tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44631706869787571182024-03-16T00:09:08.145-07:00Lisa D. WritesFacing down her demons armed with nothing but a laptop.Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.comBlogger481125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-86135292163992290642014-12-15T09:00:00.000-08:002014-12-15T09:00:03.992-08:00Santa's New Contract<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">There’s a chill in the air (it dipped to a nipply 60 degrees yesterday) and everyone at the mall has their elbows sharpened. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Course, if you hang out in department stores, you probably thought that sometime in mid-September.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">So, ho-ho-ho and all that.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Unfortunately, the economy has taken its toll on the North Pole. A new contract for Santa has finally been negotiated. He swung by to check in on uncle Ebenezer (he ascertained the relationship because I have nary a decoration anywhere in sight) and asked me to pass along the following information:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">To Whom It May Concern:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve Southern United States on Christmas Eve. Due to the overwhelming current population of the earth, my contract was renegotiated by North American Fairies and Elves Local 209. I now serve only certain areas of Canada and the northern boarder states.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">As part of the new and better contract I also get longer breaks for milk and cookies so keep that in mind. However, I made certain that your children will be in good hands with your local replacement who happens to be my third cousin, Bubba Claus. His side of the family is from the South Pole. He shares my goal of delivering toys to all the good boys and girls; however, there are a few differences between us.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Differences such as:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">1. There is no danger of a Grinch stealing your presents from Bubba Claus. He has a gun rack on his sleigh and a bumper sticker that reads: These toys insured by Smith and Wesson.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">2. Instead of milk and cookies, Bubba Claus prefers that children leave an RC cola and pork rinds [or a moon pie] on the fireplace. And Bubba doesn’t smoke a pipe. He dips a little snuff though, so please have an empty spit can handy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">4. You won’t hear On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen . . ., when Bubba Claus arrives. Instead, you’ll hear, On Earnhardt, on Wallace, on Martin and Labonte. On Rudd, on Jarrett, on Elliott and Petty.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">5. Ho, ho, ho! has been replaced by “Yee Haw!” And you also are likely to hear Bubba’s elves respond, “I herd dat!”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">6. As required by Southern highway laws, Bubba Claus’ sleigh does have a Yosemite Sam safety triangle on the back with the words “Back off”. The last I heard it also had other decorations on the sleigh back as well. One is a Chevy logo with lights that race through the letters and the other is a caricature of me (Santa Claus) going wee-wee on the Tooth Fairy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">7. The usual Christmas movie classics such as</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Miracle on 34th Street</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"> and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">It’s a Wonderful Life</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">will not be shown in your negotiated viewing area. Instead, you’ll see </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Boss Hogg Saves Christmas</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"> and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Smokey and the Bandit IV</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">featuring Burt Reynolds as Bubba Claus and dozens of state patrol cars crashing into each other.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">8. Bubba Claus doesn’t wear a belt. If I were you, I’d make sure you, the wife, and the kids turn the other way when he bends over to put presents under the tree.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">9. And finally, lovely Christmas songs have been sung about me like </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"> and Bing Crosby’s </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Santa Claus Is Coming to Town</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">. This year songs about Bubba Claus will be played on all the AM radio stations in the South. Those song titles will be Mark Chesnutt’s </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Bubba Claus Shot the Jukebox</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">, Cledus T. Judd </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">All I Want for Christmas Is My Woman and a Six Pack</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">, and Hank Williams Jr.’s </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">If You Don’t Like Bubba Claus, You can Shove It.</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Sincerely Yours, Santa Claus</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">(member of North American Fairies and Elves Local 209)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">*thanks to christmasjokes.wordpress.com</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" /><br />I hope you all have fabulous plans for the holidays that involve friends, family, and lots of food. I'll be in Florida for Christmas because I believe Santa can land his sleigh in sand so why freeze my butt off going to the snow. I fully expect to have a completed draft of Outside the Lines bk 2 by the time I get home. (My gift to myself.) <span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Thank you all for an amazing year! I've said it before and I'll say it again: I have the BEST readers! I'm excited to bring you <a href="http://lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/2014/12/hot-mobster-sex-aka-whats-next-from-me.html" target="_blank">Hot Mobster Sex</a> in 2015! Here's a preview: My gift to you!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Have a happy, healthy holiday and a fabulous New Year! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">See you in 2015! xoxox</span>Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-46022737743759523532014-12-08T09:00:00.000-08:002014-12-08T09:00:02.297-08:00Books I read this year that you definitely WANT!I read some amazing books this year. So many that I'm having a hard time remembering all of them. But there are two that really stuck with me.<br />
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This first one hasn't published yet. It's out on December 31st and I'll tell you it's definitely worth spending your holiday gift cards on. This book was sent to me over the summer to read for a blurb, but life happened and I wasn't able to get to it until October. And then I hated myself for not getting to it sooner. I finished it in a day, then sat there staring at my screen, sort of in shock. It's like watching a slow motion train wreck. I wanted to jump into this book and URGGG!, and AAAAH!, and NOOOO! But alas, I just lamented for weeks afterward. I read other books and still found myself going over this one in my head, trying to figure out how to fix everything. You can probably tell I'm still thinking about it. It is this book<br />
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The other book is by one of my favorite authors. Jay Crownover is a character writer, and nothing pulls me into a story like a great character. One of her best yet (characters, that is) is Shane Baxter. This guy had me right from the start. You can find him here:<br />
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The second book in the series, <i><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062351913" target="_blank">Better When He's Bold</a></i>, publishes in February, and I'm waiting very impatiently to see what's in store for the rest of the crew.<br />
