Thank you so much to everyone who participated in my “Share & Win” giveaway!!!!

From all of the entries received (and tweeted!), the following winners were randomly selected:

$25 Amazon.com gift card – Theresa Fischer

$25 Barnes & Noble gift card – Sandy S.

$25 Bath and Body Works gift card – Tamara B.

Kindle Paperwhite – Bessamy

Congratulations! I will email all of the winners with prize claim information.

Thank you, again!!! Have a wonderful day!

Fall is here!!! I hope you all enjoy the cooler weather, the pumpkins, the scares, the fun! 😉 To kick off Fall, guest author Mina Khan is taking over my blog.  She’s got a great new release–and two lucky commenters will win digital copies of WILDFIRE!

Hi, my name is Mina Khan and I write about djinns (also called genies), dragons and anything else that tickles my fancy. I’m thrilled to be here at Cynthia’s and introduce you to the hero of my newest release WILDFIRE: A Paranormal Mystery with Cowboys and Dragons!

Here’s Jack Callaghan and he looks like a young Mark Harmon (according to my readers):

He’s a fifth generation Texan with ranching roots, who now runs an organic cotton farm in West Texas. He is also a volunteer firefighter. 😉 Here’s one of Jack’s favorite sayings: “It’s never the same river.”

As a treat, let me share a special Jack and Lynn (she’s the Japanese American dragon shifter heroine) moment. They are at a fire, and Lynn has just dragged out a couple from a burning house:

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Damn, he was tired. He looked around and caught Lynn watching him. A tightness gripped Jack’s chest. Lynn. Emotions surged through him. His heart had almost stopped when he’d heard Jen screaming for help, seen Lynn and Amos lying so still on the ground, near Elsie wrapped up in bed covers. What the hell had she been thinking? Putting herself in danger like that was irresponsible. Amazing. Incredibly stupid. So very brave. A need to touch her, reassure himself she was okay, overwhelmed him. Damn, he should walk away. Instead he stalked toward her.

Danger. The dragon inside Lynn coiled and tensed. The fury shading Jack’s face made her want to fight or flee, but instead she stood her ground and waited. Good, she wouldn’t have to chase him down.

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So what do y’all think? Of course, all this leads to a kiss, which you’d have to read the book to find out about (insert evil author chuckle here). Since I love Cindy and appreciate her hosting me, I’ll give away two digital copies to randomly picked winners from those who leave a comment along with their emails! Have a marvelous Monday!

And here’s some additional book info from Mina:

Blurb:

Lynn Hana Alexander is a 25-year-old Japanese American shape-shifter haunted by guilt. She’s been questioning herself and her dragon abilities ever since she failed to save her grandmother.

When her best friend is threatened by mysterious fires burning up acres of West Texas, Lynn rushes to the rescue determined not to fail again. However, with a tempting firefighter, a flirty city developer and dragon pheromones distracting her, how is she going to find the arsonist?

And worse: is her primary suspect a malicious rogue dragon or the love of her life?

***Wildfire is a paranormal mystery with romantic elements. It is not a romance.***

Buy Links: Smashwords  Amazon  B&N  ARe  Kobo

Giveaway: If you’d like a signed paperback copy of Wildfire, check out my Goodreads giveaway!  http://goo.gl/PuI56r

Also, I have created a special giveaway to celebrate Wildfire release with dragonlicious prizes! Check out the raffle copter.

Author Bio:

Mina Khan is a Texas-based writer and food enthusiast. She writes about djinns (genies), dragons, hunks and whatever else sparks her fancy. She also writes a weekly food column for the San Angelo Standard-Times as Rashda Khan. Originally from Bangladesh, she is now a proud West Texan.

Her first published work, The Djinn’s Dilemma, won the novella category of the 2012 Romance Through The Ages (published) contest. A Tale of Two Djinns won the 2013 Readers’ Crown for best paranormal romance.

