All these books just 99c--get 'em today!

You work hard to make the holidays shine. But who makes them sparkle for you? Let us help. Join us on Facebook for fun and prizes and enter our Rafflecopter for a chance at a $50 egift card!

Making the holidays romantic and sexy are New York Times bestselling author Jayne Rylon, New York Times bestselling author Izzy Szyn, bestselling author Jodi Redford, and the awesome Roxy Mews.

Jayne Rylon (Report For Booty)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IHG0HK2/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/report-for-booty-jayne-rylon/1118631851?ean=2940148288503
Izzy Szyn (Fang-Filled Weekend)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0171ZO2BE/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fang-filled-weekend-izzy-szyn/1122844190?ean=2940151189965
Jodi Redford (Double Dare)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VTQO8V6/
Roxy Mews (When the Lights Go Out)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VGOPCUM/

Making the holidays heartwarming are USA Today bestselling author Edie Ramer, USA Today bestselling author Dale Mayer, and Amazon bestselling author Leigh Morgan.

Edie Ramer (Christmas at Angel Lake)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FG92FOE/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/christmas-at-angel-lake-edie-ramer/1116993588?ean=2940148588412
Dale Mayer (Skin)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MJOFLEU/
Leigh Morgan (Second Chances)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0059JGESO/
BN www.barnesandnoble.com/w/second-chances-leigh-morgan/1104360742?ean=2940011392726

Making the holidays fun are bestselling author Zoe Dawson, me, and the always-hilarious SL Carpenter.

Zoe Dawson (Hounded)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DFA9H4C/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hounded-zoe-dawson/1115674091?ean=2940016477251
Mary Hughes (Beauty Bites)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DUB24P0/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beauty-bites-mary-hughes/1116010903?ean=9781619215818
SL Carpenter (SL Carpenter's Big Book of Lust)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0173PRPZC/

Making the holidays magical are international bestselling author Michelle Diener, and the wonderful Elle J Rossi and S.C. Mitchell.

Michelle Diener (The Golden Apple)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J7GI1A4/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden-apple-michelle-diener/1118956538?ean=9780987417688
Elle J Rossi (Indigo Dawn)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZWIP5IM/
S.C. Mitchell (There's No Such Thing as Werewolves)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KAE45A/

Beauty Bites JUST 99c LIMITED TIME

Beauty Bites is priced at just 99c to celebrate Synnove's sister's book coming December 8.

Kindle | Nook | KindleUK | NookUK | iBooks | AllRomance | Kobo LIMITED TIME

Warning: Contains a doctor with a bod for sin, an ad exec with a chip on his shoulder, sarcasm, sex, and a cabin full of annoying friends. Secrets are revealed. One heart-stopping, horrific moment leads to the ultimate of happily-ever-afters. 

Beauty is skin deep…but the beast goes all the way.
When top Minneapolis ad man Ric Holiday is asked to design a campaign for a quaint little town, his first reaction is absolutely not. Meiers Corners is too near Chicago, home of the vampire who turned him as an orphaned boy.

Then the city sends an angel-faced med student with a body made for sin to plead their case. Synnove Byornsson is the ray of sunshine Ric hasn’t felt since he was human.

Armed with determination and a micro miniskirt, Synnove is prepared to crash Holiday’s penthouse cocktail party—and to dislike him on sight. But Mr. All-Style-No-Substance turns out to have a deadly smile, a barely restrained, feral strength, and piercing blue eyes that look at her—not at her cleavage.

Unfortunately Synnove has competition in the form of a sly temptress with a counterproposal. For the first time in her life, Synnove must cash in her genetic lottery ticket and fire back with some sizzle of her own—or her beloved Meiers Corners could become the new Sin City.

Twelve Days of 99c Sales--December 1-12, 2015

Making the holidays romantic and sexy are New York Times bestselling author Jayne Rylon, New York Times bestselling author Izzy Szyn, bestselling author Jodi Redford, and the awesome Roxy Mews.

Jayne Rylon (Report For Booty)
Kindle | Nook

Izzy Szyn (Fang-Filled Weekend)
Kindle | Nook

Jodi Redford (Double Dare)
Kindle

Roxy Mews (When the Lights Go Out)
Kindle

Making the holidays heartwarming are USA Today bestselling author Edie Ramer, USA Today bestselling author Dale Mayer, and Amazon bestselling author Leigh Morgan.

