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What’s Coming Up in Spellbinding! And LAST DAY to enter!!!

14 Feb

This is the LAST STOP on the blog tour! Tomorrow I’ll announce the winners of the contest! So make sure you get your entries in on the Rafflecopter form below, because time is running out!

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Okay, so yesterday I promised you guys a couple of glimpses into the upcoming stories in Spellbinding. Are you ready? Because here we go!

 

 

BOUND IN BLUE

Spellbinding book 2

 

Rachel may be a blue witch, but she’s definitely not going to let that rule her life. Her art is much more important than joining a coven and fighting the so-called Darkness, if they even exist, which she doubts. Taking a summer job as an art teacher and counselor at a motivational camp is just what she needs to focus on her art and discover what she really wants out of life.

It’s just Hunter’s luck that he draws the short straw this year. The Chicago lawyer has managed to avoid working at his boss’s yuppie motivational camp for the past three years, but if he wants to make partner, he’s got to suck it up and work as the camp’s legal advisor and counselor. The experienced Dom isn’t exactly the roughing-it type, but he’ll do what he has to do for his dream job.

Catching a glimpse of the beautiful Rachel skinny-dipping under the light of the full moon, Hunter is determined to take her to his dungeon. But their torrid connection is threatened when people begin to disappear. When Rachel discovers that the Darkness are real, and she’s their intended target, she’ll be forced to chose between the coven life she’d spurned and the man she’s dying to belong to.

 

 

 

 

WANTING IN WHITE

Spellbinding Book 3

 

Morgan the white witch has had enough. Her familiar is a bird-brain (quite literally) her career is in the toilet, and her coven is full of party-girls who can’t focus on keeping the Darkness at bay. Added to the fact that her love life is as empty as the Arizona desert, and you’ve got a woman who needs a helluva lot more than a vibrator to ease her frustrations.

Caleb’s got a lot on his mind as well. The undercover FBI agent is working to unveil a drug trafficking ring over the border, and the delectable Morgan is an unwelcome distraction. If his overwhelmed libido ruins his mission, there’ll be hell to pay.

Getting involved with Caleb, while completely delicious, becomes more and more dangerous when she realizes that he’s involved with a drug cartel. And when Morgan discovers that the criminals have deep ties to the Darkness that she’s sworn to fight, she’ll have to decide whether to be loyal to her coven or to the man who has her heart.

 

 

 

So, what do you think? Do the next books tickle your fancy? Don’t forget you can WIN THESE BOOKS! Delivery will be made on their release date, but this is like the best free preorder EVER! Click on the Rafflecopter form, and stuff the hat full of your name!

 

And don’t forget to stop by tomorrow and see if you’ve won!

 

Which book are you looking forward to most? Have any questions about the next two in the series? Hit me up!

 

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CiC Blog Tour Day 5 – Meet LUGH!

10 Feb

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Hello hello! And welcome to Day 5 of the Caught in Crimson release blog tour!

Us writers are SUPER BUSY people. Almost without exception. So when Stacey Kennedy, my gal-pal and almost blog hostess today, sent me a panicked email that she was double booked, I didn’t stress! I just decided to plop my post up here, with the additional verbage HEY, go visit Stacey’s blog and enter to win her newest book, THE CAT’S MEOW. Double the chance to win AWESOME new witch books? Yes Please!

And now for today’s post. I have to admit, the character we’re talking about today is my very favorite. Don’t get me wrong, I ADORE both Delia and Adam, and Ravenna is very good too. But this character? He’s phenomenal. He’s dynamic. He’s intelligent. He’s powerful. He’s sarcastic. He’s witty. He’s…

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A poodle.

 

CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT: Lugh

All witches in the world of Spellbinding have a familiar. These magical creatures are locked into the physical form of a common animal, to blend in. There are the typical cats, ravens, snakes, usual animals that you’d think of when it comes to witches, but Lugh’s a little different.
Lugh is a cream-colored toy poodle.
Named after a Celtic deity, Lugh has a rather inflated opinion of himself. But it’s justly deserved. He’s fiercely loyal to Delia, he’s tough, and he’s pretty damn magical in his own right. He’s been with Delia since she was young, and since familiars don’t age, he’s still as snarky as he ever was.
Lugh’s not too big on the whole question thing. I tried, but he refused to cooperate. So, instead of our Q&A, here’s a little excerpt to give you a taste of Lugh.

