Mailing List

Woo-hoo! I finally managed to set up a mailing list, which I'm hoping to use to give freebies to fans and let them know about book news! (Maybe, not even just my news. Romance is a small world and I love to let you know about other things too).

Before Hope Dawned is a prequel to Decree of Hope and will be available for free to mail list fans for two weeks before it's available to purchase anywhere else. You can sign up for the mailing list here. And to kick this off, I'm giving away an ebook of Nowhere But Here and a submission package critique (3 chapters, synopsis, and query).


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Win a $10 Amazon Gift Card

Before we get started, you can sign up to learn the process I used to query with a 50% full request rate and snag an editor and agent here. And I'm giving away a free press release at my new blog.


The companion to A Missing Peace will be released in September. This is Mirriam's brother's story, and you can see the cover and blurb below. My Peace Battalion was tremendously helpful with the release of Peace and I love my street team. But I'm looking to have a street team for all my books, so I'd like to change the name to something that fits for all my books and future books. I'm giving away a $10 gift card to the person who offers the best name for my street team. Keep in mind I write romance with a sweet heat level.

When insecure eighteen-year-old Kailee Hill gets caught tagging Iraq war refugee, Abrahem Yohanna's garage, she's not expecting him to act as her designated driver, hold her hair back when she pukes, or offer to be a shoulder to cry on. But she's failing chemistry and her life is falling apart, so she uses the number Abe leaves her and finds herself with a new tutor.

The two quickly find themselves falling hard for each other. Kailee attacks a local grunt when he calls Abe a "sand nigger" and fights with her veteran brother to be with him. When she learns Abe hasn't told his family about her, she's heartbroken and the couple risks losing everything they've worked to build. To make matters worse, Kailee's previous acts make her the prime suspect in a serious crime. With Kailee behind bars and doubting his feelings for her, Abe must find a way to rescue the girl he loves and win back her affection . And to do that he’ll have to catch a crook…

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Monday Mishmash

Monday Mishmash is hosted by the always awesome Kelly Hashway. Plus, she's my bff so if you don't know her, stop by her blog.

1. Editing- If you haven't heard yet, I'm freelancing! I can offer low prices plus a quick turn around, and a vast amount of experience and knowledge. And your first chapter is free!
2. The 'Real' Beth Fred- I've started a new blog to talk about my adventures in parenting, real estate and freelance writing. Check it out! Rumor has it there will be a give away Wed.
3. I'm giving away a $10 Amazon gift card here!
4. Finding Hope- Finding Hope the companion to A Missing Peace will be out this fall! I should have a cover soon. Can't wait!
5. Street Team- A Missing Peace had a phenomenal street team. But I'm looking to build a street team for all my books. Any suggestions for a name?
6. Query Class- I'm teaching my last query class for a while next month. Sign up now!

So that's what I have going on! What about you?

Monster Give Away

My bff Kelly Hashway has a new book out, so she's giving stuff away. Woo-hoo!!! And congrats Kelly!

Squee! There's one month until the release of The Monster Within! That means it's time to celebrate! And what better way to celebrate than by having a giveaway? But before we get to the giveaway, check out the cover and blurb for The Monster Within.

The moment seventeen-year-old Samantha Thompson crawls out of her grave, her second chance at life begins. She died of cancer with her long-time boyfriend, Ethan, by her side—a completely unfair shot at life. But Ethan found a way to bring her back, like he promised he would. Only Sam came back wrong.

She's now a monster that drains others' lives to survive. And after she kills, she’s tortured by visions—glimpses into her victims would-have-been futures had she not killed them. Barely able to live with herself and trying to make things right, Sam ends up a pawn in a vicious game of payback within the local coven of witches.

But when the game reveals what Ethan had to do to save Sam, she must make a choice that will change all their lives forever.

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press

ISBN:  978-1-937053-85-7

Release Date: 6/17/2014

Formats: Paper, e-book 

Add it on Goodreads.

Pre-order on B&N or Amazon. 

So, what can you win? 

• 1 signed copy of The Monster Within
• The Monster Within bookmarks
• a mask (winner's choice of purple, green, or gold)
• a mood ring (winner's choice of small, medium, or large)
• a triquetra necklace (not shown in picture)
• a paperback ARC of Cold Calls, a YA thriller by Charles Benoit
• a hard cover copy of The Magnolia League, a witchy YA by Katie Crouch
• a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card (winner's choice; gift card not shown in picture)

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