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Friday

The MEGA RT giveaway: TWO more weeks to enter

Sabrina York went to RT in New Orleans this year. And while she was there she assembled the biggest giveaway I've ever seen!

Here's her post:

NEW PRIZES ADDED!!!
The RT Booklovers convention in May was held in New Orleans, and did we have a blast! I picked up a TON of swag, goodies and books…all for one lucky winner. Additionally, I got some local treats including famous pralines…and a sparkly Tiara I bought there just for you.
Review the list below, and please check out the authors who contributed to this giveaway. Then enter the rafflecopter and don’t forget to tell your friends!
THANK YOU RT for a wonderful convention!

 PRIZE PACK INCLUDES:RT Tiara
Sabrina Swag including: A signed copy of Carolyn Reader’s Choice Award winning Dark Fancy, by Sabrina York, a bling pen, a signed teaser book and a Tiara purchased in New Orleans.
New Orleans Goodies: Pralines, Bacon flavored brittle, NOLA shot glass & Mardi Gras beads.
Exclusive RT Swag: RT Conference tote bag, RT Bookfair tote bag, Harlequin tote bag, Bookfair program, June RT Bookreviews Magazine, RT room key (with hot guy), an assortment of Mardi Gras beads, Blushing Books pub crawl bracelet, Entangled pub crawl tote bag, Samhain Hurricane glass and more–much of this, thanks to my roomie & collection assistant, Lucy Carol, who actually went to all the events!
shane rice
Here’s a photo of Shane Rice actually SIGNING your book!
Signed Books
A copy of Texas Two Step signed by author Cynthia D’Alba and cover model Shane Rice
A copy of Cowboy Heat signed by Randi AlexanderCynthia D’AlbaShoshanna EversMyla JacksonCat Johnson & Sabrina York
A little bit dark and a whole lotta naughty swag pack from Jennifer Kacey INCLUDING an autographed copy of Together in Cyn – Book One in the Members Only series!
NEW! A swag pack from the incomparable Erin Simone including a cool mardi gras necklace with a shot glass that says “Bad Girls Wasted,” an Eden Bradley Key Chain clip, A ”Gotta Love A Naked Cowboy” pin from Desiree HoltOwn the Wind, A Chaos Novel by Kristen Ashley and Dragos Takes a Holiday by Thea Harrison.
A copy of The Taming of the Wild Child signed by author Kimberly Lang
A copy of A Scandal in the Headlines signed by Caitlin Crews
A copy of The Billionaire’s Obsession—the Complete Collection signed by J.S. Scott

Featured Swag From People I Hung Out With!RT Biggest swag








swag from Erin SimoneOther Books
Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley; Yes, Sir by Ellis Carrington; Fight or Flight by Natalie J. Damschroder;  Free Book from T.J. Dell; Secrets of a Viscount by Rose Gordon; Free Falling by SE Jakes;Wanted by J. Kenner; The Windflower by Laura London; Found in You by Laurelin Paige; The Warrior’s Bride by Amanda Scott; Always on my Mind by Jill Shalvis.
Plus Paper promo from HUNDREDS OF OTHER Authors Including:

GOOD LUCK!!!!

Wednesday

What I've been reading. Back to Tryst Island: Parker's Passion **GIVEAWAY**

**updated to add a giveaway** 

I've talked Sabrina into hosting a giveaway. (It was super hard, let me tell you. SUPER. Ha!)
 Just comment on this blog post to be entered to either a Tryst Island book of your choice, or one of Sabrina's fabulous tiaras.
Winners with be picked by random and announced this Friday May 9th at 5pm PST




If you're anything like me, you've been waiting for the return trip to Tryst Island to visit group of friends who call themselves the Dawgs. You've been impatiently waiting for the guy who snagged your attention from the start. Not one of the main group of friends, but he's a part of the other group of friends who visit the island regularly. The one who covers himself up and stands a bit off from the crowd.

I don't know about you, but I just had to get to know Parker Reith a little better.

Lucky for me, Sabrina didn't make me wait too long. And I couldn't have been more pleased when scarred divorce lawyer tangled with gentle healer Kaitlin. She was it, the perfect person to soothe this broken, damaged hero and help him find love.

Hopefully he'd let her try.

Kaitlin, meanwhile, is battling her own demons (you knew she would be) and trying to keep it all together. When everyone is relying on her, she really can't let them down.



An exclusive excerpt from Parker's Passion, selected just for this blog!