 

An excerpt from CAUGHT IN CRIMSON

Copyright Regina Cole and Ellora’s Cave

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The apartment door slammed with a dull thud. “Lugh, this is all your fault.”
What do you mean? All I did was to give you two some privacy. Lugh’s fuzzy tail wagged slowly.
Delia launched herself at the couch, connecting face-first with the cushions, with a solid whumph. “You gave me to that Neanderthal on a fricking silver platter. You were supposed to stay there with me, remind me why it was a bad idea to sleep with him again.”
Neanderthal? You liked everything he did to you. Lugh sniggered.
Delia rocketed upright. “You watched us? You dirty dog! And he most definitely did not treat me like a gentleman should. He tied me up with the damn seat belt.”
So what if I watched? You’ve seen me poop. Privacy clearly isn’t something either of us understands. And from where I was sitting, you seemed to enjoy the seat belt bondage. So that argument really isn’t going to fly. Lugh jumped onto the couch and stared Delia dead in the eye. She squirmed. You need a consort. He needs a woman. This is perfect.
“It is most definitely not perfect. He doesn’t get me, doesn’t understand the whole witch thing.” Delia stood and paced through the living room, absentmindedly stepping over a tall pile of shoes she’d been meaning to cart off to Goodwill for a few months. “I need to go out, find a guy who’s a better fit for a consort.”
Lugh yawned. Seemed like you two fit together pretty well to me. But whatever. I’m just the furry familiar, what the fuck do I know?
Delia scowled and went to the bedroom to change. Lugh was wrong, totally and completely. Adam would never fit into the role of consort. He was, well, just too much.
 
 

Okay, so what do you think of Lugh? Got any questions about him? Any questions FOR him? If you promise him Chicken McNuggets, he just might answer them!
And don’t forget to enter the giveaway! Only a few more days remain before the contest ends! Win ebooks, giftcards, and more! And feel free to tell your friends. There will be 11 winners after all!

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Caught in Crimson Release Celebration! With PRIZES!

6 Feb

Hi there romance fans!

I am SO FREAKING EXCITED to be able to finally share this book with you. Caught in Crimson’s release is in just TWO SHORT DAYS!! So, here on the blog today, we’re going to kick it off in style.

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Welcome to the first stop on my first ever blog tour! Hop on the train, ladies and gents, because these are the prizes up for grabs:

GRAND PRIZE: One lucky winner gets…

An ebook copy of EACH of the books in the upcoming Spellbinding series*, beginning with Caught in Crimson, PLUS a $25 Amazon Giftcard!

*note- these will be delivered upon each book’s release. Basically this means you get a free book about every six months or so until Spellbinding is done. ;)

RUNNER UP PRIZES: Ten others will receive…

One of 5 $5 Amazon Giftcards OR

One of 5 copies of Caught in Crimson, book one of the Spellbinding series

Are you not convinced you need to enter yet? Here. I’ll post the excerpt from Caught in Crimson. If you like it, enter on the Rafflecopter form below!

Make sure you stop by the rest of the blog tour spots for more entries, and more stuff about Caught in Crimson and the rest of the world of Spellbinding!

Blog Tour Locations!

6-Feb Regina Cole’s blog Day 1 Introduction, Contest, Excerpt
7-Feb Sidney Bristol’s blog Day 2 Character Spotlight – Delia
8-Feb Darker Temptations Day 3 Character Spotlight – Adam
9-Feb Anya Breton’s blog Day 4 Character Spotlight – Ravenna
10-Feb Stacey Kennedy’s blog Day 5 Character Spotlight – Lugh
11-Feb Virginia Cavanaugh’s blog Day 6 Character Spotlight – Darkness
12-Feb Missy Jane’s blog Day 7 A Reading of Caught in Crimson
13-Feb Denise Tompkins’ blog Day 8 The World of Spellbinding – Witches in Color
14-Feb Denyse Bridger’s blog Bound by Passion Day 9 The World of Spellbinding – Upcoming Stories
15-Feb Regina Cole’s blog Day 10 Finale

Excerpt from Caught in Crimson

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Adam’s brain boggled. He was in Delia Oaks’ apartment. A very messy, very cluttered apartment. He’d been injured by a shadow creature, fucked by a witch, then he’d watched as she blew the shadows to kingdom come. And now, after a nice, pretty normal dinner, he’d been given a magical bandage with the aid of a really cute poodle. What in four fucking hells was going on?

“Let me just lay this out there simply.” She lifted her pointer finger. “One, I am a witch.”

He tried to keep his frustration from mounting. Tough job. “I know. You told me that. How about keeping this conversation grounded in a modicum of reality.”

“It is. As I said, I’m a witch. Two…” Her middle finger raised. “Witches fight Darkness. They’re the creatures that chased us and made your back look like it had a cross between gangrene and frostbite. Normally humans can’t see them, but since you were with me, you got the dubious benefit of their company.”

Adam’s legs shook, aching with the need to pace, to move, to keep from sitting still and facing that what she was saying might be true. If pacing were possible in the tiny apartment’s living room, he’d have considered it. But with the space crammed with furniture, junk and plain old trash? No way. Tensing his thighs, he set his jaw and nodded for her to continue.

