I want to welcome author Mary Hughes to my blog for Writer's Wednesday.
~NJ
Thanks, NJ, for having me here as part of
your Writer’s Wednesday!
I love reading sexy, fast-paced stories
laced with magic. I love writing the stories of my heart. But one of my
greatest delights is sharing the lovely covers!
“I’ve got a new book.” I’ve had all sorts
of reactions to that, from a heartening “Yay!” to a plastic grin and eyes
flicking for the nearest exit, lol. But everyone loves the cover art. I can see it by the sparkle in their eyes.
A great cover evokes the mood of the story.
Evoking the magic, heart-rending love, high-octane adventure, wicked fun, and
sheer sexiness that’s in Pull of the Moon—all in one picture? I’d have said it
couldn’t be done. But Scott Carpenter of P and N Graphics (http://www.pandngraphics.com/)
and Elle J Rossi of EJR Digital Arts (http://www.ejrdigitalart.com/) make it
look easy.
What about you? Which cover is your
favorite?
Mind
Mates (Pull of the Moon book 2)
Pretty little shifter, wizard prince—their
taboo love could burn the barriers between worlds.
Shifter Emma Singer has more problems than
she can shake her pretty little wolf tail at. Her heirloom journal is missing,
her pack alpha wants her for his harem, and her family plans to sell her to
him. Even her wicked little crush on her hot boss is doomed—why would
six-and-a-half feet of handsome royal wizard want a boring, good-girl iota
shifter like her? Not to mention her only power is going berserker—that's a
real relation-shipwreck!
Gabriel Light is a wizard prince who turned
his back on his exceptional powers after he was accused of causing his parents'
death. Now he pours his intellect into his tech business, and hides his
naughty, forbidden lust for his pretty shifter clerk. But when his sister is
imprisoned, and Emma is kidnapped, it's time for this alpha geek-wizard to
decloak with all laser cannons blazing. Only one problem—how can he be sure
Emma won’t get caught in the crossfire?
Then Gabriel and Emma stumble on hidden
magic, a key to power beyond imagining—if they can stay alive long enough to
use it. But if Emma unleashes her berserker wolf on their enemies, can Gabriel
draw her back from the brink before she destroys everyone in her path?
Warning: Contains a hot wizard prince
panting to bring out a good-girl shifter's naughty side. Accidental voyeurism,
deliberate orgasms, a jealous rival wizard, and fun with prophecy.
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/645333
All Romance Ebooks:
https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-mindmates-2068656-140.html
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HG1F7G2/
Enjoy this excerpt from Mind Mates:
Wolf/witch
relationships are taboo, forbidden by the Witches’ Council on pain of death.
But wizard Gabriel and wolf shifter Emma are alone for the first time with no
prying eyes...
Doubt rose anyway. In the two months Emma
had been working for Gabriel, she’d learned his every mood. If he really wanted
her, if he’d read her desire for him, why wasn’t he here satisfying her?
Satisfying them? “What’s wrong?”
He clenched his fists, his belly churning
rapidly with his panted breaths. “Emma, I need to know… Is it you, or is it
your wolf?”
Then she understood. He thought this was
her wolf goading her to lift her tail for the creature with the most
testosterone—or actually, in this universe, about the only creature with
testosterone.
He needed a sign from her that she really
wanted him.
The sweetheart. The big lug. “Of course
it’s me wanting you. I’ve wanted you from the moment I laid eyes on you.” When
he still didn’t move, she made an
exasperated noise. “I’ve wanted you from the moment I heard your first bad
joke.”
He was on her like a monster truck roaring
down the road. Big, overpowering, making her jump back automatically, but it
was too late. He snared her in his powerful arms, cinched her tight to his
muscular torso, bent his great frame, and kissed her.
Blazing hot lips landed on hers.
Two months of need exploded on contact. It
was less a kiss and more a mating of mouths. His tongue pried as if desperate
to get in. She spread her lips wide in welcome. He dove in with a sigh, as much
relief as desire.
Her heart pounded as their breath mingled
and their tongues tangled. He tasted of dark, rich magic. His muscled body
pressed against her so hard she felt imprinted by the rocky mounds. She
wriggled in pleasure.
With a groan, his mouth opened wide, his
jaw beginning to work as his tongue speared into her like a javelin. Tasting
her, branding her with his taste, filling her with his power. Excitement
driving her, she stretched up, clasped her wrists behind his neck, and pulled
herself onto her toes for more.
His hands slid down her back to the bottom
of her shirt. Grasping the hem, he tore it up her body, hard enough that she
had to let go or get her arms ripped off. As it was, her ID bracelet flew off
and one button popped when he yanked the top over her head, barely breaking the
kiss before seizing her head in both hands and tonguing her deep. She opened
wide and accepted him, all of him.
She tried to tear off his sweater vest in
return, barely ruching it a foot up his torso before it caught on the flare of
his lats.
Lifting his mouth from hers, he muttered,
“Clothes off.”
When he pressed against her this time, it
was naked skin to naked skin.
Also in this series:
Masked
Attraction (Pull of the Moon Prequel)
Heart
Mates (Pull of the Moon book 1)
Mary Hughes
Who am I? A lover of stories that crackle
with action and emotion. A mother, a flutist, a binge-TV-watcher of NCIS,
Sherlock, and Agents of SHIELD.
I write steamy, wickedly funny romance
including the Pull of the Moon series of witch/shifter love and the Biting Love
series where sexy, gritty vampires meet small town mayhem. My martial arts
background means the action is real.
Most of all, I'm a believer in grand
passion.
I love to hear from readers!
Website http://www.maryhughesbooks.com/
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