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Neverwylde

A half-world floating in space that shouldn't exist.

A world that looks like it's been sliced in half, with the other half missing or destroyed.

A world where temples sit on the rim of space. Where creatures now extinct once populated the interior and created massive caverns filled with strange devices and an endless array of tunnels leading from the surface to the planet's core.

Neverwylde

Where the number three is god. And unknown life forms make survival a struggle.

There can be no future on this world, but when two ships crash land there, the survivors have no choice but to fight the odds.

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I am giving away a copy of Neverwylde, Book 4, and a $5 Amazon gift cards to 4 commenters. All you have to do is answer this question:

If you crash landed on an unknown planet, what would be your top priority?

Winners will be announced here on July 16th! Thanks and good luck!

Go to the rafflecopter linked here to enter to win the SFRB grand prize. COMMENT on this blog to win a copy of this book. Then, beneath that, click the link to go to the next blog!

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Now available for pre-order!

NEVERWYLDE
The Rim of the World, Book 4
Sensuous Sci-Fi Romance
Word Count: 42.4K
$2.99 e

On a half-world filled with danger and deception, the only thing keeping them sane and safe was their love.

They were no longer Terran and Seenecian. They were brothers-in-arms, fighting against a common foe.

With all new obstacles to face—a new climate, new enemies, and new personal issues for Kelen—the crew has their work cut out for them in this new territory. Already beaten down and broken, their food and water rations dwindling, and constant, non-stop attacks, it’s only a matter of time before they’re defeated.

On Neverwylde, you must learn to adapt. Protect those you love. But most importantly, be careful who, or what, you trust. 

Warning! Contains ice quakes, meat eaters, purple rooms, death, glowing stones, truth in advertising, dwindling supplies, and a catastrophe and separation that could end in disaster.

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Of Ships and Sea Creatures, and Alien Water Worlds

Imagine you've landed on an alien world, where the only food available is the flora and fauna from that planet. Two problems would become immediately apparent: What can we eat that won't kill us or make us sick? And is the source replenishing itself, so we can continue to eat it?

In my latest book Neverwylde, where the survivors (both human and alien) have crashed landed on a deserted half-planet, it's not so much trying to find food as it is trying not to be eaten themselves. What they find, they first have to scan to make sure it's not poisonous. Whether or not it tastes good is a moot point because they know if they don't eat it, they'll starve.

But in my newest book, UnderSilver, (now available for pre-order)

the survivors fleeing a toxic Old Earth in vessels which convert into city-size ships, have deliberately chosen a water world destination to inhabit. A planet that teems with fish-like creatures, most of which vaguely resemble sea life from their dead home world. Gone are steaks, chops, and chicken. But, fortunately, there are no shellfish allergies.

I know I would not like to live on either world. Especially on a landless planet, no matter how much I love seafood. I'd miss my Chinese food, my chicken fried cutlets, and my pork. But if I grew up where none of these were ever available, I wouldn't know what I was forced to live without.

How about you?

In the meantime, here's a quick and easy smothered hamburger steak recipe that my family loves. It's also high in protein:

1 lb. ground meat
1 egg

1/2 cup chopped onion (or onion flakes)

1 pkg. brown gravy mix
salt and pepper to taste

Mix the meat, egg, and onion in a bowl, along with salt and pepper. Shape into patties. Brown patties over medium heat in a pan with a couple tablespoons of olive oil. Mix brown gravy mix in a glass - be sure to add an extra cup of water above what it calls for on the package. When the patties are brown, cover with the gravy mix and simmer, allowing the gravy to thicken. If you wish, you can add mushrooms or onion strings.

Serve with noodles or rice, or another vegetable and salad on the side. Serves 4.

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Welcome to the Favorite Heroines Giveaway Hop!

Welcome!

When people ask me, out of all the books I've written, who my favorite heroine is of all time, I don't have to think twice. The answer is as easy as the graphic at the top of this page.

