Read an Ebook Week #Sale

https://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1/newest/1

I'm excited to participate in this year's Read an Ebook Week sponsored by Smashwords. 

I love the phrase associated with this promo, "Lose Yourself in a Good Book." Books have transported me to the past, the future, and all around the universe. I've often lost myself in a good book. Hubs will say something, I'll agree (uh huh), then ask what he said. Frustrates him to no end. LOL I love to read before sleep. Since writing is my job, my time is flexible. Reading well into the early morning isn't a problem. Often, I can't put down that book until the end.

I chose two of my books to put on sale (half off) for this week. Click on the title to be taken to the site.

The Pilot: the first book in the Outer Rim series.

Science Fiction Romance

There's no place like home and he just stole hers. Cargo hauler, risk taker Celera d'Enfaden must work with rule-bound Administrator Trevarr Jovano to save her brother from a galactic gangster.

The Case of the Bygone Brother: the first book in the Alex O'Hara mystery series

Small Town . . . Big Case.

Alex O’Hara finally gets a case that will give her bottom line a much needed boost. She might even be able to change her diet from ramen noodles to prime rib. All she has to do is track down a man who’s been missing for over ten years. Piece of cake . . . until an old flame arrives and a mugger roughs her up with orders to back off.

You can browse for more books here. There has to be thousands of books listed for sale.

No matter what book you choose to read this week, have fun, enjoy . . . lose yourself in that book.

I'll be back on Wednesday for Insecure Writers Support Group, a fun blog hop.

Have a great week.

Read an E-Book Week

This week we're celebrating e-books. If you've seen any of the other posts on this subject, you'll probably notice my logo for the week is different. Since my books are about adventures, I thought this one was very appropriate.

Books have always been an adventure for me. They transport me from the humdrum, everyday to worlds I can only dream--or read--about. I can visit foreign lands or even other planets. With each book, my mind stretches and grows, my imagination takes over. It's the same when I write.

When e-readers came out, I refused to get one. I loved the feel of a paper book. Almost four years ago, Hubs "twisted my arm" and got me a Kindle for my birthday. How amazing! I realized what I was missing.  I LOVE e-books!

In honor of "Read an E-Book Week", Smashwords is offering all my science fiction romances at half price. Yes, $2.00 each. Look for the coupon code at the site for each book that you'll need at checkout.

When wise-cracking Jessie Wyndom is beamed from her farmhouse in Ann Arbor, MI aboard an Alliance starship, she meets a regular Mr. Spock. Captain Marcus Viator's well-organized life is turned upside down by a free-spirited Terran. Fate brings them together. Treachery tears them apart.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/103546

Be careful what you wish for . . . you might get it.

Scott Cherella's lifelong dream to go into space quickly becomes a nightmare. Veronese Qilana must protect him, a Terran masquerading as a starship captain. When sabotage erupts, they must work together to get the crew safely home. In doing so, they discover opposites really do attract.

 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/170386

Actions have consequences as Space Fleet Captain Marcus Viator and NASA reject Scott Cherella discover when they switched places. SWITCHED RESOLUTION, which wraps up the Switched series, takes the reader from Earth—where Marcus adjusts to a pregnant Jessie—to the starship Freedom commandeered by rebels, to the chase ship with Scott and Veronese aboard.

 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/313093

There's no place like home and he just stole hers.

Cargo hauler, risk taker Celera d'Enfaden must work with rule-bound Administrator Trevarr Jovano to save her brother from a galactic gangster.

  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/259950





Check out Smashwords for the Read an Ebook Week promotion page: https://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1/newest/1

Enjoy an e-book.

Read an E-book Week

What a great concept! I love celebrations of reading. I’ve been a bookworm since I could read. I devoured my mom’s collection of books—several Nancy Drew mysteries, Anne of Green Gables, Pollyanna. Because we lived out in the country, the Bookmobile came to our school. I took out as many as allowed and couldn’t wait for the Bookmobile to return. One day, the library lady suggested I try Elizabeth Howard’s Peddler’s Girl because it took place in Michigan. I went on to read all of Howard’s exciting adventure stories. In my twenties, I discovered the Gothic novels by Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney, romantic suspense novels by Daphne Du Maurier and Mary Stewart, and Georgette Heyer’s Regencies. Books transported me to a different place and time. They still do.

When I was a stay-at-home-mom with two babies thirteen months apart, I would have gone stir crazy if not for books. That was when I discovered Harlequin romances. I’d always enjoyed stories with a hint of romance. Now I could read an entire book devoted to romance. In the 1980s, romance novels exploded. What selections! Now look at all the sub-genres of romance: contemporary, historical, fantasy, inspirational, regency, romantic suspense, erotica, westerns, and my favorite science fiction romance (aka, futuristic romance).

While I was reading my favorite books, I also read to my children--from nursery rhymes to fairy tales to Dr. Seuss. As a former elementary teacher, I had shelves and shelves of kids’ books. When my kids couldn’t go to sleep, they read. It’s very rewarding to see their homes have lots of books. And now my grandchildren have turned into bookworms. Part of their bedtime ritual is their parents reading to them. Granddaughter (in kindergarten) is not only learning to read but is writing her own books.

Celebrating reading shouldn’t only be for a week or month. In my opinion, we should celebrate reading every day.

In honor of Read an E-book Week, my science fiction romance Switched is available free on Smashwords from March 3-9. I hope you enjoy.

For more about Read an E-book Week, go to http://www.ebookweek.com/index.html