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I’m Yours by Faith Sullivan Release Party

I am so excited to annonce the third book in the Heartbeat series is officially out. This is an amazing series that will have you swooning and falling in love.

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Title: I Am Yours (Heartbeat, #3)

Author: Faith Sullivan

Expected release date: October 8, 2013

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Age Group: New Adult

Ebook available at: Kindle | Nook | Smashwords ($2.99) 

 Kindle link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FLDTW3W

 Nook link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-am-yours-faith-sullivan/1117028924

 Smashwords link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/363643

 Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17925766-i-am-yours

 Book Description:

 Book 3 in the HEARTBEAT series

 Adam is at a crossroads.

 He has Katie on his mind and Jada in his bed.

Now with the ultimate choice before him, he must decide between fantasy and reality.

Katie’s his dream girl, but Jada’s his best friend, his partner. As a paramedic, he’s supposed to save lives, not wreck them. Yet his failure to commit leaves a trail of heartache in his wake.

Things come to a head at his brother’s wedding when a surprise announcement leaves Adam scrambling to pick up the pieces. Sure, women find his shaggy blond hair and aquamarine eyes irresistible. But to him, sex is nothing more than a means of escape … until it turns into a psychological trap.

His mind is telling him one thing, while his heart is beating another. He’s not sure what he wants when it comes to a serious relationship. Sorting out his feelings, he finally comes to a startling realization. He is capable of love.

But what if it’s too late?

Excerpt:

 His shaggy hair is falling in his eyes as water drips from the ends. The buttons of his shirt are undone and droplets cling to his bare chest. His lips are parted and his blue eyes radiate a mixture of elation and desire. He knows that he’s trespassing where he doesn’t belong, but he doesn’t feel the need to ask anyone’s permission to enter my bedroom either.

I tilt my head and gaze up at him, my hair tumbling over my shoulder. He advances toward me, looking somewhat guilty, bordering on apologetic. He realizes he shouldn’t be here, but he is. And I don’t want him to leave. I like the danger of having him so close.

He blinks and raindrops fall from his eyelashes before running down his face. And that’s all it takes for the sheer happiness of the moment to light up my face. I rush toward him as he greets my smile with one of his own. Its sincerity warms my heart as he looks at me like he’s just completed the longest journey of his life, filled with relief at finally reaching his destination. He’s come home. He’s where he’s supposed to be. And if I’m being honest with myself, I feel like I’ve been waiting for him all along.

The force pulling me to him is too strong to ignore. I don’t fight it. I give into it. I let it take me over. I stride up to him, reaching up on my toes, my fingers dancing across his neck as I take his lips with mine. Pressing myself into him, the front of my white t-shirt is soaked instantly. But instead of experiencing any kind of chill, I feel like I’m burning up.

The kiss is gentle this time, lasting only a few seconds before he draws me into a hug, laying his sopping head against my shoulder while wrapping his arms around my waist, drawing me as close as he possibly can to his body. He winces when I squeeze him back tightly, causing him to loosen his grip on me and step away. I reach up one hand at a time to examine his face as he tries to look down, refusing to meet my gaze. Finally, he gives me a mournful smile as I persist. Silencing my worries, he runs a hand lightly across my face before bringing me in for another kiss. He’s so careful with me, so tender. He breaks away to smile at me again, a look of wonderment in his eyes, before resuming our kiss.

Slowly releasing my lips, I allow my hands to roam down his chest as I start to tug on his shirt. He complies with my request, but he seems to be in pain as I help remove the sleeves from his arms. I glance up at him in concern, and he whispers, “My ribs. They were broken not too long ago. I don’t think they ever fully healed.”

He hangs his wet shirt on the bedpost as I run my hand gently over his chiseled abs. He bends his head to the side, closing his eyes. He doesn’t open them as I glide my fingers over the scar on his forehead, where undoubtedly he had stitches at one time. My heart contracts as I ponder what happened to him. He submits to my touch, moving his head along the path of my fingertips, yielding to my efforts to examine him. He doesn’t resist, but I can sense he doesn’t want me to linger on his injuries either.

