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Showing posts with label Francine LaSala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Francine LaSala. Show all posts

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Merry Chick Lit by Francine LaSala ***Indie Author Event and Giveaway***



In the spirit of giving, six chick-lit authors "present" a charming collection of seasonal shorts sure to inspire holiday cheer-plus love and hope throughout the year, with all proceeds donated to Rocking the Road for a Cure!

Carolyn Ridder Aspenson - In "Santa's Gift," journalist Jessica thinks Santa's just a silly myth for children, so when he asks what she most wants for Christmas she tells him the one thing she knows he can't deliver--true love. Or can he...?

Sarah Hitchcock - In "The Christmas Lights," one competition pits two families against each other...who will win this war? 

Francine LaSala - Pretty Izzy knows exactly what she wants for Christmas: hunky sales manager Jake Harrington wrapped up with a shiny silver bow--and nothing else. Except Santa may have other plans in "Carol of the Belles."  

Nikki Mahood - In "Spinster Christmas," Cara's looking forward to spending Christmas alone until she learns her old--and she believes very gay--crush needs a place to stay. Though it soon becomes clear that while still hot, Ronan isn't gay after all... 

Holly Martin - Ella's dreams of making a better life for her and her daughter seem further away than ever in "Iced Dreams." But as Christmas approaches, and she wishes for a fairy godmother to wave a magic wand to fix her life, things begin to change in ways she never imagined! 

K.C. Wilder - In "The Mermaid," Allie's content to spend Christmas by herself at a vacant beach house to make good on a promise made to her true love lost, Jeff. Until Jeff's gorgeous college roommate Tim crashes in on her with his own promise to keep...

FRANCINE LASALA is the author of novels Rita Hayworth’s Shoes and The Girl, The Gold Tooth & Everything. She has written nonfiction on every topic imaginable, from circus freaks to sex, and edited bestselling authors of all genres. She is now actively taking on clients for manuscript evaluations, editing services, copywriting (covers, blurbs, taglines, queries, and more), website and blog creation, and developing kickass social media campaigns. She has also contributed to short story collections, including the newly released Merry Chicklit. The creator of The “Joy Jar” Project, and co-creator of BookBuzz, she lives with her husband and two daughters in New York.
Find Francine online:
Author website: www.francinelasala.com
Join The “Joy Jar” Project: https://www.facebook.com/groups/318621974904272/
Discover Merry Chicklit: http://merrychicklit.blogspot.com/

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The Girl, the Gold Tooth and Everything by Francine LaSala ***Indie Author Event and Giveaway***


A fast-paced, richly layered, and darkly humorous satire filled with quirky characters and unforgettable moments of humanity! 

Mina Clark is losing her mind-or maybe it's already gone. She isn't quite sure. Feeling displaced in her over-priced McMansion-dotted suburban world, she is grappling not only with deep debt, a mostly absent husband, and her playground-terrorizer 3-year-old Emma, but also with a significant amnesia she can't shake-a "temporary" condition now going on several years, brought on by a traumatic event she cannot remember, and which everyone around her feels is best forgotten.

When a trip to the dentist leaves Mina with a new gold crown, her whole life changes. Slowly her memory and her mojo return. But when everything begins to crash down around her, she's not sure if what's happening is real, of if she's just now fully losing her mind... especially when she realizes the only person she can trust is the one she fears the most. What's it all going to cost her in the end?


FRANCINE LASALA is the author of novels Rita Hayworth’s Shoes and The Girl, The Gold Tooth & Everything. She has written nonfiction on every topic imaginable, from circus freaks to sex, and edited bestselling authors of all genres. She is now actively taking on clients for manuscript evaluations, editing services, copywriting (covers, blurbs, taglines, queries, and more), website and blog creation, and developing kickass social media campaigns. She has also contributed to short story collections, including the newly released Merry Chicklit. The creator of The “Joy Jar” Project, and co-creator of BookBuzz, she lives with her husband and two daughters in New York.
Find Francine online:
Author website: www.francinelasala.com
Join The “Joy Jar” Project: https://www.facebook.com/groups/318621974904272/
Buy the Book:

Rita Hayworth's Shoes by Francine LaSala ***Indie Author Event with Giveaway***



Amy Miller gets dumped on her wedding day and everyone knows it's for the best her relationship with David had eaten away at her for years. Except for Amy... When her best friend, Jane Austen-Rabinowitz, and Jane's sagacious six-year-old daughter, Zoe, convince Amy to treat herself to an extravagantly priced, super-cute pair of shoes, which purportedly once belonged to a siren of the silver screen, she balks at first, but their allure soon wears her down.

Once they are hers, her life turns around. She gets refocused on her career and meets a true kindred spirit, the also-jilted English professor, Decklin Thomas. She's not attracted to Deck at first. But when circumstances lead to them spending more time together, they bond, and Amy starts to believe she may have found her soul mate. But when Deck's former wife goes missing, again, the perfect romance may not be what it seems... Sparkly and witty as a 1940s screwball comedy, and filled with quirky characters and lots of delightful surprises, Rita Hayworth's Shoes is a story of bouncing back, a heartwarming and potentially heartbreaking romance, and even a mystery rolled into one fun, hilarious page-turner.

FRANCINE LASALA is the author of novels Rita Hayworth’s Shoes and The Girl, The Gold Tooth & Everything. She has written nonfiction on every topic imaginable, from circus freaks to sex, and edited bestselling authors of all genres. She is now actively taking on clients for manuscript evaluations, editing services, copywriting (covers, blurbs, taglines, queries, and more), website and blog creation, and developing kickass social media campaigns. She has also contributed to short story collections, including the newly released Merry Chicklit. The creator of The “Joy Jar” Project, and co-creator of BookBuzz, she lives with her husband and two daughters in New York.
Find Francine online:
Author website: www.francinelasala.com
Join The “Joy Jar” Project: https://www.facebook.com/groups/318621974904272/
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Spending the day with Francine LaSala ***Indie Author Event and Giveaway***


Good Morning Bookers!! Or afternoon/night, wherever you may be! We have the honor of hosting Francine LaSala today and I've already added the books we will be featuring today to my TBR! Throughout the day I will be posting her book info but for now, let's get to know Francine!

Hello!

I’m honored and delighted to be appearing on The Book Blog! Thanks so much for letting me invade your reading space for a day.

For those who don’t know me, I am a quirky oddball who writes quirky oddball books. All of my stories (those that are published and several on deck waiting to be published in 2014), feature protagonists who are lost in life, not sure of who they, desperate for footing. Then something “magical” happens, and things begin to make sense.

Maybe it’s boring to always tell the “same” story, but for my works, it’s really the only thing that connects them. I’ve jumped genres from screwball chicklit to kooky thriller, and next year, for your enjoyment, look out for a quasi-paranormal about maenads living in modern times and a multi-generational fractured romance. Why do I do this? Because I’m nuts, I guess. A frustration to traditional publishers. A bane, in some ways, to agents.  Thank goodness indie publisher Diversion Books likes me (Bridget Jones fans will get this) “just as I am.” (A nod to the late Mark Darcy--why oh why did Helen Fielding kill him??)

Sometimes I do things that are not writing fiction. Sometimes I edit fiction (on my own and sometimes with “editing teammate” Samantha Stroh Bailey). Sometimes I edit nonfiction. Sometimes I ghostwrite both. Sometimes I blog. I, with Sam, and another author pal, Meredith Schorr, founded and run BookBuzz. I also help others with social media campaigns and do email marketing. I build websites and write cover blurbs. I founded The “Joy Jar” product to help keep people focused on things that make them happy when life otherwise suck.

So yes, I am a busy bee! I am a woman of many interests. Hopefully never “a person of interest.” I just want to make you laugh and mess with your mind a little. Really, what’s the harm? Come on and take a ride with me. It will be fun! And please email me, whenever: francine@francinelasala.com.


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