Showing posts with label The Best Man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Best Man. Show all posts

Sunday, April 27, 2014

The Best Man by Ana Blaze. #TheBestMan



You can’t keep a good man down.
You certainly can’t keep THE BEST MAN down!

I’m excited to announce the relaunch of The Best Man by Ana Blaze. Back and better than ever with a fabulous new cover, The Best Man is a humorous, contemporary romance about bad first impressions and undeniable chemistry.


Available now in e-book or audiobook!

The Best Man
Ana Blaze
Contemporary Romance Novella
Steamy

Beth Chase is too busy planning perfect weddings to worry about the lack of action in her own love life. But if she was looking for a man, she wouldn’t be looking at Colin Pratt. Her boss swears that Best Man Colin is a quiet scholar and science fiction writer who couldn’t possibly cause a fuss at his own brother’s wedding. He’s clearly never met the man in question.
Snarky, sexy and more than a little inebriated, Colin is the final obstacle between Beth and the last perfect wedding she needs to make partner. Of course, when she helps him into a taxi at the end of the night she has no idea that he’s only just begun to poke holes in her professional exterior. Colin might have the skills to seduce a romance professional, but can he convince her that he’s the best man to share her happy ever after?


About the Author

Ana lives just outside Washington, DC, with her very supportive husband and three rather demanding cats. She loves the ocean, Indian food, Ikea, and cooking. Before settling down as a writer, Ana was an elementary school teacher, a preschool teacher, a camp counselor, a waitress, a research assistant, a canoe tour guide, and one glorious summer during college she spent eight hours a day placing stickers inside library books so they would be part of the fancy new automated checkout system. She won't say which job she liked best.

Ana is a member of Romance Writers of America.




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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Year!

Image Credit- Keattikorn from FreeDigitalPhotos.Net

Wow. I'm going to say that again: wow. 2013 was a wild year for me. One year ago today, I had signed my first publishing contract but I hadn't even begun the editing process. I had no idea what I was in for there. :) Now, a quick glance at Goodreads will show that I have four titles out there in the world. FOUR! Okay, one of them is a freebie, but it's a cute little story that I'm proud to share with readers nonetheless.

It's been a wild ride and sometimes it still seems unreal, but I've learned a great deal and made some wonderful friends. Who knew the romance writing world would be so incredibly warm and welcoming?

This is starting to sound like bragging and that is not my intent. What I want to say at the end of this wild year, and before I begin a new one, is thank you.

  •  Thanks to all the readers, bloggers, fellow writers, editors and publishers who helped me get my stories out into the world. 

  •  Thank you to each and every person who left a review on Amazon, Barnes &Noble, Kobo, Audible or Goodreads (yes, even the ones who didn't like the story). You are all part of a wonderful community that keeps books alive. 

  •   Thank you to my husband, for being the best part of my happily ever after. 

  •  Thank you to my family and friends for all their support. I couldn't do it without you.

     

    Best wishes to you all for a fabulous 2014!!!

Monday, July 22, 2013

Entranced Summer Blog Hop.



Welcome to the Entranced Summer Blog Hop!!! Hop from blog to blog and learn more about our entrancing summer reads and enter for a chance to win a kindle or one of three $20 giftcards.

Are you looking for something hot and sweet to read this summer? How do you feel about weddings? How about British accents?

I'd like to entrance you with my romantic novella, The Best Man this summer. You're sure to fall head over heels for sexy scholar, Colin  Pratt, as he tries to woo the woman of his dreams.


Beth Chase is too busy planning perfect weddings to worry about the lack of action in her own love life. But if she was looking for a man, she wouldn’t be looking at Colin Pratt. Her boss swears that Best Man Colin is a quiet scholar and science fiction writer who couldn’t possibly cause a fuss at his own brother’s wedding. He’s clearly never met the man in question. 

