November 21, 2014 by talktotheshoe

Enormous Thanks and… We’re Beach Bound!

A huge thank you to InkSlinger PR and all the bloggers, reviewers, readers and RTers for all of your support during the No Weddings Series Blog Tour. We greatly appreciate all the support.

During the tour and all the release day launches for the individual books, each book made the Amazon best seller lists, some more than once, in American Humor, General Humor, Bargain Books and Romantic Comedy.

And the reviews that are being posted for the books are amazing. We’re so humbled and honored by your words and thrilled you love Cade and Hannah’s fun and sexy love story.

Annnd…

After the marathon of writing, editing, releasing, and promoting, we are taking a vacation!

Don’t worry when you don’t hear from us until December 1st. We are unplugged and recharging!

Toes in sand, baby!

What are some books we’ll be reading?

Magic Slays (finishing), Magic Rises, Magic Breaks, by Ilona Andrews
The King by J.R. Ward
Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh
Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren
Beyond Possession by Kit Rocha
The Truest of Words by Georgina Guthrie
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Echo Prophecy by Lindsey Fairleigh
Conversations with the Universe by Simran Singh

We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving next week. We’ll be sending you well wishes.

Your humble and grateful shoe and boot,

~ Kat & Stone

November 17, 2014 by talktotheshoe

THREE CHRISTMASES is LIVE!

Hello, everyone!

Today is the release day launch for THREE CHRISTMASES, the stunning conclusion to the No Weddings series.

Three Christmases digital copies are reduced to $0.99 (from $3.99) only through release day today.

Please enjoy this sexy excerpt and be sure to enter the giveaway!

Exclusive Excerpt:

Hannah missing Cade in THREE CHRISTMASES…

“Where are you?” Cade asked.

“Your room.” After the gallery exhibit ended, I needed to be near him. But surrounded by his stuff was the closest I could get. Thank God Mase hadn’t asked when I’d shown up at their doorstep, he’d only given me an understanding look.

Cade insisted he felt better only moments ago. Then he refused to talk about his condition.

The phone was pressed to my ear, its glow, his existence, the only light in the darkness. I closed my eyes and turned slightly, pressing my nose into the pillow, inhaling deeply. Cade’s scent mixed with my heartache for him filled me with an incomparable longing. With effort, I could almost imagine him here wrapped around me. Almost.

“Where in my room?”

“Your bed.”

“I’m liking this bedtime story.” His voice deepened, turning gruff.

His primal tone sizzled an erotic charge through me and my breath caught. Then I grinned, my melancholy shattering. He did that to me. Turned me inside out on a word, a phrase, the sexy loaded undercurrent of his voice.

On a shaky exhale, I tightened my hand on the phone. The electronic tie to him was hot on my skin. He was right there with me, and at the same time, so far away. “Wish you were here. Miss you like crazy.”

“Me too, Maestro. Like you wouldn’t believe.”

“Really?” Did I voice that? My doubt about his side versus mine? “Does it hurt? Because mine does. I used to think that the good-bye was the hardest part. It’s not. Not by a long shot.”

“No,” he agreed. “It’s every moment you’re dying to share in person.”

I nodded. “The drop-ins and unexpected surprises. All the times I don’t think I’m going to see you, and then, there you are, my sexy-as-fuck dream standing in my doorway.”

A low chuckle sounded out. “Did you just call me sexy as fuck?”

My cheeks began to cramp with my huge smile. Just having him on the line was like thousand-dollar-an-hour therapy. “Maybe.”

“No, I’m definitely sure I heard it. Say it again.”

I swallowed hard and said in a low rumble, “Sexy as fuck.”

His heavy exhale sounded over the phone. “Damn, I miss you. Three more days. I will be there by Thursday night. Count on it.”

Confused about his early midweek arrival, I furrowed my brow. Then it hit me. Thursday was December 11th, my birthday. Even though I’d completely forgotten, he’d remembered. “You better. If you don’t, the rest of the CDs you abandoned here are gonna get it.”

He barked out a laugh. “What are you going to do? Take my favorites hostage?”

Alone in the dark, I narrowed my eyes, even though he couldn’t see. “Oh, no. I’m going to put your entire collection into a random shuffle.”

“You wouldn’t.”

“Try me, sexy boy. If you don’t get here on time, as promised, all this longing I feel for you will reach a breaking point. Girl needs an outlet. I’m thinking the CDs are a great start.”

He groaned. Then laughed. “Do your worst. If I am even a minute late. I’ll take my licks like a man.”

The thought of punishing him sent my mind guttering. Clearly I’d been exposed to him too long. “Oh, and how do you do it like a man?” My lips spit out the uncensored question before I could stop them.

His low growl vibrated in my ear. “Those are licks I’ll be giving you, Maestro. That’s how I do it like a man. Has it been so long that you don’t remember? I think you need intensive reeducation.”

His playfulness warmed my heart. Sparked the naughty girl inside of me to life. His naughty girl. “Maybe I do.”

He dragged his words out. “Slow, unbelievably slow. To make sure you’re paying attention.”

On a hard swallow, I buried my face into his pillow and took another deep breath. “Oh, you have my attention.”

“Teeth, dragged across skin.”

A shudder ran through me. “I like…”

“I know you do.” He paused. “Kiss after kiss, soft, teasing…”

“You’re teasing me now…”

Three Christmases Synopsis:

As the holiday season approaches in this fourth book in the No Weddings Series, Cade Michaelson strives to be better at balancing work and love, and Hannah Martin’s growing ability to trust is put to the test.

