FALLING UNDER by DANIELLE YOUNG-ULLMAN

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Falling Under

By Danielle Younge-Ullman

Falling Under is a fiercely intense book; it takes hold of you and demands that you keep reading. Danielle Younge-Ullman's debut absolutely does not read as if it were a debut - Falling Under is a book that takes reading to another level. This sexually intense novel provokes thought, brings brilliant artistic visuals to the mind, and will have you ripping through the pages, fascinated all the way through to the amazing ending.

When Falling Under debuted in 2008, I interviewed Danielle for BettyConfidential.

Here is part of that interview:

Danielle, what's the elevator pitch you'd use to describe your book?

Falling Under is an emotional roller coaster of a book about a reclusive young artist whose past starts to catch up with her when she falls in love. It's gritty, sexy and raw, with complicated characters and a wry sense of humor. The story touches on a number of issues - everything from the difficulty of having faith when everything and everyone you count on is falling apart to the powerful draw of inappropriate men and the use of sex to punish oneself for crimes real or imagined. My heroine, Mara Foster, is equal parts courageous and neurotic, and the book contains two interwoven stories, one in first person and the other in the rarely used second person.

What was the first moment of inspiration for you to begin writing Falling Under?

I don't actually remember the first moment, but my first attempt at a book (the unpublished one sitting in my drawer) was a rather frothy, fun kind of book with some deeper, darker subplots. In the end, it was those subplots I found most interesting and felt were my best work, so I knew with my next book I wanted to go in a more serious direction, though I really felt it was important to keep some humor as well.

Also, I wanted to write about someone who has the fears and anxieties many of us have, but multiplied by a thousand. So as I was pondering these things, suddenly I had a vision of Mara (my protagonist), young and vibrant and talented, but stuck in her house, haunted by the past and afraid of the future. And then I thought, what happens when someone like this falls in love?

Falling Under is really sexy and sensual, but in a very intense, good way. Were those scenes very difficult to write? 

I had a lot of fun writing the sex scenes, but it did take some effort to get them right. The sex in Falling Under is intrinsic to the story and to Mara's emotional journey, but I didn't want it to be gratuitous ...It's interesting - I find readers are coming away with the impression that there is more detail in the sex scenes in Falling Under than there actually is because of the way I use language in those scenes. I use rhythm and repetition and suggestion in a way that, I think, provokes the imagination - but after the initial set-up of a sex scene, I leave the specifics to the imagination. That is a tough balance to strike, but I enjoyed the challenge.

Mara seems like such a sad person, yet the reader roots for her and wants her to be well. Was she a difficult character to create?

Honestly, I think there's a bit of Mara in so many of us. We live in anxious times, and so many of us, especially women, live with a ton of worry and anxiety. I am a constant worrier and someone who can easily go to the worst-case scenario in my mind, so to create Mara, I just imagined someone with the same tendency but with a much more traumatic personal history, bigger obstacles. It really wasn't difficult to create her - she kind of just arrived.

I absolutely LOVED something about each and every male character in your book, from art instructor Caleb to sexy, curly-haired Hugo. Seriously, if I could take a piece from each of them and make me a man-sandwich ... Was there one you preferred out of the bunch, and if so, why?

I have to admit I have a thing for the more complicated guys in Mara's life - Caleb and Erik in particular. It's not that I think either of them is the best influence in her life or should end up with her, but I just enjoy writing those characters. And Erik ... well ... he started out as just sexy and a bit dangerous but became so much more. He is the one I cried over as I wrote.

Thanks Danielle for taking the time to answer these questions!

Read the FIRST CHAPTER HERE.

Falling Under is now in e-book format and you can win it here. You don't even need to have an e-reader--you can download the Kindle Reader app that works on computers, iphones, ipads, etc, and the download is FREE.

I absolutely fell in love with this book AND it’s unique title when I first read it in 2008. Tell me what you think would be a cool title for a book that you might write and you’ll be entered to win an e-book of Falling Under.

