Joyce’s Comments (group member since Oct 24, 2008)

Joyce’s comments from the Clean Romances group.

10 clean romances are being given away in the February Romance Fix event on My Book Cave, including my clean historical romance, Loyalty's Web. Oh yeah, they're giving away a $10 gift card too. :-) You'll be asked to sign up for the authors' newsletters, but if you find a new book you love, that will be a plus, right? And if you don't enjoy the book you can always unsubscribe with no hard feelings.

Open now through the February 28, 2017. https://mybookcave.com/g/ffd78a84/

Have you read any of my sweet medieval romances? Do you have a copy that you're planning to read? Do you have a friend with a copy of my books, or a library that carries my titles? Then this giveaway is for you! Win a $50 Amazon/B&N gift certificate or PayPal cash! Book prizes, too! Open to international entries. Details at on my blog http://jdp-news.blogspot.com"

Verna wrote: "I don't flag anybody. I don't even understand what that means."

Verna, if you look just below this message to the right, you'll see the words -- reply, delete, flag. If you click on reply, Goodreads will add a bit from the prior message at the top of the post, like it added your comment to this post (because I hit reply). If you hit delete, it will delete the message, but no one other than the group moderators should ever delete a post, unless it's your own post and you want to delete something you typed for whatever reason. Apparently if you click on Flag, Goodreads will delete the post and if too many of one person's posts get flagged, Goodreads can kick them completely off of Goodreads. So we don't want to flag anybody before any problems are at least first run past one of the moderators so we can first try to solve the problem amicably. Is that all as clear as mud? LOL!

C. wrote: "Groovy wrote: "Thank you, Joyce, for your decision. And I hope you get better."

I agree, and BTW, I am pretty sure that I never flagged her in this group."

I'm not pointing fingers. As I said, I can only see one side of the discussion here since Crystal's posts were removed by Goodreads. I don't even need to know who flagged them. Just let's all not flag anyone here anymore without running the problem by me first, okay? Thank you, everyone!

My apologies for being so very far behind the curve on the issue being discussed on this thread. I have been dealing with some longterm health issues that still are not resolved, but before I delete this thread, I feel a need to say a word here.

Because all of Crystal's comments were apparently flagged, I am only able to see one side of this conversation, which isn't quite fair to Crystal or to my ability to understand what has been going on. And please, I don't want anyone to give me a long, detailed explanation here. (I've read through the posts that remain.) Crystal has contacted me and confessed to making mistakes in posting when she first joined this group. She desires to participate with us again, now that she better understands how our group works. So I'm asking everyone to give her another chance (even though I don't know what her original "sin" apparently was).

PLEASE DO NOT FLAG ANY MORE OF HER OR ANYONE ELSE'S POSTS WITHOUT DIRECT MESSAGING ME FIRST AND EXPLAINING TO ME WHY YOU FEEL HER POSTS NEED TO BE FLAGGED. I will read the comments and make the decision, okay? (You can copy and paste anything you object to into a direct message to me, but please don't flag it without running it by me first.)

Remember that different groups have different rules. Unless a member is violating a rule of THIS group, her comments should not be flagged before checking with one of the moderators.

Now let's go back to being the civil, helpful group we have always been to one another. Thank you, as always, for your support of Clean Romances!

Joyce DiPastena, Clean Romances Group Creator

Welcome Janice!

Diana wrote: "I would love to review your book, I prefer Kindle format and my email is scrapcrazy2002@aol.com
Thanks"

Thank you, Diana! I just sent you a Kindle copy.

Mary wrote: "Hi Joyce! Would love to review your book for you. Kindle format is fine. You can see my other reviews on Goodreads or Amazon, if you'd like to see what I've written. mj@maryjeanadams.com"

Kindle version sent. Thank you so much, Mary!

Jessica wrote: "Hi Joyce, I love all your works and would be really excited both to read 'Courting Cassandry' and write a review. My email is jessheridan92@hotmail.com, and a Kindle version would be great. Thanks ..."

Hi Jessica,

I just sent you a mobi file for your Kindle. Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy Courting Cassandry. :-)

Annaka wrote: "Thank you!!!
Annaka.heaton18@gmail.com

I'm really excited! I would love a version for Kindle.

Thank you
Annie"

Thank you, Annie! I just sent you a mobi file for Kindle. I hope you enjoy the book!

Annaka wrote: "If it's still a possibility, I would like to give a review. If I'm too late, that's fine.

Thanks,
Annie"

I'd be glad to send you a copy to review, Annie. Just give me your email address and let me know if you'd prefer a mobi (Kindle) or ePub (Nook, iBooks, etc) file. If you'd rather not post your email address here, you can message it to me.

Kitty wrote: "Hello again Joyce. I completely fine. My email address is mqureshi785@gmail.com and I would like to get an epub copy. Thank you so much for the opportunity"

Just sent you an epub. Thank you, Kitty!

Kitty wrote: "Hey Joyce, I'd like to read and review your book. It sounds very interesting"

Hi Kitty, Sorry I just found this! I thought GR would let me know when someone commented on my thread, but they didn't. I'd be happy to send you a review copy. Can you give me your email address and let me know which format you'd like me to send you? If you're not comfortable sharing your email address here, you can message me on Goodreads. Thank you!

My clean medieval romance, COURTING CASSANDRY: A HEARTS IN AUTUMN ROMANCE, is live for pre-order on Amazon! Pre-sale price is $1.99. (Goes up to $3.99 on release date - February 17.) OR I will send a FREE copy to volunteers in exchange for an honest review to be posted on Amazon on Feb 17. Available in mobi/Kindle, epub/Nook, or PDF. Message me here on Goodreads if you're interested. You can read about the book or preorder a copy if you'd rather, here: http://www.amazon.com/Courting-Cassan...

Thanks for letting us know, A.F. It sounds like your books are safe on our shelf. :-)

Your welcome, Kim. I hope you enjoy it! :-)

My new clean medieval romance, Loving Lucianna, is now available for preorder on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books! Here's a summary:

Sir Balduin de Soler gave up long ago on love. He never had the means to support a wife until an unexpected advancement in his fifties allows him to reassess his future just as the lovely Lucianna enters his life.

Lucianna Fabio harbors a secret, painful memory from her past that has kept her unwed, as well. Now in her forties, she thought herself too old to marry until she meets Sir Balduin. Now suddenly their lonely autumn lives feel very much like spring again . . . until Lucianna’s brother appears without warning and threatens to revive the secret that will destroy Lucianna’s second chance at love.

“Loving Lucianna" is the first in my new “Hearts in Autumn” romance series, medieval romances revolving around heroes and heroines “in the autumn of their years.” Because you’re never too old to fall in love!”

I just approved you, Courtney. :-)

I just added you, Tamara. :-)

Welcome, Lynne! We have lots of good, clean, feel good romances on our group bookshelf for you to sample :-) We're glad to have you with us!