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January 22, 2016
Excerpt from Outcast, a paranormal Romance, coming soon.
***Shifter is a paranormal romance available for $2.99. Shifter is also available on Audio @ Audible.com*** Read by Margi StephensAbby is a plus size woman struggling to learn to love herself despite the damage her ex did to her mentally and psychically. For reasons unknown to her, she wakes one morning with an urge to adopt another cat. What she doesn’t know is that the cat she picks is actually Dimitri Sullivan, the son of a local shapeshifter pack’s alpha who was cursed by a powerful witch into the form of a common house cat after he had a one-nightstand with her. As the months pass, Dimitri finds himself falling in love with his new owner, but there is just one problem, she doesn’t know that he is her cat and she is currently dating his brother. When the witch that cursed him discovers that by falling for Abby, he is weakening her curse, she sets out to stop this from happening by any means necessary. SHIFTER is a 374-page, stand-alone eBook. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M8HLU2Uhttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/462262http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1120024902?ean=2940149636907https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-shifter-1742062-142.htmlhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/shifter/id904335011?mt=11https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/shifter-14https://www.overdrive.com/media/1971202/shifterhttp://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Shifter-Audiobook/B0131KMXEG/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1438452215&sr=1-1
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January 21, 2016
Excerpt from Saying Goodbye, a paranormal love story
***Saying Goodbye, a paranormal love story, is LIVE. $1.99***Childhood sweethearts, Michael and Erica, thought they would have the prefect life together—the career, the house, the kids, the grandkids, the dying old holding each other’s hands. What they hadn’t planned for was for a car accident to take Michael’s life and leave Erica to face her future alone.However, after discovering that Michael’s spirit has the ability to occasionally interact with the human world, they begin to wonder if they can’t make his presence on Earth permanent. Although, with so many years gone by, can they reignite the flame that had fueled their teenage romance and more importantly can they live with the sacrifices they must make in order get back the future they lost? Goodreads Amazon ARe iTunes Nook Kobo Scribd 24symbols
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January 19, 2016
#WIP IT UP WEDNESDAY Excerpt from Saying Goodbye
Happy New Year, everyone. Welcome to my post on WIP IT UP WEDNESDAY. If you are new to this hop or are just now deciding that joining this hop would be a great idea, visit the WIP IT IP WEDNESDAY blog home page at: http://wipitupwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/ to read the sign-up instructions. Also on that page, you will find links to other wonderful authors and their WIP.
Today I’ll be continuing to share an excerpt from my new release, Saying Goodbye.
This scene takes place about a week after Michael’s death, and we see that Erica is learning the hard fact that everyone grieves differently.
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That Wednesday, her mom had to drag her out of bed. Erica had spent most of the week wrapped in Michael’s favorite blanket of hers, wearing one of his t-shirts, and a pair of his socks. Her hair was matted, she smelled a bit of body sweat, and her head hurt from all of the crying she’d done.Rachel had worried that Erica would stay in bed forever and that she and her husband would have to commit her, but Sam had told his wife that he had made Erica promise that when the weekend rolled around she would make herself get up, shower, and get ready to start her new life. This didn’t dissuade Rachel’s fears, but she let Erica sleep until eight that Wednesday morning, and no later.Erica cried and begged not to go, but her mother told her that she had made a promise to Caroline that she would help, and she insured Erica that this, too, was part of the grieving process. Both of Erica’s parents said that she couldn’t heal, couldn’t learn to go on without him while letting her grief get the best of her, so she had agreed to go on the condition that she didn’t have to get dressed.When Caroline saw the way Erica looked, she sobbed quietly, and Rachel glared at her daughter. Erica felt guilty for looking so haggard and giving the