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Thanks for checking out the Fall Fab Giveaway – we’ve got more books coming your way through October. I'll be featuring 2-3 each week. At the end of ALL the individual books featured and given away, one or two lucky winners will win the WHOLE batch of the books.


If you’ve got particular questions on how the Giveaway works, check the ORIGINAL POST HERE, or feel free to email me! Thanks!


Good luck everyone! And I really enjoy your comments too!


Thanks for reading and being a part of this promotion! To find out all the details on how to participate throughout the whole promotion click the previous link!


I also blog at Real Moms Guide if you'd like to read some of my other work.


If you're new here, check out the rules and all the books at in the promotion HERE.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I'll answer it in the thread, or email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com. It is always at my discretion to change things up, and because of some regulations, I guess I must say that the books I review are given to me by either the authors or publishers or publicists, and I am never paid for my reviews, and they are my own personal reviews, and you know what, because I'm here telling you this anyway, I will also tell you that I never review a book I don't like, because you know what, why waste my time, life is too short to read a crappy book! There.

PINCH ME by ADENA HALPERN

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Pinch Me


By Adena Halpern

When author Laura Dave tells you she has a friend who’s written a book and you should really check it out, well then, heck yeah, you’re gonna check it out. So this next book comes highly recommended from one of my favorite authors. I haven’t had a chance to read the whole thing yet, but from what I’ve read so far, it’s a fun quick fairy-tale read and I’m hoping for a happy ending!

PINCH ME by Adena Halpern

From the first chapter, atop of the Eiffel Tower, you’re taken to the most perfect place in the world for an engagement, with the most perfect guy … but … a family curse gets in the way of their happiness…

LILY MARRIED THE MAN OF HER DREAMS.THEN SHE WOKE UP.“Never marry a man unless he’s short, bald, fat, stupid, and treats you badly.” That is the advice that twenty-nine-year-old Lily Burns has heard her entire life from her grandmother Dolly and her mother, Selma. Despite this, when she meets Gogo, the handsome, successful pediatrician who treats her like a queen, she has no choice but to let her heart take over. When she agrees to marry him, Dolly and Selma are inconsolable. They decide it’s time to tell her the truth: their family is cursed. If she marries for love, there will be unimaginable consequences.

Nevertheless, Lily and Gogo elope. Unable to believe her good fortune, Lily asks Gogo to pinch her—to make sure all this isn’t just a dream. The moment he does, Lily finds herself transported back to the house she lived in when she was single. Gogo is gone. When Lily tracks him down, she finds that he’s married to someone else and has no memory of her. In this modern fairy tale, Lily must find a way to break the curse and turn her nightmare back into a dream come true.

Read the First Chapter Here.

Adena Halpern is also the author of Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown (how AWESOME is THAT title?), The Ten Best Days of My Life, and 29 (Gosh, I wish I was 29 again!). You can learn more about Adena and her other books at her website here.

To win Pinch Me, tell me YOUR favorite fairy tale or something YOU dream of having happen someday. Obviously, I dream of having my OWN books published one day.
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Check previous book features to see who the winner is -- that's how you'll find out if you've won or not, and you can still enter if there's not a winner's name posted on the top and highlighted! I usually choose a winner for each book anywhere from 3-7 days after I post a feature!


Thanks for checking out the Fall Fab Giveaway – we’ve got more books coming your way through October. I'll be featuring 2-3 each week. At the end of ALL the individual books featured and given away, one or two lucky winners will win the WHOLE batch of the books.


If you’ve got particular questions on how the Giveaway works, check the ORIGINAL POST HERE, or feel free to email me! Thanks!


Good luck everyone! And I really enjoy your comments too!


Thanks for reading and being a part of this promotion! To find out all the details on how to participate throughout the whole promotion click the previous link!


I also blog at Real Moms Guide if you'd like to read some of my other work.


