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Release is now Available

Today's the day!

Release is now available for purchase and you can finally read about what I've done to Connie, Rurik, and Tane.



          Nosferatu rule from the shadow and keep order over their bloodthirsty people. If a law is broken, they have only one punishment. Death. They are the most powerful clan in the Vampire Nation and the most monstrous.  Only a male vampire can be transformed into a Nosferatu, but not all survive.
Connie Bence is on the run with her two lovers, Rurik and Tane.  As leader of the Nosferatu, Tane’s only threat is his own clansmen, and they want all three of them dead. When Rurik began to lose his hair, rumors spread, and the Nosferatu accuse Tane of trying to transform Rurik into one of them illegally.With the Nosferatu on their heels, Connie tries to figure out what’s changing Rurik and cure him before she loses him to blood lust.      AMAZON                     NOOK

I'm having two giveaways to celebrate. One here on my blog for printed signed copies of all the Angler books. Another for $100 GC from Amazon or B&N on my blog tour. Schedule in below.

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Annie Nicholas' RELEASE Tour Schedule - 10/21 - 10/27
 
10/21 RomanceJunkies.com (Guest Post)
http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/
 
10/22 Penny For Them…(Series Spotlight)
http://pennyforthemuk.com/search/label/tour
 
10/23 Book Lovin’ Mamas (Guest Post)
http://booklovinmamas.com
 
10/24 Book Monster Reviews (Guest Post)
http://bookmonsterreviews.com
 
10/24 Sassy Book Lovers (Series Spotlight)
http://sassybooklovers.blogspot.com
 
10/25 Eclipse Review (Character Interview/Spotlight)
http://totaleclipsereviews.blogspot.com
 
10/26 Book Pages and Dripping Ink (Series Spotlight)
http://bookpagesanddrippingink.blogspot.com
 
10/26 Mythical Books (Spotlight)
http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/
 
10/27 Deal Sharing Aunt (Spotlight)
http://www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com
 
10/27 Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews (Guest Post)
http://literalhottiesnaughtybookreviews.blogspot.com/
 
 

Release Chapter One is Now Available

 


Release will be available this coming Monday, Oct. 21st. 

Chapter One is now available for preview here http://annienicholas.blogspot.com/p/release-ch-1.html

Chapter Two will be included in the newsletter being sent out this weekend.

Hope you like it.

Six Pack Stud-a-Thon Sept 23-30th

 Welcome to my stop on the Six Pack Stud-a-Thon  By looking at my covers (points at sidebars) you'd think I have a thing for chests. I don't design those. Chests are my Lyrical Press artist's fetish. LOL   Update 9/23/13:  I just got some cover love for No Refuge. Do you think the artist read this blog post? LMAO I, on the other hand, have a thing for backs and shoulders. 

A man will catch my eye if his shoulders are broad and his back tappers to a narrow waist. That Bermuda Triangle of body type is my weakness.


 When I hug a man, I don't want to be able to clasp my hands behind him. I'm a strong woman and don't want to crush anyone. I want to be the one being crushed. Fingertip touching is passable. :D

 If you'd like a chance to win a $25 Amazon GC, then just use the rafflecopter below. Then next rafffelcopter is for the blog tour's grand prize. Happy hopping.


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 1. Lea Barrymire2. Close Encounters with the Night Kind3. The jeep Diva4. Laurie Roma5. Susan Hayes6. Ella Jade7. Bringing Passion to Life. . . 8. Because the Heart Knows. . . 9. ~ Sensuous Promos ~10. For Whom The Books Toll11. Unearthly Musings12. Hennessee Andrews13. Frances Stockton14. Cassandra Carr - INT15. Milly Taiden16. Susan Arden - Rule Breakers17. Danita Minnis18. Malia Mallory (INT)19. Erica Pike: Gay Romance20. Carly Fall - Where Fantasy Meets Romance21. A. R. Von DreamZ of Dragons22. Sexy Erotic Xciting23. Craves the Angst Book Reviews24. Caris Roane PNR and Contemporary Romance Author25. Rosanna Leo's Room26. Be Naughty and Nice27. Evie Knight | Wickedly Sexy Romances28. A. M. Griffin29. ptmacias. blogspot. com30. Erotica With Snark31. Crystals Random Thoughts (INT)32. Fierce Dolan - Words Without Limits33. Kasey Dean34. Lucy Felthouse35. Booklover Sue (US)36. Tara Lain37. Wendi Zwaduk ~ Romance To Make Your Heart Race38. Megan Slayer - Too Hot to Handle39. Smexy Fab Four40. Sadey Quinn Erotic Romance41. HEAs Are Us42. BookwormBridgette's World43. Love is a Many Flavored Thing44. Christina Phillips45. Karen Mercury46. Booked & Loaded47. Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews48. Lusty Penguin Reviews49. Riverina Romantics (INT)50. Amanda J. Green - PNR Author51. Urban Girl Reader52. Carlene Love Flores53. The Journey Continues54. Annie Nicholas55. Donna Augustine's Blog56. Love Books? Blog Books!57. Rose & Beps Blog58. Tattooed Book Review59. Kathy Kulig60. Kali Erickson61. Jess Buffett62. Kendall McKenna - Love and Dogtags (m/m)63. Sheri Fredricks, Modern Mythic Romance64. Amber Kallyn (INT)65. Lisa Carlisle66. Free Ebooks and those Responsible67. Mantasy: Remmy Duchene68. Tigra-Luna LeMar69. Tigris Eden70. Clara Bayard71. Jocelyn Dex - Demons do it Better72. Randi Alexander73. My Love Of Books74. Draven St. James and Hunky Firefighters75. Kiss And Tell Reviews76. Krystal Shannan77. Justus Roux 

