The Perfect Part of a Man

I was watching Fast and the Furious 6 with my son and my honey the other night. I commented how Dwayne Johnson looks like a tank. That man is HUGE! Anyway, my son said, "Oh, you think he is hot?" I told him that the guy is attractive, but he has slopey shoulders. Yes, people, I notice a man's shoulder first. He could have nice eyes, an attractive face, or great abs, but if he doesn't have boxy shoulders, he lacks the WOW! factor for me. A nice example of boxy shoulders is Channing Tatum. Yum.

What do you notice first? What gives a man the WOW factor for you?

Picture credit: Photo by Giles Keyte - © 2013 - Universal Pictures

A Makeover!

With the publisher transfering the rights back to Midnight Secrets, I decided to give the series a cover makeover. I'm pretty sure I'm in love with these covers. The talented (and so wonderful) Carey Doucet did this fantastic job:

If you haven't started this series, you can grab Confessions here!

Fantasy Casting for the Desert Secrets Series!

I've always dreamed of having one of my books made into a movie. No offers have been made yet, so I'm doing a fantasy casting and I need your help. No purchase is required. I'm providing the characters' description below and the book links at the bottom. What actors would fit these roles?


The females:

Chelsea Montgomery: red hair, fair complexion, petite, in her late twenties. She wears glasses on occasion.
Allison Montgomery: blonde, athletic, medium build. Also in her twenties. She is a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl.
Bailey Roan: Dark blonde/light brown hair, medium build, is a trend setter.
Lisa Palmer: dark shoulder length hair, in her late twenties/early thirties. She is your typical soccer-mom.

The males:

Jordan Case: tall, muscular, tan, dark wavy hair. He works in construction.
Miguel Perez: Hispanic, spiked hair, also works in construction, dark hair and eyes.
Seth Brite: Short light brown hair, glasses, medium build, and is a true crime author.
Zane Alder: Dark straight hair, tanned skin, muscular, nice smile, and is a movie star.

Here is what you do:

• Email me pictures of actors/actresses who you think would fit these roles in the fantasy movie of each book. My email is authorwendyely@gmail.com. 
• I'll decide on the "call back" who could play the part. If you get the "call back" card, I'll post your chosen actor picture on my blog and I'll send you some swag. 
• The final round of actors will be picked and the grand prizes will be announced at that time. It'll be a great stuff.  

I'm posting the first round of call backs for CHELSEA next Saturday, so hurry. Send in those actress pictures! You have to live in the US to get the swag pack. Don't worry, distant friends, if you're out of the country you can pick any one of my published ebooks! 

If you want to grab the Desert Secrets series, you can find Confessions and Midnight Secrets
 here and here!

My Sexy Saturday- Cross the Line

Sexy... the best part of sexy is when it pops up when you least expect it. In Cross the Line, Leslie is moving into a new apartment in a new city. She is hot, tired, and in no way ready to find sexy in her life. Yet, there he is! Chris Matthews. Enjoy this scene. If you want to read the entire novella, grab it here and don't forget to check out the rest of the blogs in My Sexy Saturday (listed at the bottom!).

From Cross the Line:

Why I’d decided to accept the job offer in Phoenix was beyond me. But moving in the middle of the Phoenix summer? Even worse. Now I could understand why Arizona had earned the nickname “the devil’s playground.”

Playground? Not sure that would be the right word choice because I was convinced I’d arrived in hell itself.
A knock on the door made me jump up from the box, making every strain in my muscles and joints become more prominent. The pain quickly faded as a luscious vision in denim leaned against my doorframe, looking sexy as sin.

A shot of heat spread through my body. I had no idea why he instantly turned me on. I didn’t find goatees attractive, wasn’t into the whole tattoo bit, or the almost too tight t-shirt style, but it all looked perfect on this man. This man definitely had the talent to pull off the bad boy look that made women drop to their knees. Me included.

I quickly ran my fingers through my hair. It had once been in a complete ponytail, but was only partially bound by a hairband at this point. I looked like a mess and knew it. What a great way to start out meeting someone so handsome. But that’s my luck and I had accepted it long ago. To make the best of the situation, I wiped my sweaty palm down my jean shorts before holding it out to him. “Hi. My name’s Leslie Teague.”

“Chris Matthews.” He barely touched my hand before dropping it, as if scorched. He cocked his head toward the front of my apartment. “Need help with that truck out front?”

“I would’ve taken you up on your offer a little earlier, but I’m done now.” The lie floated from my lips as if the act came as a second nature to me. I never lied to people and never, ever asked anyone for help. So why did I find myself holding my hands out toward the room full of boxes as if presenting a prize? “Unless you want to assist in moving the mattress to my bedroom?” A few suggestions as to what we could do on that mattress came to mind, but I did my best to keep my mouth shut.

Say What?

If you read my blog often you might remember a recent post where I mentioned that authors might have their day, week, or month all planned out and then BAM! Someone throws something in the way. Well... yeah. I That happened to me last week. I had put together a great timeline for writing and editing and was heading out the door for a doctor's appointment when I paused to check the fantastic inbox. Imagine my surprise when I received an email from my publisher saying that she sold her company. SAY WHAT? I hurried out the door and got a second email before arriving at the doctor office. Wendy, here are the rights back to all of the books we had contracted. Not in those exact words but just as quick. But we had just published an anthology! What about that? And why had we done that when this deal was in the works for a long time? My head spun.

But I was delight. While some authors were on (and probably still are) Cloud 9 to be able to transfer their books over to the new division of one of the BIG publishing companies that my publisher has become, I want to keep the rights to my books. I had over year left with my publisher and I couldn't wait for the day to get my rights back... I wanted to be free. That day came! It's here!

Besides my regular work load, I've been working with my cover artist and doing formatting, trying to get these 4 books ready to be re-released. You see, one unexpected (but good!) email can throw an author's schedule way out of whack.

But please celebrate with me... I'm on Cloud 9 too!

Check out these new covers. By the way, these books are up on Amazon already.  You can find them HERE!!

2014 Releases!

Get ready to read some new stuff from me! Here are my releases for this year:

A Final Kiss (single title romantic suspense)

Jesse's Girl: the long awaited sequel to Jesse's Brother (contemporary romance)

Lost and Found, Desert Secrets Book 3  (romantic suspense)

Dangerous Desires, Mafia Hearts Book 2 (romantic suspense)

Happy New Year!!

Kazaaam! 2014 has arrived!! How are you celebrating? Any resolutions planned??











I don't really do resolutions, but I do make goals for each year. I do have a list made out. Don't worry, I won't bore you with the writing schedule that I planned out. I will, however, share this with you:

In 2014 I will:

Love more: not only my family, friends, and readers but myself more!
Create more. I have my publishing schedule that I'll post at another time!
Give more: to my family, my friends, readers, and my community.

And with all three of those things, I will have a fantastic new year!