Here is the unveiling of the cover of my next book, which will be Book 2 of The Ciprianos of Kellington
Here my lovelies is Simone
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Well look at what I got today in my email from the lovely Dawne Dominique Here is the unveiling of the cover of my next book, which will be Book 2 of The Ciprianos of Kellington Here my lovelies is Simone
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Well my lovelies.....the time is NOW! I got the chance to go to the Romance Novel Convention in Las Vegas this year (which was my 1st time going to Vegas) and I have to say I had so much fun. Meeting so many great and new authors.......... Learning so much about the industry and how to make things better in what I do............ Making alot of great friends........... Having too much fun to even write about it......... WELL........... Registration for next years RNConvention which as you can tell by the picture, will be going on for July 9-13 2014(which is on a Wednesday and ends on Sunday) is ALREADY UP FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO GO ON AND REGISTER FOR NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!! Once again there will TONS to do...PLENTY of fun to be had....and AUTHORS to meet and greet, such as yours truly. Now there is STILL stuff being put onto the website so if there is anything that is missing, please know that there is stuff being added on daily so just keep checking back. I of course will keep you posted when things are added on and will give you links as far as where to go onto the page. REMEMBER THAT REGISTRATION FOR THE RNCONVENTION IS NOW UP FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT. ALSO ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN EITHER PAY IN FULL OR DO THE PAYMENT PLAN WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT WANT TO PAY IT ALL AT ONE TIME. JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE TO GO TO THE SITE OR GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK: http://romancenovelconvention.com/ SEE YA THERE! Well my friends and fans.....good news is on the horizon! Today for pre-order on the Secret Cravings Publishing website is my latest book of a four book series. RENZO, Book 1 of an amazing story about the Cipriano of Kellington. Each book will deal with a brother and how that brother deals with trying to conquer, find and relish the love that he feels for the woman in his life. I honestly have to say that this series is probably going to be my favorite. Mainly because each brother's story is something that you will never want to forget..... Renzo Cipriano is the oldest of the four. Handsome as well as trustworthy, he owns Filomena's, an Italian restaurant in Kellington that is prosperous and well known in town for its good authentic food. Even though the Cipriano brother's have had a reputation in town for getting any woman they want, Renzo however is nothing like his siblings. Renzo has the looks, along with a great career that is making him money but he doesn't have the one thing that even though he could have at anytime he wanted to but only wanted it with one special person.......and that is everlasting love. He soon finds it at Timeless Treasures, a local antique shop, one rainy afternoon with the owner of the shop, Jaslyn Whitman. I won't go any further than this.....because you'll have to read the story to find out more of Renzo's story. But I am going to give an exclusively HAWT EXCERPT from the story today so I know you will LOVE IT! SO........without further ado....... MY SEXY HAWT EXCERPT FROM RENZO: BOOK 1 OF THE CIPRIANOS OF KELLINGTON A wave of relief came over her for she knew he meant what he said. He was going to show her what she had been craving for so long. “Wait a minute, what about the door?” He pulled her by the back of her thighs to the middle of the bed. “To hell with the door.” He wet two fingers, and tenderly probed within her folds, going deeper than anybody had been in such a long time. She felt so relaxed in that split second when his fingers went just a bit deeper, going slowly in and out at first. Her back arched and her breathing hitched when his finger hit her g-spot. With his head dipped down between her legs, he tasted her with his tongue. Oh what a tongue he has, Jaslyn thought lying back against the pillows. How beautiful a moment this was. Her body hummed with excitement while his hands cradled her ass lifting her hips off the bed so he could enjoy his feast. His tongue darted deeper inside of her, and he heard her breathing hasten. He looked up and watched her kneading and tweaking her breast. It only made him want to go even faster. God, she was beautiful and tasted just as delicious. He quickly nipped at her clit with his teeth and soon her body writhed in an orgasm. She