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And, speaking of upcoming books I'm drooling over, there's also <i>There You Stand</i> by Christina Lee that doesn't even have a cover or buy links yet, but is publishing in April, I believe. I will definitely be checking that one out.<br />
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What are your "must reads" from this year?Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-79116937834704813382014-12-04T09:00:00.000-08:002014-12-05T08:31:03.540-08:00Hot Mobster Sex! (aka: What's Next From Me)I finally get to share my news!<br />
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Most of my ideas are inspired when a character comes to life in my head and starts telling me their story. This project was different. The concept came out of a brainstorm between the fabulous publishing professionals I've been lucky enough to surround myself with. I'm not usually great at writing other people's ideas, but these characters took me by storm: the brooding heir apparent to the largest crime organization in Chicago; his brilliant business-minded sister, who may or may not be in love with the man who's contracted the hit on her family; his womanizing club-rat younger brother, who might just find himself now that he's out from under his Chicago persona; his youngest sister, who's already made a name in fashion design, only to have to give it up to protect her littlest brother from men who want them all dead. There are some powerful stories of self-discovery there. Plus, lots of hot mobster sex, danger, and suspense.<br />
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As always, I owe an enormous thanks to my omnipotent uberagent, Suzie Townsend. I'm super excited to work with my new editor, Leis Pederson at Penguin. I just heard from her yesterday that <i>Outside the Lines </i>is set to publish in October, and the second book in January. In the meantime, I promise much more eye-candy like the picture of my Rob above, and many previews to whet your appetite for my sexy Mafioso. So stay tuned.<br />
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<br />Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-88112833947099277762014-08-05T08:00:00.000-07:002014-09-17T17:20:44.406-07:00Books That Ruined MeMy daughter and I recently had a conversation about the book at the top of this list, and then she asked me what some of my other favorites were. I stumbled a little because I've read so many books I've really enjoyed, a ton I'd recommend wholeheartedly, but they don't really rank as favorites. And then there's the question of how to define a "favorite." What criteria go into deciding rank order?<br />
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After our conversation I really gave it some thought and what I decided is that, for me, whether I categorize a book as a favorite is a function of how much a book sticks with me after I've read it. Or, as some have coined it, the "book hangover" effect. I decided to pull together a list of books I've read that have left me thinking about them long after I put them down. That's not to say I loved everything about each of them, so they may not belong on a classic "favorites" list, but they hit me in a way that didn't let me forget them.<br />
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So, in rank order of how long my book hangover lasted (as best as I can remember years later) here are the ten books that ruined me.<br />
Side note: I intentionally left out classics as well as blockbusters. (Lolita, Wuthering Heights, and Harry Potter definitely stuck with me for different reasons.)<br />
Side note #2: Click the covers for buy links if you want to check them out.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Where-She-Went-Stay-Book-ebook/dp/B004H4XDBI/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp1693T2JEPsVpkoeopmPJICB_AwL8nZg3BmrRRPBF6rwb0mcPSOZJtEv1as5QepXmGuxUwIWSIFNERvcZYNyw8EmfL832kJkjjtFZA98voT4m_jLWSSuKRrHT_ShfoAT3tZ1m3GivHrs/s1600/Where+She+Went+by+Gayle+Forman.jpg" height="200" width="131" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Where She Went</i> by Gayle Forman</span><br />
So here's the thing about this book. Adam. I obsessed over him for weeks, prompting<a href="http://www.lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/2011/04/dissection-of-great-character-101-lab.html" target="_blank"> this blog post</a>, and also <a href="http://www.lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/2011/04/original-sin-teaser-9-and-book-that-has.html" target="_blank">this one</a>. Then, when I finally recovered from my Adam hangover, I sat down and, in the next three weeks, wrote the best book I'll ever write on the wave of angst and grief Adam left behind. Gayle created such an incredibly damaged and genuine character that I wanted to climb through the pages and just be there for him. Maybe it was my frame of mind when I was reading, but I honestly don't think anyone will ever top Adam on my list of favorite characters. For full effect, you'll probably want to read<i> If I Stay</i> first, since <i>Where She Went</i> is a sequel.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-Sarah-Dessen-ebook/dp/B0023SDQBW/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfeb3pCOTJPsM0m7m8SpBwJKDny5ba5oB1yruVI2mNmMrt3VcUGpbaOA4ZtGOsVaw4Ly-dHhK7N-vYWNtYznnyt1SPimwsg6Eb4MDoyFtMsBqMqMmhPwLPQjkmT-PIV7vOHImAE8sdPfY/s1600/dreamland.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Dreamland</i> by Sarah Dessen</span><br />
This book yanked my heart out, fed it through a meat grinder, then almost succeeded in putting it back together again. Again, this all comes down to characters. Rogerson, specifically. Just like Adam, he is incredibly damaged, and Sarah captures that extremely well in her characterization. Everything, from the way he moves, to the things he says and does, reflect his brokenness. I wanted to shake him and tell him to pull himself together, because somewhere in there, you know there's a decent guy. You'll have to read to see if that happens, but make sure you've got a box of tissues handy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Graceling-Realm-Book-1-ebook/dp/B003K16P3M/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcDwYV4ixqGN9KzPe-XjrJvtc69_7A6yxDjaJGEHAx5F6FXDPXZT7DDkpv97kvYHfrBdhPYkXtjMnDAW29Y3OpGdInvYjAvmKBMJX6a0Wc_pr8IRadqw3T42kfBExDyuUxbL-n2JsJYuV/s1600/graceling.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Graceling/Fire</i> by Kristin Cashore</span><br />
I'm lumping these two together because I didn't want to take two spots back to back for them, but both left me with a lasting hangover. The writing is phenomenal, and the common thread with all of these books, I'm discovering as I write this post, is the characters. Katsa and Po are so well portrayed, and my favorite sex scene ever in a book happens between them. Archer from Fire is one I pined for long after I put the book down. So well done.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Now-Meg-Rosoff/dp/0553376055/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4YXzVEhk53_JdCyRxcQckEVseZih6hUMGssfDfOZynOkYITdMdnEfZRUAa9e3Kh0ET23asr_MiLetdn057_UzWsACGJjMTZhlobBebeTyp3K6_d-oL5xR-XuhfY7nYCdn0WiOrMxzWoq/s1600/how_i_live_now.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>How I Live Now</i> by Meg Rosoff</span><br />
This speculative is so well done that I kept thinking through the plot for days after I finished. And the romance aspect--I'll just say that not too many books leave me in tears, but this one did.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Definitions-Tabitha-Suzuma-ebook/dp/B004A90A9I/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiugW1jYe-aJ8wpcOBc2VckqWZHMqK7X_pNhYC7NaC7hlwehyphenhyphenV63g7fVkOYtcQaAFoZ3jdfmohopK2adVQM54criyU6rhK4quddPb8QEAvfXQR6DWVdgFn_lu3cGoNb1kk8Hm0e-rfKj-t/s1600/forbidden.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Forbidden</i> by Tabitha Suzuma</span><br />
Keeping with the incest theme (yeah...that romance I mentioned in <i>How I Live Now</i>, well...) I thought about this book for a long time after I read it. This is one that probably wouldn't make my classic favorite list because I found it pretty disturbing at some turns, but it was definitely thought provoking. I came away with so many questions I was (for the first time ever) contemplating contacting the author to ask what she was thinking as she wrote it. Was the romance innocent, or abusive? Was Lochan so socially stunted that he fixated on his sister and persuaded her into the relationship, or did they genuinely just fall in love with each other? Lots to think about here.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Before-I-Die-Jenny-Downham-ebook/dp/B000WJOX2A/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3wJt0cTpmRNTq_fu6ii3yhCXLErEWn65JVu8lKv8oM2K7_C8U4lkDYtdIUqEmSGwD1XwCfmsgipxCJkrVZLRsC5S5mwR2DFah7IFNIxRjfTXV2mGeQLBCPtsOBQUvFRE330jhXnPHYqz/s1600/Before+I+die.jpg" height="200" width="127" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Before I Die</i> by Jenny Downham</span><br />