Atrilan "Atty" D'Jacques, my Mutah warrior Battle Lady of Alta Novis.

Wife of Battle Lord Yulen D'Jacques, she has withstood untold dangers. Yet her fierceness and love for her husband has helped her to survive the worst that the world can throw at her in a post-apocalyptic future 300 years from now.

In my Battle Lord saga, she is unequaled with a bow. She's also skilled with a knife, and with almost any other weapon she comes across. But I believe it's her sass, her compassion, and her determination to be seen as an equal among the Normals that endears me to her.

If you haven't had the chance to meet and get to know Atty, you can find out more about her here.

And as such....
I'm giving away THREE $5 Amazon gift cards!
All you have to do is answer the following question by commenting below. International readers, I would love to have you comment, too! Winners will be posted here and notified via email, so be sure to add your email addy when you post!

Question: If you've read any of my Battle Lord books, which one was your favorite, and a brief explanation why. If you haven't read any of those books, which one would you like to read, and a brief explanation why. Because I'm also picking three readers to get an ecopy of that book!

Thanks for coming by, and good luck!

Bitten By Books is Hosting Me Today!

Come join me over at BITTEN BY BOOKS!

Today, starting at 3 pm et/2 pm ct/noon pt, I'll be chatting and giving away oodles of gift cards and ebooks

(maybe even a print copy or two)!

The party will continue until late tonight!

For those of you international, you're welcome to comment!
Winners will be announced on the 11th!

Please Welcome Sarah J Pepper as She Hijacks My Blog for the Day

 

Sarah J Pepper is in the middle of her TWISTED FAIRY TALE CONFESSIONS tour, and you can enter here for a chance at winning a Kindle Fire HD7, plus scads of other goodies!

In the meantime, here's an excerpt to give you a taste of Locks: Rapunzel Unhinged.

Excerpt from Locks: Rapunzel Unhinged "Mr. Tall, Dark and Deadly beckoned me like he was a manifestation ripped from my fantasies. A girl in my position shouldn’t have appreciated the ripped stature of his torso, the curvatures of his arms or how his black shirt stretched over his broad chest. The way he filled out his pants surely teased everyone who had an x-chromosome. R-rated thoughts played over and over in my mind. If he hadn’t been sent to kill me, I might have made a move.

Nevertheless, after a solid minute of not blinking, our provocative staring contest started to freak me out. His gaze was hypnotic yet startling. His intelligence was glaringly obvious, but so was his noxious disposition. It was damn unsettling and the standoff had to end sometime. Therefore, I faced my impending doom by walking into the glow of the street light. As soon as the light hit my face, the wind picked up. I shivered. Taryn’s presence swirled around me like she was an element of the sky instead of a sorceress who could control it. Taking a deep breath, I reminded myself she was miles away.

I cleared my throat so that my voice wouldn’t crack. “I’d rather die than be her prisoner.” 

He smirked. The smile almost reached his eyes. “That’s your choice, Rapunzel,” he said, just before he pulled the trigger."

Congratulations to My Winners of the Literary Addicts Book Hop!

Congratulations to my winners of the Literary Addicts book hop!

Michelle Bledsoe
Marnie Ward
Linda Foster

You will be getting an email from Amazon with your $5 gift card attached.

Thanks again for everyone who entered. Keep an eye open, because there's more to come! And don't forget, my 12 Giveaway Days of Christmas is coming soon!

TODAY is the Last Day of the Literary Addicts Book Hop!

TODAY is the Last Day of the Literary Addicts Book Hop. So if you haven't made a comment and added your email addy for a chance to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th, do so today! 

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!

The Literary Addicts Book Hop - 36 EXPOSURES

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

36 EXPOSURES
Sensuous Erotic Urban Fantasy Romance
Music And Press
ISBN 978-1-60435-491-1
Word Count:  11K
1.99

What if you could take a picture of your true soulmate before you ever met her?

