Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

       08/12- From Talkers-
                  

  Her eyes traveled up to his face and he had to be the most beautiful man she had ever seen, with almost feminine features. His pointed nose was a bit thin, added to a tiny slightly pointed chin, high cheek bones, long cosmetically thinned eyebrows, one of which was pierced, which went surprising well with long dark eyelashes and a pair of dazzling bright green eyes. He was a man who could make even a woman like her sigh in pure enjoyment from just the sight of him.

  Clearing her own throat with a delicate cough into her fist, she tried speaking, hoping she didn’t sound like an overheated lusty housewife. "My father is in the back taking a call at the moment, but I can help you if you like."

  When he spoke his voice was heavily accented from naturally speaking an alien language. "I vas told I could find a Ms. Shayle Forester here.
Find Talkers here!

   P.S. Don't miss out on my first ever guest, Jaleta Clegg Thursday. She will be here to introduce her newest book Priestee of the Eggstone.

Nero's Niche: Guest Post: Alien World Building

Last night a fellow writer, Michael Formichelli hosted me on his site. He has some amazing posts you should check out. Here is the link to my guest post on his site.
 Enjoy,
Debra

Nero's Niche: Guest Post: Alien World Building: Greetings to all! Today please welcome sci-fi romance author, Debra Soles! Debra surprised me by providing an excellent guest post that ...

Hump Day Hunks- For the Hunk in Rough Waters-

08/08- For the Hunk in Rough Waters-


 

 
Nero ran across the deck, then up another slick set of steps to the wheel room or bridge.
He had to hold tightly to the railings on the way up the wind thrashed violently shoving Nero back and forth on the stairs, while whipping his clothes to tangle around him.

  Nero knew till the day he died he would never forget the deafening roar of the winds
whistle in his ears and the feel of the rumbling under his feet. Between the shifting of the stairs and the whooshing of the wind, it took everything Nero had to stay on his feet.

  Nero trudged ahead, with rain piercing the skin on his face and him grumbling with each step. “I hate these blasted storms. They come in like a thief, silent and stealthy, to steal your boat out from under you.” Offhandedly he shrugged in his musing, “Or like a woman. When her wrath is shaken you feel the full fury of her temper.”

  With great effort Nero finally made it to the wheel room where Georgey was fighting
desperately to keep the ship under control with the help of a few officers. Nero could tell that even for a man of such an extraordinary size, he was having a hell of a time with it. Nero knew it took more than shear bulk, it took skill, practice and a finer understanding of every inch of the ship you were trying to maneuver.

  Nero took over with Georgey’s heart felt gratitude. Every thought left him as his
instincts took over. With his hands firmly on the wheel he took charge, feeling the vibrations of Mama Lee fighting back against the storm that threatened to take her under.

  For a moment Nero thought Mama Lee might loose the fight as the ship tilted onto her
side. Shouts of ‘man overboard,’ rang out. There was a flurry of activity as every man ran wildly trying to save both the ship and the sailors that were lost to the angry sea.

Grab Your Copy of One Wish Here!

Music Monday- Music to Keep You Moving-

  08/05- Music to Keep You Moving-

  To get a person up and moving you need a bet to follow. Rhythm is great, but without a drum beat you have nothing but a sweet ballad. In His Kiss, my main characters love hanging out playing basket ball in the park. To write the scenes as fun, then sexual tension and ultimately a war between them, I had to have the right back ground music to get them running, dodging and their hearts pounding.

  My go to song for these scenes is a rock song with a head bobbing beat, I can really see them listening to. And as a writer I really appreciate the extraordinary detailed, creative video.
Korn- Coming Undone

Coming Undone- By: Korn

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

  08/05-From Past Regrets

  Ginger grabbed his arm and turned him back to look down at her.  “No we will talk about this now.  Why Sam?  Why would you have such a painting of me drawn over your bed?”

  Setting his clothes aside, he shrugged Ginger’s hand away.  “Just leave it alone Ginger.  I don’t think you are ready for the wormhole you are about to open.”

Grab your copy of Past Regrets here!

Hump Day Hunks-For One of My Favorite Hunks

  08/01- For One of My Favorite Hunks-

 If you have been following along with my posts this week, you know today is my father’s birthday. I’ve dedicated every post this week to my father. I’ve used this hunk excerpt before, but I have to use it again from a different perspective. In this excerpt, Sam gives his son a look and just shakes his head. You know the one, the dad look, the ‘I love this child, but I have no idea what I’m gonna do with them.” 

  My father perfected that look with my brothers, my sister and was a master by the time it got to me. Whenever I got this look, I always had to hang my head in shame. That one look and shake of the head let me know real quick I was doing something I had no business doing.
Thanks for the look and the love, Happy Birthday Papa.

  From Ancient Enemies- 

  It is easy to see Mark Paddington, son of Ginger and Sam Paddington, is a hunk in the making. Check out this snippet of the tiny lady killer from Ancient Enemies.-

  As Tama stood up, he heard first the sound of women's chatter approaching, then Sam's muffled groan as he stood. "Oh lord not again." Then grinning, he nodded at Mark. "Watch this."

  As the women came into view Mark changed from the tiny prankster into the cherub angel. Clasping his little hands, he turned his head up fluttering his miniature blond eyelashes at the women. Each woman stopped in front of Mark to ruffle his hair and coo at him.

  "Dood Morning Miss Julie. Do you have a kiss for me today?"

  The tall blond knelt down to hug Mark tightly, and then placed a sound kiss on his lips. "I always have a kiss for you, Darling."

  Turning to the brunette at her side, Mark fluttered his eyelashes at her too. "Natashalia have a smooch for a lovey, too?"

  The brunette knelt down and gave him the same treatment as her friend, before the two girls waved bye and headed back off in the direction they had originally intended.

  Once the women were out of sight Tama removed the hand he had been using to cover his mouth and hold back his laughter. "Wow, I think I should take lessons from that one. Smooth operator and a lady killer already."

  Sam laughed with him. "And he does it with that angelic little face. Oh if Ginger only realized what her son was capable of. Mark gets that from her brother Josh. For years he was a playboy like that."

 Grab your copy of Ancient Enemies Here!

Music Monday- Dedicated to My Father-

  07/30- Music For Papa-

  Like I said in yesterday’s Six Sentence Sunday, I am dedicating this week to my father, because his birthday is this Wednesday, August 1st. When I think about my father one song comes to mind. It is a song I have always loved. I remember hot blistering Summer days driving with the windows down singing this along with my father. I would smile happily listening to the smooth sound of his Southern drawl keeping perfect harmony with the radio.

  As I’ve mentioned before, my deep love of music probably comes from him. He listens to so many different things, always willing to listen to something once just to try it out. But the favorite we shared was a love for Oldies music, love songs, sweet jazz numbers and blues deep enough to break the strongest heart.
Here is one of our favorites and the song that made me fall in love with Oldies. For romance there is nothing better than the real original art of love songs.

Fats Domino- Blueberry Hill-

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

07/29- From the Heart-
This is going to be a special week of posts. August 1st, is my father’s birthday, so I’m dedicating the week to him. For a man who has taught me so much, listened so well and is always proud of me. Especially now that I’m not a snotty little brat any more. To William Thomas Soles Sr. of South Carolina. Happy Birthday Papa and thank you for always only being a phone call away.

Hump Day Hunks- A Hunk With a Bad Plan Shouldn't Be So Sexy!

07/25- A Hunk With a Bad Plan Shouldn't Be So Sexy!

 
  From His Kiss-

  Looking back up she meet Taylor's gaze over Janet's head and his face broke into a huge
grin. Instantly Amber knew what he was planning and grinned back, teeth shinning and barely
holding back a laugh as he pushed around Janet.

  "Amber you finally made it." Then his arms were around Amber and his lips crushed
ardently against hers in a move that was so natural it astonished her.

  The basketball and old backpack in her arms hit the floor as she stood on tip toe to claw
her hands into the long silky strands of his hair. With a hand hooked into the back of her tank
top and the other hand possessively grabbing a butt cheek, Taylor pulled Amber tightly against
his body, forcing a sigh of pure enjoyment through her slightly parted lips. All the long tight
muscles of his body pressed rock hard against her and it felt like she had died and gone straight
to heaven.