If you're new here, check out the rules and all the books at in the promotion HERE.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I'll answer it in the thread, or email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com. It is always at my discretion to change things up, and because of some regulations, I guess I must say that the books I review are given to me by either the authors or publishers or publicists, and I am never paid for my reviews, and they are my own personal reviews, and you know what, because I'm here telling you this anyway, I will also tell you that I never review a book I don't like, because you know what, why waste my time, life is too short to read a crappy book! There.

Homesickness

Not a book title. A feeling. Of homesickness. It's what I have currently. I don't know if it's because if I was back in Illinois right now, the weather would be brisk and clean, I would be watching the tree in my front yard turn the colors of red, then orange, then yellow. I remember being in my living room, year after year and thinking how it would look if I took a picture of that tree every day of the year -- I loved that tree and how it would change every single day and yet, every year it would turn and change and go from colorful to bare and snow-covered to full and green again.

That doesn't happen here in Arizona.

Also, not happening here in Arizona is the gaggle of girlfriends in my old neighborhood. We'd all stand at the bus stop in our jammies, gloved hands grasping coffee cups. None of us cared that we were in our jammies. It was the joke, who bothered to put on a bra that day? We were a family of sorts. Bundled and huddled together to keep warm while our children laughed and waited for Mr. Pickles, the most awesome bus driver in the world.

The kids would get on the bus, and we'd stand outside for a while longer, as long as we could, and laugh and chat, then be on our way, but we knew we'd talk again. We were a neighborhood family. I knew I would see these women later that morning, either through a walk, or at the gym, or we'd go for coffee, or have lunch we'd run into each other at the grocery store. This group of women had become my family there. It was the midwest. This is how we did things. We were a neighborhood connected. We had bonded, we were a sisterhood. I knew that no matter what, I could comfortably go to any one of their homes, ring the bell, and go flop onto their couch, raid their fridge, fall into their arms and cry if I needed a good cry.

Here. Only two, maybe three people can I do that with. And I've been here almost a year and a half. I need an extended family here. People are different. Or maybe I'm older. People have made their connections. They're busy. They don't have the time. Or maybe I'm not making the effort? I'm not trying hard enough. But it's too hard. No one is close enough. No one is friendly enough. Maybe I'm not friendly enough? Either way, it's exhausting to miss friends this much. It's disheartening to see the people here as I see them. I can see right through them. They're superficial. Not the ones I care about. Not the ones I want to get to know.

And of course, I have no family here. Family these days, are all over the place. It's just how it is. Like in this example, like this woman's choice to move away from her family. I didn't choose this. We had to go. I didn't want to. I don't know where I'll end up. I never thought it would be here, out west. I always thought if anything, we'd be back to the east, where my two younger children were born. I'm glad I have my internet family. Truly. Thank you all for being a part of my daily life. I feel so connected to you all in more ways than you can possibly know. 

OK, enough pouting. Thanks for listening. More books, less whining next week! xo

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DOGPHORIA by Jim Dratfield and THE BEST OF TODAY'S DOGG by Guy Gilchrist

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Dogphoria by Jim Dratfield

The Best of Today's Dogg by Guy Gilchrist

Okay, we're taking it down a notch and bringing some puppy love your way with these two adorable books for you to win. Yes, this is a TWO-FER for you!

First up is The Best of Today's Dogg where all sales benefit animal rescue and adoption. It's a charming colorful book with cartoons of all things dogs.

Next is Dogphoria by Jim Dratfield, which is a 100-paged, hard back book of gorgeous black and white photos. Whimsical dogs are paired up with unique quotes to match the pictures. Actress Laura Dern has said of photographer Jim Dratfield's work: "Jim is a master at capturing the soul of a dog in a photograph."

These books are perfect for the dog lover and make great coffee-table books, birthday or holiday gifts!

You can enter to win both books here by telling me what you think is the most unique animal in the world and what you would name that animal -- haha, you thought I was gonna ask a DOG question didn't you?