Winner of the Amazon $100 GC

Jenn Grote won the $100 gift certificate that I was giving away on my Scent of Salvation tour!

Congrats to Jenn and the prize is already on its way.

A Midsummers Night's Dream-Man Blog Hop

Welcome to the Midsummers Night's Dream-Man Hop where I will share three small excerpts of my three summer dream men with a sneak peek of Release, the next Angler book.  If you fell off the bus just click the link below and it will return you to your next place on the tour. Have fun and don't melt in the heat. :-D



Starved for Love (a succubus/incubus love story)

The trees topped a hill about half a mile from the house on the edge of our property, close to the woods. I ambled toward them, letting my tennis shoes drag over the grass until I saw a redhead in one of the trees.
Damn, Rose had beaten me. I searched the orchard and spotted Adele.She waved. “Slowpoke.”I sighed. I hadn’t noticed that the other baskets had been missing on the counter. I guess dishes were on my agenda after all. I climbed the closest tree, hanging my basket on a branch, and started to pick.“You’re awfully quiet this morning, Pia.” Adele stayed on the ground as she picked. Last year she broke her wrist when she’d fallen from a tree. “How was your date? Will there be more?”Ah, the real reason behind the apple picking came out. I sighed. “It was nice. We haven’t made any other arrangements so I don’t know if I’ll see him again.”They were quiet and I twisted around to see they were both staring at me. “What?” “Details.” Rose just about growled. She could sound like a shifter when she wanted to.“He made me a nice dinner—”“He cooks? Bonus. And?” Both of their baskets remained ignored.“He fed me. We talked a little about his wives.” I picked a few more apples. There wasn’t that much to report except I really liked him. He made me feel special.“As in spoon-fed? That’s a little old-fashioned. Something Dad would do.” Rose made an unpleasant face. “Let’s get to the good stuff. Was he good in bed?”I laughed. “I couldn’t tell you. We didn’t have sex.”Rose crossed her arm. “The male has made a serious effort to court you and you couldn’t put out?”Shaking my head, I picked a rotting apple from a close-by branch and tossed it at her. With the grace of a dancer, she sidestepped my shot.I sighed. “He’s the one who said no.” 
The Omegas from The Vanguards series only $0.99 everywhere
Daedalus watched Sugar’s heart-shaped ass wiggle back down the hall. She was ravishing. He would never mix business with pleasure, but she didn’t belong to the pack. Just a friendly human neighbor. Bonus. She reminded him of the 1950’s pin-up poster girls, pretty and full of luscious curves. He still kept those posters in storage some where.  Sugar. He would like to ignite her sweetness into a passionate inferno. Maybe she’d even sting a little. He hoped so. Daedalus saw the flush of color bloom on her cheeks and felt those hard tiny nipples as she brushed against him. He wanted her to turn and look at him one more time before she disappeared behind a door. The Omegas began wrestling with his coffin again. “Can we call you Daedalus?” one of them piped up.  Sugar glanced back at him. “No.” He gave her a shameless wink.
  
