Today on PRETTY FEET I'm welcoming Eva Scott, all the way from Australia. Eva is celebrating the release of three fabulous romance books, Reluctant Wedding Planner, Marriage Makeover, and T'was The Night Before Christmas! And she's brought along three pairs of amazing shoes too!

About Eva...

Eva lives on the Sunshine Coast, in Queensland Australia in the town which brought the world the Bee Gees. When she’s not writing romance you can find her out on the water kayaking, fishing or swimming. When on dry land it’s all about the shoes and the coffee (and old Bee Gees records).


And here are her lovely books...

RELUCTANT WEDDING PLANNER

Dr Camden James is a rural vet, not a wedding planner, so he quickly feels out of his depth when, in a fit of generosity, he offers to glam up his sister's budget wedding in a secret move designed to surprise her. With only six weeks to make this the wedding of his sister's dreams he needs to move fast.

Stumbling around in the largely female world of weddings he gets a lead on the go-to girl for wedding flowers - Georgiana Mac Intyre. Georgi, reeling from a very public breakup, is not interested in men in anyway shape or form. Not even super-cute vets - even when they are clearly interested in her.

Cam shamelessly uses his story to get her to help. It has all the elements; romance against the odds, true love, orphans (you can't have good story without an orphan or two), and a bride.

MARRIAGE MAKEOVER

Nick and Talia Carmichael were childhood sweethearts. Grief over the death of their baby daughter from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome crushed their marriage. Talia moved to a new city, with a new career and life. Now it’s time to close the door on the past and ask Nick for a divorce.

Nick has other ideas. Once his wife, always his wife. He has no intention of letting Talia off so lightly and proposes terms and conditions to his agreement. It will mean moving back into their marital home, and force her to face long buried grief. Can she do as he asks?

Being with Nick causes her to question everything she thought was true. Has she made a mistake thinking her love for Nick is dead? Can he still love her? More importantly, can he again trust after everything they’ve been through?

T’WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

During her Christmas Eve performance, part time Burlesque dancer Miss Ginger Snap looks out into the crowd to see her first and only love, Clay Roberts. The man who broke her heart and betrayed her. The man who caused her to flee her home town to Sydney and never look back. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a mad dash for the last train back to her home town in time for Christmas.

For Clay time stands still as he recognises the dancer. He’s certain it’s Jessica King. She ran out on him at their high school graduation and he’s been searching for her ever since. After missing her train, Clay convinces Jessica to travel home with him.

Can Clay convince his one true love to give him the opportunity to atone and a second chance? Can Jess risk being hurt again by the man she loved?

Where to buy Eva's books...

Musa 
Amazon 

And now for Eva's shoe thing...

And today we're in luck because three books means three pairs of shoes – Eva has chosen a pair for each of her heroines...
(Awww, don't you just love those tiny toes?)

Marriage Makeover Shoes

The feet in this picture actually belong to my 3 year old son who was more than happy to pose for me.  In the story Talia returns to her roots on the coast, away from the sophisticated life she has built for herself.  These shoes speak of summer nights, beautiful beaches and brown bodies.

Reluctant Wedding Planner Shoes

I love snakeskin! In Reluctant Wedding Planner, Georgi has some trouble walking across a lawn in her “wedding” shoes. I bet these shoes would be a disaster on grass too!

T’was The Night Before Christmas Shoes

These are exactly the sort of shoes I would have chosen to wear to a night club when I was eighteen (it was the 80s after all!). Pink suede. Yum.

Where you can find Eva...
Website
Face Book
Twitter

The day has finally arrived!! Nikki Moore's debut novel with HarperImpulse - Crazy, Undercover, Love - is released as an ebook today, 24th April 2014.

If you like pacy, sexy romance and fancy a long weekend in Barcelona with a smoking hot guy this one's for you!  Want to know more...?

When uber-feisty career girl Charley Caswell-Wright takes on the assignment as PA to the gorgeous Alex Demetrio, CEO of Demetrio International, she's there under entirely false pretences; to get her life back on track. Having lost the job she worked so hard to earn, she’s determined not to give it up so easily, especially when she didn’t deserve to lose it in the first place. 

Mr Dreamy CEO is her only chance of clawing back her career – and her reputation. So she has to keep things strictly professional… boy, is she in trouble!

To buy Crazy, Undercover Love as an ebook:-
Amazon 
Google Play 
iTunes 
Kobo 
Sainsbury's 
Or to buy it as a paperback on pre-order, released on 26th June:-
Amazon 

What people are saying about Nikki's other stories...

The Love Letter and A Day in the Life... HarperImpulse short story collection Be My Valentine, with Teresa F Morgan and Brigid Coady, attracting 4 and 5 star reviews.

'I loved all 5 stories and will look out for more books by each author.' 
CometBabesBooks, Amazon

'Whilst I enjoyed all of the stories, I particularly liked Nikki Moore's … her voice as an author really resonated with me and I can't wait to read more of her work.' 
Kate Beeden, Goodreads 

Nikki's short story A Night to Remember in the Mills & Boon/Romantic Novelists Association anthology Truly, Madly, Deeply which has also attracted 4 and 5 star reviews.

