tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81951801422130290802024-03-13T13:05:23.498-07:00Vivi Andrews - Ramblings from the RoadRants, raves, and ramblings on writing from a nomadic romance author.Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.comBlogger1137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-74169373995836965752016-03-29T20:52:00.000-07:002016-03-29T20:52:01.677-07:00Lightning Strikes - Twice!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The craziest thing happened last Friday morning.<br />
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It was RITA and Golden Heart Call Day - a date which I have celebrated annually ever since I became a Ruby back in 2009 with my Golden Heart final. My folks and I were in Ohio visiting my gran for an early 89th Birthday celebration (her actual bday is this Sunday), so we were hanging out and chatting in their hotel suite while I watched the RITA nominations go out, hoping to see some friends popping up on the list. I had entered, but I wasn't nervous really because I didn't have any expectations for myself - though I had jokingly (okay, semi-jokingly) informed my folks that they would have to take me out to dinner at one of our favorite local restaurants to console me later.<br />
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I had popped over to the Ruby blog to cheer on the finalists announcing they'd just gotten The Call when the craziest thing happened. <br />
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I got an email.<br />
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You were expecting me to say my phone rang, weren't you? Nope. My big moment came when I saw an email from fellow Ruby and current RWA President Diane Kelly. Asking me if I was awake. Telling me to call her if I was. (I'm Alaskan, so if I'd been at home I would have been asleep for several hours more.)<br />
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I stared. I stood up. I sat down. I stood up again. I announced to my parents, "Something just happened. Diane Kelly just asked me if I'm awake. There is only one reason she would ask that today." Then I burst into tears.<br />
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I took about thirty seconds to calm down - my mom might have hugged me, my dad might have wondered about my sanity - then I called Diane. And she confirmed it with the most beautiful words in the world: Double Finalist.<br />
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Mid-Length Contemporary Romance, for my Lizzie Shane books <i>Romancing Miss Right </i>and<i> Falling for Mister Wrong</i>.<br />
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There was more crying. There was laughing. There was me trying desperately to keep it together and not babble. When I got off the phone I told my parents, "I'm a Double Finalist." And I completely lost it.<br />
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I am not, under normal circumstances, a big crier. But as I called and texted and emailed my nearest and dearest to share the news, I cried the whole dang time. Apparently, that kind of validation flooding your system can be pretty overwhelming.<br />
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A little over an hour later, I got to go tell my grandmother in person - who is one of my most devoted readers and staunch supporters. It couldn't have been more perfect.<br />
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My (incredible, amazing, supportive, brilliant) parents did take me to dinner at Mezzo that night, along with my aunt who has beta read everything I've ever written, but it wasn't a consolation. It was euphoria.<br />
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It still feels like a dream. An honor so big I can't make sense of it. But I plan to enjoy every second of it.</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-72682926319192528732016-03-21T10:12:00.002-07:002016-03-21T10:12:09.801-07:00Buffering...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I haven't had much to say lately. I tend to emerge from my writing hole when I have some news to share - a new release date to announce, a new book to squeal about - but lately that news has been thin on the ground.<br />
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I'd love to be able to tell you about a new book in the Lone Pine Pride series, but I'm afraid Mateo's story has been indefinitely delayed. My publisher is closing up shop and until I know what that will mean for me and my books moving forward, I have put the Lone Pine Pride series on pause.<br />
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In the mean time my other books are still being sold at the usual retailers and you can check out my contemporary pen name, <a href="http://www.lizzieshane.com/">Lizzie Shane</a>, while we all wait for news on what will be happening with my paranormal future.<br />
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I'm trying to have patience (never really one of my virtues) so please bear with me as we're buffering...</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-71873552722896217292016-01-11T05:44:00.001-08:002016-01-11T05:44:10.103-08:00Calling All Writers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hear ye, hear ye! It's the <a href="http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/opening-ceremonies-2016-ruby-slippered-sisterhood-winter-writing-festival/">Ruby Slippered Sisterhood's Annual Winter Writing Festival!</a> If you're a pen-monkey looking for a good motivational tool to help you pile up words during the winter months then be sure to head over and take a look! We have prizes, we have writing sprints, we have camaraderie. Come play (and work) with us! <br />
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Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-89394049660250919122015-10-01T10:18:00.004-07:002015-10-01T10:19:05.380-07:00DEAL ALERT - Meet the Lone Pine Pride!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you haven't met the shifters of the Lone Pine Pride, now is your
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AND if that wasn't enough, the second book of the series, <i><b>TAMING THE LION</b></i> is now <b>only 99 cents</b>! <b>Now through October 15th ONLY.</b><br />
