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It’s been a while since I’ve done a Thursday 13 and I actually miss them. They were a lot of fun so I’m going to bring them back for a while. Today’s 13 are things you’d find in my Willow Creek Series. More specifically, things you’d find in Mrs. Jenkins’ Mercantile which is located in the town of Willow Creek. 13 Things You’d Find in Mrs. Jenkins’ Mercantile in 1860! (click each photograph to enlarge it to better see the detail) Tools, Harnesses & Cloth Goods Pots, Baskets and Beans Sewing Notions (thread, needles, buttons, etc.), Boots and Dresses Fine China, Coffee & Tobacco Even a wooden casket to bury your dead! Hats, Crocheted Lace & Feathers for Hats  Hats, Bonnets and Evening Coats Drawers full of…uh, I actually have no idea what this was used for. I just thought it was  interesting! I’m assuming small things like nails, or buttons, or …tiny things? Curling Irons for your hair.  (I’m not sure if you can see it or not, but the ‘end’ of that has a ‘bowl’ where a hot coal from the fire was placed. That’s where your heat came from! Neat, huh? Ribbon for your hair. Elixirs and Salves. Modern Medicine for the times. Barrels and Tins And last, but not least, a Hot Cowboy or two! (The cowboy alone is worth making the trip!) And there you go. Things you’d find in Mrs. Jenkins’ Mercantile,  located in Willow Creek Montana  circa 1868.  If you’d like to visit Mrs. Jenkins and the other residents of Willow Creek,  Head over to LilyGraison.com and see The Lawman first! These photographs were taken by me at an area event held by Dr. Robert Hart. He’s rescued, and restored nineteenth century structures, the largest collection of original, historical log structures in the United States, for the last forty years, and has … Keep Reading! →

Hello my Lovelies, I’d like to invite you to become a member of my street team! What is a street team, exactly?  Readers and bloggers who help spread the word about me and my books. What’s in it for you?  ARC’s (Advance Reader Copies of New Releases) Book Swag Cover Flats Exclusive Contests for Gift Cards, book related gifts and Free Books!  Exclusive Goodies Exclusive Excerpts New Release promo items with every new book release – (book swag, trading cards, book marks, etc…)  The blog banner (above) distinguishing you as a member of my Exclusive Team  And an invite to a secret group created just for you What can you do as a member of my team? Here’s a few suggestions! Like my Facebook Page and tell your friends I’m there. Don’t forget to mention the Free Book Giveaway with every ’50’ new LIKES.  Buy my books the first week of release, which helps its ranking. Hitting those bestsellers lists make it easier for others to find me. Tell your friends about me and my books. Share the promo items (bookmarks, cover flats, postcards, etc…) you receive from me with friends. Leave promo material in your local libraries, coffee shops and local stores. Feature interviews, reviews, excerpts, and book covers on your blogs or websites. Share promo posts I make on Facebook with your friends by clicking on the ‘Share’ button under the posts. Share your ‘honest’ review of the ARC’s you receive on Amazon & Barnes and Noble. ‘LIKE’ the books on Amazon and B&N using the ‘LIKE’ button on the books page. Add my books to your Goodreads lists and Recommend them to your friends. You don’t have to do every item I listed but do what you can to spread the word about Lily and her books. However much you can contribute is appreciated and I can’t wait to … Keep Reading! →

