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All of My Books Are 30% off by Cardeno C.

Happy Monday! Dreamspinner Press is celebrating their anniversary by having a sale. Until May 17th, all of my books will be 30% off. You can find them here. Happy reading!
 


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Big Discounts & Giveaways by Cardeno C.

As a writer of a few series, I often get asked which book in my series should be read first. Because I write each book as a standalone (really, I promise!), I always answer the same way: “Whichever one sounds most interesting to you.” But on May 8th, there’s a new answer to the question because that day - from midnight EST until midnight EST - Dreamspinner is putting one book in each of my series on sale for $.99! So which of my books should you read first? On May 8th the answers are:

Strong Enough (Family series).

Wake Me Up Inside (Mates series).

He Completes Me (Home series).

If you’ve been hesitant to try my books because you’re not a fan of series or you don’t know where to start, now’s the time to give it a go. And if you’ve already read my books, please let other readers know so they can try them too.


On a non-series related note, I'm giving away copies of Perfect Imperfections my standalone rock star novel, at Joyfully Jay and Swept Away by Romance.
And I'm doing a Facebook chat on Twinsie Talks' FB at 9pm EST on May 8th. Please join me here.

Strong Enough by Cardeno C.
When twenty-two-year-old Emilio Sanchez sees handsome Spencer Derdinger walking by his construction site, Emilio makes it his goal to seduce the shy professor. Getting Spencer into bed isn’t difficult, but Emilio soon learns that earning the trust of a man deeply hurt will take time and patience. With a prize like brilliant, sweet Spencer on the line, Emilio decides he is strong enough to face the challenge.

Spencer is surprised when he’s approached by the gorgeous construction worker he’s admired from the safety of his office window. Acting spontaneously for the first time in his thirty-eight years, Spencer takes Emilio home. When the casual hookup turns into the potential for love, Spencer realizes that if he wants to build a life with Emilio, he’ll need to be strong enough to slay his personal demons and learn to trust again.

Wake Me Up Inside by Cardeno C.Zev Hassick is surprised and confused when he finds himself attracted to his best friend. His very human, very male best friend. Zev is the son of the pack Alpha, regarded as the strongest wolf in generations, born to lead. And everyone knows a male shifter has to mate with a female of his own kind to keep his humanity. So shifters can't be gay, right?

Jonah Marvel wants a relationship with Zev, his best friend, the man he has loved since childhood. It wasn’t easy to maintain that relationship over years spent living apart while Jonah studied to become a doctor. And then things grow more difficult when Jonah becomes his own patient. Before he can make a life with Zev, he has to understand his past and cure the unexplained ailments that plague him.

He Completes Me by Cardeno C. Not even his mother’s funeral can convince self-proclaimed party boy Zach Johnson to put aside his flamboyant ways or even think about settling down. He is who he is, and no one can make him change. But when he meets Aaron Paulson, his brother's best friend, Zach has to step back and re-evaluate his perceptions of love and family.

Aaron insists he’s falling for Zach, but Zach is certain Aaron sees him as just another project—one more lost soul for the idealistic Aaron to save. Zach isn't broken; he doesn't need to be fixed. Aaron’s insistent, though, and Zach finds himself tempted. Zach wants to believe in happily-ever-after, but can he let go of his pride long enough to see Aaron's heart?

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Perfect Imperfections by Cardeno C. is Now Available

My rock star contemporary novel, Perfect Imperfections, is now available.

Blurb: Hollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before embarking on yet another international concert tour, he wanders into a bar in what he considers the middle of nowhere and meets a man who wins him over with his friendly smile and easy-going nature. Accountant slash bartender slash adventure-seeker Reg Moore has fun talking and drinking with The Jeremy Jameson and can’t say no when the supposedly straight rock star makes him a once in a lifetime offer: keep him company on his tour by playing the part of his boyfriend.

Listening to music, traveling the world, and jumping off cliffs is fun. Falling in love is even better. But to stay with Jeremy after the stage lights dim, Reg will need to help him realize there’s nothing pretend about their relationship.

ebook link
paperback link (paperbacks come with free ebooks and the first 20 are autographed).
I hope you enjoy it!
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April by Cardeno C.

