Carla Krae

Monday, April 27, 2020

MY FAVORITE SOUVENIR Release Blitz for @penelopeauthor @vikeeland #contemporaryromance #newrelease #KU #kindleunlimited #romancebooks

MY FAVORITE SOUVENIR IS LIVE!

A Contemporary Romance Novel

New York Times Bestselling Authors Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

Free for KU members!
- If you are a member of Amazon's Kindle Unlimited eBook subscription program - just sign in with your KU account and download for FREE!

Special release pricing
- If you're not a member of KU, there's still good news. My Favorite Souvenir is on a LIMITED TIME release SALE with a price of $3.99. The price will go up shortly, so grab your copy today.

PURCHASE LINKS:

Amazon eBook ➜ https://fave.co/2xS9bO9

Audio ➜ https://smarturl.it/zh98t8

Paperback ➜https://fave.co/2WSz22e

BLURB

My planned trip for two unexpectedly turned into a trip for one. Rather than let my breakup get me down, I packed my bags and decided a week at a luxury resort was just what I needed.

But one calamity after the next, and suddenly I was stuck without a hotel room, along with a few hundred other people.

It looked like my fancy vacation was about to turn into me sleeping on the hotel lobby floor.

Until I overheard a gorgeous man pretending to be someone he wasn’t in order to steal a reservation from a guest who hadn’t shown up yet.

When I realized there were two rooms, instead of calling him out, I pretended to be his sister. That’s how the story of “Milo and Maddie Hooker” began.

We were the Hookers.

My depressing trip quickly made a U-turn into an adventure.

My fake brother spent the next few days showing me around his hometown. When it was time to leave, neither of us really wanted to go yet.

So, instead of flying back to our respective homes, we ventured on a road trip.

At every stop, we’d pick up souvenirs.

But as hot as our chemistry was, we never crossed the line.

Milo knew I’d just come out of a tough relationship and didn’t want to mess with a vulnerable woman.

So instead, at the end of our trip, we made a pact to meet again in three months.

It was always my intention to meet him.

But when I got back home, reality hit in a big way.

And I worried I may have lost my handsome stranger forever.

Was there a place for him in my future?

Or had the memory of him just become my favorite souvenir?

Sign up for Penelope & Vi’s mailing list and be the first one notified when it goes live! ➜https://www.subscribepage.com/2FreeBooks

PENELOPE WARD:

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.

PENELOPE’S SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/penelopewardauthor

Facebook Private Fan Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/PenelopesPeeps/

Instagram:

@penelopewardauthor

http://instagram.com/PenelopeWardAuthor/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/PenelopeAuthor

VI KEELAND

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

VI’S SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Facebook Fan Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ViKeelandFanGroup/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/vi.keeland

Website:

http://www.vikeeland.com

Twitter:

@vikeeland

https://twitter.com/ViKeeland

Instagram:

@Vi_Keeland

http://instagram.com/Vi_Keeland/

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

My Favorite Souvenir Excerpt Reveal @PenelopeAuthor @ViKeeland #KU #Kindle #contemporaryromance #newrelease #bookexcerpt

My Favorite Souvenir Excerpt Reveal

My Favorite Souvenir

Release date: 4/27/2020

A Contemporary Romance Novel

New York Times Bestselling Authors Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

EXCERPT REVEAL:

You-know-what Hit the Fan Monday - I need help! #unemployment #author #maker

I Need Help

Tech Guy got 2 months furlough with no pay Monday. Savings is still wiped out from his knee injury a year ago. He'd only started a new job Feb. 17, so there hasn't been enough time to financially recover.

If you're still spending money and would possibly consider sending it my way, now is the time. You can buy my handmade stuff from my store or Etsy. More items will be up very soon now it's not raining. Finally had decent weather to photograph the woven wall-hangings:

white and pink

pinks and navy

pinks and gray

fancy dark blue

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

Multi-color one of a kind

Or you can buys books (though I don't get paid on those until 60 days later):

Kissed - free
Betrayed - $0.99
Forgiven - $3.99
Loved - $3.99
Completed - $3.99
The Bassist - free
The Keyboardist - $3.99
The Roommate - $3.99
Jacob and Beth: The Complete Collection - $9.99
West Coast Soulmates - $6.99

Available at all ebook retailers: Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Eden Books, Google Play, Kobo, and Smashwords.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Carla Krae stories now on the Radish app! @radish_fiction #Romance #contemporaryromance #newadultromance

Radish Fiction

Radish is an exciting mobile fiction platform for serialized storytelling. Our wide variety of stories are published and read in bite-sized installments optimized for the smartphone reader. It’s the literary equivalent of addictive TV shows, right on your phone!