This is another one that made me cry. I thought Jenny did a lovely job portraying the whole process of dying young. I loved how real both that and the romance felt. It kept the wheels turning for a while after I was done.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Amy-Reed-ebook/dp/B002Q0KRXM/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqJMKFP0RBir45itQ730PPZOFnWnIS67bJOliLqsmWkl3rt_FHJkLgKtIVGcIFxmzu9lt6paw38zX5WVHO7ZENqKoDPCrzNMwiVEq87wwYvNMcbh8N6ZYfNZtVzNfIg1-ogkckn1StnIj/s1600/beautiful.jpg" height="200" width="131" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Beautiful</i> by Amy Reed</span><br />
This is like watching a slow motion train wreck. The prose are very different than anything else I've read, but Amy's main character's motivations as she makes a string of really horrible decisions has you right there with her. This is another one that I'm not sure how I really feel about, but it had me thinking about it for weeks.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perks-Being-Wallflower-Stephen-Chbosky-ebook/dp/B003TSEEDY/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-seM_P-W1K0R_eFGkuzOl7_zDbBh000J5UjmmgyuxqtJWSUQ06rZqs1DyM2fn2jGmm6pecm3Y51DSaBC26bTFwYmifyUUFmblLY1Ula6f5rFvRTOtqOcYrMaww3j4NMdYqjJXJ0yYBipw/s1600/Perks.jpg" height="200" width="142" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Perks of Being a Wallflower</i> by Stephen Chbosky</span><br />
I just sort of randomly picked this up one day and realize three hours later that I'd finished it. And then wished I hadn't. So, of course, I was incredibly excited to find, purely by coincidence, the movie was releasing on DVD the next day. I raced to my local Redbox and picked it up the next afternoon, watched it immediately...and then wished I hadn't. The beauty of the book is Stephen's main character and his inner dialogue. That, unfortunately, doesn't translate to the screen. But I thought the process of bringing this socially awkward character to life was done incredibly well in the book.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cracked-Up-Be-Courtney-Summers-ebook/dp/B002ASFPVO/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6P9kBMa4mDyrOs4-Adm27mhy7gD7iofrXJW3X3hpKYqlkwvMllgl6_77uXfm49jDdPiMI3E8gJ_c6XBpO-pAsRgGBHUfUS0svW6fkpvMznTjgV4o6kV-jd9icuVpdW_f3aUxgyrMA9lh/s1600/cracked.jpg" height="200" width="132" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Cracked Up To Be</i> by Courtney Summers</span><br />
I read this eons ago and still sometimes think about it. Courtney's prose is sparse and she gets right to the point, which I appreciate. I've read some of her other books, and really enjoyed them, but this one left me rolling things over in my mind for weeks. It's a great study in how choices can change your life.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/White-Cat-Holly-Black-ebook/dp/B003HC5EDQ/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gKTWPgNx96WKd5GJ_K6VC5w1I4tnL7rj9XOi27qXQ7DpcVGgQHYOBVgOCYb2aqbJQdOr8DnLWK8zg8lrA9T7MaBnc-sISsAU6N4WTvMvifgjaAbkp-7dNQNn2ppwphrdnDfa0sCvSVYm/s1600/white+cat.jpg" height="200" width="131" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>White Cat </i>by Holly Black</span><br />
I'm usually a pretty tough reader to get anything past. Maybe I was just so involved in the story that I wasn't paying close enough attention. Whatever happened, Holly surprised me in this one. I thought her main character was very well done, and, if you go back through this list you'll find one (okay, two) high fantasy novels at #3, a speculative at #4 and the rest until now are contemporary. I guess that's because in contemporary, it's all about the characters, and I've already mentioned that I'll follow a great character anywhere. In this one, not only was the writing great, but the premise was fresh and creative and held my interest in a way many urban fantasies don't. And it was twisty enough that it kept me rehashing the plot for a long time after reading.<br />
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So, there you go. My ten worst hangovers. Hope you find something in there that interests you. Help me find more. What books have given you your worst hangovers?Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-56601796318227573382014-06-10T09:00:00.000-07:002014-06-10T09:49:59.928-07:00Very BAD boysLet's face it, bad boys have an irresistible allure. We love to read about them and see how love transforms them. But my good friend, Jay Crownover, pointed out that her Marked Men boys are labeled bad boys just because they have tattoos and get around. I think that's the "bad" comfort zone for a lot of us. We could imagine ourselves with a tattooed bad boy.<br />
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But could we ever picture ourselves with an <i>actual</i> bad boy--a boy who was seriously bad? Like, criminal bad?<br />
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I've always thought those women who start writing to serial killers on death row needed psychological intervention, but I've found myself taken in by two boys who are seriously bad over the last few months.<br />
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Another is by my bud, Katy Evans. His name is Greyson King, and you get to meet him in her upcoming ROGUE. (Releasing July 29th.) I will tell you right up front that this boy has a truly black heart. He kills people, plain and simple. He does it in the course of the novel and he's not even conflicted about it. But he's just so damn hot you can't help but fall in love with him right along with Melanie. As bad as he is, I found myself instantly taken by him, and you will too.<br />
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Click on the covers to pre-order, because I swear to God, you want to.Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-65354053923468588032014-05-06T10:00:00.000-07:002014-05-06T10:00:28.561-07:00Romantic Times in New Orleans! I'm going to be there! Are you?RT starts next week, and in case you haven't seen the line up of registered authors,<br />
you can find it <a href="https://www.rtconvention.com/rt-authors-listings" target="_blank">here</a>. I will definitely be making a fool of myself fangirling all of these fab authors, and having a blast hanging out with readers and bloggers. I'm also on a Sex in New Adult panel with Abbi Glines, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Jay Crownover and Sophie Jordan on Friday. You guys know my secret of writing all my sex scenes first, so this panel is right up my alley! If any of y'all are going to be there, I'd love if you'd stop by and say hi! I'll have swag, which may or may not include hot boys and candy! <a href="https://www.rtconvention.com/person/lisa-desrochers" target="_blank">Here's</a> where you'll be able to find me (besides at The Dungeon most nights ;p).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5/15 Thurs
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<span style="font-size: large;">5/15 Thurs
7:10-7:30, Avon Pub crawl, Saints and Sinners (Owned by Channing Tatum!), 627 Bourbon St.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5/16 Fri
2:45-3:45 Sex and New Adult panel, Marriott, 2nd floor, Gallery 5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5/16 Fri
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11-2 Giant Book Fair, signing books with OMG EVERYONE! Marriott 3rd floor, Grand Ballroom.</span></div>
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Sat 7:15-7:45 Fan-tastic Day party! It's a party! EVERYONE will be there! Marriott 2<sup>nd</sup> floor, Preservation Hall</span></span><br />
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Squee! Can't wait! And I'm staying a few days afterward and checking out some plantations that I missed last time I was there, as well as taking the French Quarter Ghost tour at night, which I heard is good.<br />
