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Thursday, May 31, 2012
June 1-8 Lazy Summer Reads Blog Hop! Enter to Win!
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June 1-8 is the Lazy Summer Reads Blog Hop. As a part of the hop, I will be giving away to one lucky poster their choice of any of my ebooks + a complete set of 3 limited-edition fragrances inspired by my stories and created by the Dark Beauty Boutique. You will receive the fragrances for Antique Charming, Back To You, and Change of Address. This giveaway is open to worldwide shipping, so where ever you are located in the world you can still enter to win!
To enter, simply leave a comment here at my blog with a way to get in touch with you, or send an email to: natalienicole980 at yahoo dot com
After you have entered, click on the link below to move on to the next stop on the hop for more chances to win!
To enter, simply leave a comment here at my blog with a way to get in touch with you, or send an email to: natalienicole980 at yahoo dot com
After you have entered, click on the link below to move on to the next stop on the hop for more chances to win!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
I'm at The Romance Studio's May Celebration Party + GIVEAWAY
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I'm at The Romance Studio's May Celebration Party for the next few days. While I'm there, I will be giving away the complete set of three perfumes inspired by my stories: One lucky poster will receive the Antique Charming, Change of Address, and Back To You fragrances.
How cool is that?
This will probably be one of the last times I do this giveaway as I am just about out of the Antique Charming fragrance.
To enter, simply leave a comment here or at the TRS Party Site at any of my posts. Be sure to leave a way to contact you! If you prefer, you can always send an email to: natalienicole980 at yahoo dot com
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Welcome Toni LoTempio, author of Raven's Quest + GIVEAWAY!
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Toni is giving away one ebook copy of Raven's Quest to one lucky poster! To enter, simply leave a comment here at the blog with a way to get in touch, or if you prefer, send an email to: natalienicole980 at yahoo dot com
Blurb:
In this short novella, Shapeshifter Raven Grace and her psychic lover, Finn McPhee, are back, traveling to parallel time in search of a demonic killer.
Excerpt:
The woman staggered into the center of the floor, weaving like a drunk. She looked to be in her early thirties, her full red lips matching the nearly non-existent dress she wore of the same color. “Death to all” she rasped, staggering forward. Her hand shot upward, and the large butcher knife there gleamed with fresh, red blood.
Raven pushed forward, her eyes darting around the large room, desperately seeking Finn. She caught sight of him. He’d been pushed back against a marble pillar, and was slowly inching forward.
His voice, inside her head: Got your weapon?
She nodded grimly, even as her fingers reached inside the useless purse slung carelessly across one slim, bare shoulder. She pulled out her weapon, cocked the safety, and plowed forward.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Hedy do the same.
And then the air was rent with another, commanding voice, a feminine one.
“Drop it. Drop the knife now.”
The knife wavered wildly in the air as the woman took a step backward, her eyes glazed over and glassy. The speaker moved into the center of the room, and both Raven and Hedy stopped in their tracks, taking in the tableaux before them. The woman who stood calmly training her stunner on the knife-wielder, was thirty if she was a day and looked to be in perfect shape, if the curves beneath the form-fitting white Dior number she wore gave any indication. Her black silk fall of hair, parted in the middle, framed a face Raven knew George would describe as “million-dollar”, but there was a steely set to her jaw, a coldness in the thin set of her lips, that kept her from being beautiful. Still in all – she was a package no man would kick out of bed, of that Raven was certain.
The newcomer moved with the speed of a striking cobra, gripping the knife hand and twisting it backward. “I said drop it.”
Fingers went limp, and there was a sharp clink! as knife met floor. The woman whipped one hand out, and the next second shiny handcuffs had been slapped on the offender.
“I need help here,” the brunette snapped. “She needs a doctor, she’s obviously drugged. Someone get a medic – what are you all waiting for?”
On the podium, Sully cleared his throat. “You’d all best listen to her, and get used to it. I realize this isn’t exactly the best introduction, but…” His arm swept out, indicating the woman. “My successor…Captain Darla Barnes.”