It was an innocent roll of film she found on the street. But when Jolee Wiley had it developed, hoping she might be able to find its owner from the pictures on it, she came face-to-face with a shocking impossibility.

Mike Owensby is an Archivist. A Dreams Keeper. The roll of film belongs to him. And the woman who found it may be the lover he has been seeking all his life.

Warning! Contains hot photos, an even hotter photographer, and the hottest night she'll never forget.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - BREACHERS: Holt and McKenna

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

BREACHERS:
Holt and McKenna
Book 1
A Sensuously Erotic Urban Fantasy/ Paranormal Romance
Music And Press 
ISBN 978-1-4507-1947-6
Word Count: 28.1K
$2.99

They are the cause of many legends, myths, and fairy tales. And they still live among us.

There are creatures from a parallel world called Breachers who, for hundreds of years, have been inadvertently pulled into our world. They are the truth behind the creatures normally considered to be mythic. Once on Earth, they cannot go back, and those who cannot cope become rabid. Murderers. And when they go berserk, they must be put down.

Jerrod Holt always wondered why he was selected to be part of the secret governmental organization. More perplexing is why his skills as a professional bodyguard are needed.

He discovers his partner assigned to help him bring down a Breacher is the one woman who had caught his eye the moment he saw her at their initial group meeting. Together, he and McKenna travel to Utah to confront a killer beast, not knowing that the terror will be all too real, and too damn close to home.

Warning: Contains bloody deaths, smart ass remarks, unbearable cold, a nightmare come to life, toe loss, rabbit farming, a search for the truth, and an unconditional love that defies all boundaries.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - ISABELLLA

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

ISABELLLA
A tale of paranormal horror
by Linda Mooney
writing as Gail Smith
Music And Press
ISBN: 978-1-4507-1942-1
Word Count:  16K
$1.99

Four years ago Byron Shales was a manager for a department store. Now he hunts down and captures the newly zombie-fied dead, and resells them at auction to the highest bidder. What his buyers do with them after the sale is finalized is none of his business, and frankly he couldn’t care less.

His beliefs and apathy come to a sickening halt when he elects to keep one young woman for himself, and discovers that all his pre-conceived notions about these non-living creatures have been a lie. In fact, the truth about Rothsburg’s Disease may be more horrifying than the flesh-eating creatures it infects.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - JOURNAL

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

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Today I am highlighting:

JOURNALA novella of paranormal horrorby Linda Mooney, 
writing as Gail Smith
Music And Press
ISBN: 978-1-4507-1940-7
Word Count:  25.5K
$1.99

The handwritten account of one woman's struggle to survive in a world gone DEAD.

Something has happened to the world, and now the living are gradually becoming the living dead. This is the story of one young woman's struggle to live a life that has no future.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - BEAST OF THE BAYOU

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

BEAST OF THE BAYOUSubwoofers, Book 1
Sensuous Erotic Paranormal Romance
Music And Press
ISBN: 978-09859300-8-0
Word Count: 39.1K
$2.99

Alligator, Bear, Cougar, Deer, Eagle
They found each other by accident. They became a team for life.

Thierry McNulty's brother, Senator Frank McNulty, is missing. She believes he went to their old family campsite on Caddo Lake for a brief vacation, but after days of not hearing from him, she fears the worst.

Antonio "Yo" Bleeker is one of the owners of Bag It and Tag It Excursions. When Thierry hires the company to track down her brother, he has no idea what he's getting himself into - especially when he experiences an extreme physical reaction to the beautiful woman.

He know he can't have her, much less let her discover what he really is. But before he can back away, Yo finds himself in a life-or-death battle to save the woman he's realized he can't live without.

Warning! Contains campfire cooking, a gold earring, lovemaking under the stars, rental cars, and a phobia that reaches all the way back to childhood.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - THE FINAL PLEASURE

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

THE FINAL PLEASURE
Sensuous Sci-Fi Romance Novel
Music And Press
ISBN: 978-0-9859300-3-5
Word Count: 54K
$3.99

He fully expected to die, until he met a woman who gave him every reason to live.

