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INK: Fine Lines Available for 99 Cents!

Hey guys if you haven’t picked up your digital copy of INK: Fine Lines now is the time! It’s on sale for just 99 cents!!!

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Order Your Signed Copy of INK: Fine Lines!

Hey everyone! If you are interested in owning a paperback copy of INK: Fine Lines you can order your signed copy for $10 from my website. They are not yet available in stores or on Amazon/Barnes & Noble but when they are they will be $12.99.

I will be taking orders until midnight on 9/13!

Thanks!

 

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INK: Vanishing Point (Book 2)

I’ve finally decided on a title for Book 2 of the INK Series!

Introducing INK: Vanishing Point

Scheduled for release October 2013!

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Gabriel & The Specter

**This takes place a few days after the end of INK: Fine Lines and before the start of INK: Book 2.**

It’s been days, maybe even weeks since I’ve seen her. It’s so hard to tell. On this beach I’ve watched day and night doing a lovers dance spinning in a never ending exchange for dominance over the sky.  I really don’t even like the beach. The sand is gritty and I can’t find peace here since there’s just the droning of the ocean. There’s no comfort for me here without her. I’m just hoping for a glimpse of her pale blue eyes looking deep into mine with admiration, even if it’s only for stolen a moment.

I would go to hell and back for her. A laugh rumbles up from my chest, “And that’s exactly where I must be, Hell.”

There’s been no sign of the Specter for days so the investigation is at a complete standstill. The problem is they both go hand in hand. She’s only here when the Specter is. That doesn’t mean the Specter won’t cast his shadow when she isn’t here. He and I, well we’ve had our run-ins.

If only I could reproduce whatever it was that I did to bring her to me that one day. What did I do? What was special about that day other than her and I being together with no Specter, no blood, no death. It was amazing, but cut way too short. Just us here on the beach and she was full on ready to give herself to me again.

I kick myself every day for ever walking away from her. I never should have let her go. I should have done more to help her. I’m going to bring her back to me for good.

My fingers begin to tremble at the tips and a cold chill runs through my core. It’s happening; I’m going to see her. My entire being is writhing in a dichotomy of emotions. The sickness in the pit of my stomach tells me the Specter will be there, but if that’s the price I have to pay it’ll be worth it. My body slowly disintegrates, the first few times this really disturbed me, but it’s just how I get pulled to her. Now I welcome it.

***

The streets feel dirtier than here. I want desperately to hear her calling out for me. Looking around I only see a cobblestone road and a trolley station. It’s too flat to be San Francisco.

The sign above me reads “El Encanto building” it’s an old fashioned sign. If I didn’t see a few modern cars I’d wonder if I’ve been transported back in time. This place looks like it’s been standing still. The Florida plates on the cars gives me an indication of where I am.

I’m going to follow my instincts, the Specter is on the move again, but somehow my connection to him seems weak, like he’s a on a cell phone that’s out of range.

“Hey handsome.” A cool whisper glides past my ear. My eyes close in the ecstasy as the sound of her voice runs through me.  Her fingertips dance across my shoulders grazing bare skin on my neck. It’s electric.

Inhaling a deep breath of relief I turn into her putting my hands on her waist. “Hey.” Is the only word I can push out as lean down into her to kiss her.

She takes a step back cocking her head to the side and waving her finger back and forth “Uh uh uh.” She licks her lips seductively and I can see the sparkle in her blue eyes. “Not so fast. First a little business.”

My hands find her waist again and I tug her in to me. “No, first a kiss. I’ve missed you.”

She backs away from me moving her shoulders side to side so sexy and inviting. I lunge forward to grab her as she disintegrates in a puff of dark smoke. That son of a bitch! His laughter fills the air like a foul stench.

“Oh Gabriel, are we having difficulty with the plight of the muse?” The Specter’s voice rings out.

My fists clench at my side and my jaw pops with tension. His face doesn’t look nearly as putrid as it usually does. It looks like a real face composed only of shadow. “What do you want?”

“I want to entertain you, my dear Gabriel. You see we are both suffering from the same plight.” He circles around me quick and graceful pausing in mid air only for emphasis. He comes to a stop directly in front of me and dons an exaggerated pout “We are both heavy hearted with the absence of Miss Baynes.”

Panic tries to move me, but I won’t budge. I don’t want to show weakness. “Did you do something to her?” My voice reaches a lower register in an effort to remain even-toned.

“No, as much as I miss looking deep into her eyes I prefer them intact.” His face cinches in irritation. “You see Gabriel, right now we are being kept from her.”

“We?” I ask feeling rather dubious. “How?”

“She has a new guardian who is keeping her from dreaming.” He rolls his eyes seeming almost bored. “But, if we join forces there’s a chance we could get her back.”

I find myself contemplating actually teaming up with him for a split second before I shake my head and come to my senses. “Not even for.” I correct myself “Especially not for her, there’s no way I’m going to team up with you.”

