Hi, everyone! I’m working on revisions for DEADLY LIES (this book will be out next March), so I’m a little quiet right now. But, I wanted to mention that I am guest posting over at the very talented Donna Grant’s blog–and I’m giving away an autographed copy of I’LL BE SLAYING YOU.  So come by and comment for a chance to win!

Have a good Monday!

Hi, everyone! Maria asked if I could post another excerpt from I’LL BE SLAYING YOU, and I thought that was an awesome idea (thanks, Maria!).  So, here is a new excerpt from my second Night Watch book, I’LL BE SLAYING YOU (available 6/29/10…less than 2 months away!):

“Wanna dance with me?”  Such dark words. No accent at all underlined the whisper.  Just a rich purr of sex.

Oh but she bet the guy was fantastic in the sack.

Find out.  A not-so-weak challenge in her mind.

Why not? She wasn’t seeing anyone. He seemed up for it and—

Dee brought her left hand up between them and pushed against his chest. “I don’t dance.”  Especially not to that too fast, pounding music that made her head ache.

He didn’t retreat.  His eyes bored into hers. “Pity.”  His fingers skated down her arm and caught her wrist.  He took her glass away, sat it on the bar top with a clink.

She cocked her head and studied him.  “Are you following me?”  Two nights.  First, sure, that could have been coincidence.  A coincidence she was grudgingly grateful for, but tonight—

The faintest curl hinted on his lips. “What if I am?”    His thighs brushed against her. Big, strong thighs.  Thick with muscle.

Dee swallowed.  So not the time.

But the man was tempting.

She couldn’t afford a distraction. Not then. “Then you’d better be very, very careful.”  Dee shoved against him.  Hard.

He stumbled back a step and his smile widened. “You keep playing hard to get, and I’m gonna start thinking you’re not interested in me, Sandra Dee.”

Who was this guy?  Dee jumped off the bar stool. “You’d be thinking right, buddy.”

He took her wrist again with strong, roughened fingers.  The guy towered over her. Always the way of it. When you couldn’t even skim five foot six with big-ass heels, most men towered over you. And since Dee had never worn heels in her life…

The guy bent toward her when he said, “I see the way you look at me.”

What did that mean?

“Curious…but more.  Like maybe you got a wild side lurking in you. A side that wants out.”

Maybe she did.  The guy sure looked like he could play. After the case.

“I don’t know you, Chase,” she finally told him, too aware of his touch on her skin. Too aware that her nipples were tightening and she was leaning toward him as her nostrils flared and she tried to suck up more of his scent.  “I don’t know—”

“I saved your life.” A fallen angel’s smile. “Doesn’t that count for something?”

Maybe.

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Have a great Monday!

I hope all the moms out there have a wonderful, very special day.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I’m over at the Bradford Bunch today, and I’m giving away an autographed copy of DEADLY FEAR. Come by to win!  And have a great day!

Update:  We have a winner!  Elisabeth randomly selected one commenter to win a copy of MARKED, and that winner is…Angela! Congrats, Angela. Please send an email to cynthia@cynthiaeden.com to claim your prize. And thanks to everyone who commented!

Big thanks to Cynthia for having me on the blog today!

So for those of you who didn’t hear me screaming from Oregon yesterday (what? My raucous excitement didn’t reach you???), I’ll recap what the hullabaloo was all about:

My first paranormal released yesterday!

MARKED is the first book in my new Eternal Guardians Series which centers around seven warriors descended from the greatest heroes in all of Ancient Greece. The first book, MARKED, is Theron’s book. He’s the leader of the Argonauts—the band of guardians who defend their race—and he’s been sent on a quest to locate the human woman who fulfills a prophecy that will save his realm. The catch? He falls for her, big time, even knowing bringing her back ensures her certain death.

I have had so much fun writing this new series. Part of that fun is getting to do whatever I want with the paranormal aspect of the story. For a writer who has stayed pretty much in the romantic suspense realm and ha had to work with real world boundaries, writing paranormals is almost freeing in a sense. But the bigger reason I’m having a great time with these books is because I LOVE Greek mythology. I love the research aspect, I love twisting the myths to fit my characters and my world, and I really love that most characters in Greek mythology straddled the line between good and evil so I can decide if I want them to be hero or villain.

The one downside to this series? I could spend all day researching. Seriously. It sucks me in every time, and before I know it, four hours have gone by. There are so many stories associated with Ancient Greece, I don’t think I’ll ever get through them all. But man, I am having fun trying.

Are you a mythology nut like me? Whether you are or aren’t, what do you love most about paranormal romances?

I’ve got a copy of MARKED just itching to find its way into a reader’s hands. Leave me a comment to be entered to win!