Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Hello, again! I hope you made it here via Veronica Forand 's blog. If not, please go on back and read her responses. It's okay. I'll be here when you get back :D It's been awhile since I joined in the weekly hop. First, I lost my freelance job. Very disappointed, sad, depressed, etc. AND, my novel sales tanked as well. I haven't had a single sale since February. I know it is my fault, though. I really, truly stink at marketing myself, and I got tired of posting it to the Facebook pages I've joined since it doesn't tend to help or generate any interest, much less sales. I honestly don't know what to do at this point, so I've stopped thinking altogether :D When bad goes to worse, I tend to avoid all things online because selfish me can't stand to read all the success, lovey-dovey, hurray-for-me news that is posted. Just makes my life that much more difficult to bear. I know. Shame on me. I know! Second, and on a much more po...

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Reprint edition (March 3, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312351658 ISBN-13: 978-0312351656 Amazon: Link Excerpt: Link Lisa's Homepage: Link Blurb His name is Hardy Cates. He's a self-made millionaire who comes from the wrong side of the tracks. He's made enemies in the rough-and-tumble ride to the top of Houston's oil industry. He's got hot blood in his veins. And vengeance on his mind. She's Haven Travis. Despite her family's money, she refuses to set out on the path they've chosen for her. But when Haven marries a man her family disapproves of, her life is set on a new and dangerous course. Review It's about a girl from Texas-oil wealth who bucks the family-value trends to go it on her own and ends up making a huge, life-altering mistake. When she returns home with her proverbial tail between her shaken legs, she's not the same woman anymore but never forgot that incredibl...