SNEAK PEEK of Release, available Oct. 21st.
Sun shone on my face as I sat in the park. Cool grass tickled my toes and a breeze played with the curls along my neck. I touched them. Hadn’t I cut my hair? I held a cone in my other hand and vanilla flavored ice cream melted slowly. I'd better eat it quickly.
Suddenly my bench flipped back and I smacked my head on the grass that felt more like concrete. “My ice cream.” I flailed and came into contact with something solid. The smack sounded like flesh on flesh.I opened my eyes to Tane's face hovering over mine. What the fuck was he doing in the sun? Blinking in the dim light of oil lamps, I took in my real surroundings of hardwood floors and old Venetian building. It had been only a dream. Instead of lying on the cool grass in a park, I was on the floors of Catarina’s home twisted in blankets. I wish Tane had waited until I’d eaten the damn cone.



 

Scent of SalvationReleases July 30th
  Love blooms across species, culture, and time.    Chronicles of Eorthe, Book 1 Stranded in another dimension, on a primitive version of Earth, Dr. Susan Barlow needs to find a way to survive. There’s no electricity, no cities, and to her shock, no humans. Instead, she faces a population of werewolves, vampires and incubi. The people are vicious but she must find her place among them. And live. An illness is killing Sorin’s pack. As alpha it’s his responsibility to save them, but it’s a battle this warrior doesn’t know how to fight. Then a blue light in the sky brings a creature he’s never seen. She calls herself human, but to him she smells like hope. Sorin offers Susan a safe haven in return for a cure, but she’s not that kind of a doctor. She’s a doctor of physics, not a physician. Yet as they search for a cure to save a dying people, they find something special—each other. But even with Sorin’s protection, Susan can’t help but wonder how long she can survive in a world without humans… Warning: Feral shifters, power-hungry vampires, and a sole human female suffering culture shock.  

A Midsummer Night's Dream-Man - A JustRomance.me Bloghop

My Bookstore Trip

 
    Summer is here and school is officially over in my area. The kids are home and already bored. To start the summer, I decided to drag them all over town to run errands and stock up the fridge. We live in a rural area of Vermont so when we go into town it’s an all-day event. One store we hit was Barnes and Noble.
    Over the winter I discovered that both my kids have inherited my competitive gene so we’re having a contest. Starting today until August 1stwe’ll see who reads the most books. Whoever wins gets to pick a local trip to go on.
    I haven’t been to Barnes and Noble in over a year so the changes were a shock. Two things became very evident upon shopping:
1.      Genre shuffle
2.      Content for sale
 
First off, we went to the science fiction/fantasy isle for my oldest. I did a double take when I found Charlaine Harris, JR Ward, Kim Harrison, and Laurell K. Hamilton on the same shelves as Larry Niven, Tolkien, and Terry Brooks. I would have expected them in romance. I shrugged and went to the restroom. It’s on the second floor, way in the back of the store. THIS is where I found the romance section. One isle, only on one side. The Harlequin display was three small rows in the farthest corner of the store and NO ONE was shopping it. My heart sank and is still sitting in my gut.
When did paranormal romance become science fiction/fantasy? What happened to the three rows of romance books? And the shoppers I use to bump elbows with?
Second, we went to kids section for my youngest to buy his books. There were more LEGOS for sale than books. O_O  All the kids in the area were playing with the toys for sale. We were the only ones browsing books. This broke my heart.
Then we went down to the main floor. At this point my eyes were open and searching the area, not as a mother but as a writer. Where were all the hardcover book displays when people entered the store? There was one small pyramid filled with books written my actors/comedians/reality TV stars. No fiction.
OK.
The first floor consisted of their coffee shop, the check out, and the huge NOOK center. (Not disappointed about the NOOK part. LOL) We went to the back of the store and found massive shelves filled with all kinds of mass market paperbacks. YAY!
Oh wait…
They’re all used books for sale.
WTF?
When did B&N start selling used books?
I had wanted to try looking for an agent next year and maybe try my hand at the mass market paperback route of publishing but this makes me worried. I know the industry is changing, sometimes so fast I can’t keep up. (Obviously.)  Who else sells these types of books? Walmart, Costco, grocery stores? In my area, only the best sellers hit those racks.
Now, like I mentioned, I don’t go to B&N often. I have a NOOK because I live in a rural area and downloading a book is so much easier than traveling the roads. Are your local B&N like this?

A Little Space Opera

I'm branching out.

Science fiction has always been one of my favorite genres. I'm a self proclaimed geek when it comes to Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Firefly, and Babylon Five. These are only the television shows. Some of my favorite authors in who write Sci-fi are Larry Niven and CJ Cherrhy. They've both influenced my writing in their own unique ways.

Last month, I signed a contract with Lyrical Press for No Refuge. I'd like to think of it as a cross between Firefly and Babylon Five with my own twist of course.

