Freebie 9/24 through 9/27

Come and get your freebie of the romance, A Perfect Angel, beginning Thursday, Sept. 24  through Sunday, Sept. 27, and tell your friends -

Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LP0EWQM

This is a sequel to Her Handyman, the first of a 2 part series. You can enjoy this book by itself, but you may even like it more if you read Her Handyman first.

Here's what A Perfect Angel is about:
Sometimes being perfect is not enough. 
When gourmet chef, Angelina, gets dumped by her fiance in favor of a flower child wannabe who can't even boil water, she sets out to prove that she, too, can be imperfect, if that's what it takes to get a man. No matter what her best friend, Vince, says, she'll not spend her non-wedding night alone and moping, when she can let loose at Ginty's, a wild bar in Chicago's Wrigleyville. What happens that night surprises and embarrasses her. 
While groping for answers to restore her self-confidence, things get terribly confusing. When a famous newscaster she's admired from afar takes an interest in her, a new dilemma presents itself. Is he the answer to her dreams, or does her heart lie with her best friend? 

Find all of Morgan Mandel's books at:
http://www.amazon.com/author/MorganMandel
Follow on Twitter: @MorganMandel

Still Time to Enter the Contest! by DL Larson

Hi all ~
Sorry to be posting on a Friday, but I was gone yesterday and wanted to get this info out before another week slipped by.

Contest is called The Four Seasons Contest, open to both unpublished and published authors, and sponsored by the Windy City RWA chapter.

Details:

Unpublished may enter any category.
Published authors may enter any category in which they have not been contracted or published in 3 years.
The top 4 entries in each category will be forwarded to an EDITOR and AGENT judge.

PRIZES:
The top 3 entries will receive a full critique by one of our all-star judges. Our three all-star judges are published authors whose credentials include Golden Heart nominee, RITA nominee and Best-selling author.

The cost is $25 for RWA members and $30 for non-members. The deadline is Oct. 10, 2015!

For more information regarding this contest:
Visit: http://www.windycityrwa.org/contest/


Good Luck!
And remember ~ if you don't enter ... you can't win!
Be bold.
Be brave.
Enter the contest!

Til next time ~

DL Larson
www.DLLARSON.com

Inbetween Land

Right now, I'm in inbetween land. That's the place where I've finished writing one book, and am not sure which to go to next.

I have two likely candidates already begun, and keep shifting between the two. One has the working title of Wide Awake, the other is Always Young. Both are thrillers, though Always Young has more Speculative Fiction aspects as well.

Now that I'm home from vacation and after I've gotten caught up with mail, laundry, bills,, etc., I'm hoping to get some time to devote to making one of these books the next release.

Until then, I'm grateful I was able to recently release Hailey's Chance: Will Baby Make 3, the prequel to my previously released Christmas Carol romance. Hard to believe that Christmas is already around the corner, and I think I'm busy now!

 

Time to relax for the night.

 

Find all of Morgan Mandel's romances, women's fiction books, and mysteries at her

Amazon Author Page:

http://www.amazon.com/autghor/morganmandel

Connect on Twitter: @MorganMandel

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/morgan.mandel

 

 

Imagination Overdrive! by DL Larson

My husband and I traveled to the east coast recently. We made it to Charleston, SC. and a little further south along the outer banks. We crossed the Smoky Mountains, drove through tree-lined avenues that seemed to go on forever and gazed at the magnificent Atlantic ocean and the ever-changing tide waters.  My imagination was on overdrive!



Our first stop was to the Biltmore Castle, near Asheville, NC. It is modeled after a French chateau and is considered the biggest home in the United States. It was owned by the Vanderbilts. Thousands of acres surround this palace and it was the 'go-to' place for the rich and famous in the last century. The Vanderbilts built their own village, hiked the surrounding mountains, built retreats along the routes, and enjoyed the quiet serenity of the country.
As I toured this house, my writer radar kept going off. Maybe it's the Downton Abbey series that I thought of, but I would enjoy a story about the rich who visited, yes, but my interest was in the employees who lived there. What did they see? What did they experience?
If you know any history regarding the Vanderbilts, you know there is no good ending for this family. They faced many crises, suicide, and bankruptcy.

This is in the Biltmore Village. Bands play in the evening as folks gather around to listen and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.

This is one corner of one of the gardens! This is a three-tiered garden with walkways down to the greenhouse. The greenhouse is bigger than most of our homes. I could have spent the whole day in the gardens.

Generally when I see large lion statues, I think of a museum. This beast is at the front door of the Biltmore home. The home is now a museum, but this lion was here long before it became one. There is also a garden full of statues, arbors and shaded walkways.

We enjoyed our stay in Asheville. If you are in need of some ideas for a story, this may be the place for you to visit. Even now, in present time, the number of people working to keep this place going is numerous. They hold concerts here and other big name functions. I would love to be a part of the background - the workers who keep this museum going.

I'll share more of our trip another day.
Til then ~

DL Larson
www.DLLARSON.com