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LaVerne Thompson, author of the Children of the Waves Series
I am an award winning, bestselling, multi-published author, an avid reader and a writer of contemporary, fantasy, and sci/fi sensual romances with interracial characters. I also write romantic suspense and new adult under the pen name Ursula Sinclair my alter ego who likes her relationships a little more complicated.
Rosanna Leo, author of the Gemini Island Shifters Series
Rosanna Leo is a multi-published author with Samhain Publishing and Liquid Silver Books who lives and breathes romance. Several of her books about Greek gods, selkies and shape shifters have been named Night Owl Romance and Two Lips Recommended Reads. When not writing, she can be found haunting dusty library stacks or planning her next star-crossed love affair. Born and bred in Toronto, Canada, Rosanna loves hearing from her readers.
Stephanie Burke, multi-published author of over 40 titles
Stephanie is a multi-published multi award-winning wife and mother of two whose unparalleled imagination causes her no end of trouble.
From sex shifting shape-shifting dragons to undersea worlds, up to sexually confused elemental fey and homo erotic mysteries, all the way to pastel challenged urban sprites, Stephanie has done it all, and hopes to do more.
Stephanie an Orator on her favorite subject of writing and world building, a sometimes teacher when you feed her enough coffee and donuts, an anime nut, a costumer, and a frequent guest of various sci-fi and writing cons where she can be found leading panel discussions or researching more and varied legends and theories to improve her writing skills.
Stephanie is known for her love of the outrageous, strong female characters, believable worlds, male characters filled with depth, and interracial that make the reader sit up and take notice.
My name is Pachet (Pa-Shay), I am a daughter, a sister, a mother and soon to be wife. I used to think that THESE were the only titles that I would bear for the rest of my blessed days here on Earth, however, the Lord has shown me my purpose.
I am a lover of many things including but not limited to ice cream, coffee, Japanese culture, Kung Fu movies, comic books, jazz music and did I mention coffee? I am also a lover of creativity.
I want to inspire, motivate and empower others to tap into their innovation and thus continue the cycle of inspiration, motivation and empowerment.
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Let’s celebrate rock n’ roll and rhythm & blues!
This Friday, March 21st, ROCK STAR LOVER from the Carnal Dairies Series, will be released! I would like to invite all readers and fellow authors to come and celebrate with me at my FB cyber launch party.
Bring your favorite rock star and R&B images, as well as some naughty excerpts from your favorite rock star novels. Come ready to rock, baby!
**Warning** Those who are faint of heart should wait by the door, because it’s going to get HAWT. 😉
I will randomly choose 2 Goodreads’ readers to receive a free copy of Rock Star Lover, and also an autographed print copy of the interracial romance, Designing Love.
Click here to add ROCK STAR LOVER to your Goodreads’ list. –> 
Hey there, fellow readers! Time to announce the winners for the Winter Giveaway! I’m so excited.
I was taken off guard by how many right answers I received to the questions for the giveaway. It’s clear I underestimated how many readers knew details of the Dragon Queen Series. *grin* And that made me very, very happy.
Here are the questions and the answers:
The Demon Realm
Katsumi
Wolf
Andausians. I would have also accepted Battle Angels.
Indigo Price & Dominique Morosov
Now to announce the winners!
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest. Your support is greatly appreciated.
The next contest giveaway is in February.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Hey there, readers, bloggers and fellow authors! I hope everyone is keeping warm during this arctic blast season. Brrr….
Last week, I announced the release date for Shifting Darkness, the 4th installment of the Dragon Queen Series. The release date was based on personal affairs and of course my birthday. *grin* Well, due to some good news and changes in my life, I’ve moved the release date up to the 20th of December, Friday. Yey!
So it will be available on Amazon sooner rather than later.
This also means the giveaway dates will be moved up. This Friday, which happens to be Friday the 13th, I will post 5 questions pertaining to the Dragon Queen Series. CLICK HERE to get the details of the Winter Giveaway. On the release date for Shifting Darkness, I will announce the first 3 readers who got the questions right. 😀
Don’t miss out on your chance to win!
Happy Friday!
It’s an exciting day because I get to announce my house winner for the Trick or Treat Giveaway!
I must say I met some great people during this contest and I even got to chat with a few readers. That was the highlight of this contest for me. I wish I could choose you all to win, but my house mistress—Sam Cheever, told me I could only choose one.
I wrote the names of each contestant on strips of paper and put them all in a Trick or Treat bowl. After shuffling them up, I allowed my little ninja assassin to choose a name from the pile.
And the name he chose was…
*throwing confetti in the air* YEEEYYYYY!
Congratulations, Mrs. Peterson! I am super happy for you.
Now all you have to do is email me your winner’s choices, and your email addy.
You will receive Seducing the Jackal by Seressia Glass
You have the winner’s choice of Naughty Sins of a Saint, OR Addicted In Cold Blood by Tiana Laveen
AND you have the winner’s choice of Silent Screams, Shadows & Dust OR Scarlet Moon by yours truly, Yvonne Nicolas 😉
ALSO, you are in the running to win the grand prize basket, which is an assortment of:
Congratulations again, Mrs. Peterson. It was a pleasure chatting with you.
