Goodies Galore

Want to win a Kindle 2 or a Pocket Sony e-reader? The Samhain authors from The Samhellion are running a four week scavenger hunt and contest with two Kindles and two Pocket Sony e-readers up for grabs--one will be awarded to a very lucky winner each week of the contest. The first week runs from 12/4 noon until 12/10 at noon EST.


All of us authors will be offering up the chance to win a free e-book as well. My 2008 EPPIE Winner, Too Good to be True, is the e-book I'm offering as my prize in the first week of the contest. If you have a Twitter account, you can follow the updates on Twitter. The graphic on the right of this post is the graphic for my part of the scavenger hunt. I don't have all the details yet, but you can check them out as they appear on the Samhellion site.


I also have a freebie short story, Mistletoe and Mario, which will be released at the same site on December 11. I don't have a link for it yet, but I'll post it on my web site and Twitter as soon as I have it, along with the cover. Mario and Alexa appeared in See You in My Dreams as teenagers, but now they're all grown and renewing their relationship after nearly ten years apart.


And last but not least, Seducing the Sheriff releases from Samhain Publishing on December 15th.





Half dressed and going for naked…

Starlight Tyler needs to lose her virginity, as in yesterday. With her mother, a Pinkerton, and a wealthy man she doesn’t love on her tail, there’s only one place to cut their cruel intentions off at the pass—get herself back into the arms of long-lost love Cordero Tate. Pronto.

She never expected to be tripped up by someone else’s past.

Sheriff Cordero Tate is a haunted man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he’ll round up every member of the gang responsible for the deaths of his wife and unborn child…and make damned sure he never puts his heart on the line again. As in never impregnating another woman. One look at Star, though, and all the old feelings come back in a rush. Worse, she’s just as determined to brand him as hers as he is to keep her chaste.

Their exploration of ways around that impasse leads to three nights of unbearable sensual pleasure. Until her past catches up to her…

Warning: This story contains a lot of hard ridin’, some ass kickin’, and a whole lot of lovin’ goin’ on. No doors left unopened.

You can read a PG-13 excerpt here.

Marie-Nicole

http://marienicoleryan.com/

Free Electronic Holiday Cookbook From The Wild Rose Press

It's that time of year, and you know the drill. There's this party and that party, so the Wild Rose Press authors and the Wilder Rose Press authors have donated their favorite recipes for the holiday season. The electronic cookbook, 2009 Garden Gourmet, is a free download, but if you want a print copy you can get it from Lulu.com. Additional instructions are on the web site cookbook page.

All you have to do is click on the banner and it'll take you to The Wild Rose Press. You can check out my favorite recipe for Italian Roast Beef.

Happy Holidays!

Marie-Nicole
http://marienicoleryan.com

Turkey Day's Over?

I can't believe it's been two weeks since I posted, but I've been so busy decluttering my house and getting ready for the visiting relatives and all the excursions to the grocery for all the food to be prepared in anticipation of the Thanksgiving feast, I had to let something slide.

But don't forget my November contest is running until December 14. I'm celebrating the December 15 release of Seducing the Sheriff. Check the contest link for details.

And now back to the bat cave because this old bat is knackered.

For an excerpt click here:

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New Samhain Releases

Today is release day at Samhain, so hop on over. There's bound to be something you'll enjoy.






“A Question of Love” by Jess Dee
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Genre: Contemporary Romance, Red Hots!
ISBN: 978-1-60504-824-6
Length: Novella
Price: 3.50
Publication Date: November 10, 2009Cover art by Scott Carpenter

A past with three, a future for two…

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“Blood and Roses” by Aislinn Kerry
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Genre: Gay-Lesbian Romance, Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 978-1-60504-825-3
Length: NovellaPrice: 3.50
Publication Date: November 10, 2009
Cover art by Anne Cain

In this world, love can put you on the wrong end of a stake…

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“Only In My Dreams” by Dana Marie Bell
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Genre: Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 978-1-60504-826-0
Length: Novella
Price: 3.50
Publication Date: November 10, 2009
Cover art by Natalie Winters

Delayed gratification has its place. This wouldn’t be it.

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“Redline Lover” by Charlene Teglia
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Genre: Contemporary Romance, Red Hots!
ISBN: 978-1-60504-827-7
Length: NovellaPrice: 3.50
Publication Date: November 10, 2009
Cover art by Angie Waters

Riding the edge…

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“Summer-set” by Karalynn Lee
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Genre: Fantasy Romance
ISBN: 978-1-60504-692-1
Length: NovellaPrice: 3.50
Publication Date: November 10, 2009
Cover art by Kanaxa

Him: hunter turned lover. Her: lover turned prey…


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And on Friday:


“Unridden” by Cat Johnson
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Genre: Western Romance, Red Hots!
ISBN: 978-1-60504-828-4
Length: NovelPrice: 5.50
Publication Date: November 13, 2009
Cover art by Amanda Kelsey

When country boys meet a city girl, everyone is in for a wild ride.

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Galleys, Edits, New Cover Art--Oh, My!

Here I am again without a topic in mind for today’s blog. I’m about five chapters from the end of finishing round two of galley edits for Love Me If You Can. The first round was easy, combining some short chapters into longer ones. This time around I’m reading it word for word and still finding continuity errors I missed the other zillion times I read it.

The first thing I did when it came time to read the galleys was import it into Mobipocket’s format and then transfer it to my Kindle. I have to make notes with the phrases I need to change and then search for them in the galleys because the Kindle doesn’t show page numbers, only a progress bar. I know it’s an extra step but I don’t like reading on a computer or sitting in a chair to work. Using the Kindle I can read in the recliner or the bed even. Anyway, inconsistencies are jumping out at me.

Better now than on the printed page, yes?

Yes.

And every time I go through the editing process for a single title book, I promise myself I’ll write something shorter next time.

Speaking of something shorter, my next release, Seducing the Sheriff, is shorter. In fact, it’s category length topping out around 43k words. That’s what happened when I tried to write a 15k story aimed at Harlequin Historical Undone. Both my freebie short stories, which are supposed to be around 3k words, ended up being 8k words.

I just received the official okay to display my cover art for my upcoming Wild Rose Press book. Rae Monet, the cover artist, did an wonderful job of creating exactly what I visualized. It's a very spicy romantic suspense set here in Nashville, TN, with a vicious serial killer. The release date is TBA, but hopefully sometime by late 2010.

Marie-Nicole

Believe in the dream... Beware the danger.

November Contest! Win an e-Book

To celebrate the December 15th release of my "red hot" erotic historical western romance, SEDUCING THE SHERIFF, I'm offering the chance to win the e-book of your choice from my Samhain back list. Contest starts November first, and a winner will be drawn on December 14th.


All you have to do to win is e-mail the answer to marienicoleryan AT yahoo DOT com. Place the words "November Contest" in the subject header and tell me which book you want if you're the winner.

You can check out my four Samhain releases by going to http://marienicoleryan.com/mybooks.htm