Posted at Jul 19, 2016 1:11 am
 It’s time for another Tuesday Teaser! Of course it’s from my August release — THROUGH A MAGNOLIA FILTER. I had a blast signing books in San Diego and was thrilled that I got to sign this book–even though it hasn’t been released.
This scene happens the day they first meet. Liam has just arrived at the B and B.
Liam popped one last cracker in his mouth. “You take the photos for the website, right?”
Dolley nodded, chewing on her lower lip.
“You’ve an excellent hand with the camera.” He tried not to stare at her mouth. He was supposed to be scoping out the territory. But the sight of her lower lip, now wet and slightly pink from her teeth, was…entrancing.
“Me?” Her eyes widened. Her fair skin turned a beautiful peach color with her blush.
“Your photographs are well composed. You use light like an artist.”
“Coming from you, I’m awestruck.” Her hand pressed against her chest. A rather lovely chest, at that.
He forced his gaze up to her face. “Did you study under someone?”
“I took classes in college, but nothing serious.” She shook her head, and her curls danced. “Nothing like what you must have done.”
“I never went to university.”
She leaned forward. “But you’re so good.”
Her frock gapped, and he got a small peek of the valley between her breasts. Devil take his soul, he was having trouble keeping his eyes where they belonged.
“I apprenticed with some wonderful photographers,” he said. “That sounds grander than it really is. I hauled equipment and spent hours in the darkroom, or scrolling and deleting blurred photos, but I watched them work. They critiqued and explained and made me the photographer I am.”
“You were an apprentice.” Her fingernail tapped the cutie-pie curve of her top lip. “I don’t suppose you need one while you’re in Savannah? I really want to learn more.”
“I’ve only had one apprentice.” He exhaled. “It’s a commitment to bring out the artist in a photographer.”
And that hadn’t ended well. Kieran had used him to get ahead. That was expected. But his apprentice had had little patience. He’d falsified a recommendation by using Liam’s own email.
Since Kieran, he’d been reluctant to take on anyone else. His focus in Savannah was his documentary, not training a novice.
But working with Dolley might be another way to absorb the Fitzgerald experience.
“Let me get some sleep.” He stood. “I’ll think on your request.”
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Posted at Jul 13, 2016 1:07 am
Next month THROUGH A MAGNOLIA FILTER releases! Thought I would give you a little teaser of the opening of the book.
If you read A SAVANNAH CHRISTMAS WISH, you briefly met Liam Delaney on Christmas Day. Now he and Dolley have their own book.
Here’s the excerpt.
LIAM DELANEY WAS an orphan. Again. He laced his hands together and waited for the priest to bury his godfather. A sigh whistled between his lips. At thirty, being alone shouldn’t matter. But it did. Was it wrong to want a home, a family? To belong?
The wind caught the priest’s deep voice and swirled it round the cemetery. Latin. English. The languages blended in the breeze.
Ignoring the words, Liam listened to the priest’s tone for any hint of sorrow at the passing of the man in the coffin. He heard none. No surprise that. He’d lived with the man for eleven long years.
This day couldn’t end soon enough. He was ready to escape Kilkee for the final time. Leave this reminder of his childhood and catch a plane—anywhere. Just so he wasn’t in Clare, Ireland.
As a distraction, he plotted how he would film Seamus FitzGerald’s funeral. With a wide angle, he’d pan from the crumbling dark stone wall through the gray-and-white crosses and sinking headstones. While the priest droned, he’d linger on the yellow warbler perched on a cherub statue and let its sweet, clear song play. The camera would swing to the Celtic cross marking his godparents’ graves. The towering cross lorded over the monuments of the other FitzGeralds buried near.
Seamus’s wife had died twenty-five years ago. Liam had only known her through pictures he’d found in the manor. Photographic evidence Seamus had once been happy.
When Seamus buried his wife, he’d buried his smile.
After pausing the camera on the cross, he’d pan to the eight mourners gathered round the open grave. The priest. The housekeeper. The mortuary man. The groundskeeper. Three strangers, one young and two who must be Seamus’s chums. And him, the unloved godchild. Standing alone.
Compared to memories of his parents’ funeral, this service was stark. For his da and mum there had been flowers, music, tears and hordes of people. Liam had stood next to his scowling godfather, grieving. He hadn’t realized he would never be hugged again. A lad of eight needed hugs.
He’d learned to expect no affection from the man in the coffin.
A gust of wind fluttered the flower petals in the arrangement straddling the yawning hole. A bee flitted from the single funereal wreath. His camera would follow the bee as it left the daisy to circle Father Patrick’s head.
The priest intoned, “Because God has chosen to call our brother, Seamus James FitzGerald, from this life to himself, we commit his body to the earth, for we are dust and unto dust we shall return.”
