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The Sunnydale Days Series

About All That’s Unspoken (Book 1)

revAllthatsUnspoken-Cphillips-LG copyAfter eight years, Hailey is back in Caseville, Michigan. Just months after her mother’s death, her siblings want to put their father in a nursing home and rent out the family farm. If that wasn’t enough, the prospective tenant is Nate, the high school crush she left behind the day after they acted on their mutual attraction.

After high school, Nate Jenkins planned to leave small town behind, but life dealt him a different hand of cards to play. He’s now back in Caseville, raising his daughter, and running his family’s diner. His daughter’s speech disorder has been improved by therapeutic horse riding and if he can lease the old Lambert farm, he can get her a horse of her own. The only standing in the way is Hailey, the same woman who left him eight years ago without even saying goodbye.

​Can they get over all that’s unspoken between them?

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About All That’s Unclaimed (Book 2)

AllThatsUnclaimed-Cphillips-LG copyBen Crawford is forced to face the ghosts of his past after his mother’s accident and Anna Jenkins’s announcement she’s starting her own stables. Only then does he find the strength to hold on to all he’s left unclaimed.

​Ben Crawford has always believed the professional respect and acceptance he desired couldn’t be found at Sunnydale Farms. There were just too many ghosts residing in his broken home. Only when Anna Jenkins, the one constant at his mother’s therapeutic riding facility, announces she is leaving to start her own stables is Ben forced to grasp hold of all he’s left unclaimed.

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About All That’s Unrealized (Book 3)

AllThatsUnrealized-Cphillips-lg copyIt’s what the doctor ordered for Rhonda Gables, owner of three successful boutiques: four weeks of rest between winning this season’s Retail Project and claiming her prize. Rhonda must decide if being a TV reality show star is worth leaving behind her loved ones, including the increasingly appealing Trevor Collins.

In a month, fashion mogul and reality TV judge Conrad Ryse, of The Retail Project fame, has promised to take Rhonda Gables under his wing and invest in her fledgling career. That’s her grand prize after a winning season on his show. Too bad exhaustion has sent Rhonda out of her city apartment, away from her three successful boutiques, and into her cousin’s guest room for a month of recuperation in her hometown.

She’s on the cusp of everything she’s ever wanted, but what will it cost? Doctor’s orders be damned, she balks at first. But soon Rhonda is both delighted and disconcerted by the attentions of her friend-maybe-lover, Trevor Collins, and the contentment she is surrounded by back home. She must realize all she’s willing to compromise and all her heart truly desires.

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Coming in Dec. 2015

All That’s Unforgiven (Book 4)

Coming in January 2016

All That’s Unforeseen (Book 5)

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About One Lucky Night

Aria Kane, Ana Blaze, Grace Teague, Melinda Dozier, Constance Phillips

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The crew at Boston’s Brazen Head Pub hasn’t been very lucky in love. Can a mysterious visitor inspire them to look past old hurts and misconceptions and give romance a chance?

One Lucky Night is a collection of five sexy interwoven novelettes by Aria Kane, Grace Teague, Ana Blaze, Constance Phillips, and Melinda Dozier.

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About The Ultimate Catch

catchAsm copyJolanda is willing to do whatever it takes, even face off against the Bering Sea, to raise the money for a balloon payment on her father’s house.

She challenges Keller and wins a bet to get on the recently inherited crab fishing boat, forcing the young captain to buck tradition and superstition.

Will his season be doomed or will he end up with the ultimate catch?

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About Fairyproof

Fairproof-CPhillips-LG copyAfter her parents’ death and an unwanted proposal, fairy Monique seeks refuge in the human world. Her brother has warned her of the dangers, but she believes hiding will be a breeze. She can control any human with a flirtatious smile and an attraction spell. Until she meets Daniel Elliot, the only human who’s immune to both.

Can Monique’s brother find her and bring her home before she falls victim to whoever is killing fairies on the human world?

Will the reason Daniel’s fairyproof be too much for them to overcome?

