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Big Book Giveaway – Video Promo

By J. Timothy King on December 9, 2010

Here’s a quick-n-dirty video I made for this year’s Big Book Giveaway, showing off some books by Julie Carobini (Christian romance), Holly Lisle (fantasy romance), Jess C Scott (teen romance), and Sharon Cathcart (historical romance). (I’m sorry that I forgot to bring Jen Knox’s excellent memoir with me when I did the video. But she […]

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Book Giveaway: Truffles by the Sea, by Julie Carobini

By J. Timothy King on December 8, 2010

Determined to turn her life around, Gaby Flores moves to a beachfront loft, takes on a new motto–Be gullible no more–and begins to rebuild her flower store while searching for Mr. So Right. But when a lawsuit, an eviction notice, a near-empty bank account, and quirky neighbors invade her beachy world, not even chocolate can […]

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Book Giveaway: Chocolate Beach, by Julie Carobini

By J. Timothy King on December 1, 2010

Meet Bri Stone, a laid-back beach chick from Ventura, California. Bri has it all: the man of her dreams and their surf-ridin’ teenage son, a chocolate-loving best pal, an adorable beach bungalow, and a kicky job as a Southern California tour bus host. She also has a few things she didn’t ask for: a know-it-all […]

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Teaser Tuesdays: Chocolate Beach

Teaser Tuesdays: Chocolate Beach

By J. Timothy King on November 30, 2010

I actually read Julie Carobini’s debut novel Chocolate Beach some time ago. But I’m doing a teaser on it today, because I’ve got a beautiful, brand new, autographed copy of it, which I will be giving away in a post that’s going up tomorrow. Chocolate Beach is what Julie calls “beach-lit,” or what I had […]

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Teaser Tuesdays: Truffles by the Sea (again)

By J. Timothy King on June 8, 2010

I started Truffles by the Sea a couple months ago. Then life got in the way. Being an author and blogger is always a balancing act between reading and writing, and sometimes I fall off the high-wire. I’m about a quarter of the way through this Christian chick-lit— er, that is, beach-lit novel by Julie […]

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Teaser Tuesdays: Truffles by the Sea

Teaser Tuesdays: Truffles by the Sea

By J. Timothy King on May 4, 2010

Determined to turn her life around, Gaby Flores moves to a beachfront loft, takes on a new motto–Be gullible no more–and begins to rebuild her flower store while searching for Mr. So Right. But when a lawsuit, an eviction notice, a near-empty bank account, and quirky neighbors invade her beachy world, not even chocolate can […]

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In Honor of Indie, Unknown, and Mid-list Authors

By J. Timothy King on December 29, 2009

… or “You Won’t Find These in the Average Bookstore Looking at my “to-read” bookshelf for something to read after slogging through Nora Roberts’s Northern Lights… Would someone remind me: why exactly am I reading this? I’m nearing the end, but the end can’t come quickly enough. Right now, I’m rating it at about 2½ […]

Posted in Books | Tagged C.J. West, Holly Lisle, indie authors, Julie Carobini, Kevin Cummings, Laura Whitcomb, mid-list authors, Sheila Williams, unknown authors | 2 Responses

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