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Fake Ninja Movie Title Contest- Vote Now!

Holy Smoking Ninjas, Batman! The entries for this contest were so awesome, I nearly choked while reading some of the titles you guys came up with. Hilarious!

Because you all made me laugh so hard, I've decided to have two separate polls: one with titles that sound like they could be real movies (and therefore are contenders for inclusion in Hell Transporter ), and another with the funniest titles.

Vote for your favorite(s) in each category. I'll leave the polls open through Tuesday, December 20th at 9pm Pacific. The titles with the most votes will win a special prize (not telling what it is until then)!

Thanks to all of you for your enthusiasm and creativity. You made this SO MUCH FUN!!



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Aiden's Angels' Super Sekrit Project Revealed!

If you've read Between , you've seen Aiden MacRae wield a claymore and sever an enemy's head from his shoulders. *shudders* You've also seen him be soft, caring for Lindsey as she mourns her death, and you've seen him be... er, sans kilt shall we say. hehehe

Ladies the world over have fallen for the soft and hard that is Aiden MacRae, so much so that they've teamed up to become Aiden's Angels.  Squee!!

The uber-fabulous Lindsay Cox from the Violet Hour Book Reviews, made us a team logo out of red ink, white clouds and angel dust. It's so beautiful, you should be careful when looking directly at it (not unlike the chest in the picture above). *fans self*

I love the logo so much, I wish I could adorn everything in my house with it. And here's where the super sekrit part comes in!
Lindsay put together a CafePress site where everyone can buy merchandise with the Aiden's Angels logo!
Holy cats, that's awesome!
So now you can have Aiden with you when you sip your coffee, snuggle up with your fave eReader, slam back a shot of whisky, or have him sliding down your chest as you're getting dressed in the morning.

Okay, I'll wait while you dream about that last one...

*whistles*

*checks watch*
*shakes you*
Aiden's Angels everywhere have been keeping this under wraps until today, where the blogosphere will get to join in our excitement. We're keeping prices rock bottom so everyone can enjoy Aiden's Angels goodies, so the prices listed are the minimum set by CafePress. Neither Lindsay nor I are getting any commissions on this. We just want to give yyou more ways to declare your love of the dimpled Scotsman.

A huge thanks to Lindsay for putting this together! And thanks to all of Aiden's Angels whose enthusiasm warms me like a shot of Macallan cask strength whisky. I love you guys!

Name That Movie! A Contest

My friend, Tim Surdyk, has a running joke with me about how he doesn't understand how the ninjas fit into Between. There are, of course, no ninjas in the book. He just says that to tease me.
And in his honor, I am going to include the word "ninja" in Hell Transporter. And you get to help me!
In Hell Transporter, there's a scene where the characters are trying to decide which movie to watch. They rattle off a few titles (that I made up) and one of them is going to have "ninja" in the title.
Here's where you come in (and the contest)!
Leave your recommendation(s) in the comments for a fake movie title with "ninja" in it. After I've received a collection of suggestions, I'll put them in a poll for peeps to vote on! The reader whose movie title wins will receive a special Christmas prize from me (and know that their movie title is in the book). How awesome is that? *grin*
Be sure to leave your email address in the comments section so I can get a hold of you if you win!
Now, go crazy!

Hell Transporter Cover Made of Awesome!

In case you missed the reveal on Reading Angel's blog, here is the cover for Hell Transporter, the sequel to Between, due out in the spring. I love love love it!


(Blogger cuts off the right edge but I wanted to make it big enough for you to see. I wish there were a fit-to-frame option!)


Huge thanks to Dave at Woulds & Shoulds Editing and Design who created this cover made from sheer awesome. He's the same designer who made the cover for Between, and the continuity of the two is simply masterful.

And here is the book excerpt posted earlier, from the Hell Transporter's point of view:

My gaze locked onto the girl and a violent, lusty excitement soared in my chest. I would tear her apart, rip her limbs from her body and laugh as her blood soaked into the ground.

You will die tonight. Her whole body twitched and I knew she heard. The war cry that erupted behind me told me the Scot heard as well.

I crashed through the brush toward her. She didn't move, just shivered like a mouse before the cat's jaws, but her eyes grew larger than the moon as I bore down on her. She was making it too easy. She was taking the all fun out of it. Bitch.

Summoning the wind's power, I flew forward with the speed of a raging fire and grasped the girl's hair in my talons, yanking her limp body up off the ground. I didn't have time to savor her death. The Scot was raining down on me. No matter. One quick snap and she'd be dead. I wanted to see her eyes as she died, as the light dimmed from the inside out.

When she met my gaze, I froze.

You like? :) If you're excited to read Hell Transporter when it comes out in the spring, be sure to mark it as "to read" on Goodreads. You can also pick up the Aiden's Angels logo below to put on your blog!

