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"Warm, winning story of friendship. lust and love--"
Publishers Weekly
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Dear Readers,
This week DREAMING OF YOU, Book #3 in the Graysons of New Mexico Series from St. Martin's Press, hits the bookstores. I humbly ask for your support. The first week of sales are extremely important. The reviews have been wonderful.
Luring a man into love can lead to passion or heartache.
Brandon is determined to remain single, but he's up against two equally determined women: his mother, and Faith McBride, who has loved him since high school. Faith is successful in business, but can the shy hotelier be successful in love as well? She risks all to find out as she turns up the heat with her enticing lips and tempting curves to win Brandon's heart, mind, and body.
Please stop by my web site to read an excerpt. There's also a contest to win a copy of DREAMING OF YOU and a pampering sampler. Something new that I'm very excited about is a book trailer under "Books."
Coming March 07 is Book #4, Pierce Grayson's story, IRRESISTIBLE YOU. Book #5, Sierra's story, ONLY YOU, is finished. But if things go as planned Sierra's book won't be the end of the Graysons. Please stay tuned for more information. Also. when you finish reading DREAMING OF YOU please turn the page to read an excerpt of IN ANOTHER MAN'S BED, my February 2007 mainstream.
I'm looking forward to seeing many of you in Dallas September 9th, and Kansas September 16th. We're going to have a fantastic time. Please visit "tour" on my web site for all the details.
Hugs,
Francis
www.francisray.com
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About the Author:
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Francis Ray is a native Texan and lives in Dallas. A graduate of Texas Woman's University, she is a School Nurse Practitioner with the Dallas Independent School District. In 1999 and 2000 she was nominated for Texas Woman's University Distinguished Alumni Award.
Ms. Ray's titles consistently make bestseller's lists such as Blackboard and Essence Magazine. INCOGNITO, her sixth title, was the first made-for-TV movie for BET. She has written thirty titles to date. Awards include Romantic Times Career Achievement, EMMA, The Golden Pen, and The Atlantic Choice.
THE TURNING POINT, her first mainstream, was a finalist for the prestigious HOLT Medallion Award. At the release event for THE TURNING POINT in May 2001, she established The Turning Point Legal Fund to assist women of domestic violence to help restructure their lives.
With the release of her second mainstream, I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW, May 2002, Ms. Ray pledged to continue the effort. I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW made the bestseller's list of The Dallas Morning News, Blackboard, Black Expressions Book Club, and Essence Magazine. The book was one of five titles selected as Book Club Favorites for Black Issues Book Review Best of 2002.
SOMEBODY'S KNOCKING AT MY DOOR, her third mainstream, was released May 2003 and made bestseller's lists across the country. ROCKIN' AROUND THAT CHRISTMAS TREE, a holiday collaboration with Donna Hill, came out in November 2003. Other books include SOMEONE TO LOVE ME December 2003, TROUBLE DON'T LAST ALWAYS January 2004, FIRST TOUCH February 2004, WHOLE LOTTA LOVE February 2004, LOVE AT LEO'S July 2004, and THE FALCON SAGA August 2004. Her fourth mainstream, LIKE THE FIRST TIME, was released in May 2004 and also made the Essence bestseller's list.
January 2005 continued the Living Large stories, a concept of Ms. Ray's of fashionable and fabulous full-figured women with Big Girls Don't Cry. February 2005 was a major personal triumph with the release of her first Christian fiction, Then Sings My Soul in a trade anthology from Harlequin/Steeple Hill HOW SWEET THE SOUND. March 2005 saw the release of the long-awaited continuation of The Graysons of New Mexico series with YOU AND NO OTHER. Her fifth mainstream and thirtieth title, ANY RICH MAN WILL DO, is scheduled for October 2005. October is National Domestic Awareness Month and, in continuing her pledge to assist women who are victims of domestic violence, Ms. Ray will again pledge a portion of the proceeds from ANY RICH MAN WILL DO to The Turning Point Legal Fund.
In 2005 two of Ms. Ray's titles, SOMEONE TO LOVE ME and I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW were released in hard cover with large print by Thorndike.
Scheduled for 2006 are CHOCOLATE KISSES, IRRESISTIBLE YOU - - a Grayson novel #3-- and IN ANOTHER MAN'S BED
www.francisray.com
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