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Friday Free Read! Beloved LifeMate 1 of 18

I'm starting a new series called: Friday Free Read!
Over the next 18 weeks, I will post the the entire YA novella, Beloved LifeMate. It is the first book in the Song of the Sídhí series. Each book in the series is a stand alone novella.

NOTE: Story contains sexual content/innuendo and mild language.Recommended reading age is seventeen and up.Chapter 1: A Walk in the Woods
If my lifeMate – supposedly the perfect guy of my dreams – wasn't trying to kill me, I'd be much happier.Sigh, sorry, let me backup. I've gotten way ahead of myself.It all started earlier today, while I was still on Earth, walking through a park and minding my own business.For the first time in several months mom and dad agreed it was safe enough for me to visit Earth. The real Earth, not one of the second dimensional valleys all Sídhí live in.About four thousand years ago, we (all the Sídhí races) got sucked through a gateway and dumped on Earth. You see, a really powerful elvish ruler had been trying to end the Great War between the Sídhí races when he shoved pure energy, aptly named synth crystal, into dozens of gateways connecting our home world to Earth. Unfortunately for him, the gateways exploded, killing him and creating hundreds of dimensional valleys that lay scattered across the face of Earth. The discharge of that much power sucked people and animals from Sídhí into the newly created valleys. We haven't had contact with the home world of Sídhí since then.One of the largest valleys created was Trellick Valley. My family has ruled over the valley since Sídhí first appeared on Earth. The current monarch, Sarah Trellick aka Chi’Kehra, was my sister. As far as older sisters go, she was the best. She never tried bossing me around, not like my older brothers always did.There was an unspoken Sídhí law dating from the old world. Sídhí were considered adult once we passed through puberty and I went through Sídhí puberty - twenty-one days of slam-bam growth spurts of going from bone-thin twiggy to having boobs and hips – two years ago. Now, if someone would tell my brothers – and my parents – that tidbit of info, I'd be totally happy.Yeah, I know, being smothered was part of growing up. My parents insisted I was independent, letting me go – most of the time – anywhere I wanted to go with one major concession: my shadow.Ugh! My parents gave me a babysitter.
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Beloved LifeMate Copyright 2011 by Jodie B. Cooper
www.jodiebcooper.com

Exile: The Prequel

Peace Camp started with a bang, literally. Dead bodies, explosions, and monsters within the first week of summer camp created the perfect playground for the Khr'Vurr, Dragon Valley's resident terrorist organization.

Keeping her true nature carefully hidden, ice-cold assassin, Lady Sarah Trellick, reluctantly agrees to play the dragon's game of cat and mouse, all the while searching for a way to protect her home valley.

During the dangerous game, she grows ever desperate for Nick, the mate her Sídhí blood picked as her soul mate, a mate that hates her.

Time is running out.

Exile: The Prequel is FREE at Smashwords and their distribution channels.

Cover Reveal: Exile (The Prequel)

Sarah's story, the third book in the Sídhí Summer Camp series.
Love and danger is just the beginning.

Christmas Wishes Blog Hop

You have a chance to win two e-books!Forbidden Temptation of a Vampire (Sídhí Summer Camp #1)
and  Vampire's Forbidden Territory (Sídhí Summer Camp #2)
YA paranormal Romance


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Guess what? The hosts will be giving away a Kindle Paperwhite, A Nook Glow, and a $90 choice giftcard for either amazon or barnes and noble.  Both Tablets will come with a book bundle!! Visit their blogs for details.
and   Vampire's Forbidden Territory (Sídhí Summer Camp #2)
YA paranormal Romance


Does Jared (vampire) want Katie (elf/vampire) for her money, her blood, or something beyond her wildest dreams? 
Katie's story is the first in the Sídhí Summer Camp series, but it can be read as a stand-alone title. Read the first few pages free at Smashwords or Amazon!

Continue Katie and Jared's story in the second of the Sídhí Summer Camp series.
It can be read as a stand-alone title. Read the first few pages free at Smashwords or Amazon!

Winner will receive a Smashwords coupon.

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Thanks so MUCH for hopping by, but don't stop here, hop on to the next giveaway!

Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway Hop!

Everyone that stops by receives a FREE e-book! 