Crazy Stupid Love That Lasts a Lifetime

I watched Crazy Stupid Love last night, curled up on the couch with my hubby. It was really cute. You should rent it!

In the movie, Steve Carell plays a man (Cal) who met his soul mate when he was 15. Okay, I realize this is Hollywood so it doesn't have to be believable. But you know what? It happens.

Teenagers fall in love. Like real, forever, honest-to-goodness, crazy, stupid love.

Sometimes they even get married. And stay married.

It happened to me.

My husband and I got together during our first year of college. We met in late August, were engaged by February and married the following December. We would have been married sooner, but our folks freaked out because we were so young. When we got engaged, I was 19 and he was 18.

This year marks our 19th wedding anniversary.

Okay, yes, I realize you can do the math and figure out how old I am. I know, you're shocked! Eh, you'll get over it. *grin*

Turns out we're not the only ones in this Crazy Stupid Love Club. I was tweeting with some fabulous ladies the other night and they, too, were blushing brides who've stuck it out for the long haul because of crazy, stupid love!

@NewUTMommy: married at 20, going on 15 years together now
@deviantzangel: engaged at 20, married at 22, still together
@readingangel002: married at 17, going strong
@Loretta_Lynn86: engaged at 16, married at 18, still in love
@violethourBR: married at 19, 7.5 years together now
@jderucki: engaged at 20, married at 21, celebrating 16 years together
@baakrjacks: married at 20, been together for 25 years!

Young adult romance is not always about crushes. Sometimes it's the real thing. And that's a beautiful thing. <333

Hell Transporter Cover Reveal!

Big news!! The cover for Hell Transporter will be revealed tomorrow, December 1st, on Reading Angel's blog! 

****UPDATE: Aiden's Angels have demanded that the cover reveal should happen on SCOTLAND time in honor of Aiden MacRae, so the post is up now! I love you guys!***

I'm so excited for you guys to see the cover, I can barely stand it.

It's beeeeeoooootiful!

But wait, there's more! (No, not a set of knives, though that would be cool, come to think of it. LOL)

In addition to the cover reveal, Reading Angel will also be posting an excerpt from the book written from the Hell Transporter's point of view. *chills* If you missed the teasers I've posted already on my blog, here they are.

Oh, and check out my Awesome Fans! page for two new buttons (one for Between and another for Aiden's Angels). Thanks to the lovely Lindsay Cox for those designs! <33

Hell Transporter Cover Reveal Tomorrow!

Big news!! The cover for Hell Transporter will be revealed tomorrow, December 1st, on Reading Angel's blog!

I'm so excited for you guys to see the cover, I can barely stand it.

It's beeeeeoooootiful!

But wait, there's more! (No, not a set of knives, though that would be cool, come to think of it. LOL)

In addition to the cover reveal, Reading Angel will also be posting an excerpt from the book written from the Hell Transporter's point of view. *chills* If you missed the teasers I've posted already on my blog, here they are.

Oh, and check out my Awesome Fans! page for two new buttons (one for Between and another for Aiden's Angels). Thanks to the lovely Lindsay Cox for those designs! <33

Support Four Debut Authors & You Could Snag $125!

The utterly fabulous Shannon Mayer has put together a promotion so simple and full of awesome that I am bursting at the seams to share it with you! *squee*


With thiscontest, there is something for everyone and it's SO simple to be in on the winning! OnNovember 28 and/or 29, purchase 1 or all 4 of the debut authors' books listedhere. Then forward proof of purchase (the receipt Amazon sends you will do justfine) to motionsrider@yahoo.ca and get up to 4 entries into a draw for a $100 Amazongift card!
It's thateasy: no reviews, no hoops to jump through. Just a great .99 book or two. Orthree or four. AND, if the person who wins the $100 Amazon Gift Card haspurchased all 4 books, an additional$25 Amazon Gift Card will be awarded to the winner!
On top ofthat, 2 random commenters pickedfrom 2 of our participating blogs will receive $5 gift Amazon gift cards . So be sure to leave a commentand let us know what you think of the promo, the books, or the authors. Don't forget a contact email in your comment in case you win!
Winnerswill be chosen randomly. One entry per person, per book.
Allwinners will be announced on December 7th on Shannon's site Wringing Out Words. 

So without further ado (what is ado, really? LOL), here are the four books in the order Shannon gave them to me (just in case you thought I was vain for putting mine first):

It just figures thatthe love of Lindsey Water's life isn't alive at all, but the grim reaper,complete with a dimpled smile, and Scottish accent.

After transporting souls to heaven for the last 300 years, Aiden MacRae has allbut given up on finding the one whose love will redeem him and allow him entrythrough the pearly gates.

