Friday, July 27, 2018

Weekend Book Club--Coti's Unclaimed Mate by Elle Boon and Dark Warlord by Cynthia Sax

This week I'm featuring TWO books--COTI'S UNCLAIMED MATE by Elle Boon and DARK WARLORD by Cynthia Sax.


COTI'S UNCLAIMED MATE, the 8th book in Elle Boon’s Iron Wolves MC, has everything you expect from an Elle Boon book—sexy, dangerous heroes, sassy heroines, originality, action, and plenty of heat!

BLURB:

Will they find beauty in the ashes as the fire settles, or will they go up in flames?

Shifters and humans don’t mix, at least not in Coti’s opinion. He’s more than just a wolf though, but his pack and fellow MC brothers don’t know everything there is to know about him, and he likes to keep it that way…until one human female comes along and changes everything.

Renee, or NeNe to her friends hates her life. Well, she didn’t hate it so much when she could count on her friends, but one-by-one they began finding boyfriends, leaving her alone. Suddenly, she finds herself on the outside looking in. A girl from the wrong side of the tracks, she knows she needs to make a change or she’ll end up like her mother, dead.

A connection between two of the most unlikely people seemed written in the stars, but Coti isn’t ready to accept his fate, while NeNe doesn’t want a man who’s a brawler like her father. No, these two will fight their attraction, even if it kills them.

When a new group moves into town just outside of the Iron Wolves territory giving NeNe the opportunity to make extra cash in order to escape, she latches on with both hands. Only is the saying something’s too good to be true going to bite her in the rear, or will her savior come to the rescue? For Coti he can’t seem to shake off the need to keep one tiny human safe, even if it puts him in a perilous position of claiming the female for his own.

 


DARK WARLORD by Cynthia Sax is the fifth book in her Refuge series. It was originally part of a boxed set, but I bought it again because I like to be able to read it again as a stand-alone novella. I LOVE Cynthia Sax's aliens and can't wait for the next book in this series.

BLURB:

Battling the Barbarian...

All Chamele Warlords have a destined mate, a gerel they are fated to spend their lifespans with. Batu, being genetically enhanced, believes he's the sole exception. He devotes himself to battle, is resigned to living a solitary life, dying with swords in both of his hands.

Then he sees her.

Genine is a warrior female intent on protecting her loved ones. To keep them safe, she must face Fighter Batu in the ring. If she loses to the barbarian, she becomes his to do with as he wishes. And he wishes her to submit to his deep voice, rough touch, passionate kisses. If she defeats Batu, she will have to kill the one male she was destined to love.

This story was previously part of a box set.


Dark Warlord is a short companion story in the Refuge series and is meant to be read after Dark Flight.

It is a SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Upbeat Authors--Failure



It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. ~J. K. Rowling

#UpbeatAuthors

Monday, July 23, 2018

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Upbeat Authors--A Year of Positivity


#UpbeatAuthors--Reflections on a year of positivity.

 
 
 
“She believed she could, so she did.” ~R.S. Grey

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Cover Reveal--DRAKON UNCHAINED


Here is the cover for Drakon Unchained, the next book in my Blood of the Drakon series releasing on August 27th. Watch for pre-order links coming soon.

Be sure to add it to your "Want to Read" list on Goodreads.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40801897-drakon-unchained


Drakon Unchained
Blood of the Drakon, Book 5

Victoria Marshall is living a lie. She works for a member of the Knights of the Dragon, a secret society that traps and uses dragons for their own gain. As a child, she made an unlikely friend—a drakon. He went missing, and she’s spent the past twenty years searching for him. The only thing distracting her from her mission is Luther Henderson, her boss’s new head of security.

Luther is also living a lie. One, if discovered, could lead to a fate worse than death. He’s attracted to Victoria, but can’t fully trust her, doesn’t know if she’s truly innocent or a true member of the Knights. It’s not only his life at stake, but those of the people he loves.

As they’re thrust deeper into the dangerous dealings of the Knights, they each have to share their secrets in order to survive.



