Monday, May 30, 2016

Night Magic cover reveal and giveaway!

Night Magic:  Moonlight & Jasmine Series, Book 1

The beautiful but lonely owner of a bath and body shop, Krista Winter is in need of legal counsel. She was forced to flee from her life as a teacher in New Jersey after being shunned for practicing witchcraft. Her past is about to catch up with her.
Jon Bartolo is a dedicated lawyer, living in the town of Conway, New Hampshire. His days are spent helping his clients with their struggles and his nights are spent in agony, lost in a world between life and death. His mother, who died three years ago, lurks in his house, suffering from a curse for eternity, without a final resting place. 
A smoldering fire between Jon and Krista ignites almost immediately, however, he’s sure his secret would frighten a woman away. An afternoon escape brings them closer, but doubts linger between the love-struck couple. 
Burning questions about how to fuse their lives together with so much of their past still clouding the future become a heavy burden that they’re both trying to bear on their own.  
It will take a touch of magic if there's any hope in sight.

There is still time to enter Kathleen’s Night Magic Cover Reveal Giveaway for a 10.00 Amazon Gift Card. Hop over to her place and enter. http://kathleensplacetoreflect.blogspot.com/2016/05/cover-reveal-giveaway-night-magic_28.html

While you are there take a look around. 

Love's Encore

Her contemporary romance, Love’s Encore was released from Beachwalk Press on May 16, 2016. 

Here’s the blurb and buy link for Love’s Encore.
 
GET THIS BOOK NOW FOR THE DISCOUNTED RELEASE PRICE OF 99 CENTS - OFFER VALID ONLY FOR A LIMITED TIME* http://amzn.to/1WTbvIE

Desire wins the lead role. 

Sadie Layne, a creative and motivated high school drama teacher, is grateful for second chances. After surviving breast cancer, she embarks on a celebratory trip to LA with her two best friends. Sadie never expected to run into the handsome and charming Vince De Carlo in the hotel lobby. She hasn't seen Vince much since they worked together in a theater company years ago. Their meeting interrupts her plans and reminds her of the life she left behind.
Vince, a struggling actor and cover model,
is in LA to promote a television pilot. His old attraction to Sadie is stronger than ever. He never forgot her, even though a trusted friendship and a scripted kiss was all they'd shared.
The reunited pair give in to temptation, but reality soon collides with lust as strong doubts about their blossoming romance get in the way. Sadie dreads facing her defeat as an actress, and Vince doesn't think a struggling actor like himself is capable of providing the accomplished teacher with what she deserves.
Will the couple find a way to keep their sizzling romance alive and build a future together? Or will their uncertainty win the lead role and smother the flames? 

Here’s where you can find Kathleen. She loves hearing from her readers. 



Sunday, May 29, 2016

Summer sale!

Starting today, Kensington Publishing is putting The Griffin's Secret, my rock 'n roll fantasy/reimagined fairy tale, on sale for just 99 cents.






What reviewers are saying:
The author did an excellent job of fitting this Grimm's Tale into a rock music world. Readers will be intrigued and pulled into the story quickly. – Night Owl Reviews – TOP PICK https://romance.nightowlreviews.com/v5/reviews/arlenadean-reviews-the-griffins-secret-by-cate-masters

I loved this one! You will be hooked into this read from the very start. Be prepared for a lots of twist and turns, suspense as well as to be intrigued from this well told story – KK’s Reviews https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1283727028?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

A good blend of paranormal and contemporary romance – KiltsandSwords https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1273705790?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

The premise was interesting and unique. - Angela Street’s Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1249483226?book_show_action=true&page=1

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Don't Wait Too Long is here!

It may not be an overly popular theme, but I love writing about people my own age. Boomers face unique problems as life changes, sometimes faster than we can adapt to.

So I'm happy that this 46,000 word novella is finally released! I hope you'll love these characters as much as I do.

