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All About The Designer

Dayo Benson

So, it’s been a few months since the last Lincoln book. I kind of took a little break while I finished off The Dare series. But the Lincolns are back šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚

In the last book, Nigel, the head of Lincoln Entertainment was on the run with one of his singers, Andie, whose life was in danger. If you haven’t read it, get your copy atĀ Amazon UK,Ā Amazon US,Ā B&N,Ā iTunes,Ā Kobo, orĀ SmashwordsĀ and get up to date.

In fact, if you haven’t started the Lincoln series yet, what are you waiting for??? Book 5 is about to drop so you’ve got lots of catching up to do.

Anyway…how about I introduce you to the main characters of The Designer?

Taye Lincoln is the bad boy boss who thinks that if you want a promotion you need to be willing to do whatever it takes to get it…

Kara Sinclair is the good girl with a past who is done with being treated like an object by men. Yes, she wants a promotion but not if there are strings attached.

He’s used to getting his way.Ā She’s pushy, independent and stubborn and isn’t about to let him have his way.

As always there’s a lot of drama going on among the brothers, apart from the happenings between the hero and heroine. Taye and his full brother, Hades, have wanted to kill Jared, the eldest brother, since book 1 (The Lincoln Manifesto). In this book an opportunity to do so presents itself. Jared killed their mother eight years ago. They want nothing more than to avenge her.

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Here’s the Back Cover Blurb:

If you want to keep your job you really shouldn’t slap your bossā€¦
ā€¦Even if heā€™s an arrogant jerk who won’t quit making unwanted advances.
Kara Sinclair has been resisting the strange pull she feels towards Taye Lincoln since the day she began working at his fashion house, LB Couture. But circumstances throw them together. Tayeā€™s life is in danger, and she may be the only person who can point him towards a solution.

If you want to stay a practitioner, donā€™t fall in love with a Christian womanā€¦
ā€¦Even if sheā€™s irresistible. And even if her prayers are the only source of protection from the shadowy murderers trying to kill you.
Taye Lincoln is trying to evade death, resist Kara and the Christianity she touts, while also seeking vengeance on his half-brother, Jared, who killed his mom eight years ago. Jared is in trouble with some powerful practitioners and has been disabled. This may be the only opportunity for revenge that Taye will ever get. But with all thatā€™s going on, will he be able to take it?
And will Kara, who believes in loving your enemies rather than seeking revenge, ever forgive him if he does?

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It’ll be out soon. Maybe even by tomorrow, because I just hit publish on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo and all the other places šŸ™‚

God bless xx

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Out Now: The Bet & The Record Boss

Dayo Benson
They’re out guys!!!
2 New Releases: The Bet & The Record Boss šŸ™‚
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I’ve sent out my email alerts to everyone on my mailing list and asked which book they’re going to read first. So far most people have said The Bet. Which one will you read first?
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The Bet
The sin of a leader is a leading sin, and there’s no more important leader than a parent. What will Sloane do about her mom’s secret?
Get your copy of The Bet now at:Ā Amazon UK,Ā Amazon US,Ā B&N,Ā iTunes,Ā Kobo,Ā Smashwords.
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The Record Boss
Nigel Lincoln is trying to protect Andie Rose from powerful people who want her dead. But how do you help someone who thinks she can help herself? And how do you love someone who continually drives you crazy?
Get your copy of The Record Boss now at:Ā Amazon UK,Ā Amazon US,Ā B&N,Ā iTunes,Ā Kobo,Ā Smashwords.
Whichever one you choose to read first I hope you enjoy them both šŸ™‚
God bless.
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Sneak Peak – The Record Boss

Dayo Benson

Hi guys,

March 16th is almost upon us!!! Just two days to go until the release of The Record Boss and The Bet. Here’s a little more about The Record Boss. (I’ll do a separate post for The Bet).