screamed out his name over and over again. Renzo knew he was in love with her when he continued to eat her while she squealed then ended up giggling trying to get free from his gasp. He gradually stopped chuckling before giving her a kiss on her belly button. She squealed even more. He moved his way up until they were eye to eye, and the tip of his cock softly rubbing against her wetness. The sensation was only making him want her more as he slowly inserted himself into her tightness as they both moaned. She grabbed hold of his wrist while a cry emitted from her throat when he strained to go deeper. “Mio Dio si sente meraviglioso, il mia amore,” Renzo said, grabbing hold of her hips driving himself deeper until he heard her catch her breath. Her arms wrapped around his neck while she whimpered against his lips. “Oh God!” she gasped against his cheek. He growled. Slowly Renzo moved out and then back in, feeling her contracting to get used to his thickness. He continued kissing her while they ran their hands over each other. Renzo had never felt such passion before in his life. He never thought he would be able to find love like this again. But now here they were, in his room, in his bed, holding, gasping, touching, and moving together as one. He felt so perfect inside her. He didn’t want their lovemaking to end. “Repeat something for me, baby,” he requested looking into her eyes. She smiled and said, “All right, what do you want me to say?” “Di più.” “What does that mean?” “It means ‘more,’ darling. I so want to hear you say something in Italian for me while I’m making love to you.” With a coy smile Jaslyn whispered, “Di più.” Swiftly their hips joined in unison over and over even as a primal growl rippled from deep in his throat. It was as if that word triggered something from within, especially when he heard her say it again. “Di più.” Her nails raked his back while his fingers dug deep into her ass as her legs wrapped themselves around his waist. “Don’t wrap them around my waist, darling, let them stay open,” he said while his hips and back arched in a repetitious crusade to drive her mad from the feelings overcoming her at that moment. “Di più!” she moaned hearing her voice grow haggard. “Sì!” he shouted. “Di più!” Her head and neck arched back as she wailed to the point that honestly she didn’t care if the whole town heard her. I do hope you've enjoyed this yummy morsel that I've been able to serve to you this evening. Also make sure you go and preorder your copy of Renzo on the Secret Cravings Publishing website right now......it will go on sale tomorrow too! http://store.secretcravingspublishing.com/index.php?main_page=book_info&cPath=4&products_id=699&zenid=a890a45320c43319f615cecbec5198fe Just thought I would bring this reminder out to those that might have forgotten it. It was brought up a day or so ago that those that are participating in RNConvention this year might have forgotten about certain things that they need to send back to Jimmy. So this note was brought up on the event page and I decided to bring it up on here for those to look at. This is just a reminder for those that might have forgotten about sending their stuff to Jimmy, he's working really really hard on making sure everything is right with this and just wants to remind those people who might have forgotten about sending him your stuff. You still have time so please make sure you send it right away before the July 28th deadline. Thanks! Note from Jimmy Thomas Hello everyone For all those with a table spot(s) at the Book Fair, please let me know ASAP if you are wanting to share a table with someone (ex. you got two table spots and they got one [there are 3 spots to a table], or vise versa), or if you got one spot and so did a friend and you both want to sit next to each other. Thanks There are 5 of you who have not sent me your RNC Bingo Card covers, which was due by July 22nd, and they are being developed right now, so please send them ASAP. There are 8 of you who have not sent me your Program Ad artwork, which was due by July 22nd. However, I extended the deadline date, which will really stress me out if you wait until the new deadline date, so please send it ASAP as the program is going to the printers the 28th, with or without your ad. There are 6 of you who have not sent me your Vertical Banner artwork, which was due by July 22nd. However, I extended the deadline date, which will really stress me out if you wait until the new deadline date, so please send it ASAP as the last date for me to send the artwork to the printers for me to have them in time is July 28th. There are 29 of you who have not sent me your Swag Bag Inserts, totaling 43 swag inserts for me to still receive and put into 1,000 Swag Bags. Do you REALLY want to stress me out and have me spending the entire