Hi there,
If you've arrived here looking for me, thank you so much for visiting! I have relocated though, and you can now find me at www.mayablake.com
Hope to see you there!!
Much love,
Maya x
Monday, 7 December 2015
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Write What You Don't Know!
That header sounds a little risky, doesn't it?
But it's totes the advice I'm giving aspiring writers over on the So You Think You Can Write SOLD blog. Come check it out!
http://sold.soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com/2015/07/advice-from-the-stars-maya-blake/
Specifically, this is the book I'm talking about in this post. WHAT THE GREEK CAN'T RESIST was a HUGE risk for me, but it paid off with a RITA nomination, so I guess I was doing something right. Right?
I also have a new cover that I've been dying to share since it landed in my inbox!
It's another pushing-envelope story for me (Chapter 1 sees the hero coming out of jail after over a year behind bars!), and I can't wait for you all to read A MARRIAGE FIT FOR A SINNER this December :)
Best,
Maya xx
But it's totes the advice I'm giving aspiring writers over on the So You Think You Can Write SOLD blog. Come check it out!
http://sold.soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com/2015/07/advice-from-the-stars-maya-blake/
Specifically, this is the book I'm talking about in this post. WHAT THE GREEK CAN'T RESIST was a HUGE risk for me, but it paid off with a RITA nomination, so I guess I was doing something right. Right?
I also have a new cover that I've been dying to share since it landed in my inbox!
It's another pushing-envelope story for me (Chapter 1 sees the hero coming out of jail after over a year behind bars!), and I can't wait for you all to read A MARRIAGE FIT FOR A SINNER this December :)
Best,
Maya xx
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Sunshine & Belated Happy News!!!
Oh yes, to say it's been "a while" since I blogged is to say our UK winter lasted only "a while"! Or maybe it's just me, and this winter hasn't really lingered on and on and on?
But hurray, the sun is out today, and has been out in my neck of the woods for a few days now, so I'm choosing to celebrate!!
And speaking of celebrating, for those who didn't hear me bleeping the F-word all over social media a couple of weeks ago, I'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR A RITA AWARD!!
Believe me, nobody was as SHOCKED as I was when I clicked the email from (!!!OMG FAN GIRL MOMENT ALERT!!!) Shirley Jump, to say WHAT THE GREEK CAN'T RESIST had finaled as Best Contemporary Short! I re-read the email three times before I hit REPLY (because I was to call her back and email to let her know I'd received her message) so fast, my forefinger spasmed, lol!
Luckily, my short tardiness wasn't a big deal to anyone, hehe, so I'm still a RITA Nominee, and yes, I STILL pinch myself every time it crosses my mind.
I was looking forward to attending my very first RWA conference before the news hit, but I'm now even more stoked to be going to NYC in July. If you're going and you spot me hiding behind a fern or three, please say hello!
This weekend was also three years since I sold my first Harlequin Presents, and I'm as awed now by the fact that I get paid for doing what I love as I was when I got that fateful call.
To top it all off, I returned from holiday in Spain this weekend to find a box of flowers waiting for me from my lovely editors and publishers! How wonderful are they?
Life is good, and I'm truly thankful.
Maya xx
But hurray, the sun is out today, and has been out in my neck of the woods for a few days now, so I'm choosing to celebrate!!
And speaking of celebrating, for those who didn't hear me bleeping the F-word all over social media a couple of weeks ago, I'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR A RITA AWARD!!
Believe me, nobody was as SHOCKED as I was when I clicked the email from (!!!OMG FAN GIRL MOMENT ALERT!!!) Shirley Jump, to say WHAT THE GREEK CAN'T RESIST had finaled as Best Contemporary Short! I re-read the email three times before I hit REPLY (because I was to call her back and email to let her know I'd received her message) so fast, my forefinger spasmed, lol!Luckily, my short tardiness wasn't a big deal to anyone, hehe, so I'm still a RITA Nominee, and yes, I STILL pinch myself every time it crosses my mind.
I was looking forward to attending my very first RWA conference before the news hit, but I'm now even more stoked to be going to NYC in July. If you're going and you spot me hiding behind a fern or three, please say hello!This weekend was also three years since I sold my first Harlequin Presents, and I'm as awed now by the fact that I get paid for doing what I love as I was when I got that fateful call.
To top it all off, I returned from holiday in Spain this weekend to find a box of flowers waiting for me from my lovely editors and publishers! How wonderful are they?
Life is good, and I'm truly thankful.
Maya xx
Monday, 17 November 2014
Books On Sale!!!
Morning, everyone!!
Wow, it's been a while since I blogged, hasn't it? My only excuse? I've been busy writing books, which I'm sure, given the option, you'd rather read, lol!
That said, I have book sale news today!
