Wow, so many cool suggestions yesterday. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy Bensen and Stabler….good call! All right, the winner of Eternal Flame is WENJ

Please email your deets here at the website (info on contact page)!

All right! Day 2 and we have Eternal Flame by the amazing Cynthia Eden! She not only writes hot, spicy paranormal books, make sure you check out her Romantic Suspense series!

But today the lovely lady has graciously offered up an early copy of ETERNAL FLAME, (click on the title to read an excerpt)

Blurb:

No one that deadly should look that good. Hybrid demon Zane Wynter specializes in tracking the most lethal criminals, whether human or Other. But Jana Carter is nothing like his previous targets. She’s an Ignitor, able to conjure and control fire. She’s also sexy beyond belief—and used to playing dirty…

Jana knows she’s being set up. She even knows who’s responsible: Project Perseus, a secretive group that plans to rid the world of paranormals by any means necessary. From Louisiana’s sultry swamps to its desolate cemeteries, Jana and Zane must race to destroy the mastermind behind Perseus before their world goes up in flames—and with it, a desire that burns too hot to resist…

All right, 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!

To win this fab book off Cynthia Eden the question today: I love books where the hero and heroine are partners and have to work together to achieve a goal. Who is your fave partnership in television or movies? It can be two dudes or male female!

Okay, FYI Cynthia has offered her book Internationally, no boundaries today!

Wow, all the comments were amazing! Funny how these guys stick in our minds! I wonder if it’s the same for them! Thanks for all your entries, I enjoyed reading them!

Using the handy dandy randomizer the winner of Maggie Robinson’s ARC of Mistress by Midnight, is Jolene! (um, I think you won books off me on the Supernatural Underground! woot!)

email me here at the website and I’ll get your information to Maggie!

Hey guys…it’s that time. You know, the few weeks leading up to release and that means one thing. CONTEST!!!

I will be launching 15 Days to Embrace the Darkside on Monday, October 10th and this is the list of authors participating!

Jeaniene Frost
Pamela Palmer
Anya Bast
Elisabeth Naughton
Shelli Stevens
Sophie Jordan
Merrie Destefano
Suzanne Rock
Amanda Vyne
Tiffany Clare
Michelle Rowen
Eve Silver
Donna Grant
Kris Kennedy
Cynthia Eden
Maggie Robinson

Weeeeeeeeeeee! Isn’t this an impressive list! Each day you’ll get a chance to win a different featured book! I’ll also be awarding a grand prize of 50$$ worth of (your choice) books ordered through The Book Depository! This way, I can open this contest overseas as well!

The grand prize winner will be announced on Tuesday, October 26th!

So mark this down on your calendar and make sure to visit! In the meantime, feel free to read the first 6 chapters of His Darkest Embrace!

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Hey everyone, I’m at The Bradford Bunch today giving away books! Swing by for a chance to win!

What am I reading? Unholy Ghosts, Stacia Kane

What song is stuck in my head? The Reason, Hoobastank (don’t ask)

What’s the last thing I ate? kielbasa avec du cheese

What am I working on? book proposal for Avon.

What have I completed? Wicked Road to Hell, Declan’s book.

What movie do I want to see? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

What’s the weather? Sunny fall day and I’m LOVING IT!

Next trip? New York City for ComicCon on October 8th!

On the schedule for today? laundry, writing and a visit to the hair salon. OH, and an eyebrow waxing.

Wearing? sweats and flip flops…tho I need a pedicure in a very, very bad way.

What do all think???

Please welcome guest blogger Fiona Jayde. Her latest release from Samhain is available next week!
Fiona Jayde is a space pilot, a ninth degree black belt in three styles of martial arts, a computer hacker, a mountain climber, a jazz singer, a weight lifter, a superspy with a talent for languages, and an evil genius.
All in her own head.

In life, she is an author of kickass, action packed, steamy romances, possesses a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do and blue belt in Aikido, a web developer, scared to death of heights, loves jazz piano, can bench-press about 20 pounds — with effort, was taught English by Nora Roberts and Growing Pains, and when not plotting murder and mayhem enjoys steamy romance novels, sexy spy thrillers, murky mysteries and movies where things frequently blow up.

Mates and Blood and Destiny: Love at First Sight
I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of destiny: free will vs predetermined fate, acceptance of your fate vs fighting like hell to get away from it. My favorite heroes and heroines are destined for something which they both love and hate: Buffy The Vampire has to save the world but wants to live a normal life; Kara Thrace (Starbuck from BattleStar Galactica) wants to drink and pilot her shipt and kick Cylon ass instead of being the “harbinger of death” as she is often referred to. (Am I revealing my inner geek?)
The idea of destined mates makes wonder along the similar lines: I love the fictional concept of finding one’s mate and fighting like hell to get away from them only to be pulled back to the “bond”. I love reading these types of books (and writing them!) where the attraction and emotion are heightened by something inexplicable that binds the main characters together, no matter how hard they fight for their own free will.

I’ve played with that concept in Night Haven, where my wolf shifter heroine – Dina – finds herself immensely attracted to the enemy she is supposed to dust – a vampire. It’s a common understanding that wolves mate for life, and as such, Wolf shifters make terrific heroes for that delicious conflict of the animal sensing its mate and the human refusing anything that isn’t on their own “free will”. Add to that the “wrong” kind of mate – in this case an age old enemy , and tension escalates immeasurably.
The questions that always plaque is the reality of the whole idea: if some gorgeous guy crashes through your door, claims you as mate and expects you to swoon, what would you do? Personally I’d scream bloody murder and grab a nearest weapon, regardless of the strength of the attraction. But that’s just me ? (I still put up my fists if my hubby startles me… especially if I’m not wearing my glasses….)
How realistic are these love at first sight/soul mate scenarios? What if regardless of the bond, the characters are just fundamentally different and just cannot be together – a theme I’ll be exploring in another Bloodwolf book.
To The Readers – do you love or hate the whole “bonded at first sight/soulmates/mates for life” idea? What are some of your favorite books exploring this theme? Do you find it realistic/unrealistic, and why?

You can find out all about Fiona’s book and how to grab it for yourself! HERE

And check out her book trailer!