tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42503204376135413242024-03-13T19:00:31.675-04:00Savannah LeighSavannah Leigh Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03492531721814960498noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250320437613541324.post-81328221904072375592014-06-21T07:55:00.003-04:002014-06-21T07:55:44.470-04:00Author Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My newest book, Wedding Dreams, is going to be available soon in all formats. This is the combination of With This Ring and I Thee Wed. There is no new content in this book but I thought it would be easier and more cost effective to have the novella and novel in one paperback. It will also be available in ebook.<br />
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I am working on a brand new series called the Strength Series. I hope that the first book will be published in the early Fall 2014.<br />
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Thank you for your continued support of my books. It means the world to me that I have such wonderful and patient readers! If you're in Tennessee or North Carolina in July, or Kentucky/West Virginia or Indiana in November, come by and see me at one of the book signing events. I would love to meet you in person!<br />
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“She fell off the swing from way up high. I saw it all. She landed on her face and says her arms hurt. She needs a doctor.” With a flurry of movement, several more adults surrounded. But my eyes kept going back to the boy’s. They were my safe place.<br />
“What’s your name?” I asked, my breath coming out in gasps while the pain throbbed in my arms and chest.<br />
“Francisco Javier. Yours?”<br />
“Harlie,” I said. His hand smoothed my hair back and told me I’d be all right.<br />
“Listen, here comes the ambulance. See, you’ll be just fine. They’ll take you to the hospital and get you fixed up.” And I replayed his words over and over as they hauled me off to the emergency room and put a cast on both of my arms.<br />
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Her blonde hair hung in two braids out of her straw hat. She wore a black T-shirt and a pair of painted on jeans with a pair of very worn, light brown cowboy boots. She looked beautiful and more mature. The lines on her face were more defined and less baby-like.<br />
“My job.” She flicked her blue eyes up and I saw the moisture in them.<br />
“Well, your job is done. Go home, there’s no need for you to come back either. I’m home now.” So much anger was built up inside me, and I just so happened to throw it at this poor innocent girl that did not deserve it at all. However, I couldn’t find it in me to stop.<br />
“Hey, she’s more than welcome here. You can’t just come home after four years and boss us around.” Came the voice of my sister, Lupita, from behind me. She was the same age as Harlie, a year younger than me. They were thick as thieves since they started Kindergarten together.<br />
“Fine.” I moved toward Whiskey, grabbed the curry brushes from Harlie’s hands, and stepped between her and my gelding. “There’s no need for her to be touching my horse.”<br />
“You know, you’re an ungrateful jerk! She’s been here almost everyday since you’ve been gone taking care–”<br />
“Lupita, come on, let’s go.” Harlie didn’t let her finish speaking and grabbed her by the arm leading her toward the main house.
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Jennifer Garcia’s (aka Forbes Arnone) home until she was sixteen was a small coastal town near Boston. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and two dogs.
Her lifelong love for reading and writing was put aside for many years while she made her way in the world and nurtured her young family. Even though she is older, and life never seems to settle, she’s finding her way while attending college full-time in pursuit of a B.A. in English Literature. She also runs a business, and is still caring for her family. Believing she can do it all, with the help of her family, she worked on her first novel during the late hours of the night while balancing the rest of her life during the day. Her hard work paid off, as her first novel, My Mr. Manny, was published in August 2013 and her first novella, In My Mother's Footsteps, was published July 2013.
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In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AM46H74/?tag=angelaws-20">Shadow Bound</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wraith-Angel-Lawson/dp/1469992833/?tag=angelaws-20">Wraith</a> readers met Jane Watts. Seventeen and scared. Her classmates thought she was a freak and her best friend was a ghost. With the help of the school's resident bad boy, Connor Jacobs, she found a way to find a balance between the living in the dead, while almost losing her own life.
In Shadow Bound Jane found herself with both a real life boyfriend and best friend, but struggled with the weight of her family "gift." As she learned more about her abilities the more she encountered the dark side of death--and what it does to the people you love.
On February 18th the Wraith Series comes to a gripping end.<br />
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Strong.
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These aren’t the words Jane ever expected to use to describe herself, but in the years since she first began seeing ghosts things have changed. A lot. Jane has spent the last two years losing one person after the other. Both dead and alive. But this year things will be different. She’s entering her freshman year of art school, rooming with her best friend Ava and has a new boyfriend. Oh, and she’s no longer afraid that she’s Shadow Bound with a direct connection to ghosts. In fact, she’s learned to use her abilities for her benefit.
Jane soon discovers she can’t walk away from her past. The wounds from her battle with Charlotte are deep and no matter what she tells herself, the break up with Connor weighs heavy on her heart. Balancing these emotions prove to be a weakness for her and Jane finds herself in a fight against the most dangerous spirits she’s encountered yet.
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Grave Possession
The buzzing razor grazed over my ear, sending vibrations across my scalp, down to my jaw. Each pass felt like a weight being lifted.<br />
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Ava smiled from the chair next to mine, swiveling back and forth. When the next hunk of hair fell to the ground, she gave me a thumbs up. I smiled back nervously, hoping her encouragement was a good thing because I wasn’t facing the mirror and, really, why did I even think this was a good idea?<br />
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“It looks awesome,” Ava said the minute the razor snapped off. “Seriously.”<br />
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“It really does,” the stylist said. “Ready?”<br />
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“Yes,” I said. They couldn’t see my hands under the cape. They were latched to the arms of the chair, fighting off the panic, because holy crap, what had I done?<br />
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She spun my chair toward the mirror on the wall and I got the first look of my new hairstyle.<br />
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“Isn’t it amazing?” Ava asked. She stood and ran her fingers over the short-clipped hair over my ears. The rest of my hair had been pulled back in a ponytail, giving the appearance of a mohawk.<br />
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I turned my head back and forth to get the best view. I wanted something different and I got it. My hair had grown out over the last two years, since I’d cut it off in a fit of anxiety and panic. It now hung down past my shoulders to the middle of my back, but I wanted something new. Something to start off the next phase of my life.<br />
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“You look badass.” Ava’s face popped into the mirror. “Perfect for college.”<br />
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I broke into a grin, turning my head side to side, checking out the new look. The new me. “Freshman year is gonna rock.”<br />
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Phase two involved hot pink hair dye. Just a couple of streaks down the back. Ava left after the bleaching process, leaving me with four copies of <i>People</i> magazine and a lot of questions about who, exactly, picked the Sexiest Man Alive.<br />
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“Five minutes,” Suzie the hairdresser said, pulling the domed hair dryer over my head. She left me alone in the drying area, a room painted neon green. Everything had a sickly glow.<br />
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A shadow crossed the front window and I looked up in time to see the woman pass by again. It was her third attempt to come inside, but she obviously hadn’t gotten the hang of it yet. I lifted the dryer, ceasing the dull roar of air and said, “Suzie, do you mind if I step outside for some fresh air?”<br />
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“I will.”<br />
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I pushed open the glass door and found her waiting. A faint blue light radiated from the crown of her graying hair like a halo. Blue. Safe, but disappointing.<br />
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“Follow me,” I said to the woman, leading her around the side of the building. “I only have a minute. What’s the problem?”<br />
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She stepped forward and I held up my hand. “Don’t come any closer or I’ll leave and won’t help you. Just tell me what’s wrong.”<br />
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Helping the woman only took a couple of minutes now that I had a system.
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<li>Always stay in public. It’s better to look crazy than dead.</li>
<li>Almost all information can be found quickly on a smart phone. I no longer needed to go home to help these people pass over.</li>
<li>Never make personal attachments to ghosts. I was no longer allowing them to hurt me emotionally or otherwise.</li>
<li>Take my payment in full.</li>
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“You need to let go,” I told her. “It’s okay. The cancer finally won.”<br />
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“But I never got to see my grandbaby. Did my daughter have her? Is she okay?”<br />
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Ah. I glanced at my phone and went against my gut.<br />
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“Look, I never read the obituaries. It’s too depressing. But I’ll read the names of the survivors and you let me know if it’s there, okay?”<br />
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Hope lit in her faded eyes and she nodded.<br />
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“Survived by her two sons, Robert and James, and their wives—“<br />
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“It’s my daughter,” she repeated. I skipped ahead.<br />
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“One daughter, Karen, age 29, and her three granddaughters, Macy, Ariana and Bridget.”<br />
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“Bridget. That’s her.”<br />
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“Great,” I said, pushing the phone back in my pocket. “It’s time for you to move on.”<br />
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“Thank you.”<br />
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“Just one thing,” I said. “Take my hand.”<br />
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“What?” she asked, staring at my hand in confusion.<br />
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“Take it,” I said, thrusting it toward her.<br />
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Tentatively she placed her hand on mine and a surge of energy rushed through my limbs, filling the darkness and pushing the cold that had settled in my bones last year. The relief would be fleeting, but the small hit would hold me over until I could find something more substantial later.<br />
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I re-entered the salon and found Suzie waiting for me. She checked her watch. “Don’t blame me if your hair falls out,” she said.<br />
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“I won’t.” I settled into the swiveling chair, cheeks rosy in the mirror. “Let’s do this.”
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Angel Lawson lives with her family in Atlanta and has a lifelong obsession with creating fiction from reality, either with paint or words. On a typical day you can find her writing, reading, plotting her escape from the zombie apocalypse and trying to get the glitter out from under her nails.
She is the author of five books, including the Wraith Series, Serial Summer, FanGirl, and Vigilant. She is the co-author of the New Adult Paranormal book, Odin's Murder with Kira Gold. She has one other New Adult title, No Regrets, under the pen name Lila Atkinson.