Edie Ramer (Christmas at Angel Lake)
Kindle | Nook

Dale Mayer (Skin)
Kindle

Leigh Morgan (Second Chances)
Kindle | Nook

Making the holidays fun are bestselling author Zoe Dawson, me, and the always-hilarious SL Carpenter.

Zoe Dawson (Hounded)
Kindle | Nook

Mary Hughes (Beauty Bites)
Kindle | Nook

SL Carpenter (SL Carpenter's Big Book of Lust)
Kindle

Making the holidays magical are international bestselling author Michelle Diener, and the wonderful Elle J Rossi and S.C. Mitchell.

Michelle Diener (The Golden Apple)
Kindle | Nook

Elle J Rossi (Indigo Dawn)
Kindle

S.C. Mitchell (There's No Such Thing as Werewolves)
Kindle

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November 1T Status Update

Parties! Giveaways! Concerts! Much food and drink!

November and December are big months for stepping away from the keyboard for me. Blogs have special holiday treats. Hubby and I start rehearsing for all the various Christmas concerts and cantatas and the local Humane Society bash our quartet donates our time for every year.

Bullet point news:

• Biggest news is I will have turned in Mind Mates (Pull of the Moon Book 2) for pre-edits.
• Twelve author friends and I are celebrating 12 days of bargains with free books, $50 rafflecopter and more. Pre-party is November 16-30. The fun starts December 1.
• Assassins Bite is out in paperback! And check out my Goodreads  Giveaway.
• Beauty Bites SALE!! To celebrate the release of Passion Bites (Biting Love Book 9) Book 6 is on sale for a mere 99c December 1-11. Grab yours!
• TRS is having its End of Year Splash this month. I'm giving away December favorites Black Diamond Jinn plus The Bite of Silence. 

Passion Bites
A broken vampire and a driven doctor, seized by a passion neither can afford.

Dr. Alexis Byornsson has her hands full in the ER when her patient’s uncle blows into the exam room. Stitching up a five-year-old’s cut is hard enough without a blond god distracting her all to hell.

To say she’s furious is putting it mildly—not that anyone would notice. Not with the legendary control that’s earned her the nickname “Dr. Frozen”.

Luke Steel never knew a woman chastising him could be so sexy. But for the first time in three hundred years, passion stirs in his gut—along with panic. Since his wife was taken before his eyes in a brutal attack, he’s sworn he’d never feel that powerless again.

Almost before either Luke or Alexis realize what’s happening, they’re sharing a blazing kiss that shatters her logical armor and unleashes his wholly unwanted mating instinct. And spurs a closer-than-skin enemy to put into motion a devastating plan for revenge.

Warning: This book contains a hot doctor and a hotter vampire messing up sterile surfaces. The usual rogue shenanigans, but this time covering deeper motives. Hang on to your stethoscopes at what’s revealed!

Coming December 8. Preorder now!
Kindle | Nook | Samhain | Kobo | iBooks | Google Play | All Romance | UK Amazon | UK Nook

Fun with Sex

I'm tearing up the sheets...er, page today at Lust With A Laugh. Adult only :)

Want to win a Kindle/Nook?

Beauty Bites release tour week two! Prize is a Kindle or Nook (up to $140). Stop by all the sites to increase your chance of winning!

9/2/2013
Manic Readers Guest Author Blog
We Love Kink (review)
Blackraven’s Erotic Café (interview)

9/3/2013
The Muse Unleashed
Rachel Brimble Romance (interview)
Book-A-Holic Anon (review)

9/4/2013
deal sharing aunt
Scorching Book Reviews
Blackraven’s Reviews (review)

9/5/2013
Ali’s Bookshelf  Not posted yet (guest post, review)
Simply Ali 
My Life Beyond Labels Not posted yet (review)

9/6/2013
Harlie’s Books  (review)
Love N. Books  (review)
Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews (guest post)


   

Week #1 Links: http://maryhughesbooks.blogspot.com/2013/08/want-to-win-kindlenook.html

Beauty Bites--interview with guest Synnove Byornsson!

Beauty Bites releases today! In honor of Biting Love book 6, I've asked Dr. Synnove Byornsson to answer a few questions. Please welcome Dr. Byornsson!

A: Thanks for the welcome :) Just Synnove, please.

Q: Why is that?

A: I finished medical school but haven't done my residency...and I recently had a life-changing revelation.

Q: Maybe the right person with the right words will help you regain your calling.

