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October 30, 2013
Burlesque! Magic in Morocco New Release Giveaway
This contest is open to mailing list members only.To enter the contest, please comment with the correct answer to the question:
Burlesque is derived from what Italian word? Spelling counts!
Three winners will be randomly drawn from the correct answers.
One winner will receive a $25 gift card from Amazon or BN (winner's choice).
One winner will receive a $15 gift card from Amazon or BN (winner's choice).
One winner will receive a $10 gift card from Amazon or BN (winner's choice).
Contest ends on 11/3/13 at midnight EST. Prizes will be sent out by 11/8/13. Winners must be members of the Michelle Fox mailing list. Multiple entries are not accepted and will be disqualified. PLEASE use a valid email address! You can't win if I can't reach you!
October 16, 2013
Win $50 and Books!
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October 4, 2013
The Wolf Pack Howls (HUGE promotion of shapeshifter romance)
Have you heard some wolves howling lately across the internet? That would be the Wolf Pack which is running RIGHT NOW. We have it ALL!
Shapeshifter romance books priced at 99 cents AND we have some AMAZING prizes.
How does an autographed picture of Joe Manganiello sound? Don't know him? He's the guy who plays Alcide on True Blood. We also have a Kindle Fire up for grabs and a ton of gift cards as well as books.
So check out the pack and enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post.
Click on a cover or scroll down to read the blurbs! Many of these books are Top 100 best sellers in the werewolf and shapeshifter category.
They are a STEAL at 99 cents!
Keep scrolling to enter the Wolf Pack giveaway....it's aaaaall the way at the bottom of this post!
Top 100 bestseller (Werewolves & Shifters)!
Little known fact about being a werewolf: There are always wolves at your door and some of them are up to no good.
Chloe Weiss’ dreams have finally come true: Now that her wolf has come, she can finally take her place in the pack. Even better, she’s mated to the next pack alpha, Jackson Swift. However, things are still far from perfect. The women of her pack resent her and there’s gossip that Chloe is an Omega, a werewolf so weak, they are banned from mating.
Then women start disappearing, violently kidnapped from their homes and never heard from again. There's a killer on the loose in the small town of Huntsville, and the one wolf he'd do anything to have is Chloe. Now Chloe will have to fight...for Jackson, her pack and her life.
Amazon BN
An ARe Top 10 Bestseller!
An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller (Erotica and Werewolves & Shifters)!
“I came to you because I had to have you. I had to possess you. But I’ve stayed with you because I need you.”
Curvy city girl Abby Clumm wouldn't normally travel to remote cabins in Alaska alone. But thanks to a poorly timed air traffic controllers’ strike, she finds herself alone in the boonies. As night falls, a shotgun she doesn't know how to use and a flimsy wooden door are the only things standing between her and the vicious, hungry beast outside.
The scent of a woman nearby beckons research scientist Tarik Evert, sends him staggering outside into the cold. He doesn’t remember how he wound up at her door, naked and shivering. And he’s not sure what is about to happen if she lets him inside. He only knows one thing—the fierce, unrelenting hunger that brought him to her in the first place.
And that's just the beginning of their troubles...
Amazon B&N ARe
A billionaire story unlike any other--
She watches him every day.
For two months she has spent each lunch hour studying the enigmatic man in a restaurant always filled to overflowing; yet, for two months he is there each day in a booth all to himself.
Sara thinks she is safe as she drinks in every gorgeous detail reflected in the bar's back mirror. She asks herself who he could possibly be, convinced he would never notice her...convinced that no one ever does.
She could not have been more wrong.
Chance brings them together and animal lust is unleashed. But what she never could have imagined is far from being the strangest part of this tale. For there are shadowy figures holding the strings offstage and the manipulation of Sara Renardine has only just begun.
This book also features an all new bonus story concerning several principal characters from "Her Billionaire, Her Wolf": Into the Nightlands
Amazon
Thirty and single? Well, getcha butt to the Gathering!
As if hitting thirty wasn't enough, unmated Scarlet Wickham is summoned to this year's Gathering. As a woman Marked to be the mate of an Alpha pair, she's not going to find happiness anywhere other than in the arms of two Alpha werewolves. So, off she goes with her sisters in tow. 'Cause yeah, she's one of the plump Wickham triplets, and they're all being carted off to werewolf speed dating.
