#ThrowbackThursday – Liberty States Fiction Writers & Readers Conference & BN Event

I love getting to meet new people, make new friends and spend time with my old ones! This is a picture from one of the Liberty States Fiction Writers and Readers Conferences. This year Liberty States is is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the conference and it looks like it will be an awesome event. I hope some of you will be able to make it. For more info, please visit www.lsfwriters.com.

Also, I have an event coming up on February 9 at the Menlo Park Barnes & Noble! Join a great group of romance authors and kick off your Valentine’s Day celebrations with a great read!

#WriteWed – A New York City Writing Experience

My daughter is working in New York City now so I had the pleasure of commuting with her this morning as well as sharing a traditional New York coffee shop experience. We had a great time on the train chatting about the writing projects on which we were both working and the discussion continued as we ate breakfast together. I love that my daughter has developed such an intense passion to write and that we can share that love. She’s been writing in journals since middle school and I’m proud to say she released her first novel, FOLLOWING JANE, five years ago. Right now she’s working on various projects, just like her mom. I’ve got several things going on and as soon as I can share, I will! For now, I’m so glad we got to share this New York City writing experience.

#TeaserTuesday – Sexy Read from The Vampire’s Consort

Today I’m giving you this sexy free read from The Vampire’s Consort. I loved Eliza and Adrian’s story. I also loved Adrian’s friend Jamie who you meet in later chapters. I plan on giving Jamie his own sexy story later this year! For now, your first peek (big pun intended) at The Vampire’s Consort.

Excerpt

WARNING: This excerpt is intended for mature audiences only!
Chapter 1

The first time Eliza had realized the moan was one of pleasure and not pain, she should have walked away from the peephole.

But she hadn’t.

The peephole had been placed in the wall after a so-called Slayer had tried to stake her master. Adrian had subdued the overly eager and decidedly naïve young woman. In time, the Slayer had come to realize that Adrian was not only one of the white hats, but an excellent lay.

Despite the truce struck with the Slayer, Adrian had decided that the peephole was necessary for safety’s sake along with the loaded tranquilizer gun in Eliza’s nightstand.

Luckily she’d not had a reason to use the gun, but the peephole had been another thing. Peering in it had almost become an obsession.

She used it way too often, drawn to it by the sight of Adrian and his lovers. Unable to yank herself away from her gorgeous master as he pleasured yet another willing woman before taking his sip of their blood as compensation for the wicked satisfaction they found in his arms.

Eliza imagined herself in those arms more than she should.

It was wrong, she knew. She was here to serve Adrian and keep his home, not to love him. But after nearly two hundred years of being his consort, it was hard to deny that was exactly what had happened.

Eliza had fallen in love with Adrian.

She loved him and lusted for him, she thought as she peered through the peephole once again and watched him move over the body of his latest companion.

The young woman was a lithe strawberry blonde with surgically amplified breasts that barely moved as she lay on the bed with Adrian’s big body snuggled between her long thin legs. Tanned skin which would one day be leathery contrasted sharply with Adrian’s pale alabaster perfection.

As Adrian lowered his head to suckle her breasts, Eliza’s nipples tightened in response and her sex grew heavy and damp with need.

Bracing one hand on the wall, she tugged at the belt for her robe. The silk fabric fell open and even that subtle movement of smoothness against her body dragged a breathy sigh from her as she imagined it was Adrian’s skin along hers.

She reached up, stroking the hard nub of her nipple in time to Adrian’s movements. Mimicking his actions as he loved the woman wrapping her legs around him and urging him on with loud almost theatrical moans.

Sucking in a rough breath of her own, Eliza plucked at her nipples until the empty throb between her legs became nearly unbearable.