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About Council Courtship

CourtshipCouncil copyTristan Ipsly knows firsthand how Eero’s ideals have ripped houses apart. More than half of his family was prosecuted for supporting the revolution, the remaining fled to the otherworld, leaving him the lone member of his house, and one of two candidates for the recently vacated Council seat. As a healer who is seated on the repopulation project, he has real solutions to the problems that face them all, but fears he’s been branded a traitor, not worthy of the seat nor to court Quinn.

Quinn Vettore knows that Fairykind is dying. Eero and his revolution have left them a people divided, but she believes tradition and the Canon’s writing are equally to blame. She wants to see the Council fill the vacancy with someone who will be the voice of change. The prime candidate in her mind is the same choice of her heart: Tristan.

Too bad her Grandfather is the one man who stands in the way of both.

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About Resurrecting Harry

ResurrectingHarry-CPhillips-Lg copyHe was the greatest escape artist ever known, but can Harry Houdini escape the grim reaper’s hold to save the only woman he’s ever loved?

In order to save the only woman he’s every loved from self-destruction, Harry puts his afterlife on the line by entering a wager with purgatory’s keeper, Jaden. He gives Harry a younger face and body, and a new name: Erich Welch.

If he wants to keep his new life, he must convince Bess to give up the promise she made to Harry on his death bed and call off the séance she’s scheduled on the anniversary of his death.

Will Erich be able to help Bess over her loss and will any good come from resurrecting Harry?

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About the Author

Author Constance PhillipsConstance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, daughter, and four canine kids where she writes contemporary romance novels and paranormal romance novels.

​When not writing stories of finding and rediscovering love, Constance and her husband spend the hours planning a cross-country motorcycle trip for the not-so-distant future…if they can find a sidecar big enough for the pups.

Constance Phillips: All That’s Unclaimed

About All That’s Unclaimed

Ben Crawford is forced to face the ghosts of his past after his mother’s accident and Anna Jenkins’s announcement she’s starting her own stables. Only then does he find the strength to hold on to all he’s left unclaimed.

Ben Crawford has always believed the professional respect and acceptance he desired couldn’t be found at Sunnydale Farms. There were just too many ghosts residing in his broken home. Only when Anna Jenkins, the one constant at his mother’s therapeutic riding facility, announces she is leaving to start her own stables is Ben forced to grasp hold of all he’s left unclaimed.

Release Date: January 13, 2015

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Excerpt

Anna pulled the car into the parking spot and shut down the engine. Pushing the keys into her pocket, she reached for the door handle but paused instead, leaning back in the seat.

She arched her neck and closed her eyes tight as guilt bubbled up in her stomach.

I should have been more insistent and made Betty listen to me about that horse.

AllThatsUnclaimed-Cphillips-md copyBut that mare had been all Betty could talk about since seeing it advertised on the Dreamhorse website six weeks prior. She’d driven over a hundred miles three times to try to make a decision. Anna had gone with her twice. Twice, she had told Betty the horse was a lot to handle and a big liability for her facility.

Still, when her boss decided to do something, very little stopped her.

Betty wasn’t looking for another mount to add to their stable of schooling horses. She wanted something to train. To step back into her youth, maybe?

She claimed she would ultimately sell the horse for a huge profit to benefit the program, but Anna never really believed it. Something about the mare had caused Betty to fall in love. Once she owned it, Anna doubted she’d ever let it go.

Despite Betty’s excitement, Anna feared something just like this would happen.

How can I think about leaving now?

Eighteen months prior, Betty had fired Anna over a horse’s death. Anna hadn’t been responsible, and her now sister-in-law Hailey—a lawyer—had talked to all parties involved, convincing Betty to rehire Anna.

Ever since, she’d lived in uncertainty, felt no security at the barn, and had been listening more and more to her brother. Nate encouraged her to start her own facility and program. They had even looked at a piece of property with a house and small barn the night before. This afternoon, they had an appointment at the bank to talk about a mortgage.

Nate believed in her so deeply, he offered to cosign for her, even get a loan against the diner to help with a down payment.