day and night before I drive 6-7 hours, towing a large uHaul trailer, putting your swag in 1,000 bags? Please send them ASAP. There are 31 of you who have not sent me your Swag Table Spot swag, totaling 41 more swag items for me to still receive and take with me if you want me to. You don't have to, you can bring your Swag "Table" swag yourself, but if you want me to bring it, you need to send it ASAP and put a note in it that it is for your swag table, otherwise I will assume it is your Swag Insert and it will go into all the swag bags instead, If you have a swag table spot and you are bringing that swag with you, please let me know so that I can list it as such in my files, which will help take all these RED spots off my spreadsheets that signify "I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT IS BEING SENT OR NOT!" And please do not post a comment on here asking me what size your Program Ad is, what size the Vertical Banner is, what address do you send them to etc., as ALL of that information is on the pages you ordered your promo items from. Thanks Everybody for looking and I hope you do get the chance to get the stuff to Jimmy right away before the Now I have to say that I super excited about next month........... For one the kid goes back to school next month after her summer vacation......... But what I am mainly am here to talk about today is what is really gonna be happening that I am too excited for words that will be going on in Las Vegas. The first annual RNConvention will be going on August 7th-11th at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino and it's going to be HUGE! Now let me tell you all that will be going on at this convention and I will give links to where you need to go. If you go to the following link here http://romancenovelconvention.com/rnclasses/registration/ It will show you all about registration for those that would like to attend the for the full 5 days of the convention itself. Also it will show you how you can purchase SEPARATE tickets for just the events alone like for the following: RNC Kick off Party- $10 dollars (which will be on Wednesday night from 7pm-10pm) You can’t miss this… From romance novel cover model and Legendary Male Dancer/Performer for over 20 years, Julian Mora, performing his signature Male Revue Cowboy act that will certainly rile up the ladies, to then stepping back in time as the top ‘young’ Elvis Impersonator sings and performs 20 Classic Elvis Hits, followed by your chance to get your photo taken with the King. While also in the RNC Kick-Off Party’s attendance will be Cover Model, Actor, 4-time Mr. Natural Universe, Mr. California, Mr. USA, Mr. American, Mr. International, 7x Fitness Model of Year (and the list goes on…), Mike O’Hearn, as well as the one who put this all together and on more covers than anyone in history (on over 5,000 covers), Jimmy Thomas himself. If that wasn’t enough, capture great memories of the evening in a new-age photo booth to take classic sets-of-3 photos with your friends all night long at no charge, dance to the sounds of a Las Vegas DJ, enjoy food and drinks with 2 alcohol bars, and lots more! RNC Costume Ball- $20 dollars (which will be on Thursday night from 7pm-10pm) Decorated by a team of Professional Designer from Tuesday morning until Thursday night (40 hours), this will be the best Romance Novel Costume Ball you’ve been to! There will be Costume Contests, dancing to the sounds of a Las Vegas DJ, a WEDDING CEREMONY (see the bottom of the website’s home page), a photo booth to take sets-of-3 photos with your friends all night at no charge, food, drinks, 2 alcohol bars and lots more! Also if you do not have a costume, there will be rentals available for those that don't have one. RNC RONÉ Awards (Best Novels & Best Covers of 2012)- $10 dollars (which will be on Friday night from 7pm-10pm) Put together and hosted by InD’tale Magazine, the last thing this Award Ceremony will be is boring. Everyone will be thoroughly entertained throughout this event (including husbands) with many Las Vegas, professional entertainers/acts performing around the announcements of the nominees and winners of each genre of the RONE Awards ‘Best Novels of 2012′ as well as the ‘Best Covers of 2012′ and their award presentations! This is also when the winners of the ‘Raffle Baskets’ (worth from $100 to over $500) will be announced. If you’re a registered RNConvention attendee you don’t have to buy raffle tickets to enter, you are each given raffle tickets in your registration bag to use towards any Raffle Basket(s) you want to win – Additional raffle tickets may be purchased at the convention as well, with all proceeds to go to a charity organization. RNConsumer Book Fair & Author/Reader Meet & Greet- $5 dollars (which will be on Saturday morning/afternoon from 