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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Boone Brux Swag Giveaway

I have a lot of swag that I need to give away so every time I get a chance I will have a swag giveaway on the blog.  

This time I received some amazing goodies (some even signed) from the fabulous Author Boone Brux and wanted to share with our followers.  =)  
-FranJessca  
This Swag Giveaway is only OPEN to U.S./Canada Residents.
(Two Winners) 
Winners will be announced on 5/7/13.  

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Surprise Giveaway (C.J. Ellisson Swag Packs)

This literally is a surprise giveaway....because we do not even know what is in these little swag packs from the ultra fabulous author, C.J. Ellisson.  All we know is....we have to share them with you.  =)  
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I received 3 Surprise Swag packs while at the Olde City, New Blood Mini Con the beginning of this month from meeting C.J. Ellisson.

If you do not know who C.J. Ellisson is, then shame on you.  She's author of the VV Inn novels and "Vanilla on Top", which is the first book to her Walk on the Wildside novels (it just recently was on the NYT Bestseller List)  =)  

All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter below to enter.
Winners will be announced on 3/3/13


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Friday, February 22, 2013

Olde City, New Blood Part Two + Giveaway

Another Surprise Giveaway for our Birthday Month celebration...and also to share off just a couple more photos from the Olde City, New Blood Mini Convention in St. Augustine from Feb. 8-10th.


(Below: Damon Suede at M/M Reading...and after hearing him read one of his books I am definitely buying his books.  Oh...my...if only he would narrate them as well for audiobooks.  He sold me...and he definitely is amazing person!!!!)


(Below: Shifter Panel)

Now here's your chance to win a signed paperback copy of "Hearts in Darkness" by Laura Kaye, as well as a signed bookmark from Laura Kaye.
Giveaway is OPEN Internationally.  
Winner will be Announced on 3/1/13
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Olde City, New Blood Mini Con (My first Convention) + Surprise Giveaway (Part One)

Didn't we tell you, we would have Surprise Giveaways during our 1st Birthday.
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I wanted to share with you some photos of my first convention ever.  I had a blast meeting other bloggers/readers, as well as hanging out with some fabulous Authors.  =)  I'll share some more throughout the week.  I don't want to bog everyone down.  


(Above) - One of the panels during the Mini-Con (left to right, James R. Tuck, Jess Haines, & Cynthia Eden) I now have two other Authors I need to read from now...(James R. Tuck sold me on his series about vampires eating faces.  LOL)  


(Above) One of the panels during the Mini-Con (Kristen Painter, C.J. Ellisson, & Pamela Palmer)


(Above) Me(FranJessca) & C.J. Ellisson (She is such a sweetheart in person.  LOVED being able to hang out with her.  I think my hubby was kind of jealous.  LOL)  


(Above) Me(FranJessca) and Laura Kaye (Another sweetheart in person.  I look forward to seeing her again in Maryland for the Frederick Book Festival)  


(Above) Me(FranJessca) and Cynthia Eden (I think had a fangirl moment meeting her because I was literally speechless meeting her...and then it didn't help when she made me eat chocolate and I couldn't talk...LOL)  
Now here's your chance to win a surprise swag pack from my trip to Olde City, New Blood.  
Only One Winner this time, but I promise to giveaway another swag pack again next week and I will also make sure to have a International giveaway as well.  (I haven't forgotten about our International followers)  =)  
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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Interview with Gena Showalter + Surprise Giveaway

I (FranJessca) had one of my dreams come true because I got to interview another one of my TOP Fave Authors (who happens to be on my auto-buy list).  I think I would literally faint if I ever met her in person.  She is definitely an amazing PNR Author.  My hubby is even jealous because whenever he sees me reading one of Gena's book he knows it will be one lonely night for him.  =)  

So check out the Interview of Gena Showalter.....

I even surprise you at the end with a SURPRISE GIVEAWAY.  I had to share my LOVE of Gena Showalter to my followers.  She does have the most addicting books ever.  =)  
And if you haven't picked up one of her books yet...you are definitely missing out.
1. What are 5 things that readers may not know about you and they cannot find on your website. 

