tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78924201995338361082024-02-18T21:01:57.459-05:00Four Wolves in the DenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023678435313010954noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892420199533836108.post-48964994603558854172015-06-24T17:37:00.000-04:002015-06-24T17:37:14.492-04:00A Week in Lancaster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last week the kids and I spent a week at my parents house in Lancaster, PA. We all had such a great time. We cherry picked at <a href="http://www.cherryhillorchards.com/">Cherry Hill Orchards</a> which has become a tradition for the week after school is done. We lucked out and it was the first day they were allowing everyone to pick. The kids had a great time and sampled a cherry from each tree they chose to pick from. We brought home a couple pounds and they disappeared by the end of the week. We did a ton of shopping at the outlets and my mom took us to her new favorite mall in the area. We ate lunch out, stayed up late, watched tv together and slept in. It's nice to be spoiled every once in a while and I enjoyed not having to cook any meals while I was there. </div>
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On Friday night my mom's church friends were having a picnic for the Sunday School families. (My mom was a teacher) The kids mainly ate the homemade desserts and got soft serve from the ice-cream machine they had. The highlights for my kids were the candy drop which was a one person plane that flew overhead and dropped tons of candy from the sky, the horses, and the kittens that were recently born. It was so nice to see the kids fit right in and make friends. The children already knew our names because my mom likes to brag about us. Which is awesome, lol! Here is Liv showing off her new dress!</div>
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John did so great with the horses! He really has a way with animals.</div>
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I have to say this is one of my favorite pictures that I have ever captured of Olivia.</div>
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She loved playing mommy to the baby kittens. She was talking so sweet to them.</div>
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Give her ALLLLL the kittens!!!</div>
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Here's the candy dropping from the sky!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023678435313010954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892420199533836108.post-39982225800651618282015-06-05T14:46:00.002-04:002015-06-05T14:46:57.571-04:00Fitness Progress and Recipes for the Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Getting my grocery shopping list together for the week used to give me so much anxiety now I've been a little more excited about making new meals. This week we tried a couple of new ones, they all turned out great so I thought I would share the links. Follow me on <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/kristindem/">Pinterest</a> for more recipes, I love to share ideas for some new foods.</div>
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<a href="http://www.jasonandshawnda.com/foodiebride/archives/14350">Bacon and Pea Mac and Cheese</a> (I subbed Applegate Farms Uncured Turkey Bacon and Barilla Gluten Free Pasta)--Not really a 21 day day fix approved recipe but I wanted to try something new. Everything in moderation.</div>
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<a href="http://healthyfeelshappy.com/2015/02/14/slow-cooker-barbacoa/">Slow Cooker Barbacoa</a> Chipotles in adobo sauce have changed my life! Delicious.</div>
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Try this recipe for <a href="http://lecremedelacrumb.com/2014/04/homemade-red-enchilada-sauce.html">home made enchilada sauce</a>! YUM! </div>
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Below are my progress pictures from the first week of the 21 day fix to the last week of the 21 day fix. Not a huge difference yet! But I've become more toned, my energy levels and endurance are increasing. Feeling pretty great!</div>
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Lighting isn't great but I took these in a hurry! #momlife</div>
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Liv and I after a tough workout, happy that I keep pushing myself.</div>
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Last Saturday it was a beautiful day out. The kids and I were on our own hanging around the house and they were driving me CRAZY. I was beyond frustrated, couldn't take the noise level and the constant fighting. I was over it. I was about to be scary mommy. "THAT'S IT!" I pretty much screamed. I grabbed my bag, the camera, some bottles of water, and we were out the door. They kept asking "Where are we going?" my response "Silence, you'll see when we get there!" We have this great park with a walking trail and some beautiful trees and open fields right by our house that we don't utilize enough. I parked and told them to start marching. Were walking the trail. The WHOLE trail. My goal was to tire them out enough so that when we got home I could relax hopefully in peace. I don't know maybe get one thing done without hearing them bicker! I love this stage (age) with the kids I really do but sometimes I get to my breaking point. By the end of this adventure they were a little easier to handle and we enjoyed a quiet night at the house. They showered and bathed and I took some time to blow dry Liv's hair which is a nice quiet, relaxing, bonding time for both of us.</div>
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Of course the opening day at the Farmer's Market we buy sweets! But we couldn't resist trying some goodies from <a href="http://www.joannescandy.com/">Joanne's Candy</a> (the inside out s'mores were delicious) and <a href="http://www.undrgrnddonuts.com/">undrgrnd donuts</a> truck.</div>
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From left to right: Vanilla and Chocolate Swirl, The Homer (Vanilla dunk, raw sugar, chocolate with bacon), Captain Kranky (Strawberry with Captain Crunch), Camping Out (S'mores Donut), Chocolate and Strawberry Dunk, Caramel Apple</div>
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The kids were so excited for the fresh donuts! </div>
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We bought some farm fresh eggs and they were delicious! </div>
