Showing posts with label Roni Loren. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roni Loren. Show all posts

8/07/2017

The 2017 RITA WINNERS




CONGRATULATIONS
to the
2017 RWA RITA WINNERS



Amazon
Carolina Dreaming
Virginia Kantra


Amazon
Christmas on Crimson Mountain


Amazon

Off the Clock



Amazon

Once and For All
Cheryl Etchison


Amazon

No Mistress of Mine
Laura Lee Guhrke



Bubbly for the table from my pal Lori Matthews


Michelle Major & me at the Harlequin party.


Amazon
A Duke to Remember
Kelly Bowen




Amazon


My Hope Next Door
Tammy L. Gray


Amazon

Miracle on 5th Avenue
Sarah Morgan




The Moon in the Palace
Amazon
Weina Dai Randel







Her Every Wish
Amazon
Courtney Milan



The Pages of the Mind

Jeffe Kennedy


Amazon
Repressed
Elisabeth Naughton







The Problem with Forever
Amazon
Jennifer Armentrout



Have you read any of these award-winning books from 2016?

8/03/2013

Welcome Back RITA-nominated Roni Loren



Get Lost in a Story is thrilled to welcome back author, Roni Loren. I interviewed Roni back in January and since then her book MELT INTO YOU was nominated for a RITA in the Single Title Contemporary category. Now she’s back to promote her latest Berkley Heat novel CAUGHT UP IN YOU. And she’s brought along two very special people: the stars of that novel, Kelsey LeBreck and Wyatt Austin.

Kelsey and Wyatt were good enough to answer our fun questions below—and they gave some great ones (read down to see their favorite kid-jokes!). But first, here’s a little bit about their story.
 Welcome Roni, Kelsey and Wyatt!!

CAUGHT UP IN YOU – A blurb

The girl who has spent her life running is about to be caught . . . by love

After a shaky past, Kelsey LeBreck's future is looking good. She's been saving money for culinary school with her earnings from The Ranch, a private BDSM resort. Even better, she's landed a day job where she can practice baking and flirt with her favorite customer. However, having secret fantasies about Wyatt Austin is where it has to end. If there's one thing Kelsey knows can derail her, it's a relationship. But when a danger from her past threatens to steal her fresh start, the intense executive may be the only one who can help her.

Wyatt doesn't have room on his agenda for dating, but something about the pretty young waitress stirs desires he thought were long buried. So when he needs someone to pose as his girlfriend at an important business retreat and finds out Kelsey needs to go off the grid for a while, he can't resist making her an offer. Soon, Kelsey learns that Wyatt's power in the boardroom is no match for his power in the bedroom, and she wonders if her heart will survive. Because Wyatt Austin is a man who gets what he wants, and now he wants her.


 Click here to read Chapter 1 of "Caught Up in You."
ABOUT RONI:
Roni wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills haven’t improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has. Though she’ll forever be a New Orleans girl at heart, she now lives in Dallas with her husband and son. 
If she’s not working on her latest sexy story, you can find her reading, watching reality television, or indulging in her unhealthy addiction to rockstars, er, rock concerts. Yeah, that's it. She is the National Bestselling Author of The Loving on the Edge series from Berkley Heat. Website: www.roniloren.com
And now a crazy Q&A with Kelsey LeBreck and Wyatt Austin (You're gonna love it!):
LIZ: What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?
Wyatt: An opportunity to get my relationship with my brother, Jace, back on track. I wish we hadn’t spent so many years being jackasses about it.

Kelsey: A second chance at living the life I want. I screwed up pretty badly the first time around. I still worry that I’ll become that person again.

LIZ: What’s the most exciting trip you’ve ever taken?
Kelsey: I haven’t had a chance to take many trips. Money’s always been too tight. But I’d love to go on a beach vacation.

Wyatt: ~shrugs~ I get to travel around the world for business. I’ve seen some beautiful places but I usually don’t have time to take in the sights. Maybe one day I’ll have the chance to slow down and enjoy them.


LIZ: What actors do you imagine portraying you in a movie?
Wyatt: Someone told me the other day that I looked like that Henry Cavill guy in the Superman movies, but only when he’s in Clark Kent form. (Click here to see picture!) Apparently, I’d need to wear a latex suit and a cape to look like Superman.

