Reviewer Favorite LUCKY 13 is nominated for a RONE!

RONE = Reward of Novel Excellence

and LUCKY 13 is nominated for BEST CONTEMPORARY: JOCKS, COPS & COWBOYS! 

FAN VOTING is open now. 

Please go to: http://indtale.com/rone-awards/2012/week-1 

and vote for LUCKY 13 by MORGAN KEARNS 

under Jocks, Cops and Cowboys. 

You can also vote using THIS BALLOT and emailing it back to tjmackay@indtale.com. 

What reviewers are saying about LUCKY 13.... 

• Sometimes a reader is lucky enough to find a new author and fall in love with her books. And that's precisely what happened when I per chance bought Lucky 13! I'm actually rather picky about my romance reads as it is both the genre I write in and prefer to read. Morgan delivered and pulled me into her story from the start...

• This series just keeps getting better and better with every book Morgan Kearns writes. 

• Awesome, awesome, awesome!  

• Male perfection has a name...Enrique Santiago

• Morgan is a wonderful storyteller, with stories that are touching, realistic, suspenseful, romantic, funny, and more. Everything you could want in a great book/series. Lucky 13 is my new favorite in the series. All I can say is... Bring on book 5!
• I love this book! Ricky and Shayne's story is one you're sure to fall in love with. ... This one book I'll read again and again!  
• Best. Epilogue. Ever.
• Lucky 13 (Deadlines and Diamonds) defines family. ... I got warm and fuzzy, teary eyed, nostalgic, happy, sad, hopeful, and even laughed a little bit. 
• Well written and emotional, this book will take you on a complete roller-coaster of a ride.  

And what does uber sexy Cover Model RYAN DIAZ think of LUCKY 13?
"Ricky's pretty smooth for a guy who can't buy condoms...Hilarious!"

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Morgan Kearns OPENING DAY Blog H0P

WELCOME to the Morgan Kearns 

OPENING DAY Blog Hop! 

 It's OPENING DAY... 

  

And TEAM KEARNS is celebrating! 

Baseball has had a special place in my heart 

since watching my little brothers 

knock the crap out of the ball...years ago.

When I decided to write the follow-up to Fade to Black, I wanted to tag along with KHB's Sportscaster.  

A woman.  Enter Jane Alexander. 

Of course her hero needed to be a sexy athlete...and I knew baseball!

IN IT TO WIN IT was born!

  Since meeting and falling in love with Grayson Pierce, I've introduced teammates  

Mathias Xavier, III 

from OUT OF LEFT FIELD

and LUCKY 13's Enrique Santiago.

 

Excerpt from LUCKY 13: 

Ricky opened the door and the Pierce crowd greeted him. He ushered them inside. Grayson gave him a handshake. Jane kissed his cheek.

“Thanks for having us.” She put her hand on the back of a young girl. A very cute young girl, about Matt’s age, who was the spitting image of her beautiful mother. “This is Kamryn.”

Ricky shook her hand and thought of Matt. He’d never played matchmaker before, but he might rethink things. “Nice to meet you.”

Grayson put his hand on the shoulder of the middle-sized girl. “This is Sami.”

“Hi, Sami.” Ricky shook her hand as well. “How old are you, sweetheart?”

She giggled, blushed. “Nine.”

The littlest of the three tugged on his pants. “Do you have a dog? Everybody needs a dog. Except us. ‘Cause we don’t have a dog. My dad won’t let us have a dog. He says dogs just hump legs and shit—”

Jane put a hand over the little girl’s mouth. “And this here is Emma. Please accept our apologies for whatever she might say. Hey!” Jane jerked her hand away. She dropped to a knee to look the child right in the eye. “I told you not to ever bite me again.”

Big green eyes blinked. “And I told you not to cover my mouth ever again. Uncle Xavier!” She ran back out the door and took a flying leap right into the arms of his nemesis.

Ricky barely kept the Oh, great! to himself.

Xavier scooped her up. She threw her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek. She glanced over her shoulder at Ricky. “I met him.”

X flinched.

She shook her head, pigtails swinging. “He isn’t so bad. He’s really kind of cute. I really don’t think you should hate him anymore.”

If he’d had a shovel, X probably would have dug himself a hole to hide from the mortification staining his face. Ricky fought a smile. Frankie didn’t even try. “Hey, Emma, did you hear I’m gonna have a baby?”