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Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-28194498625061525712015-09-22T06:45:00.002-07:002015-09-22T06:45:35.449-07:00Make It Golden!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Are you an aspiring author planning to enter the Golden Heart this year? The Rubies are hosting their annual <a href="http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/entry-day-for-the-make-it-golden-contest-2015/">Make It Golden Contest TODAY</a> and the winner receives a paid entry fee for the contest! Go forth and check it out, but hurry! Entries will only be accepted until Midnight EST (or when the entry limit is reached, whichever is sooner). <br />
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Good luck!!!</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-9068655373075971812015-09-16T07:00:00.002-07:002015-09-16T07:00:38.570-07:00Cover Similarities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm talking covers! With so many books out there is it even possible
for cover art to be unique in the age of the stock photo? Do covers
need to be unique to be effective and catch your eye? Survey says? Join me <a href="http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/show-tell-cover-similarities/">at the Ruby Blog</a> and give me your take!</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-30207627110244484832015-09-04T07:31:00.003-07:002015-09-04T07:31:20.158-07:00The Inside Scoop on Lone Pine Pride<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Behold! I am interviewed! The rockstar goddesses <a href="http://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=7561">at Fresh Fiction</a> had questions about Lone Pine Pride. And I had answers! Want to know who's next? ;) Have any burning questions of your own?<br />
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Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-72556858149080173562015-09-03T04:44:00.002-07:002015-09-03T04:44:43.986-07:00Go Jump Off a Cliff (Snarktember)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Good morning, boys and girls, and happy Snarktember! Today I'm celebrating Skyscraper Day over with <a href="http://www.snarkymomreads.com/?p=11623">Snarky Mom Reads</a> and YOU could win your choice of two Lone Pine Pride ebooks AND enter to win the Grand Prize which includes a shiny new Kindle Fire HD! Good luck! <br />
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Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-40457206075458831902015-08-27T00:30:00.000-07:002015-08-27T00:30:00.745-07:00In Case You Missed It - Videos from RWA Nationals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Were you unable to make it to the RWA National Conference in New York this year? Did you get caught in a meeting or sleeping in after a fancy publisher party or running out to catch a Broadway show and you missed some parts? This year, whether you were there in the ballroom or not, RWA is giving us the opportunity to watch (or rewatch) the Keynote and Featured Speakers, as well as the RITA and Golden Heart Awards Ceremony!<br />
Behold!<br />
The first speaker was Keynote Barbara Freethy, who talked about the ups and downs in her long career (and the curse of the cartoon cover):<br />
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On Friday, Julia Quinn spoke (and her story about her mom made me grin):<br />
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Saturday morning was Nalini Singh (and I might have mentioned once or twice that I'm a total fangirl where this goddess is concerned) - and as I mentioned in my post-conference post, she spoke of protecting the joy (among other things):<br />
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And then it was time for the RITA and Golden Heart Awards Ceremony. I was delighted that we were able to stream this year and able to debut our new theme song (composed by Carl Wishneusky and underwritten by Stephanie Laurens). I was truly thrilled to be part of putting this awards ceremony together - along with my extraordinary committee (Linda Needham, Victoria Alexander, and Terri Reed), our <i>brilliant</i> MC Lisa Kleypas, and our goddess of an Office Liaison, Judy Scott, as well as the fantastic gentlemen and lady of our production company. If you loved it, I can't take the credit, because the awards shows are defined by the host and the speeches of the honorees (and the videos were a labor of love from one of our esteemed committee ladies), but it was fun to be a cog behind the scenes. So here it is, in case you missed it, this year's Golden Heart and RITA Awards Ceremony:<br />
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And, just in case you're interested, you can also view and purchase RWA2015 photos: <a href="https://brutus.smugmug.com/Corporate/RWA-2015-New-York" target="_blank" title="RWA2015 photos">https://brutus.smugmug.com/<wbr></wbr>Corporate/RWA-2015-New-York</a> (<a href="http://brutus.smugmug.com/Corporate/RWA-2015-New-York/RWA-Head-Shots" target="_blank" title="RWA2015 free headshots link">download free RWA2015 headshots here</a>)<br />
And purchase RWA2015 audio recordings: <a href="https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=1343&source=5" target="_blank" title="RWA2015 workshop recording link">https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/<wbr></wbr>fid=1343</a><br />
This way we can be there even if we weren't, and remember even the details we forgot. So let's celebrate romance together! :)</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-69266407360734881532015-08-25T12:51:00.002-07:002015-08-25T12:51:56.510-07:00Tiger - Week One<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been a good week, boys and girls! Folks seem to be enjoying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tangling-Tiger-Lone-Pine-Pride-ebook/dp/B00WYTF51O"><i>Tangling with the Tiger</i></a>, but in case you haven't checked it out yet, here's another little teaser and a (Top Pick!) review that just popped into my inbox. :)<br />
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<b><i>Tangling with the Tiger - </i>Out Now</b> <br />
“I don’t want you to get the wrong idea. I’m not anyone’s savior. I’m
not going to heal you with love or anything like that. I don’t want a
mate.”<br /> “I’m too broken to ask for that,” he said softly. “But when
I’m with you things are…” Again the words, why wouldn’t they work?