A. I’ve just discovered a love for cooking, and apparently I have been complimenting myself a little too much. If my family hears, “Isn’t that wonderful? Just the best! Aren’t I the best cook ever?” one more time, I’m not sure what will happen.

B. I’m head over heels in love with my new German Shepherd

C. Last year (just for grins and giggles) my husband and I stole my parents Christmas yard decorations and placed them in our yard. Mom and Dad came over for a party, and there Mr. and Mrs. Claus were, taunting them.

D. I’m a huge fan of the show New Girl (I want Jess and Nick to get married and have a thousand babies)

E. I love old granny robes

2. How do you keep everything in order, you tend to write several books/series at once, how do you keep up with the previous characters and also create new ones?

Each series is set in a different type of world with different “rules.” Lords of the Underworld and Angels of the Dark – modern day with ancient warriors, demons and good against evil. Alien Huntress and Otherworld Assassins – near future with fun little toys (like pyre-guns), and a hipper vernacular. White Rabbit Chronicles – high school, firsts, and zombies. Those differences make it waaaay easier to keep things straight.

3. You have your next release "Beauty Awakened" in the Angel of Dark Series coming out, without giving too much away, what can readers expect?

The book features the scarred and powerful Koldo, a warrior known for his legendary control. No one knows he lives only for vengeance, determined to punish the angel who viciously removed his wings. If he yields to the forces of hatred, he will be kicked from the heavens, eternally damned. Nicola Lane is his last hope. Though she was born with a defective heart, this fragile human shows surprising strength as demons stalk her every move, determined to end her. She is the key to Koldo's deliverance...and his downfall. Though he fights duty, destiny and his first addictive taste of desire, his toughest battle will be the one for Nicola's life--even if he has to sacrifice his own....

4. Who designs your covers for your books because I have to say, everyone of them are GORGEOUS? (my husband even tends to get jealous over them)

The publishers have designed them all. I got to help conceptualize Last Kiss Goodnight, and I helped pick the model for Alice in Zombieland, but for the most part, the publisher has taken care of the details.

5. Do any of our favorite Lords of the Underworld make an appearance in "Beauty Awakened"?

You’ll find William in Beauty Awakened, and learn another secret about him...

6. If you could be one of your characters (just one), who would you be and why?

I’d want to be Alice from Alice in Zombieland. She’s doing an awesome job of learning to navigate a dark, new world with zombies, she isn’t afraid to throw herself into a battle, and she has the best crew of friends…but mostly because she’s dating sexy bad boy Cole Holland—and I like me some Cole LOL

7. What has been the hardest scene to write in one of your books?

In Beauty Awakened, there is one scene that made me cry when I wrote it—and every time I read it.

8. How do you come up with the names of the characters in your books?

If the names don’t fail to come to me while I’m writing, I get online and search baby name sites. Then, I wait until something strikes my fancy.

9. What is up next for Gena Showalter?

Up next is the release of Last Kiss Goodnight, featuring a twisted menagerie where otherworlders are the main attraction. Any time the zoo is about to be shut down, it vanishes and reappears somewhere else. When black ops agent Solomon Judah’s latest mission is compromised, he wakes up in a cage, the newest “animal” on display. Vika is his new handler—as well as the owner’s deaf daughter, and she’s been tasked with Solo’s care and feeding. As hostility turns to forbidden romance, Solo’s feelings for her will be used against him, and he’ll be put to a killer test.

Then, on February 26th, Beauty Awakened releases.

On July 30th, The Darkest Craving releases. Here’s a little about it:

Having endured weeks of torture in the bowels of hell, Kane wants nothing to do with his beautiful rescuer, Josephina Aisling. The half-Fae female threatens to awaken the demon of Disaster inside him—a beast he’s determined to kill, no matter the price.

Josephina is hunted by a brutal enemy—her royal family—and Kane is her only source of protection. He’s also the only male to ever set her aflame, and even he succumbs to the heat. But as they navigate the treacherous world of the Fae, they are forced to make a choice: live apart…or die together. 

10. Anything specific you want to say to your readers?

Thank you so much for your support! It means so much to me.

