********************THE WINNER OF YOUR CHOICE OF BOOK BY SABLE GRACE IS Michelle Bledsoe. PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR DEETS, HERE AT THE WEBSITE. IF I DON’T HEAR FROM YOU BY SATURDAY, I’LL DRAW ANOTHER WINNER**********
Celebration week continues! Please check the previous post for yesterdays winner! Today we have an offering from my good friends Sable Grace (which is the author name for Heather Waters and Laura Barone) These ladies have come together to write the Dark Breed Series and today they’re offering one lucky commentator the chance to win one of the following:
Book One: Ascension
The gates of hell have opened, and one woman will stand in the crossfire as the Dark Breed — vampyre, demons, shape shifters — and mankind fight their last battle for survival.
Kyana is half Vampyre, half Lychen… And the last of her kind. Determined, dangerous, and damned, she has no love for the mortals who have imprisoned and misused her. But when the Order of Ancients entrusts her with a mission — to find the key that will send the Dark Breed back into Hell for eternity — Kyana has no choice but to accept.
She is furious to learn her assignment comes with an escort… Ryker, a demigod and fierce warrior who long ago found a way under her skin and stayed there. In a shaky alliance, they discover an ancient cult with dangerous motive and a god who seeks to destroy all others. And as Kyana begins to feel the heat that threatens to bind her to Ryker, she knows she has to resist. For it could only mean the undoing of them both…
Book Two: Bedeviled
Kyana thought only to save her friend’s life when she fed Haven her blood; instead, she created a monster. Now the woman she thought of as a sister is under the spell of an ancient, vengeful god, determined to set him free and wreak havoc on the mortal world…and only Kyana can stop her.
But time is running out. In just seven days, Kyana’s Vampyre and Lychen abilities will be gone and she’ll be completely transformed into the Goddess of the Hunt — and her blood ties to Haven will be severed. By her side is Ryker — ally, demigod, lover — who will sacrifice everything to keep Kyana safe…even the attraction that burns between them. Together they have one chance to save Haven from herself… To save humanity from Hell on earth.
Don’t these sound freaking awesome? Well, they are…I’ve read them both and now it’s your turn to win your choice of either, Ascension or Bedeviled. Answer the following for your chance! (Please note, this is for US only)
Do you like to read series where the protagonists are the same as in the Dark Breed Books? Or do you prefer series where each book has a different couple as the focus…and why?
*************** Winner of their choice of book, is Sue Sattler. Please email me your info. If you’re from the US Joss will mail your choice, if you’re international, she’ll give you an e-copy! Congrats!You have until the end of the week to respond, or I’ll pick another winner! *******************
Woot! It’s officially release week and we’re going to kick off my celebration of WRONG SIDE OF HELL with an awesome giveaway by the uber talented Joss Ware. (who also writes as Colleen Gleason btw)
To start off this week, Joss is offering one lucky commentator the choice of one of her Envy Chronicle books. This is an awesome series with a post apocalyptic premise that I loved.
Book one: Beyond the Night.
A man with no future…
When Dr. Elliott Drake wakes from a mysterious fifty-year sleep, the world as he knew it is gone. Cities are now desolate, and civilization is controlled by deadly immortals. Stranger still is Elliott’s extraordinary new “gift” – he has the power to heal, but it comes with fatal consequences.
A woman with a past
Jade barely escaped the immortals and is now hell-bent on revenge. She trusts no one… until Elliott. His piercing gaze and tempting touch shatter her defenses, but the handsome doctor seems to have dangerous secrets of his own. Is it safe to trust him with her heart?
If they are to survive in this dark new world, Jade and Elliott must work together to fight the forces that takes them beyond danger.
I don’t about you, but I’m sitting here at my dining room table, staring out at blowing snow! BRRRRR…it’s cold here in the land of Canuk. So, I thought what better way to heat things up than to have a pre-order contest for my upcoming, hawt, release WRONG SIDE OF HELL?
With battle lines drawn and evil forces gathering in the shadows, the League of Guardians is all that stands between chaos and the human realm…
Logan Winters, an elite hellhound shifter, wants to forget his allegiance to the League and the pain he’s suffered because of it. But when he’s ordered to retrieve Kira Dove from purgatory and bring her back to life, he can’t refuse. Not only will her death affect the balance between the realms, she’s also linked to a past he can’t forget.
