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Nickolas Grant - Book one in the Grant Brothers Series.

Nickolas Grant doesn’t know what to do when he finally realizes that he needs Morgan Becky for more than just his secretary. He doesn’t trust her… not with his love not even his friendship.


Morgan has not had an easy life and finds it difficult to trust others. She needs to get her life in order, not fall for her handsome boss with a stiff spine and foul temper.


When they come together in fiery passion and biting words, no one is safe, not even them. 

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Devin Grant - Book Two in the Grant Brothers Series. 

Devin Grant is having a crappy day. He lost his case, wrecked his car and got a ticket. Then instead of going straight home as he wants to, his brothers make him stop at a out of the way diner and have breakfast. He takes his rotten mood out on the pretty little waitress/cook.

Ronnie Frey is working her way through law school and doesn’t need crap from a rude gorgeous man. When Devin leaves her a huge tip, she tracks him down through his brother and returns it. 


Both of them are too stubborn and smart to give in until Devin shows her passion and love beyond anything she’s ever known. Now a different kind of heat forms between them. Until Ronnie’s family shows up and kidnaps Devin. Then hell hath no fury like a woman whose love is harmed.

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A baby girl was found in a basket on Squire Carrington's doorstep. She was raised and sent to work as a servant girl for The Countess of Holmeshire. The widowed and unconventional Countess chose Miss Emma Carrington as a companion and sent her off for finishing with the goal of dragging her along into genteel Victorian society. What sort of reception would she have at tea and dinners? The young Earl of Holmeshire was engaged by arrangement to a lovely London lady, but their relationship was difficult. Could they work it out? Even the tribulations and banned romances of the servants downstairs play into the story as we follow Emma from a stone fortress to a Victorian village and then into fabulous London mansions. Great surprises unfold at a Midsummer Night's Dream Ball which help to solve mysteries that have gradually developed. You are invited to predict the great revelation of the last few pages!

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When eight emotionally traumatized teens are reluctantly thrown into group therapy together, nobody wants to spill the inner most secrets that brought them there. Their counselor pairs them up in a buddy system, causing them turn from dangerous vices to lean on each other, and they discover strength in their shared pain.


Kelly Foster's always been reserved and shy, so when she's sent to group therapy and is assigned to be Gage Miller's 'backup buddy', she thinks she's gotten a raw deal. As she digs deeper beneath his tough surface, she realizes there's much more to him than meets the eye—and she just might like what she sees…


Blatantly sarcastic and rough around the edges, Gage is only in group therapy so he doesn't go to jail. But he isn't your average bad boy—he's a single father desperately trying to shed his sordid past to forge a better future for his daughter. And he's definitely not thrilled to be paired up with Kelly, the preppy snob. Surprisingly, she finds a place in his cold heart, even though he'd never admit it. When he finally learns the heartbreaking secret that landed her in group therapy, will it bring them together or drive them apart?

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Some people are born with a monster inside of them. Nobody knows this better than Caine McKay, a high school student harboring a dark secret. Those anger issues of his, they’re not just scary—they’re lethal.


When his father is sent to jail, Caine moves from Chicago to a small town to live with his kindhearted grandmother. Struggling to control his violent alter-ego, he tries to start a new life and forget the tragic circumstances that brought him to Tree Hollow, but he fears the monster inside him will break loose. He finds an unexpected ally in Hannah, the local preacher’s daughter. Her belief in hope and second chances give him the anchor he needs to keep his anger rooted, and before long, Caine is completely attracted to her. But will her friendship take him on a road to redemption, or will it tear his world apart?

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She was wanted by everyone...

All she wanted was to be left alone, or at least that's what Desiree Dupuis thought she wanted. She was born a very powerful witch. It figures the one back fired spell she cast would make her a very wanted woman. Drake, the Vampire King, wanted her for her magic. Jason Hargrove, the witch hunter, wanted to see her burn. Caleb Jenkins, the shape-shifter, wanted to possess her. Mica Sinclair, the Rogue Vampire...Well...Mica wanted her heart.

Danger and adventure awaits...

Desiree had no trouble finding danger, suspense, lies, deceit, and most of all romance...She found love where she least expected, but at what cost? Are the risks too great?After being tugged in four different directions, all Desiree wanted was to Court the Darkness.