A: It would take a complete disaster--or a pack of attacking ninjas--to change my mind. (Laughs.)

Q: Synnove is an unusual name. Tell us more about it.

A: It's Scandinavian. It means Sun gift.

Q: Which explains the blonde hair and blue eyes.

A: On my father's side I'm Scandinavian. On my mother's I'm German and African American. Don't judge a book by its cover and don't judge people by their looks.

Q: I understand you and your cousin Twyla Tafel have a long-running set of "incidents".

A: Hey--that thing with the water balloons and the cat wasn't my fault. And I didn't mean for Twyla to mistake that Lutefisk for royal jelly and smear it all over her face.

Q: I understand you've been invited to the famous billionaire ad exec Ric Holiday's Christmas in July party. Are you excited?

A: I'm more comfortable in a messy ponytail and scrubs. Wearing a tight skirt and heels? I'd rather do surgery on myself with a bandsaw. And I'm about substance. Holiday's all razzle-dazzle, for all that he's supposedly as good-looking as a stalking lion. But Twyla needs me to, so I'm confronting the lion in his den.

Q: Good luck, Synnove. Thanks for visiting us today!



Beauty Bites (Biting Love Book 6)
Beauty is skin deep…but the beast goes all the way.

When top Minneapolis ad man Ric Holiday is asked to design a campaign for a quaint little town, his first reaction is absolutely not. Meiers Corners is too near Chicago, home of the vampire who turned him as an orphaned boy.

Then the city sends an angel-faced med student with a body made for sin to plead their case. Synnove Byornsson is the ray of sunshine Ric hasn’t felt since he was human.

Armed with determination and a micro miniskirt, Synnove is prepared to crash Holiday’s penthouse cocktail party—and to dislike him on sight. But Mr. All-Style-No-Substance turns out to have a deadly smile, a barely restrained, feral strength, and piercing blue eyes that look at her—not at her cleavage.

Unfortunately Synnove has competition in the form of a sly temptress with a counterproposal. For the first time in her life, Synnove must cash in her genetic lottery ticket and fire back with some sizzle of her own—or her beloved Meiers Corners could become the new Sin City.

Warning: Contains a doctor with a bod for sin, an ad exec with a chip on his shoulder, sarcasm, sex, and a cabin full of annoying friends. Secrets are revealed. One heart-stopping, horrific moment leads to the ultimate of happily-ever-afters.

Want to win a Kindle/Nook?

Join me on my Beauty Bites release tour! Many ways to enter. Prize a Kindle or Nook (up to $140).

Be sure to stop by all the participating blogs to increase your chance of winning.

8/26/2013
Tattooed Book Review
Reviewing in Chaos 
Reading Between the Wines (guest post)

8/27/2013
Spiced Latte Reads
My Odd Little World  (guest post)
AJ’s Reading Nook 

8/28/2013
Waves of Fiction
Talk Supe (review)
Musings From An Addicted Reader (review)
A Little Fiction of Every Flavour 

8/29/2013
First Class Books (review)
What’s On the Bookshelf (interview)
The Readers Roundtable (interview)

8/30/2013
Busy Moms Book Reviews (not posted yet)
Smardy Pants Book Blog


   

 

Honoring the Cost

The stories we tell are important, but none so much as the stories that heal.

I was looking for a way to give back to the marvelous community of readers and book lovers in return for all the support I've gotten over the years. I'd given up finding just the right way when I saw YA author friend Christa Desir is a strong proponent of the Voices & Faces Project, a survivor testimonial writing workshop. Coincidentally, she is supporting a campaign right now. I do like a nice coincidence :) Her wry and touching appeal is here:

http://christaramblesandwrites.blogspot.com/2013/08/my-indiegogo-campaign-and-awkwardness.html

Here's the campaign:

The Stories We Tell

A testimonial writing workshop for survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, and sexual trafficking.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-stories-we-tell

 

To thank you, I'll be donating 25% of my Samhain store royalties on purchases of Beauty Bites made between now and September 2, 2013.

 

Even better, Beauty Bites is now 30% off in the Samhain store! Through--you guessed it :) -- September 2, 2013.

http://store.samhainpublishing.com/beauty-bites-p-72899.html

July 1T Olio

Quick update time! Here's what I have in the works for the next couple months.