Lust and friendship brought us together, but with the increasing demands of my two businesses, Hannah’s thriving bakery, and our successful event-planning company, stability becomes my focus.

Then a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity takes me to the West Coast, and everything goes into a tailspin.

Laughter, love, and excitement fill our lives, but Cade refuses to settle into the wonderful bliss we’ve found—he wants spectacular fireworks and an unshakable foundation. Driven like no one I’ve ever met, Cade insists a dream job across the country will be better for our future together, but I worry about whether we can survive the present apart.

When intimate time diminishes…and lives get more hectic…

Will a little bit of faith be all that it takes? Or will the sacrifice to get there be too great?
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No Weddings Blog Tour Giveaway:

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No Weddings Series Amazon Links:

NO WEDDINGS ~ 65,000 words
ONE FUNERAL ~ 67,000 words
TWO BAR MITZVAHS ~ 75,000 words
THREE CHRISTMASES ~ 82,000 words
FOR VALENTINE’S ~ A steamy nightcap novella ~ 25,000 words

No Weddings Series B&N Links:

NO WEDDINGS ~ 65,000 words
ONE FUNERAL ~ 67,000 words
TWO BAR MITZVAHS ~ 75,000 words
THREE CHRISTMASES ~ 82,000 words
FOR VALENTINE’S ~ A steamy nightcap novella ~ 25,000 words
(available on 01/05 release day)

A huge thank you to InkSlinger PR and all the blogs participating in today’s Three Christmases Release Day Launch. Your support is incredible and greatly appreciated.

Read Your Writes Book Reviews
Romancing Rakes For The Love of Romance
That Scottish Chicks Book Reviews
My Book Filled Life
Triquetra Reviews
My Favorite Things
Becky Moe
She Hearts Books
Breathless Ink
In Between The Lines
In Stefter’s Humble Opinion: The Book Barista
The Two Brains of Book Reviewers
MakeMyDayBookclub
Rustys Reading
Cruising Susan Book Reviews
Whispered Thoughts
Kris & Vik Book Therapy Cafe
Deal Sharing Aunt
New Adult Addiction
Short and Sassy Book Blurbs
I Dare You To Read
Making it Happen
Born To Read
Jen’s Reading Obsession
101 Ways to Make Love to a Spoon
LuLo Fangirl
About That Story
Becky’s Book Bytes
Tissues and Tomes Book Blog
Reading and Writing Between the Wines Blog
Orchard Book Club
The Flirty Reader
The Book Bellas
Bookish Temptations
Agents of Romance
KT Book Reviews
Girl Seeks Place
Closet Geeks and Slow Mo
A & K Book Topia
Reading Bliss
The Literary Gossip
Romance Schmomance
Biblio Belles Book Blog
Spicy, Small Town Romance Served Here
V’s Reads
All things in the cloud sweet
TJLovesToRead

Thank you for all of your support and enthusiasm for the series.

We hope you enjoy sexy and heartwarming story of Cade and Hannah in the No Weddings Series as much as we have.

Your humble shoe and boot,

~ Kat & Stone

November 16, 2014 by talktotheshoe

NO WEDDINGS Reduced to $0.99 Today Only!

Hello, everyone!

To celebrate tomorrow’s release of THREE CHRISTMASES, the stunning conclusion to the No Weddings Series, we wanted to offer a one-day sale on the book that started it all.

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No Weddings digital copies are reduced to $0.99 (from $3.99) only through November 16th.

“One of the best romantic comedies of the year!”
~ Agents of Romance

“No Weddings is a feel good, brilliant love story…”
~ Under the Covers Book Blog

“I loved it, and I mean REALLY loved it!”
~ Orchard Book Club

“Wow! A brilliantly written story. The male POV is perfect!”
~ Reading and Writing Between the Wines

Award-winning author Kat Bastion teams with her husband, Stone Bastion, in this first book in the No Weddings Series about Cade Michaelson, a successful man with his sights set on a new venture in business, and Hannah Martin, the woman who makes it personal.

I think I have my act together as a successful bar owner, my master’s degree within reach, and a list of no-strings-attached women warming my bed. Turns out, I don’t.

Hannah believes she has safeguarded her wounded heart by shunning men and focusing on her new baking business. The thing is, she hasn’t.

When my three sisters and I start a new event-planning business with Hannah as our baker, I have no idea how my life is about to change. As Hannah and I work closely together, the attraction between us becomes irresistible. And complicated. I’ve promised my sisters I wouldn’t mix business with pleasure. But I’ve never been one to follow the rules.

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And also…

Three Christmases releases tomorrow!

Order your signed copy at $0.99 (reduced from $3.99) before it goes up after release day!

Lust and friendship brought us together, but with the increasing demands of my two businesses, Hannah’s thriving bakery, and our successful event-planning company, stability becomes my focus. Then a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity takes me to the West Coast, and everything goes into a tailspin.

Laughter, love, and excitement fill our lives, but Cade refuses to settle into the wonderful bliss we’ve found—he wants spectacular fireworks and an unshakable foundation. Driven like no one I’ve ever met, Cade insists a dream job across the country will be better for our future together, but I worry about whether we can survive the present apart.

When intimate time diminishes…and lives get more hectic…

Will a little bit of faith be all that it takes? Or will the sacrifice to get there be too great?

*** PLEASE NOTE ***
Scorching (explicit) sex scenes.
Fire extinguisher highly recommended.

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