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Betrayed by one of her peers . . .

Vicky Phillips almost lost her life due to a purposefully vicious betrayal by one of her peers. The time has come for her to face her past and face her peers with the truth. She now needs her boyfriend, Luke Wolfburn, more than ever.

Evil walks the halls of Wickford High . . .

Temptation is everywhere. It would be all to easy to take the wrong path. Is she strong enough to resist the temptation? All the betrayal may leave her Furiously Tempted . . .

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The first day of school anywhere is never fun . . . At first glance, Wickford High, seems like a normal Catholic School. But Vicky Phillips soon discovers that there is nothing normal about Wickford High… or its occupants… She is the new kid at a new school, and is having the absolute worst day of her life, until she meets the hot, sexy, wolf shape shifter, Luke Wolfburn. Luke makes the disaster she calls her life bearable. Dark secrets that must be kept hidden . . . It seems that everyone at Wickford High has their secrets. Vicky has her own secret, a secret that her mother died for. She all too soon discovers that you can't run from your past. It will always come back to haunt you...


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Four mentally challenged teenagers are placed into a group home. Tragedy and pain occur in instances of abuse and medication over usage, with attending staff. Beth, the house mother finds, quite literally, a plan. What happens next may shake the word "stigma" to the core. 



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The Blairs are stranded in New York after the market crash of 1929. Robert walks to the river docks each day, seeking work to feed his wife Ellen and their four year old son Stephen and pay the $8.00 rent for the slum in which they live. Their faith and courage are tested as they struggle. 
He provides a small Christmas for his family but then the dock work shuts down and he is desperate to find work of any kind. 
He is approached by a stranger who will direct and influence the Blairs in a startling manner. He is jolted by events that promise to turn his life asunder, shaking the foundation of the person that he is. He is in an unknown world, given information of which he has never dreamed. Will they be opportunities or burdens? Will he be able to marry his life to this new direction or will he abandon a life so different from any he has ever experienced? He has his family’s and friends’ support as he struggles with the shocking torrent of choices he is given to make. 
Fearless Heart has gentle, colorful, believable characters who touch the heart and raise the spirit. It is truly a feel-good work.


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As the most popular superhero in the world, Stella Stargirl has it all; fame, fortune, legions of adoring fans, a place on the world's best superhero team and even a number 1 hit single to her name.


Stella, however, has a secret that even she doesn't know. She is a fraud. An average-powered hero who stood on the shoulders of giants and got all the glory whilst her more powerful teammates did all the work.


When a new supervillain appears on the scene, one who manages to de-power the world's heroes, Stella decides it is time to put aside her self-doubts and show the world that fraud or not, she can be a true hero.


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An adventure story where the reader learns not to judge someone else by appearances only.

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In the year two-thousand-one hundred-forty- five, Earth had finally gotten past its differences, and the Earth Coalition was formed. They launched a ship and crew into deep space to find a new Earth. It was a twenty-year mission to find other planets outside of their solar system that could be inhabited. Six years later all the signals from the Omega Space Station suddenly stopped. Not knowing what might have happened, the Coalition called for a new crew to intercept the space station and ascertain what had happened. The new crew found the Omega, but it was not the space station that was dead and to their horror, they were not alone…

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Suppose you learned that an ancient prophecy about an artifact, said to be powerful enough to dramatically change the world, was true. Would you risk everything to find it? It has been five-hundred years since the Pulse caused the Great Collapse, ending the Golden Age, and civilization on planet Earth. Humanity has waited ever since for a long-anticipated sign from God, which has finally appeared in the night sky. The time has come for Ferrell Young, the Warrior Clan, and the Church to risk everything in an effort to restore civilization, and bring hope to a world full of despair. Alex Montgomery is an archaeologist who has spent many years looking for a mysterious book on behalf of the Holy Christian Church. The book is said to contain the location of the Great Oracle which, according to legend, can endow the one who finds it with great power and wealth. Of much greater importance to the Clan and the Church however, is the fact that it may also enable the world to emerge from five centuries of darkness and suffering. When a powerful, intelligent, but sadistic barbarian leader named Kraken learns of the Oracle, he plans to destroy the Warrior Clan and the Church, take the Oracle for himself, and enslave the rest of humanity. Join Ferrell and his companions as they set out on a desperate journey to find the Great Oracle, and rescue humanity from The Dark Age.

