Welcome, everyone, to the Chocolate and Roses Blog Hop and Giveaway. Is there anything better than chocolate and roses? I say there is! Erotic romance. Well, okay, maybe not better, but certainly a close second. :) I wanted to introduce you to my upcoming erotic romance release from Siren Publishing, Queen Bitch of the Callowwood Pack. It's set to release on May 23rd and then the howling begins. No, not the werewolves per se, more like me jumping for joy for my debut Siren release.
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| Russell Crowe as Jeff Lightfoot |
Publishing Queen Bitch is a dream come true, not only did Siren pick the story up, but it started out as a dream I had one night. Russell Crowe starred as Jeff Lightfoot and I strolled around in Julianna Morris' shoes for a while. Can you imagine spending time with that grin and those smoldering eyes? It was a good night! ;) When I woke up, I told my husband the whole story then hurried down to the computer to start writing it all down.
Here's the blurb:
Julianna Morris didn’t know
werewolves existed…until she became one.
Hiding her new identity, Julianna
returns home only to find her teenage crush, Jeff Lightfoot, is the future
Alpha of the Callowwood werewolf pack. She’s unexpectedly chosen as a candidate
for the pack’s next Luna, the Alpha female—and Jeff’s mate. This is perfect,
except Julianna knows nothing about being a werewolf, and someone’s determined
to make her fail the Seven Tests of the Luna.
Jeff Lightfoot lusted after
Julianna for years, even when he thought she was human. Now she’s home and all
his—if she passes the tests. She’s his True Mate and he wants no one else, but
pack politics trump Mother Nature and will prevent him from choosing Julianna
if she fails.
For the future she wants,
Julianna must pass the tests to become Queen Bitch of Callowwood—or watch Jeff take
another woman as his mate.
In celebration of both great dreams (chocolate and roses count) and this new release, I'm giving away a digital copy (winner's choice of format) of Queen Bitch of the Callowwood Pack to one lucky commenter who leaves a valid email address or Twitter handle, and answers the following question:
Do you have vivid dreams, and would you write them down if you did?
The blog hop runs from Sataurday, May 5th through Wednesday, May 9th. The winner will be announced here on the blog on Friday, May 11th. The giveaway is open internationally, though void where prohibited. This is an erotic paranormal romance, so you must be over 18 yrs old to win. You don't have to follow my blog to win, but I'd sure appreciate it. :)
There are many other authors participating and many other chances to win fabulous prizes. Just click on the links below and you're off. Thanks for stopping by, good luck, and happy reading!
Participant List:
- Lea Barrymire
- Michele Hart
- Rose Leigh Woods
- Carolyn Rosewood
- Rita Bay
- JoAnne Kendrick
- Becca Simone
- Camile Carson
- Wendy Soliman
- Kasey Dean
- Alicia White
- Lynn Tyler
- Hennesee Andrews
- Christi Barth
- Nicole Morgan
- Missy Lyons
- Jan Graham
- Casey Crow
- Simone Sinna
- Lea Kinkade
Congratulations on the release, Siobhan!!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, my dreams escape me before I even get out of bed. Have a great hop and I wish you much success with Queen Bitch!
My husband says the same thing - they escape him before he can remember. Thanks for stopping by. :)
DeleteBest wishes.
ReplyDeletemichyellowrose@gmail.com
Thanks, Yellow rose. :)
DeleteI have very vivid dreams...would I write them - not for a romance. I have wild fantasies - that's what I use in my books.
ReplyDeleteCamile Carson
camilecarson@yahoo.com
Oooh, wild fantasies? Sounds like great stories in the making, Camille. Thanks for commenting. :)
DeleteCongrats on the release date, Siobhan! I'm really looking forward to reading this tale. :)
ReplyDeleteEvery once in a great while I remember my dreams, but they aren't usually good book material. Although... there was the one with the space alien pirate ships...
Cara
@caramichaels
LOL, Cara. Yes, there is that one about the space ailen pirate ships, and it'll make a great story. :) Thanks for commenting. :)
Deleteoh gosh, i've had some real doozies when i dream. they're weird, to say the least. if i had the writing talent like you and other great authors, then i definitely would. unfortunately, i can barely write my name. if i were going to write a book, though, it would totally be about growing up in the rural south and my family's antics. i swear i could write a bestseller in non-fiction just about them! one day, i might. lol. it would be worth it just to see their expressions.
