Dani Harper's Blog, page 5
January 17, 2018
This blog has EVERYTHING!
TODAY’S TOUR STOP –
My new release, STORM CROSSED, is being spotlighted over at a new-to-me blogsite:
“ A Mama’s Corner of the World “WOW, this blog has EVERYTHING! The subtitle is “Living Life in One Busy Corner of the World“, and I think this family must keep VERY busy posting a wide variety of interesting things. I spent an hour on it this morning looking through recipes, giveaways, books, travel advice … you name it!
Stop by and ask me a question in the comments – I’m answering! And if you haven’t already done so, be sure to enter the Rafflecopter for my Book Tour Giveaway. You could win a Kindle Fire 8!
http://www.amamascorneroftheworld.com/2018/01/storm-crossed-book-spotlight-kindle.html
January 16, 2018
Today’s Tour Stop: the CBY Book Club
Today I’m at the CBY Book Club. Ask me a question in the comments — I’m answering them all! And be sure to enter the Book Tour Giveaway while you’re there. You could win a Kindle Fire 8!
https://cbybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/01/blog-tour-spotlight-giveaway-storm.html
January 15, 2018
The Faery Pwca
Storm Crossed introduces a new character to the Grim Series – a faery pwca named Cadell.
The pwca (pronounced pooka) is one of my favorite fae creatures, a shapeshifter whose favorite form is that of a great black horse with glowing yellow eyes. I was delighted when the hero discovered one — in the middle of a human city, no less.
Find out MORE about this legendary creature at Fang-tastic Books today! https://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/pwca-in-grim-series-storm-crossed-grim.html
Don’t forget to enter my Book Tour Giveaway while you’re there. The Grand Prize is a Kindle Fire 8. Other prizes include audiobooks or paperbacks of Storm Crossed.
Pwca is pronounced POOKA. This faery creature is a shapeshifter with a preference for the form of a giant black horse with yellow eyes!
January 12, 2018
Real Life Setting for a Fantasy Story
Guest post by Dani Harper on Urban Fantasy Investigations. Have you ever thought of the setting as a character? The breathtaking Palouse Falls of Eastern Washington become a faery portal in Storm Crossed, the latest standalone in the Grim Series.
Also, a chance to enter the Book Tour giveaway: you could win a Kindle Fire 8!
http://urbanfantasyinvestigations.blogspot.com/2018/01/guest-blog-giveaway-storm-crossed-by.html
Palouse Falls at night seems like a perfect place for faery magic! (Image from Bigstock.com)
January 11, 2018
Where Magic Rules and Menace Abounds…
Day Two of the Storm Crossed Book Tour takes me to Sky Purington’s blog, A WRITER’S MIND. Sky has some great questions for me. I’m also answering readers’ questions in the comments today.
Don’t forget to enter the Book Tour Giveaway! – Grand Prize winner will receive a Kindle Fire HD 8 Tablet, 8″ HD Display, 16 GB; 3 winners will receive Storm Crossed on MP3-CD; 3 winners will receive Storm Crossed on CD (10-disk set); 3 winners will receive a paperback of Storm Crossed.
http://skypuringtonwrites.blogspot.com/2018/01/where-magic-rules-and-menace-abounds.html
January 10, 2018
The Book Tour begins with an Angel!
My very first stop is ANGEL’S GUILTY PLEASURES! I have an interview with Angel — and I’m also answering readers’ questions in the comments today. 
Don’t forget to enter the Book Tour Giveaway! – Grand Prize winner will receive a Kindle Fire HD 8 Tablet, 8″ HD Display, 16 GB; 3 winners will receive Storm Crossed on MP3-CD; 3 winners will receive Storm Crossed on CD (10-disk set); 3 winners will receive a paperback of Storm Crossed.
http://angelsguiltypleasures.com/2018/01/interview-dani-harper-storm-crossed-giveaway
January 9, 2018
At long last…
It felt like this day would NEVER arrive! But just as Christmas always sneaks up on me with quick cat feet, here it is both suddenly and at last!
But it didn’t get here by itself.
Behind every published writer stands an entire team! I’m tremendously fortunate to have a great one in the form of family, friends, and professionals who help me make my stories the best they can be— and keep me sane with coffee, kind words, and unbelievable patience.
To my publisher, Montlake Romance; my wonderful editors, copy editors, and proofreaders; and my intrepid Author Team. You guys seriously rock! I could not ask for more positive people to work with.
To artist Jason Blackburn for another amazing cover. You captured the hero on the first try! And to narrator Justine Eyre for bringing my Grim Series to vibrant life as audiobooks— my readers adore your voice work and I do, too. To my agent, Stephany Evans of Ayesha Pande Literary. Your encouragement helped more than you know during an especially challenging year.
To Melody Guy for once again helping me sharpen my focus and tighten my prose. And to Sharon Stogner of Devil in the Details Editing for her fearless red-pen work on the very first draft. Thanks to both of you, my story isn’t walking around with spinach in its teeth!
To all of Dani’s Darklings for cheering me on through thick and thin. What began as a street team has become one lucky writer’s online support group, filled with truly amazing friends. And to Melissa Toews, Tina Clare, Sharon Stogner, Katie Dalton, and Honorary Darkling Jake S. Black, for permitting some of my characters to borrow your names.