  Of course she knew he was the hottest guy she had ever known, but she never had a clue
being in his arms could feel so good and so right. Nor never known how fabulous it would feel
to have his hands on her body. If she had known in the beginning how incredible the experience
would be she might have taken him up on the affair instead of the pizza.

My Native American Indian Contemporary- His Kiss- Grab a copy here!
 

Music Monday- Music for the Perfect Background-

 07/23- Music for the Perfect Background-

  When you write characters you have to make them believable. The number one way to do that is give them a real background. They have a past, a present, family issues, love life drama, bosses they might like to happily drawn in the river, even hobbies.

  When I have a hard time making my characters seem human and leap off the page, I listen to my music, close my eyes and see who these characters were and who they could be.  This is a great song I use to remember everyone might not be what you think. They could be so much more. This is from the TV show One Tree Hill soundtrack.

Halo By Bethany Joy Lentz

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

        07/22- From One Wish-

  Nero stood utterly still and listened. He could hear at least two men walking down the hall on the other side of the door. From the sound of their boots, they were probably as big as the two men he and Melanie had taken out in what had been their prison. There were two men talking back and forth between themselves, so he listened intently, hoping to overhear something that might be of an advantage to them.
  “Yeah, we have the four prisoners down in the hold. We have the pirate and his bitch in the back of the ship.”

One wish

Thoughtful Thursday and Company is Coming!

  07/19-Special Guest Coming Soon!

  Instead of Hump Day Hunks this week I wanted to share a Thoughtful Thursday.  A fellow writer in the SFR Brigade will be joining me for a guest blog in a few weeks. I’m really excited about it, so I wanted to share the info so you can mark the date.

  On Thursday August, 16th, 2012, Author Jaleta Clegg will be stopping in with her Priestess of the Eggstone post during her whirlwind blog tour during August.  If you’d like to see more of her blog tour, you can check out her sites at-

www.jaletac.com

www.nexuspoint.info

http://jaletaclegg.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/AltairanEmpire



And keep your eyes open. Coming soon, I might just have more exciting guests you won’t want to miss out reading about.

Music Monday- Music With Exciting News From Hollywood

 O7/16-Music With Exciting News From Hollywood-

  Over the weekend was the big San Diego Comic-Con, so the media is full of info on cool things to come. One of those things is so cool and exciting I just have to share it. On Facebook I get all the latest info on Resident Evil movie series in my timeline. At Comic-Con Resident Evil hosted a panel to introduce new actors, share the old ones and bring in surprise returning characters. One of the names caught my eye and I had to do a double take, Mika Nakishima.


                                                From the cover of one of her albums-

  I’m sure by now a lot of you know my all time favorite movie is a Japanese manga turned live action movie, Nana. The main character a really cool rocker chick Nana, is played by none other than Mika Nakishima. Now she is going to be in one of my favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy franchises. That is so amazing I had to share it.
Mika, like a number of really talented Japanese entertainers is actually a singer. So, when it came time to cast Nana, Mika was the perfect one to step into the role. No only does she have a lovely voice, but she cut her hair for the role and looks eerily like the manga character.

             Mika as Nana Osaki in a promo for the movie along with Nana's best friend Hachi-

 
  For Music Monday I would like to share one of my favorite songs, My Medicine. It is the opening song in the movie Nana and is sung by Mika Nakishima. I hope you love it. The song was made into a fan video with some crazy, silly images by another adoring Nana fan.

 Nana the movie- opening song

If you would like to see the movie you can find it online with English subtitles at http://www.dramacrazy.net /japanese-movie/nana/  (and)  http://www.mysoju.com/japanese-movie/nana/

  Plus, don't forget there is also a Nana2, which picks up right where Nana ends. If you are a manga fan, I highly recommend reading the book series, but warning it is not for young readers, because there is adult content.

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

07/15- From His Kiss-

  There were no fireworks, no sparks and especially no stars swimming around her head. There was no lava boiling in her veins and she didn't have the slightest urge to throw him to the floor, while ripping the clothes from his body.

  It was the complete opposite of kissing Taylor. The experiment had failed. Andy's kiss was just nice, almost calming. Apparently it was still just the thought of Taylor's kiss that lit her whole body on fire.

His Kiss

Hump Day Hunk- A Hunk Who Will Never Give Up-

  07/11- A Hunk Who Will Never Give Up-

  After Brian’s wife Colleen is murdered, he swears to stop at nothing to get her back. She has the last rights to make sure she is reincarnated, then the other Zogone alien scientists cryogenically freeze Brian with orders to only wake him up when their super computers find D.N.A. traces for Colleen again.

  Hundreds of years later, Brian is awoken and sent back to Earth. Colleen has been reborn in New Mexico as a girl named Arlene. As she works her way into college in North Carolina, Brian forms his own plan along with a team of unexpected family members.

  The major hitch in the plan, Arlene doesn’t know who Brian is and can’t remember any of Colleen’s life. That is until she lays eyes on her new roommate, who a kind new friend helps her find. From the moment she meets Brian she starts having vivid nightmares and crazy day dreams that seem like detailed hallucinations, but feel like memories. Now Brian has to be patient and wait for her to remember everything, because now that he has seen her again, he’ll never give her up again.
 
   From Old Dreams-

 The next morning, Arlene had an early class, so Brian didn't have to work to avoid her. Arlene filled an empty plastic twenty ounce bottle with orange Kool-Aid and Brian offered to grab her bag for her. On his way back across the room Brian tripped over one of Josh's boots and dropped a couple of Arlene's books.

  Together they slowly picked them up and Brian went ahead and took the plunge. "Look… If I'm distant, it doesn't mean I'm avoiding you. I just need some time to figure out what is going on inside me. It could take a while, so please don't take it personally."

  Arlene pushed her science book in her bag and mumbled, "No problem."

  Grabbing the book in his hand, she shoved it out of sight and started for the door. Brian catching sight of an escaped piece of paper told her to wait, while he retrieved it from under the corner of the couch.

  Brian picked it up and started to pass it over when his eyes landed on the previous day's sketch. "What is this?"

  Arlene shrugged, "Nothing really, just something I doodled in math class yesterday."

  "I had no idea you were an artist. This is really pretty."

  Arlene laughed, "I'm no artist, believe me, it's nothing. It's just a doodle that will end up in the trash."

  Trying not to show to much interest and spook her, he asked in an offhanded way. "Well if that is really how you feel, you don't mind if I keep it?"

  A surprised look crossed her face, but she just shrugged. "Sure," and with a small wave, "Catch you later." Then she was out the door.

  As soon as the door shut behind her, Brian swung around and shook Josh violently awake. "Get up, I want to be out of here in five minutes. There has been a new development."

  Eyes still half closed, shoes tied and yawning grumpily Josh was waiting at the door when Brian wrenched it open. "What's up, Brian?"

  Not stopping Brian mumbled, "I'll explain when we get to Ginger's.

  Behind him Josh turned a snort into a laugh. "Ginger's at this time of day, man you really got some nerve."

  Brian understood Josh's meaning after pounding on Ginger's apartment door and getting the reply, "Who the hell is beating down my door at the crack of dawn? This had better be good or someone is going to wish they were never born."

  The door opened and Ginger's angry face instantly turned to a look of concern. "What's wrong Pop?"

  Closing the door behind them Brian walked over and dropped the sketch on Ginger's honey colored coffee table. "I found this in Arlene's school stuff this morning."

  Josh and Ginger leaned in together, both giving back a simple, "OH!" Sam who was just opening his eyes on the couch next to the table leaned over blinking.

  Brian saw Ginger's glance run over Sam as he sat up, long naked torso running down to meet his blue running shorts as Sam asked, "It looks like a math paper. So what's the big deal?"

  Brian leaned over and pointed at the sketch that he had easily recognized. "Not the math, this so-called doodle."

  Sam squinted down and shrugged, "Big deal, she drew a ring."

  Brian shook his head. "This isn't just any ring. This is Colleen's wedding ring."

  Sam snorted, "Yeah right, you gave her that ring over five hundred years ago. How could you recognize one ring from another?"

  Ginger grinned as Brian answered, "I know that ring better than the back of my own hand."

  Sam lifted an eyebrow as Brian reached into the neckline of his t-shirt and pulled out the soft silver necklace around his throat. Placing the end into the palm of his hand he held it out to show Sam. A man's black and gold wedding band covered in Celtic knots rested snuggly against an exact copy of Arlene's sketch.