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(I wrote </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">Wish You Were Here</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"> into </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">Personal Demons</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">.) I haven't listened to </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">Brain Damage </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">in a really long time, but I woke up with it in my head this morning. Specifically, the line "There's someone in my head, but it's not me." The song was accompanied by a whole cast of characters who I'm just getting to know.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">That's what the writing process is to me: people in my head. They start out as strangers, but little by little we get to know each other. They tell me things and have conversations with each other, and I take dictation. Some of them, I really like. Others, not so much. But whether I like them or not, I'm just the poorly paid help with the laptop, so they all get an equal crack at getting their story on the page. (I don't play favorites.)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">So, I'm still hanging out with my old friends, b</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">ut I'm making some new friends too. It's fun to watch these new characters emerge, and I'm dying to hear the stories they have to tell as we get comfortable with each other.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">I'll leave you with a question and a song. Question: New stories come to me as characters with something to say. If you write, how do new stories come to you? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">And the song: Pink Floyd's </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">Brain Damage</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">. As always, if you love it, please visit your chosen mode of music purchase and buy it.</span><br />
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Thanks to Harper, Blackstone Audio, and the actresses who read my characters! Now, off to listen...<br />
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<br />Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-89733162327104995542014-02-28T10:39:00.003-08:002014-02-28T10:46:03.972-08:00A new A LITTLE TOO story, audiobooks, and a giveaway!Yo! There is so much stuff I have to tell you!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpyJoFOSDccE54N3sEdICp3Q5FN8Ql5jm1073xUy5n0ZHYhQrEfqsKP3aaAP7-B1sY81me68iiF_lWdY8nl5H5cQc_ZEQ8GKmCiMbB00-jU5BnlvyQsmNvqWZpbRHKqCIvq1bwHie3Zfz/s1600/50+first+times+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpyJoFOSDccE54N3sEdICp3Q5FN8Ql5jm1073xUy5n0ZHYhQrEfqsKP3aaAP7-B1sY81me68iiF_lWdY8nl5H5cQc_ZEQ8GKmCiMbB00-jU5BnlvyQsmNvqWZpbRHKqCIvq1bwHie3Zfz/s1600/50+first+times+Cover.jpg" height="320" width="196" /></a>First, did you guys know a new A Little Too story released this week? Yep! Remember Lexie's dirtbag ex, Rick, from A LITTLE TOO FAR? See if he can change your mind about him as he fights to win Rene's heart in A LITTLE TOO SCARRED. Rene and Rick's story is part of the FIFTY FIRST TIMES anthology, which is on sale for only $1.99 right now! There are stories from Jennifer L. Armentrout, Molly McAdams, Carrie Ryan, Sophie Jordan, and lots of others. Here's what an Amazon reviewer had to say about A LITTLE TOO SCARRED:<br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"One of my favorite stories in this anthology was, A Little Too Scarred, by Lisa Desrochers. It dealt with a woman who had been severely disfigured. She lost an eye, and had scarring on her body. Her self-esteem became non-existent, she refused to leave her home, and would not let the man she had fallen in love with see her. This story really touched and broke my heart. Due to my own personal experience, I have scars on my body, due to multiple surgeries I had to undergo 5 years ago, to save my life. I too have had to deal with self esteem issue's, feeling unattractive, and not wanting to go out in public. So, I could relate to the main character, and her thought process and actions were very realistic."</i><br />
You can find it on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F8P3A36/" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fifty-first-times-julie-cross/1118477580?ean=9780062329707" target="_blank">B&N</a> and any other e-book retailer.<br />
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Also, A LITTLE TOO HOT is now available in paperback on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Hot-Lisa-Desrochers/dp/0062299069/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-little-too-hot-lisa-desrochers/1116759071?ean=9780062299062&itm=1&usri=lisa+desrochers" target="_blank">B&N</a>! If you want to get your hot little hands on Harrison, wrap your arms around him in bed, here's your chance!<br />
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And, for those of you who like your audio books, the entire series will be available on audio on March 11th! This is super exciting to me. I love my audio books, and I can't wait to hear my characters tell their stories.<br />
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If your still not quite sure this series is for you, you can check out the <a href="http://therockstarsofromance.com/6/category/lisa%20desrochers/1.html" target="_blank">series spotlight over on The Rock Stars of Romance</a> for excerpts and a giveaway for the entire series in signed paperbacks.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! More news to come!Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-37585406047572944892014-01-22T09:00:00.000-08:002014-01-22T09:00:01.440-08:00Wow *deep breath*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm taking a second, now that A LITTLE TOO HOT is out in the world, to reflect back on the last year. It was one year ago last Friday, January 17th, that I woke up with Lexie in my head. She told me she thought she might be in love with her stepbrother, Trent. I grabbed my laptop and started typing, and by that night I had the first 10K words of A LITTLE TO FAR. A couple of days later, I shot my omnipotent uber-agent an email with the pitch and asked her if NA was a thing now. (She'd always said it wasn't, but she'd just sold Cora Carmack's LOSING IT to Harper the month before.) She emailed me back and said it was a thing, but that it was still a tough sale. I sent her the first 80 pages of ALTF, which she read and loved, and we agreed to try to sub it. A week later, I'd finished the first draft. We took a few weeks to clean it up, then subbed to editors. It went to my lovely editor at HarperCollins on Friday and on Tuesday we were speaking on the phone. By Thursday we had a pre-empt we were happy with and I had a crazy deadline schedule for the next two books in the series. And that was my year.<br />
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So, I find it sort of karmic that the final book in the series would publish exactly one year from when I sent the first feeler to my agent about the idea--a year and four days after I first opened a clean Word doc and started writing Lexie's story. It's been sort of a fairy tale year, and I've met so many awesome readers and fabulous authors--people who have turned into some of my closest friends. (I'm looking at you, Jay and Katy!) <br />
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It hasn't always been easy, but it's been wild in the best possible way. It's a ride that I wish could have lasted forever, but instead of looking back, I'm looking forward.<br />
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When I wrote A LITTLE TOO FAR, it was in the two weeks that my agent had a new young adult novel that I'd written in December. We put that on the back burner when things started happening with A LITTLE TOO FAR, but I finally had a chance to go back and clean that up before Christmas, and I'm hoping for good things there. I also have some fun new adult ideas knocking around in my head that I'm looking forward to getting on paper, so to speak, in the next few months. I've contributed to a really cool anthology coming out next month, FIFTY FIRST TIMES, with Jennifer L. Armentrout, Molly McAdams, Sophie Jordan and a whole bunch more of us. So, there's not much chance I'll stop writing. But...I will slow down a little. Life got a little crazy in the last half of last year, so I'm taking some time to enjoy my family and just breathe.<br />
