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You eat what?!?! #MFRWHook

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“Welcome welcome to the MFRWHooks!!! I’m Paul and I’ve prepared a special meal – just for you. I so love company but rarely get any. Please take a seat and enjoy what maybe your last (evil smile and low chuckle). At least try an appetizer, while you read. I insist. I know most don’t care for my taste in food but try it. Now on with today hooks. You know I really like Tanzia. I think we could have been that special couple. Oh well, I drift away from today purpose. The hook…”

“I’m so glad you came.” Paul opened the door wide. He flashed a smile of prefect white teeth. Almost too white. Teeth you might expect to see in a shark. Tanzia paused. Every warning bell in her body rang.

It was just nerves, she told herself. And to be expected since it had been over a year since she had gone any type of a date.

“I have made a special meal just for you.”

Tanzia stepped inside. Nothing about the inside of the house settled her nerves.  Instead of stereo type messy bachelor or the minimalist  feel of a professional, it was as if she had stepped into the living room of her ninety-year old aunt. An overstuffed busy orange floral couch with two swivel rockers in a dusty orange consumed the space.

“Come, I have appetizers.” A strong hand pressed against the small of her back guiding her.

“I so love to entertain. But because of my schedule I rarely can.”

Tanzia stopped at the sight of the table. Her stomach rolled as tears instantly flooded her eyes.

“No,” she whispered.

“Thanks for reading. I do hope you will buy the book and find out what happens next. I do enjoy entertaining.”

This week’s book hook was brought to by Paul…who may or may not be a serial killer

Summer Time Tunes

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It’s finally summer in my part of brrrrr Michigan. That mean’s it’s time for frozen boozie drinks, beach reads and summer music.

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Frozen lemonade with blue coranac, coconut rum, and citrus vodka

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I change my music with the seasons… as well as my hair color…my finger nail polish, you get the idea.

Here are some of my favorites…

Let’s chill music – this is an hour long playlist put together by Chill House.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-d7u6fnEI

My favorite summer songs – she’s basically my favorite artist – are by Lana Del Rey – Summer Time and High by the beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdrL3QxjyVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnxpHIl5Ynw

My daughter’s favorite is – Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7k0a5hYnSI

I’d love to hear what some of your favorite songs are…summer or otherwise

Monday Mayhem oh I mean Monday Motivation…

What’s the saying about if you don’t keep moving you will grow moss? Well, I’ve been moving at breakneck speed. Sadly, it hasn’t been on the writing front  This has been an awful year for keeping life out of the driver’s seat of my bus.

But I’ve  wrestled by way back into the seat… And I have some plans on ways to keep control.

1st – I’m using Heartbreathings 3Q  –  a goal setting system just for writers. I spent some time enjoy the evening and going through the steps (this is a more than a one-night thing) but I honestly started the month with a solid plan and I rocked it!!!!

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2nd – I’m doing a Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt – I’m on track. While I’m making adjustment to make the system work for me, I’m keeping pace with the daily pace. I’m planning on doing a monthly recap of my adventure – what work, what didn’t. The main difference is I’m NOT writing it as I do the daily exercises. I’m writing just on the story I was already working on. I’m using it as an intense plotting and plan on writing the story in August. It’s a romance suspense set in the professional video game playing world.

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3rd – I’m part of 2 reader events this month – Christmas in July and Fun in the sun. Check them out all the great books and enter to win some amazing prizes.

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While I’m only one week in, things are moving forward. I’ve had hiccups. My blood sugar rocketed pass Pluto – to the point my meter wouldn’t read it. So that whipped me out for 2 days.

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So I’ve decided to plunge myself into the Keto diet. While I get most of my recipes from the internet, I do like to have a starting point so I picked up … Eat This Not That ! The first recipe that I’ll be show casing this Thursday on Tasty and Thirsty is Eggs baked in cream with prosciutto, parmesan and basil.

So as we’ve made it to the mid-year mark, have you made any changes?

She’s a Badass Woman #MFRW

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So DeLaney is sort of a bad ass…

She’s a pirate…a witch with a Siberian Tiger for a familiar…and a she’s on a mission….but this week’s hook finds her in a little trouble

This week’s hook …

DeLaney curled over as pain flowed through her body. She bit back the screams, her blood boiled in her veins. Her lungs twisted into tight balls refusing to allow air in them. Breakfast lunged out of her stomach and landed at her feet.

Esmeralda snarled, pacing.  Her claws digging into the deck.

DeLaney stumbled  but refused to fall. Tears of acid burned her cheeks.  Esmeralda brushed against her, offering comfort and additional power.

The tiger’s body rumbled with a hiss as the world started to fade into the swirling fingers of a dense fog.

