Thursday, January 30, 2014

#Read Excerpt of ZACH'S REBOUND GIRL ~ On Sale Now! #BookBuzz #Smashwords #Kindle #Kobo #Romance @AmazonBookPromo

Yay! Zach's Rebound Girl is on sale!

You can purchase copies from Amazon. The paperback version is on the way. 

Excerpt

Zach's Rebound Girl
Copyright © 2014 Monique DeVere
Published by Crystal Swan Publications
United Kingdom
All rights reserved.
*~*~*
“I don’t believe you.”

Her mouth fell open at the sheer audacity of the man. Okay she was lying, but he had no way of knowing that. She could’ve had thousands of affairs for all he knew. “You don’t even know me. I’ve changed.”

Electric tension vibrated between them. He was staring at her mouth again, his jaw stiff, eyes doing that glitter thing once more. 

“I don’t think so. Underneath all that sophistication you’re still the sweet girl I used to know.”

Goaded into retaliation, Maddie followed the first crazy impulse that popped into her head. 

“Oh really? Would a ‘sweet girl’ do this?”

Before he had time to take a breath, Maddie threw her arms around Zach’s neck and plastered herself to him.


As kisses went, she nearly cracked a tooth with her surprise attack.
*~*~*

Back Cover Copy

Goodbye quiet geek ... hello hot TV personality.



Television property renovator Maddison de la Botella is popular, adored, and on the brink of snagging the opportunity to restore her ancestral home—if a ruthless developer doesn’t tear it down first! Her life has suddenly gone from smooth to bumpy, and it all starts the night she discovers her new neighbour ogling her in her hot tub is none other than Zachary Canady! Her once-upon-a-time best friend and heartbreaker.


He’s still way too gorgeous, still makes her heart flip—and still sees her as just a friend. Back in uni, Zach made sure she understood men wanted exciting women. And there was nothing exciting about Maddie. Now ten years on, here’s her chance to make him notice she’s a living, breathing, desirable woman—even if she almost cracks a tooth to prove it. But is it coincidence that as soon as Zach re-enters her life, she becomes curiously accident-prone?

Commercial property developer, Zach is about to close the business deal of his career until his past catches up with him, and he’s knocked sideways by the stunner next door. Suddenly he can’t decide what he’s protecting Maddie from—his white-hot desire, or the psychotic stalker out to harm her.

*~*~*

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Zach's Rebound Girl Cover Reveal #Romance #Comedy #Mystery #Suspense #CoverReveal


I've mentioned my new Rom-Com novel entitled Zach's Rebound Girl, but I haven't spoken much about the story. Zach's Rebound Girl is a Romantic Comedy with a touch of Mystery and Suspense. It's a full length novel so I know many of you will be happy to hear that! 

You can pick up a copy of Zach's Rebound Girl from February 1st 2014! But for now, without further ado, please meet Zach and Maddie. If you would like to read the first chapter, you will find it in Notes on my Facebook Author fan page. Click HERE to go to Monique DeVere's Fan page. If you haven't already, you will need to 'Like' the page before you can access the chapter.

Back Cover Copy


Goodbye quiet geek ... hello hot TV personality.

Television property renovator Maddison de la Botella is popular, adored, and on the brink of snagging the opportunity to restore her ancestral home—if a ruthless developer doesn’t tear it down first! Her life has suddenly gone from smooth to bumpy, and it all starts the night she discovers her new neighbour ogling her in her hot tub is none other than Zachary Canady! Her once-upon-a-time best friend and heartbreaker.

He’s still way too gorgeous, still makes her heart flip—and still sees her as just a friend. Back in uni, Zach made sure she understood men wanted exciting women. And there was nothing exciting about Maddie. Now ten years on, here’s her chance to make him notice she’s a living, breathing, desirable woman—even if she almost cracks a tooth to prove it. But is it coincidence that as soon as Zach re-enters her life, she becomes curiously accident-prone?

Commercial property developer, Zach is about to close the business deal of his career until his past catches up with him, and he’s knocked sideways by the stunner next door. Suddenly he can’t decide what he’s protecting Maddie from—his white-hot desire, or the psychotic stalker out to harm her.

~*~

I do hope you enjoy Zach's Rebound Girl. Please keep an eye out for my new Valentine's Day short story entitled You Don't Get Joe! Coming in Feb. And also my new sexy contemporary romance, Sexiest Eye Candy To Lust After. Also due for release in Feb.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Wk 7 ~ Monday Morsel of Lily & Justin Are Getting Married #amwriting #Novellines #Romantic #Comedy #eBooks #MondayMorsel


Welcome to this week's Monday Morsel of Lily & Justin Are Getting Married, a romantic comedy featuring the continuation story from More Than Friends

I hope you are enjoying the snippets of this story. If you are, would you take a moment to let me know, please?

Just click the Contact Me page above and drop me a line, or click HERE. I will not keep your email address, or contact you other that to respond to your email.

Thank you so much.

Love & hugs
Monique x




Lily & Justin Are Getting Married 

~ Monday Morsel ~
Week 7
(Life is perfect ... until the wedding plans begin!)


