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20 March 2016

The Smexy Romance Blog Hop and Giveaway!


Welcome to The Smexy Romance Blog Hop and Giveaway.  We promise to give you smexy excerpts from our erotic romance novels that you are certain to enjoy!  Visit all our authors to see all of our smexy reads.  And don't forget to register to win our individual giveaways along with our Grand Prize!
The Smexy Romance Blog Hop and Giveway runs from March 20th to April 2nd.

Thanks to Clare Dargin for putting this whole thing together!






1. Clare's Blog 2: The Haven  9. Maia Dylan  17. Catherine Peace  
2. P.T. Macias  10. Tina Donahue  18. Haley Whitehall  
3. Evelise Archer  11. Nancy Fraser  19. Louisa Bacio  
4. Shea Balik  12. Vicki Ballante  20. Thea Landen  
5. Trace Steinbach  13. Mary Anne Marshall  21. Cree Storm  
6. SorchaMowbray  14. Eve Dangerfield  22. Lea Bronsen  
7. Doris O'Connnor  15. Olivia Night  
8. Andrew Jericho  16. Katherine McIntyre  




While not quite as *fans self* as some of the other entries, I love this exchange between Uri and Shadi from Gemini, my science fiction romance from Decadent Publishing. Two former slaves taking care of each other after an epic rescue? Love it.

Don't forget to visit the other, extremely talented authors and enter on each blog for the grand prize!


As they struggled back toward Gemini, she managed to support his weight. They wove through crowds of merchants and drunks, somehow managing to stay undetected, and Uri still fought his disbelief. The thought that he was hallucinating crossed his mind more than once.

She settled him in the copilot’s chair and took the helm, looking every bit as confident as someone who’d been flying for years. Without a hitch, she disengaged them from the station and into the relative safety of the stars. “You’re amazing.”

She smiled, and light pink blossomed in her cheeks. “Time to take care of you,” she said. “Come on.” Her slight frame contained hidden strength, and, regardless of the throbbing behind his eyes, he wanted her to stay this close. “Now, sit.”

“You didn’t have to come back.” As instructed, he sat on the side of his bed while she fetched first-aid supplies. When she returned, she sat next to him, her knee against his.

“You’d have done it for me without a second thought.” She dabbed at a cut above his eyebrow. “How’s your head?”

“Hurts,” he replied with a little snort. “But it’s been worse. And you haven’t answered my question.”
Her attention moved to his split lip. As she dabbed at the cut, he noticed her fingers trembling, her hand unsteady. Could have been from the adrenaline. “Well, since you decided to get abducted, I contacted Vani. Learned a few things about Earth cats and the fahir, and about how to track ships. As an added bonus, he taught me how to disable our tracking signal.”

“Which is illegal.”

“Nothing we’ve done is legal. What’s one more?” She scooted behind him. “You’ve got a knot the size of my fist back here. There has to be a compress on this ship somewhere. Vani apparently had it fitted for every conceivable human emergency.”

“Like I told you. Worriers.”

“Let me go find it. You could really use it.”

Already, the improved nutrition she’d received over the last several weeks had made a difference. Her waist-length hair bounced with each step she took, and her eyes were brighter, keener. And the sway of her hips certainly caught his attention. She wasn’t the waif he’d stolen from Goliv. Somewhere along the way, she’d become a woman.

A woman who’d risked herself to save him.

When she came back, he noted the grace in each movement, from the way she walked to the way she handed him the compress and sat next to him. “Why did you return for me?”

The gentleness of her fingertips on his cheek managed to cut through the horrible pain in his head. “I had to. You promised to help me. Can’t keep your promises if you’re in the forge.” She kissed the uninjured side of his mouth, and his heart sprinted into high gear. “Besides, what kind of wife would I be if I left my dear husband to rot?”

“In my experience, a happy one.” He took a chance, cupped her cheek with his palm, and, to his amazement, she leaned into his touch. For the first time, he noticed the flecks of amber in her irises and the light freckles on her skin. Then she kissed him again, and he pulled her tight, desperate to feel her body pressed to his. He tangled one hand in her long hair and moved the other to rest on her hip. All the pain in the universe couldn’t strip this pleasure from him.


Enter for the grand prize HERE

I'm giving away a copy of my 1Night Stand Complete Me. Just leave me a comment to enter!

