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I am finishing up a new novel!

I am finishing up a new novel! It is from an idea I first dreamed up twenty five years ago… good things (I hope) come to those who wait, and wait and wait!
 
BACK COVER: “Eva has beauty she plays down, to avoid attention. But it doesn’t work. People are invariably drawn to her. She has a magnetic quality, a calm, a power she is unaware she has. She wants to be left alone to look after animals; they are her first love.
Another love is on the horizon, though. Along with life-changing discoveries. She discovers a father she doesn’t know, a new family she doesn’t trust, and that someone wants to kill her.
She discovers she possesses a powerful ability that others do not have. Is it a gift? Or a curse?”
 
This is a rough cover, just to inspire me as I wrote. And not even sure of the title yet. Remains to be seen.
 
I will post the first couple of chapters soon!
 

Chick Lit Central features “88 Guys for Coffee”!

Our funny but tender women’s fiction novel, “88 Guys for Coffee,” is featured on Chick Lit Central!  So great…

They say:

“Contemporary chick lit at its best, 88 Guys for Coffee is hilarious and heartbreaking, soul-searching and spiritual, loosely based on the five-year online dating saga the author endured before meeting her husband on Match.”

Thanks Chick Lit Central!

http://www.chicklitcentral.com/p/book-shelf.html

AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/88-Guys-Coffee-Diane-So…/…/0990709477

Terrific reviews for “88 Guys for Coffee”

I am so pleased that people seem to be enjoying “88 Guys for Coffee.” It is great that they take the time to leave reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, so authors know how we are doing! 

REVIEWS for “88 Guys for Coffee”

Many thanks to Stacie Allen, who was a winner in our recent Goodreads Giveaway.

on August 1, 2017
What a GREAT book! I loved every page. I won the book in a Goodreads giveaway and was SO happy to be introduced to this great author. I’ll definitely add her to my favorites! I loved the title, the ending, and everything in-between! Easy to read (but hard to put down)… The title, description and other reviews give you lots, so I won’t repeat it all, but I will repeat — READ THIS, you won’t be disappointed!
 
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Also a few days before this, Mary Latela wrote a nice review, and thanks to her as well!
 
on July 26, 2017
Imagine that the love of your life has “moved on.” Imagine spending five years trying to find a good man – online! 88 Guys for Coffee is a funny, sad, all too real journey, and Laura is the character who won’t give up. She never changes her profile, yet she meets all kinds of guys, just for coffee.
 
Her true goal is to find a soulmate to come into her life and heal the loss of Kurt. She quickly analyzes the profile, deciding whether to send a wink or an email. The initial phone call is essential. If all looks well, there will be coffee. Laura’s best friend is Francesca, who appears from time to time, almost a guardian angel. Then there’s Hank, her friend. This is a book for people who seek love, who want to know what the on-line dating scene is like, or who eagerly read to see whether Laura finds a soulmate. Ms. Solomon knows Connecticut very well and it would be great to know more about her character, Laura. Diane L. Solomon tells a very good story, and I look forward to more stories from this new author.

Great review from Books From Dusk Till Dawn!

Great review: Thank you Susan Hampson of Books From Dusk Till Dawn!

5 Stars! What a great review! “OMG this is just such an hilarious book. I know I shouldn’t find pleasure in someone else’s down falls, but at times I just had to stop reading because I couldn’t see any more, it was just so very funny.”   READ MORE

 

10 Winners in the Goodreads Giveaway!

Hundreds of people entered to win my new novel, 88 Guys for Coffee, in the Goodreads Giveaway and ten winners have been chosen by the Goodreads staff.  They are going out in tomorrow’s mail, and we do hope the readers enjoy the book!

Thanks to all who entered.

Top 1% Goodreads reviewer gives “88 Guys for Coffee” 5 stars! “Read it, laugh with it, roll with it, this is a sparkling gem for sure!”

Book Description: Abandoned – no, dumped from her 7-year marriage, Laura’s self-worth was in tatters. Some people land on their feet. She landed on the kitchen floor in a puddle of frozen yogurt.