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*Grave Possession will be released on February 18th with a one week price of 2.99. This special price is for all of my great readers and supporters over the last three years! The price will go up (and stay) at 3.99 on February 25th.
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A Piece of Cake - a sweet romance by T.M. Franklin</h2>
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Emily Valentine is a matchmaker who doesn’t believe in love.<br />
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Well, at least not the hearts and flowers, see-your-soulmate-across-a-crowded-room-and-the-world-stands-still kind of love. No, Emily is a pragmatist – a scientist – and she’s abandoned her family’s tradition of matchmaking based on instinct and uncanny intuition for a more scientific approach to pairing people up.<br />
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Emily believes love is more about compatibility and common interests than anything mystical.<br />
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But a run-of-the-mill job turns her world on end when swoony cake designer Sam Cavanaugh pops up as a potential match for her newest client. The attraction she feels for him throws a wrench in her plans, but she’s not going to succumb without a fight.<br />
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Emily is nothing if not practical. And reasonable. But she’s about to learn that sometimes the best things in life…are neither.</div>
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T.M. Franklin started out her career writing non-fiction in a television newsroom. Graduating with a B.A. in Communications specializing in broadcast journalism and production, she worked for nine years as a major market television news producer, and garnered two regional Emmy Awards, before she resigned to be a full-time mom and part-time freelance writer. Her first published novel, <i>MORE</i>, was born during National Novel Writing month, a challenge to write a novel in thirty days. <i>MORE </i>was well-received, being selected as a finalist in the 2013 Kindle Book Review Best Indie Book Awards, as well as winning the Suspense/Thriller division of the Blogger Book Fair Reader’s Choice Awards.<br />
In addition to <i>MORE</i> and its sequel, <i>The Guardians</i>, Franklin penned the Amazon best-selling short story, <i>Window</i>, as well as another short story, <i>A Piece of Cake</i>, which appears in the <i>Romantic Interludes</i> anthology. Her next novel will be Franklin’s first love story without a paranormal or fantasy elements, although she believes love is the best kind of magic.<br />
<i>TWELVE, </i>the final installment in the <i>MORE Trilogy</i> will be released in the fall of 2014.<br />
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Savannah Leigh Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03492531721814960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250320437613541324.post-43637454324683448322014-02-14T11:58:00.001-05:002014-02-14T11:58:28.548-05:00Stupid Cupid by Sydney Logan<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span id="freeText9750581047936046585">Jada Morgan hates Valentine’s Day, which is ironic, considering she's a writer for a greeting card company. She meets Nathan Reynolds, one of the company’s new graphic artists, and they bond over their mutual hatred for all things Cupid while working on designs for this year’s marketing campaign. As they grow closer, Jada learns Nathan is a single father, and she quickly becomes attached to him and his little girl. When it’s time for the company’s holiday party, Jada assumes she and Nathan will attend together, not realizing he already has a date for the event. Has Stupid Cupid broken her heart once again? A heartfelt story about love, family, and second chances.</span></span>
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<i>Eros is the god of love, but he has never experienced the emotion himself—despite his inexplicable fascination with a beautiful young mortal woman, Psyche. When one of his golden arrows strikes Psyche instead of its intended target, he whisks her away to Olympus, to save her from the fate of falling in love with the next man she sees. Psyche is terrified when she wakes blindfolded, in a strange realm, in the company of an oddly compelling man who claims to be a Greek god. What happens when the blindfold finally comes off?</i></blockquote>
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<br />“What I have told you is the truth,” he said finally. “I am Eros, and you are on Mount Olympus.”<br /><br />“But that’s only a myth!” Psyche protested.<br /><br />“Apparently not.” Eros sounded amused.<br /><br />“Go on. Tell me the rest of it, why I’m here.”<br /><br />“Your friend was fated to fall in love with a man she met at the mall. But I missed when I fired my arrow at her and it hit you instead.”<br /><br />Psyche blinked. “Does that … um … happen often?”<br /><br />“No. It’s the first time I’ve ever missed.” She heard frustration sharpen the puzzled note in his voice.<br /><br />“What does that have to do with why I’m here?”<br /><br />“Because you were hit by the arrow, you would fall in love with the next man you saw, no matter who he was.”<br /><br /><i>So, that explains the blindfold</i>, she thought.<br /><br />“I couldn’t let that happen to you. I’m trying to find a way to undo the enchantment.”<br /><br />“Have you found anything?”<br /><br />“Not yet. I’ve sent a message to my mother. If anyone will know, she will.”<br /><br />Psyche tried to remember. “Who is your mother?”<br /><br />“Aphrodite. My father is Ares.”<br /><br />It was Psyche’s turn to be amused. “Love and War?”<br /><br />“On occasion, they can be somewhat similar,” Eros said and Psyche laughed softly. It startled her because it was the first time she’d laughed since she was kidnapped.<br /><br /><br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8jN1qF_3DBA" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="560"></iframe></div>
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<b><i><a href="http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/134" target="_blank">Justin's Second Chance</a></i> by Sandi Layne</b></div>
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<i>Ten years ago, April Peterson asked her long-time crush and pen pal Lance Corporal Justin Clark for a date. Just a day spent alone together. Though he cared for her more than he had ever let on, he was still in shock after his first military deployment to Afghanistan, and responded in perhaps the worst possible way: He ignored her.</i></div>
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He didn’t know what it was, but something inside him threw caution to the winds. A coward dies a thousand deaths; a brave man dies but one. Was that how that quote went? She’d probably know, but he wasn’t going to ask her. “What I’d really like,” he began slowly, kneeling so that they were knee to knee and he could smell the slightly spicy scent of whatever it was she was wearing for perfume, “is something you asked of me once.”<br />
He saw her jaw tighten, saw the muscles in her throat move as she swallowed. “What?”<br />
“I’d like a day to spend with you. Just the two of us. We could share the long versions of our stories, maybe. I could give you a tour of D.C. Just one day.”<br />
“Justin...” Her lips parted, her breath caught, and she studied his face. He grew nervous, wondering what she was seeing. He felt all kinds of vulnerable, more than he felt when he’d been deployed in places far away and quite dangerous. “I’m not ready.”<br />
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“My husband died a year and a half ago, you know? And I, <i>we</i> moved out here for a fresh start. To get, to get away from...some things.” She slid his present to her back under the tree to rejoin the other gifts that waited patiently for tomorrow morning and the eager eyes of a little, red-haired girl. “I’m not ready to date yet, Justin, is what I’m trying to say.”<br />
“All right. How about being ready for a friend?” He offered her his hand.<br />
Slowly, she took it and he rose to his feet, pulling her up with him. “I could use a friend.”<br />
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<i>Emily Valentine is a matchmaker who doesn’t believe in love. Well, at least not the hearts and flowers, see-your-soulmate-across-a-crowded-room-and-the-world-stands-still kind of love. No, Emily is a pragmatist – a scientist – and she’s abandoned her family’s tradition of matchmaking based on instinct and uncanny intuition for a more scientific approach to pairing people up. Emily believes love is more about compatibility and common interests than anything mystical.</i><br />
<i>But a run-of-the-mill job turns her world on end when swoony cake designer Sam Cavanaugh pops up as a potential match for her newest client. The attraction she feels for him throws a wrench in her plans, but she’s not going to succumb without a fight.</i><br />
<i>Emily is nothing if not practical. And reasonable. But she’s about to learn that sometimes the best things in life…are neither.</i><br />
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“Want a bite?”<br />
Emily jumped at the sound of Sam’s voice, relaxing a bit when she saw him holding out a cupcake in the palm of his hand. He rolled his eyes at her suspicious look.<br />
“It’s just a cupcake,” he said, lifting it slightly to emphasize his words. “Well, I shouldn’t say <i>just</i>. It’s double-chocolate with salted caramel frosting, and it’s <i>incredible</i>, if I do say so myself.”<br />
Emily smirked. “Mighty sure of yourself.”<br />
“Definitely. At least when it comes to salted caramel frosting.” He grinned at her. “Go on, take it. I’m relatively certain one cupcake isn’t going to jeopardize your professional objectivity.”<br />
“I don’t know. It’s hard to be impartial about chocolate.” Was she flirting?<i></i><br />
“<i>Double</i> chocolate.” Was<i> he?</i><br />
“Even more so.” She looked away from his crinkling eyes, and stepped back to put some distance between them. He set the cupcake on top of the case, his smile fallen slightly. With a mental eye roll, she reached for the cupcake, feeling more than a little ridiculous about making such a big deal over an innocent conversation.<br />
“Thank you,” she said quietly, peeling back the paper. He watched her carefully as she took a small bite and licked a dab of frosting off her lips. She froze.<br />
“Holy crap,” she mumbled through the cupcake. Sam’s face broke into a smile.<br />
“Good?”<br />
Instead of answering, she took a bigger bite. The cake itself was dark and rich, moist and not too sweet, a perfect counterpoint to the sinfully rich ganache filling and the smooth, velvety frosting. A drizzle of caramel boosted the flavor to eleven on a one-to-ten scale, and Emily closed her eyes as she swallowed, barely stifling a moan of appreciation.<br />
She opened her eyes to find him watching her intently, his eyes focused on her lips.<br />
“This is incredible,” she said, a little breathless.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">His gaze snapped up to meet hers. “Thank you,” he rasped, the sound stirring something trembly within her.</span> </span><br />
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<b><i><a href="http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/135" target="_blank">Stupid Cupid</a></i></b> by Sydney Logan</div>
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<i>Jada Morgan hates Valentine’s Day, which is ironic, considering she's a writer for a greeting card company. She meets Nathan Reynolds, one of the company’s new graphic artists, and they bond over their mutual hatred for all things Cupid while working on designs for this year’s marketing campaign. As they grow closer, Jada learns Nathan is a single father, and she quickly becomes attached to him and his little girl. When it’s time for the company’s holiday party, Jada assumes she and Nathan will attend together, not realizing he already has a date for the event. Has Stupid Cupid broken her heart once again? A heartfelt story about love, family, and second chances.</i></blockquote>
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Savannah Leigh Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03492531721814960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250320437613541324.post-28750678524914132802014-02-02T10:53:00.000-05:002014-02-02T10:53:18.498-05:00Tales from the End by Lissa Bryan Sneak Peek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-End-All-Things-ebook/dp/B00B4ZK9QA/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2"><i>The End of All Things</i></a> comes a collection of short stories about the Infection that swept around the globe, decimating the population, and leaving behind a small number of survivors, unprepared to deal with the brutal new world which had replaced the one they'd known.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-End-All-Things-ebook/dp/B00B4ZK9QA/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2"><i>The End of All Things</i></a> told the story of Carly Daniels and Justin Thatcher's travels across a shattered nation in search of a safe place to settle, after the pandemic. But it was also a journey into love, and an affirmation of hope. Carly finds strength in her faith that things can be even better than they were before, that compassion and charity are not luxuries; they are what make us human. Life endures, and so does love. <i>The End of All Things</i> is only a beginning.<br />
