13 Coffee, Books, and a Blog with Shirley
14 Coffee, Books, and a Blog with Carly Phillips
15 -Where were you eight years ago? Eight years ago, Coffee Time Romance opened its doors-and it's been full speed ahead every since! Come celebrate our birthday on May 12, 2012. We have a houseful of authors, who will be talking about their writing journey and giving away lots of prizes, including a Nook reader!

Romance, Fantasy, and Science Fiction, oh my! Coffee Time Romance is turning eight, and some of our favorite authors are walking down memory lane with us. Along the way, they'll be giving away books, book, and more books. (Did we mention books?) And one lucky winner will win a Nook. Oh my!
17 Thursday Thirteen**
18 Coffee, Books, and a Blog with Amy Blackwelder
19 Coffee, Books and a Blog with Nicole Morgan
20 Coffee, Books, and a Blog with Donna Del Oro 

**Thursday Thirteen

The Thursday 13 is a weekly meme with a simple theme: each Thursday you blog a list of 13 things. What kind of things? Any kind! Just come up with a list theme and run with it. One week you may list "13 things on my mind" and maybe the next week you'd list "my top 13 favorite movies".  Back in early 2007, Janet came up with the idea of going through the alphabet;  "13 Things I Love that begin with the letter A", etc.  That gives you 26 weeks of ideas! Each new 13 will be posted at approximately 8PM EST every Wednesday evening.

One of the new things we have is an author host who will be thrilling you with new I'm Diggin' questions every Sunday.

This month's Author Host is Tracey Kitts

So get your coffee, put on your best PJs, and answer the questions that come from the realm of her mind! Click here to add your touch on Sunday!

Coffee Write Click here

This series will run from May 4-25 - ADULT Rating

Author Host for this Series - Gemma K. Murray I was born and raised in a small town in lower Michigan. A farmer's daughter, my greatest ambitions were to become a large animal vet and to read every book ever written. The veterinarian dream fell by the wayside, but I'm still working on reading every book I can get my hot little hands on.

But I'm a dreamer...I love to sit and look out the windows, daydreaming about what could be. I love getting tangled in my dreams when I fall asleep at night. That is how Keeper of the Golden Dragon's Heart came to be. It started with a dream and spun into something beautiful. Stop by her website 

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Prize: One copy of Keeper of the Golden Dragon's Heart

Congratulations to Bec and Anya for winning April's event!

Seminars / Free Classes - Click here

Author Marketing and Branding- How to Stand Out in a Crowd

 

May 20-30

 

Are you deathly afraid of marketing and promotion? Well, you need to get over it, because your publisher most likely isn't going to fork over money and resources to publicize your book. And with so many great books out there, how will potential readers know about your book if you don't tell them yourself? In this course you will learn what branding is, what your platform is and how to develop it, including tips for book launches and signings, what should be on your website, how to put together author pages on sites like Amazon and Goodreads, and much more!

 

Cassandra Carr is a multi-published erotic romance writer with Ellora's Cave, Siren, and Loose Id who lives in Western New York with her husband, Inspiration, and her daughter, Too Cute for Words. When not writing she enjoys watching hockey and hanging out on Twitter. Cassandra's book Caught was recently named Best BDSM Book 2011 by LoveRomancesCafe. For more information about Cassandra, check out her website, "like" her Facebook fan page or follow her on Twitter.

Reader's Retreat Click here

May 4-25

 

K D Grace: I was born with a writing obsession. It got worse once I actually learned HOW to write. There's no treatment for it. It's progressive and chronic and quite often interferes with normal, everyday functioning. I might actually be concerned if it wasn't so damned much fun most of the time.

Book: Lakeland Heatwave - Body Temperature and Rising

American transplant to the Lake District, MARIE WARREN, didn't know she could unleash demons and enflesh ghosts until a voyeuristic encounter on the fells ends in sex with the charming ghost, ANDERSON, and night visits from a demon. To help her cope with her embarrassing and dangerous new abilities, Anderson brings her to the ELEMENTALS, a coven of witches who practice rare sex magic that temporarily allows needy ghosts access to the pleasures of the flesh.

DEACON, the demon Marie has unleashed, holds an ancient grudge against TARA STONE, coven high priestess, and will stop at nothing to destroy all she holds dear. Marie and her landlord, the reluctant young farmer, TIM MERIWETHER, are at the top of his list. Marie and Tim must learn to wield coven magic and the numinous power of their lust to stop Deacon's bloody rampage before the coven is torn apart and more innocent people die.

You can get your copy here: Amazon | Barnes & Noble 

Prize: winner's choice of a PDF of either The Initiation of Ms Holly or The Pet Shop

CTR Blog Event - Coffee Thoughts, the Blog - May 15th

http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeThoughts/ 

Where were you eight years ago? Eight years ago, Coffee Time Romance opened its doors-and it's been full speed ahead every since! Come celebrate our birthday on May 12, 2012. We have a houseful of authors, who will be talking about their writing journey and giving away lots of prizes, including a Nook reader!

