Friday, December 19, 2014

Jingle Bell Book Hop



Hello everyone & welcome to the Jingle Bell Book Hop!

While Christmas is not my absolute favorite holiday I do love it! Especially all of the lights, decorations and gatherings. This is one of the holidays that helps bring family together (I LOVE that!)
Oh & I LOVE baking for the holiday! Cookies, pies, cakes, lasagna (OH YUM!) And because of that, I'm going to link you to one of my all-time favorite cookie recipes (there are a couple of variations of this. This is one of the tastiest), enjoy!

(click on cookie name to get recipe)


Now, if you're hopping around, you already know one of the SURPRISE gifts is received by commenting below with your name and email, each reader gets a FREE EBOOK from the author for the site/blog you're commenting on.
I'm offering up THE APPROACH, Book #1 of my Wunder series to you via Amazon gifting. You can get the prequel, DreamZ (and an amazing warm-up to the series) FREE by clicking HERE

Enjoy & Happy Holidays!


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1.Lacey Weatherford2.Kamery Solomon
3.Belinda Boring4.Sherry D. Ficklin
5.Audrey Harte6.Julie Richman
7.Eva Pohler8.Michelle Graves
9.Jackie Chanel10.Janet Shawgo
11.D. Love12.Angela Goldsberry
13.A.R. Von14.Jessica Gibson
15.Pauline Creeden16.Melanie Karsak
17.Cynthia P. O'Neill18.Helena Hunting
19.Morgan Kearns20.Tijan
21.Vi Keeland22.Allana Kephart & Melissa Simmons
23.Tawdra Kandle24.Heather Adkins
25.Liv Morris26.Kelley Grealis

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Lady's Destiny made it to the finals in the #Authors db cover contest!

We'd appreciate it if you would take a moment to vote for Lady's Destiny (link below)


Hello ALL!
Just a brief post with an update and a request...
First we want to thank everyone that helped us to make it this far. We would not have done it without you!
This is the last round and it only runs until December 21, 2014. We hope we can count on your continued support and your vote :)
Voting is a bit different from the last round, but not torture (we promise) lol 
All you have to do is click on the link provided and fill out the details, easy.
Here's the direct link to vote: http://authorsdb.com/cover-contest/16504-lady-s-destiny
Thank you for taking the time to help and show your support. It means a lot to me and all who have contributed 



Also HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Warm thoughts and wishes sent out to one and all!


Wednesday, December 3, 2014

New release! Teamwork (Book #3 of the Wunder series) FINALLY!!


BLURB:
Their first time as a trio. The team of Tank, Wunder and Pete will face their greatest challenge when they come up against RIP subject number 776, the deadliest Zombie yet. He's unpredictable, smart, full of cunning and has yet to be found.

While they fight for their lives, the heat between Pete and Wunder will blaze out of control.

They will discover powers within themselves brought on by being part zombie. Powers beyond even their wildest imagination.

Get your copy only at Amazon HERE
Find Teamwork on Goodreads HERE

EXCERPT:
I can’t help but think about how after all of the years of waiting for the woman of my dreams—the one woman, who has claimed me, kept me sane and makes me feel…whole. These many years of only dreams, my mind’s way of showing me my one soul mate and now I have finally found her. Actually being able to hold her, have her, taste her…I, at this moment feel as if this amazing reality, so short lived, is being swept away from me and I’m not liking it one single bit. I want more than just the brief and amazing first time we had. I want to give her romance, show her what she means to me with actions as well as words.
We’ve not been alone or able to talk, get to know one another as couples should since we’ve consummated our…bond. Oh, what a night it was! It’s been one thing after another since that night at the club, that amazing meeting of souls that currently feels so long ago, yet it’s not been long at all.
We’re so fucking incredible together, in every way a couple should be. Even more than I thought possible when I thought of her as real through the years. Our bodies are so attuned to one another. It’s as if they call out and sing a song only our physical forms can hear. I know…I know. It sounds strange, corny even but it’s the only way I can think of to express the feelings and perfection that is us.
She’s tough, sexy as hell, loyal, loving and just absolute perfection in my eyes. I’d swear she was made just for me and only me! My mate, the filler that soothes the empty places within me. My woman, a woman I plan to enjoy, in every way possible. For the rest of my life.
I won’t tell her all of this yet. Not just yet.
I don’t want to take any chances of frightening her away or jumping the gun. Even though we’ve been on the same page from the first moment we touched with pretty much everything. I’d rather proceed naturally. Let it flow out, instead of over thinking it as I currently am, shit!

