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January 2, 2014
Shaunna Wolf
Author Shaunna Wolf is here today and she's talking about her new release, Life Flight! Enter the rafflecopter for a chance to win her fabulous giveaway.
LIFE FLIGHT by Shaunna Wolf
BLURB:
Malachi Blackfeather has spent twenty years in the Army. Two of those years as a Vietnam POW. Now that he's out, all he wants is some peace and quiet to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. Between the flashbacks, and an over interest in sex that is now being called sex addiction, finding his path isn't easy.
Kat is trying to escape an abusive marriage. Her soon to be ex is a master at manipulating the system, and her family thinks she should stay with him, "because no other man will want her". She's looking for escape in any form she can get it.
When they meet, sparks fly. Trapped by a blizzard, can two damaged people, who think there is no chance of love in the world for them, find each other, and survive an unforeseen circumstance that puts both of them in danger?
Mystery, romance, and danger, fill this novel, with a story that will draw you in and not let go.
Excerpt
I picked up the half brick holding the door open, and the TV set exploded in a shower of glass. For a moment Frank stood staring at the TV as if he thought it shattered on its own. He spun to face me.
I continued to stand with my arms folded over my chest and my shoulder against the door frame. He looked around as if the spiders in the place would come to his rescue. I tugged on the cuffs of the leather gloves I wore. Flexed my fingers. When his hand tightened on the pool stick he held, I wanted to tell him that a wooden stick wasn’t much use in a gun fight. But unless he went for a gun, I wasn’t going to shoot him, not yet anyway.
“Get the fuck off my property,” he said.
A block of wood nailed into the door served as a supplement lock. I reached up and spun it closed, and while keeping him in my field of vision, I hooked the eye bolt as well. I hadn’t seen a phone in the shed, not last time I was here, nor this time. But that didn’t mean some pal of his wouldn’t show up--and anyone pals with this guy would have to be a cast member of the same loony-toon’s show.
“Where is Kat?” I asked him.
“You stooo-pied?” he said back, drawing out the word stupid in a juvenile manner. “I already told you, she’s my wife, and that if you kept trying to bother her, I’ll have you arrested.”
“You see any cops? I don’t.” I moved over the concrete floor and stood near the bar.
He found some brain cells and kept the pool table between us. Held the pool stick in both hands. Glanced at the door.
“I have security cameras. The company already called the cops.”
“Well then, you don’t have anything to worry about,” I said back. I’d come across a few pathological liars in my lifetime, but never someone who thought the rest of the world had an IQ of less than 80 and would believe whatever came out of their mouth. “How should we entertain the people watching us until they get here?”
Confusion ran over his face. His lies didn’t make me edgy, his particular flavor of insanity mimicked a bully. Lots of words of bravado that he expected others to be frightened of--no matter how absurd. He was strong, of that I had no doubt, he worked at a labor intensive job, but he was filled with so much fear it surrounded him in a shimmering cloak. Just like the sweat on his forehead.
I walked along the edge of the pool table. Picked up the ten ball with it’s marred blue stripe. Rolled it across the table and bounced it off the rail on the other side of the table--caught it when it came spinning back.
“Where’s Kat?” I tossed the ball from hand to hand.
“That’s for me to know and you to find out,” he said.
I let the ball fly. It hit him in the right shin. He bent over with a yelp. He edged towards the door, dragging his right foot. I spun the eight ball across the table, caught it, tossed it from hand to hand.
“Go for that door and the next one hits your head.”
He stopped and pulled himself up straight. Dug in his pocket and got out a pathetically small knife. He opened the blade and held it out in front of him. Laughable. Unless he stuck it in my neck, he couldn’t even hit an artery with it.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Facebook Author’s Page: http://www.facebook.com/srhowen1
Blog: Critters at the Keyboard http://srhowen1.blogspot.com/
Author Web page: http://ww.srhowen.com
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/srhowen/boards/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRHowen
Goodreads:http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3119305.Shaunna_Wolf
Book Blogs: http://bookblogs.ning.com/profile/SRHowen
Authors Den: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?id=166698
Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/
Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shawn-rh/54/1a7/9b6
Prizes for the tour are as follows:
• One randomly chosen commenter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card.