Radish is revolutionizing the way that stories are consumed and produced. Readers can access thousand of serials across genres and connect directly with their favorite storytellers in live community chat rooms.

Download in the App Store or from Google Play.

Read KISSED

One kiss ignites chemistry and passion they can’t ignore, but is this only a summer fling?

Neighbors. Best friends. It was only a crush Beth harbored for Jacob until she was eighteen. Until London.

Neighbors. Best friends. That was all Jacob thought of her until London. Until she kissed him and stole his heart.

It's funny what Geometry class and a shared backyard wall can bring about. With a two-year age difference, Beth and Jacob were firmly in the Friend Zone during high school, but a pre-college trip to London will change their lives forever.

KISSED is the first of five books in the MY ONCE AND FUTURE LOVE REVISITED series exploring Beth and Jacob’s relationship with all its joys, flaws, and heartache.

This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

Read BETRAYED

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Love indie bookstores? My titles are now at Eden Books! #contemporaryromance #indiebookstore @edenbooksus

Announcement!

My books are now at Eden Books romance store!

About Eden Books

Join Eden as a reader

My Once and Future Love Revisited:

Kissed - free

Betrayed - $0.99

Forgiven - $3.99

Loved - $3.99

Completed - $3.99

West Coast Soulmates:

The Bassist - free

The Keyboardist - $3.99

The Roommate - $3.99

Friday, March 20, 2020

Authors Give Back #selfcare #reading #books #contemporaryromance #fridayreads

Authors Give Back Sale

March 20 to April 20

Readers everywhere are going through great difficulty. Social isolation as you shelter in place at home. There's the real concern that one's family or friends will be harmed by Covid-19. There's the economic hardship and uncertainty that touches everyone.

For one month only, thousands of Smashwords authors and publishers will offer readers exclusive discounts on their ebooks. This sale is the direct result of several authors requesting to run a special sale. We want to show support to readers who now face unprecedented world response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is a special one-time-only sale to maybe make your weeks a little brighter. For the first time ever, the My Once and Future Love Revisited box set is $6.99 and West Coast Soulmates is $4.89 until April 20, 2020.

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Read An Ebook Week March 1-7! #raew #romancebooks #ebooks

Read An Ebook Week

My books are in a special sale for Read An Ebook Week:

Kissed - free
Betrayed - $0.99
Forgiven - $2.00
Loved - $2.00
Completed - $2.00
The Bassist - free
The Keyboardist - $2.00
The Roommate - $2.00

Thursday, February 27, 2020

#COVERREVEAL MY FAVORITE SOUVENIR by Penelope Ward &Vi Keeland #contemporaryromance #comingsoon #newbook #bookboyfriend

MY FAVORITE SOUVENIR

Release date April 27^th, 2020

A Standalone Contemporary Romance

New York Times Bestselling Authors Penelope Ward &Vi Keeland

BLURB

My planned trip for two unexpectedly turned into a trip for one. Rather than let my breakup get me down, I packed my bags and decided a week at a luxury resort was just what I needed.

But one calamity after the next, and suddenly I was stuck without a hotel room, along with a few hundred other people.

It looked like my fancy vacation was about to turn into me sleeping on the hotel lobby floor.

Until I overheard a gorgeous man pretending to be someone he wasn’t in order to steal a reservation from a guest who hadn’t shown up yet.

When I realized there were two rooms, instead of calling him out, I pretended to be his sister. That’s how the story of “Milo and Maddie Hooker” began.

We were the Hookers.

My depressing trip quickly made a U-turn into an adventure.

My fake brother spent the next few days showing me around his hometown. When it was time to leave, neither of us really wanted to go yet.

So, instead of flying back to our respective homes, we ventured on a road trip.

At every stop, we’d pick up souvenirs.

But as hot as our chemistry was, we never crossed the line.

Milo knew I’d just come out of a tough relationship and didn’t want to mess with a vulnerable woman.

So instead, at the end of our trip, we made a pact to meet again in three months.

It was always my intention to meet him.

But when I got back home, reality hit in a big way.

And I worried I may have lost my handsome stranger forever.

Was there a place for him in my future?

Or had the memory of him just become my favorite souvenir?

Goodreads➜https://fave.co/2T0vXcS

Amazon print ➜https://fave.co/2SEUVzC

Sign up for Penelope &Vi’s mailing list now and be the first one notified when it goes live! ➜https://www.subscribepage.com/2FreeBooks

COVER CREDITS:

Cover designer: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative

Photographer: Davide Martini

Model: Simone Bredariol

PENELOPE WARD:

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

VI KEELAND

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

Sunday, February 23, 2020

JUST ONE YEAR by @PenelopeAuthor RELEASE #newadultromance #collegeromance #contemporaryromance

JUST ONE YEAR IS LIVE!