Keller and Madden, Ruling Alpha pair, have found their mate, and she's more than they could have ever hoped for. She's feisty with spirit to spare, and lush curves that they want to trace with their tongues. They can't wait to solidify their bond and get to know the beautiful woman who is to rule at their side. But first, there's the minor inconvenience of a challenge to the death...
Amazon B&N
When you're the Alpha Male there are certain things that are expected of you, and finding a suitable mate is at the top of the list. For Jax, a powerful and dangerous werewolf, that's not so easy because the one woman he's deeply attracted to is a girl that will never be accepted by the pack. A woman that he can't seem to get out of his head. A first for him.
Beautiful, curvy Nikki Avery hates her job at the local strip club, but she's struggling just to get by. Her dream of ever finding a decent guy worth loving shattered as night after night she stands before a crowd of drunken men, their jeers and catcalls burning a hole in her heart. To make things worse, there's a killer on the loose, stalking the dancers, waiting to attack.
But when a handsome stranger appears at the club, his dangerous, feral presence commanding attention, the sexual charge between them is so strong that she can barely breathe, Nikki finds herself swept into a world she never dreamed existed. A world where nothing is as it seems and once she enters, there is no turning back.Amazon B&N
Julia has never been on a date in her life. She's a curvy girl with no money, no education, and no way out of the town she works in as a library assistant... until Damien shows up.
He's just like the prince charming Julia always imagined would sweep her off of her feet. There are just a few things standing in the way of true happiness: he's blind, he's dating someone, and he's WAY out of her league.
Oh, and he's a werewolf.
Amazon Barnes and Noble
Curvy girl Bethany Mills can't believe her good fortune when her new neighbor turns out to be devastatingly hot. But someone that gorgeous could never fall for someone like her...could he?
A charming personality and appreciation for sappy music aren't the only things Maximilian Pearce is hiding, and just when Bethany thinks she might get her very own happily ever after, a shocking revelation forces her to make a heartbreaking choice.
Amazon
Adam has waited an eternity for his mate. After three thousand years of searching he's almost given up hope that he'll ever find her... almost convinced himself that God has forsaken him to a life of solitude.
Cassie is heartbroken. At just 23 the buxom, beautiful werewolf has found herself caught up in her mother's Machiavellian power struggles, forced into an arranged marriage with Lucius, the cruel, violent alpha of the Ironclaw tribe. When the Long Night arrives Cassie will become his property, to do with as he pleases.
Imprisoned in Lucius' summer home with Megan, a gutter-minded 400 year old teenager, and Rutherford, a senile housekeeper who can't remember where he left his trousers, Cassie has almost resigned herself to her fate.
She'd never dare go against her mother, and to reject Lucius would lead the weak Darkfangs into war with the mighty Ironclaws. Cassie knows she has no choice but to sacrifice her happiness for her tribe.
And then she picks up a scent on the breeze, and everything changes.
Amazon US Amazon UK
When I fell in love with Brandon Beck, tasted my first kiss in his arms, I believed deep in my bones that we would always be together. Nothing could ever tear us apart. And you know, I was right.
Until the flood came, I was right.
That day, I was sure I'd lost everything. Brandon Beck's body had been swept away. The one boy that was meant for me was gone. That was what I thought, anyway.
Two years later, I caught a glimpse of him. Why would the love of my life stalk me from the shadows, why would he hide away for so long? Maybe it was all in my head.
Or was it possible... that Brandon Beck had never died at all? Amazon B&N
Leah Howard doesn't believe in werewolves, even if she dreams of shifting. Pack alpha Seth Gladwin can't understand why a human female is ringing all his mating bells.
When Seth chases Leah down in her apartment building and partially shifts in front of her, he wants nothing more than a forgetting spell placed on the plus-size beauty so he can continue investigating a secret society of Hunters intent on making the local werewolf clan extinct.
Only this time, the society's prey isn't shifters -- it's Leah.
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Hannah Crane just graduated college, lives at home with her mom, and has no idea what to do with her life. One night while visiting her grandmother, she's startled by a wolf and everything changes.
