Monday, July 30, 2012

End of Days - Disaster Thrillers

6 Disaster Thrillers on Sale 99¢ - $2.99
July 30-31

Ready for something different? Steel Magnolia Press isn't all about romance. Get SECTOR C - along with 5 other thrilling reads - for just 99¢ each during this special 2-day sale.

Visit our special promotion page on Amazon at
http://bit.ly/disaster-thrillers.


Wednesday, July 25, 2012

It's Christmas in July!

Get back into that holiday mood with heartwarming romances by bestsellers
Susan Mallery, Christina Skye, Jennifer Blake, Diane Farr and Lisa Mondello.

9 featured titles plus many more sure to fill your quota of holiday cheer! 
Be sure to check each book's product page for more specials, themed titles and new releases by some of your favorite authors.

Find these specials and more on the Christmas in July Amazon page at
http://bit.ly/xmas-july


Monday, July 23, 2012

Special Sale - Today Only - Midnight Waltz Just 99 Cents

Today, July 23, is also the last day to get all of Jennifer Blake's Louisiana Plantation Collection at special,  limited-time sale prices. Own the collection of 4 e-titles for less than $9.00. After today, the books return to their regular retail price of $3.98 each.

The Louisiana Plantation Collection 
Jennifer Blake's Louisiana Plantation Collection features 4 unrelated, stand-alone, long and lush historical romance novels all set in antebellum Louisiana's aristocratic plantation society.

MIDNIGHT WALTZ
By Jennifer Blake

Just $0.99 Before July 24

He came to her in the dark of the moon...

Arranged marriages are common among Louisiana's aristocratic Creoles, but Amalie's new husband shows little interest in his bride. That is, until his handsome cousin Robert arrives at Bonheur Plantation. How can the man she married remain so cool and aloof during the day, while approaching her with such tender passion at midnight?

Robert declines the outrageous favor asked of him -- yet some sins are impossible to resist...

As mystery, deception and murderous danger stalk the sultry land, Amalie and Robert must choose between love and duty, between desire's sweet rhapsody and the painful truth.



SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL
By Jennifer Blake

$1.99 Before July 24

After a steamboat disaster, Angelica wakes in the bed of a man she doesn't know, tied to him in a wedding she can't remember. Yet his kiss is sweetly familiar...

Renold took Angelica in a moment of madness, and kept her for the sake of her dowry - the plantation stolen from his family. Yet living with her is daily, and nightly, torment.

What began as an act of vengeance becomes searing desire and heedless love. But what redemption, what possible sacrifice, can lead to forgiveness and the possibility of forever?


ARROW TO THE HEART
By Jennifer Blake

FREE July 12 - or
$2.99 Before July 24

Temptation too powerful to resist...

In steamy nineteenth century Louisiana, a Southern version of the medieval court of love flourishes. It's Katrine's creation, her refuge from an arranged marriage that has left her untouched in heart and body. But her husband is using it to gain the child he can never sire.

Rowan de Blanc seeks out Katrine to unmask a heartless siren, but discovers instead a gallant and beleaguered lady. Caught up in the tournament arranged by her husband, he becomes the champion -- and wins Katrine as his prize.

Katrine and Rowan refuse to couple at her husband's command, and yet love and desire are strong beyond imagining, and time is running out...


TENDER BETRAYAL
By Jennifer Blake

$2.99 Before July 24

She married him for revenge alone...

It was Melanie's mistake and Roland's drunken ardor that brought them together in illicit passion. If she hated him before for causing her beloved grandfather's death, Melanie had even more reason after Roland seduces her and drives away the man she was to wed. She accepts his duty proposal, then, swearing to use it to destroy him.

The passionate intimacy of the bedchamber is no place for vengeance, however, and pride and anger melt in desire's white-hot heat. A final act of treachery will surely end it. Yet betraying Roland may well break her hungry heart...

Thursday, July 19, 2012

In Sync


Facebook, Twitter, RSS, LinkedIn, etc. Oh my!  The internet is a hub for creating your online presence, which is crucial to any business -- including writing -- yet at times it can be a bit daunting. I’ve spent a couple of days trying to sync my social media sites so that I don’t have to repost, retweet and rewrite every tidbit of information I want to share with my friends and readers. Unfortunately, this can be a challenge at times.

I’ve learned if you’re not careful, some of the apps for these sites will take over your media presence -- even without your knowledge -- and have a field day informing your friends about your every move. For example, some will post things on your behalf even if you don’t expect them to. Articles you read may magically appear on your Facebook wall for others to see where you’ve been. Yikes! That feels a bit invasive to me. My least favorite little app demon is the one that checks your e-mail contact list to invite EVERYONE from your personal attorney to your contact at your online bank to join you on the social media site. Double yikes! That feels a bit like spam to me. I would prefer the app to access my list and let me choose who I’d like to invite to my social circle and not just send out a blanket invite to the entire list.

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not against anyone wanting to join my social circles (the more the merrier), but let’s face it, my attorney might not be interested in my tweets about my latest romance book and there’s a good chance that the lady I send my online bills to doesn’t really care if Steel Magnolia Press is running a $.99 promotion on our books. Unfortunately, they both may now get to see and hear every “share” I send forth into the internet world, which could become annoying if they really didn’t want to hear it in the first place. So the bottom line is one must be careful about which apps they allow to access their information. I’ve learned this the hard way.

