tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175185785146329282024-03-05T01:51:21.439-05:00Romantic Words By CynthiaCynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-46702655577893355742014-04-17T01:48:00.000-04:002014-04-17T01:48:25.160-04:004 Authors and 4 Books = 1 Ultimate Paranormal Collection<br /><span style="font-size: large;">Secret Cravings Publishing has put together a box set which includes the first book in four different series of paranormal novels. <i><b>Paranormal Cravings</b></i> has Vampires, Witches, Immortals, Fangs and Magic. All combine with over 1,000 pages of great reading and for the unbelievable price of 99 PENNIES!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Born to be Wild</b></i> by Cynthia Arsuaga (That's ME!!!)</span><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Alexandra Carlton, Alex to her friends, the only girl born into a family
of vampire hunters with strict rules. She lives and hunts by the Code.
Despite insecurities and self-esteem issues about her appearance, she
eagerly tracks a rogue vamp carrying a contagious virus, deadly to
vampires and humans alike, to prove her worth, to her family and
herself.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Alex meets Stefan Marin, a brooding 500 year old vampire. He helps her
not only on her quest but tames her wildest passions and discovers the
true beauty within her, the beauty he can't help but fall in love with.<br />
Together, Alex and Stefan break all the rules uncovering more than a
virus—hot sex, an uptight FBI Special Agent, spanking, hot sex, a nosy,
meddling brother, more hot sex, bondage and submission, murder, and bad
vampires.Will their love survive the wild side they were born to live?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Lustful Cravings</b></i> by Paloma Beck</span><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Seven sisters are entwined in a legacy bigger than anyone ever expected.
One by one, they will find their mates from the immortal Valendite
breeds and secure their place in history. Each sister embodies one of
the seven deadly sins only to be cast aside once claimed. But claiming
comes at the price of separation, causing a weakening of their combined
powers, which none want to happen... until Layla, holding the sin of
lust within her body, locks eyes with Madden.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Madden is one of the strongest of the Valendite Breed, a group of
near-immortal men originating from the Italian Wars in the 1500s. Today,
the Valendite Breed serve as the Terrorist Elimination Unit (TEU),
their only weakness being their body’s need for a mate to carry on the
Breed. So now that Madden has found Layla, he will never let her go.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">With forces mounting up against the Breed, Madden and Layla will need to
rely on their powers combined to get them to their Pronouncement.</span><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Twilight Destiny</b></i> by Tamara Monteau</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Catherine “Katie” Mills has only one focus in life – to complete her
education so she can lift her family out of poverty. She leads a simple
life, ruled by order and practicality, until a mysterious, Scottish
stranger with extraordinary good looks and a gentle spirit disrupts her
plans. When she learns the man she loves is a vampire, fear rises to
challenge her heart.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Mistakes made in his early past drive Joshua MacAaron to lead a solitary
existence, avoiding mortal relationships, unable to trust without fear
of reprisal. When his soul entangles with Catherine’s, he’s forced to
accept the bond he cannot break. He guides her gently into his realm,
teaching her, preparing for the inevitable discovery of his peers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When a hunter strikes the Community, Joshua is called away to aid in
Haven’s defense. Alone and uncertain, Catherine faces the judgment of
the Council of Elders. She struggles for bravery as Joshua instructed,
but how can she possibly withhold her terror and defend her destiny in
the presence of so many powerful vampires?</span><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Witch’s Brew</b></i> by Tabitha Shay</span><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Saylym Winslow but is determined to ignore her awakening magical powers.
She can’t be a witch; magic brings nothing but trouble. But when Prince
Talon, assassin of witches is assigned to terminate her by stealing her
soul, she discovers being a real, spell-casting witch is only the
beginning of her problems.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Talon is enchanted by Saylym's beauty and charm and refuses to do his
duty. He is given a choice by the powerful Waken Guild: Handfast with
the trouble making witch to keep her in line or they will send Drayke,
the most ruthless waken assassin, to hunt her down.</span><br />
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<br />Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-73333804550240363222014-02-27T00:00:00.000-05:002014-02-27T00:00:12.659-05:00I HAVE BEVERLY OVALLE IN THE CRIB TODAY!!!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Take it away Beverly!</span></span></i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A SAINT’S SALVATION</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By Beverly Ovalle</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Released February 24, 2014</span><br />
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Angel’s life changed the minute Saint saved her from a
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Corporal Nicholas 'Saint' Santiago need to go home to
reclaim the man he used to be. To be the man he was before Operation Enduring
Freedom slowly hardened his heart. He needs to reconnect to the values and the
reasons he is doing what he does. Saint also needs to try to forget the
courageous woman he knows was meant to be his.</div>
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Petty Officer Angelina Jones' life changed the moment Saint
saved her life. She survived the blast but now has to deal with the fact that
she will never be whole. Knowing Saint received a 'Dear John' letter, Angelina
has no intention of being his rebound romance. She needs to be loved for
herself. She needs to forget about the one man she knows was meant to be hers.</div>
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They each try to find someone to help them forget.</div>
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“Yeah it’s been a while since they shot at us, at least a
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“Probably someone is coming to pick up something from the
poppy fields and they want to keep us from seeing who.” Hamilton glanced at
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“Gettin’ there. It was just a shock, ya know?”</div>
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“Yeah, damn women. The least they could do is be faithful
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“Yeah, it sucks. I just can’t help thinking it’s my fault.”</div>
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“Fuck. How the hell could it be? You weren’t even there. The
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“Fuck! Medic! Man down!” The cry went out, passed through
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“Help me roll this on until we can get him out of here.” Her
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Beverly Ovalle lives in Wisconsin with her husband Edmond of
23 years and two Chinese Water Dragons. Having her own Dragons is expected as
she is dragon crazy and anyone that walks in her house can tell. Her son
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes You Just Love Your Job</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By Lauren Walsh</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Becoming a teacher was a choice or in my case a compulsion.
I love apples on sweaters, aprons, pointers, on notepads…etc. Having summers
off and snow days are other reasons. I’m at work by 8 and out the door by 4.
The huge salary and pension are the icing on the cake! And then there’s all the
hugs and high-fives I get after teaching a lesson on borrowing for subtraction.
Really? If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale…cheap!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Teaching is a 24/7-365 day a year job. I wake up thinking
about my students. I worry about them as if they were my own children. I’ve
been known to bring in food and clothes for children who don’t have enough. Or
drop my own plans to sit down with a parent to discuss their child’s progress.
The hugs and love are important, but I usually give just as many as I get. Who
doesn’t like one when they are sad about missing a family member or worried
about a test.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seeing a child’s eyes light up as they “get it” makes my
day. And rather than apple items, I love those homemade notes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above all, it’s the challenge of each new day. No two are
the same just as no two children are identical. I teach the content in a way to
match my students’ diverse interests and learning styles. And I do that all
while bandaging boo-boo’s, facilitating friendships and coaching children to
think for themselves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did you do
today?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recipe:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Frozen Daiquiri</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">•<b>½ teaspoon of sugar ½ ounce of lemon or lime juice</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">•<b>Dash of maraschino liquor 1 ¼ ounce of white rum </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">•Mix with fine cracked ice on an electric mixer or shake
well by hand. Pour unstrained into champagne saucer and top with a cherry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*You can add fresh or frozen fruit to your mix and blend in
a blender for more flavor. If you decide not to use alchol, add a little
package of frozen fruit and a little water to liquify it.*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In <i>Chalkboard Romance</i>, Lauren Walsh meets Mac Taylor for an
arranged date. On the date, she orders a fruity daiquiri. These drinks allow
her to relax and flirt with Mac. It also lowers her inhibitions giving her the
passionate night she was looking for. I’ve included a homemade recipe for
Frozen Daiquiri from my mom’s old recipe book. It’s the perfect drink to enjoy
on a hot summer day!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lauren Walsh, a divorcee and elementary teacher, wanted to
feel sexy again, after her ex tossed her aside for a younger woman. Her
teaching partner and best friend encouraged her to sign up for The Playhouse--a
renowned dating agency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mac Thomas remained trapped in a marriage to a money
grubbing socialite. Forced to stay away from his young son, Mac lost the
ability to trust. After the death of his wife, he returned to care for his son
but his sister wants more for him. She sets him up with The Playhouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Passion ignites but Mac’s a parent of one of Lauren’s
students. A teacher and a parent dating could cost Lauren her job and her
chance at happiness. Will Mac be able to convince the school and Lauren, that
love is the most important thing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mac sat at the beautiful mahogany bar nursing his first
beer. <i>I’m more nervous than a long-tailed cat in a rocking chair
factory. </i>The last place he belonged was somewhere as opulent as this.
He ran his fingers up and down the condensation on the beer glass. Even though
he grew up in a family with a great deal of money, his parents taught him the
benefit of working hard and doing what you love. At eighty, his dad still
worked in the stables every morning, grooming his horse or was out in the
pasture feeding the cattle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Claire never understood his family. Money wasn’t important
to them unless the cash could be used to befit someone else. Mac shook his
head. Sure, he used his family’s money to get inside some of those war-torn
countries but only so he could show the world the truth<i>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He’d worked hard to be impartial but his soft heart swayed
him. Seeing any amount of suffering hurt, making him known as a compassionate
emissary in those challenging countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With Claire gone, his life had changed once again. He took a
job as a reporter at the local station affiliate, reporting on the important
events happening in his community so he could be at home with Todd. Realizing
how much poverty and conflict existed in his own hometown left him cold. They
say charity begins at home. Well, he was determined to find a way to help,
while setting a good example for his son.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He took a look at the clock on the wall. Where was she?
Maybe she took one look at him and ran for the hills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mac turned on his bar stool in time to see a gorgeous
brunette walk into the bar. Her steps seemed to match the beat of his pulse.
Shifting in his chair, he adjusted his now tight, uncomfortable pants. Maybe
it’s a good thing he was meeting a woman tonight, if she shows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He twisted his stool around farther to get a better look at
the hottie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If only she was his date. The woman’s blue dress hugged her
curvy body and he couldn’t take his gaze off those legs that seemed to go on
forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One minute she remained all grace, next her poise went down
the drain as her shoe broke. Mac lurched to his feet and ran over to help the
stunning woman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Are you hurt?” He reached his hand out to help but instead
of the tears he expected, Mac heard laughter coming from under the waterfall of
hair which hid her face. He ached to touch the burnished bronze length.<i> She
reminds me of Dad’s favorite colt, a little skittish but feisty. I like spirited
women.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not wanting to see her sitting there on the floor, Mac
scooped her up in his arms.<i>Whoa. </i>She was like a foal, all legs, and
she fit perfectly in his arms. He could hold her all day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Sir, is the woman okay?” The bartender stood in front of
Mac. He couldn’t tell if the guy wanted to grab her out of his arms for himself
or to protect his hotel from a lawsuit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mac couldn’t help but growl like a dog defending his
territory. “I haven’t checked yet. She appears fine. Why don’t you get her a
glass of water?” Anything to get rid of him. He wanted to keep her in his arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mac pulled her close to his chest. At the thought of letting
her go, his heartbeat sped up. <i>Maybe I can convince her to have a drink
with me.</i> He reluctantly set her down in a chair at one of the bar
tables.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Are you okay?” Mac brushed the hair back from her face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The strands felt like silk between his fingers. Images of
brushing this woman’s hair while they lay naked on the bed danced through his
mind. Reluctantly, Mac pulled his hand from her and took a deep breath. He
didn’t understand what had come over him. He didn’t have this strong of a
reaction when he met Claire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like uncovering a present on Christmas morning, he could
hardly wait to see her face. He watched as the woman lifted her head to meet
his gaze. Mesmerized by the light dusting of freckles across the woman’s nose,
his breath stopped. Her beautiful green eyes sparkled with merriment. Her
tantalizing laughter danced across his skin making his slacks already tight
very uncomfortable.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the author:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a writer, Melissa likes to keep current on topics of
interest in the world of writing.<span> </span>She’s
a member of the Romance Writers of America and EPIC.<span> </span>Melissa is always interested in improving her
writing through classes and seminars.<span>
</span>She also believes in helping other authors and features authors and
their books on her blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Melissa doesn’t believe in down time.<span> </span>She’s always keeping busy.<span> </span>Melissa is a wife and mother, an elementary
school teacher, a book reviewer, an editor for a publishing company as well as
an author. Her home blends two families and is a lot like the Brady Bunch,
without Alice--a large grocery bill, tons of dirty dishes and a mound of
laundry. She loves to write stories that feature “happy endings” and is often
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<span style="font-size: large;">Melissa loves hearing from readers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.melissakeir.com/">www.melissakeir.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Thanks for stopping by today Melissa! Come back anytime,</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Thank you to Cynthia for hosting me on my <i>Pink Pucks & Power Plays</i> road trip! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">One of the best things about being an author, aside
from being able to kill off people that aggravate you in real life in your
books, is being able to create something from scratch. I'm not sure how the
creative process for all writers works, but for me it begins with an idea or
notion. Generally this notion isn`t firmly rooted in anything solid, it`s kind
of a free floating apparition that bounces around inside my mind. Sometimes the
ghost of a novel disappears when I shine the light of reason on it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">'Uhm
yeah, zombie cats that ride OCC choppers is cool, but I`m not sure that a cat
could pass the written part of the motorcycle licensing exam. They have no
thumbs to hold the pen</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Other ideas are specters just waiting for a blank
page to bring them to life. That was the case with my To Love a Wildcat series.
After writing <i>Goaltender`s Penalty</i>,
an M/M hockey novella, I knew I wanted to pen more ice hockey romance. Being a
big fan of the New York Rangers, my love of the sport, and the men that play
it, was already in place. Now, I needed a team. Since I`ve lived on the east
coast of the United States all my life, I placed my new team in a city I had
visited numerous times, Philadelphia. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Then I had to ascertain if this series would be
male/male or male/female, as I do pen both. That decision was an easy one, for
most of my work comes to me with the sexes of the leads already in place. So,
the Wildcat series would be male/female. Check. Now we needed the starring male
and the female.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>I knew that I
wanted the ladies of the Wildcats to be different from the typical mold of
romance heroines. So Viviana was created. Viv is a sassy, curvy woman who has
embraced her plus size. Her leading man, the handsome, and younger, defenseman
Alain Lessard, contrary to what many would have us believe, finds Viviana
highly enticing and erotic. I knew Alain was from Quebec the moment I wrote
him. I could hear that sensual accent in my mind. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">I bet you think we`re done now, right? Wrong. Now we
needed to create an entire hockey team and organization. From scratch. That is
a lot of people! This is what the process looked like. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">It took a great deal of time but was well worth it.
From owner to equipment manager the Philadelphia Wildcats are neatly laid out
on virtual paper. After that, I could dive into writing this erotic romance.