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Thanks to all you readers who have been along for the ride. You're the reason I love my job. The notes and Tweets make all the insanity worth it. You are the absolute best! xxoxoxooxLisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-28669214251315796582014-01-21T09:42:00.000-08:002014-01-21T12:03:38.786-08:00A LITTLE TOO HOT Character Week--Harrison HEAT (and a MASSIVE giveaway!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's A LITTLE TOO HOT release day! We finally get to unleash Harrison on the world. ALTH is totally stand alone, so there's no need to read the first books in the series before diving in! Here's what you guys are saying about A LITTLE TOO HOT:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">5 stars from <a href="http://www.goodchoicereading.com/2014/01/review-little-too-hot-by-lisa.html#more" target="_blank">Good Choice Reading</a>: “Sam loses control a little and that is where the story does a complete twist. One that I had NO IDEA was coming. One second I am all blushing and waiting for the exciting moment, and then all of a sudden I am yelling O-M-G what?!?!?”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">5 stars from <a href="http://darkfaerietales.com/early-review-hot-lisa-desrochers.html" target="_blank">Dark Faerie Tales</a>: “If you like new adult contemporary novels with lots of steam and intrigue this is a must read for you.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">5 stars from <a href="http://bittersweetbooklove.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/blog-tour-review-and-giveaway-a-little-too-hot-by-lisa-desrochers/" target="_blank">Bittersweet Book Love</a>: “Every once in a while, you read books that completely take you by surprise. This is one of them.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">5 Olives from <a href="http://www.martinitimes.com/3/post/2014/01/review-tour-excerpt-giveaway-a-little-too-hot-a-little-too-far-3-by-lisa-desrochers-lisadez.html" target="_blank">Martini Time Romance</a>: "When you think you have everything figured out, the author throws us readers a wicked curve ball, and we have no choice but to hang on for the ride. And what a ride it is."</span><br />
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So...yeah. There's a twist. And it involves this guy:<br />
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Harrison is that sexy combination of sweet and tough, but he's got his demons. For the most part, he does a decent job of keeping them in check, but they drive him and his need for revenge boils just below the surface of his cool-as-a-cucumber exterior. Harrison is hot, no doubt, but he's also a little mysterious. There's a reason. He's not who he says he is. Things get interesting for Harrison when he meets Sam. She seems to break through all his barriers. He want to get to know her. Hell, he wants HER more than he's ever wanted any other woman. When it become clear that Sam wants him back, he's got a decision to make. The one he makes spins both their lives into a cyclone of chaos that even Harrison never could have anticipated. Their only hope of surviving lies in trusting each other, but how do you do that when someone's shattered that trust. All he wants is Sam in his bed--the one thing he can never have without risking everything. So what he needs to decide is if she's worth it.<br />
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And I promised a giveaway! Some amazing authors have blurbed ALTH. Here's what they said:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">“</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Every page is deliciously breathtaking, wickedly sexy and sensational. A LITTLE TOO HOT is wonderfully unique and a LOT HOT! I am a HUGE Lisa Desrochers fan.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">”</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;">Katy Evans, <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of REAL, MINE, and REMY</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">“Lisa is brilliant at creating sizzling sexual tension and impossible circumstances that make the reader hold their breath all the way to happy ever after. Sam and Harrison are more than A Little Too Hot, they are scorching!"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;">Jay Crownover, <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of RULE, JET, and ROME</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">“Lisa Desrochers’ best yet! A LITTLE TOO HOT is hotter than hot with all the emotional punch to back it up!”</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;">Sophie Jordan,<i> New York Times</i> bestselling author</b><br />
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Because the ladies are so amazing, I'm giving away a "blurb pack" of signed books by all three. There's REAL, MINE, and REMY by Katy Evans, RULE, JET, and ROME by Jay Crownover, and FOREPLAY by Sophie Jordan! Enter here:<br />
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-66956767220834432202014-01-20T09:00:00.000-08:002014-01-20T09:17:40.689-08:00A LITTLE TOO HOT Character Week--Sam (and win signed books!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's A LITTLE TOO HOT release week, which means another Character Week here on the blog! Before we start, though, just a reminder that today is the LAST DAY to pre-order ALTH and earn a BONUS CHAPTER from Harrison's POV. This bonus chapter is only available to those who pre-order and fill out <a href="http://avonromance.hc.com/althpreorder" target="_blank">this form</a> for your download code by today. Here's what Katy Evans, <i>NYT</i> bestselling author of REAL said about the bonus content:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #990000;">"I just read the extra chapter for A LITTLE TOO HOT! @LisaDez are you trying to kill me? I'm still aflutter! Harrison's so sexy!"</span></span></div>
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Don't miss out on Harrison HEAT!<br />
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Also, enter below to win signed books from the authors who blurbed ALTH, including REAL, MINE and REMY by Katy Evans, RULE, JET and ROME by Jay Crownover, and FOREPLAY by Sophie Jordan.<br />
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So, we kick ALTH Character Week off with my lovely, yet somewhat misguided heroine, Samantha West. A LITTLE TOO HOT is totally stand alone, and there is no need to read A LITTLE TOO FAR first, but if you did, you might remember Sam. She was Lexie's best friend who was totally lusting on Lexie's stepbrother, Trent. Some of you loved to hate her in A LITTLE TOO FAR, for good reason. Sam was crazy for Trent, and what Lexie couldn't tell her best friend was that she was secretly in love with Trent, so Lexie had to stand by and watch Trent date Sam...which nearly killed her.<br />
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Here's what some lovely blog reviewers had to say about that after reading A LITTLE TOO HOT:</div>
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"I've got to be honest and say that I didn't like Sam at all in the first book. In fact, I thought she was a calculating, callous, boy crazy bitch. My opinion soon changed upon being able to see events from her point of view." --<a href="http://www.bookangelbooktopia.com/2014/01/review-a-little-too-hot-by-lisa-desrochers.html" target="_blank">Book Angel Emma</a></div>
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"The side of Sam we got in A LITTLE TOO FAR was the bratty, best friend side, which doesn't to Sam any justice at all! The Sam I got to know in this book was so much more--determined, feisty, sensual and sweet." --<a href="http://bittersweetbooklove.com/2014/01/16/blog-tour-review-and-giveaway-a-little-too-hot-by-lisa-desrochers/" target="_blank">Bittersweet Book Love</a></div>
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So, why the "boy crazy" brattiness in A LITTLE TOO FAR? I'll let Sam explain that to you...</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I sit and force my fingers to stop fidgeting with the clip
of my garter belt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“So, no boyfriend?” Harrison asks, and there’s an intensity
to the question that unnerves me a little.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“No boyfriend. I’ve really only ever had one.” Oh my God.
