Back to Reading Contest Announcement from Tiffany Truitt

I am so excited to be stopping by today to announce my “Back to Reading,” contest. Like millions of teachers and students, I will be returning back to the classroom, and I thought this needed to be celebrated with a MAJOR book giveaway….and other fun goodies for all my fellow fans of Young Adult Literature.

What Do You Win: One lucky winner will receive copies of the following books (Only US residents need apply)

How Do You Win: Simply stop by my website between Aug 23-26 to enter.

 

More Goodies: And that’s not all. Entangled Publishing and I are excited to announce that from August 23-26 books 1-2 of The Lost Souls Series (Chosen Ones and The Naturals) will be available for Kindle, Nook, and Apple for only 99 cents. That’s right.  For less than a dollar, you can join the world of Tess and James before the final book in the trilogy hits store in April 2014.

Need more enticement? Below you will find an excerpt from book three, The Creators.

Somewhere, James was just as trapped as I was.

            I thought of the morning when we lay with each other, curled against one another, never beginning and never ending. How we’d stayed like that till the sun began to rise.

            James had reached down and pulled me off the ground. He wore a satisfied grin on his face. “Someone is mighty proud of himself,” I teased.

            He laughed. It bounced through the forest, calling it awake. Readying it for the day. “I’m just insanely happy.”

            I stood on the tips of my toes and kissed him gently on his scar. “I’m insanely happy too,” I whispered.

            James looked down at me, and I was lost all over again. I would never tire of looking into those mismatched eyes. They didn’t make him different. They made him him. He chuckled as he reached over and pulled a leaf from my tangled hair. “They’ll know just by looking at you that we’ve been up to no good.”

            “No good?” I purred. “I thought it was very, very good.”

            James growled and lifted me into the air. I wrapped my legs around his waist as he pressed his lips hungrily against mine. I moved my hands to his hair, curling my fingers into it, attaching myself to him. I never wanted to let go. Every part of me ached to be touched by him, and every part of me ached to touch him right back.

            “Do you know how much I love you?” he breathed into the base of my neck. His lips fluttered against my skin.

            I nodded, kissing the top of his head. “As much as I love you.”

            James slowly put my feet back on the ground. He cradled my face in his hands. “That will never change. No matter what.”

            I looked deep into his eyes. “I know.” Because I did. It was one of life’s few assurances. I would always love James.

            I pressed my lips once again to his scar. “I adore this scar,” I whispered, unable to hide the smile that seemed etched on my face all morning.

            “You’re enough to drive a man crazy,” he said The tremble of his voice caused my toes to curl. I wanted him again. And again. And again.

            My fingers traced the waist of his pants. “Tonight?” I said, knowing full well it was a promise that I probably wouldn’t be able to keep.

            James grabbed my hand and brought it to his lips. “Tonight,” he echoed.

            As the sun climb higher into the sky, I knew our moment was coming to an end. James reached down and placed his hand over my heart. “Thank you,” he said.

            “For what?” I asked, my voice choked with emotion.

            “For everything.”

            As the memory slipped away, I looked back up at the night sky. Praying and hoping that James knew how much I wanted to thank him too.

            For everything.

Welcome Victoria Blisse Today

What Says Christmas to you?

I love Christmas, I really do and I have a whole host of Christmas stories to prove it. There are several signs that the season is coming that I look forward to every year. 

Clementines, satsumas and mandarins. I love the smell when you peel them and the scent just fills the room and lingers on your fingers. 

Christmas lights.  It really brightens up a bleak winters night and I love to see the lights be they outside or sparkling through peoples windows. 

Mince Pies. This is a very British thing I think but mince pies are delicious. The mince is made with dried fruits, copious amounts of alcohol, suet and sugar. It tastes gorgeous in a crispy, crumbly pastry case. 

Advent Calendars.  I’m a big kid at heart and I love counting down each day by opening a door on a calendar. Now I let my daughter do the honours but I still love finding out what she’s got! 

Christmas songs and carols. Yep, I love the boppy, joyous music of the season though I am not a fan of hearing it in any month other than December. 

What are your favourite signs of Christmas? 

Now here’s the details of my latest Christmas release, out on the 12^th December but available now for pre-order. 

Always Christmas in Lincoln http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=1467

It isn’t really always Christmas in Lincoln but when Felicity gets her man it feels like it.

Felicity hates Christmas. It reminds her of a traumatic event from her childhood. She thinks the Permanent Christmas shop is tacky, with its windows full of trees and tinsel all year round and would rather it disappeared from her picturesque home town.

When she discovers that Carl, who she lusts over every time she sees him in the tea rooms, is in fact the owner of Ho, Ho, Ho! She’s not quite sure what to think. It takes a sexy meeting in the middle of a fake winter wonderland to make her realise the advantages of Christmas in the middle of summer.

As time passes, Carl and Felicity indulge in more sexy liaisons but as Christmas approaches Felicity doubts whether she is anything more than a sensual distraction for the festive shop owner and when her handsome ex, Sean, sweeps into town on a quest to win her back she finds she has a tough decision to make.

Can Carl and his Christmas cheer win over her hardened heart?

Excerpt:

“I guess I should be going,” I sighed. “Not that I want to go out there again—it’s so cool and refreshing in here.”

