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September 1, 2012
Contest Winner!
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Weekly Contest Winner!
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Congratulations Duckie you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Moon Burning. Please email me your name and address and I will get your prize in the mail.
Save the Date:Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October! It is free, but you have to be registered to win prizes. There are over 40 authors and industry professionals signed up!
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Congratulations Duckie you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Moon Burning. Please email me your name and address and I will get your prize in the mail.
Save the Date:Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October! It is free, but you have to be registered to win prizes. There are over 40 authors and industry professionals signed up!
August 30, 2012
52 Weeks of Romance - Week 35
MOON BURNINGby Lucy MonroeISBN-10: 0425239802ISBN-13: 978-0425239803A Children of the Moon Novel #3Paranormal Historical WerewolfBerkley Sensation - February 2011
Bestselling author Lucy Monroe returns to her hugely popular paranormal world where a woman falls under the spell of the beast who is her one true enemy...
Barr never asked to be made laird over the struggling Donegal clan, or leader of its werewolf pack. But he'll do his duty and although he hasn’t yet found his mate, he hopes she will be among his people. He expects his new role to be difficult; he doesn't expect to discover a naked woman in the forest whose memory is as fragile as her human body—her delectable, all too appealing body. Could this woman be his true mate? On a mission to save her people from extinction, Sabrine pretends she has no memory in order to gain access to her enemy: the Donegal clan. A raven shifter, she is determined to retrieve the sacred stone that rightfully belongs to her people. But soon she’ll be engulfed in her burning desire and growing love for Barr—and the dangerous and inescapable secrets destined to keep them apart...
Read an excerpt ~ Buy the book
Question:
Please leave your answer in the comment section. Winners will be announced on Saturday. If you leave your email address in your comment I will contact you regarding the prize otherwise you may check back on Saturday to see if you are the winner and email me.
Dragon's Moon is out in just a few short days. It is the fourth book in the Children of the Moon Series. Ciara was left alone after her brother's death. Who killed her brother?
SAVE THE DATE:
Dragon's Moon, the fourth book in the Children of the Moon Series is out September 4th.
You can Pre-Order today!
Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October! It is FREE but you have to be registered to win prizes. There are over 40 authors already signed up!
Bestselling author Lucy Monroe returns to her hugely popular paranormal world where a woman falls under the spell of the beast who is her one true enemy...
Barr never asked to be made laird over the struggling Donegal clan, or leader of its werewolf pack. But he'll do his duty and although he hasn’t yet found his mate, he hopes she will be among his people. He expects his new role to be difficult; he doesn't expect to discover a naked woman in the forest whose memory is as fragile as her human body—her delectable, all too appealing body. Could this woman be his true mate? On a mission to save her people from extinction, Sabrine pretends she has no memory in order to gain access to her enemy: the Donegal clan. A raven shifter, she is determined to retrieve the sacred stone that rightfully belongs to her people. But soon she’ll be engulfed in her burning desire and growing love for Barr—and the dangerous and inescapable secrets destined to keep them apart...Read an excerpt ~ Buy the book
Question:
Please leave your answer in the comment section. Winners will be announced on Saturday. If you leave your email address in your comment I will contact you regarding the prize otherwise you may check back on Saturday to see if you are the winner and email me.Dragon's Moon is out in just a few short days. It is the fourth book in the Children of the Moon Series. Ciara was left alone after her brother's death. Who killed her brother?
SAVE THE DATE:
Dragon's Moon, the fourth book in the Children of the Moon Series is out September 4th.
You can Pre-Order today!
Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October! It is FREE but you have to be registered to win prizes. There are over 40 authors already signed up!
August 29, 2012
August 28, 2012
Dragon's Moon Excerpt
I'm so excited! This time next week we will be just one day away from the release of the fourth book in the Children of the Moon series, Dragon's Moon. I can feel the excitement from readers as well, and I can't wait to hear what you think of the book. Early reviews are great. I thought today I would tease you a little bit with an excerpt from the book:
DRAGON’S MOONby Lucy Monroe
ISBN-10: 0425246620ISBN-13: 978-0425246627Children of the Moon Novel #4Berkley Sensation - September 2012
Excerpt from Chapter 1
Her legs dangling over the stone edge, Ciara waited atop the lower bailey tower. One of two in the lower half of the wall surrounding the Sinclair fortress, it was the perfect vantage point for her first glimpse of the newcomers that would join her adopted clan. She was not supposed to be here, but it was a favored spot for her to find both privacy and peace.