Welcome! This week’s six comes from my current work in progress, His Brother’s Wife. She was wearing pink and green stripes. Rafe saw her the moment he stepped out of the barn and could only stare. The dress was an eye catcher but the hat sitting on her head looked like it had a bird’s nest perched on one side, complete with feathers and a thin gauzy veil. Her golden hair was pulled into some fancy concoction with ringlets falling down her back and she carried a little umbrella embellished with lace.  Tugging on a small pair of gloves, she turned her head, giving him a look that said she was used to men gawking at her and he could see why they did. He didn’t think he’d ever seen anything so ridiculously gaudy and tantalizing as her in his entire life.  His Brother’s Wifeby Lily Graison A Willow Creek Novel  When Grace Kingston accepts a wedding proposal through a mail-order bride agency and travels across country to be married, she has no idea her bridegroom is a fourteen-year-old boy. There’s no way she can accept his offer but with depleted funds, and winter coming on, Grace has little choice but to stay. Things go from bad to worse when she meets Jesse’s older brother, Rafe. The attraction is immediate. He’s surly, rude and downright pig-headed but he makes her pulse race with a single glance. Rafe Samuels thought to teach his brother a lesson by making him take responsibility for his rash behavior but one look at Grace and his plans go up in smoke. She isn’t the dowdy spinster he imagined and having her live in his house and not be able to have her is the worst kind of torment. But putting her out of his mind is impossible. … Keep Reading! →

Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! This week’s six comes from Book 4 in the Willow Creek Series,The Rancher  featuring Holden Avery and his leading lady, Laurel Montgomery. “If I wasn’t a lady, I’d be tempted to ask you up to my room.” Holden’s fingers clenched into fists at his side. “If you weren’t a lady, I’d take you up on it.”  She licked her lips and Holden’s gaze was drawn to her mouth while every nerve in his body jumped, screamed, and demanded he forget his manners. To take advantage of the situation, damn his conscience and take her to bed. Spend the rest of the night between her thighs and make his way home come morning with a memory he’d have a hard time forgetting. The Rancherby Lily Graison Laurel Montgomery wanted a new life, one that didn’t include a man. She’d had enough of their pretty lies and broken promises but one night of reckless abandon weeks before taking a job as the new schoolteacher in Willow Creek would come back to haunt her. The man she thought to never see again turns out to be the father of one of her new students. A man so handsome and rugged he takes her breath away. Too bad she’s sworn off men forever. If only the stubborn man would take no for an answer. Holden Avery was love-struck the moment he saw Laurel Montgomery and cursed himself for a fool every waking minute since letting her walk out of his life. When she turns up in Willow Creek he’s handed the second chance he didn’t think he’d ever get but thoughts of pursuing Laurel are cut short when a stranger shows up in town. A man who claims to be Laurel’s husband. The happily ever after Holden thought to finally have is plagued with … Keep Reading! →

Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! This week’s six comes from Book 3 in the Willow Creek Series, The Gambler  featuring Tristan Avery and his leading lady, Emmaline Hunt. “I promised to protect you, Emmaline, and that’s exactly what I plan on doing. Hate me if you want but I’m not letting you go.” Something in the way he said those words made her think they meant more than the obvious. The look on his face was intense, his hand fisted into her hair held her captive against him and the warmth of his breath against her damp lips caused goose bumps to pimple her skin. “Why?” He blinked and some emotion she couldn’t name moved in his eyes. His hold on her loosened but he didn’t let go of her. “Because I don’t want to.”  The Gamblerby Lily Graison Emmaline Hunt only had one thing she could call her own. A piece of land that held a secret not even her drunken stepfather knew about. When he gambles it away in a high stakes poker game, Emmaline does the only thing she can. She tries to steal the land deed back. Tristan Avery has seen his share of bloodshed while sitting at a gaming table and knows its time to lay low when he wins a wad of cash and a piece of land. Especially after his opponent ends up dead at his feet. High tailing it out of town is his only option but things take a drastic turn when he finds a woman in his hotel room trying to rob him blind. The botched robbery attempt is only the start of his troubles when Tristan finds his new land occupied by the same girl who tried to rob him. When he realizes he’s left her homeless, and killed her … Keep Reading! →

Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! This week’s six comes from Book 1 in the Willow Creek Series,  The Lawman featuring town marshal Morgan Avery and his leading lady, Abigail Thornton. “Are you a whore?” he asked, a small part of him hoping she was. She gasped, her face turning blood red before splotches broke out across her neck. “I most certainly am not!” “Are you looking to be one?” Her lips turned bloodless as she pinched them together. The fire in her eyes caused one corner of his mouth to tilt up and her chest heaved as her breaths were huffed out. Definitely not a whore. The Lawmanby Lily Graison On the run from her ex-lover… Jilted by a no-show husband… And now mistaken for a whore in the Diamond Back Saloon… Abigail Thornton doesn’t think things can get any worse. That is until a single slap to a man’s face starts a barroom brawl that lands her in the last place she expected to be.  Town Marshal Morgan Avery wants nothing more than to wash away the trail-dust and sleep for a week, preferably with a soft, willing woman by his side. Instead, he gets Abigail Thornton – all one hundred pounds of her thrust at him seconds before a fist connects with his face. Breaking up the fight takes more effort than he wants to admit and when the last man falls he finds Abigail still standing and not looking the least bit contrite. Throwing her into the town jail for the night would salve his wounded pride and then he will let her go. Or that was the plan. When morning comes he finds himself oddly reluctant to do so. Miss Thornton is hiding something and he aims to find out what, even if he has to bed her to do so. … Keep Reading! →

Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! This week’s six comes from Book 2 in the Willow Creek Series,  The Outlaw featuring bad-boy Colton Avery and his leading lady, Sarah Hartford. She swallowed the lump in her throat and stared into the blue of his eyes, hating the fact that being this close to him caused her heart to thump wildly in her chest. He was so warm, his hand on her back like a branding iron and the look in his eyes… She blinked and focused on anything but the need she saw in his eyes. But looking at his lips was a bigger mistake. She remembered the way they felt against her own. Remembered how he tasted, the velvety texture of his tongue sliding against her lips and she barely contained the urge to moan at the memory. The Outlawby Lily Graison Sarah Hartford always dreamed of a grand adventure. She just never expected to find it in the arms of an outlaw. When her father’s bank is robbed, Sarah doesn’t make the gunslingers’ escape easy. Putting her own safety behind those she hopes to protect backfires when she’s kidnapped by one of the escaping men. Now her only hope for survival lies with the same arrogant man who laughed at her while staring down the barrel of her gun.  Colton Avery spent months planning the perfect heist, every detail fine tuned and executed with precise timing. Nothing could go wrong. That is until he comes face to face with a determined woman holding a shotgun. She aimed at his head and never flinched when she took a shot at him. He wanted her the moment the smoke cleared and he saw her face. Robbing the bank, and handing over the gang of notorious outlaws to US Marshals, would be routine and … Keep Reading! →

There were two contests running the month of December and I now have winners for both! Contest #1: Website Contest Prize: A Christmas prize pack that includes a 12 piece bath set, aloe infused fluffy socks, Chocolate Peppermint Truffle scented candle, a signed Christmas ornament, assorted book swag and signed, paperback copies of The Calling, The Gathering and the not yet released, Wicked Anthology. The winner was drawn using Rafflecopter and Donna. was the winner. An email has been sent to the winner and she has 48 hours to respond or an alternate winner will be announced. Contest #2: Facebook Contest Prize: A Christmas prize pack that includes eBook copies of all 4 books in the Willow Creek Series (The Lawman, The Outlaw, The Gambler, and The Rancher) plus a 2013 Studs in Spurs calendar. The winner was drawn using Random.Org and Amy. was the winner. An email has been sent to the winner and she has 48 hours to respond or an alternate winner will be announced. Thank you to everyone who entered these special contests. A new ‘Website Contest‘ will start January 1st so keep your eyes open for that. Also, there will be more exclusive Newsletter drawings so be sure to sign-up for my periodic newsletter for your chance to win. Sign up for Lily’s Newsletter for exclusive content, giveaways and new release announcements. * indicates required Email * Name * All material &copy2005-2012 to Lily Graison