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The Carrero Effect - Character profile for Leila Huntsberger

The profiles on my book characters have proven pretty popular in the past and I decided as my Trilogy book one is free on Wattpad, or available to purchase as an ebook, I should introduce characters along the way with more in-depth profiles, better to form them in your head!So, let's celebrate my Book one going public in the way I love the most. Introducing Leila!


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Name : Leila Christina Huntsberger
Date of birth :Nov 1st 1990Height : 5 ft 2Eye colour : BlueHair : Natural light blondeBuild : Small, petite and curvyOccupation : Jumps from job to job Star sign : ScorpioMost noticeable feature: Her infectious giggle.

A little about Leila
Leila had a really rough start in life, the only child from an alcoholic mother who neglected her. She has memories of a less than perfect childhood with her that gives her the strength and independence she exudes. At seven she was adopted by the Huntsberger family and brought into the fold of children, loving devoted parents and a stable life. Four other adopted siblings with equally unhappy pasts became her entire world. She found nothing but love and happiness and the fact the Huntsbergeres were another millionaire family meant she ran in the same circles as Jake Carrero and Daniel Hunter.


Personality
Leila is a little spit fire of stubbornness and strong will. She has a self-dependence about her, fearless attitude and a lot of sass. She isn't really one to show you the inner workings of her heart unless you can prove you deserve it and she has a crazily strong intuition. She's forward, honest and direct. Doesn't believe in mincing her words and says exactly what she means. She's a loving girl with a big heart and a real sense of self-worth.
Leila's style
Leila loves fashion, jewellery and make-up and can change her style as often as her mind. She likes to put her own stamp on everything and could really have a strong career as a personal stylist. She loves flirty and fun clothes, lot's of colour and eye-catching outfits. With her short layered blond hair, cute face and captivating blue eyes she can pull off almost any style she sees fit.


Leila's Likes
Leila loves to travel, loves to party and have fun and loves being around friends. She hasn't yet found her calling in life but loves nothing more than trying on new and varied jobs until she bores of them and moves on.
Books - SHe's a sucker for a romance and reads anything from gentle warm-hearted to smutty hardcore erotica.
Self-indulgences - Clothes and lots of them. Coming from a life of wearing cast-offs and scraps she indulges herself with anything she desires, be that prancing off to Paris fashion week to grab at new designer releases or simply filling her day with boutique shopping. Her favorite room in her house is her walk in wardrobe.
Colour - There isn't a colour she doesn't love and it pretty much sums her up. SHe's a rainbow girl and the more eye-catching the better.


Leila's dislikes
Dishonesty, liars, and people who play games with her emotions. She has no time for people trying to hurt or control her.

Leila's Goals
Leila wants what every girl wants, a sense of purpose, worth and a man by her side to share it with her. She doesn't want to be kept or become a trophy, she wants to find her place in the world and excel at it and she wants the overwhelming devotion and love of man much like her adopted parents have. Her heart is invested in someone who for years has kept her at arms length and until she can remove him from her heart no one else gets a look in.

The Carrero Influence is now out!!

That's right, Book two in my Carrero Trilogy is now on Amazon shelves as a kindle ebook and the paperback should be live shortly after. So, if you loved book one and are dying to find out what happens next between Emma and Jake, head over to Amazon and pick up your very own copy.
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The blurb incase you missed book one!Emma Anderson has had her entire world turned upside down and not for the better. The only man in her life she has ever been able to trust is gone, her job a distant memory and her future bleak. She has lost the facade she spent years perfecting and has been left in a desolate slump, trying to claw back some normality. She's heartbroken. That is until he walks straight back into her life and maybe there is a chance at something more this time. But 'more' comes with analysing everything that's come before, and the baggage that is now attached to him in the form of Marissa Hartley.
The reviews from book one were fantastic and the sales were breath takingly good. I never imagined it would hit the success it did in only two week of release. So as I promised, book two was quick to materialise and should keep you hooked while I continue on book three.
How about letting me know what you think of any of the two books as I really value feedback.

