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Quote of the Day 7: Finding Abigial

To lead up to the release of Finding Abigail, I'll be showing off one or two sentences a day until Feb 5th! Are you ready for Tyler and Abby?

She nodded, eager. Who cared about a silly dance anyway?“I thought you might.” He reached down to her stomach and pulled her up so she was standing flush against him. 

Quote of the Day 6: Finding Abigail

To lead up to the release of Finding Abigail, I'll be showing off one or two sentences a day until Feb 5th! Are you ready for Tyler and Abby?

Abby bent over in her jeans and looked at her ass in the mirror.Good, no butt crack.

Fresh Friday Reads: Week of 1.28.13

So, what have you been reading this week? Come on! You know you want to let me know what was just released!
When Summer Comes – Brenda Novak 

One day, Callie Vanetta receives devastating news

She needs a liver transplant. But her doctors warn that, in her case, the chances of finding a compatible donor aren't good.

Determined to spend whatever time she has left on her own terms, she keeps the diagnosis to herself and moves out to her late grandparents' farm. She's always wanted to live there. But the farm hasn't been worked in years and she begins to fear it's too much, she'll have to return to town.

One night, a stranger comes knocking at her door...
He's an attractive and mysterious drifter by the name of Levi McCloud who offers to trade work for a few nights' shelter. Callie figures she doesn't have anything to lose. He needs a place to stay until he can fix his motorcycle; she needs an extra pair of hands. The arrangement seems ideal until what was supposed to be temporary starts to look more and more permanent. Then she realizes she does have something to lose — her heart. And, although he doesn't yet know it, Levi stands to lose even more.

Haunted Moon – Yasmine Galenorn 
We’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae ex-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. My sister Menolly is a vampire married to a werepuma. And me? I’m Camille, a wicked-good witch with three sexy husbands. I’m a priestess of the Moon Mother, and I’m training under the Queen of Darkness. Unfortunately, playing in the dark means that sometimes you stumble over secrets better left buried…

There’s a new Fae sorcerer in town—Bran, the son of Raven Mother and the Black Unicorn—and I’m the unwilling liaison between him and our new Earthside OIA. With cemeteries being ransacked and spirits being harvested by a sinister, otherworldly force, Aeval sends us to rescue the missing wife of a prominent member of the Fae nobility. Our search leads us to the mysterious Aleksais Psychic Network and, ultimately, to face the Lord of Ghosts where Morio and I must undergo a ritual that will plunge us directly into the world of the dead. 

Beach House No 9 – Chrstie Ridgway 
When book doctor Jane Pearson arrives at Griffin Lowell's beach house, she expects a brooding loner. After all, his agent hired her to help the reclusive war journalist write his stalled memoir. Instead, Jane finds a tanned, ocean-blue-eyed man in a Hawaiian shirt, hosting a beach party and surrounded by beauties. Faster than he can untie a bikini top, Griffin lets Jane know he doesn't want her. But she desperately needs this job and digs her toes in the sand. 

Griffin intends to spend the coming weeks at Beach House No. 9 taking refuge from his painful memories-and from the primly sexy book doctor who wants to bare his soul. But warm nights, moonlit walks and sultry kisses just may unlock both their guarded hearts....

Love Means No Limits – Andrew Grey 
Bart van Andren, aka Spider, has been running away from life with a lot of chemical help. When he wakes up in a hospital, he discovers he’s picked up a champion. Duane must see something in Bart no one else ever has, because he finds Bart a job at Laughton Farms, where the people show Bart kindness and patience. He might even kick his drug habit with a little help from his new friends Geoff, Eli, and especially Tyrone.

Tyrone Jackson works at the farm despite the disapproval of his traditional black family, who find it suspicious that he works with gay men. Tyrone knows he’s gay, and until now, he’s kept his home and work lives separate.

Though Tyrone resists his feelings for Bart as long as he can—he’s seen enough of the drug culture to last a lifetime—he can’t deny their attraction forever. But before he and Bart reach for more than friendship, Tyrone has to face his family and Bart has to close the door on his past—a past that could put Tyrone, the farm, and everyone he’s come to care for at risk.
Guardian Ranger – Cynthia Eden
"Trust me." 