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Name’s Dart—short for d’Artagnan. You may not think much of a grizzled old German Shepherd with a torn ear and a nasty bite, but, trust me, when you’ve spent your whole life dogging it out in the pound, you learn appearances can be deceiving. I mean, just look at that squirrel. Nutty, crazy, you name it. If that sly squirrel isn’t chewing up Banshee’s homework and blaming me, she’s stealing my food, following me around the house, stealing my food, biting my tail, and, did I mention the worst part, stealing my food! This is outrageous! A proud purebred—okay, semi-purebred—German Shepherd such as myself can’t stand for this! I’ll sit. Hey, since you’re here, why don’t you listen up to my complaints? All my doggy pals like them—and their reviews are a little “ruff.”

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In the near future, Smartphones will be obsolete. Instead, technological innovations provide virtual computer screens for texting, surfing the Internet, or reading an ebook on lenses worn directly over the eye. With the upcoming conversion to 7G Network allowing instantaneous optical and audio recording, limitless military and civilian applications abound. Yet an unexpected programming glitch proves fatal, spelling disaster for the nation. In the aftermath of 7G, the fates of college sophomore Erik Weber and submariner Alyssa Kensington entwine. Will they escape and manage to survive in a crippled world?

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DEMONS ARE FOREVER...so Azarial thought. It was a cold day in Hell when Azarial – demon, sculptor and daughter to the Fallen angel Sariel - got the first inkling she wasn’t quite the person she‘d thought she was. Then when two old friends arrive bringing with them an outlawed rogue, she welcomes them. When they ask her to hide them from bounty hunters how could she refuse? But when magic-users summon her to Earth and force her to find the rogue, then things begin to get nasty – Azarial tries to hold her life together and help her friends. Despite the angel who keeps following her around, a sultry young Nightlord who wants her to be his mentor, and the temptation of old lovers... And you just know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up with a stolen baby dragon in your kitchen.

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WOLF Jenna is an ex-junkie and talented illustrator who seemingly attracts trouble wherever she goes. On the run from her addiction and looking for a physical and spiritual breathing space, she meets up with Lone Wolf. This young half-breed Apache saves her life, then awakens her to a hidden past that horrifies, confuses and puts her in worse danger than ever. Torn between loyalty to her father, her powerful family of shape-shifters, love for her brothers, and devotion to her young son, she rebels. Then the fur really begins to fly. In order to save her life and sanity, she attempts a desperate take-over for control of the family, with just one ally at her side – her Apache savior and adopted brother. But he is much more than he appears to be…and not always on her side.

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Adam McNicols was a shy, introverted outcast who hated high school worse than the plague. Kids teased, bullied and ignored him on a daily basis, and he often fought with his mom to stay home. But after one cataclysmic day of tragedy and heartbreak, something inside him changes, snaps, and is damaged. Unable to suppress or control his new, violent feelings, Adam decides to get back at his school mates by abducting them, torturing them, and killing them. Will they catch him before he finishes wiping out his enemies? Will they catch him at all?

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Jonathan Hindel has a dark secret. Although his beautiful Angelia has been dead for centuries, his love for her has never died. With the help of a voodoo priestess, young girls in the bayous are brought forth to house Angelia’s spirit, thus allowing Jonathan to still take to his bed the woman he loves. Jonathan Hindel has another dark secret. Will the town be able to survive it?

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When Gabriel Blackstone, a young man living in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 is sentenced to death for the crime of witchcraft, a mysterious man appears to him, just before death comes to claim him; promising to change his fate if he will only agree to take his hand and go where he leads. Miraculously, Gabriel is transported to 21st century Salem where, he not only escapes his fate, but meets his destiny! He falls in love with Lily Snow, a descendant of the very family that falsely accused him of witchcraft! They both know theirs is a forbidden love, but they cannot deny it! Gabriel is shocked to learn that the man who saved his life is, in reality, an evil Fallen Angel, named Lucien, who wreaks havoc on the city of Salem with his unbridled lust and violence. He wants Gabriel’s very soul and will do whatever it takes to get it, including going after Lily! Gabriel and Lily’s story is one of love that defies all boundaries, as they come together in a steamy passion neither of them has ever known and a love that transcends time, brutal injustice and evil itself!