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http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ravens-quest-toni-lotempio/1108217652?ean=2940013770706Toni is an admin by day, author by night. In between working and writing, she's also mom to four bratty cats, including ROCCO the Blogging Cat, who has his own blog (www.catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com) Toni is at work on more novels - you can write to her at, or through her agent, Josh Getzler, at HSG Literary Agency.
Website: http://www.tonilotempio.webs.com/
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Welcome Virgil Allen Moore, author of Demon Vampire
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Demon Vampire asks the question, if given the choice to have power, grace, and immortality at the cost of your soul, what would you do? What if the choice was easier than you think? Small incremental segments of you childhood for a boost in strength? The ability to protect your loved ones for the corners of your mind that you don't often use? Regeneration for the traits that make you who you are? If faced with a grave decision of morality, what would you choose?
Excerpt:
His eyes closed. The red apparition somehow soothed and calmed him. It was speaking directly now. It was murder. He could hear it above the raging storm coursing through him. It forced upon him glimpses of her dead body, a sight of torment. “The vast ocean of power I can grant you. The encompassing absolution of being I offer, to walk without equal as an abomination among monsters. To be feared as no other.” The voice sighed inside him. It's breath warm on the back of his thoughts. “Am I truly so disgusting? Is this not what you asked for? Do I not tempt you? Offer you what you need? Do I not wet your tongue with my invitation?”
Fear swept him, his choices were not sovereign. His gut knotted in indecision. The hot blanket of seduction that had cloaked him was convincing. It was generously welcoming. He hesitated, not knowing the demon's destination or his own. He could feel his soul slipping, a grip once tight, now failing him.
“Let it happen, give yourself to me. All you ever have to do, is acknowledge me. Your soul will satisfy my desires, my requirements.” The voice was commanding. It spoke as a god dwelling in the recesses of his senses. It continued. “Rip, tear, rend, and swallow the blood like milk.” The demon inside beckoned with a sadistic suggestion.
He was unsure, the deal was tempting, even acceptable in a sick flight of fancy. The power was enthralling. His confliction was disturbing, he was not a murderer. He knew as much, as he doubted his own integrity. It was tempting, wet in his mouth, keen on his fingertips. Absolute strength on a level unrivaled. The knowledge that no other being would ever be able to contest him. It was a spectacular promise. It was seductive.
The voice posed its question a final time. Its confidence was unrelenting. “Is my simple price so steep, so dire, costly, that you would die a fool's death to deny me the path fate has allowed me to etch in the stars?”
Epic Paranormal Dark Mystery
Release Date
October 30th, 2011
Purchase links for Demon Vampire
USA Kindle http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0062F60O2
USA Print http://www.amazon.com/dp/1937438066
UK Kindle http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0062F60O2/276-7960540-8806063
Links for Demon Vampire: Special Science Report 1192
USA Kindle http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00615IRCG
UK Kindle http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00615IRCG/276-7960540-8806063
Websites
http://demonvampire.com/
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12717966-demon-vampire
Release Date
October 30th, 2011
Purchase links for Demon Vampire
USA Kindle http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0062F60O2
USA Print http://www.amazon.com/dp/1937438066
UK Kindle http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0062F60O2/276-7960540-8806063
Links for Demon Vampire: Special Science Report 1192
USA Kindle http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00615IRCG
UK Kindle http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00615IRCG/276-7960540-8806063
Websites
http://demonvampire.com/
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12717966-demon-vampire
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Welcome Lynn Hones, author of A Titanic Tale
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My newest release, A Titanic Tale, is a haunted look at what happened to a woman who’s selfish behavior on board the ship that horrible night followed her and her descendants into a bleak and frightening future.
Another wealthy women survived that night. She was married to a prominent millionaire, was five months pregnant and partly responsible for one of the biggest scandals of that time.
Madeleine Force, 18, rich in her own right, had been on an extended honeymoon in Egypt and Paris
Returning to America aboard the Titanic, they booked one of the most expensive parlor suites and boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with Colonel Astor's manservant Mr. Victor Robbins, Mrs. Astor's maid, Rosalie Bidois, and her private nurse, Caroline Louise Endres, along with their pet Airedale, Kitty.