Movement across the street draws both our attention. There’s a kid walking down the sidewalk carrying a medical bag. He looks out of place. The Specter and I exchange a look and he smiles. “Sorry sport, have to run. You know busy, busy, busy.”

Reaching to grab for the Specter I’m thrown off balance causing the kid to look in my direction. His eyes widen and he mouths “Gabriel Stokes.” His pace quickens until he disappears into a doorway leading up to second story lofts.

The Specter has disappeared with him. I don’t like this one bit. Something’s not right, but I’m going to get to the bottom of it.

 

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Shay’s First Kiss

“…Twenty-nine, thirty!” Eli’s voice cracks as he turns away from the tree he was leaning against. “Ready or not here I come!”

My giggling is going to give me away if I don’t stop. That’s why I suck at this game; I either giggle when they get too close or have to pee in the middle of hiding. I’ve found a really great hiding spot, but I don’t think Mom is going to appreciate the stains on my shorts from the black dirt and blood from cutting myself on the sharp palm fronds. But if it keeps Eli from finding me first it’ll be worth the pain and the punishment.

Eli is standing right next to the palmetto bush, there’s no way he can see me. He’s holding still so he can try to hear me. I cup my hand over my mouth to be sure no sound escapes. Eli looks down at the bush suspiciously. Crap. I hold completely still never taking my eyes off of him through the fronds.

I take my hand away from my mouth when Eli’s a safe distance away to tie my long braids in front of me and tuck them down the front of my shirt. Eli usually won’t grab for them, but it wouldn’t be the first time Aiden used them against me to keep me from beating him to home base. I am so going to win this time. I’m in the perfect spot and Aiden went way too far out to beat me to base.

Once Eli is a safe distance away I make a run for it watching him behind me. He notices I’m making a run for home base and starts yelling something. I can’t make out his words but then there’s an impact and my head starts spinning from Aiden and I running smack into each other putting us both on the ground right in front of the base.

Eli runs toward us, crap I have to get to base. I scramble across the thick Bermuda grass to reach the palm tree, but Aiden grabs my ankle and pulls me back. What a jerk, he mows me down and now he’s going to pull me back so he can win? No way, it’s not happening this time.

Even though laughter is bubbling out of Aiden and me our eyes are still serious with the game at hand. I make it to the tree and put my palm flat on it, “Safe!”

Aiden crawls over me and does the same. We are now laughing so hard that tears are streaming down our faces.

Eli reaches us and pulls Aiden off me, he must see my tears and think I’m really hurt because his face is twisted with worry, “Shay are you ok?” Not waiting for my answer he turns and glares at Aiden, “You idiot you could have hurt her.”

“I’m fine.” I manage through my laughter and pull away holding my belly with my knees tucked up to my chest rolling on the grass.

Aiden stands up and brushes the loose grass out of his short brown hair. He’s still laughing and so am I but Eli is so serious. He stands up and pushes Aiden with his spindly arms. “You really could have hurt her you need to be more careful.”

“Jeez, Eli she’s not made of glass, like other girls. She’s just like us.” Aiden offers his hand and tugs me up off the ground. “See she’s fine.”

And then I hear it, the shrill of my mother’s voice, “Shayleigh Marie Baynes, what have you done to your clothes?”

My eyes tilt towards the sky in an exaggerated roll. “Nothing Mom.”

Elise is standing by her side glaring at me. I bet she told Mom I was getting dirty. She could have played with us, but she’s too prissy. “Get in the house this instant.”

Eli approaches Mom “Mrs. Baynes is it ok if she stays out here until my mom comes to pick me up?” He smiles at her pleading.

Mom’s death stare softens at Eli’s plea, “I guess she can’t get any dirtier.” She folds her arms across her chest. “Aiden, your mother is here.”

“Thanks Mrs. Baynes I’ll be right there.” Aiden always has to one up Eli on trying to charm my mom. “I’ll see you tomorrow; we’re going to the canal right?”

“Yeah we are!” I’m excited there should be baby snapping turtles and I’ll definitely remember not to wear white shorts.

Aiden punches Eli in the arm and heads in the house.

Eli turns to me examining my head, “Are you sure you’re ok, you got a giant bump.”

“I’m fine. What do you want to do?” I ask knowing that his mom will be here soon.

“Wanna skip rocks?” He asks.

“Sure, I’ll race you to the dock.” I start running before he can answer.

I’m feeling a little tired and it’s getting too dark to see how many times the rocks are skipping across the water so there’s no sense in tossing them anymore.  I take my tennis shoes off and hang my legs over the side. Eli sits down next to me. “Are you excited about school?”

“Not really, it’s not the same since you went to middle school. It feels lonely without you.” It really is, even though we weren’t in the same classroom, we still usually had lunch and recess together. Now it’s just me and Aiden, oh and Elise when she doesn’t mind getting her precious hands dirty.