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Glory Solomon doesn't just fear death; she's obsessed with it! When the Grim Reaper becomes a real flesh and blood enemy; no one will believe her. Even her husband, Michael, a ruggedly handsome tough as nails cop thinks she's crazy.
As the Reaper takes away almost all she loves, she tries to protect what's left of her family...and her sanity. Until, she suffers the most devastating loss of all. Now, she is forced fight back in a dangerous "winner take all"cat and mouse game!

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On the same night of her friend’s tragic death, Claudia Emerson encounters another world, Crossroads, through her dream. There, she learns about a mix breed of angels and humans, who possess supernatural powers. Among those with these powers, lies evil, known as the fallen. Mystified by her ability to enter this place called Crossroads, certain that the fallen will be after her, she is assigned a guardian angel named Michael. Aden, the fallen leader, is convinced that Claudia holds the key to help destroy Crossroads. Her dream becomes a nightmare as more secrets are revealed, about who she really is, and the true identities of the people she loves most.

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Cameron Titus, haunted by a YouTube video of a group of Joplin, Missouri tornado survivors stranded in a small convenience store's cooler, decided to take action and came up with an original idea to help raise money for Habitat for Humanity -- to help the victims of the recent tornado destruction around our nation. Despite his tender age, he decided to write a small children's book, in hopes to encourage donations for those in need. So with this in mind, we'd like to invite you to join Anna anteater, Kaitlin kangaroo, and other alphabet animal friends in this whimsical, tongue-tangling, lesson on the alphabet. All proceeds will be given to Habitat for Humanity to aid the tornado victims

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Volume One: Nightwolves Coalition starts the tale of Catrina who flies to New York to be with her mates of which there are three (Demitri, Andre and Antonio Caberelli). On the way there is an attempted hi-jacking and Catrina steps up to save the passengers from the takeover. In doing so, she exposes herself as a vampire to Special Forces. Now she must clean up her mess and make a deal with the military. The military had been having problems completing missions successfully due to very unusual things happening in the field. Catrina and her team may be their answer. However, the military finds the reasons why things have been going strange on missions. It's the beginning of high adventure and unusual situations even Special Forces may be challenged to overcome.

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Memoirs of The Nightwolves Series is a paranormal adventure based on the Mayan Prophecy of Earth's Apocalypse. Special Forces and a Magickal Mercenary team join together forming the Nightwolves to deal with the events unfolding because of the coming prophecy. The natural disasters are opening portals that had been long closed by Ancients Gods and Goddesses who removed The Greater Magickal Races (vampires, werewolves, and dragons) from Earth millennia ago. Now with the polarity shift of Earth those portals the Greater Magickal Races were forced through are opening again and The Nightwolves have to try to make peace with the other races as they can, defend humans against those who won't, and save as many lives as possible when a natural disaster hits Urban fantasy lovers will enjoy the high-octane action and paranormal romance readers will be titillated by the alternative relationships of the main characters. The series takes readers too many other worlds to experience fantastical creatures and cultures of other humanoid beings that once had been a part of Earth in a far gone past; Beings and Magicks now relegated as nothing more than Myths and Legends by present-day standards. Alternative relationships and cultures are filled with a variety of dynamics and religions, both on Earth and on other worlds. Actual history, ancient myths and legends are interwoven with a cast of paranormal creatures, military Special Forces and a Coven of Demi-Gods and Goddesses. Current events are also used to drive the storyline along for high action adventure. This series is multi-layered for readers to enjoy either an alternate reality and/or learn exciting tidbits of real life history I’ve learned in studying Religious Theology. Writing Memoirs of The Nightwolves has been very fulfilling in being able to use my own personal experiences, with the many schools of learning and disciplines I have gained throughout my life. The alternate worlds I’ve created give a wide variety of action and romance to please just about any walk of life and touch the hearts of open-minded paranormal readers looking for something out of the ordinary. Volume two: Nightwolves on the Prowl...The Nightwolves, lead by Catrina and Captain O'Hara, find themselves on another planet. The world of Kla' din may hold more than a solution in keeping Earth's hostile portals closed if Cat can keep her heart open to new challenges and avoid the traps set for her on Earth they may find the answers to keeping the hostile races from coming into Earth permanently.

