Announcement: Old Flame (Hearts Aflame Files) Coming Soon!

Hello my lovelies!

I am here with another fabulous announcement. Are you ready? I'm ready.

My Contemporary New Adult novella Old Flame, the first book in the Hearts Aflame Files, is coming on January 15th!

The cover reveal is next week, so keep your eyes peeled. It's cute and quirky, just like the book! And if you'd like to sign up to be part of the blog tour the link is here.

It's been a busy time of year, and I hope that you all are happy, healthy, and having fun.


Old Flame (Hearts Aflame Files) 


They say if you love someone set them free. So why can’t Hannah let go? 


Hannah Sullivan has spent the past three months stalking her ex-boyfriend, lurking in the bushes and hiding behind fake social media personas, convinced she can eventually rekindle the love they once shared. But when she meets Marc, who is everything James never wanted to be and more, she begins to wonder if she’s got it all wrong. 

Hannah must come to terms with her own demons before she can decipher between her delusional mission the man of her dreams.

Shelf Live by Stephanie Lawton: Review and Giveaway

Title: Shelf Life

Author: Stephanie Lawton

Genre: Contemporary New Adult

Publication date: December 3, 2013

*Mature situations and sexual content - recommended for ages 17+*

It’s impossible to focus on college biology when your family believes doomsday is imminent and the government is out to get you.

All Pete Wilson’s ever wanted is to become a veterinarian, but those dreams are going up in flames. Commuting to an urban college and helping his parents with their apocalyptic prepper crap is more than he can handle.

Worse, Pete’s asshole neighbor is stirring up trouble, his family’s stockpile has been destroyed and farm animals are turning up dead.

Lindsey Linger is the tomboy sister of his best friend. Now a sexy spitfire, she and Pete are liable to set the barn ablaze as their romance finally heats up. But she’s hiding a terrible secret, and rural life isn’t all bonfires and hayloft romps. That becomes clear one icy winter night when the survival of everyone Pete loves hangs in the balance.

Can Pete be the hero they need, or will this be the end of the world as he knows it?

I was already a fan of Lawton’s previous works, but I’m truly enamored with her most recent New Adult novel. Shelf Life is a painfully beautiful coming of age story that hits hard and peels back the layers of what it means to be a “grown up”. 

Pete is easy to love; a guy who’s honest and true, even if he’s a little naive and a lot stubborn.  The way Lawton handles his evolution from high school boy to college man is seamless. This is something the author has shown a talent for easing her readers through character growth in her previous work and I was pleased to see her deft handling of the transition in this tale as well.  

I enjoyed the way Lawton walked us through the unusual life of Doomsday Preppers in our modern world. Her descriptions of Pete’s life on the farm are rich and winsome. Their sharp contrast to his experiences at the local community college help paint an even more vivid picture of the backbreaking yet beautiful life with his parents. 

His relationship with Lindsey is as confusing and frustrating and scintillating as relationships truly are at the tender age of eighteen. And though their love isn’t the main storyline in this book, I’m hoping to see more of them together in the next book in the series. 

The end is rough, and I’m not being exaggerative. It’s a fast-paced whirlwind of dramatic  events that leave you breathless. Though there is one piece of the end I have sworn not to forgive (I will not spoiler it, just, *sob*), I eagerly await the continuation of Pete’s story in the next installment.

You can grab a copy in paperback or Kindle Ebook today!

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Join the SHELF LIFE Release Party & Chat on Facebook! 

Join us all day December 3rd on Facebook as we chat with Stephanie, as she celebrates Shelf Life's launch day with giveaways, excerpts, special content, free downloads, & more! 

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About Stephanie

Always a misfit, Stephanie Lawton writes twisted romance that tugs the heart strings then punches you in the gut.

She has a tendency to psychoanalyze people, which comes in handy when creating character profiles. She has a fascination with teacher-student relationships, bullies, psychics, doomsday preppers and larger-than-life characters.

Making readers squirm is her greatest pleasure. 

Proceed with caution.

Website | Twitter | Facebook

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An Unexpected Wreath is Coming Soon!

I'm pleased to announce that An Unexpected Wreath will be part of the Winter's Sweet Kiss Anthology from Roane Publishing. You can grab this collection of winter-themed sweet romance short stories in e-book on December 16th.

An Unexpected Wreath (coming December 16, 2013)

Stella’s got everything she needs in life: a great job, a beautiful house, and her independence. But on a last minute trip to the local Christmas tree lot she finds something, or rather someone, she desperately wants - Grayson. 


An emergency trip to Target, an unexpected wreath, and a little Christmas magic make the season much brighter.

Cover Reveal: Van Locken's Witch by Debbie Peterson

Hey Friends! I'm so thrilled that I've been able to be a part of so many celebrations lately. Today is no exception. I am excited to share with you the cover for Debbie Peterson's next paranormal romance Van Locken's Witch.

