Reckless Abandon Blog Book Tour 2013

VIRTUAL TOUR

Reckless Abandon a Novella by Author Jenn Flynn-Shon will be on tour with Chick Lit Plus Blog Tours from April 15 – 29, 2013

Flynn-Shon shares the story of Shaw McLeary, a young adult fiction Author from Phoenix, Arizona. When Shaw returns from running errands she discovers her husband, Danny, their stash of cash and his passport are all missing. Suspicious, she calls the police. When that cop is shot in her home she flees and runs right for the only person she trusts to help her – JJ Anderson. Not only a former cop and P.I., JJ is also Shaw’s ex-fiancé and first love. Reluctant, he agrees to help her track down Danny. But their tight quarters and dire circumstances are forcing all kinds of latent emotions to the surface. Can Shaw maintain a professional distance from the man she once loved while on the hunt for her husbanf? And what happens if they find him? Can she still love a man who abandoned her or is she too drawn to fixing her past mistake to let go of JJ again?

HOST SITES AND DATES

April 15 – The Book Bag – Review
http://susan-thebookbag.blogspot.com

April 16- The Book Bag – Guest Post
http://susan-thebookbag.blogspot.com

April 16- The Self-Taught Cook – Review
http://theselftaughtcook.blogspot.com/

April 17 – Samantha March – Interview & Excerpt
http://samanthamarch.com/

April 18 – Chick Lit Goddess – Guest Post
http://chicklitgoddess.com/blog

April 19 – Storm Goddess Book Reviews – Excerpt
http://stormgoddessbookreviews.blogspot.com/

April 22 – Change the Word – Review
http://change-the-word.blogspot.com/

April 23 – Change the Word – Interview
http://change-the-word.blogspot.com/

April 24- Jersey Girl Book Reviews – Review, Guest Post & Excerpt
http://jerseygirlbookreviews.blogspot.com

April 25- Books Etc – Review
http://booksandstuff-kstar.blogspot.com/

April 26 – Every Free Chance Book Reviews – Review
http://everyfreechancebookreviews.blogspot.com

April 29 – Books Etc – Guest Post
http://booksandstuff-kstar.blogspot.com/

April 29 – Chick Lit Plus – Review
http://chicklitplus.com/

Ripple the Twine and Reckless Abandon Now in eBook or Paperback

I've been saying for months now that I was going to publish Ripple the Twine as an eBook in addition to its print form but just never got off my butt to figure out how to do it. Then back in October of 2012 I published Reckless Abandon as an eBook and a whole new world opened up!

The real secret that I found out was that publishing an eBook on KDP Select through Amazon is easy. Really, really easy (disclaimer: as long as you've already formatted your Word doc correctly but that's a post for my Writesy blog).

So after I fully formatted Reckless Abandon for paperback (and let me just give a HUGE thank you shout-out to my mom Judi FitzPatrick Studio, for her amazing work on both of my cover designs!) it seemed like a no brainer to get Ripple the Twine ready for sale as an eBook.

And now they're both here in both formats, ready for your reading pleasure! A brief synopsis of each book and the cover art is below, please click on the links that follow to read more, see what my reviewers are saying (LOVE you all!), and to purchase either the eBook or print version depending on your preference.

Stick around as I'll be talking soon about an upcoming Blog Tour for Reckless Abandon and will be hosting a Giveaway on Goodreads for a print copy of the book as well. Happy reading!

Ripple the Twine

A Tomboy-meets-Townie love story that shows how sometimes friends can be your closest family.

Set in Boston Ripple tells the story of Sara Quinn, a 30-something sportswriter thawing out after a long winter season on the sidelines of the fields and the ice. She's a rabid hockey fan and has an eclectic crew of friends who have been battling multiple issues without her while she was off covering the winter market. Now that she's back, everyone is coming to her for advice. Its causing her insecurities about love to bubble up just as a cute Townie named Ben enters the picture. Is she willing to let go of her emotionally painful past to give Ben a chance? And what will Sara do when her three closest friends all announce they may be out of the country more often then they're in it? Can any of them handle their problems on their own or will life force them back together to face things as a family?

