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Congratulations~It’s a book!

Posted on June 30, 2014 | 21 comments

Publishing a book is like giving birth. It’s a long time coming, it involves a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears, and the euphoria when you finally hold your baby in your hands is second to none.

I gave ‘real’ birth twice, to two wonderful little boys. But this is my FIFTH book baby, and the emotion, excitement and pride are every bit as intense as they were for the previous four book births and their real life flesh-and-blood-baby counterparts.

I write romance with rock stars, and here’s your latest fix:

Fallen for Rock: Out today!

Fallen for Rock

‘A thrilling and delicious story of love and self-discovery woven around a broken romance that will make you turn page after page and cheer to the end.’

Love, life, loyalties. Nothing stays the same when Emily gets drawn into the world of rock.

Glossy and sophisticated professional high-flyer Emily has no time for nonsense such as the rock music her ex-boyfriend Nate adored so much. Yet when she unexpectedly comes into possession of VIP tickets—access all areas—for new rock band phenomenon, MonX, she can’t resist the temptation.

The fateful gig turns into more than one night, and Emily finds herself strangely drawn to this new and unfamiliar glittery world. However, only weeks later, MonX and her own universe fall apart with devastating consequences for all. When MonX lead singer Mike appeals for her help, she reluctantly embraces a new opportunity. But she soon discovers that while she may be a rock chick after all, a groupie she is not… Or is she?

Just exactly where do her loyalties lie? And what direction will her life take now that she’s left behind everything she treasured?

Warning! Fallen For Rock contains some explicit content and strong language that may not be suitable for readers under eighteen years of age.

Get it now!
Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com | Amazon.de | Amazon.ca | Amazon.au

Party Time!

Join me today, 30 June 2014, on Facebook and Twitter for all-day launch festivities including games, music, flash giveaways, and virtual food and drink.

Giveaway!

To celebrate the launch of Fallen for Rock and to spread some joy, I’m giving away the following items:

One Large Signed Poster of “Fallen for Rock”

Three Sets of Signed “Fallen for Rock” Swag (Postcards and Bookmarks)

Three Sets of Signed “Fallen for Rock SWAG SPECIAL” including 2 bookmarks, 2 postcards and 2 guitar picks

Five Sets of Signed “Fallen for Rock” Guitar Picks (two picks per set)

One Set of “The Complete Nicky Wells Swag” (signed): Bookmarks and postcards for Sophie’s Turn, Sophie’s Run, Sophie’s Encore, Spirits of Christmas and Fallen for Rock

One Audio CD: Bon Jovi “Greatest Hits” (2010)

One Amazon Gift Certificate for £5/$7 or equivalent

ENTER HERE: a Rafflecopter giveaway

The Small Print: Giveaway is open internationally. Giveaway entrants must be aged 18 or over. Giveaway closes at midnight on 14 August 2014. Winners will be notified by email.

The Tour

I write romance with rock stars. I know all about touring. Of course I’m taking this release on tour! Here’s a list of all the wonderful blogs that will be hosting Fallen for Rock with reviews, guest posts and/or interviews over the coming weeks. Give these bloggers a big round of applause when you stop by there: they are truly amazing, and I couldn’t do what I do without their support.

30 June 2014 Samantha Stroh Bailey
30 June 2014 Celtic Connexions
30 June 2014 Dizzy C’s Little Book Blog
30 June 2014 Rosie Amber
30 June 2014 The Adventures Within
30 June 2014 Love Between the Sheets
30 June 2014 Perusing Princesses
30 June 2014 Random Rants and Rambling from a Rock ‘n’ Roll Drama Queen
02 July 2014 Bless Their Hearts Mom
02 July 2014 Brook Cottage Books
02 July 2014 Comet Babe’s Books
02 July 2014 Read My Dang Book
04 July 2014 Creating Serenity
05 July 2014 Kim the Book Worm
05 July 2014 The Boyfriend Bookmark
07 July 2014 The Love of a Good Book (1)
07 July 2014 The Love of a Good Book (2)
07 July 2014 Bookworm Brandee
07 July 2014 Crooks on Books
08 July 2014 Julie’s Book Review
09 July 2014 Booketta
10 July 2014 Me and Reading
10 July 2014 Chick Lit Plus
16 July 2014 Cosmochicklitan
19 July 2014 Books to Light Your Fire
21 July 2014 Jersey Girl Book Reviews
24 July 2014 Sky’s Book Corner
04 August 2014 Emma Calin
07 August 2014 Chick Lit Central
07 August 2014 The Phantom Paragrapher
11 August 2014 Jera’s Jamboree
11 August 2014 Best Chick Lit
11 August 2014 My Pen Name Only
04 September 2014 The Book Chick
September 2014 Literary Chanteuse
September 2014 Supportive Business Mums

See you on tour… and rock on! 🙂

Have you Fallen for Rock yet?

