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Warm wishes for a wonderful holiday season!
Brodie and I wish you the happiest of holidays and an amazing 2019!
National Pitbull Awareness Month!
Since my latest release, SECOND TIME AROUND, features a friendly pitbull named Shaq, a member of the K-9 Angelz, I thought I would highlight this wonderful but misunderstood breed. Shaq is accused of biting a child, a crime he did not commit but nearly gets exiled from the K-9 Angelz for. In honor of Shaq and with the support of my generous readers, I made a $1,500 donation to Villalobos, which specializes in rescuing pitbulls (among other breeds). I hope you’ll get to know a friendly pitbull or two in your neighborhood! #NationalPitbullAwarenessDay .
NATIONAL PIT BULL AWARENESS ACTIVITIES
1. Find a pit bull to play with
The easiest way to change your perception about pit bulls is to get to know one personally. Whether it’s through a friend who owns one, a shelter, or an event specific to the awareness day, find a way to play with a pit, and we know you’ll quickly see they’re not the aggressive monsters they’re made out to be.
2. Adopt a pit bull
Perhaps one of the most impactful actions you could take on October 27 would be to give a home to a pit bull in need. They’re smart and strong dogs, so training is essential, but once you’ve done this, they are among the most obedient and loving breeds in the country.
3. Share your experiences
Whether you’re attending an adopt-a-thon, visiting a local shelter, donating food and supplies, or any other officially sponsored event, make sure you share it on social media with the hashtag #NationalPitBullAwarenessDay. Find out if anyone else around you is also celebrating, and meet up to help get the positive word out about these loving animals.
Vous pouvez acheter “Le Boss” maintenant!
“Le Boss”, le premier livre de la serié “New York Challenge,” est disponible maintenant!
“New York Challenge” comprend trois romans et une novella. Trois milliardaires – très sexy – se rencontrent dans un bar exclusif et font un pari: de trouver le grand amour avant la fin d’une année. Je suis très heureuse que les lectrices puissent lire mes romans primés en français! Ce Mai passé j’étais au Festival du Roman Féminin à Paris. Là j’ai rencontré beaucoup de lectrices sympathiques qui veulent lire mes livres en français. Merci à J’ai Lu de l’avoir rendu possible! Bonne lecture, mes amies!
I’ll be signing in NJ on Oct. 20th
I’ll be signing books at the New Jersey Romance Writers’ “Put Your Heart in a Book” conference, Saturday, Oct. 20th, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. There will be lots of other fabulous authors there, too: Terri Brisbin, Virginia Kantra, Melinda Leigh, Hope Ramsay, and Rebecca Zanetti, to name just a few. I’d love to see my reader friends there!
Here’s the full list of authors.
Location:
Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel
515 US Highway 1 South, Iselin, New Jersey 08830
732-634-3600
Hotel is at corner of US Hwy 1 South & Gill Lane
“Falling for the boss” romance
I’ve never been in a wiki before so I’m thrilled to have THE CEO BUYS IN included in “9 Steamy Romances About Falling for the Boss”. If you love workplace romances, you can’t go wrong with these! Click on the button below to find the whole list!
Your purchases supported rescue animals!
My readers are the best! Your support of my book, SECOND TIME AROUND, pushed my donation to three animal rescue groups to $1,500 each! Wow! For every book sold during the first two weeks after release (including pre-orders and international sales), I donated a portion of my royalties to these three deserving organizations, which were nominated by my New Book Alert subscribers:
Cat House on the Kings: California’s largest no-cage, no-kill cat sanctuary. (Multiple readers nominated this group.)
Funny Farm Rescue Animal Sanctuary: a New Jersey farm where over 550 rescue animals are loved and cared for.
Villalobos: an all-breed rescue facility–but with a focus on pitbulls–in Louisiana. (The featured rescue dog in SECOND TIME AROUND is a pitbull.)
The folks at these organizations were all very grateful and asked me to thank all of you for your help! Brodie (also a rescue) says, “Thank you” as well.
Buy a book, help a rescue animal!
Brodie, my current furchild
Are you an animal lover like me? I’m a big supporter of animal rescue organizations, so for the first two weeks (July 24-August 6) after my new book, SECOND TIME AROUND, releases, I will be donating a portion of the purchase price to groups that help our critter friends. My New Book Alert subscribers nominated almost 50 organizations. Clearly, my readers also care deeply about our four-legged companions. By the way, international sales are included in the donation as well.
The three organizations I finally chose, after much debate, are:
Cat House on the Kings: California’s largest no-cage, no-kill cat sanctuary. (Multiple readers nominated this group.)