Kira Dove, a young woman murdered before her time, wanders the gray realm, alone and vulnerable. The one bright spot in her life is the memory of a mysterious protector who saved her once before. As she makes her way through this terrifying place, she can’t help but wonder…will he come for her again?
As Logan races to save her, he knows he faces a nearly impossible task: How can a hellhound survive in the one place he shouldn’t ever be? The wrong side of hell…
Click on the title above so you can read the first chapter!
So, my contest is EASY and there are three ways to win!
1. If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter….DO SO NOW and let me know! You can sign up HERE.
2. If you don’t follow me on Twitter or Facebook…DO SO NOW and let me know! You can fine me on Twitter Here and on Facebook Here.
3. To Triple your chances of winning, pre-order WRONG SIDE OF HELL, and email me your proof of pre-order, to juliana@julianastone.com!
First Prize: 25$$ gift certificate from Amazon
Second Prize: A signed copy of the first full length book in this sereis, WICKED ROAD TO HELL (Declan and Ana’s book) which releases April 24th!
This contest is for ebooks only, as the print book won’t be released until several weeks after the ebook edition.
Hi everyone (waving madly from AZ)! I first want to shout out a huge thank-you to Juliana for letting me come on her blog and squeal about my new release, DARK FUTURE! Also, Juliana was so kind to allow me to hold a contest on her blog. Soooo here’s the 4-1-1. (Do people even say that anymore?) For a chance to win a free copy of my new release from Avon all you have to do is post my cover on your blog, bonus points if you can sneak the blurb in, and link it back to Juliana’s site here. But what if you don’t have a blog, you ask. Alright, alright…I’ll even make it easier. How about a post on your Facebook page or a tweet on twitter? Is that easy enough?
I’ll keep the contest running until Friday October 28th!
For the past week I’ve had the privilege of hopping around to different blogs and talking about my book, DARK FUTURE. Well, that’s great and all (because who doesn’t like to talk about themselves and their latest obsession?), but I am feeling a bit long-winded so I would love to open the comments up to readers. Ask me a question (and dare I say it, ANY question), and I will do my best to answer.
With that being said, let me tell you about DARK FUTURE. I started writing this book in the black pit of post-partum depression after my eldest daughter was born. Now, of course, she is a well-adjusted, loving, kind, nine-year-old, but back then she was the child from hell. I needed an escape. Reading was out of the question because it’s hard to hold a book while carrying a screaming baby. But I could still escape by writing a story in my head.
Through the years I kept plugging away on my manuscript. Then a funny thing happened—my characters started to take shape, become more alive, more…crazy? But I thought, who cares? This is my first book. When I am done writing it, I’ll find a nice place for it under my bed. DARK FUTURE will never get published.
Fast forward nine years, and low and behold, I found not only an agent, but an editor who liked and got my snarky, twisted, dark sense of humor. Who woulda thunk it. I guess today’s lesson is…be careful what you write because one day your mom just might end up I can’t wait to hear from all of you, and I’ll be checking back throughout the day to see what questions your devious minds plan to torture me with.
Thank you everyone!
Awakened in the middle of the night by a future version of herself, Kris Davenport is given a mission: go forward in time to save the world—and His life. Of course, her future self doesn’t tell her who he is, just sends her into an abyss and straight into an alien invasion.
He turns out to be ConRad Smith, the callous, untrusting Commander of Earth’s army and the world’s last defense. There’s only one way to know for sure if this strange woman is an alien spy—slice her throat. Except, he didn’t anticipate the heat he would feel as he interrogates the hot-tempered, warm-blooded woman. For a man whose sole focus has been survival, she’s more temptation than he can handle. But a world on the brink of destruction leaves no room for love…and time is running out.
All right, so happy to have KC Klein pop by! If you want to know more about KC and her books, check out her website HERE. Remember people for a chance to win copy KC’s cover and blurb and post it on your blog, FB page or twitter page. Link it back here. For bonus points ask KC ANYTHING YOU WANT!!!!
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS EBOOK ONLY AND OPEN TO US/CAN ONLY UNLESS YOU CAN CLAIM YOUR PRIZE THROUGH AMAZON!
I’ve read it and it’s a great book! We’ll keep this contest running until Friday, sound good?
