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Winner! Winner! And some Christmas reading...

There were 10 comments on the DO EPIC SHIT key/necklace giveaway post so I entered that into the random.org generator and it chose....

Congratulations, CreativeDeeds, you won!
creativedeedsDecember 1, 2015 at 4:33 PMThere is so much to love about this necklace... It was responsible for at least one tear I shed while reading this book. 
I'll send you an email to get your mailing information, although I'll check my newsletter list first, because I think you may be on there.
And if you haven't done any holiday reading yet, Found At the Library is a good choice (if I do say so myself). His entire life, Tommy Garrett has dealt with self-doubts. He thought he’d conquered the majority of them until a chance meeting with an author brought his illiteracy to the forefront...again. Growing up with un-diagnosed dyslexia has left Tommy barely able to read, but books are his Nirvana. Now he spends his life creating art dedicated to the love of those “untouchable” items.
Robert McIntyre, Mac, is a best-selling, highly celebrated author. But his point of view has become a little bit too narrow...until Tommy opens his eyes. That chance meeting has changed everything about his world. He has no idea how to find the beautiful man he met, and offended, at the library book sale. But when he does, Tommy’s life is in crisis-mode. It’s the holidays and Mac can’t just standby when Tommy needs help, whether Tommy wants it or not. 
Two artistic men. One shared passion for books.
Life is hard, and sometimes when conflict arises you have to write your own plot twist to pull yourself out of the fray.
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In fact, I have several books out that take place during the holidays. Others are:
Operation: Endgame is filled with scenes from the season. In fact, if you're a Texas Tech fan, the several KEY scenes in the book take place on campus, including the Carol of Lights. It’s been six months…Six months since Jake Madsen let Chris Robertson die.Six months since the passion between Jake and Cassie, Chris’ sister, stepped over the line.But now Cassie’s being stalked and it’s time for Jake to swallow his guilt, grief, and lust so he can save her life, even if it’s a life without him. He owes it to his dead friend and he owes it to Cassie. He’s fallen in love with her, but she doesn’t have to know that for him to keep her safe.
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*******And if you're someone who doesn't have much time for reading during the holidays, but still like to sneak some reading in, The Christmas Top is a good choice. It's a novella that can easily be read in less than an hour.
All he wants for Christmas…It’s time for Mark Cummins to come out of the closet. He’s ready, but he’s never been topped. Asking Madame Eve for the one-night stand of his fantasies, he hopes she can grant his Christmas wish.He’s a less-than-merry gentleman…Jason Wieland’s life partner died in a horrific hate crime two years before and he hasn’t taken a lover since. He knows it’s time, and he reaches out to the 1Night Stand dating service to find the right man to light up his holiday. But when masculine, sexy, and extremely straight Mark shows up, he doesn’t know what to do.Is this 1Night Stand a cruel joke or has Madame Eve truly worked Christmas magic?
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First Line Friday: Lance

First Line Friday. 
The idea is we'll all share (unedited) snippets from one of our current Works In Progress or a previous release. Sometimes it will be the first line. Sometimes it will be a little excerpt. It will depend on what's inspiring me Thursday night. ;)
Today, I'm featuring Lance, the 2nd Male Model Chronicles book. I loved this book so much and a lot of that was because of the heroine, Andi. She's a painfully shy, erotic romance author who can write really hot books, but doesn't know what to do when a really hot model, Lance, shows up in her bedroom...


Lance…
As the owner and CEO of Lancer Industries, Matthew Lancer spends his days in three piece suits and conducting meetings that affect the world financial markets. What the world doesn’t know is that Matthew Lancer has a deep, dark secret. He’s actually super-hot, super-sexy, and covered in tattoos. When he can, he spends his free time letting loose as bad-boy male model, Lance Jones. No one knows and it has to stay that way or Lance will lose the one thing that’s keeping his high pressure life sane.

Andi Kelly writes erotic romance. Day in and day out, she imagines a world filled with bondage, multiple partners, and just a few whips and chains. But that’s the fantasy life in her novels. In the real world, she’s an introvert who spends her days at home living out her fantasies through her laptop. Andi’s finally worked up the courage to ask Shauna Kruse if she can sit in on the photoshoot for Andi’s next novel…with her model-crush, Lance Jones.

But Lancer Industries has a mole and it’s put both Andi and Lance in danger. Lance’s two worlds collide and when corporate espionage meets erotic romance, there’s no telling what might happen.

The second in a new series of novellas inspired by Shauna Kruse’s photography and her beautiful male models.

The Male Model Chronicles.

Disclaimer: The Male Model Chronicles, a new fictional series, is built around the real-life world of Kruse Images & Photography and the gorgeous male models that Shauna Kruse gets to immortalize in her photos. The heroes are real people who also happen to be male models, but every single other thing about the series is fiction. 
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Now, go see what Kelly is up to this week...

Tagline Tuesday: Lance

Hello, again...welcome to my new Tuesday feature...Tagline Tuesdays. 

