**** For those without a Kindle or a Nook, you can now get Ros’s and my stories at Smashwords in several different format. Ros’s: Dark Star and mine: Dashing Through the Snow****

See contest details below, and good luck!

To celebrate our first forays into self-publishing, Roslyn Holcomb and I thought we’d share a little of our joy by offering an absolutely FANTABULOUS contest that will reward not just one, but TWO, winners! We will randomly pick two people who answer the following questions correctly and who subscribe (or are already subscribers) to both Ros’s and my blogs to win a Kindle Touch and one copy each of Ros’s and my co-authored e-books together, Given and Stolen. If the winners so choose, they may have a $100 Amazon or B&N gift certificate instead of the Kindle Touch.

Didn’t I tell you that this contest is fantabulous?

The Dark and Dashing contest — or as it’s more affectionately known, the Double D,  will close on February 20, 2012, noon CST. Please send all answers to darkdashing12@aol.com

Roslyn’s new book is Dark Star and mine is Dashing Through the Snow.  You can find Dark Star here and here. You can find Dashing here and here. Subscribe to Roslyn’s blog here and mine here. Good luck!

What is Tonya’s favorite treat?

How old were Lily and Smith when they met?

What’s the name of the island Nate takes Tonya to?

What does Lily’s cousin want her to bring him back from Chicago?

What’s the name of the restaurant chain Tonya’s books are based on?

Who did Smith bring with him when he left Texas?

What university did Tonya and Nate attend?

What is Lily’s first client’s name?

To celebrate our first forays into self-publishing, Roslyn Holcomb and I thought we’d share a little of our joy by offering an absolutely FANTABULOUS contest that will reward not just one, but TWO, winners! We will randomly pick two people who answer the following questions correctly and who subscribe (or are already subscribers) to both Ros’s and my blogs to win a Kindle Touch and one copy each of Ros’s and my co-authored e-books together, Given and Stolen. If the winners so choose, they may have a $100 Amazon or B&N gift certificate instead of the Kindle Touch.

Didn’t I tell you that this contest is fantabulous?

The Dark and Dashing contest — or as it’s more affectionately known, the Double D,  will close on February 20, 2012, noon CST. Please send all answers to darkdashing12@aol.com

Roslyn’s new book is Dark Star and mine is Dashing Through the Snow.  You can find Dark Star here and here. You can find Dashing here and here. Subscribe to Roslyn’s blog here and mine here. Good luck!

What is Tonya’s favorite treat?

How old were Lily and Smith when they met?

What’s the name of the island Nate takes Tonya to?

What does Lily’s cousin want her to bring him back from Chicago?

What’s the name of the restaurant chain Tonya’s books are based on?

Who did Smith bring with him when he left Texas?

What university did Tonya and Nate attend?

What is Lily’s first client’s name?

Well, the moment has finally arrived. My first self-published book went live on amazon.com a couple of hours ago. I’m quite nervous and more than a little bit excited. It’s been a wild ride, one in which I drove myself and several other people (forgive me Ros, Kesh, local librarian) crazy. Because it’s my first time doing this, I wanted everything to be perfect, but towards the end, realized it could only be as perfect as I could make it.

So, here she is, friends, my baby, Dashing Through the Snow. If you like her, please, let the world know by writing a review. If you don’t like her, feel free to share why with her mother — me (lisa@lisagriley.com). She’s available for Kindle right now, but will venture out more soon. Her bio is below. Thanks for all of the love and support over the years — I couldn’t have done it without you!

Best,

Lisa

Lily Carstairs has finally gotten her private investigator’s license and she’s already completed her first case, picking up a nice, fat fee for her troubles. Her second case, however, could be the case of a lifetime and could make her career. All she has to do is find a missing millionaire who disappeared…in broad daylight… in a brand new Lexus….from the side of the road in a small town where everyone knows everyone, but no one saw anything. Other than sometimes wishing she had Ms. Marple on speed dial for help with the case, Lily feels things are going swimmingly. When she finds out childhood friend and ex-lover Smith Cameron has also been hired to solve the case, she doesn’t like it, but she soldiers on. And when Smith suggests that they partner on the case and resume their affair, she goes into both partnerships with her eyes wide open. Her goal is to collect the $10,000 bonus in the end and keep her heart intact.

As the millionaire’s trail leads them on a chase from their small town of Sheffield-Chatham to Chicago, and through the fancy rooms of secret men’s clubs to the hushed halls of museums and finally to some of the less seemly parts of town, they find themselves embroiled in a Machiavellian conspiracy involving rare gems, money and power, one that threatens to bring down some of their town’s leading citizens. When all is said and done, Lily has no doubt that Smith and she should continue their professional partnership. It’s the personal one she’s not so sure about.

What you see is my brand, spankin’ new cover, created by Mr. Whitney Holcomb. I am in love with her, and couldn’t have asked for a more appropriate picture to advertise the book. I’m a little nervous about this book because I’m going totally indie with it and publishing it myself AND it’s my first real foray into a suspense with romantic elements as opposed to a romance with suspenseful elements.

But having said all of that, I am so incredibly proud of this book! It’s due out mid-January. Roslyn Holcomb and I will be hosting a great contest because she also has a new book coming out, Dark Star. Check back here, on my FB page and at Ros’s spots for more details.

Later,

Lisa

Happy 2012, people. I don’t make resolutions anymore, only plans. It’s an ongoing process and I try to work consistently to have them come to fruition. It’s the best I can do, and as with resolutions there’s disappointment when things don’t work out, but things evolve, don’t they? To celebrate the new year I’ve got a new book coming out in a couple of weeks. It’s called “Dashing through the Snow,” and since my good friend Roslyn Holcomb will soon be releasing a new book as well, we’ve decided to team up and do a contest together. Check back here and at Ros’s place for details. Hint: It’s going to be awesome!

Later,

Lisa

Recently I made the decision to start doing some independent publishing. It’s a process I’m really looking forward to, but it took me a long time to come to the decision to go out there on my own. Well… not exactly on my own because my partner in crime, Roslyn Hardy Holcomb, is making this journey with me. But anyway, when I say alone, I mean without a publisher for back-up. So now I’m not only in charge of the writing, but the editing, the formatting, the obtaining of ISBN, covers, etc. — in short, I’m in charge of my writing destiny!

It is a heady feeling.

So, a book I’d planned to publish with Loose Id, Dashing through the Snow, will be published by moi! And a novella, which catches up with Nicholas and Melinda from “Caught” in the Big Spankable A**es anthology will also be coming out under my own aegis.

I’m so excited!

Help me…(gulp)

My second book, Caught Up in the Rapture, is brand new in digital format and is already a bestseller! Check it out over at All Romance Ebooks! Thanks to everyone! And congrats to Dyanne Davis and Roslyn Holcomb for making the bestseller list, too!

but I’m going to do it anyway. Just got my email announcing Baconfest Chicago 2012, and — this is weird, I know — but I am really excited. I rarely eat bacon, but I soooo love it, and Baconfest Chicago? Well Baconfest is just the Bacchanalia for my descent into pork madness. It is a temporary act that will be over before I want it to be, but I’m okay with that. It’s not good for me, anyway.