Spotlight Saturday: USA Today Bestseling Author Erica Marselas

Welcome to Kira Adams' Spotlight Saturday! Every week I will be featuring a different author in the industry. Indie, trad, small press, etc. The point is to help get the word out about new-to-you authors and books they are releasing. Maybe you will find your next favorite author. Maybe you will find a story that will touch your soul. Whatever the case may be, thank you for being here. 

This weeks featured artist is USA Today Bestselling Author, Erica Marselas!

1. How long have you been writing?

I've been writing since I was little. I always had a need to write out what was going on in my imagination. I would make little books, even if the whole story was one sentence long. Then in second grade our teacher had made us hardback books of stories we wrote and that's when I really knew I wanted to be a writer one day. Soon I was writing things like Vampire Pig, but then as I got to my teens moved on to Fanfiction. 

2. If you had to choose a fictional character from one of your books to have lunch with, who would it be and why? 

This is a tough one because I love all my characters, but it would have to be the very stubborn Dexter and his bff forever Meadow from the Love Plan.

 

Because Dex and Meadow come as a pair and they're the most "wild" of the bunch and know how to have a good time. There wouldn't be any dull moments with them around.

3. What has been your biggest accomplishment since publishing?

I think being able to go to a book signing and sign. It was/ is definitely a cloud nine moment to get to meet readers and fellow authors. Although becoming a USA bestselling author was pretty cool too. 

4. What advice do you have for aspiring authors? 

Just keep writing :) Your story needs to be heard, so keep going. 

5. What is a writing goal you have?

Right now, my goal is to get back into the swing of things once school starts because 2021 I've been in a writing drought. I'm hoping to get a few books out next year and then in 2023 finally write a longgg series 🙏  

6. Are you a pantser or a plotter?

I used to be a pantser but now I'm a plotter.  I have to know the climax and the end game before I can write.   

7. Do you prefer to write in past or present tense?

First person, Present tense. :) I love a good duel pov, but only when the story calls for it because sometimes you need mystery 

8. Are you traditionally published or indie?

Indie all the way baby!!

9. How many books have you written?

14  I have published… but there's a lot more floating around on word docs out there :D

10. What is your favorite genre and/or trope to write in?

Second Chance and forbidden 

11. Where is your favorite place to write?

I never sit in one place for long. So when I find it, I'll let you know. 😂

Her Reluctant Husband released on Amazon through Kindle Unlimited on March 25^th!

 

I would do anything for my family, including marrying a man who hates me.

Not like I had a choice when the person who helped raise me tells me who I must marry in order to save my home.
When I came face to face with Alex Wilks again, the man who despises me and wishes I never stepped foot back into Kinder Falls after the day I left, I didn’t know what I was in for.
Alex was the boy I once idolized, but later, he became the man that broke my trust.
Both of us are reluctant to dig into the lies and secrets surrounding the night that broke us apart.
Because it might end up being the truth that destroys us.
One year.
We just have to survive one year.
The only thing is, we both have so much to lose.
But maybe everything to gain.

Her Reluctant Husband is a full-length emotional and steamy rollercoaster standalone romance.

***Please Note: This story deals with sensitive subjects of sexual and physical abuse that might be hard for some readers. ***

Pick up your copy here: 

https://www.amazon.com/Her-Reluctant-Husband-Erica-Marselas-ebook/dp/B08XNXZCN1

Website: www.ericamarselas.com

Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/doPtf9

Facebook: www.facebook.com/EricaMarselas

Facebook Author Group: Erica Marselas Diamonds in the Rough https://www.facebook.com/groups/204237160123849/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Erica-Marselas/e/B077M8DCFR/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/erica_marselas

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/erica-marselas

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/17348219.Erica_Marselas

Spotlight Saturday: Regina Kyle

 

Welcome to Kira Adams' Spotlight Saturday! Every week I will be featuring a different author in the industry. Indie, trad, small press, etc. The point is to help get the word out about new-to-you authors and books they are releasing. Maybe you will find your next favorite author. Maybe you will find a story that will touch your soul. Whatever the case may be, thank you for being here. 

This weeks featured artist is Regina Kyle!