  "I had our rings cryogenically frozen with me. They are made of indestructible metal from the planet Calidar so they will last forever."

  Sam gave him his, 'I'm impressed' look and said, "Wow, that is cool. Then this is supposed to be important?"

  The other three groaned, then Brian held up the sketch next to the ring as Ginger vanished for a moment. The sketch was so perfect that it truly astonished Brian. The ring had been made with long straight line like wires that were intricately twirled together to make a piece of art representing the moons of Adrivar. Each little turn of the ring was drawn exactly right in Arlene's doodle.

Find Old Dreams Here!

Music Monday-

  07/09- Music For Those that Belong Together-

  I recently started listening to a song that always reminds me of two of my Zogone characters, the two main characters of Past Regrets, Sam and Ginger. Sam leaves Ginger to enter the Zogone military, trying to use his abilities to help as many people as possible to make up for all the bad things his evil father did. But no matter how many times he tells himself that he isn’t worthy of being happy, he can’t forget the only woman he has ever loved.

  Despite fighting herself endlessly to remain professional during a mission, Ginger falls for Sam. Even more shocking is when he leaves her at the end of their mission in Old Dreams. In Past Regrets, Sam comes back. Ginger is mad as hell, still holding a bit of a grudge and horrified at herself when she realizes he still holds power over her.

  Telling yourself it is over, that person isn’t good for you or it was never meant to be, isn’t always enough to sway your heart. Sometimes people just need to be with someone else. And Sam and Ginger were meant for each other, he softens her rough edges and she shows him he is worth being loved. If they had a song this would probably be it.

Need You Now By: Lady Antebellum

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

07/08- From Past Regrets-

  As he walked out the door, she yelled back, “Fine go then, be a macho jerk and
see if I care.”

  It was the last thing she said to him, because he didn’t come back and she didn’t
go after him. She did not see him again, before he left two days later, except from
far off as he boarded the space ship with the other Warrior Delegates headed for
their home planet of Adrivar.

  That night she cried herself to sleep and promised herself never again would she
let stupid little girl emotions rule her. From that day, she amended to become the
best General alive and forget about any relationship that was not linked by blood.

Past Regrets

Thoughtful Thursday With Reminder

  I just wanted to send out a reminder to let all of my readers know that today is my day for the Sizzling Summer Reads Party question. Go on- Reading Reviews Sizzling Summer Reads Party

  Take a second to sign up (you won't be sory, because they always have somehing interesting going on), then answer a few treasure hunt questions for your chance to win great prizes. For my question I ask about a character in my newest release Talkers. Follow my link for the answer and you will be entered to win a copy of the full epic length Talkers. Leave me a comment while you are here and let me know what you think of the party or the excerpt I used.

  Good luck and happy reading!

Happy Hump Day Hunk On the 4th with SPECIAL!

06/04- A Hunk Worth Researching-
 
  Happy Independance Day for all my American Readers! Before I jump into my Hump Day Hunk Post I just wanted to post a quick reminder. The Romance Reviews Sizzling Summer Reads Party is all July and there is some great prizes to win. Answer my treasure hunt question correctly and be entered to win a copy of Talkers. My question will be listed on July 5th. So good luck and while you are here leave me a comment. Here's a hint: The answer to my question can be found on this post as well as the link listed on-

Sizzling Summer Reads Party

  Now on to my Hunk Worth Researching...

  Before agreeing to take the security job for the mysterious Ritter Ederhard, Shayle decides to do a little research to know first hand what is in store for their tour. Searching the intergalactic network or IGN and comes up with everything she wanted to know along with things she could have lived without seeing. Here is part of her research scene and the main facts she learned about each band member.

  From Talkers-     

          

  Checking another link she found personal info on each band member on a fan site dedicated exclusively to Haven Sent.

Drummer: Fritz Maynard

AGE: 25
Height: 5ft. 6in.
Physical attributes: Blond hair, brown eyes, manly muscles. Tattoo- ribbon on back, over shoulder blades. (A picture proved it, showing a rippling artistically done ribbon spread over his shirtless back, with a skull at each end, resting just over each of his shoulder blades.)
Likes: Blanco candy and metro cycles
Dislikes: cold or too bright sun
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Bassist: Wagner Dietrich

Age: 26
Height: 5ft. 8in.
Physical Attributes: brown hair, brown eyes and a total rocker image. Tattoos- none, but interested
Likes: pizza and not much else
Dislikes: Pasta Galactica from planet Tomga (particularly- Linguine con le Vongole) and Bavarian Cream Pastries (They are so good he has to work out twice as much.)
Favorites: sporty activities and visiting new places
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Guitarist: Petrus Ederhard

Age: 23
Height: 5ft. 11in.
Physical attributes: black hair (originally blond), green eyes, total babe. Tattoos- none (already perfect so doesn’t need any help)
Likes: Girls!!!
Dislikes: committed relationships
Favorites: one night stands and partying
Twin brother: Ritter Ederhard (band’s lead singer)
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Lead Singer: Ritter Ederhard

Age: 23
Height: 6ft. 1 in.
Physical Attributes: black hair (originally blond), green eyes, labeled sexiest man alive. Tattoos- The word ‘Freedom’ spelled out in native language, Old Deutsch, on right arm and music notes on left side.
Likes: honesty and full moon light over the clear Metro Dome on Planet Dagna
Dislikes: gold diggers
Favorites: love and music
Twin Brother: Petrus Ederhard (band’s guitarist)
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  Shayle tapped on the section where fans had uploaded pictures of the band and found a picture of Ritter and Petrus together. “Well damn, twins!”

  At the bottom of the page was in bold.

  Band Statement: Though everyone doesn’t believe in heaven, everyone needs their own safe haven to go back to. The band is there to be that haven for all their fans. They are Haven Sent.

  A quote from guitarist Petrus Ederhard, “Of course I am God’s gift to all women, so not only are we sent from heaven, but every woman’s own personal haven!”

  “Oh really! I could never see how such nice boys ended up with stalkers.” Shayle snorted sarcastically.

  Petrus was completely gorgeous with the same long black hair, though his was tightly braided in hundreds of tiny dreads that looked like it took forever to do and fell all the way to his waist. Reading more interviews, Shayle learned that Petrus obviously knew how gorgeous he was and was beyond vain about it. He had women by the thousands, a new one-night-stand every night. All his fans knew how he was and willingly lined up to be the next girl he slept with.

  “Ok, now that really explains why they ended up with stalkers. He sleeps with all those girls, never expecting that some of them might fall in love with him and start following him around like little lost puppies. God, this kid sounds like a prick. If I work for them and don’t slap him within those three months it will be a surprise to me.”

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Romance Reviews Sizzling Summer Reads Party- Because Romance is Music to My Ears-

  07/02- Romance Reviews Sizzling Summer Reads Party- Because Romance is Music to My Ears-

  The Sizzling Summer Reads Party starts (July 1) at 12:00am EST. Thank you so much for being a part of this!

  We have more than 400 participating authors and publishers, and that there are more than 400 prizes up for grabs during the whole month of July. Grand prize is a $100 Gift Certificate!

    My Q&A will appear on July 5, from 12:00am EST to 11:59pm EST. This is the Q&A for a giveaway of my newest release Talkers.

  Don't miss this great party!

The Sizzling Summer Reads Party is Here!



Music Monday-
 
  Growing up I heard all sorts of types of music. My brothers listened to everything from Southern Rock to Country, Mom liked country, Grandma was a huge fan of Hee Haw and Blue Grass music, my sister listened to Heavy Metal and old school Hip Hop.

  My Father on the other hand listens to anything without complaint. But, when the music was his choice it was Oldies, jazzy, blues, soul numbers that had you swaying in your seat despite yourself. To me the best love songs are his Oldies tunes. And the one song that screams romance loudest to me is Barry White’s Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love. When a man with such a deep velvet voice sings to you about how he can’t get enough of you, it has to be love.

Can't Get Enough of Your Love By: Barry White

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

07/01- From Ancient Enemies-

  Lightly Caroline put a hand on Tama's chest. Her eyes widened as he leaned closer to her. This was insane! Men didn't hit on little shy Dr. Hardigan, either they were friendly colleagues or family.

  Now here comes this new man into her world giving her incredible looks, threatening her peaceful world, and making things inside her jitter like never before. And damn him, he looked good enough to eat at the same time.

