Drama Free 2003 release day!

It's finally October 29th and the book went live a little earlier than I expected, but Drama Free 2003 is now available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords!

I'm excited for you to read this one, as it's one of my favorite that I've written. Brady is by far my favorite, but I'm biased because he's based on my husband. Pick up a copy, let me know what you think on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Goodreads!

Blurb:

Intended for readers over the age of 18 due to sexual content and excessive use of the 'F' word.

Lucas "Lucy" Dunn is a slut, a party girl... At least that's how most people would describe her. She takes offense to the double standard that because she doesn't want a relationship, but has a rolodex of booty calls (well, three) that she must be easy. She's not, not even close. Lucas knows that if she didn't 'hit it and quit it' on a weekly basis, she'd never survive the stress of working and going to school full-time. Alcohol and orgasms are a wonderful stress relief combination, after all. Plus, any new relationship when she was still caught up with her high school sweetheart... well, they just weren't worth it.

Until one fateful New Year's Eve night...Lucas asks her friend, Brady Manning, to pretend to be her date for the evening so that she can let someone she doesn't want anymore down easy. She didn't count on feeling something for him. She didn't count on wanting to be with him. She didn't count on all the drama she was inviting into her life because she couldn't stop herself from falling in love again.

Brady Manning never expected to be divorced at 23, only seeing his daughter on the weekends, but one thing is for sure, he's learned the lesson that love is disastrous the hard way. It's something he never wanted in his life again. With a child in the mix, he has to be careful with who he lets into his life. Until one evening of make believe with his friend, Lucas, changes everything.

ARC reviews:
Drama Free 2003 by Josie Leigh is anything but drama free!...Josie Leigh has written something a little different from her latest erotic series and has proven beyond a doubt to me that she can write! Drama Free 2003 is a little on the dark side, at least in the beginning, as the ground work is set and the atmosphere of the story is established. What blossoms from those starter seeds is a story of learning to trust, learning to feel worthy of love and taking a chance on life again.

-Dii Bylo, TomeTender


What a fantastic read! Lucas and Brady are a swoonworthy couple...and don't let the title of this novel fool you...there's a ton of GREAT drama that keeps you turning the pages.

-Brittiainy Cherry, Author of "The Space in Between"

4 Independent, Determined, Sassy and Strong Stars * * * *

-Wendy, Goodreads reviewer

Buy Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Drama-Free-2003-ebook/dp/B00G9HSUP0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1383009384&sr=1-1


Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/365101#longdescr

Barnes and Noble:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drama-free-2003-josie-leigh/1117076349?ean=2940148589907

4 more days...

I'm nervous/excited for Drama Free 2003 on Tuesday. I'm also resisting the urge to hit the release button early... It's still available for pre-order on Barnes and Noble, Smashwords and Kobo.

Plus, it looks like you can download the first 20% of the book on Smashwords, too.

The title Drama Free 2003 is meant to be slightly tongue-in-cheek, because there is nothing Drama Free about the book- as you can read from my ARC reviewers. It is also the first in a two part series, the second book will be called "A Drama Free Wedding."

And since I've given away an eARC copy on my Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads page, I will also give away a free eARC copy to the first person to message me from this post, too- send me an email at joeskatan@gmail.com with your ereader preference!


Here is the blurb for the book again:

Lucas "Lucy" Dunn is a slut, a party girl... At least that's how most people would describe her. She takes offense to the double standard that because she doesn't want a relationship, but has a rolodex of booty calls (well, three) that she must be easy. She's not, not even close. Lucas knows that if she didn't 'hit it and quit it' on a weekly basis, she'd never survive the stress of working and going to school full-time. Alcohol and orgasms are a wonderful stress relief combination, after all. Plus, any new relationship when she was still caught up with her high school sweetheart... well, they just weren't worth it.
 Until one fateful New Year's Eve night...Lucas asks her friend, Brady Manning, to pretend to be her date for the evening so that she can let someone she doesn't want anymore down easy. She didn't count on feeling something for him. She didn't count on wanting to be with him. She didn't count on all the drama she was inviting into her life because she couldn't stop herself from falling in love again.
Brady Manning never expected to be divorced at 23, only seeing his daughter on the weekends, but one thing is for sure, he's learned the lesson that love is disastrous the hard way. It's something he never wanted in his life again. With a child in the mix, he has to be careful with who he lets into his life. Until one evening of make believe with his friend, Lucas, changes everything.

Josie's Random Thursday thoughts...

So it seems that my recent pattern has been to write blog posts on Thursdays. It's not something I plan, just seems to work out for my schedule lately, I guess...