**I have attached sample chapters just after the preorder links :-)**

The Record Boss (The Lincolns 4)

If you’re a fan of the Crystal series you’ll love this book because Crystal and Juda make a few appearances, as do Max, Alejandro and a few other Crystal series characters.

My central scripture for this book is Romans 12:1 which says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”

This book is all about the contrast between life as a servant to the devil and life as a child of God. Before I changed the titles for all the books of this series it was called Poison (remember, Ash’s book, the Model, was originally supposed to be titled ‘Toxic’) so you’ll see the poison references near the end when Nigel’s eyes are finally opened to his spiritual state.

About Nigel

In The Model, he was one of the closest brothers to Ash and he and Rebel accompanied Ash to his yacht to meet with Keltie and her friends. He was constantly stressed because of his job managing Lincoln Entertainment. He was especially stressed out because of one of his singers Andie Rose, who never listens to him.

About Andie

You also met Andie in The Model. She was in a photoshoot with Ash. Keltie was the photographer but she had to leave because of the occult imagery they were portraying. Andie is headstrong, stubborn and independent, but only because she’s lived a hard life and knows no other way of surviving.

The Social Butterfly and The Recluse

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Nigel and Andie couldn’t be more different than chalk and cheese, and their relationship has been turbulent since day 1. Maybe that’s why they’re so drawn to each other…

Being Andie’s manager, Nigel is trying to keep his distance, despite his feelings. Then he realizes that Andie is in danger and decides to defend her against powerful people.

Love Hate

But how do you defend someone who thinks she can defend herself? And how do you love someone who constantly drives you crazy?

Most of all, Jesus told us in Luke 11 that ‘If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?’ Nigel is trying to fight powerful people by the same power they’re using, but it takes light to overcome darkness.

Here’s the synopsis.

How far should you go for success?
Starlet, Andie Rose, knows a lot about the dark side of the music industry. Sheā€™s happy to use this knowledge to her advantage until things start to spiral beyond her control.

How far should you go for love?
Nigel Lincoln has been drawn to Andie since the day he set eyes on her at an audition, but heā€™s her manager, so there are lines that shouldnā€™t be crossed.
When danger comes knocking on Andieā€™s door, Nigel decides to intervene, but it may be at his own expense.

True love is sacrificial, but if it came down to it, could he really lay down his life for her?

Preorder now: Amazon UK, Amazon US (coming soon to all other stores)

Read a sample:Ā The Record Boss – Sample

Coming out 16 March 2017.

Look out for the post about The Bet.

God bless xx

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2 Books Coming Soon

Dayo Benson

You guys know that whenever I’m quiet on the blog it’s because I’m super focused on writing and getting books ready for release. This month I’ll be releasing 2 booksĀ šŸ™‚

The Bet (The Dare 2)

If your mom was having an affair would you tell your dad?

Sloane:
My mom is supposed to be the perfect Christian, but sheā€™s a hypocrite, and itā€™s eating me up inside. Is staying quiet about it the right thing to do, or is my silence consent? Her disappearance is tearing my dad apart. He deserves to know that the woman heā€™s so worried about is a liar and a cheat. But do I have the guts to tell him?

Marshal:
Watching Sloaneā€™s life unravel isnā€™t easy. And it makes it even harder for me to stay away from her despite her saying weā€™re over. We donā€™t have to be defined by our parentsā€™ mistakes, but Sloane seems to be on autopilot on the highway to self-destruction. And I donā€™t know how to help her.

Preorder now: Amazon UK, Amazon US (coming soon to all other stores)

The Record Boss (The Lincolns 4)

How far should you go for success?
Starlet, Andie Rose, knows a lot about the dark side of the music industry. Sheā€™s happy to use this knowledge to her advantage until things start to spiral beyond her control.

How far should you go for love?
Nigel Lincoln has been drawn to Andie since the day he set eyes on her at an audition, but heā€™s her manager, so there are lines that shouldnā€™t be crossed.
When danger comes knocking on Andieā€™s door, Nigel decides to intervene, but it may be at his own expense.