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A sea sponge for my mom since she had been looking for one. This bar of soap Liv really wanted but turns out completely dries her out. Fresh asparagus and a new cilantro plant from a farm in NJ since ours died while we were away on a long weekend down the shore. And this delicious yet very spicy Chipotle Black Bean hummus from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LancasterHummusco">Lancaster Hummus Co</a>.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023678435313010954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892420199533836108.post-36087757749176207382015-05-26T15:08:00.000-04:002015-05-26T15:08:43.360-04:00Lifestyle ChangesOn May 12th I decided that I was done being sick and tired. For weeks I felt like I needed to nap during the day. I had no energy to get out of the house with the kids. My patience was minimal. When Olivia (age 4) asked to be carried I could only do it for a short amount of time. I was feeling majorly blah! In the past years I've tried the Jillian Michael's shred and was bored. I did kickboxing that I loved and it was a great workout but wasn't something I could financially afford to keep up with and getting that time out of the house at night was very hard to schedule in. In steps my sister in law Nadine. She had been posting on her Facebook about a program she was trying and how great she was feeling. She joined a 21 day challenge to get on track and had lost 15 lbs, 10 inches, and had her energy levels up. I decided on the next round I was going to join her with a little extra push from her that I needed. I decided I was going to do the program she was doing through Beachbody. It's a 21 day challenge, eating clean with portion control, working out for a half hour a day, and drinking a protein shake called Shakeology. I am on day 14 now and my entire day to day outlook on my life has changed. I was never overly concerned with my weight, but I was never fully happy with my body either. I didn't feel powerful. In the first two weeks of the program it wasn't hard for me to cut out the crap I usually eat. I was at the point where I knew I needed to change. At 31 I should not be eating like I'm a teenager with a limited menu of what I like to eat. I have had such a hard time recently picking out things to make for dinner. I was sick of everything! Now I have a game plan! I'm excited to go to the store. Try new healthier foods. My body immediately responded to the changes in my diet. While I still look in the mirror and wonder am I making progress? I only have a week of the challenge left. Have I lost any weight? For me the true test was this weekend when I didn't bring Olivia's stroller to a short zoo trip we took on Saturday and she was tired of walking. I actually carried her for an extended period of time and still felt great. When I'm pushing through a workout that's what I think of, being a better mom to my kids. If I'm feeling better, they will feel better. The other thing I like about this program is that it's not a yo-yo diet, it's not do this, lose weight, and go back to your old habits. It's taking a look at your health and fitness and showing you the proper way you should be doing it. It's a community with all different people from all different walks of life coming together and supporting each other, motivating each other (via the beach body website or through Facebook accountability groups). I ordered my kit (21 day fix-extreme) which includes guide book with recipes, portion containers, workout dvds, a month supply of chocolate shakeology and a shakeology cup. For real, were on a budget, I'm not going to spend money frivolously, that was also a motivator for me in the first week. I DO NOT waste money. And in the past two weeks my grocery bill has been reduced. (insert thumbs up emoji)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I decided to sign on as a coach because I believe in the concepts of the program and how much it helps people that are just like me. So I'm going to share some links to my coach website if your interested in seeing what some of the programs look like. I decided on doing the extreme challenge pack but that might not be for everyone. There is a also one titled 21 day fix. </div>
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THIS SERIES! So addictive! Once you start Cat and Bone's story in Halfway to the Grave you will HAVE to read the rest of the series and spin offs! Perfect blend of paranormal romance, humor and action. Jeaniene has an awesome <a href="http://jeanienefrost.com/reading-order/">reading order</a> on her website so you know exactly how these are to be read. The spin off series fits seamlessly into Cat's Night Huntress books. Above are the books I have read so far. I'm also excited to start <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7039218-once-burned">The Night Prince series</a> which features Vlad. He will quickly become one of your favorite characters from the Night Huntress novels.<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11983940-scarlet">A.C. Gaughen's Scarlet Series</a>. THIS TRILOGY! An unforgettable story. Even if you are not a huge fan of Robin Hood tales you will love this series. Will "Scarlet" is a woman disguised as a boy! A boy that can scale trees and throw knives! She's a talented thief and is best friends with the noblest man around, Robin Hood! This is so much more than a Robin Hood story. The journey the characters are on throughout all three books is so moving. There is so much to Scarlet. You will love her and want to hit her upside that head of her's but ultimately you will cheer her on. I absolutely recommend this series to everyone (it is considered a Teen novel). And can we appreciate the beauty of these covers?!? Stunning!<br />
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My newest "heart eyes" are for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3433047.Sarah_J_Maas">Sarah J. Maas</a>. I got to meet her at <a href="http://fourwolvesintheden.blogspot.com/2015/03/apollycon-2015.html">Apollycon</a> this year and she was so nice and seriously looks like a real life Disney Princess. In my swag bag I got a copy of her book <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16034235-throne-of-glass">Throne of Glass</a>. AH! This book! It was so good! Magic, intrigue, assassins! Amazing! So far I have only read the first book in the series (Throne of Glass) but from what I hear from other readers it gets better and better with each book! I can't wait to pick up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17167166-crown-of-midnight">Crown of Midnight</a>. She will be in my area on May 5th for her book launch of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16096824-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses?from_search=true&search_version=service">A Court of Thorns and Roses</a>. I received an e-reader advance reading copy of this but chose to actually hold it in my hands and borrowed from my friend Bonnie. From beginning to end this book sucks you in. The world building is beautiful. I connected with the female main character but I really think the stars of the book are the male characters. Each one has a different personality and there is a lot of humor. A great villain and Sarah has really created a wonderful book to start her series with. I also snuck a sneak peak of the book at work and the cover is BEAUTIFUL! Can't wait to get my hands on it and meet Sarah again at her signing.<br />
