Recently, I was thrilled to be a guest on J.T. Crowley’s podcast, TALKING BOOKS. J.T. spotlighted 2 of my books, both paranormals, IT’S WITCH O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE, and THE SHERIFF AND THE PSYCHIC.
This was a fun-filled afternoon, to be sure. JT is a fabulous interviewer and I was so impressed he read BOTH books prior to the sit-down.
Click below to see how much fun we had!!!
The SHERIFF AND THE PSYCHIC won the New Jersey GOLDEN LEAF Award for 2022 in the Paranormal Romance Category~~
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So excited to announce I’ll be at the TOADSTOOL Bookshop in Keene next Sunday, 12.4. from 2-4 pm signing books and talking about all things Christmas romance related.
I would love to see you!!! If you’re out holiday shopping, stop by, sit for a while and chat and, of course (LOL) buy a book for yourself or someone on your holiday romance reading list.
here are the deets:
Sunday, December 4th at 2pm
Peggy Jaeger
She will be at the Toadstool presenting her Christmas titles along with her 2022 book releases!
I’m a #contemporaryromance writer who writes #RomComs about strong women, the families who support them, and the men who can’t live without them. If I can make you cry on one page and bring you out of tears rolling with laughter the next, I’ve done my job as a writer!
#Family and #food play huge roles in my stories because I believe there is nothing that holds a family structure together like sharing a meal…or two…or ten. Dotted with humor and characters that are as real as they are loving, I bring all topics of daily life into my stories: life, death, sibling rivalry, illness and the desire for everyone to find their own happily ever after. Growing up the only child of divorced parents I longed for sisters, brothers and a family that vowed to stick together no matter what came their way. Through my books, I’ve created the families I wanted as that lonely child.
As a lifelong diarist, I caught the blogging bug early on, and you can visit me at peggyjaeger.com where I’m blogging about life, writing, and stuff that makes me go “What??!” daily.
I’m a social media junkie! You can visit me at all these sites any day and I’ll probably be there.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peggy_jaeger
Pinterest :https://www.pinterest.com/peggyjaeger/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peggyjaeger_author/
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/peggy-jaeger
Facebook :https://www.facebook.com/PeggyJaeger.Author/?ref=bookmarks
You Tube : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=peggy+jaeger
Event date:
Sunday, December 4, 2022 – 2:00pm
Event address:
12 Emerald Street
Keene, NH 03431
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TEMPTED and TANTALIZING is a great name for a romance conference/group, isn’t it?? LOL
I’ll be attending the TNTNYC event this year as an attending author and I’m stoked because it takes place in my old stomping ground of Staten Island, NY. I grew up in SI. From the time I was 8 until I got married at 27 I lived in the borough, went to the local middle and high schools and worked at Staten Island University Hospital as a nurse. Although, back in the day it was just called SI Hospital.
I can’t wait to see the old burg again!!
I’ll be signing books at the official book signing on Saturday, October 15 and attending the cocktail reception afterward. Tickets to the event for readers are still available here: TNTNYC
Look at this fabulous list of attending authors, many of them friends of mine!!!
Here’s the form: PREORDERS FOR TNTNYC
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Here’s the schedule of events: – and it’s an ALL DAY AFFAIR!
BOOK SIGNING first from 10-11, then individual meet and greets and author panels. My meet and greet is from 12-12:25 and my panel discuss is 1-1.45
So much to choose from and so many authors to get to know! Or, meet your faves.
Weather permitting it will all be outside, so say a prayer to the GODS of weather we have a good day.
This is so exciting for me —- I mean, LOOK AT THE LINEUP and then there’s me! WOW. To register for the event click here: ROMCON2022 and you can read this article about the even, too: RONCON
Hope you can come out to see us all!
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I’ve been a proud member of the WILD ROSE PRESS Rose Garden for 5 years but never have I been so PROUD to be published by them than I am right now. Below is letter from our Editors In Chief, Rhonda Penders and RJ Armstrong about a project the WRP has recently undertaken, AUSTRALIA BURNS. It’s a 3 volume anthology of short stories in various genres from Wild Rose Authors who volunteered to have their stories published to benefit the charitable organizations of Australia and help them with the costs of rebuilding this beautiful country. Neither the authors nor the publisher are assuming any royalties from the sale of these books, all proceeds going to Australia. All the editing and graphic design was conducted by the editors of WRP on a volunteer basis. This truly was a labor of love.
Please read this letter then go to the WRP website and purchase the books. I’ve provided the links below
My short story THE TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING is in volume 1.
| Authors have always been known to help one another but when our own Australian author, Stephen King, asked his fellow authors what could be done to possibly help his beloved Australia during the horrendous wildfires, The Wild Rose Press authors stepped up in a big way.
The result of that initial conversation, less than a month ago, is a 3 Volume Anthology. Over 40 authors donated a short story. The Wild Rose Press’ editors, artists and production staff donated their time and talents to edit these stories and compile them into an anthology. |
Volume 1 and 2 have been released and are available to purchase on our website in print form.
https://www.thewildrosepress.com/product-category/writers-shop-cat/special-release-paperbacks
The first volume in ebook can be found on Amazon as well as any other distributor where you purchase ebooks.
