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Here's the cover reveal for Toni Aleo's novella, Falling for the Backup: An Assassins Series Novella. 


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Falling for the Backup: An Assassins Series Novella on Amazon
Random House and Other Retailers
Release date: June 24, 2013
Publisher: Loveswept – Random House

Wonderful cover. :) Here's the book description: 

Toni Aleo’s sexy new eBook original novella featuring the Nashville Assassins will have you believing in the power of love at first sight . . . and second sight . . . and third.

After serving as a dutiful bridesmaid in the wedding from hell, Aynslee Shaw just wants to slink home to Nashville and forget the whole trip. That is until the hottest guy she’s ever seen is seated next to her on the flight and charms her with his easy laugh and killer smile. But just when she thinks things are getting good, he vanishes, leaving Aynslee wondering, was that guy the one? And did she just let him slip through her fingers?

Former superstar goalie Jordan Ryan is back on the ice—finally. After a crippling knee injury that had him wondering if he’d ever play pro hockey again, he’s got his full attention on rebuilding his career. So a pretty—okay, beautiful—girl on a plane shouldn’t be a distraction. But Jordan is very, very distracted. And when Aynslee crosses his path again, he’s not sure any job in the world is worth missing his second chance with a woman like her.

About the Author: 


Toni Aleo: Author of Falling for the Backup
Photo courtesy of ToniAleo.com
Toni Aleo is the author of the Nasvhille Assassins series: Taking Shots, Trying to Score, Empty Net, Falling for the Backup, and Blue Lines.

When not rooting for her beloved Nashville Predators, she’s probably going to her husband’s and son’s hockey games and her daughter’s dance competitions, taking pictures, scrapbooking, or reading the latest romance novel.

She lives in the Nashville area with her husband, two children, and a bulldog. 
Connect with Toni Aleo: Website, Twitter and Facebook.

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Hello lovelies! Here's a guest post from Chanda Stafford, author of First (Book One of the Live Once Trilogy). Check it out; she's going to talk about "The Invisible Line"... Read on. Also, there's a giveaway at the end of this post. Be sure to enter. It will be fun!

There’s a mark in the sand between the pages of every book I’ve ever read. It’s not a tangible line, and the author most certainly didn’t insert a border across the page. But even though you can’t see it, this line is one of the most critical aspects of every novel.

I’ve heard it referred to before as believability. Authors have to craft a world so clear, so visual, that readers buy into it from the very beginning. After all, if they didn’t, why would anyone buy the book in the first place?

Most of the time, you don’t even consciously recognize that you’ve bought into a novel until something happens to upset that balance. You know what I’m talking about. It’s that critical moment when you go from loving a book to immediately thrusting it away from you, chucking it against the wall, or backing over it repeatedly with your car. For example, let’s just say you’ve read three semi-palatable vampire books in a series only to get to the fourth where you find out an intensely moody young werewolf is now madly in love with a naive teenage girl’s unborn child. This explanation, of course, is supposed to clearly explain his obsession with said naive teenage girl for the past several years. Yeah, that book instantly became chuck-worthy and might have accidently met its demise at the bottom of a lake after being weighted down with bricks.

As a reader, I’ll accept just about anything: dragons, unicorns, ghosts, even rainbow farting bunny rabbits, if I’m asked. If the bunnies are being preyed upon by a vicious hawk and one rabbit rises up to save the day - yeah, I can believe that. But give one of those bunnies fangs, a machete, and the accent of Morgan Freeman as he traipses through Wal-Mart dismembering mannequins and you’ve lost me, especially if he has glasses and a lightning bolt shaped scar. The story has to make some sort of sense, even if it could never happen in the real world.

As a writer, it’s about knowing your world. You created this monster, so own it. Know every aspect of it. Write down all the details. Every. Last. One. And then, when your future masterpiece is finished, have your beta readers tear it apart. A good beta reader is worth his or her weight in adamantium, especially if they’re not afraid to point out problems and mistakes. It’s not just about changing a character’s name mid-story and forgetting to fix it elsewhere (yeah, I did that), or killing someone off only to have them come back to life because I forgot I killed them off (I did that, too). It’s about avoiding things like having your fluffy, bright pink dragons drive taxis and dive off ten-meter platforms because that’s the only way they can save the summer squash from being trampled by a giant ogre. That one was just an example, honest.

