Monique DeVere Has Joined The Team at #MFRW.org To Produce a Monthly Column of Writing Tips

A few weeks ago I mentioned on Facebook that I'd been head-hunted to write a monthly blog column. I am now excited to say my first column is up!  Hook Me, Baby! You Have A Great Opening Hook, but Then What? 

I am truly honoured to join the team at MFRW. My column is in the area of writing tips to advance your writing, which goes out on the 26th of each month. The column is called Level-Up With Monique DeVere (tips to take your writing to the next level). 

I hope you'll take a moment to pop over and check it out. Please leave a comment so I know you stopped by: Visit Monique's Column.

Some of you might have noticed my Pull Up a Chair With Mon blog series. I'll still be running this spot. Yes, I know I've been neglectful of the blog, but I've been fighting a bug that just won't quit for good. I'm sure many of you have been knocked flat with the same bug, so you understand my plight, right?

Anyway, I'm hoping to be a better blogger... hmmm... I said that before, didn't I...? :)

YOU DON'T GET JOE! Book Hook Hop #MFRWhooks #Romance #eBooks

I'm all about the blog hops this week :). 

This one is Book Hooks Meme, hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers. As a member of MFRW I get to participate in this wonderful blog hop, along with some great authors who will be sharing snippets of our books today. 

My featured book is You Don't Get Joe! my Valentine novella. Hey, since I fully believe we can make every day Valentine's, I decided to share a bit of You Don't Get Joe! with you. Hope you enjoy the taster! Don't forget to hop on over to MFRW Authors Blog to read the other authors in the Book Hook Hop! 

You Don't Get Joe!

A lot can happen in six days!

There’s no secret that New York columnist Robyn (Robbie) Dare hates Valentine’s Day. So when her editor assigns her the task of writing a column about V-Day, she advises her readers to skip it. Dubbed The Valentine Hater, at least one person is out for blood, leaving Robbie little choice but to beat a hasty retreat back to her family in the UK. It wouldn’t be so bad, if heartthrob Joe Langford wasn’t right on hand to welcome her back. She used to have a thing for Joe. So did her sister. Five years ago, Robyn pretended to choose her career and walked away, but she always regretted her decision.

There was a time when Joe longed to rectify the mistake he made when he let the woman he loved walk out of his life. Now she’s back and bringing a heap of trouble with her. Good thing Joe likes trouble. He isn’t sure how this mess will turn out, but one thing Joe knows for sure, skipping Valentine’s Day just might be the best thing Robbie ever did!

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Excerpt


Her lack of sleep must have lowered her inhibitions, because Robyn would never have submitted to the desire otherwise.

She glanced at the bedside clock. Was that the time? She checked her phone.

Yep. Three thirty-five p.m.!

She could snuggle back under the covers and sleep the rest of the day away... or... she thought of Joe. A fuzzy flutter in her belly had her sliding from the warm comfort mattress and heading to the en suite shower. She had to get his number from her mum, phone him, and apologise. She wasn’t in the habit of begging for kisses. 

She wanted him to know that. 

(C) Monique DeVere 2014

All Rights Reserved

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You can purchase You Don't Get Joe! from any Amazon store, but here are two for your convenience. You can also borrow the novella from Amazon Prime in the US or KindleUnlimited here in the UK.

AmazonUK ~*~ AmazonUS

Don't forget to check out the other MFRW snippets HERE.

ZACH'S REBOUND GIRL Book Hook Hop #MFRWhooks

Hi! And welcome to the August 27 Book Hooks Meme, hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers. As a member of MFRW I get to participate in this wonderful blog hop, along with some great authors who will be sharing snippets of one of our books today, and every Wednesday. 


My featured book is Zach's Rebound Girl, my full length Romantic Comedy, light Mystery/Suspense. Hope you enjoy the taster! Don't forget to hop on over to MFRW Authors Blog to read the other authors in today's Book Hook Hop! 

Zach's Rebound Girl

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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THIS WAS not the Maddie Zach knew. His Maddie was sweet and pure and made him want to protect her.

The Maddie who luxuriated in a bubbling hot tub only inches from him, had need surging through him. She was tanned, lively, and altogether too desirable. And she made him ache to devour her in all the ways a man could enjoy a woman.  

He stuffed his hands into his jean’s front pockets to stop himself from reaching for her, disliking the fact that five minutes in Maddie’s company turned him into a basic, primal male. 

In fact, he hated it a lot. 

(C) Monique DeVere 2014

All Rights Reserved

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You can purchase Zach's Rebound Girl from any Amazon store, but here are two for your convenience.

AmazonUK ~*~ AmazonUS

Don't forget to check out the other MFRW snippets HERE.