Stop right now Pete!




Get the rest of the Wunder series now!
You can get each individual serial OR grab up Wunder Volume One (which has 0.5, #1 & #2 PLUS additional scenes all in one).

Check them all out HERE





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About A.R. Von
A.R. was born and raised in Bronx, NY and is the oldest daughter of two girls. She holds an Associate’s Degree in Computer Science and Information Technology, which was only briefly used. She’s a mother of two entertaining teen boys (as well as a lovely fawn Chihuahua, whom she considers her furry daughter.) She’s also a wife to a delightfully handsome and amazingly funny man-beast. She loves anything dragon and fantasy related. In her free time she enjoys exercising, writing, listening to music, hiking, cooking, dancing and reading. She also loves a great adventure in and out of a book!
She writes to free her mind of its constant wondering and clutter. She thrives on the fact she can share some of it with readers that have the same passion for a great story.

She also loves to hear from her reader’s and chat away, so feel free to reach out to her any time.

A.R.'s Links:WEBSITE
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

*Cranberries and Spice Blog Hop*


Hello everyone & welcome to my blog!

I'm going to make this short and sweet for you ;)



Enter to win, hop around and share!



Good luck!



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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Lady's Destiny cover contest voting




The Lady's Destiny cover made it through the semi finals and it's now time for the finals.
Voting is live until November 22, 2014. Just visit: http://authorsdb.com/books/2014-book-cover-contest/2014-book-cover-semi-finalists-end/romance-semi
and click the star rating (the higher the better) to cast you vote!



Thank you all for your continued support!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Kindle is the New Sexy fb event


5 amazing authors, 5 amazing books—FREE!


Starting at 6 am Pacific / 9 am Eastern, join Diane Rinella, Jennifer Theriot, AR Von, Patti Fiala, Dianne Harman as they each gift 50 copies of one of their best selling books! All you have to do is show up, go to the thread for the book(s) of your choice, and add your email address to the list. The author will immediately gift you a copy via Amazon. 
Copies are gifted on a first come, first serve basis.

EVENT LINK (Join us!): https://www.facebook.com/events/1530425347204630/?ref_notif_type=plan_user_joined&source=1



The books!


Toccata Obbligato: http://www.amazon.com/Toccata-Obbligato-Serenading-Kyra-Out-ebook/dp/B00OJ47OQQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414884637&sr=1-1&keywords=Toccata+Obbligato










Wunder Volume One: http://www.amazon.com/Wunder-One-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00GVGJI0A/ref=la_B00BGAHQ46_1_2_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414882105&sr=1-2










Scary Modsters: http://www.amazon.com/Scary-Modsters-Creepy-Freaks-Rinella-ebook/dp/B00J86FUQG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409061034&sr=8-1&keywords=diane+rinella










 Dog Days of Summer: http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Days-Summer-PJ-Fiala-ebook/dp/B00M9NXW9C/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414884602&sr=1-4&keywords=dog+days+of+summer












Coyote in Provence: http://www.amazon.com/Coyote-Provence-Book-2-ebook/dp/B00FVAAEQO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1414883986&sr=1-1&keywords=coyote+in+provence









MEET THE AUTHORS!


***MEET JENNIFER***

Jennifer Theriot hails from the Great State of Texas. She is a career woman, working as CFO of a Texas based real estate investment firm. Working in her capacity as CFO, she felt something was missing and discovered her passion for writing novels–mostly at night and on weekends.