“Peaceful. I just want some of that peace.”<br /> She wet her lips, the sight tantalizing and distracting<span class="text_exposed_show">. “So you use me for peace and I use you for…um…” A blush stained her cheeks.<br />
Sex. “Whatever you want.” He could have said it for her, but he found
it entirely too adorable to see bold, brash Grace stammering for words.<br /> “Right. So we just use one another and everyone’s happy?”<br />
Happy. That was a word he hadn’t thought about in a while. His thoughts
fractured, skittering after happy, chasing it, trying to remember what
it felt like.<br /> “Dominec?”<br /> He focused on her face, on the tiny frown wrinkle between her brows as she studied him.<br /> “Your eyes were doing that thing again.”<br /> Grace. Happy. “Yes.”<br /> Her frown deepened. “What?”<br /> The words weren’t working. So he dismissed them. Her lips were close.<br /> So he kissed them.</span> <br />
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According to the lovely folks at Night Owl Reviews who gave us a Top Pick (!!!) <b><i>Tangling with the Tiger</i></b> is "<span itemprop="summary">awesome, fun, steamy, suspenseful, and exciting
to read. I was caught up in the fascinating and truly original
storyline, romance, action, and drama."</span><br />
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Check out the <a href="https://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Reviews/Deba-reviews-Tangling-With-The-Tiger-by-Vivi-Andrews">Full Review.</a><br />
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Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-41926106058878189242015-08-24T07:59:00.001-07:002015-08-24T07:59:18.414-07:00Odysseus, Orpheus, and the Quest for a New Car<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My attempts to buy a car have now descended to the level of farce. (Or Greek myth. If someone told me the gods were messing with me, I<i> </i>would be relieved - at least then I would have an explanation.)<br />
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After a number of previous setbacks, I worked up my gumption, checked dealer inventories and set off on Saturday to test drive (and possibly buy!) a model/trim that is on my shortlist. <br /><br />We arrive at the biggest car dealership I've ever seen, but alas we do not see the car. Salesman says not to worry. He will locate it - every car on the mega-lot has GPS on their locator system. <br /><br />Every car except that one.<br /><br />We hop in another car with our salesman and drive it around the mega-lot, looking for the distinctive blue paint of the missing stick-shift model. He realizes it may have been moved to an overflow lot off site and drives us over there. Voila! It exists!<br /><br />And the keys are locked inside it.<br /><br />Not to worry! Salesman leaves us in the overflow lot and runs back to the main lot to get the spare key. He returns triumphant!<br /><br />And the battery is dead.<br /><br />Salesman runs back. Gets a jumper box. The car starts!<br /><br />And the alarm goes off.<br /><br />Only way to turn off the alarm is to turn off the engine, but once the alarm is deactivated, the car refuses to start again. Turn the ignition and click-click-click. Nada. Salesman decides to try jumper cables to another car, under the assumption that the jumper box is out of juice. Goes to fetch the cables. Returns.<br /><br />Click-click-click. Nada.<br /><br />Salesman confesses there was the beginnings of a nest of some sort near the battery. Something might have chewed through a wire... The service department will have to look at it. <br /><br />And they've all just gone home for the day.<br /><br />But if I buy today, I can get an amazing deal! I decline, preferring to buy cars that run.<br /><br />We head to Dealer #2 - much smaller, but I've checked their inventory and they have the model/trim I'm considering. We make it there before closing. We see the car. A salesman sneaks up on us (in a strangely creepy manner). I express a desire to test-drive the car. No problem! I hand over my license. The salesman asks for proof of insurance. "But I don't own a car." (He does not seem to understand that insurance companies insure CARS, not random carless drivers. Keeps referring to me as "never having been insured" even after I explain to him that I have had insurance in the past, but I do not currently because I was living in Manhattan where I did not want a car and then have been renting cars as needed and using my credit card insurance for the rentals since leaving the City.) Alas, he can't let us drive the car without proof of insurance. He will not even unlock it. <br /><br />But he wants to talk numbers. I can get a great deal if I buy today.<br /><br />I return home carless. Again.<br />
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The Fates are screwing with me.</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-2649899915130461232015-08-23T00:00:00.000-07:002015-08-24T07:16:29.986-07:00Dream Big! (But Know That Humanity Is Basically Doomed)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So here's the thing. I just saw TOMORROWLAND (I know, I'm way behind on movies) and it puzzled me. The message of the film (hammered home with the delicate subtlety of a piano being repeatedly dropped on your head) is that Dreamers are our most precious resources, we must foster them and they can fix any calamity but only if we never ever stop believing in the possibilities of the future.<br />
