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Q&A + giveaway with author Jane Porter

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BookEnd Babes Summer Sizzle Saturdays Q&A with Jane Porter who talks sand, surf and SHE’S GONE COUNTRY, her newest release. I’ve met Jane in person, and she’s a true sweetheart. I’ve read all of her modern lit books and am pleased to recommend them. -ML

Q: Thanks for being a part of our Summer Sizzle Saturdays. What’s your favorite summer activity and favorite summer destination?
A: My favorite summer activity is reading–although that’s definitely trickier with a 14-month-old running wild–and my favorite summer destination is my home in Hawaii, on Oahu where my man lives and operates his surf school. We do this crazy bi-coastal life (Seattle and Honolulu), but in summer we all get to be together in our beach house.

Q: Tell us briefly about the writing process for this book.
A: She’s Gone Country is probably one of my favorite books I’ve written due to the characters, conflict, and Texas setting, but I wrote it in the first 5 months after my son’s birth which was grueling. Mac had severe acid reflux as an infant and couldn’t keep anything down, and therefore couldn’t put on weight. He was always hungry, crying, wanting more and I was trying to write and nurse on months of next to no sleep. I wouldn’t want to do that again!

Q: We’re ready to have a pool party with your characters. Give us your main character’s names and a one-line definition for us to get to know them at our pool party.
A: Shey Darcy and Dane Kelly grew up in rural Texas on neighboring ranches and have always had a strong connection but life, work and family have kept them apart, but Shey’s now back in Texas as a single mom of three teen boys, and there’s a lot of unfinished business between them.

Q: Book End Babes is all about girlfriends and great reads. What are some of the themes we could explore in your book?
A: A lot of my books have connected characters–girlfriends who went to school together or grew up together or now live near each other–and this one is no exception. As a single mom grappling with lots of life changes she neally needs her girlfriends and the women in her family’s moral support. Probably my favorite theme in SHE’S GONE COUNTRY is that of empowering women and using your strength and success to help girls achieve their dreams, too.

Q: What is a “must read” book in your beach bag this summer?
A: I’ve got The Help tucked into my beach bag and it’s wonderful. It’s the one book I really want to read this summer!

Thanks, Jane. I’ve always been a big fan. Babes, BUY THE BOOK HERE or at your favorite retailer. Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of SHE’S GONE COUNTRY.

Website: www.janeporter.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/authorjanep

She’s Gone Country

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by Malena Lott

I first heard about Jane Porter in a line to meet her in person at an RWA book signing years ago. She was signing copies of FLIRTING WITH FORTY, her novel (which became a TV movie starring Heather Locklear two years later). Out of all the authors we could meet in the room, I picked her because a) her line was fairly long so I figured her books must be good and b) I thought it was a cute title. (Like, hey, I’m not forty yet! Let’s see how much more fun we can have. Whee!)

Jane is petite, beautiful, friendly. Her smile lights up a space. I read the book in one single car trip and I’ve happily followed her career since – watching the movie, and buying every Grand Central five spot “modern lit” book that came after FWF. Jane’s books feature a different character among a group friends as the protagonist. My favorite of hers is MRS. PERFECT about a suburban wife’s world crashing around her. I had fun loving to “hate” the main character and then ultimately liking her. (Don’t you love when authors do that to you?) I also really identified with ODD MOM OUT, the working mom with one child trying to make life better in Seattle.

In her latest release, SHE’S GONE COUNTRY, we get to know the former model, Shey, better. Mom to three boys, married to a gorgeous photographer, she’s dumped by her husband when he tells her he’s gay. The book begins with her already at the ranch in Texas, where we see her pick up the pieces and try to figure out life with her three sons and wounded heart. Her old boyfriend/bullrider Dane provides some nice cowboy candy to the tale.

Porter simply works for me. Her stories are believable, she’s a fast read, and you know you’re going to get a happy ending. The conflicts with her boys in SGC are ones mothers can certainly relate to and we’ve all had a broken heart at one time or another. For me, recommending her books is as easy as recommending a coffee at Starbucks. Yes, with mocha and extra whip. -ML

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Come back this Saturday for a Q&A with Jane herself!