In the forest investigating a recent rash of murders and missing shifters, werewolf Alpha Caleb Overstreet doesn't expect to run into a human, let alone a witch. Especially not one whose scent tells him she is his other half…or is she?
As the secrets of her ancestry are revealed, Caleb and Hannah are unable to stay away from each other and Hannah finds herself in danger. A rival pack believes her to be at the center of a curse that would enable them to control other shifters. But is Hannah the wolf charmer they believe her to be? Or is she really Caleb's fated mate?
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THE WOLF PACK GIVEAWAY!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Shapeshifter romance books priced at 99 cents AND we have some AMAZING prizes.
How does an autographed picture of Joe Manganiello sound? Don't know him? He's the guy who plays Alcide on True Blood. We also have a Kindle Fire up for grabs and a ton of gift cards as well as books.
So check out the pack and enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post.
Click on a cover or scroll down to read the blurbs! Many of these books are Top 100 best sellers in the werewolf and shapeshifter category.
They are a STEAL at 99 cents!
Keep scrolling to enter the Wolf Pack giveaway....it's aaaaall the way at the bottom of this post!
Top 100 bestseller (Werewolves & Shifters)! Little known fact about being a werewolf: There are always wolves at your door and some of them are up to no good.
Chloe Weiss’ dreams have finally come true: Now that her wolf has come, she can finally take her place in the pack. Even better, she’s mated to the next pack alpha, Jackson Swift. However, things are still far from perfect. The women of her pack resent her and there’s gossip that Chloe is an Omega, a werewolf so weak, they are banned from mating.
Then women start disappearing, violently kidnapped from their homes and never heard from again. There's a killer on the loose in the small town of Huntsville, and the one wolf he'd do anything to have is Chloe. Now Chloe will have to fight...for Jackson, her pack and her life.
Amazon BN
An ARe Top 10 Bestseller!An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller (Erotica and Werewolves & Shifters)!
“I came to you because I had to have you. I had to possess you. But I’ve stayed with you because I need you.”
Curvy city girl Abby Clumm wouldn't normally travel to remote cabins in Alaska alone. But thanks to a poorly timed air traffic controllers’ strike, she finds herself alone in the boonies. As night falls, a shotgun she doesn't know how to use and a flimsy wooden door are the only things standing between her and the vicious, hungry beast outside.
The scent of a woman nearby beckons research scientist Tarik Evert, sends him staggering outside into the cold. He doesn’t remember how he wound up at her door, naked and shivering. And he’s not sure what is about to happen if she lets him inside. He only knows one thing—the fierce, unrelenting hunger that brought him to her in the first place.
And that's just the beginning of their troubles...
Amazon B&N ARe
A billionaire story unlike any other--
She watches him every day.
For two months she has spent each lunch hour studying the enigmatic man in a restaurant always filled to overflowing; yet, for two months he is there each day in a booth all to himself.
Sara thinks she is safe as she drinks in every gorgeous detail reflected in the bar's back mirror. She asks herself who he could possibly be, convinced he would never notice her...convinced that no one ever does.
She could not have been more wrong.
Chance brings them together and animal lust is unleashed. But what she never could have imagined is far from being the strangest part of this tale. For there are shadowy figures holding the strings offstage and the manipulation of Sara Renardine has only just begun.
This book also features an all new bonus story concerning several principal characters from "Her Billionaire, Her Wolf": Into the Nightlands
Amazon
Thirty and single? Well, getcha butt to the Gathering!
As if hitting thirty wasn't enough, unmated Scarlet Wickham is summoned to this year's Gathering. As a woman Marked to be the mate of an Alpha pair, she's not going to find happiness anywhere other than in the arms of two Alpha werewolves. So, off she goes with her sisters in tow. 'Cause yeah, she's one of the plump Wickham triplets, and they're all being carted off to werewolf speed dating.
Keller and Madden, Ruling Alpha pair, have found their mate, and she's more than they could have ever hoped for. She's feisty with spirit to spare, and lush curves that they want to trace with their tongues. They can't wait to solidify their bond and get to know the beautiful woman who is to rule at their side. But first, there's the minor inconvenience of a challenge to the death...