“Who dares to summon me?” a voice rasped around her. Not a heavy booming sound but words spoken softly that surround her and stabbed her with their sharp ends.

Her body rose off the ground and twisted.

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Blurb:

DeLaney Black Heart is the captain of The Gypsy Princess, the most feared pirate ship on the Cannequ seas, until recently. Her long standing enemy, Falken Sands, is making good on his threat to ruin her. She is in desperate need of a large bounty to soothe her crew and reclaim her title.

Raven Kinsley is a treasure hunter. He offers DeLaney the chance to redeem herself. Only their history is stopping DeLaney from jumping on the offer. Raven abandoned her a year earlier and disappeared.

Left with no other choice, DeLaney agrees to Raven’s commission. They begin their journey to claim the lost treasure of Midas, but soon trouble surrounds them. Raven and DeLaney combine forces to battle gryphons, the possessed Falken Sands, and other creatures.

DeLaney tries to convince herself what she feels for Raven is born out of battle, not love. Raven knows he loves DeLaney, but until an old enemy is beaten, he can’t make his claim on her heart.

As secrets are revealed, they realize this is more than a mere treasure hunt. It’s a battle for their lives.

Available at Amazon: Treasure Hunt 

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to check out all the other amazing hooks –  Hooks Master List

She’s a Badass Woman :-)

Today’s playlist song is for Treasure Hunt…

DeLaney is a pirate… a witch… she has a Siberian Tiger for a familiar.

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Photo credit: Mark Cocker

She’s a badass woman and that’s today song

Monday Mindset

It’s Monday ….

And I’m crabby. I mean the fact people are breathing is ticking me off. Why am I so unrealistically angry/crabby?

The weather. It’s May 20th. I’m wearing a fisherman’s sweater and a flannel shirt – that’s to sit inside. I have to put on a jacket to go outside. Because it’s 35 degrees!!!!! No, I don’t live in the Antarctic with cute penguins. This is Michigan. If I’m going to be this cold, I want penguins and polar bears in my back yard (yes I know they live on opposite ends of the world but I need a reason to enjoy this weather)
My personal life is all sorts of out of whack. I can’t find any kind of balance… with writing/Charlie/side hustle/new eating/sleep – the list goes on.
I have person in my life that aren’t doing their part and that makes things harder because in this case I can’t just let the things fall.

I want doughnuts…I want vodka…I want PEACE.

While I can’t in a positive mindset eat doughnuts with a vodka chaser, I can find peace.

First, I need to get over the weather thing…. Being so cold means I can table unpacking spring/summer clothes for another week freeing me up for edits.

Second, I need to remind myself that balance is myth like a calorie free doughnut that is good for diabetics. I need to block my time so I have a ‘direct’ focus, so I don’t wallow. When I’ve blocked writing, write. When I’m loving Charlie, love my grandbaby. Get over the dieting thing. It’s life.

Third, and the hardest. This person is someone I have cared about, that I have tried to help, but in the end, it is destroying me and my grandson. So, I need to realize that the unicorns are really skunks and the storm clouds aren’t covering a rainbow.  And I know once I’ve closed this chapter the other two will become manageable.

Now just because I’m blogging about it and know what has to happen everything will be okay – it’s going to take a minute to end it. There are some legal things I need to do. I need to know it will get even uglier before it gets better. But I also know that peace will

never be mine until this is handled but I also know that slivers of peace will come with each step. Knowing that I’m evicting this soul sucking leech from our life.

On the happier side

Tunes Tuesday

Hi everyone welcome to Tunes Tuesday. This week’s song is off the playlist for…

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cover by: Glowing Moon Designs

Blurb…

Tobia is second in command of The Daughters of Chaos (a bike club of sirens).

Malcom is Poseidon’s top enforcer.

Mer and Sirens are sworn enemies.

They break all the rules by becoming lovers and having a son. The Siren’s want to use their son’s life blood to break Poseidon’s curse banning them from the ocean. The Mer want to kill their son so the curse can’t be broken. It will take everything Tobia and Malcom have to keep their son safe.

The opening scene…

Malcom stared at the photo. Anger quickly twisted into rage constricting his airway making it impossible to breath. His vision narrowed entirely on the picture on the table. His heart slammed against his ribs with such force it won’t have surprised him if he broke out of his ribs and flopped on the table.

“I know she’s a looker but remember she’s the enemy.” Delvin’s thick voice jarred him back to the small office.

Malcom tried to form words but his brain was still too consumed with questions about the photo to assist his tongue.

“The sirens kidnapped a couple of mer again.” Delvin shook his head. “When will the young realize that this isn’t a game.”

“What about this?” Malcom bit out. His breathing still restricted. Every few hundred years or so the siren managed snare a couple of the young mer testing the boundaries. Poseidon sent in a tack force and retrieved them. Malcom was above that.

