Read an Ebook Week

This week is Read an EBook Week, an annual international celebration of ebooks, and Smashwords is celebrating the week by offering hundreds (possibly thousands) of titles at reduced prices (25% to 100% off).

BITTERSWEET RESCUE is on sale at half-price for only $1.50 for this week only. Go here and be sure to use the coupon code REW50 at check-out.

Bittersweet Rescue

Bittersweet Rescue, my new contemporary romance, is now available! This is an angsty romance between two people who believe love is not for them.

Bittersweet Rescue

She rescued him, and saved herself.

When Ellie Sherwood rescues her boss from drowning, she never anticipates the consequences. For three years she’s existed in an emotional limbo after a catastrophic family tragedy, but now she’s awake and ready to seize life with both hands. And that includes the sexy boss she’s been secretly infatuated with for some time.

Drake Crawford is about to achieve his lifelong goal when a car accident plays havoc with his life. Not only is his plan for revenge delayed, but his once demure personal assistant is now shockingly, irresistibly forward. Drake is against office affairs, and Ellie is vital to his success, but he can’t get her out of his mind, and besides, he does owe her...

His solution—a two-week break with Ellie at his wilderness hideout. They’ll indulge in a scorching, private affair, and when it’s over they’ll return to their normal lives. But as Drake discovers more about Ellie, he realises her quiet exterior hides a backbone of steel. When she asks him to walk away from his ultimate goal, he knows it’s time to let her go.

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Giveaway on LibraryThing

I have a giveaway of Bittersweet Rescue posted on LibraryThing. (To get to the giveaway, from LibraryThing's Home page click the 'More' tab, and then 'Get Free Books', and click on the link to see current member giveaways. Then scroll down to find Bittersweet Rescue) If anyone would like a free copy for review, please enter your request before 16 March.

Excerpt

“The speed limit’s forty,” Ellie said, clutching her seat.

Reluctantly he eased off on the accelerator. A drizzle had set in, turning the wintery evening even gloomier. He flicked on the wipers as the black tarmac glistened like oil in his headlights. Usually the road snaking through the reserve would have a few joggers at this time of day, but the cold and the rain appeared to have kept them away. He tamped on the brakes as they approached a tight bend.

Ellie’s briefcase slipped off her seat. She bent to retrieve it, lifting one leg slightly. As her skirt pulled up, out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of her inner thigh and couldn’t help staring. In the dimness her tender skin gleamed like the petal of an ice-berg rose.

She tugged at her skirt, and his gaze lifted to her face—cheeks pink, confusion in her eyes—goddamnit, she’d caught him checking her out. She ducked her chin down, her hair fanning over her face.

“Ellie—”

Three seconds can change a man’s life. A second to look up at the road ahead. A second to recognise the danger. A second to react.

Three seconds. That’s all it took to change his life.

In the glare of his headlights metal flashed. The eyes of a ghost stared back at him.

His hands moved of their own accord, jerking the steering wheel to the left. Tyres juddered and brakes screeched as they hurtled over rough ground. A low, stone wall loomed in the headlights. The car slammed the wall at an angle and flipped over it.

Airbags exploded. They plunged through space, upside down.

A sickening crunch as they smashed into the water. The roof of the car crumpled like foil. At the same time, his head seemed to explode with pain that ripped through him like a grenade.

Through the shudders of agony, he heard someone screaming. Ellie.

He’d never heard anyone scream like that, so filled with blind terror it made his blood run cold. He turned to her, but the axe cleaved through his skull once more, and it was almost a relief to find himself tumbling into black oblivion.

Free Bliss sampler now available

Entangled Bliss has something special for readers this February. Download the Bliss Sampler which is absolutely free and contains sample chapters from every single Bliss title.

PLUS...

Take a peak inside two of the upcoming March Bliss releases, Her Summer with the Marine by Susan Meier and Stealing the Groom by Sonya Weiss.

Also included are never-before-seen deleted scenes from Robin Bielman, Cindi Madsen, Tracy March and Roxanne Snopek!

Pick up your free copy of the Bliss Sampler and fall in love one small town hero at a time.

Short Shorts: Barbed Wire

I haven't been blogging much, so in an attempt to make this blog of more interest to readers, I'm hoping to post a few of my shorter works.

How many words do you need to tell a story? According to Ernest Hemingway you only need six words. This is his six word story: For Sale. Baby shoes, never worn. I don't have a six word story, but I have attempted to write a complete story in under fifty words (not including the title):



BARBED WIRE

I ring him at home again, but again his wife answers, so I put down the phone. He calls, furious. You know the rules. Don’t ever call me at home. Don’t ever call me, period. So I put the pregnancy stick in an envelope and mail it to his wife.

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Copyright © 2014 Coleen Kwan

Book Hooks: Baiting the Boss

 

 

Book Hooks is a weekly meme hosted by the MFRW Authors blog. It's a chance to hook readers with a few choice sentences from a WIP or published book.

 

This week, my Book Hooks excerpt comes from BAITING THE BOSS, my latest release from Entangled Indulgence.

 

“On the other hand…” His eyes sparkled even brighter. “The eels in this pool have been known to nibble.”
“Eels!” She grabbed onto him with both hands, casting a jittery look at the still waters around them.
A low chuckle rumbled in his chest. “Just kidding. They don’t bite.”
“But there are eels?”
“Small ones only, and they’re shy.”
She couldn’t suppress a shudder. “I don’t know whether to believe you or not.”
“Would I lie to you?”
“Probably. You’re a man, aren’t you?”
 



 

For years Grace Owens harbored a secret crush on her boss, Jack Macintyre, the heir to the Macintyre Corporation. But Jack relocates to a remote tropical island after tragedy upends his life, cutting off all contact. Now Grace’s new boss issues an ultimatum: return Jack to the family fold or pack her briefcase and move on.

 

When she turns up at Jack's bungalow, he can’t deny his attraction to the fiery woman determined to lure him out of his tropical paradise. Little does she know that returning is the last thing he wants—he’s nobody’s boss, and he likes it that way.

 

If he stays, she'll lose her job. If he goes, she'll lose her heart.

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Teaser Tuesdays - All Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

~ Grab your current read

~ Open to a random page

~ Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

~ BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

~ Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

The book I've chosen All Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard. This is the fifth volume in the Cazalet Chronicles, a series I absolutely love. Sadly, it's also Ms Howard's last book as she recently passed away. But what an amazing author and what an inspiration to be still writing and publishing at the age of ninety!

Here's my teaser:

'I kept wondering if they'd fall out. Like that woman dining at the Berkeley - a waiter popping them back, and the head waiter reproving him, "Here we use a slightly warmed tablespoon."'

Page 268, All Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard.

My book covers

When my first book, WHEN HARRIET CAME HOME, was published in Oct 2011, I remember being thrilled by my cover. It was so much better than I could have envisaged. Somehow the artist had managed to capture the right mood of my book. Since then, I've published a few more books, and I love all my covers (especially my steampunk ones). But if I had to pick a favourite, I would have to go with REAL MEN DON'T BREAK HEARTS.

I just love the fun, flirty chemistry between this cute couple! (And the guy has great biceps, which always helps) This isn't the original cover for this book. It was redone when the second book in the series came out, and I have to say this one is so adorable. It makes me happy every time I see it.