Why did I just tell him that?</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“Me too. That is … one girlfriend,” he clarifies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“Your fiancée?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">He nods. “How long ago? Your boyfriend, I mean.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“We broke up a year ago.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“Were you together long?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I shake my head. “We were dating for about eight months, but
it was long distance.” I don’t tell him the whole time we were together, Trent
was in love with someone else, because that just makes me sound pathetic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“How did you meet?” he asks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“He untangled his stepsister’s kite string from my braces,”
I say, tapping my lips with my finger.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">His gaze sticks for a second on my mouth before he lifts it
to my eyes. “Braces … ” he says with a tip of his head. “How old where you when
you met?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“Fourteen.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“So, you knew him for a while before you dated.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“You could say that.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">He looks at me curiously for a long beat. “There’s a story
there.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I blow out a sigh. “A long and extremely pathetic one.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“I’m listening.” He settles deeper into the cushions and
drapes an arm over the back of the sofa.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I just look at him for a second, trying to gauge if he’s
messing with me or if he’s really interested. His liquid gaze is deep and his
expression soft but intent. I tip my head back against the sofa and stare at
the ceiling. “I was totally in love with him all through high school, and I
held out for him for five years, even when he didn’t show any interest, because
no one else measured up. So, yeah. I knew him for a while.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“After all that time, you finally got your man. What
happened?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“He was in love with my best friend … who also happens to be
his stepsister.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There’s a long silence, and I lift my head, but I can’t
bring myself to look at him as I tell him things I’ve never said out loud
before. “He was practicing with his band in Lexie’s garage, and we were in the
driveway flying her kite, but the wind gusted and it did this loop, and the
string got caught in my braces. Lexie yanked, I screamed, and when the guys
came out of the garage to see what was up, they all started laughing. But not
Trent. He came over and got me untangled. And he told the guys to cut the shit
when they started calling me Jaws and asking if I got good reception.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I remember it so clearly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><i>Hold still,</i> he’d
said. He grasped my chin gently and leaned in to examine my mouth. He was a
little sweaty from jamming with the guys, and I remember thinking I should
think that was gross. But I didn’t. It was the opposite of gross. I’d crushed
on a few guys in junior high, but I never remember my heart racing the way it
did with Trent so close. He’d unhooked me from the kite, and when he let me go,
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love with him right that second. But even though I was under his nose all the
time, he never thought of me as anything but his stepsister’s best friend, so,
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The heart wants what the heart wants, even if it (he) doesn't want you back. When Sam loses Trent to Lexie, she feels betrayed by both of them. Her best friend and boyfriend have chosen each other over her, and it stings. So she acts out, first by burning bridges with her best friend, then by drowning her sorrows in alcohol. She makes some new friends, the best of whom is lead man for a local band, and the real partying starts...which eventually gets her thrown out of college. A LITTLE TOO HOT is the story of Sam trying to finding herself again after being totally adrift. Unfortunately for her, this involves a little more chaos than she'd anticipated...especially when a certain hero enters the picture.</div>
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Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-12114709580636577702014-01-14T10:10:00.000-08:002014-01-14T10:10:03.129-08:00ONE WEEK! ONE WEEK! AHHHH! (plus Harrison heat and all things ALTH)Yep, it's only one week until the release of A LITTLE TOO HOT! Have you pre-ordered it? If so, guess what? HarperCollins has a BONUS for you! I'm just putting the finishing touches on an exculsive chapter from HARRISON'S POV! And let me tell you, it is HOT! Pre-order, then <a href="http://avonromance.hc.com/althpreorder" target="_blank">go here</a> to claim your bonus chapter.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">“</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Every page is deliciously breathtaking, wickedly sexy and sensational. A LITTLE TOO HOT is wonderfully unique and a LOT HOT! I am a HUGE Lisa Desrochers fan.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">”</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;">Katy Evans, <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of REAL, MINE, and REMY</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: medium;">“Lisa is brilliant at creating sizzling sexual tension and impossible circumstances that make the reader hold their breath all the way to happy ever after. Sam and Harrison are more than A Little Too Hot, they are scorching!"</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;">Jay Crownover, <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of RULE, JET, and ROME</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium;">“Lisa Desrochers’ best yet! A LITTLE TOO HOT is hotter than hot with all the emotional punch to back it up!”</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.796875px;">Sophie Jordan,<i> New York Times</i> bestselling author</b><br />
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Those are some awesome authors, and I'm honored that they took the time to read my little book. The blog tours have started, and you have a chance to win signed books by all of those authors! I'm giving away signed copies of REAL, MINE, and REMY by Katy Evans, RULE, JET, and ROME by Jay Crownover, and FOREPLAY by Sophie Jordan. To win, all you have to do it check out one of the blog tour stops (listed below) and fill out the Rafflecopter! That simple!<br />
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Here's a little something to get you hot for A LITTLE TOO HOT...<br />
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If you want more, you can <a href="http://www.lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-little-too-hot-excerpt-and-little.html" target="_blank">read the first three chapters here</a>.<br />
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And to follow the blog tour and enter to win a massive stash of signed books by all the blurb authors, <a href="http://ziliinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/a-little-too-hot-arc-review-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">go here</a>.Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-87638343992179954322014-01-08T13:09:00.000-08:002014-01-08T13:18:39.485-08:00A LITTLE TOO HOT excerpt and a little Sam/Harrison heatLast week, a whole bunch of awesome bloggers helped reveal the first peek at A LITTLE TOO HOT! I'm so excited you're only 2 weeks away from meeting Harrison and Sam. This was a super fun book to write and I hope you love reading it.<br />
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Anything Jay Crownover writes will always and forever be on the top of my list. I read RULE in April and fangirl emailed Jay when I was only halfway through, even though she didn't know I existed. I've NEVER fangirl emailed ANYONE before, but I couldn't help myself. Jay writes the most authentic male<br />