Announcing Summer Sizzler Saturdays!

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Okay, babes. Um, wow. Feeling really, really excited about our August line-up on Book End Babes. In addition to our regular fabu Bookettes, we have four authors spending their Saturdays with us and giving away a copy of their book. Here’s what to look forward to in August:

August 7th – Lisa Unger/Fragile: Q&A & Giveaway

August 14th – Jenny Nelson/Georgia’s Kitchen: Q&A & Giveaway

August 21st – Holly Christine/Tuesday Tells it Slant: Q&A & Giveaway

August 23rd – Jane Porter/She’s Gone Country, Review (I’m reading now)

August 28th – Jane Porter/She’s Gone Country, Q&A & Giveaway

Easy on the Eyes & The Actor & the Housewife

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We’re back with lots of great goodies for your consideration. Hurry, your last chance to win the June prize pack is Tuesday, June 30th at Midnight, so leave a comment on THIS post, or on any JUNE blog post over atMalena Lott’s web site for a chance to win two arcs, the new Robin Thicke CD and a book bag. Next up is our JULY prize pack, which will include an arc giveaway of EASY ON THE EYES by Jane Porter, plus other cool books and prizes. 

This week in Books in Bloom:

Easy on the Eyes by Jane Porter PUB DATE: JULY 22, 2009

From the publisher:

At 38, Tiana Tomlinson has made it. America adores her as one of the anchors ofAmerica Tonight, a top-rated nightly entertainment and news program. But even with the trappings that come with her elite lifestyle, she feels empty. Tina desperately misses her late husband Keith, who died several years before. And in a business that thrives on youth, Tina is getting the message that her age is starting to show and certain measures must be taken if she wants to remain in the spotlight. It doesn’t help that at every turn she has to deal with her adversary–the devilishly handsome, plastic surgeon to the stars, Michael Sullivan. But a trip away from the Hollywood madness has consequences that could affect the rest of her life.

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The Actor & the Housewife by Shannon Hale

From the publisher:

A very different kind of fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale.

What if you were to meet the number-one person on your laminated list—you know, that list you joke about with your significant other about which five celebrities you’d be allowed to run off with if ever given the chance? And of course since it’ll never happen it doesn’t matter…

Mormon housewife Becky Jack is seven months pregnant with her fourth child when she meets celebrity hearththrob Felix Callahan. Twelve hours, one elevator ride, and one alcohol-free dinner later, something has happened…though nothing has happened. It isn’t sexual. It isn’t even quite love. But a month later Felix shows up in Salt Lake City to visit and before they know what’s hit them, Felix and Becky are best friends. Really. Becky’s husband is pretty cool about it. H er children roll their eyes. Her neighbors gossip endlessly. But Felix and Becky have something special…something unusual, something completely impossible to sustain. Or is it? A magical story, The Actor and the Housewife explores what could happen when your not-so-secret celebrity crush walks right into real life and changes everything.

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RWA Pics Part 1

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What do you get when you invite two thousand women to a ritzy hotel in downtown San Francisco? The obvious joke would be a lot of talk about shoes and guy trouble over cosmos. Only when it’s women writers, guy trouble is called “good conflict” and believe you, me, the heroes are usually sexy. More than not, you’ll overhear sadistic ways to off people, or say, how you can get your werewolf shape shifter to stop shedding hair all over the house. (Suspense and paranormal are very hot, you know.) Romance Writers of America, natch. While some of it is like the stuff your mom and grams probably read, there are now tons of sub-genres that actually don’t have that much romance in them. And, just for the record, I drank razzberry mojitos – spelling accurate. Top: Talented debut author Danielle Young-Ullman, Falling Under. Middle: Authors Malena Lott (me!), Dating da Vinci and Jane Porter, Mrs. Perfect. Bottom: NYT best-seller Susan Elizabeth Phillips Debut author Danielle Younge-Ullman with Falling Under