Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Finally in Jamaica for Fall/Winter ... Getting Settled ...

Hi everyone. Hope you're having a GREAT week. Finally in Negril, Jamaica, settled in my new place, which is a pretty studio apartment with crazy ocean view for $270 U.S. per month, versus my little cottage in Negril. I still have much work to do to get the cottage ready as a writers' rental for fellow writers. Details and web address when it's ready next year.

Love, love, love my new place, but I've  been to laundry place three times, dropping off clothes, blankets, towels, etc., that were closed up in my cottage and storage on West End. No matter what you do, if you leave it, it will likely smell when you get back to tropics -- or be filled with lizard eggs, uggghhhh! Learning, learning … Trying to get everything washed and smelling good so I can exhale.

GREAT writing this week so far. Have shuffled things a bit. New project "soon come" as my Jamaican friends would say.  Took last week as a "vacay" re travel, but now I'm in full work and exercise mode.  First full day back, I walked at least 15 miles, no kidding! Second day, at least ten, third, hills in Negril then back around to Cliffs -- another 13 or so miles.   Feels good to be back in serious exercise mode.  Great for creative juices. Will post photos when I get a USB for my very old digital camera. (UPDATE:  Local computer store does not have USB cord for my camera, but see my Facebook fan page for a few photos ... I had my sister take a few for me. See https://www.facebook.com/cassandrablackauthor.)

Have a great week -- back online soon. (Opted to NOT get internet in my place but I did buy a television -- http://cassandra-black-author.blogspot.com/2013/09/trying-to-resist-buying-tv-for-negril.html -- that way I will simply WRITE when I get up each morning -- versus surfing for three hours).  So far, this tactic is working quite well. (UPDATE 11/17/13:  Broke down; had to get the internet. Hey, I tried!) At local place online. Back soon w/pics! Thank you for visiting my page. I appreciate your interest.


Cassandra

http://www.cassandrablack.com


**Latest ROMANCE Release** For Richer For Poorer 



INTRODUCTION:

Hamilton Steele, a sexy real estate developer, was looking for love in Harper's Grove, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Atlanta. A downward spiral of the housing market, and a twist of fate, landed him back in the handyman occupation he thought he'd seen the last of -- and onto the steps of Miranda Colbert. 

Miranda's heart was closed to anything resembling love, especially after her last fiasco of a relationship. The only thing on her mind was getting Colbert and Company back on its feet and getting the little bungalow falling down around her up to par -- until she opened the door to her new handyman. 

EXCERPT:

"Hi, ma'am," he said in a sexy voice with a slight southern twang. "I'm Hamilton. Hamilton Steele." She was a beautiful woman. A perfume he couldn't quite place teased his senses. Hamilton reached out to shake her hand. Dainty, soft. He knew if he squeezed too hard he would hurt her. His eyes lingered on the small, delicate features of her caramel-colored face. The fullness of her lips were irresistible, and the slender, silver chain around her neck traveled down to a pert bosom that was void of a brassiere. Something about her, almost like a magnet, made him want to pull her into his arms and ravish her with his lips. 

Miranda's heart raced as she surveyed the creature in front of her. Jeans, white t-shirt, and construction boots were made for men like the one standing on her porch. Sexiness oozed from him as he stood there, devouring her with his eyes.

Cassandra  Black: http://www.cassandrablack.com
Non-Fiction Latest Release:  http://tinyurl.com/housing-authority-contracts  
Twitter  Biz: @stonecottagebks (http://www.twitter.com/stonecottagebks
Twitter  Personal: @WriterCassandra

Romance Release: http://tinyurl.com/PART-2-LOVING-A-TEXAN  (PART 2)



Romance Release: http://tinyurl.com/loving-a-texan  (PART 1)




Tuesday, October 8, 2013

It's raining monsoons in the Caribbean today ...

I hope your week is going well. It's raining monsoons in the Caribbean today ... thundering and lightning up something!! (Note:  Post date is 10/28/13; moved for Amazon blog roll positioning of other posts.)

Right now, I'm at my big sis' apt. right down the hill from my place in Negril (http://cassandra-black-author.blogspot.com/2013/10/finally-in-jamaica-for-fallwinter.htmldoing some PR for the new novel, Loving Logan. Latest PR piece:  http://www.prlog.org/12232818.  Sure hope the internet holds .... been sketchy lately.

If it clears, will strike out for a good walk end of day. I dunno, really crazy right now.

Have a super day -- and, as always, thank you for stopping by my blog!

Cassandra Black
http://www.cassandrablack.com







Introduction -- Loving Logan

It's the holiday season, one week before Thanksgiving, and Chelsea Winters is moving from the hustle and bustle of Washington, D.C. to Whisper Creek, a small Virginia town on the outskirts of Norfolk. Taking a detour in her career, she gets a waitressing job at the town's local diner to help make ends meet as she licks her wounds and starts over. 

Chelsea doesn't expect to meet Logan Wilde, the handsome, sexy businessman who owns the diner and most of the small businesses in the area, including the largest paper mill on the East Coast. Logan is also the owner of the cottage she's renting on Arbor Lane. Chelsea knows getting involved with her landlord and her boss -- especially after what happened in D.C. -- might not be a good idea. 
_____ 

Logan knows there's more to Chelsea Winters than meets the eye. He wanted her the second he saw her curvy, petite frame peering into his diner window early one morning before dawn. Beautiful, smart, fiery, she reminds him of his mother, his father's mistress, who he believes abandoned him as a child to escape small-town living for the big city. 

What's a big city girl doing in a small town like Whisper Creek? Logan wonders what Chelsea's running from in D.C., and how long she plans to stay in Whisper Creek. He wants her in his world -- and it has nothing to do with her working in his diner.


Cassandra  Black: http://www.cassandrablack.com
Non-Fiction Latest Release:  http://tinyurl.com/housing-authority-contracts  
Twitter  Biz: @stonecottagebks (http://www.twitter.com/stonecottagebks
Twitter  Personal: @WriterCassandra
She  Writes Blog: http://www.shewrites.com/profile/CassandraBlack 


ROMANCE Release** For Richer For Poorer 



INTRODUCTION:

Hamilton Steele, a sexy real estate developer, was looking for love in Harper's Grove, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Atlanta. A downward spiral of the housing market, and a twist of fate, landed him back in the handyman occupation he thought he'd seen the last of -- and onto the steps of Miranda Colbert. 

Miranda's heart was closed to anything resembling love, especially after her last fiasco of a relationship. The only thing on her mind was getting Colbert and Company back on its feet and getting the little bungalow falling down around her up to par -- until she opened the door to her new handyman. 

EXCERPT:

"Hi, ma'am," he said in a sexy voice with a slight southern twang. "I'm Hamilton. Hamilton Steele." She was a beautiful woman. A perfume he couldn't quite place teased his senses. Hamilton reached out to shake her hand. Dainty, soft. He knew if he squeezed too hard he would hurt her. His eyes lingered on the small, delicate features of her caramel-colored face. The fullness of her lips were irresistible, and the slender, silver chain around her neck traveled down to a pert bosom that was void of a brassiere. Something about her, almost like a magnet, made him want to pull her into his arms and ravish her with his lips. 

Miranda's heart raced as she surveyed the creature in front of her. Jeans, white t-shirt, and construction boots were made for men like the one standing on her porch. Sexiness oozed from him as he stood there, devouring her with his eyes.

Romance Release: http://tinyurl.com/PART-2-LOVING-A-TEXAN  (PART 2)



Romance Release: http://tinyurl.com/loving-a-texan  (PART 1)