Monthly Archives: March 2013

COVER REVEAL: HARD AS IT GETS by LAURA KAYE

By Elisabeth Guest Blogs March 25, 2013 2 comments

Check out Laura Kaye’s gorgeous first cover for her awesome new Hard Ink series!   I cannot wait to read this one.

 
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About HARD AS IT GETS:
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Tall, dark, and lethal…

Trouble just walked into Nicholas Rixey’s tattoo parlor. Becca Merritt is warm, sexy, wholesome-pure catnip to a very jaded Nick. He’s left his military life behind to become co-owner of Hard Ink Tattoo, but Becca is his ex-commander’s daughter. Loyalty won’t let him turn her away. Lust has plenty to do with it too.

With her brother presumed kidnapped, Becca needs Nick. She just wasn’t expecting to want him so much. As their investigation turns into all-out war with an organized crime ring, only Nick can protect her. And only Becca can heal the scars no one else sees.

Desire is the easy part. Love is as hard as it gets. Good thing Nick is always up for a challenge…

 

About Laura Kaye:

 

Laura Kaye croppedLaura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nearly a dozen books in contemporary and paranormal romance. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.

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Hunter By Night Update and Giveaways!

By Elisabeth GiveawaysParanormal Romance March 19, 2013 0 comments

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Hunter By Night is turned in to my editor! Whew! And we have a release date! January 7, 2014 is when Lee’s story will hit shelves! Now, Prince of Power was available at some B&N stores as early as late December I’m told, so I don’t know if the same will happen with Lee, but that’s the official drop date. ALSO, it is already listed on Goodreads and Amazon! So if you’re really chomping at the bit you can add it to your TBR list or go ahead and pre-order the paperback!

You’ll notice the cover art isn’t up yet. * If you are a blogger and would like to take part in the cover reveal tour on 4/1, please email enchantresstours AT gmail DOT com with your blog name and link! 

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In the meantime, some giveaways! The fine folks at Aussie blog Novels on the Run who have been wonderful supporters of the Chronicles of Yavn series are doing an international giveaway of some Prince of Power and King of Darkness swag. You can enter here.

Read-Love-Blog is giving away a pack of signed swag and an e-copy of King of Darkness until 3/25! You can enter here!

Also, I am doing a giveaway of two paperback copies of Prince of Power over on goodreads! Check it out:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Prince of Power by Elisabeth Staab

Prince of Power

by Elisabeth Staab

Giveaway ends March 31, 2013.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

 

Also, a great time was had at the Liberty States Create Something Magical con in New Jersey this past weekend, minus the part where I got lost 2 miles from the con IN New Jersey, where I made many illegal U-turns. Sorry New Jersey, your jug handle thingies are confusing. Many thanks to Rayna Vause for being an excellent and professional con coordinator and to Caridad Pineiro and Stephanie Julian for helping to put together a spectacularly fun worldbuilding panel. I also had the pleasure of meeting KA Mitchell whose work I’ve always enjoyed as well as spending time with many other authors I know and love from previous events. I hope to do it again next year. Sherrilyn Kenyon is going to be next year’s keynote speaker, a huge thrill for us paranormal folks. Do come and join us next time!

Create Something Magical. And Jell-O Shots.

By Elisabeth General March 13, 2013 0 comments

I’m headed up to the Liberty States Create Something Magical Con this weekend! Tons of fabulous authors, and there will be a book signing open to the public on Saturday 3/16 from 4:30 to 6 at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel. Come join us!

Jell-O & Cream

I have a hilarious joke, wanna hear? OF COURSE YOU DO. Okay, so a pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel in his pants… Nowaitaminutehere… ahem… 

Do over: So I turned in Chronicle of Yavn book 3, Hunter by Night, to my editor. I am super thrilled and relieved to the gills (and psst! I’ve gotten a sneak peek at the cover art. It’s GORGEOUS!). The joke part? Oh, well see I told everyone “I’ll be much less busy in March!” AHAAHAHahahahahahaha! Not getting the joke? See everything I’ve been putting off for the past month while I feverishly tried to finish and rework and oh, hey, that plot point doesn’t work at all… All that stuff kinda has landed in a massive pile on my head, plus there’s anxiety, because I’m dead certain I am forgetting something. Thanks to the anxiousness, plus daylight savings time and kids that won’t sleep, plus the beeping “low battery” smoke detector that woke me at four AM thank you, I haven’t slept in days. I’m sort of stumbling around like a moron, in that dizzy haze one gets after too many Jell-o shots. Sure, you can still walk to the bathroom with dignity, but you shouldn’t drive or do heavy math…not that I’d know.

Dear Universe, it’s me. Elisabeth. Can I please have my shit together? 

No worries. Next week will be better! Elle Magazine promised.

OH! Also!

Leave a comment at Books Make Me Happy Reviews for a chance to win a free book or a pack of swag! Contest ends 3/16
 

The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels

By Elisabeth GeneralGiveaways March 3, 2013 3 comments

Love this. Shared by Barbara Vey this week on her blog, I thought it was worth spreading the proverbial love. As an author who writes romance, I get aaall sorts of responses when I share what I do for a living. The range swings from interest, to raised eyebrows, to open distaste. This video, in which Maya Rodale talks about why romance novels have gotten such a bad–and undeserved–rap, was eye-opening even for someone like me who champions the romance genre.

Speaking of Barbara Vey, this week is her 6th anniversary bash, and there will be a TON of prizes given away! I think my author buddy Mary Calmes and I may have thrown a little something into the mix. We’re so sleep deprived I can’t say we recall for sure, but I think so. Anyway, the bash goes on March 4-9, so be sure to stop by and get your party on! There’s gonna be tons of awesomeness to win!