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Starting tomorrow, Thursday June 11th, Mafia Princess The 1st Book in the Mafia Series, will be on sale for $1.99! The sale will last for 1 week. If you already own it, Awesome! tell a friend. If you don't have it yet this is the perfect opportunity!

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Mafia Princess is on sale for 1 week on Amazon's Kindle Countdown Deals.

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I'm so excited! The cover to Mafia Mistress: The 2nd Book in the Mafia Series, will be finished soon. I have the book itself submitted so all that needs finished is the cover. Mafia Mistress will be released August 1st. It is the sequel to Mafia Princess: The 1st Book in the Mafia Series. If you haven't read it head over to Amazon and search Nikki Kitchen or Mafia Princess. The cover has a clover on it. You can read the first 2 1/2 chapters. If you like it the ebook is $2.99 and the paperback is $12.99. I would love to hear from my readers so after you read the book send me an email, message me on facebook, or contact me on goodreads.

email.nikki.kitchen@gmail.com

facebook.com/kitchennikki

goodreads.com/nikkikitchen

You can also leave me a review on Amazon. I read them and sometimes I make a comment.

Mafia Princess is the first book I've published. It is the first in a four book series. I have a few other books I'm working on. One is a western, another is a fish out of water American Indian story. One book that I'm half way finished with is set in medieval times. Another that I've worked a little on is a time travel book.

The idea of the Mafia Series came to me in a dream, which is how most of my book ideas came to me. When I was pregnant with my son I had some crazy dreams and somehow they turned into books. In Mafia Mistress there is a scene when Nora and Nathan are in a salvage yard with a helicopter. I dreamt that scene and the more I thought about it the more the characters morphed from me, my family, and friends, into the characters that are in the book, and a year or more later I started writing Mafia Princess.

There is a giveaway ending on July 12th for an autographed copy of Mafia Princess. There are 3 copies up for grabs. I'm going to do a 3 book giveaway of Mafia Mistress soon. The winners will receive Mafia Mistress: The 2nd Book in the Mafia Series, before it's released, depending on how far away from Utah the winners live. If they live across country or out of the US the book may take a little longer to get to them. Right now the Mafia Princess giveaway is only open to the US and Canada but I'm going to see about opening up Mafia Mistress to the UK and Australia too. I'm not promising anything except I will look into it.

Nikki Kitchen

I'm still getting the hang of this publishing thing. I set the release date for Mafia Mistress for August 1st but since I approved the proof of the book it automatically went on sale. I've done what I can to fix the problem. I had to unselect all of the distributors and I'll recheck them in time for August 1st. The paperback isn't available for preorder but the ebook is. Head over to Amazon and take a look. Just search Mafia Mistress.

Mafia Princess is still in the giveaways. The giveaway ends July 12th.

Mafia Mistress is in the giveaways until July 22nd.

There are three copies of each and all books will be signed.

I've been working on the 4th book in the Mafia Series. It's been a while since I've found the time and it hasn't been flowing but luckily the stars have lined up and I've gotten through a few chapters in the last few days. Hopefully I'll finish by the middle of July and then work on editing Mafia Queen The Third Book in the Mafia Series.

I would love to hear from my readers so if you've read Mafia Princess send me a message.

Mafia Mistress came out last week and I would love to hear from my readers. I want to know what you think of the characters. If you have a favorite character or one that you can't stand. All of the characters have a place in my heart but I still have certain ones I cheer for. What do you think of the storylines in Mafia Princess and Mafia Mistress? Haven't read the books? Head over to Amazon and search Nikki Kitchen for the ebook. If you prefer a paperback (which I do) go to createspace.com and change the search from site to shop and search Nikki Kitchen or Mafia Princess or Mafia Mistress. If you buy from createspace you'll be purchasing it directly from the company who prints the books.

I still have about 100 pages left to write in the 4th (and last) book in the series but I've put it on hold for a week or so because I've started the editing process for the 3rd book, Mafia Queen. This book will be out November 1st so I have to get it ready to be released.

Send me a message, I'd love to hear from you. I can be contacted at
goodreads.com/nikkikitchen
facebook.com/kitchennikki
email.nikki.kitchen@gmail.com

I would love to know what you think about the Mafia Series. There are some ratings but I'd like more. If you've read the books please consider rating it and writing a review. If you've already rated the books go back and write a review. I know what my family and friends think but now I'd like to know what you think. I'm also curious about how you found the books so if you wouldn't mind mention that in your review. I read all of them and I try to comment, though I don't comment on all of them. One more thing, if you like the books tell a friend and share Nora's story. The ebook is available on Amazon and you can get the paperback on createspace.com and Amazon.

Mafia Princess and Mafia Mistress are available now and Mafia Queen will be released on November 2nd.

I have made a few changes to my Mafia Series. First, because I haven't had time, and the book has not been flowing as well as I'd like, book four's, Retired Mafia, release date has been pushed back to March 1st instead of February 1st. I'll still have a giveaway, which will start January 19th. I know this is an inconvenience but I feel that it can't be helped. I also like the idea of the book being released in March, St Patrick's Day!

Second, last night while I was writing I looked down at page 473. Book four would have been 550-600 pages and I really don't like the idea of the last book being twice the size of the other three books in the series. So... I have decided to split this book. There will be five books in the Mafia Series. I feel this is a positive because the last book was feeling rushed and I felt like I was pushing past things that should have had more detail and I should have spent more time on. I feel like I was hurrying past things and condensing them so I could fit everything into the book. Now I have time and room to fit everything in. I feel this is a negative because I have no idea what I'm going to name the fifth book. I'm also inconveniencing my wonderful friend who designs my book covers. Thank goodness she has patience with me.

Check back in a few weeks for my book giveaway and you can head over to my Facebook page now for a chance to win a Sneakpeak at book four.

I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and I wish all of you the best in the New Year.

Nikki Kitchen

I'm working as fast as I can to finish family Mafia. I would love to release it a month early since I released Retired Mafia a month late. Also, May will be a year since Mafia Princess came out. Right now my process is taking a while since I can only concentrate to write at night. And I prefer to go to a local grocery store and sit by the deli. It's calmer than my house since I'm worrying when my kids or husband are going to wake up and interrupt me. I've been able to get a lot done but once I write it I have to find time to type it, which can take quite a while since I'm able to write at least ten pages a night when I'm at the grocery store and my kids love to interrupt me whenever I'm working on the books. But that's what kids do. Anytime you need some time to work on something that's when they need Mommy the most. It's a good thing they're cute and give good kisses and hugs. Anyway, typing, that's what I'm doing right now. I'm taking a break for a few minutes but then I'm getting back at it. If I can keep on this pace I should be finished with the book by the end of the week and the book will be released May 2nd. I'll make sure to post when I have an official release date. I'm glad all of you are enjoying the books and I would love more reviews and ratings. Also, if you know someone who you think would love Nora's story let them know about the Mafia Series.

I hope everyone is having a good week and check your calendars, St Patrick's Day isn't too far off! I already have my kids in green and wearing shamrocks!

I'm not very good at this blog thing because I don't feel that I have much to say.
I'm working on a new series, a Regency series. I'm excited because I love this time in history, though it is a bit challenging to research. There is so much contradicting information out there that it becomes difficult at times. So, I've done what I did with my Mafia Series, I took the gathered information, and made it work for my story, altering a few things, or choosing to view something in one way rather than another.
This will be a four book series and I was hoping to have the first published by now but sadly, I have a life, not a very exciting one, but a life none the less. Between my kids, helping at their school, keeping them entertained now that summer's here, taking care of my family, and church, it seems that I can't get on a role with my story. And when I am able to write and the words are flowing I have to stop to do something and when I come back the words aren't flowing anymore. However, slowly but surely, I will get these books finished.
The exciting part about these books, I have the cover pictures already! I have an amazing photographer friend who found the girls, dresses, and locations and took the wonderful pictures that will be on my covers. They are amazingly beautiful and I can't wait for people to see them.