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April 30, 2015
Thursday Threads UNSAFE HAVEN Char Chaffin
Features
UNSAFE HAVEN
By
Char Chaffin
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Heat Level: Sensual
Blurb:
For Kendall Martin, a small, remote village in Southwest Alaska seems like a good place to start over. On the run from an abusive relationship, she leaves everything familiar behind and begins a new life as owner of a small souvenir and sportsman trading post in picturesque Staamat.
Denn Nulo knows everyone in town: he’s the Chief of Police in Staamat. He’s lived there all his life, except for his college years, spent in Anchorage. Originally planning on practicing criminal law and living in Anchorage permanently, Denn is forced to change his plans when he receives word that his widowed mother has passed away, leaving his young sister, Luna, alone. Denn comes back to Staamat to care for Luna.
When Kendall meets Denn, she begins to believe there are truly good men in the world. Denn is everything she wants: strong, loving, dedicated to family, protective . . . and patient. There is instant attraction between them, but Kendall is leery of men, and Denn craves a serious relationship that includes marriage and children. Their courtship is a conflicting mix of hesitancy and passion, with Luna, desperately needing a mother figure in her life, cheering them on.
As Kendall learns how to trust again and her romance with Denn grows more intense, a local woman who’s had her eye on Denn for years releases a torrent of damaging jealousy . . . and the nightmare from Kendall’s past discovers where she’s hidden herself.
Excerpt:
“Ah, Christ. You’re killing me.” He fumbled for the nearest wall, propped her against it, and took her mouth hungrily. She fisted her hands in his hair, nipping his full bottom lip. The kiss went deeper, and she could have sobbed from the glory of it.
They broke apart, both panting. Kendall slowly unwound her legs and Denn loosened his hold, letting her slide down his body until her feet touched the floor. She felt every hard muscle along the way.
“Hell.” He sucked in a shaky breath. “I don’t want to leave you here.”
“I’ll be all right,” Kendall lied. She wanted him to stay, wanted him in her bed, all night, and then she wanted to awaken in the morning, safe in his arms. They’d known each other less than two months, and she wanted forever.
I must be crazed with lust. That’s the only explanation.
“You know, you don’t have to stay here alone.” He caressed her cheek as he gazed at her, still pressed intimately against her. “You could come home with me.”
“Eventually I have to live here, Denn. By myself. I have to get used to it,” she pointed out.
“But not tonight, okay? Come home with me, Kendall. Stay with me, tonight.”
“We’ll end up in bed together.” It was a question and a statement.
He slowly nodded. “Yeah.”
She whispered into his shirt, “We’ll end up making love.”
“I can just about guarantee it.”
Fascinated by the strong, steady pulse at the side of his neck, she shuddered to think of what lay ahead, if she said ‘yes.’ Most of the shudders were from excitement.
He waited patiently in her dimly lit store while she battled inner demons he might never understand or be able to accept.
“Kendall . . .” His voice held a rough plea.
She took a deep breath and raised her eyes to his. “I should pack a few things.” She hesitated, and took the final plunge. “I’ll need my contact lens case, too.”
His smile, wide and happy, blinded her. “I can wait.”
Book Trailer for Unsafe Haven :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJieck3U17Y
Buy Link: http://amzn.com/B0097A0NY2
Where to find Char Chaffin:
My website: http://char.chaffin.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/char.chaffin
Twitter: http://twitter.com/char_chaffin
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5337737.Char_Chaffin
Soul Mate Publishing: http://www.soulmatepublishing.com/char-chaffin/
April 28, 2015
Wednesday Special Spotlight Forest Mist Travelers Carly Jordynn
Shines Today On
Forest Mist Travelers
By
Carly Jordynn
Carly Jordynn writes YA and MG fiction
Blurb:
Lily Lavery never dreamed her homecoming night would turn out like this. She never expected to become orphaned, in a coma, and enter an alternate reality, all in one evening. She thought she would arrive at the dance to the cheers of her classmates after being crowned homecoming princess at the big game, dance the night away with her handsome boyfriend, Alex McGuire, and maybe end the night in his arms. Her heart betrayed her when she met and fell in love with Connor O’Brien in the alternate realm known as Paradise Valley. Now she must battle foes in the Dark Land and her own feelings as she struggles to return to reality.
