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Thursday, January 19, 2012

FREE BOOK

NO MORE LIES
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #296 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)


#3 in Kindle Store; Kindle eBooks;
#1 in Fiction; ; Romance ; Contemporary

Going FREE on amazon.com


on Friday, Saturday, Sunday

white lies and second chances with humor

Reviews:

13 Five Stars and 1 Four Stars

Enjoy the reading and please write a review.

Product Description

A lie that brings a smile... or the truth that draws tears?

Dr. Olivia Crane lives a quiet life. No one questions why she doesn't socialize or where she spends every weekend. When the visiting physician from France strolls into her office, with open arms and a confident smile, her perfect control is about to crumble.

Good God, he can't be Dr. Luc George, the man she loved ten years ago? Should she return his scorching kisses, or should she lock her door before he digs into her many secrets?

Secret daughter, secret friend, secret enemy. Had Luc really known his sweet Olivia back then? He wants her back, but he wants the truth, too. Now, Olivia has to face her past before she can grab her second chance. 201PIE Award Finalist

2010 Best Contemporary Romance ~ Readers Favorite

"A charming story. Keeping the reader entertained with the twists and turns in the plot." ~Got Romance!

"Full of emotion, suspense, intrigue, good intentions and determination."
The Long And The Short Reviews

"A wonderfully written book about true love and the rarity of second chances." ~Happy Ever After

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Right Picture

I changed the book cover of RIGHT NAME, WRONG MAN three times. I just couldn't find the perfect picture that would reflect the essence of my story.

My husband loved the woman's face. Her expression reflects her puzzlement: Is it the right name she blurted in her dreams? Is she with the wrong man? The Eiffel Tower showed the French setting.

But other authors commented the picture wasn't sexy enough and the font not professional.


I frantically looked for another picture that would be more sexy, and found this one. Just when I was about to upload it, a friend visiting me at home loked at it and said, " She looks nice, but what's this, are they two women?"
My heart sank. I examined the picture carefully and admitted she had a point. The man looked too feminine.



 
When I turned the picture by mistake, I liked it much more. The man had a 24 hour stubble and looked more manly. I showed it to a couple of best-sellers authors who prefered it to the first one with the Eiffel Tower. "Much, much better," was their answer.

But I personally was not comfortable with this picture. Yes the girl was cute, but I don't like bold men. After monitoring the Amazon reports, I realized that this new book cover didn't increase the sales.

So I kept looking for a better picture. And came up with a new one where the man was really a sexy one, at least one who appealed to me. I showed it to a fan who have read and reviewed my book. She said," Where is La Eiffel Tower by night for my favorite scene?"

Who am I to disapooint a fan!
So I modified the new picture and added an Eiffel Tower by night.
Here is the blurb:
What’s a girl to do when she whispers another man’s name in her fiancé’s arms?

When forbidden dreams about the sexy French Dr. Yves Mtlroux assail her at every turn, Mary-Beth puts her wedding plans on hold. The man would probably not even remember the plump nerd she was three years ago before she lost her illusions faster than her pounds. Regardless, to be able to marry her fiancé without reservations, Mary-Beth needs to confront her past and flies to France for a summer training program in surgery with Yves.

But Yves never forgets an organ he removed from a patient or a woman he dated. And he never forgot the pretty student of Harvard Medical School who has turned into a stunning beauty and seems in serious need of coaching about spicing her serious life with some fun and passion.

While too many questions still swirled in her mind, her jealous fiancé summons her back home.

Will Mary-Beth let her heart decide who’s her right man? Will Yves break his no-strings-attached rule to offer love and commitment?

It's not easy to come with the right bookcover and we should appreciate our bookcover artists.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Body Language


Your body language shows whether you are a powerful or low-key person.

Powerful people use their bodies to convey authority. The boss who raises his feet over the desk, fingers interlaced behind his head, elbows expansive. There are pictures of presidents in the Oval Office striking this pose while their advisers smile nervously.

Another more subtle way to convey power is the hawk-like posture, leaning toward your interlocutor. In general, the powerful person will tend to occupy as much space as possible.

It was recently found through a lab study that more powerful people—those who make more money or have higher status jobs—reliably show higher level of testosterone, no matter their gender, and lower level of stress hormone cortisol, than people lower on the totem pole.

Researchers at Columbia University tested forty-two shy people, gave them a piece of gum to chew then ask them to put their feet on a desk and then to stand in the hawk-like position. Fifteen minutes later, they had to spit in a tube. The spits were sent to the lab to be analyzed. The results showed that their testosterone has doubled in the short time they spent in the power position.

Conversely the testosterone level dropped significantly when the participants sat with their shoulders slumped or stood with ankles crossed and arms hugging their torsos. These are typical low-power postures.

Are your heroes projecting themselves as power people?

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