Even though book one is still on the shelves I'm currently revising it again for some minor mistakes that were missed first time around. Don't worry if you have the ebook already, Amazon assures me new updates are automatically updated to previously sold editions.

Sorry for the silence.

Just a quick little update to explain my absence. You see I am up to my eyeballs in editing The Carrero Influence, book 2 and simply not got the mental energy for anything else right now. The book is written but touch ups, edits and such is such an all consuming and time-consuming process that I'm on a little hiatus right now. Hope to be back soon with a new blog post, more updates to my witch series and other posts.For now, I can only apologise profusely and ask you to be patient with me!


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Win a signed copy of my book!

I'm running a prize giveaway on my Facebook Page. You can win a signed copy of my book in paperback version and I'll even sign it with a little personal message for you!
This competition will end on the last day of February to give it plenty of time to circulate, if all goes well I will repeat it in March!
To enter click on the picture and It will take you directly to the competition post!
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All you need to do is LIKE my page, COMMENT below the picture on facebook, TAG two friends who may like it too and hey presto. You're done!!
This is international and open to anyone 18 years and over!

Paperback received. So much Hype!!!

I hate to bore you all with another post about my book, so I apologise in advance. But I'm just so darn excited!!! You see the hype around my book in the last week has steadily grown, everyone I know is either talking about it or reading it and as of last night I was number 35 in the best selling Romantic Erotica Amazon charts. My happiness levels are literally through the roof and not even the death of Hans Solo can dent my smile. Well, actually, maybe the death of Hans Solo dented it a little, but hey ho... I'm a published Author with a book flying upwards!
Yes, I admit, I'm a star wars geek but don't tell anyone that I told you. Shhhhh.
Then this truly amazing thing happened....
Today my Author's copy came !! Yes, I hugged, kissed and danced with my book and then read about ten pages.
I literally ripped it out of the packaging, then ran around like a loony, high on uppers. Anyone who has ever written a book will understand my crazy behaviour. I'm sorry again, but this is just so darn exciting. It's like eating ten boxes of fizzy cola bottles and drinking a litre bottle of Irn bru in one go, then being let loose in a ball pit.
I also admit that I do have tendencies of a ten-year-old child, despite my obvious knack for Romantic erotica.
Seems my story has hit the right spot for a lot of you folks out there and I'm starting to get a little following of Jake lovers and Emma sympathisers, you see I already have requests to get the next book out already. I mean practically begging me to hurry it up.
I can assure you, it's coming. I'm on editing stage and aiming for a month tops to get this perfected. You can't rush true love wink, wink, hint, hint.
If you haven't read it then you totally should, I mean it's like the best thing since sliced bread. Well maybe next to sliced bread and Nutella...Or maybe toast and Nutella.... You get my point. I'm very biased. This book is mine and I love it!
So I would love it if you shared my book, recommended or just hit me up with some love on facebook. I'm living in a little ecstatic bubble right now which totally does not need to pop. 
Buy me, buy me , buy me... I'm totally worth it !!

A huge thank you and a little tear.

I know it's awfully terrible to post two blog posts in one day but I'm afraid I just have too. You see today two monumental things happened and I have to share or else I may self-combust.
My book - The Carrero effect (book one)
Firstly, I had my first fan review on my facebook authors page and it was such a lovely review I almost cried. As a writer, I can tell you, nothing means more than having genuine readers come and tell you that your book is awesome.  And yes I do reply to my fans, I love taking the time to have a good gossip and get to know you all.


I only released the book on Christmas eve and already there has been a few hundred downloads and over a 1000 pages read on Kindle Unlimited. For a debut novel from an unknown writer, that is pretty massive. What's even more massive is that so far I have 3 separate 5-star rating reviews.