For more information check out her: Amazon Author Page

Blog: Stories by Mina Khan

Facebook Author Page

Twitter: @SpiceBites

To sign up for Mina’s quarterly newsletter with release updates and inside information on the stories, please check out:

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Update: Thank you, thank you for all of the entries & shares! I am going back through them all now (making sure no one’s comment got stuck in spam & pulling the Twitter entries). I will announce the winners ASAP. 

Oh, yes, it’s that time again! When I have a new release, I always enjoy holding one of my “Spread the Word” giveaways! MINE TO KEEP just released yesterday, so it seems like a perfect time to commence our Share & Win giveaway.

Here’s how the giveaway works:  Each time you help me to spread the word about MINE TO KEEP, your “share” counts as a giveaway entry.  So if you tweet about the book, that’s an entry, if you share a MINE TO KEEP image on Facebook (that’s an entry), if you share on your blog (that’s another entry)–see, the entries stack up! And you can share the image above, you can share the full cover image (it’s below), you can just write about the book–any form of sharing counts.

A lot of readers have already been sharing about the book (thank you!).  So all of those shares do count in the giveaway.  Since readers are being kind enough to share about the book, I figure that needs some kind of prize, right?  So let’s talk about those prizes…

What will you win? These are the prizes that are up for grabs:

$25 Amazon.com gift card

$25 Barnes & Noble gift card

$25 Bath & Body Words gift card

Kindle Paperwhite ($119 value)

Some rules: The contest will be open until midnight (Central time) on 9/21.  You can share on multiple days–each time you share, it counts as a separate entry.  If you tweet, please use the hashtag of #MineToKeep so that I can count your entry.  For your other “shares”, you can post about them in the comments section, and your entries will be counted.  After the contest ends, I will organize all of the entries, then the winners will be randomly selected.

If you have any questions, please shout!

Thanks so much for helping me to spread the word! Have a great day!!!

It’s here! Today is the official release date for MINE TO KEEP!

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Love is the most dangerous obsession…

Skye Sullivan is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. She survived a brutal stalker and escaped his abduction, and now she is looking to the future—a future that includes Skye’s lover, billionaire Trace Weston. Skye thinks the danger is finally over for her.

She’s dead wrong.

When Trace’s past comes back to haunt him, Skye discovers that the man she loves isn’t quite who he seems to be. Trace has been leading a double-life. An ex-special forces agent, his military training turned him into the perfect killing machine. He made more than his share of enemies during his time in the military—and as he built his security empire—and one of those enemies is striking back.

He won’t lose her.

Skye is the one weapon that can be used against Trace—his only vulnerability. But he won’t let her go—he can’t. Trace will do anything necessary to protect Skye. Anything. Yet when she discovers the secrets that he’s tried to keep hidden, Skye’s pain and rage may send her running directly into the cross-hairs of a killer…

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MINE TO KEEP is a sexy romantic suspense novel (73,000 words).  And this book was written in response to all of the wonderful emails that I received from readers–emails asking for more of Trace and Skye.  I sure hope that readers enjoy the conclusion of their tale!

I am planning to do future “Mine” books–dark and sexy tales of love and obsession, but the next “Mine” book will feature a new hero and heroine. I don’t want to give their identities away yet, but I will be back to post that info in a few days (when I won’t be all spoiler-y for readers).

Also, if you’re available today, please make plans to attend my MINE TO KEEP Facebook release party! There will be giveaways offered all day long (plus I’ll have awesome guest authors coming by to join the fun AND offer their own giveaways). I hope to see you there!

Update: The winners of SOUTHERN FRIED BLUES are Margaret and Jennifer C! Congrats!

We’re going old school today with some Tuesday Teaser fun! I’ve got author Jamie Farrell here with me today (welcome, Jamie!) and she’s going to dish about her new release, SOUTHERN FRIED BLUES.  (And I’m going to select two lucky commenters at random and give those people digital copies of Jamie’s new book).  Jamie and I met at our local writing group ages ago–she is one of the nicest and funniest ladies that I’ve ever met. Jamie, it’s a pleasure to have you here! 

Super huge thanks to Cynthia for having me here to share my new release with you today!

