Read Between the Lines interview

I have an interview on Read Between the Lines, a fabulous blog for romance readers. Please check it out!

And the winner of the giveaway is....

Hi all -- the winner of my blog's Lucky in Love $10 gift card for Amazon is....

Now, hold on. Let me explain how I chose a winner, first.

The question you had to answer in the comments was:

Which statistic in Lydia's talk with Matt/Mike in Maliciously Obedient was NOT TRUE? a) 40% of all books sold in the U.S. are romance novels b) sales of vibrators shot up 414% when people buy Fifty Shades of Grey c) 9% of romance novel readers are men.

a) is NOT TRUE: I screwed up and mistakenly typed 40 when I was thinking 14, which is correct, though I do see stats of 55% floating around on the Internet, too. I'll take what the Romance Writers of America says, though: source. More on that in a moment.

b) is the COMPLETELY MADE UP STATISTIC but it's hilarious anyhow.

c) is TRUE: source

Because I made the error, anyone who answered a) or b) was entered into the drawing.

The winner is...

Kaci!

Thanks to all for participating, and happy reading!

FREE BBW Romance eBook

Amazon has made Her First Billionaire FREE on Kindle. This BBW romance follows the tale of Laura, Dylan and Mike as they navigate a unique, loving relationship (with loads of hot sex and humor).

If you haven't read it yet, please grab it. And if you have, spread the word to your friends!

Lucky in Love: My Own Real-Life Romance Story

My husband and I met online, longer ago than I'm willing to admit. We'd both just gotten out of what we thought were long-term, "forever" relationships, and really didn't believe that the line about "soul mates" was real. 

And then AOL's personal online dating service went and intervened. 600+ miles apart, both reeling from soured break-ups, we defied the odds. Stumbling across my personals ad after reading about 1,000 of them, he took a chance and emailed me. After receiving loads of "Hey, baby, we live in the same city -- wanna fuck?" messages (recognize that line from Her First Billionaire? LOL) I was close to ignoring them all.

And then his came. Earnest and funny, it made my heart swell and my hopes rise. Could there really be a real person behind this?

Yes. Call it luck, chance, serendipity. Call it crazy.

But he called me.

We spoke on the phone within a week, sent pictures shortly after, and met in person within a handful of weeks. The rest is history -- messy, chaotic, complicated history (it's always complicated...).

Fate gave me my best friend, my passionate lover, my intellectual equal, my goofy comedian, the best father to my children I could ever dream up, and my unfailingly loyal buddy all in one person.I got lucky the day we "met" through bits and bytes online.

We can't know, or plan, or predict when our lives crack open and everything changes. The best laid plans of characters reflect real life, from Michael Bournham's ambitions backfiring spectacularly and threatening the love of his life (ooo, mini-spoiler!) to Lydia's year-long plan to get a promotion coming to a shocking halt when a series of behind-the-scenes plans rocks her world.

Unintended consequences show us we can't organize and manipulate and connive and contrive -- even out of deep love -- and always get exactly what we think we want.

Instead, sometimes the universe (or God, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or your mom) knows better, and being open to possibility -- what some call luck -- is what we need the very most to get what completes us.

May you be luck in love this St. Patrick's Day and all year long!

Also -- one lucky reader/commenter will win a $10 Amazon gift certificate. Answer the following question in the comments: Which statistic in Lydia's talk with Matt/Mike in Maliciously Obedient was NOT TRUE? a) 40% of all books sold in the U.S. are romance novels b) sales of vibrators shot up 414% when people buy Fifty Shades of Grey c) 9% of romance novel readers are men.

I'll draw a random winner from the correct answers! Deadline: March 19, 2013, 1 a.m. EST. 

I hit #6/7 on Nook. You guys are freaking AWESOME

To all my readers, on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony, PCs, and Apple devices (sorry it's not on iTunes/iBooks yet, but Apple is sooooo slllloooww in approving new books) and beyond -- THANK YOU!

Maliciously Obedient reached #6 in the ENTIRE Nook store about 36 hours ago. It's still in the top 100 now, but for a very brief time my book was on the same page as Nicholas Sparks, Bella Andre, and Abbi Glines. Fine company!

And I owe it all to you. Thank you.

Maliciously Obedient is #26 in the top 100 on Nook!

I keep wanting to write this blog post and then time slips away. So does my mind.

Because Maliciously Obedient is currently sitting at #26 in the ENTIRE Nook Book store. I'm ahead of Silver Linings Playbook. You know, the book the movie's based on. The one Jennifer Lawrence won an Academy Award for.

Just -- WOW.

I am so thrilled that the book is so popular at B&N! Thank you to ALL my readers! I'd love to crack the top 10, so any help spreading the word would be AWESOME. Please share/tweet/whatever.

::runs off to work on getting Suspiciously Obedient out as soon as possible::

Her First Billionaire #7 in free Erotica on Amazon

I absolutely love What to Read After Fifty Shades of Grey (and if you haven't "Liked"d it yet, get over there and do it!).

After featuring Her First Billionaire on the page, it shot up the charts on Amazon, now sitting at #7! I'm with Sara Fawkes' Anything He Wants. Great company!

Meanwhile, Maliciously Obedient makes its way through Amazon -- grab it now!