She never wished the Crawfords harm. Only wanted to have a bigger role in her own destiny. But now, how could she leave when Betty—and Ben—needed her most?

Did they really need her?

Sunnydale Farms might have been Betty’s pet project, but Ben spent years bringing a professional legitimacy to the barn. He didn’t stop with his degrees and internships in occupational and physical therapy. This certification from the NARHA she and Betty had acquired was only a first step for him.

Ben had sunk even more time and money into earning the top certification from the American Hippotherapy Association.

He was more qualified than she to be Sunnydale’s stable manager, and he was Betty’s son.

They would be fine without her.

About the Author

New_CMP_3_web copyConstance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, daughter, two kitties, and four canine kids.

When not writing stories of finding and rediscovering love, Constance is counting down the days until her son and daughter-in-law make her a grandma and planning a cross-country motorcycle trip with her husband for the not-so-distant future…if they can find a sidecar big enough for the pups.

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One Lucky Night Book Launch!

Happy book birthday to One Lucky Night!

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One night can change everything…

The crew at Boston’s Brazen Head Pub hasn’t been very lucky in love. Can a mysterious visitor inspire them to look past old hurts and misconceptions and give romance a chance? One Lucky Night is a collection of five sexy interwoven novelettes by Aria Kane, Grace Teague, Ana Blaze, Constance Phillips, and Melinda Dozier.

Lucky Break by Aria Kane

Four years ago, chef Derek Chase walked out of Andrea Rivera’s life after a tragedy neither of them were prepared to deal with. When she’s called to the Brazen Head to repair a dishwasher, old sparks ignite buried feelings.

Lucky Star by Grace Teague

When her life is threatened by a mugger, Charlotte Price realizes she’s in love with her best friend, Tommy Leung. The Brazen Head seems like the perfect neutral place to confess her feelings, but nothing goes according to plan.

A New Tune by Ana Blaze

When it comes to dating, Holly Hall has one unbreakable rule: no musicians. Not even gorgeous ones. Especially not gorgeous ones. Dating them only leads to heartbreak. So why did she let singer-songwriter Cian O’Neill kiss her? And why is she thinking about doing it again?

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Lexi’s Chance by Constance Phillips

As a bartender, Sean Whelan meets all kinds of women every night, but none turn his head the way that Lexi has. She’s been playing cat and mouse with him for weeks. Tonight, Sean’s determined to get Lexi to quit teasing and take a real chance on him.

Drink or Dare by Melinda Dozier

A bachelorette party Drink or Dare game pairs paramedic students, Rachel Robertson and Killian Whelan, in a flirting match. Soon, the dares threaten to turn their academic rivalry into something much more.

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About the Authors

Aria Kane is a recovering mechanical engineer and romance writer. As a military brat, she grew up all over the country, but now lives in sunny Florida with a 60 lb mutt who thinks he’s a chihuahua.

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Grace Teague lives in Pittsburgh with her spouse, children and a cat named Mr. Sushi.

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Ana Blaze lives near Washington DC with her charming husband and three cats who firmly believe they are royalty. Ana is a member of Romance Writers of America.

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Constance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, two ready-to-leave-the-nest children, and four canine kids. Her perfect fantasy vacation would involve hunting Dracula across Europe with her daughter, who also digs that kind of stuff.

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Melinda Dozier teaches English to middle schoolers by day and writes at night. She lives in Guatemala, Central America with her college sweetheart and three sons.

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ONE LUCKY NIGHT Cover Reveal—Giveaway!

I’m so happy today to share the cover and official blurb of One Lucky Night with you!

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One night can change everything… The crew at Boston’s Brazen Head Pub hasn’t been very lucky in love. Can a mysterious visitor inspire them to look past old hurts and misconceptions and give romance a chance? One Lucky Night is a collection of five sexy interwoven novelettes by Aria Kane, Grace Teague, Ana Blaze, Constance Phillips, and Melinda Dozier.

Lucky Break by Aria Kane

Four years ago, chef Derek Chase walked out of Andrea Rivera’s life after a tragedy neither of them were prepared to deal with. When she’s called to the Brazen Head to repair a dishwasher, old sparks ignite buried feelings.