And dive I did! How about a PG rated excerpt so you can meet Viviana and Alain
and dive in as well?!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">*~*~*</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Four dogs raced
off the front porch that ran the length of the front of the house. They hit the
driver’s side door like a pack of rabid wolves, barking and clawing at my paint
job. I was not impressed. I didn’t dare get out, lest my lovely dress get
ruined. The porch light came on and Alain filled the door. His shoulders looked
as if they would barely fit through the doorway as he sauntered out to stand on
the porch. Toenails were scrabbling on the window. I tooted the horn. Even with
the windows up, his bellow was clear. The dogs ran to him, their tongues
lolling. He rubbed the various furry heads as if praising them for attacking
me. I pushed my door open and something the size of a feral cat leaped into my
lap. I screamed as the animal went for my face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Daisy!” Alain
shouted as I swatted and shrieked. The beast sat down instantly. I opened my
eyes and found a canine that possibly weighed four pounds sitting on my thighs.
My dress was covered with mud and hair and spittle flecks. Daisy, the frizzy
white hellion, was wagging her stumpy tail and smiling at me. I was now far less
than amused. Alain reached in, kissed my cheek then lifted the little dog from
my lap. “She is so very glad to see you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Yes, I can
still smell her exuberance,” I sniffed, frowning down at the ruination of my
clothing. I tried to remove the mud and fur, hopelessly. “It took me half an
hour to choose this dress!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“We can clean it
up,” he said, dropping down into a crouch to swat at a hairball sticking to my
thigh with determination. “Come inside. We will take it off and toss it in the
washing machine.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Alain, this is
an original Presterman Gondola. You don’t simply toss this into the washing
machine. This is crèpe de chine.” I held up the soiled hem of cool crème. “This
will require a professional cleaner and a prayer to the dry cleaning gods that
the rusty, red soil stains will come out of it!”</span></span></div>
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sorry,” Alain cooed, holding the tiny dog up at eye level. I glowered at the
mutt. She lapped at my nose. “See? She did not mean to ruin your crap
dress."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Crèpe,” I
muttered, slinging my legs out of the car. Alain eyed them with open admiration
as he straightened and stepped back. His arm went around my waist with
familiarity that I enjoyed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Yes, crèpe,” he
said, pronouncing the word as if he were clearing his throat. He led me through
the happy hounds into the house. It was a massive, old place, with large, airy
rooms going off in haphazard directions. The furnishings were used, more than
likely by the hellhounds Alain owned, by the looks of them. We passed a living
room and a den as we followed the smell of roasting beef into the kitchen. It
was an impressive, grand room that could hold my entire condo. The appliances
were not new. The linoleum was old and torn in a few places. The cabinets were
sort of ratty. Alain placed Daisy, the dress destroyer, to the floor. She went
over to slake her thirst alongside the rest of the dogs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Can you wash
the dress by hand?” he asked, stepping to the double stainless sink to wash his
hands before checking the food in the oven.</span></span></div>
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over the wallpaper border that hugged the rather stained ceiling. Alain stepped
up behind me. When his lips found my neck I allowed my eyelids to close for a
moment. The backs of his fingers, still damp from washing, skimmed over my neck
lightly. He found the zipper pull and gently unzipped my best dress slowly,
dropping kisses to each inch of flesh he exposed. The crèpe de chine slid down
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laughs, anything romantic, Greek mythology, New York Rangers hockey, <span> </span>comic books and coffee. (Not necessarily in
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each author participating has received a letter to display on their respective site for this event. I've placed it somewhere on one of my many pages. Find it and make note and when you have collected all of them from the participants, send them to Dawn Prochilo, <a href="mailto:reviewcoordinator@secretcravingspublishing.com">reviewcoordinator@secretcravingspublishing.com</a> to be eligible for the grand prizes.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">To see the list of authors and grand prizes, return to the site by clicking banner above.<a href="http://secrecravingspublishing.blogspot.com/"></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh what the heck, I'll let you know the grand prizes now, but you'll have to go to the list of participants in order to find the other letters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grand Prize- iPad2<br /> First Place- Kindle HDX<br /> Second Place- $50 SCP gift certificate<br /> Third Place- $25 SCP gift certificate</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will announce my winner by February 4, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, on to what I'm offering. I've been with Secret Cravings Publishing virtually from the beginning. My <b><i>Born to Be Wild </i></b>was the third release on January 11, 2011. Since then I have put out nine full-length novels, three novellas, a short story/novelette, and a free read as a start to another book I've been working on. Here's a list:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">RECENT RELEASE:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><b>The Misadventures of Dick Grewcock</b><br clear="all" />Price: $5.99</b></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWXmjt9Pi_uTeLYS-wnUZmBAvJzg5be91PCPWI1lDBKIsYOrq9pzp3lcpVaN5W7a0iwvO71yXwvqD8Z08Uh_QsVdJrrmOG6W5BFm2Ha_bu8Sa951Bdum9aLBe4wIPOc97XspxKaaDawI/s1600/TheMisadventuresofDickGrewcock_SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWXmjt9Pi_uTeLYS-wnUZmBAvJzg5be91PCPWI1lDBKIsYOrq9pzp3lcpVaN5W7a0iwvO71yXwvqD8Z08Uh_QsVdJrrmOG6W5BFm2Ha_bu8Sa951Bdum9aLBe4wIPOc97XspxKaaDawI/s1600/TheMisadventuresofDickGrewcock_SM.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"> Dick Grewcock is a computer geek wanting
more out of life. Yearning for a girlfriend, he takes steps to make his
dream come true. Vampires are handsome, powerful, and have women falling
over them—everything he’s not. Becoming one wasn’t an easy task and he
had to find an real vampire willing to turn him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Christmas Eve, he begins an impossible
mission for his boss. Before he starts, a cute spitfire woman just as
geeky as him walks into Vampires ‘R Us and life changes. He could have
everything he wanted—a pretty girlfriend and a great job—if he could
just convince her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Noelle St. Nicholas is on a mission to
save her home and won’t take no for an answer. The only one who can help
her is Dick, the nerd staring at her and looking really weird.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Follow the adventures of Dick Grewcock to find true love without losing his humanity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">BACK LIST:<br />
<b>A Gift of Love</b><br />
<b>Price: $2.99</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Christmas Eve. Jennifer Perkins needs the perfect gift for Sir and time
is running out. Tough economic times have put a drain on her bank
account, but she’s determined to give her lover something special. Short
on cash, she sells a treasure, plus more than she bargained. Love—more
precious than diamonds and gold. Christmas Eve.<br />
Chris Bryant needs the perfect present for his live-in submissive,
Angel, and he can’t wait until tomorrow. He may have lost his job of
choice, but the New Year looks promising. Tonight is the night to make a
change. The gift has to be extraordinary, and the only way is to give
up his prized possession.<br />
Love—more precious than objects. The two lovers are wrapped in a world
beyond their control. Selflessness is the ultimate gift of love—one
relinquishes a valued treasure, the other sells part of themselves for
the special gift.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Vampire in Paris</b><br />
<b>Price: $5.99</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> For over two hundred years, London-based security and private
investigator, Ramsey Weiss has existed as the quintessential confirmed
bachelor. New Years’ Day he is dispatched to Paris, France, to rescue an
abducted cosmetics company heiress. In the melee, he butts heads with
an unexpected woman.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Camille du Bassin is the head chemist at Institut de Beauté Biologique
and her niece has been kidnapped. She teams up with a private security
investigator with special skills hired by her brother. The two unlikely
pair work together playing a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse not only
with each other, but battle an evil ancient vampire determined to take
Camille as his consort. Somewhere along the journey, Camille and Ramsey
are surprised by the physical attraction that develops between them,
denying the attraction.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
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Just when the two lovers' think their love can be forever...Fate steps in to challenge the power of their love.</span><br />
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<b>Born Again In Dreams</b><br />
<b>Price: $5.99</b><br />
<b>The Master of His Domain</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Sorin Bochinsky, Master and Commander of the Eastern European Blood
Family, controls everyone and everything around him, except the woman of
his dreams with the face of an angel prevents his needed rest. She’s
the light to his dark, scarred and pained existence. The search begins
to find her before he goes insane.</span><br />
<b>An Angel Awakens</b><br /> <span style="font-size: small;">Merliah Travers suffered more than serious injuries from a car accident
over four years ago. She awakens in a place where the pain and scars
have hidden her away from the world. A fantasy lover leads her out of
the darkness and into the light, then discovers a special ability
acquired during the coma has put her in danger with a fanatic killer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Two lost, scarred souls battle a psychopath and their inner demons to
unite as one, to never be alone, and be born again in dreams, forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Born To Be Wild</b><br />
<b>Price: $4.99</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Alexandra Carlton, Alex to her friends, the only girl born into a family
of vampire hunters with strict rules. She lives and hunts by the Code.
Despite insecurities and self-esteem issues about her appearance, she
eagerly tracks a rogue vamp carrying a contagious virus, deadly to
vampires and humans alike, to prove her worth, to her family and
herself.<br />
Alex meets Stefan Marin, a brooding 500 year old vampire. He helps her
not only on her quest but tames her wildest passions and discovers the
true beauty within her, the beauty he can't help but fall in love with.<br />
Together, Alex and Stefan break all the rules uncovering more than a
virus—hot sex, an uptight FBI Special Agent, spanking, hot sex, a nosy,
meddling brother, more hot sex, bondage and submission, murder, and bad
vampires.Will their love survive the wild side they were born to live?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Born To Play</b><br />
<b>Price: $5.50</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Candi Hartz, is a romance author in a loveless marriage. One fateful night, she follows the cheating </span><span style="font-size: small;">husband to the local vampire sex club and meets the vamp owner. Her life
takes a drastic turn when with one kiss she enters the world she only
read about.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Gregori Van Zant is a dangerous vampire. As the head of the Mid-Atlantic
Blood Family of vampires, he can have any vamp or human woman at his
disposal. One night, a captivating woman walks into his club and he
devises a plan.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">The two lovers come together and sign a contract—an exchange of sex for
research. Candi is born to play and Gregori is anxious to show her. An
old enemy of Gregori’s arrives unexpectedly and disrupts their plans.
With a final battle looming on the horizon, will the two fated lovers
find love eternal or will death play a part?</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>ONE VAMPIRE, ONE WOMAN, ONE CONTRACT, ONE WEEK TO PLAY.</i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
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<b>Christmas with a Stranger - FREE READ</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> A mysterious stranger named Beckett Conrad walks into Elizabella
Powell’s life bringing news of a great-grandfather, a Cherokee Chief.
After the death of her mother, the joy of Christmas had no significance.
The hope of a family has her agreeing to travel to Tennessee on
Christmas Eve. Elizabella is independent and controls everything around
her and quickly loses it when the stranger arrives. Beckett is an Alpha
Wolf Shifter, a fact he keeps hidden, sent to bring the lost Elizabella
wolf princess back to the clan. The attraction between them is strong.
She thinks he has killer eyes. He thinks she has a killer body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">What if, all your life you have lived a lie? Your best friends know the
truth but don’t tell you. Your grandparents are really strangers. Your
new boyfriend is part of a secret society headed by his brother. To top
everything off, they convince you that you are the reincarnation of an
ancient goddess of a lost continent capable of saving humanity. Take a
journey starting from the distant past to present day—New York and
Paris, to an archaeological dig site in Egypt, and to Surrey, United
Kingdom. Layla McKenna discovers a life lived before and accepts the
love of two men as she fulfills her destiny echoed in eternity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Five Hearts - 5 Stories of Love and Passion</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> HOT AND SPICY VALENTINE – Sable Hunter<br />
Seth Walker is man-candy – tall dark and handsome – a man of few words.
As the boss and owner of Beaucoup, which grows Louisiana’s famed hot
and spicy peppers; Seth doesn’t advertise that he stutters when he
speaks. But when he sees the delectable Riley Jacobs being harassed by a
local bully, he doesn’t hesitate to voice his displeasure. <br />
Riley was just about to give up on love. Even though she had slimmed
down, no one in her small town could see her as any different – they
still treated her as if she was shy, awkward and overweight. Tired of
being alone, she had made up her mind to quit her job as factory nurse
and move away from Egret Island if this Valentine’s Day proved to be as
big a disappointment as all of the others in her life had been.<br />
But when Seth comes to her rescue, he satisfies every craving Riley has
ever had. Seth’s touch is hot – his kisses are spicy – and this
Valentine’s Day might prove to be perfect, after all.</span><br />
LOST IN THE SEA OF YOU – Cynthia Arsuaga<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> He found the boat in late afternoon, on a February day as cold and dry
as it gets in Maine. That’s how the adventure began for Mikael Larson,
ex-Army, relatively new sheriff and unattached man in a small town.
Starting uneventfully at home, by the time he walked into the station,
the day turned weird on the way to unexplainable and a lifetime of love
satisfied in death.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
CUPID'S TARGET – Dana Littlejohn</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
April Harding didn’t like anything about winter and that included
Valentine’s Day. She counted it as a stroke of bad luck that it was her
turn to accompany her boss to a party for an impromptu meeting with a
potential client. The only thing that softened the blow was that he
offered to buy the dress she would wear.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Upon her arrival, Grant Murphy spied April in the doorway. He knew at
that moment that she had to be his. Can Grant convince April it not only
was good luck that she was there but that they even met and should be
together?</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
ACCIDENTAL VALENTINES – Daisy Dunn</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
Catrina fell asleep on the couch waiting for her husband to arrive home
from work to celebrate a Valentine’s evening together. Awoken from her
sleep, two police officers stood at her front door. They sadly informed
her that her husband has been killed in a car crash. Getting lost in her
pain, she shut out the world until almost five years later, when her
new neighbor moved in next door, bringing feelings of longing back into
her lonely, quiet existence.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
Alex’s wife had left him for another man. He was hurt but realized he’d
been partially to blame for the demise of their marriage. He worked long
hours and spent less time at home and more time running his growing
company. Deciding to overhaul his life, he sold his business and home,
and moved to a new area in the city. While in a compromising position,
he meets his new neighbor, Catrina, and hasn’t stop thinking about her.
