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#ManCandyMonday – Sebastian from Danger Calls

Sebastian Reyes was one of the hardest characters I had to write. Sebastian started out very much a beta hero in Danger Calls, but he quickly had to answer the call (big pun intended) when he’s thrust into the vampire world inhabited by older sister Diana, her lover Ryder, and Dr. Melissa Danvers. Melissa is Ryder’s keeper and honor bound to take care of Ryder’s vampire needs. Sebastian is not sure he’s up to being a hero since for all his life he’s felt like a disappointment thanks to his dead father’s disapproval. But after a night of lovemaking, Sebastian cannot stay away from Melissa and he realizes he’s more of a hero than he ever thought possible. So for today, I bring you sexy computer hacker Sebastian Reyes.

As a way to say Thank You to you all for your support of this series, DANGER CALLS is available for 99 cents for a limited time at the following retailers:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2I0WYuA
Amazon Paperback: https://amzn.to/2WP4TOY
Apple Books: https://apple.co/2MUwrOl
B&N: http://bit.ly/2MUdY4G
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2MWBwWm
Playster: http://bit.ly/2MULec1
Scribd: http://bit.ly/2MUdU4W

Also, don’t forget to download your free copy of DESIRE CALLS by following this link: https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/dVMOvTrM

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#FreebieFriday – Free Download of DESIRE CALLS

When you’re writing a series, especially one that you hope to have run for a long time, you have to build a world and also create characters to inhabit that place. For The Calling is Reborn vampire novels, the world was New York City because I wanted to share with you the city that I love and where I spend so much time. As for the characters, Diana and Ryder were alive for me from the moment they started screaming in my head. As I wrote their story, DARKNESS CALLS, I knew they’d be with me for some time. But then I had to give birth to other characters for future books and also, secondary characters to just populate the world. Sometimes those secondary characters became so intriguing that I knew they would get stories as well. That’s what happened with Blake and Stacia. They were just too much fun and too much of everything. I knew they needed their own stories. For fun, Harlequin and I did a little novella with them that really showed the best and worst of their personalities. Today I’m offering that novella, DESIRE CALLS, as a free download. I hope you like Blake and Stacia as much as I do. Blake gets his eternal love in FURY CALLS, an RT Book Club Top Pick. Stacia earns her happily-ever-after in KISSED BY A VAMPIRE which is the only Calling book not set in New York. Instead, Stacia flies off the South Beach to escape the human wanna-bes in New York who are making her crave the love Stacia doesn’t think she can ever have.

You can download DESIRE CALLS with this link: https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/dVMOvTrM

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#ThrowbackThursday – Philadelphia Flower Show

I am so counting down to spring! Only 41 more days to go and it’s hard for me to think that it’s think that it’s that far away without a little hint of spring to keep me going. That’s why I love the Philadelphia Flower Show! We go every year since it’s also the same week as my birthday so it’s a super special celebration with my sister and sometimes our daughters. So much fun. For today, I’m sharing a little blast of my fav flowers with you: Carnations. Yes, I know, very pedestrian, but I love them! They just smell so good and they last forever when they’ve been cut.

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#HumpDay – Counting Down to Valentine’s Day #WaybackWednesday

Trying to stay positive on this Hump Day by counting down the days until Valentine’s Day! Only 8 to go until a romance writer’s fav day of the year. One of the things I love is hearing how people first got together. In my case, it was rather embarrassing I must admit. Hubby and I had kind of met at a Freshman Orientation mixer that the university was holding so new students could get to know one another. As was typical after such parties, I rushed home to pull out our Freshman yearbook to find out more about “Bob”, the young man I’d just met. Turned out he was a Brooklyn boy who was also in my major and after a few days of class, I ran into him again off and on. But that’s not where it gets embarrassing. When it came time for one of our classes to assign seats in the lecture hall where we had class, I looked him up on the seating chart and saw he was sitting right in front of me. Unfortunately, when Bob sat down it was in the wrong seat and silly me, I was only too quick to tell him! Ugh, I was so not savvy about the whole man/woman thing having been too involved in my studies and other non-romantic type activities. Sigh. But somehow it worked out all right since we’ve been married forever. Today I’m sharing this photo of those two awkward freshman who were dating! LOL

How about you? How did you meet your significant other?

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#TuesdayTip – Exploring Your Other Creative Sides

Being a writer is not only a solitary life at times, it’s a sedentary life. Plus, putting words on paper doesn’t have an immediate sense of satisfaction at completing something, mainly because it often takes weeks or months for your work-in-progress to be completed. For that reason, I take time to explore my other creative sides which provide that burst of “I got this done!”

Sometimes it’s making SWAG for you guys, like bookmarks or necklaces. Other times it’s about building something, like this tree hall I just finished this weekend! I had been shopping around and most of the tree halls were $300 plus and I have to confess to having a very big frugal streak (my husband calls it cheap, but I prefer frugal).

Since I had wood lying around and also a door that was no longer in use I thought: How hard would it be to turn this into a hall tree?

Well, after three weekends it turned out that it wasn’t so hard. Scrap wood, the door, some pipes and spray paint I had lying around, hooks that were on sale at Hobby Lobby, a door knob, and some gloss white paint and voila! Upcycled hall tree. Total out of pocket cost about $40. Yep, $40 and not $300. I’d say that worked out well and I got to exercise that other creative muscle in my body.

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#ManCandyMonday – Vampire Ryder Latimer & Happy 15th Anniversary

One of my all time favorite characters is sexy Southern vampire Ryder Latimer from The Calling is Reborn Vampire novels. I love his journey of going from being tortured and alone to embracing the vampire and eventually, dealing with the fact that he might find himself human again. The last is something he may not want since he needs to protect his wife Diana Reyes and their daughter Charlie.

I worked feverishly last week to get this book ready for you for today, not really knowing why until I was busy coding the new page for the DARKNESS CALLS and I realized it’s been 15 years since the release of that book. Now, fifteen years later and over a dozen novels and novellas later, I’m just as in love with this series as I was when I first wrote.

Right now I’m working on getting DANGER CALLS ready, but I’m also working on something very special for fans of the series. I’ve dug out the original manuscript which was much longer and had to be shortened for Harlequin. I’m working on weaving in those deleted scenes to give you guys an extended version of the novel and I hope you’ll like it! Look for that in a few weeks at least. Piecing it back together is a lot harder than cutting out those scenes.

For now, here is how I pictured sexy Ryder when the series first starts. All alone in his own darkness until Diana Reyes steps out of his dreams and into his world.

You can purchase the newly released version of DARKNESS CALLS at the retailers below. As a gift for you, it’s specially priced at 99 cents for a limited time!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2t3Nwwd
Amazon Paperback: https://amzn.to/2Ga05Po
Apple Books: Coming Soon
B&N: Coming Soon
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2TvCefY
Playster: http://bit.ly/2TvWJJo
Scribd: http://bit.ly/2Tqug7I

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#FreebieFriday – Under the Boardwalk

Brr, baby it’s cold outside and I’m counting down the days until warmer weather is here and I can spend some time on the boardwalk! In the meantime, how about a free download of UNDER THE BOARDWALK? If thoughts of summers at the shore won’t heat you up, this sexy novella about a second chance at love will do the trick! Hope you enjoy it and if you do, please take a moment to leave a review. Just use this link for your free download: https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/CNe7OGhI

Have an awesome weekend!

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