16 March 2016

Upcoming Opportunities

Hey everyone! Sorry there's been a bit of radio silence on my end. I'm working my booty off to try to get some projects finished up for your enjoyment. I'm currently revising another 1NS book to get submitted by the end of this month, and I still have Ember to re-edit and set up. So in the meantime, I'm giving you guys an opportunity to win a couple of books, in case you haven't had a chance to buy them yet, or weren't willing to take the chance *that's totally okay, too!*

First up is the Smexy Romance Blog Hop, the brain child of the super-talented Clare Dargin. March 20-April 2, you'll have the opportunity to visit the blogs of several romance authors and enter to win plenty of prizes. It'll be a great time for everyone :D 


I'm doing a couple of signings as well. I'm attending Wild in West Virginia with my writing partner/best friend/hetero love of my life Landra Graf. If you guys are going to be in/around Charleston, WV, June 10-12, stop by! Tix are available here.

I'm also attending Pages in the Caves Sept. 23rd in Cave City, KY, hosted by the lovely Kristine Raymond. Tix are available here.

And yes, I will have actual, physical, PRINT copies to sign!

I really hope to see you at one of these events! Keep your eyes here for the blog hop. Only got a couple days!

*Soooooooo many exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!* 



10 November 2014

Ain't No Place for a Hero


One of the funnest things about writing is the different characters who populate your brain and your story world. A lot of people seem to have this misguided notion that we, as authors, have some modicum of control over what happens with our characters, but I have learned over two decades of writing that life goes a bit more smoothly if the inmates take over the asylum.

For me, that hasn't been truer for a project than with my Beyond Fairytale story Gemini. Uri wasn't so much the issue, There were a few places where he basically told me "No, it happens this way," but Shadi? She became more than a handful. 

In the beginning I tried to rein her in a bit, make her somewhat relatable. An orphan whose only family is her twin brother, raised on a slaver ship to be a mechanic, she's like a combination of Kaylee and River from Firefly. Reclusive and somewhat antisocial, she warms up to both Uri (of course) and her new crew in the end, but one of her defining characteristics--and admittedly one that I struggled a little bit with--is her total disregard for the sanctity of life. She can kill far more easily than she can love, but once you're in her circle, she'll do whatever she can to protect you.

It wouldn't be a Blessings bloghop if our characters didn't get to share what they're thankful for. Uri?

Uri: I'm thankful for quite a few things, but the most important is freedom, for certain. Without that, nothing is worthwhile. Nothing matters. 
Thanks, Uri. Shadi?

Shadi:  My brother.Even though we've been separated for so long, I am always grateful for him. Without Shilah, I doubt I would be alive now.
So there you have it. As part of the bloghop, we're giving away copies of our Beyond Fairytales stories! And for those of us (like me) whose stories aren't out yet, we're giving away a copy of one of our backlist titles. Entry is below!

13 March 2014

Complete Me Day 4!

Today's a BUSY day on the blog tour!

I'm over at Cover Girls interviewing the awesome Penny Birchfield.

Over at Lit Lagniappe, I'm talking about my go-to band. Who is it? I'm sure you'll be surprised.

At Silver Phoenix Labs, I discuss one of my all-time favorite music-oriented video games.

On Taryn Kincaid's blog, I'm interviewing the bad girl of Complete Me, Miss Jocelyn Richards.

At Miriam Smith's blog with Ty and Claire.

And Ava Doran and Eva Lefoy are spotlighting CM on their blogs!

PHEW. That is a LOT!

Each stop has an opportunity to enter the contest I'm hosting, so please, go forth and enter!

20 July 2013

We have winners!!!



Yes, Captain Picard, we have winners!

Congratulations to:

Christina G

Eva Lefoy

Donna

Tina Kelso

Lori Ha

You will be receiving your copies soon! Thank you for participating!

12 July 2013

It's HERE!



Today, This Time Next Year OFFICIALLY hits virtual shelves. In celebration, I wanted to share an EXCLUSIVE excerpt from the story. Also, read to the end for your shot to win a free copy!

