Hot Summer Plans ~ Wet and Wild Bl0g H0p ( #wildhop )

 


Hi all & welcome! We're swinging into the hot and sultry months of summer and what better time to have a bl0g h0p called Wet and Wild than now? Woot!

First the business of the h0p... There are a couple of great grand prizes to be had!

To enter your name into the drawing for the prizes and the individual prize(s) each blog is offering, you'll need to visit the blogs (click on the bl0g h0p pic above to be directed to the list or start with the linky list below). Then comment on the blog as per what that blog requires and leave your first name AND an email address (so you can be contacted should you win). Continue on the journey by visiting the next one on the list. Easy peasy. :)
Well, it looks like my summer is heating up. I have a hot menage, Sunset Temptations coming out through Decadent Publishing at the end of the month (May 31) and hopefully another one (Sunset Heat) in the next few months. Check out the HAWT covers for them to the right & click on them if you want some info on the stories! My writing partner, RM Sotera, and I are working on a few more Double D Ranch Tales. Life's gonna be heating up on and off the ranch for the gang. In a short story that's almost ready for submission, Kent's going to meet his lady. Our next full length follows the gang to Grand Cayman where some wet, wild and interesting times will be had. And in a couple of other stories new people will be introduced to the ranch and surrounding area.
On another note, DH and I are hoping to travel a couple of times. See some friends inland and go relax on an island for a long weekend at another time. Escape the sweltering heat of Las Vegas. Maybe during the trips I'll find inspiration for more steamy stories!
Have you ever wished you could meet me & RM Sotera and a bunch of other authors? Well, now you have a great opportunity! We'll be attending a Romance Readers' Event called Hot Mojave Knights here in our wonderful city of Las Vegas! (Click HERE for info) We're also planning a special intimate event at the conference regarding our Wild West series of books! So come out, meet us, enjoy the weekend and find out what we have planned for the series. There's a possibility YOU can be a part of a Double D Ranch tale book!
So do you have any hot plans in the works for this summer? Gonna come out and see us at HMK? ;) Leave your answer with your name and email address as your comment, and you'll be entered for the grand prizes along with a chance to win your choice of one of my Sunset books, either Sunset Desires or Sunset Seduction which are already available (find out info about them on my website) or you can choose either of the books I mentioned above and be put on a list to receive it when it's released. For an extra entry, feel free to follow this blog via the Google Connect in the column to the right.
Don't forget to visit these other fine blogs for more chances at winning some great prizes! Thanks for stopping by!

A Look At Zenobia Renquist & 'Cream' ( @ZenobiaRenquist @GoddessFish #SO )

Today we have author Zenobia Renquist visiting. Welcome!

What would you like to tell readers about yourself?
* Zenobia Renquist lives in her imagination. When not traveling through her fantasy worlds, she can be found in Hawaii living with her husband and two cats.
* She is an Air Force brat turned Air Force wife, which means she’s accustomed to travel and does it whenever possible (so long as she doesn’t have to fly). Her favorite pastime is torturing her characters on their way to happily-ever-after for the enjoyment of her readers.
* On the few occasions her muse flees the scene of the crime, Zenobia likes to read (comics, manga, and romance), go to the movies, play a few levels of whichever puzzle game has hijacked her interest or experiment with a new chain maille weave.

What book are you going to tell us about today? Is it part of a series? If so, what's the order the books should be read in?
* Cream. This book is available at Ellora's Cave ~ Imprint: Romantica®; Line: Twilight; Series: On the Hunt; Themes: Interracial Elements, Urban Fantasy, Vampire

A look into the story

~ Blurb ~ * She’s entered a world where blood, sex, and cash rules everything around her.
* What do a four hundred-year-old vampire and a mid-level necromancer have in common? Money. Jeliyah needs it to pay off the people who trained her and Teaghan enjoys killing to get it. Together they hunt rogue vampires—assuming Teaghan can focus on something other than getting her in bed and Jeliyah doesn’t put a bullet in him first.
* The uneasy partnership promises to be lucrative until Teaghan and Jeliyah get on the wrong side of a feud. Jeliyah is forced to use forbidden magic and finds herself bound to a man she should hate—but whom she can’t stop fantasizing about.
* Every second they stay alive fuels a growing desire Jeliyah is unwilling to deny. Is it the magic? The danger? The only way to get the answers she craves is to outrun the enemy or kill them. She knows Teaghan’s preference but it’s Jeliyah who must put their mind-blowing sex aside and make the choice that will decide both their fates.

