Update: The winner of the $10 Amazon.com GC is: Cameo. Congrats!!!

Hi, everyone! I hope that you are having a terrific Saturday!  I’m actually out of town for a bit, but while I’m gone, I’ve got a new guest blogger visiting today.  Ah, I do love guests.  And giveaways. I love giveaways a lot.  So today, you have TWO giveaways going on. My gracious guest Khelsey Rachelle  is offering up an ebook copy of her book, MY EVERYTHING, and I am going to give one commenter a $10 Amazon.com gift card. We’re spreading the prize love. 😉

Now, I’ll turn over the blog to Khelsey…

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Thank you Cynthia, for having me on your blog! My first book in the erotic genre, My Everything was just released with Hot Ink Press. I also have The Kallos Series a YA series under my real name, Khelsey Jackson with Crushing Hearts & Black Butterfly. I am very new in the writing world as an author, I was a blogger before.

Blurb

Jennifer Cruz just found her boyfriend of five years in bed with some blonde. When her best friend Megan suggests for them to go to a club for a hook up, she says yes. It doesn’t take long for Jennifer to meet the man she will go home with. Phoenix is mysterious and dark, but Jennifer wants him.

After a one night stand, Jennifer finds out she is pregnant. Her new boss is the mysterious and dark Phoenix.

Phoenix is an Incubus, and doesn’t believe in love. When the woman he has been thinking of since their night together is standing in his office he wants to scream. Jennifer has been haunting him for ten weeks, her face and smell has been burned into his head.

Jennifer hopes she will own his heart in the end, and will be enough for him.

Excerpt from My Everything

The bartender comes over to her. “What can I get you?”

“Tokyo Tea.” He nods and starts on her drink.

“That is a pretty strong drink.” She looks to her right, and there is a man in a flashy name brand suit sitting next to her. He is breath-taking in his beauty. His hair falls to the middle of his neck, and it looks dark. She can’t see the color of his eyes, but she has a feeling they are dark like his hair.

“It is the only thing I know I like.” She looks down at his drink. When he looks back up he is smiling. She wishes that she could see the color of his eyes. He moves his face closer to hers.

“Let me get you a Screaming Orgasm.” Jennifer gasps as he whispers into her ear. She starts to tingle from head to toe and then down to her core. This man is sex in a suite. She watches the bartender set her drink down and Mr.Gorgeous moves away. “Kevin, two Screaming Orgasms.” His rich southern voice has her picturing herself naked with him naked.

The bartender puts down two shot glasses. He raises his and waits for her to do the same. She watches as he drinks it like it’s was nothing. She quickly drinks it hers and it’s actually really good.  He stands up and holds out his hand out for her. She slowly places her hand in his and as he pulls her off of the bar stool. Jennifer and Mr.Gorgeous walk over to a table and sit down.  He sits next to her keeping an arm around her shoulders.

“I’m Phoenix, you?” She stares at him and is mesmerized by his voice.

“Jennifer.” He grins like he knows how he effects affects her.

“So Jennifer, what are you doing here?” She wishes she could really see him.

“Well, I am newly single.” She says and smiles.

“Oh Jennifer, you didn’t answer my question.” His lips are next to her ear and a shudder runs through her body. Just this man’s voice can make her think dirty thoughts.

“I want to forget about what happened. I want to feel something that’s real.” He slowly moves away from her. His dark eyes stare into hers. She knows what he must think about her and he just might run away.

“Oh Jen, what is it you want to feel?”

“You.” she says quietly and his eyes burn into her.

 Now time for a giveaway! For an Ebook, tell me your favorite supernatural character. It can be from a book, TV show, or movie. My mine is Eric from True Blood from both the show and books.

(And don’t forget–one commenter will also win a $10 Amazon.com gift card! Good luck!)

Want to win some cool prizes? Prizes like gift cards and ARCs? An eReader? Want to get some fun holiday recipes? Want to deck your halls…fallen angel style? Then please make plans to attend:

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, I will be hosting an all-day party here on my blog. The party has two purposes: to celebrate the release of ANGEL IN CHAINS and to let people enjoy some holiday cheer.

Each hour, I will have a different guest author here with me–we’ll be chatting about the holidays, decorations, movies, treats and we will be giving away lots of prizes! So please mark your calendars.  (By the way, all of the giveaways will stay open until noon on 11/28/12 so that folks in all time zones can participate.)

Hope to see you at the party!!

ANGEL IN CHAINS releases on 11/27/12–that’s less than two weeks away! So close!!! And, well, with both a book release coming up and the holidays right around the corner, I thought–hey, let’s combine those two cool things and have a big party!