'My favourite story was A Night To Remember. I think what drew me to this … was its resonance with real life. I'm not going to spoil the story but I could feel the emotions spilling out of the page - it was beautiful.' 
Beckie, www.beckiesbookmix.blogspot.co.uk

'A Night to Remember - Beautiful, devastatingly so.'
Cheryl M-M, Goodreads & http://mmcheryl.wordpress.com/

About Nikki...

Nikki Moore lives in beautiful Dorset and writes short stories and sexy, pacy romances. A finalist in several writing competitions including Novelicious Undiscovered 2012, she graduated from the Romantic Novelists Association New Writers' Scheme after four years and and has contributed to their magazine Romance Matters. She has far too much fun attending the annual RNA conference and has previously chaired a panel and taken part in a workshop at the Festival of Romance.

She blogs about some of her favourite things – Writing, Work and Wine – at www.nikkimooreauthor.wordpress.com and believes in supporting other writers as part of a friendly, talented and diverse community. 

You can find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NikkiMooreAuthor or on Twitter @NikkiMoore_Auth and she invites you to pop in for chats about love, life, reading or writing!

Today on PRETTY FEET I'm welcoming the fab Lori Connelly, whose book The Lawman of Silver Creek is an evocative historical novella set in Oregon... This is the second book in Lori's wonderful Men of Fir Mountain Series.

About Lori...

I was born and still live in Oregon. Despite being a good student, my teachers complained about my tendency to daydream. The tales dancing through my imagination were frequently far more entertaining than real life. As far back as I can remember I made up stories, to calm my sister after a nightmare, entertain myself in boring classes and write in countless notebooks, many never again to see the light of day. I earned a BS from Eastern Oregon State College and married my best friend almost twenty years ago. I’ve three brilliant, handsome sons, one amazing daughter-in-law, a beautiful granddaughter and two spoiled dogs. When not writing I love to read, hike, camp, rock hound, and take long walks with my husband just after it rains.

And her book...

The Lawman of Silver Creek

For fans of Diana Palmer and Linda Lael Miller comes a new novella in The Men of Fir Mountain series.

As sheriff of Silver Creek, Matthew Marson’s job is to look after his town. But when he fails to protect the most important person in his life, Claire, from an attack, Matt feels as though he will never be able to forgive himself.

Her husband-to-be’s newly found overprotectiveness drives the headstrong Claire from his arms. She can’t see a future with a man who won’t allow her to follow her dreams.

In a small town where everybody knows your name and your business, it’s impossible for the pair to stay apart, especially as Claire finds that she can’t completely turn her back on the lawman that she loves.


“If you want an emotional romantic adventure in nineteenth century frontier America this is for you.” Jane Hunt Reviews

BUY LINKS:
All Romance ebooks 
Amazon  http://smarturl.it/silvercreek
Barnes & Noble     
Itunes   
Kobo

And now for Lori's happy boots...
pictured drying in the yard, after an afternoon of rockhounding...

And their story...

Pretty is in the eye of the beholder…

I need to let you all know from the start, I’m a tomboy.  I live in jeans and t-shirts, rarely wear make up and doing my hair means brushing it.  And my sister inherited all the shoe-loving genes, leaving me none.  She has too many shoes to count and I have six pairs total: comfortable tennis shoes I wear daily, hiking boots, winter boots, summer sandals, slip on flats (for when I HAVE to wear a dress) and rubber boots.    

That said I do have a favorite pair - my rubber boots.   

I’m a rockhound, ever hear of one?  In the United States the recreational hobby of collecting rocks from their natural environment, (known as amateur geology in other places) is rockhounding.  Therefore, I, a person who searches for pretty rocks and collects them, am arockhound. 

Oregon is an awesome place to rockhound in with a wide variety of rocks, and semi-precious gemstones available to collect off public lands: thundereggs, obsidian, petrified wood, sunstones, obsidian, agates, fossils, jasper, etc.

With my family, I’ve visited Glass Butte, a well-known obsidian collecting area in Central Oregon’s high desert with a massive deposit of obsidian approximately four million years old.  The picture shows my husband holding a piece of obsidian in his gloved hand (obsidian is sharp) standing in Glass Butte, if you look closely you can see more obsidian scattered all over the ground.

Occasionally we travel up to the Quartsville Recreation Corridor, a large section of Quartzville creek that is open to public gold prospecting.  The recreational area extends for miles.  Although we’ve only found a few flakes, it’s fun to try.  Here are my husband and my middle son gold panning in the creek.

Mostly my family and I wander the hills, meadows, friend’s properties, creeks and rivers seeking out particular rocks we find beautiful.  For myself, I love petrified wood and Jasper, especially Jasper.  Some day I hope to have a nice shed with a rock saw and tumblers to polish my cut stones into lovely pieces of jewelry.  On the left is one of my pieces of petrified wood, and on the right are a few of my pieces of Oregon jasper.