Liam would shift the camera frame to the housekeeper’s face. Wind tugged strands of gray hair free from her bun and ruffled her black skirt. He’d track the tear slipping down her lined cheek in a harsh unforgiving close-up.
Why would anyone shed a tear for Seamus?
Cut.
The eBook releases August 1 and the Paperback August 9th.
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Posted at Jul 13, 2016 12:01 am
To celebrate the release of THROUGH A MAGNOLIA FILTER — I’m giving away three autographed copies over on Goodreads. Stop over for a chance to win!
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Posted at Jul 11, 2016 12:00 pm
I’m so excited to share the cover reveal for Remember Yesterday by my friend and incredible writer, Pintip Dunn! You can check out the gorgeous cover below! This cover reveal is brought to you by YaReads Blog Tours and YA Interrobang! I cannot wait to read this one. I loved FORGET TOMORROW!
What a gorgeous cover!
About the Book:
 REMEMBER YESTERDAY (Forget Tomorrow, #2)
By Pintip Dunn
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Genre: YA Sci-Fi
Sixteen-year-old Jessa Stone is the most valuable citizen in Eden City. Her psychic abilities could lead to significant scientific discoveries, if only she’d let TechRA study her. But ten years ago, the scientists kidnapped and experimented on her, leading to severe ramifications for her sister, Callie. She’d much rather break into their labs and sabotage their research—starting with Tanner Callahan, budding scientist and the boy she loathes most at school.
The past isn’t what she assumed, though—and neither is Tanner. He’s not the arrogant jerk she thought he was. And his research opens the door to the possibility that Jessa can rectify a fatal mistake made ten years earlier. She’ll do anything to change the past and save her sister—even if it means teaming up with the enemy she swore to defeat.
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Forget Tomorrow (Forget Tomorrow, #1) Book Synopsis:
Imagine a world where your destiny has already been decided…by your future self.
It’s Callie’s seventeenth birthday and, like everyone else, she’s eagerly awaiting her vision―a memory sent back in time to sculpt each citizen into the person they’re meant to be. A world-class swimmer. A renowned scientist.
Or in Callie’s case, a criminal.
In her vision, she sees herself murdering her gifted younger sister. Before she can process what it means, Callie is arrested and placed in Limbo―a prison for those destined to break the law. With the help of her childhood crush, Logan, a boy she hasn’t spoken to in five years, she escapes the hellish prison.
But on the run from her future, as well as the government, Callie sets in motion a chain of events that she hopes will change her fate. If not, she must figure out how to protect her sister from the biggest threat of all—Callie, herself.
About the Author:
 Pintip Dunn graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an A.B. in English Literature and Language. She received her J.D. at Yale Law School, where she was an editor of the YALE LAW JOURNAL. She also published an article in the YALE LAW JOURNAL, entitled, “How Judges Overrule: Speech Act Theory and the Doctrine of Stare Decisis,”
Pintip is represented by literary agent Beth Miller of Writers House. Her debut novel, Forget Tomorrow, is a finalist in the Best First Book category of RWA’s RITA® contest. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Washington Romance Writers, YARWA, and The Golden Network.
She lives with her husband and children in Maryland. You can learn more about Pintip and her books at www.pintipdunn.com
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Posted at May 10, 2016 7:49 pm
I will be on a panel with three of my fellow Midwest Fiction Writer fellow authors. I will also have books available for purchase. Hope you can stop in. 6:30 to 7:30.
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Posted at Apr 29, 2016 8:01 pm
Thought I would give you an idea of what I think the hero and heroine look like in this third book in the Fitzgerald House series. Dolley has crazy curly hair. Liam is dark and brooding! What do you think?
 
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Posted at Feb 24, 2016 10:25 pm
I’ll b  e in San Diego signing books at the RWA Readers for Life Literacy Signing. Hope to see you there!
San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, San Diego, California.
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Posted at Feb 24, 2016 10:19 pm
I know A SAVANNAH CHRISTMAS WISH is hard to find in print. (You can only purchase through eHarlequin – but you can still get a copy!)
But my August release – THROUGH A MAGNOLIA FILTER – will be available in print! I’m so excited!
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Posted at Feb 18, 2016 5:51 pm
 It’s time to celebrate! Although way too early to pop some Prosecco. Plus I have to dive right back into the revision of Book 4 – currently title Flawed.
THROUGH A MAGNOLIA FILTER, Book 3 in the FITZGERALD HOUSE Series, is scheduled for release – August 2016. And I can’t wait.
If you can’t guess from the title — photography is involved. 
Here’s the blurb.
An orphan professional photographer who longs for family and roots, falls for an amateur photographer and part owner in a Savannah B&B who’s secret dream is leaving home.
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