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These adorable picture books are by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6907102.Emma_Yarlett">Emma Yarlett</a>. I've read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22052900-orion-and-the-dark">Orion and the Dark</a> several times for story time at the store and the kids loved it. I ordered in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17328673-sidney-stella-and-the-moon">Sidney, Stella, and the Moon</a> for our house and it doesn't disappoint. Emma's illustrations are so whimsical and beautiful. Sidney, Stella, and the Moon focuses on sharing. Orion and the Dark focuses on being being afraid of the dark and other fears. Both of my kids ages 4 and 10 enjoyed these books, although my 10 year old was just interested in the illustrations. My little artist! If you follow Emma on her <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmaYarlett">twitter</a> she released a photo of her newest book cover (Poppy Pickle: A Little Girl with a Big Imagination). *Grabby hands over here*</div>
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<a href="http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=3445630020001&cid=1021772&locale=en_US">1</a>. I wore this dress for Easter. It was so comfortable and the pattern is something different to me.</div>
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Woah! This week went by so fast! Between work, kid's school stuff, and snow days, I haven't had a chance to write about what a great experience Apollycon was. (I may have also fell into a full day worm hole of The 100 on Netflix.) I went to Apollycon with two of my friends from work Bonnie and Alexis. We got down early and visited some of our friends that were working the bookstore since our store was providing the books. We visited <a href="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/">Jen</a>'s table first since it was her event for launching her book "The Return". Thank God we did because she was busy the entire day. Her line ended up being so long she was still signing until after 7pm. As always she was super nice and remembers you from other events which is amazing. That woman has an awesome memory. Also pictured below is Drew who is the cover model of "The Return".</div>
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<a href="http://www.katielmcgarry.com/">Katie McGarry</a> is an author I was super excited to meet. Bonnie turned me onto her books and I literally couldn't put them down. She was so nice and appreciative since I told her I handsell her books at my work all the time. So excited for her new book "No Where But Here". Also SELFIE!</div>
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This is <a href="http://jeanienefrost.com/">Jeaniene Frost</a>. Mah Kween! She is probably the author I was most nervous to meet. I just feel like she is huge. She's epic! I see her name everywhere! Her books are amazing. Like I can't put them down-must finish them in a day!!! She was so lovely and she looked amazing at the after party! I didn't get photos with her later because of..nerves!!</div>
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Here is the squad! <a href="http://sarahjmaas.com/">Sarah J. Maas</a>, <a href="http://susandennard.com/">Susan Dennard</a>, and <a href="http://www.alexandrabracken.com/">Alexandra Bracken</a>! These three were so incredibly nice. Sarah J. Maas will be at our store in May and were all so thrilled! At the after party they were so cute dancing together! </div>
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A new author to me, <a href="http://rileyedgewood.blogspot.com/p/main-page.html">Riley Edgewood</a>! She is THE SWEETEST! Seriously so nice. I'm excited to check out her books. We instantly just wanted to be her BFFs. Everyone we talked to raved about how awesome she is. </div>
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Another new to me author <a href="http://www.elizabethbriggs.net/">Elizabeth Briggs</a>, who we also fell in love with. She is so nice! Bonnie blind-bought her book and can't wait to start it. I will also be checking it out. She's located all the way over in L.A. and was so excited to see snow here in Philly. It was adorable! I hope she makes it over here again soon we would love to hang out. And the star in the middle is <a href="http://cristinterrill.com/">Cristin Terrill</a> the author of "All our Yesterdays" one of my all time favorite books. You can't tell from this picture was I was "fan-girling" hard core which made me super awkward. I seriously probably overwhelmed her with my ridiculousness!</div>
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And finally Bonnie got in a picture! Also some new friends I met through Bonnie. Featured authors: <a href="http://www.elizabethbriggs.net/">Elizabeth Briggs</a>, <a href="http://www.dianealberts.com/">Diane Alberts</a>, and <a href="http://coracarmack.blogspot.com/">Cora Carmack</a>.</div>
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# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.<br />
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Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.<br />
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It’s been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they’ve given him have been violent and bloody – which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth. He’s got to play protector while keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet.<br />
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Josie has no idea what this crazy hot guy’s deal might be, but it’s a good bet that his arrival means the new life she started after leaving home is about to be thrown into an Olympian-sized blender turned up to “puree”. Either Josie is going insane or a nightmare straight out of an ancient myth is gunning for her.<br />
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Susan Dennard has come a long way from small-town Georgia. As a marine biologist, she got to travel the world—six out of seven continents, to be exact (she’ll get to Asia one of these days!)—before she settled down as a full-time novelist and writing instructor.<br />
She is the author of the Something Strange and Deadly series as well as the forthcoming Witchlands series (Tor, 2015), and when not writing, she can be found hiking with her dogs, exploring tidal pools, or practicing her tap dance shuffles.<br />
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In the conclusion to the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a roaring—and addictive—gothic world,” Eleanor Fitt must control her growing power, face her feelings for Daniel, and confront the evil necromancer Marcus...all before it’s too late.<br />
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He took her brother, he took her mother, and now, Marcus has taken her good friend Jie. With more determination than ever to bring this sinister man to justice, Eleanor heads to the hot desert streets of nineteenth-century Egypt in hopes of ending this nightmare. But in addition to her increasingly tense relationships with Daniel, Joseph, and her demon, Oliver, Eleanor must also deal with her former friend, Allison, who has curiously entangled herself in Eleanor’s mission.<br />