Those of you who have been reading me since I began this journey will recall Red Dawn one of my first novellas as baby author. No Refuge is in this universe but later on in time. I do plan on revamping Red Dawn (also re-titling it) as prequel.

Hope some of my vampire and shifter fans also like a little space adventure. :D

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Prima blog tour schedule

 Hey! Prima, book 6 of The Vanguards, releases today. I'm celebrating with blog tour and a special newsletter contest. Each stop will giving away a copy of Prima.  I was so happy to write Sugar and Daedalus again. It was like coming home from a long trip.  April 22 Guest blog www.christina-mcknight.blogspot.com
 April 23 Guest blogRegina May Ross'shttp://reginamayross.net
 April 24 Guest blogButterfly-o-Meter Bookshttp://butterflyometerbooks.blogspot.com/ 

April 25 Interview and reviewMy Home Away From Home – http://www.officialmhafh.com
 April 25 SpotlightFandom Fanatichttp://fandomfanatic.blogspot.com/
 April 26 Guest blogRoxanne's Realmwww.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com 

April 26 SpotlightMusings of Mistress of the Dark Pathmistressofthedarkpath.wordpress.com
 April 27 Guest blogFangs, Wands & Fairy Dusthttp://fangswandsandfairydust.com/


April 29 InterviewParanormal Romance Fans for Lifehttp://paranormalromancefanforlife.blogspot.com/

 April 29 Guest blog and reviewWords of Wisdom from The Scarf Princesshttp://wowfromthescarfprincess.blogspot.com

 April 30 SpotlightMusings of an Independent Artist  http://www.pendarielraye.blogspot.com

May 1 blogParanormal Romanticswww.paranormalromantics.blogspot.com   May 1 Guest blogFang-tastic Bookswww.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com

May 2 InterviewTory Michaels’ World http://torymichaels.blogspot.com
 May 3 Guest blogFull Moon Biteshttp://www.fullmoonbites.net/
 May 4 Guest blogRamblings From This Chickhttp://ramblingsfromthischick.blogspot.com/

 May 4 SpotlightParanormal Romance and Beyond.  ashlynnelaynne.blogspot.com

 May 5 Interview and reviewConfessions from Romaholics http://confessionsfromromaholics.com/


May 5 Spotlight and reviewFaerie Tale Bookswww.faerietalebooks.org


May 6 InterviewAll I Want and More – http://alliwantandmore.blogspot.com/

Love a Tree, Read an E-book Blog Hop

Dear Annie,


My name is Sugar and I’m the heroine in your latest book Prima. I was considering creating a garden inside of Daedalus’ home but I’m not sure if a sun lamp would burn him. The last thing I want to do is vaporize my vampire lover. What do you suggest?

Dear Sugar,

Technically this is my world so I can make up the rules, but I enjoy basing my laws on fact as much as possible. Easier to remember them that way. ;-) I did a little research so I wouldn’t fry your boyfriend.

Sunlight and artificial light both emit photons but light from the sun emits electromagnetic radiation in a much wider spectrum than that from a bulb. The spectrum can be divided into

• Ultraviolet A, B, and C

• Visible light

• Infrared

I discovered that plants need very little UV light and that UV light produces more energy than plants can handle during photosynthesis. As a result, plants produce pigments to protect them from UV light. These pigments allow only visible light to be absorbed by the plant cells.

This piece of information triggered a memory. In my Angler series, the slayers use UV grenades to fight vampires. I’d done this research before and I’m getting old.

So, yes Sugar, you can use a sun lamp safely around Daedalus since it seems that UV light is what is truly detrimental to vampires and not light itself.

 


PrimaBook Six of The Vanguards seriesReleasing April 22nd! (Monday)
Shattered in forgotten memories.
 Sugar survived a shifter attack but it left her broken. Paralyzed on the left side, she fights for her independence in her day-to-day life. Her worst injury, the scars on her soul, has her pushing Daedalus away. How could he still love her when she is just a shadow of herself? But a new threat on Daedalus’ life yanks the veil of self-pity from her eyes and she’s resolved to protect him, even precariously balanced with her cane.

The vampire council sends an emissary to Daedalus. His clan brother, another Nosferatu, hands him an ultimatum. Return to his post as Prime in Pal Robi or he’ll kill Sugar and her shifter friends. Daedalus has brought enough trouble into Sugar’s life. He won’t be responsible for more, so he agrees to leave Chicago.

To both warriors surprise, Sugar’s not willing to remain behind, and with her own shifter guards she’s ready to help Daedalus regain control of Pal Robi.


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