Most of the clan had gathered in the lower bailey both yesterday and today for the same purpose, but Ciara did not like the crush of so many around her.
There was no crowd now. The humans and other Chrechte had gone home, disappointed once again when night fell with no sign of the newcomers. But Ciara waited as the moon rose, unable to return to the keep — her need to see these new clanspeople too strong to deny.
As a member of the Faol, she had been told those coming were Chrechte; she strongly suspected they were Éan.
Her dreams were not all nightmares and she had seen the birds in the sky shifting back to human form and donning the plaid of the Sinclair.
Were these Chrechte refugees like her, looking for a new life among the Sinclair?
Ciara hadn’t actually been looking toward anything when she came to live with Laird Talorc and his lady, Abigail. Numb with grief after her mother’s death so close on top of her dear brother Galen’s grisly demise, Ciara had simply done as she was told.
Laird Barr had informed her she needed a new life without so many memories around her and Ciara had accepted his instruction in action, if not in her heart. She’d come to live among his former clan, the Sinclairs, without a single argument.
What had there been to argue? Ciara had no family any longer, no loved ones to hold her among the Donegal.
She had spent the past seven years doing her best to serve her new clan, though her old one would not recognize her. Gone was the stubborn girl who loved her family and people with every passionate fiber of her heart.
Ciara did her best to feel as little as possible; she had no desire to love with a devotion that could so easily destroy her again.
Laird Barr’s hope that she might forget painful memories more easily away from all that was familiar had proven fruitless, but she did not blame his plan.
The memories were burned into Ciara’s mind with a dragon’s flame; it was impossible for her to ever forget or feel completely safe again. That fateful day in the forest and what followed lived inside her in a maelstrom of grief, awe, confusion, disbelief and sometimes utter terror.
Not that she ever let these feelings come fully to the surface, but Ciara often woke in the night to her brother’s final scream, only to realize it had been her own. She dreamt of blood soaked walls and a waxen faced woman searching their cottage for son and husband that would never again be there.
Ciara was grateful for the stone walls that kept her nightmares private, but she was even more thankful that far from forcing Ciara to marry when she came of age, Laird Talorc and his second, Niall, frightened off any prospective suitors. Chrechte and human alike.
Laird Talorc and Abigail treated Ciara like a cherished member of the family, to be protected and watched over. She knew they thought she was broken.
Too broken to be forced to mate.
She did and said nothing to dissuade them of that belief.
She wanted no true family to lose again; she had no desire to ever marry or have children that could be taken from her by that undefeatable enemy, death. She hoped she never met her mate, or that he was already committed to another.
Helping to care for Abigail and Talorc’s twins, now in their fourth summer, was difficult enough. The boys did their best to worm their way into Ciara’s heart. It took all her stubborn resolve not to let herself love them.
And deep inside, in a place she refused to acknowledge, she feared she already did...even more than she feared the dragon that had killed her brother.
Shaking off her thoughts, she peered through the moonlit night, seeking out her first glimpse of the Éan soon to join their clan. She wasn’t supposed to know about the Éan at all. No one, but a select few were. And Ciara, better than most, understood why.
However, it was not her fault she knew many things she should not. Even without the eavesdropping. Her dreams and visions had grown more frequent since she had seen the scarlet dragon breathing fire from the sky.
And of late, the Faolchú Chridhe called to her even more insistently than her dead brother’s screams and mother’s spilled blood. Ciara rarely slept, and when she did sleep it was to dream, each dream growing more fraught with urgency than the last. She could not eat because that urgency followed her into wakefulness, making her stomach tight and filling her with dread she did not understand.
Ciara did not know what to do.
