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More on our Jaguar Model!

More of our jaguar shifter model! He's using the alias of Todd, but we know he's really Connor in SAVAGE HUNGER. You know how it is. They have to keep a low profile.

He's amused in the photo because my editor is telling him how to act like a shifter, and he's humoring her. :) He already very well knows how to be a jaguar shifter. Prrr....



I have to tell you I was so excited to see that Savage Hunger is now listed on Amazon, somehow seeing it there makes it real even though nothing but the ISBN is showed, but I told my manager that I was stopping my lunch just to tell her that Savage Hunger is available! I handed her the slip of paper with the ISBN and she stared at me blankly and said, "You're quitting lunch because you have a savage hunger? I don't understand." LOL!!!

Anyway, I quickly explained and went back to finish eating lunch to get rid of my own savage hunger. :)

More super reviews! This one from Red Roses for Authors:

"This is a wonderful fast paced story that will keep the reader on the edge of their seat. This one has plenty of hunky SEALs that will have the reader reaching for an ice cold glass of water to cool them off. This is another great book in the world of the lupus garous (werewolves) world. While a couple from an earlier make a cameo in this one it isn't necessary to read the books in order though it does make the series much more enjoyable. For those that love hot SEALs this is one not to miss. This one definitely lives up to its title."

5 red roses, Anne Herries, Red Roses for Authors



Judith's review of Dreaming of the Wolf (Heart of the Wolf #8) by Terry Spear.

From the Book Binge!

Werewolf pack leader Jake Silver is an acclaimed photographer. He sees a beautiful woman at the art gallery where his photos are on display, and his intrigue turns into wolfish protectiveness. Alicia Greiston has never met anyone like Jake-he's sexy, alpha, and totally irresistible, and he calls to something primal in her soul.

It's a great day for wolf shifter paranormal fiction lovers when another of Terry Spear's "Heart of the Wolf" series appears. It is also another opportunity to check in with some of the characters who have been featured in other books in this series. However, this book is one that I particularly enjoyed because of the realistic content re: wolves as well as a new concept known as "dream mating" which Ms Spear has made a pivotal part of the love story between Jake and Alicia.

This is a story that is chock full of good stuff. Of course, there is the hunky alpha male wolf shifter whose brother is the pack alpha but who is an important individual in the pack leadership. There is the human female who attracts Jake and who brings out all the protective instincts in his powerhouse body as he finds out that this diminutive woman is a bounty hunter who has decided to take on some really heavy hitters in organized crime. There are hot love scenes and chases; intrusive federal law enforcement and local detectives who must be kept in the dark about the existence of shifters; there is the whole dilemma that the reader experiences as Alicia is "turned" and has to go through the first weeks as a shifter without any kind of guidance or information about her new life; and there is the whole shifter mating phenomenon known as "dream mating" and the connection between Jake and Alicia that is strengthened through this unusual process.

This is also a novel that grabs the reader from the very first word, that keeps the tension surrounding the crime figures at peak level throughout, and one which develops the relationship between Jake and Alicia relentlessly in spite of numerous ups and downs. There are surprises and some plot twists that keep the reader off balance. I certainly didn't expect some of the developments that I encountered. It is a story that is well written by an author whose command of the language enables her to craft word pictures that create this alternate species in such a way that it all seems so real and "normal." Alicia is a study--a woman whose early life and relationships have not been the best, whose own mother has not been a good role model for choosing wisely in regards to her romantic involvements, and one whose loyalty and close friendship with her mom have launched her on this path of finding and apprehending her mother's killers. Yet as brave and really well trained as Alicia is in many ways, she is also vulnerable and needing to find the love of a good man, one who will respect and cherish as well as protect and encourage her to be her very best.

Readers familiar with this series will also enjoy the continuation and involvement of Jake's brother and sister-in-law whose story were featured in an earlier novel. The strong bonds of family and pack loyalty not only form an important social structure in the novel but are an important factor in giving Alicia the strength to go through some daunting experiences as she becomes the target for the mob killers who killed her parents. All in all, it is a fine paranormal romance and is well-balanced between the suspense and the romantic aspects. It is one that has already become a favorite of mine and I am looking forward to reading more of this pack, especially Jake's brother Tom who is now coming to really desire his own mate after the experiences of his two older brothers. Something to look forward to, and as always, this author is sure to please.