Jennifer took a chance that there could be an interest in romance with middle aged couples who are finding themselves at a crossroads and wrote her debut novel Out of the Box Awakening, which centers on the hope of finding happiness and passion through unexpected heartache. It emphasizes the need for family and friends as Jennifer has learned in her own life. The book has been described as “Mature Sexy” by one reviewer.
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***MEET A.R. VON***
      She writes to free her mind of its constant wondering and clutter. She thrives on the fact she can share some of it with readers that have the same passion for a great story.

     She also loves to hear from her reader’s and chat away, so feel free to reach out to her any time.
   A.R. was born and raised in Bronx, NY and is the oldest daughter of two girls. She holds an Associate’s Degree in Computer Science and Information Technology, which was only briefly used. She’s a mother of two entertaining teen boys (as well as a lovely fawn Chihuahua, whom she considers her furry daughter.) She’s also a wife to a delightfully handsome and amazingly funny man-beast. She loves anything dragon and fantasy related. In her free time she enjoys exercising, writing, listening to music, hiking, cooking, dancing and reading. She also loves a great adventure in and out of a book!


***MEET DIANE RINELLA***

 
Enjoying San Francisco as a backdrop, the ghosts in Diane’s 150-year old Victorian home augment the chorus in her head. With insomnia as their catalyst, these voices have become multifarious characters that haunt her well into the sun’s crowning hours, refusing to let go until they have manipulated her into succumbing to their whims. Her experiences as an actress, business owner, artisan cake designer, software project manager, Internet radio disc jockey, vintage rock n’ roll journalist/fan girl, and lover of dark and quirky personalities influence her idiosyncratic writing.

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***MEET P.J.***


I was born in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri named Bridgeton. During my time in Missouri, I explored the Ozarks, swam in the Mississippi River, and played kickball and endless games of hide and seek with the neighborhood kids. Spending summers in Kentucky with my grandmother, Ruth, are the fondest childhood memories for me.

At the age of thirteen, my family moved to Wisconsin to learn to farm. Yes, learn to farm! That was interesting. Taking city kids and throwing them on a farm with twenty-eight cows purchased from the humane society because they had been abused was interesting. I learned to milk cows, the ins and outs of breeding and feeding schedules, the never ending haying in the summer, and trying to stay warm in the winter. Our first winter in Wisconsin we had thirty-six inches of snow in one storm and were snowed in our house for three days! Needless to say, I wasn’t loving Wisconsin.


I am now married with four children and three grandchildren. I have learned to love Wisconsin, though I still hate snow. Wisconsin and the United States are beautiful, and my husband and I travel around by motorcycle seeing new sites and meeting new people. It never ceases to amaze me how many people are interested in where we are going and what we have seen along the way. At every gas station, restaurant, and hotel, we have people come up to us and ask us about what we are doing as well as offer advice on which roads in the area are better than others.

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***MEET DIANNE*** 
 Dianne lives in Huntington Beach, California with her husband Tom, a former California State Senator, and is a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post.
  
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Amazon Author Page: http://ow.ly/vOQHi

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

NEW RELEASE When The Night Comes Anthology ONLY .99

"AVAILABLE NOW ONLY AT AMAZON"
 
IT ISN’T ALWAYS BAD WHEN THINGS GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT!!! Enjoy this anthology of seven, hot, exciting stories by many of the same authors who brought you STRANDED WITH A BILLIONAIRE, AND HOT SOLDIER!


Cursed as a teenager, Eden has lived her life in pain and fear, a target for all paranormal creatures, including Smith, a vampire with a bad attitude. But Smith doesn’t want to cause her pain, he just wants her. Even though she’s everything he is supposed to despise, he craves her body even more than he craves her blood. Forced to work together to break Eden’s curse and defeat one of Smith’s oldest enemies, they might just fall in love, if they don’t kill each other first! HOT, DAMNED AND CURSED by Seraphina Donavan.


