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The Perfect Gift is a Book

I'm over at Tilly Greene's The Perfect Gift is a Book Event talking about a book I think would make a wonderful Christmas Gift. This is a month-long promotion so be sure to comment on my post and other posts for a chance to win!

Week in Review

See the cat above...that was me yesterday afternoon. lol I'd planned to make a cherry cake but took a nap instead. Guess I was tired after the last week. It was a very exciting, productive week.

*Just signed a new contract with Ellora's Cave for the next Tapestries book!

* Finished and submitted a new book. Keeping fingers crossed editor will like it!

*Went to Muppet Movie--such fun!

* Have almost all my Christmas shopping finished.

*Hubby and I went out to holiday concert at local church on Friday evening. The trio we saw are a folk/traditional group and it was a lovely performance. Problem...no place to park downtown in the city. Ended up parking in a grocery store lot and walking down, down, down several long hills to the church. That was fine. It was having to go up, up, up when the concert was over. lol Felt like one long stairmaster. *g* Boy, was I sore the next morning, which goes to show just how out of shape I've gotten.

*Strung popcorn and cranberries on Wednesday for the tree.

*Had plumber in to fix the toilet on Friday...Hallaluah!

*Decked the halls and put up the tree on the weekend. Was finished and vacuuming when I realized the popcorn and cranberry strings were still in the bag I stored them in. lol Had to put them on top of the decorations. Doesn't look too bad. Will try to post a picture tomorrow.

I'm sure there is more, but that's the highlights of the past week. It was a wonderful one and I got a lot done. Hope you had a great week and hope this one is even better!

Featured Author--Taylor Tryst

This weekend, I'd like to feature Taylor Tryst's new book, Seduced by Blood. This is a fast-paced, intense, spicy hot vampire novel. It's the first in her Sangre series.




BLURB:


Nevada Ortiz was an up and coming Los Angeles Police Officer until a chance encounter with a would-be carjacker changes the course of her life. The six and a half foot assailant is dripping with weapons, his preternatural blue eyes drilling into hers, his bite changing everything. Her body's reaction to his blood, a seduction within itself, goes hand and hand with raw, animalistic sex.

Nothing is as it seems and everything is in peril, including her life.


Gunner Slade is a vampire with secrets of his own, a soldier who can walk in the sun, a dose of Sangre allowing he and vampires like himself to blend in among humans, until he puts everything on the line for a woman he can no longer exist without.


Nevada is the first human with immunity to a vampire bite, and requires the blood of two vampires to sustain her.


Not in his nature to share, Gunner Slade might be immortal, but he's living in hell just the same.

Check out all Taylor Tryst's Books on her website.

Please Vote for My Cover

The cover for my book A Touch of Magick is up for the Embrace The Shadows Best of the Best 2011 Clash of the Covers. If you feel so inclined, I'd love to have you vote for my cover. :)

December Newsletter is Now Available!

The December 2011/January 2012 issue of Awakening Desires—the Newsletter of Romance Author N.J. Walters—is now available.

Be sure to check out all the latest news, contests, my husband's popular column—Confessions of a Romance Author's Husband—an excerpt, and this month's interview with the wonderful Gail Faulkner.

As always, some lucky newsletter subscriber wins a prize. All you have to do to be eligible to win is go to the Awakening Desires Newsletter and join. While you're there, you can check out back issues of the newsletter.

Christmas Quickie Contest!

We're all so busy this time of year. There are halls to be decked, food to be prepared and presents to buy. Then there are all the social obligations, Christmas pageants and the like to schedule in. There's not much time for reading.

But there's always time for a Quickie. No, not that kind of quickie. (Although that's not a bad idea either.) But a quick read. Something you can pick up and read in one sitting while you're relaxing after a hard day of work or shopping.

I want to help you out this holiday season, so I'm giving away a free PDF download of one of my Ellora's Cave Quickies each Friday between December 2nd and December 23rd. Just go to my website and click on the "Contests" page for details on how you can enter for a chance to win.

Winning names will be chosen at random and announced each Friday.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

Chatting at Joyfully Reviewed

I'll be chatting at the Joyfully Reviewed Yahoo Chat Group on Wednesday, November 30th from Noon to 1pm EST. Please stop by and chat! I'll be giving away a free PDF download to some lucky chatter!

4 Blue Ribbons for Lady's Minstrel

Romance Junkies has given Lady's Minstrel 4 Blue Ribbons. Here is a snippet of what the reviewer has to say:

"LADY'S MINSTREL is one of those books that you can't help but fall in love with. N.J. Walters does an exceptional job in creating two emotionally challenged characters. How she weaves each other back into one another's lives is the tragedy triumph this reader craves. I highly recommend this book to any beauty and the beast fans!"

~4 Blue Ribbons, Suzie Housley

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Cyber Monday

If you're stuffed after the Thanksgiving Weekend food fest, try shopping at home on your comptuer today instead of braving the stores. It's Cyber Monday folks! Have fun!

Sweet 'N Sexy Interview

Be sure to stop by and check out my interview at the Sweet 'N Sexy Divas Blog!