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REAL, MINE, and REMY by Katy Evans have to make the list, because, REMY! He is totally swoon-worthy. Katy also writes some of the hottest sex scenes I've ever read. :D I met Katy in Houston a few months ago, and when she signed my copy of REAL, she wrote that she loved my books. I nearly fell over. Now we have a mutual fangirl thing going, which I love. I've gotten a sneak peek at the first few chapters of her upcoming RAW, and this is another one you are NOT going to want to miss. You think Remy's hot? I dare you not to drool all over Greyson.<br />
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And the super fun news? I'll be giving away signed copies of all six of these books for the release of A LITTLE TOO HOT! Follow the blog tours starting on January 13th for your chance to win!<br />
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BEST KIND OF BROKEN by Chelsea Fine. Unfortunately for you, you can't get your hands on this one until March, but when it releases, you won't want to wait to read it. It was all kinds of heartbreak wrapped up in some of the funniest dialogue I've ever read.<br />
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FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowel. This lady is all kinds of talented. I liked Eleanor and Park, but I LOVED FANGIRL. All her books are about normal people in real situations, which isn't really supposed to be great reading, but her characters are just so damn compelling that you HAVE to know what happens to them.<br />
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WAIT FOR YOU by J. Lynn. Though this one follows the standard NA tropes, Jennifer is just so insanely talented that she can make something old seem new. And holy hotness, Batman, can she write great swoony boys. Always. You can't help rooting for Avery and Cam to find their way to each other.<br />
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LOSING IT by Cora Carmack. If you've read ALTF, you know I like a little silliness, and Cora is the queen of silliness. Her characters end up in serious situations, but there's always a sense that they don't take themselves too seriously, which is refreshing. Like with Chelsea's THE BEST KIND OF BROKEN, you'll find yourself laughing out loud. A lot.<br />
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So what did I miss? There are tons of books I'm dying to get to burning a hole in my iPad, like K.A. Tucker's series and Christina Lee's ALL OF YOU, but I'm a book junkie, so I'm always glad for more suggestions. What were your favorites this year?Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-43415922009460013412013-12-25T09:00:00.000-08:002013-12-25T09:00:00.439-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 20!! Happy Christmas to all who celebrate! And today culminates our 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration! I've had so much fun bringing you these sweet little nothings. (Yes, there are times I really hate my job ;p) Today's post features my favorite line from A LITTLE TOO MUCH.<br />
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I hope maybe you'll consider reading about my beautifully tormented French-Italian-American ex-almost-priest. His story starts in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Far-Lisa-Desrochers-ebook/dp/B00CD36FFG/" target="_blank">A LITTLE TOO FAR</a>, in Rome with Lexie. We find out a lot about him through Lexie's eyes. But after he makes his life-altering decision there, the rest of his journey in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Much-Lisa-Desrochers-ebook/dp/B00CD36FGK/" target="_blank">A LITTLE TOO MUCH</a> nearly proves to be his undoing. He broke my heart in this book. He and Hilary are two of the most complex characters I've ever written. <i><a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/11/books/genre-fiction/romance/xpress-reviews-e-originals-first-look-at-new-books-november-15-2013/" target="_blank">Library Journal</a></i> says: "Although Hilary is tough on the outside, her honest narration leave her raw and exposed to the reader, which makes her plight all the more substantial."<br />
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I love Hilary. I love Alessandro. He's very private and keeps his thoughts and feelings closely guarded, but he's starting to open up. There's more to his story, and I hope to be able to bring it to you from his perspective soon. So...our last taste of my tortured, beautiful man.<br />
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{hugs}Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-49618667808947621392013-12-24T08:00:00.000-08:002013-12-24T08:00:01.535-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 19, and it's RAINING men!It is Christmas Eve, and I am here to shower you with Man Candy gifts! Tomorrow is the end of our <a href="http://lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/search/label/20%20Days%20of%20Alessandro%20holiday%20celebration" target="_blank">20 Days of Alessandro Holiday Man Candy Celebration</a>, and I have had sooo much fun bringing you <a href="http://lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/search/label/20%20Days%20of%20Alessandro%20holiday%20celebration" target="_blank">so many tasty treats</a>. But today...it's not just Alessandro, but ALL the A LITTLE TOO FAR men. (Yes, I'm showering you with men. As in, it's raining men? Get it? ;p)<br />
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He has his demons to face down, and he gets his chance in A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Much-Lisa-Desrochers-ebook/dp/B00CD36FGK/" target="_blank">LITTLE TOO MUCH</a>. But while Lexie's away, getting tight with Alessandro, Trent is also getting cozy...with Lexie's best friend Sam. Some of you love to hate Sam, but I just flat out love her. When things go to hell for her and she lands in a gentleman's club, dancing for a living, she meets Harrison in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Hot-Lisa-Desrochers-ebook/dp/B00DB3DBCC/" target="_blank">A LITTLE TOO HOT</a>. Unfortunately for Sam, he's not who he seems to be...and his secret will probably get her killed.<br />
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Now get a towel and dry off, because your holiday company will be here soon! But don't forget to check back tomorrow for the LAST serving of Alessandro Man Candy for 2013!Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-50517171959939127062013-12-23T09:00:00.000-08:002013-12-23T09:00:00.566-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 18Three days till Christmas, so I have three more sweet bits of Alessandro Man Candy for you. He's still on sale on all major e-tailers for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_10?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=lisa%20desrochers%20a%20little%20too%20far&sprefix=Lisa+Desro%2Cdigital-text%2C210" target="_blank">only 1.99</a>, don't forget! So, here is one of your lasts tastes of my beautiful, tormented, French-Italian-America ex-almost-priest.<br />
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Don't forget to check back tomorrow, because it's not just my ex-almost-priest. Tomorrow is the HOTTEST Man Candy I've posted...a rundown of ALL my A Little Too Far boys, starting with Trent, and ending with Harrison from A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Hot-Lisa-Desrochers-ebook/dp/B00DB3DBCC/" target="_blank">LITTLE TOO HOT</a>, which releases in FOUR SHORT WEEKS! You seriously don't want to miss this! See you tomorrow, and until then, sweet dreams!Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-39324004639260305092013-12-20T09:00:00.000-08:002013-12-20T09:00:07.548-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 17Yep, he's back, my beautifully tormented French-Italian-American ex-almost-priest. We're winding down our Man Candy Celebration on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with our last three slices of heaven. And then I think we MUST have a contest for the New Year. I think there MUST be signed books involved. Yes, definitely. *schemes*<br />