First thing- Drama Free 2003 is available for pre-order on Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drama-free-2003-josie-leigh/1117076349?ean=2940045315470

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/drama-free-2003-drama-free-1

And Smashwords:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/365101

Since I'm not a "publisher", I can't make it available for pre-order on Amazon, though. I do think the new feature on Smashwords allowing for pre-order is pretty cool, so we'll see how it works out.

Other than this, I am spending my days catching up on some reading and polishing DF and the Professor series, and gearing up to start Never Ever After in a few weeks.

I did get an opportunity to take a Girls' Trip with one of my best friends, her oldest daughter, and my two girls to Los Angeles this past weekend. It reminded me of one of the things I love about living in Arizona- living 6 hours away from the ocean, plus a lower cost of living and less traffic congestion!

We spent the morning at an awesome dance studio where my youngest took a couple of technique classes for their younger kids, and her daughter rocked it in the adult classes (even though she's only 10, she's a flipping genius when it comes to dance). Afterward, the five of us spent a wonderful afternoon walking along the beach, and then bringing home half of the sand in Santa Monica. All in all, even though we did so much this past weekend, it was relaxing. It's helped me to regroup and get ready for all of the craziness in store for the next few months!

Hope everyone else is having a great week. Below, I'm attaching my favorite picture from this weekend- my daughters at the ocean:

A little about me plus a call for reviewers and bloggers

As I get closer to the release of Drama Free 2003, I am in the process of finding bloggers and reviewers that might be interested in an ARC copy. If you are interested, please send me a message via Facebook, Goodreads, Twitter, etc or leave a comment here or send me an email at joeskatan@gmail.com

I can't wait for you to read the book. I've been working on it since January of this year and am finally happy with the story within the pages. I love Lucas and Brady and their story is not your typical romance book. Lucas "Lucy" Dunn is more of the stereotypical book hero than the heroine. That's not to say that Brady isn't the hero, though.

Lucas is one of the strongest characters I've ever had the privilege to write, so I hope you'll embrace her. As I've said before, this book is dedicated 100% to my husband and his undying support for me.

I'm releasing "Drama Free 2003" on October 29th, 2013 in tribute to Love, but Never- which was released on the same day a year prior. I cannot believe that I've been doing this for a year now. It seems like just yesterday I picked up my first novel in what felt like forever and read.

When I was kid and into my teen years, I was a HUGE bookworm. I always had my nose in a book and was up on my bedroom floor as close to the hall light as I could possibly be after my bed time, just trying to read one more chapter. However, when I started college and the need to keep up with my studies prevailed (I was a Chemistry major then a Nutrition major), my love of reading was squashed by dry text books and homework.

That started the downward spiral of life getting in the way- which I guess is usually the case. After graduation, I was studying to take my CDM exam, then I was busy with work and, of course, there was always television that needed to be watched...

In January 2010, I woke up with severe pain in my left shoulder blade and back, to the point where I could barely move. It took three months and numerous doctors to narrow it down to a severe vitamin deficiency exacerbated by my Crohn's disease. During those months, I got sick of television and the four walls of my bedroom. It was then, while on short term disability, that I re-discovered my love of reading. I picked up my oldest daughter's "Pandora Gets Jealous" book and blew through the four books that were available at the time quickly, and needed more. By the time Christmas of 2011 hit, I got my kindle and I haven't looked back since.

Now writing was different. I've always written, I've always NEEDED to write. During my studies, I took as many English/Writing electives as I could, and write often for my job. Generally, the writing is in the form of newspaper articles and grant proposals, but it's writing nonetheless. However, I didn't get back into writing for pleasure until I started reading again. I'm sure most authors will tell you that reading and writing go hand in hand, and it's absolutely true.

Writers have to write, it's who we are, it's what we do. We might have a "day" job or another career that we love, and we may not ever share what we write, but that doesn't stop us from writing. Sometimes it's a compulsion. It's so hard to explain.

Tell me if you've always been an avid reader or if you found that life got in the way of reading for awhile too! I love to hear from you.

What's next...

Aside from Drama Free 2003, which will be released at the end of the month, I've also got a few other things in the works...

I do plan on bundling the Professor series together and making it available on November 12th. The bundled series will include a never-before released Prologue and Epilogue for the series. I will also release these items for FREE on my blog to those who have already read and purchased the series separately. The copies of The Professor and The Wife that are individually available will also be updated with these...

Also, I love to participate in National Novel Writing Month- which is November. And this year, I plan on spending the month working on Never Ever After- Lucian's book (part of the Never series). After that book is complete and is in revisions, I will be moving on to Anton's story. I already have a picture that I'm considering for the cover. It is sexy.

I'm really excited about what the future brings and hope that you all are too! Thank you so much, as always, for your support.