Guest Blog and Giveaway with Suzanne Graham

There is no where I'd rather be than Michigan in the summertime. Beautiful beaches, warm days and cool nights (except when we're in the middle of a heat wave with the rest of the country), green leafy trees, and northern hospitality. Now in the wintertime, Michigan is definitely not my state of choice. When I moved to West Michigan (that's on the Lake Michigan side of the state) ten years ago, no one told me about lake effect snow that comes down nearly every day from November through April or the perpetually grey skies or the number of snow days the kids would have off from school every year.

Wait, that last one about snow days, that's actually one of my favorite parts of winter here in Michigan. I love having the kids home unexpectedly on a normal school day. I love the break in routine. I'm not a routine-type gal. In fact, I hate routine. Please, please, please don't ask me to do the same thing every day, every week, every month of every year.

I. Just. Can't. Do. It.

That's one of the reasons I LOVE being a writer, especially one fortunate enough to be able to stay home and write full-time. Each day is different from the next. As long as I get my word count done for the week, I can structure or unstructure my days as I see fit. Well, of course, within reason. I do still have 3 children and a husband who like to have dinner on the table every night and expect clean clothes to magically appear when they empty their drawers, but they are very comfortable not living in a spic and span house. Which is very good, because in addition to hating routine, I hate housework. But when we all pitch in on Monday nights, we can get this place presentable in a couple of hours. Monday night cleaning night? Isn't that a routine, you may ask. Um, yeah, but my hubby keeps us on track, not me. If it was up to me, we would have 'forgotten' after the first week it was initiated.

Okay, now I'm really off topic. Back to Michigan. I do love this adopted state. It's very middle America, and when I was creating the first couple in my Gifts of Desire series, I knew they had to be from Michigan.

While Tom and Amanda vacation in Tenerife, Canary Islands, for Amanda's birthday, they leave their comfort zone in more than one way when they meet British couple, Mark and Sabrina, in The Birthday Present. In The Christmas Present, the foursome continue their relationship when Mark and Sabrina travel to Michigan to visit Tom and Amanda for the holidays. The series concludes with The Anniversary Present when Tom and Amanda visit Mark and Sabrina in England and the foursome are forced to resolve their unconventional relationship.

So where's the paranormal? That's in my next release, Between A and Z. (Not set in Michigan, but in the state of my birth, Illinois. Another great mid-America state.) I'm very excited that this story will be released in the Threefold Anthology from Total-e-bound. My story will be appearing alongside stories by the awesome authors Desiree Holt, Kim Dare, Brynn Paulin, Kris Norris, and Charlotte Stein.

Between A and Z blurb:

Mia dubbed her life-sized clay sculpture, Adam, because he is the first man she’s ever made. Most of her work has been female torsos, but recently her muse insisted it was time for her to produce a man. Though, she might have been confusing her surging libido with her artistic muse.
Mia has been abstinent for nearly a year, but not because of any plan. Her best friend, Shirle, has organized a party for Mia to put an end to her long dry spell and give her vibrator a night off. Before she even gets out of Shirle’s car, Mia meets Zed.

Zed has come to the party to win a challenge. The waiters at the restaurant where he is the head chef and owner don’t think a black French chef can country line dance. Once he meets Mia, his purpose for the night changes. He plans to spend the evening with this incredibly sexy woman whose sense of humour is developed enough to subject herself to the intense teasing from her friends about her lacking sex life. But he must decide whether he still wants Mia when he discovers Adam plays an important role in her life.

In closing I would like to thank Roxanne, for this opportunity to post on her blog and to her readers for letting me introduce myself.

If you would like to learn more about me, please check out the following links.

Blog: http://www.suzannegraham.blogspot.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/suzannegraham.author

My Total-e-bound Publisher website: http://www.total-e-bound.com/authordetail.asp?A_ID=101

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