According to witnesses, after the ship hit the iceberg, the Astors were spotted in the gymnasium sitting on one of the new mechanical horses. Colonel Astor had a life vest in his hands, and with a penknife cut it opened to show his young wife what it was made of. When directed to lifeboat number 4, Colonel Astor assisted his young wife into it, and then inquired if he might accompany her. Told by Second Officer Charles Lightoller that no men were allowed until all woman and children were first safe, he stepped aside and bid his young wife goodbye. He was last seen smoking a cigarette along the rail of the doomed vessel. His lifeless body was recovered later, with thousands of dollars in his pockets.
It is said that Madeleine helped row the lifeboat that night and offered her fur stole to another woman to keep her baby warm. After being picked up by the Carpathia, Madeleine was shown to a private room.
A five-million-dollar trust fund and the use of the Astor’s homes on Fifth Avenue Newport , Road Island
During World War I she married William K. Dick and they had two sons, William F. and John H. Dick. Having remarried she relinquished all claims to the Astor fortune, but Mr. Dick was a prominent businessman himself, so she was not left destitute. They divorced in 1933. Four months later, she married prize-fighter Enzo Fiermonte, but divorced him in 1938. She died in Palm Beach , Florida
The young John Jacob Astor VI, who carried on his father’s name, died in Miami Beach , Florida
Blurb:
Beautiful Cornelia Bainesworth cared only about herself and her own life the night the Titanic went down. A curse brought on by a woman who witnessed her selfish behavior that evening destroys her, but it doesn’t stop there.
One hundred years later, the curse rears its ugly head in the life of small-town teenager Callie. As if the tragedy of her boyfriend’s death wasn’t enough, strange occurrences bring her to the brink of insanity. Callie’s search for answers is unsuccessful until a nerdy schoolmate takes up her cause and together they experience frightening apparitions, unexplained phenomena and chilling truths. These truths turn Callie’s life upside down and reveal a shocking ending to a story that began on the deck of a ship doomed the moment it saw light.
One hundred years later, the curse rears its ugly head in the life of small-town teenager Callie. As if the tragedy of her boyfriend’s death wasn’t enough, strange occurrences bring her to the brink of insanity. Callie’s search for answers is unsuccessful until a nerdy schoolmate takes up her cause and together they experience frightening apparitions, unexplained phenomena and chilling truths. These truths turn Callie’s life upside down and reveal a shocking ending to a story that began on the deck of a ship doomed the moment it saw light.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Antique Charming is FREE today at Amazon
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Antique Charming is FREE today and tomorrow at Amazon! How cool is that? If you haven't downloaded your FREE copy, do it now!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Welcome Angela S Stone, author of Sometimes it's Fate + Giveaway
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Welcome Angela S Stone, author of Sometimes it's Fate. Angela visits today as part of her blog tour presented by CBLS Promotions.
Angela is giving away one copy of Sometimes it's Fate during this visit. To enter, leave a comment with a way to get in touch with you. If you prefer, you can send an email to: natalienicole980 at yahoo dot com
Hello and welcome to my first stop on my blog tour for Sometimes It’s Fate print release! Natalie is kind enough to host me and a giveaway! One lucky commenter will win a copy of “Sometimes It’s Fate”.
Sometimes It’s Fate is my debut novel, and the first in the Canada’s Finest series. The follow up novel Boots On the Ground is coming out from Phaze publishing in July and I couldn’t be more excited. Jason and David are two of my favourite characters. I’ve been writing them in some form for almost five years. When I finally sat down and decided to write a novel (literally I wanted to write a publishable novel, so I sat down and started typing, six weeks later I had Sometimes It’s Fate), I choose my two boys I knew best.
Jason and David are two very complex and fun characters to write. In Sometimes you just scratch the surface of them, especially Jason. He’s a very deep character who continues to grow, and more importantly struggle with decisions he’s made in the past.
One of the main themes around Sometimes is HIV and AIDS. You learn that Jason has a somewhat questionable past overall, including a recent expose to HIV from his best friend with benefits, Craig. Jason is the type of person that has regrets and doesn’t know what to do about them. He has internal struggles throughout Sometimes and into Boots on the Ground.
