What Are You Reading?

It's summer and the reading is fine.  What books are you whiling away the hot summer hours with--when you get a few extra, that is?  Or which ones are you taking along on vacations or weekend getaways?

I've just finished Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.  I really enjoyed this one, and it was a fun stroll down Memory Lane with some characters we originally met as children in earlier books.

Next for me are several contest entries, and I'm still editing my back list in preparation for digital reissue.  Both my Mulligan books -- Mulligan Stew and Mulligan Magic -- will be released simultaneously soon. I'll post here when they go live.  Then I have six more books to prepare!  Busy, busy.  :)

Happy reading, and stay cool!

~Deb
www.debstover.com

Passing of Greatness

All of the Fantasy anthologies in which I have published stories over the years have two things in common:  Denise Little--the brilliant editor who bought my first four books for Kensington in the last century--and Martin H. Greenberg of TEKNO Books.  After Denise left Kensington and traditional publishing in Manhattan, she landed in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where one of the most creative and open-minded editors, writers, and anthologists in the Mystery, Science Fiction and Fantasy genres was unabashedly making a name for himself and many smalltime authors--like me--one idea at a time.

Marty Greenberg died yesterday, but his work will live on through the countless projects he helped create, and through the authors who will never forget him or the opportunities he brought into our lives and careers.

RIP, Marty.   I have a hunch, wherever you are, you're breaking a few rules and doing things your way.


~Deb Stover

Anthology edited by Denise Little and Martin H. Greenberg

Mike Faricy's Double Life

Mike Faricy the author or Mike Faricy, the hero of SOME LIKE IT HOTTER?  Seriously, Mike Faricy and I "met" online after I wrote SOME LIKE IT HOTTER.  I really didn't name the hero after him--pure coincidence.  And how interesting that he's an author, too!

Here's an interview with Author Mike about his latest release:

http://damesofdialogue.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/mike-faricy-crime-fiction-author-interview-by-maggie-bishop/

Happy reading, all!

~Deb
www.debstover.com

Book Sale

The digital editions of SOME LIKE IT HOTTER and A WILLING SPIRIT are now on sale for $2.99 at all sites, including iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Sony.  SHADES OF ROSE should be available within the next 2-3 weeks.  Stay tuned.

A great new review was just posted for SOME LIKE IT HOTTER.  It made me smile.

Book Reader's Heaven: Time Traveler to Civil War Era Creates Delightful and Humorous Romantic Suspense!

Happy reading!

~Deb
www.debstover.com

Hero's Name

As some of you may recall, the hero in my novel, SOME LIKE IT HOTTER, is named Mike Faricy.  Well, I met a real Mike Faricy at a conference some years ago, when he came in and demanded why I had written a book about him.  After I assured him it was purely coincidental, he left happy with an autographed book.  :)  Since then, I've met yet another Mike Faricy, who is also an author in his own right.  He said anytime someone googles his books, they end up finding my SOME LIKE IT HOTTER instead of him.  So I've vowed to help readers find his books, too.  :)

Here's a link to a recent interview with him:

http://lauries-interviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/spotlight-interview-with-mike-faricy.html 

He lives part of the year stateside, and part in Ireland, and we've become Facebook penpals.  He seems like a stand-up guy, and certainly has a good sense of humor.  I even mentioned that I could change the hero's name when I reissued SLIH, but he nixed that idea.

Perhaps he likes being the hero of a romance novel, fighting against evil--AKA Slick Dawson--or he just wants to spend more time with the heroine, Abigail Kingsley.  :-)

As my late husband always said, whatever works. ;-)

SOME LIKE IT HOTTER is now available for Kindle, Kobo, Sony, Nook, and--soon--iBooks.  So is A WILLING SPIRIT, and SHADES OF ROSE will be very soon.  Check my website for details.

Happy Reading!

~Deb

www.debstover.com

April 15th

A question I'm often asked when interviewed is why I write Romance.  Well, I was raised by a real hero, and I married one.  Neither one of them ever let me down. 

April 15th is my birthday.  Yes, traditional income tax day, the day the TITANIC sank, and the day Abraham Lincoln died, etc.  I want to go on record that Lincoln was actually shot on the 14th, and the TITANIC struck the iceberg on the 14th.  Okay...?  Just saying...

But April 15th is D-day--the sinking, the dying, the taxes, my birthday, and--just to be consistent--also the day my late husband and I learned his cancer was definitely terminal.  No wonder I always get depressed on my birthday!

Hey, at least it's an easy date to remember.  Right? 

People always ask what I want for a gift, and I always say, "Nothing, thanks."  If they persist, I say, "Just a card."  They think I'm kidding.  I'm not. 