Lucky Star by Grace Teague

When her life is threatened by a mugger, Charlotte Price realizes she’s in love with her best friend, Tommy Leung. The Brazen Head seems like the perfect neutral place to confess her feelings, but nothing goes according to plan.

A New Tune by Ana Blaze

When it comes to dating, Holly Hall has one unbreakable rule: no musicians. Not even gorgeous ones. Especially not gorgeous ones. Dating them only leads to heartbreak. So why did she let singer-songwriter Cian O’Neill kiss her? And why is she thinking about doing it again?

Lexi’s Chance by Constance Phillips

As a bartender, Sean Whalen meets all kinds of women every night, but none turn his head the way that Lexi has. She’s been playing cat and mouse with him for weeks. Tonight, Sean’s determined to get Lexi to quit teasing and take a real chance on him.

Drink or Dare by Melinda Dozier

A bachelorette party Drink or Dare game pairs paramedic students, Rachel Robertson and Killian Whelan, in a flirting match. Soon, the dares threaten to turn their academic rivalry into something much more.

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One Lucky Night will be available in print and at all major ebook retailers on May 7th. For now, you can add it to Goodreads!

About the Authors

Aria Kane is a recovering mechanical engineer and romance writer. As a military brat, she grew up all over the country, but now lives in sunny Florida with a 60 lb mutt who thinks he’s a chihuahua.

Author Aria Kane

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Grace Teague lives in Pittsburgh with her spouse, children and a cat named Mr. Sushi.

Author Grace Teague

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Ana Blaze lives near Washington DC with her charming husband and three cats who firmly believe they are royalty. Ana is a member of Romance Writers of America.

Author Ana Blaze

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Constance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, two ready-to-leave-the-nest children, and four canine kids. Her perfect fantasy vacation would involve hunting Dracula across Europe with her daughter, who also digs that kind of stuff.

Author Constance Phillips

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Melinda Dozier teaches English to middle schoolers by day and writes at night. She lives in Guatemala, Central America with her college sweetheart and three sons.

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The authors are giving away four print copies of One Lucky Night before you can buy it!

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Cover Reveal: Council Courtship by Constance Phillips

Eero might be gone, but does his revolution continue?

Coming November 1, 2013

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Cover by Taria Reed

On September 3rd, the one year anniversary of the release of Fairyproof, Constance Phillips unveiled the cover to the novella follow up, Council Courtship. Follow Tristan and Quinn, along with some familiar faces, as they deal with the aftermath of Eero’s revolution…finding love in the ashes.

Also, please visit http://wwww.constancephillips.com/blog to participate in Fairyproof’s birthday party, which runs September 3-10. Prizes!

 About Council Courtship

Tristan Ipsly knows firsthand how Eero’s ideals have ripped houses apart. More than half of his family was prosecuted for supporting the revolution, the remaining fled to the otherworld, leaving him the lone member of his house, and one of two candidates for the recently vacated Council seat. As a healer who is seated on the Repopulation Project, he has real solutions to the problems that face them all, but fears he’s been branded a traitor, not worthy of the seat. How can he even think the head of the Vettore House would allow him to court Quinn.

Quinn Vettore knows that Fairykind is dying. Eero and his revolution have left them a people divided, but she believes tradition and the Canon’s writing are equally to blame. She wants to see the Council fill the recent vacancy with someone who will be the voice of change. The prime candidate in her mind is the same choice of her heart: Tristan.

Too bad her grandfather is the one man who stands in the way of both.

About the Author

Constanc Phillips - SMConstance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, two ready-to-leave-the-nest children, and four canine kids. Her perfect fantasy vacation would involve hunting Dracula across Europe with her daughter, who also digs that kind of stuff. When she’s not writing about fairies, shifters, vamps, and guardian angels, she’s working side-by-side with her husband in their hardwood flooring business.

Constance is actively involved in her local Romance Writers of America chapter (MVRWA) and the Southeast Michigan chapter of the United States Pony Club. When not writing or enjoying the outdoors, she loves reality television or can be found at a Rick Springfield concert (just look for the pink Converse high tops).