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With the rising dead chomping at her every move and Jie’s life hanging in the balance, Eleanor is convinced that her black magic will see her through to the bitter end. But there will be a price. Though she and the Spirit Hunters have weathered every battle thus far, there will be consequences to suffer this time—the effects of which will be irreversible. And when it’s over, only some will be able to live a strange and ever after.<br />
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Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.<br />
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NYPD detective Seraphina Newsom will avenge her brother’s death at any cost. Even if it means insinuating herself into a rough, Brooklyn street gang and going so far undercover, she’s not sure she’ll be able to get out. Every minute she spends in their midst means the clock ticking down on her life, especially when she overhears something that could get her killed.<br />
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Bowen Driscol is the heir to a crime enterprise. He never asked for the job, but with his father behind bars, he has no choice but to step in and keep the operation running. But when the NYPD blackmails him with a piece of damning information in exchange for aiding an undercover cop, he finds himself on the other side of the law for the first time in his life.<br />
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Bowen knows the danger Sera is in, and keeping her safe trumps saving his own ass. The problem? She can’t know he’s on her side. And there's the matter of the seriously inconvenient heat sparking between them that's incinerating his resistance. But Sera only sees Bowen's past, and men like him are the reason her brother is dead. If they're to get out alive, he'll have to risk exposing the man beneath, and hope to hell he doesn't blow the whole operation in the process. <br />
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I’m Sarah J. Maas, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series (Heir of Fire, Book 3, will be out in September 2014). The Assassin’s Blade, a bind-up of all five TOG novellas is out now! Starting in Spring 2015 – my New Adult Fantasy series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, will be published by Bloomsbury as well! Hooray! I was born/raised in Manhattan, but traded freezing winters and sweltering summers for No Winter Ever Weather when I followed my then-boyfriend (now husband!) out to California in 2008. After six years in SoCal, I’ve finally returned to the East Coast, and am currently residing in the Philadelphia area. I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College with a degree in Creative Writing, and a minor in Religious Studies. I’m represented by Tamar Rydzinski of the Laura Dail Literary Agency.<br />
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Lost and broken, Celaena Sardothien’s only thought is to avenge the savage death of her dearest friend: as the King of Adarlan’s Assassin, she is bound to serve this tyrant, but he will pay for what he did. Any hope Celaena has of destroying the king lies in answers to be found in Wendlyn. Sacrificing his future, Chaol, the Captain of the King’s Guard, has sent Celaena there to protect her, but her darkest demons lay in that same place. If she can overcome them, she will be Adarlan’s biggest threat – and his own toughest enemy.<br />
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Sophie Jordan took her adolescent daydreaming one step further and penned her first historical romance in the back of her high school Spanish class. This passion led her to pursue a degree in English and History.<br />
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Months after her boyfriend dumped her, Georgia can still hear the insults he hurled at her. Boring. Predictable. Tame. Tired of feeling bad, she’s ready to change her image, and go a little wild. What better way to prove her ex wrong than a hot night of sexual adventure at the secret campus kink club?<br />
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In the shadowy den of the kink club, she unexpectedly runs into Logan Mulvaney, her friend’s little brother. A player extraordinaire too hot for his own good, he may be younger, but the guy is light years ahead when it comes to sexual experience. Now he’s telling her to go home—“good girls” don’t belong here!<br />
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Georgia is tired of having others define her. She’s going to teach Logan a lesson he won’t forget—one white hot, mind-wrecking kiss . . . that leads to another . . . and another . . . and. . . . Realizing she’s way in over her head, Georgia runs.<br />
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According to the guys at Fairfield Academy, there are two types of girls: the kind you hook up with, and the kind you're friends with. Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Reed is the second type. And she hates it. With just one year left to change her rank, she devises a plan to become the first type by homecoming, and she sets her sights on the perfect date—Justin Carter, Fairfield Academy’s biggest hottie and most notorious player.<br />
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Rachel Hollis founded the LA-based event planning firm Chic Events at only 21. Six years later Inc. Magazine named her one of the Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30. She went on to turn Chic into the extremely popular lifestyle website The Chic where readers log in daily for the tips and tricks she acquired after years of planning fancy parties for celebrities!<br />
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Landon Brinkley’s dreams are all coming true. She’s landed an internship with the fabulous Selah Smith, event planner for the Hollywood elite, taking her from small-town Texas to the bright lights of LA. Landon soon finds herself in a world in which spending a million dollars on an event—even a child’s birthday party—is de rigueur and the whims of celebrity clients are life-and-death matters. At first, the thrill of working on A-list parties and celebrity weddings is enough to get Landon through the seventy-five-hour workweeks and endless abuse at the hands of her mercurial boss. But when the reality of the business reveals itself, she’s forced to make a choice: do whatever it takes to get ahead, or stay true to herself.<br />
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My first stories written in crayon-scrawl on loose-leaf notebook paper were about my childhood pet — a deaf cat with dandruff. And after covering real-life dramas as a journalist, I decided I liked writing my own endings better and switched to fiction. My romance novels full of humor and heart are a far cry from those early scribblings about my hygiene-deficient pet.<br />
