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?   EXCER...

Welcome to our first Tuesday Tales Bookstore post. This week I'm going to share with you Wild Pitch with is a baseball novella. THE WILD PITCH Blurb : Pia Tallisico loves baseball, she loves the New York Pelicans. On a solo trip to the ballpark she meets Pelican relief pitcher, Lorenzo Marcus, which causes an instant spark between them. As the season progresses, so does their relationship. When a secret Pia buried away slowly unravels, an additional unknown deceitful twist arises. Will Pia's secret cause Lorenzo to walk away from the only woman he ever loved? Excerpt   The game went by quickly, being played in a little over two hours. Her team the New York Pelicans won by the score one to nothing. Games like this, wound up taking more time traveling than the actual time she sat there. Pia got herself a cup of coffee from the vendor cart before making her way through the crowd back to her car. Since she had been so late, thanks to the extra heavy traffic, ...

 Welcome to this week's edition of Tuesday Tales.  I am so happy to be back.  This New Yorker is now  Jersey Shore Girl and I'm loving every minute of the peace and relaxation I'm getting from the community I'm living in.  So without further ado... Jill Reed stood by her front door with the last of her belongs tucked away in her carry-on bag.   Once she walked out the front door, she would be leaving her past behind her. The past few months she had struggled with how to proceed in her life, what would make her happy and what she wanted. Once she made this life changing decision, there was no turning back.   All that would stand in front of her was a new way of living. Jill placed her bag down in front of the front door.   She needed complete closure.   The only way to do that would take one last walk through of the house she used to call home. As she walked room to room, she took one last look in the ...

Welcome to My Book Boyfriend Blog Hop.  I am so excited to be a part of this and to be able to share with you one of my boyfriends from my WIP The Right Pitch. A man in uniform, especially athletes is an instant turn on for me.  I love sports and enjoy watching the game as much as I love the men in their uniforms.  That's why I have brought  the sports theme back into my books.  Creating the main character, especially during baseball season makes the story more realistic. Richie Raggalio is every women's dream.  He is tall, slender yet muscular, smooth olive complexion and throws a mean fastball.  When his big brown eyes stare you down, you melt, yearning to feel his lips crushed against yours.  He has a ninety-eight miles an hour fastball, and beware, when he throws his curve ball.  His uniform hugs every muscle in his body perfectly, not leaving any sag in his tight muscle butt.  When the ball releases from his hand, yo...

   Welcome to this week's Tuesday Tales to the word prompt rough.  This week will conclude Pia and Lorenzo's story.  Keep in mind this is unedited, so I apologize in advance for the errors.  I hope you enjoyed their story.                                            “Wow.”   Pia’s eyes bulged wide opened.   “You’ve left me speechless.” “I don’t see any problem at all.   A simple yes I’ll come with you, or no I can’t.” Pia gazed at Lorenzo.   He looked so intense. This was a huge decision to be made, one she would have liked to think about.   But for once in her life she would go with her gut.   She knew exactly what she wanted.   Pia sighed. “I know this is a huge decision, especially since the...

        Welcome to this week's Tuesday Tales to the word prompt - Smooth.  This is a rough draft so please excuse the mistakes.  Hope you enjoy.                                      Dinner had been wonderful.   Lorenzo had taken her out to an Italian restaurant, where he ordered all her favorite foods.   Not once during dinner did he mention anything about then. The conversation had been general with them talking about the weather, the baseball season.   After dinner they drove down Hylan Boulevard to Father Capodanno. “I thought we would take walk along the boardwalk before stopping at the South Finn for a night cap.   What do you think?” he asked pulling into the parking lot by the dolphins. “I’d love that.   I h...

Welcome to this weeks Tuesday Tales to the word prompt Bargain.  This is unedited so please excuse the errors.  I hope you are enjoying Pia and Lorenzo's story.                                             Pia’s emotions were flying high.   When Lorenzo dropped her off the night before he had been vague about what was going on in his mind.   What decision was he talking about?   Maybe he needed to make a decision if he wanted to be with her?   “Stop,” she yelled covering her eyes with her hands.   She had to stop speculating about what Lorenzo was going to say to her. Pacing back and forth in her living room, she kept looking at the clock on the cable box.   Five minutes seemed live five hours.   Lorenzo had...

                                 Welcome to this weeks Tuesday Tales.  The past two weeks my internet has been down.  With a new router, I am up and running.  I hope you enjoy my story between Pia and Lorenzo. A few days had past by since Lorenzo and Pia went for dinner.   Pia was certain Lorenzo wasn’t going to forgive her, not that she knew anything about her bogus marriage. Her friendship with Lisa had been marred for life.   Pia could never forgive her for deceiving her.   They had shared every childhood memory together straight into adulthood.   Now she felt violated.   Everything she had shared with her best friend had been a farce.   She wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Lisa shared all the intimate details of her relationship with Lorenzo to Larry....

                                            Welcome to this week's Tuesday Tales to the word prompt hand.  This is the continuing story of Lorenzo and Pia.  Please keep in mind that this is unedited.  Hope you enjoy this weeks tale.   Throughout dinner Pia sat on edge.   The conversation between the two of them had been very general.    A conversation with a stranger had more depth to it.   Her heart ached.   Another thing she noticed was he didn’t look her in the eyes.   There was also very little contact between the two of them.   Just once, he touch her hand during dinner and that was when he reached over to take the dish of olive oil to dip his bread into. Pia played with the food on her plate,...

          Welcome to this weeks Tuesday Tales to the word prompt Shoe.  This is the continuing story of Lorenzo and Pia.                                    At the end of the game, Pia sat in her seat, not sure what to do.   Lorenzo never told her where she should meet him. When the stadium was almost cleared, her cell phone went off.   Reaching into her bag, she pushed her flat shoes to the side and took out her phone.   She pressed the arrow.   The screen lit up with a message from Lorenzo asking her to meet him by the bullpen area. Pia thought about changing back into her flats, but nixed the idea.   She didn’t need to go far with her shoes on.    Quickly, she made her way down the ramp, walked around the s...