Love in the City: The If List

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Steph Nuss

Hey, everyone! I hope you’re having a great day! I’m just dropping in to let you in on the greatest invention ever! It’s this new website called The If List.

The If List, also known as The Imagine Film List, is a website designed for movie and casting ideas, and my Love in the City series is now listed on the site! Essentially, it’s a place where you, the fans, can cast your ideas for the characters if the series was ever made into a movie or a TV show! I also think this site is an awesome way to get more books into the entertainment industry and onto the big screen or your TV screen at home. Producers and casting directors could visit The If List and check out what people want to see turned into movies and TV shows, and who they’d like as the cast. The If List is the perfect place to voice your opinion on what you want to see in movie theaters or on TV and who you’d like as the cast!

So, if you’re like me when you read and imagine certain actors or actresses playing the characters, please check out the website, support the Love in the City page and cast your own Love in the City gang by clicking here! I’d love to see your casting ideas for Ellyson and Carter as well as Maverick and Harper and the rest of the gang! Thank you so much for all your love and support with the series! I know a lot of you have said the books read like an episode of Friends, and I absolutely love hearing that! Now, you have the chance to cast the gang and, who knows, maybe it will hit the screen someday all because of you and The If List!

And while you’re there, check out the other Bandit Publishing books on the website: The Mystic Series by B.C. Burgess, The Keatyn Chronicles by Jillian Dodd, and That Boy by Jillian Dodd!

Xo!

A Cherry-Poppin’ Giveaway!

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Steph Nuss

I met Lauren from CherryRed’s Reads before my first book came out, and she has continuously supported me as a friend, fellow book lover, and book blogger ever since! She’s so passionate about reading, and she helps me get all the NYC stuff in my books correct and showers me with NYC pictures for inspiration; I don’t know what I’d do without her and I cannot thank our friend, Heather, enough for introducing us!

CherryRed’s Reads’ Facebook page just hit 500 likes, and to celebrate, Lauren’s giving away the first signed set of Wanted By You (LITC, #1) and Fantasized By You (LITC, #2) from my Love in the City series plus a I Heart NY tee!

To enter, click on the picture below, and you’ll be directed to Lauren’s blog where you can check out her cherry-poppin’ reviews of both books as well as enter to win these precious beauties! Thank you again for being such devoted book lovers and good luck!

Thank You

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Steph Nuss

I just want to take a moment to thank everyone for making this month so special for me as a writer. Both Wanted By You and Fantasized By You are listed as best-sellers on Amazon, and that just seriously blows my mind! I’ve also ranked on iBooks, and it’s all because of YOU, so thank you all so very much!

iBooks US Paid

iBooks Australia Free

All of your reviews, comments, and messages have been read, and I love hearing from you guys so please keep ’em coming! Thank you so much for all of your support! I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you’re all falling in love with the Love in the City gang! I love them, and I’m so thrilled that most of you feel the same!

To all of the book bloggers who have participated in my blog tours and helped get the word out about my series, thank you all so much! I’ve said this in my acknowledgements, but I feel the need to say it again, you’re seriously the best pimps a girl could have! Thank you for all the hard work you put in to running your amazing, creative book blogs!

To all of my readers, thank you, thank you, thank you! Word of mouth is the best way to get a book out there, and when I hear that you recommended my books to a friend and they loved them, it’s seriously the best feeling in the world! You all have such a passion for reading, and I’m so happy you’re sharing my books with your fellow book lovers! I owe all of the achievements mentioned above to YOU! So, thank you for loving what I do and loving my characters and their stories! It truly means the world to me!

I don’t have a release date for book three yet, but when I do, you’ll be the first to know. And I promise, everything you’ve been wanting to read about will happen in book three! I couldn’t leave you all hanging like that! *wink*

There’s still ONE DAY LEFT to enter my Fantasized By You blog tour giveaway for a chance to win signed paperbacks and gift cards! So, if you haven’t entered or know someone who hasn’t, please share the giveaway with them; the more, the merrier! Plus, who doesn’t love signed paperbacks and gift cards?! Click here to enter!