• Downbeat (Biting Love Book 7)--is in my wonderful/amazing editor's hands for pre-edits
• Beauty Bites (Biting Love Book 6)--releases next month, August 27, so excited!
• Biting Oz (Biting Love Book 5)--now out in paperback!
• Camp Nano--I'm camping this month, to finish Murder at Chipmunk Lake (A Nixie and Julian Story)
• Lots and lots of parties and events. Check out my NEWS page.
• Aiden's story (Biting Love Book 8)--I'm starting the prewriting phase
• A Billionaire for the Wrong Sister, an indie romantic comedy, is in the edit and rename phase
• Alphas Don't Wear Bows--is up next, for finishing the mega-edit process I started in January with Savvy Authors' EditPalooza
• My Savvy Authors' blog post for August--Synopsis in a Snap!
• Hot Chips and Sand is winding up its free run on my Sidetrips blog

June 1T Olio

GIVEAWAY! Like paperbacks? How about a chance to win one of two autographed copies of Biting Oz? Now through June 30, enter my Goodreads Biting Oz giveaway!

Biting Oz print--July 2, 2013
Beauty Bites ebook--August 27, 2013
Downbeat ebook--March 2014
Beauty Bites print--July 2014

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Biting Oz

by Mary Hughes

Giveaway ends July 01, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

May 1T Olio -- Cover reveal!

Beauty Bites (Biting Love Book 6) -- Coming August 27!

Beauty is skin deep…but the beast goes all the way.

I'm thrilled to unveil the gorgeous cover for Beauty Bites. This breathtaking beauty is by the incomparable Kanaxa.

Here's the blurb:

When top Minneapolis ad man Ric Holiday is asked to design a campaign for a quaint little town, his first reaction is absolutely not. Meiers Corners is too near Chicago, home of the vampire who turned him as an orphaned boy.

Then the city sends an angel-faced med student with a body made for sin to plead their case. Synnove Byornsson is the ray of sunshine Ric hasn’t felt since he was human.

Armed with determination and a micro miniskirt, Synnove is prepared to crash Holiday’s penthouse cocktail party—and to dislike him on sight. But Mr. All-Style-No-Substance turns out to have a deadly smile, a barely restrained, feral strength, and piercing blue eyes that look at her—not at her cleavage.

Unfortunately Synnove has competition in the form of a sly temptress with a counterproposal. For the first time in her life, Synnove must cash in her genetic lottery ticket and fire back with some sizzle of her own—or her beloved Meiers Corners could become the new Sin City.

Warning: Contains a doctor with a bod for sin, an ad exec with a chip on his shoulder, sarcasm, sex, and a cabin full of annoying friends. Secrets are revealed. One heart-stopping, horrific moment leads to the ultimate of happily-ever-afters.

March 1T Olio--TRR Anniversary Bash, Name the Baby

In place of this month's giveaway, I'm taking part in The Romance Review's 2nd Anniversary bash! Through March 31. My giveaway is this week, Edie and the CEO.

Beauty Bites is in edits right now, on track for its August 27 release. Cover coming soon, and it's gorgeous!

In the meantime, be sure to vote on my Name Nixie & Julian's Baby poll, one here at the blog (right-hand column) and one on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaryHughesAuthor

Beauty Bites has a release date!

My apologies to readers looking forward to Lisa Whitefern's visit--it has been unavoidably delayed. More info as it comes.

In the meantime, I'm pleased to announce the next Biting Love book, Beauty Bites, has a release date!

Mark your calendars for August 13

Here's an unofficial blurb to whet your appetite.

When top Minneapolis exec Ric Holiday says "absolutely no" to designing an ad campaign for Meiers Corners, Dr. Synnove Byornsson is sent to plead the city's case. Synnove, with the body of a Scandinavian model and the face of an angel, is the sunshine Ric hasn't felt since he was a human boy basking in his parents' love. Determined and intelligent, she won't take his no for an answer.

On the way to Holiday's penthouse, Synnove's blouse is torn by rowdy drunks. Enter Holiday, with his tousled blond hair, a smile ranging from warm to deadly, eyes so blue they knock her breath out, and sinewy strength barely civilized by suit and tie. He's style over substance, everything she hates, but when he drapes his coat over her exposed bosom she starts to discover he's more than mere sizzle.

A bad experience has made Synnove reconsider medicine. She doesn't need Ric's distraction but her cousin keeps jamming her into short skirts and sexy underwear. Then a sly woman makes a counter-proposal to morph Meiers Corners into the New Sin City, and Synnove must find some sizzle of her own or potentially lose everything.