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Monday, August 18, 2014

Cover Reveal: Unforgiven by Rebecca Shea

We're excited to share the cover for author Rebecca Shea's upcoming release, Unforgiven, which releases on September 22, 2014!

A companion novel to "Unbreakable" & "Undone" and is the final book in the Unbreakable series -- This is Lindsay and Matt's story. Lindsay Christianson seemingly has it all—the perfect career, the perfect boyfriend, and the best-laid plans for a perfect life—until one phone call changes everything. With a moments notice, Lindsay must choose between her perfect life and her professional dreams. The choice momentarily seems clear when the opportunity to propel her career abruptly sends her across the country, leaving everything she loves behind in North Carolina. Navigating a new city with a broken heart and a job where her colleagues will do anything to sabotage her success, the pressure quickly becomes too great. When old habits resurface, Lindsay finds herself chasing demons she thought were long since buried. With pain and destruction left in her wake, will Lindsay find a way to erase the damage she’s done, or will her sins remain unforgiven? **This book is a Contemporary Romance and contains mature subject matter. It is not intended for those under 17 years of age.**

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“All right, everyone.” Lindsay stands up and pushes back her chair slightly. She wobbles a bit on her heels and rests her hand on my shoulder to steady herself. “Apparently, tonight is as good as any night to let you all in on a little secret.” She wipes the palms of her hands down the sides of her black dress. “So, for a little over a year now, Matt and I have been seeing each other.” There are a few chuckles, but mostly everyone sits silently listening to Lindsay. “We’ve kept it quiet for a while simply because it’s what worked for us.” She shrugs. “It started off casual and just turned into more, and we didn’t really make a big deal out of it.” She looks down at me and smiles the most beautiful, genuine smile I’ve ever seen. Her blue eyes sparkle in the lights from the crystal chandelier and her long, blonde hair hangs in waves. She looks almost angelic in the dimly lit room. “So, cat’s out of the bag.” She laughs and raises her glass. I stand up and raise my glass next to hers. “To Matt and me,” she says with a smile on her beautiful face. I lean in and press a long kiss to her lips while everyone hoots and hollers around us. “I love you, sweet girl,” I say between kisses.

Rebecca Shea is the USA Today Bestselling author of Unbreakable and Undone. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her family and her beagle, Miles. From the time Rebecca could read she has had a passion for books. Rebecca spends her days working full-time and her nights writing, bringing stories to life. Born and raised in Minnesota, Rebecca moved to Arizona in 1999 to escape the bitter winters. When not working or writing, she can be found on the sidelines of her sons football games, or watching her daughter at ballet class. Rebecca is fueled by insane amounts of coffee, margaritas, Laffy Taffy (except the banana ones), and happily ever afters.

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♥SERIES READING ORDER♥

Book 1: Unbreakable

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Book 2: Undone

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Houston Author Event Interview & Giveaways: Day 10 Spotlight on Rebecca Shea

I was given the incredible opportunity to sit down and have some one-on-one face time with the attending authors at the recent Houston event. It was a blast! I got to pick their brains for five minutes each. Thanks to all of you who submitted questions, I was armed and prepared. ~Nadine

We’ll be featuring a different author and their interview here for the next several days. Make sure you scroll to the bottom and enter the AMAZING Rafflecopter for your chance to win a SIGNED paperback from each attending author and keep scrolling for another chance to win various swag from the event. If you submitted a question on either My Secret Romance’s Facebook page or Oh Whimsical Me’s Facebook page, you get extra entry points.

Today’s spotlight is Rebecca Shea! You asked the questions, she answered them. Enjoy!

What inspired you to start writing?

I’ve always been a writer. I just never sat down and took the time to do it. I’ve always had the stories in my head, I just never really took the time to sit down and really fulfill the actual story put it pen to paper or sit down with the laptop to do it. So, I finally did that in I guess starting in 2012 is when I kind of really started working on the story. It took me a good eight months to get it out and where I was comfortable enough to say okay I’m going to send this out to beta readers and send it out to an editor. So, it took me a while, but it was just taking that time for myself to take that story and let it out of my head.

What are you planning to do next?

I am still working on two different stories. The third and final book in the Unbreakable series, which is titled Unforgiven, that will close out this series. Then I’m working on a standalone romantic suspense called Evil Lives Here. That one right now is kind of my favorite story. It’s just very different that the contemporary romance that I’ve been writing. It’s still contemporary romance, but it’s a little darker, a little more suspense to it. I read multiple genres. I fluctuate between romance and mystery thriller. I love Mary Higgins Clark. I love Patricia Cornwell. So, I’m kind of taking some of those little things I’ve read in their work, just that, that suspense background and working it into the romance, contemporary romance novel.

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If you could turn one of your books into a TV series or a movie, which one would you choose?