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Tagged Blog Tour, Bon Jovi, book launch, Fallen For Rock, giveaway, Nicky Wells, Romance with rock stars

Fallen For Rock Cover Reveal and Blog Tour Sign Up!

Posted on May 19, 2014 | 31 comments

Romance with rock stars, take 5:
from your very own rock chick author.

**Read on for your chance to request an ARC and sign up for the blog tour!**

So I’m getting ready for the release of Fallen For Rock on 30 June 2014. Today rings in stage one of release proceedings: THE COVER REVEAL. 🙂

Here it is!

About Fallen For Rock

‘A thrilling and delicious story of love and self-discovery woven around a broken romance that will make you turn page after page and cheer to the end.’

Love, life, loyalties. Nothing stays the same when Emily gets drawn into the world of rock.

Just exactly where do her loyalties lie? And what direction will her life take now that she’s left behind everything she treasured?

Warning! Fallen For Rock contains some explicit content and strong language that may not be suitable for readers under eighteen years of age.

Want another peek at thAT gorgeous muscly male back?

Swoooooooooon!

Credits:
Cover design by Nicky Wells
Cover image “Back of Guitarist” © Viorel Sima via Dreamstime.com

Here’s what some of the advance reviewers think of Fallen for Rock

‘A riveting story depicting the power of music. Fallen for Rock is one hot rock ‘n’ roll thrill ride you do not want to miss!’ ~ Kelly at Perusing Princesses

‘Fallen for Rock takes the action off stage to give readers a full rock ‘n’ romance experience!’ ~ Carol Wright at Dizzy C’s Little Book Blog

‘Striking all the right chords and never missing a beat, nobody writes the music quite like Nicky Wells—I absolutely loved Fallen for Rock!’ ~Tanya Farrell at After The Final Chapters

‘Yet again Nicky Wells has delivered an outstanding rock and roll love story that will entertain you and make you wish you could have your own rock star adventure! Fallen for Rock will thrill you and spark a desire to follow your dreams, jump aboard that tour bus, grab a rock god and rock on. Fallen for Rock has the WOW factor!’ ~ JB Johnston at Brook Cottage Books

An Unexpected Reveal Blitz

I was going to do a really soft and quiet cover reveal. Really. Hand on heart. I promise! I was literally just going to start posting the cover to Facebook and Twitter, and share via my blog, without much ado. However. Some of my wonderful blogging and reviewing friends had other ideas, so it is with tremendous gratitude that I am celebrating this cover reveal also on the following blogs:

Perusing Princesses ~ After The Final Chapters ~ Celtic Connexions ~
Kim The Bookworm ~ Brook Cottage Books ~ Andi’s Book Reviews ~ The Adventures Within ~ Me and Reading ~ Bookworm Brandee

I’m touched, honoured, thrilled and, quite frankly, overwhelmed by your support, ladies. It appears that I can no longer do things ‘on the quiet.’ And that makes me ludicrously happy. YOU ROCK!

Request your own ARC and sign up for the Fallen For Rock BLOG TOUR!

If you are a reviewer with a book blog and would like a sneak peek at Fallen For Rock, please fill in the form below. At the time of posting, there are some spaces left on the tour, but they’re going fast!

Wow. Are you ready to fall for rock yet? And tell me, what do you make of the cover?

Fallen for Rock: Coming 30 June!

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Tagged Blog Tour, cover reveal, Fallen For Rock, Romance with rock stars

Come on Tour with Sophie and Dan! ~ Sophie’s Run Blog Tour

Posted on February 1, 2013 | 28 comments

Can it really be time for another blog tour already? My second masterpiece, Sophie’s Run, launches next week on 7 February, and I have the blog tour all sorted out. Well, you know me. I’m organized like that. And I like to party!

As before, I am going to stop at lots of blogs; nearly sixty, in fact. The tour includes many of my blogger friends old and new, and a fabulous cast of book bloggers from Reading Addiction Blog Tours, kindly organized for me by my lovely publisher, Sapphire Star Publishing. There is a tremendous diversity here and I am truly excited to embark on this journey… and to take you with me.