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And now, <a href="http://www.lissabryan.com/">Lissa Bryan</a> gives us three new stories in <a href="http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/129"><i>Tales from the End</i>. </a><br />
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Two of them are an introduction new characters from the upcoming sequel to <i>The End of All Things</i>, and the other two are a visit with old friends.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Horsemen</b></span><br />
L.A.'s mayor has declared quarantine to try to halt the spread of the Infection. Pearl sets off across the city to buy supplies, but already the world is changing. Something strange is in the air. The Horsemen are coming ...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Veronica</b></span><br />
When Veronica's mother doesn't come home from work and no one answers the phone when she calls for help, a nine-year-old girl is thrown into the chaos of a world coming to an end. Veronica decides it's up to her to find her family. "Veronica" is the story of a little girl's courage in the face of the end of all things.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"</b></span><br />
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Tales of courage, tales of survival... <i><a href="http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/129">Tales from the End</a></i>.<br />
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Veronica made herself a bologna sandwich at lunchtime and ate it in front of the TV. The soap operas should be on now, but they were still showing the news. That guy her mom thought was so cute, Troy Cramer, was talking about how everyone was getting the flu. Lots of people were at the hospital, and they were closing schools in some places.<br />
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She put in another movie. By the time it was done, her mom should be home from work. She would tell Veronica that her car had broken down and she’d lost her cell phone or something, and be so proud of Veronica for taking care of herself. Or she would say that David had gotten sick, but it was a false alarm and everything was fine now. <br />
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Everything would be fine. <br />
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Five p.m. <i>Any minute now</i>. <br />
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Five thirty. Just traffic. Or David’s daycare teacher wanted to talk. <br />
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Veronica sobbed as she curled up on the couch, crying like she hadn’t cried in years. “I want my <i>mom</i>,” she told the empty room. <br />
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She wiped her face with her palms and went into the kitchen. It was unavoidable now. She had to call her dad. She couldn’t spend another night alone. As she dialed, she remembered a book she’d read last summer called <i>Pippi Longstocking</i>. It was about a little girl who lived all by herself, and when she’d read it, Veronica had thought about how much fun it would be to have Pippi’s big house and all of that freedom. But now, such a fate seemed horrifying. <br />
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Her dad’s phone rang. And rang. <br />
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His voice mail didn’t even pick up. She waited, because surely he’d see their number on the screen and pick up. He would pick up because she was letting it keep on ringing, and he’d realize it was something important when she didn’t hang up. <br />
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It kept on ringing. <br />
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Veronica thought she’d cried out all the tears she had, but she was wrong. She sobbed into the receiver, and those sobs turned into hiccups. She had to grab a paper towel from the counter to blow her nose, because she couldn’t breathe. <br />
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The phone stopped ringing, and a voice came on the line. Veronica sucked in a breath so fast she choked. She started crying again when it was just a recording saying that the other party wasn’t answering. Then there was just the hum of an empty line.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lissa-Bryan/e/B009N6CFTQ">Lissa Bryan</a> is an astronaut, renowned Kabuki actress, Olympic pole vault gold medalist, Iron Chef champion, and scientist who recently discovered the cure for athlete's foot.... though only in her head.<br />
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She is the author of two novels, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ghostwriter-Lissa-Bryan-ebook/dp/B009OMPM1C"><i>Ghostwriter</i></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Things-Lissa-Bryan-ebook/dp/B00B4ZK9QA"><i>The End of All Things</i></a>. Her third, <a href="http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/121"><i>Under These Restless Skies</i></a>, will be released on February 20, 2014.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Drew and Lily sitting in a tree (or a church garden)</span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">K-I-S-S-I-N-G (and then some)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">First comes sex</span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Then comes marriage</span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Then, well, we’re just not sure what comes next. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Lily Kramer accepted Drew Hamilton’s marriage proposal but it wasn’t a traditional proposal. He wants her to marry him so his mother, who has dementia, will know that he got married. Lily, an over-thirty wedding planner, doesn’t see any other offers of marriage in her future so she accepts. Now she has to plan a wedding that looks and feels like a real wedding, but isn’t. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Drew doesn’t want a relationship, but he wants it to look like he and Lily are married, including living together, so that everyone believes.</span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Will they be able to pull it off? Will Drew’s mother succumb to the dementia before the wedding? Will Lily be able to shield her heart and still have the wedding of her dreams?</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Savannah Leigh is a small-town girl with big city dreams. She has always had a love of romance novels and never thought she would actually be able to publish one of her own. Savannah is inspired by photos of shirtless men on the internet, hot actors in steamy scenes, and her own fantasies. A lover of wine and Bailey’s Irish Cream, Savannah enjoys spending time with friends and reading steamy novels.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drew and Lily sitting in a tree (or a church garden)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">K-I-S-S-I-N-G (and then some)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First comes sex</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then comes marriage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, well, we’re just not sure what comes next. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lily Kramer accepted Drew Hamilton’s marriage proposal but
it wasn’t a traditional proposal. He wants her to marry him so his mother, who
has dementia, will know that he got married. Lily, an over-thirty wedding
planner, doesn’t see any other offers of marriage in her future so she accepts.
Now she has to plan a wedding that looks and feels like a real wedding, but
isn’t. Drew doesn’t want a relationship,
but he wants it to look like he and Lily are married, including living
together, so that everyone believes.</span></div>
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to the dementia before the wedding? Will Lily be able to shield her heart and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Well, I’m here
now. What do you want to do?” I raise one eyebrow, hoping he’s thinking the
same thing I am. </span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I thought we’d
have a glass of wine on the back patio and talk. Then we can have dinner and
see where the night goes from there. How does that sound?”</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I try to hide my
disappointment at his plan. I was hoping to have him as an appetizer and go
from there. I can’t believe my sex drive is revved up after only being with
this man twice. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Sure, sounds
like a plan to me. What kind of wine do you have?” I’m not a wine expert, but I
know what I like. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I’ve got a Sauvignon
Blanc, Chardonnay or a Pinot. Is there one you prefer?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I’ll start with
the Chardonnay, please.” It’s my favorite, but I’m not going to tell him just
yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drew pours the
wine, takes my hand, and leads me out to the patio where he first proposed this
idea of marriage. I hadn’t taken the opportunity to admire the view the last
time I was here. If this is going to be my home, I think I should take a look
around. There’s the patio, which is covered over about six feet by a deck above.
The large grill and a patio table are on one side. Beyond the patio is a
beautiful in-ground pool with an infinity edge. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I love swimming pools.</i> On both sides of the pool are large grassy
areas that seem to go on forever. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I could get used to this.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> I shake my head
trying to clear my head. I shouldn’t be thinking like this when our
relationship is fake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drew pulls a
chair out from the table for me before sitting down. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Such a gentleman.</i> I smile at that thought, and when I look up he’s
staring.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“What?” I can’t
help but grin.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Nothing, just
that you have a beautiful smile.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Okay, my panties
are wet again. How is it he keeps doing this to me?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Um, thanks?”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drew smiles
again and I can feel my cheeks heat up. I’ve got to stop blushing in front of
him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“So, Lily, is
there anything in particular you’d like to do on your days off?”</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Oh, there are plenty of things I want to do</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">but I’m not sure I can say them out loud
right now.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Well, I haven’t
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something.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Monday? I thought
you had a wedding this weekend.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Nope. The bride
postponed due to a family emergency. I don’t have anything going on until
Monday, so . . .”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Wow, that’s
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">That statement
holds promise. I smile at Drew and try to convey my dirty thoughts with my
eyes.</span></div>
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novels and never thought she would actually be able to publish one of her own.
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Savannah Leigh Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03492531721814960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250320437613541324.post-25111748967489402612013-12-01T00:00:00.000-05:002013-12-01T00:19:27.536-05:00Sneak Peek Sunday with L.V. Lewis<div>
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Today's Sunday Sneak Peek is from L.V. Lewis. She's sharing her newest release, "Exit Strategy," the hotly anticipated follow-up to Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever. Be sure to enter her giveaway to win one of two Amazon gift cards, and a limited edition CD set of the audio version of Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever!