“I’ll still see you after school every day; I mean we live across the street from each other.” He says tossing a rock in to the water.

“Yeah, I know.”

We are silent for a long time; Eli keeps looking over at me. He’s acting weird and he keeps wiping his hands on his shorts. He scoots over on the dock closer to me. I turn my head to see why he’s acting so weird and that’s when he does it. He put his lips on my cheek.

“GROSS, Eli!” I back away from him wiping his spit off my cheek. His face instantly flushes and it’s like he can’t talk. I stand up on the dock and put my hands on my hips. “Seriously what was that?”

“I-I-“ his stuttering gets worse the faster I tap my foot. “I wanted to kiss you before Aiden did.”

“Oh double gross; I don’t want to kiss either of you. That’s so disgusting.” I lie, because I really did like how it felt.

“I’m sorry I thought that-“

“Your mother’s here Eli.” Elise’s voice breaks Eli’s apology. Before Eli can say another word I run into the house straight past mom and Mrs. Walker to the bathroom. I’m totally confused and flustered. I liked it when he kissed me but I’m not supposed to. It’s Eli right? Oh my God this sucks. It’s going to change everything.

Twelve years later…

Trish breaks my focus on the picture in my hand. “Hey hon’ we’re waiting for you in the conference room.”

“Thanks Trish I’ll be right there.” I say still feeling heavy from the memory I was lost in. I put the picture of Eli, Aiden and me back on my desk.   I was ten when that picture was taken, that was before the kiss and we were all standing with our arms around each other’s shoulders like three peas in a pod. The painted picture frame reads “The Troublesome Trio.”

“Stop thinking about that asshole, you don’t need him. You should totally let me take you out for drinks after the party.” Trish tries to insist.

“No I’m good; I really just want to be alone tonight.” I smile.

“Okay, don’t be long I want to get my drink on!”

Thinking back to the first time Eli ever kissed me, the first time we were ever a boy and a girl. I remember the words rattling around in my head “It’s going to change everything.” I’ve never been more right about anything in my life.

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INK: Fine Lines is Available Now! Want to Help Spread the Word?

Hey everyone, the day has arrived. I can’t believe it I finally made it. Pushed publish on my book and it is now available on Amazon, B&N and Smashwords!

Anyone who would like to help spread the word I have some options below from tweets to sharing my Facebook post. I thank you in advance for helping out. This is incredibly exciting.

It’s finally here! My very first release day.

The new series INK is a New Adult Paranormal Romance

INK: Fine Lines is the first book. I’m so incredibly excited and have had WAY too much coffee. The book is live now on Amazon, but the “official” release is 8/8!

Below I’ve listed my buy links for US and UK as well as my social links including Goodreads. I’ve also put in a few tweets if you happen to be a tweeter and would like to tweet about my book. And anytime anyone has a book or announcement to tweet send it to my email bella@bellawrites.com and I’m happy to return the favor! And my Facebook post about the release.

FB Post: https://www.facebook.com/Bellaroccafo...

Tweets: New Paranormal Series ==>#INKFineLines by @BellaRoccaforte “This book grabs you!” #Paranormal #PNR #NewAdult http://amzn.to/17yvLAY

==>INK: Fine Lines (book 1)

Where to Buy:

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/19cjCsd

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/13eI7jN

Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/15pcjs2

Smashwords: http://bit.ly/13R7nwn

Bella Roccaforte’s Website: http://bellawrites.com
Bella’s Facebook: http://facebook.com/bellaroccaforte
Bella’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/bellaroccaforte
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/bellaroccaforte/
Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.to/1cekNpH

Goodreads:

INK: Fine Lines – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Bella Roccaforte: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

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Countdown to Release Giveaway!

To countdown the release of INK: Fine Lines on August 8th I’m going to be doing some giveaways!

Saturday $20 Amazon Gift Card

Sunday – Shay’s Crazy Pendant!

 

 

Monday and INK: Fine Lines T-Shirt

 

Tuesday $10 Amazon Gift Card

 

Wednesday – Coolest Prize Ever!

The Dirty Blood Omnibus by Heather Hildenbrand! She’s so awesome!

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Participate in Giveaway

If you are blogging and are interested in participating in a giveaway for INK: Fine Lines please email me at bella (at) bellawrites (dot) com. Or if you would like to use my Rafflecopter code you can grab it from below:

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You Can Win a Copy of INK: Fine Lines

Greetings from HOT-Altanta! Anyone interested in winning a copy of INK: Fine Lines can enter to win here:

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More of INK: Sketches on Wattpad!

Hey everyone you can check out the latest chapters added to INK: Sketches on Wattpad!

Writing this story has been super interesting. Of course I’ve always known everything happened leading up the start of INK: Fine Lines, but I’ve never really storied it out before. This has been a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy it!

 

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