Click here to continue reading ~ PreOrder (available September 4th)
DRAGON’S MOONby Lucy MonroeISBN-10: 0425246620ISBN-13: 978-0425246627Children of the Moon Novel #4Berkley Sensation - September 2012
Excerpt from Chapter 1
Her legs dangling over the stone edge, Ciara waited atop the lower bailey tower. One of two in the lower half of the wall surrounding the Sinclair fortress, it was the perfect vantage point for her first glimpse of the newcomers that would join her adopted clan. She was not supposed to be here, but it was a favored spot for her to find both privacy and peace.
Most of the clan had gathered in the lower bailey both yesterday and today for the same purpose, but Ciara did not like the crush of so many around her.
There was no crowd now. The humans and other Chrechte had gone home, disappointed once again when night fell with no sign of the newcomers. But Ciara waited as the moon rose, unable to return to the keep — her need to see these new clanspeople too strong to deny.
As a member of the Faol, she had been told those coming were Chrechte; she strongly suspected they were Éan.
Her dreams were not all nightmares and she had seen the birds in the sky shifting back to human form and donning the plaid of the Sinclair.
Were these Chrechte refugees like her, looking for a new life among the Sinclair?
Ciara hadn’t actually been looking toward anything when she came to live with Laird Talorc and his lady, Abigail. Numb with grief after her mother’s death so close on top of her dear brother Galen’s grisly demise, Ciara had simply done as she was told.
Laird Barr had informed her she needed a new life without so many memories around her and Ciara had accepted his instruction in action, if not in her heart. She’d come to live among his former clan, the Sinclairs, without a single argument.
What had there been to argue? Ciara had no family any longer, no loved ones to hold her among the Donegal.
She had spent the past seven years doing her best to serve her new clan, though her old one would not recognize her. Gone was the stubborn girl who loved her family and people with every passionate fiber of her heart.
Ciara did her best to feel as little as possible; she had no desire to love with a devotion that could so easily destroy her again.
Laird Barr’s hope that she might forget painful memories more easily away from all that was familiar had proven fruitless, but she did not blame his plan.
The memories were burned into Ciara’s mind with a dragon’s flame; it was impossible for her to ever forget or feel completely safe again. That fateful day in the forest and what followed lived inside her in a maelstrom of grief, awe, confusion, disbelief and sometimes utter terror.
Not that she ever let these feelings come fully to the surface, but Ciara often woke in the night to her brother’s final scream, only to realize it had been her own. She dreamt of blood soaked walls and a waxen faced woman searching their cottage for son and husband that would never again be there.
Ciara was grateful for the stone walls that kept her nightmares private, but she was even more thankful that far from forcing Ciara to marry when she came of age, Laird Talorc and his second, Niall, frightened off any prospective suitors. Chrechte and human alike.
Laird Talorc and Abigail treated Ciara like a cherished member of the family, to be protected and watched over. She knew they thought she was broken.
Too broken to be forced to mate.
She did and said nothing to dissuade them of that belief.
She wanted no true family to lose again; she had no desire to ever marry or have children that could be taken from her by that undefeatable enemy, death. She hoped she never met her mate, or that he was already committed to another.
Helping to care for Abigail and Talorc’s twins, now in their fourth summer, was difficult enough. The boys did their best to worm their way into Ciara’s heart. It took all her stubborn resolve not to let herself love them.
And deep inside, in a place she refused to acknowledge, she feared she already did...even more than she feared the dragon that had killed her brother.
Shaking off her thoughts, she peered through the moonlit night, seeking out her first glimpse of the Éan soon to join their clan. She wasn’t supposed to know about the Éan at all. No one, but a select few were. And Ciara, better than most, understood why.
However, it was not her fault she knew many things she should not. Even without the eavesdropping. Her dreams and visions had grown more frequent since she had seen the scarlet dragon breathing fire from the sky.
And of late, the Faolchú Chridhe called to her even more insistently than her dead brother’s screams and mother’s spilled blood. Ciara rarely slept, and when she did sleep it was to dream, each dream growing more fraught with urgency than the last. She could not eat because that urgency followed her into wakefulness, making her stomach tight and filling her with dread she did not understand.
Ciara did not know what to do.
Click here to continue reading ~ PreOrder (available September 4th)
August 25, 2012
Weekly Contest Winner
Weekly Contest Winner!