© Monique DeVere 2014
Crystal Swan Publications
All Rights Reserved
He shouldn’t be this desperate for her, not when they’d made love last night and again this morning. From the first time he made love to Lily the night she came to his apartment—the night she'd offered to bop him on the nose for dumping her friend—he couldn’t get enough of this woman. And he still couldn't get enough—not now, not ever.
Each day that passed deepened his love and desire.
Making love with Lily freed him. When he was with her he didn’t have to hold back, didn’t have to keep his feelings in check. He loved her and couldn’t wait to spend the rest of his life showing her how much. 
In every imaginative way.
Her hands tugged at his clothes, encountered buttons that wouldn’t cooperate. She tore her mouth from his.
“Jus, help me.”

Friday, January 10, 2014

Once You Go Indie #amwriting #Romance #Romantic #Comedy #Mystery #Suspense #Indieauthor #Indiepub


I have to admit, I never know what to blog about. I'm not big on opening my life on the Internet, and I often feel I'm speaking to myself anyway. If you've visited this blog more than once, you might have noticed I recently disconnected the comments feature on this blog. 

To be honest, the lack of interaction was getting me down, and making me reluctant to blog. Now I've removed the choice for readers to comment, I feel somewhat better--freer, I guess. You can still contacted me by either clicking the Contact Me page above; via my website www.moniquedevere.co.uk; or by email to monique@moniquedevere.co.uk.

So, I thought I'd gas a bit about my latest decisions and my plans--book wise. You didn't think I was about to give you personal gossip, did you? :) 

You may or may not be aware that late last year I submitted a partial to Harlequin Mills & Boon's KISS line. Becoming a Mills & Boon author has been a dream of mine since I was eighteen. Trust me, it been a lot of years trying to get my foot in HMB's door. It took that long because I often sulked for a few months after each rejection: 4 rejections in total, and two revision letters. All in all, not bad. That it happened over twenty-five year span is pitiful! I know. But I have a couple of degrees, so not a complete waste of interruptions.

Anyway, last year I knew in my bones I'd finally cracked the illusive HMB formula--for want of a better word. I emailed my partial to Head Office and waited until the beginning of this year. I haven't heard a decision on the partial, but I no longer expect to.

Why? You ask?

Because I pulled the MS from Harlequin Mills & Boon a few days into the New Year. I've made a huge decision with regards to my writing career. I no longer wish to submit my book to publishing houses. From now on, I consider myself a full-fledged Independent Author. I like the freedom it gives me. I like that I can write whatever I like. And I like that I don't have to worry about guidelines. 

I have a shiny new book coming out this month. It's called Zach's Rebound Girl and is a full length novel. It's a saucy romantic comedy, mystery suspense. I shall be unvealing the cover very soon and posting chapter one over at my Facebook Fan page. If you are a fan of sexy romantic comedy mystery suspense and you like your read clean (ie no cussing and swearing or use of blasphemies), please Like my Facebook Fan Page where I'll be giving away FREE copies of the ebook once it's published. 

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Thanks for reading! 

Keep an eye out for more about Zach's Rebound Girl, Sexiest Eye Candy To Lust After, Lily & Justin Are Getting Married and You Don't Get Joe!: a Valentine's story I'm hoping to release by Valentine's.

Don't forget to pop back on Monday for Monday's Morsel of Lily & Justin Are Getting Married. I left them in the middle of a steamy session in order to get Zach and Maddie ready to make their appearance. I'm sure they can't wait for me to let them move things along!

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Monday, January 6, 2014

Wk 6 ~ Monday Morsel of Lily & Justin Are Getting Married #amwriting #romancereaders #RomCom #eBooks #romance



It's that time of the week again. Here is this week's Monday Morsel of Lily & Justin Are Getting Married.

While I shall continue to post Monday Morsels of Lily & Justin, you'll probably notice the word count might not move for a bit. I'm currently working on edits for Zach's Rebound Girl, a friends to lovers romantic comedy mystery/suspense featuring Maddison (Maddie) del la Botella and Zach Canady. Stay tuned for more on Zach and Maddie later. In the meantime, enjoy a little more of Lily & Justin.


Lily & Justin Are Getting Married 

~ Monday Morsel ~
Week 6
(Life is perfect ... until the wedding plans begin!)

© Monique DeVere 2014
Crystal Swan Publications
All Rights Reserved


“Justin Michael Nathan Knight, you answer this phone right now.”

Caught up in a hot and heavy kiss with Lily, he would have ignored the answer machine if his mother hadn’t sounded mad enough to crawl down the line all the way from Napa Valley to London, England.

Lily dragged her mouth from his. Breathing ragged, cheeks flushed with desire, she pressed her palms against his chest as a stop signal.

“You should get that.”

Justin groaned, not caring that it came out heavy with frustration. His mother had lousy timing. But the use of his entire string of names got his attention. When his mum called him by every name he had, she meant business.

“I could phone her later.” He leaned in and nuzzled Lily’s neck as he inched the zipper on her cardigan lower. Her skin was warm and satiny and begged him to kiss every inch of her. 

He’d started getting Lily out of her clothes before they even exited the lift.

He’d started getting Lily out of her clothes before they even exited the lift. Having just returned home from Inverness, they were hardly through their apartment door—in fact, the door was still slightly ajar, left that way when he and Lily fell through seconds ago locked in a fire-starter of a kiss—when his mother’s vexed tone interrupted.

 “When did you plan on telling us you’re getting married?” Like a splash of cold water, his mother’s words soaked through his drunk-on-desire haze, and chilled him.