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August 22, 2015
Audio August Giveaway Day 22
Happy August! Because everyone is getting back to school and work as well as finishing up summer fun, I thought I’d do an audio giveaway throughout August! Each day we are holding a giveaway for an audio book of your choice from my backlist. All you need to do is Tweet and/or Facebook the following and then comment that you did so! Winners will be picked weekly (one winner per post per day) and you can enter once a day! I just wanted to say thank you everyone for being my readers and I hope you enjoy your August!
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A New Excerpt from An Alpha’s Choice
An Alpha’s Choice is out now! How about an excerpt?
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(c) 2015 Carrie Ann Ryan
The damned scent of her was going to kill him. One devastatingly seductive second at a time. Finn took a deep breath to calm himself and held back a curse. Inhaling a big gulp of air wasn’t the best thing to do when it was Brynn’s scent putting him on edge. Now he had her in his system, the tantalizing floral and spice wrapping around his cock until he was so hard he was afraid he’d fucking burst. He casually adjusted himself, aware that if her back hadn’t been to him, she’d have tracked the movement. Then would have probably kicked him in said cock.
She seemed to hate him so much, and yet he couldn’t stop thinking about her. Damn his Alpha and hers for putting them into this situation. Of course, if he’d fessed up to the fact that she made him hard and he couldn’t stop thinking about her, maybe they’d have relented.
Or more than likely, they’d have told him to grow the fuck up and deal with the situation instead of hiding from it like a teenager.
If only she’d been his mate, then he’d feel free to act on his needs…her needs, as well. Because damn if he couldn’t scent her arousal when the wind brushed along her skin just right. That soft skin that looked so fucking ready for him to bite and suckle, to rake his claws down as he pumped in and out of her sweet cunt, his dick filling her so full that neither of them would be able to walk for days afterward.
Fuuuuck.
Okay. Time to get his mind off that track. As it was, he wasn’t sure he would be able to walk for much longer, considering his dick was so hard he practically had to waddle to keep up with her.
Because that was attractive and not at all conspicuous.
Way to blend in with the humans.
With a huge fucking hard-on for a woman who couldn’t care less about him in her presence.
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Brynn Brentwood has spent the whole of her life protecting the Talon Pack through terrors only she will ever know. She’s never asked for more in life other than to live to take her next breath and to ensure her family is safe. Regardless of her selfless wishes and the atrocities the former Alpha committed, she has always known that fate would provide for her as it had countless others. Fate is what has carried her through with one exception—upon meeting the one wolf who could be hers, he doesn’t feel their bond.
Finn Jamenson has been broken more than once, left beaten and half dead—and that was before he was an adult and Heir of the Redwood Pack. When called upon to work with their allies, the Talons, he finds himself intrigued with a woman who his wolf doesn’t claim as his own. Though he knows there could be something there, he refuses to tempt himself with a wolf who could never be his when his own mate could waiting for him.
The world changed in a blink of time and now the two wolves must fight as one—ignoring the burning temptation between them—when their people are threatened. With one wrong move, their homes could be destroyed and its up to Finn and Brynn to save them all…if only they could save themselves.
August 21, 2015
Audio August Giveaway Day 21
Happy August! Because everyone is getting back to school and work as well as finishing up summer fun, I thought I’d do an audio giveaway throughout August! Each day we are holding a giveaway for an audio book of your choice from my backlist. All you need to do is Tweet and/or Facebook the following and then comment that you did so! Winners will be picked weekly (one winner per post per day) and you can enter once a day! I just wanted to say thank you everyone for being my readers and I hope you enjoy your August!
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An Alpha’s Choice – An Excerpt
An Alpha’s Choice is out now! How about an excerpt?
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(c) 2015 Carrie Ann Ryan
“You’ve only known me for a year, Brie.” Gideon mating with Brie had brought Finn into her life. She may have seen him in the distance in the past thirty years the Redwoods and Talons had been working together, but she hadn’t truly met him until Gideon and Brie’s mating ceremony. Finn had only been a child when she and her family had stepped in after years of war to try and help defeat the Centrals. She hadn’t seen him then, and since the moon goddess wasn’t truly evil, she wouldn’t have known Finn was her mate at that time anyway. They might have been fated to be together, but maturity mattered. Fifteen years later, when her friend Quinn had mated Finn’s sister Gina—the first mating of a Talon in far too long, and the first mating between the Packs—she’d only seen Finn from afar. He’d been an adult at that point, but still far too young for her.