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Ex*it Strat*e*gy (noun) 1. A preplanned means of extricating oneself from a situation that is likely to become difficult or unpleasant. 2. The method by which a venture capitalist or business owner intends to get out of an investment that he or she has made in the past.Will Keisha and Tristan exercise their elaborate EXIT STRATEGY and end their unorthodox arrangement?Assailed by demons she thought she had conquered, Keisha Beale has uttered the words to end her tumultuous relationship with Tristan White. Separated, they grapple for a time with their personal demons. However, when their lives apart become unbearable, a credible threat brings them back together prematurely.As they seek to discover who is responsible for the threats, several seemingly unrelated incidents throw them into a tailspin. Will Keisha's youthful indiscretions or Tristan's un-reconciled feelings for an ex derail their tenuous arrangement?In the meantime, trouble in Nathan and Jada's paradise send dramatic ripples that hint of future difficulties in the idyllic pairing.<b>Nothing Ventured...</b>Tristan uses his vast wealth and connections to correct a gross miscarriage of justice, while Keisha makes herself utterly vulnerable to Tristan and fears he has chosen to exercise his own exit strategy.
<b>...Nothing Gained!</b>
Will this be the end of the indecent proposal that became a fairy tale? Or will Keisha and Tristan reveal the trauma from their pasts so they may heal and completely embrace their relationship?
Sensual, suspenseful, and still infused with the riotous levity of Triple-G and Fairy Hoochie Mama, the Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy departs from full parody with a distinctive take on love, loyalty, sacrifice, redemption, and acceptance.
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“Tell me again why you can’t stay?” he says as we stand in front of the elevator.
“Because it’s just not a good idea. And I don’t have anything to wear.”
“Actually, you do,” he says. “Mrs. Naven found some things in the laundry after you left. Problem solved.” He takes both my hands and backs up into the sitting room.
“Tristan, we still have some things to sort out. Tonight was great, but I still don’t think I’m cut out to be your submissive.”
“Just <i>my</i> submissive?”
I drop my head. “No. Anyone’s.”
“You’re afraid you’ll have panic attacks again, aren’t you?”
I feel like I’m about to be swallowed up by the sincere blue eyes tracking and pinning mine so effectively I can’t look away. “Yes. And I’m no use to you if I can’t endure the scenes, particularly the occasional disciplinary consequences.”
“What if there was a way you could?” His finger traces a gentle path down my cheek.
“What do you mean?”
“Just what I said. If there was a way we could work around the panic attacks, would you come back? For good?”
“You mean until you perfect your exit strategy? That’s what you venture capitalists call it, don’t you?”
“Ah, someone’s been paying attention at our semiannual business meetings?”
“I have a rather exacting mentor who insists on being heard.”
“Asshole,” he says and pulls me close.
I place my hands on his chest in an effort to sustain some emotional equilibrium, but he doesn’t let me go. “I’m the one who’ll be ass-out when you lose confidence in your investment and decide it’s time to diversify your portfolio again.”
“I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon, Keisha.” He draws me closer, palming my hips, and I get his point. Pun intended. “I can’t seem to get enough of you.”
I slip out of his arms and put some space between us. “Chemistry has never been an issue for us, Tristan. I know your lifestyle is important to you, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep up.”
The truth is, I’m hopelessly in love with a man who hasn’t given me any indication that he will ever want a real relationship. Nothing has changed on that front. He still just wants just a Dominant/submissive relationship, which might enjoy a longevity his other arrangements haven’t had, but it <i>will</i> eventually end.
Can I really do this? I certainly don’t think I’ll become any less in love with him over time. Reentering a sexual relationship with Tristan now would be exceedingly counterproductive to the reasons I left in the first place, but I am hard-pressed to make myself walk away again.
Tristan moves so close behind me that I can feel the warmth of his skin, his breath wafting over my ear as he speaks. “We’ll take things slow—again.”
He runs a finger along my arm, and gooseflesh sprouts like ivy in its wake. I feel a pull toward him that can only be described as magnetic—my body eager to be reunited to his. Even though it could conceivably be more painful for me this time around, I’m not sure if leaving him again is within the realm of possibility. I can’t rationalize staying, but leaving becomes increasingly more difficult with each second I remain in his presence.
I turn to face him. “Slow isn’t necessarily going to keep the attacks at bay.” Or guard my heart if he decides he’s done with me.
“We’ll figure out a way to do that together.” He takes me into his arms again. “These three weeks have been ... just please stay.”
I look into his eyes, and all I want to do at that moment is kiss him senseless. He may not have given me a declaration of love, but somehow I know this is as close as I’m going to get with a man like Tristan White. For now.
As an answer, I stand on my tiptoes, throw my arms around his neck, and kiss him with everything in me.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's Sunday Sneak Peek is from Sydney Logan. She's back with another holiday short story that is sure to put you in the holiday spirit. Be sure to enter her giveaway for an Amazon gift card and a handcrafted Christmas bracelet!</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There’s something really beautiful about my wife, and it is a quality that a lot of people never have the chance to witness. There is a certain look in her eyes and a particular expression on her face that lets you know she's made a decision, and you’re an idiot if you even try to stand in her way. I have seen her work her magic on stubborn clients, deadbeat dads, and arrogant attorneys. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Megan drops to her knees in front of the little boy, right there on the dirty ground.
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<span style="font-size: large;">“I also made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Justin loves them, and I always make a bunch extra. Do you like peanut butter and jelly?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Why don't you come home with us? You can help Justin eat his sandwiches, and later, we'll try to find your parents.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“I'll be okay.”</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Megan lowers her head, and for just a second, I worry that even my amazing wife has met her match. But then I hear her quiet sniffles, and Luke's face falls when he realizes she’s crying. </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">He steps closer to her. “Why are you crying, Megan?” </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">She lifts her head and gazes into the little boy's eyes. “Because I'm going to worry about you tonight. I'm afraid you'll be hungry and cold.” </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I hold my breath as he reaches for her, pressing his dirty little hand against her face. Megan doesn’t even flinch. </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">“I'll go home with you, Megan. Please don't cry.” Luke then looks up at me. “Can I bring my drum?” </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">“Of course you can.” </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Megan sighs with relief and rises to her feet. </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">With a smile as bright as the stars, the little boy takes my wife's hand. She takes mine, and the three of us walk out of the cold alleyway.</span>
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Matthew Andersen knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Cali Stanton. Since she came into his life just five months ago, his world had completely changed for the better. With everything in their lives finally coming together, he was determined to make their first Christmas a memorable one.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Turning
into the driveway of the townhouse they shared, Cali quietly made her way into
the house. He’d left the hall light on for her just like he usually did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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house had little touches of Christmas everywhere, but she’d mostly kept her
decorating frenzy to the living room. Matthew owned no Christmas decorations,
so what was now adorning their home consisted of a mixture of new and some
things she’d borrowed from her father’s house. He had enough Christmas
decorations to cover his house more than once and that was saying something
considering its size. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tiptoed into the kitchen, noticing that everything was clean and in its place.
After getting herself a drink of water, she turned off the light and walked up
the stairs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bedroom was dark, but she could see his outline as he lay in their bed asleep.
He was lying on his side, facing her, with his arm outstretched. If she had
been in bed with him right now, his arm would be around her waist, tucking her
into his side. It was his favorite way to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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walked across the room trying not to make any noise. As much as she’d love to
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slowly stripped off her work clothes and stepped into the shower. The warm
spray hit her full force, but she welcomed it. After a long shift, it eased the
ache in her muscles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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matter how quiet she tried to be so as not to wake Matthew, he slept so lightly
that she rarely held out much hope. Sure enough, less than two minutes after
turning on the shower, she heard the bathroom door open. Seconds later, warm
muscular arms circled her waist. “Welcome home,” he murmured against her
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OOxu1IetWvBNV7ax0C0jrdJtALfVzsRbvEw56arklNLr8pT3jtsFkI36wdgXbCLXrDUjMFO4FlWK1cJieRP4VpL7mLOexLg0HG0sjx-mGkiHmBWQ2KmFlQuatlxa4o-g0o24aBoK9TM/s1600/SherriHayes1802Crp+%25281%2529.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/AVvXsEi2OOxu1IetWvBNV7ax0C0jrdJtALfVzsRbvEw56arklNLr8pT3jtsFkI36wdgXbCLXrDUjMFO4FlWK1cJieRP4VpL7mLOexLg0HG0sjx-mGkiHmBWQ2KmFlQuatlxa4o-g0o24aBoK9TM/s320/SherriHayes1802Crp+%25281%2529.jpg" width="213" /></a><span lang="EN">Sherri spent most of her childhood detesting English class. It was one of her least favorite subjects because she never seemed to fit into the standard mold. She wasn't good at spelling, or following grammar rules, and outlines made her head spin. For that reason, Sherri never imagined becoming an author.</span><br />
<span lang="EN">At the age of thirty, all of that changed. After getting frustrated with the direction a television show was taking two of its characters, Sherri decided to try her hand at writing an alternate ending, and give the characters their happily ever after. By the time the story finished, it was one of the top ten read stories on the site, and her readers were encouraging her to write more.</span><br />
<span lang="EN">Six years later, Sherri is the author of six full-length novels, and one short story. Writing has become a creative outlet for Sherri that allows her to explore a wide range of emotions, while having fun taking her characters through all the twists and turns she can create. She is most well known for her Finding Anna Series about a young woman rescued from being a sex slave by a wealthy Dominant. The third book in that series, <i> Truth</i>, released July 25, 2013.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sherri-Hayes/122511444477280?ref=hl" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Sherri_Hayes" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://amazon.com/author/sherrihayes" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4496779.Sherri_Hayes" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, <a href="http://www.sherrihayesauthor.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></span></div>
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the restaurant was now a sudden burst of fire. The soft, tentative kiss turned
into an all-consuming, full-bodied explosion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hannah couldn’t fathom what was happening. She had never let
her desires rule her body in such a way before. She knew she wanted him. She
knew she needed him. She knew she had to tell him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She pulled back to take a breath and whisper, “I can only
promise you tonight. Beyond that . . .”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“I know.” He pressed soft kisses on both corners of her
mouth, her chin, and her nose. “I know you’re not ready for everything, but I
will give you whatever I can. Will you let me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Yes,” she sighed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A brilliant smile swept across his perfect lips. All the fear
and anguish melted away as the tip of his tongue darted out to wet his lips.