Blog Tour with a Difference

Speaking of: this blog tour really is a journey in more ways than one, and this makes it quite different from my previous tours. In addition to the traditional-style fun interviews and interesting guest posts, there is also a theme that connects many of the features.

Sophie and Dan would like to take you on a tour of geographic and culinary discovery, showing you many of the places they have visited and sharing recipes for their favourite meals. Are you ready to go on tour with my hero and heroine?

Photo Credits: See Below

But first things first: Thank You!

As always, I want to give due credit and say Thank You to all these amazing bloggers and fellow authors who are giving up their time and making space on their blogs to help me shout about Sophie’s Run. There are some new faces in the roll call, and I am so thrilled to have met you and enticed you onto this journey. And there are plenty of familiar faces who haven’t tired of undertaking my publication journey with me, coming along for a second and, in some cases, even a third time. I hope you know how much your support means to me. Whether new friend or long-standing best mate, I couldn’t do this without you. Thank You.

Sophie’s Run Launch Tour 2013
Come On Tour with Sophie and Dan!

Stops and features are subject to change. Links may not function until the date a post is scheduled. *Asterisked stops have been scheduled by Reading Addiction Blog Tours on behalf of Sapphire Star Publishing: Thank You!

07 February 2013 Romance that Rocks Your World Launch Party, Rock Star Style

07 February 2013 AL Jackson Someday! Launching Sophie’s Run

07 February 2013 Loveahappyending.com Same procedure as last time, Miss Sophie?

07 February 2013 The Romaniacs Necessity is the mother of invention

07 February 2013 We Do Write Interview

*07 February 2013 Reading Addiction Blog Tours Meet and Greet

08 February 2013 Bookreview by Rea Berlin

*09 February 2013 Andi’s Book Reviews Review/Interview

10 February 2013 Jera’s Jamboree Paris and Review

11 February 2013 Dizzy C’s Little Book Blog Lazy Surf’n’Turf and Review

*11 February 2013 Beth Art From the Heart Review

*12 February 2013 The Boyfriend Bookmark blog Review

13 February 2013 Eve’s Chick Lit Reviews Seaside

*13 February 2013 What’s On the Bookshelf? Review/Guest Post

15 February 2013 Love Reading Love Books Hamburg

17 February 2013 Forget the Housework Rock Star Lobster Ravioli

*18 February 2013 Author Ever Leigh Review

*19 February 2013 Stephanie Keyes Lobster

*19 February 2013 The Adventures Within Review/Guest Post

20 February 2013 The View Outside Drunken Prawn Pasta

*20 February 2013 My Reading Addiction Review

22 February 2013 The Book Chick London

*22 February 2013 Queen of All She Reads Review/Guest Post

*23 February 2013 Cocktails and Books Review and Guest Post

24 February 2013 Me My Books and I Rock Star Scallops and Pancetta

*24 February 2013 Dee’s Book Blog Giveaway

25 February 2013 Mandy Baggot New York

*26 February 2013 Me and Reading Review/Guest Post

*27 February 2013 Kaisy Daisy’s Corner Review

01 March 2013 Patricia Sands Highlands

*01 March 2013 Cozie Corner Review

*02 March 2013 Jersey Girl Book Reviews Review/Interview

03 March 2013 Jo Lambert – Writer Tea and Talk at Sally Lunns

*03 March 2013 Let’s Get Booked Review/Guest Post

04 March 2013 Kim The Bookworm Come into my kitchen…

*04 March 2013 Solitary Bookworm Book Highlight

*05 March 2013 Muse Unleashed Review

*07 March 2013 Reading Addiction Blogtours Review Wrap Up
(psst: average rating of 4.7!!!!!)

08 March 2013 Today I’m Reading Newquay

09 March 2013 Words from Anneli Paella

18 March 2013 Fascinating Books Langeoog

22 March 2013 Celtic Connexions Edinburgh

24 March 2013 Janice Horton Author showcase and give-away

25 March 2013 Chick Lit Central Review and give-away

26 March 2013 Sheryl Browne Munich

28 March 2013 My Life. One Story at a Time. Brussels

31 March 2013 Chick Lit and Wine Mussels

01 April 2013 Bonnie Trachtenberg Stockholm

04 April 2013 Jen Tucker Pizza

05 April 2013 Books 4U Tooting (London)

08 April 2013 Chick Lit Plus Cheesy Fondue and Review

10 April 2013 Amy Gregory Lasagna

12 April 2013 My Seryniti Canada

14 April 2013 Hello, You Dan’s Take on Travelling

15 April 2013 Chick Lit Club Connect (blog) When (my) life imitates (my) art: confessions of the eternal rock chick

17 April 2013 Brook Cottage Books Grünkohl mit Pinkel (sort of) and review

19 April 2013 Jennifer M Eaton Nicky meets The Little Blue Lady from Mars

What do you say? Are you coming?