~ Excerpt ~ * Teaghan knew it. A coup was about to happen. He didn’t know the players and didn’t care. So long as the bills got paid, the person in power didn’t matter. From one leader to the next, nothing ever changed.
* He said, “Fine. You want me. I get that. Leave the necromancer out of it. No one would miss me but take her out and you’ll have the higher-ups gunning for you and your boss.”
* “You’re right, the higher-ups would be quite upset if we killed the necromancer, and that wasn’t my intention. The others wanted to have some fun with her before handing her over but that was all.”
* Jeliyah gripped the door handle and her eyes widened.
* Teaghan said, “The higher-ups won’t overlook you molesting one of their own.”
* “That’s where you’re wrong. They’ve given us permission to do with her as we please so long we return her to them intact."
* Jeliyah yelled, “They would never do that.”
* Fredrick chuckled. “Well, hello, Jeliyah. Ephraim tells me you smell of vampire seed and blood. Recent seed. Old blood. I had thought you would hold out against Teaghan much longer given your initial reaction to him. Either I overestimated you or underestimated him.” He made the vocal equivalent of a shrug. “Doesn’t matter since I felt the need to pass on the news of your little indiscretion to Hirsch, who then relayed it to the higher-ups. They are very displeased that a high-middle class such as yourself would give a vampire permission to invade her body. That displeasure graduated to anger when I informed them of the blood sharing as well.”
* Oh please, no. No. No.
* Teaghan grabbed Jeliyah’s hand in a firm grip to anchor her to the here and now. She clutched at him and stared at his profile. Tears rimmed her eyes. He knew she was holding it together by a thin thread of will. Images of the bleeding chamber raced through her mind. She was imagining herself in the place of the person she’d seen when she was young.
* He told her through their link, I’ve got you, Jeliyah. Nothing’s going to happen.
* Fredrick said, “Stop the car and give up. Make this easier for all of us.”
* “Denied.” Teaghan released Jeliyah’s hand so he could snatch the phone off the dash and hit the end button.
* Jeliyah asked, “What do we do? They want you dead and me—” Her words choked to a halt and she pulled in a shuddering breath. A single tear slipped down her cheek.
* He retrieved her hand and squeezed it. “Easy there, necromancer. Don’t fall apart on me now.”
* “Why? All you did was kill a rogue.”
* “That’s why. It’s a changing of the guard. It happens every few centuries. Family infighting. They involve people from neighboring families who have been promised some little tidbit or other to help the wannabe head take power. It’s a story as old as the vampires. Seems you and I got in the way.”
* Teaghan changed his destination. The enforcers probably knew which hotel they’d used by now and might be lying in wait. He steered the car back on the highway. If one family wanted him dead then his only protection was to seek refuge in another family’s territory.
* While a risky proposition without petitioning for entrance first, the destination Teaghan had in mind came with a sponsor. He released Jeliyah’s hand once more to bring up a number he hadn’t called in years. He hoped it still worked.

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Thank you for joining us here today, Zenobia ! It was a pleasure getting to know you and your story.

ANNOUNCEMENT! Zenobia Renquist will be awarding a $25 Starbucks GC to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour! So be sure to leave your name and email with your comment and visit & comment at other tour stops (find them here: goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com -- virtual-super-book-blast-cream-by.html) for a greater chance of winning!

Darkening emotions ~ Hump Day H00k ( #HDH @rmsotera )

Hi all! Wow. Another week's come and gone, and we're back to Hump Day Hook where authors share snippets from their stories. :)
This week I'm sharing more from Wild West Hauntings, the second book in the Double D Ranch Tales saga.

* The colorful radiance of the setting sun haloed the lodge behind them, changing from gold to a wonderful, romantic magenta glow that bordered the top of the mountains. A weird forlorn sensation overcame her, replaced the hot envy. Rachel checked herself. She should be happy now being in the company of her sister after a handful of years. Why were the momentary spurts of jealousy inking her mind, darkening her thoughts? Why did she feel like she had lost her best friend?

Please don't forget to stop by and read the other authors participating in this week's HDH ~ http://humpdayhook.blogspot.co.uk

An FYI: RM and I have 3 novellas and 2 novel length stories in the works for this series. We're also planning a special intimate event at Hot Mojave Knights ~ A Romance Readers' Event in Las Vegas regarding our Wild West series of books! So come out, meet us, enjoy the weekend and find out what we have planned for the series. And if you follow this blog and the Double D Blog, keep an eye out for upcoming blog h0ps for prizes and an extra special HMK prize from me and RM Sotera. ;) To keep up with the Double D Ranch Tales saga, visit: Double D Ranch Tales Blog.