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And speaking of my French-Italian-American tormented ex-almost-priest, we've got five more days of his hotness for you, right here on the blog. Here's your daily dose of Alessandro Man Candy.<br />
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Come on back tomorrow for more!Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-75637116256872936292013-12-18T12:00:00.000-08:002013-12-18T12:21:35.233-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 15 (And the first six chapters of A LITTLE TOO MUCH!)Only a week until Christmas! Have you finished your holiday shopping? I've turned into an internet shopper, for the most part, though if we had an actual book store where I lived, that would probably be my go to stop for holiday shopping. But, if you let your fingers do the walking like me, here's something for you. Right now, A LITTLE TOO MUCH is on special for the holidays at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Much-Lisa-Desrochers-ebook/dp/B00CD36FGK/" target="_blank">only $1.99</a>! And, it seems Amazon is giving you a gift of their own, because they reduced A LITTLE TOO FAR to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Far-Lisa-Desrochers-ebook/dp/B00CD36FFG/" target="_blank">just 99 cents</a>! So, now you can get a double dose of my beautiful French-Italian-American tormented ex-almost-priest for under 3 bucks!!!<br />
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Be back tomorrow with MORE Man Candy!Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-33768737995940766062013-12-17T09:38:00.000-08:002013-12-17T09:38:16.056-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 14 (and OMG Katy Evans blurbed A LITTLE TOO HOT!)So, honestly, I have no idea if it mean anything to readers at all when an author gives a book a blurb. But I've got one that's going on the front cover of A LITTLE TOO HOT. Here's what it says:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">“</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Every page is deliciously breathtaking, wickedly sexy and sensational. A LITTLE TOO HOT is wonderfully unique and a LOT HOT! I am a HUGE Lisa Desrochers fan.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">”</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">Katy Evans, <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of REAL, MINE, and REMY</b><br />
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This makes me ecstatically happy because I love Katy and her Remy to death! As does this:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">“Lisa is brilliant at creating sizzling sexual tension and impossible circumstances that make the reader hold their breath all the way to happy ever after. Sam and Harrison are more than A Little Too Hot, they are scorching!"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">Jay Crownover, <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of RULE, JET, and ROME</b><br />
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If you've followed this blog at all, you know what a HUGE fangirl I am of Jay. Rule Archer will forever be my co-favorite book boy. (Along with Adam Wilde from WHERE SHE WENT.) To have these amazing authors say such incredible things about A LITTLE TOO HOT puts a smile on my face that will not be fading anytime soon. But that's not all, because there's also this:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">“Lisa Desrochers’ best yet! A LITTLE TOO HOT is hotter than hot with all the emotional punch to back it up!”</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"> — </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">Sophie Jordan,<i> USA Today</i> bestselling author</b><br />
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Sophie is an awesome person and author, and I loved her FOREPLAY so much, I blurbed it!<br />
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So, that all makes today's Alessandro Man Candy just a little bit sweeter! And a BONUS is that A LITTLE TOO MUCH just went <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Much-Lisa-Desrochers-ebook/dp/B00CD36FGK/" target="_blank">on sale for only $1.99</a>!!! That means you can have my beautiful French-Italian-American boy for less that two bucks!<br />
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I've so loved putting together <a href="http://www.lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/search/label/20%20Days%20of%20Alessandro%20holiday%20celebration" target="_blank">all the Holiday Man Candy</a> for you, and there's still more to come. Six more days to be exact! So keep checking back!Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-26032610857267258732013-12-16T09:00:00.000-08:002013-12-16T09:00:24.421-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 13I have officially exceeded the song, but I'm far from done. <a href="http://lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/search/label/20%20Days%20of%20Alessandro%20holiday%20celebration" target="_blank">We started</a> at the end of November, and I have more Man Candy treats prepared to see you all the way through Christmas. And after the holidays, there are some totally fun things planned, including giveaways for signed books and other fun stuff!<br />
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Keep checking back for more!Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-37760650350454470022013-12-13T09:30:00.000-08:002013-12-13T09:30:17.846-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 12 (I'm running out of song...)It's the last official day of Christmas, according to the song, but never fear! I'm not going to leave you hanging at drummers drumming! We're going right up until actual Christmas with our Alessandro Man Candy Celebration, so keep checking back!<br />
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So, dovetailing off <a href="http://lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-20-days-of-alessandro-man-candy_12.html" target="_blank">yesterday's post</a>, we have more of my tormented French-Italian-American ex-almost-priest. He's got a lot to atone for, but he's also horribly lost.<br />
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Maybe you can help him find his path? He still needs that hug! If you want to give him one, order him in paperback today at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Much-Lisa-Desrochers/dp/0062299034/ref=tmm_mmp_title_0" target="_blank">Amazon</a> or <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-little-too-much-lisa-desrochers/1115290734?ean=9780062299031&itm=1&usri=lisa+desrochers" target="_blank">Barnes&Noble</a>!<br />
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See you tomorrow. The best is yet to come! =)Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-72019575085382262752013-12-12T10:48:00.002-08:002013-12-12T11:39:00.700-08:00The 20 Days of Alessandro Man Candy Holiday Celebration, Day 11 (and no, I'm not showing you anyone' piper)After the hiatus for <a href="http://www.lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-20-days-of-alessandro-man-candy_10.html" target="_blank">Harrison and Sam A LITTLE TOO HOT hotness</a> on day nine, and the <a href="http://www.lisadesrochers.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-20-days-of-alessandro-man-candy_11.html" target="_blank">Real Life Hot Priests</a> excitement of yesterday, we're finally back into our regularly scheduled broadcast. Semi-naked Alessandro, my holiday gift to you. So, my French-Italian-American ex-almost-priest hottie is definitely tortured. There were several occasions as I was writing him in A LITTLE TOO MUCH that he broke my heart. This is one of them.<br />
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Never fear, tomorrow is NOT the last day of our celebration. We're definitely over-shooting the song. So keep checking back for my gift that keeps on giving! And remember that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Too-Much-Lisa-Desrochers/dp/0062299034/ref=tmm_mmp_title_0" target="_blank">the paperback released this week</a>...you know, in case you want to cuddle with my tortured hottie at night.</div>
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