Amazon B&N
When you're the Alpha Male there are certain things that are expected of you, and finding a suitable mate is at the top of the list. For Jax, a powerful and dangerous werewolf, that's not so easy because the one woman he's deeply attracted to is a girl that will never be accepted by the pack. A woman that he can't seem to get out of his head. A first for him.Beautiful, curvy Nikki Avery hates her job at the local strip club, but she's struggling just to get by. Her dream of ever finding a decent guy worth loving shattered as night after night she stands before a crowd of drunken men, their jeers and catcalls burning a hole in her heart. To make things worse, there's a killer on the loose, stalking the dancers, waiting to attack.
But when a handsome stranger appears at the club, his dangerous, feral presence commanding attention, the sexual charge between them is so strong that she can barely breathe, Nikki finds herself swept into a world she never dreamed existed. A world where nothing is as it seems and once she enters, there is no turning back.Amazon B&N
Julia has never been on a date in her life. She's a curvy girl with no money, no education, and no way out of the town she works in as a library assistant... until Damien shows up. He's just like the prince charming Julia always imagined would sweep her off of her feet. There are just a few things standing in the way of true happiness: he's blind, he's dating someone, and he's WAY out of her league.
Oh, and he's a werewolf.
Amazon Barnes and Noble
Curvy girl Bethany Mills can't believe her good fortune when her new neighbor turns out to be devastatingly hot. But someone that gorgeous could never fall for someone like her...could he?
A charming personality and appreciation for sappy music aren't the only things Maximilian Pearce is hiding, and just when Bethany thinks she might get her very own happily ever after, a shocking revelation forces her to make a heartbreaking choice.
Amazon
Adam has waited an eternity for his mate. After three thousand years of searching he's almost given up hope that he'll ever find her... almost convinced himself that God has forsaken him to a life of solitude.Cassie is heartbroken. At just 23 the buxom, beautiful werewolf has found herself caught up in her mother's Machiavellian power struggles, forced into an arranged marriage with Lucius, the cruel, violent alpha of the Ironclaw tribe. When the Long Night arrives Cassie will become his property, to do with as he pleases.
Imprisoned in Lucius' summer home with Megan, a gutter-minded 400 year old teenager, and Rutherford, a senile housekeeper who can't remember where he left his trousers, Cassie has almost resigned herself to her fate.
She'd never dare go against her mother, and to reject Lucius would lead the weak Darkfangs into war with the mighty Ironclaws. Cassie knows she has no choice but to sacrifice her happiness for her tribe.
And then she picks up a scent on the breeze, and everything changes.
Amazon US Amazon UK
When I fell in love with Brandon Beck, tasted my first kiss in his arms, I believed deep in my bones that we would always be together. Nothing could ever tear us apart. And you know, I was right.Until the flood came, I was right.
That day, I was sure I'd lost everything. Brandon Beck's body had been swept away. The one boy that was meant for me was gone. That was what I thought, anyway.
Two years later, I caught a glimpse of him. Why would the love of my life stalk me from the shadows, why would he hide away for so long? Maybe it was all in my head.
Or was it possible... that Brandon Beck had never died at all? Amazon B&N
Leah Howard doesn't believe in werewolves, even if she dreams of shifting. Pack alpha Seth Gladwin can't understand why a human female is ringing all his mating bells.When Seth chases Leah down in her apartment building and partially shifts in front of her, he wants nothing more than a forgetting spell placed on the plus-size beauty so he can continue investigating a secret society of Hunters intent on making the local werewolf clan extinct.
Only this time, the society's prey isn't shifters -- it's Leah.
Amazon US UK CA | BN | Apple | Kobo | All Romance Ebooks | Bookstrand | Carl’s Adult Books
Hannah Crane just graduated college, lives at home with her mom, and has no idea what to do with her life. One night while visiting her grandmother, she's startled by a wolf and everything changes. In the forest investigating a recent rash of murders and missing shifters, werewolf Alpha Caleb Overstreet doesn't expect to run into a human, let alone a witch. Especially not one whose scent tells him she is his other half…or is she?
As the secrets of her ancestry are revealed, Caleb and Hannah are unable to stay away from each other and Hannah finds herself in danger. A rival pack believes her to be at the center of a curse that would enable them to control other shifters. But is Hannah the wolf charmer they believe her to be? Or is she really Caleb's fated mate?