Get Ancient Enemies Here




    
I'm listing this early, so I don't get busy over the weekend and forget again. I'd hate to miss it again and the good people at sixsentencesunday.com boot me from participating. Please forgive last weeks accident. Schools out and Summer is madness at my house. :)

Hump Day Hunks-

  06/27- A Hunk to Be Feared-

  From my time-travel- One Wish-

  Across town in a small brick house, Captain Nero Lorgan sat behind his desk in his comfy study. With fire bursting forth from his eyes he looked from Georgey to Bo, who had just arrived to tell of their success. “You are back so you must have captured Miss Grant and dropped her at the Inn for the night as you were ordered to do.”

  Bo looked at Georgey pointedly and Georgey tried to explain. “Her driver was to smart and to fast. We couldn’t keep up with them. So no we didn’t get ahold of Miss Grant.”

  Nero sat up in his chair and slightly leaned over the desk to glare at the two men. “Let me get this straight, you let her driver whisk her away, without continuing the chase? Then instead you come back here empty handed?”

  Georgey shifted uncomfortably in his chair and Bo shot him an evil look, making him sputter, “No Cap’n, we didn’t continue the chase, but we didn’t come back empty handed either.”

  Bo shrunk down in his chair, as the captain was sure hatred was sure to have written across his face. “It was his fault Cap’n. He said it would be okay, but I didn’t like it none and I told him so.”

  Nero held up a hand to silence Bo. “What do you mean you didn’t come back empty handed?”

  Georgey squeaked as Nero’s hand shot out swiftly and grabbed the front of his shirt in a tight grasp. “Well you see Cap’n, we was chasen after Miss Grant, until we almost ran over this woman in the middle of the road. I figured there won’t no way we could catch Miss Grant and you said you needed a wife. Then here was this little purdy thing looking lost and frightened. I just thought one woman is as good as another.”

  Nero groaned and released Georgey, “Ok so where is this woman now?”

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Music Monday- Music for Those Who Can’t Forget

06/23- Music for Those Who Can’t Forget-

  In New Beginnings we learn that there is more to Megumi’s past that tragedy and violence. There was a shinning ray of love and joy in her life, one of her best friends and her first love Ryuu. Using the violence she had seen as a child against her, the Yankii girl gang had reeled her in successfully breaking her and Ryuu up. But even being apart, Megumi couldn’t forget and Ryuu is constantly in her heart if not on her mind.

  This is a song that reminds me of their relationship. It helped me write a lot of back story on Megumi. This song gave her happiness instead of just pain and misery.  Gackt’s Flower is about the woman he lost when he was very young, who no matter what can never be replaced in his heart. Some say it is a song about his ex-wife. His first love who left him after he became famous. His fans wrote her threatening letters and scared her away. Or so the tales go. Who knows, so don’t quote me on that. If you remember I mentioned Gackt before, on the week I did Hyde's Shallow Sleep. As promised here is one of his friend's videos.

Flower By: Gackt

P.S. Please excuse my lack of #sixsunday this week. I got wrapped up in the blog hop and family stuff and didn't realiuze I had forgotten to post my entry until 3pm. I'll save it for next Sunday. So don't miss it.

Welcome to the SFR Brigade Mid-summer Blog Hop

In mid-summer there is heat and humidity, the sound of grasshoppers and bullfrogs, along with the pleasant smell of freshly mown grass. But, it isn’t always sunshine and butterflies. Sometimes the heat brings out the crazy in people.  For the action of sticky hot mid-summer, here is an excerpt from my newest release Talkers. Post a comment for your chance to win a copy of the e-book. And don’t forget to hop on over to the other blogs for more chance to win all sorts of great books and prizes. Here is the link to get to the other blogs.

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  My SFR Brigade Mid-Summer Blog Hop entry from Talkers-

 The moment they stepped out of the plane they were assaulted by the dry, dusty atmosphere of the planet. It was so dry and humid, it literally sucked the moisture out of your mouth forcing you to take small hacking coughs before you could breathe. The sun was high in the sky, bright and fiery, making the dry air worse with the increasing heat, making her dark jeans stick to her legs with sweat uncomfortably in a few spots.

  Beyond the stretch of dusty runway and docking area was a long metal fence attached to the long sunny yellow airport terminal.. For the first time on this tour, the airport was mob central. On the other side of the long metal fence was crowded with fans waving, screeches and screams. Forming a tight circle around the band, Shayle led them toward a gate in the fence where their drivers were waiting on the other side with two dark SUVs.

  As they walked, Shayle slowly looked through the crowd. A pair of wide bright blue eyes accompanied by short spiky blond hair caught her attention. Stopping dead in her tracks, Shayle shot a fist into the air, the unmistakable code for stop.

  Flicking the hand part way open, she pointed her middle and index finger upwards and her thumb out to the side creating a backward L. Closing and opening her hand again, she held up one finger. Closing the hand completely into a fist again for full stop, she gave the next code. Flattening her hand out, she sliced it through the air, so they would know to stop and not move again until they were confident it was safe.

  Pushing Ritter back a few steps so he was against Petrus, the other guards closed the circle around them. Then, she walked on, leaving them five feet from the tall gate. Forcing the metal gate open, she slid through the opening quickly and slammed it right back closed behind her.

  Then, instantly she was running, shoving her way through the crowd. The blond girl’s eyes locked with hers and she gasped knowing she had been seen. Turning, the girl tried to push her way through the crowd, but Shayle was too quick, grabbing the girl by her right arm and the longest strands of her hair. Swinging the girl around, Shayle slammed her face first into the closest part of the metal fence. Jerking the girl’s arms behind her, Shayle shoved a knee into the girl’s lower back to hold her struggling form in place.

  To try to calm the crowd, Shayle yelled. “Everyone back up right now and quiet down.”

  Not daring to argue with her, the crowd quieted to a few whispers and Shayle could hear them shuffling backwards. “For the crimes of stalking with the intention to terrorize and possess, you are under arrest by the authority of Galactic Security.”

  The girl’s thin body shook softly as she started to cry and mumble. “I meant no harm. I love him. I only wanted to be with him forever.”

  Letting out a huff, Shayle continued to hold the girl in place with one hand and search her for weapons with the other, while they waited for airport security. “Honey, most women alive love him, but he doesn’t love any of them for longer than a one night stand. You are only one of thousands he has played. If you didn’t realize that I feel sorry for you, but stalking I’m afraid to tell you, is a crime punishable by law.”

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Hump Day Hunks plus special reminder

06/20 A Hunk in Big Trouble-
 
  Nero watched with his heart pounding in his chest, as Melanie ran toward him. From the
corner of his eye, he saw sunlight flash off of metal, as a gun was raised, then heard the
deafening sound of a bullet being ejected from a gun's chamber. His legs moved of their own
accord, while he ran as fast as he could, then grabbed Melanie and swung her around.

  The impact of the bullet racked her body sending trimmers all the way through his. Nero
saw the bullet go through her arm and knew the second her life blurred before her eyes taking her
to a world of nothingness, as well feel her body become almost boneless. Nero slung her up to
lie in his arms, ran and leaped into the air.

  Their bodies flew over the ship's railing and they fell straight into the waters below.
Wave after wave pulled him under, pulled him deeper, then deeper still, trying to rip Melanie
from his arms. The fight didn't leave him, as he kicked harder, refusing to let the evil waters
steal his adored wife.

  Using every bit of strength he had left in his body, he kicked his way to the surface and
gasped for air. The stinging water filled his eyes and forced him to blink to be able to see.
Finally he could look around, which helped show him the way to Sully, who was forcefully
rowing toward them.

  When they were close enough Nero shoved Mel into the small boat, before pulling
himself in after her. He laid there for a moment, trying desperately to draw in a breath of fresh
air, all the air his poor lungs were begging for. There was still shouts echoing from the ship
behind them, which forced him into action. He picked up the second set of oars and started
paddling along with Sully, with every muscle in his body screaming in anguish.