woman more of a reminder of what she lost than she already had—as if going through his things wasn’t bad enough. On the other hand, Erica thought Caroline looked too nice, too controlled. She looked almost as if nothing had ever happened. This ticked Erica off a bit. She wanted to curse the woman, shout at her, and accuse her of not loving her son.That night when they got home, she told her mom so, and Rachel chided Erica for thinking that way and told her that everyone grieves differently, and just because Caroline didn’t grieve the way Erica thought she should didn’t mean the woman wasn’t grieving. Erica didn’t necessarily agree with that at the time, but she kept her thoughts and feelings to herself.Michael’s apartment was sparse, considering that he spent most of his time in school or at work. Caroline took his books, his trophies, his clothes. Erica took his photo album, which mostly had pictures of her or them in it, a few of her favorite t-shirts, a few DVDs, and the box of condoms he had tucked in the bottom drawer of his nightstand. That last item she snatched and shoved into a box quickly before either mother saw. They knew the two were having sex. They weren’t that naive, but Erica thought it best not to throw it in their face.Erica piled a few other odds and ends of Michael’s into the back of her mother’s car. Once they had John’s truck loaded down with what was in the rest of the apartment, John, Carl, and James took the stuff back to Michael’s parents’ house where they planned to keep the items stowed away in the attic. Caroline, Erica’s mother, Emmy, who had come with James toward the end while they were loading the truck, and Erica went to work cleaning.Caroline made sure that every crease, crevice, and corner was clean. By the time they left, no one would have ever known that a college frat boy had lived in the apartment. She hated that even more. He was gone and now every little thing that proved that he had been here was vanishing as well.After looking over the room one last time and feeling the emptiness settle on her like lead, Emmy took Erica’s hand and pulled her from the apartment and the building. Erica cried all the way home, holding Emmy’s hand.---That’s it for today. I hope you enjoyed it.---
***Saying Goodbye, a paranormal love story, is LIVE. $1.99***
Childhood sweethearts, Michael and Erica, thought they would have the prefect life together—the career, the house, the kids, the grandkids, the dying old holding each other’s hands. What they hadn’t planned for was for a car accident to take Michael’s life and leave Erica to face her future alone.
However, after discovering that Michael’s spirit has the ability to occasionally interact with the human world, they begin to wonder if they can’t make his presence on Earth permanent.
Although, with so many years gone by, can they reignite the flame that had fueled their teenage romance and more importantly can they live with the sacrifices they must make in order get back the future they lost?
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Knights of Stone: Lachlan Highland Gargoyles Part 2 Lisa Carlisle
Knights of Stone: Lachlan Highland GargoylesPart 2
Lisa CarlisleGenre: Paranormal RomancePublisher: Lisa Carlisle
Date of Publication: January 19, 2016ISBN: 9781419948954
ASIN: B00GRY30KKNumber of pages: 168 pages
Word Count: 41k
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As the new alpha of his gargoyle clan, Lachlan takes on a leadership role at the historic peace talks between the wolf shifters and tree witches. Cooperation is crucial to their survival. The magical veil over the Isle of Stone is weakening. But unity is hard to achieve when tensions are running high. So is Lachlan’s concentration when a sexy wolf shifter rushes to the talks. Her wild beauty is mesmerizing.Raina has her hands full with pack problems, from pack mates succumbing to blood lust to animosity toward her species. The source of her problems is clear-the gargoyles. If they hadn’t lured the humans to the island with their unconventional rock concerts, she wouldn’t have to deal with the fallout. She wants nothing to do with them, especially their alpha. His not-so-surreptitious glances are hard to miss. Nope. Not the kind of attention she needs. She’s heard rumors of the rebellious, attention-seeking rockers–and of their endless string of females.But when humans come to investigate the wolf attacks, Lachlan and Raina must work together to coerce them off the island. And time spent together sparks a forbidden attraction. If unexpected love were their only problem, they’d be able to deal with it. It’s not. Time is running out, for them and their island.