She’s everything he’s ever wanted, and if he can win her love and trust,
he will do everything in his power to keep it.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
FOREVER KIND OF LOVE – Sandy Sullivan</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
Becky O'Rourke hates Valentine's Day. From the moment her boyfriend
broke her heart the year before, she doesn't want anything to do with
the day for lovers. Can the possibility of a new love turn her head and
heal her heart?</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
Seth Reardon feels like an ass. Convinced he's not good enough for
Becky, he breaks her heart and tells her they can't see each other
anymore. Faced with the fact that she's moved on with her life and is
seeing someone new, Seth realizes he loves her more than he did before
and wants her back.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
With the help of Becky's best friend Emma, Seth comes up with a plan to
win the woman of his dreams, but will she turn her back on their love
for attraction to a new man?</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
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<b>Love and Death in the Big Easy (Shifter Tales 2)</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> A Dog Drake Martin, the Yorkie shifter, and Sufi of the North American
Shape-shifters, returns and this time he has a new shifter to play tag
with. A Cat Kady Martin, Drake’s wife, has a new alter-ego as Tabitha,
the Russian Blue Maltese. A New Game of Tag Twenty-six years later, the
dog and cat play more than tag when, with their son and mixed array of
shape-shifting friends, battle a new monster in town. Death follows the
happily married couple as carnage and mayhem run rampant in the streets
of the Big Easy. With help from family, the shifter clan, and white
magic the loving pair maneuvers through rebellious children, while
battling the terminal illness of a dear friend, and the menace bent on
bringing the city to her knees.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;">Oh boy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nightfall Fantasies Fulfilled</b><br />
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FOUR WOMEN, FOUR FANTASIES, ONE NIGHT<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Come on an erotic ride in a 1976 Bubble Gum Pink Cadillac Fleetwood
limousine to a mysterious nightclub where the VIP package fulfills the
fantasies of four women. Mistress Claudine, the owner and hostess at
Nightfall, invites each woman in for her choice of pleasure. As the
night falls into morning, a new man walks into each of their lives. In
the end, will they get more than they paid for?</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Beware, no fantasy is beyond reach once night falls.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
CASSIDY’S FANTASY - A vampire stakes claim to her heart.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
KATIE’S FANTASY - A pirate from 17th Century Scotland saves her heart.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
DEMETRA'S FANTASY - A pop star, a were-tiger, combine music and lyrics to rock her world and heart.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
NATALY'S FANTASY - An Olympian demi-god deceives at first, then wins the heart of the wood nymph.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> What a lousy forty-second birthday Charlie Reynolds is having, the only
gifts—a pair of cowboy boots she bought and cake by the town’s diner
proprietor. An embarrassing moment with the new veterinarian tops the
day off. Divorced and lonely, she soon discovers her libido isn’t dead.
Lusting after the tall and handsome doctor can’t go anywhere. No way
would he be interested in a plain, older woman ready to be put out to
pasture. Or so she thinks.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Zach Callahan is heating up the ladies in the town of Brady Hills. He
returned to his Texas roots from Virginia to start a new life taking
over a thriving practice. The first day, he meets a gorgeous woman, and
is instantly smitten—cowboy boots and all. He’s only interested in
heating up the sheets with one woman in Texas, and she doesn’t want
anything to do with him. Or so he thinks.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Temperatures rise as the heat between Charlie and Zach reaches the boiling point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Cougar and Her Vampire</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Recently divorced Payton Fleming vacations in Crete, looking for a quiet
resort to get away from the chaos of the death of her best friend, a
serial killer, and an ex-husband.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
The adventure at the resort brings more than she expected—a young man
with a story to tell. Concerned with the age difference, Payton knows
there is something else he is keeping from her.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
Christian MacKenzie is an entrepreneur in the hospitality and
entertainment business, owner of Nocturnal Entertainment and Hospitality
Corporation, luxury resorts and nightclubs around the world. He escapes
to his favorite resort on Crete, and meets his vision of a Greek
goddess, a mysterious beauty, but fears she will reject him because of
what he is, a vampire.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
After returning to Miami, and a rival from his past threatens their
happiness, will their love survive all the obstacles along the way?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Top Dog (Shifter Tales 1)</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Shape shifter Drake Martin has a problem. FBI agent Kady Hartley loves
him. Both of him. She doesn’t know he and her pet, the eight pound
Yorkshire terrier she named Precious were one and the same. Kady’s
latest assignment further complicates the situation. Drake follows her
to New Orleans where she and a team are in for more than they realize
against human traffickers. Taking down the bad guys while keeping her
safe means walking a tightrope between lover and beloved pet. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> During
the adventure, he has her back, her heart… and her lap. </span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Cynthia</span></span></i></b>Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-18372904019895543822014-01-14T00:00:00.000-05:002014-01-14T00:00:00.351-05:00MOLLY DANIELS IS IN THE CRIB TODAY!!!<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: purple;">I'm turning today's post over to the wonderful Molly Daniels! So without further ado...take it away!</span></i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Thanks for having me today, Cynthia!<span>
</span><span> </span>I’m the featured
Author-of-the-Week over at the Secret Cravings blog, and anyone who comments
here or on any of my guest posts between now and Thursday will be given a
chance to win a free download of their choice of my back list.<span> </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>When I sat down to
write Endless Love, which is the 5<sup>th</sup> book in the Arbor University
series, I pictured the ‘Barbie and Ken’ story of the series, you know, the
golden couple who meet and fall in love in high school, then marry after they graduate
college and go on to live HEA.<span> </span>My
college roommate and BFF seemed destined for that course of action, until our
senior year.<span> </span>Suddenly Life dealt her and
her boyfriend a double blow.<span> </span>First came
a brush with the law, which took six months until his name was cleared, then
another more damaging charge, which literally shook the foundation of their
relationship and tested the strength of her love for him.<span> </span>After I wrote this, I sent it to my BFF, who
called me first in tears, since some of the conversations between Caitlyn and
either Amy or Peter actually took place, wondering why she wasn’t told certain
truths.<span> </span>Sometimes, when a person has
their mind made up, they don’t hear advice because they simply aren’t ready to
hear it or face it.<span> </span>The second time she
called me, she said it was “nice to know how my life would have turned out, had
I stayed on track.”<span> </span>Isn’t that true of
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<span style="font-size: large;">Caitlyn McCarty plans to marry her high school sweetheart,
Bryan Johnson, and teach elementary school after graduating from Arbor University.<span> </span>But after Bryan's life turns upside down with an
unexpected turn of events, Caty begins to question her goals and every decision
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peter Criswell fell for green-eyed, opinionated Caitlyn when
he first met her.<span> </span>However, her
determination to hold onto a dream frustrates him.<span> </span>Sometimes you meet the right person at the
wrong time, and falling for a woman who’s caught between her parents’ wants
versus her own desires isn’t always easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the foundation of Bryan Johnson’s relationship with
Caitlyn is tested not once, but twice, he faces the possibility of losing the
only girl he’s loved since high school.<span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“No, we didn’t have a fight. It’s just, right before
Halloween, things were back to normal for us, and this afternoon, I called, and
he was at the doctor’s office with Valerie, playing concerned daddy. It just
slapped me back to reality, that’s all.” She ran her hands through her hair.
“And watching Amy getting over Matt, and seeing Gretchen so happy, oh, I don’t
know what’s wrong with me. Maybe it’s just PMS.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“Sounds more like
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“Me? Jealous? That’s
ridiculous.” Caty snapped her head around to face him. “I’m happy Amy’s moving
on with her life, Gretchen’s got her life mapped out, and even Keri’s going
out, although I’m not sure she’s really looking for anyone. I just...I don’t
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Peter moved through
the late-day traffic. “Do you think you’re standing still? You keep saying that
every one of your friends is moving on. Sounds to me like you’re trying to hold
onto the idea of you and Bryan as this perfect couple.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“We did get called
‘Barbie and Ken’ a lot. We used to joke about our fairytale romance, and one
year, dressed up as Cinderella and Prince Charming.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“But…” Peter
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“But, I guess maybe
you’re right. My life is on hold. I used to believe I would graduate, get
married, teach school until I started having babies, and be happy the rest of
my life.” Caty shook her head. “Now, I know I’m going to graduate, but the rest
is all up in the air. Amy’s going to graduate sometime in the summer and do God
knows what. Keri’s got so many job offers, she doesn’t know which to choose,
and Gretchen’s going into the Peace Corps, if she gets accepted, then marry Troy and live happily ever
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“She wants to teach
P.E. somewhere. She wants to stay in Evansville,
or at least in the area.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“And where does that
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“In limbo until
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>“Why does your
happiness depend on Bryan?”
He hit the wheel, causing Caitlyn to gasp. “I can’t understand it. You’re
young, beautiful, you’ve got what it takes to be a successful teacher, yet you
persist in clinging to this dream of marrying a guy who’s not even sure if he’s
about to bring a child into the world with someone he doesn’t even remember
sleeping with.” He sounded exasperated. “It’s 1988, Caitlyn. You’re not in
1958...you have the right to make your own happiness, not depend on any man.” </span></div>
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Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-17093593317437617622014-01-11T12:21:00.001-05:002014-01-11T12:26:49.811-05:00WEEKEND SALE!!!<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">Check this out for a little after holiday sale! Use Coupon Code - SALE50 at checkout! </span></span><br />
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Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-17450798601512978702013-11-22T14:30:00.001-05:002013-11-22T14:30:24.771-05:00COVER REVEAL - The Misadventures of Dick Grewcock<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have combined all the stories and added two more to make the adventures of Dick all in one place. Here is the final cover. The Misadventures of Dick Grewcock will be released December 24th!</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Vampires, Zombies, Voodoo and a
possible UFO sighting…take a wild ride with the computer geek on an impossible
mission not to lose of his humanity.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dick Grewcock is a computer geek
wanting more out of life. Yearning for a girlfriend, he takes steps to make his
dream come true. Vampires are handsome, powerful, and have women falling over
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Christmas Eve, he begins an impossible
mission for his boss. Before he starts, a cute spitfire woman just as geeky as
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep, one week to go and I'll be on Blog Radio at Hummingbird Place talking about vampire romance books and in particular I'll showcase <i>Born Again in Dreams</i>!!! Stop by and say hi and ask questions. When I get a direct URL I'll post here.</span><br />
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sparkles…no sensitivity…no moaning and groaning (except in ecstasy) about his
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Vampires
should be more like Dracula, Count Ruthven and Sir Francis Varney, the Big
Three, the original literary vampires, all “mad, bad, and dangerous to
know.” To know them was to love them…and
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followed after should follow their lead and march proudly down the corridors of
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wrote, <b><i>Death in the Blood</i></b>, I wanted to make it different, not only by
reverting to the earlier portrait of the vampire, but by following through on
the fact that the Undead are immortal. I mean…why begin it in the <i>past</i> and end it in the <i>present</i>? Most vampire tales stop when
they get to the present even if the vampires continue to exist. Why?
If someone’s living forever, then prove it by looking ahead. <i>Immortal </i>means just that…it goes on <i>forever</i>.
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moment, I can think of only one other writer who’s taken his vampires into the
future and I imagine you know who I mean, Cynthia…a certain Mike Arsuaga with
his <b><i>Progeny
of Evolution</i></b> series. Before I’m deluged with emails stating, “<i>I</i> did that, too!” let me say: <i>I imagine there may be others, but I’m not
aware of them.</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So… As I
later did with <b><i>The Night Man Cometh,</i></b> I started the story in the past and took
it into the future. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Christopher
Landless is my latest Undead creation and he follows the lead set by Damien
laCroix, Vlad Chemare, the Andriescus, and Karel Novotny. He’s a thief and an opportunist. He just makes
the mistake of robbing the wrong person. Instead of a handful of jewelry, he
gets immortality instead. Oh, Kit has a bit more conscience than his <i>nosferatu</i> brethren. He still remembers
what it was to be human, but when it gets right down to the nitty and the
gritty, he fights to save those like himself and not humans. In spite of that,
I believe I’ve managed to make him a “hero” readers will like.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kit’s
story stretches from 1794 to the year 2580. For a while, Man and Vampire
managed to live side-by-side peacefully, then a terrible event occurs making
humans decide vampires are too dangerous to be allowed to go free. They’re
imprisoned in concentration camps, on islands surrounded by moats of blessed
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It was a
challenge to fall back on the expected way of containing and fighting vampires
while transforming them into futuristic forms. Staying true to the original
genre while updating it to near-science fiction was a definite test of
originality and writing skills. I believe I managed it adequately. At least I
hope I did.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WHAT IF...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">...Mankind admitted vampires exist?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">...Vampires followed Man into the stars, inhabiting every plant in the galaxy?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">...They solved the "Vampire Problem" by putting the Undead in concentration camps?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What would happen if someone decided to destroy the imprisoned <i>nosferatu</i>?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Would the police investigate?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i>Should they?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Forced to assist Lieutenant Katherine Dalia in the case, vampire Christopher Landless fights desire and thirst to uncover a motive of long-lingering revenge as both vampire and mortal discover old crimes never go unpunished.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Someone was moaning, a low hurt-animal whimpering. It was
several seconds before Kit realized the sound was coming from his own mouth.<i> </i>He opened his eyes, seeing...<i>nothing</i>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> Merciful God, I'm blind! </i>He
needed to rub his eyes. His right hand… Something hampered the movement.<i> What the Hell? </i>He flexed his fingers,
thrust them out. They curled around a thick cylindrical shape.<i> A bed post</i>.<i> </i>His right wrist, as well as his left, was tied to a bed post.<i> </i>He tried to move his legs.<i> </i>They, too, had been bound.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>By now, his eyes were becoming
accustomed to the dark.<i> </i>He could make
out a door.<i> </i>There was also the faint
frame of a window with moonlight filtering through an opening in heavy
curtains, large dark blocks that were furniture, the bed’s shadow-draped
canopy…and himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> What the devil’s going on? </i>Naked and tied spread-eagle to a bed.<i> </i>In the dark.<i> This has to be a dream, a nightmare. Aye, that’s it! </i>And in a
little while, he’d awaken and find himself face down on one of the <i>Coachman’s</i> splinter-rough tables, having
once more swilled himself brainless on that bad ale the barkeep sold.<i> </i>With Nolly Jack and Ned and all the
others laughing at him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>He relaxed, waiting for the
dream to fade.<i> </i>Waiting to awaken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>It didn’t happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> I’m awake. This is real. </i>While
he was unconscious, someone had brought him to this place, stripped him, and
trussed him to the bed posts.<i> Who did it?
Why?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>In anger Kit jerked his right
hand, trying to wrench it free of the ropes, his struggles becoming more
furious as his bonds refused to yield.<i> </i>It
was only as he felt skin tear and sticky wetness trickle down one wrist that he
lay still again.<i> </i>He had to get free
but ripping his flesh apart wasn’t the way to do it.<i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>“Hello?<i> </i>Is anyone there?”<i> </i>He
raised his head.<i> </i>When there was no
sound other than the dying echo of his own voice, he broke into movement again.
“Damn it, answer me!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>In fury, he broke into a flurry
of movement. That only served to rock the bed and abrade his wrists even more.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>The glow from the candle she
carried spread warmth upon her pale skin, shadowing her face with planes and
hollows. It highlighted the crimson night rail into a liquid softness, a dark
red river clinging to her breasts and flowing over hips and thighs.<i> </i>She glided rather than walked to the
bed, stopping to look down at Kit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>“So…my young thief, you’re
awake.<i> </i>How do you feel?”<i> </i>Her voice was low and beautiful now
that it wasn’t strident with fury.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>“What kind of question is that?”
