• Maria Bernard Musings

    New Release!

    ★ ★ ★ It’s Live! ★ ★ ★   💖 Happy Valentine’s Day!💖 Treat yourself to this sweet (Hot) Read! Stand Up And Shout Stick Shift Lips Romance by Maria Bernard Claim your destiny, or crash and burn! 🎸 Jay Sharp would rock the mic with the best of them, if not for his crippling stage fright. Alice Electra, a gifted guitarist, is living on the street, busking for money. A chance discovery leads her to Jay’s struggling band. Romance blooms between Jay and Alice, but not all the band members are impressed with the young runaway. Now, Alice and Jay must face their greatest challenge: a massive Vegas festival. Will…

  • Maria Bernard Musings

    New Adult Reads – 99cents!

    Welcome to the New Adult Valentine’s Promo! This week you’ll find all these wonderful New Adult titles for 99 cents or less out on Amazon. Be sure to read up on each title and check them out. <3 Saying Goodbye, Part One Author: Abigail Drake Samantha Barnes always dreamed of seeing the world, and only has a few months left before she starts a semester abroad in Japan. Enough time to say goodbye to her friends, polish up her language skills, and maybe even squeeze in a quick fling with handsome fraternity boy Dylan Hunter. All she wants from Dylan is something casual, and perhaps some mind-blowing sex, but things…

  • Maria Bernard Musings

    Stand Up and Shout

    ★ ★ ★ Pre-Order Now 99 cents ★ ★ ★   💖 Read it first on Valentine’s Day!💖 Stand Up And Shout Stick Shift Lips Romance by Maria Bernard Release Date: Feb. 14, 2018 Claim your destiny, or crash and burn! 🎸 Jay Sharp would rock the mic with the best of them, if not for his crippling stage fright. Alice Electra, a gifted guitarist, is living on the street, busking for money. A chance discovery leads her to Jay’s struggling band. Romance blooms between Jay and Alice, but not all the band members are impressed with the young runaway. Now, Alice and Jay must face their greatest challenge: a massive…

  • Maria Bernard Musings

    Get Rocked! In Vegas | Maria Bernard

    ♡ Stand Up and Shout by Maria Bernard​ ♡ ♡ The story behind my contribution to this awesome Boxed Set! ♡ This is a story about Kicking Fear in the Ass and Claiming your Destiny! If you’ve read my Stick Shift Lips Series all the way through, you’ll remember young Southern Jay from Dream Crush, LA Summer. Poor kid, he went through the ringer in that story. But no worries, Ashton Wright, frontman of my headliner band, lovingly referred to as the SSLs by readers, took a real liking to Jay and recognized the true talent behind the stage fright. Others may have given up on Jay, but not Ashton.…

  • Maria Bernard Musings

    Stand Up and Shout

    The Stick Shift Lips are back with Southern Jay and Dream Crush! Introducing Stand Up and Shout by Maria Bernard 1 of 12 awesome stories in the Get Rocked! In Vegas Boxed Set “It’s all I wanna do! It’s all I wanna be!” Gifted up-and-coming singer, Jay Sharp is destined for rock star greatness. Problem is, he suffers from crippling stage fright. Despite countless chances to prove himself, and tireless encouragement from his famous mentor *Ashton Wright of the Stick Shift Lips, Jay freezes every time he is in the spotlight. Alice Electra is an amazing guitarist on the run. Fate leads her to *Southern Jackass, Jay’s struggling rock band. She…