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Zoe Forward | Witches, Curses, and Alphas, Oh My!
Author Guest / November 6, 2014

I’m so excited to be here at Fresh Fiction today celebrating the release of my sexy paranormal romance, PROTECTING HIS WITCH, the first in my new Keepers of the Veil series. If you like contemporary paranormal romances, witches, curses and alpha heroes, then PROTECTING HIS WITCH is the book for you! This isn’t your typical witch book. There’s no coven. Don’t get disappointed. Our heroine has witchy powers. Kat just doesn’t know she’s one of the chosen seven Pleiades witches. Sure she’s got the ability to pick up people’s thoughts and she can even hop to a different dimension, although she doesn’t exactly have control of the hopping.  But she doesn’t know why witch hunters keep trying to abduct her. The person she must trust to protect her is the gorgeous one-night-stand she accidentally cursed when he kicked her out of his dorm room years ago. Naked. Avoiding a repeat of that night is her priority. Matt recognizes what Kat is and feels obligated to help her, but only after she reverses that curse: May you never find satisfaction with another woman. But bonding to a Pleiad and getting involved with the druidic ways he turned his back on long…

Cheryl Bolen | Top 10 Reasons Jane Austen Has Endured for 200 Years
Author Guest / November 6, 2014

10. Who doesn’t like a Cinderella story where impoverished girl gets the prince, er, Mr. Darcy? 9. Is there not vast appeal in the notion of a perfectly idle class of people? 8. Idioms, dress, and society may have changed, but human nature is still the same. 7. Mr. Collins is as deliciously irksome today as he was 200 years ago. 6. Ditto, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. 5. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Yep, still true. 4. Austen’s concept of a story where nothing really happens spawned the most successful TV show ever. 3. Good still trumps bad. 2. There were just as many stupid people 200 years ago as there are today. 1. And. . . who doesn’t love a man in a cravat? About Cheryl Bolen Cheryl Bolen is the New York Times Bestselling Author of more than a dozen Regency- set historical romances published by Harlequin Historical and Zebra Historical. Her first book, A DUKE DECEIVED, won her the title of Notable New Author and was a runner up for the Holt Medallion for Best First Book. Her ONE…

Lizzy Ford | Behind the BLACK MOON DRAW Charity Drive
Author Guest / November 6, 2014

In 2013, I spent over twenty five thousand dollars on giveaways and prizes for readers, which didn’t include the shipping costs. Combined, it was well over thirty thousand dollars I spent giving back to those who supported me. When I compiled all my expenditures for my CPA for taxes in early 2014, I began to consider how much good that amount of money could do if channeled in a different direction. Giveaways are great. I do them as a means of giving back to the reader community, but was there another way I could give back? I’m a strategic thinker by design, and I’m constantly evaluating my marketing, business and promotion strategies. I’m also a long-term planner, and I asked myself: what if I could make more of a difference by donating even half the amount spent on giveaways in 2013 to charity instead? Helping others is important to me. One of my goals in life has always been to give back to those who help me, to repay favors at least twofold and to always support my friends and family in every way I can. The more this idea rattled around in my skull, the better it seemed. I…