Monday, July 16, 2018

Dalakis Passion Boxed Set

I'm thrilled to announce that the first three books in the Dalakis Passion vampire series are now available in one boxed set for only $4.99. If you haven't checked out this series yet, then now is the time!


Harker’s Journey

From the first moment Johanna Harker read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, her life changed forever. The book unleashed an obsession with vampires that was all the more compelling for the intensely erotic dreams that filled her nights. It wasn’t long before she was consumed with thoughts of the dark creature who returned to ravish her in her dreams again and again . . .
 

Lucian’s Delight

For years Delight Deveraux suffered from a recurring nightmare of being savagely attacked and assaulted, until the night a mysterious stranger appears in her dream to rescue her. When the same scene plays itself out in real life just days later, with the same mesmerizing dream man coming to her rescue, Delight suddenly finds herself swirling in a haze of passion and confusion, between what’s real and what’s not. But Lucian Dalakis is real, and he intends not just to save her but to bind her to himself for all time . . .
 

Stefan’s Salvation

Laurel Rose McCaffey never minded being branded an outsider, even when it meant carving out a solitary life for herself in the wooded hills of North Carolina. Now resort developers want to take her land, and vicious locals who stand to benefit from the deal have begun making threats. When a dark stranger enters her life, first as a protector, then as a lover, Laurel Rose is both fascinated and frightened by his mysterious power and all-consuming sensuality . . .
 

BUY LINKS:

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/877398
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1129074034
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dalakis-passion-boxed-set-books-1-3

Friday, July 13, 2018

Weekend Book Club--Awaken the Darkness by Dianne Duvall

This week I read AWAKEN THE DARKNESS, the 8th book in Dianne Duvall's Immortal Guardian's series.

I LOVE this series! I've been a fan since the very first book. Original, action-packed, and emotional. If you are a fan of paranormal romance you really should be reading this series.

BLURB:

He awakens encapsulated in dirt with no knowledge of how he came to be there. Riddled with injuries, he can remember neither his past nor who he is. Nor can he remember what he is. But surely no mortal man could survive being buried deep beneath the earth. All he knows with certainty is that the soothing voice and presence of the woman moving around above enables him to endure the agony of his wounds. And he will do whatever it takes to be with her.

When Susan first sees the old two-story house for sale, such warmth and longing fill her that—against all reason—she makes an offer. It will take years of hard work and money she frankly doesn’t have to fix up the place. So she can’t explain why she bought it. She also can’t explain what compels her to spend hours one night, digging in the basement until she unearths a man. A man who still lives and breathes despite having been buried alive. A man whose intense brown eyes glow amber with pain, declaring him far more than ordinary. Susan knows she should keep her distance. He has no memory and possesses gifts that would make most fear him. But as the two work together to unravel the mystery of his past, she finds herself drawn in by his teasing nature and tender touch. So much so that she loses her heart to him even as they find themselves hunted by unknown enemies who are ruthless in their quest to capture them.

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Throwback Thursday--Discovering Dani

This book is special to me because it's the first one I ever wrote. I started back in the fall of 1995. Where has the time gone?
 
Discovering Dani
Jamesville, Book 1
 
Dani O'Rourke is no stranger to hard work. She’s been raising her two brothers alone since their parents died and she owns and operates her own business, O’Rourke Cleaning Services. Spending all her time working and looking after her family means she’s never had time for men. And if she was going to look for a relationship, it wouldn’t be with an arrogant and cynical man like Burke.
 
A brush with death has successful businessman Burke questioning his priorities. He’s come to Jamesville for some peace and quiet to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. Catching a woman breaking into his cabin certainly isn’t part of his plan, nor is being attracted to her after her finds out just how wrong he was about her.
 
Burke finds himself caught up in Dani’s family, but is there room in such a gentle woman’s life for a man as hard as him?
 
 
EXCERPT:
 
Dani pictured the stranger in her mind’s eye, wondering who he was. Born and raised in Jamesville, she knew everyone, if not personally, then by sight. She suspected he was probably visiting friends or just passing through.
 
