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June 23, 2017
Plans Afoot…
Yes, there are plans afoot here in Casa MacLeod!
Do they involve sexy Scotsmen?
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Red roses?
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Crumbling castles?
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Why, yes! Yes, they do.
Stay tuned for more, my virtual friends…
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June 21, 2017
Win a Free, Signed Book! (and see my kitchen!)
Hello, my virtual friends!
I know what you’ve been thinking… this Samantha MacLeod is a decent author, but what kind of a kitchen does she have?!?
Well, here’s your answer…
Yes, I’m happily giving away two copies of Death and Beauty, my erotic fantasy romance inspired by Norse mythology (and one personal hand-held fan) to two lucky newsletter subscribers.
This could be you!
Just sign up for my newsletter – right here – and cross your fingers.
(And hey, if you don’t win, don’t worry – I’ve got a little something special planned, just for you…)
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“Do yourself a favour and grab hold of this new release now!”
The fantastic Tina Williams of A Reader’s Review Blog just posted her take on my erotic fantasy romance novella Death and Beauty.
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“Do yourself a favour and grab hold of this new release from Samantha MacLeod now!” Williams writes.
YAY!!! And she totally got the Beauty and the Beast angle I was going for! 
June 20, 2017
“Another worthy addition to my Kindle”
The lovely Jo at A British Bookworm’s Blog just reviewed my erotic fantasy romance Death and Beauty.
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And what did she think..?
“The author has once again produced colourful characters who, although the stuff of legends, are nevertheless beset with human flaws and insecurities,” she writes. “I think that’s what makes this book – the characters are accessible.”
Also, in case you think you need to be a mythology geek like me to enjoy Death and Beauty, Jo adds, “I don’t know whether this is a retelling of an original myth and, frankly, I don’t much care.”
Thank you, my virtual friend!
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Read the full review here, and check out Death and Beauty on Amazon or elsewhere.
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Death and Beauty
Death and Beauty, my erotic fantasy romance inspired by the Norse myth of Odin’s son Baldr, is officially published!!!
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“Lo and behold, Samantha MacLeod hits another one out of the park. Out of the realm, even.” – Danielle at Caldwell Publishing
“Another worthy addition to my kindle from this author.” – Jo at A British Bookworm’s Blog
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Baldr the Beautiful is dead.
Desperate to get back to his privileged role as Óðinn’s favorite son, Baldr strikes a bargain with Hel, the terrifying half living and half skeletal queen of the realm of the dead. He offers her the only thing he’s got: knowledge from the living world. Hel gives him three days. If he can teach her something new, she will return him to the realms of the living.
But the icy Hel seems completely impervious to Baldr’s charms. What’s worse, she already knows everything. By the end of the third day, Baldr realizes he’s only got one chance left to impress her.
Returning to his former life depends on Baldr the Beautiful seducing the most formidable woman in the Nine Realms.
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You can pick up your very own ebook of Death and Beauty on Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and more.
And stay tuned – the paperback version is coming soon…
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June 19, 2017
Sexy Viking Gods in Action!
Janine Ashbless is my hero.
In addition to writing smoking hot, intellectual, beautiful novels (like Summer Seduction and Cover Him with Darkness), Ashbless brings us all exactly what we need on a Monday.
Wicked sexy erotica excerpts.
And today, I’m lucky enough to be part of the action!
So, if you’re wondering what happens after the Death and Beauty excerpt I posted a few weeks ago, check it out here.
Also, Death and Beauty comes out tomorrow, so today is the LAST DAY to pre-order my erotic fantasy romance for only .99 (the price goes up to a hefty $1.99 starting tomorrow). You can find it on Amazon or tons of other places.
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June 18, 2017
Rock Out with Baldr
I made a playlist to go with Death and Beauty, my erotic fantasy novella inspired by the Norse myth of Odin’s son Baldr.
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I don’t know much about making playlists, but hell, not knowing what I’m doing has never stopped me before! 
June 16, 2017
Sexy Viking…magnets?
I’ve got an awesome friend who works for the US State Department.
(No, it’s not Rex Tillerson.)
She recently traveled to Denmark on Important Business and – perhaps inspired by the April Conquer Me Instafreebie giveaway? – sent me this awesome magnet.
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I’m going to choose to believe Regnar Lodbrog is this sexy viking’s name. (If he shows up in a later story, you met him here first.)
And Regnar is in good company on my fridge:
Yes, I have a bit of a magnet problem…
June 14, 2017
Teaser Time!
Desperate to get back to his privileged role as Óðinn’s favorite son, Baldr strikes a bargain with Hel, the terrifying half living and half skeletal queen of the realm of the dead. He offers her the only thing he’s got: knowledge from the living world. Hel gives him three days. If he can teach her something new, she will return him to the realms of the living.
But the icy Hel seems completely impervious to Baldr’s charms. What’s worse, she already knows everything. By the end of the third day, Baldr realizes he’s only got one chance left to impress her.
Returning to his former life depends on Baldr the Beautiful seducing the most formidable woman in the Nine Realms.
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Death and Beauty comes out in five days!