She slowly lowered her mouth to his and was taken back when he grabbed the back
of her head and ravaged her lips. She could feel her nipples harden through the
thin material of her dress and rub against his chest. As he lowered her onto
the couch, he moved to hover above her. She could feel his hardness as it dug
into her hip. When she moaned, he couldn’t help but press harder against her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hannah gasped as the dampness spread between her thighs. She
was perfectly at ease with taking him right there, but Mitch had other ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In a movement of Herculean strength, Mitch scooped her up
bridal-style and took off out of the living room, up the stairs, and into his
bedroom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He plopped her down on the bed with a light thud. She rested
back on her elbows as he ripped his T-shirt over his head. He grasped the tie
of her dress at her hip and pulled the thin material, and it instantly gave
way. When he parted her dress, he was met with utter perfection. Nude-colored
thigh-high stockings, beige lace boy shorts, a matching bra, and nothing else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“You are gorgeous.” His eyes moved over every curve until she
brought her hand to cover her stomach. “Don’t,” he pleaded as he reached for
her hand. She slowly removed it to reveal a few discolored lines gracing her
skin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Her breath hitched as he traced each stretch mark with his
fingertips. His lips met each one with a soft, delicate kiss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“These make you even more beautiful.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Silent tears streamed
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Author Bio</i></span></div>
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Today, a Sneak Peek of The Guardians, Book Two in the MORE Trilogy</h2>
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Coming November 7, 2013</h3>
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Ava's life is . . . complicated. <br />
After all, it's not every day a girl learns she's not entirely human, or unlocks hidden powers strong enough to make even the First Race sit up and take notice. After surviving an attempted kidnapping and standing up to the Race's Ruling Council, Ava Michaels returns to college and what she hopes is a normal life. But Ava quickly realizes that for her, normal may not even exist anymore. <br />
In fact, the Council wants her under their control, and they're not the only ones. The mysterious Rogues have a plan of their own, and it turns out Ava's a big part of it, whether she wants to be or not. On top of that, her new relationship is tested in ways she never expected. Her boyfriend, Caleb Foster, has disappeared-accused of betraying the Race-and Ava herself stands implicated in a crime she didn't commit. <br />
Clearing both their names will mean uncovering a web of deceit and intrigue with Ava woven right in the center. To unravel the strands, she joins forces with some unlikely allies; a Protector who once haunted her nightmares, a young girl with secrets as unexpected as Ava's, and a group of rebel Guardians who have their own fight against the Council. Together they stand in a battle to find the truth, bring Caleb home, and secure Ava's freedom-not to mention save her life.<br />
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“Did Balaam tell you how this works?” he asked.<br />
Evan swallowed, his Adam’s apple bobbing as his gaze darted toward the slimy walls and down to the littered ground. He finally focused on Caleb and seemed to square his shoulders. “He said you could . . . teleport us?”<br />
He’d said it more as a question than a statement, and Caleb grinned. It wasn’t the first time he’d had such a reaction. “Yeah. We’re going to have to get close, I’m afraid.” He waved the boy over and turned him around. Men generally tended to be more comfortable if they weren’t face-to-face. “Cross your hands over your chest,” he said, folding his arms over Evan’s firmly. “This will be quick, only a few seconds, but take a deep breath and close your eyes. It can be a little disorienting.”<br />
Evan nodded.<br />
Caleb could feel his heart racing under his arm. “It’s okay,” he said. “Try and relax and it will be over before—” Caleb stiffened at the familiar tingle of a Race presence nearby. He cursed under his breath.<br />
“What is it?” Evan asked.<br />
“Someone’s coming,” he whispered, his hold on Evan tightening in urgency. “Brace yourself; we’ve got to go now.”<br />
They shifted, reappearing in an empty field. Evan staggered as Caleb’s knees buckled and he leaned into him.<br />
“Sorry,” Caleb said, his voice cracking as he reached into his pocket for some R-cubes. “That was a long one. I need a minute.”<br />
“Are you okay?”<br />
Caleb chewed and swallowed with a nod. “Yeah. You?”<br />
Evan nodded, still looking a bit stunned. He turned around in a circle. “Where are we?”<br />
“About fifty miles north of—damn.” Caleb shot to his feet. “They’re here.”<br />
“Who?” Evan paled. “How?”<br />
“I don’t know. Balaam was wrong. They must have a shifter . . . and a tracker of some kind.” He reached for Evan. “I won’t be able to get us far, but we need to shake them. I’m going to try several short shifts instead of a long one.” He popped another cube. “Ready?”<br />
Evan closed his eyes, his hands trembling under Caleb’s. “Ready.”<br />
Caleb took a deep breath and shifted, beginning to wonder if this was one mission he would fail.<br />
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later Jason was through the door and standing in front of him, hands on his
hips. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Matthew
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i>“What?”</i>
Jason said, clearly unable to believe what he was both seeing and hearing.
“What? Matthew you’re supposed to be upstairs right now for your weekly
briefing. You’re still here. Why?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Matthew’s
mind was scrambling for an answer, but he didn’t come up with one fast enough
to suit Jason.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“What is
going on? You haven’t been yourself for days, and now you’re missing meetings?
This isn’t like you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk0JaToqY7OCx0O75rpEhR9spJ7ff1gHf2p91SbY55qpV8cfR4AOUSFmFWXfbP1DulKrKlVy339M1nHb09kg1gO5zLpwmlXWOeF__4tNj7OQCw5E8rom23lC-TtU-Xg0gah2Gq07nQ3k/s1600/Hidden_Threat_Low-Res_Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk0JaToqY7OCx0O75rpEhR9spJ7ff1gHf2p91SbY55qpV8cfR4AOUSFmFWXfbP1DulKrKlVy339M1nHb09kg1gO5zLpwmlXWOeF__4tNj7OQCw5E8rom23lC-TtU-Xg0gah2Gq07nQ3k/s640/Hidden_Threat_Low-Res_Cover.jpg" width="425" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He didn’t
need Jason to tell him he wasn’t himself---he knew that already. “I’ve just had
a lot of things on my mind lately.” Grabbing on to the first thing he could
think of besides seeing Cali again, he said, “I talked to Martinez. The tape
was tampered with.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It took
Jason only a second to fully grasp that information. “Who?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Matthew
nervously tapped his fingers on his desktop as he glanced back to his computer
screen. “I don’t know, but we have to figure it out. Until we do, we can’t
trust anyone.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jason
nodded. “What do you need me to do?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This was
a strategic move, and one that Jason would always defer to his younger
brother. “I need to think.” After another minute, Matthew came up with an idea,
not one to solve the mystery of the security tape, but one to solve his more
immediate problem. He looked up at his brother. “Do you think you could cover
the meeting for me today? I’d like to pick up that tape this afternoon and take
a look at it myself.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Yeah.
Sure,” Jason said. “I’ll
take care of it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As Jason
left the room, Matthew took one last look at the computer screen and the
flashing message reminding him about the meeting he’d just handed off to Jason.
Matthew wouldn’t see her today. He’d stick with his plan. He could do this.
