Michelle Cary

I’m so very excited about the August release entitled Don’t Look Back.

Check out this book trailer for more info.

Come join me and fellow author’s Amanda Young, Anne Douglas, Liz Craven and Mya at our new yahoo chat group. In celebration of the launch of our new group, I’m running a contest. Join our group and you’re automatically entered to win a free download of any one of my currently available titles. Contest runs until dreaded the dreaded April 15, 2009.

My story entitled Don’t Look Back and co-written with fellow author and friend Amanda Young is scheduled for release June 1, 2009 with Amber Quill Press. The paperback version will follow just a month or so later. I’m so very excited at the prospect of working with the great editors at Amber Quill and to see a story that Amanda and I worked very hard on make it into print. Stay tuned for more details!!!

An excerpt from my story Some Kind of Hero is entered in this contest. So I’m going to shamelessly plead for all of you go hop over there right now and vote for me!

http://midnightseductionsauthors.wordpress.com/vote-in-contest/

Thanks!!!

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Dumped by another boyfriend, Sophie Green decides it’s time to make some changes in her life. Since her relationships have left her sexually frustrated, she concludes her horrible encounters with men must mean she’s doing something wrong. Obviously, a weekend of uninhibited sex is the answer to her problem, isn’t it? Sophie turns to roommate and friend Logan Rutledge for help.

Logan’s had a thing for Sophie for years, but a ‘hands off’ promise to her brother caused him to steer clear. Until now. The mere thought of another man pleasuring Sophie has Logan putting not only his friendship, but his heart, on the line to help her. He knows he can never be the husband/father figure she’s looking for, but if its no-holds barred sex she wants then he’s her man.

Agreeing to keep their tryst from her brother, Logan whisks Sophie away for a romantic weekend at the beach. Recruiting their friend Reese, Logan introduces Sophie to a hedonistic new world, complete with silk scarves for bondage and fruit as foreplay. When an accident threatens Sophie’s life, Logan realizes how much he wants their relationship to be more than one clandestine encounter. Keeping their secret from her brother is one thing, convincing Sophie he’s Mr. Right is another.

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Vanessa Beaumont is desperate to keep her beloved thoroughbred Ransom out of her ex-husbands clutches.
Fleeing the only life she’s ever known, she heads east toward her friend’s house nestled in the Pennsylvania
mountains. When a summer storm and an accident with a deer conspire against her, Vanessa finds herself lost, with no transportation, and staring in the face of an entirely new set of problems, mainly her attraction to her rescuer, Riley.

Five years after his ex-fiancée walked out on him, Riley Whitaker has come to accept his life as a bachelor. His position as town sheriff keeps him busy helping others and his mind off the pain still etched in his heart. Falling for Vanessa wasn’t part of the bargain, but as much as he tries to fight the attraction between them, he can’t deny his passion for her. With each passing day, their relationship grows, and when Vanessa’s vindictive ex-husband discovers her whereabouts, placing her in danger, Riley knows he’ll put his own life on the line to protect the woman he loves.

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Riley reached for Vanessa and pulled her to him. Heat flared between them and she struggled to maintain a modicum of composure. Unsatisfied need dwelled deep inside her. If he kept getting this close, she wouldn’t be able to behave herself. Over his shoulder, the lightning struck outside and the tempo of the rain increase. “Does it always rain like this here?” she asked in a breath a little heavier than she liked.

“Sometimes.” He pulled her away from the barn door and swung it closed.

“Shouldn’t we be on the outside when you close the door?”

“I’ve got a better idea.” He glanced at the hayloft above, then back to her. “Here, I’ll give you a boost.” His hands wrapped around her waist, helping to steady her as she climbed the rungs. Her skin tingled under his touch. Once at the top she moved away from the edge and waited for him to join her. “This is a great place for storm watching. Plus, you’ll be able to rest and keep an eye on your horse,” he said as they settled against a bail of hay.

“It is a good idea,” she admitted. “Still, I feel a little naughty sitting up here with you.” Actually, she felt very naughty, but she wasn’t about to tell him that.

He grinned. “Like you’re waiting for your parents to catch you with your date?”

“Yeah, like that,” she laughed. “How many girls have you been naughty with up here?”

He scooted next to her, dropping an arm around her shoulder. “Enough.”

Oh God, why did he insist on being so close?

Lightning crashed outside, making her jump. As she did, he pulled her into the crook of his arm. “It seems to me, Ransom isn’t the only one who’s afraid of storms.”

