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July 21, 2019
Sunday Seduction
I added a new excerpt from Claiming a Beta Coyote to my site today. This was a fun story for me to write. Kyra is a bit secretive because of her past so she doesn't share everything right up front.
She's deliberately irritating or uncooperative at times which creates tension between her and Claudia. I think the tension between them sizzles though. My personal opinion.
The excerpt was short. Enjoy.
“Yes.” Kyra nodded. “A real fling could be all kinds of bad.”
“Yeah.” Claudia turned Kyra to face her. “The kind that leave you too tired to focus from staying up all night just staring into each other’s eyes or talking. The kind that has us thinking of each other when we should be working. The kind that leaves a mark when the goodbyes are all said.”
“Exactly what we don’t need,” Kyra said, her hands shaking as she raised them to rest on Claudia’s arms. “It’s a mistake waiting to be regretted.”
“Maybe,” Claudia said, drawing her closer. “But I’m willing to take the risk as long as I’m the one you don’t cross in the long run.”
“Cross?” Kyra’s eyes drifted to Claudia’s mouth.
“Fuck over.” She lowered her head so their lips were mere inches apart. “Left with her ass in the wind.”
Kyra glided her hands up to Claudia’s shoulders. “So, you’re asking for promises?”
“Just that one,” she admitted, her lips against Kyra’s as she spoke.
Kyra shivered, the warm breath of Claudia teasing her skin. “What about me? What do I get out of this?”
“The same thing you give me,” Claudia told her. “A safe place to be who you are when we’re alone. Someone who’ll keep your secrets and still respect you in the harsh light of day. I just want the same.”
“You’re asking for a lot from a fling.”
“Just enough,” Claudia murmured, hunger blazing in her eyes. Then she claimed Kyra’s mouth.
She's deliberately irritating or uncooperative at times which creates tension between her and Claudia. I think the tension between them sizzles though. My personal opinion.
The excerpt was short. Enjoy.
“Yes.” Kyra nodded. “A real fling could be all kinds of bad.”
“Yeah.” Claudia turned Kyra to face her. “The kind that leave you too tired to focus from staying up all night just staring into each other’s eyes or talking. The kind that has us thinking of each other when we should be working. The kind that leaves a mark when the goodbyes are all said.”
“Exactly what we don’t need,” Kyra said, her hands shaking as she raised them to rest on Claudia’s arms. “It’s a mistake waiting to be regretted.”
“Maybe,” Claudia said, drawing her closer. “But I’m willing to take the risk as long as I’m the one you don’t cross in the long run.”
“Cross?” Kyra’s eyes drifted to Claudia’s mouth.
“Fuck over.” She lowered her head so their lips were mere inches apart. “Left with her ass in the wind.”
Kyra glided her hands up to Claudia’s shoulders. “So, you’re asking for promises?”
“Just that one,” she admitted, her lips against Kyra’s as she spoke.
Kyra shivered, the warm breath of Claudia teasing her skin. “What about me? What do I get out of this?”
“The same thing you give me,” Claudia told her. “A safe place to be who you are when we’re alone. Someone who’ll keep your secrets and still respect you in the harsh light of day. I just want the same.”
“You’re asking for a lot from a fling.”
“Just enough,” Claudia murmured, hunger blazing in her eyes. Then she claimed Kyra’s mouth.
July 16, 2019
Release Day
Today is Release Day for Claiming a Beta Coyote. I enjoyed writing this story and I've finished Coyote Bound 6. Here is a brief excerpt of Claiming a Beta Coyote.
Kyra watched the woman go. She knew who she was, but Kyra doubted the mayor of Snowbury knew who she was without her black leather mask and the distinctive perfume she used to hide her very subtle but true scent.
She couldn’t help wondering what Claudia was doing this far from town in what was fast becoming jackal-wolf country.
She had had a meet with a jackal who was on his way out of town before his boss went down for running drugs. He was certain it wouldn’t happen with Dillinger dead, but he wasn’t taking chances.
If Kyra was smart, she’d be jumping ship, too, instead of allowing her emotions and an imagined debt to Dillinger to keep her on the case. His replacement, Ava, had taken over in Dillinger’s death, but she was giving every impression that capturing Dill’s murderer and Russo was on the back burner while she got her kid out of town to someplace safe.
Ava was digging in for the long haul and had asked her to stay the course with her. Kyra knew she had some issues with the Russos and stakes were even higher for her than they had been for Dillinger.
“You don’t seriously think a woman can satisfy you,” the golden-skinned man said cutting into her reverie. His tone was filled with disgust.
Kyra threw him a look, dark heat already swelling inside her. What was it with the men in this bar? Did none of them realize she wasn’t interested?
“And what do you think you have that the other guy doesn’t?” she asked icily and flicked a gaze to first man who’d approached and back at him.
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Kyra watched the woman go. She knew who she was, but Kyra doubted the mayor of Snowbury knew who she was without her black leather mask and the distinctive perfume she used to hide her very subtle but true scent.
She couldn’t help wondering what Claudia was doing this far from town in what was fast becoming jackal-wolf country.
She had had a meet with a jackal who was on his way out of town before his boss went down for running drugs. He was certain it wouldn’t happen with Dillinger dead, but he wasn’t taking chances.
If Kyra was smart, she’d be jumping ship, too, instead of allowing her emotions and an imagined debt to Dillinger to keep her on the case. His replacement, Ava, had taken over in Dillinger’s death, but she was giving every impression that capturing Dill’s murderer and Russo was on the back burner while she got her kid out of town to someplace safe.
Ava was digging in for the long haul and had asked her to stay the course with her. Kyra knew she had some issues with the Russos and stakes were even higher for her than they had been for Dillinger.