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.

SYNOPSIS

The beginning of my sophomore year in college was off to a rough start.
On the first day of orientation, I had an altercation with an infuriating British dude in a campus bathroom.
(The ladies’ room was out of order. So, I used the men’s room. Don’t judge.)
I got home later that night and realized that the foreign student we were expecting to rent a room in my parents’ house was allergic to our cat.
So, the spare room went to someone else: Caleb—the British guy from the men’s room.
And so it began…my love-hate story with Caleb Yates. Or was it hate-love in that order?

The guy knew how to push every one of my buttons.
Sometimes I’d email him to express my aggravation and disdain.
He’d actually rewrite my own words and send them back to me.
That was the type of infuriating person Caleb was.
So frustrating.
And…
Sometimes incredibly funny and endearingly sweet.
And hot.

He eventually grew on me, and Caleb soon became one of my best friends that year.
Too bad he was headed back to England soon, so nothing could happen between us—for so many reasons.
I definitely couldn't fall in love with him, especially since all we had was just one year.

Amazonè https://fave.co/2HP3emw

Apple Booksè https://fave.co/2S0THyq

Nook è https://fave.co/2GZ1NkV

Kobo è https://fave.co/3bbK33s

Google Play è https://fave.co/2ONqJjN

Paperback è https://fave.co/2QgEaIN

AUDIO è https://www.audible.com/pd/B0848WMLJP/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-180955&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_180955_rh_us

Goodreads è https://fave.co/35S2B5Q

BIO:

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/penelopewardauthor

Facebook Private Fan Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/PenelopesPeeps/

Instagram

@penelopewardauthor

http://instagram.com/PenelopeWardAuthor/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/PenelopeAuthor

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

JUST ONE YEAR by Penelope Ward #excerptreveal #NewAdult #contemporaryromance #comingsoon #newbook

JUST ONE YEAR

(A standalone)

Release date: 2/24/2020

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.

Excerpt Reveal:

By Penelope Ward

I stormed up the stairs and headed straight to my old room—his room. But when I got to the top of the stairwell, I swallowed the words I’d been prepared to unleash. The unexpected sight of Caleb doing pull-ups met my eyes. He used a bar affixed to the top of the door to lift himself up. He wore a T-shirt that rode up each time he rose. His hard abs were now staring me in the face, ripples of carved muscle.

He had black wrist wraps on. He’d turned my old room into a home gym.

He was a bastard—but there was no denying he was beautiful.

I cleared my throat. “Did my father give you permission to put that thing in the doorway?”

The house shook as he landed on his feet. “Well, hello, Teagan. Amazing how easy it is to walk up the stairs, isn’t it?" He grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat off his forehead. “And yes, in fact, your father did give me permission to put the bar up.”

I came out with it. “You think you know it all, don’t you? Who are you?”

He glared at me. “Who am I? Well, nice of you to ask, Teagan.” He threw his towel down on the desk. “You’ve had no interest in getting to know me from the moment I walked in the door. But since you finally did inquire… Hi, I’m Caleb Yates. Happy to be here. I have no clue what I’m doing with my life and have a somewhat crappy family situation back in England. So, I came to a strange country for the first time to get away for a bit. I miss my mum, but the good news is, I’ve just moved into moved into a house where everyone is cordial—except for the cranky girl in the basement."

Wow. “That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think?”

He came closer, and the smell of his cologne mixed with sweat was…interesting. Couldn’t say it was a bad thing, that’s for sure.

“You didn’t have to write me a snooty email, Teagan. You can come talk to me if I do something to piss you off. If you write me emails like that when I’m right upstairs, that’s the kind of response you’re going to get, each and every time.”

He had a point. The email was a bit cowardly of me. Yet I’d still managed to convince myself it was a good idea. He was right. Anything I needed to say to him, I should be able to say to his face. Quite honestly, the benefit of that was also his face—getting to look at it, I mean. It turned out, looking at him was a lot more fun than avoiding eye contact had been. Thank goodness he can’t read my mind right now.

Seeing that he actually seemed angry as opposed to amused caused me to change my tune—that and perhaps his scent going straight to my head as it followed my mind right into the gutter.

He held out his hand. “Give it to me.”

I looked down at my empty hands. “Give you what?”

“The stick in your arse. Take it out and give it to me.”

I crinkled my forehead. “What?”

He wiggled his fingers. “Come on. Hand it over.”

Genuinely curious as to where he was going with this, I motioned with my hand, pretending to remove the imaginary stick from my derriere and throwing it over to him.

He pretended to catch it, then let it weigh him down. “It’s bigger than I thought.” Looking around he said, “I’m gonna find a space for it. Hang on.”