Ettie Stewart is such a nice, good girl, that she doesn’t even balk when her parents ship her off to a fat camp. But what if being everyone’s good little girl can have unexpected benefits in the form of the fat camp’s hot chef, Henry? Find out in WICKED GIRL by Kate Baum. 


Isolated her whole life, talking only to the animals only she can communicate, Melanie’s life changes dramatically when she meets Tim. Little does she know that Tim has secrets of his own. He understands her pain, because as a Reaper, he often delivers pain to others. But Melanie is different, and she makes him long for things that a Reaper shouldn’t… like love. REAP WHAT YOU SOW by AR Von. 


Secret desires haunt Death Angel, Bane. Obsessed with Willa Mae, the Angel of Willpower for a millennia, she’s his perfect counterpart. Willa harbors her own secret desires for Bane, but while he sees balance in their differences, she sees only despair and rejects him, damaging his ego and the fragile bond between them. But what will happen when an old foe reveals Willa’s secret? DEATH ANGEL by Charisma Knight. 


To save the life of an enslaved demon a druid will do anything to free him. A deadly rite will throw them together, but it’s their love they must rely on in the hunt for a future together. THE HUNTED byShannan Albright. 


From two different worlds Eloise Cummings and Baron MacArthur couldn’t be more different. She’s a druid and he’s a very ordinary, if successful, businessman. Still he’s drawn to her, after a chance encounter a year earlier and when fortune throws them together again, he feels compelled to pursue her. But Eloise can’t help but wonder what will happen when Baron learns the truth? Can this very ordinary man handle her very extraordinary nature, or will he walk away from her forever? HIS DRUID LOVER by Trish F. Leger 


Three supernaturals walk into a bar, and no, it’s not a joke. They’re on the hunt for a killer, one who’s targeting their kind. They’ve come to find Hennessee, a known hunter, and in the process they meet his student, the sweet and lovely Susie. All of them are charmed by her, but one of them has fallen hard for her. Love is always dangerous, but even more so when you’re hunting a vicious succubus. TAKEN by Leanore Elliott


Seven sexy stories to set your little gothic heart aflutter!

Get your copy here:
Amazon Link:  
http://www.amazon.com/When-Night-Comes-Paranormal-Anthology-ebook/dp/B00OZ47ECE/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414599526&sr=1-9&keywords=When+the+night+comes

Add to your Goodreads shelf here:
Goodreads: 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23474826-when-the-night-comes

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

SNEAK PEEK - Teamwork (Wunder Book #3)




Here's an unedited teaser for you all from Wunder #3 Teamwork (in Pete's POV). Enjoy!

I can’t help but think how after all of the years of waiting for the woman of my dreams, literally. And now having finally finding her. Actually being able to hold her, have her, taste her…I now feel as if this amazing reality is being swept away from me and I’m not liking it one single bit.


We’ve not been alone or able to talk and get to know one another as couples should since we’ve consummated our relationship. Oh what a night it was! It’s been one thing after another since that night at the club, that amazing meeting of souls that feels so long ago. Yet has not been long at all.

We’re so fucking incredible together, in every way. Even more than I thought possible. Our bodies are so attuned to one another. It’s as if they call out and sing a song only they can hear. I know…I know. It sounds strange, but it’s the only way I can think of to express the feelings and perfection that is us.

She’s tough, sexy as hell, loyal, loving, and just absolute perfection in my eyes. I’d swear she was made just for me and only me! I plan to enjoy her, in every way possible. For the rest of my life.

I won’t tell her all of this yet. Not just yet. I don’t want to take any chances of frightening her away. Even though we’ve been on the same page from the first moment with pretty much everything. I’d rather proceed naturally. Let it flow out instead of over thinking it as I currently am, shit!

Stop right now Pete!