You can pre-order your copy on Amazon or tons of other places.
But you don’t have to wait five days to get a sneak peek, my friends…
Death and Beauty Sneak Peek
“The thing about sailing,” I said, raising my voice over the hiss of water against the hull of our little skiff, “is to know how the wind works.”
I glanced at Hel. She crouched in the bow, wearing a heavy, dark dress despite the midday heat rippling across the water. She looked uncomfortable, and quite unimpressed.
I carried on anyway. It was our third day together, and I was feeling lucky.
“If the wind comes from the side of the boat, like it is now, it’s called—”
“Reaching,” Hel said. “And the wind appears to be coming at a right angle to our boat, making this is a beam reach. Correct?”
I muttered something very impolite under my breath. Hel’s eyes sparkled in the sunlight.
“You’re enjoying this far too much,” I said.
The exposed tendons in her neck flexed in the sunlight as Hel turned away from me, showing me the bones on her left side. I was starting to think she turned like that when I actually succeeded in making her smile.
“Well, let’s see if I can surprise you, then,” I said.
“I doubt it,” Hel replied.
I tried not to grin as I leaned on the tiller, turning the little skiff until we were running in the same direction as the wind. It was quieter this direction, with just the purr of the water under our hull. I reached for the mainsheet and let it out, extending the blinding white sail as far as it could go. The waves sliced open before us, sending rainbows of spray across the bow and over our faces.
Damn, what a fantastic day for a sail.
“Oh, yeah!” I shouted. “And now what are we doing, Queen Hel?”
Hel leaned across the bow, her skeletal fingers almost touching the wavetops. She turned to me with a raised eyebrow on her living face, and what looked like a barely suppressed smile on her lips.
“Running,” she shouted. “Going downwind is called running.”
I smiled at her. Hel was almost standing now, reaching across the bow to the little rainbows flying from the waves. She was off balance. And right behind her was the sort of freakishly large wave I’d been looking for.
“Right,” I yelled. “And what about this?”
I shoved the tiller hard, spinning the little boat. We slammed broadside into the big wave. Hel screamed as cold water knocked her off her feet and into my chest. I grabbed her waist instinctively, pulling the tiller back to face the skiff upwind and make sure we wouldn’t capsize.
Hel jumped away from me. The boat rocked with her sudden movement. “Oh, you jerk!” she screamed.
I wiped saltwater from my eyes with a grin. “You know what that’s called?”
“Being a complete jackass,” she said, pushing her wet hair from her eyes.
“I was going to say, ‘surprising you.’”
“Well, that was a horrible surprise.”
I rolled my eyes. “Oh, don’t tell me. You know more about surprising someone too?”
Hel smiled, her eyes dancing. The wave had soaked her heavy dress, making it hug her living side. Her nipple was hard, outlined by the wet fabric. She had a nice breast, I realized. A very nice breast.
Two hands hit me square in the chest. I flew backward out of the boat and crashed into the ocean. The water was cold enough to make me forget all about Hel’s perfect breast. I surfaced to the sound of her laughter ringing across the waves.
“Oh, Baldr, I’m sorry, but you should have seen your face!”
“Well, clearly you know more about being a complete jackass than me,” I called, swimming back to the boat.
Hel’s skeletal hand shot over the side of the boat to splash me. I dunked under the waves, then spat an arc of water toward her. It fell well short of the boat, and she laughed even harder.
There it was again. Her cheek flushed with color, her eyes sparkled, and she actually looked pretty. No, more than just pretty. Despite the bones of her left side, or perhaps because of the contrast, Hel’s living side was suddenly gorgeous.
She reached for me as I approached the boat. “Come on. I’ll help you.”
I took a mouthful of ocean water before I accepted her living hand. She grabbed my wrist and leaned back, helping me scramble into the hull. Once I had the tiller, she pulled away and sat down, smoothing her wet dress across her lap.
“So, Baldr the Beautiful, what’s next?” she asked.
I sprayed my mouthful of seawater over her head. She shrieked, pulling up her skirt to cover her face and exposing a considerable amount of leg. Her left thigh was bone and tendons, but it was the creamy, pale skin of her right side that drew me in.
As I tried not to stare, it occurred to me I might actually miss Queen Hel when I returned to Asgard.
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June 12, 2017
“Get out there and read this book!”
Danielle at Caldwell Publishing is a truly lovely person.
She’s a very romance talented author (you can read my review of her paranormal romance To Trust a Wolf right here), and she writes fantastic reviews.
So what did she think of Death and Beauty, my erotic fantasy romance inspired by Norse mythology?
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“Lo and behold,” Danielle writes, “Samantha MacLeod hits another one out of the park. Out of the realm, even.”
She continues: “The writing was superb, as always. MacLeod has a unique way of balancing evocative descriptive details, sharp, witty dialogue, and staging so that you really feel like you’re there.”
Awwww, thank you, my friend!
You can read the full review on Caldwell Publishing’s blog (while you’re there, check out a few other reviews – Danielle is freaking hilarious).
But if you don’t read the review on Goodreads, where you can see all the gifs, you’re missing you.