What does it matter to you? She scolded herself impatiently. A man like that would never notice a woman like her. Her hair was a plain medium brown that was usually worn in a no-nonsense braid that fell to her waist, and she’d never had the money or the inclination to wear makeup. Her few attempts at mascara and eyeliner had left her feeling more like a raccoon than a model. Somehow, she never felt quite right if she was wearing anything more than lip-gloss.
 
She could still picture his coal black hair, damp and shining from the falling snow. Eyes almost as black as his hair, snapping with impatience, as he’d issued his commands. An aura of power and arrogance had surrounded him as he’d barked his orders with no doubt that they would be followed.
 
Of course, she reasoned, he had the size to back it up. He was built like a mountain, tall and broad, with a face that looked as if it were carved from stone. A long jagged scar had bisected his left cheek. Dani thought it gave him the dangerous air of a pirate or a highwayman. Just like the unsuspecting hero in a romance novel, she mused.
 
“Stop it, Dani O’Rourke,” she muttered as she reached her truck and dug into her pocket for her keys. “He thought you were a man, for heaven’s sake.” But she could understand why. At five-foot-eight, she was a tall woman and solidly built. Not overweight, but sturdy. Wearing her brother’s hand-me-down parka that zipped around her face and covered her to her knees, well, it was no wonder he had mistaken her for a male. She consoled herself even as she wondered why the thought made her head hurt.
 
She had wasted enough time, lusting for things she could not have. There was work to do. It was the same lecture she had been scolding herself with for the past seven years, ever since her mother died and she became sole guardian of her brothers. If it sounded a little flat, well, that was just too bad, she told herself as she unlocked the door to her truck and prepared herself to face the rest of the day.
 
Buy Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074DYVLJF
Entangled Publishing: https://entangledpublishing.com/discovering-dani.html
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/discovering-dani-n-j-walters/1013241610?ean=9781640630048
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/discovering-dani/id1265731269
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/discovering-dani-2

Saturday, July 07, 2018

Sale Ending Soon!

Do you love dragon shifters?

Drakon’s Past is on sale for a very limited time (July 3-9th) for only 99-cents. Be sure to get your copy now!

Drakon’s Past
Blood of the Drakon, Book 4

Constance Owens has a gift for finding unique items in the most unlikely places, which comes in handy since she buys and sells artifacts and antiques for a living. When she purchases a set of four dragon statues, she has no idea just how unique they are, or that finding them will thrust her into a world of secret societies, men who think nothing of kidnapping and murder to get what they want, and dragon shifters.

Nic hasn’t survived for four thousand years by letting his guard down, and he doesn’t trust anyone except his drakon brothers. The loneliness haunting him has been getting worse since all his brothers have found their mates. And when he finds the woman his drakon recognizes instantly as his fated mate, he doubts he’ll ever have what his brothers have, because it seems she’s involved with the secret society of hunters who have been hunting and capturing his kind for hundreds of years.

Buy Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0786R7LSM/
Entangled: https://entangledpublishing.com/drakon-s-past.html
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drakons-past-nj-walters/1127620047?ean=9781640634695
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/drakons-past/id1324091386
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drakon-s-past

 

Friday, July 06, 2018

Weekend Book Club--The Darkest Warrior by Gena Showalter

THE DARKEST WARRIOR is Gena Showalter's latest offering in her Lords of the Underworld series. I've been reading this series since the first book was released. (This is book 14.)

Unique, dark, and compelling. If you enjoy paranormal romance, you should give it a try, but I'd start with book one. While The Darkest Warrior probably could be read as a stand-alone book, you'd miss a lot of the history between the characters and the nuances that are in the story.


BLURB:

He is ice…
Puck the Undefeated, host of the demon of Indifference, cannot experience emotion without punishment, so he allows himself to feel nothing. Until her. According to ancient prophecy, she is the key to avenging his past, saving his realm and ruling as king. All he must do? Steal her from the man she loves—and marry her.

