The Twelve Days Of Christmas Blog Hop…..

It’s Day 8 of Our Holiday Blog Hop…..Welcome to My Portion of the Program.

As the temperature drops, the women in this collection of stories find naughty and delicious ways to

warm up for the holidays.
 A boss with a proposal to make her sweat, a promise from an Italian assistant, a cabin in the middle of nowhere with two men waiting to cater to her every desire, a special surprise for a lonely solider… 

All of these encounters and more from ten talented authors. Get ready for some holiday loving…Evernight style.

Santa’s Little Helper

Blurb:

This  is a delightful tale about a spoiled brat named Miranda who has to show her father she’s a responsible adult in order to keep her trust fund. Traveling all over the city, the only job she can fin d is working as one of Santa’s Little Helpers at the Santa Photo Kiosk at a well-known department store. She’s immediately drawn to her boss, but attempts to quit her job more than once when it isn’t exactly what she thought she signed up for. Craig has a policy of never dating his staff, but he bends the rules when he finds himself falling for Miranda’s charms.

Excerpt:

Craig didn’t make it a habit to rendezvous with his employees, in fact it was a personal rule to avoid that type of situation, and taking Miranda to dinner was a complete violation of his own policy. But he couldn’t seem to help himself with her. The attraction had been there since the first moment he’d laid eyes on her, though he’d ignored it until Benny wanted to date her. There was no way he was giving Benny the chance.

“Where are we?” Miranda asked as Craig maneuvered the SUV into a parking spot in front of a small restaurant she didn’t even know existed.

“This is Joe’s Place.” Craig glanced at her before killing the engine. “It might not look like much but wait until you taste the food.”

“Right now I think I could eat cardboard and enjoy it.” She laughed. “I’m stark raving mad and starving.” She flipped her hair behind her shoulder. A small gesture, but one that had his temperature rising. “In case you didn’t know, that’s a deadly combination.”

“I’m not afraid of you.” He laughed, but he lied. He was afraid of what would happen if he allowed himself to get close to her. He knew that if he crossed the imaginary line he’d drawn between them; there would be no going back.

“You should be.” She grinned wickedly and slid out of the SUV with ease. “Come on, boss man, I need a drink.”

Inside they were seated at a small booth toward the rear of the restaurant. Miranda wasted no time ordering a rum and coke, and Craig followed suit.

“Slow down there.” Craig watched in awe as she downed the drink in a matter of minutes and flagged the waitress over to order another.

“Just trying to get up my nerve.” She took the new glass and placed it on the table without even a sip.

“Get up your nerve for what?” He took a drink from his own glass and met her eyes across the table.

Miranda’s shoulders slumped. “To tell you I quit.”

Craig felt something clench inside him. The waitress brought their salads out and sat them on the table. Craig rattled off a quick thank you and focused on Miranda. “You can’t quit on me now.”

“I got peed on, Craig.” Miranda stabbed a cucumber with her fork. “I had to spend the afternoon smelling like a urinal.”

He stifled a laugh and cleared his throat. “I don’t want you to leave because of one bad day.”

“Pee, Craig,” she emphasized. “This is not just because of today’s chain of events, though they were the last straw for me. It’s been an interesting week, one I have not enjoyed, and unfortunately this is not a negotiation.”

Please leave a comment for your chance to win a PDF Copy of the Stockings & Suspenders Anthology when it releases on Friday, December 9^th , 2011….Just leave me a comment with your e-mail address and tell me your favorite holiday romance memory! The person will the most romantic tale will receive a PDF copy of Timeless from yours truly!  Evernight will also be giving away a $15 gift card to one lucky winner.

Next stop on the hop, Alaska Angelini…. http://www.alaskaangelini.blogspot.com/

Midnight Seduction Anthology Is Here…..

Blurb:

No matter what your fantasy, these sinfully naughty tales are certain to keep you reading late into the night…

Midnight Seduction is an exclusive collection of erotically charged stories by thirteen talented authors. From dark angels and vampires, to ghosts and kelpies, this anthology is sure to please paranormal romance lovers everywhere. Fulfill your wanton desires and escape into a world where anything is possible.

13 Chances to Win a copy of this fabulous new anthology from Evernight Publishing. First chance, leave a comment on my blog and I will pick a random winner on Monday, October 24th, 2011.

Visit these other authors for more chances to win:

Evernight Publishing: http://www.evernightpublishing.blogspot.com

 

Luxie Ryder: http://www.luxieryder.blogspot.com

 

Emma Shortt: http://emmashortt.blogspot.com

Carolyn Rosewood: http://www.carolynrosewood.com

Pepper Anthony: http://www.pepperanthony.com

D.F. Krieger: http://www.dfkrieger.blogspot.com

London Saint James: http://www.londonsj.blogspot.com

Kastil Eavenshade: http://kastil.wordpress.com

Anna Keraleigh: http://annakeraleigh.weebly.com

Lila Shaw: http://lilashaw.com/blog

Lee Ann Sonetheimer Murphy: http://www.leeannsontheimermurphy.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evernight’s Big Birthday Bash!

