The Lucky Seven

I got tagged by Angel Martinez to share 7 sentences or paragraphs of my current wip.

Here are the rules:

1. Go to page 77 (or 7th) of your current ms

2. Go to line 7

3. Copy down the next 7 lines - sentences or paragraphs - and post them as they're written. No cheating.

4. Tag 7 other authors. No cheating.

Okay so I might have cheated a little bit. I'm not very good with rules :P There may be slightly more than 7 sentences here(or paragraphs), but it is from page 7! That's got to count for something, right? This is from one of my current wips, Mobsters and Miracles. Hope you enjoy!



“Easy,” I soothed. He opened his baby blues and met my gaze and there was suddenly no air left in the room. Nervous flutters began in my stomach and then I was a heartbeat away from telling him I loved him. I wanted to reach out and touch him - to run my fingers over his strong jaw and then pull him into my arms and assure him I had it covered, that we were getting the fuck out of there in one piece. 

But of course I couldn’t tell him that. My arms were tied behind my back and any great admission I might have made that would surely have ruined our friendship got stuck in the back of my throat.

“What the hell happened?” he asked, closing his eyes against another wave of pain.

“Ramon clocked you in the back of the head.”

“Fucker.”

My lips twitched. “Please tell me you have a plan.”

Danny opened his eyes and flashed his million dollar grin. “I have a plan.”

“Are you just saying that to make me feel better?”

“Would it make you any feel better?”

I pursed my lips and pondered the question, but it was difficult to have a cohesive thought when Danny was in front of me. He was easily the most beautiful man I’d ever laid eyes on. It didn’t matter how often I looked at his face, it never lost its appeal. Danny was a full year older than my thirty three years and incredibly fit. I know I’d joked about his skinny ass the day we met, but the truth was he wasn’t skinny at all. He was just right. His body was lithe, athletic and he worked damn hard to keep himself in shape, unlike me. I was by no means fat, but my body was softer than his, lacked the definition.

“Uh, no,” I replied finally. “Probably not.”

“Then no,” Danny said. “I’m not just telling you that to make you feel better.”

“Well, whatever the plan is now would be a good time to put it into action because we’ve got another fifteen minutes before Ramon comes back and shoots you in the leg.”

Danny grimaced. “I think I would have preferred not knowing that little piece of information.”

“Oops.”

Danny rolled his eyes but his full rosy red lips were stretched into a smile and I knew I’d die a happy man if that was the last thing I got to see.

“When I said I had a plan, I might have been exaggerating slightly.”

I frowned. “What do you mean by slightly?”

“Um, a lot?”

“You don’t have a plan, do you?”

“Define plan.”

“A scheme for achieving an objective.”

“Then no, I don’t have one of those.”

Well that's it folks. Looking forward to reading all the others! Have a great day!

Bollywood Desires winner and some eye candy

Hi everyone! 


Thanks for you comments and interest in my new novel Bollywood Desires released Monday with Total-E-Bound. I put names in a hat and the winner picked was Lucy Felthouse. A copy of the book has been sent to her. I hope she enjoys!


On unrelated news, a few people have asked me when the next shifter novels are due for release. I can confirm that Nate's Deputy is due out on April 30th, Gregory's Rebellion will be released on June 4th. 


My next contemporary release Too Many Chances is out September 17th and I have book one of a new shifter series entitled An Improbable Wolf due out on October 29th. I'll let you know the dates of the future Shifters Haven novels as and when I get them. 


Have a great day everyone! I'll leave you with some eye candy to drool over. I might have to add this gorgeous man into one of my wips. I love his...tattoo! Talk to you later!

Win a copy of my first contemporary novel!

Hi folks!


My new contemporary novel Bollywood Desires has been released today with Total-E-Bound and to celebrate I'm giving away a copy to one lucky commenter. There are no rules. Just leave a comment and a winner will be chosen at random on Tuesday night. I'll announce the winner on Wednesday morning.