Amazon US Amazon UK
THE WOLF PACK GIVEAWAY!
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September 25, 2013
Come Run with the Wolf Pack! (Books, Prizes and Joe Manganiello)
The wolf pack is coming! October 4-6 2013.To promote The Alpha's Mate, I'm joining the wolf pack, a multi-author promotion event featuring shapeshifter romance.
We have awesome prizes, including something from Joe Manganiello, the actor who plays Alcide on True Blood!
Want to run with the pack? You can follow me on FB, I'll post giveaway deets there all next week. Or join my mailing list, I'll be sending out a newsletter on the 4th.
September 21, 2013
My Werewolf Secret and Other Interesting News
Here's the latest on what's published, what's coming and my own little secret when it comes to werewolves.
The King's Will
First up....The King's Will is now live on Amazon. Nook and Kobo are experiencing slow upload times and/or technical glitches, so I'm not sure when the book will show up there. As you can imagine, there's nothing more frustrating than having a new release without links to give readers. If you are a Nook or Kobo reader, I'll post when the book is live on those sites on my Facebook Page.
Anyway, here's the cover and blurb for The King's Will, which is epic fantasy bdsm romance.
Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon DEBlurbSequel to the best selling Princess at His Pleasure! (On Amazon the title is At the King's Pleasure.)The marriage of the cultured, refined Princess Liana to the savage Daliki King Kafele has brought the rain and ended the drought, just as the prophecy foretold. The barbarian king now shares her bed, but not his heart...and he knows more about the prophecy than he’s telling.Princess Liana does her best to fit into the Daliki culture, struggling to accept their practice of mixing pleasure with pain, as she uncovers the prophecy’s secrets. She bends to the King’s will, allowing him to mold her body however he desires, but it will take more than obedience to win his love and learn the truth of her destiny.
Quick Author’s NoteBe warned, this romance is not for the faint of heart. It’s not all flowers, chocolate or safe words, that’s so not the Daliki way. The King in this story is pure alpha male. Also, you won’t believe what they do with scorpions!
Read The King's Will: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon DE
The Alpha's MateSecond, October will see the release of my next werewolf story, The Alpha's Mate, a novel that picks up where Make Her Howl/To Bring Her Wolf left off. If you wondered what happened to Chloe and Jackson next, wonder no more!
Here's a peak at the cover...
Burlesque!Third, the second installment of the Burlesque! serial is in process. My hope is to publish it in late October. To tide you over until then, you can see the cover for the next book on my Facebook page.
My Werewolf SecretLast, but not least, my completely true werewolf secret. Well, kind of. The truth is I've met Hugh Jackman several times in person, who, as you probably know, plays Wolverine in the X-Men movies. He's such a nice guy, a real sweetheart. Plus, lucky me, I saw him in a Broadway stage production where he had to strip down to his underwear. He looks just as amazing in real life as he does in the movies and he's awesome, both in body and soul. So that's my secret!
The King's Will
First up....The King's Will is now live on Amazon. Nook and Kobo are experiencing slow upload times and/or technical glitches, so I'm not sure when the book will show up there. As you can imagine, there's nothing more frustrating than having a new release without links to give readers. If you are a Nook or Kobo reader, I'll post when the book is live on those sites on my Facebook Page.
Anyway, here's the cover and blurb for The King's Will, which is epic fantasy bdsm romance.
Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon DEBlurbSequel to the best selling Princess at His Pleasure! (On Amazon the title is At the King's Pleasure.)The marriage of the cultured, refined Princess Liana to the savage Daliki King Kafele has brought the rain and ended the drought, just as the prophecy foretold. The barbarian king now shares her bed, but not his heart...and he knows more about the prophecy than he’s telling.Princess Liana does her best to fit into the Daliki culture, struggling to accept their practice of mixing pleasure with pain, as she uncovers the prophecy’s secrets. She bends to the King’s will, allowing him to mold her body however he desires, but it will take more than obedience to win his love and learn the truth of her destiny.
Quick Author’s NoteBe warned, this romance is not for the faint of heart. It’s not all flowers, chocolate or safe words, that’s so not the Daliki way. The King in this story is pure alpha male. Also, you won’t believe what they do with scorpions!
