May Mental Health Awareness Book Fundraiser

Welcome the 6th Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Book Fundraiser benefiting the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

For the 6th year, an amazing group of authors have generously agreed to donate a portion of their May sales to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund.

Here is how you can help raise money and awareness for mental health:

• You can purchase a book from the amazing books listed below! We hope you will #1click4charity a number of these amazing books! Please note that although are Amazon Kindle buy links, the portion of sales is from any platform: digital, print and audio.
• Share the image below or any of the custom photos the participating authors share on social media to raise awareness and to show your support.
• Make a tax-deductible donation directly to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at AFSP.

Thank you in advance for your support as we work to bring mental illness out of the darkness.

6th Annual May Mental Health Awareness Book Fundraiser

Author	Book	Buy Link
Alison G Bailey	Present Perfect	https://amzn.to/2GXior2
	The Dance	https://amzn.to/2uLCI9X
Amy Harmon	The Smallest Part	https://amzn.to/2q6ZS4W
Alyson Santos	Night Shifts Black (NSB #1)	https://amzn.to/2IrIDTm
	Tracing Holland (NSB #2)	https://amzn.to/2cTC3cL
	Viper (NSB #3)	https://amzn.to/2EnhPS0
	Limelight (NSB #4)	https://amzn.to/2GxViYD
	Traitor	https://amzn.to/2GRhnRf
	TRICENT Commissioning	https://amzn.to/2uLjhOh
Amy Daws	The One Moment	https://amzn.to/2vGWlQQ
Amy Lane	Chase in Shadows	https://amzn.to/2EjRxjs
B Cranford	The Brightest Star	https://amzn.to/2EjRzrA
	A Little Bit Crazy	https://amzn.to/2Iu006a
	A Crazy Christmas	https://amzn.to/2JjjpHX
Brenda Rothert	Do you Like my Wiener?	https://amzn.to/2q4LbzX
Corinne Michaels	Say You’ll Stay	https://amzn.to/2JkqdFs
Drew Elyse	Dissonance (Dissonance Series #1)	https://amzn.to/2GB0jvs
	Harmony (Dissonance Series #2)	https://amzn.to/2q5iCT4
	Savage Disciples Series	https://amzn.to/2uIC6lc
	Clutch (Savage Disciples MC #1)	https://amzn.to/2uLGJLz
	Shift (Savage Disciples MC #2)	https://amzn.to/2uRPSSM
	Engage (Savage Disciples MC #3)	https://amzn.to/2GBGW9y
	Ignite (Savage Disciples MC #4)	https://amzn.to/2EhKXKg
	Combust (Savage Disciples MC #5)	https://amzn.to/2GBHfBe
	Cruise (Savage Disciples MC #6)	https://amzn.to/2q72EHo
Emily Snow	Distraction	https://amzn.to/2EmBzF6
ES Carter	Love By Number Series:	https://amzn.to/2GUPbNa
	Nineteen	https://amzn.to/2H9d9SH
	Twenty One	https://amzn.to/2HbXFgQ
	Three	https://amzn.to/2GR5SJx
	Thirteen	https://amzn.to/2H9deFZ
	One	https://amzn.to/2GYnfs1
	Eight	https://amzn.to/2uMNkoQ
Felicia Lynn	Love’s Learning Curve	https://amzn.to/2vIj1QB
	Trouble with the Curve	https://amzn.to/2HYQ1GZ
Ginger Scott	Waiting on the Sidelines	https://amzn.to/2uUaOIX
	Going Long	https://amzn.to/2GvclKC
	Blindness	https://amzn.to/2EkJCSJ
	How We Deal With Gravity	https://amzn.to/2Ek2odc
	This Is Falling	https://amzn.to/2q711cO
	You and Everything After	https://amzn.to/2Hc6lnq
	The Girl I Was Before	https://amzn.to/2uMQ8m2
	In Your Dreams	https://amzn.to/2GUekI2
	Hold My Breath	https://amzn.to/2GYz8OF
	The Hard Count	https://amzn.to/2GARUMn
	A Boy Like You	https://amzn.to/2q6gKZn
	A Girl Like Me	https://amzn.to/2EjORT0
	Wild Reckless	https://amzn.to/2q7224j
	Wicked Restless	https://amzn.to/2EktgJS
	Memphis	https://amzn.to/2GxRaHZ
Harper Sloan	Corps Security 6 book series	https://amzn.to/2GTKgJd
	Alex (Corps Security book 1)	https://amzn.to/2GU7bnR
	Cage (Corps Security book 2)	https://amzn.to/2HbWGzs
	Beck (Corps Security book 3)	https://amzn.to/2qrjbG6
	Uncaged (Corps Security book 4)	https://amzn.to/2ILvOna
	Cooper (Corps Security book 5)	https://amzn.to/2ED24GH
	Locke (Corps Security book 6)	https://amzn.to/2HskVaq
K Bromberg	Sweet Cheeks	https://amzn.to/2qbe91t
Katy Evans	REAL	https://amzn.to/2EhOkAU
	RACER	https://amzn.to/2q5kEmh
Kelly Jamieson	Shut Out: A Bayard Hockey Novel	https://amzn.to/2EjIajQ
Kennedy Ryan	Long Shot	https://amzn.to/2GRkY1H
Kindle Alexander	Double Full	https://amzn.to/2Gxv6NE
Laura Ward	Because of You
Laurelin Paige	Free Me	https://amzn.to/2GCnmFY
Leylah Attar	53 Letters For My Lover	https://amzn.to/2IvwI6T
	The Paper Swan	https://amzn.to/2JjorEk
	Mists of The Serengeti	https://amzn.to/2Jh1WQq
Melanie Harlow	Some Sort of Happy	https://amzn.to/2q4x4dU
Melanie Moreland	Into the Storm	https://amzn.to/2Jl99yX
	Beneath the Scars	https://amzn.to/2q5Wt7n
	Over the Fence	https://amzn.to/2GAQTnx
	The Contract	https://amzn.to/2H9ciBp
	The Baby Clause	https://amzn.to/2uLx5se
	It Started with a Kiss	https://amzn.to/2q590rl
	My Image of You	https://amzn.to/2q2GQfY
	Bentley - Vested Interest #1	https://amzn.to/2IuJLWz
	Aiden - Vested Interest #2	https://amzn.to/2pMeM0Z
Melissa Collins	As I Am	https://amzn.to/2FgSv0a
Michelle Mankin	The Rock Stars, Surf and Second Chances series	https://amzn.to/2Jl5FfS
	Outside	https://amzn.to/2EjVrJ8
	Riptide	https://amzn.to/2Gxp7sa
	Oceanside	https://amzn.to/2uPfq2V
Natasha Madison	Something so Unscripted	https://amzn.to/2JjncVH
Nicole Edwards	Sniper 1 Security series	https://amzn.to/2GB2NtI
	Wait for Morning	https://amzn.to/2q3Oesu
	Never Say Never	https://amzn.to/2q2yoxg
	Tomorrow’s Too Late	https://amzn.to/2GWZeRQ
Raine Miller	Filthy Rich	https://amzn.to/2Empdgq
RK Lilley	Bad Things	https://amzn.to/2qoAPub
Sawyer Bennett	Atticus	https://amzn.to/2EkkgVf
Sierra Simone	American Queen	https://amzn.to/2uLL41j
Susan Stoker	Rescuing Wendy	https://amzn.to/2uMnBgn
Timothy Hilke	I am not Broken	https://amzn.to/2q4ZB3a
Toni Aleo	Overtime	https://amzn.to/2GxtZcQ
Virna De Paul	Kiss Talent Agency series	https://amzn.to/2Ej9heI
	Book 1: Lip Action (Book 1)	https://amzn.to/2H8iERm
	Book 2: Locking Lips (Book 2)	https://amzn.to/2GxoZ7R

Keith Milano Memorial Fund

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Hauppauge NY 11788

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Fund Information:

The Keith Milano Memorial Fund was established to help raise awareness about the devastating and deadly disease that is mental illness. Keith’s spirit and laughter is kept alive through our efforts to increase awareness about mental illness and to raise money for education and imperative research. Keith often struggled with society’s perception of mental illness. Our hope is that by having the strength to say that Keith was “Bipolar” we can strip away the stigma and help others to be more open about their disease.

If you want to know more about Keith or why Denise does what she does, here is short video/interview that speaks to that!

The Keith Milano Memorial Fund benefits the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). At the end of the event, participating authors will pay AFSP directly.

AFSP is the only national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education, and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those affected by suicide. AFSP is a fully accredited 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization incorporated in the state of Delaware with primary offices in New York City. Federal tax ID # is 13-3393329. AFSP’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) number is 10545. Donations to AFSP are tax deductible.

Blog Tour : Execution by Lucia Franco (April 30-May 4)

Title: Execution

Series: Off Balance #2

Author: Lucia Franco

Genre: Forbidden Romance Over 18 years

Publication Date: April 23, 2018

The move to World Cup Academy of Gymnastics is the greatest challenge Adrianna has encountered. Punished for Coach Kova's overwhelming desires, she's reeling with resentment while she sits out the first meet of the season. As Adrianna fights to regain her focus, he pushes her body to the extreme, leaving her mentally and physically exhausted.

Kova underestimates Adrianna's endurance, and gravitates more toward her, despite his internal battle raging within to stay away. They try to disentangle themselves, but the tension between coach and gymnast mounts, engulfing them both in a forbidden world of deception and passion.

The one place where they should never feel alive, is where they find complete absolution. But one slip, one wrong landing, a missed grip, and everything they built can come tumbling down, damaging both their professional and personal lives.

"Tighten up, Adrianna. Squeeze your thighs and butt. Everything needs to be firm so you do not sway. The tighter you hold yourself, the less you fall. You cannot loosen for one second. I do not want to see anything jiggle on you. Keep your focus." He paused. "By the way, your mother gave me a ring yesterday. Such a lovely woman she is. So caring of her daughter."
I stopped and looked down at him, letting out a gush of air I hadn't realized I was holding.
"Uh huh. Start over."
I ignored him. I couldn't believe Mom called him. "What did she say?"
"Start over."
"What did she say, Kova?" I pushed, snapping at him. I probably looked like a psycho to him, but he held firm and wouldn't speak until I started up again. I huffed under my breath and jumped. Typical Kova. He always had to get his way. My coach was an exasperating man.
"Just that she wanted to know how her precious daughter was doing. I told her you were getting there but still had a long way to go."
I lowered my eyelids. "Of course you did. What else?"
"She said she was concerned about your diet and wanted to make sure you were eating nutritious meals. She mentioned when you went home for the holidays you let go and ate everything in sight. She wanted to make sure you are not still on that same path. Something about you had to buy new clothes because your old ones did not fit."
My heartbeat sped up, and my lips parted. The animosity in her words rang like a siren in my head of things she'd said to me that I did wrong in her eyes. Moisture beaded above my top lip. I gripped the jump rope handles tighter, my skin burning against the plastic. I jumped faster and harder.
Kova was still speaking but I only caught the tail end of a few words. I wasn't processing any of it; all I could focus on was the fact that my mom had called him and fabricated lies and he listened like a good little sheep. She took vindictive to a whole new level and I had to wonder why she was trying in vain to sabotage my gymnastics career. She wanted to ruin me for the sake of ruining me. It was the only plausible reason I could come up with and a side of her I hadn't yet seen. I was her daughter, she was my mother. I didn't understand her attitude toward me.
A prickling sting deflated my chest and my breathing grew strenuous. I slowed down until I stopped completely. My arms dropped to my sides, and I stood with one foot positioned slightly in front of the other, staring in a blank trance at nothing but feeling everything.
A muffled cry burst from my lips and I threw the rope to the floor. Kova jerked back. Tears filled my eyes and my heart ached, not because I was sad, I was, but more so because I was so irate and filled with resentment that my own mother would purposely set out to hurt me. I hopped down, formed a fist, and dropped it down on the balance beam as hard as I could. I shoved at the side of it trying to push it over, shoving my weight against it, which could never happen. It was too heavy, but it felt good fighting against something.
"God! I hate her! Hate her with a passion!"
"Hey," Kova said softly, coming up behind me, but I couldn't stop.
"I can't stand her! No matter what I do, it's never enough. I never over ate anything, and I bought new clothes because I lost weight. Because we had stupid parties she forced me to attend. She is such a liar." I kept my back to Kova so he wouldn't see the tears in my eyes. "And you played right into it, making me sound like I'm hopeless, like an amateur who still needs years of work, and even that might not be enough. You gave her exactly what she wanted and she fed off that, I know she did. She has it out for me, always has, always will. Nothing I do will be right for her."
A fat tear slipped from the corner of my eye, and I walked away. I didn't take more than a few steps when Kova clutched my arm in his hand.
"Stop," he said gently. "Ria, I told her you still had a way to go because the truth is I am not ready to let you go yet."
I didn't know how to respond to that.
"Just give me a few minutes, Kova." I yanked my arm away and pushed at his chest. "I'll be right back."
Kova grabbed my wrist. "Stop. Listen to me."
I shook my head. "Please, just let me be for a sec and I'll be fine."
"Adrianna."
"Kova! Just leave me alone!" I screamed.
But he didn’t. Kova pulled me to his chest and I immediately fought against him.
"Get it out," he said. I shoved at him and cried harder, giving him everything I could. I hated that he was doing this to me and appreciated it at the same time. "Fight harder, hit me if you have to, just get it out." I struggled between crying and shoving, but Kova didn’t let go, and something in me cracked.
My efforts slowed, and I covered my face and let the tears flow. I poured everything out against his chest. Everything I held in over the past year. From my mom and her backhanded compliments, to the rigorous training I demanded of my body, to the illicit affair I had with my coach. I cried over everything, and he let me.
"Shhh… just let it out," Kova said, rubbing soothing circles on my back. "It is okay."
When my cries and hiccups subsided, I sniffled and expelled a huge breath. I felt like a burden had been lifted from my shoulders and I could breathe again.
Stepping back, Kova tried to lift my chin, but I kept my gaze cemented to the floor. I was too embarrassed. I didn't like crying to begin with, and I sure as shit didn't want to show him my tears. Tears showed weakness, and I wasn't weak.
He tried to lift my chin again, and when I didn’t budge, he sighed and got down on one knee so he was eye level with me.
"Jerk." A sad chuckle escaped my lips. "You always find a way to get what you want."

A competitive athlete for over ten years, Lucia Franco currently resides in sunny South Florida with her husband and two boys. Paranormal romance was her first love, but she has a soft spot in her heart for small-town and reunion romance stories.

When Lucia is not hard at work on her next novel, you can find her relaxing with her toes in the sand at a nearby beach.

Find out more about Lucia at authorluciafranco.com. Make sure to join her newsletter to receive exclusive updates and more!

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