Snarky, sexy and more than a little inebriated, Colin is the final obstacle between Beth and the last perfect wedding she needs to make partner. Of course, when she helps him into a taxi at the end of the night she has no idea that he’s only just begun to poke holes in her professional exterior. Colin might have the skills to seduce a romance professional, but can he convince her that he’s the best man to share her happy ever after?

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                    Amazon                 Barnes and Noble              Kobo          Smashwords


Here's a excerpt from The Best Man.
© Ana Blaze

Colin followed her, snatched her hand and spun her around so her back was pressed against the wall near her bedroom door. He kissed her again, one of his magic kisses that left her weak in the knees and nearly distracted from the matter at hand.

 “You can’t just get all sexy every time I disagree with you.”

His teeth teased her earlobe. “Quite right,” he murmured.

 “I’m trying to have a serious conversation here.”

“We’re amazing together. Tell me you don’t feel it too?”

“Of course I feel something, but it can’t be love.”

“Why not?”

“It takes more than a couple days to know if you’re compatible enough to share your life with someone.”

Colin touched her temple. “You’re talking about something that comes from here instead of the thing that comes from here.” He placed his hand over her heart. 

“Yeah, well I’m pretty sure the body part you’re thinking with is a bit lower.”

Shaking his head, he pulled her hand up and placed it on his chest. “You’re under my skin, Beth. There isn’t a part of me that doesn’t want you.” He brushed her hair off her forehead.

“You took a pretty hard hit to the head the other day.”

“It started before that. You floored me the moment we met.”

“You’re claiming love at first sight?”

“Is it so hard to believe?’ Colin skimmed her bottom lip with his thumb. “You have a stack of videos in the other room that tell me you want to believe in happily ever after. Take the chance.”

“Those are fantasies, pretty stories about pretty people. I like them, but I don’t think they’re real.”

His hands kept moving; they slid up her neck, down her arms. They tugged her shirt out of her skirt and caressed the small of her back. “Want to know what I think? I think you liked me from the start. I think you felt this connection too, right away.  You tried to act all proper but you couldn’t wait to get your hands on me.”

She laughed. “I thought you were a pain in the ass.”

“You mean you couldn’t stop looking at my arse, saucy girl.”
 

Praise for The Best Man

The Best Man is the type of book that you easily slide into. The author engages you from the beginning and allows you to connect with the characters.” The Caffeinated Book Reviewer 

“… this book is a feel good romance novel with lots of smiles and hot love scenes.” Delighted Reader

THE BEST MAN is a fast paced, short story and humorous look at one week in the life of Beth Chase and Colin Pratt.”The Reading Cafe

“Highly recommended for a few hours of warm fuzzies and a sweet, happy ending!” The Romance Reviews

“Ms. Blaze delivers excellent dialogue in which a dazzling sense of humor shines through.” LBD Reviews


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After you enter, you will want to keep hopping for more chances to win and to learn about more fabulous summer reads. I hope you'll let us entrance you this summer. :)



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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

The Best Man Twitter Contest. #TheBestMan @ana_blaze

 

I'll be hosting a special Twitter Contest on June 7th and 8th!

The Prize?

A FREE e-copy of The Best Man!

Beth Chase is too busy planning perfect weddings to worry about the lack of action in her own love life. But if she was looking for a man, she wouldn’t be looking at Colin Pratt. Her boss swears that Best Man Colin is a quiet scholar and science fiction writer who couldn’t possibly cause a fuss at his own brother’s wedding. He’s clearly never met the man in question.

 Snarky, sexy and more than a little inebriated, Colin is the final obstacle between Beth and the last perfect wedding she needs to make partner. Of course, when she helps him into a taxi at the end of the night she has no idea that he’s only just begun to poke holes in her professional exterior. Colin might have the skills to seduce a romance professional, but can he convince her that he’s the best man to share her happy ever after

 

Check out The Best Man's tab to see watch a trailer or read an extended excerpt!

How to Enter!

Entering is easy. Just tweet the hashtag #TheBestMan  and end with my handle @ana_blaze between midnight EST on June 7, 2013 and 11:59 p.m. EST on June 8, 2013!

