by Sarah | Jun 25, 2013 | Books, Changing Tracks, Dark Territory, Derailed, Hump Day Hook, Publishing Credits, Secret Cravings Publishing, Writing
Another Hump Day Hook!
Tricksy, though I would reveal my cover this early? Not a chance. It will come soon, though. I’m in the midst of revisions of Dark Territory and Derailed doesn’t come out until next week…so you get a little bit of 3. Just a little bit.
Cole is missing Jane a lot (can’t tell you why, or I’ll ruin books 2 & 3 lol):
Being apart from Jane got worse each minute.
Not just because he ached for her.
Not just because every thought was of her.
No.
Because she was a part of him. Deep inside to his very soul. He was consumed by her, he always had been. In a way no other woman had managed to consume him before.
If he still believed in it himself he’d call it love.
*~*
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by Sarah | Jun 18, 2013 | Books, Holiday, Hump Day Hook, Writing
Another Hump Day Hook!
This weekend I submitted the next story in my Holidays in Lake Point series. Eve’s New Year. Just like Santa, Maybe, this one surprised me in so many ways. I so enjoyed getting to know Eve and Jake it was tough to let them go…and I was only able to because I know they’ll continue appearing in other stories as side characters.
So without further ado, please meet Eve and her best friend (or is he?), Jake:
“Where are they?” She grasped along the bottom of her purse, until the force of her own reaching hand shoved the purse to the ground. “Damn it.”
“Easy, babe.” He hugged her and kissed her temple. “Breathe.”
“Sorry.” She closed her eyes and leaned into his shoulder. “She’s not even bad yet.”
“No, but I heard what you said. We just have to hope that she forgets for a while longer. That her preparations are distraction enough. Okay?”
“Okay.”
“That’s my girl.”
*~*
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by Sarah | Jun 11, 2013 | Books, Changing Tracks, Derailed, Hump Day Hook, Publishing Credits, Secret Cravings Publishing, Writing
Another Hump Day Hook!
The past couple of weeks poor Cole has been suffering the wrath of you readers because of the hooks I’ve been choosing to show. Cole is so good when he’s bad…but there are times when he is just good…and so I thought I’d let you see his softer side…This looks a little longer, but it’s dialogue w/ some short lines so I took a teeny bit of liberty.
I can’t go into details on this scene without giving away a lot…I’ll just let Cole shine for what it is:
This time she didn’t move, and he pressed his forehead to hers. “I ain’t gonna run. I’m right here. Can’t promise to be perfect.”
“Gee. What a surprise.”
“We’re gonna fight.”
“We do it so well.” She laughed weakly. Her hands clamped down on his neck. “I’ve needed you. I still need yo.u I need to know you’ll be there when I need you.”
“You got me.”
“All in?”
“All in.”
*~*
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by Sarah | Jun 4, 2013 | Books, Changing Tracks, Derailed, Hump Day Hook, Publishing Credits, Secret Cravings Publishing, Writing
Oh me, oh my, oh me, oh my! The day has come!! With this weeks Hump Day Hook I’m revealing the cover for book 2 in my Dominion Falls Series, Derailed. My editor and I have done one round on the book, and the release date is ONE MONTH from now!!
I am so excited for this book, and this cover, I can hardly tell you!!
As part of this cover reveal, which will span several blogs over the next few days (stay tuned here or on my Facebook page for regular updates on where to find the giveaways!!). Each website that’s hosting my cover reveal is having a giveaway for an ebook copy of Changing Tracks (if you win, but already have CT, we can work out a deal for Derailed or Masked Hearts).
>>>Grand Prize is a signed paperback copy of Changing Tracks, plus a surprise book by one of Jane Doe’s favorite authors**
Every comment on every participating blog is considered an entry. If you post a comment on each participating blog, you receive an entry for each of those locations. Please include your email address in your comment to be counted, so I know how to reach you!
