13 Release Party Highlights Day 2!

So I have a little surprise. There will be a blog post every day this week! 

On day two we had Brooke as a co-host!

Brooke lives in Louisiana with her five girls and wonderful husband. When she is not working on finishing her current degree, she can be found fishing, coloring, or blowing bubbles with her kids. Just over a year ago, Brooke decided she wasn’t going to back down from her dreams, and started writing full time. With the encouragement of her family she is proud to be publishing her books for the world to read.

Brooke started reading later in life. Unlike many authors who have always had a special love for reading, Brooke didn’t pick up a book until she was in her late teens. She remembers wanting to find something to do with her mom, who has always been her best friend. One day her mom was talking about a romance novel that she just read. Not being interested in it all, Brooke gave in and read the book. She’s been her mom’s reading partner ever since. They can now sit and talk, laugh and even cry about all the books they have read over the years.

So, with great pride and honor, Brooke is happy to thank her mother for encouraging her to not only read, but to follow her heart, and write her own books. What started as simple poetry on scrap paper, at the age of seven, is now a dream come true. Brooke started writing but felt something was missing. When she started writing with Natalya , everything seemed to fall into place, and now here they are. Launching books, and writing more. This may be the first you see of them, but Brooke is determined that this won’t be last. Brooke is excited for you to meet their characters, and fall in love with the men that they have spent many hours with over the last year, just for you!!

Links:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V6IVRHU/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=QQ8OZY31U5MO&coliid=I32H1REUEWNNNR
http://brookejohnsonbooks.weebly.com/
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/530375
https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-theneedtotouch-1768207-145.html
https://www.facebook.com/BrookeJBreaux.Natalyaparks

Things we learned today:

Brooke writes MM romance in memory of her friend, a young gay man who took his own life due to harsh treatment he received just being who he is.

I'm bi. (GASP! Yeah, I know. Surprised me too. lol)

Brooke likes to write by candlelight. 

I have to have loud music.

There are a lot of sexy cowboy pictures on the internet. 

Brooke cannot eat green candy.

Roz cannot eat green veggies.

Amanda showed us that it's possible to put a lot of geeky SF references into just one caption.

And Jennifer demanded that there be another story after "Enforcing Christmas." :) God thing A Broken Howl will be out soon. 

Memes from the Caption This games

 

And because it was already Wednesday where she is, our next co-host dropped it!

Bio:

Rachel Tsoumbakos is a stay home mother of two.

Her main passions are writing, reading and organic gardening. Rachel lives with her husband, two kids, three cats and eight chickens in the hills surrounding Melbourne, Australia. When she is not tending to her organic veggie garden, she is working on her cardio as she trains for the zombie apocalypse.

While she has had several articles published through mainstream magazines, she has also written extensively for True Blood Net and The Inquisitr.

The party isn't over, so come on by!