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I live in southern Pennsylvania, with my husband, two kids and two cats. I like a good pint of beer, a greasy bacon cheeseburger, homemade mac and cheese, and a great book with a happily ever after. When I’m not tapping away on my laptop, I’m probably listening to the characters in my head who just. Won’t. Shut. Up.<br />
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After graduating from Bowler University, the last place Cam Ruiz ever expected to find himself is his hometown. A bad job as a bouncer and worry over his mom’s health make living in Paradise anything but. There’s only one thing that can make his return any harder—running into the only girl he’s ever loved.<br />
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Tate Ellison made a mistake when she was eighteen, one that cost her the best thing she’s ever had. She’s always hoped the regret of losing Cam would fade over time. Too bad it’s only grown. She took comfort in the fact she’d never have to face him again, so his presence in Paradise throws her for a loop.<br />
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The pull between them is instant and when the truth of what happened years ago tumbles out, they share a mind-blowing kiss...which leads to more. But the past has a way of repeating itself. When all the cards are on the table, Cam and Tate must decide what they are willing to do to make it last.<br />
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I’m the author of The Beautiful & The Cursed, a young adult novel about two sisters who, on their mission to find their missing brother, discover a veiled world of gargoyles and demons in the city of Paris.<br />
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I never gave gargoyles much thought until I came across an old image of a Notre Dame gargoyle with the city of Paris in the backdrop. My first impression was that this stone effigy was somehow keeping watch over Paris. To satisfy my curiosity, I did a little research and discovered that my first impression wasn’t that far from the truth.<br />
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Some gargoyles are simply decorative waterspouts, but others are symbols of protection, their faces and bodies purposely grotesque in order to scare off evil spirits. Any building with a gargoyle upon it is said to be a protected place, and the people inside safe from whatever evil lurks beyond those walls.<br />
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The first glimmer of a story came to me right then. I knew that my gargoyle lore would have a new twist, that the story would unfold in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, and that a human girl would discover the truth about a very handsome, very dangerous—and totally inhuman—young man.<br />
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For the next few years I let my characters and plot percolate and evolve, and at long last I was ready to write—and sell—the series. I’m currently at work writing the second and third novels for Delacorte Press, an imprint at Random House that I have long admired and wished to be a part of. Every day I make new discoveries about my characters and their world, making this the best job I could ever ask for!<br />
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Ingrid and Gabby survived the Underneath. They saved their brother, Grayson, from a future of dark servitude and exposed a plot to undermine the Alliance. But danger still lurks in the streets of Paris, and the Dispossessed, perched on the city's bridges and rooftops, might not be able to save their human wards this time.<br />
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USA Today Bestselling author Tiffany King is a lifelong reading fanatic who is now living her dream as a writer, weaving Young Adult and New Adult romance tales for others to enjoy. She has a loving husband and two wonderful kids. (Five, if you count her three spoiled cats). Her addictions include: Her iphone and ipad, chocolate, Diet Coke, chocolate, Harry Potter, chocolate, zombies and her favorite TV shows. Want to know what they are? Just ask.<br />
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Three years into college, Tressa Oliver’s life is a nonstop party. She’s skating by in her classes, and there’s no shortage of drinking, dancing and general hell-raising. The only aspect that hasn’t been much fun: she can’t shake the toxic jerks that always seem to gravitate toward her.<br />
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Laura Kaye is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance and romantic suspense, including the Hard Ink, Heroes, and Hearts of the Anemoi series. Laura's hot, heartfelt stories are all about the universal desire for a place to belong. Laura grew up amidst family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses, cementing her life-long fascination with storytelling and the supernatural. Laura lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.<br />
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Derek DiMarzio would do anything for the members of his disgraced Special Forces team—sacrifice his body, help a former teammate with a covert operation to restore their honor, and even go behind enemy lines. He just never expected to want the beautiful woman he found there.<br />
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I started writing Crossroads after my grandmother passed away. When these characters came to life in my mind, along with the character Gamma, inspired by my grandmother, it was a way for me to heal. I decided to start from a dream I had in high school, chapter one. Chapter two is also based on my dream as well. I didn’t think I would have much to write about, but when I made Claudia to be more like me, it was easy. Her first car, her first job, her first experience at camping and her grandmother having a stroke was all part of me. Too bad Michael wasn’t real…lol!!!<br />
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Some nights have passion, some waves leave you wet, but everything is sexy at Knight Fashion Magazine...<br />
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As a child, Kristi Cook took her nose out of a book only long enough to take a ballet class (or five) each week. Not much has changed since then, except she’s added motherhood to the mix and enjoys penning her own novels as much as reading everybody else’s. A transplanted southern gal, Kristi lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.<br />
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In Magnolia Branch, Mississippi, the Cafferty and Marsden families are southern royalty. Neighbors since the Civil War, the families have shared vacations, holidays, backyard barbecues, and the overwhelming desire to unite their two clans by marriage. So when a baby boy and girl were born to the families at the same time, the perfect opportunity seemed to have finally arrived.<br />