This brings me to the last and the most epic bit of news. Today I was informed that my book is at number 86 of the top 100 best selling Romantic Erotica books on Amazon. In only one week and being an unknown writer. This just made me cry. It means the world to me.
So to all who have downloaded, bought and read my book. I thank you from the bottom of my very deep little tummy, right down to my curling happy toes. You're making my dreams come true and cannot thank you enough. You're the reason I will continue to publish what I write, you're the reason my passion to write still burns strong. To know my book has touched even one reader means so much more than all the money in the world.

GIveaway - Just Rose prizes, Muffin the Chihuahua.

The Fabulous Muffin Giveaway!
That's right! Just Rose is in final edit stage and I hope to see the book on AMAZON soon. To get you excited for its launch, I've put together this cute giveaway. Celebrating Muffin, our unsung hero in the book. You won't be able to resist this adorable little chappy.


How to enter!Pick your method!
Facebook - Like the post on my page, Comment and share.
Twitter - Retweet my post and reply.
Blogger - Share via google plus and comment.
Pinterest - Pin my post and comment.


Any of these methods will get you entered, to be sure I definitely catch your name though you can head to my Facebook page and leave me a comment informing me of your chosen method. Enter as many times as you like, using as many methods as you like.
This will be closed on 31st March 2017, there is no age limit or location restrictions.I will draw the winner randomly by entering all names into a hat, each entry will get its own slip, so if you enter more than once then you will have more than one slip of paper.


COMING SOON!
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New year, New post and new character profile- Introducing Muffin!

It's time to meet Muffin!In celebration to my up and coming launch of my debut novel 'Just Rose.' I decided we should have a few posts introducing you to my main characters. What better way to get emotionally invested in people you are very soon to meet in the magical world of my book than give you an in-depth view of who they are!Coming soon a Giveaway chance!!! Muffin themed Giveaway, Keep tabs on this blog for the next week!!!



 Name : Muffin
Date of birth : January 19th 2015
Height : 11 inches
Eye colour : Brown
Hair : White
Build : Slender
Occupation : Roses companion
Star sign : Capricorn
Most noticeable feature: His overall cute fluffiness

A little about Muffin

Muffin was born and bred by the Turner Family, his mum cuddles is a long term family pet. Muffin was gifted to Rose as a companion by her family, to keep her from getting lonely while living in London. 
Personality

Muffin is a cute little bundle of boy fluffiness but he has spirit. he can be stubborn, boisterous and feisty. He is very good at telling people when he dislikes them and is a loyal companion.


Muffins favourites!

Food - The boy will scavenge anything at all, he particularly loves a juicy bone or left-over meat cuts.

Movies: Muffin loves nothing more than cuddling up on the couch with rose watching an old romantic, he's a snuggler and loves the movie time ritual.

Self-indulgences - Muffin loves three things in life. Food. Attention and playing. He is happiest when chasing toys, being adored and being fed. He's not much of a napper but loves to be spoiled.

Muffins dislikes

Muffin has a strong dislike of men with ill intention against Rose, he can almost sense it. He's very protective. He doesn't like people upsetting her, hurting her or generally getting too close.

Muffins Goals!

Muffin just wants more of what he has, food, playtime and adoration. He's not against the little patter of small feet in Roses future as a playmate though. Muffin is a one dog kind of mutt, he wouldn't like more furbabies to share attention with.


Best Muffin moment. (From Just Rose)

'Muffin why are men so hard to figure out?' She held the little fur ball close under the duvet, watching his large brown eyes. He watched her carefully giving no hint to the inner workings of the male mind.
'It's the worst kind of torture for a woman!' She explained, his little face listening intently. 'If you want to inflict pain and suffering on a future girlfriend Muffin, may I suggest leaving her in great doubt as to how you feel about her.' She sighed pulling his little face close and revelling in the warm licks he spread across her nose.
'Kiss her passionately, like she's your absolute world, then give her the cold shoulder. Like dangling a worm on a hook. The result is a pretty messed up emotional wreck.'She sighed loudly. Muffin narrowed his eyes a little and that in itself almost made her smile, he turned around facing her with a little fluffy rear and a sure fire sign he was going to sleep. His butt directly in her face.
'You're a just a typical male aren't you?' She rubbed his fur and left him in peace to roll on her back and stare into the darkness.
Coming soon to AMAZON! Release yet to be confirmed.

