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      <title>Cover for my 2012 release: Pretty Boy Problem</title>
      <description>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="tabcolumn-1" style="width: 100%; margin-bottom: 15px"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div id="column-1" usermodifiable="true" style="width: 100%"&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-13885829"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-13885830"&gt;&lt;a href="#" rel="sw_lightbox" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/assets/0_0_0_0_250_403_csupload_38456265.png?u=634558402564270000" width="250" height="403" id="post-296616:ctrl-13788399" alt="" title="" pngsrc="/blog/assets/0_0_0_0_250_403_csupload_38456265.png?u=634558402564270000" style="clear:both;display:block;height:403px;margin:0px auto 10px auto;text-align:center;width:250px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-13885833"&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" color="#e2f3f6"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pretty Boy Problems&lt;/i&gt; is the sequel to &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heard-All-Before-Michele-Grant/dp/0758242190/ref=as_li_wdgt_fl_ex?&amp;linkCode=wss&amp;tag=blanbou-20" target="_blank" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Heard it All Before&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. This is the story of Roman's brother Beau - that too-handsome-for-his-own-good scoundrel. What happens when he meets his match? What do you think of the cover?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <link>http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/2011/11/02/Cover-for-my-2012-release-Pretty-Boy-Problem.aspx</link>
      <creator xmlns="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Michele Grant</creator>
      <pubDate>11/02/2011 13:17:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Sweet Little Lies gets nominated!</title>
      <description>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="tabcolumn-1" style="width: 100%; margin-bottom: 15px"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div id="column-1" usermodifiable="true" style="width: 100%"&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-84994662"&gt;&lt;a href="#" rel="sw_lightbox" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/assets/0_0_0_0_252_307_csupload_36945473.png?u=634523747554903750" width="252" height="307" id="post-262568:ctrl-5657941" alt="" title="" pngsrc="/blog/assets/0_0_0_0_252_307_csupload_36945473.png?u=634523747554903750" style="float:left;height:307px;margin:0 1.5em 7px 0;width:252px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-84994665"&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" color="#ffffff"&gt;It's an awesome day when you get this note from your editor:&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-84994666"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-84994668"&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" color="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sweet Little Lies&lt;/b&gt; has been nominated for an award sponsored by the American Library Association’s The Reading List.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-84994669"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-84994670"&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" color="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In January 2012, a winner and 4 short list titles will be announced at ALA’s Midwinter conference.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Librarians use the winning title and the short list for a Readers’ Advisory, a go-to list when someone says that they want a “good” book to read in that particular genre.&amp;#160;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" color="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Some libraries also use the lists to build displays.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-84994672"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-84994673"&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" color="#ffffff"&gt;Woo-hoo! &amp;#160;It's definitely gratifying when others enjoy your work. &amp;quot;Grown Man Steven&amp;quot; is the gift that keeps on giving!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <link>http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/2011/09/23/Sweet-Little-Lies-gets-nominated.aspx</link>
      <creator xmlns="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Michele Grant</creator>
      <pubDate>09/23/2011 10:39:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Sweet Little Lies available on Audible.com and iTunes</title>
      <description>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="tabcolumn-1" style="width: 100%; margin-bottom: 15px"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div id="column-1" usermodifiable="true" style="width: 100%"&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-64052581"&gt;&lt;a href="#" onclick="viewLargerImage(this);return false;" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/assets/0_0_0_0_250_250_csupload_31958828.jpg?u=634410755532848750" width="250" height="250" id="post-155522:ctrl-115558870" alt="" title="" style="margin:0 1.5em 7px 0;height:250px;clear:both;width:250px;float:left;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-64052585"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-64052587"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;In case you are all audio, all the time - &lt;b&gt;Sweet Little Lies&lt;/b&gt; is now ready for you. The book is available for purchase and download on&amp;#160;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;&lt;a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=437722250&amp;s=143441" target="_blank" class="userlink"&gt;iTunes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;and &lt;a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B0050DL6C8&amp;qid=1305491458&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Audible.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-64052590"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-64052592"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;It's still available in &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Little-Lies-Michele-Grant/dp/0758242212/ref=as_li_wdgt_fl_ex?&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=383837&amp;linkCode=wss&amp;tag=blanbou-20" target="_blank" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;b&gt;print and ebook&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; version as well! Go get it!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-64052594"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-64052596"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <link>http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/2011/05/15/Sweet-Little-Lies-available-on-Audiblecom-and-iTunes.aspx</link>
      <creator xmlns="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Michele Grant</creator>
      <pubDate>05/15/2011 15:57:00</pubDate>
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      <title>A site just for the MGrant Tour</title>
      <description>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="tabcolumn-1" style="width: 100%; margin-bottom: 15px"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div id="column-1" usermodifiable="true" style="width: 100%"&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-4221973"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.BougieLandLive.com" target="_blank" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/assets/0_0_0_0_360_109_csupload_28653742.png?u=634335650418473750" width="360" height="109" id="post-87902:ctrl-114827" alt="" title="" pngsrc="/blog/assets/0_0_0_0_360_109_csupload_28653742.png?u=634335650418473750" style="margin:0px auto 10px auto;height:109px;display:block;clear:both;width:360px;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" size="3" color="#2c2c6c"&gt;Spring is on the way so I'm hitting the road. I'll be touring the country through out spring and summer coming to a city near you. I'll be doing book signings, meeting up with book clubs and hosting a few cocktail events along way. To keep up with me, check out &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bougielandlive.com/" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" size="3" color="#007236"&gt;&lt;b&gt;www.BougieLandLive.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif" size="3" color="#2c2c6c"&gt; for details. I look forward to seeing you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <link>http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/2011/02/17/A-site-just-for-the-MGrant-Tour.aspx</link>
      <creator xmlns="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">MGrant</creator>
      <pubDate>02/17/2011 18:44:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Today's the day!</title>
      <description>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="tabcolumn-1" style="width: 100%; margin-bottom: 15px"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div id="column-1" usermodifiable="true" style="width: 100%"&gt;&lt;div id="ctrl-6150075"&gt;&lt;a href="#" onclick="viewLargerImage(this);return false;" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/assets/0_0_0_0_179_268_csupload_25281270.jpg?u=634315599291972500" width="179" height="268" id="post-71165:ctrl-32638184" alt="" title="" style="margin:0 1.5em 7px 0;height:268px;width:179px;float:left;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Little-Lies-Michele-Grant/dp/0758242212?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=blanbou-20&amp;link_code=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969" target="_blank" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sweet Little Lies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;is in stores and online today! Go&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://www.michelegrant.net/Books.html" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;b&gt;here&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;to read about it. And&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Little-Lies-Michele-Grant/dp/0758242212?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=blanbou-20&amp;link_code=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969" target="_blank" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;b&gt;here&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;to scoop it up. Woo-hoo It's a little crazy. I'm officially a published author with multiple titles. Cray-zee! At any rate, first tour stop will be Charlotte in March. But prior to that, I'm going to resurrect the&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bnb" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Black 'n Bougie Radio Network&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;and do some live chats at various blogs including over at&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://www.reads4pleasure.com/" class="userlink"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reads4Pleasure's spot&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Stay tuned. And go shopping!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <link>http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/2011/01/25/Todays-the-day.aspx</link>
      <creator xmlns="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">MGrant</creator>
      <pubDate>01/25/2011 13:45:00</pubDate>
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      <title>First Review for Sweet Little Lies</title>
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      <link>http://www.michelegrant.net/blog/2010/12/17/First-Review-for-Sweet-Little-Lies.aspx</link>
      <creator xmlns="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">MGrant</creator>
      <pubDate>12/17/2010 15:48:00</pubDate>
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      <title>True Confessions</title>
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      <pubDate>11/28/2010 22:32:00</pubDate>
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