Romance, Fantasy, and Science Fiction, oh my! Coffee Time Romance is turning eight, and some of our favorite authors are walking down memory lane with us. Along the way, they'll be giving away books, book, and more books. (Did we mention books?) And one lucky winner will win a Nook. Oh my!  

Anniversary Party - Coffee Time Romance & More - May 15th

Live Chat Party in our chat room starting at 9 pm EST/8 pm Central/6 pm Pacific

You will just have to stop by to see what we are doing and what we are giving away (wiggles eyebrows)

CTR Forum Event - May 12-19

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/  

Authors Forums

Missy Jane - 17^th with prizes all day long

Ami Blackwelder - show up, ask a question, and you will win an eBook, She Speaks to Angels of The Day the Flowers Died

Deanna Jewel - giving away a Spak Package,value $25 to one lucky winner for US winners or International winner will receive a $25 gift card of their choice

Gail Pallotta - Books, Books, and more Books  Party with Gail and her friends: Anne Patrick, Danielle Thorne, Regina Andrews, Darcy Flynn, Cindy Christiansen

Miss Mae - party all week

Ella Jade - Stop by and you could win copies of Ella's back list of books

Patricia Bates - Patricia is giving one lucky winner the ENTIRE back library as a grand prize and a few other goodies.                                                             

Jerry Race - Fun and prizes (pdf of More than a Stud)

Gail Koger - Win Jewelry and an eBook

Tonya Kinzer - $15 gift cart plus the entire series from the Boss's Pet

Cate Masters - May 13^th - Pot o'Gold.  Win one book from her backlist

Christina Phillips - like erotic books?  How about fantasy?  Christina has both.  Stop by and you could win an Amazon gift certificate

Charlie Cochrane - Read it, write it, love it", takes place 12th to 14th May and celebrates GLBTQ romantic fiction with a European twist. There will no doubt be prizes on offer.

Kristy McCaffrey will be posting excerpts and background info from her historical western romances: THE WREN, THE DOVE, and THE SPARROW. Each day she'll give away an e-copy of THE WREN. Just leave a comment each day to be eligible.

J.J. Massa - Sneak Peek Week - She will be holding a drawing for ebooks, depending on the entrants, one paperback, and a tea or coffee gift basket depending on the winner's preference

Yasmine Galenorn - Five goodies (not books, but little gifts), to five of my favorite answers to the question: Which one of my characters would you most like to date, why, and where would you go on that date?

Keri Arthur - May 19 - Keri Arthur will be available to talk about old books, new books, and future books.  PLUS she has an autographed ARC of Darkness Devours, other goodies like a Dark Angels T-shirt and a mug.  Readers, bring a friend and they will get their name 2 times in the drawing. Put 'KeriArthur' in the referral box and the moderators will approve you right away.

Elise Whyles - Stop by and you could win a Kindlegraphed copy of Forsaken Heart.

Lucy Felthouse - Secret Smut: Can you Crack the Code?  If you can, you could win!  Join the scavenger hunt

Jewel Adams - Someone is going to win 2 eBooks from Jewel!

Stacy Juba - Name the Book Contest on May 17 and 18!  Help Stacy name her next book!

Gianna Bruno - May 12-19 - The theme will be Savor Different Flavors of Romance.  Andrew Richardson, who writes contemporary and historical erotica and Alice Gaines who writes Victorian and contemporary erotica will join Gianna Bruno, who writes all of the above and more. Join the three authors for conversation about how they come up with story ideas, how they do research, and the challenges they face when writing cross-genres. They'll be giving away at least one prize a day (flavors include contemporary, LGBT, paranormal, Victorian and humorous) to participants. Start writing down your questions

Patricia Bates - Authors and Publishing Understanding the Business - Are you a published author wanting to know more about the industry as a business? Join me as I host several guest as they discuss the intricacies of the publishing industry.  Topics to be discussed -  An author's taxes , Publishing hobby or business?, Creating a Marketing plan on a budget, Promotion - an author's responsibility?, And more

Savannah Chase - All week long fun and prizes. Savannah will be giving away 3 copies of an ebook (winners choice), jewelry, handcrafted bookmarks, I will post excerpt, games, sneak peaks and much more...  

The Java Junction

The Sweetest Romance Authors - 15^th - May Madness Party

eTreasures - party all week and win

Black Velvet Seductions - Garden and Pet fun with a prize or two!

Beachwalk Press - Looking forward to Summer with prizes

Inspired Romance Novels - Join the authors of Inspired for a round-robin FREE read, entitled Lightning Strikes, and help them decide which way the story should turn! Prizes will be drawn daily for those who participate! After a storm, a major power outage leaves two at-odds neighbors dependent on each other. Forced to unite, will their animosity for each other crash like thunder or will they discover love as lightning strikes? Find out May 13th through the 18th in our publisher thread at the Coffee Time Romance forums. We'll be giving some books away to those who participate.

