Have Patience

I can tell by my web statistics and the frequent visitors to my Coming Soon page, that many of you are wondering when my next book will be released. Please have patience with me as I go through a re-evaluation of where I want to focus my writing in the future.

For the past couple years, I've been writing REALLY hot romances under another pen name. While these books were profitable, my heart wasn't in them. Even worse, they prevented me from writing what I loved to write: A hot contemporary with unforgettable characters and few opinionated animals thrown into the mix.

As of December 2011, I left behind my other pen name to direct my energies on books like Fourth and Goal.

Forward Passes, Tyler's story and the sequel to Fourth and Goal, is complete, and I'm currently shopping for a suitable home for this book. I love Tyler, as screwed up as he is, and I think you will, too. His book deserves a special publisher, and it may take me a while to find the right one.

Meanwhile, I'm not sitting around idly waiting for Tyler's book to sell. I'm several chapters into Book 3 in the Seattle Lumberjacks series. I'm also working on another series set in the small Eastern Washington town I grew up in. Book one is practically writing itself. Lastly, I have about 10,000 of Mitch's story (Rachel's surly brother from Fourth and Goal).

Lastly, I wrote two short stories for an anthology with Ellora's Cave authors Cassandra Carr and Cristal Ryder. The release date for this anthology is late spring.

So even though I may not have a book on the horizon, I do have a lot of irons in the fire.

Lucy Monroe's Fitness Challenge

Join Lucy Monroe, me, and several other authors in Lucy's Fitness Challange. You can sign up here:
http://www.lucymonroe.com/ReaderFitnessChallenge.htm

Here's what Lucy has to say about the Challenge:

Dear Readers,

2011 was my wake-up call to get healthy and I've been working hard to improve my lifestyle with better eating and exercise habits to help me become healthier, stronger and happier. I kicked off the year by joining my local Hillsboro Fitness Challenge in January. Not only have I lost weight and inches, but I have lots more energy and enthusiasm than I've had in years! Because you are all such a big part of my life, though for the most part we'll never meet, I wanted to share this experience with you all - and thus the Lucy Monroe Reader Fitness Challenge was born.

I really can't wait to share my "after" picture with all of you in June. Know that I'll be pulling for you and working right along with you as we all do our best to get stronger and healthier in time for summer!

Hugs and blessings on all our endeavors,

Lucy

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Fourth and Goal Best of 2011

Wendi, The Super Librarian, named Fourth and Goal as one of her best books of 2011. Thank you so much, Wendi.

http://wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/year-that-was-2011-best-of-everything.html

Guest Blogging at Romancing the Genres

I'm blogging at Romancing the Genres today about sports romances. Stop by and say hi.

http://romancingthegenres.blogspot.com/2012/01/different-kind-of-fantasy-football.html

The First Annual Natalie Acres Boot Scootin’ Boogie Blog Tour

Welcome to good friend, Natalie Acres. I am flattered that my blog is part of her first annual blog tour:

Releasing November 7^th

Cowboy Boots and Unsettled Debts

Book Three in the Cowboy Boots Series

http://www.bookstrand.com/cowboy-boots-and-unfinished-business

Blurb:

Seduction turns deadly when Abby Rose, an agent with the Underground Unit, decides to put a provocative spin on revenge. Her plan to sleep with a cartel leader backfires when fellow operatives refuse Abby the opportunity to face her enemy alone.

Abby’s fellow agents begin the fight of their lives. After discovering Abby will use her body to lure in the man who killed her father, and their command leader, seven highly trained operatives cope with high tensions as each man comes to terms with feelings never previously acknowledged.

This team isn’t fighting for another cause or plotting the best way to take out their mark. The stakes are much higher. These men will take up arms and meet their greatest challenge as they work together to protect the woman they admire and love.

Other books in the series available now:

Cowboy Boots and Untamed Hearts

Book One in the Cowboy Boots Series

Previous Milestones for Cowboy Boots and Untamed Hearts:

#1 Bestseller Bookstrand for Several Weeks

#1 Bestselling Erotica Amazon

#1 Bestselling Western Amazon

Bestselling Western ARE

Mobipocket Bestselling Title

Blurb:

Sydney has a problem with Bitch. The horse her father treasures more than gold is running loose and a blizzard is headed for Southwest Virginia. After spending the entire morning chasing the darn animal, she decides she probably won’t earn Cowgirl of the Year for her efforts.

So what's a damsel in designer jeans to do? Call in reinforcements and fortunately, she knows where to find them.

The Donovan men are known for their good looks, alpha-male ways, and their skills behind stacks of hay bales. It's their skills that often keep Sydney up late at night, only she's just dreamed about them. She's never had the opportunity to act on fantasies because her father's career often kept her on the move.

A winter storm strikes out and the Donovan brothers want to take the first step and make Sydney their own. Only first they'll reveal a torrid past and answer some tough questions about their family and Sydney's father. Soon, they discover their innocent little Sydney harbors several secrets of her own and from out of nowhere, a stranger rides in the storm with a surprise for the Donovan brothers.

Fourth and Goal up for 5-Heart Sweetheart

The Romance Studio gave Fourth and Goal Five Stars!!!  As a result, I’m eligible for their 5-heart sweetheart voting. I’d really appreciate your vote. You can vote by clicking here (F&G is at the very bottom of the list):

http://www.theromancestudio.com/5heart_form.php

You can read their review of F&G here:

http://www.theromancestudio.com/reviews/reviews/fourthgoaldavenport.htm