Read The King's Will: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon DE
The Alpha's MateSecond, October will see the release of my next werewolf story, The Alpha's Mate, a novel that picks up where Make Her Howl/To Bring Her Wolf left off. If you wondered what happened to Chloe and Jackson next, wonder no more!
Here's a peak at the cover...
Burlesque!Third, the second installment of the Burlesque! serial is in process. My hope is to publish it in late October. To tide you over until then, you can see the cover for the next book on my Facebook page.
My Werewolf SecretLast, but not least, my completely true werewolf secret. Well, kind of. The truth is I've met Hugh Jackman several times in person, who, as you probably know, plays Wolverine in the X-Men movies. He's such a nice guy, a real sweetheart. Plus, lucky me, I saw him in a Broadway stage production where he had to strip down to his underwear. He looks just as amazing in real life as he does in the movies and he's awesome, both in body and soul. So that's my secret!
July 26, 2013
Some Burlesque Graphics
Thought I would share these with you...they'll be up on pinterest soon!
July 22, 2013
Blog Hop Winner!
I am pleased to announce that the winner of a $5 Amazon or BN gift card (winner's choice) and a copy of Blood Struck is LhasaLuma.
The winner was selected by random.org per the screen shot below. Random.org gave me the number 4 which means the fourth person to comment won.
I don't know yet who won the grand prize for the hop but will update when that information is available. Thanks so much everyone for hopping to my blog!
The winner was selected by random.org per the screen shot below. Random.org gave me the number 4 which means the fourth person to comment won.
I don't know yet who won the grand prize for the hop but will update when that information is available. Thanks so much everyone for hopping to my blog!
July 17, 2013
Marriage on the (Vampire) Rocks - Hot Summer Romance Giveaway Hop
This blog post is part of the Hot Summer Romance Giveaway Hop!The first inkling that I was a little umm...obsessed with vampires was when I read the thousand page Vampire Encyclopedia front to back...and enjoyed it. If that wasn't a clue, for sure, by the time I was stealing rocks from a vampire, there was no more hiding from the truth.
Hi. My name is Michelle and the only bad thing about the Vampire Encyclopedia? Was that it ended.
So rocks. Vampire. What gives?
Most of us are familiar with the idea of Dracula. Those of us with cable and a rainy Saturday on our hands have probably watched some Dracula movies. The thing is, Dracula is based on a psychopath named Vlad Tepes. He was no more vampire than I am werewolf (I wish!). However, there really were vampires in Europe. Actual documented bloodsuckers, and, for whatever reason, the truth in the legends never permeated modern fiction like Bram Stoker’s Dracula has.
Ever hear of Countess Elizabeth Bathory? The Countess is one of few known vampires (per the Vampire Encyclopedia, naturally) in Europe, and I visited the castle where she drained over 600 girls dry. Her exploits bring new meaning to the phrase ‘bloodbath’ as, not only was she rumored to drink blood, but she also bathed in it to preserve her youth. Once she was caught and prosecuted by a court known as the Diet (har-de-har-har), Bathory was walled into the castle tower a la Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart.
Not too many people get out to her castle. It's pretty isolated in Slovakia, a country that doesn't top all that many bucket lists (although it should). Lucky for me, my husband is Slovak, and, when we went ‘back home’ for a visit, I insisted he take me to see the castle.
Now, take a moment to picture what might happen to such an infamous castle here in the US. Think Salem, Mass. There are ghost tours, shops with made-in-China tchotchkes, restaurants and palm readers. Salem is a real supernatural smorgasbord.It seems logical to think you would see something similar in Slovakia, but no. There's a museum with irregular hours and that's it. There's no entrance fee. No restaurants. No guardrails along the cliff. Nothing to stop a tourist from lighting a fire and doing a voodoo ritual.
Or, you know, filching a rock from the walls of a vampire’s castle.
The first rock I selected was about five pounds and my husband made me put it back. (Luggage weight limits in Europe are so strict!) With a long suffering sigh, he finally allowed me to take a flat rock about the size of my palm. He thought I was silly, but he also knew loving me meant enabling my rock obsession and he's a romantic guy at heart. My souvenir now sits with other rocks I've smuggled out of various countries, but mostly I remember how patient he was with me when the rocks I selected were bigger than my suitcase.