The idea...I'll share a quick tagline from one of my books. It could be about the book, the series, or even about one of the characters. I plan to have fun with this throughout the year. Hopefully, you'll like the tiny glimpses into the story lines, too.

Today's tagline is for the second book in the Male Model Chronicles series, Lance. This book was fun because it featured a shy, erotica romance writer who specialized in Shibari knot work...and Lance took advantage of that fact to help loosen her up. 

It worked. 





Lance…
As the owner and CEO of Lancer Industries, Matthew Lancer spends his days in three piece suits and conducting meetings that affect the world financial markets. What the world doesn’t know is that Matthew Lancer has a deep, dark secret. He’s actually super-hot, super-sexy, and covered in tattoos. When he can, he spends his free time letting loose as bad-boy male model, Lance Jones. No one knows and it has to stay that way or Lance will lose the one thing that’s keeping his high pressure life sane.

Andi Kelly writes erotic romance. Day in and day out, she imagines a world filled with bondage, multiple partners, and just a few whips and chains. But that’s the fantasy life in her novels. In the real world, she’s an introvert who spends her days at home living out her fantasies through her laptop. Andi’s finally worked up the courage to ask Shauna Kruse if she can sit in on the photoshoot for Andi’s next novel…with her model-crush, Lance Jones.

But Lancer Industries has a mole and it’s put both Andi and Lance in danger. Lance’s two worlds collide and when corporate espionage meets erotic romance, there’s no telling what might happen.

The second in a new series of novellas inspired by Shauna Kruse’s photography and her beautiful male models.

The Male Model Chronicles.

Disclaimer: The Male Model Chronicles, a new fictional series, is built around the real-life world of Kruse Images & Photography and the gorgeous male models that Shauna Kruse gets to immortalize in her photos. The heroes are real people who also happen to be male models, but every single other thing about the series is fiction. 
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First Line Friday...Justin

First Line Friday. 
The idea is we'll all share (unedited) snippets from one of our current Works In Progress or a previous release. Sometimes it will be the first line. Sometimes it will be a little excerpt. It will depend on what's inspiring me Thursday night. ;)
Today, I'm pulling out the first line of Justin. It's all about the coffee for the first part of this book. 



Tara Malone is having one of those lives. Born to Oscar award-winning actor, Anthony Malone, and model-famous beauty, Veronica Scott, she should have it made. But her curvy figure and out-of-control frizzy red hair are just the start of her many, many issues. Now to make matters worse, she’s started out her week by running over model, Justin James, with her car. She had a lot of fantasies about the cover model, but never did any of them include vehicular assault.
Justin James doesn’t have time for two broken wrists, but neither does his over-achieving family. He can’t open up his fridge or unzip his fly without excruciating pain and no one else has the time to help him. Tara already shot him down at the accident scene, but maybe he can work this so that the curvy bombshell has a reason to hang around for a bit. He’s not above using guilt if it means he gets to know her better.
The first in a new series of novellas inspired by Shauna Kruse’s photography and her beautiful male models. 
The Male Model Chronicles.

Disclaimer: The Male Model Chronicles, a new fictional series, built around the real-life world of Kruse Images & Photography and the gorgeous male models that Shauna Kruse gets to immortalize in her photos. The heroes are real people who also happen to be male models, but every single other thing about the series is fiction.
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Now, go see what Kelly is up to this week...

Tagline Tuesday: Justin

Hello, again...welcome to my new Tuesday feature...Tagline Tuesdays. 

The idea...I'll share a quick tagline from one of my books. It could be about the book, the series, or even about one of the characters. I plan to have fun with this throughout the year. Hopefully, you'll like the tiny glimpses into the story lines, too.

Today, I'm sharing a tagline from Justin. This was the first in the Male Model Chronicles series and if you can't tell from the tagline, this is one of those books that was pure fun to write. It's straight contemporary romance with a pretty light, fun, entertaining story.




Tara Malone is having one of those lives. Born to Oscar award-winning actor, Anthony Malone, and model-famous beauty, Veronica Scott, she should have it made. But her curvy figure and out-of-control frizzy red hair are just the start of her many, many issues. Now to make matters worse, she’s started out her week by running over model, Justin James, with her car. She had a lot of fantasies about the cover model, but never did any of them include vehicular assault.
Justin James doesn’t have time for two broken wrists, but neither does his over-achieving family. He can’t open up his fridge or unzip his fly without excruciating pain and no one else has the time to help him. Tara already shot him down at the accident scene, but maybe he can work this so that the curvy bombshell has a reason to hang around for a bit. He’s not above using guilt if it means he gets to know her better.
The first in a new series of novellas inspired by Shauna Kruse’s photography and her beautiful male models. 
The Male Model Chronicles.

Disclaimer: The Male Model Chronicles, a new fictional series, built around the real-life world of Kruse Images & Photography and the gorgeous male models that Shauna Kruse gets to immortalize in her photos. The heroes are real people who also happen to be male models, but every single other thing about the series is fiction.
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Kelly Apple is playing along, so go check out what she's come up with this week...

