Monday, June 25, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
A List of Freebies this weekend from World Castle Publishing and Amazon.com
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Kathi Barton
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Enduring Retribution
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June 16th
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Kathi Barton
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Spencer
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June 16th
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Gail Gurley
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Fearless Heart
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June 16th & 17th
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Linell Jeppsen
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Story Time
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June 16th & 17th
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Alexandrea Weis
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The Secret Brokers
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June 16th & 17th
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Denise Main
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Wolf
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June 16th
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Jill Campbell
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Celtic Rose
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June 16th
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Corey Mariani
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Passenger Through Time
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June 16th & 17th
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Judy White
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A Method to Madness
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June 16th & 17th
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George Earl Parker
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The Subatomic Kid
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June 16th & 17th
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Lindsay Anne Kendal
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Bloodlines
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June 15th
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Nicole Izmaylov
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Dart and the Squirrels
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June 15th
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Denise Main
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Starstone
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June 15th
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Denise Main
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A Cold Day in Hell
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June 15th
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Amy Johnson
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Meg’s Moment
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June 15th
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Eric Johnston & Andrew Utley
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Harvester Ascension
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June 16th & 17th
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Jasmine Denton
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Soul of the Sea
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June 16th & 17th
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Claude Dancourt
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Second Chances
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June 16th & 17th
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Malcom Hagon
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Prophecy
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June 15th
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Excerpt from Quinn: ~Chapter 1~
Drew
listened to her. Well sort of. He was hearing her speak but he wasn’t
technically listening to her. Quinn Waite was the bossiest woman he’d ever
met. Next to his boss that is who just
happened to be her sister in law, Alyssa Waite.
He’d leave her standing here but he was serving food in the dinner line
and couldn’t escape just yet. But when he could, he was out of there.
“You
have to make sure that she is safe, Mr. Miller.
Here you go, Sally, have some extra potatoes. That woman said she’d get her back and we
haven’t…there’s cream at the other end, Mr. Bane. Are you listening to me?”
“Yes.
You want me to protect Alyssa who is probably more capable of protecting
herself than I am, Sally has extra potatoes even though she didn’t want them
and Mr. Bane now has a pocket full of creamers.
Did I miss anything in your tirade?”
She
glared and he laughed. It was either that or strangle her. Quinn was a woman who got things done, he’d
give her that. But she wanted it done yesterday and damn the person who didn’t
pull their weight. Drew did, pull his
weight but he did things in his own way on his own schedule. Not that he was lazy or a procrastinator, but
he didn’t feel that driving someone nuts to the point of wanting them to murder
you was the way to go.
“I
don’t like you, Mr. Miller. Not one bit.”
He grinned at her.
“Well that’s good, Miss Waite, I’d hate for
all this hostility to be for nothing. Or
even one sided. Look, Alyssa is safe.
She has a driver everywhere she goes and when she is at home, your brother
barely lets her out of his sight. At the
office you’d have to blow the entire building to get to her and—“
“Oh
Christ! You don’t think someone will try that do you. You have to put on extra
people tonight. Better yet, I’ll do it. And I’ll hire some dogs. They can mill
about the lobby sniffing everything that comes in.” When she pulled out her
little note book, he snapped.
Taking
it from her he tore it in several pieces before he laid it on the counter and
picked up the spoon for the mashed potatoes.
Without breaking eye contact with her he dumped the potatoes on the
pieces of paper and threw the spoon in the sink.
“I’m going home. You, Miss Waite are certifiable. Mr. Bane, put the creamers back and go eat
your dinner.”
Contests ~ Mine and a Few Others.
Free Stuff
I will give away a signed copy of The Faerie Master
when it comes out.
All you need to do is like my page or become my
friend on Facebook or Google plus.
After you join/like me, send me an email and I’ll put
your name in a hat. The ‘contest’ will
end on June 30, 2012 and the drawing will be on July 1, 2012.
Good Luck everyone!
Book Releases
Some mine, some not.
I have my books in a lot of places. ARE or All Romance eBooks carries all of them
as well as my publisher’s website. I’m
also available on Amazon.com, Smashwords and the local library.
It’s really cool to see my printed books there. The local branch has three at last
count. I’ve had a few people ask me
about them and I blush but it’s also pretty amazing to see my name there on the
shelves.
I’ll give you the places as I get them from
Karen. I know there are a few other
places that you can get my books but right now, I’ve no idea.
Aaron MacManus, the new
master vampire of the realm just wanted to go out and meet some of his subjects
and to figure out what needed to be done to set things right.
April and Demetrius Carlovetti own an air service and are the most trusted and well liked vampires in Aaron’s realm. What he didn’t expect when he visited them was betrayal. His own
April and Demetrius Carlovetti own an air service and are the most trusted and well liked vampires in Aaron’s realm. What he didn’t expect when he visited them was betrayal. His own
bodyguards try to
murder him and blame it on the Carlovetti’s.
Sara Temple was not a vampire. She pilots planes for the Carlovetti Airways. She had secretes of her own and working for this small air service is keeping her out of sight. The last thing she wanted to do was save a vampire, even an extremely good looking one.
Sara was only trying to survive but with Aaron she becomes embroiled in politics, the magic of several realms involving a queen in peril, magical beings, passion and love.
Sara Temple was not a vampire. She pilots planes for the Carlovetti Airways. She had secretes of her own and working for this small air service is keeping her out of sight. The last thing she wanted to do was save a vampire, even an extremely good looking one.