He didn’t try to hide his anger.<i> </i>“<i>How do I feel? </i>I feel like Hell!”</span></div>
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quivered as if suppressing a smile. “Though you very well may before this night
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to my stop on the SCP Paranormal Blog Hop! I write
in many genres, but mainly paranormal with an emphasis on my favorite vampires.
I love writing about them so much, I have three distinct series. I have also
co-authored a series with my husband, Mike, telling the story of Drake Martin
and Kady Hartley. He’s a private investigator who has the special talent of
shifting into a Yorkshire terrier. Yep, that was a fun story to write that Mike
and I wrote a sequel. We’re planning the third one now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To add to the fun of the day, I’m reposting a fun fact about
vampire lore blog I did months ago. I love sharing interesting facts about my
favorite paranormal characters. I’ll be giving away a $10 GC to Secret Cravings
Publishing to one lucky random commenter. All you have to do is give me an
interesting “fact” about vampires that I haven’t listed below. Winner will be
drawn on Monday, June 17<sup>th</sup> by Random.com.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’m also giving a sneak peek excerpt from my most recent
release, <b><i>A Vampire’s Bite of Flesh</i></b><i>,
Episode 3 of the Misadventures of Dick Grewcock</i>. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good luck and have fun this weekend. Oh, don’t forget to
link back to other participating SCP authors!</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CLOCKS:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">According
to European folklore, a person’s house can be protected from a vampire attack
by stopping the clocks at the time of death. Stopping a clock is said to put
the corpse into a sort of suspended animation, preventing demonic forces from
entering the body until it is ready for burial and therefore not becoming a vampire.</span><br />
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</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">COUNTING:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">In Chinese
narratives about vampires, they state that if a vampire comes across a sack of
rice it will have to stop and count all the grains. These are similar myths
recorded on the Indian continent and even in South America. The vampire isn’t
repelled or pierced by the objects, rather the creature is compelled to eat
them or count them one at a time, thereby slowing them down and away from the
living. (I used a variation of this in the Born Vampire series. The vampires
have OCD, I explained.)</span><br />
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</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">INCENSE:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">Composed
of grains of resins and spices that are burned or sprinkled on lighted charcoal
to create a sweet or pungent odor, incense has been used in many religions over
the centuries to drive out evil entities from a person or a place. In fighting
vampires, it ranks alongside garlic as a preventative measure and as a way to
counteract the stench of death. In some regions of Romania, it was often pushed
into the ears, eyes, and nostrils of a corpse to stop an evil spirit from
entering and reanimating the body.</span></span></div>
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The ability to cause </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">impotence</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> ~ This surely wouldn’t work with any of my vampires.<br />
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The ability to cause </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">plagues, epidemics, crop
failures and the deaths of livestock</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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region to region and country to country, but some of the most common means of
securing safety are listed below:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Thorns:</span> </b>Considered to be magical
barriers against vampires and witches.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Calling three times:</span> </b>In Romanian
lore it was believed that one should never answer someone unless they call
three times, because it was said that vampires can only ask a question twice.
If someone answers a vampire, the vampire has the power to kill them.
(This sounds like a “Beetlejuice” variation!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Lemon: </span></b>In Saxony in Germany, a lemon was
placed in the mouth of suspected vampires.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Bread and cheese: </span> </b>Among some Slavic
Gypsies, offerings of bread and cheese were made to appease vampires. In Transylvania
wine was buried with bodies for the same purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Holly, hawthorn, and wild rose </span></b>are all
said to harm vampires.</span><br />
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</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SNEEZING:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-size: large;">There are
numerous widespread folk beliefs that the soul temporarily leaves the body
through the mouth during a sneeze and is therefore vulnerable to the forces of
evil. Sneezing creates an opportunity for evil entities to enter the body
through the mouth and take possession of it. In the folklore of Romania,
sneezing can attract or empower a vampire unless a blessing is given
immediately after.<br />
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</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SOCK:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">According
the lore of the Gypsies from Eastern Europe, the left sock of a vampire can be
used to drive it away or even kill it. Vampire hunters steal the sock from the
grave, fill it with rocks, and throw it outside the village, preferably into a
river or running water. The vampire will then wake up, miss its sock, and start
searching for it, even if that means entering the water and drowning in an
attempt to retrieve it. Like the use of seeds and grain to distract the vampire
into counting for centuries, this is based on the widespread belief that
vampires are obsessive creatures. (Why the hunters just didn’t stake the
vampire instead of stealing its sock just doesn’t make sense, but this is all
myth, right?)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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hypnotic and able to paralyze victims. They may also turn blood red when the
vampire begins to feed. The superb night vision of vampires isn’t explained or
even mentioned in folklore but it is implied, as generally the vampire of
folklore is a nocturnal creature. (My vampires’ eyes turn red not when they
want to feed, but when their sexually aroused.)</span><br />
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Muslim Gypsies of Yugoslavia, watermelons like pumpkins, could become vampires,
especially if they had teeth and had been kept for more than ten days or for
too long after Christmas. Stained with drops of blood, these not very deadly or
threatening vampires roll around making growling sounds, for no other reason
than to irritate the living. (Yep, fanged watermelons rolling around the ground
certainly would irritate me!)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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interesting facts are from “The Element Encyclopedia of Vampires” by Theresa
Cheung and I hope you have enjoyed learning a few new things about vampire
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dick Grewcock is a vampire working full-time as a computer
consultant for Vampires ‘R Us. He had everything he wanted—a pretty girlfriend
and a great job—or so he thought. A hurricane blows through town a week before
the Fourth of July making a real mess, including riling the sugar craving
mush-brain humans. Operation Zombie Takedown begins at Fang Shui, the local
vampire bar, to get the infestation under control. Dick’s existence was about
to change—again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Noelle St. Nicholas is Dick’s girlfriend, but four months
ago she met with an unfortunate accident and ended up in a cryopreservation
chamber at a high security laboratory. She’s revived and Dick isn’t sure she’ll
forgive him for what he did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dick battles zombies with fireworks exploding and learns
what it means to be the vampire he was meant to be, but at what price to losing
what’s left of his humanity?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dick
blinked a few times, adjusting his eyes to the brighter light and to gain his
bearings. The stench of sweat and cigarette smoke filled his nostrils and every
breath he took burned his lungs. God, he knew having the planning meeting here
would be a mistake. Why not the VRU offices? At least they were private and
smoke-free. But, no, that would have been too easy. Vlad insisted on checking
out his latest acquisition, and as he put it, the bar was a good place to keep
an eye on others in his coven. <i>Killing
two birds, yada, yada, yada.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dancers
scantily-clad in G-strings and sequined pasties climbed, turned and twisted on
the brass poles bolted on the five mini-stages scattered around the room.
Gyrating couples, males, females and others—Dick couldn’t tell what they were—writhed
in a sea of limbs, music, and flashing multi-colored lights. He glanced around,
disoriented from the pounding in his head. Where the fuck was the bar? And
where was his partner?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Urgh!
A partner. Another vamp. A pain in the ass vamp cohort his sire insisted on him
having until the zombie infestation was exterminated. Dealing with the punk
vampire was another reason for his headache. <i>Why did I have to find that ad in the Yellow Pages?</i></span></span></div>
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took him several minutes, but he finally saw his target—a vacant place to sit
and have a strong drink. He forced his way through the oversexed crowd of
sweaty skin, strong perfume, and the tables with seated customers, advancing
slowly to the bar on the far right side of the nightclub. He strode quickly
toward his objective, an empty stool at the end of a long, curved bar. On the
other side of the sleek wood counter, a man stopped restocking bottles of
Vlad’s popular blood soda and stared in Dick’s direction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Halfway
on his trek to the bar, a woman slammed into him. Obviously drunk or high on
something, he instinctively sensed she was human, not vampire. He pushed past
her, cursing under his breath. What the hell was the world coming to? Vampires,
zombies, and what would come next? Werewolves and the Easter Bunny?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dick
reaffirmed his reasons as to why he hated coming to Fang Shui. The dildos that
worked there were no different than the types he dealt with when human. <i>Nothing ever changes.</i> Not even the
predictable weather.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">The
first week of July in Florida brought the bitch heat of summer in full swing.
Ninety degree days and seventies at night made for sticky situations when
hunting for the zombies on the loose. Hurricane Chucky blustered through the
Orlando area only a week ago. Eighty-five mile an hour winds along with spotty
tornados ripped roofs off houses, damaged parts of the international airport,
and the amusement parks suffered enough to keep them closed after seven days.
Not that any of those problems affected him directly, but it did make for
interesting news to take his mind off Noelle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Buck Rogers’ Spaceship! Stop
thinking of her.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;"></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Despite
how he didn’t want to be at the meeting, safety at the bar was a welcome relief
compared to the chaos he passed on the drive over. Traffic lights were still out
at some of the secondary intersections, and people didn’t adhere to the rules
of the road. Long lines at gas stations didn’t make sense, either, when the
power didn’t work. <i>Did all common sense
get blown away with the storm? Was I that dense as a human?</i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Shaking
his head as he grabbed the edge of the wooden barstool to stake claim to the
valued real estate, he hauled himself up onto one of the last remaining seats.
The place looked like the entire population of vampires and wannabe human
groupies had decided to join in the rowdy behavior at the same time. A lot of
residences had been damaged, as well as night haunts of the blood-kind.
Hurricane Chucky wreaked havoc on the area in more ways than one.<i> The scare of the zombies must be driving
them here. What’s with the public display of sex? That’s a new one for this
place.</i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Blooding
and sex always seemed to go hand-in-hand in this new life he led, but Dick
hadn’t seen such an overwhelming sense of <i>laissez
faire</i> toward revealing what he considered a private matter. Was Vlad aware
of this? Granted, he’d only been a vampire since last October. Halloween
exactly, which was more like November first, but he’d seen a lot of action in
those eight to nine months. <i>Maybe this is
a special event night at Fang Shui, like Karaoke Night. No, Stormin’ Chucky Sex
Night!</i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">He
laughed to himself with the thought. With a wave of his hand, he caught the
bartender’s attention. He’d frequented the vamp haunt four or five times in the
last two months. Ted had been tending bar every time.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“What’ll
it be tonight, Dick?” The young, hip-looking vampire bartender asked. The man
wiped a towel along the varnished wood bar top waiting for an answer.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Why couldn’t I have looked like him
as a human?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;"></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“VieSang,
cherry.” The nasty stuff was his favorite among the flavors available. Since
turning last Halloween, he’d supplemented his need for blood with the weird-ass
concoction. The blood-laced carbonated drink came in ten varieties, and he’d
tried them all. Some he couldn’t get past his lips, let alone down his gut. The
tart one had the most tolerable taste.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“For
a change?”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">The
sarcastic tone wasn’t lost on Dick. “What can I say? I like popping cherries
with my blood.” Not really, but better than nothing. As one of the many
creations in Vlad’s business empire, the ten flavors of the nasty tasting drink
acted as a change of pace for whole blood. Cherry at least was more palatable
than the peppermint-flavored one he made at Christmas-time. <i>I’d have thought after eight months I’d get
used to the crap. But, no. I wish spiking it with alcohol was tolerable. I
could use a stiffer drink. </i>Unfortunately, he learned the hard way that the
only way vampires could tolerate spirits was by assimilating through sucking
blood from an imbibing human. With all the numbers of humans in the bar tonight,
he was tempted but brushed the thought aside quickly. He knew that would be
nothing but trouble waiting to happen.</span></span></div>
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<![endif]-->Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-32579118968147318972013-05-18T00:00:00.000-04:002013-05-18T00:00:04.183-04:00CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE SCP BLOG HOP<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to my blog for the Secret Cravings Publishing Contemporary Romance Blog Hop!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I write contemporary paranormal, emphasis on vampires and shifters, and I've also dabbled with a Sci-Fi/Fantasy epic, a western novella, an anthology of short stories and a Christmas-themed short. My first love is my vampire buddies, though. So for this giveaway blog hop, I'll be offering a PDF of any on my backlist, and there are quite a few! To participate, all you have to do is comment below on the excerpt and answer the following question:</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">What are the names of the main characters from my first published book?</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All correct answers will be added to the hat and one participant will be selected randomly. Enjoy the excerpt from <b><i>A Lusty Vampire's Valentine</i></b>. This <span style="font-size: large;">one is my recent release and is Episode 2 in the Misadventures of Dick Grewcock. But first, Episode 3 is in editing now and will release soon and wanted to introduce it! Here's a debut of the cover I received just this week.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">BLURB for A Lusty Vampire's Valentine:</span></b></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Richard “Dick” Grewcock
is a fledgling vampire, turned by choice on Halloween Night. He’s a computer
geek, thirty-two years old, and thinks vampires are handsome, powerful, and
have women falling over them—everything he’s not. Problem is, after he turns he
doesn’t get any of those qualities. On Christmas he got the girlfriend of his
wishes, and weeks later his new life takes a turn.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Noelle St. Nicholas is
Dick’s new girlfriend, and a little geeky too, they seem to be a perfect match.
She plans a night her boyfriend won’t soon forget, but he tells her something
she can’t forgive.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">On his second adventure
to find love, Dick Grewcock gets a Valentine surprise he won’t soon forget.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">STORY
EXCERPT:</span></b></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Dick, Dick, Dick,
you’ve been a naughty boy, haven’t you? C’mon and calm down. We can fix this.
First, you have to stop erasing her memory and be a true vamp. Tell her the
truth. Be her master. Then, I want you to bring her to me and let me check her
out. We can set this right.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“You sure?”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Positive, my boy. I’ll
take care of you if you take care of me. Fix my computers and I’ll put Noelle
back into working order.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">She’s
not broken, like a car needing a tune-up. Geez!</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">
“Yes, sir. How about bringing her by tomorrow night?”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Hmm, I can do that.
But remember, don’t do anymore mind erasing. Resist, my dear Dick. Remember you
can do it. Now if that’s it, I have another appointment.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Okay.” Dick stood and
reached his hand over the desk to thank his sire.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Vlad stood and placed
his cold mitt in Dick’s. “Ah, does my Dick feel better now?”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Huh?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">
The question gave him pause. <i>No, he didn’t mean that the way it sounded.</i>
Dick changed the subject. “So, Master Vlad when do you want me to start on the
computers?”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Tonight, of course.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Really? But, I need to
quit my day job, and I’m busy tonight. I have a Valentine’s date with Noelle,
remember?”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Hmm, that’s right you
did say today is Valentine’s. Well, I was counting on you. I need to move on
this immediately. I hate down time in my businesses.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“I can’t give Noelle a
call first? I have reservations at a nice restaurant and can’t change my
plans.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“All I need you to do
is find me the best hardware and software system then network all of them back
to my computer. As long as I’m up and running by the end of the week I’ll be
happy. You can have your romantic date with Noelle, and then work on it when
she’s asleep or is she an insomniac who stays up all night? If she is, you
might have a problem working for me.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“No, she sleeps
normally. I guess I could start tonight after our dinner. And, sir, the end of
the week is in two days. You want this done for seven stores in two days?”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Oh my, how this week
has flown by. The days and nights all blur into one for me lately. Insomnia is
such a bitch. I have trust in you, Dick. Plus you’re industrious and can make
it work. That’s why I hired you, but I’ll give you a few extra days because I
like you.” Vlad paused and bit his bottom lip. “Hmm, I wonder if vamps can
suffer old age symptoms. You know like, dementia or inability to sleep. And
this,” he said as he grabbed his stomach and squeezed the skin through his
shirt. “Do you think I’m fat? Look. I think I’ve gained a few extra pounds
around the middle.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Um, I don’t know. I
haven’t been doing this vamp thing for very long. You look fine to me, by the
way.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Hmm, you’re right.”