Then he’d come to the den with Brie, and she’d been lost.
He’d looked right through her.
No, that was a lie. He’d checked her out, his wolf glowing in his eyes as if he liked what he saw. But that had been it. He’d been a male reacting to a female he wanted to fuck.
He hadn’t been a man falling to his knees in rapture at the idea of a mate.
She’d been so angry when he hadn’t blinked, hadn’t felt what she’d felt. She might not have spoken about it to his face, but there would have been some form of recognition. She’d seen the reactions of others finding their mates enough to know what Finn should have done if they’d been mates and he’d felt it.
Of course, in the worst-case scenario, he could feel the potential of a bond and he chose to ignore it. She didn’t want to think about that. Because if that were the case, he’d seen her—felt her—and rejected her. It hurt to think that she’d rather fate have fucked up and given her a mate that couldn’t feel what she did rather than one who didn’t want her at all.
Her wolf whimpered, a sign of weakness she’d rather chew her own foot off than show, and she ground her teeth.
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Brynn Brentwood has spent the whole of her life protecting the Talon Pack through terrors only she will ever know. She’s never asked for more in life other than to live to take her next breath and to ensure her family is safe. Regardless of her selfless wishes and the atrocities the former Alpha committed, she has always known that fate would provide for her as it had countless others. Fate is what has carried her through with one exception—upon meeting the one wolf who could be hers, he doesn’t feel their bond.
Finn Jamenson has been broken more than once, left beaten and half dead—and that was before he was an adult and Heir of the Redwood Pack. When called upon to work with their allies, the Talons, he finds himself intrigued with a woman who his wolf doesn’t claim as his own. Though he knows there could be something there, he refuses to tempt himself with a wolf who could never be his when his own mate could waiting for him.
The world changed in a blink of time and now the two wolves must fight as one—ignoring the burning temptation between them—when their people are threatened. With one wrong move, their homes could be destroyed and its up to Finn and Brynn to save them all…if only they could save themselves.
August 20, 2015
Audio August Giveaway Day 20
Happy August! Because everyone is getting back to school and work as well as finishing up summer fun, I thought I’d do an audio giveaway throughout August! Each day we are holding a giveaway for an audio book of your choice from my backlist. All you need to do is Tweet and/or Facebook the following and then comment that you did so! Winners will be picked weekly (one winner per post per day) and you can enter once a day! I just wanted to say thank you everyone for being my readers and I hope you enjoy your August!
Tweet or Facebook:
Loving @CarrieAnnRyan‘s Audio books and #Giveaway! @audible_com #AugustAudio http://carrieannryan.com/blog/
An Alpha’s Choice: An Excerpt
An Alpha’s Choice is out now! How about an excerpt?
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(c) 2015 Carrie Ann Ryan
Finn Jamenson did not understand women. Oh, he might have tons of them in his family, and had had his fair share in his bed, but for the life of him, he couldn’t understand them. One minute they were smiling, the next they were snapping at him, ready to tear his throat out for daring to be late.
Okay, so maybe he shouldn’t have been late meeting Brynn at the coffee place before they’d gone shopping earlier, but he’d spent twenty minutes in his car outside trying to calm himself down. And for once, it wasn’t him trying to calm his wolf down. Instead, his wolf did nothing while Finn tried to figure out how the hell he was going to handle this situation. The man wanted the woman inside that building. He wanted to cup her face, taste her lips, and kiss her until both of them were gasping for breath.
He wanted to slam her against the nearest wall and slide his hand down the front of her jeans so he could feel how wet she was. Because damn it, he knew she’d be wet. He could scent her arousal every time she was near him, and it wasn’t like it was one-sided either. His damn cock had zipper marks along the side of it since he was hard all the freaking time around her.