Happy new year for 2017.

Happy New Year Everyone. I hope 2017 is a better year for everyone, all round.
May all your dreams get on the path to coming true!!
The next time I write will be Next Year!!!

The Cruden Tale - Instalment 4

This is a continuous work in progress, a free blog read along. I decided to create a little series for followers with lots of awesome extras along the way. New instalments posted every Monday! Extras posted sporadically in between!

To read the full 4 parts so far click here



APOLOGIES FOR A LATE POSTING - XMAS INTERFERED.




December 29th 2016We located the girl who has the abilities of a seer, I was surprised to find she's the missing child of Eleanor, I had not graced eyes on that baby for some 17 years and had thought she dead. That the Elvish guards would have found her by now and put an end to what they considered an evil union, breaking all the rules of balance. The elves are a narrow-minded breed. Only staying in one realm and barely gracing ours, unless needed. They don't like crossovers from mortals into their own. I've made up my mind that when I leave here, the girl will come too. There is so much she yet has to learn, and with warlock blood, she has potential. Eventually, the elves will find her and she needs to be prepared to defend herself. I truly believe there's a vast power inside of her that she's yet to harness.We're closer to finding the hunter. We know where he will be this coming week. A charity fight in which he's headlining. I aim to approach him, I'm undecided on what we shall do when finally faced with him. I have no plan set in stone and hoping I get some sort of answers soon.
Leyanne pushed away the plate of food in irritation and her journal. The house was stifling today, the weather still acting out of sorts and delivering a heat wave on this dreary wood. She was listless, restless. They had nothing to do but wait until this man's appearance in a  week and she had nowhere else to go. Cora had gone back home, for now, her vampire in tow. Leyanne had not yet decided if she would need the presence of either or both on her return to Scotland but it was still an option.  She was agitated.They had more questions than they had answers and she wasn't one for this kind of agonising game. Leyanne liked to know all the answers, have all the pawns positioned and right now it felt like they were simply making up the rules as they went along. Too much waiting. She wasn't a patient sort of witch. Gut instinct told her that the hunter was her goal, she had no idea as of yet what to do when she finally found him. She needed clarity.She pulled out a large copper bowl from her trunk, laying it out on a table near the window so it received full rays from the sun. Walking to her cabinet, she extracted a jar of dried  'Rosa gallica officinals', dried rose petals. The oldest known species of rose on the planet and it had a strong connection to the higher powers. Filling the bowl with her supply of moon water, she scattered a few petals on the surface and let them settle. Casting a hand across the surface but not touching, she called out to the higher powers.'I need answers, if the God's be willing? Please, show me a positive YES.'She watched as the rose petals formed a circle in the centre of the bowl and began to turn slowly. They stayed in the same pattern or motion for a few moments. 'Thank you.' Leyanne looked up and thanked the powers that be.'Can you give me a negative NO?'Immediately the petals turned away from one another, going to the outer edges of the bowl and linger by the sides. When they had stayed that way for moments, she again thanked the powers above her.'When I find the hunter, am I to approach him?' She waved her hand in the air above the water indicating her question was complete. She watched as the petals returned to circle as a Yes.'Is it my purpose to destroy him?' She waited, baited breath. Leyanne wasn't against the taking of a life if it served the purpose intended for her, but she wasn't completely heartless and couldn't deny the flutter in her stomach. The hesitation.The petals answered with a firm NO and she sighed with relief.'Have I to take him with me for safe guarding?' She cast it out there in the hopes she'd been wrong about her purpose after all. Last thing she needed was a man who looked like him and had his abilities infiltrating her life. She wasn't a babysitter and besides, they still hadn't figured out what kind of threat he was.The petals annoyed her with a solid YES. She cursed under her breath and scowled at the bowl.'Enough bloody questions, I think.' She tipped the bowl,  disturbing the surface so the petals