I'm going to say I love flamingos, because I DO, and I would name my Flamingo Florence. PS--DO NOT name your animal like Dorothy the Dog or Henry the Hamster just because I went with Florence the Flamingo... get more creative than I did! hahah.
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Check previous book features to see who the winner is -- that's how you'll find out if you've won or not, and you can still enter if there's not a winner's name posted on the top and highlighted! I usually choose a winner for each book anywhere from 3-7 days after I post a feature!


Thanks for checking out the Fall Fab Giveaway – we’ve got more books coming your way through October. I'll be featuring 2-3 each week. At the end of ALL the individual books featured and given away, one or two lucky winners will win the WHOLE batch of the books.


If you’ve got particular questions on how the Giveaway works, check the ORIGINAL POST HERE, or feel free to email me! Thanks!


Good luck everyone! And I really enjoy your comments too!


Thanks for reading and being a part of this promotion! To find out all the details on how to participate throughout the whole promotion click the previous link!


I also blog at Real Moms Guide if you'd like to read some of my other work.


If you're new here, check out the rules and all the books at in the promotion HERE.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I'll answer it in the thread, or email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com. It is always at my discretion to change things up, and because of some regulations, I guess I must say that the books I review are given to me by either the authors or publishers or publicists, and I am never paid for my reviews, and they are my own personal reviews, and you know what, because I'm here telling you this anyway, I will also tell you that I never review a book I don't like, because you know what, why waste my time, life is too short to read a crappy book! There.

MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN by CHAD KULTGEN

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Men, Women & Children

By Chad Kultgen

This one will get you talking. And I’m coming right out there and saying it’s not for the faint at heart, or however that saying goes. There’s a lot of sex in this one, and it’s a bit on the pornographic side. The first line is raunchy. I’m telling you like it is. Because stuff like Chad writes happens. If you’re brave enough to read a book like this, whether you agree with it or not, well, that’s what books are about. To get you thinking. There is a shock value to Chad Kultgen’s books. Maybe that’s why I like them. I don’t know. This is definitely out of the realm of the usual women’s fiction books I promote here. I like to shake things up.

This is one that’ll shake it up. If you're curious about the book more and want to have a discussion in the comment section, please ask questions -- I'll be happy to talk about it there.

Read the reviews and make the decision for yourself.

Here’s the amazon review I put up for Men, Women & Children. 

I love Chad Kultgen's books. Yes, they may not be for everyone, but what I love about his writing is that he tells it like it is, and it's the real world. I have a son in eighth grade, and a daughter going in seventh, and I am very open with them. I am sure that the stuff that Chad writes about in Men, Women, & Children is happening in the real world today. I'm positive his "fiction" is fact and anyone who berates him for his writing must be crazy or in denial about the world around us. It's fiction but it's real. That's all I can say. 

There is s#xting, there is pornography, young kids do the things that Chad writes about in his novels. I've been a fan of Chad's since The Average Adult Male and always, always look forward to his books. In fact, as I was reading Men, Women & Children, I could see this one as an HBO series - this is some great stuff, there's a sad element to his characters too, but it's real life, and real characters, but that's what I get in his novels -- the realness of what he writes. Anyone who does not like his work just doesn't live in the now.

To enter to win, tell me what you think about teens today – do you think technology (cell phones, Facebook, inappropriate shows in TV, internet access) is making them grow up faster than they deserve to be growing up. I definitely do. They have more access to things we never did. That’s one of the reasons I’m so open with my children. Because if they’re not going to hear it straight from me, they’re going to hear it from their friends and other kids, and they’re not going to hear the truth! That’s why I’m always talking to my kids about EVERYTHING!

If you don’t think this book is your thing, enter anyway, and give it to a man! A guy will LOVE to read it! : )

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Check previous book features to see who the winner is -- that's how you'll find out if you've won or not, and you can still enter if there's not a winner's name posted on the top and highlighted! I usually choose a winner for each book anywhere from 3-7 days after I post a feature!


Thanks for checking out the Fall Fab Giveaway – we’ve got more books coming your way through October. I'll be featuring 2-3 each week. At the end of ALL the individual books featured and given away, one or two lucky winners will win the WHOLE batch of the books.