Excerpt:
Lily noticed a light up ahead. Her stomach flipped into overdrive. She realized this was it. Her portal. She did not want to go. She did not want to leave Connor or say goodbye to David. Her heart pounded a mile a minute. They drew closer to the oval that entered her room. She realized she could not put it off any longer. She grabbed Connor’s hand and crept forward.
She sucked in her breath when she saw her comatose body lying on the bed. She did not have many tubes stuck in her anymore. She could see the brand on her arm, a dark contrast on her pale skin. She glanced down her legs and noticed with a start that most of her tattoo Robert had put on her had faded. She hoped it would last until she woke again. She let her eyes travel from her body to the occupied chair next to her. Alex was sitting in it. He was holding her hand and rubbing his thumb across her palm. She turned from him to face Connor, who stared at Alex. She knew he was taking in the condition of her body and Alex’s care for her. Connor looked down at her upturned face. “He is still here. I was hoping he would have given up by now.”
David joined them at the opening. “He has been here every day since the accident. He rubs her limbs and stretches her legs for her. He has not given up on her and will not. Alex is a good man. I shall be sorry to see him hurt by what is to come.”
Guilt slammed through her body. How would she tell Alex that she married another man while in a coma? Alex would think she was insane and have her committed to the asylum. She glanced at Connor again, needing the reassurance that he could provide. “How do I explain this to him? He has done nothing wrong, nothing to deserve his girlfriend leaving him.”
Connor stiffened next to her. He took a deep breath. “If it grieves you this much to see him hurt, then maybe we should not be together.”
She gasped. “No! How can you even suggest such a thing? We are married.”
Connor placed his hands on her shoulders and stared into her eyes. “We are married in another world, not this one. Our marriage is not legal in this reality. If you want to be with Alex, I will give you his ring back and you can replace your wedding band with it. I will not try to stop you. I love you too much to see you in pain and I can see that this is hurting you.”
She was frustrated. “How do I make you understand? I care a great deal for Alex. He was a huge part of my life, but you are my husband no matter what world I am residing in. You are the one I cannot live without.”
Connor smiled, his dimples showing prominently. “I know you love me. I am just saying that I will step aside if you wish it. I hope you do not, though.”
She wound her arms around her husband. “You are the only man for me. It will be hard to explain all this to Alex, but I will manage.”
David spoke up, “Your doctor is coming in. You might want to listen to what he has to say.”
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April 27, 2015
Tell Again Tuesday Pinned Tweets
A blog series where we shamelessly share posts from others that we have enjoyed.
Are You Using Pinned Tweets?
Nat Russo April 5, 2015
Twitter recently rolled out a new feature for profile pages that allows you to keep your vital content visible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This feature is known as Pinned Tweets, and it’s an important part of your content delivery strategy.
And you’re not using it.
You read that correctly. It’s one of the single greatest content delivery features Twitter has graced us with, and you’re completely ignoring it! How do I know? Allow me to explain (in an admittedly roundabout way).
For the rest of the blog go to:
http://www.erindorpress.com/2015/04/are-you-using-pinned-tweets/
April 23, 2015
Friday Feature S.B.K. Burns A Far Far Better Thing
Interviews
S.B.K. Burns
Author of
A Far Far Better Thing
Today we are sitting down with S.B.K. Burns for a little chat about her and her book A Far Far Better Thing .
Welcome Susan. Could you please tell the readers about the book that is being showcased today.
I’m excited to share the world of the Goldens with you. Goldens are psychic vampires (the good guys). Their supernatural powers consist mainly of orbweaving—weaving or creating universes out of their imaginations. Legend says they can telepath, teleport, shapeshift, and heal. They also like to save those they come in contact with, whether or not any one of their “victims” want to be saved.
