Brenda Novak takes diabetes fundraising to another level
HEA shares a personal appeal from bestselling romance author Brenda Novak …
Brenda: Most of you know me from my annual online auction for diabetes research. A great many of you have probably participated and helped me raise the $2.4 million that's been raised so far. If that's the case, thank you! And if this is all new to you, it's not too late to get in on the action. This year I won't be running the auction. After 10 years, I'm taking a break. BUT … I'm not sitting back, doing nothing. For 2015, I've come up with another plan to raise money, and I'm so excited about the possibilities! Because … what's better than getting a great deal on a great book? Getting a steal of a deal on a whole bundle (less than $1 a story)! And what's better than having all the proceeds go to diabetes research?
Well … nothing. Nothing I can think of, anyway. That's why I curated THREE fabulous box sets filled with BRAND NEW stories from some of today's most popular authors — so I could launch my fundraising initiative for 2015 and contribute to the effort of finding a cure for my son (who was diagnosed at 5) and all the other people who have to cope with this terrible disease. The good news is that you can help simply by doing what you love most — visiting Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Kobo.com, Apple or wherever you buy your e-books and picking up a copy of at least one set. (Well, you can also post on social media and invite the world to join forces with us if you want to do more … <G>)
Here's what's available:
• Sweet Talk. This is a limited-edition contemporary romance collection featuring 10 brand new stories by such amazing authors as No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods of Chesapeake Shores series fame. We also have the magnificent Linda Lael Miller, as well as Melody Anne, Violet Duke, Steena Holmes, Gina Maxwell, Molly O'Keefe, Melissa Foster, Rosalind James and Nancy Naigle. Great lineup, right? As a bonus, I've thrown in the prequel to my Whiskey Creek series, When We Touch — and megastar Robyn Carr has written the foreword.
• Sweet Dreams. This is also a limited-edition set, only it contains 13 new thrillers. Allison Brennan, Cynthia Eden, JT Ellison, Liliana Hart, Heather Graham, Alex Kava, CJ Lyons, Carla Neggers, Theresa Ragan, Erica Spindler, Tiffany Snow and Jo Robertson have all contributed. I'm in this box, too. I'm including a brand new story — Hanover House, the start to the new suspense series I just sold to St. Martin's Press. And none other than the amazing Lee Child has written the foreword.
• Sweet Seduction. This box is for those who like their romances with some HEAT (a la Fifty Shades of Grey). It features new work from erotica greats Lexi Blake, Nicole Edwards, J. Kenner, Megan Hart, Emma Hart, JS Cooper, Karen Erickson, Nina Lane, Roni Loren, Elisabeth Grace, Julia Kent, Mari Carr, Lauren Hawkeye and Avery Aster. Lisa Renee Jones, another popular author in this subgenre, has not only written the foreword, she's provided one of her full novels as a bonus!
Are you excited yet? Each set is only $9.99 (less than $1 per story), and they're on sale wherever e-books are sold. It's important to note that they will be available for only a very short time, so pre-order yours today. For more information, visit brendanovakforthecure.org (you can even pre-order at that site). On-sale date for the sets is May 1.
According to the CDC, nearly 10% of the American public has diabetes. That's an outrageous figure! So let's do something about it — read and raise money at the same time. : )
Brenda Novak