Winter In July Blog Hop

I'm taking a break from the Carry Me Home blog tour to participate in the Winter in July Blog Hop! 5 other authors and I are traveling around to talk about our books set in winter. Mine is Simple Treasures, my 3rd Honor Guard novella that was released in December 2012. Here's the list of places we'll be visiting in case you want to tag along. Plus, we're giving away SIX prizes!

 

 

 

July 24th- Sara Brookes' blog- : http://www.sarabrookes.net

July 25th- The Literary Lagniappe- http://literarylagniappe.com

July 26th- Get Lost in a Story Blog- http://getlostinastory.blogspot.com

July 27th- Pink Fluffy Hearts Blog- http://pinkfluffyhearts.blogspot.com

July 28th- Happily Ever After Thoughts blog- http://www.happilyeverafterthoughts.com

Carry Me Home Tour Coming Soon!

 

Folks, Monday, July 15th starts my blog tour for one of my favorite of my books, Carry Me Home! I've put the dates and places I'll be "guesting" in case you want to drop by.

15th: Krista Ames

16th: Snifferwalk Books 

18th: Melissa Mackinnon

19th: Reader's Edyn

20th: Melissa Kendall

22nd: Harlie's Books

23rd: Jessica E. Subject

29th: Storm Goddess Book Reviews 

30th: Book Reviews and More by Kathy

31st: Deal Sharing Aunt

Carry Me Home Review!

I recently got this review for my June book, CARRY ME HOME:

"Ms. Bourne packs a lot of punch in short page length. I really cared about these characters and rooted for them to find love again!"

Thanks, Rebecca Grimaldi!!

Coming July 10th!

 

BLURB

Meggie MacDougall often dreams of Quinn O’Connell, the sexy Irish football coach who swept her off her feet in Dublin. But what happened in Dublin must stay there. She has responsibilities at home, and she refuses to fuel the gossip fires in Glenhalish.

 

Quinn has never forgotten Meggie and the explosive weekend they shared. Overwhelmed by memories of her passion, beauty, and zest for life, he jeopardizes his cushy career to find her and test the connection between them.

 

When Quinn arrives in her Highland village, Meggie is determined to ignore him. However, she isn't prepared for the claim he lays on her heart with his sexy charm and his tender soul.

 

Will pride and fear keep Meggie from embracing possibilities, or will Quinn's gentle persistence break down her defenses and lead her to a silent surrender?

 

EXCERPT

Quinn came toward her, the ball juggling between his feet. “Get him, Miss Meggie!” someone called from across the pitch.

Her heart rate, already soaring, tripped at the sight of her man. Her nerves tightened, her muscles clenched. She rocked on the heels of her feet. She’d steal the ball for her team.

He closed the distance between them. Meggie pushed against his rock-hard abs and tangled with his feet. He tugged on her ponytail, slid his foot between hers, and sent the ball to his teammates.

Meggie yelped, her arms flailing to her sides. Her feet remained tangled with Quinn’s, and she lost her balance.

Quinn’s arms circled her waist and twisted her so his body took the brunt of the impact with the dirt-packed earth. She rolled to the side, still cradled in the crook of his arm and with the pressure of his delicious body over every inch of hers. “Are you all right?” He propped himself up and brushed her hair away from her face.

“Aye. Thank you for taking the fall for us.”

“You’re down here with me, aren’t you?”

“Aye, but you protected me. Thank you, my Irish knight.”

“My pleasure, my lady.”

Aye, she was his lady and she decided she rather liked it.

He leaned down and claimed her mouth.

“Is she hurt?” one of the lads yelled. The ground trembled beneath their feet.

“Aye, ye daft fool. He’s giving her mouth-to-mouth,” yelled another.

Together they both giggled and ended the kiss. “You should probably let me up before they call for an ambulance.”

“Right.” He jumped to his feet. “No worry, boys. She’s fine.” She missed the feel of him against her body. As she propped herself on her forearms, he reached down and pulled her to her feet.

 

CARRY ME HOME TOUR

Hi, folks! Still no word on the release date of my next Tease book, Silent Surrender, but in the meantime, mark your calendars! The Carry Me Home Blog Tour will be happening next month!

 

 

 

To Blog Or Not To Blog

Hello! Yes, it's been almost a week since I last blogged. I've been on a "mini-vacation", trying to relax a bit and read other people's books in order to refill my creativity well. I've also been thinking.....

When I started my blog YEARS ago, I did it as a way to get my name out there, to interact with readers and other writers and as a journal of sorts for me and my writing journey. I've thought, every once in a while, about stopping my blogging and I always end up with keeping it going because even though I don't get a lot of visitors or comments, I like it.

BUT....I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I want to focus on the fifty million stories whooshing around in my head. With my new day job in August, I want to focus on prepping myself for that. With the amount of promo work I'm doing, I want to work on that. I'm also teaching online writer classes a lot. I mean, I'm teaching 2 right now and I'm scheduled for 1 a month for the rest of the year AND I'm already scheduled for 5 for 2014.

AND....I'm planning to start a "blog" on my website that will be random posts from the point-of-view of my characters. I'm really excited about doing that. Plus, I'm still part of a group blog and I've got a couple more I'll be a random blogger for.

SO.....with all of that stuff going on, something has to go. I'm thinking it's going to be this blog. I have a hard time prepping the blogs I have been posting and frankly, I'm thinking I'd rather spend that time writing. I miss writing. I'm thinking I could still post here every once in a while and then tweet about it. I could still give updates about what's happening in my writing world. I could still post book covers and I could still have online parties here when those books come out. So it wouldn't be gone forever.....

OR....it could.

BUT....I'm torn. What do you think? Help me decide what to do here.

Thank You!

 

First off, I want to thank everyone who came out, commented or tweeted about my CARRY ME HOME Release Party! I had a great time sharing my latest book, and my future plans, with you!

As promised, I have the list of winners. I compiled a list of names from each day's blog posts and used random.org to find my winner for that day.

Without further ado, the winners are......


MONDAY- REBECCA ROYCE
TUESDAY- EVA LEFOY
WEDNESDAY- AMI WEAVER
THURSDAY- EVELYN BERRY
FRIDAY- KATHLEEN GALLAGHER

Winners, I'll be emailing you later today with details of what you've won and asking you for your snail mail address. Or you can beat me to the punch and email me at alexa @ alexabourne . com (without the spaces)!