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Yay! Lovely message, eh?<br />
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And it would be, if the basic pretext of the entire film wasn't an assumption that human beings, as a whole, will latch onto any hint of negativity and replicate it diligently until they destroy the world with their persistent Doomsday thinking.<br />
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It was strange to me that a film whose entire purpose was to be all "Optimism, rah!" was founded on an assumption so inherently pessimistic. <br />
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Also, I gotta say it kind of bugged me that they used dystopian novels like <i>1984</i> and <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> as negative examples--examples of that negative Doomsday thinking--when the entire movie was set up as a dystopian story. Seriously?<br />
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The point of dystopian novels is not to show us that we're doomed! It's to show that we can break out of that doom if we are only aware of it, that man can rise above, even when we have boxed ourselves into a corner in our quest for perfection/safety/etc. So why would you use dystopian stories as a symptom of the apocalypse in your heavy-handed Story of Hope? Especially when your Story of Hope <i>is</i> a dystopian story! Come on, people. Think it through!<br />
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So while I loved the "Yay, Dreamers!" aspect and several other elements of the story, the basic contradiction of optimism/pessimism confused me like there was no tomorrow. (See what I did there?)</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-37978142312729831272015-08-21T07:56:00.000-07:002015-08-21T07:56:46.285-07:00How to Make Vivi's Release Week Perfect:<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Step One:</b><br />
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Send me lovely Facebook notifications of sterling reviews for my precious babies:<br />
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"My visit with Lone Pine Pride, while over too soon, was a delightful
and passionate way to spend my evening and I can't wait to visit these
fascinating shifters again." <i>-4 Stars, Literary Addicts.</i> <a href="http://literaryaddicts.ning.com/profiles/blogs/review-unbearable-desire-lone-pine-pride-4-by-vivi-andrews">FULL REVIEW.</a><br />
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"Breathtaking paranormal romance [...] While I certainly do not want to
be on Dominec's bad side, that is one tiger I wouldn't mind tangling
with because he certainly captured my heart." <i>-5 Stars, Literary Addicts.</i> <a href="http://literaryaddicts.ning.com/profiles/blogs/release-day-review-tangling-with-the-tiger-lone-pine-pride-5-by">Full Review</a>.<br />
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<b>Step Two: </b><br />
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Flood me with sweet tweets, including mentioning me in the same tweet as Kate Elliott and Chuck Wendig. (Squee!) <br />
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Some stellar reads release today. The short list: <a href="http://t.co/DTC4UlNL83">http://t.co/DTC4UlNL83</a> (including <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig">@ChuckWendig</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KateElliottSFF">@KateElliottSFF</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ViviAndrews">@ViviAndrews</a>)</div>
— Chelsea Mueller (@ChelseaVBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChelseaVBC/status/633676679609745408">August 18, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<b>Step Three:</b><br />
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Cake for every other meal! (It was my birthday and I do not believe on holding back when it comes to cake.) ;)<br />
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<b>THANK YOU to everyone who celebrated with me, either in person or online. I hope you continue to enjoy the Lone Pine Pride! </b></div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-35767975631436611312015-08-20T06:38:00.000-07:002015-08-20T06:38:00.986-07:00We Join This Series Already In Progress...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Good morning, darlings! Today I'm visiting <a href="http://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=7514">Fresh Fiction</a> to chat about <i>Tiger</i> and on-going series. Are you a start-from-the-beginning reader or a just-dive-in-wherever reader? Come join the conversation!</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-37497996757507320272015-08-19T06:51:00.000-07:002015-08-19T06:51:00.525-07:00Which Lone Pine Pride Shifter Are YOU?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ever wondered how you would fit into the Lone Pine Pride? Take this quiz to find out which shifter you are! <br />
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<a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/which_lone_pine_pride_member_are_you">TAKE THE QUIZ.</a><br />