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Medical research scientist Elena Arcos has always lived her life under the radar, which is not easy to do when you live with the craziest woman in the world. But eccentric Aunt Uza is a picnic compared to the other people who enter her orderly life after she is shot in a convenience store robbery.<br />
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Hi there! My name is Becca Truitte. Kristin very generously asked me to write a little something for her amazing blog about my hair and some products that I have used that I have found helpful for my big, beautiful hair! Keyword being big!<br />
First, a little bit about myself. I am a proud mom of two boys. I also have been married for 9 years to my husband Jason, who has seen me through a lot of different hairstyles and wakes up to my crazy hair every morning and still tells me I am beautiful! I would call my style easy-going causal/ post-apocalyptic bohemian. You can make up in your mind whatever that means to you. (I made it up!) I don’t spend too much time on hair and make-up, but I certainly use to! As I get older (31) I prefer to let my natural beauty shine through in my everyday look, but I would say I do clean up well for the special occasion or night out! So here is the story of my hair. I hope it is useful, somewhat entertaining, and that maybe you will find these products can work with your hair. But remember your hair is yours and mine is mine, so love the hair you wear!<br />
The story of my hair has been a frustrating one; it was a love –hate relationship until my late 20’s. My hair itself is fine, but I have a lot of it, making it appear and act like thick hair, almost as if it were a horse’s mane. It is also very wavy, almost curly, but without the ringlets. So as a child my hair looked like a lion’s mane. A hybrid, mythical creature of a lion and horse sounds kickass but there is no place in this world for that on a little girl’s head! My mother had three other daughters to groom before sending all of us off to school in the morning. So after many years of screams and tears, and of trying to manage my long wild hair, I got a boy’s haircut. Think of the Little Dutch Boy. Not cute! It stayed this way throughout childhood and there were many times I was mistaken for a boy. After a while I just stopped correcting people because it was just too embarrassing.<br />
It was in my teen years I started to grow my hair long again, but really had no idea what to do with it, because my hair had been short my entire life. Frizz, fro and fiasco! I met a sweet girl in eighth grade who taught me how to scrunch my hair: Sarah Kovitch- Brophy, who now is an amazing Hair Dresser and owner of <a href="http://www.hairetc2012.com/" target="_blank">Hair, Etc.</a> Through that friendship I met the lovely writer of this blog- enter Kristin! Kristin taught me the magic of the straightening iron, and shared her Frizz Ease secrets with me! I spent many school nights sleeping over Kristin’s house, sharing AOL and a flat iron. I recall vividly running from her house into her car with hoods on our heads and then again into school so the humidity would not damage all our tremendous efforts of straightening. Our hair routine resumed again in first period History, where we would take turns preening one another to make sure no waves were to be found. You could say we looked out for one another’s hair! We were hair sisters!<br />
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I have to say that these two ladies were most influential in the way I began to treat and train my hair. I actually started to feel pretty and confident under their follicle tutelage!<br />
Still throughout my life my hair and I have had ups and down. It was at some point after chopping my hair off for the seventh time or so that I realized my hair was never going to change or do something someone else’s hair did. By my late 20’s I had to learn to love my hair, just as it was, and just as it was not. Not looking to others’ hair wishing I had their type or wanting my hair to be something that it has never been. “Baby I was born this way!” It has always been a bit crazy and bigger than life, and once I got that through my pretty little strands of hairs on my head, short, long, or in that awkward middle, I began to love the hair I wear!<br />
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My saving grace in the fight against frizz and dry hair! Very reasonably priced (average price around $5. Per bottle)and can be found at practically any store!<br />
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You can also apply this gem of a product for curly or blown out look. This will run you a bit more money ( online you can get this baby for around $14.99 plus S&H, but at local retailers it’s around $25) I know it sounds like a lot, but a bottle last me for about 6 months and it’s an awesome product. Also, hair salons and ULTA sells them in bundled packages, and you can get other “It’s a 10” products, which I highly endorse for when I blow out my hair!<br />
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This crème comes out looking and feeling more like a gel, but it’s not. It will not make your hair sticky or crunchy. It really is what makes my hair the curliest! It is reasonably priced and you can find it at most drug stores, but have never seen it at a Target or Wal-Mart. Average price for this product is around $8.</div>
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While air drying, but not completely dry- to give hair some added volume and definition I use this product. It allows my hair just enough definition with the right amount bounce and movement, without my hair being sticky or having an all day wet look. This is another great product to be on the lookout for when it goes on sale prices range$4-$6.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023678435313010954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892420199533836108.post-3424583453370434092015-02-10T11:13:00.003-05:002015-02-10T11:22:53.633-05:00My Curly Hair TrialsMy curly hair has taken me on a lifelong journey. I'm too lazy to make you a time line so this is how it goes. I'm a toddler with short brown curly hair, I'm sure my mother got plenty of "What a cute little boy!" but she will never admit it. All through grade school I struggled with "why is my hair so curly"? I specifically remember having my first experience with hair jealousy at the age of 6. A girl in first grade class had perfect straight blonde hair that was always done perfectly by her hair dresser mom. That was the first time I was cursing the hair gods! Oh and the agony of mom having to go into work early on a school day!!!! Dad had no idea how to tame the mane. Years later in middle school, I was still rocking the half up/ half down with very round over sprayed bangs that every girl had in the 90's. By the conclusion of middle