One Wish

  P.S. Don't forget this Friday is the SFR Brigade Mid-summer Blog Hop. Stop by and leave a comment for your chance to win a copy of my newest release Talkers and hop along to the other links listed on the right of my screen. In all 37 fabulous science fiction romance authors will be telling you mystical or scientific stories related to the event, and they'll each be giving away a prize - books, gift cards, swag bags...and lots more! Plus there's TWO GRAND PRIZES! 1st Prize - a Kindle Touch or Nook Touch 2nd Prize -a library of science fiction romance titles from over 20 authors (these will be mostly ebooks with one print anthology), and an Anabanana Gift Card. All you need to do to enter is pop along to the blogs and comment on as many as you want (only ONE comment per site will count as an entry). Each time you comment at a stop, you'll earn one entry into the grand prize - so the more sites you visit, the greater your chances of winning. The winners will be drawn at random on the 24th June and announced on the SFR Brigade site.And I'll add a special post for this too.

  Have a great day and happy reading!

Music Monday-

  06/18 Music for the Hopeful-

  Young love starts with an open heart filled with hope. One of the characters that first appears in Book 3 of my Zogone saga, Ancient Enemies, is a great example. Her name is Jade and she is half wiccan/ half vampire. A witch named Lady Shard Bartram, Jade’s mother, was attacked by a vampire and ended up giving birth to Jade as a result of the attack.

  At puberty, Jade starts blacking out, attacking people, so with good reason she perceives herself as a monster. Before the Zogone soldiers find her she becomes isolated, withdrawn, terrified to get close to anyone. That is until she meets Borus Hardigan. Borus is a teenager only a short year older than her with major monster issues of his own.

  In each other they find what they need to feel human again. Meeting Borus is like waking up and finding what she had always been looking for and instantly they knew they belonged together.
As a special side note, I had to share this fun fact. When this video first came out, I got an amazing surprise.
  Whenever this video came on TV I noticed something. My son’s ferret Scooter would stop whatever he was doing- eating, playing, ect to just turn around and watch TV. It seems that this is his favorite song and he is completely in love with Taylor Swift.

  Yes, that sounds nuts. But in her next video ‘Mine’, her boyfriend and her argue and she cries. When Scooter saw this, he ran across the room, hide his face in my arm and hiccupped until I changed the channel. No one makes Scooty’s Taylor cry. And there is some real young love for you! :)

  When you spend all day sitting with the lap top and little critters, you notice all sorts of things about them. Plus, the song is great for writing YA scenes.

You Belong With Me By: Taylor Swift

P.S. Don't miss out on the SFR Brigade Midsummer Blog Hop this friday for a chance to win a copy of Talkers and the big prize from the Brigade. Come back Friday and read my special Midsummer post. Then, just leave a comment for your chance to win. And don't miss out on the others in the blog hop. There are a number opf great books being given away.
Good luck and happy reading!

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

06/17 From New Beginnings-
 
 "Come on girl, don't be such a pansy. Suck it up and get the hell out of here."

   Wherever here might be she had no idea. The last thing she remembered was their plane rushing toward the ground. Honestly, she would have thought she had died and was now caught in limbo somewhere, before being reincarnated. But there was no way she was dead, because if she were dead she would not flipping hurt so bad.

New Beginnings

Hump Day Hunks-

  06/13- #7-  A Hunk on a Mission- From Past Regrets-

  Sam curled up in a borrowed bunk in one of the guest quarters, with his hands crossed under his head and his long legs stretched out to where they crossed at the ankles.  For the last hour, since he had plopped down on the bunk his thoughts had led him a merry chase, forcing him to stare at the wall as if lost in space.
Not only had Ginger paid him the least bit of recognition when he entered Daimlar’s office, but she had gotten the heck out of Dodge the second she was able to.  Instead of being offended by Ginger’s actions, they had given Sam hope.

  If Ginger had shaken his hand and acted like an old acquaintance, he would have been worried, but no, not his Ginger!  No, Ginger acted as if he didn’t exist, then when she was forced to face up to knowing him, she ignored him.  Then she had excused herself formally without directly communicating with him.

  Obviously Ginger was totally pissed off to find out he was going to be her partner for this mission.  People who didn’t care didn’t get pissed.  Girls who still had feelings for a man, definitely did get more than a little upset. That had to mean Ginger still felt something for him. Something was better than nothing.

  Four years ago, Sam had blamed himself for all the world’s problems just because of his own violent birth.  It took four hard, lonely years for him to realize he had always helped more than he had harmed the world.
It also took those same four years for him to realize what a damn fool he had been to walk away from the one woman who had ever looked at him as more than a monster.  She had looked at him like a man, one she cared about and he had lost her, because of stupid pride.

  When Josh had told him about this mission, Sam jumped at the chance to be the appointed Warrior Delegate.  Josh had even worked it to look like the Delegates had come to him, forcing him to prove himself, when everyone there knew he had nothing to prove.  Every Warrior Delegate that knew him, knew they could count on him in any situation.  Sam had busted his butt to gain the Delegates’ respect and his position among them.

  Screw the military, Sam had volunteered for this mission for one reason, to use the time alone with Ginger to win her back.  No, that wasn’t right.  They had never made it to the point of actually being together, but by the time their mission was finished, they would be together if he had anything to say about it.

  Over the last four years, Sam had made a life for himself with the Zogones.  Not only had he thoroughly became a soldier for the Warrior Delegates, but a well-known one.  All four years were spent working under Josh, whom had been the one to find him on Earth and bring him into their group.  Josh had become closer to Sam than best friends.  It almost seemed like Josh was the brother Sam had never had, but always wanted.

  Being stationed on Adrivar with Josh meant that at any free period of time they had, they could spend it together or on Space Station Swanson with Brian and Arlene.  Considering they looked so young, it surprised Sam that he felt just like one of their grandchildren, just like Josh. Unsurprisingly though they had always treated Sam like family, like one of their own. Arlene worried about him and Brian was always handy with advice, just like good grandparents should be.

  Being an Earthling like Arlene made them closer than some of the others, though.  So, when Josh had suggested this mission, Sam had talked it over with Arlene first.  Arlene had been his confident where Ginger was concerned for quite a while now.  Arlene didn’t want to give away too much of Ginger’s personal feelings, but did give Sam hope. She didn’t tell of Ginger’s lost hope or constant love, but she did give Sam hope that he might be able to win Ginger over. She reassured him that it was the right thing to do.

  With Arlene’s blessing to push her granddaughter as hard as necessary, Sam had boarded the ship to the Galactic Security Headquarters space station. After checking in, he had showered, shaved and dressed in a clean dress uniform before showing up at Colonel Diamlar’s office, all for the sake of catching Ginger’s attention. He thought he might have done that and more, even angering her by looking too good to her.
He could tell he had gotten her attention, even getting under her skin. Now all he had to do was keep her focused on him.  They would do their mission, but they would also spend that time getting to really know each other all over again.

  With a grin, Sam decided to give Ginger a wide girth until they left for their mission, but once they were on a ship alone, that was a different story.  From that moment on, he promised himself to be relentless in his pursuit of Ginger.

Past Regrets

Music Monday-

  06/11- Music to Make Magic-

  For a very special music day… Tonight is my son’s Spring Concert for chorus at school. So this Music Monday is for him.

  Writing scenes with witches takes a little magic in itself. In Book 3- Ancient Enemies and Book 4- New Beginnings of my Zogone saga the witches of the Bartram clan step in. Actually this family first appeared in my book Vale, the first book in my Bartram series. Why have you never heard of this you wonder? Because witches are a tricky breed. Vale was never completed and book two of the series lies in a pile of series guidelines and notes.

  The main female character Petra Bartram is a willful young woman, who still to this day (five years later) fights me. When she meets Vale she chooses him for her life mate, not bothering to give him a say in the matter. The problem is she becomes so single-minded in becoming Vale’s, that she starts to come off solely depended on him. It was almost as if she became completely useless without him and being a very strong empowered witch that was just uncalled for.

  So, until she straightens up and becomes an independent woman again, she gets to sit in the bad girl corner. On the other hand, her sister Snow got tired of waiting for her turn at a love story. Despite the Bartram family time line I had written up for the Bartram series, Snow slides into the Zogone saga.

  Snow pointed at Josh and in the way of Bartram women said, “This one is mine,” dragging her Aunt Shard and Cousin Jade along with a couple of other relatives through the Zogone sags.

  To write the witch clan’s magic, I borrowed a little magic from King Mickey. This is the theme song for one of my son’s favorite video game series, Kingdom Hearts. It is the brain child of Square Enix and Disney. My T.J. not only loves this game, but all of the games by Square Enix. His dream is to one day move to Japan and become a game designer for their company.