The Last Chance bar was Veronica Lane's last hope. Desperate to find her missing brother, the sheltered computer programmer turned to Jasper Adams--the man she'd been warned to stay far away from. Veronica knew she was putting her life into the hands of the former Army Ranger, who aroused desire she had to resist at all costs.

Posing as a ruthless mercenary was a cover for what Jasper was really doing: hunting a killer. And Veronica was in the line of fire. The soldier-turned-elite-ops-agent knew he was playing a dangerous game--trying to win her trust while deceiving her about his true mission. What would happen once Veronica discovered that everything about him was a lie...everything except his passion for her?

Dragon Strom – Biaca D’Arc

"Their love will span the ages and two very different worlds. "

Caught in a magical storm and deposited in modern-day Oregon, twin dragon princes Darius and Connor are looking for a way home. Instead they find something most unexpected their mate. The one woman who holds both their hearts in the palm of her healing hand along with secrets about her origins that link their shared destinies.

When Josie patches up the injured man on her doorstep, her snowcat instincts tell her he s much more than a man. And so is his brother. She also knows her dragon lovers cannot fly free in the modern world. The only way to return them to their rightful place is to face the failures of her past, and leave the safety of her forest cabin to seek her estranged grandfather s counsel. There she learns the painful truth: returning Darius and Connor to where they belong could mean giving up everything. Even her only chance for true love.

But fate has other plans for the trio. Magic swirls all around them. Whether it is for good or ill, only time will tell

Warning: Contains a fiery hot m nage a trois, a wild cat-woman and two hunky dragon studs in black leather. A little time travel makes everything more interesting, doesn t it?

Quote of the Day 5: Finding Abigail

To lead up to the release of Finding Abigail, I'll be showing off one or two sentences a day until Feb 5th! Are you ready for Tyler and Abby?

Tears welled in her eyes, and she brought both boys into a hug. “Oh, guys, you know how much I love you, but I need to go.”

Quote of the Day 4: Finding Abigail

To lead up to the release of Finding Abigail, I'll be showing off one or two sentences a day until Feb 5th! Are you ready for Tyler and Abby?

The package didn’t seem too dangerous. No, in fact, it looked downright boring.

Quote of the Day 3: Finding Abigail

To lead up to the release of Finding Abigail, I'll be showing off one or two sentences a day until Feb 5th! Are you ready for Tyler and Abby?

Oh, he knew his brother had a right to be nervous, but it didn’t take him being a cupid to know who Bray should be with considering his brother never had eyes for anyone other than Allison. But that was another story.

Quote of the Day 2: Finding Abigail

To lead up to the release of Finding Abigail, I'll be showing off one or two sentences a day until Feb 5th! Are you ready for Tyler and Abby?

Tyler took off the last of the brown paper that smelled of vanilla and choked.Pink. Hot pink. Everywhere

Quote of the Day: Finding Abigail

To lead up to the release of Finding Abigail, I'll be showing off one or two sentences a day until Feb 5th! Are you ready for Tyler and Abby?

“Smooth, twinkle toes,” Bray said as he took the spot on the couch Tyler wanted. 

Saturday Snippet: A TASTE FOR A MATE

For today, I thought I'd go back in time a bit to my first full length novel. From the second book in the Redwood Pack Series, A TASTE FOR A MATE.


     Jasper’s body went on alert. His heart beat in his ears. “When did you hear this? Why the fuck did you wait until now to come and get me? My scent is all over that bakery. If some lone wolf goes near Willow, they’re just going to think she’s meat. I haven’t claimed her yet.” Jasper could feel his wolf prowl, ready to attack the dangers surrounding his mate.
     “Calm down. I just heard about it before I walked here. We can go together to check out the threat. But as I said, the pup wasn’t sure what he smelled. He wasn’t sure if it was a wolf or not. But seeing how it’s close to Willow’s, I thought we should go.”
     Jasper grabbed his keys and had left the house before Adam had time to take another breath. He needed to check on her. If anyone came near her or even sniffed her, he’d kick some ass.
     “Let me drive, man,” Adam said as he reached the driveway. “I don’t want you to take us off the road. You’re a little edgy now.”
     Jasper tossed him the keys and climbed into the passenger seat of his Jeep.



