I "heart" them! #ShareTheLove #giveawayhop @bethdcarter @jaceyholbrand @SweetLifeConfLV

It’s time for the annual Share the Love giveaway hop! This hop is a little different and all about sharing our favorite bloggers and authors with you! There’s a giveaway at every participating blog (listed below) so visit them all and find out who we all just adore!
The following list is about the blogs and authors I'm featuring and why I love them. For this hop, I'm touting some great authors I know and an upcoming conference. Be sure to click on the links provided to be taken to the blogs. :)
I'll be giving away a choice of one eBook from one of the authors I've shared below to one winner via Rafflecopter. Just follow the prompts in the Rafflecopter at the end of this post to enter!

Beth D. Carter -- A wonderful author and a woman I'm happy to call my friend, Beth writes some wonderful MF and menage stories that will make you laugh, cry, want to fall in love and have happily ever afters. She has some awesome Motorcycle Club stories, too, that have received great reviews that I suggest you check out.
Elizabeth Monvey & Jacey Holbrand -- If you like LGBT stories and your tastes run toward the "G" aspect, these lovely authors have awesome MM stories. Elizabeth and Jacey have also written stories revolving around male pregnancies. Interesting, right? That's something to definitely check out IMO.
The Sweet Life Author Conference -- This is an upcoming conference where authors can spend some time being creative and have the chance to brainstorm in fun events with others. Readers -- whether they be aspiring writers, reviewers, or just a lover of books -- are welcome to attend, too! They can meet authors, see what's involved in the sweet life of writing, and maybe even get your name in a book! Visit the event coordinators here: Austyn Sherrie & Johanna Riley. Their books are also a part of my giveaway. :)

Visit the other Share the Love hoppers here:
Enter for my giveaway here: a Rafflecopter giveaway

A look at Austyn Sherrie & 'Love Resurrected' @austynsherrie @WildRosePress #SweetRomance

Today we have author Austyn Sherrie visiting. Welcome!

What would you like to tell readers about yourself?

Austyn Sherrie is a high school Language Arts teacher by day and a romance writer by night. When she’s not teaching students, or taking care of her husband, sixteen-year-old son, and cat named Dracula, she’s in her office penning stories close to her heart. She is the author of eleven novels, and several journal articles under different pen names.

Today Austyn Sherrie will be talking about what sparked the idea for her series and this story.
* Love Resurrected was sparked by my love of everything that encompasses theater, and the idea of childhood sweethearts resurrected lost love. Prior to my career as a high school teacher I worked in theater. I’ve always loved the idea of romance blooming in the creative atmosphere of live production, so with a little push from my muse, I wrote the first story in a (3) book series - Center Stage.
* My hope is that my readers come to love Julia and Parker in Love Resurrected as much as I do. The thought of resurrecting lost love amongst the backdrop of a revival of Jesus Christ Superstar warms my heart. I hope the story touches my readers in the same way it did me.
A look into...

Title: Love Resurrected | Series Name: The Center Stage Series Theme(s): Reunion, Second Chance Love | SubGenre(s): Contemporary | Imprint: Sweetheart Rating: Sweet (PG) | Length: Rosette | Page Count: 79 | Word Count: 18000 | Digital Price: $1.99 Praise for Austyn Sherrie “Austyn Sherrie captures readers with charming characters and a quick wit. I highly recommend her stories.” ~ Johanna Riley, author of For the Love of Matty
“This author is one to most certainly keep your eye on, her writing keeps you intrigued and she demonstrates creativity with her story lines, characterization, and adorable humor. I am definitely going to keep reading Austyn Sherrie.” ~ Susan Tkaczuk
~ Blurb ~ * Parker Davenport is the best actor in Broadway Theater. Although he’s achieved golden status as the romantic lead in various productions, he still aches for the woman he left standing at the altar eleven-years earlier. He accepts the lead role in a well-known revival as a way of winning back Julia Sloan’s heart.
* Julia Sloan is an actress with the voice of an angel with a reputation for giving an emotional performance that leaves not a dry eye in its wake. She jumps at the opportunity to work with a famous director as a lead vocalist in a play. A barrage of emotional turmoil breaks loose when she discovers the man who failed to appear on their wedding day is the lead actor. Will she forgive him and accept their resurrected love?
~ Excerpt ~ * Her stomach clenched with excitement as she made her way toward the alley to find the backstage door. Under the guidance of famed director Jacqueline Van Busen, Julia would learn technique in its rawest form. A desire every serious theater actress yearned for.
* In her anticipation, she hauled open the door, beelined through the entrance, and headed down the narrow hallway toward the stage. Her body tingled with eagerness as she walked onto the round platform.
* After a quick familiarization of her surroundings, she scanned the theater looking for Ms. Van Busen, but instead of finding the director, she found something else. Correction, someone else.
* You’ve got to be kidding me.
* She did a double and then a triple take.
* Her heart palpitated, as if it’d stopped a beat. The intense gaze of his familiar green eyes hit her first. Like a freaking ton of bricks. Memories of why she’d never returned to Orlando for more than a few days each year flooded her. Choking back the urge to be sick, she bit back a gasp to keep from drowning in her own emotions. The words her therapist told her to never forget whispered in her mind. A man can only hurt you if you allow it.
* She pulled herself together at least for the present time. A once-over of him couldn’t hurt. So she let her gaze roam.
* Parker Davenport, looking like a Greek god, leaned against one of the prop pieces and stared. A lock of ebony hair swept across his forehead, and a stray piece plastered against his brow. His form-fitting jeans hugged every inch of his sturdy body. He wasn’t bulky muscular, just down-right perfect. His white T-shirt clung to his body, and the patches of sweat near his armpits and neck even looked sexy.
Buy Love Resurrected here... Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Wild Rose Press Find Austyn Sherrie here... Facebook | Twitter | Website Thank you for joining us here today, Austyn Sherrie! It was a pleasure getting to know you and your story.


Also available from The Wild Rose Press, Inc.: For the Love of Matty by Johanna Riley * Grief over the death of a beloved cousin deepens to shock when Kristen Delmont is given custody of her cousin’s four-week-old son, Matty. When the birth certificate reveals Matty's father is none other than her sexy next-door neighbor, she is torn. Should she hand over the infant to his father and walk away, or should she honor her cousin's wishes and raise the baby as her own?
* The more he behaves as a playboy, the more Kevin Grady wants a family of his own. The beautiful realtor next door and her “inherited” baby seem like the perfect opportunity. The startling discovery that her baby is his couples disbelief with anger, and he storms off with his son.
* Two people, one dream. Will Matty be the glue that keeps them together, or will a heart be shattered forever?