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Volume three: Nightwolves Siren's Song is a strategic game of chess moves for both players of light and dark. Catrina must not only try to save herself, but her children who have picked a bad time to go through their rites of passage into adulthood. Catrina must stand aside as her eldest son, Christoph is called away for a dangerous quest. General Robertson has a well laid plan of trapping Catrina using his spy to curse Crimson. The mate of a Voodoo Maven has Craven marked for possession to control his ever growing powers as a Dire Wolf. Can Catrina avoid the traps and shield her children before the timer runs out?

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Claiming Celeste: Jacques is hypnotized by Celeste and makes plans for her seduction. Little did he know that it would be he who would be seduced. But he is not the only one to fall for her seduction; there is another with a more eternal kiss of death on his mind. Hunting Celeste: Jacques and Armand track Celeste to a seedy bar. Both brothers seduce her, trying to tempt her into their protection. Celeste again leaves unable to share her dark secret with these men though they prove to be steadily wearing her resistance down with their sweet words and soft touches.
Sharing Celeste: Jacques let's Armand have the lead in bringing back the elusive vixen. But Celeste is proving to be a very hard negotiator in bed and out of it.

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Jacques is hypnotized by Celeste and makes plans for her seduction. Little did he know that it would be he who would be seduced. Seduced by her love, seduced by her body and inevitably seduced by her vampiric charms. But he is not the only one to fall for her seduction; there is another with a more eternal kiss of death on his mind.

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Jacques and Armand track Celeste to New Jersey in a seedy bar on the Southside. Both brothers seduce her, trying to tempt her into their protection. Celeste again leaves unable to share her dark secret with these men though they prove to be steadily wearing her resist down with their sweet words and soft touches.

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Jacques let's Armand have the lead in bringing back their elusive vixen. But Celeste is proving to be a very hard negotiator in bed and out of it.

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~Band-Aids and Children~

My grandson Kelly was over last night and he had a moo-boo. I know, it’s a boo-boo, but he’s three.  It’s on his foot and was slightly infected – isn't that the norm for a kid? I think so. Anyway, I asked Daniy his mom about it and she said she washes it every night when he takes a bath, but he won’t let her fix it.  So I asked him if I could.  He gave me a very positive yes.

Now…I don’t know how it is at your house but mine is a grandma’s house.  I have every character Band Aid known to man and children kind.  For the girls I have Hello Kitty, Barbie, Dora, and all the other girly ones, even a pink camouflage.  For the boys, I have GI Joe, Lighting McQueen, SpongeBob, and green camouflage.  I should have bought into the stock when my first child told me they were expecting.   

I go to my bathroom and pull out all the things I might need for any sort of contingency – short of open heart surgery.  I have a…okay, I have a large bag of tricks, Neosporin, peroxide, cotton balls, tape, scissors, and of course the burny stuff. (I’ve never actually used this on my grandchildren, but it gives my kids something to tell their kids about.  And no, no matter how many times they tell it, I did not pour it into open wounds just to hear them scream.)

While Kelly is telling me how he’s lost his narbles, (did I mention he’s three?) and he can’t find them, I clean his cut. It’s not really that bad, just a small cut on the side of his tiny toe.  After assuring him that the peroxide won’t hurt and that it will actually be cool, he lets me do my thing.  By the time his Uncle is finished telling him that Grandma has lost her narbles a long time ago and that he still loves me, I’m ready to put the Neosporin on the cut.  Paul may need the bigger bag of tricks later.

Kelly now has the task of picking out the perfect cover for his major wound.  He has to look through the boxes – all of them and see the brightly colored latex. He cannot just see what he could pull out of the box by looking at the cover, no he dumps them out.  One by one he discards different styles until he settles on a dark green camouflage one that is, while too big, will do the trick.  And, he explains, he needs yape (tape).  “It won’t falled off, grandma,” he tells me in his way too superior voice. 