  This video is actually a clip from the beginning of Kingdom Hearts. Watch it and find a little of Sora’s magic!

Simple and Clean By: Utada Hikaru

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

 06/10- From Talkers-

  Slouched against the door, he had his head leaned against the window. His eyes were closed and his arms were crossed loosely over his chest. Even with a baseball cap pulled down over his forehead and plain, no makeup or fancy clothes, he was distracting and it was making her nervous.

  Drumming her fingertips against the steering wheel, she began to bob her head to imaginary music, then hummed to herself softly. Ritter startled her by dropping a hand across hers to stop her tapping.

  “Do I make you nervous?”

Talkers

Hump Day Hunks- #06- A Hunk to Come-

Hump Day Hunks- #06- A Hunk to Come-

T  his is a little sneak peek of what is going on in the life of Petrus Ederhard, first seen as the twin brother of Ritter Ederhard hero of Haven Sent saga Book 1- Talkers.
With the stalkers caught, his father back in his life and Ritter making a family of his own, it is time for Petrus to take a hard look at his life.

Unedited excerpt from W.I.P. You Were Wrong!, Book 2 in my Haven Sent saga.

  Grabbing a random acoustic guitar off a hook on the wall, Petrus fingers a guitar pick out of the strings and spontaneously starts to strum a tune. His mind felt clouded and confused as he thought over his reaction to meeting Aidan that afternoon.

  Sure he cared for Val, she was hot and he seriously wanted to sleep with her, but his barely restrained jealousy had surprised him. His usual attitude would have been to say whatever and to hell with a girl who was in love with someone else. A girl in love with someone else was just one more woman who was a headache begging him for a hopeless commitment.

  His reaction to Val loving Aidan was a sudden urge to hide her away for himself. He had a two-year-old’s reaction of wanting to have a fit for someone touching his property. Yes, he had women… loooots of women. But he had never wanted to stake a claim before, never wanted to shout that another person belonged to him. Like you belong to me and I belong to you. That smelled like a commitment with the strength of fresh onions, peppers and garlic in an old world Italian kitchen.

  Rolling himself across the room, Petrus scooped up one of the notebooks Ritter used to write lyrics and a pen. Not thinking about what he was doing, Petrus started scribbling down everything rushing through his mind.

  After thirty minutes of writing, scribbling, ripping up paper and cursing under his breath, Petrus dropped the notebook on the floor between his feet. Only then, with the words firmly swimming around in his mind, did he go back to strumming his guitar.

(Song lyrics are written here, but not sharing them yet!)

  Petrus hung his guitar carefully back on the wall, then set his notebook on the long black soundboard lining the left wall. With one hand on each of the notebook, Petrus dropped his head, closed his eyes for a moment and sighed halfheartedly.

  Then turning, he kicked his stool against the empty far wall with a curse. Whatever Val was doing to him was bound to drive him mad. No woman should have so much control over his emotions. All the confusion, thoughts, feelings of jealousy and hurt, left him pissy and madder than hell.

  It was just a simple matter of dealing with the situation. Once they slept together, she would be out from under his skin. She was just another play thing, a distraction and she only meant so much right now because of the bruises she had put on his ego.

  Once he had her his interest would fade. Like she said, she would just be another notch on his bedpost, just another forgotten lover to add to his long list of past lovers. Then he could go back to only worrying about the situation with his father.

Music Monday

  06/04- Music For Angry Girl Power and the Slightly Heartbroken-

  One of the main ‘theme songs’ I used when writing His Kiss is 99 Times By: Kate Voegele. For the heartbroken, emotionally fearful, tempted and hopeful. Or in other words someone who has been badly hurt, yet finally worked through their pain. When they are ready to move on… This is the song for them.

  The spunky attitude and full on girl power that goes with it doesn’t hurt either. Especially for me. Looking through all my play lists, I’ve noticed I have a lot of angry girl rockers on my list, from bands as hard as Lita Ford, Joan Jett and Pink to the younger variety like The Veronicas, or even a song or two by Meg& Dia, Orianthi and Just Kait. 

99 Times By: Kate Voegele

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

06/03 From One Wish-

  Knowing he would never hear her over the roar of the battle, she had one of two choices do something or stand here and watch him die. She choose to do something.

  A quick survey around and above her gave her the perfect idea. Near by  she climbed a pole, grabbed one of the many ropes holding up their sail and jumped, propelling her weight through the air. Holding on for dear life, grinning for all she was worth, she thrilled at this new adventure. Well I did dream of being an acrobat as a child. She laughed to herself.

Grab a copy of One Wish today

Hump Day Hunks

For the Hunk in the Making-

  It is easy to see Mark Paddington, son of Ginger and Sam Paddington, is a hunk in the making. Check out this snippet of the tiny lady killer from Ancient Enemies.-

  As Tama stood up, he heard first the sound of women's chatter approaching, then Sam's muffled groan as he stood. "Oh lord not again." Then grinning, he nodded at Mark.

  "Watch this."

  As the women came into view Mark changed from the tiny prankster into the cherub angel. Clasping his little hands, he turned his head up fluttering his miniature blond eyelashes at the women. Each woman stopped in front of Mark to ruffle his hair and coo at him.

  "Dood Morning Miss Julie. Do you have a kiss for me today?"

  The tall blond knelt down to hug Mark tightly, and then placed a sound kiss on his lips. "I always have a kiss for you, Darling."

  Turning to the brunette at her side, Mark fluttered his eyelashes at her too. "Natashalia have a smooch for a lovey, too?"

  The brunette knelt down and gave him the same treatment as her friend, before the two girls waved bye and headed back off in the direction they had originally intended.

  Once the women were out of sight Tama removed the hand he had been using to cover his mouth and hold back his laughter. "Wow, I think I should take lessons from that one. Smooth operator and a lady killer already."

  Sam laughed with him. "And he does it with that angelic little face. Oh if Ginger only realized what her son was capable of. Mark gets that from her brother Josh. For years he was a playboy like that."

Where to find more on Ancient Enemies.

Music Monday Turned Tunes Tuesday for Memorial Day Weekend-

  Music For the Fun Scene! 05/29

  Some scenes are for being with family, hanging out with friends, just simple stress-free moments. Like maybe the barbecue you might have had over the holiday weekend. Let’s say you are in a club with friends, (though if you are Petrus from Talkers that could end up very stressful), or having that family barbecue or spending the evening at a friend’s party what would the theme song be?

  For a scene like this, I need music that makes me smile. I usually go for something sweet or slightly silly. And if it is all about winning that special girl and finding true love, that doesn’t hurt either. You never know the main character’s special someone could be at that party in your scene too. A fun silly love song, would make the perfect backdrop for an innocent flirtation.

  One of my go to songs for a scene like this always leaves a smile on my face and leaves me with the urge to hug someone ’smiley’. I learned about this song, once again through watching one of my Asian Dramas. On most drama web sites, viewers can leave comments, which I occasionally read while waiting for an episode to buffer.

  Out of curiosity, I went on YouTube to look this song up. Though boy bands aren’t my normal cup of tea, I thought this band was adorable and they completely sucked me in with their cute image of young love.

  This is known as the happy love song, Hello By: SHINee. But, be warned it is very catchy.

Hello By: SHINee with English subs

Six Sentence Sunday- #sixsunday

05/27 From His Kiss-
  
  Taylor was the one who saw stars,fire and electric sparks. He was the one
with the sudden urge to shove his fist through some bastard's face as he watched Amber rush into the other man's arms. Two fists formed at his sides without his even meaning to do it as he started to step toward them.
 
   The way she held her body stopped him. Her hands slid down to rest calmly on the guys
shoulders, not clawing franticly through his hair the way she had when she had kissed Taylor. Her feet were firmly on the ground and she wasn't straining to get closer to the other man.

Grab His Kiss

Exciting news for the coming Summer.

I've signed up for two great events this Summer. On June 22nd 2012, I'll be part of my first blog hop with SFR Brigade. Want to catch some info before then. Here is the link- SFR Brigade Midsummer Blog Hop!

There is also a great review site hosting a Sizzling Summer Reads 2012 Party. July 1st- 31st, 2012. Don't miss the fun and check out some of their great book reviews, including one for my book His Kiss at- The Romance Reviews.