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Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-49820447218717226992015-08-18T03:50:00.000-07:002015-08-18T03:50:00.153-07:00TANGLING WITH THE TIGER Release Day!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy TANGLING WITH THE TIGER Release Day! Today is doubly special because it is also my birthday. What better present than to have a book I adore launching out into the world today!<br />
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I'll be visiting the Samhain Cafe, and chatting about milestones and birthdays (and giving away a book) over <a href="http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/birthdays-books-milestones/">at the Ruby blog</a>, but if you just want to check out Grace & Dominec's story, read on! <br />
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<strong><em>It might be love. If they don’t kill each other first.</em></strong><br />
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<em>Siberian
tiger-shifter Dominec Giroux doesn’t play well with others. Horribly
scarred by the Organization scientists who killed his family and tried
to turn him into their pet assassin, his sanity has been hanging by a
thread ever since his escape.</em><br />
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<em>His one reason for
living—revenge. But when he snaps during one of the shifters’ strikes
against the Organization and goes on a killing spree, it doesn’t go over
so well with his pride mates.</em><br />
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<em>As the only female
lieutenant in Lone Pine Pride history, Grace Calaveras has a lot to
prove, and a lot on her plate. The last thing she needs to deal with is
Dominec’s brand of crazy, but until she can get him under control, she’s
his babysitter.</em><br />
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<em>It would take a miracle for these two to
find common ground, but when they’re sent on a mission that could
impact the future of every shifter in the world, lioness and tiger form
an uneasy alliance…and unleash an attraction that could be their
salvation. If it doesn’t destroy them both.</em><br />
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<a data-mce-href="http://www.viviandrews.com/TanglingTiger.html#Excerpt" href="http://www.viviandrews.com/TanglingTiger.html#Excerpt">Read an Excerpt</a>. Buy from <a data-mce-href="https://www.samhainpublishing.com/book/5541/tangling-with-the-tiger" href="https://www.samhainpublishing.com/book/5541/tangling-with-the-tiger">Samhain</a> :: <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/Tangling-Tiger-Lone-Pine-Pride-ebook/dp/B00WYTF51O/ref=pd_sim_351_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1J6WVBPTJSHJV40SKEFW" href="http://www.amazon.com/Tangling-Tiger-Lone-Pine-Pride-ebook/dp/B00WYTF51O/ref=pd_sim_351_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1J6WVBPTJSHJV40SKEFW">Amazon</a> :: <a data-mce-href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tangling-with-the-tiger-vivi-andrews/1121848556?ean=9781619227354" href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tangling-with-the-tiger-vivi-andrews/1121848556?ean=9781619227354">B&N</a> :: <a data-mce-href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/tangling-with-the-tiger" href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/tangling-with-the-tiger">Kobo</a> :: <a data-mce-href="https://itunes.apple.com/co/book/tangling-with-the-tiger/id991255345?l=en&mt=11" href="https://itunes.apple.com/co/book/tangling-with-the-tiger/id991255345?l=en&mt=11">iBooks</a> </div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-24532159865793226032015-08-17T06:40:00.001-07:002015-08-17T06:40:40.750-07:00My Date with a Tiger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy TANGLING WITH THE TIGER Almost-Release Day! Today I'm visiting <a href="https://www.samhainpublishing.com/news/my-date-with-a-tiger/">the Samhain blog</a> and chatting about my "research" trip to a Thai tiger sanctuary. Come on by and tell me about your own insane travel stories.</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-85783836919983470142015-08-14T08:48:00.003-07:002015-08-14T08:48:48.291-07:00Lone Pine Lovin'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>Tangling with the Tiger </i></b>releases in just four days, so now is the perfect time to be catching up on Lone Pine Pride reading - and Fresh Fiction seems to agree with me. Today what should pop into my inbox, but a notice about a shiny new review from Fresh Fiction for <i>Hawk's Revenge</i>. Behold!<br />
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"There's a good mix of extraordinarily believable
shapeshifters populating this tale, from black bears to
lynxes. [...] HAWK'S REVENGE is well worth a read for fans of paranormal romance. Just don't get clawed."<br />
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Check out the <a href="http://sumo.ly/a00w">FULL REVIEW.</a><br />
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Thank you, Fresh Fiction!<br />
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Now, who's ready for some tigers? ;)</div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-33353613783256399992015-08-11T08:12:00.001-07:002015-08-11T08:12:41.475-07:00Tangling Teaser Tuesday!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"*G","type":45}" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Happy <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teasertuesday">#TeaserTuesday</a>!