Vlad turned to the side facing Dick. The older vamp pushed aside his leather
duster coat with one hand and the other hand he placed over his abdomen. Arched
his back slightly, he let out a breath, extending his stomach, sucked in the
muscles, then back again. After a couple more times repeating the in and out of
his belly, he glanced back at Dick. “Be honest, I can take it.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Do you think I’m
getting fat?”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Holy crap! I’m damned
if I do or not. Maybe cutting back on the ice cream might help.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">
“No, I don’t think you look fat, sir. You…you look fabulous. As always. Hell, I
wished I looked as good as you. You’re one reason I wanted to become a
vampire.” Not really, well maybe, but Dick had to tell a little lie because he
recognized no way he’d win this argument with Master Vlad.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Really?” Vlad’s voice
squealed a couple octaves higher, piercing Dick’s ears.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">For a moment the
younger vampire reconsidered his decision to take the position with Vamps ‘R
Us, but at this point, he couldn’t back out. The offer was made and accepted,
and in the Master’s world that meant a contract had been sealed. Dick took a
deep breath and forced a smile.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Where was I? Oh, yes.
I almost forgot.” The master walked to his desk, retrieved a file folder, and
then leaned across the desktop, outstretching his hand with the folder. “This
is for you. Everything you need to know. Addresses, phone numbers, store
managers’ names, all concerning the properties I’ve purchased. If you can think
of anything I’ve forgotten, please let me know.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Sure thing. I’ll get
right on this.” Dick turned to leave, but stopped abruptly when the cold chill
of Vlad’s hand came to rest on his shoulder.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Oh, one more thing, my
boy. When you stop by Tina’s desk to make an appointment to come in with
Noelle, let her show you one of the offices down the hall. You can pick where
you want. She’s so good at welcoming my new employees and can get you set up
with everything you need.” Dick felt the chillier breath of his maker near his
ear. The soft whisper sent chills down Dick’s spine. “Just don’t mention
anything about her fingernails. She’s very sensitive about them for some reason.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Okay, no problem.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“No seriously. The last
guy that came to work for me said something about how he thought they were
weird with the multi-colors of polish and sharp as needles.” He paused. “Well,
anyhoo, he doesn’t work here any longer.” Vlad patted Dick on the shoulder
again and walked toward the door.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dick swallowed hard.
“Anything else you should tell me, sir?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lookie, lookie! Mike and I will be in this anthology by Mark Wheatley. We are so excited. Something new for us. Our short story is in editing and written with inspiration from his illustration. Don't know the release date yet, but will let everyone know when we get the word.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm participating in the Vampires for Valentine's Giveaway Hop February 12 - 18. How could I pass up this one? I write about the little devilish characters AND I have a short out for the love holiday. Which brings me to the giveaway I'm doing--a PDF copy of A Lusty Vampire's Valentine<span style="font-size: large;"> to one participant<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">drawn randomly. Please leave your name and email address in the comment space below <span style="font-size: large;">AND join my blog followers OR like the story on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Valentine-Misadventures-Grewcock-ebook/dp/B00BAYLYV4/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360275369&sr=1-5">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-lusty-vampires-valentine-cynthia-arsuaga/1114300258?ean=2940016393568">Barnes & Noble</a>, <a href="http://www.bookstrand.com/a-lusty-vampires-valentine">Bookstrand</a>, or <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html?searchBy=series&qString=The+Misadventures+of+Dick+Grewcock">ARe</a>. Winner will be announced the 19th!</span></span></span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you <a href="http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/blog/">Felicity Heaton</a>, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://carisroane.com/" target="_blank">Caris Roane</a> and <a href="http://www.hdthomson.com/" target="_blank">H. D. Thomson</a> for sponsoring this fang-tastic giveaway hop and letting me share the love of my journey
into the world of the Undead—Vampires. . .here’s my story, and I’m sticking to
it.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I began to write the winter of 2009 and submitted my
first manuscript late summer of 2010, followed by several more within a few
months. I write two different worlds of vampires, quite by accident actually. A
long story that I won’t get into here, but I’m glad I did because I love
everything about each. Suffice it to say, the accident worked out just great.
One world is darker and edgier with the other with vampire warriors who are
more “business-like.” Yeah, I know that sounds strange, but it works. Each
series currently has two books released each and others are in the works, a
minimum of four each.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I created the two different worlds, I started with
an idea about the women, the heroines. The story/plot came next with the
Heroes, the vampires, created to compliment the women.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLo_Vt0FhBtk64TB7Ch3U40YGOXhuAC5qjDydHD2nk38PeEdyh2rWhIx0m9Jp6Zen06w55lXQulIlvo9BJIFygolLYiJy3vW5V-w8uXAD-Ii5zqx9BjwsT6Q0gwxdZwJuz4vEhsPd_pY/s1600/Born+to+be+Wild+Book+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLo_Vt0FhBtk64TB7Ch3U40YGOXhuAC5qjDydHD2nk38PeEdyh2rWhIx0m9Jp6Zen06w55lXQulIlvo9BJIFygolLYiJy3vW5V-w8uXAD-Ii5zqx9BjwsT6Q0gwxdZwJuz4vEhsPd_pY/s320/Born+to+be+Wild+Book+Cover.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For
the research in the Born Vampire series, I had the hero as a 500 year old
Romanian vampire and not the leader of the local family of vampires, he is the
“Enforcer” or Sergeant Palatine of the group. The hierarchy of this “blood
family’ is based loosely on the Knights Templar. The head of the family (read as
a clan, nest or coven) is called the Master and Commander with other members as
Sergeant Palatine, Knights, and the supreme commander of all is a Grand Master
of North America, Europe, or Asia.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From the beginning, I wrote the first story adding in
some of the vampire folklore, but not the typical types. Researching the many
myths and legends, I picked those that would fit into each world and had the
stories revolve around BDSM in the Born Vampire series with added elements that
weave through each successive story, and in the Forces of Beauty series,
different “powers”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuSqvvqKsCG1N6xehV5hCHybiw-Z4EP3T4Wwf5cPIgXj9oPiU9d6SUmhB7yfIsLPBtJOiBXiiOmGsq110YAHjOgVpWKRa-_Zei_dJPdAg_w63vjBh_8rxKAoTezv17dG8c7WkSaIhMCg/s1600/AVampireinParis_MED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuSqvvqKsCG1N6xehV5hCHybiw-Z4EP3T4Wwf5cPIgXj9oPiU9d6SUmhB7yfIsLPBtJOiBXiiOmGsq110YAHjOgVpWKRa-_Zei_dJPdAg_w63vjBh_8rxKAoTezv17dG8c7WkSaIhMCg/s320/AVampireinParis_MED.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As
I mentioned before, the Forces of Beauty series has the vampires as
businessmen. The hero of the first book owns a hospitality and entertainment
company who meets his lady in Crete at one of his resorts. (BTW, hubby and I
stayed at this particular resort and I had it in mind when I wrote the
location.) In the most recent release, A Vampire in Paris, the hero was in the
first book as a secondary character and I had to give him his own love story.
The company he works for is also owned by an ancient vampire who just might
show up in a future book and he is one of the company’s best security
investigators. You never know where the inspiration comes from! The heroines in
both are “older” women, quite accomplished in their own professions but doubt
their attractiveness to the “younger” men, until they find out who these men
really are.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As a fun project as an escape from the serious
story-lines, I have recently begun a vampire comedy series of short stories put
together as an anthology. The first short releases December 2012 and will have
a total of five shorts releasing around holidays in 2013.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In closing, I’d like to share a few vampire traits,
myths and folklore that may or may not be widely known.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to European folklore, a person’s house can be
protected from a vampire attack by stopping the clocks at the time of death.
Stopping a clock is said to put the corpse into a sort of suspended animation,
preventing demonic forces from entering the body until it is ready for burial
and therefore not becoming a vampire.</span></span></div>
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vampires, they state that if a vampire comes across a sack of rice it will have
to stop and count all the grains. These are similar myths recorded on the
Indian continent and even in South America. The vampire isn’t repelled or
pierced by the objects, rather the creature is compelled to eat them or count
them one at a time, thereby slowing them down and away from the living. (I used
a variation of this in the Born Vampire series. The vampires have OCD, I
explained.)</span></span></div>
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resins and spices that are burned or sprinkled on lighted charcoal to create a
sweet or pungent odor, incense has been used in many religions over the
centuries to drive out evil entities from a person or a place. In fighting
vampires, it ranks alongside garlic as a preventative measure and as a way to
counteract the stench of death. In some regions of Romania, it was often pushed
into the ears, eyes, and nostrils of a corpse to stop an evil spirit from
entering and reanimating the body.</span></span></div>
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fictional types created today which have variations ~</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The ability to cause impotence ~ This surely
wouldn’t work with any of my vampires.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The ability to cause plagues, epidemics,
crop failures and the deaths of livestock.</span></span></div>
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differ from region to region and country to country, but some of the most
common means of securing safety are listed below:</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thorns:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Considered to be magical
barriers against vampires and witches.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Calling
three times:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
Romanian lore it was believed that one should never answer someone unless they
call three times, because it was said that vampires can only ask a question
twice. If someone answers a vampire, the vampire has the power to kill
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(This sounds like a “Beetlejuice”
variation!)</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lemon:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
Saxony in Germany, a lemon was placed in the mouth of suspected vampires.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bread
and cheese:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Among
some Slavic Gypsies, offerings of bread and cheese were made to appease
vampires. In Transylvania wine was buried with bodies for the same purpose.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Holly,
hawthorn, and wild rose </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">are all said to harm vampires.</span></span></div>
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widespread folk beliefs that the soul temporarily leaves the body through the
mouth during a sneeze and is therefore vulnerable to the forces of evil.
Sneezing creates an opportunity for evil entities to enter the body through the
mouth and take possession of it. In the folklore of Romania, sneezing can
attract or empower a vampire unless a blessing is given immediately after.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According the lore of the Gypsies from Eastern Europe,
the left sock of a vampire can be used to drive it away or even kill it.
Vampire hunters steal the sock from the grave, fill it with rocks, and throw it
outside the village, preferably into a river or running water. The vampire will
then wake up, miss its sock, and start searching for it, even if that means
entering the water and drowning in an attempt to retrieve it. Like the use of
seeds and grain to distract the vampire into counting for centuries, this is
based on the widespread belief that vampires are obsessive creatures. (Why the
hunters just didn’t stake the vampire instead of stealing its sock just doesn’t
make sense, but this is all myth, right?)</span></span></div>
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</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Vijaya","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The eyes of vampires are often described as hellish and
hypnotic and able to paralyze victims. They may also turn blood red when the
vampire begins to feed. The superb night vision of vampires isn’t explained or
even mentioned in folklore but it is implied, as generally the vampire of
folklore is a nocturnal creature. (My vampires’ eyes turn red not when they
want to feed, but when their sexually aroused.)</span></span></div>
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Yugoslavia, watermelons like pumpkins, could become vampires, especially if
they had teeth and had been kept for more than ten days or for too long after
Christmas. Stained with drops of blood, these not very deadly or threatening
vampires roll around making growling sounds, for no other reason than to
irritate the living. (Yep, fanged watermelons rolling around the ground
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<!-- start LinkyTools script --><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=166021" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- end LinkyTools script -->Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-22448835012366455322013-02-08T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-08T00:00:05.481-05:00ERIN O'QUINN IS IN THE CRIB!!!<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: purple;"><b><i>That's right, uh huh, Erin O'Quinn here, in my crib, bringing some good stuff! I met Erin through a Facebook group, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/eroticawritersandreadersgroup/permalink/145291432297406/">Erotica Writers & Readers Group</a>, and we've had a great time there sharing and exchanging information, stories, and more! Below, you'll find her answers to my interview and an excerpt from her latest release. Enough of this obligatory introduction and let's get to welcoming Erin!<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This is a really neat site, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cynthia</b>. I’m honored to be here! </span></div>
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<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN: You're welcome. Give
us a brief<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>intro to you, by way of your
books.</span></b></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
I would describe myself as an erotica writer with a literary bent. After two
years of writing, I have a collection of 14 books, all but four of them
published. For the past year I’ve been writing historical<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and contemporary erotica romance.Those
historicals are set in Ireland during the early days of St. Patrick, around 433
AD. The contemporary novels are MM, following the lives of gay couples in and
around the small fictitious town of Noble, Nevada.</span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
Diverse writing, I'd say. What kind of research do you do for your books?</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
For my Ireland historicals, I have stacks of my own books, library books and
literally scores of computer files I’ve compiled from websites. My research for
contemporary novels takes the form of little blue virtual file folders from web
articles.</span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Anyone bold enough to write books about the fifth
century AD knows that the history is sketchy at best, especially any “history”
about Ireland. Only with St. Patrick did scrolls begin to be copied and
disseminated, schools and monasteries established, while the learning of
centuries was being burned to ashes by invaders on the mainland of Europe and
Britannia.</span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
I'm impressed, Erin. Creating history on top of existing known facts can be tough. For any readers who may not have read any of your books, can you just give us a
little sneak peek into your world (i.e. the type of genre you write, type of
stories you like to write....etc)?</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
I have two<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>main worlds. One, as I
mentioned at the start, is the world of 5th-century AD Ireland and Britannia,
the celtic world of St. Patrick. Those books are erotic romances, both M/F and
M/M. I like to write about unusual people and landscapes: cattle barons, Irish
clansmen, druids, Saxon mercenaries and former Roman soldiers, pony trainers,
priests and monks . . . all coping with the bad-ass yet beautiful environment
of pre-history Ireland.</span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My historicals are broken into the M/F steamy romances,
all set in “The Dawn of Ireland,” and the M/M erotic romances contained in a
series called “The Iron Warrior.”</span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4a00e6; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Mainstream Romance:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Storm Maker:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://amzn.to/O218y7"><span style="color: #000099;">http://amzn.to/O218y7</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The Wakening Fire : <a href="http://amzn.to/N1Gc6C"><span style="color: #000099;">http://amzn.to/N1Gc6C</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Captive Heart:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://amzn.to/Qm8b1X"><span style="color: #000099;">http://amzn.to/Qm8b1X</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Fire & Silk:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://amzn.to/P6jZtn"><span style="color: #000099;">http://amzn.to/P6jZtn</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4a00e6; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin’s Erotic MM Romance: The Iron Warrior series</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Warrior, Ride Hard:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://amzn.to/P2eRDO"><span style="color: #000099;">http://amzn.to/P2eRDO</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Warrior, Stand Tall:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://amzn.to/WoDkGS"><span style="color: #000099;">http://amzn.to/WoDkGS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I’d like to sneak in a reference here to my blog, The
Gaelic Spirit, for anyone who’d like a taste of those unusual people and those
outrageously stunning locales. The site concentrates on history and tradition,
in words and photos. The link is <a href="http://bit.ly/Jgz6tU"><span style="color: #000099;">http://bit.ly/Jgz6tU</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My other world, contained in two books so far, is the
rough-and-ready contemporary world of the high deserts of Nevada. That is the
turf of my gay couples and the people around them in a series called “Noble
Dimensions.”</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4a00e6; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin’s Contemporary MM Romances: Noble Dimensions series</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://amzn.to/TDp4KV"><span style="color: #000099;">Noble, Nevada on
Amazon</span></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://amberquill.com/AmberAllure/TheChase.html"><span style="color: #000099;">The Chase on Amber Allure</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
Thanks for all your links. I'm sure the readers will appreciate more to get to know you. What would you like readers to take away with them once they finish one of your
books?</span></b></span></div>
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Every one of my six adult historicals combines a story with history and a
strong sense of the land. I want my readers to be attracted not just to
characters with a rich life, but to the beauty, language, folklore and culture
of Ireland itself. So when the reader closes the book, I would feel gratified
if he or she said (as one reviewer recently wrote about WARRIOR, RIDE HARD),
“The passion the characters feel for each other is mirrored in the genuine love
that the author has for the landscape, the culture and the time period she has
set them in. Obviously well researched, this tale takes place in the era of St.
