Book Hooks is a once a week Marketing for Romance Authors promote each other. It's also a great way for the author to share their work and have their friends get the word out about the group. BLURB      After the untimely death of her husband in the line of duty, Nikki Petrino still grieving three years later, goes on retreat to Mexico to finish her novel, where she meets musician Drake Dente a 90’s rock icon working on lyrics for his comeback CD.      After meeting at dinner, Drake and Nikki can’t keep their eyes off each other. Sparks fly and they instantly became an item. Upon returning to New York for Nikki’s high school reunion, she learns shocking events from her best friends.      After a misunderstanding, Nikki is missing and Drake is desperate to find her. EXCERPT  She dangled a pair of white heels from her hand, but glancing at her sunburned feet she decided on a pair of white flat sandals instead. She closed her hotel room door and heade

Book Hooks is a once a week Marketing for Romance Authors promote each other. It's also a great way for the author to share their work and have their friends get the word out about the group. JUST RELEASED The Perfect Pitch (Seaside Boulevard Series - Book 1) BLURB   Francine and Richie Ragglio are high school sweethearts. Francine owns her own real estate business and Richie pitches for the New York Pelicans. Richie hurts his shoulder while pitching the first game of the season, not the way he wants to end his career. When Francine is left an abandoned restaurant from someone from her past, things begin to spiral out of control. The mystery of a hidden basement brings Francine and her friends together to do their own investigation, which puts them in the middle of a smuggling ring. Will Richie's get through his surgery so he can retire on top of his game? And will Francine and her friends solve the mystery of the hidden basement?   EXCERP

 Welcome to this week's Tuesday Tales to the word prompt stone. This is an excerpt for my work in progress.       “Peggy was real sick with meningitis and was on the road to recovery.   He said he just couldn’t throw her out, but promised as soon as she recovered he would talk to her about finding a place of her own.”       “I don’t know whose worse, you or him. You both got involved in other relationships on the rebound.”       “You’re a hundred percent right.   I was a fool when I married Bill. You’re right in saying my first marriage was on the rebound, along with the second one to Alex.   I don’t think I ever really loved either one of them.   I hurt both of them when I asked for a divorce.”     “You can’t look back.”      “I don’t.   And then when I was about to get a second chance with Charlie, I got those damn cards.”      “Personally, I think deep down you used the receipt of the cards a a legitimate excuse to resign from your job a

Book Hooks is a once a week Marketing for Romance Authors promote each other. It's also a great way for the author to share their work and have their friends get the word out about the group.   BLURB After the untimely death of her husband in the line of duty, Nikki Petrino still grieving three years later, goes on retreat to Mexico to finish her novel, where she meets musician Drake Dente a 90’s rock icon working on lyrics for his comeback CD. After meeting at dinner, Drake and Nikki can’t keep their eyes off each other. Sparks fly and they instantly became an item. Upon returning to New York for Nikki’s high school reunion, she learns shocking events from her best friends. After a misunderstanding, Nikki is missing and Drake is desperate to find her. EXCERPT As he approached her, she felt a tingle travel throughout her body. He took her hands in his. "Over the past couple of months, there was a void in my life. Then, one night, not that l

Welcome to this weeks Tuesday Tales to the word prompt purple. This is the continuation of my new WIP. This is a rough draft so I apology for any errors.             Rachael couldn’t help but laugh.   It always had been the same thing between the two of them all these years.   Whenever they got stressed out they would announce “cocktail time” and would indulge in cocktails and sugary snacks for a quick fix.             A martini would be exactly what the doctor ordered.   Her nerves were starting to get the bet of her about returning to her hometown.   City living had been a thing of the past now that she had fully adapted to a slower environment.             The transformation from city life to country life had been tough.   There were plenty of times when she wanted to get into her car, come back home and reclaim the life she once had.   Things were different in Crown Royal and she had changed along with the little town.             Lacy had been her go