NOT GOING TO CONFERENCE CONFERENCE

They call it the NGTCC, but there are a lot of us missing out on one of the largest conferences in the romance business. I belong to RWA but have not made it to a single one of these since I joined up nearly 6 years ago.

Well, at the Romance Divas website they have organized a lot of fun events for the people who are not going to the Nationals. There are barhops, workshops and plenty of fun for all. You can check it out at the Romance Divas website here: www.romancedivas.com

Giveaway TODAY ONLY

Once again, I teamed up with THE ROMANCE STUDIO to do a book giveaway. I will be giving away a copy of my latest release Shark's Mate to one lucky person. To enter the contest all you have to do is to submit an entry form on their website here.

http://theromancestudio.com/bad_form.php

However, if you are as impatient as I am and don't want to wait to try to win, you can buy your copy here:

http://www.bookstrand.com/sharks-mate

See all of my books available from Bookstrand here:

http://www.bookstrand.com/missy-lyons

Eat, Play, and Love

I've been gone for the last few days and took advantage of the kids being out of school. We went on a road trip into North Carolina. It's just something I just felt like we should try to do before the kids go back to school in another month.

Summer is coming to a close really fast.

The kids were very good and I know they had their moments but they tried very hard to be patient. I found that when most of their basic needs were met it was easier to keep the peace. If everyone had used the bathroom, had a full stomach and things to do in the car, they didn't complain as much. My kids were in the car 6 hours and they only had a meltdown once or twice. Not bad, all things considered.

It rained. It poured and we drove some more. We went to Grandfather mountain and shouldn't have been surprised it was foggy and rainy, but we didn't let it spoil our fun. We headed down the mountain and checked an item off my bucket list. I have been wanting to see the Biltmore for quite some time and there was no excuse not to see it when we were so close.

It was absolutely beautiful and worth it. I came back feeling refreshed and ready to go. Life won't stop me now. I set goals and I plan to achieve them. It's a lot easier to write when I am feeling inspired.

And how can I not be inspired when I get to explore places like this?

As you can see it rained while we were there too, but we had sunny moments to enjoy our day. So I will write but I am going to take time to smell the roses once in a while and play too.

4th of July Blog Hop CONTEST!

So I joined the blog hop train again. I have several beach themed book coming out over the next few months and some in the past. While Beach Bound just came out from Sugar and Spice, I wasn't sure if I would have author copies in time for this contest and I know I won't have Strictly Business until the day before release, so I thought I would offer an electronic copy of Sex on the Beach and another $5 gift card to Starbucks as this week's prize.



You can get your answers to my questions on the Siren Publishing Coming Soon page or on my website

 http://sirenpublishing.com/index.php?page=comingsoon

http://www.missylyons.com

Questions are all about the latest release Strictly Business from Siren Publishing:

1. What are the names of the main characters of Strictly Business?
2. Why does Susannah have to pregnant?
3. Where does she proposition her stud?

Dates: July 1-4
Details to enter: Email lyons_missy2@yahoo.com with the answers to the above questions.
Contest entries must be received by July 4th and if the winner fails to respond to emails within 2 weeks, they will forfeit the prize. Open to US residents over 18 years of age due to the adult nature of the books I write.

Press Release for Shark's Mate

Missy Lyons is proud to announce the release of Shark's Mate published by Siren Publishing.

Shark's Mate, the gay romance novel launching the Sexier When Wet Series will hit e-shelves July 19, 2012. The Sexier When Wet series features erotic gay romances and shifters with the ability to turn into sharks and other predatory aquatic wildlife. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 12, 2012 - Missy Lyons is author of over 30 published romance stories and counting. She lives in a small southern town with her husband, two children, and two dogs. She was first published with Phaze books in 2006 and is currently working with a few small epublishers, such as Siren Bookstrand Publishing, Sugar and Spice Press, and Whispers Publishing. You can find more of her work on her website at www.missylyons.com.

She will be present at the Authors after Dark conference 2012 in New Orleans.

Shark's Mate will be available July 19, 2012 exclusively on the Siren Bookstrand website for 3 weeks and then released to other ebook retailers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo Books.

Book Cover Preview

If the Great White Shark King, Seoul has to get married, and there is one hell of a wedding party being thrown on his private island and unfortunately every one of his enemies are planning to be present to witness it.

Shanghai lives a carefree life in the tropics. It’s the perfect life to hide his true identity as a shape shifting shark, surfing the emerald green waves of the ocean, hunting the land and the sea. Shanghai shows up with the rest of his pack of shape shifting sharks at the wedding party. He never expects to meet his mate at a party full of werewolves and vampires but he is even more surprised when his mate turns out to be a human. Shanghai isn’t sure whether he should eat him or fuck him until he can forget about him, but mating him? It just wasn’t something he ever considered doing with a human.

Cain came to the exclusive island six months ago as an employee. He is a psychic and a healer but playing the part of a handyman. He is there to help Seoul know if he can trust the people around him. The job has lots of perks, he’s got free room and board and he can surf all he wants in his down time, but there is also the crazy overwhelming attracted to Shanghai who doesn’t even acknowledge he exists. Until the day Shanghai steps in and stops a vampire from having him as lunch, then decides he wants him for himself. Suddenly he is swept up in a world full of dark pleasures and sinful delights and too obsessed with Shanghai as a lover to know what it really means to be claimed as a shape shifting shark’s mate.

Forever isn’t that long is it?  

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Missy Lyons, contact by email: lyons_missy@yahoo.com or website: www.missylyons.com