Thank you, again, for being the awesome readers that you are and for making this month the greatest month in my writing career! I hope the rest of your summer is amazing, fun and safe! I’ll be spending the rest of mine outlining and writing and I can’t wait!

Last day to get Wanted By You for FREE!

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Steph Nuss

Today is the last day to get Wanted By You (Love in the City, #1) FREE on Amazon and iBooks! That’s a $3.99 savings, too good to pass up!

And the great news is you don’t have to wait for book two in the series because it’s already out! Fantasized By You (LITC, #2) released on Monday!

Fantasized By You is LIVE + Giveaway!

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Steph Nuss

Bandit Publishing and I are so excited to share with you the release of Fantasized By You (Love in the City, #2). Make sure to add to your Goodreads, pick up your copy and enter the giveaway below for signed paperback and winner’s choice of Amazon, iTunes and B&N gift cards! Don’t forget to join us at the release day and blog tour event starting on July 14th – join by clicking the below link.

NOW AVAILABLE!

Fantasized By You

Love in the City – Book #2

(is part of a series, but can be read as a stand-alone – book #2 is based on a different couple, but you will see characters from book #1)

Celebrity fashion designer, Harper Jennings is only months away from turning thirty, and her dream of living a happily ever after has yet to come true.

She’s given up on her fantasy.

Personal trainer and gym owner, Maverick Jones isn’t thrilled about having a designer mentoring in his new clinic, but after meeting the brunette beauty face-to-face, he dreams of having his way with her.

He’s ready to turn his fantasy into reality.

But when their fantasies collide, love in the city becomes more complicated than they ever imagined.

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ICYMI: Wanted By You (Love in the City, #2) is FREE for only TWO more days on Amazon and iBooks! Grab your copies today before this steal goes away!

Seven 11 Blog Hop

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Steph Nuss

I’m so excited to be part of the Seven 11 Blog Hop, and today marks our first hop! Eleven authors, including myself, are doing this blog hop where on the 11th of each month we post seven lines from one of our writing projects. It can be a published piece or a piece we’re currently working on. And since the first book in my Love in the City series, Wanted By You, is currently *FREE* on iBooks and Amazon for a limited time, I’ve decided to share seven lines from Carter and Ellyson’s story:

“The old wooden door creaked as it opened and a familiar sensation swept over me, making every nerve in my body stand up in alert and my teeth pull at my bottom lip. The beat in my chest thumped louder and louder, rattling every bone in my body, boiling every ounce of blood running through my system like a volcano getting ready to erupt.

And then I felt it again.

The fluttering from within.

The notorious butterflies that I hadn’t felt in the past five years were back, and only one guy had that kind of magic.”

The second book in the Love in the City series, Fantasized By You, releases on July 14th, so now is the perfect time to start the series if you haven’t yet! The series follows a group of friends looking for love in the city and each book is about a different couple, but you will continue to read about the whole gang in each book. I love them all too much to leave any of them out!

To check out the other authors involved in the Seven 11 blog hop and read their posts, click their names below!

Amanda Aksel – for a chance to win an ecopy of her debut novel, The Man Test, click here to enter!

Heather Hildenbrand

Bethany Lopez

Shawn McGuire

Alicia Sheehy

Kayla Smith

SM Boyce

Heather Brewer

Justine Winter

Nikki Jefford

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you stay tuned for our next hop in August!

FREE Exclusively on iBooks!

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Steph Nuss

I’m so excited to announce that Wanted By You is part of iBooks’ First in a Series Romance promotion in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland! So, if you haven’t started my Love in the City series or know somebody who hasn’t, let them know about this awesome deal because now is the time to start! There are tons of great books for free, and if you’re a series lover like I am, you don’t want to miss out on these great deals! Wanted By You is usually priced at $3.99! Click the download button below to get your free copy now!

