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Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! Since the release of the Wicked Anthology is coming soon, I’ll be posting some of my favorite lines from the series, one book each week, until release day. This week’s six comes from Book 2 in the Wicked Series,  Wicked: Leather and Lace featuring Luke Harris, lead guitarist for the band, and his leading lady, Roxy. Roxy has just been caught snooping in Luke’s apartment and what she found is a bit of a shock. “You have a stripper pole in your bedroom.”  “Care to give it a try?” he said, shrugging off his coat and tossing it to the sofa.  “I’m sure there are others more qualified at dancing around poles than I am.”  Luke raised one eyebrow at her, that devilish smirk making an appearance. “I’d much rather have you dance around my pole.”  The look on his face told her he wasn’t talking about that stripper pole. Wicked: The Seriesby Lily Graison The four men who make up the rock band, Wicked, the hottest act to hit the scene in years, have earned their wicked status without much help. They’re bad, sinfully delicious, and a temptation to every woman they meet. Gearing up for a worldwide tour, the guys are about to come face to face with the only women strong enough to tame them. But it’ll take more than a few smooth words to win the hearts of these ladies. When you can have any woman you want, how do you convince the one you can’t live without her?  This Anthology will include ALL four books in the Wicked Series. Over 400 pages of those bad boy rock stars we can’t get enough of in EBOOK formats and PRINT! Wicked: Tempt Me NotWicked: Leather and LaceWicked: Jade ButterflyWicked: Sweet Temptation  >>Releasing Fall 2012To be notified when this book is released, … Keep Reading! →

Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! Since the release of the Wicked Anthology is coming soon, I’ll be posting some of my favorite lines from the series, one book each week, until release day. This week’s six comes from Book 1 in the Wicked Series,  Wicked: Tempt Me Not, featuring Devin Shaw, lead singer for the band, and his leading lady, Holly. In this scene, Devin is contemplating life and Holly’s rapid-fire wit strikes a nerve. “Why does my life suck so bad?”  “Because you’re an asshole and have no manners?”  Devin opened one eye, turning his head to look at her. “You’re not nearly as cute as you think you are.”  “I don’t think I’m cute at all,” Holly grinned. “Just honest.” Wicked: The Seriesby Lily Graison The four men who make up the rock band, Wicked, the hottest act to hit the scene in years, have earned their wicked status without much help. They’re bad, sinfully delicious, and a temptation to every woman they meet. Gearing up for a worldwide tour, the guys are about to come face to face with the only women strong enough to tame them. But it’ll take more than a few smooth words to win the hearts of these ladies. When you can have any woman you want, how do you convince the one you can’t live without her?  This Anthology will include ALL four books in the Wicked Series. Over 400 pages of those bad boy rock stars we can’t get enough of in EBOOK formats and PRINT! Wicked: Tempt Me NotWicked: Leather and LaceWicked: Jade ButterflyWicked: Sweet Temptation  >>Releasing Fall 2012To be notified when this book is released, sign up for the Lily Graison Newsletter by filling in the form below! Subscribe to Lily’s mailing list Check out the other Six Sentence Sunday participants or follow the #sixsunday hashtag … Keep Reading! →

It’s been a while since I’ve done a ‘Writer Wednesday’ update and with everything I have on my To Do list, my timeline is getting a bit shifted. I now only have two projects planned for the rest of the year. Way back at the first of the year, I had visions of another 5 books (paranormals) being added to my list of releases this year but apparently my head was in the clouds. I can’t get them done even if I wrote every day, all day long, from now til December. It just won’t happen. What I do have is The Wicked Anthology (all 4 Wicked books in one) coming soon in eBook format and print. I also have His Brother’s Wife, a stand alone novel that takes place in our fictional town of Willow Creek. We’ll get to catch up with the character’s we’ve already met and see how life’s been treating them as well.  For you fans of the Willow Creek series, I have plans on at least three more stories based in that little frontier town. There’s a new Doctor coming, new characters who we haven’t met yet and some where down the road, Alexandra Avery is going to grow into a woman, wearing her trousers, spitting, cussing, and still getting into trouble. If all those books yet to be written isn’t enough, there’s also the print books I want to get ready to go and with the convention next year, well, I sort of ‘have’ to have them! I’ll be spending the next several months (and part of 2013) getting all those formatted and then the painstaking task of re-reading all the books to make sure they’re as close to perfect as I can get them. I don’t have a definite release date for the Wicked Anthology or His … Keep Reading! →

Back in July I received an email from a lady who was putting together an Indie Romance Convention who asked if I’d like to take part. I’ve never attended a romance author convention but I’d been to my fair share of sci-fi conventions (DragonCon still being the largest I’ve attended.) I was tickled to be asked and my first instinct was to say yes! Then the fear of failure set in. All those scary ‘what if’ scenarios start playing inside my head, the biggest one being, “What if” no one bothered to approach my signing table? My cellphone doesn’t have games. What will I do for a whole weekend?  I finally pushed that doubt and fear aside and told my Hubby I was going to do it anyway. If nothing else, I would get the opportunity to meet a great list of authors and bloggers so it was win-win anyway I looked at it. I emailed Laurie back and said to sign me up! The list of authors attending is small but that doesn’t mean they aren’t great authors. Many of them are bestsellers and currently hold ranking position on Amazon.Com and other retailers. As this is the first event, everyone is just getting their toes wet, so I know every year will get bigger and better. Below is the list of particpating authors signed up to appear. Gabrielle BissettClaudy ConnDanielle BlanchardLori BrightonEve LanglaisKallypso MastersCandice StaufferKim KillionJennifer JakesCaris RoaneAmanda J. GreeneTeresa GabelmanHayden BraeburnToni AleoAnnabel JosephLeia ShawLeigh SavageDeborah CourtDonna McDonaldLily Graison The convention is being held Oct. 4th & 5th, 2013 in Lebanon Tennessee. Registration is now open for those wishing to attend. They’re also looking for volunteers to help out in a few areas. For all the details, visit the Indie Romance Convention website. If you’re in or around Tennessee, I would love to meet you next year! Head over … Keep Reading! →