A Far Far Better Thing is a novella I wrote to introduce the world of the Goldens and the young people—humans, Goldens, hybrids and androids—caught up in it.
The Goldens, having returned home from the stars and bound by their prime directive of noninterference with humans, are fleeing the Dacons, spacefaring nasties. They’re also dealing with a revolution by their human-lookalike androids. But the worst threat to their civilization comes from one of their own, Kira. She’s secretly mated with a human and her soon to be born hybrid daughter is much more powerful than the other Goldens and bound to break all their rules. Lucky for Kira, she has an android protector, Max, watching out for her. Except he too has a secret and it isn’t just that he’s fallen in love with her, willing to do anything to keep her and her dangerous child alive.
That sounds very interesting. How did you come up with the concept for this book?
The first two books in this Legends of the Goldens Series were published by Soul Mate: Forbidden Playground and Dancing Dragons. I’ve always been fascinated by science fictions that spoke of societies where two factions complementary talents and yet judge each other as less. On my philosophy website—TheUnionOfOpposites.com—I share ideas coming out of my scientific research and those dealing with the diversity in society. The Goldens have supernatural powers through concentrating their energy, but that exhausts them and they must retreat to their Snow Country in the Arctic to meditate and refresh themselves. Humans are laid back and can chill out. So the Goldens return to Earth to hybridize with humans, hoping to use their powers without exhausting themselves. Kira’s daughter Chastity is the first hybrid, but she is dangerous to the Goldens because she does not follow their antiquated rules.
Now that this book is out what are you working on now? Do you have a release date for this book?
As far as the Legends series is concerned, I’m almost finished with a book about Chastity (Called Love Me. Bite Me.) coming out in a month or two. In this story, Chastity falls for her high school quarterback, Zander, who is determined to join the nasty clan of Dacon vampires by getting bitten the last day of Comic-Con (the vampires have their own comic book stand and human groupies willing to volunteer their time and blood).
I also have a steampunk series coming out soon about an alternate science history where women have a quantum computer/time machine that they use to save the great men of science (Entangled and Fly Like An Eagle)
In 2014, I won the Golden Claddagh Contest (Celtic Hearts RWA Chapter) for my contemporary about tennis, A Perfect Match, which I will self-publish later this year.
When we write our Turning Stone Chronicle we tend to write the story in stages: dialogue first, then go back and put in the different layers—sensory, visceral, emotional, settings. What is does your writing process look like?
Yes, I use the layering process to write. As a teenager, I attended clay sculpture classes where material was added and removed as needed. That’s what I do after letting my characters talk with each other as if they were in a play. Then I add their ID tags and behavioral beats. That keeps me from getting lost in backstory.
What does your revision process look like?
I work about eight hours (4 am until noon) in creating, editing, and promoting my stories each day. Because writing can be a somewhat isolating profession, I submit my WIPs to about sixty people a month for feedback from the three read-and-critique groups which I physically attend.
That’s a lot of readers. Thinking of reading what’s the first book you ever remember reading as a child?
At seven, I snuck The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling from my parents’ bookshelf.
What’s the book you are reading now?
After reading Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher, I’m now reading her The Ophelia Prophecy. Just like her, I like to play around inside the characters’ minds.
Even if you don’t write with music, what’s in your CD player right now?
When I exercise on my elliptical, I listen to these on my iPhone, imagining my stories set to film: Parachute, E.T., We Run The Night, Vehicle, Poker Face, Moves Like Jagger, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, I Hate Myself for Loving You, Derp, Beat It, and Bad Romance.
We love going to the movies. Do you have an all-time favorite movie that has stuck in your mind or that you’d watch over and over?
Of course, it’s Avatar. I have to admit that adventure films are my thing, especially sci-fi adventures where the audience is challenged to hang in there as the characters jump from one scene in one world to another, never knowing where they might end up.
