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Today I have Renee Novelle here for a Q&A and a giveaway

The Boyfriend List follows twenty-year-old Reagan in her quest for the perfect relationship after a somewhat tragic spring break breakup leaves her disillusioned about love� again.
Reagan had always prided herself on making levelheaded, practical, analytical decisions about everything. Everything, that is, except where guys are concerned. Which was proven to her, once again, when her �boyfriend� opts to take another girl on their oh-so-romantic trip to his lake house. In order to prevent future heartbreak, she creates a checklist of all the qualities she wants in a man, and vows not to give her heart away again until she can determine if they fit every last criteria.
After scouring campus with her two best friends in her tricky journey, her detective work returns a pile of unworthy rejects, and it seems as though her choices are narrowed down to only two options: the hot stranger who�s inspired her new project, and her best guy friend Ian, who she�s always kept at bay due to his perceived playboy reputation.
Reagan gets more than she bargained for with her new set of rules, however, and is surprised to find that love, and the perfect boyfriend, may have been within reach the entire time. But will Ian�s reputation ruin his chances to prove his worth? And can Reagan let go of her insecurities long enough to even give him a chance?
The Boyfriend List is a light, New Adult romance about friendship, trust, and learning to let go in order to embrace what real love can offer

Renee� Novelle is Preceded by a long line of published family members, including Pulitzer Prize nominated author and Poet Laureate of Kentucky Jesse Stuart.
Inspired to cultivate her talent, Novelle pursued freelance journalism and has found placement of 75 of her pieces in both online and print publications since 2008. Additionally, she has written multiple screenplays, and contributed her savvy, effective writing style to many non-profit and for profit organizations. She launched several blogs over the years, which garnered international attention. 
In 2013, Novelle returned to her first love � fiction. She writes psychological and paranormal thrillers, as well as contemporary fiction and new adult fiction. For a complete schedule of upcoming releases, please visit www.RSNovelle.com
Though she received her Bachelor�s of Science in Communication, Summa Cum Laude, she considers herself a constant student of the written word. She�s an avid reader, an enthusiastic quote poster, and rarely takes �no� as a final answer. She has an unhealthy obsession for theater, dance, music and art, and strongly believes that wine is simultaneously the beginning of, and resolution to, all of life�s problems. She believes in following dreams, and that in the end, you always end up where you're meant to be.
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Welcome to my stop on the Wakeworld blog tour
Be sure to check out the rest of the stops on the tour

Wakeworld by Kerry Schafer
Age Group: Adult Urban Fantasy
Series: Between #2
Release Date: Jan 28, 2014
Publisher: ACE

Vivian Maylor is trying to hold it together. But her attempts to build a life with the man she loves seem doomed by the dragon inside her yearning to break free. Vivian is a dreamshifter, the last line of defense between reality and the dreamworld, and the only one of her kind.

Weston Jennings also believes he is the only one of his kind. He fears his powers as a dreamshifter, and resists learning to control them. After suffering a tragic loss, Weston heads deep into the woods of the Pacific Northwest to embrace a safe life of solitude. But when a terrible mistake leads to an innocent�s death, his guilt drives him to his former home, where he encounters what he never thought he would find: another shifter.

Now Vivian and Weston must work together to defeat a new threat to the dreamworld.

1. Describe WAKEWORLD in a tweet (140 characters or less)

Locked into Wakeworld by a power hungry dragon, Vivian joins forces with a rogue dreamshifter to rescue her lover and save the dream worlds

2. What is the hardest part about writing a second book in a series?

Expectations. Writing the first book, I was all safe and warm in my little writer coccoon with nobody to please but myself. When I went to write the second book this was no longer true. I had an editor to please, and readers who both loved and hated the first book. I didn't want to let anybody down and I was sort of frozen for a bit.

3. What do you think the key to good world building is?

I think I'm still growing into world building. The ultimate master is Tolkien, but he spent years and years developing Middle Earth and I don't have that kind of time and patience. It's really important to think about all of the senses when you're world building I think - how things look, and sound, and taste, and feel and smell. Plus paying some attention to things like politics and world history and mythology. Real worlds have a lot of depth to them and fantasy worlds need to have that too.

4. Which of your characters do you relate to the most and why?

Of all of my characters so far, that would be Jesse in the Dream Wars novellas. In the Books of the Between I somehow seem to relate to Zee and I'm not sure why. I certainly have nothing of the Warrior in me. Maybe it's the artist side of him I connect to.

5. Where do you get most of your inspiration for your books?

Inspiration comes from everywhere. Snatches of conversation, news stories, dreams, TV shows, other books. And often it just shows up from out of my subconscious and I have no idea where it actually came from.

6. What is something that we would be surprised to learn about Vivian?

She's a terrible cook. Something as simple as a grilled cheese sandwich tends to go badly.

7. If we were to have an author talent show, what would your talent be?

Oh dear. There was a time I could have played the piano for you, but I'm way out of practice. If you had an author talent show I'd probably run somewhere and hide.

Thanks so much for being here on  Book Briefs, Kerry!

Thank you so much for having me!

Kerry Schafer is licensed both as a Mental Health Professional and an RN, and spends most of her daylight hours helping people�usually even with a smile. In books, she gets to blow stuff up, preferably with something more interesting than a bomb. Dragons are good; exploding giant slime toads are even better. She has published two novels with Ace Books: BETWEEN, which was released in January 2013, and WAKEWORLD, slated to hit stores in January 2014. She is also the author of THE DREAM WARS novellas, available where electronic books are sold.

Kerry and her Viking live in Colville, Washington, in a little house surrounded by rocks, trees, and gangs of deer and wild turkeys.

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Chelsea lives in Phoenix, Arizona where she spends most of her time writing stories, painting murals, and avoiding housework at all costs. She�s ridiculously bad at doing dishes and claims to be allergic to laundry. Her obsessions include: superheroes, coffee, sleeping-in, and crazy socks. She lives with her husband and two children, who graciously tolerate her inability to resist teenage drama on TV and her complete lack of skill in the kitchen.

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Playing Pretend
by Juliana Haygert
Publication: March 3rd, 2014
New Adult Contemporary Romance

Flash Q&A ...

While Juliana Haygert dreams of being Wonder Woman, Buffy, or a blood elf shadow priest, she settles for the less exciting�but equally gratifying�life of a wife, mother, and author. Thousands of miles away from her former home in Brazil, she now resides in Connecticut and spends her days writing about kick-ass heroines and the heroes who drive them crazy.