I laughed, against my better judgment. He shoved the imaginary stick under his bed and wiped fake dust off his hands.

“Now that that’s out of the way, why don’t we start fresh?”

PURCHASE LINKS:

Apple Booksè https://fave.co/2S0THyq

Nook è https://fave.co/2GZ1NkV

Kobo è https://fave.co/3bbK33s

Google Play è https://fave.co/2ONqJjN

Paperback è https://fave.co/2QgEaIN

AUDIO è https://www.audible.com/pd/B0848WMLJP/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-180955&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_180955_rh_us

Goodreads è https://fave.co/35S2B5Q

https://fave.co/2KoLPUN

**No Amazon e-book preorder. Will go live on/around release day.

SYNOPSIS

The beginning of my sophomore year in college was off to a rough start.
On the first day of orientation, I had an altercation with an infuriating British dude in a campus bathroom.
(The ladies’ room was out of order. So, I used the men’s room. Don’t judge.)
I got home later that night and realized that the foreign student we were expecting to rent a room in my parents’ house was allergic to our cat.
So, the spare room went to someone else: Caleb—the British guy from the men’s room.
And so it began…my love-hate story with Caleb Yates. Or was it hate-love in that order?

The guy knew how to push every one of my buttons.
Sometimes I’d email him to express my aggravation and disdain.
He’d actually rewrite my own words and send them back to me.
That was the type of infuriating person Caleb was.
So frustrating.
And…
Sometimes incredibly funny and endearingly sweet.
And hot.

He eventually grew on me, and Caleb soon became one of my best friends that year.
Too bad he was headed back to England soon, so nothing could happen between us—for so many reasons.
I definitely couldn't fall in love with him, especially since all we had was just one year.

BIO:

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/penelopewardauthor

Facebook Private Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PenelopesPeeps/

Instagram: @penelopewardauthor
http://instagram.com/PenelopeWardAuthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PenelopeAuthor

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

A little update on me

A Personal Update

Tech Guy has a new job starting 2/17 working from home. Remote manager of a dept. for a tech firm. Big step up in his career, yada yada, but not so convenient for me. At least there's a raise!

We weren't sure at first whether this job would require a move. When you're in your 40s, those aren't easy to make. We were both raised in CA and all his family is still here. It'd be SO much easier to afford a home of our own in just about any other state, but his father is experiencing a slow mental decline and retiring some time this year.

Tech Guy is an only child, so the aging parent burden is all his. I do a lot of helping with his father's memory like putting important bills where he can't miss them and making sure the stove is off. At some point, he definitely won't be able to live alone, and those are never easy conversations. We all cherish our independence. But who knows when that date is? Dementia is still unpredictable.

Anyway, the flexibility of the new job and increased salary will allow Tech Guy to return to the gym and continue rehab on his bad knee. He still needs a crutch for walking longer distances. He looks forward to shoving those in the back of a closet.

Friday, January 24, 2020

I'm not just a writer...... #maker #handmade #weaver #crafter #yarnaddict

I've also been a weaver for a few years now. If you follow my Instagram, you'll see when I have a WIP.

Here's the latest scarf I sold:

You can sign up for my newsletter about my handmade business and like the Facebook page.

I'll probably share more pics of finished projects while I'm working on my Cocky Hero World story.

Monday, January 20, 2020

Inappropriate by @ViKeeland release day! #contemporaryromance #bookrelease #newbook

INAPPROPRIATE IS LIVE!

A Standalone Contemporary Romance

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author ViKeeland

SYNOPSIS

Terminated for inappropriate behavior.

I couldn’t believe the letter in my hands.

Nine years. Nine damn years I’d worked my butt off for one of the largest companies in America, and I was fired with a form letter when I returned home from a week in Aruba.

All because of a video taken when I was on vacation with my friends—a private video made on my private time. Or so I thought…

Pissed off, I cracked open a bottle of wine and wrote my own letter to the gazillionaire CEO telling him what I thought of his company and its practices.

I didn’t think he’d actually respond.

I certainly never thought I’d suddenly become pen pals with the rich jerk.

Eventually, he realized I’d been wronged and made sure I got my job back.

Only…it wasn’t the only thing Grant Lexington wanted to do for me.

But there was no way I was getting involved with my boss’s boss’s boss. Even if he was ridiculously gorgeous, confident, and charming.

It would be completely wrong, inappropriate even.

Sort of like the video that got me into trouble to begin with.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

But sometimes it’s twice as fun.

Read an excerpt here.

PURCHASE LINKS

Amazon live ➜ https://fave.co/2uW5ZyW

Apple pre-order ➜https://apple.co/32Yd3GJ