You’ll get to see a lot of places
and you certainly won’t be bored, or hungry.

And lest I forget: Most stops will offer a GIVEAWAY as well, so it’s well worth stopping by.

Rock on! 🙂

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Photo Credits

Food photos are my own. All others as attributed:

(1) By Vwpolonia75 (Jens K. Müller, Hamburg) (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(2) By Lee Kindness [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(3) By Daniel Schwen (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(4) By Stefan Krude (Stefan_Krude) (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
(5) By User:Huebi (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(6) Source: By Joseph Plotz (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(7) By Rnt20 at en.wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by Ian Dunster at en.wikipedia. (Transferred from en.wikipedia) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons
(8) By Derek Harper [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(9) By Benh LIEU SONG (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(10) By Taken by Shmuel Spiegelman using a Canon 10D. (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(11) By Oke (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Rock Star Romance, Part 2: Sophie's Run, Sapphire Star Publishing Book Launch

Tagged Blog Tour, Cities, Come On Tour, Countdown to Sophie's Run, Food, Sophie's Run, Travel

The Run-Up to Sophie’s Run

Posted on January 11, 2013 | 13 comments

I declare the manic season open!

Oh yes, this is going to be my four weeks of madness ahead of the launch of Sophie’s Run, and I am very excited about it all. Here’s a little sneak peek at what will be happening, and I’ll bring you posts with updates as I go along, of course.

First of all, let me remind you what Book 2 is all about; here’s the blurb:

Sophie’s Run

Her famous star remains her rock while life takes her on a little detour…

Who says that the road towards true love is straight and even? Sophie is certainly discovering that it is anything but.

So she has finally found the man of her dreams! Well… she knows who he is, even though she hasn’t actually quite met him yet. But she misses her opportunity, and then her life goes crazy. Rock star and ex-fiancé, Dan, keeps getting in the way of her new romance—even if he is just trying to be helpful. A fire, an impromptu mini-trip with Dan, and a dreaded wedding later, Sophie is still struggling to meet the love of her life. Then, just as she is getting it together with her perfect man, best friend Rachel commits an act of unspeakable betrayal.

Sophie has had enough. Confused and distraught, she decides that it is time for radical change. Surprising herself and shocking her friends, she embarks on a secret journey eventually gets her life back on track.

Where is Sophie’s Run now?

Right at this very moment, Sophie’s Run is at the printer. Squeee! I’m hoping to get my trembling fingers on paper back copies of my second book in the next two to three weeks, and you’ll be the first to know when they get here!

In addition, the book is also being formatted for e-publishing in all the various formats so we will be all singing-and-dancing on pub day. (Pub day being 7 February 2013, in case I hadn’t mentioned the date lately).

What kind of launch party will there be for Sophie’s Run?

A fabulous one, to put it simply! Plans are afoot to launch this baby live on air over at Siren 107.3 FM with Alex Lewczuk and various Special Guests on the eve of publication, 6 February, from 5pm to 7pm. Let me hear you say, Hell Yeah! More details to follow when I have the line-up complete.

In addition, I’ll also be hosting a lightning-signing event at Welton library at 10 a.m. on 7 February, so if you’re in the area, drop by! You can visit my blog all through the day of 7 February to take part in the party. And if that’s not enough, I’ll also be hosting a Facebook party so that absolutely everybody can take part!

Will you be taking Sophie’s Run on tour?

Why, of course! And, more importantly, I’ll be taking YOU with me ~ on a tour of geographic and culinary discovery, just like a rock star. The schedule is nearly finalized, 90 per cent of the blog posts have been written, and I will post more details right here on this blog very soon, watch this space.

And of course, while I’m getting this all organized, I also have a duty to Sophie and Dan to finish their story, so I’m typing away at Book 3, Sophie’s Encore. #norestforthewicked, right? It’s gonna be awesome!