True love is sacrificial, but if it came down to it, could he really lay down his life for her?

Preorder now: Amazon UK, Amazon US (coming soon to all other stores)

Both books are coming out March 16th.

I’ll post more info about each of them before they release.

God bless.

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Out Now: The Runaway

Dayo Benson

Season’s Greetings šŸ™‚

Hope you had a good Christmas. Mine has been lovely. My dad turned 60 on Christmas Eve so we had a surprise party for him yesterday. He was so overwhelmed. It was lovely to see the surprise on his face when he walked into the room and saw everyone including friends who’d travelled in from London and other parts of the country.

Anyway, the festivities are over for me now. It’s back to work šŸ™‚

The Runaway has finally been released. Junior’s story is out guys. Get your copy at:

Amazon UK, Amazon US, B&N,Ā iBooks, Smashwords.

Kobo shuts down for the holidays, but the book should be available on there soon.

From the Back Cover

How do you keep a new faith when your own brother would kill you if he ever found out?

By faking death! At least thatā€™s what Junior Lincoln decides to do. As the youngest of the twelve Lincolns, and being full brothers with Jared, he knows that his new faith will never go anywhere if he doesnā€™t do something. With assistance from the FBI he assumes a new identity and relocates to a small town.

His aim is to lay low, blend in and finish his college degree. But if he wanted to do that he shouldnā€™t have taken a job as a relationship counselor, fondly known by the townsfolk as the Love Doctor. He shouldnā€™t have let himself fall for his first client. And most of all, he should have made sure it never got out that heā€™s an ex-practitioner.

How do you make your childā€™s father marry you?

Hazel Robbins, desperate to make Nate fall in love with her so that their daughter will have a better childhood than she had, turns to Junior, aka the Love Doctor, for help. But as they spend time together, their ‘practice dates’ begin to feel like the real thing.

When paranormal activity begins to sweep across the college campus, Hazel and the other students look to Junior for help. Heā€™s the only one who seems to know what to do about it, and his prayers work.

But can Junior continue to depend on God when his life is suddenly in danger, or will he turn to the craft that he’s so used to relying on?

And can Hazel and Junior have a happy ending if she finds out his true identity?

Amazon UK, Amazon US, B&N,Ā iBooks, Smashwords

As always, get in touch once you’ve read it. I want to continue to write books that resonate with readers, and the only way I can do that is by getting your feedback. Email me: dayo@dayobenson.com. My email address was down for a while, but it’s all sorted now. So apologies to everyone who tried to email me and couldn’t get through. Unfortunately, all those emails can’t be recovered šŸ™ Thankfully, the issue has been resolved šŸ™‚

Happy New Year in advance.

Dayo xx

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The Runaway

Dayo Benson
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The Runaway (The Lincolns 3)

The next book I’ll be releasing is called ‘The Runaway’ and I kind of wish I didn’t have to have a back cover blurb for this book, because if people read the blurb before they read The Model, which is the previous book, it’ll ruin part of The Model for them. I think.

Anyway, I can’t not have a blurb so here it is (it’s a pretty long one):

How do you keep a new faith when your own brother would kill you if he ever found out?

By faking death! At least thatā€™s what Junior Lincoln decides to do. As the youngest of the twelve Lincolns, and being full brothers with Jared, he knows that his new faith will never go anywhere if he doesnā€™t do something. With assistance from the FBI he assumes a new identity and relocates to a small town.

His aim is to lay low, blend in and finish his college degree. But if he wanted to do that he shouldnā€™t have taken a job as a relationship counselor, fondly known by the townsfolk as the Love Doctor. He shouldnā€™t have let himself fall for his first client. And most of all, he should have made sure it never got out that heā€™s an ex-practitioner.

How do you make your childā€™s father marry you?