She is fire…

Gillian Shaw has suffered many tragedies in her too-short life, but nothing could have prepared the fragile human for her transition into immortality. To survive, she must wed a horned monster who both intrigues and frightens her…and become the warrior queen she was born to be.

Together they burn.

As a rising sense of possession and obsession overtake Puck, so does insatiable lust. The more he learns about his clever, resourceful wife, the more he craves her. And the more time Gillian spends with her protective husband, the more she aches for him. But the prophecy also predicts an unhappily-ever-after. Can Puck defeat fate itself to keep the woman who brought his deadened heart back to life? Or will they succumb to destiny, losing each other…and everything they’ve been fighting for?

Wednesday, July 04, 2018

DRAKON'S PAST--ON SALE

Do you love dragon shifters?

Drakon’s Past is on sale for a very limited time (July 3-9th) for only 99-cents. Be sure to get your copy now!

Drakon’s Past
Blood of the Drakon, Book 4

Constance Owens has a gift for finding unique items in the most unlikely places, which comes in handy since she buys and sells artifacts and antiques for a living. When she purchases a set of four dragon statues, she has no idea just how unique they are, or that finding them will thrust her into a world of secret societies, men who think nothing of kidnapping and murder to get what they want, and dragon shifters.

Nic hasn’t survived for four thousand years by letting his guard down, and he doesn’t trust anyone except his drakon brothers. The loneliness haunting him has been getting worse since all his brothers have found their mates. And when he finds the woman his drakon recognizes instantly as his fated mate, he doubts he’ll ever have what his brothers have, because it seems she’s involved with the secret society of hunters who have been hunting and capturing his kind for hundreds of years.

Buy Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0786R7LSM/
Entangled: https://entangledpublishing.com/drakon-s-past.html
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drakons-past-nj-walters/1127620047?ean=9781640634695
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/drakons-past/id1324091386
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drakon-s-past

 

Happy 4th of July!


WANT TO WISH ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS A HAPPY 4th OF JULY. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GREAT FOOD, AND FUN!

Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Tuesday Teaser: Mark of the Bear


I love all my books, but some I love just that little bit more. Marko from Mark of the Bear is one of my favorite heroes.
 
TEASER:
 
Reason tried to intervene. This wasn’t real. Couldn’t be real. Men did not turn into bears, especially not giant bears, the kind that hadn’t existed since ancient times. Impossible. She had to be dreaming or possibly drugged. Yeah, she was hallucinating. 

Unfortunately, that realization didn’t help her out at the moment. There was still a big-ass bear in front of her, his warm breath puffing like smoke from his nostrils when it hit the cool night air. Maybe she wasn’t dreaming after all. Maybe this was real.



Mark of the Bear
Hades’ Carnival, Book 2

Kellsie Morris knows her career as a Hollywood scream queen won’t last forever. Luckily, she’s just landed a big role in a movie about an immortal, shape-shifting warrior trapped in a carnival run by the Devil’s minions. When the carousel bear on set shifts into a flesh and bone bear of a man, Kellsie starts to question reality.

When Marko is released from the curse that has kept him trapped in his animal form and lays eyes on Kellsie, he knows with every fiber of his being that his purpose is now to protect her no matter what.

But there’s no predicting the Devil’s next move in this game. Hades is determined to get his revenge on the escaped warrior, and going after Marko’s mate is seems like the perfect plan.
 

Buy Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073TS79RK/
Entangled Publishing: https://entangledpublishing.com/mark-of-the-bear.html
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mark-of-the-bear-nj-walters/1113969073
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/mark-of-the-bear/id1257671303
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mark-of-the-bear-1

Monday, July 02, 2018

Upbeat Authors--Calm


“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.”     ~Thich Nhat Hanh
 
#UpbeatAuthors #calm

Sunday, July 01, 2018

Happy Canada Day!


To all my Canadian friends out there, I hope you have a wonderful day with friends and family, lots of fun, plenty of great food!