Happy Monday! It's the end of the month, which means it’s time for my monthly writing recap blog post. 

Control was released. It’s the bear/hawk shifter story I cowrote with Mary Calmes.The finishing touches were put on my rock star novel, Perfect Imperfections. It’s now available for preorder and is releasing May 5th. (p.s. You can enter to win a copy here.)I reviewed the galley for All of Me, my wolf shifter novella that’ll be available for individual sale on June 1st and is part of Dreamspinner’s Mended Daily Dose.I finished the editing process on In Your Eyes, the third Mates book, and started working with the always amazing Reese Dante on a cover.I started the preproduction process (i.e. filled out forms) for McFarland’s Farm, the first novella in a new novella series called Hope Crossing.I am writing the very end of The Half of Us, the next Family book.
Have a great week.

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Song Inspirations (Cinco) & More Giveaways by Cardeno C.

Happy Monday! It's a busy writing and life day today so I'm doing a quick post with one song inspiration and links to giveaways of Control, my cowritten shifter book with Mary Calmes.

Song InspirationWalk with Me
Inspiration: "Walk With Me" by Neil Young

Walk with Me is about two men of faith who after many years walking together through the journey of life as friends, finally find their way to a walk down the aisle. There was never a question that Eli and Seth loved each other unconditionally, had faith in one another,  and wouldn't let each other down, but they had to grow individually before they were ready to share themselves in a new way. 

The book was also a goodbye from me to the Home series and my friends in the Emile City. Seth and Eli had small appearances in several of the books, but they had a larger role in my head all along. I saved my dear (imaginary) friends for the finale and I could think of no better inspiration for them than Neil Young. Usually I just include lyrics in these song inspiration posts, but I think this one deserves a video.

Control GiveawaysJoyfully Jay
Love Bytes
Sinfully Sexy Books

If you want to see reviews for Control, I have some posted on my website. 

Hopefully next week I can get it together enough to do a longer song inspiration post. Fingers crossed. Have a wonderful week.

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Giveaways & Preorders

Happy Monday! Control, my cowritten shifter book with Mary Calmes, is being released in four days and is currently available for preorder. A new release always means one thing: giveaways! I'll list them below. But first, links: The paperback (with free ebook) is here and the ebook is here. 

And if you're already preordering Control, take a look at my next book. It's a standalone rockstar contemporary called Perfect Imperfections. 

More on that later, for now giveaways:


Giveaway & Review at Swept AwayCharacter Interview, Review, & Giveaway at The Novel ApproachGiveaway at Stumbling Over ChaosPrism Book Alliance gift card giveaway
Have a great week.

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Song Inspirations by Cardeno C. (Quatro)

Happy Monday! Today I'm continuing my posts about song inspirations.

Eight Days
Inspiration: "White Flag" by Dido

Eight Days is a novella about two boys whose families are close friends - studious, quiet Josh and popular, athletic Maccabe. When Maccabe realizes his friend is attracted to him and he feels the same in return, he first hides in fear and then succumbs to passion, but with youth come mistakes and Maccabe's is not realizing the value of what he had until long after he lost it. 
Though the years pass, the love both men feel for each other doesn't fade and by the time Maccabe finally matures enough to ask the right questions and listen to the answers, he is on the proverbial sinking ship. Too much time has passed. He has made too much of a mess, destroyed their relationship in painful ways, and did enough damage to justify Josh's years of silence and insistence that they're over. But when Maccabe puts his single-minded focus on something, he won't surrender or wave the white flag, he will win. And in this story, he finally realizes a life with the man he'll always love is the ultimate prize. 
Until Forever ComesSong Inspiration: "Chasing The Sun" by the Wanted
Until Forever Comes is a novel in my Mates series about Ethan a young, ill shifter who realizes his mate is an ancient, dangerous vampire and Miguel, an intelligent, blood-thirsty vampire who realizes his salvation comes in the form of a spirited young wolf. Ethan has never been right in the eyes of his pack. He is a shifter who can't shift, something that shouldn't happen. Being different and physically weak has given him more than his share of sadness and pain, but it also gave him something rare among his people - the ability to look past what's supposed to be and see what is. Ethan has lived his whole life in a way that doesn't make sense by shifter law, so when he learns he is mated to a male and a vampire at that, he manages to look past the complications that block stronger shifters and see the simple truth: Miguel is his mate.
That mating saves both men, bonding their bodies and making each of them stronger. Through their connection and love, they give each other life. A vampire and a wolf mated, it shouldn't have been possible, that day shouldn't have come. But it did and instead of running away from it, they embraced it and got to live a not-quite eternal life where a shifter can finally shift and a vampire can see the sun.
In Another LifeInspiration: "The One That Got Away" by Katy Perry
Finally, I wrote about my inspiration for In Another Life in another blog post. I'll link it here so it makes my official song inspiration posts.
I hope you have a terrific week.
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"Spring Affair" Now Available for Pre-Order!