Oh my gosh! I think it would be Unbreakable. I think that there is just a lot happening in that story. There’s a lot of characters. There’s a lot of depth in that story that eventually carries on to Undone, but you get so much background in Unbreakable. I think that would be the one I’d make into a movie. It’s funny too cause those are the ones that I found real life actors to envision as my characters.

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Who’s your dream cast?

For Gabe Garcia is was Jay Hernandez from the Friday Night Lights T.V. series. Jessica Harper, Jess, I really envisioned Emma Roberts; the dark haired Emma Roberts as her. Just kind of that young, very innocent sweet face. And Landon was always

Stephen Amell from the Arrow series. He’s just got that very sexy, rugged look about him. Kind of that all American, even though he’s Canadian, that all American, kind of that sandy blonde hair, the blue eyes but very mysterious kind of look to his face too which is just totally my Landon. So, that would have been my dream cast.

What inspired your characters?

I don’t even know. It was just like I said, it was a story that I had in my head and I just you know just wrote it.

What is the time frame from start to finish for your first book?

My first book, I started writing it in December of 2012 and I published it in July. It was technically done in June, but I waited. For me I just wanted to take my time with it. So, it was I guess about eight months total for my first book. Which everybody tells me is not a bad timeframe cause some people work for years on a book.

If you weren’t a writer, what would you be?

Well, I’m not always a writer. I actually work full-time in the financial services industry. I’m a Marketing Manager for a bank. I love my job. It keeps me busy. I love my co-workers. I never to intend to quit just to write. I love writing to write. I love writing stories. I guess it’s a hobby of mine. But, if I ever became dependent on it to pay my bills or put food on the table for my family I feel like I would lose the love for it because now it’s the pressure.

Who do you fangirl over?

Oh my gosh, Rebecca Donovan. She was like my…I just…I just get nervous. I took a picture with her today and I was like ahhhh. I love her and she’s so sweet. I really respect her and what she’s done with her business. I just I adore her.

Well that’s it folks! Ten authors. One fun event. I thank all the authors for their time and you for stopping by and reading their interviews. Check out more about Rebecca Shea below.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Blog Tour and Giveaway: Undone by Rebecca Shea

Landon doesn’t do relationships. Landon has rules that he follows, he never sleeps with the same woman twice, he doesn’t kiss a woman and he doesn’t share his past. He almost broke those rules once, and while he doesn’t regret what happened, he will always remember her. All he needs is his career, his sister Lindsay, his best friend Matt and a willing woman to share his bed for just a night. At least he thinks that’s all he needs until he meets Reagan.

Reagan is new in town and is getting her career on track. She is the newest partner in the practice so she knows she needs to concentrate on proving her worth. What she doesn’t need is an attraction to a man that once he sleeps with her will be out the door. She can’t stop thinking of Landon though, and against her better judgment sees him while trying to keep up the boundaries she has set so he doesn’t just walk away from her too.

We first met Landon in Unbreakable, and I will be perfectly honest I hated him. I thought he was an asshole from the start and didn’t want to change my opinion of him at all. Yes, I can be extremely stubborn at times, oh well that’s just me. Landon has issues, that was made apparent in Unbreakable as well, ones that have made him who he is today. He can be a total douche bag to women, have sex once then move on is he motto and he has no plans to ever settle down. When he meets Reagan, he wants what he always wants, sex, but when Reagan doesn’t just fall into his bed but wants to actually spend some time with him, he actually goes along with it. I slowly warmed up to Landon, yes that stubbornness of mine was being chipped away slowly but surely by Landon actually being sweet in his own way. I felt for him when I read about his past, what he had lived through and I could understand why he kept it to himself. By the end of Undone, I loved Landon, more than I ever thought I would.

Reagan doesn’t want to just be another notch on Landon’s bedpost. She wants a relationship with Landon even if she doesn’t have the time for one because she is just getting started at her practice with the other partners. She wants Landon to trust her and pushes and pushes him to open up until one day pissed off at him she pushes way too far. She wants Landon to just instantly trust her but yet she has her own secrets that she doesn’t share right away either. When a major event happens, instead of understanding Landon’s need to process it, she gets pissed off that he needs time and basically acts like a spoiled child and does the one thing she always accuses Landon of, running. She pushes Landon away afterwards even when Landon proves that he will be there. I really did not like Reagan at all, her character was hypocritical and judgmental at times as I honestly wanted to just smack the living shit out of her when she would constantly prod at Landon to share when he obviously wasn’t ready.