Those condemned to death are sent to Doora IV, one of four prison moons in the Doora system. Webb Grace realizes that he has less than a month to roam the moon's tunnels before he's taken above and ejected into the airlessness of space. However, before he's released, he is allowed to spend his last night in pure carnal exploration with a Lady Lay.

Myka Tolbert is a Lady Lay. She is one of the few women on the maximum security prison moon who treats the condemned to their Final Pleasure, a last sexual fling, before they’re executed. In return, her sentence is shortened by one week. She hopes she lives long enough to earn her freedom.

A chance meeting between her and Webb gives the con more than a reason to live, but also the belief that he can escape Doora IV and his execution. But first, he has to figure out how, and then he has to find a way to bring along the woman who has managed to touch his heart.

They never foresaw all hell breaking loose before he could act.

Warning!  Contains expired food, exploding moons, land squatters, dirty dealings, fraudulent contracts, transparent walls, revenge, cold showers, a death board, pink jumpsuits, and life measured in ten minute intervals.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - FLY ME TO THE MOON

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

FLY ME TO THE MOON
Sensuous Erotic Fantasy Romance
ISBN 978-0-9859300-2-8
Word Count: 12.9K
1.99

Where does a superhero go to find love?

After years of fruitless searching, Laurel finally went to an internet dating site to look for Mr. Right. What she found was her own personal superhero.

Warning: Contains lasagna and mild bondage.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - THE GIFTED

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

THE GIFTED
Book 1 of the Star Girl Series
A Sensuously Erotic Sci-Fi  Romance
ISBN 978-0-9859300-7-3
Word Count:  116K
$3.99

After being banished from her own world because her people deeply feared the scope of her powers, an anomaly shoots Sah'Reena toward Earth and the one man in the universe meant to be her mate.

No one, least of all Dr. Robin Dickenson, expected what they discovered when they opened the alien craft captured by the space shuttle Liberty while on a routine space mission. But from the moment he first sees the star girl, Robin is captivated.

Near death, and never expecting to see anything again beyond the endless void of space, Sah'Reena isn't certain, at first, that her mind isn't playing tricks on her.  But the handsome face of the stranger she sees gives her hope for life when she'd thought all hope was gone. 

Warning!  Contains carbon dioxide poisoning, severe sleep deprivation, baked potatoes with crackers and honey, challenging authority, kosher cooking, dissolving aircraft, and an ability that could wipe out an entire planet.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - BREACHERS, Book 2: Hawthorne and Marya

Each day during the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

BREACHERS: Hawthorne and Marya
Book 2
A Sensuously Erotic Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
ISBN 978-1-4507-1948-3
Word Count: 32.4K
$2.99

They are the cause of many legends, myths, and fairy tales. And they still live among us.

Arik Hawthorne prefers to be a loner. He has a dark secret to protect, and as a professional kick boxer, he's able to work off the wild energy that fills his life.

His whole world changes when he is partnered with Corinth Marya, and they are ordered to find and stop the creature that's  killing innocent people in New Mexico.

If going after the Breacher isn't bad enough, he finds himself seriously and dangerously attracted to the army lieutenant. There is no way he can let her find out about his real self, but neither can he deny the possibility that she may be his one and only chance at love and happiness.

They never foresee the danger that will threaten their lives, or the passion that will pose an even greater problem.

Dragons, anyone?

Warning! Contains unrelenting heat, calling for sex advice, invisible targets, hamburgers, pistol-packing, vengeful dirt, and hard and hot leathery love.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - KNIGHT OF DARKNESS

During the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

KNIGHT OF DARKNESS 
Erotic Sci-Fi/Urban Fantasy Romance
ISBN 978-0-9859300-4-2
Word Count:  45.4K
$2.99

Sorrow Knight knew that at any time the U'Nar would attack Earth, but he needed a few more days to come out of chrystasis before he could fight the deadly enemy. With his soul sword, Rall, he and the handful of other Surge Knights would gather wherever the enemy landed, and drive them off this world. A world with so many wonderful sights and surprises. A world that contained a woman named Rachel, who had captured his heart and his imagination, but who was forbidden to him by his laws.