Kapitein Rand Van Locken has no idea what awaits him as he boards the Spanish galleon on behalf of the Dutch West India Company, or that the beautiful woman imprisoned within will change his life in ways he never imagined or even desired. Until now...

Lissa Capoen, didn't plan for the Spaniards to capture her while attempting  to rescue her sister. She didn't foresee the handsome sea captain coming swiftly to her aid and offering his assistance. Nor did she expect him to steal her heart and claim it as his own.

Yet, as destiny brings them ever closer together, Armando Manera is determined to recapture the witch and present her to the Spanish King. No matter what it takes...

Learn more about Van Locken's Witch on Debbie Peterson's 

Website, follow her on Twitter, or like her on Facebook. 

Cover Reveal: Seizing Fate

Hello Friends!

As I'm coming down off the high of the Melted Tears release, I am returning the karmic favor and making sure I help my fellow romance authors get the word out about their books! Check out this intriguing cover for Seizing Fate (Predetermined #2) by Heather Van Fleet.

And you thought Emmy’s life was a hot mess before…

Jack’s gone off to Arizona with his brother, but for how long? Emmy doesn’t have a clue. In his place, though, is Zachary. The whiny, miserable, alpha wolf–boy who is more than ready to take on the duty of her mate/boyfriend — if she’d let him, that is. But the last thing Emmy wants is to deal with a boy who believes that the world should fall solely at his feet whenever he demands it.

But hey, at least her step–douche is gone, and her life is back to an almost normal sense, right?

Wrong again, Emmy’s life will never again be normal…

With her Uncle Prick in town and her best friend acting as secretive as ever, Emmy finds new challenges to overcome — challenges that no seventeen–year–old girl should ever have to deal with. For one thing, what is up with her dream–liaison status anyway? What does it mean, really? And why does her little brother have to go through it too? And then there’s her mom. The lady is acting a tad bit odd, to put it nicely. After all these years, she finally wants to step up and be a parental figure? Heck no! Emmy’s definitely not copacetic with that idea. 

But with the bad, there’s got to be some good out there for her somewhere, right?

Add in the wolves, witches, drama, and lots of kisses and you get Emmy the Extraordinaire, the girl with strawberry–colored hair, and a chip on her shoulder. She’s finally on her way to finding out what her life and her future both have in store for her, even if the road to getting there is nowhere near as easy as she hoped it would be. But Emmy is tough, and more than ready to take on life with her bare hands. 

It’s just too bad she’s madly, desperately, insanely in love with a boy who insists on making her life both a miserable hell and utter perfection at the same time.

And Van Fleet has even given you a juicy excerpt from her upcoming release:

Pressure, fire, wetness, tongues — single words were all I could think as our mouths battled. God, I’d never been kissed like this before. Ever, and if we stopped, I’d die a happy woman from his lips touching mine alone. He tugged his hand into the back of my hair, pulling my chin upwards, yanking me towards him. I clawed at his shirt, ready to rip it from his massive body. I pulled at his jacket first, lowering it over his shoulders until it fell to the floor. The buttons jingled against the tile, scattering over our feet. Damn, if he didn’t care about his signature black coat falling apart, then I had to wonder what else I could get away with. 

Go ahead and add Seizing Fate to your Goodreads so you don't forget how much you want to read it!

You can visit Heather Van Fleet on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and her Website to learn more about the Predetermined Series. 

Young Adult paranormal and contemporary author Heather Van Fleet is an Illinois born native, raised in a town that borders both Iowa and Illinois. She’s a wife to her hubby (and high school sweet heart) Chris, as well as a mom to her three little girls, Kelsey, Emma and Bella. When she’s not obsessing over her fictional book characters, cooking dinner, or running around chasing her crazy kiddos, you can usually find her with her head stuck in her Kindle, drinking White Chocolate Mochas like they were water. 

It's my BOOK BIRTHDAY!

Can you believe it? I can't believe it! It's finally here! Melted Tears (Book 2 in the Outlier Chronicles) is ready to be on your hot little e-reader! 

Two lovers face off against a government determined to keep them apart. It’s only brave if it’s hard.  

Cressenda is still adjusting to life with the man of her dreams. When Beckett hatches a plan to break her parents out of The Affinity prison work camps, Cressenda must make the biggest sacrifice of her life; trading her freedom for her parents’. With the help of an unlikely ally, Cressenda learns to stop fighting against her fears and embrace the power of fighting for her dreams. But will trusting Beckett to take down The Affinity be the ultimate show of faith or a fatal mistake?

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Summer's End

I don't usually post my poetry here (or anywhere for that matter) but I decided to share a sliver of this part of me with you, my dear readers.



Summer's End

A sip of sangria
Close your eyes
Listen to your heartbeat
Thump thump thump

The sun heats your legs
Shield your face
Watch the minute hand
Tick tick tick

Your tongue feels thick
Guard your words
Feel the painful truth
Tap tap tap

The air stands still
Measure time
Kiss away the loss
Tsk tsk tsk