“Then stay. I’d be grateful of the company while I finish putting together my North Pole.”

“Well, if you’re sure…”

“Yes, yes, stay. I could do with a second opinion on where to place my candy canes.”

“All right,” I agreed. “Can I give you a hand since I’m here anyway?”

“Well, go on then. I’m used to doing them on my own, but I’ve seen your window displays and they’re always gorgeous. Can you organise the penguins and polar bears for me?”

“Sure.” I smiled, shut the laptop and picked up a polar bear. It’s not often a person gets to say that, I suppose. We chatted amicably as we positioned and re-positioned soft toys, ornaments and gingerbread houses. I’d not felt so relaxed and happy for a long while. The loneliness had sunk into my soul and I’d barely even recognised it. As I pondered what that meant for me and my life, I miscalculated how far forward I needed to lean to place my singing, dancing penguin, and I slipped. I knocked into Carl, yelped and thankfully landed on the soft toys. Carl’s landing wasn’t quite so soft, since he ended up on top of me.

“Oh, fu—I’m so sorry.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine.” Carl pushed himself up, but I was still very aware of his pelvis pressing against mine. “Don’t worry, accidents happen.”

“I’m sorry, I’ll pay for anything I’ve broken, I’ll put everything back in just the place it was…”

Carl kissed me.

It was far more complex than that, but at that moment my mind went blank and I just couldn’t think. His lips were on mine. They were plump, hot and very skilled. He took my breath away with just the gentlest undulations. I wrapped my arms around him without thought; pulled him close and let out all the passion that had built up inside me. We broke apart and took ragged breaths before our lips pulled us back together again. Our eyes were open and I could see that he was holding back just a little bit, nervous about whether this was what I wanted. I was sure he’d see the same emotions in the sea of my green eyes.

It struck me as funny that two grown adults lip-locked together still seemed so hesitant. I think he felt the smile cross my lips, because he turned up the heat. He rolled to his side and pulled me over on top of him. I laughed, then groaned because I felt the significant bump rising from his crotch. I was now somewhat in control and after a moment, a very brief moment of doubt, I reached out to undo the buttons on his shirt. His fingers crept up my thighs in response.

I kissed down the outline of his jaw; he moved a hand to cup one of my buttocks. I finished unbuttoning him and he clasped me from the other side, so I was surrounded by his touch and aroused by his gentle squeezes. I continued my kiss trail down over his chest. It was a strong chest, not bursting with muscles—that does nothing for me anyway—but steely, with the kind of muscles  that aren’t showy but get the job done well enough, thank you.

Don’t forget Blissemas Starts today and over at  http://blissemas.co.uk you will find details of how to join in the blog hop and how to win a kindle!

Blog Event with Tilly Greene/Contest Information

Author Tilly Greene is having a huge blog event and you are invited to take part.

One month of checking out all the cool books authors/readers suggest and maybe fill a few gifts this Christmas.

The details of this event are as follows:

The readers are to comment on the blogs to be entered to win a prize.  If they comment every day, then they're entered that many times. 

 Follow or seek out Tilly's tweets out [@tillygreene], each morning the headline will start with a name and link to the perfect book blog will go up and will replicate on her Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/#!/tilly.greene], Goodreads [http://www.goodreads.com/tillygreene] and Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B002BM7CHO]

Prizes will be announced at a later date. More information can be found HERE

Good Luck!

Welcome Andrew Grey Today/Win Legal Artistry

I am giving my blog over to one of my wonderful, talented and sweetest friends...Andrew Grey. He is one of my favorite authors yet he is always wonderful when we stalk...err...talk to him about how much we love his work. So without further adieu....Andrew Grey, everyone.

A Hearty Thank You

Dawn said I could do anything on the blog that I wanted today.  “Take over the blog and go wild,” or something to that effect and I decided to take the opportunity as an author to say thank you.   There are many blogs and web sites that review our books.  Sometimes those reviews are good and sometimes… well… not so good.  But it is those sites, as well as the many blogs and web sites of other authors and fans that allow us as authors to reach our readers.  These wonderful people work hard to develop interview questions, write impartial, unbiased reviews, and provide us the opportunity to tell the stories behind our stories.  These sites and blogs are too numerous to list and I wouldn’t want to try for fear of missing someone, but know that I appreciate the work all of you and I thank you for it.

I want to especially thank Dawn for allowing me to use her blog as a forum.  She’s a wonderful lady.  So leave a comment and I’ll give a copy of Legal Artistry to one lucky responder.  

About Legal Artistry.....

Years ago, Dieter Krumpf’s grandmother died and left him everything, including a photo album containing pictures of the art collection she left behind when her family fled the Nazis. Now, Dieter is calling on the services of a lawyer, Gerald Young, to determine whether his family’s legacy might be returned to him.

Gerald doesn’t hold out much hope that the paintings will be returned, but Dieter’s earnestness speaks to him and he agrees to help. At first he concludes that while Dieter has a case, suing in Austria isn’t practical.  But Gerald is a good lawyer, and as his feelings for Dieter develop, so does his determination to win the case. Together, Gerald and Dieter navigate research, hearings, and a dysfunctional family in the pursuit of fine art—and discover the art of love along the way.

Find Legal Artistry at Dreamspinner Press in Ebook and Print