While his internal struggles break my heart (really as a writer I cried while writing them, and still cry when I read them) he has is partner David. David is the stereotypical “good guy”. He falls in love with Jason before he knows what that means and despite everything sticks by him.
I hope that you can pick up a copy of Sometimes It’s Fate or hey! Even win a copy here, and also fall in love with my boys and their not-so-perfect life, because in the end, It’s all up to fate.
Don’t forget that Jason and David are coming back in Boots on the Ground, which can be best summarized
as “Jason goes to Afghanistan”, in July! Look for their third novel “Special Investigations” in winter 2013.
Blurb:
Jason McCarthy is gay. He’s also a police officer living in a small-minded northern New Brunswick town where being gay could spell the end of his career. When an impending snowstorm threatens to strand his best friend and policing partner, David, Jason offers up his spare room for the night - a move that reveals Jason’s secret, and changes their friendship and lives forever.
Excerpt:
“I think we should go out to dinner,” Jason told David, his head resting on his partner’s stomach as they watched the television.
“We just ate dinner,” David reminded him gently.
“I don’t mean now, I mean like this weekend we’re both off. On Saturday we should go out for a fancy dinner,” Jason said looking up at his partner.
“Fancy? In Bathurst?” David snorted. “Where do you have in mind?”
“What about that place by the theatre?” Jason suggested.
“Over priced, crappy food.”
“The one by the grocery store?”
“Closed.”
“The Greek place on Main Street?”
David smiled. “That is a good idea.” Jason settled back on David only to be disturbed when David asked. “Why do you want to go out to dinner?”
“Because I thought it would be nice.”
“Just nice?”
Jason slid up David’s body so that he was fully lying on top of him. He kissed the older man. “I want us to go on a proper date.”
“A date?” David murmured.
“Mmhmm. You know we’ve been together for close to two months, and we’ve never gone on a proper date.” Jason shifted so that David could feel how much he wanted him.
“Has it been that long?”
“The twenty-first.”
“You know the date.” David laughed. “I never gave it any thought.”
“I was thinking about it on Monday,” Jason admitted softly.
David reached around and hugged the younger man tight to him. It had been a rough couple of days. Monday had been the one year anniversary of the accident.
Jason snuggled into David’s embrace, grateful for his understanding. David had always understood his feelings about the crash. He’d always been there for Jason, supporting him. Even in those horrible days after, he had been a steady hand that guided Jason. It was then that Jason realised that their relationship was much more than co-workers, much more than friends. He never dreamed it would get to this level. To the point where Jason was sure that they were in love—even if they hadn’t said those exact words yet.
“Can I tell you something,” David asked.
“Besides the fact that I’m probably smushing you,” Jason replied.
David scrunched his nose and Jason planted a kiss on it. “I think that’s when I realized I loved you.”
Tears welled up in Jason eyes and he blinked them back. “Oh,” was the only response he could manage without losing it completely.
“It’s crazy right?” David continued. “Something so awful. But somehow this happened. Something good from something horrendous. I’ll never understand it. But I’m grateful to have found you.”
Tears tracked down Jason’s face as David spoke. He had felt that way for so long. “It’s almost like it was fate.”
“Fate,” David mumbled kissing the tears off of Jason’s face. “I like that.”
They kissed, softly. Jason sat up and pulled David with him. They pushed clothes aside, and David took Jason on the couch. A slow intense burn that left them both physically and emotionally exhausted. Jason cried during their love making. Not out of fear or anger or pain, but out of love. Because Jason didn’t think they were in love anymore. He knew. He knew down to every fiber of his being that he loved this man. He wanted nothing more than to know that David felt the same way.
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Angela, is a twenty-something Registered Nurse and writer living and working in central Canada. She is a proud Canadian and an even prouder girl from back east. She thoroughly enjoys writing novels featuring character that live in or are from the Maritimes. Angela freely admits to living at starbucks when writing as well as being a bit of a social hermit, when she isn’t busy looking for Mr. Right (or hey even Mr. Wrong) she is working hard on advocating for persons with disabilities.
Email: angela@angelastone.ca
Website: http://angelastone.ca
Twitter: @angelasstone
Facebook: http://facebook.com/AngelaStone.Writer
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