If you’ve got particular questions on how the Giveaway works, check the ORIGINAL POST HERE, or feel free to email me! Thanks!


Good luck everyone! And I really enjoy your comments too!


Thanks for reading and being a part of this promotion! To find out all the details on how to participate throughout the whole promotion click the previous link!


I also blog at Real Moms Guide if you'd like to read some of my other work.


If you're new here, check out the rules and all the books at in the promotion HERE.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I'll answer it in the thread, or email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com. It is always at my discretion to change things up, and because of some regulations, I guess I must say that the books I review are given to me by either the authors or publishers or publicists, and I am never paid for my reviews, and they are my own personal reviews, and you know what, because I'm here telling you this anyway, I will also tell you that I never review a book I don't like, because you know what, why waste my time, life is too short to read a crappy book! There.

WITH A LITTLE LUCK by CAPRICE CRANE

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With a Little Luck

By Caprice Crane

“Romantic, poignant and funny—this book is a lucky find for lit fans. Caprice Crane is a nimble and gifted storyteller.”
— Diablo Cody, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Juno

Caprice Crane, has written for 90210 and Melrose Place and is also a talented screenwriter. She is the successful author of Family Affair, Forget About It, and Stupid and Contagious. (You’ll definitely want to check out ALL of these great books.)

Today you can enter to win her latest With a Little Luck! Here’s the book blurb:

Los Angeles radio DJ Beryl “Berry” Lambert, whose name means luck, doesn’t much believe in it—although, thanks to her dear old gambling dad, she’s a bit superstitious, certain that everything happens for a reason.

When it comes to love, though, she could use a little luck. Two disastrous relationships back-to-back can mean only one thing to a woman who knows that everything good or bad happens in threes: A third Mr. Wrong is imminent. But fellow DJ Ryan Riley goes against the odds. Their on-air battle of the sexes is a hit for the station and sparks some serious heat after hours. Is their relationship doomed by the numbers—or is a girl who leaves nothing to chance finally ready to gamble?

Read the first 17 pages here.

Trust me, you’re not going to want to stop reading once you get through the excerpt!

PS—the pilot of her first book, Stupid and Contagious, has just been sold to NBC, and Caprice is working on the script for that now!

Oh, also, if you’re on Twitter, follow Caprice there @capricecrane – she’s listed as one of the top 50 funniest tweeters around.

To win Caprice’s With A Little Luck, tell me something superstitious that you believe in or that you act upon. For me, I am partial to even numbers. Odd numbers in anything just tend to creep me out. Doesn’t matter what it is – seats on an airplane, putting in a time on the microwave, paying for something. If it’s an even number, I always feel like I’m luckier. All three of my kids were born on even days of the month, so that makes me feel lucky. See, totally weird, right!

What’s your weird superstition?
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Check previous book features to see who the winner is -- that's how you'll find out if you've won or not, and you can still enter if there's not a winner's name posted on the top and highlighted! I usually choose a winner for each book anywhere from 3-7 days after I post a feature!


Thanks for checking out the Fall Fab Giveaway – we’ve got more books coming your way through October. I'll be featuring 2-3 each week. At the end of ALL the individual books featured and given away, one or two lucky winners will win the WHOLE batch of the books.


If you’ve got particular questions on how the Giveaway works, check the ORIGINAL POST HERE, or feel free to email me! Thanks!


Good luck everyone! And I really enjoy your comments too!


Thanks for reading and being a part of this promotion! To find out all the details on how to participate throughout the whole promotion click the previous link!


I also blog at Real Moms Guide if you'd like to read some of my other work.


If you're new here, check out the rules and all the books at in the promotion HERE.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I'll answer it in the thread, or email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com. It is always at my discretion to change things up, and because of some regulations, I guess I must say that the books I review are given to me by either the authors or publishers or publicists, and I am never paid for my reviews, and they are my own personal reviews, and you know what, because I'm here telling you this anyway, I will also tell you that I never review a book I don't like, because you know what, why waste my time, life is too short to read a crappy book! There.