The blurb
How can Brent give in to his desire for the sexy Bollywood actor when a relationship between them could cost Raj his life? 

When bodyguard Brent Hawthorne moves to India to start a new business, he thinks his biggest problems are going to be the language barrier and coping with the intense heat in Mumbai. But when he starts working for one of Bollywood’s top actors, Rajkumar Khan, Brent has to rethink that estimation. 

Raj is not only handsome and sexy but also secretly gay, and sparks fly the instant the pair meets. But Raj is being blackmailed and the unknown sender of the letters is not only threatening his life but also to reveal his secret. 

As Brent battles to find the identity of Raj’s blackmailer, he finds himself growing closer to the sexy Bollywood star. He struggles at first to resist Raj’s advances, fearing any sort of relationship between them could cost the star his life, but Raj is a hard man to resist. Can Brent keep his hands and heart to himself long enough to find the culprit, or will he give in to his Bollywood desires?

Good luck everyone! If you aren't lucky enough to win a copy and are interested in purchasing Bollywood Desires you can find it at Total-E-Bound here :-

http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=1580 

Or for those that are interested in purchasing a copy in print, it will be released in paperback on April 30th and will be available to purchase in advance within the next couple of weeks from the Total-E-Bound website here:-

http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=1630 

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!

My Very First Contemporary

Hi everyone!


Well it's just five days until the release of my very first contemporary Bollywood Desires and I have to admit to being nervous - probably more so than when a new book in my Shifters Haven series comes out. I'm not sure why exactly, maybe because most people who read the subsequent books in my series have already enjoyed the previous books, but this is new territory for me. 


I have another full length contemporary contracted and several more in the works, but as this is the first it will be interesting to see how it's received. I hope everyone likes it as much as I do.

The Blurb
How can Brent give in to his desire for the sexy Bollywood actor when a relationship between them could cost Raj his life? 

When bodyguard Brent Hawthorne moves to India to start a new business, he thinks his biggest problems are going to be the language barrier and coping with the intense heat in Mumbai. But when he starts working for one of Bollywood’s top actors, Rajkumar Khan, Brent has to rethink that estimation. 

Raj is not only handsome and sexy but also secretly gay, and sparks fly the instant the pair meets. But Raj is being blackmailed and the unknown sender of the letters is not only threatening his life but also to reveal his secret. 

As Brent battles to find the identity of Raj’s blackmailer, he finds himself growing closer to the sexy Bollywood star. He struggles at first to resist Raj’s advances, fearing any sort of relationship between them could cost the star his life, but Raj is a hard man to resist. Can Brent keep his hands and heart to himself long enough to find the culprit, or will he give in to his Bollywood desires? 



Excerpt

Brent followed Rahul through a large set of patio doors that led to the garden at the back of the house. His eyes flickered around, taking in the unusual plants and flowers that bordered the neatly manicured lawn. An eight foot hedge surrounded the space. To the left of the house was a decked area that housed a large pool. There didn’t appear to be an exit out onto the street from anywhere in the garden.

Rahul made himself comfortable in a large wicker chaise covered in a white, cotton cushion pad. Like everything else in the house, it looked expensive…overly so. He motioned for Brent to take a seat in the matching chair opposite. Brent nodded, sat and waited for the man to speak.

“My client is a very famous man in our country, Mr Hawthorne. He is one of the top actors in Bollywood and it is paramount that his private life remains private. I take it everything we discuss today is confidential?”

Surely that was a given in his profession. Brent was tempted to roll his eyes but he fought the impulse, instead he gave a sharp nod of his head to appease the man.

“Of course.”

“Very good. Mr Hawthorne, my client is gay.”

Brent frowned. He wasn’t shocked by Rahul’s statement, he knew there would be as many gay men here in India as there would anywhere else in the world, but the disdainful way Rahul said it had Brent firmly on the defensive in two seconds flat. And this man was supposed to be Rajkumar’s agent? Talk about ‘with friends like these’…

Crossing his arms over his chest, Brent threw the man a level stare. Christ he’d just met the guy and already he disliked him. Of course it could have had something to do with the way Rahul had curled his upper lip when he’d made the announcement—disgust evident on his chubby, pockmarked face.