Quick Fun Questions

11. If you were stranded on an island, what three things must you have to survive?

A bible, a knife, and a huge bottle of sunscreen. Runner up: iPod (I’d love it as long as the battery lasted)

12. If you could travel to anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

You know, I love being home with my amazing family. I love curling up in bed with my hubby and our dogs. Right now, there’s no place else I’d rather be.
Last Kiss Goodnight
by: Gena Showalter
Publishing Date: 12/26/12
Publisher: Pocket Books
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Description:
The breathtaking first novel in New York Times best selling author Gena Showalter’s new paranormal romance series, Otherworld Assassins, featuring a black ops agent who is captured and enslaved…and the beautiful deaf girl who holds the key to his salvation… 
THE SWEETEST TEMPTATION… Black ops agent Solomon Judah awakens caged and bound in a twisted zoo where otherworlders are the main attraction. Vika Lukas, the owner’s daughter, is tasked with Solo’s care and feeding. The monster inside him yearns to kill her on sight, even though she holds the key to his escape. But the human side of him realizes the beautiful deaf girl is more than she seems—she’s his. 
THE ULTIMATE PRICE… Vika endures the captives’ taunts and loathing, hoping to keep them alive even if she can’t free them. Only, Solo is different—he protects her. But as hostility turns to forbidden romance, his feelings for her will be used against him…and he’ll be put to a killer test.
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Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today best selling author of the White Rabbit Chronicles, Otherworld Assassins, Angels of the Dark, Lords of the Underworld, and several of other series. She has written over thirty novels and novellas. Her books have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, and have been translated in multiple languages.
We thought we share our love of Gena Showalter by giving away a copy of "Last Kiss Goodnight" to one lucky winner.  Winner's choice of Paperback or Kindle copy.
This Giveaway is only open to US Residents.
(We will have another giveaway later this month for International followers....so stay tuned)  
Winner will be announced on 2/15.
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Friday, February 1, 2013