“Yeah. The retrieval team took this.” Delvin reached across the table and picked up the picture. It took every ounce of self-control Malcom had to remain seated and not lunge at the man ripping the photo from him. “It would seem it kid is her son.” Delvin shook his head. “Never in the history of time has a siren had a male child.” Delvin look at him. “You need to confirm the kid is hers. Not just some drop off. And if it you need to bring him back to Atlantis.” He shoved the picture back.

Malcom didn’t need to confirm the kid was hers. He dropped his eyes to the photo. To the little boy – a prefect blend of Tobia and him.

It’s Been Awhile by Staind

 

The Struggle is Real – Monday Mindset

It’s Monday… Time to turn on the motivation…Time to get my head in the game…

Which is going to difficult to day because my 7 year is puking…

So we are home…. My hubby is home… my adult daughter is home. That’s a lot of people in the house… a lot of distractions.

And I’m tired. I went into the wilderness this weekend and lived like Daniel Boone in a poorly built cabin without a fireplace.

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cabin view

So I’ve gone from wilderness torture to edit nightmares!!! (Now remember I’m now doing these things doughnut, wine, and vodka free).

I have to turn in my final edits on….

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(ARC review) – To Know a Killer – spine tingling suspenseful romance WOW! Talk about suspenseful with twists and turns no one could predict!

And I need to get this formatted for my newsletter freebie…

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AND I should write something new…I have about 15k left on this…

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So it’s not from the lack of work that my motivation is no where to be found…it’s just sometimes it be like that. I want to do it but the want isn’t actually moving me in that direction. I’m being pulled into conversations with hubby and daughter.

My 7-year-old has my name on a repeat loop.

I feel like if I do what needs to be done, I’m being neglectful, a bad wife, or a horrible mom. Yet these things need to get done. If I worked outside the home everyone wouldn’t follow me to work but they will invade my home office. I know part of is I haven’t been strict in setting up boundaries but in honesty part of the reason I want to work for home is the home part. I want to be here with my sick child, visit with my hubby and daughter – just NOT today.

Finally, after hours of lost time, I told everyone I needed time. I had deadlines. AND guess what??? They said okay. No looks of hate, no quivering lips, just okay.

So my mindset for this Monday is to remember that I need remember that sometimes the work needs to get done.

Have a great week!

 

 

 

#MFRWHooks What to do when you are bored??? #MFRWauthor

Hey Hey everyone!!! Welcome to this week’s book hooks! It’s been awhile since I’ve hooked… life has been driving my bus like zombie racing for the last brain.

This week’s hook is from my June release… Mission: Stay Alive. It has this really yummy cover –

[image error]Five years ago, Aries had accepted a simple bounty jump. She knew where the thief was, she knew how to get him.

Easy money. Or so she thought until she actually met Colven. His charming smile. His wit. His great ass. She decided that maybe she’d wait to bring him.

In their five years together, danger was the norm. But this time it’s different. This time, Aries isn’t sure they have what it takes to survive the mission.

And what do you do when you are bored??? Aries blow’s things up – this week’s hook –

Aries ran down the path blowing up barrels. Some of it was to release the toxic fumes to slow Gunther’s men but most of the shooting was done in effort to expel some of the anger that burned through her body.

Their ship came into sight, she whirled around and looked for Colven. There was no sign of him. Shit. She’d ran too fast for him to keep up.

If she climbed aboard the ship and left his ass, it would deserve him right. After all he told her to leave. Several times.

Kicking the dirt, she started back down the path. Colven rounded the corner. Sweat making rivers in the dirt caking his face. Even from this distance, she could see his chest heaving. Her pulse barely elevated.

As she was turning, she spotted a drone closing in. Shit, things just kept getting better.

“You better hustle,” she shouted and lifted her laser cannon. The drone exploded in the air showering Colven in pieces of metal. Three more rose above the barrels.  Before she could shoot, red lasers pierced the air. She rolled avoiding the blast. The ground next to her erupting. She shot the drones and turned to Colven.

“Well, damn, I thought Gunther had his heart set on torturing me to death. I’m sort of disappointed that he would settle for just having me blown up.”

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you check out all the other great hooks – Awesome Hooks

 

 

Tasty and Thirsty Thursday

As some of you may know I’ve started a new chapter in my life. At the beginning of March I was diagnosis with diabetes.  So I’ve spent the last month or so coming up with some kick – a@@ recipes for healthy eating and drinking.

I know I can still have an occasional doughnut and vodka drink, it can’t be as often as it was. For example, for Easter I had this…

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Jellybean infused vodka – need I say more?

But now it’s back on the train. This week I’m sharing the recipe for an Asparagus frittata and No tequila morning shine