“I dropped the knife,” Parker said nodding his head toward the tree.
“I’ll get it.” Kaitlin leaped up and ran for the base of the tree, quickly finding the red knife against the brown pine needles. She pulled out the tiny scissors as she hurried back. “Hold him still while I cut him free.”
Parker grunted as a talon flashed again catching him on the sleeve of his shirt.
”He’s just frightened,” she said in a lulling tone as she began to snip the lines. “Nothing to be afraid of here, little eagle. We’re here to help you. We’re not going to hurt you. No. We’re not.”
She focused on calming the frightened bird as she worked, pouring all her concentration into the task, gratified that the creature seemed to understand she was trying to save it.

She was amazing.
Parker watched her as she worked. Not her fingers, her face. Her entire countenance was imbued with light, with a serene, soothing confidence. The bird felt it. He certainly did as well.
Her coos reminded him of a lullaby from long ago, so long ago it was swamped in darkness, but somehow, it shone through.
He held the eagle as still as he could as she worked, all the while entranced by the spell she was weaving over the bird. Over them both.
As she cut away the string, being careful not to snip a feather, she peeled back the jacket until she reached the head. With a sigh, she snipped the last line.
The raptor observed her with unblinking eyes, surreally relaxed, as though it understood. It was a magnificent animal with thick muscled shoulders and legs and a wicked hooked beak.
“Okay now. I’m done. I got it all. Ease the jacket away and let him try to stand.”
Parker did so, ready to make a grab the bird if it suddenly attacked. It was large enough to do serious damage to an alabaster face. Kaitlin seemed to have no fear. She cooed again, encouraging it to struggle its feet. It took one step, two, then spread its wings. It flapped once and then, with a small hop, took off in a great whoosh, soaring into the sky, letting out a gleeful cry.


You can find all Sabrina's Tryst Island books on Goodreads and purchase them on Amazon!





Thursday

One is the loneliest number...

I hear a lot about how writing is an introverted activity, how writers feel solitary and how a lot of that is by choice.

This has always made me feel like something of an outcast. See, I've met some AMAZING people through my writing. I've been mentored, encouraged and engaged.  I can't talk about other people's endeavors but for me, writing opened up a whole new world of friendships and peers.

I'll start by talking about Sabrina York...mostly because she will get upset if I don't.  Sabrina has been here before, talking about one of her books. I can't remember if she said it or not, but she's been published for a year. Fifteen titles in the past YEAR. Can you believe it?  Today is the anniversary of her first release, so as a thank you to all her fans...and those who want to be fans but haven't discovered her yet, she's offering her first self published title, Rebound, for free on Amazon.
Get it here.
I met Sabrina through our local RWA chapter and by volunteering for the Emerald City Writers' Conference, which she was chairing at the time. We've dragged our husbands to dinner, where they sit and listen to us chatter about everything...
This is a friendship I treasure...even if she doesn't give me any bling in her give aways. (There will be more giveaways today to celebrate too.) Go to her website or track her down on Facebook...tell her I sent you.

Another wonderful friendship developed in the same way is the amazing Anna Alexander.  Anna released her first book the same day Sabrina did. Talk about thick as thieves   Anna writes about erotic super heroes.  Freakin' YUMMY!  And, she's the only person I know who has been told that something she wrote was TOO HOT for Ellora's Cave.  I can't make this up!
Anna took me on as her assistant, introduced me to everyone and showed me how a smile can win over the worst critic.

I owe these women so much. For their smiles, laughter and friendship I thank them more than I can express. And I never would have met them had I not stepped out of my writing cave.

Over the next few weeks I'm going to introduce you to a few other friends who have held my hand at times and always been encouraging.

More soon,
Carmen

Saturday

The Delicate art of Pretense…And Steamy Erotic Regencies (Guest Blog by Sabrina York)



The Delicate art of Pretense…And Steamy Erotic Regencies
When I was in college, my best friend and I loved to travel through Europe. Between us we spoke five languages (at least enough to get food and find the toilet, as you will agree, are the most important things in life). We considered ourselves linguists, even though our French was execrable and I had the German of a Schwabian guttersnipe. Which, trust me, was not a good thing.

In addition to being linguists of note, we were also pranksters and our favorite thing to do was find a seat in a train compartment, surrounded by people, and speak to each other…in a language we made up.

Being college students—and therefore unduly arrogant and quite open to alcohol consumption—we found it hysterical to listen to them wonder where we were from.

Did I mention I am easily entertained?

But there is a reason for this confession.

In my newest steamy erotic Regency, Dark Fancy, both Helena and James are pretending to be someone they’re not. Helena, because she’s running from an unwanted marriage and James because, well, he wants to seduce Helena.