ExcerptHe inhaled to clear his harried mind, taking in the fragrance of wildflowers and heather as he gazed over the rolling slopes of the moors. The land exuded a sense of tranquility and hope under the soft light of the morning sun. The peace between the Isle of Stone’s natives, however, had lasted only minutes before the cacophony began with ceaseless bickering. Agreeing to work together might have been a mistake.Not that he had much of an alternative.When Matilda stopped to take a breath during her speech, Lachlan seized the moment to interrupt her. “We all know of the injustices done to each of us, which led to the division of the island. Time to move beyond the past and address the current situation.”“Part of what led to the schism is poor communication,” Ian added. “By meeting together to discuss the future of the island, we can avoid making the same mistakes our predecessors did.”“Predecessors!” Matilda said. “It was only twenty-five years ago. I was there and remember it well.”“My apologies,” Ian said, bending forward. “With your experience, you’ll be valuable in ensuring we don’t make those same errors in judgment.”Lachlan had been a young gargoyle during the battles, but he remembered fragments with vivid recall. Battles with magic and bloodshed. Countless deaths. A senseless tragedy.The sound of movement through the tall grasses made him turn. A female ran toward them, dark hair blowing behind her like the mane of a wild filly. Her red dress blazed like a siren, but he didn’t notice the pattern until she’d slowed her pace—similar to the one on Ian’s kilt.“What the—” Bryce said at his side, adopting a defensive stance.“It’s all right,” Ian said. “She’s my daughter.”Lachlan didn’t recognize her, but that wasn’t a surprise. The wolves had kept to their territory on the isle for over two decades. Around what he’d guess her age to be as he scanned her nubile body with soft, supple curves.A wolf shifter. With storm blue eyes like the ocean at dusk.And the daughter of the alpha wolf.Damn.“Sorry, I’m late,” she said through quickened breaths, drawing his attention to her parted lips.She dropped her hands to her knees as she panted from the run, and her hair fell forward in tempting disarray. Her movement offered him a glimpse of her cleavage, breasts rising and falling with each deep breath.“I was held up by—” She glanced at her father before adding, “pack matters.”“You haven’t missed much,” Ian replied before addressing the crowd. “This is Raina. Second-in-command in our pack.” He then introduced the others to his daughter.Lachlan widened his stance and narrowed his eyes at Ian. “You introduced your beta last night.” That wolf shifter’s pride had bordered on arrogance; nothing like his alpha, Ian.“Aye,” Ian acknowledged. “Seth and Raina share duties.”The tree witches exchanged glances. Claire, the younger of the two, whispered, “Inconsistency.”Raina assessed him through inquisitive eyes, making Lachlan forget what he was about to say.Straightening to his full height, he forged ahead. “We all need to be in human form when they come.”Connect with LisaFacebook Twitter Pinterest Goodreads YouTube Instagram
Excerpt from Outcast, a paranormal romance coming spring/summer 2016
Outcast is back from its first round of edits. I'm so excited. I've finished all basic grammar/spelling notes and have started my next read-through with content notes. Here is a snippet from the first chapter. While you are waiting for this novel to go on sale, grab a copy of Shifter, the first book in the series.
***Shifter is a paranormal romance available for $2.99. Shifter is also available on Audio @ Audible.com*** Read by Margi StephensAbby is a plus size woman struggling to learn to love herself despite the damage her ex did to her mentally and psychically. For reasons unknown to her, she wakes one morning with an urge to adopt another cat. What she doesn’t know is that the cat she picks is actually Dimitri Sullivan, the son of a local shapeshifter pack’s alpha who was cursed by a powerful witch into the form of a common house cat after he had a one-nightstand with her. As the months pass, Dimitri finds himself falling in love with his new owner, but there is just one problem, she doesn’t know that he is her cat and she is currently dating his brother. When the witch that cursed him discovers that by falling for Abby, he is weakening her curse, she sets out to stop this from happening by any means necessary. SHIFTER is a 374-page, stand-alone eBook.