“And that’s an issue how exactly?”

“Mr Hawthorne, this is Mumbai, not L.A. Homosexuality might be the norm in other parts of the world but we have a very low tolerance of it here. Rajkumar’s career would be in tatters should his preference become common knowledge.”

“Is there any danger of that?” Brent wanted to know if Rajkumar’s sexuality had anything to do with the threats he’d been receiving.

Rahul sighed. “It is not only my client’s safety that has been threatened. His…habits are also in danger of exposure.”

Brent tensed his jaw. Was Rahul insinuating being gay was a habit? He fought to keep his mouth shut. It wouldn’t do to piss off potential clients because he didn’t like what they had to say. All-Star Security was in its infancy and if Brent wanted the business to grow, he needed a good reputation among the bigwigs in the industry. And Rahul and his client Rajkumar were about as big as they came. Brent had Googled the actor before he left the office and it seemed he was a very big star in Bollywood.

He was sexy as all hell too.

“How exactly has your client been receiving these threats?”

“Letters,” a low, husky voice sounded at the door. Brent turned to the intruder and his breath caught in his chest. Holy fuck. The man was hot. The pictures he’d pulled up on the internet in no way did Rajkumar Khan justice. He was far more attractive in real life—about as tall as Brent with a lean body, jet black hair and the face of a god.

Raj had light skin, the colour of cappuccino, and his complexion was flawless. Brent could do nothing but stare and try not to be embarrassed by how much his dick approved of Mr Khan’s appearance too. The deity was leaning casually against the doorframe. His hands were pushed into his trouser pockets and his eyes sparkled with mischief. Brent pulled ineffectually at his collar. Had the temperature just risen twenty degrees? And where was that goddamn glass of water he’d been promised?

As he stared, Raj’s mouth curved up into a teasing smirk. He removed his hands from his pockets and glided across the room with a poise and elegance Brent had never witnessed in a man. He stopped in front of Brent and held out his hand.

“I’m Rajkumar, my friends call me Raj.”

Brent stood up. He swallowed hard and took hold of the proffered hand, hoping the rapidly growing erection in his trousers wouldn’t be too evident. “Brent Hawthorne.”

Raj’s hand lingered for a moment, before he pulled it away, his fingers stroking lightly across Brent’s knuckles. The simple touch had Brent practically panting. He tried to ignore what the touch did to his dick, and he should definitely not be thinking about the man’s hands on his dick…

“Rahul, you can wait for me in my study. I’d like to speak to Mr Hawthorne alone.”

Hope you enjoyed! For those interested Bollywood Desires is available for pre-order now on Total-e-Bound's website and releases on Monday 19th March.


Here's the link for the ebook: http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=1580

This is the link for the print copy which will be released April 30th:http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=1630

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

In Celebration of Read An Ebook Week

Hi everyone!


In celebration of read an eBook week my publisher Total-e-Bound are giving away a free e-reader to one lucky winner. If you'd like more information follow the link below or click on the picture. Good luck!

http://www.total-e-bound.com/ebookweek.asp

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you all have a great day!

Great review for Aaron's Awakening!

Hi everyone. 


I had a lovely review through today from TwoLipsReviews for Aaron's Awakening - Book four in my Shifters Haven series so I thought I'd share it. It's a wonderful feeling when someone has enjoyed something you've poured your heart and soul into, it makes the whole process worthwhile. 


Cary - Aaron's mate in the book is one of my favourite characters from the series. He's incredibly sweet natured even though he's been through a lot in his young life. And the reviewer seemed to agree on that point. She said that Cary is "A very well developed character that I got instantly attached to."


If you'd like to read the rest of the review for yourself. You can find it here:-
http://www.twolipsreviews.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view%20&id=7340&Itemid=36

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day everyone!