All proceeds from these 3 anthologies will go to help support the recovery of Australia. We asked Stephen to decide where the profits would go to do the best work and after much research he continued to come back to The Red Cross. We can identify where we want the donation to go and we will have it go directly to the efforts of The Red Cross in helping with the recovery effort in Australia.
Stephen gave us an update today and if you want to read more about what is happening directly from someone who is there you can read more here:
Recent rains have helped enormously, still there are fires, but not to the same extent as there were, and the focus now is more on recovery and rebuilding. To that end there are advertising campaigns now to stop what’s called the second wave disaster and that is people staying away from tourist areas and business who rely on travelers and visitors to survive. Most of our tourist destinations are unaffected, yet people think the whole country is gone, which of course isn’t true. The problem of course is that if people stop visiting, businesses will go broke, making the overall recovery much harder. With the rains, re-growth has already begun and some burnt out areas have grasses and shrubs recovering already.
Then of course there is the wildlife, and those organizations such as the RSPCA, and others are doing remarkable work rescuing animals and rehousing them. A lot of our native trees are Eucalyptus, and with millions of trees gone, Koalas only eat those leaves, so regrowth and resettlement is going on in huge numbers to save a cuddly species from extinctions in the wild. Kangaroos will bounce back, and in time, the feeling is most other animals will to, but the key words are – in time. In a lot of cases we hope the burnt trees themselves will regrow as they have evolved to grow after bushfires. I’m told with heavy rains in recent days some are showing green growth, which is encouraging.
All charities are ‘working their bums off’ but the one who seems to be doing the most is the Red Cross. So in closing, two things. Firstly – and I know I’ve said it before – my heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for participating in whatever way you have. Forty eight stories simply is mind-blowing, and the offers for promotion, trailers, editing, cover design, formatting and of course redirecting the money has been so uplifting I can’t even begin to tell you – and for someone who uses words all the time – that’s saying something.
Secondly, if ever you’ve thought about visiting this country, now’s the time. And as Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) once said in some fantastic famous ads in the US and across the world. “Come on down; I’ll throw a shrimp on the barby for you. – Author Stephen King
Available in paperback through our website – click here and will be at Nook, iTunes, KOBO, Scribd, and other fine retailers within a few short weeks.
It’s a brand new year, a new decade, and a new 52 weeks of this fabulous weekly blog share!!!! First topic of the new year? My goals for 2020.
Oy, I’ve got a bunch, I tell ya. I need to up my game in my writing career, in my personal life, and in my health, so…here goes the top ones:
Professionally, I want to :
~Write a minimum of 1000 words before I start my actual day – what this means is that while I’m still in jammies, I write. Once 1000 words is achieved I get to get dressed, and do the adulting things I need to – like gym, laundry, etc. When they are done, I can write more.
~Finish 3-4 complete manuscripts in 2020; self-pub one of them. A lofty goal.
~have 2 books traditionally published this year.
~Double my book sales this year through organic exposure – like blogging here!!
Personally, I want to:
~practice kindness more and learn not to be so judgmental of things, events, and people.
~ along with not being so judgmental, I want to stop knee-jerking my decisions and responses when something happens. I need to take more time to listen, think things through, and then after consideration, say what I want to say and act accordingly.
Healthwise, I want to:
~ hit the Gym 6-7 times per week. No excuses. I’ve got a wedding I need to be camera ready for in May 2020.
~ Eat better, and by better I mean, cut out the crap!! All of it.
~lose all the weight I’ve gained since I had my rotator cuff surgery.
Pray for me, peeps, that these things are doable for me, ‘cuz I need the help to change!!
Now, let’s see what some of the other writers in this blog challenge want to do for 2020: L&SR1.8.20
~until next week ~ Peg
And if you’re looking for me in 2020, I’m usually here:
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Blurb:
Elite bodyguard and P.I. Rick Bannerman’s job is to protect. He doesn’t get emotional with his clients, but when a woman from his past is threatened, his next job becomes personal.
Family lawyer Abigail Laine is the target of a client’s vengeful husband, but refuses Rick’s offer of protection. He walked away from her four years ago, and she swore to forget him.
Now her reluctance to accept his help could cost Abby her life.
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I don’t usually post full face pictures of myself on this page for a number of reasons, but the biggest one being I hate full face pictures of myself!!!
Cindy Crawford I am not.
I’m not even Helen Mirren and she’s in the same age group as me.
But when I received this award over the weekend, I also received a letter from FCRW that asked the winners to take a picture with the award and their winning book to post on the FCRW Facebook and Twitter pages. Since it was going to be so publicly displayed anyway, I figured, why not blog about it, too, and post the picture.