"Spring Affair" -- the first book in the four part series "Seasons of Love," is now available for Pre-Order!  Here's the blurb!

Sloan McKenna is going through a tough time. His beloved mother has recently passed away, leaving him her house and beautiful garden. But should he keep the house? Sell it? To make matters worse, he’s in love with one of his best friends, Asher, a man who can’t (or won’t) love him back.
 
Sloan’s neighbor, Max Turner, is married to an ambitious woman with far-reaching dreams, including moving the family to France. But Max is happy teaching at the local college and living in their nice, quiet town. Then he discovers his fourteen-year-old son is not only gay, but out and proud as well. That throws him into complete disarray, for more than one reason....
 
When Max’s wife leaves on a two-month business trip to Paris, circumstances throw the two men together. As they become friends, Sloan finds himself falling in love with Max, who is completely unavailable… just like Asher. As for Max, he is discovering that both his son’s coming out and his new friendship with Sloan are stirring up feelings he thought buried long ago. Spring is a time for rebirth—Is there any way the two men can find happiness and a new beginning?

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March by Cardeno C.

Happy Monday! It's the end of the month, which means it’s time for my monthly writing recap blog post. 

I worked on Holding Court, a short story included in Dreamspinner’s Grand Adventures Anthology supporting Eric Arvin and TJ Klune. You can buy it here. All proceeds go to help Eric.Mary Calmes and I did the galley review for Control, which is releasing April 18th and is available for preorder now. I did the galley review for Perfect Imperfections, my standalone novel releasing May 5th. I finished the editing on All of Me, my shifter novella that’ll be available for individual sale on June 1st and is part of Dreamspinner’s Mended Daily Dose.I submitted McFarland's Farm, the first novella in a new novella series called Hope Crossing.I’m getting ready to receive the first round of edits for In Your Eyes, the third Mates book.I’m writing The Half of Us, the next Family book. And finally, I had a possibly fun idea for a freestanding shifter novel so I jotted down some notes. I’ll let you know if anything comes of it.
Have a great week.

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New Releases! Immortal Valentine and the Grand Adventures Anthology

Cover photo by Jackson Photografix ~ Cover design by Babski Creative StudiosI'm extremely thrilled to announce the re-release of my sexy urban fantasy long-novella, Immortal Valentine. Originally released by Amber Allure in 2012, it has been re-edited, extended slightly, and of course it had a gorgeous new cover. 



About Immortal Valentine: After a heart-pounding brush with danger on Valentine's Day, Caleb runs into a handsome stranger and decides to roll the dice on a one-night-stand. Things don't work out the way anyone intended when Caleb gets sick. He wakes up alone the next day, extremely confused and utterly embarrassed. 
  Angelo is an insomniac vampire who leads a solitary existence. Once a year he comes out of hiding—each Valentine's Day—to soothe one lonely human soul while drinking the blood he needs to survive.   When Caleb falls ill, Angelo winds up connecting with a human as never before. But helping this human puts Angelo's own life at risk. 
Get it at Amazon | B&N | ARe 
Thanks again for spending time with my vampire and his human--I hope you enjoy.


  Also, just a reminder that the Grand Adventures anthology will be out tomorrow (3/31), and it contains my sexy vamps vs. weres story, Under the Full Moon along with many other awesome stories. All proceeds go to help Eric Arvin and TJ Klune - do do check that out.