After we’re done with this mission. I plan to worship every single inch of her body. Showing her how I feel with no words, only actions. I know she’s a woman of action and will appreciate such a full bodied adoring session.
It sucks we have to wait even a minute longer to be alone again. I know I sound like a selfish prig. Can you blame me? I’m a greedy, selfish and hungry prig when it comes to her. This is the woman I’ve longed for practically my entire life and I want every single moment with her that I can have. I never thought I’d dislike my job as much as I do since I met Wunder. At all even! 

This is our job, our lives. We save people and help to keep things under control. It would just be nice if things quieted down for a few days, a week maybe. Some time to just enjoy the company of another you want to be with and get out the years and years of pent up sexual frustrations out with in the very best of ways. To live and reenact our dreams, many times over. 

COMING SOON!

ADD TO YOUR GOODREADS SHELF HERE

Haven't read any of the Wunder series yet?
Pick up Wunder Volume One (which contains DreamZ, The Approach and Reunion plus additional scenes) at Amazon today HERE


Monday, October 13, 2014

New release - A Closed Door, by Andrew Q. Gordon

Facebook-banner-AClosedDoorNew Release: A Closed Door, by Andrew Q. Gordon

Book Blurb:

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Outted at thirteen, Orin Merritt left home after high school hoping to escape the hell his life had become. Ten years later when a tornado destroys his childhood home and kills his parents, Orin finds himself in an entirely new nightmare. One he can't run away from. Blaming himself for failing the two people who always loved and supported him, he returns home and confronts his past in the person of his one-time best friend, Thomas Kennett. Thomas not only rejected him when Orin came out, he led the group that tormented Orin into leaving. As he struggles to deal with his grief, Orin also labors to fulfill the pledge he made to his parents before their death. In the process, Orin learns that sometimes when you go away to find yourself, you leave the answers you're looking for behind. Cover Artist: Lily Velden and Jay Aheer Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing.  

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Excerpt:

"Orin, I won't." Thomas stood a bit straighter and his eyes lost the sad, pleading shine. "I won't hurt you again." "You can't promise that. Things happen." Orin watched as his words dragged Thomas back from the brink of hope. "If you truly believe that, then there's nothing I can do. You have to believe there's a chance or else I can't prove it." "That's not what I'm telling you." He locked his gaze on Thomas's. "If I say yes, I'll have to take down the walls I surrounded my heart with to keep it safe. Once it's gone, I won't be able bring it back if I get hurt. Not now. "So what I'm saying is, think about what you’re asking me to risk. If you really love me, ask yourself if are you willing to risk what will happen to me if you can't keep your promise." He knew how unfair he'd been, but self-preservation had been a skill he'd honed over the past fifteen years. He needed Thomas to know just how serious the repercussion could be for his actions. "Orin, I . . . I . . . how . . .?" Their faces were inches apart, and Thomas moved in for another kiss. This felt different than the first—less urgent, but no less intense. Orin trembled at the leap he was about to take. When they stepped back, Thomas rubbed his thumb across Orin's cheek. "I do love you, Orin. More than I can say. So much, that I'm not willing to risk what will happen if I fail you again. I don't have that right." Thomas's lips quivered and the tears welled at the bottom of his eyes. He kissed Orin's forehead gently. "Good-bye, Orin. Please be happy." Without looking back, Thomas walked to the front door, opened it, and walked away.

Author Bio:

Andrew Q. Gordon wrote his first story back when yellow legal pads, ball point pens were common and a Smith Corona correctable typewriter was considered high tech. Adapting with technology, he now takes his MacBook somewhere quiet when he wants to write. He currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his partner of eighteen years, their young daughter and dog. In addition to dodging some very self-important D.C. 'insiders', Andrew uses his commute to catch up on his reading. When not working or writing, he enjoys soccer, high fantasy, baseball and seeing how much coffee he can drink in a day.

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Website: www.andrewqgordon.com, Facebook: www.facebook.com/andrewqugordon, Twitter: @andrewqgordon, Email: andrewqgordon@gmail.com Other Books: The Last Grand Master: (Champion of the Gods – Book 1); Purpose: (Un)Masked: Ashes of Life: