Chat with me and other authors the Black Authors Network

Black Books Weekend Romance and Women Lit Showcase
11/28/2009 7:00 PM CST 8:00 PM EST
Francis Ray will be there along with other authors.
Please support the Black Author Network on this wonderful event.
Callers are welcome to join us on the phones at: 646-200-0402
www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fblack-author-network%2F2009%2F11%2...

Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you so much for following me.  You can e-mail me anytime for a chat. Or post if you like.  If you can't, please let me know and I will try to figure the comment/posting section.

All the best!

Francis/Michelle

Sunday morning chat

Francis Ray Author Sunday morning chat with David Ewen on Morning Coffee


http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ewenprime/2009/11/22/morning-coffee-with-david-ewen-and-award-winning-author-francis-ray-author-of-one-night-with-you
 
9am CST  10am EST

Jokae's Bookstore

Book Flash on Tan Magazine/Today Author

http://todaysauthor.livejournal.com/
Book Flash November 15, 2009

20 authors blurbs where chosen.

Harriet Klausner "Genre Go Round Reviews"-One Night With You

Harriet Klausner "Genre Go Round Reviews"-One Night With You
http://genregoroundreviews.blogspot.com/..2009/11/one-night-with-you-francis-ray.html

One Night With You-book trailer

Borders and Celebrity Bakery and Cafe 11/7/09

Friends from Borders at Preston and Royal



Friends from Borders at Preston and Royal



Celebrity yummy cookie tray

Sizzling Hot Romance Blog Shout Out

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Francis Ray and One Night With You by Romance Author Kristie Leigh Maguire.

sizzlinghotromance.blogspot.com

Black Pearls Magazine events.

The party is October 29, 2009 at 8-10pm EST. Online chat with bookclubs.

One Night with You Book Tour Schedule http://edcmagazine.blogspot.com/2009/10/join-one-night-with-you-virtual-book.html

Francis Ray Reader Contest http://edcmagazine.blogspot.com/2009/10/meet-national-bestselling-author.html

The 2009 Halloween Mash

The 2009 Halloween Mash is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28th from 8p to 11p Eastern in the Writerspace Readers chatroom. If you signed up for the event, please take a moment to check the Halloween pages at http://www.writerspace.com/halloween/ to make sure your listing is at http://www.writerspace.com/halloween/prizes4.html#Ray or to the main event page: http://www.writerspace.com/halloween -- just make sure they know to register ahead of time at http://www.writerspace.com/halloween/register.html for a chance to win.


Authors will be dropping in to chat all during the evening and we will be giving away 100s of new books and other fantastic prizes -- autographed, hard-to-find, advance copies plus special treats like gift baskets and more. We hope to see you Wednesday night! You don't have to be present to win, but you must be registered. To register, and for details on all participating authors and the prizes they're giving away.

Dallas Book signings for ONE NIGHT WITH YOU

Borders signing at Preston and Royal
Saturday November 7, 2009
2:00 pm-4:00 pm
10720 Preston Road Suite 1018
Dallas, TX 75230



Jokae's Bookstore
November 14, 2009
2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3223 West Camp Wisdom
Dallas, TX 75232

Contest

Don't Miss Romancing in Montana with Duncan and Raven Contest

Start your romance with a $10 Target gift card and autographed copy of ONE NIGHT WITH YOU
http://freshfiction.com/contest.php?id=2076

Please tell your reader friends to enter now, and don't forget to enter yourself.

Borders signing @ Preston and Royal. 11/7/09

Borders signing @ Preston and Royal
10720 Preston Road Suite 1018
Dallas ,Texas 75230
Saturday November 7, 2009
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Romance Literature hosted by Bonnie Blose

Friday September 18th: 9:00 PM EDT: Romance Literature hosted by Bonnie Blose. ”Like the First Time,” and “Any Rich Man Will Do,” by Francis Ray. These books are mentioned in this way because they were together in the order I have mentioned them here. If it is not possible for you to read both, that is fine. Please choose the first since it begins the twosome. The books are not on Bookshare. Visit the Romance Literature Room at:http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsfd8219297b18

8 CST/9 EST P.M.


www.accessibleworld.org

ONE NIGHT WITH YOU. In stores and online 11/3/09

ONE NIGHT WITH YOU 11/3/09



Cougars, brush fires, snow storms—rancher Duncan McBride tackles it all without a flinch. But the archaeologist who’s come to authenticate cave drawings found on his property is the kind of trouble he’d sworn to avoid. Far from the aging academic he was expecting, Raven La Blanc is a stunning woman…and definitely not sticking around this small Montana town once her job is done.The primitive drawings at Duncan’s ranch are Raven’s ticket to the tenured position she’s worked so hard for back in Santa Fe. But there’s no denying the attraction between her and Duncan. Maybe, just this once, she can put her work aside and explore the depths of her own heart and soul? One night may be all it takes for Raven to really find what she’s looking for…

Interview with Writers and Authors

http://writersandauthors.blogspot.com/

My interview with Jo Linsdell under August 12.

Thanks again, Jo.

Celebrity Cafe- A local celebrity award.

Today, Celebrity Cafe, a chain restaurant in the Dallas metroplex, honored me and three other women as local heroes. I was honored due to establishing The Turning Point Legal Defense Fund, a fund that assist battered women with their legal expenses. The fund is managed by the Family Place, a local women's shelter in Dallas. A menu item that I selected, Cranberry Chicken Salad will now be Francis Ray's Cranberry Chicken Salad on the menu board. It was a fun event. I was humbled by the honor, and then totally blown away when several fans who were guests of another honoree promptly went to the Borders bookstore next door and purchased books for me to sign. It was an incredible afternoon.

So, if you're in the North Dallas area and want a great lunch with a fabulous dessert, may I suggest Francis Ray's Cranberry Chicken Salad at Celebrity Cafe at 10720 Preston Rd - Suite 1016 - Dallas, TX 75230 -214-373-0783. Please tell them Francis sent you.

Hugs,
Francis

Michelle's Birthday and the Delaney Vineyard

Today, Michelle and I visited the Delaney Vineyards in Grapevine, TX.

I just love doing research.

The equipment room that bottles and corks the wine.

Me in the field cutting grapes off the vine

Michelle doing the same

SORMAG online conference 8/26.

ONLINE CONFERENCE 2009. SORMAG 8/23-29/2009.
http://sormag.blogspot.com/2009/01/online-conference-2009.html

August 26, 2009

ONLINE:Panel: Meet the Mainstream Author - Francis Ray, Angela Benson,Tia McCollors, Tinisha Johnson

Shades of Romance Magazine (SORMAG) is having an online conference on August 23-29, 2009. With a live and online chats.Please call in, listen, ask questions, and join the fun.

I "plan" to start my chat at 4:30.

Featured book on InternetBookDatabase.

AND MISTRESS MAKES THREE is now our featured book - http://www.ibookdb.net/

NOBODY BUT YOU made The New York Times and USA Today list.

I'm so excited to announce that NOBODY BUT YOU made THE NEW YORK TIMES paperback Best Sellers Mass-Market Fiction Extended List as well as the USA Today Best-Selling Books list. It was an incredible twenty-four hours.I wanted to thank everyone who supported and believed in me. You made this possible. I love and appreciate all of you.

Thank you,

Francis

AND MISTRESS MAKES THREE in stores and online

Gina Rawlins is dealing with a cheating husband, a messy divorce, two unhappy children, and a floundering travel business when the very handsome new owner of the local B&B, Max Chaneau, enters her life. Not only does he make her heart pound, but it soon becomes clear that they need each other. Max needs to turn the B&B around and the first thing it needs is a woman's touch. And not just any woman. He offers to redesign her website for a bit of interior design help. As they work closely together, Gina realizes that her ex-husband wasn’t her only chance at love, even if Max has some scars of his own. However, when her ex (and all his baggage) abruptly reenters the picture, Gina’s love life is turned upside down, while her daughter and son are ecstatic to have their father home again. However Gina is left wondering what she should do? Be with the man she loves or take back the father of her children for the sake of her family?

Borders 2008 Bestselling Multicultural Romance Award.

Borders 2008 Bestselling Multicultural Romance Winner for

NOBODY BUT YOU


Thank you so much readers for making this honor possible.

Tee's Book List Reading Challenge from Written Magazine.

Tee's Book List for the 30 Books in 90 Day Reading Challenge.Thanks for including me. So proud and happy.

The list from Written Magazine's Reading Challenge. For more info, visit http://www.rawsistaz.com/whats-new/just-for-fun/30-books-in-90-days-reading-lists or http://written.ning.com.

New York Times Author spotlights the concept of fashionable and fabulous full-figured women.

I have written three short stories that featured other authors. A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE, BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY and LIVING LARGE. Three full length novels. "DREAMING OF YOU", "NOT EVEN IF YOU BEGGED" and the latest "AND MISTRESS MAKES THREE". In stores now.

Thank you