sunk to the bottom and broke the divination.'Thank you for your answers.' She looked up then walked away from the bowl in agitation. She needed to be rational about this. The god's were right. Killing him was not an option until they knew what he could do. Finding him was a certainty and leaving him afterwards, not very smart. Taking him had to be the only way to watch him, figure out how he was a threat and to do something about it. She knew one thing for certain. She was tired of this endless time away from home. She ached to get back to the castle, back to the soft landscape and gentle rolling hills of home. This time she'd been gone too long and homesickness was over-taking her. Her impatience wasn't just about the hunter, it was about getting finished here and going back. To her surroundings, her belongings and vast library of grimoires. To her home.Her mobile rang and vibrated across the antique table where it had been laying. She could see Rinny's name on screen and answered it with a smile. RInny was part of home.'To what do I owe this pleasure? You haven't gone and shapeshifted into an ugly beast and got stuck that way have you?' She asked before Rinny had a chance to speak.'Ha Ha. Always good for a laugh there Annie! I'm calling to see if you got your  trunk and all your stinky witch books.''Yes, all delivered, nice and cosy. And they're not stinky witch books. They're powerful grimoires with more magic in one little word than your entire body. I'd be careful about insulting them, they can hear and they don't like it.' She pushed at the threadbare rug with her toes and frowned as the rose petals started to rise in the water before her. She turned away.'Aww shoosh. Those books don't scare me half as much as you do. There's another reason I'm calling.' 'What pray would that be?' Leyanne turned back and noted the petals were swirling in a YES motion again. Damn those infernal higher powers, they weren't done with questions. They obviously had something more to say.'We have a draconian needing aid.' RInny cut into her inner thoughts. Leyanne frowned and shuffled closer to the bowl, taking a deep breath.'Oh.' She sounded only marginally interested. Draconians were off the shape-shifting family, on par with Rinny's breed, Unicorns and mermaids. they would all transform from human form. This one happened to be a dragon.'Young boy, recently had his first full moon awakening......He's stuck in dragon form.' Rinny paused, waiting on Leyanne's reply. She knew the witch could be temperamental when being asked for help. Especially when it concerned a breed she wasn't too enamoured with.'Ahhh.' Was all she said.'So you're not going to impart any words of wisdom or incantation to help?' Rinny sounded petulant.'Remind me again Rin's, why you act as mediation between the supernaturals and have this unearthly urge to help. I thought Draconians were on your foe list?' 'Just tell me what to do, he's a kid and he's scared. I've had to get Moira to chain him in your god damn castle. He was hurting himself.'Leyanne sighed heavily.'He will have to wait till the new full moon, keep him tethered and cared for until then. He'll need to be taken to the moon pool on the south side of the lake and fully submerged at the apex. Ask Daniel to look for some sort of incantation in the library to unstick the transformation. I'm sure he'll be overjoyed at seeing you again.''Hmmm.'Rinny didn't bite, for a long while now Leyanne had sensed something between Rinny, her shape shifting friend from afar and Daniel, her human librarian professor who sometimes abused her vast library. He was a trusted alliance and she had a feeling both parties had a sweet spot for one another. Unlike most supernaturals, Leyanne was not of the belief that breeds should stick with their own kind. She fully supported the belief, people should mind their own damn business.The rose petals swirled impatiently. 'Rinny I need to go, have to finish something. Call me in a  few days and I'll update you on my return date.''Okay, I'll tell Moira to try that with the Draconian. Thank you, Annie.'When she slid her phone down, she regarded the petals with a frown and a finger on her mouth. Pensively watching.'You have something You want me to ask?'The petals swirled with a YES.'About the Hunter?'YESLeyanne shifts with an uneasiness. 'In relation to me?'YES, again the petals, swirled and circled.'He has a connection to me?'The petals spread in a  line across the bowl. Leyanne paused, confused and watched as the petals begin to manoeuvre between each other and spell out the word - LOVE.Leyanne gasped and smacked the bowl aside, spreading water, petals and rage.