school I was wearing slicked back hair in a bun (yet not so slick because I HATED hairspray at this point so I just had a million flyways on the front of my hairline.) Also baby hair all across by head! Don't know what they are? Look up any photo of JLO she knows how to rock the baby hair. Thank you hispanic genes! Pushing forward to freshman year of high school wasn't any better. I never wore my hair down. I HATED it. LOATHED it! Then one day my mom comes home with a BLOW OUT! A BLOW OUT! The holy grail of hair styles. She bought this huge round brush and told me the hair dresser said she could get my hair that straight! There was this cool new beauty appliance! A STRAIGHTENER! Well you know my mom HAD to get one. We had to see if I could finally wear my hair down. My parents love my curly hair but I think at this point they were tired of hearing a whiney teenager complain. It took my mom over 2 hours to blow dry and straighten my hair. Thank God it lasted several days (if it wasn't even the least bit humid out) and the new miracle John Frieda anti frizz had come out. What a lifesaver. I eventually got good at doing my hair myself. But I was always leery of getting it wet. At the pool or beach. I would bring hair products everywhere I went so I could get it into a bun ASAP. No one could see my crazy hair. My hair has seen a lot of changes over the years from coloring it to pregnancy. Now it is less frizzy, whether straight or curly. But since having Olivia 4 years ago my curls have kind of fallen flat. I admit I was using cheap products since they were in my price range but nothing ever helped my hair look good curly. I just kept straightening. My mom is the best and kindly sent me some school pictures so you can all see my hair throughout the years.<br />
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Lately I've been leaving it natural, seeing if I could get back some of my curl. Ironic you say?!? Now to the good part, it's actually been looking better. Thanks to my best friend and hair stylist Sarah. She recommended <a href="http://www.moroccanoil.com/usa/h_us_en/curl-control-mousse" target="_blank">Moroccan Mousse</a> and it's been amazing. Perfect curls and no crunch! I shampoo, condition, dry, I DO NOT comb it, and just throw the mousse on. Scrunching up obviously. We all know the SCRUNCH. And I've found my hair comes out best if it air dries. The Moroccan mousse recommends air drying on the bottle. This is definitely a splurge product but it works so well and you don't need that much unless your hair is long.<br />
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Olivia inherited my curly hair and I LOVE that. I LOVE her curly hair. She is so beautiful inside and out and so is her hair. I hope she never hates it the way I did. I hope it never makes her feel LESS. Because there were times it made me feel that way. I have found two products that I'm going to rave about for kids with curly hair. Shea Moisture Kids Detangler and curly hair butter. They are both currently $8.49 at Target and can be found in the adult hair care section. Click through pictures for direct shopping links. Olivia's curls are in such great shape. I spray the detangler and use a pick to get knots out. Then add a little of the curl butter and scrunch. Her curls stay moisturized all day and are so soft.<br />
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So a couple of weeks ago I'm on Facebook and my lovely friend Becca posts a new profile picture. Her curls! They look so good! She likes to call them her Sarah Jessica Fro! And I can see why! I NEEDED to know how she achieved this look. What did she use? What is her process? Here's the thing about my friend Becca..she's smart, witty, a natural beauty, and an excellent writer. She is truly inspirational. And she's here to guest write and let us in on her curly hair secrets! Don't miss out on her guest post <a href="http://fourwolvesintheden.blogspot.com/2015/02/guest-post-love-hair-you-wear.html" target="_blank">here</a>! </div>
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KATIE MCGARRY was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, and reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.<br />
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For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so... different. It means seeing cool sights while selling her art at galleries along the way. And most of all, it means almost three months alone with Noah Hutchins, the hot, smart, soul-battered guy who’s never judged her. Echo and Noah share everything — except the one thing Echo’s just not ready for.<br />
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Kristen is the author of the Amazon and USA Today bestselling With Me In Seattle series. She has a passion for a good love story and strong characters who love humor and have a strong sense of loyalty and family. Her men are the alpha type; fiercely protective and a bit bossy, and her ladies are fun, strong, and not afraid to stand up for themselves.<br />
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From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby comes the third romance in the Love Under the Big Sky series, featuring a veteran struggling with PTSD and the one woman who can help him recover—and learn to love again.<br />
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Jillian thought she was a city girl through and through; the fast cars, high fashion, and glamour—she loves it all. But when her ex tells her he’s having a baby with his new wife (after Jillian struggled for years to get pregnant), she hightails it back to Montana to cry on the shoulder of her best friend, Cara.<br />
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Jeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night Huntress series, the Night Prince series and the Broken Destiny series. To date, foreign rights for her novels have sold to twenty different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling – by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.<br />
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Leila’s years on the carnie circuit were certainly an education. What she didn’t learn: how to be a vampire, or how to be married to the most famous vampire of them all. Adjusting to both has Leila teetering on a knife edge between passion and peril, and now the real danger is about to begin…<br />
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Katee Robert learned to tell stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her favorites then were the rather epic adventures of The Three Bears, but at age twelve she discovered romance novels and never looked back.<br />