Buy the eBook on Amazon
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Reckless Abandon

How far would you go for love?

Shaw McLeary is on the run and on a hunt for her missing husband, Danny. Only she’s not alone, Shaw somehow managed to convince her ex-fiancé, Private Investigator JJ Anderson, to help with the search. They start in Phoenix but are chased all the way to Manhattan in somewhat tight quarters and neither of them can deny they may still feel the same as they did twenty years ago. The chase has her spooked but her renewed feelings for JJ might scare her more than the bad guys with guns. Will Shaw find what she's looking for when they reach upstate New York, or will dirty cops catch her before she figures out what, or who, that even is?

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Buy the paperback on Amazon

Reckless Abandon FREE on Kindle through 11/25/2012

Just a reminder - Sunday 11/25/2012 is the last day to pick up Reckless Abandon for free on Amazon before it goes back to its regular price of $3.99!

Which of course is still a great deal just not as great a deal as free.

Now, go...download!

This will be the last free promotion in 2012 for the eBook. However, in other news the print book is coming together nicely and final edits along with the final cover art should be complete to publish the book prior to the end of the year. The goal is December, wish us luck!

Now go download Reckless Abandon on your Kindle and wrap up your weekend with a bit of romantic suspense!

Press Release Official Notice of Release for "Reckless Abandon" a Novella by Jenn Flynn-Shon

It is finally here, Reckless Abandon a novella and the first in the Shaw McLeary Series has finally released on eBook. Here's the Press Release!

Links:

Reckless Abandon on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YWT2RW
Cover art by Judi FitzPatrick Studio - http://judifitzpatrick.redbubble.com
Writesy Press - http://writesy.blogspot.com

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If you've read the book please consider leaving a review on Amazon, Liking the title on Amazon, clicking the tags on the book's page on Amazon, or even just telling your friends about the novella and sharing the link to purchase! Every little action helps to increase my Author ranking on Amazon and I would greatly appreciate the support!

I'm working now on the second in this series and can't wait to complete it for release in 2013. In the meantime, what do you think? Should Shaw end up with JJ? Danny? Someone else? No one? Cast your vote in the poll on the right sidebar!

Reckless Abandon, A Novella by Jenn Flynn-Shon Available on Kindle

Reckless Abandon, the first novella in the Shaw McLeary series by Author Jenn Flynn-Shon (Ripple the Twine), is available for purchase as an eBook on Amazon. Released October 29, 2012 through Writesy Press.

A Romantic Suspense fiction novella, Reckless Abandon takes the reader on a journey from Phoenix to Manhattan to upstate New York as YA fiction Author Shaw McLeary, and reluctant partner JJ Anderson, track down leads as to why Shaw’s husband Danny disappeared in a hurry.

At approximately 30,000 words, and with a fervent pace, you’ll feel as if you’ve jumped in the backseat of the car to traverse the country with them.

Currently being offered exclusively as an eBook through Amazon, the paperback version is due to follow in November 2012.

Synopsis

How far would you go for love? Young Adult fiction Author, Shaw McLeary, returns from Whole Foods to discover her husband, Danny, is gone. So is their stash of cash, his clothes, passport, and her wedding rings. He took off in a hurry and left her behind. While trying to piece it all together Shaw witnesses a cop’s murder in her home. Determined not to become the next victim, she flees. She fears dirty cops are involved in Danny’s disappearance. There's only one person she can trust to help her - JJ Anderson, Private Investigator. Also, her ex-fiancé.

A retired Phoenix cop turned PI, Shaw hopes JJ will be inclined to take her case. Despite his resentment for how their relationship ended, he agrees to help her track down leads on Danny. They chase the clues from Phoenix to Manhattan to upstate New York. In such close quarters Shaw finds it difficult to maintain a professional distance from her first real love. Then what happens if she finds Danny? Can she still love a man who abandoned her or is she too drawn to fixing her past mistake to let go of JJ again?