I'm a writer and a reader.  Words mean a lot to me.  If you're here reading my blog, they obviously mean a lot to you, too.

My mom died in 1997.  She's the one who taught me to love reading, and my dad taught me to love history and research.  Mom always went to great pains to pick out meaningful cards for family members for every special occasion. 

Dad has carried on her tradition of sending cards that really mean something, and they never fail to make me cry.  ::sigh::  In fact, I know he takes extra care since Mom died, and also--I think--since my husband lost his heroic battle with cancer in 2005.

There's no question about why my dad is still my hero.  Is there? 

This year's birthday card arrived in today's mail (the day before my infamous birthday) and reads as follows:

FRONT:

Daughter, You are always in my heart...

INSIDE:

I want you to know

that I love you

every bit as much today

as the day you were born.

And though I may not

hold you in my arms

the way I did then,

I always hold you safely

in my thoughts

and in my heart.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Love, Dad

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Well, it doesn't get any better than that.  Does it?  Where are my tissues?

So, when someone tells you they want a card for their birthday, please bear in mind that they may really mean it....

Happy reading.

Love,

My 3rd birthday with my mom and little brother.

Deb

Some Like It Hotter back on Kindle

It's alive again at Amazon Kindle as of today!  Thanks for your patience.

Blurb:

"Natchez detective, Mike Faricy, is living a nightmare. First, his partner and best friend is killed in a shootout. Then a strange man appears at the precise moment Mike offers to sell his soul in exchange for his partner's life. Before Mike can blink, the man promises him the chance to change June 19th, the day before the killing. Who can blame him for at least trying? But he should have read the fine print. Now Mike is facing Abigail Kingsley--a knockout woman in Civil War-era garb who insists it is June 19th, all right...1865! A man out of time. A woman out of options. Time-travel Romance at its very best!"

Dirty Harry meets Scarlett O'Hara and there's hell to pay....

           They stood facing each other beneath the stars, and Abigail wondered if these feelings were the sort of thing poets knew when they penned beautiful, heartrending words.  She felt so strange, as if she and Mike were no longer of this world.  They were with the stars, suspended apart from pain and reality.

           Safe.

           His breathing grew louder and mingled with her own as the seconds ticked by.  Though he still hadn't touched her, she felt him, felt a power emanating from him and into her.  An invisible bond spanned the distance between them, drawing her to him unlike anything she'd ever known or even dreamed of.

           She could almost see it--this magical force that drew her to him.  Her insides ached and throbbed, empty and weeping for him.  "Mike."  His name was barely more than a strangled whisper, torn from her lips by desperation and a need so raw and fierce she felt she might die from it.

           Then he touched her.

A Few Reviewers' Comments:

"Fun, fast-paced, sexy...sizzling passion...a terrific read."

~ Best-selling author, Kristin Hannah

"An exciting page-turner from a talented author. In addition to suspense, romance, and  humor, this book has a heart of pure gold."

~ Best-selling author, Susan Wiggs

                                   

        "EXTRAORDINARY!  Deb Stover is a master dream-spinner!  A haunting, heart-wrenching, utterly beautiful example of time travel romance at its very best!"

~ Best-selling author, Maggie Shayne

                                   

"5 Stars!  A tremendous time travel romance...brilliantly crafted...great work from a rising star!"

~ Affaire de Coeur

 "With a number of wonderful surprises and startling revelations, Some Like it Hotter sets 

 Ms. Stover apart. She is truly an original writer of remarkable talents and you'll be delighted with her sexy, creative, humorous and poignant trip back in time!"  

~ Romantic Times Book Club

 "Truly remarkable...no one does it better!!"

~Donita Lawrence, Bell, Book & Candle -- RWA Bookseller of the Year, 1995

SOME LIKE IT HOTTER won a few awards when it was released:

The Heart of Romance Readers' Choice Award for Best Paranormal.

Affaire de Coeur's annual Reader Favorite Poll (from 1997): 

Best Time Travel:  Some Like it Hotter by Deb Stover 

Best Supernatural Romance:  Almost An Angel by Deb Stover 

Favorite Author: Deb Stover 

Romance Novel of the Year!  Some Like It Hotter by Deb Stover

Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iBooks?

Some of you may have noticed that A Willing Spirit and Some Like It Hotter have not been available at Amazon for a couple of weeks.  That's because I pulled them and am in the process of making them available for all e-readers.  They went live at Barnes & Noble for the Nook today!  They're processing at Amazon for the Kindle, at Kobo for the Sony Reader, and will also be available at Apple for iBooks. I will update you with those links as they go live, and you can always check my website for the most recent information.


The Gift remains available for all readers, and I am working making arrangements to reissue my very first book, Shades Of Rose, with a stunning new cover. 


Happy reading!


~Deb
www.debstover.com