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A Scot for Christmas by Taylor Tryst

A Scot for Christmas by Taylor Tryst
Coming Soon.

What's a Scottish lass, unaccustomed to driving in drifts to do when she's stranded with the most ruggedly handsome, self-confident, determined lawman in Colorado? And on Christmas Eve, no less. Add him to Annabelle MacAlister's Christmas list and let the sparks fly!
From a frosty snow bank to his piping hot cabin, Brock Hart has Annabelle right where he wants her. Every time she speaks, her brogue drives him wild. It's only far that he do the same to her. He's man enough to take control of things and Annabelle doesn't stand a chance of escaping back to her former life without him.More details to follow.
Taylor

A Scot for Christmas by Taylor Tryst Release Date

A Scot for Christmas by Taylor Tryst
Saturday November 26, 2011
What's a Scottish lass, unaccustomed to driving in drifts to do when she's stranded with the most ruggedly handsome, self-confident, determined lawman in Colorado? And on Christmas Eve, no less. Add him to Annabelle MacAlister's Christmas list and let the sparks fly!

From a frosty snow bank to his piping hot cabin, Brock Hart has Annabelle right where he wants her. Every time she speaks, her brogue drives him wild. It's only far that he do the same to her. He's man enough to take control of things and Annabelle doesn't stand a chance of escaping back to her former life without him.
More details to follow.
Taylor

Turkey and Things

Well, we're having out turkey early this year. My son is off on an adventure, headed out to Chile as a fly fishing guide, via a trip to Phoenix to visit his father. So, we're having Thanksgiving Day tomorrow. Turkey Day, I think, will be spent cutting our Christmas tree. It'll be early, but I want this year to be a special one for my nephew.

Today we're baking pies, tidying up and handling all of the pre-meal details.

I'm going to try to get a bit of writing done this morning. Working on book two for my vampire series. This will be Braden's story. Making the transition from Nevada, the heroine of book one, Seduced by Blood, to Braden's point of view has been challenging. I've spent so long in her brain it's hard to see the other POV's. lol

I've put Seduced by Blood on sale on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. .99 cents for the weekend. I might leave it there for awhile, until I receive reviews, which are hopefully positive. Good Lord, it's terrifying, the waiting for a reaction.

Have a great weekend,

Taylor   

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Stop by and leave a comment on my blog and I'll enter you in a drawing for an ebook copy of Seduced by Blood, released on Amazon and Kindle and Barnes and Noble.

We're under a blanket of snow in Minnesota and I'm busy writing. It's been so long since I've had that fire beneath my feet.

I'm working on another quickie for Ellora's Cave as well as Book 2 in the Sangre Novel Series. This will be Braden's story. I also had an idea for a zombie book that is ruminating in my mind. Not quite sure about that one yet, however. If I do manage it, however, I think it'll be a blast.

Still love vampires and  zombies or are you moving on?

Have a great day,
Taylor

Buy Seduced by Blood by Taylor Tryst on Amazon

Blurb:Nevada Ortiz was an up and coming Los Angeles Police Officeruntil a chance encounter with a would-be carjacker changes the course of herlife. The six and a half foot assailant is dripping with weapons, hispreternatural blue eyes drilling into hers, his bite changing everything. Herbody's reaction to his blood, a seduction within itself, goes hand and handwith raw, animalistic sex.Nothing is as it seems and everything is in peril, includingher life.Gunner Slade is a vampire with secrets of his own, a soldierwho can walk in the sun, a dose of Sangre allowing he and other vampires likehimself to blend in among humans, until he puts everything on the line for awoman he can no longer exist without.Nevada is the first ever human with immunity to a vampirebite, and requires the blood of two vampires to sustain her.Not in his nature to share, Gunner Slade might be immortal,but he's in hell just the same.Excerpt:Nevada waspinned beneath the weight of his massive body, and gasped for air, unable to doanything but stare into the night sky. The world spun wildly around her, timeslowed, skewing and jarring and then stopping altogether, as if everything andeveryone but the two of them had ceased to exist.His mouth waslocked onto her neck, the warmth of his lips and quick sweep of his tongueerotic, the feel of her body being crushed between his muscular frame and thehard ground beneath her making her writhe against him.He wasravenous in his hunger, and her blood spilled into his eager mouth like watergushing from an open tap. There was neither fear nor pain, the immediate agonyof his bite replaced by mind-melding pleasure so intense it was visceral.Nevada closedher eyes, the suction from his mouth pulling against her vein and sending heatpulsing through her core, working her pussy like probing fingers that delveddeep and soaked her panties with wet heat. She reached up to break contact, topush him away, but her body was responding on a level she couldn't control.Instead of shoving against him, she pressed her flattened palms against hispowerful back and pulled him closer, hooking one leg around his thigh.She couldn'tget close enough.His body wasmagnificent and she gasped, tears filling her eyes and spilling over, runningdown her cheeks. This physical desire was so desperate, so out of sync with hermind she couldn't comprehend it.She wantedhim to split her apart as he entered the tight vault of her pussy, plungingdeeper and deeper with each thrust of his tight, round ass. Her empty vaginaclenched like a fist at the mere thought of fucking him."Yes," Nevadamoaned, meaning to scream out the word but managing only a throaty whisper. Sheheld on and buried her face against his shoulder, reveling in his wild scent, amixture of wind and salt from the ocean air and an earthy spice that meldedtogether to create a powerful aphrodisiac.Her bodycraved more.She cravedmore.She lickedher lips, thinking that he tasted…delicious. She groaned and pulled his tornleather jacket aside, wanting desperately to run her mouth over his bare flesh."Ah, fuck,"he growled, his chest rumbling and the words snarled between deep pulls at hervein. "Hold on tight, chica." He hauled her closer, his ripped arms tighteningaround her. "Just hold on. Don't. Let. Go." Buy Now It's official. The vamp book I've spent the last two years working on in fits and starts has now been launched on Amazon Kindle. I'm both terrified and elated to have seen this book through to fruition.Thank you Barbara Huffert! For just being you.
So folks, if you have time, please stop by and check out a sample on Kindle.
Thanks,Taylor 

Nevada Ortiz was an up and coming Los Angeles Police Offi...