• Three randomly chosen hosts will each receive a $25 Amazon/BN.com gift card. Follow the tour and comment; the more you comment, the better your chances of winning. The tour dates can be found here: http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2013/10/virtual-book-tour-life-flight-by.html
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LIFE FLIGHT by Shaunna Wolf
BLURB:
Malachi Blackfeather has spent twenty years in the Army. Two of those years as a Vietnam POW. Now that he's out, all he wants is some peace and quiet to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. Between the flashbacks, and an over interest in sex that is now being called sex addiction, finding his path isn't easy.
Kat is trying to escape an abusive marriage. Her soon to be ex is a master at manipulating the system, and her family thinks she should stay with him, "because no other man will want her". She's looking for escape in any form she can get it.
When they meet, sparks fly. Trapped by a blizzard, can two damaged people, who think there is no chance of love in the world for them, find each other, and survive an unforeseen circumstance that puts both of them in danger?
Mystery, romance, and danger, fill this novel, with a story that will draw you in and not let go.
Excerpt
I picked up the half brick holding the door open, and the TV set exploded in a shower of glass. For a moment Frank stood staring at the TV as if he thought it shattered on its own. He spun to face me.
I continued to stand with my arms folded over my chest and my shoulder against the door frame. He looked around as if the spiders in the place would come to his rescue. I tugged on the cuffs of the leather gloves I wore. Flexed my fingers. When his hand tightened on the pool stick he held, I wanted to tell him that a wooden stick wasn’t much use in a gun fight. But unless he went for a gun, I wasn’t going to shoot him, not yet anyway.
“Get the fuck off my property,” he said.
A block of wood nailed into the door served as a supplement lock. I reached up and spun it closed, and while keeping him in my field of vision, I hooked the eye bolt as well. I hadn’t seen a phone in the shed, not last time I was here, nor this time. But that didn’t mean some pal of his wouldn’t show up--and anyone pals with this guy would have to be a cast member of the same loony-toon’s show.
“Where is Kat?” I asked him.
“You stooo-pied?” he said back, drawing out the word stupid in a juvenile manner. “I already told you, she’s my wife, and that if you kept trying to bother her, I’ll have you arrested.”
“You see any cops? I don’t.” I moved over the concrete floor and stood near the bar.
He found some brain cells and kept the pool table between us. Held the pool stick in both hands. Glanced at the door.
“I have security cameras. The company already called the cops.”
“Well then, you don’t have anything to worry about,” I said back. I’d come across a few pathological liars in my lifetime, but never someone who thought the rest of the world had an IQ of less than 80 and would believe whatever came out of their mouth. “How should we entertain the people watching us until they get here?”
Confusion ran over his face. His lies didn’t make me edgy, his particular flavor of insanity mimicked a bully. Lots of words of bravado that he expected others to be frightened of--no matter how absurd. He was strong, of that I had no doubt, he worked at a labor intensive job, but he was filled with so much fear it surrounded him in a shimmering cloak. Just like the sweat on his forehead.
I walked along the edge of the pool table. Picked up the ten ball with it’s marred blue stripe. Rolled it across the table and bounced it off the rail on the other side of the table--caught it when it came spinning back.
“Where’s Kat?” I tossed the ball from hand to hand.
“That’s for me to know and you to find out,” he said.
I let the ball fly. It hit him in the right shin. He bent over with a yelp. He edged towards the door, dragging his right foot. I spun the eight ball across the table, caught it, tossed it from hand to hand.
“Go for that door and the next one hits your head.”