A Taste for a Mate – Redwood Pack Book 2

Jasper Jamenson’s only responsibility to being the Beta of the Redwood Pack, second son of the Alpha, is to protect the Pack from themselves and the human world. After a century of selfless service, his brother’s new found mating forced him into taking a good look into his life. He isn’t sure he wants a mate, but fate may have other ideas.

Willow Delton is a skinny, bakery owner – the type most woman love to hate. Being without family, she finds herself alone to the Greek god with green eyes who saunters into her bakery every morning. Her desire to follow him, to be with him, overrides every rational sense she possesses.

Jasper and Willow are drawn together, despite every nuisance that works against them. But evil beyond even Jasper’s supernatural compensation will make war against him, by going after the only thing in his eternal life he desires – Willow. Is Willow’s heart enough to overcome Jasper’s soul to save her life? A fight he cannot win, but to save her life – he must.


Print version is found in Redwood Pack Vol 1Find it On:Amazon | Barnes & Noble | ARe | Kobo | itunes

Fresh Friday Reads: Week of 1.21.13

Happy Friday! This week was a FANTASTIC paranormal week in romance releases. What did you purchase!? TELL ME! LOL

Ever After - Kim Harrison

The ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking. If it disappears completely, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing... for the worse.

While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation. There's also the small fact that she caused the ley line to rip in the first place, setting off a chain reaction of unfortunate events. That little mistake has made her life forfeit unless she can fix it. It's also made her more than a few enemies, including the most powerful demon in the ever after—a terrifying entity who eats souls and now has an insatiable appetite for her. He's already kidnapped her friend and goddaughter to lure her out, and if Rachel doesn't give herself up soon, they'll die.

But Rachel has more than a few impressive and frightening skills of her own, and she isn't going to hand over her soul and her life without one hell of a fight. She's also got a surprise: elven tycoon Trent Kalamack. With this unlikely ally beside her—a prospect both thrilling and unnerving—she's going to return to the ever after, kick some demon butt, rescue her loved ones... and prevent an apocalypse before it's too late. Or, at least that's the plan...

The Hob - Kim Harrison

Robin Goodfellow has met his match. 

The Gray Court Book 4 

When the Black Queen kidnaps one of the White Queen's nephews, Robin Goodfellow is sent to ensure that the young prince safely returns to the bosom of his family. True to his role as Oberon’s Hobgoblin, he is ready for anything…except meeting his truebond, the very delicious, very human Michaela Exton.

Michaela has dreamed about a flame-haired rogue named Robin Goodfellow since she was a little girl, but everyone knows Puck doesn’t really exist. In real life, it’s a dark-eyed man named Ringo who makes her heart beat faster.

She is closer to her dream man than she thinks, and nobody knows it better than Robin, who wears the guise of Ringo. But there’s competition for her love in the form of Lord Raven, who holds a secret that will rock the foundation of Robin’s world. As a Black Court delegate does the unthinkable, leaving an enraged, grief-stricken Robin hanging onto his humanity by a thread, only Michaela has the power to bring him back from the killing edge—if she survives.

Product Warning: This book contains explicit sex, graphic language, Robin Goodfellow and... Really. Do I need to say any more?

Haunted Sanctuary - Moira Rogers

The shadows of her past could destroy their future.

Green Pines, Book 1

Eden Green can’t remember a time she didn’t believe in monsters—her cousin was born one. Her family’s dark past casts a long shadow, making it hard to make friends and harder to commit to a lover. She lives a quiet life in small-town Clover, Tennessee, but she’s always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Tired of the city packs’ corruption, yet too alpha to be a subordinate in a sanctuary town, Jay Ancheta satisfies his need to protect by serving as Clover’s Chief of Police. As much as he’s drawn to Eden, he can’t offer forever to a woman who doesn’t know what he is—or trust himself to let her go after one taste.

When Eden’s cousin and his battered pack stagger into town, their tormentors hard on their heels, Eden is bitten in the chaos. Now Jay not only has a traumatized pack to deal with, but a newly turned wolf with enough hungry alpha power to consume them both.

With their combined strength, they can create a new sanctuary—if their passion can survive the ghosts of the Green family’s legacy.

Warning: Contains a newly turned werewolf heroine who enjoys a little rough dominance in bed and a badass alpha wolf hero who’ll fight bad guys, ghosts and even the past to protect what’s his. Be prepared for violence, death and heartbreak on the way to a happily ever after.