1. What inspired you to write Showstopper?

Showstopper is part of Sarina Bowen’s World of True North. She’s one of my favorite authors, and when I saw that she was opening her world to other writers, I jumped at the chance. I’ve written one LGBTQ romance, and I really wanted to write another. The Vino and Veritas part of Sarina’s world gave me the chance to do that. As an added bonus, Adam, one of the two heroes, is a hockey player. We’re a hockey obsessed family, and writing a hockey romance was something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I’m also a life-long theater geek, hence Kolby, the other hero, is a theater major who meets Adam in an improve class.

2. What book inspired you to begin writing?

There’s really two. When I got my first ereader, about the same time I started writing, the first thing I did was learn to check ebooks out of the library and check out some of the free books that Harlequin offered in their category lines. The first library book I checked out was Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ It Had To Be You. The first Harlequin book I read was Leslie Kelly’s Slow Hands. I loved both, and Leslie’s book sent me down a Harlequin Blaze rabbit hole that eventually led to my first publishing contract with that line.

3. If you had to choose a fictional character from one of your books to have lunch with, who would it be and why?

This is reaching back a bit, but I’m going to go with Devin Padilla, the heroine in Triple Time, my second book. She’s the most kickass heroine I’ve ever written. The book begins with her surprising the hero, who thinks he needs to rescue her, but beating the crap out of a handsy customer at the bar where she works. I think she’d be a hoot to share a meal with.

4. What has been your biggest accomplishment since publishing?

Hmmm . . . this one’s tough. Like any career, publishing has a lot of highs and lows. I think one of the things I’m proudest of is winning the Booksellers’ Best Award three times—for Triple Dare in 2016, Billionaire In Her Bed in 2018, and Dirty Work in 2021. That recognition means a lot to me because the award is judged by booksellers and librarians.

5. Do you have anything else in the works apart from your book/series?

Always! I released the first book in my Mediterranean Millionaires series, How Not To Mess With A Millionaire, this past June. I’m working on the second book, How Not To Marry A Millionaire, now. Next up will be the third book in that series, How Not To Misjudge A Millionaire. It’s been a blast writing these books with super hot foreign heroes set in Italy, Spain, and Greece. I’m also noodling a couple of proposals for two new series.

6. What advice do you have for aspiring authors?

Read. Then read some more. I read almost 200 Blaze books when I was learning how to write one. If you can, find a local writing group that will both encourage you and give you guidance and constructive criticism. I know I wouldn’t be published if it wasn’t for the help of my local writers’ group. And remember, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. And only the persistent prevail.

7. What is your favorite genre and/or trope to write in?

I’m a steamy contemporary romance girl all the way. I enjoy writing both M/F and M/M romances. As for tropes, some of my favorites are friends to lovers, best friend’s sister, opposites attract, and secret identity. I’m working on my very first accidental pregnancy book now, and that’s been fun.

8. Do you prefer to write in past or present tense?

I love, love, love writing first person present tense. That’s why I chose that style for Showstopper. Most of my traditionally published books are third person past, though, so I do both.

9. Are you traditionally published or indie?

Both. Most of my books are traditionally published, but I do have some indie novellas out there.

10. What advice do you have about marketing and promotion?

Ugh. This is probably my weak point. I’m way, way better at shilling other authors’ books than my own. There’s lots of advice and lots of classes out there. Just remember, you don’t have to do it all. You don’t have to be on every social media site known to man, or doing ad spends on every platform available. Marketing and promo is a lot of trial and error. Figure out what works for you, run with it, and forget about the rest. And don’t be afraid to ask others to share for you on their social media and in their newsletters. Just be willing to do the same for them.

Showstopper released on 8/12!!

I swore I wouldn’t do this again. Mix sports, school, and sex. But right now the only thing standing between me and the NHL is six feet of frenemy packed into a pair of formfitting jeans that have me thinking all kinds of things I shouldn’t. Mostly how to get him out of them.

I don’t just want Kolby. I need him. Because I’ve got to pass this theater class--yeah, I said theater--if I’m going to keep my spot on the team. When tutoring sessions turn into dates-not-dates over Shipley Cider at Vino and Veritas, I realize it’s going to be harder than I thought to keep my hands on my stick and off of Kolby. Worse, I think I might be falling for him. But I’m not ready for that. I want to keep this thing between us on the down low for now.