Why am I so crazy about rocks anyway? I don't know. Maybe I was a boulder in a past life. For whatever reason, I like rocks and I'll steal them from anyone, even a vampire.
It's genetic, too. My kiddo has a thing for stones just like her momma. We bring back buckets of rocks from the beach every year. When she's older, she'll probably dig vamps and werewolves, too, which would be awesome since I keep writing vampire and werewolf stories.Here's the scoop on my latest vampire book:
In a world where vampires are real, blood is a financial asset and sex mixed with blood commands the highest price. Myra Danson is in desperate need of cash for her ailing mother and when she has the opportunity to join the shadow world of blood courtesans, she jumps before she looks. Soon she’s sharing a bed with the handsome Kristos Anastos, but then bullets start to fly and she finds herself running for her life.
At first, Kristos assures her the attack stems from his enemies hoping to destroy him, but it quickly becomes clear that Myra is the real target. Worse, she’s falling in love with Kristos, but is the sexy vampire friend or foe?
Blood is money and Myra’s may be worth the most of all. A past she never knew existed has come to claim her and she’ll be lucky if she only ends up dead.
Blood Struck ranked Top 20 in Vampire Romance!
Read more: Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo
This blog post is part of the Hot Summer Romance Giveaway Hop...details on the giveaway are below.Leave a comment on this post and I'll select one winner to receive a free copy of Blood Struck in ebook form. To make it more fun I'll throw in a $5 gift card to enable your reading habit ;) Winner will be announced on July 22nd.Also, don't forget to comment on as many of the blogs in the hop as possible as that's how you get a shot at winning the grand prize for the tour; a Kindle Fire and a gift card. For another chance to win a Kindle Fire and even more gift cards be sure to check out the Insatiable Reads tour site.
July 4, 2013
99 cent New Release: Dreaming (Navy Seal romance, Military romance)
Hey, guess what? I have a new story out! Yay! This is the perfect July 4th read...a sweet, sexy romance with a hot, hunky Navy Seal. It's like fireworks, but with words. Plus, it's only 99 cents!Blurb:
Rebecca’s husband, Kane, is a man of mystery and action. As an elite Navy Seal, he’s gone for long periods of time working on top secret missions. She never knows when her husband will return and the wait is often lonely.
While away on his latest mission, Kane has come up with some creative ways to keep the home fires burning even if he can’t call or email. And then the dreams start. Strange, vivid dreams of Kane; his strength, his touch, his scent.
Every morning, Becca wakes up convinced it’s all real, yet her bed remains empty...until one unforgettable night she has the best dream of all.
Dreaming is a short but steamy romance of approximately 10,000 words about a woman standing by her man while he serves his country. Please note this is not a novel, it is a short, quick read--the perfect length for a romantic bed time story.
Read more: AmazonUS AmazonUK Nook
(If you're a Kobo reader, I'm having some issues getting the book published there, but it's coming.)
Excerpt:
“You should be pregnant right now,” Becca’s mom chided.
Becca shifted the cell phone to her other ear and held it in place with her shoulder as she rinsed out her cereal bowl. It was Monday morning, the end of August and another lonely, empty day stretched out in front of her. “Geez, mom, tell me how you really feel.”
“Well, you said you wanted to have kids and I’m not getting any younger. What’s the hold up?”
Becca sighed and loaded her dirty dishes in the dishwasher. She loved her mother, but not so much her strident interest in becoming a grandmother. “Kane doesn’t want me pregnant by myself. We’re waiting until his assignment changes.” At the mention of her husband, she looked to the calendar on the refrigerator. She’d crossed off the current month as well as the three prior months waiting for him.
“When will he be back this time?”
“I don’t know. They never tell him and he can’t tell me anyway. It’s all top secret Navy Seal stuff.” Becca started the dishwasher and leaned against the counter, feeling too weary to withstand her mother’s ire yet again. They had some version of this conversation every week. While Becca’s biological clock was definitely ticking, her mother’s had apparently exploded and lost its damn mind.
Her mother snorted. “Off serving his country, but never taking care of you. It’s not too late to get divorced, you know.”
