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Nicole Morgan is an author of erotic romance novels, which more often than not have a suspenseful back story. Erotic romance mixed with good old-fashioned whodunit. While she's written everything from contemporary to paranormal her leading men will more than likely be wearing a uniform of some kind. From military to police officers, she has a love for writing about those who protect and serve. From her very first novel about Navy SEALs to her more recent releases, you will be sure to find a few twists and turns you were not expecting.

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A Newsletter Update Means a Unique Opportunity for Readers

I don't know about you, butI have a tendency to forget things. If I don't have a list, or someone to remind me, important things tend to get overlooked.

That's why I think that, as an author, having a newsletter is so important. It allows me to keep in touch with my readers and remind them about important things going on in my writing life. Whether it be a new release, an appearance, or a contest, my subscribers know that they can count on me to get the most current information. Yes, social media and a web presence are important, but with so much competing for our attention, these things can often get missed. I love being able to communicate with my readers via email. 

Over the past month, I've been updating and overhauling my newsletter. It has a new look, a new provider, and is a tad more personal. Now, not only do readers get to learn about my professional side, but they learn a little bit more about me. Readers love to feel involved in the writing process, so I'm also starting to introduce polls that will help me get feedback on my books and which series they love most. In addition, adding exclusive contests and free content to my newsletter schedule so that these readers know just how special they are to me.

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Now you can get all three Jungle Heat books in one complete set! Purchase now and get it 30% off buying each book individually. See what these bad boy Latino shifters are up to in this exciting, erotic series by NYT and USA Today Best Selling Author, Suzanne Rock!

This three-book boxed set includes Cria, Conquista, and Corazon.

Kindle | Amazon UK | Nook | iBooks | Kobo

About the Author:

A lifetime New Englander, Suzanne married her college sweetheart and has been with him for over twenty years. Every summer she drags her husband and two daughters to Maine on a quest for the perfect lobster dinner. Every fall she can be found down in Foxboro, Massachusetts cheering on her favorite football team. In between those trips, she’s a chauffeur, a maid, a chef, an event planner, a hairdresser, a wardrobe stylist, a tutor and a sometimes masseuse. To keep her sanity, she often drinks copious amounts of coffee and stares at the blank screen of her laptop, dreaming of great adventures. Sometimes she even writes them down for others to enjoy.

Suzanne is represented by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency and writes mainstream romances under the pen name Ava Conway.

Connect with Suzanne online:

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Lauren’s Lovelies/ Suzanne and Ava’s Awesome Readers

Facebook Group

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Amazon Author Page

Amazon UK Author Page

Amazon Germany Author Page

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GooglePlay Author Page

All Romance eBooks Author Page

A Rose in Bloom... #RB4U #HotBeachRomance

I love summer, don't you? This year, I got together with 14 other authors and decided that we needed to start the summer off right. We all wrote stories based on beach themes and will make them available for a limited time for 99 CENTS in a boxed set called HOT BEACH ROMACE:SAND, SUNSHINE AND SIZZLE. How awesome is that?

My contribution to the series is the first story in my Carnal Coed series, called TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE. This series came about because I wanted to write fun, quirky reads that could be finished during an afternoon at the beach. All of the books in my series focus on college-aged mena dn women who are exploring life and figuring out who they are.

I like to think of these characters as roses ready to bloom. Each one of them has huge potential, but something holds them back from being the person they were meant to be. Roses are considered beautiful and are associated with love. Likewise, each of my stories are about women who are exploring what love means and finding relationships that are meaningful to them.

In TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE, the heroine, Hannah, is a graduate student in chemistry at a local university. She is shy and quiet, with only one close friend. This friend convinces her to go to the end-of-the-year department party, which is being held at a local beach. The two Irish exchange students in her department are there, and the flirting that had been going off and on all year is suddenly kicked up a notch. Sparks fly and Hannah is faced with a decision - which man is right for her?

I don't want ot give away the ending, so I'll just say that at that beach party Hannah starts to bloom. She comes out of her quiet, introverted shell and starts to become the woman she was meant to be. Pretty neat, eh?

Summer is a great time for exploration and rediscovering your passions. Tell me your favorite summer past time in the comments section below. I'd love to hear from you!

And why not let the romances in this boxed set spark some ideas? The stories have a wide range of heat levels, so I'm sure there is something there for all sorts of tastes and preferences. Check it out!

Hot Beach Romance: Sand, Sunshine and Sizzle

99 CENTS FOR A LIMITED TIME!!

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15 contemporary romance stories by best-selling and award-winning authors. Each book has a beach setting, an irresistible love story and high sizzle factor.

ECSTASY BY THE SEA-Chris Almeida & Cecilia Aubrey – When it’s pointed out that a key point for a new marriage has been overlooked, Trevor Bauer plans the perfect honeymoon getaway down to the daintiest swatch of lace. His detail-obsessed bride won’t know what hit her when he sweeps her away for a weekend filled with pure ecstasy by the sea. . .