Enjoy :-D

“Are you certain you want this?”
“It’s what we signed up for, right?” she asked with a weak chuckle.
“No. It isn’t. We don’t have to.”
Moira sat up and reached for his hand. “I’m sick of being afraid.” She pulled him to the bed with her. “Aren’t you?”
Kiernan stretched out next to her, allowing her to appreciate the full length of him. She tangled her hand in his curly brown hair, forcing a guttural purr from him. “I am. I’ve spent all this time fearing you and your hatred of me.”
“Me?”
Rolling onto his side, he faced her, his hand on her hip again, flirting with the waistband of her slacks. She groaned when his fingertips brushed the sensitive part of her stomach, and she ached for him to move lower.
“Yes, you.” He shifted closer until no space remained between them and every hard part of him pressed into every soft part of her. “The idea of meeting you again terrified me. It still terrifies me.”
“I’m scared, too. I should be running right now.”
“Then why aren’t you?” The red rim around his eyes returned.
Blood tears? “Kiernan?”
“You shouldn’t be here, so why are you?”
“Because we need the same thing.”
“Which is?”
Moira stroked his jawline with her fingertips and enjoyed his shivers beneath her touch, how she made the beautiful, strong creature putty in her hands. Did he seek more than forgiveness?
“Closure,” she said. “We need closure.”

About This Time Next Year (now with official blurb!)
Vampire Kiernan Shaw has never forgotten the night twenty years ago when he’d been forced to stand by while another vampire killed a six-year-old girl’s parents in front of her. He’s spent the better part of the last two decades watching over her, protecting her and hoping for an opportunity to make amends one day.

Ever since surviving the vampire attack that killed her parents, Moira Curran has dealt with the resulting nightmares and abandonment issues the only way she could—by throwing herself into her biochemistry career, preferring a life of a hermit in her lab to facing the reality of her lonely life.

Madame Eve brings them back together for one fateful night. An immediate bond of sizzling chemistry and respect forms, but can it heal her fears and his guilt?


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10 July 2013

This Time Next Year Blog Hop!





So guess what, guys? This Time Next Year is available. On Amazon. TODAY. For the next two days, it will be an Amazon exclusive, and then it will head on over to various other ebook vendors on Friday. To celebrate, I've planned a pretty awesome blog tour, complete with your chance to win one of five free copies (unless you can't wait that long ;) ). 

Check back here for tour updates, and stop back on Friday for an exclusive excerpt from This Time Next Year!

Today, I'm over at fellow Decadent Publishing author Ava Doran's blog talking about why I love me some vampires. Take a peek at the post and get a head start on the giveaway!

02 May 2013

Broken Forest Blog Hop

So today I get to participate in one of the coolest book promos ever. Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books? Welcome to the Choose Your Own Adventure Blog Hop in celebration of my gorgeous friend, fellow gamer, and new mom Eliza Tilton's first book release, Broken Forest.





If you’ve landed here during your adventure, skip all this and go below.


If you’re wondering what’s going on, go here to start your own adventure!


And may The Creator bless you on your journey.


artwork done by Katie Hubert



You hear the first whistle; it’s Tavo, followed by three more.

“Ready, Gwen?”

You smile, nod, then the two of you are heading towards the woods.

Moonlight silhouettes the thin pines and crickets fill the air with musical notes. Your feet glide across the grass as you run deeper, leaving the clearing far behind.

“Stop.” Ella holds out her hand. Her body crouches and she turns left and right as she scans the area.

“What do you see?” Your sister’s eyesight is keener than yours.

She points to a large tree. A grey fur boot sticks out from behind it. It’s Brev, who will be difficult to catch if he runs. He’s far enough away that he doesn’t see or hear you.

Your thumb slides over the pouch, ready to tag him before Ella when you hear a rustle in the bush to the right.

Do you inspect the bush?
A)     No. Go here
B)     Yes. Go here



Hopeless he'll never be more than the boy who didn't save his brother, 17-year-old Avikar accepts his life as the family stable boy, trying to forget the past. But when his sister, Jeslyn, is kidnapped, the thought of losing another sibling catapults him on a desperate quest. With his best friend by his side, and using the tracking skills he learned from his father, he discovers Jeslyn has been taken, kidnapped by one Lucino, the young lord of Daath, a mystical place thought only to exist in fables.

And Lucino has plans for Jeslyn.





Eliza graduated from Dowling College with a BS in Visual Communications. When she’s not arguing with excel at her day job, or playing Dragon Age 2, again, she’s writing. Her stories hold a bit of the fantastical and there’s always a romance. She resides on Long Island with her husband, two kids and one very snuggly pit bull.







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