tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53623035356700328142024-03-13T11:39:15.081-07:00Every Day I Write the Book....Stolen From Elvis CostelloAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-36731841067606582802014-03-27T16:39:00.001-07:002014-03-27T16:39:29.692-07:00Jar of Hearts....Family Stone short story featuring Shane and KeishaI'm working on the final edits for Shane and Keisha. Hopefully this short story will be out soon!! I am also going to release the entire Family Stone collection of novellas in one large box set ebook <i>*and*</i> in paperback!<br />
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All his life, all he’d ever wanted to do was fly. Nothing
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-47201070608790645142014-03-04T15:09:00.000-08:002014-03-04T15:09:24.973-08:00Happy Fat Tuesday!!! Laissez le bons temps rouler!! Even if you aren't in crazy NOLA, enjoy today. Who doesn't love a good excuse to let loose?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-12230460898472191222014-03-01T09:37:00.003-08:002014-03-01T09:37:52.755-08:00My Daily Romance giveawayJust wanted to give you all a heads up that I am participating in My Daily Romance blog's anniversary giveaway. The link to their site is <a href="http://mydailyromance.com/mdrs-great-blogiversary-giveaway/" target="_blank">Here</a><br />
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LisaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-36536056747461918412014-02-20T15:09:00.000-08:002014-02-20T15:09:09.330-08:00Family Stone Boxed Set...Cover Reveal!So the box set of the Family Stone novellas is coming soon!! Along with a bonus short story featuring Shane Washington and Keisha Johnson. Love these two. :) Below is the cover for the box set which will also be available in trade paperback in mid-March! :)<br />
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<3 p="">Lisa </3>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-29687153547138529312014-02-11T15:40:00.001-08:002014-02-11T15:40:30.890-08:00Still The One, Family Stone #4 Jack is here! To Celebrate, Stone Cold Heart, Family Stone #1 is FREE!Hi all--<br />
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Rachael, Juliet, LGC & Gigi at Rachael's Book Launch!!</div>
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LGC, Juliet, Me, Gigi and Rachael!! Book Launch</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-41454947147611984172014-01-25T11:59:00.000-08:002014-01-25T11:59:03.669-08:00interview and giveaway at Fab Fantasy FictionHi all--<br />
Emsy over at Fab Fantasy Fiction interviewed me this weekend. If you want more insight into the development of the Family Stone series and characters, head on over to her website.<br />
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If you answer one small question: What's your favorite philanthropy (and why if you care to share)? You will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win all three Family Stone Novellas, Stone Cold Heart, Carved in Stone, and Heart of Stone. You can enter until February 2nd.<br />
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LisaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-12968068591182575222014-01-24T13:36:00.001-08:002014-01-24T13:38:35.743-08:00Happy Birthday John, RIP I used to watch this show while I was babysitting. I'd watch the opening montage and dream about living in the city (Chicago for me) when I was older.<br />
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This story is near and dear to my heart because Riley suffers from dyslexia. I have loved to read since I was a wee one. Dyslexia runs in my family. My sister has it and my oldest son has it. I can't imagine having to slog through switched and backwards letters (a simplification really) to get to a story. And plenty of dyslexic people never get to appreciate the power of story because it's just too difficult. In my family, everyone reads so we just kept looking for books that would appeal to my son until he found a story so compelling that he wouldn't give up just because it was hard. (For him, it was Harry Potter). If you know someone who has dyslexia, keep giving them books to try. Unfortunately for Riley, by the time someone who cared came into his life, it was too late. But that doesn't mean <i>he</i> can't make a difference. </blockquote>
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Also, I just started a Tumblr. I know another social media site!!<br />
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<a href="http://lisahugheywriter.tumblr.com/">lisahugheywriter.tumblr.com</a> -- this will be mostly pictures of random things throughout the week that interest me or have relevance (hopefully!!) in some way.<br />
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Okay that's my pitch for today. :) :) Hope you are having a SPECTACULAR Tuesday.<br />
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LisaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-33081736254534297762014-01-04T11:07:00.001-08:002014-01-04T11:07:39.013-08:00Heart of Stone is here!The third novella in my Family Stone series is now available!!<br />
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Riley Stone is the handsome brother, the charming one.