BURN ME-Éirinn Brennan-Emma Clark has made a decision that will impact the rest of her life. But a chance encounter with the handsome windsurfer Kevin Nash can change a woman’s mind about a lot of things. In the end, it’ll be up to you to determine her fate.

FINDING JOY-EmKay Connor-When Landon Wells is left standing at the altar with no bride and no explanation, there’s only one logical place to find her: Hideaway Bay. Can this desperate groom convince his runaway bride to reveal her secrets and give them another chance to say I do?

KISSING DRAKE-Jenna Dales – Paige Owens’ bookshop is ready for another summer tourist season on quaint, quiet Butterfly Island. But sometimes her naughty beach books leave Paige feeling a little…lonely. When a late storm blows in a sexy, by-the-numbers, venture capitalist Drake Dorsey, she figures a one-night mini vacation is all she needs, but Drake is counting on so much more…

MADRONA SUNSET-Jami Davenport-Welcome to Madrona Island, where the main entertainment on Friday nights is a high school football game, the pace is slow, and the residents wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Meet a wounded warrior suffering from paralyzing guilt and a woman pining for her dead husband–both damaged souls craving comfort for a moment or a lifetime.

THE GOOD ENOUGH HUSBAND-Sylvie Fox-Hannah Morrison Keesling hops into her SUV and drives away from the man she’d thought was good enough. When her dog gets sick on the way, she turns to local veterinarian Ben Cooper. Stranded with a sick dog on the black sands of California’s Lost Coast things quickly heat up.

TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE-Suzanne Rock – Is the shy, straight-laced Hannah open to a three-way relationship? Two handsome Irish exchange students will have to do everything they can to convince her that two men are better than one.

THE POSSE-Tawdra Kandle-Being a young widow was never in Jude Hawthorne’s plans. After her husband’s death, the last thing she’s looking for is another chance at love. But if her husband’s best friends, the Posse, have anything to say about it, love is just what she’s going to get.

HOW TO SAY GOODBYE-Amber Lin-Dane lives for the salty breeze and a sweet wave, because that’s all he has. He lives on the streets. Then he meets Amy—smart and accomplished, she’s everything he’s not. He wants to be the sort of man who deserves her, except that means facing down his past.

LAST CALL-Alannah Lynne-For the first time in years, Sunny Black puts herself first and takes a trip on the wild side with a customer whose raw sexuality is too strong to deny. The next morning, however, she learns that in addition to rocking her world, the stranger might destroy everything and everyone she’s worked so hard to protect.

MIAMI DREAMS-Layla Wilcox-Recent widow Deena Montgomery answers a model call for a new lingerie line, thinking she is leaving a life built on lies behind her. Photographer Ben “Hottie” Hoddi wants to help her get the job, but doing so might reveal a secret in his past, and Deena has made it very clear that her new life demands transparency.

A lifetime New Englander, Suzanne married her college sweetheart and has been with him for over twenty years. Every summer she drags her husband and two daughters to Maine on a quest for the perfect lobster dinner. Every fall she can be found down in Foxboro, Massachusetts cheering on her favorite football team. In between those trips, she’s a chauffeur, a maid, a chef, an event planner, a hairdresser, a wardrobe stylist, a tutor and a sometimes masseuse. To keep her sanity, she often drinks copious amounts of coffee and stares at the blank screen of her laptop, dreaming of great adventures. Sometimes she even writes them down for others to enjoy.

Suzanne is represented by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency and writes mainstream romances under the pen name Ava Conway.

 Connect with Suzanne online:

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Twitter

Goodreads

LinkedIn

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Facebook Readers' Group

Interview of Editor Kate Dresser from Simon and Shuster

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Kate Dresser, an editor at Simon and Schuster, and interview her for this blog. Not only did I get the inside scoop about their new e-first line Pocket Star., but discovered her not-so-secret love of lipstick and what she loves most about living in New York. Katee's an awesome lady, as I'm sure you'll see from the interview below. Feel free to ask questions or say hi to her in the comments below. We'd love to hear from you!

Interests:  Pop culture, memoir, humor, commercial women’s fiction, accessible historical fiction, self-aware self-help, romance of all kinds.

Authors:  Danielle Fishel, Sarah Colonna, Amy E. Reichert, Dana Gynther, Emma Hart

Bio: After a short stint elsewhere, Kate was thrilled to return to the Gallery/Pocket team as an editor. When she’s not reading for work or pleasure (or both!), she buys too many lipsticks, watches movie musicals, cooks what her friends call “comfort food on a budget,” and dreams of road trips.

Q) Tell us about Simon and Schuster’s imprint, Pocket Star. What makes it different from the other imprints at Simon and Schuster? What does it have to offer authors?

A) Pocket Star is a digital first imprint within the Gallery/Pocket group. It can be differentiated from other imprints because of the primacy of digital publicity and marketing in the publishing plan, the quick turn-around time on edits and publication, and the focus on trying new things. It offers authors the benefits of working with a traditional publishing house while still affording them the ability to pivot that authors love about digital publishing.

Q) Tell us about your job. How long have you been an editor? What do you love the most about your job?