“Mom!” Becca couldn’t keep a sharp note of disapproval from her voice. “Kane takes care of me.” Kane’s dog, Ox, came over to investigate, alarmed by the tone of Becca’s voice and she patted the large mutt on the head. Not wanting to be left out, her calico cat, Trixie, stalked into the kitchen trying to act like she didn’t care, yet totally scoping the situation out to make sure everything was okay. Sometimes Becca wondered if Kane had taught the cat some of his recon skills.
“I don’t see it and I’m not impressed. He thinks life is an action adventure film and that you’ll be there waiting for him. Maybe you’re not tired of it now, but someday life on pause won’t be enough for you.”
“This isn’t helpful, mom. Really. I’m going to let you go. I’ve got things to do. Bye.” Becca hung up and stood in the kitchen for a moment as her mother’s words reverberated in the air. Trixie sauntered off with a sour ‘stop bothering me, stupid human’ meow, while Ox pressed against Becca’s legs with a hopeful look that meant he wanted food. If there was no food, he would settle for a sock. Sweaty or clean, either was fine by him. The mutt wasn’t picky.
Absently scratching Ox between the ears, Becca replayed the phone call in her mind. Kane did take care of her. She smiled remembering the latest note she’d found. He’d written ‘I love the way you look in the morning.’ Her husband had stashed notes like that all over the house, sometimes with little gifts. So far, he’d surprised her with some perfume and a brand new set of brushes for her work as an illustrator and artist. She ran across them at the most unexpected yet opportune moments. He’d seemed to anticipate when she would find them with eerie accuracy.
She startled as the dishwasher made a groaning sound followed by an ominous rush of water. Ox looked at Becca, his fuzzy eyebrows arching up with concern. There was a clunk and sudsy water seeped out from the dishwasher as well as from the cupboard under the sink.
Becca shooed Ox out of the kitchen as she hopped over the rapidly growing puddle to turn off the dishwasher. When that didn’t stop the flooding, she swore loudly and made for the basement. Kane had shown her where the water shut-off valve was just in case.
She had to laugh when she found another note tapped to the valve. After she turned off the water, she opened the envelope and smiled at its contents.
‘Babe, if you’re reading this you need a plumber. Since you won’t have water for a while, go out to eat.’
He went on to give her the number for the plumber along with a gift card for her favorite cafe. Becca hugged it to her chest. “Oh Kane. I miss you. Come home soon.” She closed her eyes and prayed for his safety with every fiber in her being.
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June 27, 2013
Cover Reveal for Burlesque! Le Cirque D'Amour
Below is the cover for my romantic suspense serial which will be out, I believe, at the end of August. The first installment is done and I'm just waiting on edits from my editor.
To promote this book I'm sponsoring the 2013 Ohio Burlesque Festival and I also wrote a post about the sponsorship over on One Handed Writers, if you're curious to know more.
So without further ado...here's the cover!
And here's the blurb....
Come run away with the circus...
Ruby Palmer prefers to hide behind-the-scenes, keeping life at a distance. But when she signs on to work as a seamstress for the steamy Cirque D’Amour, the spotlight won’t take no for an answer, and neither will the circus’ handsome and enigmatic magician, Blake Cannon.
She’s watched him from afar for months, dreaming, but never daring to hope he would notice her round curves. Then fate throws them together for one unforgettable night, but, the next morning, Ruby finds her hopes of a new romance cruelly dashed. There’s trouble at her door and happily-ever-after is far, far away.
Life is a circus, magic is a trick and love is a dream. Or is it?
To promote this book I'm sponsoring the 2013 Ohio Burlesque Festival and I also wrote a post about the sponsorship over on One Handed Writers, if you're curious to know more.
So without further ado...here's the cover!
And here's the blurb....
Come run away with the circus...
Ruby Palmer prefers to hide behind-the-scenes, keeping life at a distance. But when she signs on to work as a seamstress for the steamy Cirque D’Amour, the spotlight won’t take no for an answer, and neither will the circus’ handsome and enigmatic magician, Blake Cannon.
She’s watched him from afar for months, dreaming, but never daring to hope he would notice her round curves. Then fate throws them together for one unforgettable night, but, the next morning, Ruby finds her hopes of a new romance cruelly dashed. There’s trouble at her door and happily-ever-after is far, far away.
Life is a circus, magic is a trick and love is a dream. Or is it?