Hazel Robbins, desperate to make Nate fall in love with her so that their daughter will have a better childhood than she had, turns to Junior, aka the Love Doctor, for help. But as they spend time together their ‘practice dates’ begin to feel like the real thing.

When paranormal activity begins to sweep across the college campus, Hazel and the other students look to Junior for help. Heā€™s the only one who seems to know what to do about it, and his prayers work.

But can Junior continue to depend on God when his life is suddenly in danger, or will he turn to the craft that he’s so used to relying on?

And can Hazel and Junior have a happy ending if she finds out his true identity?

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I just sent The Runaway to my editor and beta readers, so I’m hoping to get it out before Christmas, but we’ll see. I initially had it scheduled for January but I think before Christmas should be doable.

In the meantime, my husband made my weekend last weekend because he revamped some of the Crystal series covers. Here they are:

And these two have just been tweaked a little bit.

This is what they used to look like:

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exposeĀ Wedding Kidnap

What do you think? I definitely prefer the new covers. I can’t wait to get these books into paperback now, just so I can see these covers in ‘real life’ lol.

Anyhoo, I’m going to take a short break from the Lincolns series in Jan or Feb and release book 1 of a brand new trilogy. I’ll tell you more about it when I have a book cover for it. But it’s not a thriller, or supernatural. It’s new adult romance/family drama. I’m currently working through the feedback my beta readers have given me about it. I feel pretty blessed that you guys don’t mind my genre-hopping šŸ™‚

God bless & have a good weekend.

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Out Now: The Model (The Lincolns 2)

Dayo Benson

The Model: A Christian Romance (The Lincolns Book 2) by [Benson, Dayo]The Model is book number 25 for me (I think) so you’d think I’d stop getting excited about release days, but I haven’t. I’m so excited it’s unbelievable šŸ™‚

Get your copy at:Ā Amazon UK, Amazon US, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Kobo, Smashwords.

The Model is Ash Lincoln’s book and he was a blast to write about. The Lincoln boys are supposed to be real bad boys, but only a few of them are really actually bad. Most of them are sensitive deep thinkers who despite their wealth and success aren’t really happy and want more out of life.

Keltie, our leading lady, challenges Ash and pushes him to exasperation with her unwillingness to give in to a second date or open up to him. She’s perfect for his inflated ego and her faith makes him question his own beliefs.

Here’s the synopsis again:

Heā€™s in love. Sheā€™s just doing her job.
Or is she?

The first rule of undercover work is not to fall for the guy you’re investigating. The second rule is not to continue working on a case that your boss has taken off you. FBI Special Agent, Keltie Nicolls, has broken both.

After one undercover date with hot new model, Ash Lincolnā€”a man who is as dangerous as he is attractiveā€”Keltie decides she doesn’t have the strength to withstand his lethal brand of appeal. But backing out is not an option because Ash is like a sleeping lion that she has disturbed. She is his prey. And he seems bent on catching her.

His methods are intense.
His love is passionate.
But his worldview is toxic.

Can she guard her heart or will she be consumed?

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I’m just wrapping up the next Lincoln book, which is called The Runaway. And, in my opinion, it’s even better than The Model because the brother in The Runaway is already a Christian and he’s getting to grips with all the changes in his life šŸ™‚ You can tell I love writing this stuff.

Here are the links for The Model again: Amazon UK, Amazon US, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Kobo, Smashwords.

As ever, let me know what you think once you finish reading The Model.

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The Next Lincoln Book: Toxic/The Model

Dayo Benson

2 the model 5.jpgThe next book in the Lincolns series was supposed to be called Toxic, but it’s now called The Model and will be out November 4th šŸ™‚

You can pre-order from Amazon UK & Amazon US

I don’t want to bore you with the details of why the title has changed :-S But the title of each book in this series will be named around the job of the main character, or their circumstances. Since The Lincoln Manifesto gives an idea of what job each brother will have, you’ll be able to work out which Lincoln brother eachĀ book is about just by the title–for most of the books anyway. There’ll be one or two that won’t be titled by the main characters job.