It's only one week until TANGLING WITH THE TIGER is released into the
wild! How's about a little peek inside? </span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"*G","type":45}" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Dominec and Grace aren't your
typical couple...<br /> <br /> **<br /> She wasn’t sure what made her pause
with her hand on the latch. A whisper of sound, a trace of a scent, or
maybe just that awareness of someone watching her that shivered across
her nerve endings.<br /> She turned, hand <span class="text_exposed_show">still on the latch, and looked up. She didn’t see him, but instinct overruled her senses and told her he was there.<br />
“Spying is rude, you perv,” she called—pitching her voice softly so she
wouldn’t wake her closest neighbors if they were already sleeping.<br /> Nothing. But the certainty that he was up there didn’t diminish.<br /> “Dominec.” Sharper this time. A smidge louder. “Get your ass down here. I know you’re there.”<br /> The scrape of a claw against shingles. A heavy body shifting above her head.<br />
She was so prepared to see the pale yellow tiger leap to the ground
beside her, she stumbled back a step when Dominec dropped to a crouch
beside her in human form. His hands were partially shifted to give
himself a better grip, but his clothes were damp from the snow, proving
he’d been up there in human form for a while.<br /> Dumbass. It would serve him right if he got hypothermia.<br />
The wet cloth clung to the muscles of his shoulders and chest,
accentuating the sculpted strength of his human form. His hair was damp
as well, the jet-black locks curling more with the moisture, lending him
a false air of boyishness. The night shadows did nothing to hide his
scars—if anything making them even more ghoulish—but she’d long since
stopped being distracted by the marks. Instead she found herself
captivated by the heated intensity in his black eyes. Dominec was
unsettling on the best of days, but today she found herself unsettled in
an entirely different way.<br /> “What are you lurking up there for?” she
demanded, her voice sharper than she’d intended, but she didn’t want
him to see how he’d rattled her. “Are you stalking me?”<br /> Dominec tipped his head to the side. She wasn’t surprised when he ignored the questions. “Is Kelly your mate?” he asked.<br />
“What? No. Who told you that?” Shit. Was that the rumor going around
the pride? Had Kelly started it? Just what she needed. For it to get
back to her mother that she and Kelly were official.<br /> Dominec’s expression darkened further. “You’re in love with the Hawk?”<br /> She snorted. “Please.”<br /> “Kye? Xander?”<br />
“No.” What the hell was with men that they all needed you to be mated?
Like their puny masculine brains couldn’t comprehend the idea of a woman
who might be enough on her own.<br /> “But you have a mate?”<br /> “Not that it’s any of your fucking business either way—”<br /> “Answer the question,” he snapped.<br />
Typically she would tell someone who made that demand where he could
shove his question. She had no idea why she answered. “No. I don’t have a
mate. Happy?”<br /> “Yes.”<br /> He lunged for her with that insane
speed—no one moved like Dominec—too fast for her to get her guard up.