For example, you could tweet:


 I married #TheBestMan I know. @ana_blaze 

  #TheBestMan is on my must read list. @ana_blaze

 #TheBestMan made me breakfast in bed.@ana_blaze

 I love sexy nerds. #TheBestMan @ana_blaze

 I wish Beth would plan my wedding. #TheBestMan @ana_blaze

Being #TheBestMan is tough, but someone's gotta do it. @ana_blaze

or even just:

  I want to read #TheBestMan!@ana_blaze


You get the idea. Twitter rules ask that we don't have too many duplicate tweets, so it's best (and frankly way more cool) if you come up with your own tweet. I'm really looking forward to seeing what folks come up with. I'm hoping for some tweets about how to be #TheBestMan. It's also best if you are following me on twitter. Apparently that's the only way to guarantee that your tweet shows up in my search.

You're welcome to tweet (and enter) more than once, but please not more than once an hour. Let's not annoy the Twitter-folk too much.

Follow me on Twitter.:) 


This contest is open internationally. 

Void where prohibited. :( 

 

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Announcing the Winner of The Best Man Blog Tour Giveaway!

Today marks the official end of The Best Man Blog tour! I've had a blast and I have a lot of people to thank. First, thank you to all the lovely bloggers who hosted the tour. I'm going to list them again at the bottom of the post. If you're a romance reader, I hope you're following all these fabulous sites. Next up, thanks to all my fellow Entranced writers for all their help with promotions. Entrancies Rock! Yeah-I know I've said that before. It bears repeating. :) Thank you to all my friends and family for their support and encouragement. Thanks to my BFF for being ballsy enough to slip a stack of my business cards into the bathroom of a Barnes & Noble. ;)

Thank you to my editor and publisher, Ashley Christman. And to the entire Entranced Publishing Team.
 
Thank you to my publicist (Yoda) Emily Marquart. In addition to handling publicity, Emily is also an editor and a writer. Check out her gorgeous tumblr.
 
And a big thanks to everyone who bought, read, and/ or reviewed The Best Man. It is beyond exciting to see my baby out there swimming with the big boys on Amazon.com.


 
In honor of The Best Man's release, I had asked some of my fellow Entranced writers what their favorite wedding book or scene was. Check out their fun and varied responses!


Rachel Kall
My favorite is actually a series: The Bride Quartet by the amazing Nora Roberts. I absolutely love this series as it follows four best friends who run a wedding planning business--Vows. They all have different roles--photographer, baker, florist, and planner. We see their friendship and each of them fall in love and get married.

Rachel Kall is the author of Legally Undercover, a sexy romantic suspense novel available now through all the top e-book retailers!  You can find her online at: http://www.rachelkall.com/
  
ST Bende

Much Ado About Nothing
I just adore Claudio and Hero's wedding in Much Ado.  The duplicitous shrouded bride is all fine and good, but the awesomeness begins when mischief makers expose secret love letters between Benedick and Beatrice.  Though they're forced to admit their affections, each gets in one last jab en route to the altar.  Beatrice concedes to marry Benedick to save his life, "for I was told you were in a comsumption."  He agrees he'll wed Beatrice, "but by this light, I take thee for pity."  And so the snarky lovebirds embark on their own unique kind of happily ever after.  That's gonna be one heck of a honeymoon.

ST Bende is the author of Elsker, a YA romance with Norse twist. It is currently available at all fine e-book retailers. Find her online at: http://stbende.blogspot.com/

Melinda Dozier
One of my favorite "wedding" themed contemporary romance series is The Marriage to a Billionaire series by Jennifer Probst, which includes The Marriage Bargain and The Marriage Mistake. Although these stories inhibit the "marriage of convenience" trope, in the end they truly fall in love. It's as if their  love was meant to be. If they weren't forced to get married, they never would have found their true soul mate. I also love how this series ties in past characters, so you can see how their happily ever after is truly a happy ending.
Melinda Dozier is the author of contemporary romance Time Changes Everything, coming out May 13! Her second novel, Breaking the Rules, is coming out in July. You can find her online at: http://www.melindadozier.com/


Louise Gornall

I absolutely love Bella and Edward's wedding scene in Breaking Dawn. I'm a hardcore Twilighter and the journey from friends to husband and wife was like, whoa-intense! I love being inside Bella's head as she clings to her dad and shakily stumbles up the aisle, but most of all I love the way her fear melts away when she sees Edward waiting for her.