To order THE VAMPIRE’S CONSORT

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2VQ2naS
Apple Books: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1449430717
B&N: bit.ly/BNVampConsort
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-vampire-s-consort-3
Playster: bit.ly/playstervampconsort
Scribd: bit.ly/scribvampconsort

Dark Seduction Box Set includes The Vampire’s Consort, Amazon Awakening and Night of the Cougar:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2sM99kJ
Apple Books: Coming Soon!
B&N: http://bit.ly/2S4n047
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2SaEQ5k

#ManCandyMonday – Rey Peralta from Amazon Awakening

Amazon Awakening is one of my more unusual stories and if you like time travel/alternate universe kinds of stories, this one may be for you. The hero in the story, Rey Peralta, is a Guardian, one of a unique group of humans who have been tasked with protecting a sacred space that exists in the Amazon. Some have even likened that sacred space to the Garden of Eden, but there’s just one problem. Whatever happens in our mortal plane can affect that sacred space and rogue loggers taking down the rainforest may soon destroy that Eden. That’s why it’s so important for Rey to convince the heroine, Paola Lopes, to return and embrace her legacy since the Lopes family is the most powerful of all the Guardian families. I’ve often toyed with the idea of doing a sequel where you meet Paola’s half-sister who resides in the sacred space. I’d love to hear from you if you’d like that!

Here is how I pictured Rey and I love this tattoo. Makes me think each Guardian should have one that tells what their animal spirit is!

Amazon Awakening is specially priced at 99 cents and is available at the following retailers:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2T0funZ
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1449806510
B&N: http://bit.ly/2SdXFVc
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/amazon-awakening-3
Playster: https://play.playster.com/books/10009781386744313/amazon-awakening-caridad-pineiro
Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/book/397629391/Amazon-Awakening

Dark Seduction Box Set includes The Vampire’s Consort, Amazon Awakening and Night of the Cougar:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2sM99kJ
Apple Books: Coming Soon!
B&N: http://bit.ly/2S4n047
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2SaEQ5k

#FreebieFriday – Rookie of the Year

I LOVE BASEBALL! Yes, I had to shout it because it’s so true. I love watching and I love playing! I was a catcher for my high school team and my daughter played Little League all the way until she was too old for the league. Some of my fondest memories are of watching her play and of attending baseball games with her. No wonder I decided to write a baseball series! 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!

#ThrowbackThursday – Dragon Con and Dave Tango

Years ago I went to Dragon Con to do some promotion for my paranormal romances. It was quite an experience! The costumes and people were absolutely amazing and I had an awesome time. One of the things I got to do was go around and check out the celebrities in the autograph booths, but then one day to our surprise who walked by our booth but none other than Dave Tango from the Ghost Hunters crew. Dave was lovely and took the time to pose with a number of us. Thanks, Dave. This photo is of Dave and me in front of our booth.

Indie-Publishing 101 #WriteWed

As I mentioned the other day, I’m so excited to have gotten back rights to over a dozen books that I had written from Harlequin. Many of them are paranormals including quite a number of books in THE CALLING vampire suspense series. Since this is a series of my heart it’s a big woo hoo. My goal is to re-release them over the course of the next several months, but that will take planning and some thought on how to position them since THE CALLING has always been a unique series. A little bit vampire, a little bit suspense. A little historical with the vampire backgrounds and a little multicultural with Chupacabras, Chiang shis and a Latino FBI Agent and her Scooby Gang.

That kind of planning and the self-publishing avenues available to authors is what I will be chatting about at this year’s Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference. I’m so looking forward to sharing what I’ve learned over the last several years of releasing my own books and hopefully offering aspiring authors useful information about how to move their careers forward. For more info on the conference, which also has a wonderful readers’ track, please visit www.lsfwriters.com.

The one word that keeps on coming back to me as being imperative is “planning.” We just had an awesome planning workshop at our monthly meeting this month and I know many of the attendees came away with good ideas on not only planning, but using technology to help them be more effective writers.

Right now I’m in the planning phases since I have to write a new book for a traditional contract and somehow work in new projects for the future as well as the indie publishing for the books which have reverted to me.

2019 is promising to be an interesting year and I’m looking forward to sharing all that happens with you!