But Kolby hates secrets. Especially his own . . .

Pickup your copy here:

https://www.amazon.com/Showstopper-Vino-Veritas-Regina-Kyle-ebook/dp/B098LSDXG5

Website: www.reginakyle.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/reginakyleauthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romancebyregina/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8144022.Regina_Kyle

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/regina-kyle

Regina Kyle will be taking over the Kira Believer's Readers Group today at 8AM PST/11AM EST! Please join us for fun, games, giveaways and more !

Spotlight Saturday: USA Today Bestselling Author Cameron Hart

 

Welcome to Kira Adams' Spotlight Saturday! Every week I will be featuring a different author in the industry. Indie, trad, small press, etc. The point is to help get the word out about new-to-you authors and books they are releasing. Maybe you will find your next favorite author. Maybe you will find a story that will touch your soul. Whatever the case may be, thank you for being here. 

This weeks featured artist is USA Today Bestselling Author, Cameron Hart!

How long have you been writing? 

I started making up stories when I was in kindergarten and drawing them out. That turned into a love of writing throughout high school and college. I graduated with a degree in journalism and creative writing in 2014 and have spent the last 7 years either writing articles online or romance books!

 

What has been your biggest accomplishment since publishing?

I JUST found out that I hit the USA Today Bestsellers list!

 

Do you have anything in the works apart from your series? 

Always! Seriously. Too many projects. I have a second pen name that I write under with Shaw Hart. Skye Alder is all about short, sexy shifter romances. Between Cameron and Skye, there’s always something going on!

 

What advice do you have for aspiring authors?

First, find your tribe. These are the authors you trust, who will support you, answer questions, and cheer you on when you struggle with burn out. From there, know where to invest your money/time/energy. You can’t do it all! I invest in quality covers, professional editing, ads, and promos for new releases. One Facebook group that has been SUPER helpful is Writing Instalove! https://www.facebook.com/groups/528859047815529

 

What is a writing goal you have?

My big dream is to go full time by the end of the year!

 

Are you a pantser or a plotter? 

I started off as a pantser and am now a plotter. After a year of plotting, I have no idea how I ever wrote without some sort of outline! It seems so stressful now, haha.

 

How many books have you written?

45, going on 46!

Website: http://www.cameronhart.net/ 

Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Cameron-Hart/e/B07Q62HF6L/ 

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/862971197478456 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cameron.hart.author/ (@cameron.hart.author)

Email: cameronhartauthor@gmail.com

The boxset of the Men of Blackthorne Mountain series just came out on July 23rd! This mountain man series is all about gruff mountain men and the women who bring them to their knees. All of my books have lots of heat, plenty of sweet, and just enough drama to keep things interesting. 

Check out the boxset here: https://amzn.to/2W5gU79

Cameron Hart will be taking over the Kira Believer's Readers Group today at 1PM PST/4PM PST! Please join us for fun, games, giveaways and more !

Spotlight Saturday: Featuring New-to-You Authors to Fall in Love With!

 Hello my lovely followers and stalkers!

I just wanted to pop by and let you know that THIS WEEK we are kicking off #SpotlightSaturday which is a fun feature I'm doing to highlight new-to-you authors and their books! We are starting with USA Today Bestselling Author Cameron Hart who is a steamy contemporary romance author with almost 46 books under her belt! Talk about productivity! 

There will be corresponding posts here, my facebook author page, my readers group on Facebook, and my Instagram! There will also be lots of information, an interview, and even a takeover inside my readers group. I'd love for you to join us!

The Infinite Love Series Complete Box Set is LIVE and ON SALE!

★THE INFINITE LOVE SERIES is LIVE! ★

You guys, I cannot explain how anxious and excited I am that this day is finally here!! I have been waiting so long to finish republishing this series and get it back out to the reader base I know it can reach. It’s the same characters and story you might have originally fallen in love with mixed with shiny new edits, formatting, and scenes.

 

This series has:

✓ All the Feels

✓ Sexy Alpha Males

✓ Fiery Alpha Females

✓ Enemy-to-Lovers

✓ Ugly Cry

✓ Bully Romance

✓ Inspirational Romance

✓ Dysfunctional Love

 

READ IT NOW!