My question for you is: Have you ever pretended to be someone you are not? And did it result—as it did for Helena—in a sexy spanking?

Oh, do tell. Inquiring minds want to know!

I have attached the blurb and a steamy excerpt for your enjoyment. Dark Fancy is available on Amazon for preorder and at e-tailers everywhere after February 22nd.



Dark Fancy
By Sabrina York

When Lady Helena Eloise Simpson flees an unwanted marriage to a revolting lord, she finds refuge with James, a charming, handsome man unlike any she’s ever known. Helena concocts the perfect solution to her problem. She asks—begs—James to ruin her. Surely her betrothed will repudiate her if she is no longer pure. And if all her efforts fail and she still ends up married to a horrid man until the end of her days, she will—at least once—have known true passion.

But James is not all he seems. He is, in fact, a wicked lord with a dark fancy. When Helena awakens his desire, he becomes determined to take everything she has to offer and more. No matter the cost.


Dark Fancy by Sabrina York

An excerpt from: DARK FANCY
Copyright © 2013 by Sabrina York, 2013
All Rights Reserved, Ellora’s Cave Publishing , Inc.

By reading any further you are stating you are at least 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 18, it is necessary for you to exit this site.

James stared at Eloise, brave, proud, innocent Eloise. He could relate to the passion in her plea. He had a sudden desire to be released from a betrothal himself. He fiddled with the corner of his napkin. “There is always the chance your betrothed won’t care if you’re ruined.” Some men did not.

Her lashes fluttered. When they rose again, there was a look in her eye that sent lust coursing down his spine. It settled in his cock. “If I’m to be married to a bilious flounder of a man for the rest of my life, I should like to know passion just once. Just once, James.”

“J-just once?” His voice cracked.

Her smile blossomed. “Perhaps more than once.”

He had to laugh, although this was clearly no laughing matter. “My dear. I would be happy to oblige.”

“Excellent!” She clapped her hands with glee.

Unfortunate, that, because it made her look, once again, like a little girl. But then she picked up her cup and ran her pink tongue around the rim, lapping at the wayward drops. He reached for the second bottle.

She held out her cup for a refill. “You will need to show me what to do.”

He almost forgot to stop pouring. Hell yes. He’d love to show her what to do. He’d love to instruct her—in elaborate detail—what, precisely, to do. Something snarled in his belly.  His palm itched.
He forced down that decadent desire. Chained the beast.

For God’s sake. She was an innocent, a virgin. If he opened with that card, not only would she truly be ruined, she would probably hie off to the nearest nunnery and spend the remainder of her life in seclusion.

Oh, he would bed her. He would despoil and beguile her, but only in the very gentlest of fashions.
But his fantasies, the darkling imagery of what he would truly like to do, simmered.

“Are you…” He cleared his throat. “Are you ready for your bath?”

“Heavens, yes.” Once again, she clapped her hands.

The childlike gesture was off-putting since, at the moment, he was thinking of sinking his cock into her body and swallowing her moans with his mouth. But he liked her enthusiasm. It also made him desire—very deeply—to tie those hands to the bedposts. So she couldn’t clap them.
Why that thought made him salivate, he didn’t know.

Ah hell. Of course he knew.

Despite the lust snarling through him, he managed a modicum of chivalry, although it was perfunctory at best. “I’ll fashion a curtain.”

Her next words nearly unmanned him. “You don’t need to.”

“I b-beg your pardon?”

“You don’t need to bother with a curtain.” For a shy and demure innocent, she had something of a brazen streak. “I mean, if we’re going to…you know…”

“Make love?”

“Yes. If we’re going to make love, you will see me naked anyway.” A frown crossed her brow. “Won’t you?”

He chuckled. “Most certainly.”

“I thought so. But people are not very forthcoming when one asks about such things.”

“Really?” That had not been his experience in the slightest. Then again, she was a girl. The world sought to save and protect innocence. Until it ravaged it.

He did not know why he trembled as he poured the heavy buckets into the tub. He was a man of the world. Jaded and used to much more decadent fare than initiating virgins to the delights of the flesh. He should hardly be nervous about the prospect of having her.

Then again, maybe it wasn’t nerves. Maybe it was just pure, seething desire.