Obviously you like paranormal or SyFY as we do. So, if you could have one of your characters’ powers what would it be? Why?
My WIP, Flat Spin, a space opera thriller, stars a heroine who, unknown to her, is a space alien who has the power to put people to sleep. What’s attractive to me about this power is its ability to quell disputes before they get out of hand.
Have you written about other paranormal creatures besides those featured in this book? If so what?
The first book I published with Whiskey Creek was a novella called Getting Them Up.
In it a young man, a geeky marine biologist, gets bitten by a sea creature and morphs into an Adonis of a man. Unfortunately, he wakes up on a hospital ship run by giant, green, reptilian women who are more into sucking his toes than making love.
Like us you also seem to write time travel. What’s your favorite time travel method? (i.e. mechanical, natural phenomenon, magic, etc.)
In my steampunk series (not yet published) Ages of Invention, a quantum computer has the ability to take a person’s brainwaves, magnifying and filtering the static, to project the individual into his or her past life.
Why do you like to write time travel?
Time travel into the past allows me to dip my toe into the waters of great historical periods, without jumping in with both feet, a time-consuming and most difficult task.
It’s been a pleasure having you here today. As you say goodbye, can you leave the readers with an encapsulation of your life’s philosophy? (a quote, a verse, a precept you live by or have tried to instill in your children?)
Thanks for having me on your blog, Catherine & Donald. I guess you’d have to call me an incurable romantic. I’m inspired by the sweetly innocent lines Leslie Caron speaks to Louis Jordan in Gigi when she’s encouraged by her aunt to show herself off to her best: “You don’t have to turn yourself inside out for an old friend. It’s just silly.”
Now for a little more about Susan and the book she is featuring with us today, A Far Far Better Thing .
Blurb
Kira, a psychic, a vampire–one of the good ones–has been a very bad girl. She’s run away from the protection of Maxwell, her guardian android, got herself pregnant by a human, and now she wants Max to lie about it.
But androids don’t lie. And if he told the truth to protect her, he’d be dismantled, executed for not properly fulfilling his duties.
Secretly designed as a fully functioning human with supernatural powers, Max has been a very bad android. He’s lied to everyone about everything he is, especially the truth about Kira. If he tells the truth about her pregnancy, her people will kill her unborn child who’s destined to be a dangerous psychic.
Worst of all, Max has fallen in love with Kira and is willing to sacrifice his life for her–a headstrong, yet beautifully delicate young woman who believes him to be her inferior.
Excerpt
Everett had engineered Maxwell, handsome and responsible, with the most vigorous human genes. And for some crazy reason she wished with all her might this male could have been the father of the child she carried.
Of course, as an Everett android, Maxwell had been designed without the necessary equipment for sex or procreation. The bitter taste of what that meant assaulted her. He can never be the father of my child. Nor could he ever be her lover.
“What were you thinking, just then?” Maxwell said, standing at his full height, so tall and masculine and so very close.
Relief washed through her. The android had no talent for reading her thoughts without the help of a device. So maybe he wouldn’t notice her physical attraction to him—a raised heart rate, the flush in her normally very white and colorless cheeks, and the green fluorescing from her emotion-filled eyes. What had she been thinking? He didn’t need psychic powers to read that.
Untrained psychically, Kira would soon take her vows as a Golden elder when her schooling began. The only skill she did possess—for the most part—sometimes blocking others from her thoughts. Silly to feel so intimidated by this harmless servant that the Goldens had programmed to obey any command she might give it.
With his genetics psychically engineered for height and strength, the android functioned as a guardian on her excursions away from the Goldens’ compound. He now stood too close, creating a long shadow eclipsing her in the last light of the sun.
“The Everett androids gave you a great party for your first birthday.” She patted her stomach, trying to change the subject, attempting to counteract the strange and distracting feeling of Arctic springtails hopping around inside her. “Do you think my Golden relatives will do the same for my little Chastity on her first?” She wanted her baby to survive, but feared the Golden elders, if they discovered her secret, would urge her to abort. Had her jitters come from the android’s closeness or her unborn child?