“Three, if witches didn’t fight Darkness, those shadows would take over the earth like they’ve taken over the Underworld.” She waggled three fingers in the air.

“And that’s bad.” His statement drew a nod from her.

“Very. The ideas that most people have of Hell? They’re of a Darkness-controlled Underworld. So we witches keep the peace.” Lugh jumped into her lap with a clear snort. She sighed as she ruffled his ears. “And our familiars help.”

“Wait. You want me to believe that you have a poodle for a familiar?” For some reason, the shadow creatures were more believable than a magical fuzz ball. Adam drew back slightly as the dog showed his tiny white teeth.

Yeah, I’m her familiar. I have more magic in my useless dewclaws than you have in your whole body. You give good scratches but don’t think you can talk smack to me and get away with it.

The floor and Adam’s jaw connected with a thump.

“Lugh. I told you to keep quiet.” Delia pointed at the dog with an admonishing grimace.

The poodle lay in her lap, giving Adam the stink-eye. Just tell your stud here to keep the comments to himself. I’m very sensitive.

“That is his voice I’m hearing in my head, right?” Proud of his nearly steady tone, Adam stiffened his spine and pinned the pair with a tell-me-the-truth stare.

Delia sighed and scratched Lugh’s ears. “Yes, that’s him. He was supposed to stay quiet but he had other ideas.” Her gaze caught his. “Listen. I’m really sorry you got caught up in that shit this morning. I’m also sorry that circumstances didn’t let us get to know each other in a more normal way. I like you, but I don’t think this is going to work out.” Her white teeth caught the pink skin of her lower lip.

Adam’s guts went cold. Seriously? He went on one date with a girl, had mind-blowing sex and that was her idea of “not working out”? He searched his fevered brain for any words other than what the fuck?

Seeming pressured, she rushed to fill his silence. “It’s not you, it’s me. There’s this issue within my coven and I’ve got to take a high-level position with tons of responsibility and pressure and stuff, and the timing for a new human relationship isn’t that great for me.”

“So you asked me out for no reason.” He barked a bitter laugh. “Well, at least you didn’t lead me on too long.”

His frank statement stumped her and she tripped over her words. “I, well, that is, you see, I hadn’t planned on…”

“Know what? Forget it.” Adam stood, keeping his fists at his sides. “For what it’s worth, I had a good time tonight and I was willing to give this whole witch thing a shot, even though I was sure you were crazy at first. But if you’re not interested…” He let his shrug finish the sentence and he turned to go. A dull ache settled in his chest. Why had he bothered?

“Adam, wait.”

A glance over his shoulder revealed that she’d stood and was cradling the poodle close to her chest. Her eyes were wide with trepidation.

“I’m sorry. Listen, can’t we be friends? If I find a way to get out of this mess, I’d be really interested in trying again. But right now I can’t commit to anything more than that. So what do you say?” Her words came softly, pleading.

Come on, man, she’s squeezing me too hard. Just say yes.

Adam sighed and stared at the floor. This was a bad idea. A really bad idea. He was going to do it anyway. “Fine. Just don’t crush the poodle.”

She let the dog jump to the couch and turned to Adam with a sheepish smile. “Okay, so…friends.” She stuck her hand out.

He shook it, trying like hell not to notice the soft slide of her skin on his palm. The way her breasts rose and fell when she breathed, her freckled shoulders creamy against the low neckline of her white sundress. The way she smelled like coconut and spice, exotic and tantalizing. His cock did push-ups.

Pulling away, he cleared his throat. “Friends it is.”

The silence was heavy. He stared at her, unable to forget how her body had received him that morning. How she’d writhed against him, purring and moaning as if she could never get enough. His blood warmed, flowing thick and wanting in his veins. How could he already want her again so badly? He was acting like a horny teenager with zero self-control. He needed to get a grip, and quick.

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New Cover Alert! Caught in Crimson

27 Sep

Hey ladies and gents, check out the cover for CAUGHT IN CRIMSON, a new erotic paranormal that should be releasing in the next couple of months from the loverly Ellora’s Cave Publishing. I have to say, they really outdid themselves with this cover! I’ll post the blurb as soon as I have one, hehehe. In the meantime, I’m recovering from some minor surgery, so I’ll catch you later. :) Ooh, but I do have some exciting news about a new group blog I’m joining! More when the pain meds have tapered off. :)

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Come Together, Right Now- How I do Erotic Horror (part 4)

17 Apr

Welcome back, leiblings! Sorry for the gap between postings. Life gets in the way sometimes! If you’re just now joining us, here are parts One, Two, and Three of this series. I’m sharing how I wrote my first erotic horror, in hopes that someone will find this interesting. If not, well, just skip to the bottom, comment and tell me so, and you’ll still be entered to win stuff. Sound good? Thought so.

