Iris Giveaway!!!

Fifth and final round :)

Email me at sjpierce82@yahoo.com, put IRIS CONTEST in the subject line, and I'll email the first FIVE entries back to let them know they've won. (Please note your email address will NOT be added to any group lists or mailings)

When the advance copy is ready the first of August (which is usually reserved for bloggers/ reviewers), I'll then send it to you in your preferred ebook format - an entire month before the official release!

Once the five winners have been notified, I'll update this post that the contest is closed. But don't worry... you'll have another chance next week!

Good luck! :D xoxo

SJ

*********CONTEST CLOSED!*********

Winners this week are:

Tayzhanika 
Brooke
TJ
Leighton
Marlena

Music Crush Monday!!!

As you know, playlists are my thing. I have some for when I'm writing, editing, working out and cleaning. And even though I typically don't put together an official playlist for novellas, today I've decided to come up with a mini-playlist for Iris because, well... it's fun. :)

Enjoy!

xoxo

SJ

Latch by Sam Smith

(Kai's song to Iris)

You lift my heart up when the rest of me is down

You, you enchant me even when you're not around

If there are boundaries, I will try and knock them down

I'm latching on, babe, now I know what I have found

Dark Horse by Katy Perry

(Iris and Kai's song)

So you wanna play with magic

Boy, you should know what you're falling for

Baby, do you dare to do this?

'Cause I'm coming at ya like a dark horse

She's a beast, I call her karma

She'll eat your heart out like Jeffrey Dahmer

Be careful

Try  not to lead her on

Shorty's heart is on steroids 'cause her love is so strong

Try by James Shealy/ Jimmy Real

(Kai's song to Iris)

You said yourself it's best to fall and crawl than never try at all

but has your heart been broken way too many times to open up and try

Try, we could just try

Iris Giveaway!!!

Round four! :)

Email me at sjpierce82@yahoo.com, put IRIS CONTEST in the subject line, and I'll email the first FIVE entries back to let them know they've won. (Please note your email address will NOT be added to any group lists or mailings)

When the advance copy is ready the first of August (which is usually reserved for bloggers/ reviewers), I'll then send it to you in your preferred ebook format - an entire month before the official release!

Once the five winners have been notified, I'll update this post that the contest is closed. But don't worry... you'll have another chance next week!

Good luck! :D xoxo

SJ

*********CONTEST CLOSED! CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN*********

Winners this week are:


Janelle
Mitsy
Heidi
Mary-Anne
Rachel

Music Crush Monday!!!

I won't elaborate, but the last few days have been SO overwhelmingly bittersweet... I'll let Sam Smith take it away with one of my favorite songs. His voice makes everything right. <3

xoxo
SJ

Blog Tour Updates!!!

Happy hump day, angels!!! The lovely Ms. Giselle over at Xpresso Book Tours has released the official schedule for my blog tour stops! See below for the list of blogs and the books they'll be reviewing. So excited!!!

xoxo
SJ

September 1st

-In Between The Lines >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Musings of Immortals  >> Captivate Me

-Simplistic Reviews >> Captivate Me

-Miss Book Eater >> Captivate Me

-Crazy Beautiful Reviews >> Captivate Me & Iris

September 2nd

-Books and Books >> Captivate Me

-Michelle’s Paranormal Vault of Books >> Iris

-Nomi’s Paranormal Palace >> Iris

-Kinky Vanilla Romance  >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Elienora’s Kindle >> Captivate Me

September 3rd

-The Bookwhore Diaries >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Musings of the Book-a-holic Fairies, inc. >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Bookworm Brandee >> Iris

-My World of Books  >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Archaeolibrarian – I dig good books! >> Captivate Me & Iris

September 4th

-The Avid Book Collector  >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Rhea’s Neon Journal >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Follow the Yellow Book Road >> Captivate Me

-Shayna Varadeaux Books & Reviews >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Kay’s Book Blog >> Iris

-Underneath The Covers >> Captivate Me & Iris

September 5th

-Mixed Emotions Book Blog >> Captivate Me

-The Book Bratz >> Captivate Me

-Whispered Thoughts  >> Captivate Me & Iris

-books are love >> Captivate Me & Iris

-My Secret Book Spot >> Captivate Me & Iris

September 6th

-Movies, Shows & Books >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Fictional Men’s Page For Book Ho’s >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Livre It To Me >> Captivate Me & Iris

-Karen Blue Reviews >> Captivate Me

Iris Giveaway!!!

Round three! :)

Email me at sjpierce82@yahoo.com, put IRIS CONTEST in the subject line, and I'll email the first FIVE entries back to let them know they've won. (Please note your email address will NOT be added to any group lists or mailings)

When the advance copy is ready the first of August (which is usually reserved for bloggers/ reviewers), I'll then send it to you in your preferred ebook format - an entire month before the official release!

Once the five winners have been notified, I'll update this post that the contest is closed. But don't worry... you'll have another chance next week!

Good luck! :D xoxo

SJ

*********CONTEST CLOSED! CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN*********

Winners this week are:

Suzanna
Amber
Libby
Emily
Rebecca

Music Crush Monday!!!

Right now I'm in editing mode. I've sent copies of Iris out to beta readers and my editor-slash-miracle worker Lana Baker. When I get the copies back, I go into "the zone" as my man calls it... and when I go into "the zone," there's no coming back. Unless I have to pee. lol Even eating and sleeping take a backseat. So what happens in "the zone," you ask? I'm not even entirely sure, but I can liken it to trudging into a forest with  a dense overgrowth of typos, missing words and inconsistencies, and using a machete to try and hack it into something pleasant and consumer-worthy. :)

Part of this editing ritual is something I haven't shared with many people, but now I'm sharing it with you. When I sit down at my desk and pull up the manuscript Lana has painted with a good deal of red, I crank up whatever rap artist I'm feeling at the time on Pandora and start swinging my machete (the figurative one). I guess it fuels me up and makes me feel tough! LOL

Recently, it's been either Eminem or Drake, so I'm posting one of my favorite songs from each artist below. Beware explicit language, of course.