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Woohoo! Now I'm off to the long night at work and don't think I'll make it! :)  Too much late night partying with the Christian writer's group after making a presentation, which was a SUCCESS!

Many said they loved it, so that was great! But now I'm really tired and the day hasn't even begun. Somehow I have to make it through Friday.

Have a super Thursday!

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality."
www.terryspear.com

Woohoo!!! It's Hump Day!!!

After work I'll be giving a workshop on self publishing to a group of writers and on how to promote! So I'm going to be wiped out by Thursday! But it should be fun!

Okay, this just in and I just loved it! What a way to start hump day! Yay!!!

And I got fan mail from South Africa! I love it when my wolves find homes all over the world!!!

A SEAL in Wolf's Clothing by Terry Spear
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Genre: Action/Adventure, Contemporary, Paranormal
Length: Full Length (327 pgs)
Heat Level: spicy
Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by Xeranthemum

Her instincts tell her he's dangerous...

While her overprotective brother's away, Meara Greymere's planning to play—and it wouldn't hurt to find herself a mate in the process. The last thing she needs is one of his SEAL buddies spoiling her fun, even if the guy is the hottest one she's ever seen...

His powers of persuasion are impossible to resist...

Finn Emerson is a battle-hardened Navy SEAL and alpha wolf. He's a little overqualified for baby-sitting, but feisty Meara is attracting trouble like a magnet...

As the only responsible alpha male in the vicinity, Finn is going to have to protect this intriguing woman from a horde of questionable men, and definitely from himself...

I got the greatest chuckle out of the pickle this otherwise competent and macho hero gets himself into. Doesn't matter that he's a Navy SEAL and a werewolf – all of his prowess and stealth can't prevent him from falling in love. A man like him needs a woman who will challenge, poke, prod and thwart all his best laid plans and intentions. There's no better heroine than Meara Greymere to get the job done and I enjoyed every moment.

It's a great set up -- Finn is going to protect the baby sister of his Navy SEAL buddy from her wayward ways. No man is good enough to be her mate but does he really stop to wonder why every single male is suspect and why he has such a keen interest in being so 'thorough'? It can't possibly be because he's deluding himself, can it? No way could it be because he wants her for himself. He's much too noble and focused to fall onto that well trodden path of lovey dovey cooing like his friend. He's made of sterner stuff. He's a soldier. Yeah, right. I could see him falling hard and wagging his tail all the way with mock growling and posturing. I adored Finn.

Good thing Meara is a woman not easily thrown off of the scent and she gives as good as she gets. I had fun watching the heroine be herself. She's certainly stubborn, feisty and opinionated. She's a planner, that one. But she never ever could have foreseen the action and diabolical betrayals that blow her little mating plot to smithereens. Her reactions to the bad news as well as the good were fascinating to watch. She's not a weak character and she took turns impressing me and surprising me.

The drama that starts the ball rolling happens pretty fast in the story. It doesn't take long before Finn and Meara are on the run, not knowing truly who to trust. People they thought they couldn't trust became integral to their safety and those they never gave a second thought to their loyalty got a rude awakening. It was sad, really. It seems like bad guys are the best actors because they have the most to gain and believe they can't lose. They treat it like a cat and mouse game with deadly intent but enjoy the feeling of power they get from pulling the wool over their eyes. It took some delicate and timely maneuvering to get the players in place for the big showdown. The author did an excellent job of putting it all together, stringing me along and hiding who the true villains were until the last possible moment.

Wait until readers get a load of Bjornolf. You want to talk about a hunky guy with chutzpah and mysterious vibes? He's got it in spades. What an awesome character to introduce and tease readers with. I hope his story is next because I've certainly taken a keen interest in the man. So effective, manly and maddening, he was a great addition to the story. And what he used to tie up the other operative? Oh yeah, I'm there. Any man that cheeky has got to have a story to tell.