I was finished in record time. The entire process from cleaning to yapeing (taping) only took an hour.  He was very happy and with a bribe of chocolate chip cookies, he promised to leave it on until he got home.  I was pleased with my doctor duties and so apparently was Kelly.  He ‘allowed’ me to doctor three more of his moo-boos that he found.  Okay, two were scars and one of them was a freckle, but he was happy and today when I saw him, he still had the yape on his foot.  Mark one up for Doctor Grandma.

For the love of books: Interview with Young Adult Author Charlotte Blackw...

For the love of books: Interview with Young Adult Author Charlotte Blackw...: "Hi Charlotte, Welcome to For the Love Books Blog. I am excited to say you are my first young adult author I have had on my blog. Thank you..."

A great review about Devin Grant. Thanks to Vickie Ziemski and Goodreads.

What a FANTASTIC story. I literally couldn't put this one down and I had it read in an entire sitting. This has to be my favorite Grant Brothers book out of the two that have been released so far. Devin is a handsome lawyer with a quick temper, and Ronnie is a beautiful, intelligent, strong-willed law student, moonlighting as a waitress. When they meet, their worlds turn upside down. The connection between them is too strong to deny, though they both attempt it early on.

I really enjoy Barton's female characters, even though the series is written about a family of brothers. The woman in this novel is simply astounding. She came from an outrageously traumatic, broken past, and the details of the abuses she endured turned my stomach at some points. Yet, despite this tragic past and her mistrust of almost everyone but her friends Austin and Ben, she's developed into a fine young woman. She makes her own success by going to law school and working her way through it. She doesn't want to be a burden to anyone. I just truly enjoyed getting to know her, and I hope I see her further on throughout the series. I rooted for her even more than I did Morgan in the first book.

Devin and Ronnie's love is also so amazing--just a fairytale--after the rocky start, of course. Their passion and heat for one another is unmatched. The author has a ....way with words, I'll say... in describing the two of them together.

Great book from start to finish. Outrageous plot twist at the end that had me literally biting my nails. Couldn't put it down, and can't wait for the next Grant Brothers book!(less)

Thomas Scopel

A friend of mine has a book coming out.  I love this guy and in a creepy way he scares the pants off me.  Please join him in his terror.

A word from Thomas:  "Well, I've thrown my ringmaster top hat into the creepy carnival circle with the likes of Bradbury, Koontz and Ollie and out came TWITCH. If you like creepy carnival tales, for only 99 cents, what have you got to lose."


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Fearless Heart by Gail Gurley

I love this story and can't thank the author enough for sending it to me. Its a great story of hardship of family and devotions of friendship. Of love and compassion and of unity in times of need. I would recommend this story for anyone who would love a good story. 


Its available on Amazon and at World Castle Publishing.  It will be a story you will want to read over and over again.  

Live Radio Talk Show Interview with Marsha Cook.

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Time and what it means to me.

Time. We all watch it, most of us fight it, but we are as aware of it as we are our reflections in the mirror - again, most more than others.  History and ad-campaigns use time as an advertisement.  Movies, songs even Hallmark cards and others use the word. But I wonder about how we count time.

Sure there are seconds, minutes and hours. Even days, weeks, years, but I mean how do we mark it?  I use events in my life to mark the passing.  You know…Daniy turned two the year we moved to Dresden.  Jason burnt his hand the year we remolded the kitchen (necessity that, he nearly burnt down the kitchen). We moved to the house on Main Street the year Paul got the snot beat out of him by that boy. 

There are other things too, marked by tragedy or mirth.  Hubby and I had to spend the night in a rest stop on our wedding night because when they decorated our car, they messed up something under the hood.  We consider that both, by the way.

But, no matter how much I try, I can’t think of a single thing that happened the years that my children were born.  Their birth and the beauty of it outweighs all else.

Paul is our oldest.  He is singly the oddest person I know.  With his wife, Dale and daughter Sarah he is loving, kind, funny and witty. His daughter is his image in mannerisms and speech.  She can cut you to the quick faster than a snake bite.  (She gets that from mom too.)  Paul makes me laugh at myself and he can make me feel loved and cherished faster than anyone I’ve ever know. 