His hair appears darker now that it’s wet, and I can’t help twisting my fingers through the strands at the back of his neck as he rests his forehead against mine. He’s so close to me. All I can see are his eyes. He leans back, pushing my hair away from my face. The way he is looking at me is like he’s taking in every part of me. It’s hard for him to keep his lips off mine as he brushes a featherweight kiss across them. It feels so intense. I have to look down for a minute.

When I’m ready to meet his eyes again, his hands travel up my sides, encouraging me to lift my arms. I do so, and within seconds, his fingers are at the hem of my shirt, pulling it up and over my head in one swift movement. I help him free my long hair from inside the collar, reaching behind me to hold it up, trying not to think about my bare breasts being visible. He drinks in every inch of me, and that smile is back on his face as his hands caress my back. This time, it’s Adam who lifts my hair away, entwining it through his fingers while resting his chin on my shoulder, allowing his free hand to roam the full expanse of my back from shoulder to hip. I slide my arms around his lean, muscular body as he buries his face against my neck. When he stands upright again, he nuzzles my ear as I extend a trail of kisses along his jaw. He sighs in contentment as his stubble bristles against my lips.

HEARTBEAT Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17208265-heartbeat

 COME WHAT MAY Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17610498-come-what-may

 About the Author:

 Faith Sullivan is an author of New Adult contemporary romances including the HEARTBEAT trilogy, the TAKE ME NOW series and the 9/11 novel, UNEXPECTED.

Blog link: http://faithsullivanwrites.blogspot.com/

Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6878936.Faith_Sullivan

 Twitter link: https://twitter.com/_FaithSullivan_

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I’ve Been Nominated!

Yay! I was excited to hear my blog was nominated by Jen Naumann for the Liebster Award. Thank you so much Jen, you are awesome!.

The rules of the Liebster Award are as follows:

1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog and link back to the blogger who presented this award to you.

2. Answer the 11 questions from the nominator, list 11 random facts about yourself and create 11 questions for your nominees;

3. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 11 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed and leave a comment on their blog letting them know they have been chosen. (No tag backs)

4. Copy and Paste the blog award on your blog.

Random Facts About Me

  • I have nine tattoos and I can’t wait to get more.
  • I read Spanish cards, which is something like tarot cards. I only read my friend’s cards and of course mine.
  • I always wish I could have gone to Woodstock 69’, but that was way before I came into this earth. I did however get to go to Woodstock 94’ and 99’.
  • The boy band Menudo was my first love. I lived for them. Don’t judge me I was in the third grade.
  • I always wished I needed to wear glasses; meanwhile I am the only person in my family that doesn’t need them.
  • My best friend is five years younger than me, but she acts more mature than I do.
  • My love for reading happened when I was in the 7th grade and we were assigned to read The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. I read it in one day. After that book I couldn’t wait to dive into a new book. Later in high school my English teachers tried to kill my love for reading by assigning the most boring books ever, which I couldn’t relate to. I’m not a big fan of the classics.
  • In high school English was my worst subject, but in college, not only did I major in it, I also became part of the English Honor Society.
  • I do not have any children, not by choice. It was tough at first, but now I enjoy it. I work with three and four year olds and love coming home to a quite house. Besides a baby crying is the most annoying sound to me.
  • I love going to concerts and dancing around the lawn. Yes, I always get lawn seats! I hate being trapped in a seat unless I’m going to stadium to see a concert. I plan to be the old lady surrounded by young people at shows. Although, I vow to never look my age.
  • I love wearing jeans with holes in them and shirts with skulls on them. The skull symbol is all over my car. It’s the badass in me wanting to come out. To bad the dork side of me keeps the badass trapped deep inside.

Questions From My Nominator

 1.     If you could live the life of any character in a book, who would that be and why?

The girl from 50 Shades of Grey, I’m just kidding. I would love to be Megan from Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols. It’s my all time favorite book. I love that she finds the strength at the end to change her spiraling life. It also helps that she has someone like John After in her life. He’s pretty hot.

2.    What do you like to do to relax?

I light incense and listen to music really loud as I dance around my room.  My attention span is too short to sit around in a tub or meditating. I get bored way too easily.

3    What’s your favorite vacation memory?

It’s the first trip I ever took with my husband, who was my boyfriend at the time. We went to Lake Placid in Upstate New York. It was a great time and I fell in love with the area. I knew then I didn’t want live in the city, but instead I wanted to live in the country. I have a little of both now.