Undone had my emotions going all over the place. One minute I hated Landon, the next I wanted to cry for him, and the next I loved him. Reagan would piss me off, annoy me and make me want to throw my kindle at times. By the end of Undone my emotions had been on a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs that I wondered if I needed meds to balance me out. Undone is the second book in this series, and if you have not read the first book, Unbreakable (which for the record I absolutely loved and couldn’t get enough of) then you should read it before starting Undone. Rebecca Shea has made a loyal fan out of me from the start with Unbreakable and Undone helped to make me love her even more. I cannot wait for Matt and Lindsay’s story which comes out next.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Undone-Unbreakable-Rebecca-Shea-ebook/dp/B00IJLLTNO/ref=sr_1_3_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392907583&sr=1-3&keywords=rebecca+shea+undone

Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/undone-rebecca-shea-shea/1118285052?ean=2940148289067&itm=1&usri=undone+rebecca+shea

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/undone/id797250498?ls=1&mt=11

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/undone-20

Rebecca Shea is the USA Today Bestselling author of Unbreakable. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her family and her beagle, Miles. From the time Rebecca could read she has had a passion for books. Rebecca spends her days working full-time and her nights writing, bringing stories to life. Born and raised in Minnesota, Rebecca moved to Arizona in 1999 to escape the bitter winters. When not working or writing, she can be found on the sidelines of her sons football games, or watching her daughter at ballet class. Rebecca is fueled by insane amounts of coffee, margaritas, Laffy Taffy (except the banana ones), and happily ever afters.

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Release Blitz: Undone (Unbreakable #2) by Rebecca Shea

**This book is New Adult and contains mature subject matter. It is not intended for those under 17 years of age.**

I’ve found it’s easier to share my body but not my soul. I need no one, yet I crave her. Self-assured and independent, she doesn’t need me—but she wants me, and undeniably I want her too. At war with myself as I battle the secrets of my past, I don’t know if I can allow her to see the darkest parts of me, the parts I’ve left untouched—undone. As she chips away at the walls I’ve built for years, I fear those secrets will hold me hostage from love—forever.

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Undone by Rebecca Shea

Here is the GORGEOUS cover for book 2 in the Unbreakable Series by Rebecca Shea titled UNDONE.

This is Landon's story...

**This book is New Adult and contains mature subject matter. It is not intended for those under 17 years of age.**

I’ve found it’s easier to share my body but not my soul. I need no one, yet I crave her.

Self-assured and independent, she doesn’t need me—but she wants me, and undeniably I want her too. At war with myself as I battle the secrets of my past, I don’t know if I can allow her to see the darkest parts of me, the parts I’ve left untouched—undone.

As she chips away at the walls I’ve built for years, I fear those secrets will hold me hostage from love— forever. Release Date: February 24, 2014

Excerpt

Sliding into their chairs Matt and Lindsay both stare at me, waiting for me to say something.
“What?” I ask.
“Is she why we’re here?” Lindsay asks coyly. I smirk and take a drink of beer.
“Maybe.”
“Jesus, Lan, I did a double take there for a second, she reminds me so much of…”
“Linds,” Matt cuts her off. He’s tired of my sorry ass still moping around because of Jess. It’s been a year since she’s moved back to California and she’s now engaged. While I know I did the right thing in letting her go, I can’t help but wonder what if I could have been the man she needed? What if I could have changed for her? But I know I couldn’t, or wouldn’t. I would have hurt her. I would have drawn her in and pushed her away, because that’s what I do. But more importantly I knew I never had her heart, it always belonged to someone else.
“It’s okay. I thought the same thing when I saw her last night. The similarities are uncanny.”
“No shit,” Lindsay snorts taking a long pull of her drink through the skinny straw.
“Jesus, Lindsay, you’re so fucking blunt,” Matt says, finishing off the beer in his mug. I laugh because I’m used to it—it’s Lindsay.
“So what, I’ve got a thing for tall, leggy brunettes,” I shrug.
“You don’t have to say that twice,” Matt interjects. Lindsay smacks Matt’s shoulder and shakes her head. “And this is why we find ourselves at Mac’s bar on a Saturday night,” Matt motions with his head toward Reagan who is squeezing through the groups of people standing around the tables.
“She seems really nice,” Lindsay says finishing her drink. She shakes the tall glass and the ice rattles together. “Well would you look at that,” she says sarcastically, “looks like I need another drink.” She cranes her neck looking for Reagan. As she gets her attention and waves her over to our table, Lindsay smirks at me.
“Reagan, can I get another Grey Goose and cranberry? And as much as I love them, I’d like to be able to walk out of here in a few hours, so maybe ask Mac to take it easy on the vodka pour.” Reagan laughs.
“Of course.” Looking at our half full pitcher of beer, Reagan looks between Matt and I. “Is there anything else you two need?”
“I’ll take a glass of ice water, I’m driving tonight,” Matt explains. Reagan looks to me waiting for me to answer.
“No thanks, I’m good—for now. I’m sure I’ll want something later.” The remark is laced with undertones and Lindsay kicks me under the table while Matt lowers his head and laughs. Regan gives me a little smirk and shakes her head while clearing the glasses of the table. Leaning into me, she whispers “Then maybe I’ll be back later.” I catch my breath as her long hair sweeps across my cheek and her arm brushes mine. But as she turns to leave she smirks and says over her shoulder “Or maybe I won’t.”

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