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May 26, 2014
New Release! Moon Shine
Send to KindleToday is the release of Moon Shine, the fourth and final book in the Takhini Wolves series.
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When the past hurts, it bites.
Meet Evan Stone. Laid-back, in-control Alpha of the Takhini Wolves. Life’s not perfect, but he’s got a good handle on his world. At least, he did—until the night he ends up in jail, soaking wet and wondering what the hell just happened.
The “what” is Amy Ryba, a vengeful female who’s decided it’s long past time to make Evan pay for his sins. Amy has spent years tracking him down, and the last nine months working in secret to destroy him. She’s ready for anything—except discovering the shifter she hates is her mate.
Suddenly, Evan’s not so very in control, of himself or his pack. And unless Amy can learn to forgive and forget, she’ll have to do the unthinkable: reject her mate.
With two packs watching, one thing is certain. Their personal issues won’t stay personal for long. If Amy and Evan can’t find a way to work together, there won’t a happily-ever-after for them…or any of the wolves of Whitehorse.
Warning: Contains angsty wolves. Lots of angsty wolves causing explosions of all sorts, playing bad pranks, hacking computers, and having angry sex against a wall or two. Not all at the same time, though, because that would be silly.
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May 23, 2014
Flashback Friday – Wolf Tracks
Send to KindleToday we are taking a look back at Wolf Tracks.
Title: Wolf Tracks
Heroine: Pam Quinn – a human who knows nothing about wolf culture, but she’s willing to have a fling with the younger, sexy TJ.
Hero: TJ Lynus – Wolf, clutz, and desperate to prove to his human mate that they are perfect for each other.
Tidbit: Have you noticed that all the wolf books have puns in the titles? They do– more than one. See if you can figure them out 
In this case, I’ll tell you that one of the tracks refers to music. Yes, there’s a song in this book that I had to stop and write. And there is a tune that I made up on my guitar to go along with it. But unfortunately, I’m more like Pam than TJ in terms of my musical talent, so you’ll NEVER hear me sing it in public.
Just believe me that TJ does a great job of it.
Here is one of my favorite quotes:
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May 21, 2014
Flashback Friday – Rocky Mountain Heat
Send to KindleToday we are talking about the first book in the Six Pack Ranch series, Rocky Mountain Heat.
Title: Rocky Mountain Heat
Heroine: Jaxi – Has long loved Blake, and is ready to finally make her move on the oldest Coleman brother.
Hero: Blake Coleman – Thinks he’s too old for Jaxi, despite the intense attraction. But with Jaxi’s push, he’ll fall hard for the younger family friend.
Tidbit: This started with a single scene of a group of kids having a fight down by a riverbank. Mud, wasp nests, and the feeling of big family. You can now read that scene in back of Rocky Mountain Heat, but at the beginning it was a ‘just checking it out’ chapter that got tucked aside until it was added as extra material to the new release!!
And it totally explains why Jaxi’s nickname is “Slick”.
Here is one of my favorite quotes:
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May 12, 2014
Romantic Times Schedule
Send to KindleThis year, Romantic Times Convention will be in New Orleans, and I hope if you are coming, you’ll hunt me down! Here’s where you can find me!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
12:00 – 1:00pm Cowboy Corral: 2nd Floor, Gallery 5
Hosts: CH Admirand, Randi Alexander, Vivian Arend, Cat Johnson, Amanda McIntyre, Mackenzie McKade, Lexi Blake (aka: Sophoe Oak) Beth Williamson (aka Emma Lang)
1:15 – 2:15pm The Cover: From Muse to Magic: 2nd Floor, Studio 4
Hosts: Jenn LeBlanc (moderator), Vivian Arend, Tessa Dare, Fiona Jayde, Courtney Milan, Sara Ramsey, Kati Rodriguez, Patricia Schmitt, Valerie Tibbs
Thursday, May 15, 2014
10:00 – 11:00 am The I in Team: Perspectives on Co-Writing: 4th Floor, Regent
Hosts: Vivian Arend, Lauren Dane, HelenKay Dimon, Megan Hart, Moira Rogers
1:30 – 2:30 pm Paranormal: Paranormal Pizzazz: 2nd Floor, Studio 2
Hosts: Vivian Arend, Kristen Callihan, Thea Harrison, Larissa Ione
2:45 – 3:45pm Bad Boy Bingo!: 3rd Floor, Salon A
Hosts: Vivian Arend, Victoria Dahl, Lauren Dane, Alyssa Day (Lucy Connors), HelenKay Dimon, Megan Hart, Kassy Tayler (aka Cindy Holby), Sarah Wendell (SBTB)
4:00 – 5:00 pm Real Life Ghost Stories: 2nd Floor, Studio 8
Hosts: Ann Aguirre, Vivian Arend, Yasmine Galenorn, Kit Rocha (aka Moira Rogers), Emma Peterson
6:30 – 8:30 pm RT Pub Crawl: Bourbon Street
9:00 – 11:55 pm Samhain Saints and Sinners Party: 3rd Floor, Bissonet
Friday, May 16, 2014
4:00 – 6:00 pm RT Book Reviews Awards Ceremony: 3rd Floor, Bissionet
Saturday, May 17, 2014
11:00 – 2:00 pm Giant Book Fair: 3rd Floor, Mardi Gras & Grand Ballrooms
2:30 – 3:30 pm Penguin’s Lemonade Social: 2nd Floor, Gallery 1
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And most of the rest of the time? I’ll be in my office AKA: THE BAR!!! Look for the HAT, and you’ll find me!!!