We all have different thresholds of what we believe and what turns us off of a book. We’re all unique, after all. Something that bothers me might be peachy with you, and vice versa. But I’m sure most of us would agree that there is a line there, somewhere, in the sand that shouldn’t be crossed. The key to that is knowing your world, remembering your character’s names, and making sure none of them fall in love with a fetus.


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Chandra Stafford is currently on blog tour for her newly released young adult dystopian novel, First. Here's the cover and book description:

Guest post: Chandra Stafford
Buy it now: 
First (Live Once) on Amazon
First (Live Once) on B&N
First (Live Once) on Kobo

Seventeen-year-old Mira works on a farm in the ruins of Texas, along with all of the other descendants of the defeated rebels. Though she’s given her heart to Tanner, their lives are not their own.

When Socrates, a powerful First, chooses Mira as his Second, she is thrust into the bewildering world of the rich and influential. Will, a servant assigned to assist her, whispers of rebellion, love, and of a darker fate than she’s ever imagined.

With time running out, Mira must decide whether to run to the boy she left behind, to the boy who wants her to live, or to the man who wants her dead.

About the Author: 

Photo courtesy of Red Adept Publishing
Chanda Stafford teaches middle and high school English. She loves traveling and currently lives in Michigan with her husband and a menagerie of rescued dogs and cats.


When she’s not reading or writing, Chanda enjoys old zombie movies, authentic Italian food, and comic books.

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Happy Awesome Friday! :) Why awesome? Well, why not? :D Plus, it's cover reveal time for Lauren Layne's new book, After the Kiss: The Stiletto Series. Here it is:

Pre-order here: 
After the Kiss: The Stiletto Series on Amazon
Random House and other retailers

Totally FAB, right? Wait, here's the book description.
In the first book of a delightful new series from Lauren Layne, the star columnist of Stiletto magazine will do anything for a story. Anything . . . except fall in love.

Julie Greene loves flings. Loves steamy first dates, sizzling first kisses, and every now and then, that first sexy romp between the sheets. Comfy pants, sleepy Sundays, movie nights on the couch? Shudder. But when Julie gets assigned the hardest story of her career—a first-person account of that magical shift between dating and “I do”—she’ll need a man brave enough to give a total commitment-phobe a chance at more.

Normally, Mitchell Forbes would be exactly that man. A devastatingly hot workaholic who tends to stay in relationships for far too long, he should be the perfect subject for Julie’s “research.” But what Julie doesn’t know is that Mitchell is looking to cut loose for once in his life. And the leggy journalist notorious for avoiding love is exactly the type of no-strings fling he’s looking for. In other words, Mitchell is the polar opposite of what Julie needs right now. And, at the same time, he’s exactly what she wants.

Very interesting. FUN! Can't wait! :D 

Release Date: August 26, 2013 (Mark you calendars. Exciting!)
Publisher: Loveswept

About the Author: 


Author: Lauren Layne
Photo courtesy of LaurenLayne.com
Lauren Layne writes contemporary romance for Grand Central Publishing (Forever) and Random House (Loveswept).

After dabbling in an e-commerce career in Seattle and Southern California, Lauren moved to New York City where she now writes full time.

Lauren graduated from Santa Clara University with B.S. in Political Science that she has yet to put to good use. She lives with her husband and plus-sized pomeranian in a tiny Manhattan studio. 
Visit Lauren Layne's website and follow her on Twitter. :)

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Apparently, this is inevitable. As you know, I have two active segments here at My Book and My Coffee – Free eBook Feature and Bargain eBook Feature. Sadly, I need to stop doing them for now. How long? I am not sure. I am not really sure. But I know that I will be doing this again. Just not sure when.

The reason why? To be honest, I love doing this but unfortunately, due to some unexpected changes (in my life), I won’t have the time anymore. :(

Time. It’s a tricky thing.

Due to this, I won’t be accepting submissions starting today. I will still be publishing “Free eBook Feature” and “Bargain eBook Feature” posts for the whole month of May as I’ve already received submissions. I’ll be sure to schedule, post, and promote as usual. 

This is NOT goodbye for My Book and My Coffee blog though. This is still a book review blog. I will be posting book reviews and articles in the very near future. The blog is not on hiatus. Just the two segments.

Thanks lovelies. :)


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