Okay, today we’ve got another stellar giveaway! The lovely Elisabeth Naughton is here! Once more let’s go over the deets!
Please note yesterdays winner is posted in the previous blog post so please see below!
Every day until release day of Salvation the following authors will be featured with their books for FREE!
Kerrelyn Sparks
Eve Silver Joss Ware Michelle Rowen Karina Cooper
Elisabeth Naughton
Pamela Palmer
Helen Lowe
Merrie Destefano Sable Grace
Maureen McGowan Terri Garey
The rules: There will be several ways to enter.
1) Post this contest anywhere on the web and LINK back to this blog.
2) Post the cover to His Darkest Salvation along with the blurb anywhere on the web and LINK back to this blog.
3) Answer the question posted each day for each individual book.
4) If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter do so
Todays prize package are a copy of Marked and Entwined, books 1 & 2 in Elisabeth’s Eternal Guardian series. The highly anticipated 3rd, Tempted, is coming September 6th!
THERON – Dark haired, duty bound and deceptively deadly. He’s the leader of the Argonauts, an elite group of guardians that defends the immortal realm from threats of the Underworld.
From the moment he walked into the club, Casey knew this guy was different. Men like that just didn’t exist in real life—silky shoulder-length hair, chest impossibly broad, and a predatory manner that just screamed dark and dangerous. He was looking for something. Her.
She was the one. She had the mark. Casey had to die so his kind could live, and it was Theron’s duty to bring her in. But even as a 200-year-old descendent of Hercules, he wasn’t strong enough to resist the pull in her fathomless eyes, to tear himself away from the heat of her body.
As war with the Underworld nears, someone will have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
ZANDER — The most feared of all the Eternal Guardians. It’s rumored he can’t be killed, and he always fights like he has nothing to lose. But as a descendant of the famed hero Achilles, he’s got to have a vulnerability… somewhere.
Forces of daemons are gathering and have broken through the barriers of the Underworld. Now more than ever the Eternal Guardians are needed to protect both their own realm and the humans’. Zander can’t afford to think about what might have been with the bewitching physician he once regarded as his soul mate. But with eternity stretching before him, he also can’t fathom spending his life without the one woman who makes him feel most alive. Perhaps he’s found his weakness, after all…
Trust me, these books are awesome! So, the question of the day is…what ancient culture would you like to see more of in paranormal books?
All right guys, just a heads up the winner from yesterday is posted below in a seperate entry! So, onto day two!
First off here are the Deets!
Every day until release day of Salvation the following authors will be featured with their books for FREE!
Kerrelyn Sparks
Eve Silver
Joss Ware
Michelle Rowen
Karina Cooper
Elisabeth Naughton
Pamela Palmer
Helen Lowe
Merrie Destefano
Sable Grace
Maureen McGowan
Terri Garey
The rules: There will be several ways to enter.
1) Post this contest anywhere on the web and LINK back to this blog.
2) Post the cover to His Darkest Salvation along with the blurb anywhere on the web and LINK back to this blog.
3) Answer the question posted each day for each individual book.
4) If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter do so.
**as well, some of these are International and some aren’t. Todays entry is International baby!
Here is the prize package for Day 2!
1) A signed copy of Sable Grace’s fantastic debut Ascension and a signed copy of Karina Cooper’s debut Blood of the Wicked!
As an independent witch living off the grid, Jessie Leigh has spent her life running, trying to blend in among the faceless drudges in the rebuilt city. She thought she was finally safe, but now she’s been found in a New Seattle strip club—by a hard-eyed man on a mission to destroy her kind.
A soldier of the Holy Order, Silas Smith believes in the cause: trawling the fringes of society for the murderous witches who threaten what’s left of the world. Forced into a twisting web of half-truths and lies, he has to stay close to the most sensuous and electrifying woman he has ever seen and manipulate her into leading him tot he witch he has to kill: her brother. Silas doesn’t know that Jessie’s his enemy, only that he wants her, needs her, even as he lies to her… and must protect her until his final breath.
The gates of hell have opened, and one woman will stand in the crossfire as the Dark Breed — vampyre, demons, shape shifters — and mankind fight their last battle for survival.
