Shelli Stevens

So the release blitz for Love for Sale is calming down and I can finally blog again. I will mention that I have a newsletter if anyone wants to sign up, that way you’ll get the reminder when I have new books out, great reviews, and exciting contests! If you haven’t joined and would like to, send an email to ShelliStevens-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

So I had some people asking about my erotic Sci Fi WIP (you guys rock!) I’m still hovering just over 30k, but really, I spent a lot of time this week writing the evil synopsis for it. Those things are so not my favorite thing to write. But… I’ve decided to submit this book into the Stroke of Midnight contest and it requires a synopsis. So I’ll be sending that off this weekend. Wish me luck!

Here’s some facts on romance that someone in my local chapter shared… Do any of these apply to you?

• 85% of women say the marriage proposal they received was far less romantic than they had anticipated. (The RoMANtic’s Guide to Popping the Question)

• Nearly 10% of all marriage proposals are given by women. (The RoMANtic’s Guide to Popping the Question)
• More than 50% of all marriages are the result of a friend or family member providing the initial introduction. (Match.com)
• Men take 15 minutes to decide whether or not a girl is worth a second date.Women take 60 minutes. (msn/match)
• More than 40 million people are currently dating online. (Match.com)
• 81% of all currently married couples have celebrated at least their fifth anniversary, 53% have been married at least 15 years, and 33% have reached their 25th anniversary. Reaching the golden 50th anniversary is a milestone only achieved by 6% of married couples. (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Nearly 50% of dating breakups happen over email. (msn/match)

Here are the Friday releases from Cobblestone Press. Have a great weekend!

FBI agent, Adara Alston, had one thing on her agenda–get to the bottom of the untimely murder of her sister. Little did she know that going undercover as a model for Luscious Lingerie, would place her in a dangerous game of passion without escape. Love with the wrong man causes her world to spiral out of control in a night of dangerous passion that could plunge her over the edge of reason during the investigation. Adara had two choices. She could follow her heart and risk blowing her cover, or follow her instincts and ignore the love of a lifetime.

Emilie ‘Emmy’ Deveraux has been tainted by demonic fire while being burnt at the stake for witchcraft. Now she finds herself in present day Sydney, Australia and accidentally slips into a community of other beings like herself known as the Phoenix, and their enemies the Celestials.

Things get complicated when Emmy crosses paths with a Celestial called Zac and seems to run into him wherever she goes. Suddenly, all that matters to her is being with Zac… and she’s willing to risk exposing herself and the rest of the Phoenix - just to be by his side!

Between financially supporting a family of money hungry vampires and protecting the sole remaining human in her family, Charlotte Reynolds has no time for romance. But when problems in the worldwide vampire community require her help, she learns that the freedom she’s yearned for sometimes comes at too high a price.

Can she teach her family to stand on their own? Or will her family’s antics destroy her one chance at a love that can last for an eternity? Can she protect her last remaining human sister without sacrificing her own heart’s desires? Or will she lose everyone she loves?