So…
I am still rehabbing from my surgery, so you can see a tiny speck of the immobilizer covering my right hand as I hold the beautiful award. Yes, I’m in my nightgown, there’s nothing on my face except Retin A, I’m wearing my daytime glasses and my hair isn’t combed because I can’t do that yet ( due to dominant arm surgery!) But it would have taken too much time, effort, and energy – none of which I have, to look camera ready.
But..all that aside, this award truly touched my heart.
The past two months have been filled with self doubt, feelings of inadequacy, and frustration over my writing career. After being dropped by two publishers and receiving some horrible reviews for my books, in addition to still not seeing my sales and readers increase, I’ve been struggling with the concept that writing for publication is something I’m not cut out for. There’s so much more involved than just writing stories of my heart. The time and cash spent on marketing, the query letters, the waiting to hear back, the time delays between book publications – it’s all starting to take a toll on my psyche.
The endless questions: have I peaked out? Is this all worth the time and expense? What am I killing myself for?
Dramatic? Yeah, maybe, but hey: this is me we’re talking about. Drama in my confirmation name.
And then this happens.
I think sometimes the universe, and/or God knows just what to do to make me realize my decisions and my life are worthwhile.
So…no more moping, overthinking, doubting, bitching or complaining.
Now if I could just brush my hair…..
Oh, and because the marketing aspect NEVER ends, here’s the book that won the award, available in ecopy, print and audio.
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With Christmas season in full swing, baker Regina San Valentino is up to her elbows in cake batter and cookie dough. Between running her own business, filling her bursting holiday order book, and managing her crazy Italian family, she’s got no time to relax, no room for more custom cake orders, and no desire to find love. A failed marriage and a personal tragedy have convinced her she’s better off alone. Then a handsome stranger enters her bakery begging for help. Regina can’t find it in her heart to refuse him. Connor Gilhooly is in a bind. He needs a specialty cake for an upcoming fundraiser and puts himself and his company’s reputation in Regina’s capable hands. What he doesn’t plan on is falling for a woman with heartbreak in her eyes or dealing with a wise-guy father and a disapproving family. Can Regina lay her past to rest and trust the man who’s awoken her heart?
Until next time ~ Peg
This is not going to be an explanation of KU, sorry. I’m still as stupid and in the dark about the whole process, myself, and I really think I need an instruction workshop to have it make any sense to me.
No, this posting is part of that never ending branding and marketing portion of my life. You see, two of my books have recently been put into KU – not by me! I’m traditionally published and had no say in the matter when the publishers decided to go this route.
The two books are
COOKING WITH KANDY, book 1 in my WIll Cook for Love series from Kensington/Lyrical
and DIRTY DAMSELS, DotComGirls, bk1 from Limitless Publishing
So, if you are a KU subscriber, do a little romance author a favor and read a few pages ( or download the entire book! – even better! hee hee)
Until next time ~ Peg
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Today, I have a fun surprise I’d like to share with you.
I’ve teamed up with 30 fantastic authors to give away a huge collection of Steamy Contemporary Romances to 2 lucky winners, PLUS a brand new eReader to the Grand Prize winner!
You can win my novel DIRTY DAMSELS, plus books from authors like Piper Rayne. Zoe York, Kacey Shea, and more — just by following me and other great Steamy Contemporary Romance authors on BookBub!
Enter the giveaway by clicking here 👉 bit.ly/SteamyRomance-August2019
And you can follow me on Bookbub or any of my other Social Media sites, as well, here:Tweet Me//Read Me// Visit Me//Picture Me//Pin Me//Friend Me// Triber// BookMe // Monkey me //Watch me
and watch the trailer for DIRTY DAMSELS my good friend Nancy Fraser made for me:
Good luck and enjoy!
Until next time ~ Peg
This month on N.N. Light’s Book Heaven, it’s a celebration of Bingeworthy Books
I’m lucky enough to have my current Limitless Release DIRTY DAMSELS as one of those books being celebrated as bingeworthy – an honor, believe me!!!
I’m thrilled to have any book of mine thought of as one that has to be finished in one sitting! I have several favorite authors, who, when they release a new book, I devour immediately, unable to put it down until I know how everything resolves. And even though I read mainly romance, with the ending a guarantee of an HEA, an ending I KNOW is coming, I still can’t wait to finish the book.
SO, this got to me to thinking ( you knew that was coming, didn’t you? Hee hee): what, exactly, must a book have in it to make it a bingeworthy read for me?
Each of the writers I mentioned above is a binge read author for me. The moment they release new books I stop whatever it is I am doing, whether it’s cleaning the house or writing my own books, and readreadread until I am done.
My greatest, secret wish is that I am a bingeworthy author for a reader!!
Hey – did you know I’ve got a sale going on? DEARLY BELOVED, book 1 in my Match Match in Heaven series is on sale ( ebook only) for just 99cents until 8.23.
The sale is in anticipation of book 2, TODAY, TOMORROW, ALWAYS being released soon! Get your copy now – if you haven’t already – and get all caught up before book 2 comes out into the book reading world.
get your copy here:
Hopefully, it will be a bingeworthy read for you!
Until next time ~ Peg
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