Funny Farm Rescue Animal Sanctuary: a New Jersey farm where over 550 rescue animals are loved and cared for.
Villalobos: an all-breed rescue facility–but with a focus on pitbulls–in Louisiana. (The featured rescue dog in SECOND TIME AROUND is a pitbull.)
Here’s where you can buy SECOND TIME AROUND:
Kindle: http://amzn.to/2CyfIJR
Print: http://amzn.to/2DxgSrr
Audio: http://amzn.to/2FBfSTA
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/second-time-around-nancy-herkness/1127744129
I came by my animal-loving through both nature and nurture. My mother was the president of the local humane society while I was growing up in West Virginia. Our household held a virtual menagerie of five dogs, three cats, a pony, and various other creatures, including orphaned lambs, baby birds, and the occasional opossum. It was a marvelous way to learn unconditional love and responsibility.
The animal-loving gene was passed along to my daughter as well. She is currently a fourth-year veterinary student at Iowa State University and an invaluable resource for the animal-related scenes in my books.
Through the years I’ve had many four-legged companions. Of course, when they die, it breaks my heart. But the richness they bring to my life more than makes up for the occasional sorrow. To me, a house is not a home without a nonhuman inhabitant or two.
Barbara Vey Reader Appreciation Weekend 2018: My debut
I’d heard about and seen amazing photos of Barbara Vey’s famous Reader Appreciation Weekend in Milwaukee, WI, but I’d never had the good fortune to attend. So imagine my delight when Barbara extended an invitation to be a participating author this year. Woohoo!
Because the main event is a luncheon where authors decorate their tables to the nth degree, I got my creative mojo revving right away.
What do I write about? Billionaires! Cute puppies! Why not combine the two? I had so much fun designing sparkly necklaces and choosing the most adorable stuffed dogs to model them. I got a sequined table topper and my publisher generously supplied me with Advance Reading Copies of my July release, SECOND TIME AROUND. Here’s how my table came out:
Here’s the dining room being prepared for the luncheon with all the incredible decorations. My fellow authors showed such creativity–not surprising, right?
I thought you’d like to see some of the other tables too.
Here’s my Sister Author, Nancy Naigle, whose latest books have a Christmas theme. Her antlers had flashing holiday lights.
Shirley Hailstock made these fabulous wreaths herself! Doesn’t her table look magical?
Elicia Hyder’s latest series is set in the world of roller derby. Loved that her hair matches her table colors!
The lovely Marina Adair puts the finishing touches on her wine country and cupcakes table.
But there was lots more fun to be had. I played Book Bingo, Romance Jeopardy, Mad Libs, and led my group in writing part of a progressive romance novel, which got pretty entertaining.
There was also breakfast on Sunday morning, where we got all blinged up .
The cover of my novella, SECOND TO NONE, was stitched into the fabulous quilt that was raffled off to support cancer research. That’s me with our hostess with the mostest, Barbara Vey (center), and the fabulous blogger P.J. Ausdenmore (right). You can see my book cover just over P.J.’s left shoulder.
Since I’d never been to Milwaukee before, I treated myself to a tour of the city on Sunday. They have the most spectacular art museum, designed by the famous architect, Santiago Calatrava. It sits right on the shore of Lake Michigan, a very dramatic setting.
You see the wings? They open and close. I missed the opening but I made sure to be there at 5 o’clock when they fold down.
It was so cool to watch!
Milwaukee has some wonderful old buildings. This is the Pfister Hotel.
Milwaukee also has wonderful beer! A very kind reader gave me the gift of a six-pack of Spotted Cow and now it’s my new favorite brew. Alas, it is available only in Wisconsin.
Finally, I did the tourist thing and visited the bronze Fonz, Milwaukee’s most famous fictional resident.
Fonzie and I agree: BVW18 gets a big thumbs-up!
So many books on sale!
You can get all the books in both of my completed series on sale through February. All the full-length novels in my Wager of Hearts and Whisper Horse series are on sale for just $1.99 each on Kindle. You can buy each series (including the novellas) for less than $8.00. That’s a great deal!
Check them out here:
Happy reading!
Holiday sale on SECOND TO NONE!
Ho! Ho! Ho! My publisher is playing Santa by reducing my new novella, SECOND TO NONE, to just 99 cents on Kindle until December 31st. So give yourself a gift of some romantic Christmas spirit, along with a cast of cute kids and adorable dogs. Buy it here.
Wishing you the happiest of holidays!
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