What’s also so great about this promotion is that it’s happening right before the release of the second book in my Love in the City series, Fantasized By You, so you don’t have to wait long for book two! The books in the series can be read as stand-alones since each story is about a different couple, but the timeline in book two picks up where book one left off so you won’t miss anything! Fantasized By You (Love in the City, #2) will release on July 14th, and is now available for pre-order on iBooks! So, you’re getting two books for $4.99! That’s a steal! To pre-order your copy of Fantasized By You, click the download button below!

Like I said, please let your friends and family and fellow book lovers know about this awesome promotion because it’s too good to pass up! Thank you so much for all of your support, and I hope you all have a great weekend!

Blog Hop, Hooray!

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Steph Nuss

I’ve been tagged in this fun author blog hop by the amazing Amanda Aksel, author of The Man Test, which I absolutely loved! I’m so happy to call her a friend and can’t wait for more books from her! Thanks, girl!

So, here’s to keeping the hop alive with my interview:

1) What am I working on?

I’m currently working on the second book in my Love in the City series, Fantasized By You. The series is about a group of friends trying to find love in the city, and each book is about a different couple. The first book in the series, Wanted By You, released at the end of February, and I’m hoping to have book two out in the summer of 2014!

2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?

In my Love in the City series, every book has a love story and a message of awareness. The covers of the books will be a different color representing an awareness referenced in each book. I think it’s important to not only tell a great love story, but also share a meaningful message along with it. That’s what I hope my work achieves.

3) Why do I write what I do?

This quote by Cyril Connolly sums up why I write: “Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” I write because writing is something I have to do. I have these voices in my head begging me to tell their story, and I enjoy doing so. When I read, I’m constantly falling in love with the secondary characters along with the main characters, so I love book series where the secondary characters get their own story. I’m a sucker for series and sequels, so you’ll probably never see a standalone from me. I write what I love to read.

4) How does your writing process work?

Outlining is a must for me. I’m not one of those writers who can just sit down and let the voices in my head do the writing. I’m super organized and have notes about each of the books in my series on my computer, my email, a notebook, the notes app on my iPhone, etc. I need peace and quiet to write, and I usually write in bed. I also make a playlist for each book that I listen to when I’m not writing. So, when I take my dog on a walk or work out, I’ll listen to songs that go along with my story or my characters. I feel like that’s a way to stay in “writing mode” even when I’m not actually writing.

To continue the blog hop, I’m tagging three authors (I couldn’t pick just two)…

Elle Jefferson (author of At Death It Begins series), JC Emery (author of Bayonet Scars series), and Katrina Vore (author of The Dark Lotus series)! Tag, you’re it! I can’t wait to meet you girls in Phoenix next year at the Indie Mashup signing!

Such A Sweet Fantasy

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Steph Nuss

The first draft of Fantasized By You (Love in the City, #2) is finished!

So, if you haven’t read Wanted By You (Love in the City, #1) or told all of your friends and family and neighbors about it, please do because I’m so excited for the Love in the City gangs’ story to continue in book two! All of the characters will be accounted for, so I pinky-promise you won’t miss anything or anyone!

And you should read it because…

P.S. – Who wants the blurb for Fantasized By You?

Take A Moment

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Steph Nuss

I’m so excited to share that I’ve added two more signings to my 2015 schedule! I can’t wait to meet all of you, the readers, as well as the other authors attending the events!

Capital City Author Event in Washington, D.C.

Little Rock Book Jam in Little Rock, Arkansas

Since I’ve watched way too many episodes of Cold Case Files and Dateline and 48 Hours or anything Bill Kurtis narrates, I think I’m more than equipped to travel to new places. I’ve barely been out of Kansas, but I know what to look for, I know what questions to ask and what to avoid.

With that being said, I want to know what I should visit in Washington, D.C. and Little Rock while I’m there. I know of a few places I want to go in our nation’s capital, like the Holocaust Museum, but besides that, where else should I go?

And all I know about Arkansas is that it comes after Arizona in the 50 States song and Little Rock is its capital, and I can tell you a lot about the West Memphis Three murders. But that’s all I’ve got.

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