Emma slid down Xavier’s leg. Her eyebrows furrowed. She stood in front of Frankie, hands on hips and stared at her stomach. “You’re not fat enough.”

Copyright © 2012 Morgan Kearns

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Writing Workshops at the Glendale Chocolate Affaire

This weekend, February 9th-10th, Glendale Chocolate Affaire will be offering FREE writing workshops taught by authors from the Valley of the Sun Chapter of Romance Writers of America, 

Here's the schedule: 

SATURDAY

10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.                  

Kris Neri

BECOME A CLUE MASTER – HOW TO PLANT CLUES

11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.

Tara Taylor Quinn

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STORY

1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Kris Tualla, Morgan Kearns, Sandra Lee Smith

PROMOTION 101 FOR AUTHORS

2:40 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Don Kirchner

TURNING YOUR CREATIVE PASSION INTO CASH FLOW

SUNDAY

12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.

Betty Webb

GETTING FIVE STORY IDEAS A DAY

1:00 p.m to 1:50 p.m.

Jennifer Ashley

HOW TO BECOME A BESTSELLING FICTION AUTHOR

2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Dr. Lois Roma-Deeley

FINDING THE POET IN YOU

3:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.

Laurie Schnebly Campbell

THE PERSONALITY LADDER

4:00 p.m. to 4:50 p,m.

Carol Webb

THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF E-BOOK PUBLISHING

Reading Romance's Challenge 2013 - January

Reading Romance's January Challenge: Marry me? –  Marriage of convenience. An arranged or forced marriage leads to love.

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Waking Up Married by Mira Lyn Kelly

Connor Reed really needs a wife, but doesn’t want the drama that accompanies the nuptials. All he’s looking for is a beautiful woman to plan his parties and bear his children.

Megan Scott wants a baby. She’s done with all the relationship crap. She doesn’t have the time nor the energy, and as soon as she can escape her friend’s wedding in Las Vegas, she’s going to hit the sperm bank.

Except after a long night and waaaay too much alcohol, Megan wakes up—you guessed it—married! While she panics—between heaves—and insists upon a divorce, Connor proposes a different plan; to stay married. *gasp*

This novel is a very cute happily-ever-after story that actually brought me to tears. Well-written with believable and loveable characters, Waking up Married is a great read for any contemporary romance fan.

4 Stars.

Want a copy for yourself? Get it on Kindle or Nook where it's currently FREE.  

Reading Romances Challenge 2013

I don't get a lot of time to read and rarely go about the task of actually reviewing them. Yes, I know that's horrible! I'm looking to change that in 2013.

Thanks to Nat with Reading Romances I'm going to review at least one book a month.

Here are the parameters for the Challenge:

• JAN:    Marry me? –  Marriage of convenience. An arranged or forced marriage leads to love.
• FEB:   Foreigners do it better! –  Greek, italian, spanish, french, brazilian, russians, sheiks! No English or North American heroes.
• MAR:   The Avengers –  Man uses woman for blackmail, revenge, kidnapped, seduced etc .OR May The Games Begin! – two people fighting for the same prize and only one can win.
  
• APR:    Beauty and the Beast  –  one of the main characters is physically marred in some way or a wounded hero, emotionally tortured.
• MAY:    Summer Lovin’ – a couple is stranded together and the enforced intimacy leads to more. OR Nursing Back to Health –  hero or heroine is injured or near death and the other saves his/her life by nursing back to health.
• JUN:   Who do you think you are?  –  One of a couple isn’t who he or she appears to be on the surface or pretending to be someone else or disguised.
• JUL:    I’m BACK for good!  –  Reunited Lovers. Second chance or a first love rekindled story.
• AUG :   Traditional or not!  –  time travel romance or a book with a love triangle.
• SEP:   Bad Boys, whatcha gonna do? –  opposites attract. This can also be reversed with a bad girl/good boy.
• OCT:    In Love with my Best Friend  –  a friendship leads to more. OR Beta Male Fest! –  any romance featuring a beta or gama male.
• NOV:     Romeo and Juliet – a class difference sets a couple apart.
• DEC:     Cinderella  –  rags to riches or riches to rags.

If you're interested in joining the fun, info can be found at http://reading-romances.com/reading-romances-challenge-2013-2/.

Wish me luck!
~Morgan