Maxwell forced his lips together inhibiting a smile as he sometimes did in indulging her. He couldn’t, however, keep the laughter from his eyes. “You know I’ve studied your baby’s genetics. She will reach her first birthday. I’ll make sure she’s born healthy. She’ll be safe with me.”
What could he mean? Was he going to monitor the baby for the rest of its gestation? She angled her head, waiting for his further explanation.
Joyful and reassuring, he allowed a smile to curl his lips. Their warmth reached his eyes radiating so much heat that, for a moment, Kira believed the sun, instead of setting, had just risen.
Buy Link http://amzn.com/B00SI9NOX0/
Short Bio
The graduate of more coursework than I want to remember. The wife of the next Bill Gates of alternate energy. The mother of the smartest son on the planet.
Author Website: http://www.susanburnsauthor.com/
Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.com/e/B00GFWV5PQ/
Thursday Thread Claire Gem Phantom Traces
Welcomes
Claire Gem
Author of
Phantom Traces
We thought we would substitute a recently read book since our regular Thursday Threader was unavailable.
Clare Gem writes romance stories infused with haunting and ghosts. Her book Phantom Traces has romance, ghosts, and a library as characters. Well, the library is a central figure not a character. LOL.
Donald read this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. There are twists, turns, ghosts, and a fun happy ending. See what you think yourself with the following cover, blurb, and excerpt. Don’t forget to look at the book trailer.
Blurb:A history professor in a tweed jacket, a cheeky Goth chick, and a pipe-smoking, book-hurling ghost. Put them all together in an antiquated library and, well…
Professor Jack Wood’s silver-streaked hair definitely ages him, and he can thank Killer Dawn for that. He won’t be falling into the love trap again anytime real soon. But this new librarian has him curious, with her head-to-toe black Goth garb, piercings, and a defiant attitude to match. Definitely not his type of girl, but still…
Abigail Stryker’s got her work cut out for her. The last two librarians didn’t last a month before airborne books chased them off. But Abby’s determined to make her new life a go – and to stay as far away from older men as possible. Once was enough. Might be tough to do when the library’s best patron is none other than dreamy-eyed Jack Wood. And it seems the eccentric ghost may have taken a shine to her as well.
Excerpt:
At that moment, the lights in the building flickered, dropping dim and pale. They pulsed for a beat, then went completely out. It was still light outside, though the fading twilight cast the interior into near blackness.
“What the . . .” She looked around, wrapping her arms around herself and instinctively moving a step closer to Jack.
“Oh, that’s not unusual around here.” His voice was calm and reassuring. “Blue Ridge Power is infamous for testing transformers at the darnedest times of day.”
By the time he finished speaking, the lights began to glow, then steadily increased until they were fully illuminated. He grinned over at her. “At least it doesn’t last long.”
His killer smile shot a jitter through her middle again. She smiled back but found she couldn’t hold his gaze long without feeling as if she had a fever coming on. She turned away.
“I’d better let you get to work,” she mumbled, then scooted around the reception desk and into the back room.
Tea. I just need a cup of peppermint tea to get my mind back where it belongs.
As she stood in the small anteroom, she could feel Jack watching her from his seat across the way. She dunked the tea bag in the steaming water for way longer than necessary. As the pale green essence oozed into the water, all she could think of was how the hue almost matched the color of his eyes.
Book Trailer Link: http://bit.ly/1EIj4IY
Bio:
Claire Gem writes women’s fiction and contemporary romance, sometimes with a paranormal twist. A voracious reader, she’s an avid fan of strong but sensitive heroes, spunky, sexy heroines, and a ghost story worth at least a few goose bumps. Her vision is to transport her readers into another place and time, and loves creating characters so real, readers miss them when the book is closed.