Kelsey: ~peeks at Wyatt’s answer~ Now there’s an idea. : )

Wyatt: Don’t even think about it.

LIZ: Can you tell me three things that are, at this moment, in your purse or pocket?
Kelsey: My appointment schedule for The Ranch since I can’t remember anything if I don’t write it down, a recipe I clipped from a magazine at the dentist office, and mace—because you never know. I’ve made some dangerous enemies in the past.

Wyatt: Keys, phone, and wallet. Why would I have anything else?

LIZ: If you were given a chance to travel to the past where would you go and specifically why?
Kelsey: I’d go back to when I was a teenager and instead of worrying about some stupid guy, I’d get my crap together and go to college. Save myself a lot of heartache and trouble.

Wyatt: ~looks away and peers out the window, frowning~ There are a lot of things I’d like to go back and fix. Can we just move on to the next question? I’ve got to get back to the office.

LIZ: What will always make you smile, even on a bad day?
Kelsey: Besides serving Wyatt breakfast at the diner? Baking. I don’t care how awful a day I’ve had, the kitchen calms me.

Wyatt: Going downstairs to my home theatre and watching movies. I can get lost doing that. I’m currently working my way through all of Hitchcock’s films again.

LIZ: What is your biggest vice?
Wyatt: My tolerance for others is limited. I’m much more comfortable working with numbers.

Kelsey: I act before I think sometimes. And that means I haven’t always made the best decisions.

LIZ: What’s your favorite kid joke?
Wyatt: How does a tree check its email? Answer: It logs in.

Kelsey: Where do books like to sleep? Answer: Under their covers.

LIZ HAS GOTTA ASK: What do you think of the way Roni handled your story? Is there anything she’s learned about you since publishing your book that we should know about?
Kelsey: I don’t think Roni liked me or Wyatt very much when she first started telling our story. We weren’t very likable people when she’s written about us before in other stories. But I think when she got to know us better, we won her over. Now she won’t stop talking about us. ;)

Roni Loren
Title: CAUGHT UP IN YOU
Publisher: Berkley Heat
ISBN: 0425259927

HOW TO CONTACT RONI:
Website: http://www.roniloren.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/roniloren

Twitter: www.twitter.com/RoniLoren
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/RoniLoren
Blogs: http://www.roniloren.com/blog

UP NEXT: 
 Roni’s next release is NEED YOU TONIGHT in March 2014.

PREVIOUS RELEASES: 


One lucky commenter today will win a signed copy of Roni’s FALL INTO YOU (Book 3).
( Note:  Drawing for US/Canada only. Offer void where prohibited. Odds of winning vary due to the number of entrants. Winners of drawings are responsible for checking this site in a timely manner. If prizes are not claimed in a timely manner, the author may not have a prize available. Get Lost In A Story cannot be responsible for an author's failure to mail the listed prize. GLIAS does not automatically pass email addresses to guest authors unless the commenter publicly posts their email address.)

7/19/2013

Celebrating Contemporary Single Title Romances

The Get Lost in a Story crew sends our CONGRATULATIONS to the

ABOUT LAST NIGHT
Ruthie Knox

Cath Talarico knows a mistake when she makes it, and God knows she’s made her share. So many, in fact, that this Chicago girl knows London is her last, best shot at starting over. But bad habits are hard to break, and soon Cath finds herself back where she has vowed never to go . . . in the bed of a man who is all kinds of wrong: too rich, too classy, too uptight for a free-spirited troublemaker like her.
Random House Group, Loveswept
Sue Grimshaw, editor
Nev Chamberlain feels trapped and miserable in his family’s banking empire. But beneath his pinstripes is an artist and bohemian struggling to break free and lose control. Mary Catherine — even her name turns him on — with her tattoos, her secrets, and her gamine, sex-starved body, unleashes all kinds of fantasies.
When blue blood mixes with bad blood, can a couple that is definitely wrong for each other ever be perfectly right? And with a little luck and a lot of love, can they make last night 
last a lifetime?
Ruthie is also a finalist in the Romance Novella category.
MULTIPLE CHANCES through Rafflecopter to win a digital copy of Ruthie Knox's ABOUT LAST NIGHT. (North America) Start by leaving a comment. 

