Encore release day! I'm over at Melanie Marshall's "Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words" blog today to start off the Encore and Symphony in Blue Blog Tour! Symphony in Blue (December 25th release date) is my 10th Dreamspinner Press release, so I'm celebrating the release of both books with a great blog tour contest!
The Blue Notes Series contest ends on New Year's Eve. You can enter each day, and you can earn more entries for commenting, tweeting, and Facebooking. Special extra entries if you purchase books, too. Here are the prizes:


Grand Prize: A Kindle loaded with the first 4 Blue Notes Series books and some of my other back titles (and a few other Dreamspinner Press authors' books)




 


1st Place: A sterling silver music themed necklace


2nd Place: Winner’s choice of one of my back titles in paperback (i.e., not including the 2 new releases)
3rd Place: Blue Notes t-shirt, cover of the winner’s choice

You can enter the contest here: a Rafflecopter giveaway

Encore , the fifth Blue Notes novel, is chronologically the first. It begins in the 1970s, when Roger Nelson and John Fuchs meet in high school, and ends in the present day. The story of modern day star-crossed lovers, Encore is both a coming of age and, later, an adult romance. I hope you enjoy the story. -Shira

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Blurb: A Blue Notes Novel

Cool kid violinist Roger Nelson doesn’t give a damn about anything. Wannabe conductor John Fuchs is awkward, effeminate, and just figuring out he’s gay. Despite their differences, they become friends—then lovers—and after college, they try to make it work. But it’s the 1970s, and Roger can’t bring himself to admit he’s gay. Worse, after his brother is killed in Vietnam, Roger tries to live up to his memory and be the perfect son. Then after suffering one tragedy too many, he makes the biggest mistake of his life: Roger pushes John away.

Through the years, they dance around the truth and in and out of each other’s lives, never quite able to let go. Twenty years later, Roger still carries the pain of losing his dream of a brilliant career with him, while John is a superstar conductor with a wild reputation. John’s off-stage antics get him plenty of attention, good and bad, though deep down, he wants only Roger. Finally determined to hold on to what really matters, Roger asks John for another chance, and when John panics and runs, Roger has to convince him to listen to his heart.

NOTE: Encore is chronologically the first book in the Blue Notes Series and a great place to start if you've never read the other books. All Blue Notes novels are standalone books that can be read in any order.

You can purchase Encore at Dreamspinner Press by clicking here.

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