Nevada Ortiz was an up and coming Los Angeles Police Officeruntil a chance encounter with a would-be carjacker changes the course of herlife. The six and a half foot assailant is dripping with weapons, hispreternatural blue eyes drilling into hers, his bite changing everything. Herbody's reaction to his blood, a seduction within itself, goes hand and handwith raw, animalistic sex.Nothing is as it seems and everything is in peril, includingher life.Gunner Slade is a vampire with secrets of his own, a soldierwho can walk in the sun, a dose of Sangre allowing he and other vampires likehimself to blend in among humans, until he puts everything on the line for awoman he can no longer exist without.Nevada is the first ever human with immunity to a vampirebite, and requires the blood of two vampires to sustain her.Not in his nature to share, Gunner Slade might be immortal,but he's in hell just the same.



Well, I did it! I went "Indie". I just uploaded Seduced by Blood on Amazon Kindle.


Yes, I'm breathing, but barely.


In 24 hours my book will be live.


I'll be announcing it here.


Wish me luck. I need it. This is quite stressful.


Taylor

New Cover for Seduced by Blood by Taylor Tryst

Nevada Ortizis an up-and-coming Los Angeles Police Officer until a chance encounter with awould-be carjacker changes the course of her life. The six and a half footassailant is dripping with weapons, his preternatural blue eyes drilling intohers, and his bite changes everything. Her body's reaction to his blood, aseduction within itself, goes hand and hand with raw, animalistic sex. Nothing is asit seems and everything is in peril, including her very life. Gunner Sladeis a vampire with secrets of his own, a soldier who can walk in the sun, a doseof Sangre allowing he and vampires like himself to blend in among humans, untilhe puts everything on the line for a woman he can no longer exist without. Isn't it gorgeous?

I'm thrilled to release the cover for my upcoming release, Seduced by Blood.

I've been working on this vamp book forever and it's in the formatting stage.

I'll announce a release date when I know more, but as for now, I had to share the gorgeous cover designed by Emmy Ellis!
www.emmyellis.com

She has outdone herself and I can't thank her enough. Em, you nailed it.

Thank you for sharing my joyous news! Have a beautiful weekend.

Taylor

Life's Little Celebrations

I was able to do something today that I haven't done in a long time. Too long, really. I finished a book and submitted it to my new editor at Ellora's Cave.

It's been an extremely difficult year and a lot longer than that since I've been able to actually complete a book. I couldn't have done it without my family and dear friends. One constant in my life is fellow author Barbara Huffert.

B, you're always there. I love you for it. Thank you.

Tomorrow, the real work begins. Today, it's all about celebrating the little things.

What are you celebrating?

Taylor

System Reboot

Hackers out there, you know who you are. There's not a lot of like for you right now. Yes, you do your 'job' well. Chaos and destruction. I could even respect you if there was a method to your madness, but alas, there is none.

I had a rather nasty virus on my computer this weekend while doing research on the Scottish accent. I had the rather stupendously stupid idea that listening to Scottish speakers actually speaking might help me as a writer who is struggling with dialogue for my Scottish heroine. SNORT.

What the fuck was I thinking?

I ended up with a nasty, nasty virus.

Ladies, gents, or who ever the hell you are, you're lives are apparently filled with code...my life is words. Hundreds of thousands of words that come from my brain, become assembled into sentences, that are made into paragraphs. Thus, these paragraphs become pages, which wholly, after a year or two, become books.

I write romance, romantic erotica, and paranormal. I hurt no one.
I spent all weekend trying to recover my documents. It hasn't been pretty. It's been a mess, ugly and heartbreaking.

Honestly, I don't understand you.

Going after pedophiles and rapists, I can see. Big, greedy corporations, um, maybe you can justify, but that's it for me. Why go after the regular Joe or in this case, Joleen?

So, if anyone receives any strange emails from me telling you some sort of nonsense without any personal info, I did not send it. Please delete.

I'm back to my words today, being much more careful in my research.

Writers, may you're systems stay clean!

Taylor

Off the Grid

Minnesota Sunset 2011It's been a long week. My Internet was out and I think I barely survived. Social media has connected writers to the world in a way they've never before been.

Tweeting and status updates on Facebook, emailing friends, surfing websites. Is it all a huge distraction from writing? Of course, but I think the world of a writer can be so isolating, and it's wonderful to reach out and touch other writers, sharing in their joys and sorrows, their rejections and acceptances, their frustrations and triumphs.

I live pretty much in the middle of nowhere, and don't socialize much, so keeping up with the news, and keeping up with friends...well, it all happens online for me.

The good news is that I finished one of my books. It needs polishing before it can be submitted, but it's written.

It's been so long since I've completed a book that it's still a bit unreal.

So, being off the grid had one good benefit. Maybe I need to see about shutting down my Internet for a few hours every day so I can get more actual 'work' finished.

I'm happy dancing here. lol

Once it's polished, hopefully I'll have great news to share!

Have a great one, peeps.

Taylor