Torn between her growing attraction to Aiden and heaven's siren song, Lindseymust learn the hard way whether love really can transcend all boundaries.

Available from Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iBooks. Prefer a paperback? Order your personalized copy using the widget in the upper right corner of this blog.

When darkness falls, whose side will you be on?


For the past six years, Zoë has been anything but "normal." Struggling toaccept her immortality and thrown into a war that's been waging in the shadowsfor over a thousand years, Zoë must now become who she was meant to be, joiningthe other Chosen to save what's left of humanity. When the endless night fallsover the Earth, will she be able to save the one man who reminds her of what itis to be human, or will it be too late?


Until Dawn: Last Light is a story of death and despair, love and longing, hopeand hopelessness, and the ability to survive and keep going even when it seemsimpossible – when you want nothing more than to give up.

Grab your copy of Until Dawn: Last Light on Amazon for only 99 cents to be entered in the drawing!

A stranger enters a dying town and makes a desperate plea…


The Kayson Cycle introduces the Kayson Brothers, a pair of faith healers whoonce wowed crowds in a traveling show but went their separate ways after anight in which a healing took a dark turn. Jeffrey Kayson disappeared into thewilderness and William Kayson, wracked by guilt, moved to the failing miningtown of Calico Hills to build a nice, quiet life – one that has lasted for overten years.


His quiet, predictable life crumbles when a mysterious stranger walks into histavern bearing a proposal to find his long-lost brother and do the one thingthat William has sworn to never do again - have his brother heal a woman.William soon learns that he can't escape his family – or his destiny.


Includes an exclusive sample chapter of The Corridors of the Dead. Please notethat this is a Kindle Single, and around 6,000 words in length.

The Kayson Cycle is available from Smashwords, Amazon or Barnes & Noble for less than a buck!

A miracle drug, Nevermore, spreads like wildfire throughout theworld allowing people to eat what they want, and still lose weight. It iseverything the human population has ever dreamed of and Mara is no different.Only a simple twist of fate stops her from taking Nevermore.


As the weeks roll by, it becomes apparent that Nevermore is not the miracle itclaimed. A true to life nightmare, the drug steals the very essence that makesup humanity and unleashes a new and deadly species on the world that is bent onfilling its belly. Locked down within their small farm home, Mara and herhusband Sebastian struggle against increasingly bad odds, fighting offmarauders and monsters alike.


But Sebastian carries a dark secret, one that more than threatens to tear themapart, it threatens to destroy them both and the love they have for each other.


Now Mara must make the ultimate choice. Will she live for love, or will shelive to survive?

Pick up a copy of Sundered from Smashwords, Amazon or Barnes & Noble for a chance to win!  
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Love One Another

I've been battling a nasty cold this week, which means I haven't been sleeping well. After church, I crawled into bed, clicked on the electric blanket and took a nap. It was wonderful.

But I couldn't get up.

I heard my family moving around the house: the clicking of the dog's toenails on the hallway floor as he searched the house for me, the muffled talk of my husband and children in the living room.

I knew I needed to get up.

If I stayed in bed, I wouldn't be able to sleep later and I'd be up all night. I kicked myself around inside my head, yelled "Get up!", called myself names to try and combat the sinuous lure of sleep and the warmth curled around me. It didn't work. I slipped back into oblivion. Again and again and again.

I needed someone to come wake me.

It wasn't that I didn't know I needed to get up. I did. I just couldn't do it on my own. The pull of the bed was too strong, it felt too good. Even though I knew it would only hurt me, I wasn't able to extract myself from the jaws of slumber.

This week, we learned that a close friend has been leading a double life of sexual sin for several years. It rips my heart out to think of what he and his family are going through right now. I love them all deeply and wish that I had known--that anyone had known--and that he'd been able to reach out and ask for help.

Sometimes life is too much for us to handle on our own and we need to have someone come and wake us, pull us from the lure of what ensnares us. I implore you to be the kind of person who not only asks for help, but who also willingly gives it.

Love one another. 

Sugar! Sugar! Sugar!

I hope you all had a fabulous Halloween! My kiddos were successful in bringing in quite the haul of candy. Before we went out, I told them, when given the choice, to pick chocolate (since I like chocolate- haha), and they followed my advice. Good job, kids! :P (Proud Mama)

Now, to manage the sugar rush and distribute said candy...

We're going to dump it out on the counter and let them take turns picking the pieces they want most (15 pieces each). Then I'm going to buy the ones I want from the rest of the pile, and the others we'll take to their dentist, who will pay them cash for their candy. Pretty sweet, huh? (See what I did there?- lol)

How do you divvy up Halloween candy to your kids? Let them eat it all? Put a limit on pieces per day?

If you don't have kids, how do you think it should be done?

I want to hear from you!