Both events will have contests and prizes, including a chance to win a copy of my newest release Talkers.

Have a great holiday weekend and as always happy reading!

Music Monday- Music to Fall in Love With-

  #5- Music to Fall in Love With- 05/21

  My Zogone Saga’s third book Ancient Enemies is split into two parts. In part two, Tamayama Yazawa is whisked off to a space station to learn to control newly developed witch powers. On the space station he meets Dr. Caroline Hardigan.

  Caroline is everything he has ever dreamed of, everything he has ever wanted. She is smart, beautiful, sexy and unforgettable. Night after night he dreams of her and worries when he wakes each morning that she will be gone from his life.

  When he confesses his fears to her, he actually mentions that it reminds him of one of his favorite songs. While writing most of part two I listened to this song and thought it fit Tama’s situation perfectly.

  It is a beautiful Japanese song by a very talented artist (singer and actor) named Hyde. He is actually a member of three different bands, so I might mention him from time to time. His original band is called L'Arc-en-Ciel  is a softer rock/visual kei band. He also has a solo career, with albums under his own name, which covers a number of different types of rock from the softer to more upbeat rock.

  His newer venture is a band he put together with a friend and fellow musician Kaz. They are simply called VAMPS. They are a harder rock type band and for the record I love them.

  This is a song from one of Hyde’s  solo albums. It is a sweet ballad to fall in love with, Tamayama sure did. This is Shallow Sleep By: Hyde.


Original Japanese version

In English with subtitles too.

Warning Adult content- #sixsunday

  Six Sentence Sunday-

  05/20- From Talkers

  “She’s a good looking woman, so what if I want to have a go at her? Are you going to tell me I can’t sleep with whoever I want to?” Petrus shot at him.
 
  Seeing red, Ritter grabbed the edge of the coffee table and flipped it  sending flowers, magazines, candles and papers scattering. Ritter’s
voice rose higher as he yelled and cursed Petrus for being a useless player who only cared about his dick and nothing or no one else.

  Picking up the magazines, Petrus sent them flying at Ritter. “At least I’m not too much of a pussy to play with women. You’re always worried about hurting their feelings in case she is the one. Well maybe an old unloved maid like her would appreciate some action.”

Where to buy Talkers-

Hump Day Hunks-

05/16- A Hunk Who Can’t Live Without Her.

  Matters beyond his control had taken her away from him, but nothing could stop him from getting her back. Even if it meant going over two galaxies to accomplish it.

From- New Beginnings-

   He dreamed of her again, reliving the bittersweet memories of their time together. Opening his eyes, Ryuu looked at the big empty bed he slept alone in every night and felt like weeping like a little girl.

  Years before when Ryuu had told Megumi that he could not live without her, he hadn't been lying. Though he was surviving from day to day, he was dead inside and had finally reached his breaking point.

  The first thing he did after climbing out of bed was call his uncle, Kazuki. The older man had connections with the black market that Ryuu actually needed for once. In under an hour he had a meeting set up.

  Kazuki met him with another man. They made a quick transaction. Ryuu gave the man a thousand U.S. dollars. The man gave Ryuu a pair of impressive looking handguns. The serial numbers had been filed off and they were completely untraceable.

  Ryuu hung a gun belt around his waist, dropped the guns in the holsters so they would be easily hidden by a trench coat and took two extra bullet clips. Uncle Kazuki did not ask any questions, just warned him that he was probably out of his mind.

  Honestly, Ryuu agreed with Kazuki, but he had no other choice left. He shook both men's hands, hopped back into his car and headed out. He drove straight to the abandoned warehouse the Yankii girl gang used as their hang out spot.

  Outside the door, he took a deep breath, checking that both guns were ready and their safeties were off. There was only one thought in his mind. He was going to get Megumi back even if he had to kill all the other gang girls to save her.

  Gulping, he aimed both guns in front of him, pulled back his right foot and used one large black combat boot to kick the faded grey warehouse door in. Twenty maybe thirty heads swiveled in his direction.

  Every face blended together as they were all wearing identical dark blue dresses. Most had blond hair, only a few had red, blue or green. Ryuu looked from side-to-side not seeing the one face he was looking for.

  One girl heavily pierced with startling long purple hair, started forward snapping her fingers so the other girls began to arm themselves with whatever weapons were handy. "Dude, do you seriously want to die today?"

  "I don't want any trouble. I'm just looking for a girl. Help me find her, then I'll walk right back out of here and there won't be any drama." Ryuu tried to sound confident as thirty killers slowly surrounded him.

  "We got plenty of girls mister. Take your pick." The girl sneered, running a hand down her body vulgarly.

  "Yazawa Megumi." Ryuu stated. "She is the girl I want."

  A murmur went through the group, but the leader was again the one to answer around the loud smacking of her gum. "Names not familiar. Anyone know a Yazawa?"

  More murmuring, but none of them seemed to know her. Ryuu spotted a girl and pointed at her. "You recruited her. Do you remember me?"

  The haggard looking girl with shoulder length greasy hair spit on the ground in front of him, before lighting a cigarette. "I don't know. No, Megumi and I hadn’t ever seen you before. I would remember a looker like you. Sorry pal you got the wrong girl and apparently the wrong gang."

  "What?" Ryuu asked in confusion as he looked from one blank face to the next.

  He was one hundred and fifty percent sure, this was the right gang. The girl he had spoken to was definitely the girl who had recruited Megumi, because he would never forget her as long as he lived. A number of times he had nightmares about her, where she stood and laughed at him as she took Megumi away. Unbelievably he could tell they honestly had no clue who Megumi was.

  Carefully Ryuu lowered his guns, dropping one back in its holster. "Sorry, my mistake. No harm done." He pulled a few big bills out of his pocket and dropped it on the ground in front of him. "For the door." Then holding up his hands walked backward until he was out the door.

  He dropped the second gun in its holster, climbed in his car and drove straight to his best friend Natsuki's apartment. If something had happened to Megumi, Natsuki would be the one to know as he used to be her best friend and her favorite cousin.
 
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05/14- Music to Argue Over

  Sometimes the hero and heroine don’t see eye to eye. There are the days of death glares, not speaking to each other or all out yelling and throwing things. For those action packed scenes that are more of an emotional battle, you need a song to make you mad, but leaves a chance to reconcile once the argument is done.

  These scenes don’t always have to be between the two main characters. In Talkers, the hero Ritter and his twin brother Petrus get into a nasty argument. I have a number of brothers who are close to the same age. As you can imagine I’ve seen a number of knock down, drag out fights amongst them.

  I didn’t let the twins go that far in their fight, but I made sure you could really feel the emotion behind the scene. I showed how siblings can love each other desperately one minute, then hate each other just as passionately the next. Then, the next minute they get over their disagreement and love each other again, just like real brothers. This is actually the way brothers act and the way they treat each other. From personal experience I can tell you they act like cavemen beating their chests to see who is the bigger, better man.

  It is a heck of a scene. One I just might share for my next Six Sentence Sunday, but be warned it is way over PG. Brothers say nasty things to each other.

  The song I used to write this scene is from a band I really like, though their music tends to leave me slightly angry. Enjoy it and tell me how it makes you feel.
 
Never To Late By: Three Days Grace

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05/13- From Old Dreams-
  As the pain intensified her mind could barely function, she could only think of the
pain for both her and Brian. She loved him so intensely. He had meant everything to her
and now she was losing him with a heart filled with regret. Regret at the loss of a life
together with the one person she had ever truly loved and the regret of never being able
to tell him of their love child, which she carried below the vanishing beat of her heart.

  Tears steamed off her burnt cheeks as her stinging eyes watched one of her own
burning hairs fly away, turning to ash in front of her. Through her dazed senses she saw a flash of light as both her and Brian were beamed on board the Zogone rescue ship.

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Hump Day Hunks

  A Hunk Who Tempts You- 05/09

  No man has ever come in and interrupted Dr. Caroline Hardigan’s busy organized life before. As a young respected doctor she is surrounded by people who have known her all her life. They see her as family or doctor, not as a woman. There was never one man who ever caught her attention, much less shaken her resolve and made her want more. Not until Tama walked into her lab and tempted her that is.


From Ancient Enemies-

  Lightly Caroline put a hand on Tama's chest. Her eyes widened as he leaned closer to her. This was insane! Men didn't hit on little shy Dr. Hardigan. They were either friendly colleagues or family.