Longing to find her true partner in life, Laura takes a deep breath and plunges into online dating. Oh my. What a roller coaster. Only with the aid of modern technology could you line up this many frogs to kiss.

Hilarious and heartbreaking, soul-searching and spiritual, “88 Guys for Coffee” is loosely based on the author’s own 5-year online dating saga. The horror stories are true, bizarre, and laugh-out-loud funny.

Top 1% Goodreads reviewer Dianne Bylo* said, “Should I laugh? Should I cry? Laugh until I cry? Grab a cup of coffee, wear your most comfy clothes and hang out the DO NOT DISTURB sign because this is a tale of the heart and soul… Humorous, heartbreaking, eye-opening and filled with some truly wickedly funny scenes… Read it, laugh with it, roll with it, this is a sparkling gem for sure!” *

* Read the entire review: http://tometender.blogspot.com/2017/05/88-guys-for-coffee-by-diane-solomon.html

 

14 great reviews (13 5-STAR and 1 4-STAR) on Amazon!

 

Goodreads Giveaway!

Enter here to win a paperback copy of my new book, “88 Guys for Coffee” on Goodreads


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(USA only, I’m afraid, for this one… 🙂  10 copies to be won!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

88 Guys for Coffee by Diane Solomon

88 Guys for Coffee

by Diane Solomon

Giveaway ends June 17, 2017.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

 

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Goodreads top reviewer gives “88 Guys for Coffee” 5 stars!

Goodreads top reviewer gives “88 Guys for Coffee” 5 stars! Thanks Dii! Due out tomorrow!
https://www.goodreads.com/…/show/35268557-88-guys-for-coffee … 

#chicklit #beachread #womenslit #romance

Read the first three chapters

 

 

Dii Bylo’s Goodreads Review:

“Should I laugh? Should I cry? Laugh until I cry? Diane Solomon’s 88 GUYS FOR COFFEE is proof that there IS light at the end of the tunnel of love and it is NOT an oncoming train! Grab a cup of coffee, wear your most comfy clothes and hang out the DO NOT DISTURB sign because this is a tale of the heart and soul of online dating for a woman who refused to believe that every prince is a frog in disguise.

This is Laura’s story, or rather her five year saga of looking for “Mr. Right for Me” after the coward she once thought of as her husband jumped ship like a thief in the night, stealing her self-respect, dignity, self-confidence and probably her favorite pan, (okay I just added the pan bit). This is the good, the bad and short and bald of false dating advertising, bait and switch pictures and the ones that got away, thank goodness!

Never tried online dating? Thinking about maybe giving it a go? Know someone, male or female who is thinking of looking for love or at least a decent person through the maze that is cyberspace? Read Diane Solomon’s88 GUYS FOR COFFEE first and feel, witness and learn, Grasshopper, because it may be a jungle out there, but our heroine, Laura has become a warrior in a world that can be terrifying and a guide to learning to love yourself first and the rest will fall in place when it is meant to.

Humorous, heartbreaking, eye-opening and filled with some truly wickedly funny scenes as lived and chronicled by Laura’s firsthand experience, Diane Solomon is sharing more than some wit and wisdom, she is sharing the kaleidoscope that is life, warts and all. It’s okay to feel horrified, mystified and justified for scoffing at online dating, just as it’s okay to maybe give it a try, then another try and maybe even another. It took our Laura 88 attempts, five years and gallons of coffee, gas and frog kisses, not to mention hours of her life she will never get back, but in the end, she found herself as much as she found her prince! Read it, laugh with it, roll with it, this is a sparkling gem for sure!”

I received this ARC edition from Diane Solomon in exchange for my honest review. (Okay, honestly, I read it almost month ago and have been waiting until closer to its release day!)

Publisher: Eloquent Rascals (June 1, 2017)
Publication Date: June 1, 2017
Genre: Humor | Women’s Fiction
Print Length: 220 pages
Available from: AmazonBarnes & Noble
For Reviews & More: http://tometender.blogspot.com

GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! Enter for a chance to win one of 10 copies of the paperback.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

88 Guys for Coffee by Diane Solomon

88 Guys for Coffee

by Diane Solomon

Giveaway ends June 14, 2017.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

 

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