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Current Releases

Fairyproof

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Resurrecting Harry

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Guest Author Constance Phillips: What Is It About Paranormal?

My guest today is Constance Phillips, a fellow member of the Maumee Valley Romance Writers of America chapter, and author of Fairyproof and Resurrecting Harry, both published by Crescent Moon Press.

Thank you, Susana, for having me on your blog today! It’s such a pleasure to talk about why I love paranormal.

I think the most common piece of advice a new author receives from a mentor is to “write what you know.” In the case of fiction, it’s “write what you read.” It seems logical, and is the path I’ve chosen to follow, but sometimes it feels like the inevitable evolution of my craft, instead of a path to follow.

I started reading romances as a teenager.  While I always enjoyed sci-fi television shows and movies and loved darker, paranormal writings outside of the romance genre, it wasn’t until a friend introduced me to Laurel K. Hamilton and her Anita Blake and Merry Gentry characters that I developed a hunger for paranormal romance.

Hamilton was a gateway author. I devoured her early books, flying through the first eight or nine books of the Vampire Hunter series in a few short months. I then moved on to authors like Sherriyn Kenyon and J.R. Ward, to name only a couple.

The more I read, the more my writing changed. I tried to introduce some darker paranormal elements into a contemporary piece I’d been working on. Later, I crafted my first paranormal manuscript —a vampire story. Like most other “first manuscripts” it still lives in pieces on my hard drive, not quite ready for an audience yet.

It wasn’t that I wanted to recreate their stories, but more that I’d become such a fan of the paranormal element. In my mind it takes the concept of forbidden love to a higher level, and gives new meaning to the words tall and dark.

I do still write contemporary manuscripts, just as I still read contemporary romance, but was honored to have Crescent Moon Press publish my first book Fairyproof, a paranormal/urban fantasy this past September. They will also be releasing Resurrecting Harry on March 1.

Are you drawn to paranormal books? Who are some of your favorite authors?

Fairyproof

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When Monique finds out her brother, Kieran, is planning her future with the one fairy she wants nothing to do with, she seeks refuge in the human world. Now Kieran fears she will be the next victim in a string of murdered fairies and is determined to bring her home.

Hiding should be a breeze. She can control any human with a flirtatious smile and an attraction spell. Until she meets Daniel Elliot, the only human who’s immune to both.

A year ago, Daniel’s fiancée disappeared with the engagement ring, an Elliot family heirloom. He’s ready to move forward with his life, but his mother’s obsession with retrieving the ring makes that impossible. Then Monique walks into his office to apply for a job.

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A Sneak Peak: Resurrecting Harry

Devastated by Harry Houdini’s unexpected death, his widow, Bess, clings to his promise to deliver a coded message from beyond the grave.  She’s determined to provide the bridge for him to cross, just like she assisted him on the stage, even if that means befriending her husband’s sworn enemy.

In order to save the only woman he’s ever loved from self-destruction, Harry puts his afterlife on the line by entering a wager with purgatory’s keeper, who gives Harry a younger face and body, and a new name: Erich Welch. Even with Harry’s soul and memories, Erich feels out-of-place and disconnected from everything he once called his own.

Will Erich be able to help Bess recover from her loss and will any good come from resurrecting Harry?

Author Bio:

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Constance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, two ready-to-leave-the-nest children, and four canine kids. Her perfect fantasy vacation would involve hunting Dracula across Europe with her daughter, who also digs that kind of stuff. When she’s not writing about fairies, shifters, vamps, and guardian angels, she’s working side-by-side with her husband in their hardwood flooring business.

Constance is actively involved in her local Romance Writers of America chapter (MVRWA) and the Southeast Michigan chapter of the United States Pony Club. When not writing or enjoying the outdoors, she loves reality television or can be found at a Rick Springfield concert (just look for the pink Converse high tops).

Constance blogs regularly at http://www.constancephillips.com. You can also follow her on Twitter or friend her on Facebook.