10am/2pm and 4pm-6pm) Open to the public and much more than just a Book Fair, admission for Registered Conventioneers is from 10am-2pm, the public who purchases their $5 Book Fair and Author/Reader Meet & Greet tickets in advance from the website also allowed into the Book Fair from 10am-2pm, with $5 Book Fair and Author/Reader Meet & Greet tickets purchased at the Book Fair, get you in at 11am. Then there will be a 1-hour intermission where everyone will be able to get something to eat, or play Mr. Casanova Suitor Strip RNC Bingo! There is no additional cost for this and there will be many great prizes to win, besides all the great eye-candy! Then from 3pm-5pm will be the Author/Reader Meet & Greet in the same room as the Book Fair. This event is also open to the public and included in the one ticket purchase, as long as you get yourself on the Author/Reader Meeting Schedules. Mr. Casanova Contest- $15 dollars (which will be on Saturday night from 7pm-10pm This is going to be very entertaining for all! From introductions of each of the Mr. Casanova Suitors, followed by professional, respectful, sexy, seductive and fun group and solo acts/skits performed by each of these working, male models, with choreography assistance by Legendary Male Dancer/Performer for over 20 years, Julian Mora! To the Author/Suitor Readings where the Suitors act out scenes from romance novels, narrated by the novel’s authors, and of course followed by the Mr. Casanova 2013 Winner announcement, including various other Suitor winning titles, and photo opportunities for all, with ‘Mr. Casanova 2013′ and all the Suitors. HONESTLY CAN YOU BELIEVE ALL THAT WILL BE HAPPENING REALLY DURING THIS CONVENTION AND WAIT THERE IS PLENTY MORE THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AS WELL! Check out the slideshow of some of the guest speakers that will be holding classes that will teach you all about the industry Make sure you check out the link below that will show you all the classes that will be going on for Thursday and Friday Some of the pictures have links that will tell you more about the speakers that will be present. http://romancenovelconvention.com/rnclasses/rnclasses-rncounsels/ Make sure you check out the link below that will give you all the info for the Book Fair http://romancenovelconvention.com/rnconsumer/book-fair/ AUTHOR MEET AND GREET SCHEDULE Now for those that would love to meet some of their favorite authors to get the chance to talk and know of their work, you will get that chance if you go and sign up today for a meet and greet Here are some of the authors that will be participating in this years Meet and Greet Angela Knight Bernadette Marie (Contemporary Romance Author) C.D. Reiss (Erotic Romance Author) Catherine Bybee Cynthia Lucas (Time Travel & Paranormal Romance Author) Deanna Jewel (Multi-Genre Romance Author) Debra Parmley (Historical & Contemporary Author) Donna Michaels (Contemporary & Multi-Genre Romance Author) G.D. Steel aka G.D. Canning (Contemporary, Paranormal & Erotic Romance Author) J.T. Schultz (Contemporary & Multi-Genre Romance Author) Jennifer Ashley aka Allyson James (Historical & Paranormal Romance Author) Kathryn Loch (Contemporary Thriller & Historical Romance Author) Kayce Lassiter (Contemporary/Paranormal & Contemporary Western Romance Author) Kimberly Kinrade (Contemporary & Paranormal Romance Author) Kitty Bucholtz (Humorous Urban Fantasy & Romantic Comedy Author) Lindsey J Parsons (Fantasy & Paranormal Author) Lizzy Ford (YA & Adult Paranormal, Fantasy & Contemporary Romance Author) Maya DeLeina (Erotic Vampire Paranormal Romance Author) Rachel Van Dyken (New Adult, Contemporary & Regency Romance Author) Raine Miller (Contemporary & Historical Romance Author) Sabrina York (Erotic Romance Author) Sandy Sullivan (Contemporary & Historical Western Author) Shannon West (M/M Contemporary & Paranormal Erotic Romance Author) Sherri Hayes (Contemporary & Erotic (BDSM) Romance Author) Sienna Mynx (Contemporary & Historical Erotic Romance (Multicultural) Author) Victoria Vane aka Emery Lee (Sexy Historical & Contemporary Romance Author) MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR SPOT ON THE SCHEDULE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: http://romancenovelconvention.com/rnconsumer/author-reader-meet-and-greet/ 384 AUTHORS AND PLENTY MORE............ That's right.....384 authors and more will be attending this years RNC convention.....authors of all genres will be attending.....if you don't believe me, check out the list of those that will be there: http://romancenovelconvention.com/rncommunity/authors-attending/ NOW HONESTLY....THAT'S A LOT GOING ON FOR 5 DAYS....... 5 DAYS OF FUN 5 DAYS OF EXCITEMENT 5 DAYS OF GETTING THE CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS 5 DAYS OF GETTING THE LOWDOWN ON HOW TO MAKE IT IN THE ROMANCE NOVEL INDUSTRY FROM THOSE THAT KNOW FIRST HAND PLUS LOOK AT THE POOL FOR THE GOLDEN NUGGET HOTEL.....WOULDN'T YOU JUST LOVE TO BE THERE TOO SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR THEN? CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR ALL THE COMPLETE DETAILS THAT I PROBABLY DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO INCLUDE! SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO COME AND JOIN THE FUN AND EXCITEMENT THIS YEAR IN VEGAS THAT IS THE FIRST ANNUAL RNCONVENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://romancenovelconvention.com/ Today's Man who Inspires is none other than Alex Minsky Alex for those that might not know of his story is a Marine who despite losing his leg while on tour of duty in Afghanistan, along with turning to alcohol, he has over come so much to become the amazing man that he is today. I have to say that after reading up about this amazing man, not only is he a caring soul but he has so much strength in what he does as far as representing those who are disabled and letting them know that they can do anything they want to do in life as long as they go for it with their heads up high. Plus the fact that not only is he beautiful on the outside (I mean come on look at that smile there) but he's equally just as amazingly beautiful within as well. Plus he has a great sense of humor too. Make sure you check out Alex's page on Facebook as well as some of his photos! https://www.facebook.com/AlexMinskyFanPage?fref=ts Well my friends....here it is! My next book which will be out in June is the 1st book in a 4 book series about the Cipriano's of Kellington. The Cipriano's are a well known family consisting of the Patriarch Filomena, who loves her son's and only wants the best for them in their lives. Then there are the Cipriano brothers.....each with a story to tell. Renzo is the oldest and his story is that of no other. I won't give out too much but all I can say is that make sure Today's Man who Inspires is Dominic Dasinger aka "Reaper". Dom is amazing as he is charming and funny.. He is very much into fitness so much that its basically a family affair. Him and his lovely wife Chanda aka "Phoenix" are both very much into fitness and work out together as you can see from the picture of the two of them together. I can say that Dominic inspires everyday to go forward with what you believe in and never look back. He is always striving to do his personal best in all that he does for himself as well as his loving family. Along with caring very much for his fans and followers as well. Make sure you check out Dominic's fan page because it's a fun place to be and you'll see just how wonderful a man he really is. CHECK OUT DOMINIC'S PAGE https://www.facebook.com/DominicDasinger?fref=ts 1 large seedless watermelon 2 cans full fat coconut milk (left in fridge for 6 hours or more) 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 Tbsp. raw honey 1 cup sliced raw almonds Seasonal fresh fruit (for topping) Directions: TO MAKE THE COCONUT WHIPPED CREAM 1. Make sure to place the can of coconut milk in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours (or overnight). This will cause the cream to separate from the milk. The cream will be at the top of the can. 2. Open the can of coconut milk and scrape out the cream into a medium sized bowl. Hint: I always open the can from the bottom and pour the milk out into a separate container before scraping out the cream. 3. Add the vanilla and raw honey to the mixture. Whip the cream with a hand mixer on medium speed and work your way up to high speed until the cream is fluffy. Place the bowl of whipped cream in the fridge until ready to use. TO MAKE THE TOASTED ALMONDS: 1. Place a medium sized skillet over medium-high heat and allow the pan to get hot. 2. Add the sliced almonds and toss in the pan until they are toasted and turn a light brown color. Remove from pan and set aside to cool. TO ASSEMBLE: 1. Remove the top and bottom from the watermelon and remove the rind from the middle section. You should be left with a cake-shaped piece of watermelon. Cut the watermelon “cake” into the number of wedges/slices you want (I recommend 6-8 slices depending on the size of the watermelon). 2. Pat the outside of the watermelon dry with paper towels (this is important because it will help the coconut whipped cream adhere better). 3. Dip the outside edge of each slice into the coconut whipped cream and then into the toasted almonds, and reassemble the wedges into the cake shape on a serving platter. Top with more whipped coconut cream and your favorite fresh fruit (I used blackberries, strawberries and kiwi). Serve or store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. |
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