Caridad Pineiro® Romance Author
NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Romance Author
The season might be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get your fill of baseball with this sports romance! Today I’m offering you a freebie for ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, the first book in the series. I hope to release A WINNING SEASON in the next few months. You can download your freebie at https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/j7l1p.
I’m also going to ask a little favor. If you read the book, please leave a review. It really does help authors when you do that. Thank you!
To see your one and only child, your baby, all grown up and marrying the man she loves (and who is a really wonderful man) is truly a special day. Thank you to all who helped capture this special moment. I’m sharing some photos from the wedding for you!
Here is video of the wedding ceremony if you’d like to watch it!
As I dashed through the stores right before Halloween to get ready for the trick-or-treaters and finish wedding preparations, it was impossible to miss that EVERYONE already had Christmas items for sale. Sigh. Don’t get me wrong. I love Christmas and all that goes with it, including keeping it about family and the arrival of the baby Jesus.
But I don’t like that we are passing over one of the most important and thoughtful holidays – Thanksgiving. The name says it all and in truth, we shouldn’t limit giving thanks to once a year. Each and every day we should think about all that we have to be thankful for in our lives. That practice of gratitude is one that can be life-altering and bring you a more positive outlook. For more on that, you can check out this page on 31 benefits of gratitude – http://bit.ly/33z5gjy.
Personally I try to thank God every night for all that I have although I do confess to falling asleep many times before I do that, but I try. For now, here is a non-exhaustive list of all the things for which I am grateful:
How about sharing some of the things for which you are grateful!
Original Image by kordula vahle from Pixabay
Good morning! Sorry I’ve been away, but I was still recovering from my daughter’s wedding on Friday! Look for more photos on this week’s Throwback Thursday! Today’s teaser is from DEATH CALLS, #4 in my vampire romantic suspense series. This book was chosen by Cataromance as the Best Silhouette Nocturne of 2006 and also as the Top Fantasy Book by Catalina Magazine. It features FBI Agent Diana Reyes and sexy vampire Ryder Latimer, two of my all-time favorite characters.
Warning this teaser is for MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!
Darkness Calls to humans as well as vampires. . .
When FBI Agent Diana Reyes fell in love with Ryder Latimer, she knew that her life would never be the same. But her vampire lover brings passion into her life and Diana thought that and his love would be enough. Now she has her doubts if she can stay in his world. His darkness connects with something deep inside her, something that scares as much as it restores her life. But at times, she finds herself wishing for a “normal” life.
Ryder understands that his lover has fears about returning to the darkness that had once claimed her life. He has fears of his own, namely losing her after a lifetime of being alone. He doesn’t know what he would do without Diana in his life. When an FBI investigation pulls Diana into a dangerous and dark mission, Ryder is forced to make a choice: Can he let his lover go or will he bring her into his world forever, even if she will hate him for eternity?
“I don’t regret. . .us,†she whispered. Funny, but it was the truth despite her doubts. He was her damnation and her salvation.
“Let’s not talk about this now. The night is short and. . .I don’t want to spend it. . .â€
Burying her head against his chest, she wrapped her arms around him. Her embrace shook loose something inside of him.
He needed to make it impossible for her to deny that this was real, no matter how many doubts both of them now seemed to be having.
It was sweet torture, the feel of her breasts skimming his chest. Her warmth slowly worked its way into the cold of his body. The heat of her passion drove the chill from his skin.
She tugged him toward her bed. “This is what you want, isn’t it?â€
She wore her false bravado face. Funny how he could recognize it so easily. Funny how he wanted to drive the fear from her until she truly welcomed him into her bed. Invited him into her heart.
“Can you deny it’s what you want, as well?†he said.
She couldn’t lie to herself. She needed more of him. She always needed more even if she refused to give a name to that desire. Even as she wondered if it was a result of some vampire head game, much as Foley had suggested.
Ask me to touch you, he said.
Why?
His demanding reply came swiftly. Because I need you to want me as much as I want you.
“Dios, Ryder. I need you.â€
Slowly, way too slowly, he lowered his hand until it rested on top of the nest of curls between her legs. She pressed her hips up, urging him on. He breached the edge of her panties and unerringly found her center.
Beneath his fingers, Ryder experienced the pull of her. The scent of her arousal perfumed the air, so strong that the vampire within begged for a taste. He had lost the battle last time. He wouldn’t allow it to happen tonight. If the animal came. . .she might hate him—or herself—for surrendering to the demon.
He dropped a trail of kisses along her body. She opened her legs, knowing his intent and welcoming it. He slipped between her legs, brought his mouth to her sensitive nub.
Her hips arched in acceptance.
Her wetness—slick against him—and the smell of her. . .the heat. . .He groaned and she held his head to her.
He lost the battle.
The change surged over him. It was almost too much. The smell of their sexual musk. Her racing pulse reverberating in his ears. Her nether lips, wet and flush with blood. The demon imagined feeding there, at her most private of places.
He gasped at the roiling passion making his loins ache and looked up at her with his vampire face. Fangs exposed. Eyes glowing. Skin flushed and warm.
You can order DEATH CALLS at the following retailers:
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It’s that time of the year to revel in things that go bump in the night or that swoop in for a little bite! LOL! Today’s freebie is from the critically acclaimed The Calling is Reborn Vampire Novel series and features two of my favorite and most outrageous characters in the series. If you love dark, sexy, and emotional, this story is for you!
Welsh vampire Blake has given up on any chance of love.
From the moment Blake Richards runs into sexy college coed Meghan Thomas, he imagines that it’s possible for him to actually fall in love once again. But when he loses control during their lovemaking, he has to decide between letting Meghan die or turning her. Blake turns her earning her eternal hatred and losing his chance for love. Until he runs into vampire elder Stacia and her power and humanity call to him in unexpected ways and make him believe that love just might be possible with the beautiful immortal.
Vampire elder Stacia hasn’t felt the pull of love in centuries.
Hidden from humans and feared by her own kind due to her immense age and powers, Stacia has few friends and even fewer lovers. The other elders urge her to give up on eternal love, but something inside Stacia says that if she does she will lose the very last bit of the humanity in her heart. But after a chance encounter with Blake, his spirit and strength intrigue her and she imagines that finally she may have found the man worthy enough to be her eternal companion.
Download DESIRE CALLS at https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/dVMOvTrM
Also, don’t miss out on the first three books in the series which are specially priced at 99 cents until midnight EST on Halloween! You can also download the box set of all three books plus DESIRE CALLS for only 2.99. Click here or use this link: https://amzn.to/2WeOXWu
Yesterday was my big bro’s birthday so I decided to share a photo of him with you. This is from his high school graduation. My brother’s real name is Gonzalo, but his friends called him Duke after that song “The Duke of Earl” that was popular in the Sixties. Handsome, right?
There are many times in a writer’s life where you wonder, “Why do I do this?” I always tell myself, “Because it’s your dream!”
It’s hard to separate that from the business end of things sometimes, especially if you rely on writing for your income (as I will be doing shortly!) But no matter what, you have to remember that it’s your passion for writing, your dream, that will keep you going.
Bird Image by Ina Hoekstra from Pixabay