Dark Fancy is now available for preorder on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Fancy-ebook/dp/B00AN86ILY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1355761557&sr=8-4&keywords=dark+fancy

About Sabrina York
Sabrina is an award winning author of erotic romance with over a dozen titles available, ranging from sweet & sexy erotic romance to BDSM to erotic horror. Connect with her on twitter @sabrina_york or Facebook.
Check out Sabrina’s books and read an excerpt on her webpage (www.sabrinayork.com) or explore on Amazon or at Ellora’s Cave.
·         Adam’s Obsession: Contemporary Erotic Romance  
·         Extreme Couponing: Contemporary BDSM
·         Folly: Erotic Regency
·         Pushing Her Buttons: Contemporary BDSM  
·         Rising Green: Steamy Erotic horror
·         Training Tess: Contemporary BDSM  
·         Trickery: Magical Domination  
·         Tristan’s Temptation: Contemporary Erotic Romance  

Coming Releases



Win a Tiara From Her Royal Hotness!
Enter to win a gorgeous tiara by signing up for Sabrina York's Royal Hotsheet (new book and contest info only--no spam! Your e-mail address will not be shared). If you're already getting the newsletter, don't fret. You're already in the drawing. Send an email with "Enter Me" in the subject line (this is erotica, after all) to sabrina@sabrinayork.com. The drawing will be March 31, 2013.

One entry per person.

Refer Your Friends Bonus Entries
Tell your friends about Sabrina York, Her Royal Hotness. If they sign up for Sabrina's Hotsheet you earn another entry, plus a chance at a Referrals Only drawing for more bling. (NOTE: They must tell me that you referred them in the message box so I can give you credit).

Good luck!!!

Friday


Just one more day until Sabrina York invades the blog to talk about her newest book, Dark Fancy.
Dark Fancy is an Erotic Regency. Yes, you read that right, Erotic Regency. Now, I admit to being a bit...timid, when Sabrina was telling me about this book she was working on. It was her other Erotic Regency, Folly.

The first romances I remember reading were Regency era, ballroom filled, wall flower turned belle of the ball books. You know the type. When I tried to picture her book, I just couldn't place it properly.
And then I read it.
Holy. WOW. I loved it. LOVED it. If you are a fan of historicals and erotica, I insist you get your hands on a copy of Folly. And then Dark Fancy.

And, now a sneak peak of tomorrow's post:
Come back and get instructions on how to enter to win this tiara.

See you tomorrow!

Carmen

Thursday

Two more days until her Royal Hotness, Sabrina York, stops by to chat about her newest release. I figured I'd give some fun facts about Sabrina.
1) She likes to sparkle. Not like those twinkle vampires, but with gems and rhinestones. Bling is her middle name.
2)She like bacon. To the point that she's coined the phrase, "Orgasmic bacon". I think there's something wrong with all the bacon I've had-Ever.
3) She writes like the wind. Seriously, every time I turn around she's got another book done or is poking at me to read something else of hers. Meanwhile, I may have finished a paragraph. It's pathetic.
4) The first book I ever read for Sabrina was this one.
It had a different name then, but ho-lee-cow. Talk about an introduction.

I hope you'll all stop by on Saturday to meet Ms. Twinkle Toes...I mean Her Royal Hotness, herself.

Carmen

Wednesday

Counting down

I feel like doing a count down to my first ever guest blogger, Sabrina York's, Saturday blogpost.
That's right, just three more days until Her Royal Hotness joins us to talk about...I'm not sure what. Frankly, I'm a little terrified to find out what she has up her sleeve. She's a bit of a loose cannon at times.
That's just one of the reasons I love her.

Saturday

Marketing...better known as finding the readers

There is a lot of buzz about marketing for authors. A lot of information out there telling us what we need to do, where we need to do it, who we need to connect with, tweet with (or is it tweet at?), Facebook, Goodreads, blogs, advertise...I'm sure I'm not mentioning several things that I should be doing.
I've noticed one major thing missing though: write. Don't forget to write. Every day. It's the only way to get published (I'm including self publishing in that 'get published' goal); create a product that you can sell. A product that people want to read. It's the only way to practice our craft.
Now, I'm not talking about writing a hundred thousand word piece right from the start. I'm realizing that setting smaller goals helps. A lot. Write that scene that just won't leave you alone, you might meet a character that you can use in your current book. Write a scene about something that happened in your character's past. Something that is part of his history, but won't actually be in the book. It's amazing how much that helps.
All the marketing stuff is good. It's needed. But don't lose sight of your product.

That being said, on my FB fan page (I have 'fans', can you believe it??) I post covers that catch my eye. Any and all covers are welcome. Feel free to offer suggestions and take part in the small conversations that happen over there.
https://www.facebook.com/authorcarmencook

Also, I'm going to have a guest blogger next Saturday, the wonderful Sabrina York! YAY! I can't wait to see what she's got up her sleeve...or tucked in her tiara as the case may be.

More soon,

Carmen