  Now here comes this new man into her world giving her incredible looks, threatening her peaceful world, and making things inside her jitter like never before. And damn him, he looked good enough to eat at the same time. Especially his mouth, with its moist supple lips and the tiny black hairs above them that wasn't quite enough to be called a mustache, but enough to be sexy as all get out and drive her crazy.

  His breath quivered across her mouth, making her squeak in horror as he came even closer. Placing her fingers across his lips to stop his progress, she stated simply. "I'm not that type of girl."

  With a smile she could feel under her fingertips, he pulled her hand away and dropped a sweet kiss on her cheek. "Correction… You aren't that type of woman. Men shouldn't tease you, they should please you. You're the type of woman who should be cherished, loved unconditionally, and blessed with many tiny cherubs like Mark."

  As he pulled back she was almost strangling with his manly smell, his heat, and his pure audacity, but he didn't stop there. "I'm going back to Earth for a few days with my brother Sam. That sounds so weird just saying it. Odd I've never had a brother before." Shaking his head slightly he took another step back. "The point here is that I will be back. When I do, I'd like to get to know you better. I think I like you."

  As simple as that he left the lab, leaving her speechless and shockingly excited by the prospect of his threatened pursuit. Earlier it had been hard to tell, but after that little speech she could easily see that he was Sam's brother. All smooth lines and a bold confidence she found extremely sexy.

  Touching her cheek she gave a small sigh. It would probably be heaven to give into a man like him. But she would avoid him, because he could make her hope for the impossible, for all those things he thought a woman like her should have.

  Being a doctor, she was smart enough to know as much as she might want all of those things she would never have any of them. There would never be a man for her, one who could give her all that happiness on a platter.

  Without the man, there would be no sweet babes. Scientifically she could have children without a husband, but children should have a father and a happy family. It was bad enough to deprive herself. She couldn't do the same to an innocent child.

  In the end she would hope, but Tama would go back to Earth and being softhearted she knew she would be crushed. So avoid him she must. It was a pretty big space station after all. It shouldn't be that hard to avoid him. Right?


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Music Monday

  05/07- Music To Make Love To-

  How do you write love scenes? I’ve been asked that a number of times and the best I can say is that I use my imagination. There is no way I would use experiences from my own sex life. And to be honest, I think porn is just a bunch of horney people having at each other. It doesn’t have anything to do with love.

  To me a love scene is just that, two people coming together in a natural expression of their own special love. Therefore, a love scene between two characters, is an extension of how they feel for each other. The heroine with pink hearts in her eyes and a hero who... yes is really excitable, but only for her. How does his touch make her feel? What does it do to him when she looks at him with love and trust in her eyes?

  Put on the right mood music, close your eyes and see their hearts come together. I try not to over use one song for it’s type of scene, so I end up using all sorts for it’s intended purpose. This just happens to be one of the many songs, one I wouldn’t normally listen to, but I find it perfect for a sweet love scene.

  Irresistible By: Jessica Simpson. It gives the right feeling to get you in the mood to write a love story’s love scene. The back ground music goes with your heart beat as it speeds up. Her lyrics crone about how the heart knows what it wants. When he is the one, you know it and there is nothing that can stop the feelings rushing through you. Your hero becomes irresistible.


   
Irresistible By: Jessica Simpson

Six Sentence Sunday

  05/06- From Past Regrets-

  As he walked out the door, she yelled back, “Fine go then, be a macho jerk and
see if I care.”

  It was the last thing she said to him, because he didn’t come back and she didn’t
go after him. She did not see him again, before he left two days later, except from far off
as he boarded the space ship with the other Warrior Delegates headed for their home
planet of Adrivar.

  That night she cried herself to sleep and promised herself never again would she
let stupid little girl emotions rule her. From that day, she amended to become the best General alive and forget about any relationship that was not linked by blood.

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My answer to- 'Who is your all-time favorite hero-and why?'

On the readers forum on New Concepts Publishing, there is a thread for, 'Who is your all-time favorite hero-and why?' http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/reader-forum/post/1778299
 I posted my answer, but was unable to add pictures to back my statement up, so I thought I would add them here. My favorite hero from Nana- the manga series, anime and two live action movies is... Takumi!


From the movie Nana2-

From the movie Nana-

Now that you have seen my favorite hero, jump over to reader forum on NCP (link above) and tell us about your favorite hero. And as always have a great day and happy reading!

Hump Day Hunks #2

  05/02- A Hunk With a Past-
 
  Let me introduce you to the man whose past started my four book Zogone Saga. The hero of Old Dreams and a secondary character for Past Regrets, Ancient Enemies and New Beginnings. He is a Zogone scientist named Dr. Brianeth Hardigan, better known as Brian.
 
  As a young scientist, Brian meets Colleen, a young woman their people had abducted to study Earthlings along with five others from her village. Before long, their tests and long conversations turned to love. Colleen agrees to marry him and stay with him forever.
 
  Nevertheless, their time is cut short when Colleen is murdered. Not wanting to live without her, Brian chooses to be cryogenically frozen until his wife is reborn. Now, hundreds of years later, Colleen has been reincarnated, Brian’s people wake him from his long sleep and he rushes to be by her side.
 
  The only problem is this new girl, Arlene is a whole new girl and has no clue who Brian is. Even worse, she doesn’t remember Colleen’s life at all. Using every ounce of patience he possesses, with a little help Brian works his way into her life, then waits as his presence makes her past life comes back to her in flashes and dreams. Here is what it feels like for Brian, finding her again.
 
  From Old Dreams-

  From the moment he had opened the door to her he had known it was her, he
would have known her anywhere. Height, weight, hair, eyes, everything was the same.
She was the same woman she had been over five hundred years before.
 
  Her long hair was like strands of fire that turned to spirally curls in all their thick
red glory highlighted with brown strips. Emeralds didn't sparkle quite as lovely as her
green expressive eyes. Her body was lean and her waist slender like any athlete normally
would be. And as it was supposed to be, how it had always been, Arlene fit perfectly
under his chin being a foot shorter than him. Her body lined up perfectly to fit against his
as if they had been made to fit together like two pieces of an intricately designed puzzle.
 
  It had taken every ounce of his strength and patience to not just simply pull her
into his arms. He wanted to kiss her and hold her more than anything he had ever wanted
before. Since the night he had awoken to learn they had found her, he had missed her
desperately and he could only think of how desperately he loved her.
 
  The only thing that stopped him from pulling her against him right now was the
fear of scaring her away before she had a chance to remember everything that had
happened in her last life. In the short, yet beautiful life they had shared together in
unequaled bliss.
 
  In time Arlene would remember everything they had shared together and then she
would return to her rightful place in his arms and back amongst the Zogone people in
space. But for now Brian would have to wait and use this time to learn everything about
her new life where she had grown up in New Mexico. There was sure to be differences
between the Scottish lassie she had been and the American teenager she was today.
 
  Time, patience, and a little help from a few friends and Brian would have his wife
back in no time, then they could go home together. They could finally be man and wife
once more.


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Another book review. New Beginnings

  A second great book review to share today. This review is for the fourth book in my Zogone saga, New Beginnings.

  Here's a blurb to give you a quick idea of what the book is about.

  For Megumi, her happy life was destroyed when she was a small child, violence leading her into more violence until she was saved by the Zogone, alien race. On their home planet she has a chance for a new life with an alien solider who needs her more than anyone else. But after a space battle that leads to them being taken hostage by a goddess, Megumi starts to think of what her life of violence cost her and fears she may never see Earth again much less the man, her one true love, that she left behind.
   Check out the review and I hope you love it.

Review on New Beginnings

 Have a great day and happy reading!

New Book Review Posted

  My book His Kiss , which came out last June has been reviewed at the Romance Reviews. Thanks Erinne, for taking the time to read and review it.
 
  Here's a blurb if you are interested in what the book is about.

  What happens when you find yourself falling in lo…lust with your best friend? Amber's best friend Taylor had been cheated on and dumped by Janet, the woman he loved. When Janet comes back Taylor lied and said he had moved on, proving it he kisses Amber, changing everything. No matter what she does she can't forget it, but the only man who is even comes close to helping her forget her feelings, turns out to be Taylor's brother.

  Sound interesting and want a second opinion, then check out the review on the link below.

Review of His Kiss

Have a great day and happy reading!