Yet neither of them had done anything about it. He figured it was because she just didn’t like him. He wasn’t sure what he’d done to deserve her ire, but he was only in his thirties while she was over a hundred fifty. Maybe she just didn’t like younger pups who were more dominant than her. That made sense, considering she and her wolf held the strength that most dominants would never attain. Only a few wolves were stronger than her, he figured, and he was one of them. He couldn’t help it; he’d been born this way. Add in the fact that he held the mantle and bonds of being the Heir to a rival Pack since before he’d started kindergarten, and his wolf held more power than most thought he could deal with.
Hell, most days he wasn’t sure he could handle it either.
He’d never made a move on Brynn, and she’d yet to make a move on him either. Despite the fact that both of them clearly wanted each other, he didn’t think they’d ever scratch that itch. She wasn’t his mate. His wolf would have felt the pull, or at least pushed him closer if that had been the case. Instead, his wolf had been oddly silent.
Maybe oddly wasn’t the best word for that. His wolf was usually silent. It took a lot of energy to keep in control, but his wolf didn’t push him daily on things like going for a run or needing to fight a battle. It was more of a subtle burn that ached inside him at all times. He didn’t have the normal pushes like others said they felt.
He figured it was because he wasn’t a normal wolf. Not anymore. Not since the demon Caym had almost killed him as a child. The memory of broken bones and a scream that would never come filled his mind and he held himself unnaturally still, afraid if he were to move, he’d break again. He could still scent the blood of his uncle Josh, who had almost died as well, his throat slit, his eyes wide as he’d reached for Finn.
Finn let out a breath. He didn’t need to think about that day, that pain. In fact, he needed to get his mind off demons and Brynn altogether.
He and Brynn would never get in bed and act out their baser urges because they weren’t mates. And while he could sleep with other wolves, witches, and humans, knowing he would never mate with them, he wasn’t sure he could do that with Brynn. For one thing, it would probably fuck up the delicate alliance he had with her, not to mention the one between their two Packs.
Plus, he had a feeling that once he had Brynn, he wouldn’t be able to stop at just one taste.
And that would be bad for both of them when they met their real mates.
So Finn would do his best to stay away from her and the temptation that came with being in her presence. He could do that. Maybe.
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Brynn Brentwood has spent the whole of her life protecting the Talon Pack through terrors only she will ever know. She’s never asked for more in life other than to live to take her next breath and to ensure her family is safe. Regardless of her selfless wishes and the atrocities the former Alpha committed, she has always known that fate would provide for her as it had countless others. Fate is what has carried her through with one exception—upon meeting the one wolf who could be hers, he doesn’t feel their bond.
Finn Jamenson has been broken more than once, left beaten and half dead—and that was before he was an adult and Heir of the Redwood Pack. When called upon to work with their allies, the Talons, he finds himself intrigued with a woman who his wolf doesn’t claim as his own. Though he knows there could be something there, he refuses to tempt himself with a wolf who could never be his when his own mate could waiting for him.
The world changed in a blink of time and now the two wolves must fight as one—ignoring the burning temptation between them—when their people are threatened. With one wrong move, their homes could be destroyed and its up to Finn and Brynn to save them all…if only they could save themselves.
August 19, 2015
Abandoned and Unseen Review Copies
Hi All! Alexandra Ivy and I have copies of Abandoned and Unseen (Branded Packs Book 2) available for review! You can sign up HERE.
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Abandoned
When bear shifter, Anya Tucker fell in love with the wrong man, the only thing she left with was a broken heart—and her two bear cubs. Now she’s mended her wounds and learned that in order to raise her babies she can only trust herself. When her sons meet the lazy cat next door and fall heads over tails for him, she’ll do whatever she takes to protect them—even from a past she’d thought she’d left behind.
Cole McDermott is a jaguar on a mission. Long naps, a willing woman, and a full stomach is usually all he needs when it comes to relaxing after a long day of protecting his Pack. Then he meets Anya and the burn of temptation is silky and tantalizing indeed. When a horror from Anya’s past threatens everything she loves, Cole will put everything aside and fight for her family—as well as his own.