As I've come to expect from Ms. Spear, when she gets her hero and heroine together it's a sizzling good time with plenty of great point-counterpoint dialogue, sensual build-up and scorching delivery. The editing was perfect, the descriptive words painted scenes that jumped off of the pages and grabbed a reader's attention. The action was tight and delivered with a high-powered punch. I wouldn't have expected anything less from a story about a well trained Navy SEAL and I was certainly satisfied. So was Meara.

As for the happily ever after, it started off romantic and thrilling and then the author put the brakes on by making me laugh and giggle. Finn is SUCH a guy! See me roll my eyes. And you know what? It fit. Perfectly.

A SEAL in Wolf's Clothing is a non-stop action packed romance with kick, growls and sexy attitude. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough because there was so much going on, I couldn't wait for what came next. A word to the wise – don't start this book close to bed time, it's too exciting! I also thought the guy on the cover with those dazzling aqua-blue eyes perfect brain-food for imagining Finn as he wooed his feisty heroine. Get your own copy and experience the adventure because he is as the story is, irresistible. Thanks, thanks, thanks to Xeranthemum at Long and Short Reviews! Woohoo! :)     Happy happy hump day!
Terry "Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality!"www.terryspear.com

It's ONLY Tuesday???

I need a pick-me-up. Will he do for you???



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When I was looking over Heart of the Highland Wolf's description of Cearnach, I found where I had described him in this way:


Yeah. :) So that's a glimpse of Ian's brother, the story I'm writing now. Cearnach's ditched his kilt for this shirt and...well, he hasn't quite decided what else to wear. Or, wait, I think he's getting ready to shift.

You see, he attended a friend's wedding, and the alpha male that's marrying her didn't like it...

You know wolves are pretty territorial.

Anyway, so there's shifting involved. Course, at the time, Cearnach's wearing one of those gorgeous kilt ensembles Donna sent me yesterday. Not this shirt. This must be later!

Hope you all have a great Tuesday. My week is too long what with only have Sunday off this weekend!

Oh, oh, and I had a little witchy bird tweet to me that she likes A SEAL in Wolf's Clothing. Can't tell you how much that means to me and can't wait to see her review! 

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality."
www.terryspear.com

Highland Wolf Wedding, Got Highlanders on the Brain!!! by Terry Spear

It's all Donna's fault. She sent me 3 of these guys. The first and the third to help me with my writing of the Highland Wolf Wedding. The 2nd is Duncan in Howling for the Highland Wolf. And the 4th is uhm, yes, well he is.

You see, she asked me where Cearnach was as I'm writing his story, and I told her he's dressed in his kilt for a wedding. So thanks, Donna! You gave me some perfect specimens to draw from! The scruffy and the unscruffy. The shirtless in shape and the shirtless in not as much shape.

All in all, I vote for the Highlanders! Yum!




Ready for some Highland loving???

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality!
www.terryspear.com

Reporting Leaks and Calling the Police

Woohoo, I'm off today, trying to write up some interviews, but I wanted to stop by and say hi! And I needed today off!!!

It poured yesterday, and the next thing I knew, the roof was leaking in the library...again. So after calling about that, I had to call the police later in the day. Not because of the roof, though. LOL

We found out that you don't want to call the first person on the maintenance crew On Call list if you have building troubles if you're a woman. If the wife gets the call, she'll hang up on you. The second person on the On Call list said they don't come in over after hours anyway, because the city won't pay for it.

Okay, so we have an On Call list for after hours, why????

And our computers weren't working first thing in the morning...probably an electrical outage from the storms the night before.

It was a day and a half and...well, make it two days and a half all rolled up into one. And then comes Monday. Again.

Have a super great Sunday!!! I'm here today in the UK, so if you want to drop by and say hi at Lost in Fiction where I'm talking about being Lost in Romance, that would be terrific!

Off to finish an interview, and then back to Cearnach's story!

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality!"
www.terryspear.com

More Storms! More Work!

I just uploaded another lesson for my online workshop, and now I'm getting ready to work on the newsletter. Not sure if I'll get it out today. I have to go to work soon. We have storms again and that means my internet is iffy. So by the time I have the newsletter ready, I might not be able to send it. :(

But I'm going to try. You know what they say, right? All you can do is give it your best shot!