Sara was only trying to survive but with Aaron she becomes embroiled in politics, the magic of several realms involving a queen in peril, magical beings, passion and love.
Aaron’s Kiss Series ~ The Faerie Master
Book 8
Shawn
MacFarland is heading to Aaron MacManus home when he makes a stop at a bar in
Columbus to feed. He wants to leave his master because he is a pretty bad guy.
He wakes up to find blood on his clothes and a switchblade stuck in his ribs
and can’t remember how it got there and what has happened. Everything is a blur
because now his memory is gone as well. What was he doing there? He knows it
wasn’t a robbery because he has all his credit cards and his id so he at least
knows who he is. Shawn has gotten up and started walking till he comes to a
deep cave and decides he needs to rest so he can find food and heal.
Cade
is a cook by trade. She works in a restaurant during the day and a bar maid during the
night. She’s got to pay her bills and make money so she can find a place to
stay that has running water and heat before the winter. Her home has been a
cave. She’s shopping when she runs into Duncan and they start a conversation.
He mentions to her that Ms. Penny, the cook they have at the MacManus home is
going on vacation for two weeks and they need someone to cover. Cade offers because
she could use the extra money.
She’s
never been around a vampire that can be up during the day, wolfs, nymphs, and
faeries. She’s fine with that as long as she isn’t dinner for anyone. She’s
exhausted after the past few days so she heads to her temporary home,
the cave. She hears a noise after lying down, and before she knows it, there’s
a hand covering her mouth. This man wants to feed from her and terror
fills her body. Once he feeds, he forgets to seal the wound and it is history
in the making for them. She’s weak and isn’t positive of all the details
anymore but when she gets to the MacManus
home she collapses.
Can
Shawn save Cady from her brother and Gabriel? Will Cady learn to accept Shawn and be able to
keep him and the MacManus family safe from
harm?
Newsletter in parts.
Welcome to My Monthly Tirade
Ramblings
There are a lot of people who say this. Me?
I’d like the lots of money part but never having to work again? I’m not so sure I’d like that. I need the interaction with people to give
“character” to my stories.
Do you write about real people?
Yes, but I change the
names to protect the guilty. Most of the
characters in my books are a combo of everyone I meet. There are a few, especially the bad guys and
girls that are people that I’ve encountered over the years who for lack of a
better way of getting back at them without ending up on the FBI list I kill
off. Most of them die horrible deaths or
get what they have coming to them in the end.
But there are a few,
Duncan for example that I keep bringing back book after book that holds a place
in my heart. He is the combination of
all my grandchildren and a few adults that I love. Anyone who’s read Aaron’s Kiss will find him
in the kitchen waiting for the next person to join the kiss.
So I need to work at a
job that puts me in contact with the people we all love to hate or love.
Could I make them
up? I suppose but it’s so much more fun
to have them to be real. The person who
might have cut me off in traffic, the nurse that seemed to be drilling for oil
when she takes my blood or even the boss that makes me want to murder him in
his sleep but can’t. All these are rich
with witty lines and sardonic wits.
So would I like to be
rich enough to not work outside the home?
Sure, would I? Hummmm, ask me in
a year or two and I might have a different answer.
What I’m Working on Now
I write more than one
book at a time. I actually thought that
everyone did that and was surprised to find out they don’t. I have five going right now…maybe six.
The sequel to Force of Nature finds Gordon getting in over his head
with a mate. Alexis has a few secrets of
her own and two aunts that keep poor Phil on the straight and narrow. (Or so they try.)
Gordon has just retired
from the police force to become a part of the growing pack. He’ll answer to two
of his brothers, the Alpha Austin and Dallas the enforcer. He’s excited to start this new
adventure. That is until he meets Alexis
Dark.
She owns a herbal shop
that specializes in soaps and candles she makes. It’s hard enough trying to find time to make
product for the shop and her online business but having her sisters four
children under foot and her two aunts, Gladys and Jessie in the mix she spends
more time with them than she does cooking.
Then there is her
brother-in-law Patrick “Paddy” Booth who now that he’s a werewolf wants more
than she can give.
Book 12 of the Aaron’s Kiss Series is something that I’ve only just
started. My son-in-law Ben asked about
Elizabeth, Mel’s grandmother and how she was created not born. And wondered if I’d write her story.
I
had to take his word for the create part as once I finish a book, I haven’t the
slightest clue what it’s about. When my
publisher wants a blurb I have to go and read the story first like a first time
reader.
Anyway, I decided that he
might have something there and have been working a bit on it. I’m not into much of the story yet but I
think it will work out.
Royce and Kasey have been there for a little while now.
Royce is a friend of
Alexander James. You’ll remember him
from the James Children series. Alex is
Willow’s brother and a cutie with five brothers.
I don’t know if his
brothers will end up in their own book or not yet but maybe. They have a colorful background too and
Royce, of course keeps them in line.
Well, as best he can.
I’ll share a bit of their
story here when I can figure out how to do that. This is a cool program and all
but the print is way tiny for my old eyes and I think I need to enlarge the
type before I try.
Another story is
one that has been brewing for a little while.
I only have a few sentences of it complete but I think it will be
something fun. I can tell you that it’s
about humans and that the sex is as steamy as it gets.
Sometimes I write for the murder.
These are really short stories for system
release. There are days when you just
have to let the meanness out and I do it with words.
And if the person really ticks me off, at some point
I put them into a bigger story and get it published. More fun that way and some of the people who
read my books ask about them. I always
say the same thing, “I have no idea who that person is” and let it go with
that.
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