Rachel Grohl often wondered about the skinny, dishwater-blond young man living in the apartment across the breezeway from her. His shyness, as well as his clean but well-worn clothes, tugged at her heart. They'd barely spoken a dozen words to each other since he moved in a few weeks ago, but she had to thank him for helping her the other day. Maybe asking him over to dinner would work.

They shared one dinner, one touch, and one kiss that led to one night of love. A love which could ultimately avert the total eradication of the human race.

Warning: Contains tiny men skirts, lasagna, human metamorphosis, glass table tops, IOUs, comrades-in-arms, bomb shelters, and an invading alien force that will haunt everyone's nightmares.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - AEQUANA

During the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

AEQUANA
Sensuous Urban Fantasy  Romance
ISBN 978-1-4507-1944-5  
Word Count:  69.1K
$3.99

John Eagletalon had no idea what the government intended when it assigned him to its latest secret project - an icy blonde beauty with a miraculous ability.  All he knew was that he owed Uncle Sam fourteen more months of his life, and if it meant being this woman's partner and bodyguard until he'd paid his dues, he'd find a way to endure the ordeal. 

Until he discovered what the government had been doing to her.  And at the same time, discovered he was falling hopelessly in love with her.   

Now it's no longer a matter of protecting her.  It's a matter of keeping her out of their clutches. 

And making her his.

Warning! Contains a wise Indian saying, cold showers, extreme hazardous pay, corrupt scientists, sorry sons of bitches, chains and collars, things that bite, and a two thousand mile journey that ends in an incredible night of love.

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - SANDEFLAY

During the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

Also, go here to become eligible for the Grand Prize drawing!
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Today I am highlighting:

SANDEFLAY
Sensuous Erotic Sci-Fi/Urban Fantasy Romance
Music And Press
ISBN 978-1-941321-01-0
Word Count:  121.5K
3.99

Miranda Sayers's best friend is her wheelchair.  It has been her refuge for most of her twenty-six years.  But the time has come when her grandmother can no longer help take care of her.  Now Randi is faced with having to survive on her own, and unfortunately that future doesn't look promising.

Collin First's job on Earth is to find the Ducts between his world and this one.  As an Extinguisher, he has to eliminate those passageways before any of the dangerous creatures from Sandeflay can pass through and harm any humans.  The last thing he expected when he took the assignment was to find was the beautiful, crippled woman living one floor below his apartment.

Before either of them can contend with the impossibility of their relationship, Randi and Collin are thrown together, seeking each other's love and help.  And when circumstances force Randi to follow Collin to Sandeflay, danger and the greatest miracle of all awaits them both.

Warning:  Contains nearly invisible predators, extreme poverty, generations of love and loss, bucking the system, hot flashes, and an ending you only thought you saw coming!

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The Literary Addicts Book Hop - FIRELIGHT

During the Literary Addicts Book Hop, I will be highlighting a book from my backlist.

Don't forget to comment and leave your email address if you'd like to be eligible to win one of three $5 Amazon gift cards that I am giving away on Oct. 16th.

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Today I am highlighting:

FIRELIGHT
A Sensuous Paranormal Romance
ISBN 978-1-4507-1941-4
Word Count: 10.3K
1.99

An old cottage. A cold winter's night.
And shadows on the wall reflecting two bodies in the heat of passion...
except that one of them died over a century ago.
At first, Connie thought the disembodied voice in the room was due to her exhaustion. But when the apparition insisted she was the reincarnation of his lost love, she had no choice but to allow herself to become swept up in the moment, the memories, and the romance.

Warning! Contains an antique tintype and a moment of eternity before a hearth.

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