Kyana is half Vampyre, half Lychen… And the last of her kind. Determined, dangerous, and damned, she has no love for the mortals who have imprisoned and misused her. But when the Order of Ancients entrusts her with a mission — to find the key that will send the Dark Breed back into Hell for eternity — Kyana has no choice but to accept.
She is furious to learn her assignment comes with an escort… Ryker, a demigod and fierce warrior who long ago found a way under her skin and stayed there. In a shaky alliance, they discover an ancient cult with dangerous motive and a god who seeks to destroy all others. And as Kyana begins to feel the heat that threatens to bind her to Ryker, she knows she has to resist. For it could only mean the undoing of them both…
This is a great double WIN!
Today’s question: What do you love about kick ass female heroines or what do you not like?
All right People let’s get this done! Day one of my fab contest to celebrate the release of my third Jaguar Warrior book, His Darkest Salvation. I’ll be running this contest right up until release date with a new author featured every day! Check out the list
Kerrelyn Sparks
Eve Silver
Joss Ware
Michelle Rowen
Karina Cooper
Elisabeth Naughton
Pamela Palmer
Helen Lowe
Merrie Destefano
Sable Grace
Maureen McGowan
Terri Garey
The rules: There will be several ways to enter.
1) Post this contest anywhere on the web and LINK back to this blog.
2) Post the cover to His Darkest Salvation along with the blurb anywhere on the web and LINK back to this blog.
3) Answer the question posted each day for each individual book.
4) If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter do so.
Okay! Sound easy?
Today’s prize! A signed copy of Kerrelyn’s Sparks very cool book, The Vampire and The Virgin!
Olivia’s packing list:
1. Sunscreen
2. Bathing suit
3. Flip-flops
FBI psychologist Olivia Sotiris is looking for a cool ocean breeze, sand between her toes, and a break from her crazy, and sometimes dangerous, life. But when she escapes to the Greek island of Patmos, all she gets is a meddling grandmother trying to marry her off. None of the men there interest her—except a mysterious Scotsman named Robby MacKay.
Robby’s packing list:
1. Synthetic blood
2. More synthetic blood
3. Jogging clothes (even a Vamp has to stay in shape!)
Robby needs to cool off, too, since all he can think about is revenge on the Malcontent bloodsuckers who once held him captive. But then he meets Olivia, the beauty with wild curls and a tempting smile. When a deadly criminal from one of her cases back home tracks her down, Robby will have to save her life, along with giving her a first time she’ll never forget …
Question of the day: If you could go anywhere to vacation, where would it be and who would you bring along?
The Winner of your choice of Blood of the Wicked or Lure of the Wicked is Miranda, who commented on June 8th at 12:10. Thanks so much for all your questions…I feel we know miss Karina a bit better, no?
Miranda, please email me your snail addie and I’ll have the book delivered to you!
Juliana
Hey Everyone! I have a very special treat for you all. Avon’s latest debut paranormal romance author is the lovely Karina Cooper. She has an intense, wonderful and sexy new series, Dark Mission and the first book, Blood of the Wicked has just released.
Check this out:
As an independent witch living off the grid, Jessie Leigh has spent her life running, trying to blend in among the faceless drudges in the rebuilt city. She thought she was finally safe, but now she’s been found in a New Seattle strip club—by a hard-eyed man on a mission to destroy her kind.
A soldier of the Holy Order, Silas Smith believes in the cause: trawling the fringes of society for the murderous witches who threaten what’s left of the world. Forced into a twisting web of half-truths and lies, he has to stay close to the most sensuous and electrifying woman he has ever seen and manipulate her into leading him tot he witch he has to kill: her brother. Silas doesn’t know that Jessie’s his enemy, only that he wants her, needs her, even as he lies to her… and must protect her until his final breath.
The second book Lure of the Wicked will release in a few weeks…
Naomi West was plucked from one prison and placed undercover in another: the gilded cage that is Timeless, New Seattle’s premier spa and resort, where owner Phinneas Clarke—the most seductive man Naomi has ever met—may be hiding a killer. She’s an agent of the Holy Order, trained to hunt the guilty and render justice. But while she’s tracking down a rogue agent on a killing spree, Phin is determined to uncover her most damning—and dangerous—secrets. Whatever the cost.
