• Blog,  Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Thank HEAVEN! NA ebook now available on Amazon

    07/23/2013 /

    HEAVEN, the love story of a teen inmate, a wounded Marine and the service dog they both adore is available for purchase (ebook, Kindle) at Amazon here

     

    HEAVEN ebook cover

     

     

    I hope to get the book trailer up soon, and also post a favorite scene from the novel here. Again, many thanks to all those who read the excerpt and decided to purchase the ebook. This story made the Quarterfinals of Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Awards in 2011

     

    A favorite scene that takes place in the prison. Josh is visiting Nevaeh:

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  • E books,  New Adult

    Not Your Average Contemporary Heroes

    07/15/2013 /

    HEAVEN will be up this week, although I may have to change the date again, this time to the 18th  the 19th.

    I got a creative burst just before publishing it, so I decided to pull the ebook and include the new info. My marketing/promo for the full novel will be an eleven chapter, two day free download.

    Free Eleven chapter download  starts tomorrow on Amazon!

    Before I Let go ebook cover. Damon Salas, Traumatic brain injury, Dominican/Puerto-Rican hero.

     

    Unspoken ebook cover. Trayvon Wilfredo-Lima, deaf Afro-Cuban teen hero
    Sneak Peek promo ebook of HEAVEN. Josh Duval, PTSD, physically challenged hero

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    And yes, I changed the first name of my Afro-Cuban character in honor of Trayvon Martin.

     

     

     

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  • Blog,  Contemporary Romance,  E books,  New Adult

    Finally . . . HEAVEN

    05/16/2013 /

    This book was supposed to be out last year, but there was a secondary romance in the book that needed a bit more work. So I held off until just the right scenes came to mind, and putting the couple together didn’t seem so improbable.

    Just for fun, I thought I’d cast the movie of this book:

    Heaven

     

    For Josh Duval, the wounded Marine, I’d cast Hayden Christensen:

    Hayden Christensen

     

     

     

    For the part of Marko, I’d like to see Mike Epps in the role:

     

    Mike Epps

     

     

    I’d cast an unknown actress in the part of Nevaeh. An excerpt of the novel can be found here

     

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  • YA Contemporary

    HEAVEN – the little story that could . . .

    08/25/2012 /

    What a pleasant surprise! HEAVEN was first submitted to Amazon’s Break Through Novel Award Contest back in 2011. It made the quarterfinals but didn’t go any further.  Though the ABNA Publisher’s Weekly reviewer liked the characters, the storyline didn’t grab them. Fair enough. It was shelved, but a decision was made to see just what the public might think, especially since the Vine reviewers on Amazon were very gracious and complimentary on the excerpt and blurb. Following up on a hunch (tastes are subjective after all) we decided to bring it back after a few tweaks in the story. However the excerpt under Free Chapter Views on this site and simultaneously  on Scribd.com have generated the most reads out of all the other excerpts wikkidsexycool.com lists as a free read. It was supposed to be out in July, but didn’t quite make it. September is more realistic. Looks like the editing won’t be finished until late October.

    Heaven

     

     

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