Psy/Changeling Series by Nalini Singh - Spotlight & Giveaway

Slave to Sensation
(Psy-Changeling #1)
Publishing Date: 9/5/06
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Description:
Nalini Singh dives into a world torn apart by a powerful race with phenomenal powers of the mind-and none of the heart. 
In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed. To reveal them would be to sentence herself to the horror of "rehabilitation" - the complete psychic erasure of everything she ever was... 
Both human and animal, Lucas Hunter is a changeling hungry for the very sensations the Psy disdain. After centuries of uneasy coexistence, these two races are now on the verge of war over the brutal murders of several changeling women. Lucas is determined to find the Psy killer who butchered his packmate, and Sascha is his ticket into their closely guarded society. But he soon discovers that this ice-cold Psy is very capable of passion - and that the animal in him is fascinated by her. Caught between their conflicting worlds, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities - or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation...
Visions of Heat
(Psy-Changeling #2)
Publishing Date: 3/6/07
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Description:
Hailed as a major new talent in paranormal romance, Nalini Singh takes us deeper into the world of the Psy and the changelings in her latest extraordinary novel, where a gifted woman sees passion in her future--a passion that is absolutely forbidden by her kind. In danger from fellow Psy, Faith NightStar's fragile sanity will be tested by an all-consuming passion for a changeling who can take the form of man or jaguar. 
Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly sought after ability to predict the future. Then the visions show her something even more dangerous-aching need . . . exquisite pleasure. But so powerful is her sight, so fragile the state of her mind, that the very emotions she yearns to embrace could be the end of her. 
Changeling Vaughn D'Angelo can take either man or jaguar form, but it is his animal side that is overwhelmingly drawn to Faith. The jaguar's instinct is to claim this woman it finds so utterly fascinating and the man has no argument. But while Vaughn craves sensation and hungers to pleasure Faith in every way, desire is a danger that could snap the last threads of her sanity. And there are Psy who need Faith's sight for their own purposes. They must keep her silenced - and keep her from Vaughn . . .
Caressed by Ice
(Psy-Changeling #3)
Publishing Date: 9/4/07
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Description:
Nalini Singh explores new heights of sensuality, returning to the world of the Psy - where two people who know evil intimately must unlock the good within their icy hearts... 
As an Arrow, an elite soldier in the Psy Council ranks, Judd Lauren was forced to do terrible things in the name of his people. Now he is a defector, and his dark abilities have made him the most deadly of assassins - cold, pitiless, unfeeling. Until he meets Brenna... 
Brenna Shane Kincaid was an innocent before she was abducted - and had her mind violated - by a serial killer. Her sense of evil runs so deep, she fears she could become a killer herself. Then the first dead body is found, victim of a familiar madness. Judd is her only hope, yet her sensual changeling side rebels against the inhuman chill of his personality, even as desire explodes between them. Shocking and raw, their passion is a danger that threatens not only their hearts, but their very lives...
Mine to Possess
(Psy-Changeling #4)
Publishing Date: 1/5/08
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew up in the slums with his human mother, never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack, he tried to stifle his animal nature. He failed...and committed the most extreme act of violence, killing a man and losing his best friend, Talin, in the bloody aftermath. Everything good in him died the day he was told that she, too, was dead.
Talin McKade barely survived a childhood drenched in bloodshed and terror. Now a new nightmare is stalking her life--the street children she works to protect are disappearing and turning up dead. Determined to keep them safe, she unlocks the darkest secret in her heart and returns to ask the help of the strongest man she knows...
Clay lost Talin once. He will not let her go again, his hunger to possess her, a clawing need born of the leopard within. As they race to save the innocent, Clay and Talin must face the violent truths of their past...or lose everything that ever mattered.
Hostage to Pleasure
(Psy-Changeling #5)
Publishing Date: 9/2/08
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically gifted race, Ashaya Aleine is the perfect Psy--cool, calm, emotionless...at least on the surface. Inside, she's fighting a desperate battle to save her son and escape the vicious cold of the PsyNet. Yet when escape comes, it leads not to safety, but to the lethal danger of a sniper's embrace.
DarkRiver sniper Dorian Christensen lost his sister to a Psy killer. Though he lacks the changeling ability to shift into animal form, his leopard lives within. And that leopard's rage at the brutal loss is a clawing darkness that hungers for vengeance. Falling for a Psy has never been on Dorian's agenda. But charged with protecting Ashaya and her son, he discovers that passion has a way of changing the rules...
Branded by Fire
(Psy-Changeling #6)
Publishing Date: 7/7/09
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
Though DarkRiver sentinel Mercy is feeling the pressure to mate, she savagely resists when Riley Kincaid, a lieutenant from the SnowDancer pack, tries to possess her. The problem is not simply that he pushes her buttons; the problem is that he’s a wolf, she’s a cat, and they’re both used to being on top.
But when a brilliant changeling researcher is kidnapped from DarkRiver territory, Mercy and Riley must work together to track the young man—before his shadowy captors decide he’s no longer useful. Along the way, the two dominants may find that submitting to one another uncovers not just a deadly conspiracy, but a passion so raw that it’ll leave them both branded by fire…
Blaze of Memory
(Psy-Changeling #7)
Publishing Date: 11/3/09
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
A woman without a past becomes the pawn of the man who controls her future...
