Hi friends,
The Breaking Series: Books 1 to 4 is now on sale for only 99 cents for a limited time!
Cheers,
The Breaking Series: Books 1 to 4 is now on sale for only 99 cents for a limited time!
Cheers,
Hi friends!
A couple of weeks ago, I announced the makeover of the Breaking series and the why behind it.
Today, I’m here to finally show you the gorgeous new covers:
(Previously titled BREAKING THE REINS)
Genre: NA contemporary romance
Warning: strong language, domestic violence, sex scene
Word Count: 110,000
Release date: August/2013
Cover: Najla Qamber Designs
Horses, mansions, tea parties, and lies are twenty-year-old Hannah Taylor’s life. To others, her family and her relationship with Eric is perfect. But she knows the truth. She lives it.
After a fire takes her grandma’s life and kills her horse, Hannah’s immaculate life spirals out of control. Her father disapproves of her decision to run her grandma’s ranch instead of focusing solely on learning the family business; Animal Control brings her Argus, a mistreated horse that she can’t turn away even though she’s not ready for another horse; and her boyfriend, Eric Bennett, a world famous polo player, becomes possessive and authoritarian. Despite her best efforts to disguise it, Hannah grows wary of him.
Then, Leonardo Fernandes struts onto the polo scene. A cocky rookie with a messy life of his own, he’s drawn to Hannah and isn’t afraid of showing it, even when Eric makes it clear she is his and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep it that way. Hannah suffers for Eric’s jealousy. The abuse only gets worse when Leo steals the title of best polo player in the world from Eric.
But the title isn’t enough for Leo. He wants Hannah too, and she can’t deny her attraction to him either. Somehow, she must find a way to break free from abusive Eric before he breaks every bone in her body.
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Old cover:
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(Previously titled BREAKING FENCES)
Genre: NA contemporary romance
Warning: strong language, bullying, sex scenes
Word Count: 95,000
Release date: June/2014
Cover: Najla Qamber Designs
All Beatriz “Bia” Fernandes wants is to prove herself—to her family and friends—though it’s hard to prove anything with an overbearing father and three famous polo-playing older brothers. After her acceptance into college results in a heated family argument, the Brazilian girl leaves everything behind to find her own American dream.
College life away from home is perfect until the people she believes to be her friends turn on her. With lies and rumors threatening to suffocate her, Bia turns to her only freedom. Riding. But one thing gets in the way of her escape. Garrett Blackwell and his bad cowboy attitude. Working at the ranch is his obligation, bugging Bia is his newfound hobby. His thick skin and easy grin don’t hide what Bia already knows—this misunderstood and lonely cowboy fights his own demons. Brushing horses’ coats and mucking out stalls shouldn’t be this sexy, and it isn’t long before he becomes a part of her distraction.
However, escaping won’t solve her problems, and it’s up to Bia to break down the fences around her and prove her strength—not to her family and friends, but to herself … and for Garrett. Because standing on her own doesn’t have to mean standing alone.
** Companion novel of Breaking Free. Can be read out of order.**
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Old cover:
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Genre: NA contemporary romance
Warning: strong language, sex scene, mentions of rape and domestic violence
Word Count: tbd
Release date: June/2015
Cover: Najla Qamber Designs
From the outside, Hilary Taylor has it all—beauty, money, a caring family, good friends—but inside she’s struggling, full of fears. Events from the past forever changed her, and though years of therapy have helped, she still has a long way to go…. No matter how much progress she’s made, Hil isn’t sure she’ll ever be able to trust men again. Especially one who sees her as nothing more than a pretty face. But Hil knows it’s time to face her fears, and the best way to do that is to start small.
To Guilherme Fernandes life is about three things: polo, parties and pretty girls—only one of which he takes seriously. Gui is too focused on his polo career to waste time on relationships, however he can’t help but be intrigued by the beautiful yet troubled Hil. So when she decides she’d like to learn more about horses, Gui is happy to find himself in the right place at the right time. But what was supposed to be a one time thing, soon turns into a weekly date.
As Gui helps her discover a new found love for horses, Hil’s guard begins to crumble. The more support Gui offers, the more she wants to accept…and the more the lines of friendship blur. Despite knowing better, Hil can’t help it as Gui slowly breaks through the walls she’s built. Now she has to decide if she’ll stop him there, or if she’ll finally let her fear go and allow Gui to reach for her heart.
