Emma Calin releases a steamy action romance with a companion cookbook. Read the romance, feel the passion – TASTE the love!

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Gallo-Romano Media

Today’s the day – the worldwide release of Emma Calin’s steamy action-romance novel SHANNON’S LAW.

Emma’s ‘Passion Patrol’ books are stand-alone stories that feature hot cops, hot crimes and hot romance. SHANNON’S LAW introduces another sassy female cop, Shannon Aguerri, who catches crooks, delivers justice and always gets her man.

In celebration of the launch, Emma is offering SHANNON’S LAW at just $1.50/£0.99 for all digital versions, until the 10th March. There are special offers in place for the paperback version too – it’s at a rock-bottom introductory price of $10.99/£5.99/€6.99 until the 10th March.

You can win free copies of the paperback and digital versions, as well as other cool book-related ‘swag’ in Emma’s launch day giveaway on Rafflecopter which includes a FREE GIFT for every entrant (see below.)

What the early reviewers of Shannon’s Law say…

5 Stars – Jenny Marston, Essex, UK.
“Move over Mr Grey – there’s a new Earl in town! Shannon’s Law is dramatic, mesmerizing and incredibly sexy. The ultimate fairy-tale.”
5 Stars – Anneli Purchase, Canada.
“Shannon’s Law will draw you in from page one and hold you fast, immersed in the love and suspense until the end.”
5 Stars – Petra Rovere, Slovenia.
“A fast-paced and intense story where two different social worlds collide in a vortex full of love, hatred, intrigues and passion. Emma Calin has done it again. A book hard to put down before its end.”

BUY LINKS TO SHANNON’s LAW…

Amazon Worldwide http://www.bookshow.me/shannons

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shannons-law-emma-calin/1118020965?ean=2940045552899

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/shannons-law/id793730238?mt=11

Smashwords
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/395170

SHANNON’S LAW Blurb…

Wild child inner city cop Shannon Aguerri walks a dangerous line between her methods and justice. When the bosses lose their nerve, after yet another maverick mission, she is transferred to green pastures to play out the role of a routine village cop. When she encounters signs of people and drug trafficking she homes in on serious millionaire criminals. As a loner she has attracted men but nothing has stuck. She meets Spencer, the hunky and widowed Earl of Bloxington and there is an immediate rapport between them. Their social differences mean nothing to their passion and need. Already in the mix however, is an upper class female rival – who has long plotted her way into the Earl’s bed. The jealousy is an evil shade of green and the anger is a violent scarlet. Often inhibited by a sense of duty and honour, Spencer is slow to reveal his feelings. When Shannon confronts him with the need to choose between her word and that of her rival, he does not immediately support her. All the same, when they are forced together to carry out a desperate rescue mission, their love is stronger than everything ranged against them.

Find out more and watch the book promo video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdxg6zeJlDw

The Shannon’s Law Landing Page:

http://emmacalin.wix.com/shannons-law#!project/cngp

Revealing all on Pinterest…

Emma has been posting snippets from the story, photos of places and people that inspired the venues and characters on Pinterest during her pre-launch book tour…

http://www.pinterest.com/emmacalin/shannons-law-launch-reveal-on-pinterest/

There is also news about the book on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/ShannonsLaw
(‘Likes’ are always appreciated…..)

You’ve read the story and felt the passion – now taste the love…
There’s a companion cookbook that Emma is also launching today – COP’S KITCHEN. This includes recipes for all the meals from the Shannon’s Law. The good news is that all entries to the Rafflecopter draw below get a free copy of this illustrated e-book.

Buy Cop’s Kitchen Here:

Kindle: http://www.bookshow.me/copskitchen
Other e-readers and PDF: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/407437

Shannon’s Law Launch Day Rafflecopter Draw…
Prizes include $30/£20/€25 Amazon gift card, paperback and digital copies of Shannon’s Law, various afternoon-tea related swag items AND…. a FREE COPY of Emma’s digital cookery book Cop’s Kitchen for EVERY entrant!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Special offer on the first ‘Passion Patrol’ book KNOCKOUT!

Watch out as well for a special discount on Emma’s first ‘Passion Patrol’ book Knockout! It’s on an Amazon Kindle Countdown Deal for 5 days at 99c/76p from 3rd-7th March. http://www.bookshow.me/Knockout

Having fun with Vine for a quick trailer for the Love in a Hopeless Place Collection

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Gallo-Romano Media

Well, just for a moment of light relief we decided to use some of our photos of the individual titles in the Love in a Hopeless Place Collection to create a Vine video book trailer.

Vine is to video what Twitter is to short messages – we are allowed just over 6 seconds of recording time in total so VERY short and sharp visuals only. Once created, you can post the video on Twitter, your website, blog etc.