IF IT WAS EASY, THEY'D CALL THE WHOLE DAMN THING A HONEYMOON by JENNA MCCARTHY

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If It Was Easy, They’d Call The Whole Damn Thing A Honeymoon
Living With and Loving the TV-Addicted, Sex-Obsessed, Not-So-Handy Man You Married


By Jenna McCarthy

So yeah, say THAT title three times fast.

When I first ‘met’ Jenna McCarthy online, I thought what everyone thought – oh yeah, she’s the chick who was on MTV’s Singled Out and also a Playmate of the Month.

Make no mistake. Jenna-with-an-A McCarthy is prettier and much more talented than the chick who used to date Jim Carrey. You’ll see later when you watch the trailer for the book with the longest title in the world.

Damn Honeymoon comes out on Tuesday, October 4 and is part memoir and part marriage guide, but if you’re not married, don’t let this stop you from reading it and entering to win it!

It will give you great insight into the sacrament of marriage and also makes a great gift for ANYONE you know who has been through the glorious stages of wedded bliss – the snoring, the ignoring, the remote-hogging, the handy-manning, the I-know-how-to-get-there, the sports-watching, the can-you-make-me-dinner (although Jenna has trained her husband to COOK!), the ass-grabbing-in-the-kitchen (this one happens to ME all the time) … all the things that drive us crazy about the men who LOVE us!

See, doesn’t it sound like a hoot of a book already! It TRULY IS a masterpiece that’ll have you cracking up. Just don’t read it in bed next to your guy because then he might wonder what you’re reading, (if he’s not already sawing the logs). We do not want him on to all the secrets of how we can survive this blissful wedded life.

Check out the hilarious book trailer Jenna and her husband star in, and don’t miss the outtakes at the end!

MUST-SEE HILARIOUS BOOK TRAILER STARRING JENNA HERSELF AND CO-STARRING HER CUTE HUSBAND

And if you’re wondering what’s up with all the ZESTRA plugs, well, you’ll just have to check it out for yourself … I did. Literally!

Thanks Jenna! For solving all the mysteries of marriage in one handy hilarious and helpful book! Love it! You’ve simplified everything and made me crack up while doing so! And I know the chick on the cover is not looking for a turkey leg in the oven, is she? She’s trying to end the misery, right? Haha!

THIS JUST IN: Don't miss Jenna on the TODAY show Monday, October 3, with Hoda and Kathie Lee, but Khloe Kardashian will be sitting in for Kathie Lee! Holy CRAP!!!!

To enter to win a copy of Jenna’s book, share an annoying trait about your husband, the guy you currently love, or someone you were in a relationship with that had an annoying trait that you put up with because he had enough good qualities you could overlook that one particular trait!
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Check previous book features to see who the winner is -- that's how you'll find out if you've won or not, and you can still enter if there's not a winner's name posted on the top and highlighted! I usually choose a winner for each book anywhere from 3-7 days after I post a feature!


Thanks for checking out the Fall Fab Giveaway – we’ve got more books coming your way through October. I'll be featuring 2-3 each week. At the end of ALL the individual books featured and given away, one or two lucky winners will win the WHOLE batch of the books.


If you’ve got particular questions on how the Giveaway works, check the ORIGINAL POST HERE, or feel free to email me! Thanks!


Good luck everyone! And I really enjoy your comments too!


Thanks for reading and being a part of this promotion! To find out all the details on how to participate throughout the whole promotion click the previous link!


I also blog at Real Moms Guide if you'd like to read some of my other work.


If you're new here, check out the rules and all the books at in the promotion HERE.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I'll answer it in the thread, or email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com. It is always at my discretion to change things up, and because of some regulations, I guess I must say that the books I review are given to me by either the authors or publishers or publicists, and I am never paid for my reviews, and they are my own personal reviews, and you know what, because I'm here telling you this anyway, I will also tell you that I never review a book I don't like, because you know what, why waste my time, life is too short to read a crappy book! There.