HeartFelt Promos - Join us for the entire month of May as we help celebrate the anniversaries of Coffee Time Romance & More and The Romance Studio! To participate, visit us on the Coffee Time Romance Forum in the Java Junction and post excerpts from your books. One lucky author is going to win a one month Author's Strapped for Cash Package! All you have to do to win is send Regina an e-mail with all the names of the people that you invited to our event. Now, these people have to either post their own excerpts (authors only) or post a comment if they are fans/readers. Whichever author has the most people to show up and post either excerpts or comments wins! We'll pick the winner the first week of June and post the winner's name on our group in the Java Junction.

We'll also be picking random winners for e-books throughout the month, so be sure and post! If you'd like to donate an e-book for this event, send an e-mail with the book attached to regina@heartfeltpromos.com with "May Event E-book Donation" in the subject line so we know it's not for our regular monthly e-book giveaway.

TRS Blog-a-thon - May 21-23

Join TRS at each of their three blogs for three days of prizes and fun! :

Blog | TRS Blue | Rainbow Studio 

Attending authors (each giving away a prize):

Zenobia Renquist
Karenna Colcroft
T. C. Archer
Tarah Scott
T. C. Archer
Avril Ashton
Raine Delight
Wendi Zwaduk
ami blackwelder
Kelly Gendron
Roz Lee
Stephanie Morris
Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Beverley Eikli

Party with TRS - May 26-31

Party Site 

Okay, our ninth birthday at TRS was at the top of the year (we opened our doors in January 2003). But who needs to be precise to throw a party? Come join us at our party site for some amazing authors and prizes! The fun is on 24 hours a day each day of the event. Come party with us!

Authors attending (each giving away a prize):

Justus Roux
Sara Brookes
Karenna Colcroft
T. C. Archer
Tarah Scott
Avril Ashton
Natalie-Nicole Bates
Tina Donahue
Kacey Hammell
Raine Delight
Jezebel Jorge
Nichelle Gregory
Stephanie Morris
Gail Koger
V.S. Morgan
Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Beverley Oakley aka Beverley Eikli
Gemma K. Murray
Anne Kane
Ami Blackwelder

Scavenger Hunt for the eReaders

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Find all six icons for TRS for a chance to win a NOOK with Glowlight. Enter here.

Find all six icons for CTR for a chance to win a Sony Wi-Fi eReader with the paper-like E-Ink® Pearl V220 screen Enter here 

Find all of the 6 pages on Coffee Time Romance & More that have our Icon (points up) and send your entry in here. You will be entered to win the Coffee Time Romance & More Sony eReader.

More Prizes for eBook Reader Winners:

BIG Thank you to these wonderful publishers for prividing these great prizes to help you stock your new eReader:

Soul Mate Publishing - $25 gift certificate (to each winner)

J. Taylor Publishing - For each

Darkness & Light by J.A. Belfield

Little White Lies by Aimee Laine

The Glass Man by Jocelyn Adams

Into the Unknown by all three of the above authors

Instinct by J.A. Belfield

Touch of Frost by Jocelyn Adams

Hide & Seek by Aimee Laine

The P.U.R.E. by Claire Gillian

and we'll include Tidal Whispers by Jocelyn Adams, Julie Reece, Clair GIllian and Kelly Said as well (it releases June 4th).

Ellora's Cave -    5 eBooks of the Winner's Choice

The Wild Rose Press - $25 gift certificate (to each winner)

Books for a Buck - Gift Certificate for $11.97 (to each winner)

eXtasy Books - $5.00 gift certificate (to each winner)

Eternal Press/Damnation Books- gift certificates (to each winner)

Untreed Reads - $15.00 gift certificate (to each winner)

Torquere Press - $15 gift certificate (to each winner)

Liquid Silver - 2 books each (to each winner)

Changeling Press - Free books for a month at ChangelingPress.com (2 books a week for 4 weeks) (to each winner)

Total E-Bound - (followed up today) (to each winner)

Champagne Books - Gift Certificate to each (to each winner)

Carnal Passions - Gift Certificate to each (to each winner)

BURST - Gift Certificate to each (to each winner)

JMS Books - $25 gift certificate to each (to each winner)

Red Rose Publishing - $25 gift certificate for each (to each winner)

Loose Id - $10 gift certificate to each (to each winner)

Beachwalk Press - eBooks of  Barely Dreamingby Stephanie Beck (Fantasy Romance), Soul Dancer by Aurora Rose Lynn (Science Fiction Romance/Interracial Romance) Fool Me Once by Lacey Wolfe (Erotic Contemporary Romance) (to each winner)

Gypsy Shadow Publishing -50% off for the winners (to each winner)

Black Velvet Seduction- 3 eBooks to each (winner's choice)

Runner Up Prizes

There will also be runner up prizes! For TRS, winners will be selected at random from entries in the Scavenger Hunt (see above). The winner of the NOOK is not eligible.

TRS Runner Up Prizes

Seven $25 Barnes & Noble gift cards.

CTR Runner Up Prizes

(For details on how CTR runner up prizes will be awarded, see the Coffee Time Romance & More site for details.)