He stopped and pulled himself up straight. Dug in his pocket and got out a pathetically small knife. He opened the blade and held it out in front of him. Laughable. Unless he stuck it in my neck, he couldn’t even hit an artery with it.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Facebook Author’s Page: http://www.facebook.com/srhowen1
Blog: Critters at the Keyboard http://srhowen1.blogspot.com/
Author Web page: http://ww.srhowen.com
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/srhowen/boards/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRHowen
Goodreads:http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3119305.Shaunna_Wolf
Book Blogs: http://bookblogs.ning.com/profile/SRHowen
Authors Den: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?id=166698
Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/
Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shawn-rh/54/1a7/9b6
Prizes for the tour are as follows:
• One randomly chosen commenter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card.
• Three randomly chosen hosts will each receive a $25 Amazon/BN.com gift card. Follow the tour and comment; the more you comment, the better your chances of winning. The tour dates can be found here: http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2013/10/virtual-book-tour-life-flight-by.html
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Baby, It's Cold Outside Blog Hop 3-5
Baby it's cold outside? Not so much here in Florida, however, we do have rain and a drop in temperature in the forecast for tonight. I always look forward to cooler weather. So far this winter season it hasn't dropped enough to even open the windows. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow morning.
What does cooler weather mean to you? A nice fire? Snuggling with your significant other? We have a fireplace in the living room, and haven't used it once in the three years we've lived here. It's not like anyone wants to get romantic with two small kids running around. But it might come in handy some day.
As with most hops there is a grand prize, and this one offers a fantastic 7'' Kindle Fire HDX Tablet! There are quite a few participating authors so please visit their blogs, too, and have some fun!
LINK to Just Romance Me Blog Hop!
Instant Attraction Excerpt!
Ma’am? Ma’am? What the hell was I thinking? He’d finally got to meet his sexy next-door neighbour and he’d spoken to her like she was some old lady. Only Thomas knew it was because he’d got up close and personal with Julie and the instant attraction had gone straight to his cock. It was something that had never happened to him before. It had taken everything in him to keep his eyes off those perky round breasts and his mind off kissing her full lips until he was drunk on her.
Okay, he had glanced at her breasts a couple of times. He couldn’t help it. Her T-shirt was plastered to them so that she looked naked. And those sweet little brown nipples were so hard, teasing him. All he could think of was what they would feel like on his tongue. How he’d kept her from noticing his hard-on was a miracle. She hadn’t seemed shy, yet there was something sweetly innocent about her.
Fuck! He was getting hard all over again, thinking about her standing beneath the spray in her shower, the foamy water sliding down her honey-brown curves. Only he was with her. Soaping her up, running the sponge over her breasts and between her thighs. Lathering up that pretty pussy and rinsing it clean before he had a taste. Hell, he wanted to feast on all of her. And he would.
He shook his head to try to clear the sexual fog that he’d been in since meeting her. He opened the fridge, and reached for a beer. Then pulled the tab and took a long swig. The storm had stopped and he’d taken a quick shower before eating dinner. He’d turn in soon. He went to the window facing Julie’s house and peered out, noticing the lights were on in her bedroom. And the window was open.
He started to turn away, until she came into full view of the window. What was she doing? Thomas got his answer when she began to shimmy out of her shorts. He sucked in his breath when he caught a glimpse of her lacy G-string. Jesus! His body was encased with instant heat. When her hands went to the hem of her T-shirt he all but held his breath. In slow motion, Julie lifted her shirt, exposing inch by inch of satiny skin until her breasts were bare.
Okay, he had glanced at her breasts a couple of times. He couldn’t help it. Her T-shirt was plastered to them so that she looked naked. And those sweet little brown nipples were so hard, teasing him. All he could think of was what they would feel like on his tongue. How he’d kept her from noticing his hard-on was a miracle. She hadn’t seemed shy, yet there was something sweetly innocent about her. Fuck! He was getting hard all over again, thinking about her standing beneath the spray in her shower, the foamy water sliding down her honey-brown curves. Only he was with her. Soaping her up, running the sponge over her breasts and between her thighs. Lathering up that pretty pussy and rinsing it clean before he had a taste. Hell, he wanted to feast on all of her. And he would.