Space. That’s what he needed—just a little time and space—then all would be
normal again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Author</span></span></o:p></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OOxu1IetWvBNV7ax0C0jrdJtALfVzsRbvEw56arklNLr8pT3jtsFkI36wdgXbCLXrDUjMFO4FlWK1cJieRP4VpL7mLOexLg0HG0sjx-mGkiHmBWQ2KmFlQuatlxa4o-g0o24aBoK9TM/s1600/SherriHayes1802Crp+%25281%2529.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/AVvXsEi2OOxu1IetWvBNV7ax0C0jrdJtALfVzsRbvEw56arklNLr8pT3jtsFkI36wdgXbCLXrDUjMFO4FlWK1cJieRP4VpL7mLOexLg0HG0sjx-mGkiHmBWQ2KmFlQuatlxa4o-g0o24aBoK9TM/s320/SherriHayes1802Crp+%25281%2529.jpg" width="213" /></a><span lang="EN">Sherri spent most of her childhood detesting English class. It was one of her least favorite subjects because she never seemed to fit into the standard mold. She wasn't good at spelling, or following grammar rules, and outlines made her head spin. For that reason, Sherri never imagined becoming an author.</span><br />
<span lang="EN">At the age of thirty, all of that changed. After getting frustrated with the direction a television show was taking two of its characters, Sherri decided to try her hand at writing an alternate ending, and give the characters their happily ever after. By the time the story finished, it was one of the top ten read stories on the site, and her readers were encouraging her to write more.</span><br />
<span lang="EN">Six years later, Sherri is the author of six full-length novels, and one short story. Writing has become a creative outlet for Sherri that allows her to explore a wide range of emotions, while having fun taking her characters through all the twists and turns she can create. She is most well known for her Finding Anna Series about a young woman rescued from being a sex slave by a wealthy Dominant. The third book in that series, <i> Truth</i>, released July 25, 2013.</span><br />
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<br />Savannah Leigh Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03492531721814960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250320437613541324.post-16413970721866514952013-10-20T11:06:00.002-04:002013-10-20T11:06:37.407-04:00Sneak Peek Sunday with T.M. Franklin!!<a href="http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/TM_Franklin/media/Author%20to%20Author/Banner_zps2f7db0db.png.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo Banner_zps2f7db0db.png" src="http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg496/TM_Franklin/Author%20to%20Author/Banner_zps2f7db0db.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></a><br />
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Today, a little something different - an actual peek inside T.M. Franklin's copy of <i>The Guardians, </i>which releases November 7th!</h2>
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Want to read more? Well, it's available NOW for PRE-ORDER!!</h3>
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<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612131719/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1612131719&linkCode=as2&tag=tmfrcom-20">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=tmfrcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1612131719" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-guardians-tm-franklin/1116891763" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/the-guardians-28" target="_blank">Kobo</a> | <a href="http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/105" target="_blank">TWCS</a></b></div>
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<b>(Coming soon for Kindle & iTunes)</b></div>
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You can also pre-order a signed copy of either MORE or The Guardians (or both, at a discount) on <b><a href="http://www.tmfranklin.com/index.php/books/the-guardians/">T.M. Franklin's web site</a></b>. Quantities are limited.</div>
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And mark your calendars for The Guardians Release Celebration, starting October 25th at The Book Spot in Round Rock, Texas and including the Texas Book Festival in Austin, NW Book Fest in Kirkland, WA and a release party at Barnes & Noble in Kennewick, WA. T.M. Franklin will be on hand to sign copies of MORE and The Guardians at all of the events, so stop by if you're in the area. Get more details on any of the events <b><a href="http://www.tmfranklin.com/index.php/blog/guardians-are-coming/" target="_blank">HERE. </a></b></div>
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There will also be a big Facebook/Twitter party ALL DAY on RELEASE DAY, November 7th. Join the Facebook party <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/193467100837238" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>, and follow T.M. Franklin on Twitter (<b>@TM_Franklin</b>) for a chance to meet some new authors, win eBooks, gift cards, & swag, and have a lot of fun! </div>
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Hope to see you there!</div>
Savannah Leigh Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03492531721814960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250320437613541324.post-47824837702102102872013-10-13T03:00:00.000-04:002013-10-13T03:00:00.210-04:00Sunday Sneak Peek--Lissa Bryan<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">From the author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-End-All-Things-ebook/dp/B00B4ZK9QA/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2">The End of All Things</a></i> comes a collection of short stories about the Infection that swept around the globe, decimating the population, and leaving behind a small number of survivors, unprepared to deal with the brutal new world which had replaced the one they'd known.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-End-All-Things-ebook/dp/B00B4ZK9QA/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2">The End of All Things</a></i> told the story of Carly Daniels and Justin Thatcher's travels</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> across a shattered nation in search of a safe place to settle, after the pandemic. But it was also a journey into love, and an affirmation of hope. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Carly finds strength in her faith that things can be even better than they were before, that compassion and charity are not luxuries; they are what make us human. Life endures, and so does love. </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16098272-the-end-of-all-things" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The End of All Things</i></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is only a beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now, <a href="http://www.lissabryan.com/">Lissa Bryan</a> gives us three new stories in <i>Tales from the End</i></span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Two of them introduce us to new characters you will meet in the upcoming sequel to <i>The End of All Things</i>, and the other two are a visit with old friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">L.A.'s mayor has declared quarantine to try to halt the spread of the Infection. Pearl sets off across the city to buy supplies, but already the world is changing. Something strange is in the air. The Horsemen are coming ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">When Veronica's mother doesn't come home from work and no one answers the phone when she calls for help, a </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nine-year-old</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> girl is thrown into the chaos of a world coming to an end. Veronica decides it's up to her to find her family. "Veronica" is the story of a little girl's courage in the face of the end of all things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">They called her Shadowfax-- the mare Carly and Justin found on their travels. But before she was found by Carly, the retired dressage horse was known as Cloud. An unusual tale of the end, told through the eyes of a confused and lonely horse, left in her pasture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A previously-published bonus story.</i> Carly knows Justin has never celebrated his birthday, and after society crumbled, no one knows what date it is, anyway. But she wants to do something special for him. Celebrating the little things helps them keep hope alive, and as a blizzard rages outside, a small gesture of love warms their home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tales of courage, tales of survival... <i>Tales from the End.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pearl scooped her purse off the passengerseat and hurried into the store. There were no carts in the parking lot andnone in the vestibule. When she got inside, she saw why. Lines stretched to theback of the store and doubled back to curve along the walls. People heldgroceries in their arms, for lack of other options. Pearl opened her bag andwithdrew the thin, nylon shopping totes she kept in one of the side pockets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shelves were almost bare, somethingthat struck Pearl as being almost as fundamentally wrong as 911 being out ofservice. She’d grown up in the land of plenty, where stores could not only becounted on to have an abundance of food but multiple brands and varieties ofit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pearl hurried through the aisles andsqueezed between other shoppers to grab cans and boxes off the shelves. Her jawdropped when a woman snatched a can right out of Pearl’s hand then scurrieddown the aisle before she could react. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span gt="" span="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seemed the whole world had gone mad.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’ll give you five hundred dollars forone of your bags.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pearl turned and saw a thin, blond manstanding to her left, but he wasn’t in line. He had a wad of cash in his hand,and he held it up. “What do you say?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pearl wondered if he thought she lookedlike she needed money. If that was why he’d approached her first instead of theothers. “No, sorry.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The guy didn’t react. He simply turnedaway and walked over to a Hispanic man a few paces away. Pearl gritted herteeth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Are you <i>crazy</i>?” the manager yelled. “There’s no food left here! I’m callingthe cops! You can’t—”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The man hit him with a roundhouse punchthat sent the manager sprawling onto the glass-strewn floor. As if that hadflipped a switch in the waiting customers’ minds, some of them began to drifttoward the front of the store. As more became emboldened, they followed. Thecashier shouted at them to stop, but they paid her no heed as they swarmedthrough the broken window and into the parking lot. It was interesting, ifappalling, to watch the progression. Eventually, the line looked like whatmight be seen on a normal afternoon. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the cashiers closed her registerand ran up to tend the manager who still hadn’t moved from his place on thefloor. She managed to help him to his feet. He put an arm around her shoulders,and she helped him through the store. His nose gushed blood that created agarish red bib on the front of his shirt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within a few minutes, Pearl had reachedthe register. The cashier was crying even as she smiled automatically andrecited a mechanical <i>Hello, how are you?</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“That seems to be in short supply thesedays.” The cashier announced Pearl’s total. “What’s happening? Why are people <i>acting</i> like this?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“War, Death, Famine, and Pestilence,” thewoman said. “It was foretold in the Bible—”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cashier rolled her eyes. “Whatever,lady.” She handed Pearl’s change back to her with a word of thanks, and Pearlheard the old woman trying to explain again, but the cashier wasn’t interested.</span></span></div>
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Savannah Leigh Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03492531721814960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250320437613541324.post-89693320932782217012013-10-06T01:00:00.000-04:002013-10-06T01:00:00.175-04:00Sunday Sneak Peek-Riverbend: The Collection by ANdrea Goodson<a href="http://andreagoodson.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/9a869-a2asneakpeek.jpg"><img alt="9a869-a2asneakpeek" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-588" height="330" src="http://andreagoodson.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/9a869-a2asneakpeek.jpg" width="529" /></a><br />
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<i><span style="color: navy;">Riverbend: The Collection</span></i></h3>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Sneak Peek</span></h3>
He was standing in the driveway. The light and frigid rain fell upon his face and body but he didn’t move. Will just stood there gazing as Lena and her mother walked outside onto the front porch. The air felt thin and frozen and the cold drizzle of rain that wafted down through the atmosphere from the starting storm was sure to turn into snow at any moment. The temperature had dropped drastically overnight and the local news had called for snow later that evening. Lena guessed it was only about 35 degrees outside. She noticed his presence immediately even before she saw him, as if she had been expecting him, knowing him so well that it should have been common sense that he would not let her leave easily.
Lena shot her mother a knowing glance, sure that she was the reason Will obviously knew her departure was tonight. Panic filled her body, she had so hoped to avoid this moment. She didn’t want to say goodbye to Will again, the short minutes they had spent together the day before should have been enough for the both of them. She should have known better, he wouldn’t easily let her go, he had made that abundantly clear the entire time she had been home. Will wanted Lena, plain and simple, and Lena could have guessed that he would do and say everything he could imagine to keep her there. Mary looked at Lena and smiled.<br />
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“Someone wants to talk with you. Take your time. I’ll be in the car.”<br />
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Lena followed her mother to the Trailblazer and placed her suitcase into the backseat. After closing the rear door, she took a deep breath and hesitantly walked towards Will, unsure of what it was he would do. Would he just be chummy and fun, the cocky personality she so adored, and say a happy goodbye? She could only hope for something so simple. Any further exposure of her feelings would be hard for Lena to take her want for him felt strangely like a need sometimes. Lena quickly pushed that idea out of her mind anytime it appeared. She was too strong for that, she hadn’t needed anyone in her entire life and she wasn’t going to begin now. Fearing the influence that her own feelings could have over her, as if they were a part of her that was too difficult to control, too flighty to manage, and too strong to resist, she cautiously headed over to where he was standing.<br />
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“Hey.” He said, warmly smiling at Lena. She knew he must have been freezing. His thick, black hair was slick with the water that continuously rolled off the sides and dripped onto his face.<br />
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“Why didn’t you come to the door?” She asked, shivering and shoving her hands into her pockets, looking for some small space of warmth. “You know that you didn’t have to wait out here in this weather.”