Always fascinated by the paranormal, she holds a Certificate in Paranormal Studies from Duke University’s Rhine’s Research Center. When she’s not writing, she can be found glued to the latest episode of Ghost Adventures, out to dinner with her happy-ever-after husband, or enjoying cocktail hour with her daughter, who is also her very best girlfriend.
Book Trailer Link: http://bit.ly/1EIj4IY
Website: http://www.clairegem.com/
Amazon Buy Link: http://amzn.to/1JrjWoH
April 21, 2015
Wednesday Special Spotlight The Turning Stone Chronicles
Shines on
The Turning Stone Chronicles
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TITLE: The Turning Stone Chronicles
GENRE: Urban fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
HEAT LEVEL: Sensual
The Promised One – The Turning Stone Chronicles eBook is on sale for $0.99 starting April 28th for one week. Now is time to get the first book in series. Second book is out and third book is coming in May.
BLURB:
Three ancient Celtic families. A magical Bloodstone that enables the wearers to shape shift. A charge to use the stone’s power to benefit mankind, and a battle, that is going on even today, to control the world. Can the Secret Society of shape shifters called the Turning Stone Society heal itself and bring peace to our world?
Find out in The Series The Turning Stone Chronicles
Book one of the chronicles titled “ The Promised One ” currently available on Amazon in eBook: http://amzn.com/B00DUMODKI and paperback: http://amzn.com/1619353504
In the wrong hands, the Turning Stone ring is a powerful weapon for evil. So, when homicide detective Alexi Jordan discovers her secret society mentor has been murdered and his magic ring stolen, she is forced to use her shape-shifting powers to catch the killer. By doing so, she risks the two most important things in her life—her badge and the man she loves.
Rhys Temple always knew his fiery cop partner and would-be-girlfriend, Alexi Jordan, had a few secrets. He considers that part of her charm. But when she changes into a man, he doesn’t find that as charming. He’ll keep her secret to keep her safe, but he’s not certain he can keep up a relationship—professional or personal.
Danny Shaw needs cash for the elaborate wedding his fiancée has planned, so he goes on a mugging spree. But when he kills a member of the secret society of Turning Stones, and steals a magic ring that gives him the power to shape shift, Shaw gets more than he bargained for.
Book two of The Turning Stone Chronicles titled “ Blood Brothers ” currently available in eBook on Amazon at: http://amzn.com/B00OVNFC8W
When Delaney Ramsey is enlisted to help train two of the most powerful shape shifters the Turning Stone Society has seen in thousands of years, she suspects one of them is responsible for the disappearance of her daughter. To complicate matters, the man has a secret that could destroy them all. Bound by honor to protect the suspect, Delaney must prove his guilt without losing her life to his terrible powers or revealing to the police captain she’s falling for that she’s a shape shifter with more than one agenda.
The minute Captain Williams lays eyes on Delaney Ramsey, he knows she’s trouble. Uncooperative, secretive, and sexy, he can’t get her out of his mind. When he discovers she has a personal agenda for sifting through all the criminal records in his precinct, and secretly investigating his best detective, he can’t let her out of his sight. He must find out what she’s looking for before she does something illegal. If she steps over the line, he’s not certain he can look the other way for the sake of love.
Book three of The Turning Stone Chronicles titled “Son of the Moonless Night” coming soon from Soul Mate Publishing in May.
Owen Todd Jordan Riley has a secret. He’s a shape shifter who has been hunting and killing his own kind. To him the only good shifter is a dead shifter. Revenge for the death of a friend motivates him, and nothing stands in his way . . . except Katrina Romanovski, the woman he is falling in love with.
Deputy coroner Katrina Romanovski has a secret, too. She hunts and kills paranormal beings like Owen. At least she did. When she rescues Owen from an attack by a werebear she is thrust back into the world she thought she’d left. Determined to find out what Owen knows about the bear, she begins a relationship meant to collect information. What she gets is something quite different-love with a man she suspects of murder. Can she reconcile his deception and murderous revenge spree and find a way to redeem him? Or will she condemn him for the same things she has done and walk away from love?
