Cool News!

I won the 2015 PnPAuthors Contest for poetry! My winning poem, “Lovers Like Us”, ended up in an anthology with the other participants, but I got the first page. How awesome is that? 😉

Poets & Writers in Action is comprised of both poetry and short stories. A few other writers that made it into the anthology were Deepak Menon, Robin White, Terry Gilbert, Raven Wilkie, Vinita Singh, and several more.

Here is the book, released just yesterday, with my poem! If you check out the ‘preview’ option on the site, you can read the poem if you scroll through the first few pages! 🙂

*updated 6/19/15 – Here is the Amazon link and the new cover!

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Guest Post: Author Marie Lavender

Apr 28

Posted by Marie Lavender

Find out about my journey and writing process here on Michael Aronovitz’ blog!

Michael Aronovitz's Blog

My Note: Marie Lavender is a phenomenal writer of romance fiction. She is the consummate professional, and I am quite fortunate to have made her acquaintance. I find romance and horror to be strangely similar actually, first by way of structure. The hiding of things, whether for the purpose of seduction or suspense, plays similarly. Also, the biggest motivation for both genres is love, as romance stories tease with what you can’t have and horror tales toy with what you are terrified to lose.

So Marie, I am proud to have you visit The Author’s Graveyard, and I would ask that you pick a plot. Put up a marker. Etch something into the stone!

A Writer’s Journey and Process by Marie Lavender

Hi, readers! I met Michael when he stopped by my guest author blog, Writing in the Modern Age, for an interview early this month. I’d like to…

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Honorable Mention!

Apr 23

Posted by Marie Lavender

I just learned some pretty awesome news!

On August 2nd of 2014, I found out that I was nominated for the BTS Red Carpet Review Awards.

Well, just a few moments ago, I learned that I made Honorable Mention in my genre category. The official announcement happens at the awards ceremony in July. Yay!

This is a complete honor for me, and I’m so happy to impart this news to all of you! 🙂

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LOVIN’ THE VAMPIRE: MARIE LAVENDER

Apr 21

Posted by Marie Lavender

Check out a fun interview on A.B. Funkhauser’s site as well as a spotlight for SecondNature!

LOVIN’ THE VAMPIRE: MARIE LAVENDER.

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Mark Your Calendars!

Apr 17

Posted by Marie Lavender

I have excellent news! Second Nature, book one of the Blood at First Sight Series, will be available for free on Amazon Kindle from May 14th to May 18th!

Yay! 🙂

So, mark your calendars or leave yourself a reminder somewhere, and you can get a free copy of this paranormal romance/urban fantasy novel! Don’t forget to tell your friends about this awesome opportunity! It only lasts for five days. 😉

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5 Star Review On NerdGirl Official for UPON YOUR RETURN!

Apr 15

Posted by Marie Lavender

How exciting! 🙂 I love Google alerts. They always surprise me with these nice little emails…

Upon Your Return by Marie Lavender – Review by Amanda #NerdGirlWitch

Published April 14, 2015 | By NerdGirl Sunshine

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Title: Upon Your Return

Author: Marie Lavender

Published Date: February 13th 2013

Genre:Historical Romance

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***THIS BOOK WAS GIVEN TO ME IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW***

Synopsis

Fara Bellamont has been back in society for a year after leaving Cluny Abbey, where her uncle sent her long ago. When he chooses a suitor for her for marriage, she fears that she will be forced to marry a stranger and live a miserable life.

But, Fara finds herself thrust into an adventure of a lifetime when unforeseen circumstances cause her to place her trust in a strange man for protection. His intervention not only saves her, but puts her in an even more compromising position.

Grant Hill, a trading captain, is enchanted by the young heiress not only because of her beauty, but because she is hardly conventional. Underneath her ladylike exterior lies a tigress. Grant cannot help but offer his protection as she is in need and he is far from immune from her charms.

Fara just never bargained on the passion that she feels for Grant Hill. As events unfold, she must decide whether her desires and the dictates of her heart should trump the rules of society in this exciting tale.