SOUTHERN FRIED BLUES (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EVHUCX8) is a fun military romance about a redneck rocket scientist and a divorced Yankee lady who’s sworn she’ll never again depend on another man—especially a military man. There aren’t shape-shifters or demons or serial killers lurking in the pages of Southern Fried Blues, but there are one or two Southern mommas. And trust me, Southern mommas are their own breed of scary.

As a military wife, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for this book. It’s given me an opportunity to tell a different kind of military romance—one with a hero who isn’t on the front lines, but who is super smart and funny and dedicated to his mission and country. One with a heroine struggling to balance the desire to have her own career with falling in love with a man whose mobile lifestyle makes her having a career impossible.

Intrigued? I hope so!

Here’s an exclusive excerpt of Southern Fried Blues:

Jackson settled on a barstool on the other side of the counter, propping up his tan forearms. He grabbed a peach and shifted it between his hands. “Brought some extra peaches so you can make one of those pies just for me after our rematch tonight.”

Another frisson of awareness prickled Anna’s wet skin. She bent over and, out of desperation, peeked in the dishwasher to hide her reaction. Bingo. There were the knives. She plucked a paring knife out of the silverware section, then gave one of the peaches a sniff. Peach season was winding down, but these smelled sweet and yummy.

He looked yummy. In an I’m only in it for the lust kind of way.

Maybe Kaci was onto something with that expiration-date thing. “Nobody told me you were coming, so I only brought one crust,” she said, and she gave him a wink Kaci would’ve been proud of. Her cheeks warmed, but she didn’t care.

Because he’d leaned closer. His gaze dropped to her mouth.

And she had a suspicion he wasn’t as dumb as he wanted her to believe.

“No problem,” he said. “Kaci probably has flour and bacon grease somewhere in here.”

She almost dropped the peach. “Bacon grease? In pie crust?”

“Ain’t that how your momma taught you to make it?”

“My momma taught me to make pie taste like pie and pig taste like pig.”

“Then what do you do with your bacon grease?”

In the middle of her shudder, she caught the look. The I’m playing games with the uptight Yankee look.

She’d be damned.

She’d been rednecked.

This one was a lot smarter than he let on.

She jutted her chin until her nose was high enough for her to stare him down. “I donate it to our annual Hicks Without Hogs drive at work.”

“Right decent of you.” But if that ornery spark was any indication, his coughing fit had nothing to do with the pollen count.

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SOUTHERN FRIED BLUES (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EVHUCX8):

A Yankee Lady Stuck in the South

Divorced wasn’t a label Anna Martin ever wanted.  Now she’s a thousand miles from home, underemployed, and lonely, but she’s squeezing this lemon life gave her and turning it into lemon meringue pie. Never again will she let any man—especially another military man—get in the way of her career.

A Southern Gentleman Military Officer

Jackson Davis believes in family, football, and Uncle Sam. He treats ladies right, takes his uniform seriously, and he loves his dog, but he doesn’t reckon he’s built for true love. After all, if a man good as his daddy couldn’t do it right, what chance does Jackson have?

One Undeniable Attraction

These two vulnerable souls are as different as cornbread and ketchup, but they fit together like sweet butter on hot biscuits. Short-term, they’re exactly what the other needs. But when their hearts get involved, they’re both gonna end up with a big ol’ case of Southern Fried Blues.

Southern Fried Blues is available at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EVHUCX8/), Barnes & Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/southern-fried-blues-jamie-farrell/1116799756?ean=2940148624141), and Kobo(http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/southern-fried-blues).

Thanks again for having me hang out today! I’d love to hear your favorite military romances. Don’t forget, everyone who comments will be entered into a drawing for a copy of Southern Fried Blues!

About Jamie: Jamie Farrell writes humorous contemporary romance. She believes love and laughter are two of the most powerful forces in the universe.

A native Midwesterner, Jamie has lived in the South the majority of her adult life. When she’s not writing, she and her military hero husband are busy raising three hilariously unpredictable children.

For more information on Jamie and her books, visit her online at www.JamieFarrellBooks.com.