His hand closed on the side of her neck, his thumb along her jaw. She
threw up a hand in an instinctive palm-heel strike, going for his solar
plexus to knock his breath out and send him back a step, but his other
hand redirected her strike away from his body, twisting his grip, his
fingers locking around her wrist. Her free hand lifted as he leaned in
to attack—head butt? Fangs to her throat?—but before she could make
contact his lips pressed against hers and—<br /> What the HELL?<br /> He was kissing her.<br /> Shock froze her muscles.<br /> Dominec CrazyAss Giroux was kissing her.<br /> And he was GOOD. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tangling-Tiger-Lone-Pine-Pride-ebook/dp/B00WYTF51O">**TANGLING WITH THE TIGER - Coming AUGUST 18th!**</a></span></span></span></div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-68155752017173578402015-07-31T11:25:00.000-07:002015-07-31T11:26:40.801-07:00Lone Pine Pride Gettin' the Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.viviandrews.com/images/TanglingTiger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.viviandrews.com/images/TanglingTiger.jpg" height="320" width="212" /></a>Hello, darlings! Did you know there's another Lone Pine Pride novel about to hit the shelves? Did you know it's Grace and Dominec's story? Did you know that a review I just heard tell of says "<a href="http://www.viviandrews.com/TanglingTiger.html"><b>Tangling with the Tiger</b></a> is adventurous, its sexy and just the right amount of dangerous to hook you in"?<br />
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No? Well, then swing on over to <a href="http://kkmalott.booklikes.com/post/1185904/tangling-with-the-tiger">Krissy's Bookshelf</a> and take a looksie. <br />
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Release week is only a couple short weeks away on <b>August 18th</b>!</div>
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And if you haven't already checked out <a href="http://www.viviandrews.com/UnbearableDesire.html"><b>Unbearable Desire</b></a>, allow me to tempt you with this review which just popped into my inbox from <a href="https://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Reviews/Deba-reviews-Unbearable-Desire-by-Vivi-Andrews">Night Owl Romance Reviews</a>, calling it "<span itemprop="summary">awesome; fun, frustrating, and exciting to read." </span></div>
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Thank you, Night Owl! <br />
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You can still grab this little novella as you're waiting for the main course of Tiger.<br />
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Just sayin'. ;)<br />
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Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-86440937555167828562015-07-29T07:32:00.000-07:002015-07-29T07:32:00.059-07:00Deal Alert!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Do you like contemporary romance? Do you like deals? Are you looking to discover new favorite authors or pick up some reading material for your summer vacation? Then you're in luck!<br />
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The Summer Kisses Boxed Set is now available for pre-order. Ten Golden Heart-Nominated and Winning authors in one boxed set. All for only $0.99! And if that wasn't good enough, if you pre-order you can get a bonus book absolutely FREE.<br />
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Here's how it works. You pre-order. Copy your pre-order number, take it to <a href="http://www.summerkissesboxset.com/">the Summer Kisses website</a>, enter it into the giveaway generator and pick which of eleven 100% FREE full length contemporary romance novels you would like to receive as your bonus, as well as your preferred ebook format. Your bonus book will be emailed to you along with instructions for putting it onto your device.<br />
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Click. Click. Read. It's that simple.<br />
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Tell your friends. Tell your loved ones. Tell random strangers at the supermarket. It's a deal you don't want to miss!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">KOBO: </span></span><a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/summer-kisses-2" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;">https://store.kobobooks.com/<wbr></wbr>en-US/ebook/summer-kisses-2</span></span></a></div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-41795629460034735582015-07-27T13:27:00.001-07:002015-07-27T13:27:16.010-07:00Protecting the Joy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today I'm over <a href="http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/protecting-the-joy/">at the Ruby blog</a>, talking about my main takeaway from conference - Protecting the Joy. Come visit! </div>
Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-14273957999998782582015-07-21T07:47:00.000-07:002015-07-21T07:47:26.873-07:00Conference Bound!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm off to the Romance Writers of America's annual national conference. This year we're in sweltering New York City (and you can bet I'll be trying to squeeze in a Broadway show around the edges of all the conference action!).<br />
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If you're in the New York area, you can join us for the Literacy Signing on Wednesday - over 400 fabulous authors in one room, all with stacks of books to sell and all the proceeds going to a good cause. It's a reader's paradise.<br />
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And no matter where you are, you can tune in to the RITA and Golden Heart Awards Ceremony on Saturday night (8pm EST). It's our industry's biggest night, our version of the Oscars, and you won't want to miss being able to watch it stream live for the first time ever! Visit www.rwa.org for more details.<br />
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Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-78811539922354090572015-07-18T10:34:00.000-07:002015-07-18T10:34:00.444-07:00Tiger Pre-Order is LIVE!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
TANGLING WITH THE TIGER, the next book in the Lone Pine Pride series releases on August 18th (my birthday!) and it's available for pre-order now! It's Dominec and Grace! And (shhh! don't tell anyone I said this, but...) I think it might be my personal favorite of the shifter series. So get ready to curl up with Grace and Dominec... but watch out for the claws!<br />
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