***Contains Graphic Sex. Not for young readers***

***Amanda #NerdGirlWitch Review***

This was a amazing read! Marie is a brilliant author and I enjoyed reading this immensely. The twists and turns flowed beautifully and the romance was epic and heart pounding.The Characters were sexy, compelling and stubborn, and the story was beautiful, romantic and at times even a little dangerous. I loved that the characters were kind of stuck with each other and at times had a kind of love/hate relationship as it added fire to the scenes, you could tell however that they didn’t ever hate each other and you could see their relationship continued to grow.I loved all the history that comes with reading a period story like this. Historical romance is chock full of history and intrigue, and that is one of the things I love about them. Marie did a fantastic JOB on this one and I loved all of the historical stuff that she added to the story to make it seem as if you had really been taken back.
Don’t miss out on your chance to read this piece of history!

***Review has been done in conjunction with Nerd Girl Official. For more information regarding our reviews please visit our Fan Site: www.facebook.com/NerdGirl.NG***

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The Next Best Thing Blog Tour – My WIP

Mar 22

Posted by Marie Lavender

I Love Romance Blog

I want to thank Lois W. Stern for this neat marketing idea and to pass it along to all of you. Here is a way to help market yourself while helping your fellow authors.

The basic idea is to respond to ten questions about something you’re currently writing or a book or story just published or to be published soon. Here are the rules:

1. Post your responses to the interview questions below on your own blog page.

2. Add my name and my book cover montage (image) to your blog page and link them both back to this page.

3. Send this blog to five or more other writers.

4. Each time you forward this message to someone, start with the “I want to thank . . .” sentence as seen above, substituting her name, Lois W. Stern, for the one currently appearing in that first sentence.

5. Ask them to substitute your name…

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A Short and Sweet Five Star Review!

Feb 27

Posted by Marie Lavender

I just stumbled across Cindy’s review of Second Nature on Amazon. How exciting! Thank you, Cindy! 🙂

This book was a gift for an honest review, February 25, 2015

Cindy Marley “Cindy Marley”

This review is from: Second Nature (Blood At First Sight Book 1) (Kindle Edition)

I just loved this book. I will be keeping this in my library to read again. Marie Lavender has written a great book. Can’t wait to read more of her books. Buy this book you will not regret it. If you love Vampires you’ll love this one.

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Woo hoo! Thanks again, Cindy! ♥

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Valentine Day Romance books mammoth giveaway! Don’t miss it!

Feb 13

Posted by Marie Lavender

A lovely plug about the big giveaway from Olga Nunez Miret! Thanks, hon! 🙂

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Hi all:

This is an extra post today because wonderful author Marie Lavender has organised a fantastic giveaway. 42 authors, 77 titles and 150 donations. I’m donating a couple of my titles Click Me Happy! and I Love Your Cupcakes but there is such a great choice that I’d go there straight away if I were you.

To participate in the giveaway, you only need to CLICK on the links and visit the two blogs. And I recommend you carry on visiting. Here they are:
http://marielavender.blogspot.com/2015/02/multi-author-romance-book-giveaway-Valentines-Day.html

https://iloveromanceblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/can-you-resist-romance-multi-author-book-giveaway/

Go, quick! Don’t waste any time!

Good luck with the giveaway, thanks to Marie for organising such a great event and thank you all for reading and clicking!

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Marie Lavender on Her Blood At First Sight Series: Clever Title! Clever Girl!

Feb 10

Posted by Marie Lavender

My author interview on Geri G. Taylor’s blog!

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I want to all to meet Marie Lavender, the Bestselling Author of UPON YOUR RETURN and 19 other books. 2014 BTS Red Carpet Review Nominee. Finalist and Runner-up in the 2014 MARSocial’s Author of the Year Competition. Honorable mention in the January 2014 Reader’s Choice Award. Liebster Blogger Award for 2013 and 2014. Top 50 Authors on AuthorsDB.com. Winner of the Great One Liners Contest on the Directory of Published Authors.

Is she awesome or what?

ML photo3 Marie Lavender lives in the Midwest with her family and three cats. She has been writing for over twenty years. She has more works in progress than she can count on two hands. Marie has published twenty books in the genres of historical romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance/fantasy, mystery/thriller, literary fiction and poetry.