“Don’t know.” He answered, shrugging his shoulders.<br />
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He looked about as if he was unsure of what to say next. A quick gust of wind hit his face, pelting him with small droplets of icy water. He just licked the water off of his lips and looked back at Lena.
“I guess I just needed to think.”<br />
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She looked up at Will and could tell by his expression and demeanor that this was probably not going to be the easy, chummy goodbye she had hoped for. His eyes caught the necklace draped upon her delicate collar bone. Slowly, he reached his hand up and grasped the two black glossy arrowheads into his hand, playfully juggling them between his fingers, his touch giving her cold body a quick shiver of warmth. She didn’t dare take a step closer to him. If she did, she doubted that she would be able to follow through with her plan to leave. His touch was, as always, exhilarating, magnetic, drawing her heart nearer and nearer to his. The flood of need again filled her mind and just as quickly as it entered her thoughts, she pushed it away. Need was sickening to Lena, want, on the other hand, was a different story, but need made her weak, and she wouldn’t allow weakness inside of herself for anybody.<br />
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“You know, you have meant so much to me, Lena. My entire life, you have been there, you have been a part of me that I could never separate from. Even while you were away, you were always with me, inside of me, a part of my soul.” He paused, a look of unhappiness and frustration appearing on his face.
“You know, when I gave this necklace to you I had hoped the meaning would shine loud and clear. That I was a part of you, and that you were a part of me. Two dark arrowheads woven in the same rope. Two people, whose history and lives were forever entwined with one another.” He looked at the ground, shook his head, and let out a short laugh. “Now I just feel stupid.”<br />
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The ache inside of Lena’s heart was more than she could bear. Her mind flooded with thoughts of what she wanted to say to him, what she would love to say but just couldn’t allow herself to let out.
“Will,” She began, pausing for a moment to form her thoughts into words that would hopefully appease the pain she saw on his face. “I am so sorry that I have hurt you, that I<i> am</i> hurting you. I am sorry that I can’t control this thing, whatever it is, that is wrong with me. I am just not who you need me to be. I am sorry for all of the pain I have caused everyone around me. There is nothing left for me here, I cannot stay.”<br />
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“Nothing left? What about your mother, your sister? What about me? We are here, Lena. We need you.”<br />
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“They will be ok.” Lena stated, trying to assure herself more than Will. “Let’s face it, I always seem to cause more distress and problems when I am around. I have nothing to contribute here! I can’t be the daughter, sister, or lover that you all want me to be! I wish I could, I really do, but it’s just not in me anymore.” She gently grasped his arm, her hand instantly freezing upon exposure to the icy air. “You don’t need me, Will. You just think you do. This childhood crush that you have won’t last forever, trust me.”<br />
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She knew she was wrong as soon as the words left her lips. If his feelings for her were even remotely close to what she felt for him, there would be no letting go, there would be no forgetting, there would be an unbroken love that dwelt within him forever, as it would in her. It was unchangeable, a constant that would live on inside both of them for as long as their lives would go on.<br />
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“Why do you always do that?” He asked, frustrated.<br />
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“Do what?”<br />
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“Convince yourself that you’re a problem, or <i>the</i> problem. When really, if you decided to stay, it would be a solution?”<br />
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Lena let out a short chuckle.<br />
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“I’m glad you think that. But I can’t agree. I need simplicity, Will. I need peace, away from Kennerdell. I don’t see a point in lingering about when all I will do is hurt you. Do you really want to see me every day? Do you really want to be reminded of the love you have for me when it is not returned the way that it should be? How can I hurt you that way? How can you expect me to?”<br />
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Deep in her heart, Lena knew things were actually the other way around, she loved him, and more than it would hurt him to see her regularly, it would hurt her. She wanted to be with him always, she wanted to be by his side, but she couldn’t, she just couldn’t. Lena couldn’t trust it, she couldn’t need him and she knew that was her problem, her issue. It had taken her what seemed like a lifetime to feel what one could call “ok” after Carl had died. That contentment, or complacency as it were, with her life was comforting and safe, she needed it. If she ever again felt the depth of pain and loss that had consumed her when Carl died she was sure it would destroy her, she would not survive it again. Lena knew she couldn’t stay here with Will, not even masked as his friend. She couldn’t bear to be around when Will would finally move on and find someone else. It was not as if Kennerdell was a large area and they would be unlikely to run into each other. When he moved on, and she knew he would because he was so handsome and so desirable that there would be a line of women biting at the chance to be with him, Lena would be a witness to his new relationship on a regular basis. She didn’t want to see that. She didn’t want to see what it was that she would be missing with Will.<br />
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He had been the love of her life since she was 5 years old, he always would be, it wouldn’t happen twice for Lena and she knew that. It would be just as her mother had described her love for Carl, she wouldn’t find that kind of love twice. She would love him forever, no other person could ever touch her heart the way that he had, no other could ever be her partner, her protector, her burning desire. It pained her greatly to know that she was losing him, running away and leaving him alone, but Lena was letting him go, freeing him of the trap that she was for him and the damage she would undoubtedly cause him, and someday she knew he would be happy that she had done so.<br />
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“So,” Will stated, still fumbling with the arrowheads in his hand. “There is no changing your mind is there? No hope that you will come around and decide to stay?”<br />
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Lena just gently shook her head at him.<br />
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“Than this right here,” referring to the necklace he was now gently shaking in his hand “…is now just a token of our friendship?”<br />
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“That’s all it can be.” Lena’s eyes began to well with tears. She gently grasped the necklace, brushing her hand against his, and removed it from his grip. “Will, you will always be my friend, my very best friend, from a distance.”<br />
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She turned to walk away, her mother still waiting inside the running car in the driveway. There was nothing else to say and she couldn’t draw out this painful experience any longer than it already had been. Wrapping her coat tighter around her body, shielding herself from the harsh, cold wind and heavier rain that was now falling, she walked to the car.<br />
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“Lena! Wait!” Will called after her.<br />
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She froze midway into the vehicle and turned back to look at Will.<br />
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“What?” She replied, squinting to protect her eyes from the cold water while trying to see him through the now pouring rain.<br />
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“It won’t change for me, just so you know. I will always be here! Like I told you in Canada, there won’t be any forgetting for me. Those black arrowheads around your neck will always mean to me what they had in the beginning. Two lives entwined forever. You are my soul, Lena and I will love you until my last breath.”<br />
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Lena sat frozen with an unexplainable mix of fear and emotion. Being driven purely by her overwhelming love for him, she jumped back out of the car, unable to control or restrain herself. She ran to him through the rain, the wind whipping her hair into her face. She squeezed him tightly in an embrace she wished could last forever. It didn’t matter that they were soaked or freezing, inside of his arms she was warm, safe, and protected from the world. She felt his return embrace, passionately wanting her, needing her.
Need.
There it was again. She couldn’t need him, she couldn’t need anybody, she only needed herself and, as lovely as this moment felt, she had to let it go. Regaining her composure, she looked up into his pleading, dark eyes. He pushed the wet hair out of her face, just as he had that day at their waterfall.<br />
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“I have to go.” She quietly stated, almost whispering, her head buried into his strong chest, desperately trying to hold back her tears. “Please remember I will always love you, Will. I just can’t love you in the way that you need me to.”<br />
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With that said she quickly walked away, entered the car, closed the door, and told her mother to leave. After Mary pulled out of the driveway, Lena kept her eyes fixed on the rearview mirror, watching Will. He didn’t move. He still stayed in that spot, just standing there, watching her leave. Lena stared into that mirror, watching her love shrink in the distance until she couldn’t see him anymore.<br />
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Lena knew Will was sturdy and resilient, he wasn’t some frail boy. He was a strong, stable man. Yet as she watched his robust figure fall away from her sight, she couldn’t help but feel that her words and actions had somehow shattered him. She hadn’t wanted to break his heart, or break her own for that matter. She had been left with no other choice, it was what had to be done for the good of them both. The rain continued to pour down, beating the windshield of the car. Mary slowly reached over and gently grasped Lena’s hand. She was aware of her daughter’s heartbreak, even if Lena hadn’t discussed it with her. Mary’s warm hand was soothing to Lena’s cold flesh, a small comfort for the wounds Lena had managed to inflict upon herself.<br />
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At the end of<a href="http://sandyquill.com/novels/eires-viking-trilogy/ecm/" target="_blank"><i> Éire's Captive Moon</i></a>, many of my readers were still on</h3>
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Well, in the second book in the <a href="http://sandyquill.com/novels/eires-viking-trilogy/" target="_blank">Éire's Viking trilogy</a>, Agnarr is the hero.</h3>
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Summary:</h3>
It’s been years since Agnarr met his <i>wyrd</i> on the Green Island. Years since he left Charis, his former <i>trell</i> and medicine woman, with her new husband in her new village. Even though he lost her, he cannot help but feel his destiny lies with her people of Éire, so he returns with his final raiding party. Once there, a chance encounter strikes him speechless and without his memory, alone in a foreign land.
He is taken to Aislinn, a physician who is serving in Bangor Monastery. Born in Ragor, the village Agnarr destroyed when she was a child, she is now the adopted daughter of Charis and Cowan, and has herself trained in healing. Drawn to her tall, blond patient in a way that she never has been to a man before, she is horrified and angry to find that he is the one responsible for the loss of her home.