Unseen
Nicole Bradley had no reason to live after the humans murdered her son. Not until she learns to hunt down those responsible for his death. Shifting into her wolf form at night, she slips out of the compound, determined to do as much damage as possible. The last thing she expected was to discover secrets that could destroy the SAU.
Polar shifter, Tucker Stone, lives off the grid. It’s the only way the Unseen can avoid being rounded up by the humans and tossed into a compound. Besides, he’s a loner by nature. But he can’t walk away when he sees the pretty female wolf in danger. Risking exposure, he takes her to his hidden den and tries to heal her wounds.
Can a reclusive polar bear and a wolf with a death wish find happiness together?
Audio August Giveaway Day 19
Happy August! Because everyone is getting back to school and work as well as finishing up summer fun, I thought I’d do an audio giveaway throughout August! Each day we are holding a giveaway for an audio book of your choice from my backlist. All you need to do is Tweet and/or Facebook the following and then comment that you did so! Winners will be picked weekly (one winner per post per day) and you can enter once a day! I just wanted to say thank you everyone for being my readers and I hope you enjoy your August!
Tweet or Facebook:
Loving @CarrieAnnRyan‘s Audio books and #Giveaway! @audible_com #AugustAudio http://carrieannryan.com/blog/
An Alpha’s Choice: An Excerpt
An Alpha’s Choice is out now! How about an excerpt?
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(c) 2015 Carrie Ann Ryan
The bitter taste of burned coffee couldn’t even be covered up by the heavy dose of sugar, caramel, and cream Brynn had added to her cup. Sometimes having an acute sense of taste really sucked.
She licked the remaining whipped cream off her lips and set down her cup; fully aware she wasn’t drinking coffee in private. Nothing in her life was truly private. Not anymore.
Brynn smiled softly and brushed her long black hair from her shoulder, trying to look friendly, innocent, and as if she didn’t have a care in the world. A total lie, but most people chose what they saw rather that what they should see.
The past year had just cemented that reasoning to her. When General Martinez had stepped foot near the Talon land, the game had changed yet again. The humans knew they existed. They knew shifters roamed around them; knew that some turned into so-called monsters. But they didn’t know everything. It was Brynn’s job to make sure they didn’t know everything. Well, Brynn, the rest of her family, and the Redwoods.
Uncle Leo and his men had shifted into wolf form and back again on camera. That was what the public had seen. They’d seen the painful transition of bones breaking and tendons tearing. They saw humans shifted into wolves with claws and fangs. Then they’d seen Brynn and her family fight them in human form. They’d seen the show of strength, but they hadn’t seen the death. The cameras had been destroyed by then. Thank the goddess. The humans had only seen a tiny part of who the shifters were. They hadn’t seen a loving mated couple care for one another, hadn’t seen a pup roll in the grass while chasing his tail.
They’d only seen the pain and fear that came with shifting. Brynn felt that same agony each time she turned wolf, but the bliss that wrapped around her soul when she connected with her shifter half was worth any pain.
Again, not that the humans knew that.
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Brynn Brentwood has spent the whole of her life protecting the Talon Pack through terrors only she will ever know. She’s never asked for more in life other than to live to take her next breath and to ensure her family is safe. Regardless of her selfless wishes and the atrocities the former Alpha committed, she has always known that fate would provide for her as it had countless others. Fate is what has carried her through with one exception—upon meeting the one wolf who could be hers, he doesn’t feel their bond.
Finn Jamenson has been broken more than once, left beaten and half dead—and that was before he was an adult and Heir of the Redwood Pack. When called upon to work with their allies, the Talons, he finds himself intrigued with a woman who his wolf doesn’t claim as his own. Though he knows there could be something there, he refuses to tempt himself with a wolf who could never be his when his own mate could waiting for him.
The world changed in a blink of time and now the two wolves must fight as one—ignoring the burning temptation between them—when their people are threatened. With one wrong move, their homes could be destroyed and its up to Finn and Brynn to save them all…if only they could save themselves.
Sex Scene Championship – Final 16
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