ReplyDeletethanks for participating in a great blog hop!
Laci -- pinkelmo3 AT gmail
It sounds like real life provides plenty of tales. Thanks for commenting, Laci. :)
DeleteI do remember many of my dreams and have a good way of remembering them. If you are waking up as you are just finishing one firstly, don't move but keep on the same side you are lying because by putting pressure on a different side of your head invariably makes you lose the dream (so if your dream was of a handsome hunk making mad passionate love to you and you want to keep it going - stay still!) and secondly if you want to remember it recite it to yourself as if you are telling someone else about it. The more you recite it the clearer it stays!
ReplyDeleteJennifer Denys
Wow, I didn't know that turning your head would shift the memory. I'll definitely stay still the next time some stud is visiting me! Thanks for commenting, Jennifer. :)
DeleteVery exciting, congrats on the release! Such wonderful inspiration. :)
ReplyDeleteNo, I rarely remember more than a brief scene of any dream, though some are so vivid they play like movies in technicolor. Luckily, my muse is hyperactive, so tosses me more story ideas than I can handle!
Thanks, Cate! I love the movie dreams. They make me feel like I've gotten good rest AND a good story. Thanks for stopping by. :)
DeleteYes very vivid dreams which my husband proceeds to analyse!!!Would be too dangerous to write down....
ReplyDeleteLOL, you should definitely write them down! Thanks for stopping by, Simone. :)
DeleteNo I don't have vivid dreams, and HELLS yes I would if I did! It'd help me get sooo much writing done, lol.
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LOL, yes, it can help or it can hinder. Sometimes there are just too many ideas to capture all at once. Thanks for stopping by, Shadow. :)
DeleteI often had vivid dreams and certainly in color. Most I don't want to think about. Don't have then so much as I got older. Rita Bay
ReplyDeleteMy dreams are in color, too. It's amazing how vivid they can be. Thanks for commenting. :)
DeleteI don't remember them every night, but when I do they are in vivid color and I don't need to write them down, because they are memorable. Although also because some are just downright weird!
ReplyDeleteThere have been a couple instances where I have written things in my sleep. That was really weird to wake up to.
rae.gwendy(at)gmail(dot)com
LOL you wrote them down IN your sleep? Wow, you're talented. :) I bet it was strange to wake up to that. Thanks so much for stopping by, Rae. :)
DeleteI have to say that most of my dreams end up getting written down and some have already been used in my book writing. The ones that haven't been used yet have a place somewhere in my next few stories I just need to figure out where.
ReplyDeleteLOL we'll definitely have to pick up your books to make sure we learn these dreams you've had. Thanks for stopping by, Kasey. :)
DeleteMy dreams were horrible growing up. Always had nightmares into my late teens, then i stopped having them. Now i dont dream and if i do i dont remember. My i guess with the scary dreams ive had, i could write a good thriller book! But...i cant write. lol Thanks for the fun hop and the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteshadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com
Hopefully I can offer you better dreams in the form of the written word, Shadow. Thanks for commenting. :)
DeleteI do sometime have vivid dreams, but they are never as interesting as yours apparently are. :) I've been tempted to write certain dreams down, but I can't seem to remember them very well once I wake up.
ReplyDeleteYour books sounds so good. I do love werewolf stories. :D So congratulations on the upcoming release of Queen Bitch of the Callowwood Pack.
Pam
vanillaorchids69(at)gmail(dot)com
LOL, yes my dreams get pretty weird, wild, and wicked. :D Queen Bitch is the first one I wrote down, but I have at least three more coming that started that way too. Thanks for stopping by, Pam. :)
DeleteI do have very vivid dreams. Sometimes they are horrific, sometimes they are downright stupid funny. And yes, I have written my dreams down. Not the really scary ones that are so real that I've had to check my family to make sure they were alright.
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Julianne, I've had a couple of those where I woke up and had to go check on family, sometimes extended family. It's amazing how realistic they can be. Thanks for commenting. :)
DeleteI've had some pretty vivid dreams and the strange one. I have two journals that have what I could remember written down in them. There is one that I always remember when the talk of dreams comes up and it involves space vampires but I haven't written it yet.
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