So, The Model is about Ash Lincoln, the second eldest son. He’s the level-headed brother who is Jared’s voice of reason and who calms the other brothers down when they’re mad at Jared. So what happens when he starts having his own little crisis and falls out with Jared himself?

Here’s the back cover blurb:

Heā€™s in love. Sheā€™s just doing her job.
Or is she?

The first rule of undercover work is not to fall for the guy you’re investigating. The second rule is not to continue working on a case that your boss has taken off you. FBI Special Agent, Keltie Nicolls, has broken both.

After one undercover date with hot new model, Ash Lincolnā€”a man who is as dangerous as he is attractiveā€”she decides she doesn’t have the strength to withstand his lethal brand of appeal. But backing out is not an option because Ash is like a sleeping lion that she has disturbed. She is his prey. And he seems bent on catching her.
His methods are intense.
His love is passionate.
But his worldview is toxic.

Can she guard her heart or will she be consumed?

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I think I might post the first few chapters over the coming weeks, just to give you a taster šŸ™‚

God bless.

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Out Now: Allies (Crystal 4)

Dayo Benson

Allies_500x750Hi Everyone,

I’m so excited, Allies (Crystal 4) is out now. You can get it at:Ā Amazon UK, Amazon US, KoboĀ & Smashwords.Ā It’ll be available at iTunes, B&N and all those other places soon.Ā If you would like a free review copy email me at dayo.benson@ymail.com.

Just to refresh your memory, something terrible happened at the end of Insurrection (Crystal 3). How will the team recover? Will they continue or will they split up?

There have been a fewĀ hitches on the way to getting this one published so I’m so happy it’s finally out. I just emailed everyone on my new release list to let them know. This is the fourteenth book I have published but there is still some apprehension about sharing itĀ with the world. I wonder if that apprehension will ever go away. It’s like I’ve been nurturing the book for months in the secure womb of my laptop, but now it has been born and anyone can read it and judge it. We writers are a funny bunch. We want to be bestselling authors but at the same time we’re scared to share our work. My husband doesn’t understand why I get embarrassed and walk away whenever he starts telling people that I’m a writer. I’m proud of my work, but at the same time it’s just hard and complicated. Other writers will know what I mean šŸ™‚

By the way, I think I have finally worked out what category this Crystal seriesĀ fits into. I think it’s Christian Paranormal Romance. Or Christian Supernatural Romance. For some reason I prefer the word ‘Supernatural’ to the word ‘Paranormal’. But I haven’t read any paranormal or supernatural fiction books so I’m not certain about this. I’m still working it out. I had the series categorized as Christian fantasy as I have read some science fiction/fantasy books and they have lots of supernatural things in them. Who knew that categorizing your own book could be so hard!

Anyway, here’s the book description:

Crystal never wanted anyone to get hurtā€¦
But her team of ex-SOT rebels was dealt a near-fatal blow after their first assignment. Itā€™s been two weeks and Crystal still cannot push away the pain of her teamā€™s devastating loss until the support of a business coalition and news of new havoc that the SOT is wreaking in the country rekindles her hunger for the SOTā€™s downfall.

Crystal never wanted to fall for Judaā€¦
Between masterminding missions and infiltrating nefarious meetings, Crystal doesnā€™t have time for her strange attraction to Juda. Heā€™s not the right guy for her, and he never will be. But sometimes, it seems fighting the SOT is much easier than fighting her conflicted feelings for Juda.

All she wants is to find a weak spot in the SOT, see them crumble, and then get back to living a normal life. But nothing is ever straightforward. Is it?

Amazon UK, Amazon US, KoboĀ & Smashwords.

As always, I love to hear from readers so let me know what you think if you read it.

Dayo xx