4.    Do you have any strange quirks?

I have to have the television on when I fall asleep. I hate complete silence.

5.    What are some of your favorite movies?

My list is so long, but I will name a couple: Dazed and Confused, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Breakfast Club, 50 First Date, Pitch Perfect, & Sixteen Candles.

6.    What do you and your best friend like to do together?

We love dancing in the car. Before she had children she was also my concert buddy. We also used to watch Lifetime movies on the phone with each other. I miss those days.

7.    If you could see anyone in concert, alive or dead, who would that be?

I would love to see Led Zeppelin and Kings of Leon. I also don’t care how many times I’ve seen O.A.R in concert I get excited just thinking of seeing them again.

8.    Favorite childhood memory?

I don’t remember which Christmas it was, but I remember my mother gave me a second hand typewriter (this was before everyone owned a computer) and a stack of paper. To this day it has been the best present ever. I wish I still had that typewriter.

9.    Is there any book in particular that’s really had some kind of impact on your life? How so?

Forever by Judy Bloom. It not only taught me about the birds and the bees, but it also made me fall in love with the YA romance. I knew then this is what I wanted to write about.

10. You just won the lottery. What would you do with the money?

First I would do a happy dance, and then pay my debt off and quit my job.

11.  What do you enjoy most about blogging?

Finding out that people actually read my thoughts. I love finding out someone liked it. To me it’s like winning the lottery.

My Nominees:

K.L. Toth ~ Creative Expressions

L.H Cosway ~ L.H Cosway’s Blog

Leigh Statham ~ Scribble Leigh

Brittany Severn ~ Brittany Severn

Angela ~ Ang Writes

Marisa Reichardt ~ Young Adultish

Kerrie ~ Read and Repeat

My Questions for my Nominees:

1. When did you fall in love with reading?

2. Which book almost turned you off to reading?

3. Whose your favorite band or singer?

4: When is the last time you fell in love and how did it happen?

5. What’s the one thing you can’t live without and why?

6: What’s the best and worst part about blogging?

7. If you can lecture one character from a book who would it be and what would you tell them?

8. What’s your best and worst trait?

9. If your life was a reality show what would the title be?

10. If you could go to dinner with anyone famous who would it be?

11. Name three book titles, without thinking of the stories themselves, that describe your life right now?

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Making My Dream a Reality

My life as a new author has been crazy. A few months ago I was walking around dead, not really knowning what I wanted to do with my life anymore. Yes I’m a preschool teacher, but it was not fullfilling me. It was not what I dreamt about when I was a little girl. I had written Hold on Tight and let a couple of people read it, they all suggested I publish it, but I didn’t have enough faith in myself to do that.

Then one day at work our accountant asked me “What are you doing with your life?” It was a simple question that had a simple answer: “Nothing.” I knew I had to do something, something to get me out of my funk. It was as if the heavens opened up that day. To top it off as I got in my car my iPod decided to play Walk by the Foo Fighters, I don’t know why but it spoke to me like it never had before. All of the sudden the words began to hit home. I had to learn to walk again. I got home that day and pulled out Hold on Tight and began to edit it. Everything started falling into place. I found the book Becoming an Indie Author by Zoe Winters, which became my bible. I got on twitter and began to follow other authors, bloggers, and readers. I have met the coolest people there. I’ve recieved so much help from other authors, it has been surreal.

I began to smile again. I was happy, something I hadn’t felt in such a long time. I wasn’t just walking around like a zombie anymore, I was alive again. Don’t get me wrong, I would still have my tiny moments of doubt, but they were very small. I remember one day telling my husband, I’m not supposed to be the girl that’s supposed to live out her dreams, I’m the girl that keeps her dreams in her head. Right after I said those words out loud I was over any doubts, because I realized how stupid it is to think like that. Thanks to the support of most of my family and my friends I went full steam ahead without any fears.

Now here I am three months later and my book has been officially released on Amazon.com. And in couple of days it will be on iBooks, Barnes and Noble, Sony reader and many other places. It’s so freaky. I’ve been going through so many emotions since I found my book on Amazon. Everytime someone tells me they got my book, I cheer and then I panic. Of course my 1st fear is that they won’t like it. But I have to let go of that fear and just enjoy witnessing my dream become my reality.

2year old me

Even as a little girl I loved to dance

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