Details at the bottom  :P

You also have a chance to win two e-books!Forbidden Temptation of a Vampire (Sídhí Summer Camp #1)
and  Vampire's Forbidden Territory (Sídhí Summer Camp #2)
YA paranormal Romance



A special thanks to I am a Reader, Not a Writer and Chapter by Chapterfor hosting this awesome giveaway hop!
As an EXTRA special thanks to you, the reader, for hopping by
I'm giving everyone a copy of  Beloved LifeMate !
Watch the sparks fly between a royal elf and a halfling (vampire/elf). 
To receive your FREE e-book, go to Smashwords
and enter coupon code UR72T (not case-sensitive) and update the price to $0.00
Don't delay! The coupon will only be good through December 10, 2012!

Enter to win an electronic copy of 
Forbidden Temptation of a Vampire (Sídhí Summer Camp #1)
and   Vampire's Forbidden Territory (Sídhí Summer Camp #2)
YA paranormal Romance


Does Jared (vampire) want Katie (elf/vampire) for her money, her blood, or something beyond her wildest dreams? 
Katie's story is the first in the Sídhí Summer Camp series, but it can be read as a stand-alone title. Read the first few pages free at Smashwords or Amazon!

Continue Katie and Jared's story in the second of the Sídhí Summer Camp series.
It can be read as a stand-alone title. Read the first few pages free at Smashwords or Amazon!

Winner will receive a Smashwords coupon.

a Rafflecopter giveawayThanks so MUCH for hopping by, but don't stop here, hop on to the next giveaway!

Christmas Books Giveaway Blog Hop

Enter to win an e-book!

Christmas in Vampire Valley - YA paranormal Romance

A special thanks to I am a Reader, Not a Writer and Laurie Here for hosting this awesome Giveaway hop!
Christmas in Vampire Valley
YA paranormal romance

What happens when a fairy (dressed as a witch) wants a vampire for Christmas?Chaos!
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Dreaming of Summer Blog Hop!

Everyone that stops by receives a FREE e-book! 

2 FREE e-books if you stop by between Nov. 30 and Dec.  3rd!

Details at the bottom  :P

You also have a chance to win two e-books!Forbidden Temptation of a Vampire (Sídhí Summer Camp #1) 
and
Vampire's Forbidden Territory (Sídhí Summer Camp #2)

YA paranormal Romance



A special thanks to I am a Reader, Not a Writer and Me, My Shelf & Ifor hosting this awesome giveaway hop!
As an EXTRA special thanks to you, the reader, for hopping by
I'm giving everyone a copy of  Beloved LifeMate !
Watch the sparks fly between a royal elf and a halfling (vampire/elf). To receive your FREE e-book, go to Smashwords
and enter coupon code FR52U (not case-sensitive) and update the price to $0.00
Don't delay! The coupon will only be good through December 2, 2012!
WAIT! That's not all!
If you stop by on Friday, Nov. 30th - Monday, Dec. 3rd (or go directly to Amazon) you can download my newest release for FREE!
That's right, it's a Christmas short story for FREE!


What happens when a fairy (dressed as a witch) wants a vampire for Christmas? Chaos!

Now, I bet you are sick of free stuff and you're ready to enter the Blog Hop contest:

Enter to win an electronic copy of
Forbidden Temptation of a Vampire and Vampire's Forbidden Territory!
(Sídhí Summer Camp #1 and #2)
Winner will receive a Smashwords coupon.


Does Jared (vampire) want Katie (elf/vampire) for her money, her blood, or something beyond her wildest dreams? 
Katie's story is the first in the Sídhí Summer Camp series, but it can be read as a stand-alone title. Read the first few pages free at Smashwords or Amazon!


Continue Katie and Jared's story is the second of the Sídhí Summer Camp series, but it can be read as a stand-alone title. Read the first few pages free at Smashwords or Amazon!

a Rafflecopter giveaway
Thanks so MUCH for hopping by, but don't stop here, hop on to the next giveaway!