Patrick and it is brimming with historical facts about everything from Roman
soldiers to the hierarchy of the people in Hibernia; from the Druids to a
charismatic picture of the man who would be known as St. Patrick.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
Impressive review. Congrats! Is there a story that you’d like to tell but you think the world isn’t ready to
receive it?</span></b></span></div>
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I’m an iconoclast, for sure; but I haven’t yet thought of a story that the
world isn’t ready for. I joke that I’ll change my name to Buffalo Ryder and
write a MM cowboy-Indian shifter paranormal . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>but I’m afraid it’s a little too humdrum for today’s eclectic readers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
Haha. Love the pen name if you do decide. With what is out there in the paranormal world, I'm sure you could execute the story well, Erin. What is the strangest source of writing inspiration you’ve ever had?</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Strange . . . hmmm. Would you consider a clootie tree
strange—a tree hung with hundreds of rags twisting in the wind? “Clootie” comes
from Scots Gaelic meaning “cloth,” and starting several centuries ago, people
have sought to cleanse themselves of anything from disease to broken limbs by
rubbing the affected parts with a cloth. They then hang the cloth—the
clootie—from the limbs of a sacred tree like the hawthorn. Legend or religious
conviction says that when the cloth has hung sufficiently long in the sun and
the weather, as it fades so will the disease.</span></div>
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WARRIOR, STAND TALL. One of the main characters seeks to be healed from
something he considers a defilement, and an important part of the book rests on
his cleansing of himself by means of a cloth hung on a clootie tree. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
What would humanity be without myth, legend and superstitions? Love the history behind this one and how you incorporated into your story. What authors have influenced you most (not necessarily in the romance genre)?</span></b></span></div>
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For years, my writing “hero” was Vladimir Nabokov. To this day, I am captivated
by his ability to use the English language the way a concert pianist uses a
Steinway—and yet English was a foreign language for him. My God.</span></div>
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Pulitzer author Michael Chabon, another wordsmith who blows me away by his
agile ability with the language, and by the barely concealed ripples of both
angst and comedy under the surface of his work. I have a contemporary favorite,
actually a new friend whose pen name is Nya Rawlyns. Her writing is often as
raw and chilling as her gritty characters. Yet she, like my other heroes, is
a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>master of poetic language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
Great "heros" to emulate, Erin. What are the elements of a great romance for you?</span></b></span></div>
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As they are for probably most readers, I consider two compelling lovers the
single most important element. Beyond the characters lie the setting, the
story,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the symbols. Last but critical
for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>me is the writing itself: words,
texture, cadence. The internal music.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
Oh, love the last sentence. Words that create internal music to the reader. Love it. What’s your strongest point as a writer?</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
I think it’s my ability to invent very unusual characters who seem to jump off
the pages. I’m talking not just the main characters, but many of the secondary
ones as well. Some of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>them still walk
through my dreams and even sometimes sneak up on me in quiet moments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The odd thing about all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>my characters is that not one of them has ever been based—in any way at
all—on a real person. They have all sprung from my brain like Athene from the
brain of Zeus. Pretty strange.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
I understand completely. I like my characters to be different and not based on anyone I know. Makes them original. What genre would you like to try writing in, but haven’t yet done so? Why?</span></b></span></div>
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I would like to try adult fantasy, leaning perhaps into the paranormal. I
haven’t tried it because I simply haven’t gotten around to it yet. I’ve done YA
fantasy, historical, erotica and romance, and I’ve mixed in comedy and mystery.
So the paranormal is bound to come soon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
It will come to you and probably when you least expect it. If your muse were to talk behind your back, what secrets would he/she tell?</span></b></span></div>
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She is definitely a woman, and (being a damn gossip) she would tell you that I
am a perfectionist, a hedonist, a poet, a musician, an artist and a lover of
language. She would tell you that I am a frustrated astronomer, physicist,
martial artist, opera singer and calligrapher in the Chinese style. She would
tell you that I crave uniqueness and beauty in every aspect of my life, but
that I find it mainly in the act of writing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN:
You sound creative in more aspects than the obvious one of writing. A Renaissance Woman, perhaps? What is the last line of your last WIP you worked on that you wrote?</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the last lines of my WiP called
HEART TO HART, a MM comedy-fantasy-romance-mystery about a roustabout horny
Irishman and his flat-mate, a surly and veddy proper gentleman in a 1920s
fantasy Dublin. Both are private investigators only vaguely in the mold of
Holmes and Watson.</span></div>
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smiled and put his mouth next to Michael’s ear. “Maybe, love. But don’t hold
your breath. Now get some sleep.”</span></i></div>
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Ooooh, sexy. Like it. Will you show us a little of your writing?</span></b></span></div>
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I’d like to give you a brief excerpt from one of my Irish historical erotica
romances. Titled FIRE & SILK, it tells the story of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flann O’Conall, a brusque mountain man, son
of a king; and the woman he cannot seem to run away from, a fiery Iberian
virgin named Mariana.</span></div>
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people crash and clash, desire and despise, when his fire meets her silk.</i></span></div>
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Mariana, they find themselves alone together in the dawn, at the river, where
each has separately sought the cleansing water. They attempt to unravel the
misunderstanding between them. The woman, upset, runs from him. As happens
several times in the book, he ends up teaching Mariana about the physical
aspects of love. It will be up to Mariana later to teach him the emotional
side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then she was running for the trees, and Flann was running
right behind her. She stopped at the foot of the giant oak and turned her face
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Lady, ah, senhorita. What did I say to hurt ye?” His hand
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not turning to look at him, she shook her head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“I think…ye’ve not known a man.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“I know several men.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“I mean, senhorita, in an intimate way. Flesh to flesh.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Whatever makes you think that?” Flann heard the anger in
her voice. He reached out and took her shoulder, very gently, and turned her
around. He held her little oval face between his large hands and searched her
eyes. They seemed to him like the dark sky, throwing lightning, angry and
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Why’re ye angry?” he asked. “Do not be angry.” He bent his
head and captured her lips as he had the night they met. But this time, he did
not gnaw and bite at them. He covered her mouth with his, slowly, and he began
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Oh,” he said. “Oh, God, Mariana,” he said into her mouth, and
she opened it just enough for him to put his tongue inside very softly and
slowly. He moved and searched, and then he felt her mouth seize his tongue and
begin to suck. And this time when he thrust, it was so gentle that he was
surprised at his own restraint. In and out, while her tongue stroked his own
and his groin ached for her. And yet he stood somewhat apart, not letting their
thighs touch at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She broke away from him and turned to run. But he took her
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<span style="font-size: large;">She stood rock still while he turned her around and searched
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Not here. Not yet. I–I need time—”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was crying silent tears that ran into her bruised mouth.
He gently kissed them away, and she did not struggle. “Yes. I promise.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She walked one step toward him, and he met her, this time
sweeping her close to his taut body. He knew his <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Italic","serif";">bod
</span>was raging under his tight britches, that she would be frightened. As he
pressed against her he kissed her again, running his tongue over her wide lips,
then sucking her bottom lip while the passion rose to a peak. At last, when he
was spent, he still pressed her close so that she would feel the sudden
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<span style="font-size: large;">“D’ye see?” he whispered. “A man cannot help how his passions
seize his body. He has no control at all. God makes him wear his desire on the
outside.”</span></div>
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us where to find you so the readers can get some more: website(s), publisher’s page(s), blog(s), Facebook
page(s), etc. List them all!</span></b></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;">Erin’s Blogs:<span> </span><a href="http://erinsromance.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #000099;">Gaelic
Spirit</span></a><span> </span><a href="http://romancemanlove.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #000099;">The Man
in Romance </span></a><span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;">Erin’s Historical Romances: <a href="http://www.bookstrand.com/erin-oquinn"><span style="color: #000099;">SirenBookstrand</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;"></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;">Erin’s Contemporary MM Romances:<span> </span><a href="http://amzn.to/TDp4KV"><span style="color: #000099; letter-spacing: 0pt;">Noble, Nevada on Amazon</span></a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;"><a href="http://amberquill.com/AmberAllure/TheChase.html"><i><span style="color: #000099;">The Chase</span></i><span style="color: #000099;"> on Amber Allure</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;"></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;"><a href="http://about.me/caylith3"><span style="color: #000099;">about me: all works</span></a><span> </span><a href="http://about.me/Maninromance/%23"><span style="color: #000099;">about me:<span> </span>MM
novels</span></a><span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bonita.franks?ref=tn_tnmn"><span style="color: #000099;">Facebook</span></a><span>
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/dawnofireland"><span style="color: #000099; line-height: 90%;">Twitter</span></a><span> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/erinoquinn"><span style="color: #000099;">Amazon
Author Page</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; line-height: 90%;">FB<span> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/eroticawritersandreadersgroup"><span style="color: #000099;">Erotica Writers & Readers</span></a> group founder.
You’re invited to apply.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.55pt; line-height: 90%;">Here are the links to<i>
Fire & Silk</i>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.55pt; line-height: 90%;"><a href="http://amzn.to/P6jZtn"><span style="color: #000099;">http://amzn.to/P6jZtn</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.55pt; line-height: 90%;"><a href="http://www.bookstrand.com/fire-silk"><span style="color: #000099;">http://www.bookstrand.com/fire-silk</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.55pt; line-height: 90%;"><a href="http://askdavid.com/reviews/book/erotic-romance/3005"><span style="color: #000099;">http://askdavid.com/reviews/book/erotic-romance/3005</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">CYN: Thanks! Anything
else you’d like to add?</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Erin:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.55pt; line-height: 90%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
Just a brief bio. Originally from a small town in the high desert of Nevada, I
earned a BA (English) and MA (Comp. Lit.) from the University of Southern
California. After marrying a USAF small arms instructor, I sold Volvos and
Saabs under the trees in Germany, and I’ve done everything from teaching
English to hauling pallets for a big-box garden center. My husband and I live
outside a small town in Central Texas with two Macs and four snotty cats.</span></div>
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Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-34766764210113108642013-02-01T10:50:00.001-05:002013-02-01T10:50:59.810-05:00RELEASE DAY!!!!<big>TODAY IS RELEASE DAY!!!</big> <big>This is the second episode
of The Misadventures of Dick Grewcock. Although the title indicates a Valentine, the story only takes
place then. All the episodes take place during a holiday and each successive "adventure". Next one
is around July 4th and fireworks explode with the zombies in town! Stay tuned.</big><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>Richard “Dick” Grewcock
is a fledgling vampire, turned by choice on Halloween Night.
He’s a computer
geek, thirty-two years old, and thinks vampires are handsome,
powerful, and
have women falling over them—everything he’s not. Problem is,
after he turns he
doesn’t get any of those qualities. On Christmas he got the
girlfriend of his
wishes, and weeks later his new life takes a turn.</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>Valentine’s Day he
meets with his maker and is made an offer he can’t refuse, but
he has a date
planned with his girlfriend.</big></span></div>
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<big><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>Noelle St. Nicholas is
Dick’s new girlfriend, and a little geeky too, they seem to
be a perfect match.
She plans a night her boyfriend won’t soon forget, but he
tells her something
she can’t forgive.</big></span></big></div>
<big>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>On his second adventure
to find love, Dick Grewcock gets a Valentine surprise he won’t
soon forget.</big></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big><big><br />
STORY
EXCERPT:<br />
</big></big></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Dick, Dick, Dick,
you’ve been a naughty boy, haven’t you? C’mon and calm down.
We can fix this.
First, you have to stop erasing her memory and be a true vamp.
Tell her the
truth. Be her master. Then, I want you to bring her to me and
let me check her
out. We can set this right.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“You sure?”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Positive, my boy. I’ll
take care of you if you take care of me. Fix my computers and
I’ll put Noelle
back into working order.”</big></span></div>
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<big><big><big><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>She’s
not broken, like a car needing a tune-up. Geez!</big></span></i></big><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>
“Yes, sir. How about bringing her by tomorrow night?”</big></span></big></big></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Hmm, I can do that.