Purchase

Via Amazon Kindle Store, ISBN 978-0-9885668-1-1, Reckless Abandon, Jenn Flynn-Shon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YWT2RW

- Cover art: Photo and compilation completed by Judi FitzPatrick Studio http://judifitzpatrick.redbubble.com/

- For Writesy Press please visit: http://writesy.blogspot.com

- To learn more about the Author, Jenn Flynn-Shon please visit: http://www.jennflynnshon.com

Reckless Abandon, A Novella by Jenn Flynn-Shon

Reckless Abandon by Author Jenn Flynn-Shon, is a Romantic Suspense novella. The first in the Shaw McLeary series. Due for release October 2012.

SYNOPSIS

Young Adult fiction Author, Shaw McLeary, returns from Whole Foods to discover her husband, Danny, is gone. So is their stash of cash, his clothes, passport, and her wedding rings. He took off in a hurry and left her behind. While trying to piece it all together Shaw witnesses a cop’s murder in her home. Determined not to become the next victim, she flees. She fears dirty cops are involved in Danny’s disappearance. There's only one person she can trust to help her - JJ Anderson, Private Investigator. Also, her ex-fiancé.

A retired Phoenix cop turned PI, Shaw hopes JJ will be inclined to take her case. Despite his resentment for how their relationship ended, he agrees to help her track down leads on Danny. They chase the clues from Phoenix to Manhattan to upstate New York. In such close quarters Shaw finds it difficult to maintain a professional distance from her first real love. Then what happens if she finds Danny? Can she still love a man who abandoned her or is she too drawn to fixing her past mistake to let go of JJ again?

EXCERPT

“What is it you think I can do? Maybe he left you. Get over it. Move on.”

His words stung. “Are you kidding me? He didn’t just leave, JJ. My bedroom was tossed. A cop got shot in my foyer and the goons who did it were looking for me. I was next. I need to find him. I need to figure out why he’s on the run, who’s after him.”

“I didn’t go chasing after you when you left.”

“Oh come on. Look, I’m all for letting you blurt out all your anger later. Hell let’s just swing by my house and get my day planner so we can pencil it in!” I stood up and flailed my arms around. “Right now I need you to be a cop or a P.I. or whatever you are and not my ex. Because I can’t do this alone and I don’t think I can trust anyone else to help me.”

“What makes you think you can trust me?” He growled and stood up next to me.

“JJ.”

I softened my voice and his name came out as more of a question than a statement. As if it was me asking him how he could ask me that. Even after all these years and so many mistakes there were some things that would never change. Feeling safe with him had never been an issue. He all but fell back down onto the loveseat. I sat back down too and turned to look at the box next to him on the cushion. His cologne wafted up into the air. Still wearing Drakkar Noir. I looked at the small laugh lines that had formed beside his eyes. At his salt sprinkled hair. Maybe it wasn’t that JJ never changed, maybe I liked to think he hadn’t moved since I hugged him goodbye at Sky Harbor in the winter of 1991.

AUTHOR BIO

Jenn Flynn-Shon is the Author of Ripple the Twine - a Tomboy-meets-Townie Chick-Lit novel released in April 2012, Trying for the Moon - a collection of prose poetry (Chapbook), Small but Scrappy: Volume One - a Perzine focused on Jenn's first eight years as a Writer, and Randomness and Lunacy, a personal blog documenting all kinds of crazy debauchery that Jenn has been involved in over the years.

She's been writing since age eleven, or thereabouts, and started exploring the world of fiction writing at age thirteen. Her first publication was a poem written for a pop star; it was published under a pen name in Bop Magazine in 1989. Yeah, that's right.

Writesy Press, her independent title, self-publishing house, was founded in January of 2012. Jenn has re-released and/or published most of her work as Writesy Press Publications. Reckless Abandon her first Romantic Suspense novella will be released under this imprint and is slated for an October 2012 release.

She is a two-time winning participant in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, NaNo) (2009, 2010) and an active member of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers. Jenn also guest blogs for Team EcoEtsy, writes articles for multiple online sources, and has been content editing colleague's fiction and memoir manuscripts for the past year.

When she makes time to relax she loves to hang out with her husband, explore the country on road trips, watch her Boston sports teams, share laughs with friends and family, and read everything from blogs to novels. Jenn and her husband moved to Phoenix, Arizona from Boston, Massachusetts in the summer of 2011. She makes a point to write daily, and is a shameless self-promoter.