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.

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.

AMAZON

NOOK

ITUNES

Avon Impulse (more vendors will be coming online soon!)

This contest will run right up until midnight, March 5th! But keep an eye out for a release celebration the week that Wrong Side of Hell releases!

Again, thanks so much for all your support and I hope you enjoy this new series as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it!

But there is so much going on in 2012 that it can’t end. CAN’T I tell you! First off, um, Game of Thrones second season starts in April, followed by True Blood. If the Mayan’s mess with my HBO I’ll be a very unhappy lady.

(I had to show this picture because, um, Alcide is my true fantasy man. Seriously girls, this ain’t no boy, but an alpha male in his prime!) And, YOU’RE WELCOME!

Secondly, Canada’s Got Talent starts in March and uh, I’m watching it very closely for reasons I can’t talk about, well unless the world ends then I’ll spill EVERYTHING faster than it takes me to rip open a pack of peanut M&M’s.

Thirdly, I’ve got FOUR books coming out, all from my new series, LEAGUE OF GUARDIANS and I couldn’t be more thrilled.

Wrong Side of Hell releases March 6th. Click on the title and you can read the first chapter. This is a prequel to the League books and my hero is a yummy Hellhound shifter. I should be able to share the cover soon and I’ll post the pre order links as soon as they’re available which I believe is sometime mid January!

Wicked Road to Hell hits stores in May, followed by another novella that I’ve not written yet, so I really can’t even tell you what it’s about! But King of the Damned has just been handed in and if you click on the title I’m posting an excerpt!

Also for the people emailing about Nico, YES my lovely tortured Jaguar Warrior is in both Wicked Road to Hell and King of the Damned. I plan on giving him his own story one day, so stay tuned!

So many things to look forward to and like I said earlier, if the Mayans screw with any of it, I shall be pissed! I shall be working on more League books as well as my new contemporary romance series, The Bad Boys of Crystal Lake!

If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter please do so…I’ll be sending out excerpts and contest info soon!

What’s everyone else up to? What are you looking more forward to?
Anyhoo, that’s what’s going on with me over the next year or so…

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 Grand Prize will be signed copies of His Darkest Hunger, His Darkest Embrace and the newest, His Darkest Salvation along with personalized book thongs for each of them! Check these out!

Sound good? Let’s get started!

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?

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 Grand Prize will be signed copies of His Darkest Hunger, His Darkest Embrace and the newest, His Darkest Salvation along with personalized book thongs for each of them! Check these out!

Sound good? Let’s get started!

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?

Please check back as I’ll be announcing a contest soon and I’ll have a new book trailer to unveil!

I’m so excited for this story! A lot of loose ends are tied up and Declan’s fate is more tenuous than ever. I so love my Castille brothers and am kind of sad to see the Jaguar Warrior’s trilogy end but there are so many good things in store!

Declan’s book, Wicked Road to Hell, kickstarts my new series for Avon, League of Guardians. But before his book releases next May, (2012) a prequel will be available in ebook format only. It will release in February of 2012. I’ll give some more deets when I can…but this original novella will explain a little more of what’s happening in the League of Guardian books.

I also wanted to let you know that I have all three of the Jaguar Warriors books (signed) up for bid on the Brenda Novak auction for Diabetes. You can bid HERE for a great cause! Only 3 more days to go….the auction ends May 31st!

In the meantime there is a contest at BookPerk and you can vote HERE for a chance to win free books from Avon/Harpercollins!

So, my world is busy as usual, but this is an addition to the family that I had to share….

This is Gibson, a little kitten my daughter found near our home. As you can see from the picture, he’s absolutely adorable and there was no way we couldn’t keep him! So far he’s been eating well off a bottle and I’m about to introduce him to real food…the lovely thing? He likes to purr beside me when I write!

Until next time, take care…and I hope that all my American friends have a wonderful long Memorial Day weekend!

Today we’re going to concentrate on Entwined the second book in her Eternal Guardian Series.

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…

Sounds delicous no? You can click HERE to read an excerpt.

The first book in this series is Marked and you can read about it HERE All right, Elisabeth is offering a book Internationally and the winner will be able to choose from the latest in this series, Entwined, or the first book, Marked.

To be eligable to win one of these books, please tell me about your favorite myths, whether they’re Greek, Egyptian or Aztec!

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!

THE PRICE OF PASSION…
Sold. With one word, Lady Elena Ravenscliffe’s destiny changes forever. Forced into Constantinople’s slave market to pay off her late husband’s debts and save her son, Elena reinvents herself as Jinan—a harem girl adored by the rich lords who bid on her favors. But one man instantly sees through her façade.

…IS COMPLETE SURRENDER
Griffin Summerfield, Marquess of Rothburn, let Elena slip through his fingers years ago. When he recognizes her on the auction block, he pays an outrageous sum to possess her even if it is for a short period of time. But when his deadline looms, Griffin will risk all in a desperate bid to make her

To read the first chapter of this book click HERE and scroll to the bottom.

Sound intriguing? For a chance to win this book answer this question: What are some of the more taboo romance tropes that you enjoy? These can pertain to any genre, historical, paranormal or contemporary.

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!

This book is open to North America only! Have fun everyone!

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!

I will announce the winner on Tuesday October 26th, the day HIS DARKEST EMBRACE releases!

Sound cool? Simple? Exciting?!!!!! I’m pumped so let’s get this party started!

First Up we have uber lovely and talented Maggie Robinson. I’d like to thank her for donating an ARC of her January 2011 release, Mistress by Midnight. I had the absolute pleasure of reading Mistress by Mistake her debut and it’s on my keeper shelf! (click the title to see the gorgeous cover and read all about it!) Maggie writes wonderful, steamy, historicals with characters you will love. Did I say they were steamy? LOL, she’s also a very cool lady and I was so happy to meet her this year at RWA in Orlando!

This book is being offered Internationally! (Thank you Maggie!) Here is the cover and blurb:

First comes seduction…

As children, Desmond Ryland, Marquess of Conover, and Laurette Vincent were inseparable. As young adults, their friendship blossomed into love. But then fate intervened, sending them down different paths. Years later, Con still can’t forget his beautiful Laurette. Now he’s determined to make her his forever. There’s just one problem. Laurette keeps refusing his marriage proposals. Throwing honor to the wind, Con decides that the only way Laurette will wed him is if he thoroughly seduces her…

Then comes marriage…

Laurette’s pulse still quickens every time she thinks of Con and the scorching passion they once shared. She aches to taste the pleasure Con offers her. But she knows she can’t. For so much has happened since they were last lovers. But how long can she resist the consuming desire that demands to be obeyed?

You can click HERE for an excerpt.

All right! To win a signed ARC tell me do you have a first love you still think about? That dude who will always hold a special place? If you could see him again, would you?