But remember, don’t do anymore mind erasing. Resist, my dear
Dick. Remember you
can do it. Now if that’s it, I have another appointment.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Okay.” Dick stood and
reached his hand over the desk to thank his sire.</big></span></div>
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<big><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>Vlad stood and placed
his cold mitt in Dick’s.</big> <big>“Ah, does my Dick feel
better now?”</big></span></big></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>Huh?</big></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>
The question gave him pause. <i>No, he didn’t mean that the
way it sounded.</i>
Dick changed the subject. “So, Master Vlad when do you want me
to start on the
computers?”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Tonight, of course.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Really? But, I need to
quit my day job, and I’m busy tonight. I have a Valentine’s
date with Noelle,
remember?”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Hmm, that’s right you
did say today is Valentine’s. Well, I was counting on you. I
need to move on
this immediately. I hate down time in my businesses.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“I can’t give Noelle a
call first? I have reservations at a nice restaurant and can’t
change my
plans.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“All I need you to do
is find me the best hardware and software system then network
all of them back
to my computer. As long as I’m up and running by the end of
the week I’ll be
happy. You can have your romantic date with Noelle, and then
work on it when
she’s asleep or is she an insomniac who stays up all night? If
she is, you
might have a problem working for me.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“No, she sleeps
normally. I guess I could start tonight after our dinner. And,
sir, the end of
the week is in two days. You want this done for seven stores
in two days?”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Oh my, how this week
has flown by. The days and nights all blur into one for me
lately. Insomnia is
such a bitch. I have trust in you, Dick. Plus you’re
industrious and can make
it work. That’s why I hired you, but I’ll give you a few extra
days because I
like you.” Vlad paused and bit his bottom lip.</big> <big>“Hmm,
I wonder if vamps can
suffer old age symptoms. You know like, dementia or inability
to sleep. And
this,” he said as he grabbed his stomach and squeezed the skin
through his
shirt. “Do you think I’m fat? Look. I think I’ve gained a few
extra pounds
around the middle.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Um, I don’t know. I
haven’t been doing this vamp thing for very long. You look
fine to me, by the
way.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Hmm, you’re right.”
Vlad turned to the side facing Dick. The older vamp pushed
aside his leather
duster coat with one hand and the other hand he placed over
his abdomen. Arched
his back slightly, he let out a breath, extending his stomach,
sucked in the
muscles, then back again.</big> <big>After a couple more
times repeating the in and out of
his belly, he glanced back at Dick. “Be honest, I can take it.</big></span><big><big><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></big><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>Do you think I’m
getting fat?”</big></span></big></div>
<big>
</big>
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<big><big><big><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>Holy crap!</big> <big>I’m
damned
if I do or not. Maybe cutting back on the ice cream
might help.</big></span></i></big></big></big><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
<big>“No, I don’t think you look fat, sir. You…you look
fabulous. As always. Hell, I
wished I looked as good as you. You’re one reason I wanted to
become a
vampire.” Not really, well maybe, but Dick had to tell a
little lie because he
recognized no way he’d win this argument with Master Vlad.</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Really?” Vlad’s voice
squealed a couple octaves higher, piercing Dick’s ears.</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>For a moment the
younger vampire reconsidered his decision to take the position
with Vamps ‘R
Us, but at this point, he couldn’t back out. The offer was
made and accepted,
and in the Master’s world that meant a contract had been
sealed. Dick took a
deep breath and forced a smile.</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Where was I? Oh, yes.
I almost forgot.”</big> <big>The master walked to his desk,
retrieved a file folder, and
then leaned across the desktop, outstretching his hand with
the folder. “This
is for you. Everything you need to know. Addresses, phone
numbers, store
managers’ names, all concerning the properties I’ve purchased.
If you can think
of anything I’ve forgotten, please let me know.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Sure thing. I’ll get
right on this.” Dick turned to leave, but stopped abruptly
when the cold chill
of Vlad’s hand came to rest on his shoulder.</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Oh, one more thing, my
boy. When you stop by Tina’s desk to make an appointment to
come in with
Noelle, let her show you one of the offices down the hall. You
can pick where
you want. She’s so good at welcoming my new employees and can
get you set up
with everything you need.”</big> <big>Dick felt the chillier
breath of his maker near his
ear. The soft whisper sent chills down Dick’s spine. “Just
don’t mention
anything about her fingernails. She’s very sensitive about
them for some reason.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“Okay, no problem.”</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>“No seriously. The last
guy that came to work for me said something about how he
thought they were
weird with the multi-colors of polish and sharp as needles.”
He paused. “Well,
anyhoo, he doesn’t work here any longer.” Vlad patted Dick on
the shoulder
again and walked toward the door.</big></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><big>Dick swallowed hard.
“Anything else you should tell me, sir?”</big></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Welcome to the my crib Kennedy! This is short and sweet, so take it away and show us what you brought for us today . . .</b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thanks for having me. </b><b>Roman started as a personal challenge, writing on
the fly, 2-3 chapters per week and posting them blog style, never
completely sure where the characters and the story would take me. As the
project gathered fans (some rabid and very supportive) and a life of
its own, I found that sweet spot where creativity and energy found
synergy.<br />I hope you like the outcome. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Roman
(Saints and Sinners) by Kennedy Streath</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: YA, paranormal, romance,
fallen angels</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Benedict Nowak bailed on his
marriage, taking his son with him but leaving behind his five year old
daughter. He had his reasons. He had no idea they’d come back to haunt him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">TJ Nowak had come to terms with the
mother she despised, making those small concessions that made life bearable.
But Eleanore’s death changed everything.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her brother, Anton, was the parent
missing in TJ’s life, until he found a calling in violence, and left his sister
at the mercy of shrinks and a mother with ice in her veins.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roman Rincon was the juvie rescued
by Father Marcus and placed in the care of Benedict Nowak. With his records
sealed, no one knew what happened that fateful night when Roman was only
fourteen. All Father Marcus knew was the boy had confessed to a crime not even
the cops would talk about.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the small coal mining town of
Montville, two teens whose lives have been shattered beyond repair must find a
way cope … with school, with each other, with growing up marked as broken in a
town dying under the weight of secrets and lies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Warned off having anything to do
with Roman, TJ is all too willing to agree, except for one little thing. The
young man lives in the apartment above her father’s car repair business.
Avoiding him will be a problem, wanting to will be almost impossible.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">As for Roman, he will take his
secret to the grave, no matter what the cost.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Forced into making decisions no young girl should ever make,
TJ must deal with her conflicted feelings for a mother who cared only for her
career and a father who turned his back on his responsibilities. When TJ’s
mother dies, the teen must go live with a father who is a stranger, in a town
dying under the weight of poverty and ethnic divisions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">TJ’s father, Benedict Nowak, has given Roman Rincon
sanctuary. Fresh out of three years in juvie, the only friend Roman has is
Father Marcus. The priest convinced the court to remand the troubled teen to
Benedict’s supervision. Roman has to keep his head down and his nose clean.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">This excerpt is the scene when TJ finally gets to meet the
elusive teen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Come on in,
Roman. I want you to meet...” Ben waved in her direction, “…my daughter, TJ.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">The teen stared,
eyes a flat obsidian, framed by impossibly long lashes, the thick brownish
black brows creased into a single, disapproving line. Deep set, those eyes were
all she could focus on, commanding her undivided attention.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ben rattled
on, “TJ stands for Theresa Jane…” </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Throat dry, TJ
mouthed a ‘hi’ but it died before her lips could form the word. To her surprise
her father wasn’t filling in the blanks like she might have expected, spilling
all her particulars. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">No … <i>her mother just passed. I’m all she has. Well,
Tony also. But Tony’s gone, back to his unit. She’ll be going to the high
school. We’ll see the prin—</i></span></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instead he’d
turned back to his task, shoulders rigid with tension. TJ wondered why. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">But then she
looked closer at the man hiding behind a boy’s lean and lanky frame, at the
sharp planes of his high cheekbones, the cruel set to lips just on the edge of
full, a hint of a dimple offset by the tilt of his head that spoke to defiance
and self-sufficiency. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">The hoodie
masked all but his face. Short sideburns shadowed by the fleece suggested raven
dark hair. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he wore it long, perhaps in a tail. He
wasn’t as tall as her father or Tony, maybe five eleven, but she’d thought him
bigger the way he commanded a room, like he’d emptied it of air and filled it
with his presence, something physical … and something not. That <i>something</i> seemed to hover in the air
currents, leaving her feeling like cannon fodder in a bad horror movie.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">She felt the
catch in her lungs, the sensation of menace, but refused to look away. She knew
all about turf wars from her mother: the legal kind with briefs and a quick
wit, the other with self-actualization on each side of a tennis court, the
advantage always Eleanore. Mostly she knew about negotiating. About trade-offs.
Being bought. Staying out of the way. Rigging the balance sheet so losses
looked less like failure and more like incremental skirmishes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eleanore
cooked the legal ledgers to get what she wanted. TJ leaned toward a slightly
different interpretation but both had understood a zero sum game.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roman had that
very special knowledge also. But one thing about him was different: he needed
no one, he feared nothing. Of that she was one hundred percent sure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">When he turned
away and left without a word, she and Ben breathed a sigh of relief.</span></span></div>
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Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-15387211469842170222013-01-04T00:00:00.000-05:002013-01-04T00:00:06.986-05:00SECRET CRAVINGS PUBLISHING 2nd YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">A Life Lived in the
Past, A Present Life Lived in a Lie, One Woman in Love With Two Men, A Destiny
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starting from the distant past to present day—New York and Paris, to an
archaeological dig site in Egypt, and to Surrey, U.K. Layla McKenna discovers a
life lived before and accepts her destiny to live with two men who intertwine
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><b>ADULT EXCERPT:</b> (Set-up -- Layla and Jake are in the sauna of the hotel they're staying in <b>Cairo, Egypt</b>, after their gym workout.)</span></span></span></div>
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neck, licking and flicking his tongue from the back of her earlobe down to the
hollow of her shoulders. She smelled the manly sweat from his workout and felt
the morning stubble of his beard. Being early morning, she thought he probably
was the type who didn’t shave until after his workout and shower. Prickly
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dangled over the edge of the lower bench and the other leg bent at her knee,
leaning against the upper bench. He knelt down close and again urged her to
keep her eyes closed. His hands gently moved down her arms to rest along the
sides of her achingly swollen breasts, cupping them in the palms of his hands.
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cleft of her breasts down her belly to the navel. She took in a deep breath. He
drank the small amount of moisture which pooled in her navel, a sensation she
never experienced before—erotic and provocative. The hot steam, mixed with her
perspiration tickled the sensitive skin. She put her hands on his shoulders and
shifted position by lifting and parting her legs. She ached for him and wanted
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Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-76343925076215898852013-01-02T00:00:00.000-05:002013-01-02T00:00:09.623-05:00NAUGHTY NEW YEARS BLOGHOP<h2>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">A new year has begun and we're recouping from the busy Holiday Season! Whew! So for fun I'm participating in this start the New Year off with a bang blog hop. Over 200 participants, authors and bloggers, are offering giveaways as well one main Grand Prize from all those who comment! See below for my giveaway.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, how are you planning on spending this coming year? I'll probably be reading and writing, and of course on the naughty side. Since I primarily write erotic, bordering on the erotica side. Last year had me busy, busy mainly writing and had a total of six stories released. Some were full-length and continuations to a couple of series, and a few shorter ones. Signed a couple contracts for a seven-book series (to be written under a pen name because the contemporary BDSM theme is strong and doesn't include vampires like the ones under Cynthia Arsuaga) and another for a five book serial of shorts. So, 2013 into 2014 will be very busy again for me. My resolution is just to get through the deadlines of writing and editing AND keep sane.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two grand
prizes will be given away and both are provided by the host, Skye Warren, and every
comment along the hop will automatically be entered into the "hat" to win a grand
prize.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A $100 Gift Card to sexy fun online shop EdenFantasys</b></span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">First I would like to thank Cynthia for having me back so
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Granny Dickson had a world view that was a complete mix
of realism and superstition. She died when I was seventeen but I never forgot
her superstitions which were mixed in with a realistic outlook on life coming
from having been brought up in Glasgow in the 20s. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her first husband was killed in the Second World War and her
two year old daughter died of meningitis some time later.<span> </span>Then she met my Papa.<span> </span>She seems to have had a happy life with him
and she had two daughters (my mother and my aunt) both of whom had good
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">But it is the new year celebrations that always brought out
her superstitious nature.<span> </span>Granny loved
New Year.<span> </span>But woe betide you if you even
considered wishing her a Happy New Year before the bells. (In Scotland we used
to wait on the bells from Big Ben in London sounding on the radio). It was
terribly bad luck.<span> </span>Generally if a Scot
sees you on Hogmanay, they'll say “have a good one when it comes.” Not in my
Granny's hearing we didn't.<span> </span>You just
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then there was the thing with the calendar. You daren't put
a calendar up before the bells.<span> </span>This was
also bad luck.<span> </span>It's a tradition I have
kept to.<span> </span>I won't put my 2013 calendar up
until after midnight on January the first. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Scotland it is the tradition to be first footed by a
tall, dark, handsome man bearing gifts.<span>
</span>Thus the first person through the door on New Year's day had to fit that
description.<span> </span>Luckily for Granny, my aunt
had married a tall dark-haired man. My poor dad, being just 5 foot 8, didn't
quite cut the mustard.<span> </span>So at 11.58pm on
Hogmanay, Uncle Harry was sent out the back door of the house with the dog, a
box of shortbread and a bottle of whisky.<span>
</span>It was his job to walk around the block and come in the front door and
first foot us. In all those years, I suspect Uncle Harry never heard the
midnight chimes of Big Ben at midnight on Hogmanay. </span></span>
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I miss my Granny's new year celebrations.<span>
</span>She's the only person I know of who drank red Martini. And she always
gave us a snowball (advocaat and lemonade) to bring in the new year. If I tell
someone to have a good one when it comes this Hogmanay, I will be able to feel
her disapproval.<span> </span>It's tangible to me. </span></span></div>
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If you want to read about a traditional but slightly different Hogmanay, with
another tall, dark handsome stranger, Highland Hogmanay is now available at <a href="http://pinkpetalbooks.com/Highland-Hogmany-by-Krystal-Brookes.html">http://pinkpetalbooks.com/Highland-Hogmany-by-Krystal-Brookes.html</a>.
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
week between Christmas and New Year is always dreary and for single mum of two
small children, Isla, it's doubly so. A toddler throwing a tantrum and an
over-inquisitive four year old are stressing her out. The broken carrier bag
spilling her shopping out in the wet street is the final straw. But handsome
Mark Ferguson turns up out of the blue to help her.<br />
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The New Year may be looking up, until she finds out that Mark owns one of the
biggest computing firms in the USA. Can they make a long distance relationship
work and can Mark stop trying to make their relationship into a business
venture? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“Well I see you worked out how to put on the shirt. I suppose
that’s something,” said Isla as she walked over the threshold of Mark's cottage
and stamped the snow off her Wellington boots. She pulled them off and removed
her coat before following him into the living area. The curtains were closed
and the kilt outfit was lying over one of the leather chairs.</span><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“Even I
can manage a shirt,” he groused.</span></span></span></div>
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first things first. If you really have Scottish blood in you, you need to take
the boxers off.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“No,
you’re not taking them off and are therefore proving yourself to be a soft
Yankee, or no, you’re too shy to take your breeks off in front of me.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“Pants or
underpants—it kind of depends. In this instance, we are definitely discussing
underpants.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“I’m not
taking them off in front of you.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“I
thought we were leading up to sleeping together. You did have your hand inside
my pants last night. Mark, you are single, aren’t you?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“Of
course! Do you think I would cheat on someone else? I’m not your ex, Isla.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“I know.