I’ve been an editor for almost 7 wonderful years. The first few years were spent assisting several fantastic editors, and as an apprentice, I couldn’t have received better lessons from a lot of great people in the industry. Having only been independently editing for a few years, I’m still very much savoring being able to focus on my own projects, but my favorite part of the job is the actual editing—getting down into the page, brainstorming solutions, nerding out about grammar and word choice, and overall reveling in language, writing, and storytelling. Having a front seat to the creation of stories is such a joy to me every day. Secondly, two colleagues and I just started recording a twice-monthly podcast through CBS radio called the XOXOAfterDarkCast, and that experience has been really invigorating so far.

(Note:  Readers and writers can join the Simon and Schuster Romance Community at www.xoxoafterdark.com.)

Q) What type of books excite you as a reader? What are your favorite types of books?

The type of books that excite me are the ones in which the writer’s heart is evident on the page. I love immersing myself in worlds I couldn’t have possibly created, and learning about the human experience through books. I have a particular fondness for historical fiction and romance, as I always learn something about the past and what life was like in a particular era.

Q) What are some of the biggest mistakes you see on submissions?

One common mistake I see in submissions is a lack of balance between what the market dictates and what the author wants to write. I feel sometimes that there’s the perception that a book of your heart doesn’t have to follow rules of structure and pacing, or that a book that’ll be a viable submission must check all the boxes at the detriment to emotional connection between author and subject. I’d encourage authors to always think from both sides of the coin—help your editor sell your book, but don’t focus so much on making it commercially viable that your passion gets overshadowed.

Q) What are your views on self-publishing? Is Simon and Schuster willing to work with authors who have self-published in the past and plan to continue self-publishing in the future?

I’m a big fan of the world we’re in now: self-publishing is a wonderful world and I think we’re in a space now where traditional and self-publishing coexist in ways that inform and ultimately better each other. Simon & Schuster is more than open to “hybrid” authors, and we try to work with authors who want to continue to self-publish to ensure that the authors’ needs as well as our own are served in terms of timing and promotion.

Q) If an author wanted to submit something to Pocket Star, what should they do?

They should ask their agent to submit to us! We’ve got a large list of editors acquiring for Pocket Star right now, and if your agent doesn’t know who to send it to on the team, we’re total capable of steering toward the right colleague.

Q) You were raised on the west coast of the United States, but now live on the East coast. What is the greatest “culture shock” with moving out east? What is your favorite thing about living in New York?

The culture shock! Where should I start? I will say that I’ve adjusted such that I get worse culture shock when I go back to California. Thinking back, the first things that come to mind from the first year I was in NYC was the shock of being around so many people all the time—it felt like there wasn’t any quiet or personal space, really, and I used to go into the middle of Central Park to call my mom because I felt like I couldn’t hear her otherwise. My favorite thing about living here is the availability of all types of food at any time of day or night.

Q) Do you keep anything by your computer while you work? (food, drinks, mementos) If so, what are they?

I keep a glass of seltzer on my desk at all times, a mug that I got from a friend that says “Do not make me use my editor voice!”, some coral I got off the beach on my last vacation, and, of course, the never-ending pile of papers!

Q) Do you have any hobbies? What do you do for fun outside of work?

Reading’s my main hobby, but I also watch a lot of documentaries (especially depressing ones) and am a big hostessing enthusiast.

Q) One word answers. Think quick!

Favorite TV show: Call the Midwife

Favorite movie: Fiddler on the Roof

Favorite song: Pitch Perfect soundtrack

Tea or Coffee? Coffee

Urban or country? Urban apartment, country music

Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Half-full!

Favorite Sports team: Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Favorite food: Chocolate chip cookies

Name one thing in your purse: 7 lipsticks

Cat or dog lover? Both

Q) What upcoming books are you excited about? Any recent deals that you can’t wait to start editing? 

Two upcoming books I’m excited about are Emma Hart’s DIRTY PAST, which is due out in May and is the second book in her Burke Brothers Series for Pocket Star. I had so much fun editing these books, and she’s a joy to work with, so I can’t wait to read reader response to Book 2! Another joy of an author on my list is Amy E. Reichert, whose debut novel comes out in July and is called THE COINCIDENCE OF COCONUT CAKE. My colleagues who’ve read it say it puts smiles on their faces, so I can’t wait to share that experience with readers.

Q) Tell us anything else you want us to know

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All you writers out there, keep writing. Even if I can’t offer to publish your book, reading your submissions is such a privilege, and I hope that every book finds the right home to reach the world, whether that’s through traditional or self-publishing. Never underestimate the power of a good edit, and read what makes you happy.

Thank you so much Kate for taking the time to stop by and chat with us. It's been a pleasure talking with you!

At fourteen, Suzanne Rock/Ava Conway snuck her first romance novel into bed and read it by flashlight. There she met her first “book boyfriend” and has been hooked on reading ever since. She often prefers book-boyfriends to the real thing, and believes that a gooey, fudge brownie is a little piece of heaven on earth. When she’s not writing, she’s stumbling through her Zumba class (have to work off those brownies somehow), obsessing over the latest P!NK song, or feeding her addiction for reality television.

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