Participating blogs: Dawne’s Reading Nook | Sabrina Garie | Book Babe |
All entries will be accrued and tallied, and a winner will be drawn on June 14th, 2013 at 9PM. Winner will have 48 hours to get back to me, or I will choose another winner.
**Grand Prize Giveaway open to US participants only
Now, onto the reveal, blurb, and hook!! (I beg lenience this week as a special week, I’m going a small bit over my usual limit of 7-10 lines).
In book 1 we met Mike, Clara Young’s brother, who quickly became a part of Jane’s life as she still felt an attachment to the brother she couldn’t remember.
In Derailed, an, um, issue arises and he decides to deal with Cole:
A splinter of wood drove into his arm, but he ignored it in favor of delivering a solid kick to Cole’s kidneys. His arms were grabbed, and he was dragged back, but he wasn’t finished. Pure venom shot out of his throat. “You aren’t a man. You never were.”
Cole was held back by Graham and a soldier, fighting against their grip with a deep growl. “She never had any complaints. Kept comin’ back for more.”
“Stay the hell away from her.”
“Mike.” David’s voice strained as he fought to keep a hold of him.
“She’ll be back. She won’t be able to help herself.” Cole fought an arm free only to have it grabbed again. “Just tell her to stay away, see how she takes it.”
With renewed fury, Mike fought against David and Archie, trying to get free. “Bastard. You don’t deserve her. You didn’t deserve—”
“Michael.” Daisy’s shriek stilled both men for the briefest moment.
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BLURB:
The sins of a past she can’t remember could destroy a present she’ll never forget.
The crimes of her forgotten past threaten the very life Jane Doe has learned to cherish.
Jane is out of time. With a warrant on her head, a maniac out for her blood, and a secret baby on the way, something has to give.
Without Cole Mitchell’s help to find the answers, there may be no hope left.
Cole has nowhere left to hide. He unwittingly let Jane into his heart, and is ready to share the secret of his dark past.
Fate has a way of playing its hand, and tragedy strikes. With the world crumbling around them, it’s easy to lose faith. If they can’t forgive past sins, they have no hope for the future.
Because the noose waits for no man or woman.
*~*
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by Sarah | May 28, 2013 | Books, Changing Tracks, Hump Day Hook, Writing
Another Hump Day Hook!
Next week I’m having the BIG HUGE cover reveal for book 2 in my Dominion Falls Series, Derailed. So, for a nice lead in this week, I’m going back to my beloved Changing Tracks (Which received 2 new 5* reviews this week on Amazon!!)
Jane and Cole are having the first of many verbal sparring sessions:
“Well, you are a woman.” He eyed her appreciatively. “And women should keep their mouths shut. They don’t get opinions.”
“Just because you own the women you bother to keep company with and they must do as you say doesn’t mean they lack opinions. Just means you lack the fortitude to listen to them.”
“If you’re trying to curry favor, you ain’t on the right path.”
*~*
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by Sarah | May 21, 2013 | Books, Hump Day Hook, Writing
Another Hump Day Hook!
Just yesterday I signed a contract for my Christmas story – Santa, Maybe. Secret Cravings is going to publish it in December in time for the holidays. 🙂
Something about that wonderful little story set in the idealistic small town has me itching to turn it into a series of shorties each set around a holiday. This week I’m bringing you a snip of the New Years story that I’ve titled Eve’s New Year.
Dunc (not the hero, at least not in this story 😉 ) is a 21 year old that does odd jobs around town, including helping out at the antique shop Eve manages. Earlier in the chapter, Eve refers to him as ‘eye candy’…and so he is 😉 Right now, he’s on his way out the door and Eve expresses some frustration:
Too soon Dunc disappeared into the front room and she was left in the store room with no more warmth than the light bulb he’d just screwed in. “Maybe I should have screwed that bulb in. It’s the only screwing I’ll ever get.”
Her inner voice cackled at the horrible joke before she blew a raspberry at no one but herself. Such a loser.
*~*
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