One draw back to rockhounding in the waterways is that my Oregon rivers and creeks are often filled with snow melt water.  They are freezing to wade in, bearable for any length of time only in the hottest months.  Therefore, when I go out rock hounding in or near water, I wear my boots to keep my feet dry. 

I love those boots, because they let me do what I love.

Where to find Lori Connelly... 
(when she's home from her wonderful mountains!)
Harper Impulse Website  My Blog  Facebook Twitter   Pinterest Goodreads  Wattpad  Written Fireside   Google Plus  Amazon Author Page

Today on PRETTY FEET I'm welcoming the fab Lisa Fox, whose book One Kiss was released by Harper Impulse on 2nd January. And great timing there, given it's all about finding love at New Year!

Thank you so much for having me over, Jane!

About Lisa...

World-renowned neurosurgeon, jet fighter pilot, secret member of American royalty, seducer of legions of beautiful, outrageously sexy angels and demons and vampires and werewolves and the occasional pirate, Lisa Fox has done it all… in her own mind. In reality, she can generally be found at her desk with a cup of coffee close at hand. Or maybe a martini. It really depends on the day.

And now for her book...

One Kiss 

Sometimes one kiss can change everything.

New Year's Eve is supposed to be a night for celebration and new beginnings. For best friends Kat and Dean, it is a nightmare filled with disastrous dates and enraged ex-girlfriends!

Lucky for them, they've got each other to help laugh off the embarrassing, and downright inappropriate, moments. But then midnight rolls around and neither of them have anyone to kiss…

There's no doubt this is a night they will always remember.

The real question is whether it will be a night they want to forget…

BUY LINKS:
Harper Impulse 
Amazon 
Amazon UK 
B&N 
iTunes 

And now for Lisa's amazing shoes...

Where to find Lisa Fox...
Website 
Facebook 
Twitter

This week on PRETTY FEET I'm welcoming the awesome Mandy Baggot, whose latest release for Harper Impulse is Made in Nashville. And here's hoping Mandy has brought along some hot cowboys...

Thank you so much for having me on Pretty Feet, Jane.

About Mandy...

Mandy Baggot is a romantic fiction author. In 2012 she won the Innovation in Romantic Fiction award at the UK’s Festival of Romance. Her self-published title, Strings Attached was also short-listed for the Best Author Published Read award. 

Also in 2012 she signed with American publishing house, Sapphire Star Publishing, who produced her novels, Taking Charge and romantic suspense, Security. 

In June 2013 she signed a two book deal with Harper Collins' digital first romance imprint, Harper Impulse.

She is a regular contributor to writing blogs and on-line magazine, Loveahappyending Lifestyle http://www.loveahappyending.com/.

Mandy loves mashed potato, white wine, country music, World’s Strongest Man, travel and handbags. She has appeared on ITV1’s Who Dares Sings and auditioned for The X-Factor.

Mandy is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK with her husband, two daughters and cats, Kravitz and Springsteen.

And Mandy's latest book...

Made in Nashville

Made in Nashville…feel the country!

An on-stage attack left Honor Blackwood with more scars than just the one on her face. It’s been ten years since she left her spot as Nashville’s brightest country music star. Is now the time to return? And is she brave enough to do it?

Country rebel and rock star, Jared ‘Jed’ Marshall is hot property on the Tennessee music scene in more ways than one. He’s wild, he’s sexy and everybody wants a piece of him. But when he sets his sights on Honor, is it pure attraction or just distraction on his mind?

Honor’s record label sign the ex-boyfriend that dumped her and suddenly going back to her old life is harder than she thought. And when a secret from the past becomes public knowledge it’s no longer just about the music… Are all the people in her life lying to her to get what they want?

Join the country scene to find out!

Made in Nashville – where the off-stage action’s as hot as the music!

Where to buy Made In Nashville:

http://smarturl.it/buymadeinnashville

Amazon UK 

Amazon US 

And now for Mandy's feet...

I have to say my feet are far more Coyote Ugly than Pretty Woman if I’m honest. So, with that in mind, I’ve done you a little day in the life of my feet at this year’s Country 2 Country music festival.

The majority of the time you will find me either in boots or flip flops. Very occasionally I will break out into something with a small heel but these moments are rare. And to go to a country festival you have to look the part...cue 12 hours spent in my cowboy boots on day one.

Thick socks and stamina is what you need for stomping the halls checking out the great bands and the merchandise. Look at these beauties from Vintage Cowboy.

But at the end of the first day my feet were KILLING ME!

Day two and what I really needed was to soak them in a nice bowl of warm, soapy water. What I did instead was carry on suffering for my style and added two extra pairs of socks. This worked for about...half an hour while I was watching these guys who were mostly wearing Converse.

It was time – the flip flops had to come out before lunch.

And that was me for the rest of the festival. Perhaps not cowboy but definitely comfy!

Where to find Mandy...

Twitter
Facebook
Goodreads
Loveahappyending Bookshelf
Sapphire Star Publishing 
Harper Impulse
The Writers Room