Bella Street Romance Goes Retro

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The first Kindle e-books of each of my three series will be FREE (reg $2.99 ea) starting Saturday, April 4th through the 8th of 2020. So if you find yourself with a little free time these days (gulp), find some fun distraction with time travel romance, free of charge :) As an added bonus, if you leave a review at Amazon or Goodreads , let me know and I'll send you the next Kindle book in the series. That could end up getting you 12 free books in total and a savings of nearly $36!  Email me at bellastreetwrites@gmail.com to let me know where you left the review and where to send the next book.  Titles and descriptions below. Stay safe and healthy! KISS ME, I'M IRISH From Nashville to Avalon, faerie  mischief is back! Emily Musgrave is heading a direction she never wanted to go in Regency England--namely a convent to turn her from her waywardness. But it's more loneliness than rebellion that motivates her to escape her certain fate. L...

This book is such fun. How cool that it will be a movie . Now we can get the blood and gore in 3D :) Zombies are everywhere, in every setting and situation.  A reflection of our times, perchance?  If you love zombies in unlikely places, check out my Apocalypse Babes series.  The first book features zombies in 60s garb with a penchant for disco. Who doesn't want to see a brain-eating monster in platform shoes? The series expands into a crazy universe of sci-fi soap opera horrors:  The Z Word, follows Seffy Carter and her longtime friends Gareth, Addison and Lani, four besties who share a past dysfunctional and dark enough to keep them bound together under do-over identities. But like off-brand velour, rends develop in their relationships from the flesh-eating pressures of ending up in 1980, in a Montana desert, surrounded by zombies wearing dated disco duds.   And the best part--the first book is FREE at Amazon and Smashwords .  ...

  APRIL KINDLE FIRE GIVEAWAY WIN a Kindle FIRE, or $100, or $50 Amazon Card! Time for our Spring Break KINDLE FIRE  Giveaway.  Register to WIN a Kindle Fire, a $100 Amazon gift card, or one of two $50 Amazon gift cards, compliments of The Kindle Book Review and   Digital Book Today and The Z Word . To WIN, register via the Rafflecopter form below.  STARTS April 1st, 2013.  HINT:  To earn more points, support as many authors as possible by “liking” their Facebook pages, follow them on Twitter, become a fan, tweet, or post a message on Facebook.  No purchase necessary.  But why not buy one or two books while you’re here? Head over to The Kindle Book Review to enter !

Thank you to all who participated in my contest Rock A Juicy For The Apocalypse ! Having survived December 21st means we have WINNERS from the 2,300ish entries! Grand prize of a Juicy Couture pink velour tracksuit goes to:  Gina B. The $30 Amazon gift card goes to: Giveaway Mama The Juicy Couture necklace goes to: Kaylin T. The Apocalypse Babes T-shirt goes to: Carolyn And the 10 e-copies of Apocalypse Babes: The Complete Series go to: Kellie W. Linda B. Cori W. Amy P. Kristin G. S. Bauer Rounder Cheryl B. Courtney S. J. Richardson If your name is on the list, check your inbox! For everyone else who participated but didn't win, check back because I have a lot of contests and giveaways! And the first book of Apocalypse Babes; The Z Word ,  is still free until the end of the year. So grab it quick! Congrats to the winners and to all of us who survived Apocalypse 2012!

One of my favorite scenes from Princess Bride was when Fred Savage asked his grandpa (Peter Faulk) "Is this a kissing book?" And he was really, really hoping the answer was no .  And yet what was missing for little Fred when the book ended? Yep. That kiss. And according the S. Morgenstern, “Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind.” For me, this is why I read romance novels. I probably wouldn't read it if it wasn't a kissing book. Heck, if my High School text books had some kissing in 'em, I would've gotten better grades!  My favorite screen kiss is from the film Never Been Kissed . They had to get it right, and oh, baby, did they. I still get chills when I watch it. Mmmm mmmm. Kissing is so meaningful because it's the moment when guards are lowered and a tentative test is made--a test with sensitive body parts--the lips.  ...