Everyone who meets him compares him to his father, which in his mind is not a
compliment. But he's never met a woman he couldn't charm, until he meets Di, an
acerbic, smart-mouthed, passionate activist who has no time for him or his
charm. On the run, in the midst of danger, the blistering passion they share
explodes. Can these two opposites find common ground, or will Di smash Riley's
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-75708745784552632592014-01-01T20:30:00.001-08:002014-01-01T20:40:26.821-08:00happy new year! here's to 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-2446597951261520062013-12-31T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-31T00:01:00.910-08:00Happy New Year's Eve!I loved this list from Bree Bridges SO MUCH, that I'm posting it here for everyone else to enjoy. Click on the link to see the whole list.<br />
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Goodbye 2013...HELLO 2014!<br />
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Writer-y Things I (Re)Learned in 2013 - A List: <a href="http://t.co/0XPBLulogD">http://t.co/0XPBLulogD</a><br />
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LisaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-8892606837577831752013-12-30T09:30:00.000-08:002013-12-30T09:30:14.194-08:00Family Stone Romantic Suspense novellas, #1 and #2 available now! So I've been working on a new series of novellas about a set of four half-siblings in a blended family. Three brothers and a sister.<br />
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Jess Stone, former FBI sniper, always felt like the kid who
looks in the candy store window but could never afford to go in. But on a
humanitarian mission to aid an earthquake ravaged country, finally she finds a
place where she fits, in Colin Davies' arms, and working for Global
Humanitarian Relief, her big brother's company. But can the former SAS thaw
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another half-sibling came to live with them, so he raised hell in his youth.
Con knows now the only way to redeem himself is with deeds, not words and sets
out to prove once and for all he is worthy of the Stone family. When his older
brother asks him to take care of business, Con finally will have redemption he
craves. Except when Ava Sanchez, his brother's assistant, is threatened, he
must choose between saving the girl or protecting his family. Will his choice
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-74856146649566396292013-12-12T14:26:00.000-08:002013-12-12T14:26:15.794-08:00perfect winter chili<div>
It's been really cold in Nor Cal this week (for here), perfect time of year to make a big pot of chili. The basis of the recipe is from <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Pork-Beef-and-Black-Bean-Chili-107280" target="_blank">epicurious.com</a> and a restaurant in Hawaii but I changed it so much that I'm calling it mine. :) This is great for a few nights of family dinners or if you are having a crowd for dinner. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-35370717695514332462013-12-10T18:19:00.000-08:002013-12-10T18:19:47.420-08:00Night Owl Review of Archangel RafeI'm horribly behind on everything after 'the lost month' which is what I've dubbed November. I had the cold from hell that just would not die.<br />
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Anyway, I received an absolutely lovely review of Archangel Rafe from Night Owl Reviews and I wanted to post a link here.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nightowlreviews.com/V5/Reviews/Bookgirl-reviews-Archangel-Rafe-by-Lisa-Hughey">http://www.nightowlreviews.com/V5/Reviews/Bookgirl-reviews-Archangel-Rafe-by-Lisa-Hughey</a><br />
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Honestly, every time a reader comments on how much they can relate to Angelina, I want to fist pump in triumph. In an earlier post I wrote about how the publisher I initially wrote this book for wanted me to change Angelina into a twenty-something heroine. I did and they rejected the story again, and then I ultimately ended up changing her back to her original thirty something mom, ex-wife, daughter, sister, grand-daughter with a million responsibilities and no time for herself.<br />
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I am currently working on the next Archangel book, with a tentative release date in February. I'll keep you posted when I have an update.<br />
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Happy Holidays to everyone!!<br />
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Lisa<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-68413954456406792142013-10-20T10:07:00.002-07:002013-10-20T10:07:55.323-07:00Love on Main Street: A Snow Creek Christmas is available NOW!!! I'm so excited to let everyone know that Love on Main Street is available for purchase today!! And it is on sale for the next two weeks for only $0.99 (then it will return to the retail price of $3.99) Love on Main Street is a collection of holiday novellas that are set in the fictional town of Snow Creek, California.<br />
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This project has been almost a year in the making, from the kernel of a Christmas story idea, to a group lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings (our current go-to lunch place for gathering), to several meetings to create our town and the townspeople for our stories. It was a lot of fun to write interconnected stories. Each is a little different, ranging from a touch of paranormal, to a sentimental holiday romance, to a heart-wrenching reunion story, but all share a love for the town of Snow Creek.<br />
