I'm talking about how I deal with my addiction reading needs given that I live overseas and books are harder to come by (and more expensive to boot!). Please go to Book Lovers Inc and join me.

Commenters will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of Devil Falls written under my contemporary romance pseudonym Angelle Trieste.

Lovely Heather a.k.a. BookObsessedGrl did an author interview with me. We talked about music, writing, HEAs and following your dreams.

Leave a comment or question for me at the end of the interview and you will get an additional entry into both the Heather Long Interview Giveaway, which includes an e-copy of her new book Prime Evil, and the New Year's Eve Zombie Style Bash Giveaway for a Zombie Party Prize Pack from Nancy Holzner (author of Deadtown).

I just wanted to remind you of two events:

1. It's still not too late to sign up for my newsletter and read the free paranormal romance novella serial A Happily Ever After of Her Own. You can sign up here or you can use the form below. There are only two chapters left to go!

2. Fellow Samhain writers and I are hosting a Kindle contest, with our editor coordinating the effort. (FYI – I write contemporary romance under another name, Angelle Trieste.)

Prize? A Kindle (duh *wink*) preloaded with books from participating authors.

The contest is open to anyone anywhere in the world. So even if you're not in the States, come on and join us!

Here's the official statement on the contest website:

I wanted to make it convenient for people and make it easier for people to participate, soooo…. we will not be doing the contest on Saturdays and Sundays, and we will not being doing the contest on Thanksgiving (US), or Black Friday (the day after US Thanksgiving). Monday through Fridays only. :) I think not doing it on the weekends is a given this time of year…we all have a lot of holiday things going on, like parties and shopping. Woo hoo!

Now, remember, in order to participate, you'll have to post a relevant comment (No, ‘Hi! That's great.', etc.), and you'll have to answer the scavenger hunt question. Do not post your answer in the comments! There will be a link to a form to answer the scavenger hunt question and to give me your name and address. After all, I'll need to know where to ship the preloaded Kindle, right? Posting you answer in the comments will cause the comment to be deleted and the commenter to be disqualified. Not just from that day, but from the entire contest. So, yeah, you don't want to do that. :)

So here's the schedule for the rest of the contest:

November 23 :: Kelly Jamieson
November 24 :: Angelle Trieste (me!)
November 25 :: Dawn Brown
November 30 :: J.K. Coi
December 1 :: Cheryel Hutton
December 2 :: Rita Oberlies
December 3 :: Kate Johnson
December 4 :: Leah Braemel
December 7 :: Deidre Knight
December 8 :: Cooper Davis
December 9 :: Kimberly Nee
December 10 :: Joely Sue Burkhart
December 11 :: T.A. Chase
December 14 :: Samantha Sommersby

You only need to answer one scavenger question to enter, but the more you answer, the more chances you get. So don't be shy! Participate for your chance to win a Kindle! The website is editortera.wordpress.com.

Good luck!

Hello and thanks for stopping by. This October and November, I'm very excited to share my paranormal romance novella A Happily Ever After of Her Own absolutely free with all of you. The first two chapters are going to be available to everyone on my blog, and the rest of the chapters are going out to newsletter subscribers. Please feel free to let your friends know and mark your calendar for October 5th when the first installment goes live!

Chapter Titles and Schedule:

1. In Which Our Heroine Is Charged (October 5th)
2. In Which Our Heroine Gets an Unwelcome Companion (October 12th)
3. In Which Our Sleep-Deprived Heroine Breaks Into Tudor Land (October 19th)
4. In Which Our Hero and Heroine Face an Executioner (October 26th)
5. In Which Our Hero and Heroine Are Caught Red-Handed (November 2nd)
6. In Which the Evil Witch Issues an Ultimatum (November 9th)
7. In Which Our Hero Makes an Impossible Choice (November 16th)
8. In Which the Beast Is Doubly Cursed (November 23rd)
9. In Which Our Heroine Makes the Ultimate Sacrifice (November 30th)

If you'd like to sign up early for the newsletter, just enter your email address and first name below or click here. Thank you and see you in October!

A Happily Ever After of Her Own

October 5, 2009
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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella

Melinda Lightfoot, a preschool teacher with an unusual ability to flit in and out of fairy tales, never thought she would get into trouble…

…until the Fairy Tale Police arrest her while she is in Beauty and the Beast. They offer her a deal: Find Beauty, who left the story when Melinda trespassed into it, or be charged with the ultimate crime — Fairy Tale Killer. If that's not bad enough the Beast tags along in search of his true love, and Melinda starts falling for the fairy tale prince. She must choose between doing the right thing and having her own happily ever after.

Warning: This title contains the following: Fairy Godmother, the Wicked Witch, dysfunctional fairy tale families, ax-wielding executioners and a happily ever after (or two).