May 9, 2014
Flashback Friday – Tangled Tinsel
Send to KindleToday we are looking back at Tangled Tinsel!
Title: Tangled Tinsel
Heroine: Eloise Scott – an LAPD cop tasked with keeping an eye – professionally – on Kyle until he’s needed in court.
Hero: Kyle Branegan – agent for the top-secret Shifter Enforcer League looking to have a good time while being under El’s lock and key!
Tidbit: This book was so much fun to write. It’s a slight take off on Puss in Boots, and it was actually called that originally. The hero is the second son of one of the ruling clans of the cougar shifters. AND he’s undercover. AND his heroine is under cover as well. Make sense? No?
There are lot of tangled threads in this book, which makes sense because cats like things tangled.
Oh, and it’s HOT right off the start, since–cats, and all. Just saying.
Here is one of my favorite quotes:
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May 6, 2014
Diamond Dust in Print
Send to KindleDiamond Dust is finally out in print! You can finally add Caroline and Tyler to your bookshelf! SO excited to share the Rita nominated story with you!!!
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May 3, 2014
Brenda Novak Auction for Diabetes Research
Send to KindleThis year, I’ve donated three prize packs to the Brenda Novak Auction for Diabetes Research.
Click on the banner above to see all the fabulous donations. Here are the three I’m giving away:
1. Cowboy Prize Pack – Set of Six Pack Ranch paperback books (and digital copies at winner’s request) along with a western necklace.
2. Paranormal Prize Pack – Set of three Granite Lake Wolves paperback books (and digital copies at winner’s request) along with a plush wolf and bear.
3. Adrenaline Prize Pack – Set of three Adrenaline Search & Rescue paperback books (and digital copies at winner’s request) along with an emergency kit of first aid supplies, all weather blanket, and a dozen Clif energy bars.
Please help support this great cause and let me know if you win something good!
May 2, 2014
Flashback Friday – Black Gold
Send to KindleIt’s time for our Flashback Friday. Today we are looking back at the first Takhini Wolves book, Black Gold.
Heroine: Gemmita Jacobs - Southern belle who has lived a sheltered shifter life, looking to spread her wings in the north.
Hero: Shaun Stevens – Bush pilot who is looking to find his mate, on his own terms.
Tidbit: One fun thing that happens after you’ve been writing for a while is people fall in love with the characters. They want to know what happens next, especially when characters show up who are rather loveable.
Like Shaun.
I knew I wanted to tell his story, but I also wanted to try writing a book that fit into a bigger overall ARC, like one of my favourite series, Southern Arcana by Moira Rogers. So I took Shaun and headed him back to Whitehorse and made plans for 4 books that would each stand alone, but also have interlocking backstories.
Here is one of my favorite quotes:
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This May 27 the final book is out, with Moon Shine finishing what Shaun and Gem started in Black Gold!!
May 1, 2014
New Release: Copper King
Send to KindleToday is the day that Copper King releases solo! If you’ve already bought ALPHAS AFTER DARK, this is the same story that’s in there, so don’t buy it again until you really want to.
If you haven’t already had a chance to go out and get Alpha After Dark, now’s your chance to get Jim, Lillie, (and Damon) all by themselves! OR…if you love print, I will have print versions of COPPER KING (SO CUTE!!) ready very soon for a good price!
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Excerpt:
Lillie shoved her phone back in her pocket and lifted her chin, scenting the air for the best direction to head. She’d grab some supper…maybe even take in a show.
Finding someone to have a final fling with was also on her bucket list, but low. Really low. The concept sounded like fun, but she wasn’t very good at flings, at least not in real life.