Between the heat radiating from his body and the humidity in the air, she nearly gave into her feelings and leaned over to kiss him. “T…that’s ridiculous. I’m thirty years old, not a child.”

“Age doesn’t take away the fear,” he replied, slowly skimming her arm with his fingers. “It’s okay to admit you’re afraid.”

Vanessa remained silent as she stared out the window. She shivered. It wasn’t the storm causing her heart to pound with alarm.

He turned into her, catching her chin with his finger. “I won’t hurt you, Vanessa.”

The look in his eyes told her that his declaration ran deeper than any concern she should have had of physical harm.
“I know.”

She wasn’t sure how, but she did. More than anything, she wanted him to lean over and kiss her, to relieve the insatiable need she had for him.

Instead, he pulled her closer and rested his chin on her hair. Together, they watched Mother Nature’s encore.

Okay, I’ll admit that I really stink at coming up with new and creative ways to run a contest. So, because I have no imagination when it comes to contests I’m going to stick with something simple. Anyone who leaves a comment on my blog (for any post made between October 1st and October 23rd) will be entered to win a free download of my first romantic suspense story, entitled Ransomed Heart. That 1st place winner will also receive a Michelle Cary canvas tote bag (great for lugging books around) and other goodies from my promotional stash. Two second place winners will receive goodies from my stash including Michelle Cary Pens, bookmarks and key chains.

Now with every contest there must be rules, so here goes:

1. Only one comment per contestant per day.
2. Comments made ONLY on posts between October 1st and October 23rd will be eligible.
3. No spamming! Comments must pertain to the post for that day. Spammers will automatically be eliminated.
4. Winners will be picked at random and screen names will be used to identify winners to eliminate any confusion.

The drawing will be held on October 24th.

Good Luck!

In an industry such as the e-book publishing world it’s sometimes difficult to remember that even though you’re sitting in your pajamas in front of your computer, you still have to be professional. Now that can be difficult and sometimes damn near impossible when you’re working via-email with editors and such that don’t quite get back to you as soon as you would like or appear to have an attitude when they do. However, if you’re trying to write books as a living and not just some fun hobby, you need to remember which side your bread is buttered. Which sometimes requires a hell of a lot of strength when dealing with an abstinent editor or a difficult publisher.

Sure I much like many an author out there, have had my fair share of troubles. I once had an editor who had a million excuses why she wasn’t responding to my e-mails and completing the editing on my ms. Trying to stay professional, I went to the publisher who in my opinion wasn’t the most receptive in helping me out. It was frustrating and I actually got to a point where I hated my own story simply because of the negative vibes surrounding it. However, I didn’t use my blog as a weapon to torpedo my publisher or the editor. That would have been career suicide on my part. Which is why I don’t understand how other authors can rant so openly on their blogs about problem editors, publishers, etc.

Wouldn’t it be better to rise above the steady stream of crap that is taking place and be as professional as possible? Throwing a temper tantrum on line where anyone can read it, is in my opinion, setting yourself up for failure. Believe it or not, the book industry is small and everybody knows everyone. Make public waves and you run the risk of having yourself black balled by publishers who will see you as difficult and not worth their time. That’s not to say that you can’t express your frustrations to your publisher, but in a professional way.

Thankfully, for me, I rode the bad wave and when the project was over, I was assigned a new editor, who has been a joy to work with. I have to think that if I’d aired my dirty laundry in a public forum, I probably would have been dropped by the publisher and branded as being difficult to work with. But then that’s just my opinion.

There’s so much going on right now I’m starting to wonder if I’m coming or going. Over the weekend I received 1st round edits on my Loose ID story Sophie’s Secret. The tentative release date is November 11th. I also finished up the WIP I was working on with fellow author Amanda Young and have sent it to her for approval and final touches. Which is code for she’s going to raunch it up some…lol. I’m really excited about that project and can’t wait to get it subbed and accepted somewhere.

Also, I’ve finished writing my romantic suspense entitled Northern Lights, but after some tough love from my critique partner and fellow author Liz Craven, I realize I still have some work to do. However, her advice can only make the story stronger so when it does get subbed somewhere it will hopefully be accepted too.

Ideas are cultivating for what my next project is going to be. After writing two romantic suspense stories and keeping both relatively tame in the bedroom, I might be due for another erotic romance…we’ll have to see.

In the meantime, I’m off to start my training at my new ‘real job’ today. That too is something I’m excited about becuase it’s not an office job pushing papers, but something completely different than I’ve ever done before. Wish me luck!!!