These are turbulent times in Éire, and there are volatile tempers all around. Still, Agnarr Halvardson would stay on the island, wed, and sire sons to live in strength and plenty in his adopted home. He wants Aislinn to be his wife and the mother of his children, but she won’t marry without love. He worships Thor and Odin; she worships Jesu the Christ. Can two from such opposing backgrounds find happiness with one another? Might they even find a love that will change both their worlds?
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This title will be available via NetGalley in October for reviewers, with a January, 2014 book release.</h4>
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<code><i>To Be Loved</i> by Andrea Goodson</code></h3>
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I only talked with him for a few moments. I was tired of the same rhetoric, the same circles of conversation that never led anywhere. My father loved me, I knew he did, but our relationship had always been a consistent cycle of love and irritation. One minute I would be his favorite person on the planet and the next, he acted as if he couldn’t wait to get away from me. The second I did or said something that he didn’t agree with, that was it, he was done talking.
Mom wasn’t that different, she was much the same as my Dad, just in a different way. I quickly learned while living with her that, rather than becoming upset if she disagreed with me, she would simply act as if I hadn’t said anything at all. Where my father would fight with me, she would fake ignorance.
As I laid in my bed thinking about the strange relationships I had with both of my parents, the phone rang again. I glanced over at the sleek black handset, wondering if I should even bother answering. I knew it would be my father again. I took a deep breath, exhaled, and gave in to the loud ringing.
“What now?” I answered, sure that it was my father calling again to tell me how bad I screwed up. Surely, one time wouldn’t be enough for him.
“Ok then, Beautiful. I’ll just call you later!”
It was Graysen.
My frown quickly changed to a smile. I loved it when he called me that. Beautiful.
“Wait!” I replied. “I’m sorry, I thought you were someone else.”
“Who? Your other boyfriend?”
“No!”
Wait, had he just said boyfriend?
I thought for a few moments, silent on my end of the phone.
“You there?” he asked.
I carefully worded my response.
“Well, yeah I’m here. I mean, I would have to have one boyfriend to be able to have a second one, right?”
I leaned forward on my bed, resting my chin upon my hand as the seconds of silence slowly passed. I wondered why he hadn’t answered me yet? My ears filled with the deafening silence on the other end of the line. I bit my lip, impatiently awaiting his response. After a few more moments I was ready to ask if he was still there, perhaps we had lost connection or he had just hung up because I had put him on the spot with an uncomfortable question. But then, Graysen said something so simple and so silly that I couldn’t have possibly imagined at that point in time how much those few words would change my life. It was a point where everything was about to change for me. In hindsight, I wish I would have realized just how seriously that change would impact my life.
“Well, who am I, your cousin?”
A huge smile spread across my face. I held my hand against my mouth as the joy inside bubbled out of me. Despite all of my flaws and all of my past mistakes, this boy on the other end of the phone line wanted me. He wanted to be with me. He liked the new Avery Brooks, just as much as my past friends in Chicago liked the old Avery Brooks. He liked me for who I was becoming. Not a girl who went out all the time, not a girl who liked party and get high every chance she got. But a girl who would be dependable for him, a girl that he could count on to remain true and loyal. I wanted to be that girl, I could be that girl. Because as long as I was that girl then Graysen Bennett was my boyfriend.
“Hello?” he asked, obviously now worried that I was the one who wasn’t there.
I quickly tried to stifle the gitty girl that was coming out and replied.
“Ok.”
“Ok?” he asked.
“Yeah, ok.” I smiled and I felt sure he could feel the happiness I exuded coming through the phone.
“Well, good. Now that we have that little detail taken care of, who did you think it was when I called?”
“Oh, that. Just my Dad. We had been talking earlier and arguing. I thought you were him calling me back again.”
“Oh.” He answered. “Well, that couldn’t be me.”
“Why is that?” I asked.
“Because I could never argue with you?”
I laughed.
“Never?”
“Nope.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re too perfect.”
<i>Perfect</i>. He thought I was perfect. I was thankful that he couldn’t see me blushing.
“Perfect?”
“Yeah, you’re pretty. Like, really pretty. You’re fun and so smart. You’re different than the other girls around here. You act how a girl should act.”
“What do you mean how a girl should act?”
“I don’t know. I guess I mean, you don’t go showing off for attention. You’re just you and you don’t care what anyone thinks. Like at Sam’s party the other night, you didn’t let Sam intimidate you. You stuck to your guns and didn’t get all messed up like the other girls. I like that. I like a good girl.”
A good girl? I realized I had been right. A good girl is exactly what Graysen wanted. I thought for a few moments about telling him of my life in Chicago, I really did. I thought about telling him that I wasn’t some innocent princess, that I had already done my fair share of bad deeds, skipping school, drinking, and pot smoking. But why would that matter? He liked what he saw now, and it wasn’t fake. I wanted to be good. I wanted to be out of the whole party scene and how lucky was I that I met a gorgeous guy that liked a girl like that? I wanted Graysen. I wasn’t going to say a word to him that might change what he thought of me, the new me. The only question that lingered was why I had changed so rapidly. At that moment in time, I couldn’t even understand myself what it was that had made me want to change, so how could I explain it to him?
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Meet 17 year old Avery Brooks. New to the small town of Elkins, West Virginia and confident that her last 2 years of high school will fly by without a hitch. Fighting past troubles from her hometown of Chicago, Avery is looking for smooth sailing from here on out. Everything seems to be going exactly as planned until Graysen Bennett, the only boy who has caught her eye, suddenly notices her. Captivated by his attention, soon Avery's plans begin to fall apart. But what else does she really need than to be loved?<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<i>To Be Loved</i> is scheduled for release in November 2013!</h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“What’s wrong?”
I can’t look him in the eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Nothing is
wrong, Lily. I just can’t believe that you are real. I never thought I would
have someone like you in my life.” He starts to run his fingers up and down my
arm. I break out in goose bumps all over. My nipples get hard and Drew notices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I give him a sly
smile and lean down to kiss him again. Instead, I lick his lips and bite the
bottom one lightly. Drew groans and grabs my ass, squeezing tightly. He leans
up and now I am straddling his lap. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This
could be fun!</i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I lean back a
bit and give him the most serious look I can muster. I trace my finger down his
face to his jaw and to his neck. Licking my lips, I watch my hand go over his
chest to the bottom of his shirt. I grab the hem and pull it up and over his
head. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Holy fucking shit he is built!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I can’t help but
run my hands up and down his chest and abs. I love it when his muscles quiver
each time I pass over them. Now I need to taste him. Leaning over I start at
his neck. Nipping and kissing and licking my way down his left side, I stop at
his nipple and gently bite it. That earns me another groan. I smile as I work
my way over to the other side to do it again. I look up and Drew has his head
tossed back on the arm of the couch, his eyes shut and mouth open. I feel so
powerful in this moment and I plan to take advantage of it as long as he will
let me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I continue to
move down his chest to his abs. They are defined, but not so severely cut that
they look like a body builders. As far as I’m concerned, they are perfect. I
dip my tongue in the ridges between the muscles as I work around them and when
I reach his navel I can’t help but lick it too. Now I’m at his happy trail of
hair that disappears into his pants. I start to feel more turned on and I have
to get this pants off him now. I grab the waistband and start to pull.
Thankfully Drew lifts his hips and makes it easier for me to remove the
offending clothing. As soon as I get the pants to his thighs, his erection
springs up. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh. My. God. </i>I have not
had the opportunity to look at Drew up close. He is amazingly beautiful. The
head is full and the shaft is long and thick. I know how good he feels inside
me, but I want to watch him fall apart with just my touch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Drew looks down
at me with a smile on his face. “Now what are you going to do with me?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I just grin back
at him and grab his length with both my hands. Keeping my eyes trained on his,
I pump up and down a couple of times. Drew’s eyes close and I know I have him.
I lean forward and place a small kiss right on the head. Drew’s sharp inhale
tells me that I am on the right track. Unfortunately, I am in a very awkward
position on this couch. I slide off and turn Drew so that he is sitting up and
I am kneeling in front of him. His pants come all the way off next and once
they are gone, I run my hands back up his legs. There is a bead of pre-cum
leaking from the tip of his penis and I just have to taste him. Starting at the
root, I lick all the way up the underside of his cock until I reach the top and
wrap my lips around the head. Drew’s hips buck and he slides further into my
mouth. I take him in as far as I can without gagging and I use my hand to wrap
around the length that doesn’t fit. Moving slowly up and down, I continue to
suck on the upstroke, then swirl my tongue around the head, and then slide back
down. I keep up this lazy pattern until I feel Drew’s thigh muscles start to tense.
I run my other hand around his balls and start to squeeze gently, kneading them
to the rhythm my mouth has going. Drew grabs my hair and starts to moan louder.
He is guiding my head now and I can feel that he is getting close. I smile to
myself as I hear and feel him falling apart with my actions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Lily, I am
going to come so if you don’t want me to do it in your mouth you need to move
now.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">That’s all the
incentive I need to grip him tighter and pick up my speed. Drew shouts out my
name with his climax, shooting his cum down my throat. I swallow it down as
fast as I can. I don’t really like to swallow, but I don’t feel like I can do
anything else at this point. Drew’s hand falls from my hair and he sighs. I
look up at him and his head is back, eyes closed, and a huge grin is on his
face. I grab my coffee, which is cold now, and take a swig. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Baby, that was
fucking amazing. I don’t know what else to say.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“My pleasure,
Drew. It was fun to watch.” I give him a wink, stand up, and head upstairs to
my bedroom, leaving him on the couch in his post-orgasm glow.</span></div>
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