Tawdra Kandle

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Always My Own

January 26, 2016 No Comments

If you read Underneath My Christmas Tree, don’t miss the rest of Elizabeth and Trent’s story!

When Elizabeth Hudson and Trent Wagoner met on a Christmas tree lot in Florida, sparks flew, igniting a fire they both thought would burn for a long time.

The problem with fires is that sometimes people get hurt. In this case, both Elizabeth and Trent end up burnt when an impulsive decision results in long-term repercussions.

Trent, still dealing with the aftermath of a painful situation in his hometown of Burton, struggles with the feelings he has for Elizabeth. He’s not sure that committing to her is a good idea when everything he touches seems to end badly.

Elizabeth took a risk when she moved to Burton for Trent. Now she’s stuck in a job she’s not sure she likes, living with people she doesn’t know, in love with a man who may not be capable of the forever she craves.

When it seems as if hope has died . . . there’s always love.

Available now!

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Sexy Sweet Deals!

January 20, 2016 1 Comment

It’s winter. Bah and humbug.

But wait . . . even if it’s snowing where you are, even if it’s 21 degrees where you are . . . I have good news in the form of FOURTEEN sexy and sweet contemporary romances that will heat you right up!

And each of these books is either 99 cents or F R E E–and what’s better than that?

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Spring Fling by Stacey Joy Netzel

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Trevor refuses to ever open his heart again, but a week of uncomplicated fun with beautiful bridesmaid Tessa who is as opposed to love as he is? That’s an arrangement he can work with. Unfortunately, no-strings fun is never that simple when someone breaks the rules and falls in love.

Best Served Cold by Tawdra Kandle

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When Liam humiliated Julia in front of all their friends, her heart wasn’t bruised—but her pride was. Revenge is in order. But standing in the way of getting him back is Jesse, a grad student with curly brown hair and dimples. Julia has to choose between payback and love.

Whiskey and Gumdrops by Jean Oram

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One woman. One hunky best friend who wants a lot more. When Mandy Mattson she sees an ex-lover marry her rival she realizes her life is adding up to a big fat nothing. It’s time to make changes, but will her most important one include fanning the sparks of desire that flare up between her and her best friend?

Club Secrets by Layla Wilcox

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In his first moments at home between college and starting med school, David Hauser learns his parents run an X-rated dating site and Andrea, his beautiful blond neighbor and the object of his teenage fantasies, frequents a local sex club formally run by his family. What he doesn’t know is that this new knowledge will have a greater impact on his future than all his years of schooling.

Temptation by K.M. Scott

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Meet Cassian, Stefan, and Kane, three sexy brothers who own Club X, and come live out your fantasies with the wealthy billionaire Cassian, the sexy player Stefan, and the dark ruler of the fantasy section of the club, Kane.

Locked & Loaded- Ricochet part 1 by Heather C. Leigh

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Rick “Ricochet” Brennan skips from woman to woman after a disaterous mission as a special ops Marine. Quinn Wallace gathers the courage to leave her abusive husband, fleeing to Atlanta. They meet when Quinn becomes the receptionist at Sanctum MMA, a gym that hides a serect behind it’s walls. This is part one of a three part series.

Honeymoon for One by Chris Keniston

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To escape local gossip, jilted bride Michelle Bradford embarks on her honeymoon cruise—alone. Coaxed by a thrill-seeking hunk she never expects to see again, she slowly sheds her good girl persona to have some well-deserved fun. But unlike Vegas, what happens on the high seas doesn’t always stay there.

Made To Be His by Allison Gatta

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Logan Grant needs to make good. After accidentally ruining his best friend’s career, he tries to make up for what he’s done in the only way this prideful family will accept. The only trouble? He never accounted for how he’d be affected by his best friend’s suddenly sexy sister…

Whipped by Sabrina York

Amazon

Fun and flirty contemporary romance featuring a hunky, stubborn military hero with a MAN CODE that is written in stone, and the woman who aims to bring him to his knees!

Mountain Charm by Sydney Logan

Amazon

When she was thirteen, Angelina cast an Appalachian love spell. Since then, her magical faith has been shaken to its core. As her 21st birthday approaches, she refuses to practice her supernatural gifts and no longer believes in the love charm. That is, until Dylan arrives on her front porch. Can he prove his love is real–spell or no spell?

Almost in Love by Kylie Gilmore

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A humorous friends to lovers romance! Successful entrepreneur Barry Furnukle wants to take things to the next level with the pink-haired neighbor he adores. But when the world’s most “awesome” date (birding and fro-yo) lands him in the friend zone, it’s time to unleash his inner stud!

Trusting the One by Rochelle French

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Lia Sawyer is ready to move beyond her painful past and resume dating, but there’s one problem: she’s still afraid of men. Her solution? Ask her best friend Jack Gibson to teach her how to enjoy a man’s touch. But accepting the challenge means Jack could break his own heart…

Hometown Heroes by PJ Fiala

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10 Fan-Favorite Novels Featuring the Heroes You Love Best — the Sexy Men Who Live Next Door! Hot firefighters, military men, contractors, doctors, single dads, and even athletes…all right here, right now for only 99 cents!!

Step by Step: Forbidden Love Trilogy by Gillian Cherry

Amazon

Being a curvy big girl was the biggest problem Jolene had before her mom got married and moved them halfway across the country. Now she has a mean stepsister and two handsome identical twin brothers, who are making her life far more complicated than she’d ever thought possible.

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Love Paws: Lending Love A Helping Paw

January 12, 2016 No Comments

What could make seven contemporary romance shorts by award-winning and best-selling authors even better? Add seven sweet, scene-stealing pets . . . and then make the whole project a benefit for animal rescue charities!