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This time, all bets are off... Penelope Carson loves to steal clients from Will Reaver. Yet something in her business nemesis's icy blue eyes makes Penelope...nervous. It certainly doesn't help that the man is the living embodiment of a Norse god. A controlled, powerful Norse god. Which she really should have remembered before she made a bet with him—because losing means becoming Will's personal submissive for a week. There's nothing Will would like more than to have Penelope kneeling before him in complicit submission, her fiery dark eyes inviting him in. Challenging him. But their bet takes Will and Penelope deeper than either of them have ever been. Where control is an illusion, and boundaries are pushed aside. And where hearts become the stakes in a game that neither Dominant nor submissive can win...<br />
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Mentioned today is the very popular author Jamie McGuire and Jay Crownover!<br />
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<b><u>ApollyCon Featured Author: Jamie McGuire</u></b><br />
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Jamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, OK. She attended the Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technology Center where she graduated with a degree in Radiography.<br />
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If A Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever. But what if he didn't love you, first?<br />
No-nonsense Liis Lindy is an agent of the FBI. Deciding she is married only to her job, she breaks off her engagement and transfers from Chicago to the field office in San Diego. She loves her desk. She is committed to her laptop. She dreams of promotions and shaking hands with the director after cracking an impossible case.<br />
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Liis is stubborn, defiant, and yet somehow softens Thomas’s rough edges, making her the perfect agent to accompany him to the ceremony. Posing as a couple, they must travel to Travis & Abby’s beach vow renewal and give him the news, but when the pretending ends, she finds herself wondering if they were pretending at all.<br />
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JAY CROWNOVER Being native Coloradan is a source of pride if you ask Jay. She loves all the things her home has to offer, and that is why she set her books in this familiar place. Writing about what she knows is why her stories feature plenty of rock and roll and body modification.<br />
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Jay has been a bartender since she was in college, spending over forty hours a week watching interactions between men and women. This 9 to 5 job offered great insights into relationships - how they start and how they evolve in a social setting.<br />
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This cutting-edge author likes to write New Adult novels because she remembers being in her early twenties and thinking she had it all figured out, only to be proven wrong time and time again. When she looks back, she see's that those years defined who she is today, and, good or bad, those decisions ultimately set her current path.<br />
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Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Losing It series. <br />
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Diane Alberts is a multi-published, bestselling contemporary romance author with Entangled Publishing. She also writes New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling new adult books under the name Jen McLaughlin. She's hit the Top 100 lists on Amazon and Barnes and Noble numerous times with numerous titles. She was mentioned in Forbes alongside E. L. James as one of the breakout independent authors to dominate the bestselling lists. Diane is represented by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency.<br />
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Diane has always been a dreamer with a vivid imagination, but it wasn't until 2011 that she put her pen where her brain was, and became a published author. Since receiving her first contract offer, she has yet to stop writing. Though she lives in the mountains, she really wishes she was surrounded by a hot, sunny beach with crystal clear water. She lives in Northeast Pennsylvania with her four kids, a husband, a schnauzer mutt, and a cat.Her goal is to write so many fantastic stories that even a non-romance reader will know her name.<br />
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Protecting a princess is not what former marine Gordon Waybrook signed up for when he joined the Shillings Agency. But instead of the spoiled, regal little creature he expects, Isabelle VanGuard is a fiery, sexy-as hell woman who's been denied what she needs for too long. And he's just the man to break through her frozen public facade and give it to her.<br />
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When she's with Gordon, all Isabelle can think about is pleasure. Their blistering chemistry is immediate and intense, but volatile. In fact, the only thing they agree on is that their one night together is just that—one night. Even after it becomes more. But tempers and temptation can't disguise reality. Isabelle is a princess, and a hot, hard, and tattooed bodyguard isn't the Prince Charming her country expects…even if he's exactly what she needs.<br />
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Ann Marie ("Annie") Frohoff grew up in sunny Southern California. As a teen and young adult she spent her time frequenting and living in nearly every beachside city up and down the coast. She settled in Hollywood at 19 working in film and TV. Soon her itch to keep moving took over again, taking her to Hawaii for a time and then back to LA.<br />
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Chelsea M. Cameron is a New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.<br />
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Her New Adult Contemporary Romance titles include My Favorite Mistake, which has been bought by Harlequin along with a sequel, My Sweetest Escape (January 28, 2014), Deeper We Fall and Faster We Burn and For Real (November 14, 2013) and the novella, Christmas Catch (November 1, 2014).<br />
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Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds.<br />
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AMALIE HOWARD grew up on a small Caribbean island where she spent most of her childhood with her nose buried in a book or being a tomboy running around barefoot, shimmying up mango trees and dreaming of adventure. 22 countries, surfing with sharks and several tattoos later, she has traded in bungee jumping in China for writing the adventures she imagines instead. She isn’t entirely convinced which takes more guts. She is the author of several young adult novels critically acclaimed by Kirkus, PW and Booklist, including Waterfell, The Almost Girl, and Alpha Goddess, a Spring 2014 Kid’s INDIE NEXT title. Her debut novel, Bloodspell, was an Amazon best seller and a Seventeen Magazine Summer Read. She currently resides in New York with her husband and three children. <br />
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