Hey there, winners! I hope everyone’s having a fabulous weekend so far.
Check out what you could win at the Sam Cheever Trick or Treat Halloween Giveaway; the bestselling novel by the very talented Tiana Laveen, Naughty Sins of a Saint.
I don’t know about you, but that title alone speaks to me in naughty ways. 😉
Dr. Saint Aknaten is anything but ordinary. From his unique ethnic makeup, the product of a North Korean mother and Egyptian father, to his career as a sex therapist and public speaker, his life is filled with excitement, tragedy, oddities, and lust-filled company. He hails from New York City, but his influence doesn’t stop there. Saint is internationally known. Toggling between holistic ideologies and gritty X-rated teachings, he captures male audiences everywhere as he preaches his controversial, racially driven philosophy – that all non-Black men should pursue Black women. Regardless of his magnetic ability to attract droves of women wherever he steps foot, Saint is desperately on the hunt for just one whom he has pet-named his “goddess.” His search comes to an unanticipated end as he conducts an interview with the outspoken and beautiful radio personality, Xenia Donnellson, an air-waves sensation from Los Angeles. Making Xenia see things his way becomes a challenge that he is more than willing to accept. Xenia succumbs to the hypnotic charms of Saint’s addictive essence, but not without invisible nemeses hanging in the wind, waiting for a chance to strike. Saint will do anything and everything to protect his “queen” including confronting his suppressed fear that he possesses unwanted psychic abilities. Can Saint overcome all and finally obtain the peace he has long sought after? Only time will tell.
Xenia rolled her eyes. “That’s my other issue with you and this brief time together. You’re always on the freakin’ phone. You told me this weekend would be just you and me. You said I’d have this time to get to know you better, and we could do whatever I wanted. You’re too busy for a damn relationship! This is ludicrous. I know you’re busy, and hell, so am I, but…”
“Shhh!” Saint waved her off, looking perturbed, causing his thick, dark eyebrows to bunch up . “Hey, T-Rex, can you do me a favor? Where can I get a marriage certificate this time of night?”
“What the hell?” Xenia said as she stood up. Everyone turned around and looked at her. She smiled and waved as embarrassment spread across her face. “Just conducting an interview, everyone.” She sat back down and covered her face with her hand.
“OK, thanks. Meet me back at the hotel in twenty,” Saint said to T-Rex before putting his phone away and standing up. “Let’s go. ” Xenia stood up and followed him outside to the waiting car.
“Saint, we aren’t getting married. It’s bad enough that I agreed to a relationship with someone I barely know, but I’m doing it, and now you’ve gone and lost your mind again. Well, you can’t lose something that is already gone, but you get my point!” she snapped. Saint picked her up and put her in the car , slamming the door after he got in behind her.
“Yeah, Mason, take us back to the hotel please. I need to meet T -Rex there.” Saint pulled out his phone again, ignoring Xenia.
“Why isn’t T-Rex with you all the time? What’s the point of having a bodyguard when he’s asleep in a hotel room half the time? He has the easiest job ever,” Xenia gaffed.
“I don’t want him with me all the time, especially when I’m on a date. It’s not his doing, it’s my choice,” Saint said as he dialed another number. He held the phone to his ear as Xenia began a new line of complaints about his constant calling.
“Hey, Raphael, what are you doing?” he asked as he lie down across Xenia’s lap. His jet-black hair contrasted beautifully against her short white skirt. She looked down at him and became silent. The beauty of his flawless skin and masculinity temporarily quieted her as he held onto her knee cap . His long legs stretched across the seat. “Hey, I’m getting married tonight,” Saint said to Raphael.
“That’s interesting to hear,” Xenia interrupted, “because the person you’re supposedly marrying didn’t agree to it, nor was she asked!” Mason laughed but quickly caught himself. Saint continued to ignore her.
“Right, so remember that place we saw with the really nice rings , ‘Madison’s’ I believe it was called? I want to run by there again, but I want you to go with me. Oh, I don’t know, hold on.” Saint placed the phone away from his ear and looked at Xenia’s hands. “She looks about a size five. I know that you would’ve liked for me to get the rings from your place, but I’m in a hurry. Trust and believe, I’ll get the rest of her stuff from you. Yeah, I’m pretty sure she’s a size five.”
“You could just ask me! I’m sitting right here!” she yelled, pushing her knees up trying to get Saint off her lap. He tried everything in his power to keep from laughing, as he held onto her bucking legs. Mason finally pulled up to the hotel. Saint jumped out with Xenia quickly running behind him.
Saint took Xenia by the hand and stood with her by the hotel door. “Baby , I want to marry you . I know I didn’t ask you the traditional way, and I know this is going really fast. You can have your dream wedding later, I promise, but I want you to know that I’m coming back for you and that I’m serious. I’m so in love with you, Xenia. Will you marry me tonight – please?” Saint squeezed her hands together.
Xenia’s heart said ‘yes,’ but her mind said ‘Hell no. Dude is a hot mess.’ Her body said “Hell yes!”