Rambling... a (sometimes) regular post plus a GIVEAWAY.

Okay, I'm going to try to make this a regular thing. Like twice a month, maybe. We'll see.
This is simply an update blog post with... *where upcoming releases are at in the writing/publishing process*an occasionally random rambling*and sometimes a GIVEAWAY (hint: this post has one of those so keep reading.)
So, for writing...
It's been a productive month...
So far this month...
*I finished the first draft of Allied in Flight (bk #2 in the Through the Veil series)*Now, I'm working on Rejecting Destiny (bk #3 in TTV series) and hope to make a big dent in it before the end of the month, so there's not such a long wait between books.
I have some big announcements to come with this series (keep watching) as well as cover reveals which my graphic designer is working on right now. (Hint: they are so gorgeous! I can't wait to share them.)
Also...*Joshua...is done...and it needs work. I'm also debating some things with how to move forward with this series, so this particular book may be delayed a couple of months.
*I have several other projects in the works. December will be my play month (i.e. I'm going to write on what inspires me and not worry about deadlines...because I'm the boss, so I can do that). But I do plan to keep writing the entire month.
So...Want to know about that giveaway?I've been overwhelmed by your love and support for Tommy and Mac. 
I love them so much, so it means a lot that you all love them too.
So, as a thank you, I'm giving away a Do Epic Shit key/necklace.
To be eligible, all you have to do is comment on this post and ...say hi...or tell me what you're thankful for...or tell me the last fantastic book you read. Anything works.
Just comment and I'll pull a random winner from the commenters on Dec 1st.(this is an international giveaway)
Note: Marah Johnson makes these gorgeous keys. You can find her...website hereFacebook pageInstagram
Also, I'm slowly mailing out bookmarks. I ran out of envelopes and had a delay because I kept forgetting to buy them when I went to the store. So...bookmarks are coming if you've signed up with your mailing address on my newsletter list, right over there at the top of the right column.>>>
Have a great week, everyone!~Christi~

Weekend plans...

Have a great weekend, everyone! smiles,Christi

First Line Friday...Artistic Desires (a random project in my files)

First Line Friday. 
The idea is we'll all share (unedited) snippets from one of our current Works In Progress or a previous release. Sometimes it will be the first line. Sometimes it will be a little excerpt. It will depend on what's inspiring me Thursday night. ;)
Last night I was inspired to pull out something completely random. This is a story I started back in January. If you can't tell from the lines, it's filled with the kind of angst I love. Someday I'll sit down and finish it, because it's a fabulous tale about two artistic wounded souls who need one another.


Now, go see what Kelly is up to this week...

Tagline Tuesday: Rejecting Destiny

Hello, again...welcome to my new Tuesday feature...Tagline Tuesdays. 


The idea...I'll share a quick tagline from one of my books. It could be about the book, the series, or even about one of the characters. I plan to have fun with this throughout the year. Hopefully, you'll like the tiny glimpses into the story lines, too.

Since November is ALL about writing books #2 and #3 in the Through the Veil series, here is the tagline for Book #3 in the series, Rejecting Destiny. (coming Spring, 2016...Look at how prepared I'm getting.)

Any guesses about which couple this book features??
Kelly Apple is playing along, so go check out what she's come up with this week...

First Line Friday: When Love Intrudes (take 2)

First Line Friday. 
The idea is we'll all share (unedited) snippets from one of our current Works In Progress or a previous release. Sometimes it will be the first line. Sometimes it will be a little excerpt. It will depend on what's inspiring me Thursday night. ;)
A few weeks ago I shared the first true lines from the book, When Love Intrudes. But those lines were from the Prologue of the book. Today, I'm going to share the first line from Chapter One.



This was the fourth book in the When the Mission Ends series and it's also the book that kicked off the Snowcroft series. Several of the future heroes and the town of Snowcroft were featured in this book. 
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Toni Vincent’s last relationship ended with violence. Since then, she’s decided she’s better off without men. But when she finds her young seventeen year old neighbor, Nathan, unconscious and beaten, this is one man she can’t abandon. But helping Nathan means trusting Detective Brian Barnes, another man who hurt her in the past. It’s something she’s just not sure she can do.

Detective Brian Barnes has seen one too many criminals beat the system. He’s burned out and regretting a lot about his life. At the top of that list is how he dealt with Toni Vincent when he was wounded. At the time, he couldn't stand to look at himself, much less have someone he failed care for him. Now she needs his help and he refuses to fail her again. But keeping her alive requires keeping his heart out of it. Something not easy to do when trapped in a romantic mountain retreat, even if it is the safest place for Toni and her unexpected charge.

With danger around every corner, it’s hard to know who can be trusted, especially for three people who have been burned before. But they may just find the best family is the one not tied together by blood.
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After you check mine out, go see what the other girls are up to...