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BAREFOOT IN THE SAND
Roxanne St. Claire

When a hurricane roars through Lacey Armstrong’s home on the coast of Barefoot Bay, she decides all that’s left in the rubble is opportunity. A new hotel is just what Mimosa Key needs, and Lacey and her teenage daughter are due for a fresh start. And nothing, especially not a hot, younger architect, is going to distract Lacey from finally making her dreams a reality.

Grand Central Publishing, Forever
Amy Pierpont, editor
Love has already cost Clay Walker everything. And if he's going to have any chance of picking up the pieces of his life, he needs the job as Lacey Armstrong's architect. What's not in the plans is falling for the headstrong beauty. Her vision of the future is more appealing than anything he could have ever drafted for himself. Will Clay's designs on Lacey's heart be more than she can handle, or will she trust him to build something that will last forever?

MULTIPLE CHANCES through Rafflecopter to win autographed copies of Roxanne St. Claire's BAREFOOT IN THE SAND & BAREFOOT IN THE RAIN. (North America) Start by leaving a comment. 

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FOREVER AND A DAY
Jill Shalvis

LOVE CAN HAPPEN IN A HEARTBEAT
Grace never thought she’d be starting her life over from scratch. Losing everything has landed her in Lucky Harbor, working as a dog walker for overwhelmed ER doctor Josh Scott. But the day his nanny fails to show up, Grace goes from caring for Josh’s lovable mutt to caring for his rambunctious son. Soon Grace is playing house with the sexy single dad…
Grand Central Publishing, Forever
Alex Logan, editor
With so many people depending on him, Josh has no time for anything outside of his clinic and family-until Grace arrives in town. Now this brainy blonde is turning his life inside out and giving a whole new meaning to the phrase “good bedside manner.” Josh and Grace don’t know if what they have can last. But in a town like Lucky Harbor, a lifetime of love starts with just one day…

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LUCKY IN LOVE
Jill Shalvis
Grand Central Publishing, Forever
Alex Logan, editor

Mallory Quinn has had enough of playing it safe. As a nurse and devoted daughter, she takes care of everyone but herself. And as the local good girl, she’s expected to date Mr. Right. But for once, she’d like to take a risk on Mr. Wrong. And who could be more wrong than Ty Garrison? The mysterious new guy in town has made it clear that he’s only passing through, which suits Mallory just fine. Besides, his lean, hard body and sexy smile will give her plenty to remember once he’s gone…
For the first time in his life, Ty can’t bear to leave. Helping this sexy seductress-in-training walk on the wild side is making him desire things he shouldn't including leaving the military for good. As their just-for-fun fling becomes something more, Mallory and Ty wonder if they could really be this lucky in love. After all…anything can happen in a town called Lucky Harbor.

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MELT INTO YOU
Roni Loren
Book 2
Her first love has returned, and he's brought a friend...
After running away from home and the boy who broke her heart, Evan Kennedy has kick-started the perfect new life with her celebrity fiancƩ. So what if said fiancƩ prefers guys? She knew the deal. And with her ticket to The Ranch, an exclusive resort where any fantasy can be satisfied, she knows she can find someone to fulfill her less-than-traditional desires on the side.
Penguin Group USA, Berkley Heat
Kate Seaver, editor
She just never expected that man to be Jace Austin, her old heart-breaker—all grown up, hard-bodied, and holding out a collar. She knows it’s probably a world-class bad idea—especially since Jace has brought along his buddy Andre, who’s every bit as irresistible. But if they can stick to the no-strings rules, so can she.
Too bad Jace has never been so good with rules. Evan is convinced “forever” is a word used only in greeting cards, but Jace and Andre have one last fantasy of hers left to fulfill. It’s time to go big or go home. And neither man has ever been a fan of going home.