The recording is done via the video button on a smart phone – I used an iPhone. Vine allows you to make split-second shots and then links them all together in a continuous loop. At the moment Vine does not allow any editing after recording – so you have to get it right first time! Also, there is no audio editing – so you have to make sure that whatever is playing in the background makes sense for your visuals.

It’s very important to plan out in advance what you are going to include – the finished article is so short that every split second counts.

In this video we used images of the 5 covers of the titles in the book collection, along with a few images of the collection cover on an e-reader and also as a printed book, as well as an additional image to indicate the book was available on Amazon. We lined all the shots up on the computer in order and filmed each for a split second. Everything looked great – the Vine video looped round and played on and on and the images made sense. Then we watched with the sound up – it was horrendous, everything from paper shuffling to computer keys to a kettle boiling and music from a distant TV show. A veritable cacophony. The snippet of music though, did not sound so bad. So, we decided to play We Found Love in a Hopeless Place by Rhianna on the CD player whilst we recorded the shots. Obviously it is not a nice smooth audio track – it gets broken up each time we change video clip – but we thought it was better than completely random background noise.

Unsurprisingly, the whole video took a whole morning to complete – getting all the photos for the clips in a similar format, sorting out the sound…. to say nothing of the number of times we recorded it before we managed to fit the whole lot in.

The result… well it’s obviously not going to win any Oscars – but for a quick snap of what the book is about it does serve a purpose. What do you think?

To hear the sound click on the top left of the video on the speaker symbol (you may want to switch it off after a short period!). Click the video to stop and start it.

Launch of Escape To Love by Emma Calin

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Gallo-Romano Media

Monday was another day to celebrate here at Gallo-Romano Media as Emma Calin’s new suspense/romance appeared on the Amazon bookshelves all round the world in Kindle and e-book format.

ESCAPE TO LOVE is the third in a five-part series of gritty urban short stories and novelettes – the other two are due out later in the Spring.

As with books one and two in this series, Escape To Love Kindle Edition comes with a FREE 80 minute audiobook download link – making the story accessible to folk who prefer to listen as well as to those who like to read.

Description

Even in the barren wasteland of urban decay new green life is possible. In Nature and in Love,that which can be, somehow finds a crack, a corner or ledge and grasps its chance of life. A woman on the run from domestic violence with no one but her vulnerable autistic teenage child as a companion, lives in isolation and fear. While her hand to mouth scenarios are played out in the shadow of a threatening suspense, a story of crime and love unfolds around her. She cannot risk her child. Her own longings for love and romance have to take a poor second place. When the fallout from a prison break, a hero rescue and a murder mystery crash through her door and into her need and loneliness, it is no longer a crime story. It is a question of when Love in itself is a crime and how far a woman will go in its name and for those she loves.

Launch Day Giveaway

Emma would like to share her new book with you. She is currently in the middle of a blog tour to launch Escape To Love and is giving away a book at each stop. These are the blogs she is visiting – leave a comment on any of the tour stop days to be in with a chance to win!

Anneli Purchase
Gallo-Romano Media on 6th Feb. – that’s here today!
Laurie Jenkins On 10th Feb.
Sheryl Browne on 11th Feb.
Mandy Baggot on 12th Feb.

Don’t forget – you can leave a message here to be included in the giveaway for today’s blog stop. What is your favourite way to ESCAPE from the daily grind?

The Proof of the Pudding is in the Freeze Frame

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Gallo-Romano Media

We were all excited when the proof copy of FREEZE FRAME landed on the doormat four days earlier than anticipated. We love digital media but there is nothing like holding the real thing in your hand and flicking through those pristine pages.

It’s almost there – a couple of changes and we’re good to go.

We’ve also formatted the e-book for Smashwords, so in a couple of weeks from now FREEZE FRAME will be available for just about every e-reading device known to man e.g. Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Apple, iPad, Android, Sony, EPUB etc etc. as well in traditional tactile format.

Both the e-book and print book include the free link to the audio recordings of FREEZE FRAME – a one hour poetry fest where each poet performs their poems – a real treat!

Find the book currently on Amazon HERE

Excitement builds…

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Gallo-Romano Media

Here at Gallo-Romano Media we are busy pulling together an international anthology of poetry. There are 6 poets, 60+ poems and 60+ audio recordings of each poet reading their own work.

The book is called FREEZE FRAME and will be coming out in digital e-book format for Kindle just in time for Christmas. As with many of our other publications, this e-book will have the bonus of a free link to the audio book – so you get two versions for the price of one.

The print version will follow shortly and will also include the link to the recorded poetry, so even if you prefer to read from paper, you can still enjoy our poets giving their best performances.

This book will be one of the most innovative and exciting expressions of contemporary poetry published in 2013.

Watch this space for the cover reveal shortly…..

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