I've just found out that I'm going cheap over on Amazon UK today. Well...not me, just two of my books which are on sale for JUST 59p each!! If you haven't tried my books yet, here's your chance to give one of my books (or both) a go!
Hope you enjoy them.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Greeks-Money-Mills-Modern-Untameable-ebook/dp/B00I5R0IAW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416228364&sr=8-1&keywords=maya+blake
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Marriage-Made-Secrets-Mills-Modern-ebook/dp/B00E3UIOJW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1416228364&sr=8-3&keywords=maya+blake
And for everyone's who's been waiting for the last in my The Untameable Greeks Trilogy, just a quite note to say, WHAT THE GREEK WANTS MOST is now available for pre-order, and will out on 1 December in all formats!
Have a great week!
Maya xxx
Wow, it's been a while since I blogged, hasn't it? My only excuse? I've been busy writing books, which I'm sure, given the option, you'd rather read, lol!
That said, I have book sale news today!
I've just found out that I'm going cheap over on Amazon UK today. Well...not me, just two of my books which are on sale for JUST 59p each!! If you haven't tried my books yet, here's your chance to give one of my books (or both) a go!
Hope you enjoy them.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Greeks-Money-Mills-Modern-Untameable-ebook/dp/B00I5R0IAW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416228364&sr=8-1&keywords=maya+blake
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Marriage-Made-Secrets-Mills-Modern-ebook/dp/B00E3UIOJW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1416228364&sr=8-3&keywords=maya+blake
And for everyone's who's been waiting for the last in my The Untameable Greeks Trilogy, just a quite note to say, WHAT THE GREEK WANTS MOST is now available for pre-order, and will out on 1 December in all formats!
Have a great week!
Maya xxx
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Have you met THE ULTIMATE PLAYBOY yet?
Well, HE'S OUT NOW!!!!
He's strutting his stuff over on the I HEART PRESENTS blog!!
http://www.iheartpresents.com/2014/07/meet-narciso-valentino-from-the-ultimare-playboy/
You can also read the first chapter right here. Just click the linky to the righty :)
He's strutting his stuff over on the I HEART PRESENTS blog!!
http://www.iheartpresents.com/2014/07/meet-narciso-valentino-from-the-ultimare-playboy/You can also read the first chapter right here. Just click the linky to the righty :)
A virgin in the lion’s den…
Tonight at the gaming tables of the impossibly exclusive gentleman’s club Q Virtus, ruthless billionaire Narciso Valentino is finally about to destroy his enemy. But one look at the club’s curvaceous hostess assigned to see to his every need and he’s willing to delay the moment of satisfaction—for another kind altogether…
Talented chef Ruby Trevelli is there to force Narciso to save her business—not give him her virginity. Yet beneath Narciso’s lethally sexy exterior is a tortured man who believes himself beyond redemption, and Ruby is soon facing the ultimate temptation—with the ultimate playboy!
Monday, 26 May 2014
Free Online Read Now Up!!
Woooo hoooo!
My free Harlequin Online read is up! If anyone fancies a read, here's the link. It's the prequel to the 21st Century Gentlemen's Club collaboration I did with the fabulous Dani Collins and amazing Victoria Parker. This book was so great to write and I can't wait to share it with you!
And here's my lovely UK & US covers, one
complete with my hero's mask (which is much more detailed in the book, I hasten to add!)
Hope you enjoy the free read!
My free Harlequin Online read is up! If anyone fancies a read, here's the link. It's the prequel to the 21st Century Gentlemen's Club collaboration I did with the fabulous Dani Collins and amazing Victoria Parker. This book was so great to write and I can't wait to share it with you!
And here's my lovely UK & US covers, one
complete with my hero's mask (which is much more detailed in the book, I hasten to add!)
Hope you enjoy the free read!
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Cover Love!!
My April Harlequin Mills and Boon cover has been sitting in my inbox for a while - why, because I plain forgot!
Allow me to share the cover of the first in my UNTAMEABLE GREEKS triloy with you!
WHAT THE GREEK'S MONEY CAN'T BUY has an official release date of 1 April but it arrives in stores and e-retailers from around Mid-March. This is the story of Sakis Pantelides and his uptight PA, Brianna Moneypenny. Oh and there's also a huge-ass oil tanker somewhere in the mix ;)
Can't wait to share my very first office romance with you all. Whoop!!!
Allow me to share the cover of the first in my UNTAMEABLE GREEKS triloy with you!
WHAT THE GREEK'S MONEY CAN'T BUY has an official release date of 1 April but it arrives in stores and e-retailers from around Mid-March. This is the story of Sakis Pantelides and his uptight PA, Brianna Moneypenny. Oh and there's also a huge-ass oil tanker somewhere in the mix ;)
Can't wait to share my very first office romance with you all. Whoop!!!
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