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March 16, 2015
HER IMMORTAL VIKING Tour, Reviews, Giveaways!
HER IMMORTAL VIKING blog tour wraps up this week with multiple reviews and many opportunities to win prizes via Rafflecopter.
Visit the following blog hosts and enter to win a free Starbucks gift card or copies of NATURALLY YOURS or KISSING HER COWBOY by Adele Downs. You can also buy your copy of HER IMMORTAL VIKING from any of the digital book retailers listed below.
March 13:
*Lanie’s Book Thoughts Review
*The Hoarding Readers Corner Review
March 16:
*Life With Two Boys Review
*Kimi’s Medieval Author Interview Blog Review
*Harlie’s Books Review
March 17:
*Words, Words, Words Review
*Wanda Loves Books Review
*Girl With Pen Review
* Cat’s Reviews Review
*girlygirlbookreviews Review
*The Beanie Brain Reader Review
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Buy the book on Apple iTunes!
Also available on Smashwords and All Romance eBooks
For More Information: Boroughs Publishing
Filed under: Fantasy Romance, Kindle Book, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Romance Fiction, Romance Novella, Romantic Fiction Tagged: Blog Tour, Her Immortal Viking by Adele Downs, Novella, Reviews
March 11, 2015
Fantasy Photos of Alfheim, Original Photographs
Alfheim, the place between Heaven and Earth, in the west beyond the seas, and the celestial home of Gunnar, the hero of HER IMMORTAL VIKING, has its roots in Norse mythology.
What does Alfheim (Elf Land) look like? My imagination sees it this way.
Here are some original photographs taken with my Fuji digital camera. Enjoy!
“Once again, Adele Downs creates the perfect love story.” 5 Stars! ~Girl With Pen
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For More Information: Boroughs Publishing
Filed under: Fantasy Romance, Flowers and Gardens, Norse mythology, Original Photography, Paranormal Romance, Photography, Places in Pennsylvania, Romance Fiction, Romantic Fiction, Seasons of the Year Tagged: Adele Downs, Alfheim, Elf Land, Her Immortal Viking, Norse Mythology, Original Fairy Tale, Original Photographs
March 9, 2015
HER IMMORTAL VIKING Blog Tour, March 9-17, #giveaways!
Celebrating new release HER IMMORTAL VIKING with #giveaways that include a Starbucks gift card and several free books by Adele Downs. Follow along, join the fun, and enter to win!
The following book bloggers are my gracious hosts for the tour:
March 8: (Pre-Tour Kick-Off)
Romance Books 4 Us Guest Post
March 9:
March 10:
March 11:
March 12:
March 13:
*Lanie’s Book Thoughts Review
*The Hoarding Readers Corner Review
March 14:
March 15:
March 16:
*Life With Two Boys Review
*girlygirlbookreviews Review
*Kimi’s Medieval Author Interview Blog Review
Harlie’s Book Blog Review
March 17:
*Words, Words, Words Review
*Wanda Loves Books Review
*Girl With Pen Review (reposted)
*Cat’s Reviews Review
Buy HER IMMORTAL VIKING on Amazon!
Buy the book on Apple iTunes!
Also available on Smashwords and All Romance eBooks
For More Information: Boroughs Publishing
Filed under: Fantasy Romance, Fiction, Kindle Book, Norse mythology, Paranormal Romance, Prizes, Romance Fiction, Romance Novella, Romantic Fiction Tagged: Adele Downs, Boroughs Publishing Group, Fantasy Romance, Her Immortal Viking, New Release!, Novella, paranormal romance
March 6, 2015
Winners! HER IMMORTAL VIKING Book Blast
Starbucks Gift Card
Winner: Sharon E.
Kindle gift copies of NATURALLY YOURS by Adele Downs
Winners: Brandi D, Sarit, Beverly O.
Kindle gift copies of KISSING HER COWBOY by Adele Downs
Winners: Raeline P., Janet L., Shelley S.
I will contact each winner individually regarding your prize.
THANK YOU to the winners and to everyone who participated in my Book Blast!
Book Blog Tour begins Monday, March 9! Lots more prizes to give away March 9-17, so please join me on the cyber tour! A complete list of participants will be posted on this blog Monday morning. Follow along!