April 20, 2015
Tell Again Tuesday The Other Booths from History Imagined
A blog series where we shamelessly share posts from others that we have enjoyed.
Can’t say that I ever remember much of the background of John Wilkes Booth or where he came from. This post tells of his interesting background and the effect his actions had on his entire family.
The Other Booths
April 10, 2015 by lindapennell
On the evening of April 14, 1865 during a performance of the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head, a wound from which the president would die early the next morning. In the initial confusion after the shooting, Booth managed to jump from the presidential box onto the stage, crying “Sic Semper Tyrannis” (Thus Always To Tyrants), beginning a flight from justice that ended twelve days later with his death in a Virginia barn. It is as Lincoln’s assassin that Booth is remembered. What is sometimes forgotten is that John Wilkes Booth was well known long before his act of treachery.
Like his father, Junius Brutus Booth (1796-1852), and his brother Edwin, John Wilkes Booth was one of the most respected actors of his day. In 1862, the New York Herald called John a …
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https://historyimagined.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/the-other-booths/
April 16, 2015
Friday Feature The Dragon Chronicles Learning D.R. Grady
Welcomes
The Dragon Chronicles: Learning
By
D.R. Grady
Announcing the first book in The Dragon Chronicles: Learning by D.R. Grady.
Release date is April 22, 2015.
Pre-order link: http://amzn.com/B00W83FCBE
Blurb
Peace has reigned for so long, most beings believe dragons are mere myths, including elf professor Dr. Lindy Veles. After meeting attractive Dr. Alex von Schreider—a surly professor from a bear shifter family who possesses plenty of paranormal power, yet can’t shift—things start to spiral downward. Especially when he catches Lindy’s strong shifter scent. Elves don’t normally shift. Alex finds the compelling elf’s denials suspicious. Lindy thinks he’s crazy to believe she’s a shifter.
As they delve into the ancient Dragon Chronicles, tomes about dragons, it quickly becomes clear their efforts are no mere academic exercise. Dragons are suddenly becoming all too real. When Lindy shifts into one, Alex discovers he’s meant to control her dragon—the most powerful creature on earth. The pair is caught in the middle of two raging battles . . . their own personal emotional war and the war to save their world.
With the clock ticking, Lindy and Alex must surrender their misconceptions about themselves and dragons, and unite to begin the fight for their very existence.
Hook
A carefree elf and a surly bear non-shifter have to unite to save the world. Too bad no one believes in dragons, until she turns into one under dire circumstances.
Excerpt
“From her squeaky voice, I take it Lindy hasn’t accepted her new role in life?” Amusement and sympathy lit Keely’s eyes.
“Neither of them, in fact.”
“I’m struggling with being a dragon, but I’ve got being an elf down,” Lindy huffed.
Alex turned amused eyes on Keely. “This is Lindy Veles, my dragon and my mate. She’s in denial.”
Mate? Her mind jammed into neutral. Lindy choked on the tea she just sipped. Alex bolted upright and tapped her back until she coughed the liquid out of her lungs. “Mate?” she choked out. This was way too soon.
He scooped her up and settled her on his lap. And therefore sheltered and protected her within his warmth. “Mate.”
No way. This was not possible.
Hugh leaned forward and sniffed in the freaky way shifters do. “Mates for sure.”
“You can smell it?” Ewain’s eyes were as wide as hers.
“Of course I can. I’m a shifter.”
“Because I can’t shift, it took me a lot longer to figure it out. I’d decided, like Keely, I wouldn’t be blessed with a mate.” Alex squeezed Lindy’s hip.
When had the world turned upside down?
“Your DNA is still there, Alex.” Hugh frowned. “Besides, it’s probably better you can’t shift.”
“Why?” Alex demanded. Beneath her, she felt him tense.
“You have way too much power for an ordinary shifter to control. In fact, you’re the most powerful being I’ve ever scented. With the exception of Lindy.” Hugh waved a hand toward her.