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I hope you'll take advantage of the reduced price and buy a copy! If you like the novellas, consider leaving a review at your purchase site. :) Right now it is for sale on <a href="http://amzn.to/1fNE5FF">Amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/366759">Smashwords</a>. The book should be available soon in the balance of retailers, BN, Kobo, Apple, etc.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">QUEEN OF HEARTS BY JULIET BLACKWELL </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Serafina Rogers is not an impulsive person, but lately something’s gotten into her. She walked away from warm San Diego, her scumbag ex-fiance, and her teaching job in order to come to Snow Creek and take over her deceased aunt’s witchy supply store. Unfortunately, her hunky cowboy landlord, Joe, has other plans for the space, which hasn’t turned a profit in years. Neither Joe nor Serafina believe in magic, much less romance. But when a Yule log is tossed on the fire, Serafina begins seeing things in her aunt’s deck of cards, and Joe’s niece goes missing…they might just have to change their minds. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">THE HOLIDAY SHOW BY LGC SMITH </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Christy Monroe hates Christmas. The excess, the inevitable disappointments--bah. Dan Rose loves Christmas. The fun, the way his bakery smells—it’s all a little magical, especially in Snow Creek. When their first-grade daughters decide they want to be sisters, Christy and Dan had better watch out. The girls maneuver their parents into organizing the elementary school holiday show together. It doesn’t take long for Dan to make it his goal to change Christy’s mind about Christmas—and taking a chance again on love. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">LET IT SNOW BY CECILIA GRAY </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After losing her parents, Jessica can't bear to lose her childhood home and family bookstore, too. When they're taken from her, she has nowhere to go…except the arms of Daniel, Snow Creek's resident hero paramedic. It's not be the Christmas miracle Jessica wanted, but it might the one she needs…. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SECOND CHANCES BY ADRIENNE BELL </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s no doubt in Eileen Ledger’s mind that the last time she saw hockey superstar Paul McAlester she made the biggest mistake of her life. Only, she’s never been sure if the mistake was in kissing him, or in running away. But ten years later, Paul is back in town for Christmas, and Eileen has a second chance to make things right…as long as she can keep herself from falling in love again. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A CHRISTMAST YARN BY RACHAEL HERRON </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Knitting has always served as a distraction, something that Clara can hide behind. After a significant weight loss, though, she's still not sure if she wants to be noticed. When sexy Lincoln ends up on the front porch of her yarn store, he seems to see everything clear as day. Will Clara finally be seen for her true self? </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">MISS BONNY'S BURIED TREASURE BY RUBY LASKA </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Caroline Bonny has always known about her family curse: no Bonny daughter will ever marry until her great-great-great-grandfather's buried treasure is found. Caroline has made her peace with her life as a spinster-turned-cosmetologist, until easy-on-the-eyes schoolteacher Lance Carter comes to town determined to drown his recent breakup in holiday festivities. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ONE SILENT NIGHT BY LISA HUGHEY </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick and Ally Carpenter split up months ago after years of infertility treatments crushed their marriage and their dreams of children. 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Snow Creek, where love begins on Main Street and ends happily ever after....<br />
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The book will be released on October 20, 2013. The list price is $3.99 but for the first two weeks we are offering the ebook for $ 0.99 <br />
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As they say in my hometown, buy early and often. ;) (Kidding!) But for real, this is a wonderful collection of heartwarming Christmas stories. I hope you enjoy!<br />
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LisaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-28256693673725278152013-09-21T10:01:00.000-07:002013-09-21T10:05:28.366-07:00a reflection on timeThis is a reprint of a post I wrote for my PensFatales grog. I was going thru my files looking for technical information and found this. So I thought I'd share. :) Good news for those who miss the Pens. We are getting the band back together, minus a few friends and adding a few new friends. First post should be up soon.<br />
<a href="http://www.pensfatales.com/">www.pensfatales.com</a><br />
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Lisa’s Theorems of Time (as helped along by Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison)<br />
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I’m a bit of a geek. I like science. I like solid, physical evidence and proof that things exist. So when I started thinking about our topic, Time, I decided research was necessary. Turns out that time is a pretty complicated subject. Possibilities hover in the metaphysical realm as well as the physical.<br />
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Albert Einstein postulated that time is relative. It speeds up or slows down depending on how fast one thing is moving relative to something else. He also theorized that the closer we come to traveling at the speed of light, the more time would appear to slow down for us from the perspective of someone who was not moving. He called the slowing of time due to motion, time dilation.<br />
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In the 1970's some scientists used atomic clocks to test Einstein’s theories. Two clocks. Both starting at exactly the same time. One clock set up on the ground. One clock flown around the world on a jet. When the jet landed back in the same place, it’s clock was behind the clock on the ground.<br />
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Einstein was right. Time had actually moved slower.<br />