Kraken in the Gulf of Mexico

I received confirmation that a pod of kraken has been sighted off the shore of Texas in Clan Valley.Every official I spoke with said, no comment, so I decided to take a little trip.After about a ten-hour drive, I arrived at Galveston. I headed straight for the Marina, but there was not a single boat available to rent.I stuck around the dock area, and sure enough, I started hearing rumors about the kraken.The pod was less than fifty miles off shore. Estimates ranged from two to six adults and four babies. One kraken is more than enough, but ten! Supposedly, a group of siren (that's a warrior caste fairy) were on their way to take care of the kraken infestation.I just happened to be sitting behind a pile of boxes, under a tarp, on the fishing vessel, Hard-up Joy, when a group of hard-eyed fairies walked onboard. (I paid the local pixie runner a cool hundred to find out which boat the fairies had hired.)We had been underway for about ten minutes when the tarp flew up. One of the fairies glared at me."Hi, I'm Jodie Cooper, Sídhí news reporter," I greeted him with a cheery smile."I know who you are," he commented, with a sour-look on his face. "You're constantly sticking your nose into things that are none of your business. Today might be your last.""Hey, the public has a right to know if they are in danger. You don't have any right to threaten me.""Not a threat, a promise." A second fairy walked up behind the first. "If there is more than one kraken, we'll probably be swimming home. We'll make it just fine. You, little mundane reporter, won't make it a mile, much less fifty."After that, they ignored me, and my questions. Talk about rude!I made my way to the front of the boat (later, I found-out it's called the bow) in the small cabin that covered the wheel. The guy steering the boat ignored me.Nearly an hour later, he pointed out the window. "Not so sweet looking are they."They, he spoke of, were kraken.The closer we got to the monsters, the more I wondered if I hadn't made a really big mistake. There were two of the huge monsters and a smaller baby. The baby was just old enough to survive in salt water. I'd heard kraken were three stories tall. If momma and daddy had not been swimming, they would have been that tall.Each, of the black-skinned creatures, had three long necks. The head was a diamond-shaped like a rattler. Its scream threatened to burst my eardrums.The largest of the three surged forward, snapping at us with all three heads. Really, really large fangs glistened in the sunshine.We swung near them, just outside of chomping range. Four of the sirens started singing, aiming their voices toward the rubber-skinned monsters. Sirens had many vocal skills, from tear-inducing love songs to bone-shattering shrieks.The kraken heads began to bob, like a baby fighting sleep.That's when I realized, the fairies weren't trying to kill the kraken. The weird fairies of Atlantis Valley were trying to put the mega-monsters to sleep.Hello? What good would that do?A few minutes later, all three kraken floated in the water, belly-up and fast asleep.A different fairy stood next to the railing, staring at the water.I slipped out of the cabin and looked down into the sea.Around the body of the baby kraken, the surface of the sea began churning. Huge vines of sea coreweed (that's a Sídhí plant) curled up and around the body of the beast.Thunk!Coreweed slithered across the deck. It was the largest specimen of coreweed I had ever seen. Four inches thick, it had bright green skin with blue scaly spots. I knew dried coreweed was sort of the equivalent of hemp from Earth, except it was extremely strong.This was still wiggling and wet.The fairy at the rail (who had to be an enchanter) glanced at the flopping end of coreweed. It slithered over the rail, under the boat, and popped-up on the opposite side. It wrapped around the boat several times.The boat slowly moved south, towing the smallest of the kraken. Hours later, we slowed to a stop. It was in the middle of nowhere. The fairies threatened me with my life if I reported the exact location.The enchanter fairy severed the coreweed, leaving three lengths on the deck.Three of the fairies each grabbed a length of coreweed and slipped over the side. Taking a deep breath, they disappeared, pulling the baby kraken behind them.I later learned there was a permanent portal several hundred feet down, and that was how the kraken appeared in Clan Valley to begin with.The fairies pulled the baby kraken through the underwater portal, returning him to Atlantis Valley. Afterward the three fairies returned to the boat, and the captain steered the boat away from the portal.We waited for nearly an hour before the kraken parents showed-up, rushing through the water at an unbelievable speed and shrieking their heads off.Thankfully, they were more concerned with finding their baby. They dove under the water and didn't reappear.Until next time,Jodiewww.jodiebcooper.com

Kraken & Jack the Ripper

Well, I had a hot tip that kraken were seen in the Gulf of Mexico! When I called Guardian Tremaine, my vampire contact in Clan Valley, he said 'no comment' and hung up on me.The nerve of some people!I'll hunt down the true story and tell you all about it.Until then, a little gossip never hurt anyone.Rumor has it that Lord MuskLeke is back to his old habits of torturing mundanes, killing them, and cutting out their organs.Sound familiar? Well, if it doesn't, it should. He did the same thing in the Whitechapel district of London back in 1888. He's more famously known as Jack the Ripper.The rumor hasn't been confirmed, but the mutilated bodies appeared eerily the same as those 1888 murders. This time MuskLeke is spreading out his killings, one in New York City, another in Los Angeles, and several in Australia.Until next time,Jodiewww.jodiebcooper.com

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