Welcome to my part of the Evernight Publishing’s Big Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

I will be giving away a PDF of Timeless to one lucky winner who comments on this blog with the answer to my question below, follows my website at www.kyeakle27.webs.com, follows me on Twitter KYeakle27, and friends me on Facebook. You must do all these things in order to qualify for my prize. Please be sure I know who you are on each site by providing your email address in a post or message to me so I can verify you’ve done every step!

Blurb:

Can true love last forever?

Gabriela Swanson wanted one thing, to be a well known writer at Graven, the most prestigious Goth magazine in the country. When an inside source gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, she finds herself in a hostage situation with a man who claims to be her soul mate.

Kane Barringer is a vampire who’s lived for centuries. Every century is spent waiting for his soul mate, but this time he’s vowed to live the rest of his existence without her. A strange twist of fate gives them the opportunity to be together forever, but will Gabriela embrace it?

Your question: Is this book available in print?

Thanks for stopping by. I look forward to your answers/comments. Please visit www.evernightpublishing.com for other great author sites for this event. Also, good luck on the grand prize drawings!

New Release………..

Ladies & Gentlemen….My friend and fellow author Seleste DeLaney has a new release and I’m happy to share it with you guys today. GUNSHY is the first book in a multi-author series from Evernight Publishing. Visit www.evernightpublishing.com to buy, and if you get it now, get it at the new release discount!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Cupid’s Conquests, 1

 

Banished from Olympus with orders to restore love to the world, Eros starts with a match no one sees coming. No one but him.
 
Straight-laced principal Kira isn’t looking for love, especially not right after getting dumped. Then a chance encounter leads her to Jesse, and damned if she isn’t drawn to the bad-boy with a heart of gold. A night of reckless abandon leaves her confused. Was there something there, or did she imagine the connection between them?
 
Jesse knows lying to Kira is a mistake, but she’s the first woman in a long time to see the man and not just the rock star. When his plan to come clean goes terribly wrong, Kira bolts, leaving Jesse in the dust.
 
Now Eros has to nudge the star-crossed lovers together and prove to Zeus that love does exist, even among the gun shy.

 

Enchanted Is Here……..

Be sure to check out my gal pal London’s new release, available now from Evernight Publishing!!!!!!!!!! www.evernightpublishing.com 

ENCHANTED EXCERPT:

I stood on my tiptoes in order to press my lips to the hollow beneath his ear.  I closed my eyes, took a breath, and wanted to dissolve.
He smells so good.
“Winter,” he whispered softly.
“Shh.” I opened my eyes to see him. “You told me once you would not look until I wanted you to, do you remember that?”
“Yes.”
“Well….” I dropped my hands from his neck. “I want you to look.”
His returning smile took my breath.  I had to look away from his eyes, which was almost impossible.  I glanced at my hands.  They should have been shaking, but they were not.  My hands found Austin’s shirt.  I unbuttoned each button slowly foregoing the urge to hurry.  With a tremulous breath, I ran my hand down his skin, exposing the perfect alabaster of his muscular chest.  His shirt was off and on the floor.  He’s so beautiful, I thought.
My lips found his chest and liked the feeling of his flesh beneath them.  My fingers outlined the angles and planes of his strong rippled stomach, moving slowly around his tight waist.  I watched his skin, his reaction to my touch.  The muscles beneath my touch seemed to jump, flex, relax.  I could not believe this beautiful man was here with me.  If I could, I would look at him; worship Austin’s perfection for the rest of my life.  My eyes were filled with more beauty in this moment than ever before.
I allowed my hands to find and trace the outline of his wide shoulders, follow the contour of his muscular back.  My body moved around him while my eyes, hungry, followed my fingers which were lost to the canvas of his flawless skin.  Touching him was like finding a secret.  I pressed my lips to his shoulder blade.  He groaned.  I burned.  My teeth grazed the surface of his skin.  My tongue followed the line of him while my hands ran freely over the surface of his biceps, his forearms.
I had to wonder in awe.  A part of my mind told me such beauty should be a dream, because no one could be this fabulous.  But touching him grounded me in reality.  I had never seen anything so magnificent, so beautiful.  It was in this moment I knew.  I knew in the whole of my life I would never want anyone but Austin Carlyle.  I would indeed love him, forever.

Forbidden Desires Official Release Date!

My first F/F romance is ready to hit Evernight Publishing’s shelves on Wednesday July 20th, and I’m biting my nails.

Why am I nervous?

I’m not really sure. I’m proud of my story and I can’t wait for people to read it, but at the same time, it’s my first attempt at a story outside of the normal male/female connection and I hope I’ve captured the right level of emotion and that the sex scenes are fulfilling enough.

I started writing this book as a challenge to myself, and with the help of a close friend, was able to create a love story.

Visit www.evernightpublishing.com to purchase it. Enjoy, and I always look forward to hearing from readers.

Evernight Author’s Blog Hop Giveaway!