Buy your copy of HER IMMORTAL VIKING today!
Available on Amazon, Smashwords, All Romance eBooks.
Filed under: Contest, Prizes, Romance Novella Tagged: Adele Downs, Book Blast, Contest Winners, Her Immortal Viking
March 2, 2015
HER IMMORTAL VIKING Book Blast–March 2,3,4–CONTEST!
HER IMMORTAL VIKING Book Blast, March 2-4!
Check out the tour stops for chances to win a Starbucks gift card and free books from author Adele Downs via Rafflecopter!
Here’s the list of awesome book bloggers spotlighting the event:
March 2:
Here is What I Read
Paranormal, Magic and Mischief (Facebook)
Words, Words, Words
The Book Obsessed Momma
Mythical Books
Diane’s Book Blog
March 3:
My Family’s Heart
Here is What I Read
Twinsie Talk Book Reviews
Through Heart-Shaped Glasses
The Snarkology
In Patti’s Imagination
Ms Me28
March 4:
*Girl with Pen — Review
Addiction to Reading
Romance by Beverly
Breny’s Book Obsession
Seven Sexy Scribes
Love, Lust and Lipstick Stains
*PRATR (Paranormal Romance & Authors That Rock)– Review
Wanda Loves Books
elodie parkes erotic romance
*Romance Book Junkies — Review
*girlygirlbookreviews — Review
My Family’s Heart
Filed under: Contest, Kindle Book, Norse mythology, Paranormal Romance, Prizes, Romance, Romance Fiction, Romance Novella, Romantic Fiction, Social Media Tagged: Adele Downs, Blog Tour, Book Blast, Her Immortal Viking, My Family's Heart Book Reviews and Tours
February 25, 2015
HER IMMORTAL VIKING, Amazon Top 100 Fairy Tale
HER IMMORTAL VIKING hit the Amazon Top 100 Fairy Tales category on release day and has received outstanding 5 Star reviews! Thank you!
If you would enjoy reading a modern day take on Norse mythology, I hope you’ll give the book a try. Here’s a little about the story:
Divine intervention. That’s all Penny asks. Freedom from overwork and mountainous debt. She sings songs of praise, chants like a yogi, and rubs her belly like Buddha until the crystal charm on her navel shimmers, all hoping to draw the attention of someone—anyone—“up there.”
In the west, beyond the seas, from the place between Heaven and Earth, an immortal hears Penny’s cries. Once a renowned Viking warrior, Gunnar has been cast into eternal servitude by an angry god. Now, while Penny sleeps, he comes to Earth to grant her wishes. But Penny is about to wake up, and so is every desire she’s ever known. To claim their fairy-tale ending, Gunnar must find a way to clear his name. Not only must his sword arm and courage stay strong, but their powerful love must cross the divide of a thousand years.
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Filed under: Contemporary Romance, Fantasy Romance, Fiction, Kindle Book, Norse mythology, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Romance Fiction, Romance Novella, Romantic Fiction Tagged: Adele Downs, Amazon Top 100 Best-Seller, Amazon Top 100 Fairy Tale, Boroughs Publishing Group, Fairy Tale, Her Immortal Viking, Norse Mythology, Novella
February 24, 2015
NEW Release! HER IMMORTAL VIKING by Adele Downs
It’s New Release Day!
For an author, release day is like Christmas and a birthday party rolled into one. Help me celebrate and spread the news!
HER IMMORTAL VIKING by Adele Downs is a contemporary fantasy romance from Boroughs Publishing and available now!
HER IMMORTAL VIKING by Adele Downs
An original contemporary fairy tale inspired by Norse mythology
Divine intervention. That’s all Penny asks. Freedom from overwork and mountainous debt. She sings songs of praise, chants like a yogi, and rubs her belly like Buddha until the crystal charm on her navel shimmers, all hoping to draw the attention of someone—anyone—“up there.”
In the west, beyond the seas, from the place between Heaven and Earth, an immortal hears Penny’s cries. Once a renowned Viking warrior, Gunnar has been cast into eternal servitude by an angry god. Now, while Penny sleeps, he comes to Earth to grant her wishes. But Penny is about to wake up, and so is every desire she’s ever known. To claim their fairy-tale ending, Gunnar must find a way to clear his name. Not only must his sword arm and courage stay strong, but their powerful love must cross the divide of a thousand years.