So when last I blathered on, I’d told you about building the ideas. I’ve got a half-formed hero, a mostly put together heroine, and a creepy giant question mark for the villain. But this is an EROTIC horror. By definition, there needs to be an erotic journey to go along with the horror journey. I’d spent all my time thus far on the horror, so it was time to focus on the erotic side.

I’d gotten Verum and Bryerly alone in the same room. In order for the bow-chicka-wow-wow to begin, something had to change pretty drastically, and fast. Bry has just witnessed the brutal killing of a woman. She’s not in the mood for love, if you know what I mean. BUT Verum has a weapon at his disposal, and I had zero problems utilizing it- the truth.

What if, I thought to myself, Verum’s presence had sort of a truth-uncovering-aura about it? What if Bryerly was more aware of things just by being near him? What if the physical attraction she felt when meeting Verum couldn’t be hidden? What if he reciprocated that attraction?

If a normal person cannot suppress how turned on they are, wouldn’t their inhibitions fly out the window? Why yes, I thought. Yes they would. So a girl like Bryerly, who isn’t the type to fall in bed with a man she just met, would have less of a problem following her instincts. Luckily for Verum (and me!) this technique worked. When she started focusing on the way she was feeling instead of the horrifying memories, the intimacy turned into a life-affirming self discovery.

Okay, love scene problem solved! We had a gory murder, and now a smexy bedroom scene. So let’s get back to the scary, eh? I still have Rafe to think about. Why is he such an asshole? Why did he and his friend kill a woman in the woods at night, and have blood on their faces? What could it have to do with Bryerly and Verum?

It’ll be tough to explain without spoilers, but I’ll give it my best shot in part 5, the final section of this series!

And don’t forget, be sure to leave a comment below! To show how much I appreciate each and every one of my blog commenters, I’ll be adding each of your names from now until SINFUL TRUTH releases into a hat. Comment on multiple blog posts? Receive multiple entries. The winner will be selected via Random.org, and will receive a Scarily Good Gift plus a free copy of SINFUL TRUTH!  So comment below and share with your friends!

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Seductively Creepy-How I do Erotic Horror (part 2)

4 Apr

Thanks for joining me for the second part of this post! If you missed post one, you can find it HERE.

So as you remember, I had the need for the book (editor asked. What can I do? She’s so darn cute) and the blurb, which is like one of those hollow chocolate Easter bunnies. Look at it too closely and you can see it can’t withstand a good poke in the liver. So I had my work cut out for me.

I started the next segment the way all good pantsters do-I wrote.

I know, I know, I’ve sort of turned into a hybrid pantster/plotter. I start to write something, then I’ll stop and draw out a “W” plot graph (if you don’t know what these suckers are, here. Learn. Especially if you, like me, have a weakness in the story arc area). With this story, I had the beginning given to me in my blurb. So I ran with it.

I had a girl who’d seen her jerk boyfriend commit a murder. I had Bryerly. Who was she? How did she see what she saw?

She whispered to me a little, and I wrote it down for reference. Here it is. I referred to this a lot in the beginning, for voice:

 

            I shouldn’t have done what I did.

            It wasn’t necessarily wrong, but I knew that Rafe would be mad with me if I left the car.

            I never expected to see what I saw.

            The blood, the dark red spill in the moonlight, the way it covered their hands, their bodies…

            Their faces…

            No.

            I shouldn’t have done what I did.


                                                                        -Bryerly Keats.

 

You may notice a wee bit of similarity to a certain Bon Temps waitress type. In the beginning, there was a lot of Sookie Stackhouse in Bryerly Keats. But as the story went on, Bryerly showed me her true voice, which is a bit more educated, a bit less Southern, and a whole lot more herself. Back to the words in the quote.

Faces? Well that was unexpected. Bryerly had just made this story a whole lot more interesting. Instead of psychotic serial killer story, it was turning into something darker, more paranormal. But I still didn’t know what a Truth Keeper was. And I didn’t know what Rafe and his friends were, or why they were killing people, or why there was blood on their faces. So I wrote a little more. What I discovered surprised me. I wasn’t sure I could come up with something scary, something that would really yell HORROR as well as erotic. But in the first steps of this story, I had a dark mechanic going on for the villains. Still no motivation, but I definitely had an idea of why they were the bad guys.

When Bryerly ran into Verum, the hero, he sort of materialized in my mind. For more about Verum, make sure to see my next blog, part 3 in the “How I do Erotic Horror” series.

And don’t forget, be sure to leave a comment below! To show how much I appreciate each and every one of my blog commenters, I’ll be adding each of your names from now until SINFUL TRUTH releases (April 20th!) into a hat. Comment on multiple blog posts? You’ll receive multiple entries. The winner will be selected via Random.org, and will receive a Scarily Good Gift plus a free ebook copy of SINFUL TRUTH!  So comment below and share with your friends!

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