** Companion novel of Breaking Free and Breaking Away. Can be read out of order.**
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Here’s the three of them together:
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As I mentioned before, the old covers will always have a special place in my heart, but I absolutely love the new covers. What do you think?
Cheers,
Hi friends,
Changing the Breaking Series wasn’t an easy decision. I thought about it for months. But in the end, I guess it’s hard not to change it, and here is why:
I love, love, love the current covers of Breaking the Reins and Breaking Fences, but unfortunately they are are sending the wrong message to the readers. The Breaking Series as it is attracts more horse-book readers, and even though there are horses and ranches in the books, I still think the books are more New Adult Romances than anything else. Nothing wrong with horse-books readers – gosh, thank goodness they have been reading my books – but it’s not the intended market. So, I researched New Adult Romances covers (as if I needed) and guess what? Most of them have kissing couples or shirtless guys on the cover! What a shocker ;)
Everyone I talked to about changing covers and the reason why, agreed with me. So I contacted the wonderful Naj, who designed the cover of Captured Love, and she worked on the new covers.
However, I realized just changing the covers wasn’t enough. The titles didn’t go well with the new pics we chose. Can you imagine Breaking the Reins or Breaking Fences written across kissing couples? It doesn’t make much sense now, does it? So I ended up changing titles too.
Breaking the Reins is now called Breaking Free.
Breaking Fences is now called Breaking Away.
And book #3, which didn’t have a title until now, is called Breaking Through.
Of course, Naj did a great job. The new covers are beautiful! Can’t wait to show you! Which brings me to the next thing: I contacted Giselle from Xpresso Book Tours and she’s organizing a big cover re-reveal for the old books and a cover reveal for the new book (all together in one post) for Dec 19th. If you want to help me spread the word about the new covers and titles, you can sign up here.
I know it’s a little confusing for now, but it’ll clear up with time :)
Cheers,
Today starts the 2nd blog tour of Breaking Fences. Here’s the schedule:
June 30th
–Miriam Smith – Written Love
–Biblio Belles
–Escape Into A Book
–Blushing Divas Book Reviews
–Steamy Guys After Dark
July 1st
–Movies, Shows & Books
–The Sassy Bookista
–Not Everyone’s Mama
–Book Lit Love
–Daydream Books
–The Reading Realm
–Paranormal Opinion
July 2nd
–Boekie’s Reviews
–Trulee V’s Spot
–OldVictorianQuill
–Rolling with the Moments
–redpillows
–Amazing Reading Experiences
July 3rd
–Kindle and Me
–The Phantom Paragrapher
–Gabic Reads
–Book Boyfriend Hangover
–Whispered Thoughts
–Live, Love, Laugh
–A commuting writer…
July 4th
–Anna Lives and Breathes Books
–Ramblings From This Chick
–Creating Serenity
–A Backwards Story
–Bajgajka Loves Books And Giveaways
–Between the Pages
July 5th
–naughty book eden
–The “I Love Books” Club
–Fic Central
–The La La Land of Books
–Crystal’s Many Reviewers
–WanderLust Book Reviews
A giveaway accompanies the blog tour. Click on the post links to find the rafflecopter and enter!