That’s just what we’ve done. LOVE PAWS features short stories with a little bit of steam, a little of sweet and happy endings all around. Each story also includes a pet, just to give the romance a little boost.

This anthology releases April 18th, in celebration of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month. You can preorder your copy today exclusively through iBooks.

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Becca Boyd: Fire Up

Rene Folsom: By Chance: A Playing Games Spin-off Novella

Alison Foster: Saving Grace: A Beautiful Ruin Story

Olivia Hardin: All in the Takeoff: A Rawley Family Romance

Tawdra Kandle: My One and Always (An Always Love Short)

Lyssa Layne: Dig Deep

Juli Valenti: Taunt : A Twisted Wolf Tale

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Why I’ll Be in Daytona in Early February

January 8, 2016 No Comments

Way back in 2013, when I was still pretty much a baby author, someone told me about a book convention happening in St. Augustine. I don’t remember how I got signed up, but there I was, with a table assigned to me and a place on several panels.

Oy. I had no idea what I didn’t know!

The event was called Olde City, New Blood, focusing on paranormal literature, and since I had three YA paranormal books, off I went. I was excited; not only was I going to this event, but I was meeting up with a bunch of author friends I’d only known on-line, and my daughters were coming with me, as a mommy-daughter getaway.

That first year was . . . memorable. I still recall a few authors I met there (Carol and Adam Kunz, Damon Suade, Lea Nolan). There weren’t a ton of us indies, and in those days, there was still a lot of distrust and misunderstanding between indies and trads.

Plus, unfortunately the hotel was kind of a dud. There were huge, loud birds in the lobby, the rooms were sub-standard and there may have been bugs. But when I look back on that first year, I don’t think of the not-so-great parts; instead, I remember how cool it was to be with my fellow authors for the first time ever. To learn. To meet people who are still part of my author life today.

That’s why every year, I go back to what is now Coastal Magic. It’s a unique animal in the world of book events; it draws readers and a wonderful eclectic mix of authors. I always come away with new friends and new authors to read–and having learned more, too. I drive home fresh, invigorated and ready to be an author for another year!

Coastal Magic feels like home to me. It’s the first con I do every year, easing me back into the ‘fun’ of author travel. I love the hotel. I love the people who come back every year. I love the readers, the bloggers, the staff and the organizer.

If you’re not signed up to attend Coastal Magic, you really should be. When people ask me about Florida events, it’s the first one I mention.

Come join me on the beach February 4-7!!

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I’m Reading The All-Girl Filling Station Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg

January 6, 2016 No Comments

When I first began writing (seriously), I had a tradition of rewarding myself after each book I finished. The dangling carrot could be anything from a diamond ring (my very first book!) to a new handbag or a pair of shoes.

It’s telling that nowadays, my reward is permission to read a book I’ve been saving just for this occasion. Time for reading is much more precious than anything material, and reconnecting with my favorite authors is a special treat.

For this last book (I just finished writing ALWAYS MY OWN, coming January 26th–and yes, it was down to the wire. Long story, but it’s done), I sort of cheated. Christmas fell smack in the middle of writing this book, and under the tree I had a gift I don’t often see anymore: a real book. As in, a physical, hardback book with pages that really turn. My oldest daughter and I have a love affair with Fannie Flagg’s books, and she’d discovered one we hadn’t read.

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So with this beautiful book tempting me, I just might have sneaked some reading time when I was in situations that precluded having my computer open to write. And as always, I fell in love with Fannie’s characters, her world and her unique and heart-rending view of family and history.

One of Fannie’s specialities is taking a family situation, tossing a quirky character into the midst of it and then giving the reader insight that goes beyond the knowledge of the main characters. We saw it in Fried Green Tomatoes, during one of my favorite parts of that book, when Evelyn, in the middle of her search for self-knowledge and direction, goes to an African-American church and ends up talking to a friendly church member. Evelyn doesn’t know it–but we the readers find out that the woman to whom she speaks is the daughter of one of the characters in the long and colorful story Evelyn’s new friend Cleo has been sharing.

In All Girl Filling Station, the main character is Sookie, a wife and mother of four in her late fifties. Sookie has just finished marrying off her three daughters (one of them twice to the same man). She’s exhausted and ready to dive into the next phase of her life. Complicating this transition is her mother, Lenore, who lives next door. Lenore is the kind of woman my grandmothers would have labeled a Handful. She’s demanding, attention-seeking and controlling, but she’s also the sort of woman outsiders find quirky and amusing, even when her own family doesn’t necessarily see the appeal.

Sookie is a wonderful daughter, much more patient that I would be. But everything in her life is turned upside down when she receives a letter from Texas that throws into question her past, her history and her understand of self.

Sookie’s long and complicated adjustment to this new information is juxtaposed with flashes from the past, giving us more insight and detail into what led up to the situation affecting Sookie.

All Girl Filling Station tackles a number of complicated themes: the fathomless and multi-layered relationship between mothers and daughters, the dichotomy of self knowledge vs. the world’s perception, family, the evolving role and understand of women in the twentieth century and the love between sisters. I was especially fascinated by the detailed history of the WASPs, an often-forgotten chapter in our nation’s history during World War II.

And as always, Fannie’s fabulous writing had me laughing aloud–and crying. Full-disclosure: I cried hard and ugly tears for about the last 30 pages of the book.

The story also made me think about my own relationship with my late mother. Like Lenore and Sookie, we had both our charming similarities and our extreme differences. I struggled for many years with the idea that because I was not like my mother in some ways, I was a disappointment to her. I made choices in my life specifically to win her approval, at times, and I dealt with the repercussions of the decisions of which she is disapproved. In the end, though, like Sookie and Lenore, I know that my mother loved me to the best of her ability, given her own history and struggles.

Laughter, tears and deep personal insight: what more could I ask from a book?

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