In her imagination? That was a different story. In her fantasy life, she was the queen of dirty interludes.
She glanced around the casino floor, taking in the flashing lights and loud noises as she mentally scrolled through some of the amazing romps she’d conjured up without a lick of trouble. Her perfect man flashed to mind. Dark and mysterious, sexy enough to set her heart pounding, but kind and understanding…
Actually in the fling-planning department, she’d focus on the sexy and he knows what to do with it instead of the bit about remembering birthdays and bringing her flowers. She wanted someone to sweep her off her feet and rock her world all night long.
Like that was ever going to happen.
Her gaze stuttered to a stop at the approach of one of the finest masculine specimens she’d seen in her life, as if her fantasy man had come to life. Maybe this was like Disneyland, where all her dreams could come true.
When you wish upon a star…
Dream or not, watching the dark-haired man stalk down the casino aisle was an exercise in sheer pleasure.
He didn’t simply walk, or stroll from side to side like any of the other people in the area. It was as if each stride he took was deliberate. Not an inch to the left or right he didn’t intend. And at every step, his tailored suit shifted casually on his broad shoulders, the crisp white shirt underneath open at the collar.
Hmm, that was extra nice. If he’d worn a tie, he would have looked more businesslike. Solemn and stately. Hunky as ever, in the sharply cut suit, but…
Something about the missing tie turned the yummy eye candy up to eleven. As if he’d unknotted the black silk, pulling it off slowly. Drawing it through his hand in a sensual tease before wrapping the still warm from his body fabric around his willing partner’s wrists, then calmly tying her to the headboard of his bed.
Or maybe he’d begun undressing in anticipation of ravishing someone, which turned the rest of his outfit into a dress code be damned attitude.
The predator visible in every inch of his body was attempting to camouflage itself, hiding until the moment when the polished veneer would slide away, and he’d explode into a furious, hungry animal, possessiveness in his grasp…
Whoa, nelly.
Lillie blinked hard, hand pressed to her chest as she fought to slow her breathing. It had gotten a touch out of control as she’d slipped into her fantasy world. Damn, she needed to take up writing fanfic or something, she was making herself sweat with her daydreams.
Still, with the scruff on his chin, his aristocratic nose, his firm lips pressed together determinedly—she wasn’t imagining the kind of deliciousness he would be in starring in one of her daydreams. Not to mention the intense gaze in his dark eyes as he stared at her as if she were his prey and—
That’s when she finally clued in that all those deliberate steps were bringing Mr. Dark and Dangerous straight toward her.
The thump of her guilty heart was hard enough to rock her entire body. Phooey, had she been discovered already?
There was no reason to assume the little slip-away she’d pulled from her scheduled agenda would continue to be successful, but this was far too soon to give up the adventure. It had taken an incredible amount of luck to get to Vegas in the first place.
Only, as the drool-worthy dark-eyed man narrowed the distance between them, it grew clearer he wasn’t some security guard who’d figured out she wasn’t where she was supposed to be.
And the closer he got, the more she realized whether or not he was a security guard, coming face-to-face with that intense of a man was not on her current wish list.
Lillie twirled on the spot and made a rapid retreat, damn near jogging down the open center of the aisle before darting sideways between rows of penny slots. She took five paces forward and cut to the left, five more then to the right, moving as rapidly as possible, zigzagging her way through the casino.
Thank goodness she had on runners instead of high heels. It didn’t matter that she must look totally undignified, as long as she didn’t get caught.
Slipping between crowds of people, ducking around machines. Whatever it took to get her away from the man who had eyed her as if she were the only thing on his agenda for the next twenty-four hours.
The only thing on the menu.
April 25, 2014
Flashback Friday – Wolf Games
Send to KindleIt’s time for Flashback Friday. Today we’re talking about Wolf Games.
Heroine: Maggie – Has been repressing her wolf for years, petrified at the idea of having to participate in the annual wolf games.
Hero: Erik – Beta of the Granite Lake pack, leader of the wolf game’s team. Willing to do anything to help Maggie get over her fears.
Tidbit: A few years ago there was a discussion about alpha-hole heroes. You know the type, the take charge but maybe goes too far male. And someone said the reason A-hole heroes were so popular was that “nice heroes” were boring.
Oh, really??
I love a challenge. This is how Erik, my gentle giant was born. He doesn’t have a lot of issues–he’s worked through his shit years ago. Even though there are moments that you know he’s been hurt in the past, he’s got it together. Which means he’s the perfect hero to help Maggie as she works through her troubles.
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Here is one of my favorite quotes:
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