52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Congratulations Franki S. Hunt you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's book Moon Craving. Please email me your name and address and I will get your prize in the mail.
Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October! It is free, but you have to be registered to win prizes. There are over 30 authors already signed up!
August 23, 2012
52 Weeks of Romance - Week 34
MOON CRAVINGby Lucy MonroeISBN-10: 0425233049ISBN-13: 978-0425233047A Children of the Moon Novel #2Paranormal Historical WerewolfBerkley Sensation - February 2010Question:
Please leave your answer in the comment section. Winners will be announced on Saturday. If you leave your email address in your comment I will contact you regarding the prize otherwise you may check back on Saturday to see if you are the winner and email me.Moon Craving is the second book in my Children of the Moon Series. It a Paranormal Historical Werewolf story that tells of the love story between which two main characters?
SAVE THE DATE: Don't forget that Dragon's Moon, the fourth book in the Children of the Moon Series is out September 4th. You can Pre-Order today!
Don't forget to sign up for my Online Reader Retreat (ORR) this coming October! It is FREE but you have to be registered to win prizes. There are over 30 authors already signed up!
August 22, 2012
August 20, 2012
What makes a family?
One of my favorite themes in romance is the concept of family and what that word really means to us. I ascribe to the idea that family is both born and made. You see that theme in romance quite a bit, especially in the gay subgenre. I am lucky to have some wonderful siblings and a terrific mom, but my dad was a drug addict who died young. I never really found a replacement, but that doesn't mean I don't get the idea of "making" a family. And I don't mean just popping kids out. :)
We adopted our oldest daughter when she was a teenager, and it was because of her that we brought two Korean exchange students into our home. They lived with us for three years and are both very much our sons, though they have wonderful family back in South Korea. We've had other teens and not-so-teens live with us as part of our family for short and long stretches of time. My sibs and I have adopted other adults into our family as well. My husband and I are considering foster parenting or adopting older children once the final teen finishes college and moves out. Not sure if it'll work with all the grandkids on the way, but my mom always taught us that love given away grows. We agree!
In my book, Moon Craving, the concept of family is an important theme. Just like my own daughters, the heroine Abigail is closer to her sister Emily than anyone else, despite the fact they share no parental genes. She finds a place where she belongs amdist Talorc's clan, when the best she thinks she can hope for is to somehow be reunited with her stepsister.
What are your thoughts: what is your favorite family concept from a book? Is your personal family born, or made, or both?
Hugs and happy reading,
Lucy Monroe
Moon Craving will be this Thursday's giveaway in my 52 Week's of Romance contest.
We adopted our oldest daughter when she was a teenager, and it was because of her that we brought two Korean exchange students into our home. They lived with us for three years and are both very much our sons, though they have wonderful family back in South Korea. We've had other teens and not-so-teens live with us as part of our family for short and long stretches of time. My sibs and I have adopted other adults into our family as well. My husband and I are considering foster parenting or adopting older children once the final teen finishes college and moves out. Not sure if it'll work with all the grandkids on the way, but my mom always taught us that love given away grows. We agree!
In my book, Moon Craving, the concept of family is an important theme. Just like my own daughters, the heroine Abigail is closer to her sister Emily than anyone else, despite the fact they share no parental genes. She finds a place where she belongs amdist Talorc's clan, when the best she thinks she can hope for is to somehow be reunited with her stepsister.
What are your thoughts: what is your favorite family concept from a book? Is your personal family born, or made, or both?
Hugs and happy reading,
Lucy Monroe
Moon Craving will be this Thursday's giveaway in my 52 Week's of Romance contest.
August 18, 2012
Weekly Contest Winner
August 16, 2012
52 Weeks of Romance by Lucy!
Moon Awakening By Lucy MonroeISBN 0-4252-17426-5Book 1 in Children of the Moon SeriesParanormal Historical WerewolfBerkley Sensation - February 2007Question:
Please leave your answer in the comment section. Winners will be announced on Saturday. If you leave your email address in your comment I will contact you regarding the prize otherwise you may check back on Saturday to see if you are the winner and email me.
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