Enjoy :)

xoxo
SJ

Eminem, Not Afraid

Drake, Started from the Bottom

All Things Iris!!!

A month and a half... A MONTH AND A HALF! That's when Iris will grace the e-book shelves of the interwebs!!!! So in a very premature celebration, I've decided to put together a little post... ya know, in case you aren't familiar with who this woman is. :)

xoxo
SJ


******Spoiler Alert!!! If you haven't read Captivate Me, do so immediately. :) If you have, please continue******

Eye Color:

There's a lot of unique things about Iris LaRoux, but the most obvious at first glance is her peculiar eye color. Kat likens her eyes to "polished amethysts" in Captivate Me.

Beauty: 

In Captivate Me, Kat also describes Iris as being the "most beautiful" of the hybrids in the woods, and as you know, hybrids are known for their beauty since they're half angel. So in other words, for Iris to be the most beautiful, hers is near revolutionary. 

So where did Iris and her sisters get their good looks? In Iris, Iris hints at a possible explanation:

Rumor had it us LaRoux women had made a deal with the devil long ago for our notoriously good looks. Maybe we did, maybe we didn’t.

(Actress Kristanna Loken. To see other actors/ actresses I've chosen to play certain characters in Captivate Me, click here) 

Hometown:

In Captivate Me, Iris never talks about her roots. She's an intensely private person... with good cause. ;)  The only hint we get in Book One as to where Iris came from is her Southern accent. In Iris, we learn she shares a mansion-like home with her two sisters, Rose and Lilliana, in a town called Brandon, Mississippi. 

Love Interest:

Iris and love - unless it's the love of a family member - go together like cats and bath time lol... that is, until a Jamaican stud named Kai came along. But even then, because of a tear-stained past with another man who'd broken her heart, it took Kai awhile to smash through her tough exterior. In Iris, we get a glimpse of just how hard that was for him to do. Good thing for him he's just as stubborn and persistent as the woman he was pursuing... just in a sweeter way. :)

(Actor Lance Gross)

Temperament:

In Captivate Me, we meet a sweet southern lady named Iris, who cares for the hybrids so much she'd do anything to protect them. But we come to learn that's not who she truly is. At all. In Iris, we get a better look into her dark little soul and what she truly is... a b*tch. lol

That's all for now!!!! To be reminded when Iris comes out, sign up for my mailing list!

Music Crush Monday!!!

In case you guys didn't know, I'm a bit of a music head. :) I come by it honestly; my father used to sing and my younger brother produces music in Nashville. I guess you could say we all have our own little talents. But talented or not, music touches every one of us in one way or another. It inspires and provokes. It lets our emotions breathe. Also... you all know how I LOVE making playlists for each book.

So with that being said, I've decided to share a song with you every Monday that speaks to me for whatever reason. It doesn't even have to be associated with my writing. It could be what's going on in my life at the moment or something that touches me just right.

Today's song is called "Peace" by O.A.R. I love their sound - a mixture of Passenger and Train, but unique in their own way.  And the song itself.... beautiful. Who hasn't had trouble in their relationship but loves the other enough to make it want to work? 

Everybody needs a place, somewhere that's warm and safe

For shelter from this crazy world we're in

But tonight I let the rain inside, I took away your place to hide

I'm sorry that I made you cry again

Iris Giveaway!!!

Round two! :)

Email me at sjpierce82@yahoo.com, put IRIS CONTEST in the subject line, and I'll email the first FIVE entries back to let them know they've won. (Please note your email address will NOT be added to any group lists or mailings)

When the advance copy is ready the first of August (which is usually reserved for bloggers/ reviewers), I'll then send it to you in your preferred ebook format - an entire month before the official release!

Once the five winners have been notified, I'll update this post that the contest is closed. But don't worry... you'll have another chance next week!

Good luck! :D xoxo

SJ

*********CONTEST CLOSED! CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN*********
Winners this week are:

Johanna
Fran
Heather
Leigh
Katherine

Amazon Gift Card Winner for July!!!

Morning, loves! :) This month's winner is Julia G. Congrats, girl, and thanks for signing up for my mailing list!!!

xoxo
SJ

Win an Advance Copy of Iris!!!

Today is a day of sharing and giving. lol Earlier I shared news of the book's completion, and I'm SO giddy with excitement, I've decided to give away copies!!! The beginning of every week until the book's release, I'll post when and how to enter... starting now. :)

Email me at sjpierce82@yahoo.com, put IRIS CONTEST in the subject line, and I'll email the first FIVE entries back to let them know they've won. (Please note your email address will NOT be added to any group lists or mailings)

When the advance copy is ready the first of August (which is usually reserved for bloggers/ reviewers), I'll then send it to you in your preferred ebook format - an entire month before the official release!

Once the five winners have been notified, I'll update this post that the contest is closed. But don't worry... you'll have another chance next week!

Good luck! :D xoxo

SJ

*********CONTEST CLOSED! CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN*********

Winners this week are:

Xylia
Kristina
Sharon
Dana
Amanda

Iris Updates!!!

Just typed "THE END", and whew, what an emotional rollercoaster that was for roughly 35,000 words! Here's a little GIF party to help me explain. lol I can't WAIT to share this with my readers!!!!

xoxo
SJ