January 18, 2016
Love-struck Authors Valentine’s Day Giveaway
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January 16, 2016
#SnippetSunday & #8Sunday Excerpt from Saying Goodbye
Happy New Year, everyone. Thank you for stopping by my post on the Snippet Sunday & Writing Warriors’ #8Sunday blog hop. I’m sorry for missing last week, but I was busy with Saying Goodbye’s release party. I actually nearly forgot about today’s post as I spent most of my Saturday with my nieces.Today I will resuming my posts from my newly released novella, Saying Goodbye, a paranormal love story. This novella went on sale Saturday, January 9, 2016 and is only $1.99.The following snippet comes from the first chapter. If you remember from the last snippet, Michael and Erica were discussing her Halloween costume. “It isn’t that,” he said, stepping up to her and wrapping her in his arms. “Seeing you that way has made me all tingly in my nether region. I really want to have my way with you before we go.”“Oh no, you are so not getting me out of this getup until the end of the night. Besides, you’re the one who insisted that we go to this party, so we’re going to this thing. Get off me,” she said, half-heartedly pushing him off her with a laugh to stop him from going any further was his kisses, which were already trailing down her neck and making her head fuzzy.“Okay, okay, let’s go. The sooner we get there, the sooner we can leave,” he said, throwing his hands up and backing away a bit, though the leering expression on his face told her what he wanted to do. That’s it for today. I hope you enjoyed it.Thank you for stopping by. If you want to read more excerpts from other authors or if you want to join in the fun, stop by both blogs and peruse their sights.Snippet Sunday Writing Warriors' #8Sunday
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***Saying Goodbye, a paranormal love story, is LIVE. $1.99***Childhood sweethearts, Michael and Erica, thought they would have the prefect life together—the career, the house, the kids, the grandkids, the dying old holding each other’s hands. What they hadn’t planned for was for a car accident to take Michael’s life and leave Erica to face her future alone.However, after discovering that Michael’s spirit has the ability to occasionally interact with the human world, they begin to wonder if they can’t make his presence on Earth permanent. Although, with so many years gone by, can they reignite the flame that had fueled their teenage romance and more importantly can they live with the sacrifices they must make in order get back the future they lost? GoodreadsAmazonAReiTunesNOOKKoboScribd24Symbols
January 13, 2016
#WIP IT UP WEDNESDAY #Excerpt from Saying Goodbye #Live $1.99
Happy New Year, everyone. Welcome to my post on WIP IT UP WEDNESDAY. If you are new to this hop or are just now deciding that joining this hop would be a great idea, visit the WIP IT IP WEDNESDAY blog home page at: http://wipitupwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/ to read the sign-up instructions. Also on that page, you will find links to other wonderful authors and their WIP.Today I’ll be continuing to share an excerpt from my novella, Saying Goodbye. This novel is now on sale for $1.99.The following snippet comes right after the last snippet I posted. In this scene, Erica is trying to get through Michael’s burial.---An hour or so later—when she felt as if she had calmed down enough to move—he made her stand. Bugs covered the plate of food he had brought her, so they dumped the food, rinsed the plate in the creek, and walked down to the house.Most of Michael’s extended family was gone by the time they got back. Her mother took one look at her and nearly burst into tears. Pushing her toward the bathroom to wash her face, her father took her mother in his arms and pulled her into another room, whispering in her ear something Erica couldn’t hear.Erica managed to cool down the redness and lighten the puffiness around her eyes enough to be presentable before seeing his parents. She found them in the kitchen. Her father’s words, that she had to eat or she would have to see Dr. Haddock, were stuck in her head, so she had gone in there in search of food.The second she entered the large kitchen, Caroline shoved a plate into her hands and told her to eat. Erica did as the woman ordered, noticing that she wasn’t eating. When John noticed Erica worriedly watching her, he smiled at her in a way that told her he was taking care of her. Erica gave him a half-hearted smile back and took a few bites of the tasteless food.Erica’s parents came into the kitchen a few minutes later, and an aunt and uncle of Michael’s, whom Erica couldn’t name, left. The room was quiet for a long time as Erica’s mother and Caroline washed a few dishes while her dad and John watched them.Throwing a hand towel over her shoulder, Caroline turned to Erica’s mother, and said, “Rachel, would you and Erica be kind enough to help me clean Michael’s apartment next week.”Erica stopped eating. Her dad stepped behind her and put a hand on her shoulder. Her mother froze, hands shoved into the hot water.