However, I still think syncing your sites is a good idea, and after working with the social sites I’m a member of I’ve hopefully -- with fingers crossed -- now synced them so when I post on one, it will post to the rest as well. I’m hoping this will cut down on the double and triple postings about the same topic too. Seriously, who wants to see the same information posted three different times on your Facebook wall from several different venues?

So, my question for our readers is: What social media sites do you frequent and are you “in sync” as well? I’d love to hear your solutions to some of these issues and maybe even learn about a new media circle or two to get in “sync” with too.

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Tamelia Tumlin has worked with several online publishers, but is now writing exclusively for Steel Magnolia Press. Juggling motherhood, teaching and writing is a challenge, but one she welcomes to pursue her passion. Her romance novels range from sweet and sassy to dark and dangerous.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

6 New Releases - 3 Free on July 12 Only! Plus, How to Win a Kindle Fire!

While others may be slowing down for those lazy days of summer, we're just gearing up. It's no secret Jennifer Blake will be re-releasing 36 of her bestselling novels in digital format through Steel Magnolia Press over the next few months. This week saw the first 4 of them published to Amazon. For the next 2 weeks, we'll be offering them at a very special discount -- one of them for FREE today only! After July 24, all titles will be $3.98 or more.
Two other Magnolias also released their new romances. Act fast to pick them up today for FREE.
And remember, if you don't have a Kindle, you can still read Kindle books on just about any device, even your phone or computer, with a free app from Amazon.
 The Louisiana Plantation Collection
Jennifer Blake's Louisiana Plantation Collection features 4 unrelated, stand-alone, long and lush historical romance novels all set in antebellum Louisiana's aristocratic plantation society.
ARROW TO THE HEART
By Jennifer Blake

FREE July 12 - or
$2.99 Before July 24

Temptation too powerful to resist...

In steamy nineteenth century Louisiana, a Southern version of the medieval court of love flourishes. It's Katrine's creation, her refuge from an arranged marriage that has left her untouched in heart and body. But her husband is using it to gain the child he can never sire.

Rowan de Blanc seeks out Katrine to unmask a heartless siren, but discovers instead a gallant and beleaguered lady. Caught up in the tournament arranged by her husband, he becomes the champion -- and wins Katrine as his prize.

Katrine and Rowan refuse to couple at her husband's command, and yet love and desire are strong beyond imagining, and time is running out...

SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL
By Jennifer Blake

$1.99 Before July 24

After a steamboat disaster, Angelica wakes in the bed of a man she doesn't know, tied to him in a wedding she can't remember. Yet his kiss is sweetly familiar...

Renold took Angelica in a moment of madness, and kept her for the sake of her dowry - the plantation stolen from his family. Yet living with her is daily, and nightly, torment.

What began as an act of vengeance becomes searing desire and heedless love. But what redemption, what possible sacrifice, can lead to forgiveness and the possibility of forever?

MIDNIGHT WALTZ
By Jennifer Blake

$2.99 Before July 24

He came to her in the dark of the moon...

Arranged marriages are common among Louisiana's aristocratic Creoles, but Amalie's new husband shows little interest in his bride. That is, until his handsome cousin Robert arrives at Bonheur Plantation. How can the man she married remain so cool and aloof during the day, while approaching her with such tender passion at midnight?

Robert declines the outrageous favor asked of him -- yet some sins are impossible to resist...

As mystery, deception and murderous danger stalk the sultry land, Amalie and Robert must choose between love and duty, between desire's sweet rhapsody and the painful truth.

TENDER BETRAYAL
By Jennifer Blake

$2.99 Before July 24

She married him for revenge alone...

It was Melanie's mistake and Roland's drunken ardor that brought them together in illicit passion. If she hated him before for causing her beloved grandfather's death, Melanie had even more reason after Roland seduces her and drives away the man she was to wed. She accepts his duty proposal, then, swearing to use it to destroy him.

The passionate intimacy of the bedchamber is no place for vengeance, however, and pride and anger melt in desire's white-hot heat. A final act of treachery will surely end it. Yet betraying Roland may well break her hungry heart... 

More New Releases

NIKO'S STOLEN BRIDE
by Lindy Corbin

Contemporary Romance
Category-Length Novel

FREE on July 12
Reg. $2.99

Faced with the fiasco of her cancelled wedding, Kara wants to hide from the world while her heart heals. A day trip aboard the yacht leased for the honeymoon cruise sounds like the perfect escape. If only the captain hadn’t turned out to be the man she’d practically begged to kiss her after her failed bachelorette party. A rebound relationship with the handsome Greek should be the furthest thing from her mind, shouldn’t it?

Niko Maragos has spent more time in meetings than on the decks of his family’s ships in recent years, but after he dances with Kara, he’s eager to captain the yacht to Key West. To ensure that she can’t return to her ex-fiancĂ©, he steals her away. His plan to get Kara in his bed seems fail-proof, until pirates attack…


DEADLY IMAGE
By Tamelia Tumlin

Inspirational Romance - Suspense
Long Novella

FREE on July 12
Reg. $2.99

Gone without a trace ...

Lexi Yates
knows she hasn’t harmed her three-year old daughter, yet the Louisiana town of Gator Bayou seems to think she’s guilty. With her daughter missing, the evidence stacking up against her and her faith in God tested to the limit, Lexi must find a way to convince FBI agent Ace Valdez she’s innocent before she becomes the next target.

Ace Valdez doesn’t trust easily, and he certainly knows better than to fall for a case, yet there’s something about the widowed mother that makes him want to believe she’s innocent, but evidence doesn’t lie. Or does it?

Win a Kindle Fire

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