Comic Con --that massive confab that started out as a comic book enthusiast geek-out. It's always been my desire to go, but it hasn't happened yet. However, this year I had a little help.  The awesome ladies at Grub Street Reads went and helped to promote their endorsed indie authors...including me .  Woot! So Seffy and the gang went to San Diego and met these people...who will hopefully become Apocalypse Babes fans! I love that this lady is already wearing pink! And there was a bona fide zombie sighting, too. Luckily he's ready with his Apocalypse Babes accessories! Another T-shirt winner whose other outfit is a pink time-traveling tracksuit! Not sure what's going on here, but as long as The Z Word is a part of it, it's awesome! Even awesomer (yes, that's a word because I say so) is that The Z Word is free for the m...

Gothic Time-Travel Sci-Fi Romance...if that's a mouthful, how about Skiffy-Rom Goth-Com? There's just not an easy way to describe The Z Word .  The Z Word follows Seffy Carter and her longtime friends Gareth, Addison and Lani. The four besties share a past dysfunctional and dark enough to keep them bound together under do-over identities. But like off-brand velour, rends develop in their relationships from the flesh-eating pressures of ending up in 1980, in a Montana desert, surrounded by zombies wearing dated disco duds. Reviewers have used words like:  "The Scooby Gang in Zombieland " "Seriously wicked awesome" "A clusterpluck of craziness" "Alice in Wonderland gone wrong" "Not quite the worst I've read"   "Left me guessing and wanting more" "Part science fiction, part romance, part mystery, part fantasy, The Z Word is all entertainment " Wha...

Allison Merritt and her Have Novel, Will Edit blog is sponsoring a fun blog hop that features flash fiction or short stories. Allison will choose one winner from all the contributing blogs. The winner gets book money to spend in the form of a e-gift certificate. Woot!  In addition I'll be choosing one random commenter to win my 6 book series Apocalypse Babes . Below is an imagining of the Seffy and her friends at a Christmas party. Kinda scary, and filled with clues revealed in the series.  So stay for a spell, then hop onto the next blog. The winner will be chosen and contacted on 4/30.  Don't forget to leave a comment with your email! The Apocalypse Babes Christmas Party Before Things Went To Hell by Bella Street Introducing characters from the Apocalypse Babes series “This was a terrible idea.” Seffy regarded her red-headed and cynical friend, Addison. “You may be right.” Gareth, her long-time crush, slung an arm over ...

Welcome to the #SBBG7, the biggest international giveaway online! Hosted by Reading Romances. The Book Giveaway: winners will be able to choose from the big stash of prizes, it’s one BIG giveaway! You only need to enter it once via the rafflecopter tool (through any of the participating hosts. It’s different from a giveaway hop, where each blog hosts their own giveaway). For this giveaway there will be 5 winners! The first winner gets to choose 6 books and the others 5 books.    My contribution is 3 sets of Apocalypse Babes: The Complete Series . Each set contains all 6 full-length novels in the Apocalypse Babes series.  Go here to enter and for all the details. Hope you win!

  A big THANK YOU to Shawn Maravel for hosting a giveaway at her blog for my book collection Apocalypse Babes: The Complete Series .  Shawn chose four winners from the comments. Congrats to Kristina, another Kristina, Cassandra, and Julie. Thanks to all who entered! Be sure to check out Shawn's books --but only if you enjoy heartwarming, heart-rending romance! :) And keep posted here for a book interview coming up in the future where we'll talk about Shawn's latest book, The Wanderer .

~Shawn Kirsten Maravel~: Interview & Giveaway with Bella Street! (US Only) Visit Shawn's awesome blog and leave a comment for a chance to my all my Apocalypse Babes books--print or ebook!

Well...according to the Mayan calendar, the world ends December 21, 2012. That means I have a LOT of reading to squeeze in before then! Book reviewer Rosey of Rosey's Review is hosting a reading challenge, throwing down the gauntlet of twelve books in 12 months . Here are my twelve I'm committing to read: The Mortal Instruments series (3 books) Books 2 and 3 of the Chaos Walking series Books 2 and 3 of the Forest of Hands and Teeth series Awaken The Chemical Garden Trilogy I Am Legend And while we're talking about dystopian themes, I know of this one apocalypse series... Six full length novels for less than the price of a paperback. I mean, for shizzle! What will you be reading before the apocalypse?