Dev Santos discovers her unconscious and battered, with no memory of who she is. All she knows is that she's dangerous. Charged with protecting his people's most vulnerable secrets, Dev is duty-bound to eliminate all threats. It's a task he's never hesitated to complete...until he finds himself drawn to a woman who might prove to be the enemy's most insidious weapon yet.
Stripped of her memories by a shadowy oppressor and programmed to carry out cold-blooded murder, Katya Haas is fighting desperately for her sanity. Her only hope is Dev. But how can she expect to gain the trust of a man who could very well be her next target? For in this game, one must die...
Bonds of Justice
(Psy-Changeling #8)
Publishing Date: 7/6/10
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
Max Shannon is a good cop, one of the best in New York Enforcement. Born with a natural shield that protects him against Psy mental invasions, he knows he has little chance of advancement within the Psy-dominated power structure. The last case he expects to be assigned is that of a murderer targeting a Psy Councilor’s closest advisors. And the last woman he expects to compel him in the most sensual of ways is a Psy on the verge of a catastrophic mental fracture… Sophia Russo is a Justice-Psy, cursed with the ability to retrieve memories from men and women so twisted even veteran cops keep their distance. Appointed as Max’s liaison with the Psy, she finds herself fascinated by this human, her frozen heart threatening to thaw with forbidden emotion. But, her mind filled with other people’s nightmares, other people’s evil, she’s standing on the border between sanity and a silken darkness that urges her to take justice into her own hands, to become judge, jury…and executioner…
Play of Passion
(Psy-Changeling #9)
Publishing Date: 11/2/10
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
In his position as tracker for the SnowDancer pack, it's up to Drew Kincaid to rein in rogue changelings who have lost control of their animal halves- even if it means killing those who have gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage to win the heart of a woman who makes his body ignite... and who threatens to enslave his wolf.
Lieutenant Indigo Riviere doesn't easily allow skin privileges, especially of the sensual kind- and the last person she expects to find herself craving is the most wickedly playful male in the den. Everything she knows tells her to pull back before the flames burn them both to ash... but she hasn't counted on Drew's will.
Now, two of SnowDancer's most stubborn wolves find themselves playing a hot, sexy game even as lethal danger stalks the very place they call home.
Kiss of Snow
(Psy-Changeling #10)
Publishing Date: 5/31/11
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
Since the moment of her defection from the PsyNet and into the SnowDancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness. Hawke. Alpha and dangerous, he compels her to madness.
Hawke is used to walking alone, having lost the woman who would’ve been his mate long ago. But Sienna fascinates the primal heart of him, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf. Then Sienna changes the rules and suddenly, there is no more distance, only the most intimate of battles between two people who were never meant to meet. Yet as they strip away each other’s secrets in a storm of raw emotion, they must also ready themselves for a far more vicious fight…
A deadly enemy is out to destroy SnowDancer, striking at everything they hold dear, but it is Sienna’s darkest secret that may yet savage the pack that is her home…and the alpha who is its heartbeat…
Tangle of Need
(Psy-Changeling #11)
Publishing Date: 5/29/12
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
Adria, wolf changeling and resilient soldier, has made a break with the past—one as unpredictable in love as it was in war. Now comes a new territory, and a devastating new complication: Riaz, a SnowDancer lieutenant already sworn to a desperate woman who belongs to another. For Riaz, the primal attraction he feels for Adria is a staggering betrayal. For Adria, his dangerous lone-wolf appeal is beyond sexual. It consumes her. It terrifies her. It threatens to undermine everything she has built of her new life. But fighting their wild compulsion toward one another proves a losing battle. Their coming together is an inferno…and a melding of two wounded souls who promise each other no commitment, no ties, no bonds. Only pleasure. Too late, they realize that they have more to lose than they ever imagined. Drawn into a cataclysmic Psy war that may alter the fate of the world itself, they must make a decision that might just break them both.
Wild Invitation
(Psy-Changeling #0.5, 3.5, 9.5, 10.5)
Publishing Date: 3/5/13
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Description:
In Beat of Temptation, innocent Tamsyn has always had a place in her heart for Nathan, a blooded DarkRiver sentinel. But is she ready for the fierce demands of the mating bond? In Stroke of Enticement, a wary young teacher, skeptical about love, arouses the man—and the animal—in an aggressive leopard changeling who must prove his affections are true.
Plus 2 NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED NOVELLAS
In Declaration of Courtship, Grace, a shy submissive wolf, finds herself pursued by the last man she ever would have imagined: a SnowDancer lieutenant said to be “mad, bad, and dangerous to know.”
In Texture of Intimacy, SnowDancer healer Lara discovers the searing joys—and unexpected challenges—of being mated to quiet, powerful Walker, a man used to keeping his silence.

Heart of Obsidian
(Psy-Changeling #12)
Publishing Date: 6/4/13
Publisher: Berkley

I've been writing as long as I can remember and all of my stories always held a thread of romance (even when I was writing about a prince who could shoot lasers out of his eyes). I love creating unique characters, love giving them happy endings and I even love the voices in my head. There's no other job I would rather be doing. In September 2002, when I got the call that Silhouette Desire wanted to buy my first book, Desert Warrior, it was a dream come true. I hope to continue living the dream until I keel over of old age on my keyboard.
One winner will win a Hardcover copy of "Kiss of Snow" from Nalini Singh.
To enter, just leave a comment below this blog post with your broken email addy.
Winner will be announced on February 8th.
(Please read the giveaway policy at the top before entering) 

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