Summer is here....the weather is hot, time to hit the pool or beach. 
What better way to pass the time sunbathing than with a good book, right?! So, Evernight Author's have decided to go a BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY where you have a chance to win 
copies of some of our newest releases. Here's how it works...if my blog is the first 
place you are starting, check out the links to my fellow authors below and choose one to  hit next. 
Then from their blog you can click another and so on. Don't forget to go directly to Evernight Publishing's blog, too.

Shannan Albright

Blog - http://shannanalbright.blogspot.com/ to win 1st Prize: Ebook Dark Passion Rising & 15.00 Amazon Gift Card and                                2nd Prize: Ebook ‘Twas A Dark A Delicious Christmas

Karyn Gerrard

Blog - http://karynsromanorum.blogspot.com/ to win a PDF copy of Timeless Heart

Carolyn Rosewood to win a PDF copy of Hunted

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carolyn-Rosewood/104095049670900

London Saint James to win a PDF copy of Master Of Mine

Blog - http://londonsj.blogspot.com/

D.f. Krieger to win a PDF copy of Sail My Oceans

Blog - http://dfkrieger.blogspot.com/

Angelina Rain to win a PDF copy of Master Of Mine

Blog -  www.angelinarain.blogspot.com

Emma Short to win a PDF of The Valentine Fae or The Kiss

Web - http://www.emmashortt.co.uk

Stacey Espino to win a PDF copy of two stories from her backlist

Blog - http://www.staceyespino.blogspot.com/

Pepper Anthony to win a PDF copy of Naked Treats

Web/Blog - www.pepperanthony.com

Alexandra O’Hurley to win a PDF copy of The Lottery

Blog - http://alexohurley.blogspot.com/

Avril Ashton to win a PDF copy of Make Me Sweat

Blog -http://www.avril-ashton.blogspot.com/

Delilah Hunt to win a PDF copy of Riding The Storm

Web/Blog- www.delilahhunt.com

Claire Matthews to win a PDF copy of her future release Intimate Friends
http://clairematthews.yolasite.com/ 

Fionn Jameson to win 3 PDFs of Blood Wish and 2 PDF's of the  Blood Martyr Series 1-5
http://www.fionnjameson.net/ 
Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy to win a PDF copy of Love Tattoo and Love Scars

http://leeannsontheimermurphywriterauthor.blogspot.com/ 

And of course I will be giving away a PDF copy of TIMELESS to one lucky commenter 
below. Please leave your name and email to be entered to win. The winner will be chosen at random. 
   Happy Hopping!!!!

Writing Is A Full-Time Job….

I love telling people I’m a writer.  I enjoy even more telling them I write dirty smut.  The expression on their face, followed by a giggle, is so worth it.

What most people don’t realize is that writing is a full time job.  It goes way further than just the story itself.

There’s the countless hours spent putting words to paper, taking them back, adding more, until you have a completed draft.  Then there’s the personal editing process, followed by sending a polished manu out for submission.  On a happy day you get a response back saying we love your story at which point you enter into a business transaction with a publishing house.  Then they assign you an editor and the hard work begins!  You and the editor work together until nothing more fabulous can happen with your story, and you wait for release day.

But while all those fabulous things are happening, there are still more characters in your head screaming for their turn.  Between edits and real jobs and families, you are jotting down notes on post its, stealing a few minutes away to yourself during a hectic work day to brainstorm, and always plotting the next story.

And then there is promo.  The time spent online researching review sites, sending your manu to them in the hopes they will read it and give you some recognition.  The tweets, and facebook posts to alert the world you have a new story out there to read.  And its always fun to pimp your cover!!

Yes, writing is a full time job.  And I am so happy I’m a part of that world

The Kiss

New From Evernight Publishing!  The Kiss, by the fabulous Emma Shortt!  Love, love, love this author and you will, too!

When Eva Diakou is offered a job on the Winterwood estate, she expects nothing but four months of back breaking work. Jobless and lonely, she has little choice but to accept. But things on the Winterwood estate are nothing like Eva was led to believe. Why has she been given one of the plushest rooms? Why is there nothing to do? And why is she so captivated by the strange statues adorning the estate?

Adam Winterwood is paying for a crime he never committed. Trapped for so many years, he is waiting for the one person who can keep him alive…or set him free. When Adam and Eva meet, sparks fly. Yet, neither realizes the sacrifice they will both have to make. 

And it will all be decided by The Kiss.

Forbidden Desires Has Been Accepted!!!!!

After months of writing, editing, and reworking some troubled areas, I sent my first ever lesbian romance off to Evernight Publishing.  It came back to me with a please correct your sentence structure and resubmit request.  So I did.  I didn’t want to send it anywhere else.  Just got the acceptance e-mail yesterday that my resubmission was much better, and they want my story!  So, we are looking at a midsummer release which is perfect for the story!  I can’t wait to see the cover they create for me.  :)  Once again, I’m floating on a cloud.  Now its time to get cracking on some holiday pieces for this fall/winter.  XOXO