Amazon (FREE in KU): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TZAQBXG

Amazon Universal: mybook.to/TheInfiniteLoveSeries

 

DETAILS:

TITLE: The Infinite Love Series, Complete Box Set

RELEASE DATE: July 27^th, 2021

 

Blurb:

The Infinite Love series is a realistic fiction series that begins as a young adult series, but gradually grows into a new adult series by the last book. It comes with hard hitting subjects such as suicide, depression, disorders, abuse, addiction, fears, love, and more. This box set includes all five books in the series; Learning to Live, Life After, My Forever, Beautifully Broken, & Against All Odds.

Let Ciera and Topher tell you their beautifully heartbreaking story in Learning to Live. Continue Topher's story in Life After, but be prepared, Destiny is a spitfire. Dive into Madalynne and Parker's lives and experience the highs and lows of their long-term relationship in My Forever. Let the spiciness of Lee and Jacqueline transport you in Beautifully Broken. Feel the intensity of Austyn & Avery's love in Against All Odds.

Their stories aren't going to be pretty--but they are going to be REAL. The Infinite Love series by Kira Adams - Honest, heartbreaking, and oh so real.

 

Special release day price is .99 cents. Grab it now before the price goes back up to $4.99! That is almost 900 pages and 5 full length novels for UNDER A DOLLAR!

New Release: Against All Odds by Kira Adams

 

 Release Date: June 18

Austyn

He was my everything from the first moment I laid eyes on him. He could have asked me to marry him the first month and I would have said yes. I knew he was the one. My knees used to go weak just at the sight of him. No one could have predicted it. That’s life I suppose—full of unexpected twists and turns. There were so many times I contemplated walking away, contemplated how much simpler my life would become…but it wasn’t that easy. He wasn’t easy to walk away from.

 

Avery

There was never any doubt in my mind that Austyn was the woman I would be spending the rest of my life with; I just didn’t see the point in rushing to the altar if we already knew that. My eyes never wandered, and why would they? She was a modern-day goddess. No one could have prepared me for that day. Had I known, I still believe the outcome would have remained the same. I know it was difficult for her—it would have been difficult for anyone—but she stayed strong for me. I honestly believe she saved me; she saved my life.

 

Against All Odds is the fifth book and final installment of the Infinite Love series.

Grab Your Copy Here!

Grab the Infinite Love series here! 

Meet Kira Adams

Krista Pakseresht has always been a dreamer, from the first time she opened her eyes, creating worlds through words is one thing she is truly talented at. She specializes in Young adult/New adult romance, horror, action, fantasy, and non-fiction under the pen name Kira Adams.

She is the author of the Infinite Love series, the Foundation series, the Darkness Falls series, and the Looking Glass series.

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Release Blitz: Against All Odds

★AGAINST ALL ODDS is LIVE! ★

The fifth book and final installment in my Infinite Love series is finally here! This is the inspirational second chance love story you never knew you needed!

 

This book has:

✓ A realistic look at love

✓ Second chance romance after tragedy

✓ Steamy sex scenes

✓ All-the-feels

 

READ IT NOW!

Amazon (FREE in KU): getbook.at/Against-All-Odds

DETAILS:

TITLE: Against All Odds

RELEASE DATE: June 18^th, 2021

 

Austyn
He was my everything from the first moment I laid eyes on him. He could have asked me to marry him the first month and I would have said yes. I knew he was the one. My knees used to go weak just at the sight of him. No one could have predicted it. That’s life I suppose—full of unexpected twists and turns. There were so many times I contemplated walking away, contemplated how much simpler my life would become…but it wasn’t that easy. He wasn’t easy to walk away from.

Avery
There was never any doubt in my mind that Austyn was the woman I would be spending the rest of my life with; I just didn’t see the point in rushing to the altar if we already knew that. My eyes never wandered, and why would they? She was a modern-day goddess. No one could have prepared me for that day. Had I known, I still believe the outcome would have remained the same. I know it was difficult for her—it would have been difficult for anyone—but she stayed strong for me. I honestly believe she saved me; she saved my life.

Against All Odds is the fifth book and final installment of the Infinite Love series.

 

Special release day price is .99 cents. Grab it now before the price goes back up to $2.99!