“Caroline, honey, we can talk about this later,” John said, stepping up beside her.“I know, but since we have them here, I figured I would ask in person and not over the phone. I don’t care about his security deposit, but I won’t have people thinking he was a slob. Besides, I’m sure there are lots of things there that Erica would like to keep. She has more memories there than we do. It was practically her apartment too.”“Yes, but…” John started to say.“We would love to help you, wouldn’t we, sweetheart?” Erica’s mother said, looking to her.Erica could only stare at Michael’s mother. She didn’t know how she felt about her question. She hadn’t thought about having to clean out his apartment. It was his apartment. His stuff should stay there.Slowly, Erica nodded.“Unless you would like to move in there. I’m sure the landlord could arrange something,” Caroline said.“Caroline…” John started. “Rachel, Sam, I’m…”“No,” Erica said a little too loudly, cutting him off since she hadn’t heard him speak. “No.” The second ‘no’ came out more softly. “I can’t. I’m sorry.”“I understand. Believe me. We have the rest of the month to clear it out, but I think the sooner the better,” Caroline said and went back to washing dishes.“We’ll meet you over there Wednesday, how does that sound?” Erica’s mother said.“That’s fine.”“Sam, I’m sorry. She’s just…” she heard John say to her father as the two men left the kitchen. She didn’t follow. She didn’t listen to her mother and Caroline discuss their plans either. She tuned everything out and slowly chewed a tiny ham and cheese sandwich.---That’s it for today. I hope you enjoyed it.
***Saying Goodbye, a paranormal love story, is LIVE. $1.99***Childhood sweethearts, Michael and Erica, thought they would have the prefect life together—the career, the house, the kids, the grandkids, the dying old holding each other’s hands. What they hadn’t planned for was for a car accident to take Michael’s life and leave Erica to face her future alone.However, after discovering that Michael’s spirit has the ability to occasionally interact with the human world, they begin to wonder if they can’t make his presence on Earth permanent. Although, with so many years gone by, can they reignite the flame that had fueled their teenage romance and more importantly can they live with the sacrifices they must make in order get back the future they lost? Goodreads Amazon ARe iTunes Nook Kobo Scribd
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January 12, 2016
Eva Gordon's Alpha Wolf's Pet Book 1 Hidden is Available on Audible
Mia's testimony against Russian mobsters forced her to enter the witness protection program. She is relocated to a quaint cottage in Wolf Woods, near Mt. Rainier, far from everyone and everything she loved and cared for. All is calm, until she meets Dominic, the gorgeous ruggedly handsome owner of the mysterious Wolfe Estate. He is all alpha male, domineering, and controlling. The last thing she needs is to get involved with a sexy control freak.Alpha werewolf Dominic Wolfe is the packs' enforcer. When an attractive young woman moves into a cottage near his territory; his senses are heightened to obsessive proportions. A human pet to meet his desires.Dominic is determined to unveil Mia's real identity while keeping his own securely hidden. Haunted by the howls and shrieks coming from Dominic's estate, Mia wonders if she can really trust the enigmatic man she suspects of wanting a dominant-submissive relationship. A man who brings out her darker desires. Will hidden danger keep them from gratifying their burning passion?©2014 Eva Gordon (P)2015 Eva Gordon Audible
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#NewRelease Mount Haven
NEW RELEASE Romantic Suspense...Action Packed *
I’m excited to announce the release my new Romantic Suspense novel, MOUNT HAVEN. It’s now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iTunes. Go get your copy today!
When Rowdy Cooper's life is turned upside down he & his family must find a way to go on. Will the move to Mount Haven prove therapeutic or lethal? Bailey's on the run. For years she's been able to keep her secrets and fly under the radar. Will that all change now that there's a new sheriff in town? Not to mention his sexy, too observant brother. She loves Mount Haven but maybe it's time to move on before her past proves lethal for everyone.
I hope you will take a minute to check it out. I'm already getting great reviews!
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