Excerpt:
He smoothed her hair and rubbed a thick tendril between his thumb and forefinger. “I am Gunnar.” He pronounced the name Goo-nar.
An emblem of the sun, surrounded by a circle, had been branded on the back of his powerful hand. Penny touched the scar while he held a length of her hair, recognizing Freyr’s sacred insignia from her textbooks. “The pain must have been excruciating.” Without thinking, she lifted the old wound to her mouth and laid kisses along its perimeter before pressing a kiss to the icon inside.
Tremors vibrated across her lips when they touched the ancient symbol and her body tingled with the contact. The brand grew warm and then hot against her mouth, though it did not burn. She ran her tongue over the thick scars to erase the heat, and then licked the center, finishing with a tiny swirl.
Gunnar’s gasp of surprise was the last thing she expected when she lifted her head. He released her hair and drew away.
“I’m sorry. I don’t know what got into me. Have I offended you?” She’d always been popular with men, and comfortable around them, but her behavior with Gunnar was bold, even for her. She sat up. “Am I under some kind of spell?”
Gunnar shook his head. “I used my powers to heal you, but your free will remains intact.”
She searched his face for clues about what to do next, because desire shone behind the wary expression in his eyes. Something else shone there, too. Gratitude. Penny waited for Gunnar’s reply without letting go of his disfigured hand.
He said, “Kindness isn’t something I’m used to finding. Perhaps you’d be less inclined toward compassion if you knew what I’d done to deserve this brand of servitude.”
She reached out and draped an arm around his neck to bring him closer. Their gazes locked and held. Gunnar’s eyes were like pools of ice blue water that pulled her in and down.
Her breathing slowed while the sound of her heartbeat rushed blood through her ears. “I am Penelope. And if you’re from Alfheim, I know who and what you are. I just don’t understand why you’re here.” How could she deserve his rare, benevolent gifts? She was just an ordinary woman from an ordinary town, barely scraping by.
His warm breath grazed her cheek in shallow rushes, lifting goose bumps across her skin. His wide, firm mouth smelled of sweet ground parsley and fresh-picked mint. “Sometimes we get what we need, simply because we ask. That’s the beauty and power of the unexpected.”
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February 23, 2015
What Gunnar’s Old Norse Alfheim Might Look Like, Photos
Gunnar, the hero of HER IMMORTAL VIKING, comes from Alfheim, the place in Norse mythology between heaven and earth, in the west beyond the seas. Though my story is contemporary and written wholly from my imagination, the gods, Light Elves, Dwarves, and demi-gods in the tale were inspired by ancient lore.
As I wrote my novella, I imagined what Alfheim (Elf Land) might look like and painted word images on the pages. On one of my trips to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, I photographed scenes that brought my setting to life.
Enjoy my vision of Alfheim.
HER IMMORTAL VIKING by Adele Downs
Coming Tuesday, February 24, 2015!
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February 19, 2015
Her Immortal Viking Arrives 2/24/15!
FIVE MORE DAYS until GUNNAR ARRIVES!
HER IMMORTAL VIKING by Adele Downs
Available wherever ebooks are sold February 24, 2015.
Summary:
Gunnar of Alfheim is a Viking warrior unjustly cast into eternal servitude and made a Light Elf by an angry god. When he falls in love with Penelope, a modern day mortal, he must find a way to link heaven and earth and cross the divide of a thousand years to clear his name and claim her.
Buy your copy February 24!
Filed under: Fantasy Romance, Fiction, Kindle Book, Lasting Love, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Romance Fiction, Romance Novella, Romantic Fiction Tagged: Adele Downs, Fantasy Romance, Her Immortal Viking, Novella
February 11, 2015
Hunk Of Love John Antorino-Featured Cover Model & Actor #RomanceWeek #Giveaway!
Sexy cover model John Antorino is featured with pictures and an interview at Adele Downs, Down To Earth Romance.
Leave a comment for John and be automatically entered to win your choice of NATURALLY YOURS by Adele Downs or KISSING HER COWBOY by Adele Downs.
Winners selected Sat. February 14, 2015.
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