On 11/27/12, I will host an all-day party here at the blog.  Each hour will feature a different author and a different giveaway (and there will be lots of giveaways). Gift cards, books, mysterious bonus prizes that will make your holidays fun. 😉   And each post that is featured will focus on the holidays. Authors will share their favorite holiday recipes, they will talk about their favorite memories, tell you how their characters celebrate the holidays, etc.–it will be your crash course in decking the halls.

I’ll have a widget for the giveaway tomorrow, and I’ll even run a special contest for those who want to help me spread the news about my DECK THE HALLS event.  See, I warned you a few days ago–more giveaways! Please check in tomorrow for full event details.

Enjoy your day!

Update:  Thank you to everyone who entered my contest and helped me to spread the word about THE BETTER TO BITE!  I randomly picked the winners based on all of the entries, and the following commenters were selected:

$25 Amazon.com gift card – Mindy Nabors

$50 Amazon.com gift card – Rana Adams

$100 Amazon.com gift card –Heather Coulter

Congratulations to the winners!!

The release of ANGEL IN CHAINS is just over two weeks away, so I will definitely be back soon to post more giveaways! Stay tuned! 

My first young adult paranormal romance, THE BETTER TO BITE, is now available (yay!).  It is a 60,000 word novel that is on sale for $2.99 (Amazon Kindle digital release).  When I released HOWL FOR IT a few months back, I hosted a “sharing” contest here on the blog. I asked folks to help me spread the word about that book, and–wow!–the response was amazing! So I thought we would try one of those contests again. 😉  (ANGEL IN CHAINS is releasing on 11/27/12, and I’m planning for more giveaways then, too! November will have lots of prizes.)

So…would you like to help me spread the word about THE BETTER TO BITE?  Here’s how it will work–every time that you spread the word about THE BETTER TO BITE, you will be entered in a contest for the following prizes:

$100 Amazon.com gift card

$50 Amazon.com gift card

$25 Amazon.com gift card

(Are you sensing a gift card trend? I asked readers what they would like to win–and gift cards were the things people listed the most. With the holidays coming, it makes sense to me!)

Now, how do you spread the word? There are lots of ways.  I want to makes things as easy as possible. For the sharing fun, here’s the cover for my book:

You can share the cover on your blog, on Twitter, on Facebook–even on Pinterest.  Every time you share, that’s counted as an entry (just come back and post in the comments section so I know what you’ve done).  You can chat about the book on Facebook, tweet info about it (even if you aren’t sharing the cover).  Any place/time you spread the word about the book–that’s an entry. Simply tell me how/where you’ve shared in the comments section, and you are entered!

I would very much like to give a huge THANK YOU to all who would like to help me spread the word!!! Your help is appreciated more than I can say!!!

This contest will run until noon (Central time) on Sunday, November 11, 2012. (If you share/post on different days–those do all count as different entries.)  If you have any questions, please ask!  Again–thank you! Thanks to those who want to participate in my Spread The Word event!

Best,

Cynthia

My first young adult paranormal romance–THE BETTER TO BITE–is out! I had such a wonderful time writing this story…it’s my Veronica Mars meets Little Red Riding Hood (with werewolves).  The story contains 60,000 words and is on sale as an Amazon Kindle (digital) release for $2.99.

Don’t go into the woods.

Sixteen-year-old Anna Lambert knows that the woods near her new home aren’t safe. She’s seen the wolves that stalk through that dark forest, but Anna doesn’t scare easily.
Anna is cursed–or gifted, depending on how you look at it–with the ability to find anyone or anything that is lost. So when folks start disappearing in the small town of Haven, Anna’s father, the sheriff, has to use her special skills as they begin to hunt for a killer.

But the killer isn’t exactly human. As Anna is pulled deeper into the secrets of Haven–a town that is truly cursed–she finds herself falling for two, equally mysterious boys. With the danger closing in, one of those boys may just turn out to be her savior. And the other? He could be a very big, very bad…beast.

Beware of beasts…and boys…with bite.

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You can read an excerpt from THE BETTER TO BITE here.

I will be running one of my “Spread The Word” contests for THE BETTER TO BITE starting tomorrow. Right now, I’m just trying to decide on prizes. What are you in the mood for? Gift certificates? Kindles? Chocolate? Feel free to leave your prize suggestions below, and be sure to come back for the contest tomorrow!

And–a quick note–THE BETTER TO BITE is available as an exclusive release with Amazon. If you don’t have a Kindle and you want to read the book, you can download the Free Kindle for PC App. And, actually, here’s a link to a ton of Free Kindle Reading Apps (that you can use on all sorts of devices).

Thanks so much for coming by today!!