“You don’t seriously think a woman can satisfy you,” the golden-skinned man said cutting into her reverie. His tone was filled with disgust.
Kyra threw him a look, dark heat already swelling inside her. What was it with the men in this bar? Did none of them realize she wasn’t interested?
“And what do you think you have that the other guy doesn’t?” she asked icily and flicked a gaze to first man who’d approached and back at him.
To finish reading the excerpt go to: https://spiceofliferomance.weebly.com...
July 10, 2019
Coyote Bound Release
Coyote Bound 5 has a release date. Claiming a Beta Coyote releases July 16th. In the meantime, here is a snippet of what to expect.
I don't have the cover yet, but I've seen it. It looks okay.
Enjoy this, snippet.
“Buy you a round?” Claudia asked allowing her gaze to slowly slide over the black outfit and the thick ponytails cascading over her shoulders. Her brown eyes were the shade of smooth whiskey and preoccupied even as they swung to meet Claudia’s.
“Sure.” She smiled, her eyes lighting with interest.
“What are you drinking?” The shade of her gaze seemed wrong. The color a little muted, and Claudia wondered if it was the light or she wasn’t the woman Claudia thought she was.
“Just ginger ale,” she said and bent over the table. She looked down the length of the cue at Claudia before adding, “You want to play?”
“Sure.” Claudia threw her word back at her. “Be right back with those drinks.”
“I’ll be here,” she said and took a shot. She sank a couple of balls, and Claudia turned to head to the bar.
****
Kyra watched the woman go. She knew who she was, but Kyra doubted the mayor of Snowbury knew who she was without her black leather mask and the distinctive perfume she used to hide her very subtle but true scent.
She couldn’t help wondering what Claudia was doing this far from town in what was fast becoming jackal-wolf country.
She had had a meet with a jackal who was on his way out of town before his boss went down for running drugs. He was certain it wouldn’t happen with Dillinger dead, but he wasn’t taking chances.
If Kyra was smart, she’d be jumping ship, too, instead of allowing her emotions and an imagined debt to Dillinger to keep her on the case.
His replacement, Ava, had taken over in Dillinger’s death, but she was giving every impression that capturing Dill’s murderer and Russo was on the back burner while she got her kid out of town to someplace safe.
I don't have the cover yet, but I've seen it. It looks okay.
Enjoy this, snippet.
“Buy you a round?” Claudia asked allowing her gaze to slowly slide over the black outfit and the thick ponytails cascading over her shoulders. Her brown eyes were the shade of smooth whiskey and preoccupied even as they swung to meet Claudia’s.
“Sure.” She smiled, her eyes lighting with interest.
“What are you drinking?” The shade of her gaze seemed wrong. The color a little muted, and Claudia wondered if it was the light or she wasn’t the woman Claudia thought she was.
“Just ginger ale,” she said and bent over the table. She looked down the length of the cue at Claudia before adding, “You want to play?”
“Sure.” Claudia threw her word back at her. “Be right back with those drinks.”
“I’ll be here,” she said and took a shot. She sank a couple of balls, and Claudia turned to head to the bar.
****
Kyra watched the woman go. She knew who she was, but Kyra doubted the mayor of Snowbury knew who she was without her black leather mask and the distinctive perfume she used to hide her very subtle but true scent.
She couldn’t help wondering what Claudia was doing this far from town in what was fast becoming jackal-wolf country.
She had had a meet with a jackal who was on his way out of town before his boss went down for running drugs. He was certain it wouldn’t happen with Dillinger dead, but he wasn’t taking chances.
If Kyra was smart, she’d be jumping ship, too, instead of allowing her emotions and an imagined debt to Dillinger to keep her on the case.
His replacement, Ava, had taken over in Dillinger’s death, but she was giving every impression that capturing Dill’s murderer and Russo was on the back burner while she got her kid out of town to someplace safe.
July 1, 2019
Pride Month
It's been a while since I posted. I know. I did do a piece for pride month. It was featured on the Evernight Publishing Blog.
Even in today’s society being a lesbian still raises brows as much as being gay does. Curious stares abound and that’s okay, but hate is unacceptable.
Love doesn’t come in colors—I don’t see color really which is one of the reasons I write interracial romance and why my characters are often neither black nor white. I’m neither. I’m Indian, black, and white. I see a rainbow rather than race, and I see the same when it comes to love.
The link below is to the rest of the piece.
https://evernightpublishing.blogspot....
Even in today’s society being a lesbian still raises brows as much as being gay does. Curious stares abound and that’s okay, but hate is unacceptable.
Love doesn’t come in colors—I don’t see color really which is one of the reasons I write interracial romance and why my characters are often neither black nor white. I’m neither. I’m Indian, black, and white. I see a rainbow rather than race, and I see the same when it comes to love.
The link below is to the rest of the piece.
https://evernightpublishing.blogspot....
June 13, 2019
Guest
Today on the Spice I have guest Elyzabeth M. VaLey with a look at her latest novel, Open.
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June 12, 2019
June 6, 2019
Weekly Blog Challenge
I've posted my offering in this week's blog challenge. The topic: My Most Memorable Experience.
You might be surprised at what I wrote.
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You might be surprised at what I wrote.
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June 3, 2019
Magic Monday
I have a new post today called Magic Monday.
This post is another look at Taken by the Wind.
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This post is another look at Taken by the Wind.
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May 28, 2019
Assassins
I have finished the Assassin's book. Now to do a read through and mull the title a little more before sending it off to my beta reader.
May 22, 2019
WIP Wednesday
Since I've written this post, I've made a great deal of progress on the book. But you can check out the post and an excerpt. Remember, its unedited and rough.
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