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But I think Einstein’s theory misses out on an important fact. At the end of the experiment, both clocks ended up back on Earth in the exact same place. Proving Lisa’s first theorem of time: Even if the goal is to end up in the same place, everyone’s path (and the time to follow the path) is different.<br />
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Sophie (A Bad Day For Sorry) and Juliet (Secondhand Spirits) both have books out on the shelves right now. Their paths to publication were radically different. Not better or worse, just different. But they still ended up in the same place at the same time.<br />
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Lisa’s second theorem of time: Time is never wasted. The journey is as important as the destination because everything we do and every experience we have leads us to where we are now.<br />
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Thomas Edison (to steal from National Treasure) tried and failed over a thousand times before inventing incandescent light. He has many things to say about failure but this one is most profound: “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”<br />
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It is never the time to give up.<br />
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You’ve probably guessed by now, I’m also a very big fan of the power of positive thinking and the importance of motivation. Einstein and Edison are both examples of people who tried and failed over and over but also succeeded over and over. <br />
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Which leads to Lisa’s third (and final) theorem of time: Time passes. Whether you put your effort toward your dreams or you just keep wondering and wishing you could... take a class in anthropology, learn to speak Farsi, travel to New York City, do a hundred pushups (www.hundredpushups.com), color your hair purple, or...write a novel. You won’t know unless you try. And whether you’re moving or standing still, you’ve got time.<br />
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ps. I didn’t realize I had theorems of time until I started working on this blog post which helped me to define in my own geeky way, the relativity of time. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-2525606205469196312013-09-17T11:05:00.000-07:002013-09-17T11:05:15.063-07:00Night Owl Reviews Halloween HuntHi all--<br />
I'm participating in the Night Owl Reviews Halloween Hunt.<br />
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And you can win a variety of prizes. There are LOTS of excellent giveaways going on. My basket is Romance on the Edge:<br />
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I'm giving away digital copies of All Three Black Cipher Files: The Encounter (A Prequel to Blowback), Blowback, and Betrayals; and a $50 Amazon gift card.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-17839022382884913872013-08-09T12:31:00.000-07:002013-08-09T12:31:06.728-07:00do a good deed, get entered in a drawing to win an amazon gift card<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I'm on tap to prepare dinner for a good friend's family. He is going through fairly intensive chemotherapy right now. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">What I need: A recipe for chicken that is relatively bland and uses NO DAIRY</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">What You Can Do: Email me your recipe at <a href="mailto:lisahughey@pacbell.net">lisahughey@pacbell.net</a></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-43868127497078027162013-06-03T11:01:00.000-07:002013-06-03T11:01:37.969-07:00Prequel to Blowback now available!So if you've read Blowback you know that Jamie and Lucas have met before the book begins. I wrote most of this scene while I was writing the original book and I decided that readers might like to see how they actually met. If you are interested....<br />
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The Encounter is available at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Encounter-Blowback-Romantic-ebook/dp/B00D0KBCB8">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-encounter-lisa-hughey/1115427484?ean=2940016529691">BN</a> and <a href="http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Encounter/book-wtfbn6fcd0GLlR7XKmV3Hg/page1.html?s=O14X8u-GYk6Zg5kd7HygZg&r=1">Kobobooks</a>. Right now it is FREE on Kobo and $ 0.99 at Amazon and BN. I am trying to get Amazon to price match. Let them know if you want the book free at Amazon by telling them about a lower price. (there is a place to click on the Amazon page)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;">One sexy espionage agent on a mission. One smoking hot P.I. searching for a missing person. One combustible encounter.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;">For the first time in print, the stunningly sensual first encounter of Jamie Hunt and Lucas Goodman from the novel Blowback.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;">This short story is not suitable for readers under the age of 18. </span><br />
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ps. Please feel free to pass this information along to your friends. :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-63226727858466348742012-10-02T13:07:00.000-07:002012-10-02T13:07:28.335-07:00Passionate Cooks FREE Cookbook ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Very exciting. This free cookbook is available now at <a href="http://www.allromanceebooks.com/">www.allromanceebooks.com</a><br />
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Seriously, these crab cakes are to die for. They are always a huge hit when I bring them to parties. They can be appetizer size or main dish size. Yum, yum!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467655218242887802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362303535670032814.post-67931794984419417712012-09-19T14:12:00.000-07:002012-09-19T14:12:07.601-07:00Passionate Cooks Cookbook available for Pre-Order!!All Romance eBooks has a cookbook: Passionate Cooks available for pre-order starting NOW. Cookbook will be available on October 1, 2012.<br />
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