After a few setbacks and more hair pulling than I’ve ever managed to do and not go completely bald, THE RANCHER, book 4 in the Willow Creek Series, is finally available! Holden Avery, the man we’ve watched patiently waiting for his lady-love has finally found her and he wastes no time letting her know. Find out how they meet in the excerpt below. The Rancher by Lily GraisonBook 4 in the Willow Creek Series 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 obstacles but he sets off to prove he’s the man Laurel wants. Convincing her to give him a chance is nearly impossible but he’s waited too long to find her to give up now. One way or the other, Laurel Montgomery would be his wife. Ebook formats available at: » Amazon:   USA | UK | … Keep Reading! →

I’ve had a steady stream of emails and messages from people asking about THE RANCHER so I thought I’d make a small post to keep everyone updated. When I set this series up, I had planned on releasing the stories one every other month and it worked perfectly doing it that way until I hit book 4, which I had stated would be released on July 2nd. That was yesterday and still, no book. Most of you already know I’m a ‘pantster’, meaning…I write by the seat of my pants. I don’t ‘plan’ my books out in advance. Well, not much planning, anyway. I never have. I have this weird way of doing things. For some reason, if I ‘know’ how a book plays out from beginning to end, the muse doesn’t see the need to write it because…well, we know how it ends. Why bother? From the time I started writing way back in 2002, all I’ve ever done was ‘get an idea’, a small seed of a plot and it takes me less than a few days to know ‘where’ I want to go with the story. A few major scenes to include and I then come up with a title. With no more than those few pieces of information, I can then sit down and write. And most of the time, I don’t have any problems. Not the case with THE RANCHER. Without giving too much away, a key character didn’t ‘work’ the way I thought he would so I had to stop and re-think the direction of the story only, nothing I came up with seemed to work out right. I still had more questions than answers. I spent hours brainstorming with fellow friend and author Candy Nicks and still nothing. I sat at my desk … Keep Reading! →

My Christmas eBook, BLAME IT ON THE MISTLETOE is now available for FREE on Amazon.Com! Blame It On The Mistletoe by Lily Graison When Macy Carter’s parents order her to bring her live-in boyfriend Sean home with her for Christmas she has no idea that her little white lie is just about to snowball into a fabrication of monstrous proportions. Sean isn’t her boyfriend, he’s her boss. Now she has to reveal the lie she’s been telling her family for the past two years or hastily concoct an elaborate ruse to fool them instead. When Macy tells Sean Mathis of her predicament he does what any gentleman would – he laughs and then agrees to help her out. Little does he know that one misplaced word in their little scheme will backfire and land them both in the hot-seat. Secluded in the mountains, surrounded by snow and good will, Sean and Macy can’t help looking like the perfect couple. So perfect that the family decides a Christmas wedding will make it a holiday none of them would ever forget! FREE for a limited time on Amazon.Com: http://amzn.to/NObeSA Don’t have a Kindle? Read eBooks on your computer with the Kindle for PC application. Book Excerpt Chapter 1 “Tell him while you’re naked. He’d agree to anything then.” “Mom!” Macy gripped the phone tighter to her ear. She knew no one could hear her mother on the other end, but felt paranoid nonetheless. She glanced out across the reception area and turned in her chair before lowering her voice. “I’m not telling him while I’m naked.” “Don’t act so scandalized,” her mother said. “I’m just trying to be helpful, you know.” “I know that,” Macy said. “And regardless of how I tell him the situation is still the same. He’s still busy. … Keep Reading! →

I’ve been in a ‘Blogging Funk’ lately, as many of you may have noticed. And it’s not entirely my fault. There’s so many ‘How To’ articles out there telling authors to do this…do that…you ‘must’ always do this and… it’s a bit overwhelming. I think, in the end, everything is scheduled to the point no one knows where they are and the effect you were trying to create is lost. Which is where I am at the moment. I used to blog several times a week but I’ll admit, its a time suck. Trying to ‘think’ of things to say/do every week is draining and after spending that time, getting the posts made in advance, it’s like crickets around here. No one comments or engages the page and it causes that little voice in the back of my head to whisper…you did it wrong. Which leads to thinking…why bother? So I didn’t. For weeks. But I hate thinking like that. I started this blog back in 2005 and back ‘then’ I just posted what I wanted, whether that was about my books or my dogs. I enjoyed it. It was a release, so to speak. I’ve been thinking for days now to just shut my blog down but I like being able to post things where my ‘space’ isn’t limited. I enjoy Facebook and Twitter but with word restrictions, it makes it very hard, so…I’ve decided to use this blog as a journal of sorts. No schedule’s (well, except for ManCandy Monday! *grin*) and just post what I want. You  may get book news one day and the daily trials of the dogs and cats tearing up my house the next. If no one responds…I’m okay with that too because I’m not looking for interaction but if I get it, great. I think that’s the difference in what … Keep Reading! →