Cheers,
Blog Tour Schedule:
June 23:
The YA Book Fever – http://www.yabookfever.com – Review
Shattering Words – http://shattering-words.blogspot.com – Review
In the Best Worlds – http://www.inthebestworlds.com
The Moonlight Library – http://www.moonlightlibrary.wordpress.com
Two-Tall-Tales – http://two-tall-tales.blogspot.com – Review
June 24:
My Devotional Thoughts – http://mydevotionalthoughts.net
Andi’s Young Adult Books – http://andisyoungadult.blogspot.com
Gabic Reads – http://gabicreads.blogspot.com/
Forever Obsession – https://extreemeobsessed.blogspot.com
WOrkS of FiCTioN – www.bkwrm29.wordpress.com
Book Freak – http://reviewsofabookmaniac.blogspot.com
Lavender Gray – http://lavendergray.blogspot.com/
I Read Indie – http://twimom101bookblog.blogspot.com/
June 25:
Fathomless Reveries – http://www.fathomlessreveries.blogspot.com
Painted Words – http://www.tipsyink.blogspot.com
daydream books – http://www.daydreambooks.co.uk/ – Review
Reading is My Treasure – http://readingismytreasure.blogspot.com/
What’s Beyond Forks? – http://www.whatsbeyondforks.com
A Bookish Escape – http://www.abookishescape.com
Reviews By Molly – Http://reviewsbymolly.com – Review
June 26:
LibriAmoriMiei – http://libriamicimiei.blogspot.it/
Electively Paige – http://electivelypaige.blogspot.com
The College Crawl – www.thecollegecrawl.blogspot.com – Review
The Phantom Paragrapher – www.thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com
Reading Drinking and Relaxing – Http://readingdrinkingandrelaxing.blogspot.com
Juliababyjen After Dark – http://juliababyjenafterdark.blogspot.com/ – Review
Booksniffer Book Reviews – http://booksnifferbookreviews.blogspot.com/
phishbowl’s bookshelf – http:///phishbowlreads.blogspot.com
Crossroad Reviews – http://www.crossroadreviews.com
June 27:
Scandalous Book Blog – www.scandalousbookblog.blogspot.com – Review
Rampant Readers – http://rampantreaders.com
Curling Up With A Good Book – http://curling-up-with-a-good-book.blogspot.com/
books are love – www.hello-booklover.tumblr.com
Part of that World – http://skizzles22hu.blogspot.com/
Reader Girls – http://www.readergirlsblog.com
Don’t forget to follow the reviews, click on the links, to enter the giveaway! :)
Cheers,
Genre: NA contemporary romance
Word Count: ~90,000
Release date: June/2014
Cover Design: Okay Creations
All Beatriz “Bia” Fernandes wants is to prove herself—to her family and friends—though it’s hard to prove anything with an overbearing father and three famous polo-playing older brothers. After her acceptance into college results in a heated family argument, the Brazilian girl leaves everything behind to find her own American dream.
College life away from home is perfect until the people she believes to be her friends turn on her. With lies and rumors threatening to suffocate her, Bia turns to her only freedom. Riding.
But one thing gets in the way of her escape. Garrett Blackwell and his bad cowboy attitude. Working at the ranch is his obligation, bugging Bia is his newfound hobby. His thick skin and easy grin don’t hide what Bia already knows—this misunderstood and lonely cowboy fights his own demons. Brushing horses’ coats and mucking out stalls shouldn’t be this sexy, and it isn’t long before he becomes a part of her distraction.
However, escaping won’t solve her problems, and it’s up to Bia to break down the fences around her and prove her strength—not to her family and friends, but to herself … and for Garrett. Because standing on her own doesn’t have to mean standing alone.
** Companion novel of Breaking the Reins. Can be read out of order.**
** For mature readers (17+) **
Here’s a printable Portuguese-English Dictionary with the terms used in the novels.
Buy Breaking the Reins: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iBooks | Createspace | Book Depository
I hope you like it as much as I do! :)
Cheers,
Hi friends!
Here’s a snippet from Breaking Fences, which releases just in a few days!
“Bia.”
I halted. My heart sped up a little.
Garrett walked up to me. “Hey.”
I turned to him, keeping my face blank. “Hi.” As usual, he had his brown boots and hat on. This time he wore dark jeans and a fitted dark green button up shirt that brought out the green speckles in his hazel eyes.
He pointed to the bar across the street. “Aren’t you going in?”
I shook my head. “I just walked Phoebe. She has a date.”
“You should come.”
I frowned. “I shouldn’t.”
He cocked his head to the side. Meu Deus, what I wouldn’t give to know what was going on inside that pretty head.
“You haven’t been at the ranch,” he said. “I thought you would come back last Saturday or Sunday. I thought you liked riding.”
“I love riding. It’s the only good thing in my life—” I slapped my hand over my mouth and my eyes went wide. Droga, I said too much.
His eyes narrowed. “Audrey still giving you a bad time?”
Of course he would have heard the rumors. “You can say that.”
“One more reason to come back to the ranch and do what you like.”
What was this sudden interest in me going back to the ranch? “I’ll think about it.”
One corner of his mouth curved up. “Good.”
He tipped his hat before turning on his heels and walking across the street to the bar.
I watched his backside, taking in how edible he looked. I didn’t understand him. He worked at the ranch—his father’s ranch—had already graduated college, and yet was always here, especially at The Bat. He seemed to be friends with his half-brother, and he trained his half-sister for show jumping.
Garrett was a mystery—one second he was hot, the next he was cold—and I felt compelled to unravel it.
Hope you liked it!
Cheers,