Hey there, fellow bloggers and readers!
It’s now time for the Trick or Treat giveaway. 😉 There are some wonderful authors joining me on this Trick or Treat adventure.
Before filling you in on the fantastic prizes, let me tell you how to play.
Just choose an item from my goodie bag list below, send me a message on my Facebook Fan Page with your selection. Then move onto the next author on the street.
***Please take some time to look around at each site. Some of the authors will be providing fun tidbits and free stories for your reading pleasure! If an author looks like someone you’d like to read, consider signing up for his/her newsletter.***
On Halloween night at Midnight, I’ll choose a winner from the emails sent to me and send the names to the fabulous Sam Cheever, the grand house keeper. 🙂 On November 1st, Sam will choose two winners from those 13 “house” winners who will each win a Grand Prize basket.
So you could be a double winner! Whoo-whoo!! 😀
The grand prize baskets will include an assortment of the following.
The person who wins at my house will get these Halloween goodies:
Rules:
You can only take one trip down the street and you must be at least 18 years of age to play!
(Note: this contest is for US contestants only.) Sorry. 😦
Now that we’ve got the rules out of the way, let’s have some fun!
Select from my goodie bag below and send me a note to tell me what you picked!
Read this spooky passage from Scarlet Moon Book 2 of the Dragon Queen Series and answer the question at the end.
For as long as she could remember, the water demon tribe despised her kind. In the war between good and evil, the finned creatures were neutral, not leaning toward either side. At least that’s what she’d been told as a child.
Regardless, they still held their dislike for the dark side.
She couldn’t blame them for that really. The water demons were known to be peaceful creatures. However, she’d never met one who didn’t try to viciously take her life.
In that moment, a thought came to her. If she could rile the water demon soldiers, just a little… they would lash out and destroy Doshar as soon as he stepped foot onto the beach.
But will I lose my life in the process?
Glancing back at the portal, Imrie eased toward the shore. The tiny granular rocks gently dug into her knees and palms as she crawled closer to the beckoning waters.
Doshar hadn’t come through the gateway yet. Foolish warlock. Instead of focusing his energy on inflicting pain on her, he should’ve allowed her to heal him. Traveling through the portal would be all the more damaging to his injuries.
This might just be to her advantage, because it would take him a while to pass through.
Only inches from the sparkling ocean, she placed her trembling hand over the waters. The shift of the wind paused. There was no movement or sound. The reflection of reddened moon glared at her from the still surface. She gulped back the lump in her throat and tapped the unwavering water with a single finger.
A gentle ripple spread out and multiplied into spiraling rings across the ocean’s plain.
In the midst of the serene moment, a scaly hand shot out of the water and latched onto her wrist.
She shrieked and tried to jerk back.
The creature only tightened its biting grip. Her flesh painfully seared beneath its scales. A lashing stream of water vaulted from the surface and coiled tightly around her neck, relinquishing her healing power.
What was liquid felt like a thousand tiny blades slicing through her jugular. The fresh outpour of her blood spilling into the sand assaulted her senses and sent a rush of panic through her. Constantly digging into her flesh, the razor-like water whip severed her arteries. If she turned her head to either side, it would come completely off, and that would be end of her.
Truly, this wasn’t one of her brightest schemes.
“Please,” she gasped. She went limp, refusing to struggle against the watery restraint. To do so would only increase the pain.
Three heads emerged from the water at nose level. Large black fins splashed wildly behind them. Luminous droplets rolled off bright golden hair as six angry eyes, the color of onyx, peered at her.
In a harmonious unison, three masculine voices shattered the shelter of her mind. “You dare disturb the great domain of Arna.”
This wasn’t their normal behavior. They’d never spoken to her before.
“Dear warriors, I am parched, and I only wish to take a drink of your purifying water.”
“Lies! You attempt to use us as pawns to rid you of your mate. You will die along with him, Hargist.”
Sheeki! She squeezed her eyes shut and braced for the attack that would surely end her life. Seconds passed and none came. Deep murmurings drifted around her. Hesitant, she opened one eye, and then the other.
The soldiers were gathered together, staring at her palm with their eyes stretched in wonder.
What are the creatures who attacked Imrie?
If you know the answer, send me a message on my Facebook Fan Page inbox with your selection and move onto the NEXT HOUSE ON THE STREET.
Follow my blog for special treats during the contest, and to find out if you are the winner. 😉
Happy Halloween, my lovelies!
Yeah, I know. I kept you guys waiting.
Well, wait no more!
It’s time to announce the winner of the Fall into Romance Blog Hop Giveaway.
The winner is…
Yeeyyy!
Congrats, Michelle! You get winner’s choice from 4 amazing authors, including me, and an Amazon gift card.
Each author will send you the novel of your choice.
All you have to do is send me an FB message with your choices and I will relay it to the authors.
Thank you to everyone who participated! My next blog hop giveaway will be around Halloween. It’s going to be like a huge Halloween party with some fabulous authors. I can hardly wait. I’ll keep you posted on when the hop begins, so stay tuned in to this blog. 😉
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