Meg Benjamin
Hi and welcome to my site! I'm a romance writer, currently living in Colorado after twenty-five-plus years in Texas. My contemporary romances are set in the Texas Hill Country and San Antonio, including Venus in Blue Jeans, Wedding Bell Blues, Be My Baby and Long Time Gone.
Medium Well
I've got some great news for 2013! First of all is my Medium trilogy to be released by Berkley InterMix, starting with book 1, Medium Well on February 19.
Here's the blurb:
Real estate agent Danny Ramos has always had a knack for selling homes, but when his boss saddles him with a neglected carriage house, Danny discovers that his abilities are more than simple intuition...
On his first visit to the house, Danny is confronted with visions of a violent murder. His assistant, Biddy Gunter, doesn’t seem affected, and Danny starts to think he’s going crazy—until he gets a visit from his mother, who suggests that Danny’s uncanny talent to sell old houses may stem from his family inheritance: psychic empathy.
When Biddy reveals to Danny her own strange dream about the carriage house ghosts, they team up to investigate and discover both the house’s dark history and their own unexpected attraction. But as the hauntings turn from unsettling to downright dangerous, Danny and Biddy need to figure out how to rid the house of its ghostly inhabitants, before their budding romance meets an untimely end…
Read an excerpt.
The Medium Well Blog Tour will take place from February 4 - February 18, the day before Medium Well's official release by Berkley InterMix. I'm running a contest for a $15 gift certificate too. Join me!
Tour Schedule
2/5 The Smutty Kitty
2/7 The Book Tart
2/9 Storm Goddess
2/11 Sugar and Spice
2/12 Belle’s Book Bag
2/13 Ms. Romantic Reads
2/16 Harlie’s Books
2/18 My Secret Romance
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Medium Well is available for preorder now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Then in April Samhain will be releasing my part of the Promise Harbor Wedding series, Bolted. Promise Harbor features four books by four authors (Kelly Jamieson, Sydney Somers, Erin Nicholas, and me) about the same disastrous wedding. Bolted, my book, describes things from the Maid of Honor's point of view.
Sometimes you have to get lost before you can find yourself.
The Promise Harbor Wedding, Book 2
Greta Brewster McBain in a bind. Two, if she’s really counting. First there’s the can-barely-breathe, bridesmaid’s dress from hell. Second, the stranger who just carried her “perfect” brother’s fiancée out the church door has made it impossible to tell her own mother about her own divorce.
Rather than confirm her reputation as the family screw-up, Greta takes a drive to clear her head.
Trapped in a hole and unable to reach his cell phone, Hank Mitchell is resigned to becoming a permanent part of his own archeological dig when help arrives—in the form of a woman who looks like a Gone With The Wind refugee. Behind the ruffles and lace, though, is something he appreciates: a woman who isn’t afraid of a little dirt.
Their instant connection draws Greta into the eccentric world of the Hotel Grand, where she impulsively trades her hoopskirts for an apron. Soon things are getting hot, not only in the hotel kitchen, but in Hank’s arms...
Warning: Contains hot moonlit sex, a melancholy turtle, two wisecracking seniors, and the world’s ugliest bridesmaid dress.
Fearless Love
My seventh Konigsburg book, Fearless Love is now available from Samhain Publishing.
Sweet music doesn’t come without a few sour notes.
MG Carmody never figured her musical dreams would crash against the reality of Nashville. Now the only thing she has going for her is her late grandfather’s chicken farm, which comes with molting hens that won’t lay, one irascible rooster, and a huge mortgage held by a ruthless opponent—her Great Aunt Nedda.
With fewer eggs to sell, MG needs extra money, fast. Even if it means carving out time for a job as a prep cook at The Rose—and resisting her attraction to its sexy head chef.
Joe LeBlanc has problems of his own. He’s got a kitchen full of temperamental cooks—one of whom is a sneak thief—a demanding cooking competition to prepare for, and an attraction to MG that could easily boil over into something tasty. If he could figure out the cause of the shy beauty’s lack of self confidence.
In Joe’s arms, MG’s heart begins to find its voice. But between kitchen thieves, performance anxiety, saucy saboteurs, greedy relatives, and one very pissed-off rooster, the chances of them ever making sweet music are looking slimmer by the day.
Warning: Contains hot kitchen sex, cool Americana music, foodie hysteria, and a whole lot of fowl play.
Read an excerpt at Samhain.
Buy a copy at Samhain or at Amazon.
Don't Forget Me
Don't Forget Me, is the sixth book in the Konigsburg series. This is the story of reunited lovers: Nando Avrogado and Kit Maldonado, both from Long Time Gone and some of the other books. "Once they said goodbye forever. Now they want to walk it back."
Buy a copy at Amazon or Samhain.
Brand New Me
Brand New Me, Book #5 in the Konigsburg series, is available now from Samhain Publishing. This is my first Konigsburg book without a Toleffson in the lead, but my hero, Tom Ames, has enough heat to be an honorary Toleffson! My heroine, Deirdre Brandenburg, is Docia's cousin, so you can be sure a lot of Toleffsons will be around to kibitz on this romance.
Buy a copy at Amazon.
Long Time Gone
Long Time Gone, the fourth book in my Konigsburg series, is available now from Samhain Publishing. It's Erik's story. "A future with the woman of his dreams is within his grasp…if the past will stay that way."
Buy a copy at Amazon.
Be My Baby
Be My Baby, the third book in my Konigsburg series, is available now from Samhain Publishing. It's Lars's story. "There’s no room in her life for love. Love has other ideas…"
Buy a copy at Samhain Publishing
Wedding Bell Blues
Wedding Bell Blues, the second book in my Konigsburg series, is now available from Samhain Publishing in both print and ebook versions. It's all about Cal and Docia's wedding. Who knew you could find the love of your life at the wedding from hell?
Buy a copy at Amazon.
Venus in Blue Jeans
Venus in Blue Jeans is the first book in my Konigsburg series from Samhain Publishing. You can read an excerpt here.
The print versions of Venus in Blue Jeans,Wedding Bell Blues, Be My Baby, Long Time Gone, and Brand New Me are now available from Samhain.
On My Site
Here you'll find information about my books and writing, as well as a blog where I noodle around about things related to my writing life. Because a lot of my writing concerns my former home state, Texas, and Texans, I've included some background information about relevant Texana, along with the usual stuff about writing, news, and my work.
I love to hear from my readers! You can e-mail me at meg@megbenjamin.com.