He shook his head to try to clear the sexual fog that he’d been in since meeting her. He opened the fridge, and reached for a beer. Then pulled the tab and took a long swig. The storm had stopped and he’d taken a quick shower before eating dinner. He’d turn in soon. He went to the window facing Julie’s house and peered out, noticing the lights were on in her bedroom. And the window was open.
He started to turn away, until she came into full view of the window. What was she doing? Thomas got his answer when she began to shimmy out of her shorts. He sucked in his breath when he caught a glimpse of her lacy G-string. Jesus! His body was encased with instant heat. When her hands went to the hem of her T-shirt he all but held his breath. In slow motion, Julie lifted her shirt, exposing inch by inch of satiny skin until her breasts were bare.
Sex Between the Covers
Hey my friends! Besides this website I also own and operate Sex Between the Covers. Deciding it needed a new look I redesigned the site and gave it some color. Also, not only will we continue with new releases, author spotlights, and book covers with one tag line down the center, I've added a new column to the left. That will be for authors who want to advertise their books and buy links on the front page for a whole month. I think the site looks a lot better, and since it's main focus is on the book cover it's colorful, and exciting.
In the future I might add some additional author services, like guest posts, and pre-order books. So please head on over and check it out. Let me know what you think.
In the future I might add some additional author services, like guest posts, and pre-order books. So please head on over and check it out. Let me know what you think.
December 30, 2013
New Year's Eve Blog Hop 12/31
LINK to participating author!Welcome to the first Annual Smile Somebody Loves You New Years EveBlog Hop. This is our first time hosting a blog hop and we are so thrilled with the participation! We started SSLY in 2013, so what better way to kick off the New Year then with a new adventure! We have over 45 participating blogs, all giving away some awesome prizes. Please visit everyone and meet these wonderful women and men. They are terrific and you may find a new "favorite" author among them!
Grand prize, which will be chosen from the rafflecopter at the bottom of the page will include: a $150.00 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card (winners choice) SSLY Key Chain, a signed copy of Bohemian Grove by T.M. Williams, an E-book of Maverick Touch: The Cat by Ashley Nemer, e-book Scorned (LeKrista Scott, Vampire Hunted) by Tyffani Clark Kemp, paperback copy of Summertime by Christina Cole, a signed copy of Mail Order Brides of the West: Trudy by Debra Holland, a Godiva Chocolate Basket, courtesy of Morgan Wyatt and an awesome prize, a 30 minute tarot card reading via Skype or telephone by author Shauna Aura Knight!
What are you looking forward to in 2014? I'm looking forward to putting out more books, and hopefully a trip home to Maine. What am I giving away on this hop? A download of my first paranormal, The Mating Ritual or a download of one of my oldie but goodies, Someone to Love Me , winner's choice. Leave a comment and your email addy to be entered into the drawing, and good luck!
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December 29, 2013
December 27, 2013
Baby Daddy
So, my daughter, I and the kids were driving around looking at Christmas lights last night when we came upon a large house with a Nativity scene on the front lawn. My granddaughter said, with all the innocence of a seven year old, "Look! It's Mary, Jesus and the baby daddy!" I think she's watching too much Maury with her daddy, in the afternoons.
December 26, 2013
Sex Between the Covers
Has a new look folks! I felt like it needed a fresh make-over, and some color. Check it out. Beginning Feb 1st new release and book cover ads are going to be sold, and at a ridiculously low rate! And what's more, they will remain up for the whole month. Author spotlights and link exchange are still free. So if you have a new book coming out next year, you might want to check the schedule to see what's open, and book your spot now.
I advertise SBTC in my monthly newsletter, on twitter, and facebook.
I advertise SBTC in my monthly newsletter, on twitter, and facebook.
December 24, 2013
December 22, 2013
Happy Birthday Baby!
I'm excited to announce that I've been offered a contract for Happy Birthday Baby! It will come out at Liquid Silver Books sometime in March of 2014. Read the blurb on my 2014 books link at the right.