It was just when I told my friend about you, she asked whether you were single
and I had to confess that I hadn’t actually asked and had just presumed.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“You
presumed right,” he said as he cupped her face. He touched his lips gently to
hers and kissed until she opened to him. Then he slanted his mouth, pressing
his tongue into her mouth. She moved closer, snaking her arms around his neck
as he claimed her butt with his hands.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
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rocked gently against her, he began to harden. She kissed him harder, plunging
her tongue in and out of his mouth in time with her leg, which she was now
rubbing up and down his thigh. She wanted to lift her skirt and let him take
her, there and then, over the back of the sofa. But she also wanted to wait until
New Year. It seemed appropriate to let this year finish, complete with its
problems, and start a new year with someone new—even if it was just a short
fling. Besides, if they had sex, she’d never want to go back to the party and
he’d never see his relatives to first foot them.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">She moved
her hands round to his collar and started to undo the buttons.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“Isla, do
we have time?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">She
planted light kisses on his neck, causing him to dig his fingers deeper into
her butt.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“I’m just
relieving your tension,” she said into the wall of muscle that was his chest.
She only had a couple more buttons to go as she licked around one of his
nipples. Her hands nudged the top of his erection, and he groaned. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“Believe
me, honey. This ain’t relieving anything. I want to carry you upstairs right
now and make love to you all night, until you can’t walk.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">“How terribly
romantic.” She pulled his boxers down with one swift movement and clasped his
long, thick cock in her fist.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Website – </span><a href="http://krystalbrookes.com/"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">http://krystalbrookes.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Blog: </span><a href="http://krystalbrookes.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">http://krystalbrookes.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KrystalBrookes"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">https://www.facebook.com/KrystalBrookes</span></a><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/KrystalBrookes"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">https://twitter.com/KrystalBrookes</span></a><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Tumblr: </span><a href="http://krystalbrookes.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">http://krystalbrookes.tumblr.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Goodreads: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5779760.Krystal_Brookes"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5779760.Krystal_Brookes</span></a><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><span style="color: purple;"><i>Thanks again for stopping by <span style="font-size: large;">Krystal! Hope to see you again soon. </span></i></span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An easy and fun way of winning an ebook
bundle from twelve different authors. You have to leave comments on all
12 blogs to be entered into the grand prize drawing. You can also win a package from me as well, and all you have to do is answer the following question. I will draw a winner randomly and then your name will be entered for the Grand Prize Package. You can't win, if you don't leave a comment.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Christmas
Eve. Jennifer Perkins needs the perfect gift for Sir and time is running out.
Tough economic times have put a drain on her bank account, but she’s determined
to give her lover something special. Short on cash, she sells a treasure, plus
more than she bargained. Love—more precious than diamonds and gold.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Christmas
Eve. Chris Bryant needs the perfect present for his live-in submissive, Angel,
and he can’t wait until tomorrow. He may have lost his job of choice, but the
New Year looks promising. Tonight is the night to make a change. The gift has
to be extraordinary, and the only way is to give up his prized possession.
Love—more precious than objects.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The two
lovers are wrapped in a world beyond their control. Selflessness is the
ultimate gift of love—one relinquishes a valued treasure, the other sells part
of themselves for the special gift.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Grand Prize winner will also receive a gift box from <b><i>Swiss Colony</i></b> along with the 12 books! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(something similar)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">winner announced 12/24</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.toryrichards.com/"><b>Tory Richards</b></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://crisansonspassions.blogspot.com/?zx=3559339e98f12514">Cris Anson</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.fionamcgier.com/index.html">Fiona McGier</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://sandrasookoo.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/tory-richards-twelve-books-of-christmas-giveaway/">Sandra Sookoo</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.naomibellina.com/blog.html">Naomi Bellina</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.vintagevonnie.blogspot.com/">Vonnie Davis</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://lilyharlem.blogspot.co.uk/">Lily Harlem</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://karenstivali.com/">Karen Stivali</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.lynnemarshall.com/blog">Lynne Marshall</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://romanticwordsbycynthia.blogspot.com/">Cynthia Arsuaga</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://tarynelliott.com/"><b>Taryn Elliot</b></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.karennacolcroft.com/blogotica/">Karenna Colcroft</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><b><u>BOOK BUNDLE for GRAND PRIZE</u></b></b></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Creatures-Of-The-Night-ebook/dp/B008A80DPQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349309015&sr=8-1&keywords=naomi+bellina"><b>Naomi Bellina</b></a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Meant-To-Be-ebook/dp/B0092GWS0S/ref=la_B005KWSFGO_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1349304433&sr=1-4"><b>Karen Stivali</b></a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.toryrichards.com/"><b>Tory Richards</b></a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://tarynelliott.com/">Taryn Elliot</a></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.vintagevonnie.blogspot.com/"><b>Vonnie Davis</b></a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.lilyharlem.com/">Lily Harlem</a></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Amber Kallyn’s Birthday Bash. We’ve
got some great giveaways for you to win!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the holidays, but not necessarily having my birthday
fall smack dab in the middle of them, LOL. But this year, I’d like to do
something special for my readers. Over 25 authors and bloggers have come together
to celebrate my 24th birthday (I won’t mention how many years I’ve
turned 24 again ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have some wonderful prizes, and all you have to do is
leave a comment at the participating blogs to win. Easy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">And don’t forget, <a href="http://amberkallyn.com/books/heart-of-a-vampire-series-prn/">Bloodstorm
(Heart of a Vampire, Book 1)</a> is currently <b>free</b> right now for an
early present : )</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">One commenter will win their choice of a <b><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-simple-touch-with-glowlight-barnes-noble/1108046469?ean=9781400501717">NOOK
Simple Touch™ with GlowLight</a> </b><b>or a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OZNZG0/ref=ms_sbrspot_3?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=1395862942&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000750701&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0QHYV6YZ7TQ77M5B0JAW">Kindle
Paperwhite</a> (Up</b><b> to $140 value)</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ebooks</b> from the following Authors</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paloma
Beck (Coming Home,
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jami
Grey (Shadow’s
Edge and Shadow’s Soul, <span style="font-size: large;"></span>Urban <span style="font-size: large;">f</span>antasy)</span></span></div>
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Jelic (Paranormal
romance)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Christine
Fairchild (An Eye For Danger, romantic suspense)</span></span></div>
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Lanouette (If I Fail, Mystery)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sylvia
Hubbard (5 Ebooks)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kenra
Daniels (Safe Heart and
Kassern, Paranormal romance)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">A $40 <b>Gift card</b> to either Amazon or B&N</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
contest is open from Dec 19th to Saturday the 22nd. Hop to all the blogs. The
winner will be chosen from the commenters on all participating blogs. Leave a
comment at each blog for additional entries to win. That simple : ) Winner will
be drawn on Sunday the 23rd.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Enjoy
meeting new authors and book bloggers, and good luck on winning the Birthday
Bash Prizes.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://romanticwordsbycynthia.blogspot.com/?zx=a37b77d89b4dbb62">Cynthia
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Cynthia Arsuagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14757295354973375737noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117518578514632928.post-24812653037363541512012-12-14T06:00:00.000-05:002012-12-14T06:00:07.838-05:00HOLIDAY GIFTS OF LOVE BLOG HOP<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's
a Happy Holiday from your favorite Authors and Bloggers. While we know
everyone celebrates a different way, we wanted to make sure that you
guys knew how much we treasure you all. So from Dec 14th to Dec 17th,
all 200 or so of us will be blogging about the holidays and what they
mean to us. We may talk about our favorite holiday traditions, recipes,
gifts, reads, heroes, and so much more. We want to hear about what you
do for the holidays, what you read, and who you'll spend it with. We
hope to see you here and happy hopping!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">And
while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over
200 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But that's not all....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">THREE</span> </b>grand
prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email
address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now what are those prizes?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2nd Grand Prize: A $200 Amazon or B&N Gift Card</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3rd
Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+
bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">E</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>verything but the swag prize is international.</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span> </b></div>
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<br /><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do the holidays mean to you? To me, it is family and especially for the little ones. Faith, peace and love all the way. I grew up in a large family and we'd get together with extended family during this time as well. Now that my mom and dad are no longer here, and my siblings are spread across the country, time is mainly spent with the immediate family. Since my daughter and her daughter (my granddaughter who is 8 years old), we concentrate our efforts on the little one. We have a nice breakfast and then later a hearty dinner. We deviated a couple years ago and took a trip to London, U.K. for a week and that was a blast, although a bit cold. Larrna, the little one, had a very memorable time and two years later still talks about the trip. Maybe one day will do something that extravagant again, but this year we'll spend another quiet time enjoying the day watching movies and eating good food.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now for some fun! I'm giving away a PDF of each of my Christmas stories, one from last year and this year's. <i>A Gift of Love</i> and <i>A Vampire's First Christmas</i> can both be yours b<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">y commenting below and <span style="font-size: large;">answering the following question:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is one of your holiday traditions, if you have any?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Drawing will be by Random.com and announced the next day after the blog ends.</b> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Remember you can't be entered into the Grand P<span style="font-size: large;">rize Drawing<span style="font-size: large;"> unless you comment</span>. </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span></span>SO PLEASE WRITE IN
YOUR POST TO COMMENT WITH <span style="font-size: large;">YOUR</span> EMAIL ADDRESS!!!!</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Good luck and<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">Happy Holidays</span>!!!</span></b></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have Flame Arden in my crib today and she's going to share a little about herself and Sweet Talk us. Oooh, sounds yummy. So let's get started and remember to give some love at the end. Take it away Flame. Sweet-Talk Me. Please.</span></i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I grew up in the deep South where honey
opens doors. Everyone sweet-talks, even total strangers. It's expected of them.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>My California-raised granddaughter once relocated
to Augusta, Georgia. The first time she entered the local Walmart the greeter asked,
<i>"You want a buggy, honey?"</i> and,
unaccustomed to such familiarity, she almost walked out again. Within weeks, she
was calling everybody honey, too.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span>Collins Thesaurus of the English
Language</span></u><span> - Complete and Unabridged 2<sup>nd</sup>
Edition. 2002 ©Harper Collins Publishers 1995, 2002 lists persuade, coax,
beguile, flatter, tempt, mislead, maneuver, seduce, entice, dupe, cajole, chat
up, wheedle, palaver, inveigle, soft-soap and blandish under sweet-talk.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Wow! No wonder a woman has second
thoughts when endearments flow off a man's tongue like water flows over a waterfall.</span></span></span></div>
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to be flattered, chatted up, and sometimes even seduced. Just listen to the cacophony
of disparate voices raised in a singles bar.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>The question is: How soon should your
characters' small talk turn to sweet-talk if you want the conversation to lead
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sweet nothings. <span> </span>He should complement the
heroine, make her laugh, and then capitalize on that intimate connection. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Nick St. Clair, the hero of <b>Christmas Eve</b>, released today by
Evernight Publishing, grew up in Texas, but sweet-talk does not come easy to
this wealthy Las Vegas businessman until he meets Eve Adohr. Something about
the innocent-looking woman he thinks is a call girl makes Nick want to care for
and protect her, feelings he's never before experienced, and calling her
sweetheart seems the most natural thing in the world. Small talk soon becomes
sweet-nothings whispered on the dance floor, then moves from sweet-talk to
pillow-talk behind closed doors, a natural progression Eve accepts to ease her
loneliness on Christmas Eve. Nick is smooth. Nick is suave, every woman's
fantasy and a true romantic to boot.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Here's
a blurb:</span></b><span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In
a blinding snowstorm on <b>Christmas Eve</b>,
the jaded owner of a posh Las Vegas casino mistakes the stranded real estate
agent at his door for the classy call girl he's expecting to heat up his
holiday. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Passions
ignite. Eve has learned men believe bedding her the most direct route to her
wealth. Nick's female companions always want the keys to his Ferrari and to his
safe deposit box, never to his heart, so he distrusts the entire lot and
expects to simply walk away unscathed when his brief time with Eve ends.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Neither
expects to give marriage a try, but hearts have a way of going where cautious
souls refuse, and after screwing their heads off for six days and nights Nick
and Eve discover without love their former lives were little more than empty
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span>Finally.</span></i><span>
Nick St. Clair took one last look around. Everything seemed in order. <i>Don't let your irritation at your hired
date's tardiness show. She might have a reasonable excuse for being late.</i> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Straightening the lapels of his hip-length
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provided minimal warmth but kept him decent.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"I'm sorry to disturb you," the
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"Don't just stand there." Nick
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"Thanks." After a slight
hesitation, the woman stepped gracefully inside. Ice crystals clung to the fine
wool scarf wrapped loosely around her neck, and to her stylish boots. She was
all bundled up in a long coat, but Nick's mind's eye had no difficulty
sketching what he hoped was hidden underneath. </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>The lady wore <i>far </i>too many clothes.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"I'm afraid my boots are wet." She
glanced first at him. His welcoming smile seemed to stun her. She stared at her
boots. "Where would you like me to stand?"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"By the fire." Nick indicated the
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desire to bed an icicle. He wasn't <i>that </i>desperate.
<i>Yet.</i></span></span></span></div>
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a patch of melting ice. Sex-deprived man that he was, his living room suddenly
felt too warm. Things were looking up.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"I've been busy on the computer,"
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>A soft-looking, hooded leather coat covered
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>To his surprise, the unknown whetted his
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"No."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"That won't be necessary," she
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span>Out</span></i><span>?
Was this some sort of sex game played to excite him?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Unusual eyes, those. Emeralds, flecked with
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"... my car slid in the ditch next
door," she added, drawing his thoughts from what treasures her long coat
might hide. "I wouldn't bother you, but this mountain seems to be out of
my cell phone's service area and I wondered if I might use your phone to call
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</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Flame Arden talks like a
well-bred Southern lady. Nothing could be further from the truth. She claims to
write sex scenes with squirm factor. You be the judge as she opens the boudoir
door to one-man, one-woman relationships and gives you a glimpse inside. A
happy and lasting marriage has prepared Flame to write sizzling love scenes,
and she doesn't disappoint.</span><span></span><span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flame hangs out here:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.flamearden.com/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.flamearden.com/index.html</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.flamearden.com/page4.html" target="_blank">http://www.flamearden.com/page4.html</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://twitter.com/FlameArden">http://twitter.com/FlameArden</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can download <b>Christmas Eve </b>here:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.evernightpublishing.com/flame-arden/" target="_blank">http://www.evernightpublishing.com/flame-arden/</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or from your favorite eBook store</span></span></div>
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Thanks for stopping by today Flame! Remember everyone, leave some love below.
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