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Anna Zaires

Valentine’s Day Giveaway!

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, I am giving Close Liaisons for FREE to anyone who emails me and asks for it on February 14th! The best way to reach me is through the Contact the Author form on my website. Please specify what ebook format (mobi, epub, PDF) you would like, and I will email it to you.

Please share this with your friends and anyone else you think might like the book! 

Close Obsession, Florida, New Projects

Close Obsession is now in the absolute final proofreading stage. Which means that this very OCD author reads it one final time after the editor and the beta readers have had a go at it. My husband says I’m an insane perfectionist, and it’s probably true. But as a reader, nothing bugs me more than choppy writing and poor grammar. So you see, I’m trying to spare you all from the horror of a couple of still-uncaught typos.

In other news, my husband and I are vacationing in Florida! We managed to escape two hours before Nemo hit the Northeast. JetBlue was incredibly accommodating in changing our Saturday flight to an early Friday one. I can’t deny feeling just a tiny bit smug as we sit on the porch of my parents’ house in 70-degree weather. And yes, for those of you who are wondering, I do have parents living in Florida, just like Mia does. My husband is fully human, however :).

Of course, I’m not really on vacation. I don’t think I’ve had a day off since July, when I started Close Liaisons. I’m writing (or editing, blogging, marketing, or doing something else book-related) every spare moment that I have. And I don’t have all that many, since I do have a full-time job and a 2.5-hour daily commute. Vacation is really my most productive time, a time when I’m able to write a solid 2000-3000 words/day. Big chunks of both Close Liaisons and Close Obsession were written in Florida and Costa Rica, respectively.

This time, I actually have three books in the works. One is a continuation of the Krinar Chronicles, and the other two are completely different. I decide which one I write depending on my mood on a particular day. Lately, I seem to be obsessed with one of the non-Krinar books. It’s much darker than anything I’ve written thus far. Maybe that’s why I’m so drawn to it?   

Question for readers/others who visit my website*

As most of you can guess, I’m still fairly new to this whole author business, having published my first novel in October (second one due out February 23rd!). So my question to you, dear readers, is how can I improve your experience with my website/blog?

Early on, I’ve had a few of you contact me about being added to my newsletter distribution list (my initial take: what newsletter?) – and that prompted me to add a sign-up button on my front page for those who want to know about my new releases. Since I, as a reader, had never signed up for any author’s newsletter (because I would just periodically check for my favorite authors’ books on Amazon), I was shocked and pleased to see how many of you signed up once I added the new feature this month. And yes, I will send out a newsletter about the new release in February :).

Now I’m wondering if there is something else that I’m missing and that no one has pointed out to me yet. If you’ve ever come to my site and wondered “why doesn’t she have this”, please let me know what “this” is and I will do my best to accommodate you.     

*This is inspired by the new feature of Bitten by Paranormal Romance, where they evaluate author websites for usefulness and ease of navigation.

Have one more Close Obsession ARC to give away!

One of my ARC winners hasn’t come forward to claim her prize, so I have one ARC left to give away! I will give it to the first person who responds to this blog post by leaving a comment here on my website. One small condition: You have to have already read Close Liaisons :).

Close Obsession ARC Giveaway Results!

And the winners based on names randomly pulled out of a hat by my husband are:

1) Lynette ‘Sowels’ Rang
2) Gwendoline Michelle Diaz
3) Alexandra Bennett

Congratulations, and thank you everyone for participating! Lynette, Gwendoline, and Alexandra, please drop me a note here and let me know your email and your preferred ebook format. I will send out the ARC as soon as it’s ready (soon, I promise!).

P.S. If you didn’t win the ARC and you’re a professional reviewer (i.e. you have a blog or a NetGalley account), please reach out to me if you’d like to receive it. 

Close Obsession Teaser #2

When they finally came out of the water, Mia stretched out on a big towel they had brought from the house, and Korum lay down beside her. Closing her eyes, she relaxed, the hot rays of the sun beaming down on her skin. She vaguely wondered if she should put on sunblock, but she felt far too lazy to move. Just a few minutes, she promised herself, just enough to produce some vitamin D . . .

A pleasant tickling sensation woke her up from her nap some time later.

Opening her eyes, she turned her head to the side, squinting a little from the bright light. Korum was lying there beside her, propped up on one elbow. Looking down at her with a smile, he was gently stroking the side of her ribcage with one long finger. His dark hair gleamed in the sunlight, and there was a warm glow in his thickly lashed amber eyes.

“What?” Mia murmured, feeling a bit self-conscious. The bikini she was wearing left very little to the imagination, and the way he was staring at her right now made her feel absurdly shy.

“Nothing,” he said softly. “Your skin just looks so delectable in this light. I never realized before how pretty such pale skin could be.”

“Um, thank you . . .”

“And it blushes so prettily too,” he teased, brushing his fingers against her suddenly too-warm cheeks.

Close Liaisons audiobook coming soon!

As per many of your requests, Close Liaisons will soon be available in audiobook format! We just got our hands on the first few chapters, and we’re loving them.
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