Sounds awesome don’t they? To celebrate the release of her books I’m going to give away your choice…Blood of the Wicked or Lure of the Wicked. To enter for a chance to win, simply ask Karina a question. About whatever you want. Her books. Her characters. Her hair colour! Just make sure the question is new and fresh and hasn’t already been asked as you won’t be eligable! She’ll be popping by to answer your questions……we’ll leave this open until tomorrow night and I’ll announce a winner on Friday.
Hey Everyone! Hope Saturday finds all of you in a great place! I myself, am in a wonderful mood….I HAZ NEWZ!!!!! I’ve just accepted my third contract with Harper Collins and starting next year in May, with the release of Declan’s Book WICKED ROAD TO HELL, I’ll be writing a new series! LEAGUE OF GUARDIANS! I’m so excited about it…..Here is a small blurb….
For millennia the struggle between light and dark, the upper and lower realms, has been policed by a secret group of warriors culled from every fabric of existence. They are both otherworld and human, male and female. They are light and dark themselves, known to each other as the League of Guardians. Their pledge, to protect the line between the two realms and make sure neither side grows too powerful. If they fall, so shall the earth, the heavens and hell. And there will be no more.
His Darkest Salvation pretty much ties up the over reaching story ARC that began withHis Darkest Hunger, and continued with His Darkest Embrace (anyone see a pattern here? LOL)but as you all know Declan has his own story to tell and his book begins a new chapter. I’m very pleased.
So in honour of my WIN this week I’m hosting a contest for the uber cool, Sable Graceand the debut book coming out this May is called Ascension and it’s going to Rock! Here is the cover and blurb:
The gates of hell have opened, and one woman will stand in the crossfire as the Dark Breed — vampyre, demons, shape shifters — and mankind fight their last battle for survival.
Kyana is half Vampyre, half Lychen… And the last of her kind. Determined, dangerous, and damned, she has no love for the mortals who have imprisoned and misused her. But when the Order of Ancients entrusts her with a mission — to find the key that will send the Dark Breed back into Hell for eternity — Kyana has no choice but to accept.
She is furious to learn her assignment comes with an escort… Ryker, a demigod and fierce warrior who long ago found a way under her skin and stayed there. In a shaky alliance, they discover an ancient cult with dangerous motive and a god who seeks to destroy all others. And as Kyana begins to feel the heat that threatens to bind her to Ryker, she knows she has to resist. For it could only mean the undoing of them both…
Doesn’t this sound amazing? Sable Grace have been nice enough to offer up 2 e-ARCS of this book, so you’ll be able to read it before anyone else does! So, for a chance to win here is what you have to do and there are a couple of ways to be entered…..
–I want you to spread the love for Sable Grace. Link this post anywhere, your blog, your website, whatevah…..but make sure to post the link here so that we know it’s been done!
–Post the cover and link it back to here….again spreading some love for Sable Grace
Pretty simple no? I shall run this until Wednesday, February February 23rd. Make sure to check back here Thursday morning to see who has won!
Wow, we’re almost there folks! Good news, I counted wrong , so really this is going to last 16 days! Weeeeeeee! And today we have author Shelli Stevens. She’s generously offering up a copy of NEED ME check out the smoking cover!
Nika has trained her body into a deadly weapon—the better to take what she wants from any world, especially the well-protected planet Belton. But the moment she sees Lt. Brendon Marshall, her weapon is turned against her. A man like him could incinerate a woman’s priorities with one look. And since he’s guarding the very object of her desire, it could be so simple to use him and never look back. As long as she can ignore a more intense pleasure than she’s ever known—and a wilder need than she’s ever imagined…
WARNING! These is a REALLY HOT book! (This is Shelli’s warning but I totally believe her!)
To win a copy of this book tell me about the strongest female character you’ve read or watched on television. The one who will stop at nothing to get what she wants! There are no shipping boundaries for this book so it’s International baby!
Okay, here are the rules:
1. Comment each day for a chance to win the featurued book. I will be asking a question so your comment does have to either answer or expand to be counted. I will specify whether the book featured is open Internationally or not.
2. Winners will be announced the following day.
3. Spread the word about this contest and include a link and you’ll get an extra shot at winning!
4. The grand prize of 50$$ worth of books off The Book Depository will be offered by moi and is open to anywhere The Book Depository delivers!
Good luck everyone we’re nearly to the end of my celebration!