Blurb


Tired of saying ‘yes’ when she should say ‘no’, Claire Sims is finally taking control of her life. Or working on it. At fifty, she’s alone after 20 years of marriage, but is ready to kick up her heels and dance. As a wife, she led a sheltered and lonely existence, but a year of being widowed taught her how to love getting out in the world by herself. She gave up hope of finding real love long ago, and for her, marriage was all work and no fun. Not ready to give up her freedom, she resists until a chance meeting with Kipling Baldwin. Easygoing, sweet, and intelligent, he tempts her in many ways, but can she let go of her fears to share her life with him?

Grief for his wife blurred three years of Kipling Baldwin’s life. Putting himself out there is a frightening concept, until he meets Claire. Her warmth and caring helps him remember the guy he once was instead of the stodgy middle-aged man he is now. He wants to become that guy again—for himself, and for Claire. Time’s precious when it begins running out, and moreso when Kip finds someone who makes life worth living again. But will Claire learn to trust him enough to let him in?

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Don't Wait Too Long, Contemporary Romance


Don’t Wait Too Long

by Cate Masters



Tired of saying ‘yes’ when she should say ‘no’, Claire Sims is finally taking control of her life. Or working on it. At fifty, she’s alone after 20 years of marriage, but is ready to kick up her heels and dance. As a wife, she led a sheltered and lonely existence, but a year of being widowed taught her how to love getting out in the world by herself. She gave up hope of finding real love long ago, and for her, marriage was all work and no fun. Not ready to give up her freedom, she resists until a chance meeting with Kipling Baldwin. Easygoing, sweet, and intelligent, he tempts her in many ways, but can she let go of her fears to share her life with him?



Grief for his wife blurred three years of Kipling Baldwin’s life. Putting himself out there is a frightening concept, until he meets Claire. Her warmth and caring helps him remember the guy he once was instead of the stodgy middle-aged man he is now. He wants to become that guy again—for himself, and for Claire. Time’s precious when it begins running out, and moreso when Kip finds someone who makes life worth living again. But will Claire learn to trust him enough to let him in?



Don’t Wait Too Long

Contemporary romance novella (sweet heat level)

ISBN: 9781311279965

Publish Date: 5/23/2016

About 46,000 words




Excerpt

An insistence rises up within me. A growing buzz blocks out my thoughts except one: leaving. Everyone seems to be pushing me toward marrying the first man who asks, though it’s the last thing I want. Does anyone care what I want?

I care, dammit. I will not let anyone else control my life. Not ever again.

My temple throbs with a dull ache. I rub my eyes and for a moment, my vision blurs. The surroundings seem to stretch away from me in an arc. Within the center of the doorway, a figure appears and hesitates there.

Squinting, I strain to clear my vision and get a better look at the newcomer. Somehow, I lock gazes with the man. He crosses the dance floor as if aiming for me. Every detail about him pops out at me. His dark hair. Black-framed glasses. Six feet of lean muscle. Deep brown eyes that hold mine with a conspiratorial sparkle, as if he knows all my secrets and desires.

I nearly snort. Now that’s a fairy tale. Yet I can’t look away. It’s like a bad commercial for cologne, the handsome man approaching the beautiful woman in slow-mo. Except I’m middle-aged, not some barely-twenty model. And to think he could be interested in me is ridiculous.

Beside me, Ernest still talks, louder with each word. Like a bad dream that will not go away. “Miss. I asked your name.”

The handsome man has come within a few feet, and slows. This is the point in the commercial where he sweeps the girl onto his horse, or motorcycle, or into his Maserati, and they ride off into the sunset.

Then I see myself as from a distance: standing awkwardly near the refreshment table. Of course, he only wants a drink.

“I’m Claire Sims,” I answer Ernest with resigned disappointment.

“Claire.” The tall stranger’s sonorous baritone startles me as much as his use of my name.

I turn, and my alarm grows. He’s smiling. At me. “How did you—”

“Get here?” He glances at Ernest. “The repair shop finished my truck in time. I’ve been looking for you.”

“You have?” Had I accidentally clicked my heels three times and been transported over the singles rainbow? Or fallen asleep and into a wonderful dream? No, because then he’d have said he’s been looking for me all his life. And he wouldn’t be wearing the silver band on his wedding finger.