Jason, our second son is competitive.  I guess most of us are, but Jason makes me want to be better than I am. He has never made me feel as though I wasn’t good enough nor has he ever made me feel bad. In fact, Jason in his own way makes me feel better about myself than the rest of them.  His wife Wendy and children Trinny and Kian make him grin at stupid things. Kian is just like him, goofy and loving.  Trinny keeps him steady.  And Wendy loves him, that’s as important to me as my love for him.

Daniy. What can I say about my daughter?  She’s smart, loving, sarcastic, rude, humble, funny, artistic, talented, and wonderful and mine.  I see what I wish I was in her.  She has four children, Gavin and Kelly by birth and Bubby and Spring by marriage – though honestly I don’t think she sees the difference.  She loves them all as staunchly as a mother bear and her cubs.

The year I married my husband, Sonny is huge too. I can think of many things that happened in 1977. Our first apartment, our first jobs, buying household things all jockey for fond memories.  We purchased our big furniture – couch, bed, dressers.  All of our apartments until then had been furnished and we moved to a townhouse and had our own things. 

So time.  How do I mark it?  With loving memories, deaths and births, tragedy and laughter.  I make more memories every day - every minute now it seems.  Some things I hold dearer than others but each one I can count on to make me remember other things.   The way it should be.

The grandkids make the marking time seem to go by faster for me.  But getting older isn’t as bad as I ever thought it would be. I have family and friends, love and laughter. I have things I never dreamed of having, a loving husband, children who respect me.  

Wow!

I just signed a multi-contract deal with World Castle Publishing!  They will now be publishing all six books to the Grant Brothers Series.

Nickolas and Devin are out now and Spencer will be soon. I'm so excited.

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I Got It!

My birthday is this week. I usually don't really care one way or the other, but this week - today was really special. My book came today in the mail.

To see it on the computer, knowing what it is supposed to look like is one thing, but to touch it, to actually feel it. Nothing like it. And my name is spelled correctly too.

I'm so happy, so thrilled to have my first printed book. You can have a copy too. Just go to World Castle Publishing and order yours today.

Nickolas Grant and Publishing

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011

Nickolas Grant
In just a few short weeks on June 15th, Nickolas - A Grant Brothers Novel will be out. I'm really excited because this will be my very first book in print. And I'm so happy to announce that World Castle Publishing has asked to publish Devin's story as well. There are six of these books, six brothers and their struggle with finding love and happiness.

I think my favorite, if an author can have one, is Jamie's story. Jamie and Dane have a very sensual and steamy romance that makes having a box of tissue close a necessity. And Pi! Oh, you'll love her!

Of course I love them all and each have a different place in my heart. I think that's why I was happy to have them with a publisher who shares my love of them. The people at World Castle have been wonderful and I'm very happy to be a part of their family. It's a really pleasure to work with someone like that.

Vamptasy Publishing is going to publish Divine Savior the second book in the Aaron's Kiss series. I have the first one out, it hit the market on April 30th, Blood, Body and Mind. It's the first book in a series about Aaron's Kiss, a Master vampire of a large realm. The second book, Divine Savior is coming out soon and it will be in print and released this summer. There are twelve of these books, all centered around Aaron and his love, Sara Temple.

My favorite in the Aaron's Kiss series is number six. I love Madison and Kyle. Maddy has a mouth on her that won't quit,which gets her into more trouble than her big bad vamp can keep up with. Also, she is very magical and has an in with the Fates.

I've been very fortunate in my writing. I only started writing because I wanted to relax. It was a way for me to have an outlet. It was a long time before I actually put my books out there for someone to read, much less publish. Charlotte Blackwell, a woman who has become a very good friend, read each of the stories and is the one who pushed the hardest for me to get them published.

I call her my own personal nag. She not only pushed me into finishing the second book in the Grant Brother's Series just for her to read, but she also nagged me to write the others as well. Then, when I finished I thought for sure she would be content, but no, not her. Within weeks of finishing them, she had me writing synopsis' and query letters. Good thing too, I have a publisher for them and couldn't be happier.

I will be posting more regularly now. I hope. Some days I get caught up in the stories and nothing else can penetrate my muse when he's on a roll. I will be keeping you posted on all my goings on too. Have a great weekend and I will be back next week.

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