To cosplayer Heidi Taylor (aka Triniti’s Ghost) for once again loaning me her irrepressible cats. Bouncer, Jade, and Rory first appeared in Storm Bound and insisted on returning! And to Gay Bamburg McDonald and Mike McDonald for sharing their handsome Neapolitan mastiff and Honorary Grim, Vincent de BluHouse. Calm, steady, and dignified, Vincent has been the perfect inspiration for the unique grim in this story.
To my mountain-man husband, Ron Silvester. For reading and rereading every page of every version of this book, usually in frustratingly unconnected bits and chunks. For courage under fire (otherwise known as living with an introverted, obsessive, and frequently discouraged writer). For giving me the time and space to write in peace but occasionally staging an intervention to get me out of the house (and also for not taking the kicking and screaming personally). I love you.
September 13, 2017
Cover Reveal! Book 4 of the Grim Series: STORM CROSSED
A mortal who has no time for it.
And a desire that defies everything they know.
Available for pre-order as Kindle ebook, paperback, or audiobook athttps://www.amazon.com/Storm-Crossed-Grim-Book-4-ebook/dp/B073TTTGZD
The latest stand-alone novel in Dani Harper’s Grim Series will delight old and new fans alike, transporting them to the ancient fae realm beneath the modern human world, where magic rules and menace abounds . . .
Heir to a noble fae house, Trahern is forced to watch helplessly as his twin brother is cruelly changed into a grim—a death dog—as punishment for falling in love with the wrong person. Trahern doesn’t believe love exists, but he will do anything to keep his brother alive—even join the Wild Hunt and ride the night skies of the human world.
Lissy Santiago-Callahan believes in love but has no time for it. She’s busy juggling her career as an academic and her home life as a single mom to a young son with Asperger’s. Her hectic life in sleepy Eastern Washington is made even more chaotic with the sudden arrival of a demanding fae and his unusual “dog.”
Mortal and immortal have nothing in common, and the attraction between Lissy and Trahern surprises them both. But when their desire places Lissy and her child in the path of a deadly faery feud, will the connection last, or will their separate worlds prove too great a divide?
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Storm Crossed releases January 9th. Now available for pre-order in Kindle ebook, paperback, and audiobook at https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Crossed-Grim-Book-4-ebook/dp/B073TTTGZD
Legend, love, lore, and magic...
Other books in The Grim Series by Dani Harper
STORM WARRIOR, STORM BOUND, and STORM WARNEDNote: Every book in this series is designed to stand alone.
It's more fun to read them in order, but not necessary.
See ALL my novels on my Amazon Author Page
or go to my website at https://daniharper.com/
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March 17, 2017
Ancient faery legends + modern-day America = THE GRIM SERIES
NEVER TRUST A FAE!Hi, I'm Dani. Thanks to my Welsh gramma plus deep roots in the rest of the British Isles, I grew up on an abundance of stories about the Fair Folk, the Fae, the Sidhe, the Tylwyth Teg and many, many more! Some of the characters were beautiful, many were scary, and ALL were dangerous. Now it's my turn to be the storyteller (bwahaha!).
Storm Warrior
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Storm Bound
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Storm Warned
are the first three books in this fantasy romance series. I'm just putting the finishing touches on Book 4, Storm Crossed, and wanted to share an excerpt with you...UNEDITED EXCERPT from Storm Crossed, Book 4 of the Grim Series:“What are you doing here?” demanded a new voice, a rich masculine voice, and every one of her friends fell silent.Oh great, we’ve attracted a park ranger, thought Lissy as she turned to face this new issue. How are we going to explain—It was no ranger. The first thing her eyes took in was a heavy black cloak, thrown back to reveal strange leather clothing. Ornately tooled and trimmed with silver, it hugged a lean frame.No, some instinct decided, not lean but lithe. Lithe like a big cat, all coiled agility and snake-strike muscle in a deceptively relaxed package. She was forced to tilt her head to see the strong jaw that underscored the man’s angular face—and the scar that ran diagonally across his throat. He could have been called handsome if it wasn’t for a strange otherness to his perfect features that was impossible to describe. Human, yet decidedly not. And no human she knew boasted hair like that. Pulled into a thick braid that fell halfway down his back, it was white in the way that snow was white—not a single shade, but many.She had to remind herself to breathe. This was no lost cosplay enthusiast or a Lord of the Rings extra, but an actual living, breathing member of the faery race. Somewhere in the back of her mind, a faint thought protested that such a thing was completely impossible. It wasn’t very convincing, however, with a flesh and blood dog the size of a goddamn Volkswagen already in front of her.The man’s pale hair glowed in the fire’s light. A fistful of loose strands fell across his face, and beneath them his eyes were watchful, alert. A panther scanning for prey.And he had found her.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Buy all 3 on Kindle at https://www.amazon.com/Grim-3-Book/dp/B011M9Q0AQSTORM CROSSED will be Book 4 in my Grim Series. Readers will enjoy the return of favorite characters and meet new ones in this paranormal fantasy romance. Watch my website for the cover reveal, more excerpts, and most of all, the release date! https://daniharper.com/
February 2, 2017
PNR Readers! Get all 3 ebooks in the Grim Series for just $6
Now through the end of FebruarySee this and other series bundle deals athttps://www.amazon.com/b?node=14275597011_______________________________________________________________