Someone—anyone—was welcome to all her ‘power.’ She’d gladly give the miserable creature away. And while I’m wishing, can someone please turn the world right-side-up again? I’d like to get off.
Bio
D.R. Grady lives with her husband near Hershey, PA. She adores chocolate, laughing, collecting bags, books, and shoes, and adores writing stories that resonate with others.
Where to find D.R. Grady
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April 14, 2015
Wednesday Special Spotlight The Promised One C.D. Hersh
Shining on
The Promised One
The Promised One is the first book in The Turning Stone Chronicles. Book two Blood Brothers released October 31, 2014. Book three Son of the Moonless Night is coming soon.
Blurb for—The Promised One (The Turning Stone Chronicles)
In the wrong hands, the Turning Stone ring is a powerful weapon for evil. So, when homicide detective Alexi Jordan discovers her secret society mentor has been murdered and his magic ring stolen, she is forced to use her shape-shifting powers to catch the killer. By doing so, she risks the two most important things in her life—her badge and the man she loves.
Rhys Temple always knew his fiery cop partner and would-be-girlfriend, Alexi Jordan, had a few secrets. He considers that part of her charm. But when she changes into a man, he doesn’t find that as charming. He’ll keep her secret to keep her safe, but he’s not certain he can keep up a relationship—professional or personal.
Danny Shaw needs cash for the elaborate wedding his fiancée has planned, so he goes on a mugging spree. But when he kills a member of the secret society of Turning Stones, and steals a magic ring that gives him the power to shape shift, Shaw gets more than he bargained for.
EXCERPT:
The woman stared at him, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. “Return the ring, or you’ll be sorry.”
With a short laugh he stood. “Big words for someone bleeding to death.” After dropping the ring into his pocket, he gathered the scattered contents of her purse, and started to leave.
“Wait.” The words sounded thick and slurred . . . two octaves deeper . . . with a Scottish lilt.
Shaw frowned and spun back toward her. The pounding in his chest increased. On the ground, where the woman had fallen, lay a man.
He wore the same slinky blue dress she had—the seams ripped, the dress top collapsed over hard chest muscles, instead of smoothed over soft, rounded curves. The hem skimmed across a pair of hairy, thick thighs. Muscled male thighs. Spiked heels hung at an odd angle, toes jutting through the shoe straps. The same shoes she’d been wearing.
The alley tipped. Shaw leaned against the dumpster to steady himself. He shook his head to clear the vision, then slowly moved his gaze over the body.
A pair of steel-blue eyes stared out of a chiseled face edged with a trim salt-and-pepper beard. Shaw whirled around scanning the alley.
Where was the woman? And who the hell was this guy?
Terrified, Shaw fled.
The dying man called out, “You’re cursed. Forever.”
Amazon buy links:
The Promised One (The Turning Stone Chronicles):
eBook: http://amzn.com/B00DUMODKI
Paper back: http://amzn.com/1619353504
Blood Brothers (The Turning Stone Chronicles Book 2):
eBook: http://amzn.com/B00OVNFC8W
April 13, 2015
Tell Again Tuesday Crossroads
A blog series where we shamelessly share posts from others that we have enjoyed.
Crossroads
Posted on March 24, 2015 by Debi Walter
We all know what’s it’s like to be at a crossroad–that’s where two roads intersect and you have to decide which way to go. If you’ve set your course ahead of time, then the decision is easy–hardly noticeable. If you’re simply enjoying the ride, a crossroad can be an unexpected adventure. If there’s an accident causing a delay, a crossroad can provide a needed detour. If you’re in a hurry, a crossroad can offer a shortcut. But if you are on an unfamiliar road and not sure where you’re going, a crossroad can cause stress. What if you choose the wrong way and end up lost? What if the road isn’t safe, or leads no where? These are all valid concerns for the responsible driver.
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http://theromanticvineyard.com/2015/03/24/crossroads/
