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In One Picture: Darah Lace’s “Most Wanted” (Contest)

In One Picture: Darah Lace’s “Most Wanted” (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Mary McCoy! *~*~* “Most Wanted” by Darah Lace – A bounty on the line, a hunter who bedded then betrayed her, and a strip club—she’ll bare it all to get her man. Most of the time, ideas for my books come from current events, love songs, or movies/shows like Bounty Hunter with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Anniston. I think about what would happen if circumstances were different, what if this happened instead of that, and my imagination takes over….

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In One Picture: Gabbi Grey’s “Thought You Were the One” (Contest)

In One Picture: Gabbi Grey’s “Thought You Were the One” (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Jennifer Beyer! *~*~* “Thought You Were the One” by Gabbi Grey – He’s in for a surprise twist when he seeks a second chance to win the attention of his handsome, unrequited, high school crush. I completed my first novel in 2012.  The high angst, mid-heat, contemporary small-town romance story is the book of my heart…but I couldn’t find a publisher.  I did what mentors recommended—I wrote the next book.  And the next.  By 2016, I had 19 completed or…

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In One Picture: N.J. Walters’ “Perfect Stranger” (Contest)

In One Picture: N.J. Walters’ “Perfect Stranger” (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…flchen! *~*~* “Perfect Stranger” by N. J. Walters – An undercover DEA agent must keep his identity secret from the woman he’s falling for, a woman he’s also investigating. When I started thinking about writing this story, the first image I had was of a man who resembled a modern-day Viking standing outside the diner where he’s working as a short-order cook as part of a DEA undercover operation. He’s investigating everyone who works at the diner, including the waitress…

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THANK YOU! And starting Friday…

THANK YOU! And starting Friday…

I just want to pop in to say thank you to all the readers out there, who picked up a copy of our latest book! I woke up to see this today: It’s the ranking for the latest anthology, Secret Identities: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology! I could not be more thrilled for the authors inside this collection! I wish I was one of them, but I had to reject the two stories I worked on because they just didn’t…

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SECRET IDENTITIES: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY is here!

SECRET IDENTITIES: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY is here!

I have a special love for these collections! I started writing novels but quickly got bored of being pigeonholed in certain genres. When I saw a call for submissions for a short story, I thought, what better way to experiment and have a little fun? Soon, I was writing shorties and getting them published in various places. Then I submitted to Cleis Press with ideas for anthologies of my own, and I was on my way. I’ve tried to do…

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Getting to Know N.J. Walters (Contest)

Getting to Know N.J. Walters (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Mary Dellenbusch! *~*~* Hi! I’m N.J. Walters, and I’m thrilled to be in the Secret Identities: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology. This is not my first time in one of these amazing collections. I was also in Stranded: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology, Blue Collar: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology, First Response: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology, and Silver Soldiers: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology. I love being a part of a collection with other authors. What’s…

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Getting to Know Darah Lace (Contest)

Getting to Know Darah Lace (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Melanie Ball! *~*~* I hope everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July yesterday. I celebrated both the holiday and a mad dash to meet a book deadline (I wrote “The End” last Saturday.) by the pool with my husband and two mini Dachs. They didn’t like the fireworks much. We live in Texas where the first twelve years of my life was spent on a farm until we moved to the city. I suppose they’ll…

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DEADLINE EXTENDED! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SECRET IDENTITIES! DEADLINE: 01/15/2024

DEADLINE EXTENDED! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SECRET IDENTITIES! DEADLINE: 01/15/2024

SECRET IDENTITIES:  A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY Editor: Delilah Devlin Deadline: January 15, 2024 SECRET IDENTITIES is open to all authors. Editor/Author Delilah Devlin is looking for stories for a romantic erotica anthology tentatively entitled SECRET IDENTITIES:  A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY. Why write a short story for this collection? Well, it’s certainly not about making a lot of money, so why do it at all? I’ve said this before, many times, but here are my thoughts… Writing a short…

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In One Picture: Elle James’s “Storm on the Bayou” (Contest)

In One Picture: Elle James’s “Storm on the Bayou” (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…flchen! *~*~* Storm on the Bayou by Elle James A retired Navy SEAL and a pretty parish deputy hole up in a bayou fishing shack, weathering a violent meteorological and unexpectedly passionate storm. I love the Louisiana Bayous, the mysticism, the Cajuns and Voodoo! My Brotherhood Protectors needed another location to expand into, and I thought…BAYOU Brotherhood! You can hide a lot of bad guys and bodies in a bayou. “Storm on the Bayou” is a prelude to what’s…

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In One Picture: N.J. Walters’ “This Time Forever” (Contest)

In One Picture: N.J. Walters’ “This Time Forever” (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Diane Garland! *~*~* This Time Forever by N.J. Walters A retired Delta Force operator thwarts a holdup, saving the life of the woman he left behind twenty-seven years ago. When I started thinking about writing this story, the first image I had was of a man leaning over a sink in a motel bathroom staring at his reflection and wondering how he got here. After twenty-seven years of service to his country, he had some silver in his…

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