I have to say that people need to bathe. I was in close quarters with a patron who was having trouble with a print job, and another librarian was with me at the time. I hoped she didn't think it was me that needed to bathe!!!

We've had to spray the area or chairs that some patrons have used when sitting down at the computers, the odor is so bad that it lingers. It's not like any of them are homeless. They just don't bother to take the time to bathe.

When I write my historicals, my characters bathe. Even if back then they didn't. But today, there's no excuse.

I remember once my dad got a fancy bar of soap from my half-sister, and he commented that, "What, does she think I don't bathe and I need a reminder?"

My dad was the most fastidious person I knew. He was always asking, "Did you wash your hands?" Drove us crazy because yes, we always washed our hands before preparing food or eating. Then one day his mother visited, and always called him brother, because his sister did. "Brother, did you wash your hands?"

My sister and I began to laugh. She didn't know what was funny. But we sure did! Now we knew where he got it from.

When he was a prisoner of war for 16 months, some of the worst part of the imprisonment was not being able to bathe. The men were all crawling with lice.


Bathing won't kill you. But not bathing will about kill your fellow humans dead. So take a bath. You'll...well, we'll be glad you did.

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality."
www.terryspear.com

Storms!!!

This is my daughter at a ski resort, which looks like fun about now, instead of in the rain and gloom (although I love it!) in Texas.

The biggest problem with rain is it knocks out my internet (and it's been so intermittent, I couldn't get logged in), so I'm trying to stop in really quick before I run to work to wish everyone a really super Friday!!!

I'll be working Saturday also, so hope to have the newsletter up on Sunday!

Yes...it would be fun to be sitting on a porch of a condo in Colorado, not to watch the skiers, but you know that's where the hot Silver brothers of Silver Town, Colorado are, right?

Yum. :) Here they are beginning with Destiny of the Wolf, continuing with Wolf Fever, then Dreaming of the Wolf. Next in the Silver brother series is Tom's story! And it's snowing!

 

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality."
www.terryspear.com

The Vampire is Mine! & Trailer for A SEAL in Wolf's Clothing!

It's not written completely yet, started, but I wanted to share a new cover I have for a YA book coming up! :) Don't you love the cover???

And here is the book trailer for A SEAL in Wolf's Clothing!  I still need to do the Highland one! :(



Okay, off to work.

Behave yourselves!!!

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality!"
www.terryspear.com

Highland Wolf Wedding, Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I was just doing some research for A Highland Wolf Wedding, and working on the story...it's up to 6,000 words! When my daughter began uploading her wedding photos on Facebook!




No kilts among us, although the kids and I all have Scottish backgrounds!

Hope you have a lovely Tuesday. I feel I'm in the winter in Scotland. :)

Brrr....

Need a Highlander wrapped in a plaid!

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.

www.terryspear.com

Lady Caroline and the Egotistical Earl

...is featured at Iselfpub for the week!





Lady Caroline and the Egotistical Earl [image error]

Blurb:
Lady Caroline has one mission in mind, helping her mother maintain their estates after her father's death, while knights posing as the earl's men continue to kill their livestock. But as soon as her mother wishes the earl's intervention, Caroline has a new problem–the earl is intrigued with her and wants her to reside at his castle and serve his mother.
Caroline refuses, but as the raids on her family's lands turn more deadly, Lord John Talbot forces the issue. Caroline continues to attempt to uncover who is behind the raids, and with her unnatural ability to remember details, she intends to see justice done.
The lady may be his undoing, but the earl decides she is the one for him and no other will do, if only he can keep her safe from the danger that follows her every move until he can wed her.
Book Genres: Historical Romance
Description and Word Count: Historical Romance Novel – 92,000
Average Starred Reviews: 5 stars-Amazon, 4.5 Barnes and Noble,

Get It At:  Lady Caroline and the Egotistical EarlKindle | Nook | Kobo | Apple | Diesel | Sony | Smashwords | Print Book
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Well, it's going to be a rough week. I have off Tuesday, and have to work Saturday again, so it'll make for a really long week.

I'm not even going to mention what happened 5 minutes before the computers shut down...some people are not worth the time of day. :)

Have a super great Monday!

It's FREEZING here. I need me a wolf.

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality."
www.terryspear.com