MULTIPLE CHANCES through Rafflecopter to win an autographed copy of Roni Loren's MELT INTO YOU. (north America) Start by leaving a comment.
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SUGAR SPRINGS
Kim Law
Can she have the family she always wanted…
Lee Ann London once had big plans…scholarship, college, love. Then she found herself raising her deceased sister’s twin girls when their father disappeared. Now, with her beautiful girls, a community that depends on her, and her photography studio finally taking off, Lee Ann may not have the life she’d imagined, but it’s definitely the one she wants. Until Cody, her bad-boy ex, returns to Sugar Springs…
Amazon Publishing, Montlake Romance
Kelli Martin, editor

Or are some hurts too deep to heal?
Cody’s childhood put a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas. Bouncing around the foster care system, he was always the one to leave before anyone left him first. Then he found a place he wanted to stick: with Lee Ann, the best thing that ever happened to him. Only, he hurt her. Bad. He’s back now, and determined to earn her forgiveness…and maybe win back her love while he’s at it.

MULTIPLE CHANCES through Rafflecopter to win an autographed advance reader's copy (ARC) of Kim Law's September release SWEET NOTHINGS before it hits shelves. (international) Start by leaving a comment.

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THE WAY BACK HOME
Barbara Freethy
Ex-Marine Gabe Ryder has lost a lot in his life. His mother died when he was a toddler. His father succumbed to alcoholism. And a week before their last day of service, a horrific firefight takes the life of his best friend and brother-in-arms, Rob Hayden. Now Gabe must fulfill his friend’s dying wish by helping Rob’s twin sister, Alicia.
Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books
Micki Nuding, editor
Alicia has been reeling since her brother’s death. She’s lost a part of herself that she isn’t sure she can get back. On top of that, her eight-year-old son is longing for a father, who she thinks she’s found in her boyfriend Keith. Then Gabe shows up, moving into Rob’s house, helping with the family rafting business, and looking into her love life, and Alicia is resentful.
But when Alicia’s son and his best friend run away, Alicia and Gabe realize they must face their deepest fears and work together to bring them back, before the river rises.

MULTIPLE CHANCES through Rafflecopter to win an autographed or digital copy of Barbara Freethy's ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS. (north America) Start by leaving a comment.
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ZOE'S MUSTER
Barbara Hannay
Three women … two families … one secret …
When Zoe, restless black sheep of the Porter family, discovers that her biological father is a North Queensland cattleman, Peter Fairburn, her deep desire to meet him takes her from inner city Brisbane to a job as a stockcamp cook.

Zoe’s mother, Claire, is wrestling with guilt and shock over Zoe’s discovery. She swears Zoe to secrecy, fearing that the truth could ruin the career of her high profile politician husband. When she is forced to confront her past, Claire also reassesses her marriage.

Penguin Group Australia, Michael Joseph Books
Belinda Byrne, editor
Virginia Fairburn is happily married to Peter, but she’s always lived with the shadow of the other woman her husband loved and lost.

On the muster at Mullinjim, Zoe meets brooding cattleman Mac McKinnon, who knows from painful experience that city girls can’t cope in the bush. Every instinct tells Mac that Zoe is hiding something. As the pressure to reveal her mother’s secret builds, Zoe fears she must confide in him or burst. 

The truth has the potential to destroy two families. Or can it clear the way for new beginnings?

MULTIPLE CHANCES through Rafflecopter to win a digital copy of Barbara Hannay's ZOE'S MUSTER. (north America) Start by leaving a comment.

Previously on GLIAS
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Congratulations to all the nominees for the RITA® in the
CONTEMPORARY SINGLE TITLE ROMANCE category!
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JOIN US tomorrow as RITA® week 
continues with the BEST FIRST BOOK category. 
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MULTIPLE CHANCES through Rafflecopter
north America
*a digital copy of Ruthie Knox's ABOUT LAST NIGHT
*autographed copies of Roxanne St. Claire's BAREFOOT IN THE SAND 
& BAREFOOT IN THE RAIN
*an autographed copy of Roni Loren's MELT INTO YOU
*an autographed or digital copy of Barbara Freethy's ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
*a digital copy of Barbara Hannay's ZOE'S MUSTER 

International giveaway through Rafflecopter (separate)
*an autographed advance reader's copy (ARC) of Kim Law's September release 
SWEET NOTHINGS 

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