed version or the truth?”

Nicholas cocked an eyebrow. “How long of a story is the truth?”

“Why? Do you have a date to rush off to?” I swallowed hard. Nice, Kim.

Laughing, he said, “It’s just that your answer was rather mysterious, you know?”

I shuffled my feet. “Well, I usually tell people I started the blog because I’ve always loved to read, blah, blah, blah.”

“Blah blah blah. Gotcha.”

After he said that, he winked at me and when my knees wobbled in response, I grabbed the bar with my free hand. “The truth is that one day I was bored at home surfing the internet and I found all of these blogs dedicated to romance books, like Harlequin stuff, and then I found some more devoted to science fiction, thrillers and so on. But I could barely find anything dedicated to chick lit and it pissed me off because I love it. I figured if I love it, there must be other girls who love it too and maybe if I started this blog, I’d find them and we’d bond.” I paused. “Aren’t you glad you asked?”

As his phone rang, Nicholas distractedly responded, “Yeah, that’s cool,” before bringing it to his ear. He whispered, “Sorry” before answering it.

I wondered if it was from “This” or “That.” 

A born and bred New Yorker, Meredith Schorr discovered her passion for writing when she began to enjoy drafting work-related emails way more than she was probably supposed to, and was famous among her friends for writing witty birthday cards. After trying her hand writing children’s stories and blogging her personal experiences, Meredith found her calling writing “real” chick lit for real women.  When Meredith is not hard at work on her current work in progress, she spends her days as a trademark paralegal.  Meredith is a loyal New York Yankees fan and an avid runner.  Blogger Girl is her third novel.