Lousie is the author of the upcoming YA phenomenon, In Stone. Check her out online at: http://bookishblurb.com/

Connie Michael

My favorite wedding scene is from The Vow.  I love that they get married in front of their favorite piece of art surrounded by their friends.It's the way it should be.  Not about the glits but about the friendship and love they share.  I can't find the book to quote the scene but that's the jist. 
Connie Michael’s upcoming YA release is Entranced. She also writes adult romance as Ava O’Shay. Keep your eye out for 1000 Sleepless Nights and Main Attraction. Look for her online at Loco for Libros (Crazy for books) http://connie-avidreader.blogspot.com/

Georgeann Swiger
When I was a little girl, my grandmother bought me a paper doll book that had the whole bridal party in it.  The best part was, I could use my imagination and have my very own wedding.  I loved dressing up the dolls and pretending that I was the bride getting ready on her wedding day.  I don’t know what happened to that book, but it was similar to the one I attached.
Georgeann Swiger is the author of the young adult paranormal romance Adorned to be published this fall by Entranced Publishing.  You can learn more about her and her book by following her on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgeann-Swiger/354944307955157?ref=hl or by checking out her website georgeannswiger.com.

Nicole Camp

Rebecca.It is a suspense, romance, and a drama. Possibly the greatest book that I've read. 

The reason I love Daphne du Maurier's famous novel, Rebecca, is that it portrays all aspects of love - new and innocent, old and experienced, well intentioned yet naive, and every level in between. You wonder about a love that 'was' in its pages, a love that has passed - and you yearn to see the hope of a new love bloom and survive, in the wake of that past and unspoken tragedy. This read will haunt me forever, and the name Rebecca still brings chills and prickles up my spine.  


Nicole Camp is a rabid writer, and ice cream lover, living in Arizona. When not writing, she is exploring the world through amateur photography, snapping pictures of her surroundings. Her debut novel, Shadow Born, comes out fall 2013!

You can find Nicole online at: https://sites.google.com/site/shadowbled/


And now, what you've all been waiting for....the winner of THE BEST MAN giveaway: TIFFANY M!!! 


Congratulations, Tiffany! I'll be e-mailing you with the details soon.  

Thank you to everyone who entered. I have a few more events planned for this summer, so I hope you stick around. 

Looking to buy a copy of The Best Man? Go here. 

Awesome Blogs that hosted The Best Man Blog Tour 

http://rrahnovelthoughts.com/ 

http://caribbeanaccentbookreviews.com/

http://www.ninasliteraryescape.blogspot.com/ 

http://scenesfromachaoticmind.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/

http://www.ambersreadingroom.com/

http://paulettespapers.com/

http://thereadingcafe.com/

http://mamakittyreviews.com/

http://www.simplyali.com/ 

http://justsotia.blogspot.com/

http://margarettaylorsthoughts.blogspot.com/

http://unitedbybooks.blogspot.com.au/ 

http://wavesoffiction.blogspot.com.au/ 

http://cheekyreads.blogspot.com/

http://msromanticreads.wordpress.com/

http://www.lolabookreviews.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.books-n-kisses.com/

http://lovesbooksreviews.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.thebawdybookblog.com/

http://www.readergirlsblog.com/

http://romancelivesforever.blogspot.com/

http://www.karaleighmiller.com/

http://flirtingwithromance.blogspot.com.au/

http://stbende.blogspot.com.au/

https://bookishblurb.wordpress.com/