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Forsaken Heart by Elise Whyles The Forsaken Series , Book 1 Genre(s): Erotic Paranormal Romance Digital ISBN: 9781937325244 Length: Category Publication Date: April 16, 2012 Price: $4.99 Punished for sins not her own, can a mortal claim her vampire mate? The world of immortals must unite to save both themselves and the mortals they co-exist with from an ancient evil. For Bede MacTaggert this means trusting in the warrior sent for her sister—a man of mystery, of power, and one who could easily sweep her into a world she's destined to be part of. An imperial guard to the king of vampires, Gawain has always tuned out the needs of the flesh. Dedicating himself to the service of the royals, he's lived on the fringes of his people for centuries. Now he's forced from the shadows and into the arms of a woman who will awaken his heart and body to a passion unequaled. Content Warning: sexy alpha vampire, explicit sex, violence Read An Excerpt

Hi everyone, I do hope you'll stop by TRR's site on Friday to enjoy the chance to win a free ebook from me as well as to celebrate the one year anniversary of The Romance Reviews a wonderful site dedicated to helping authors and publishers advertise and market their books and their brands.

An interview with Kellie Stone Welcome. Going Out of My Mind By Kellie R. Stone “ Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.” ~ Ray Bradbury I have always been creative. And, you know what “they” say: Write what you know. On my journey as a women’s life coach, I was forced to come to grips with my own areas of self-doubt and complacency. One area was desperately flawed…the one that repeatedly said, “Kellie, you have to be good at everything, teach everything, share everything!” As much as I wanted to believe I could be all that, I couldn’t. “So, what are you REALLY good at?” I asked myself. “Creating and making things more beautiful,” the REAL me answered. It was during that candid self-chat, I realized my target, my focus, was about to change. Instead of being all things to all people, I had to be who I was meant to be- a woman who unders...

Moonlight streaked across the rolling waves. Warm water lapped at her ankles as she stared out over the water. Hot, sultry, the winds tangled in her hair, kissing her neck. Kneeling, she dropped the single red rose in the surf, the flower blurred by the tears in her eyes. A hand pressed against her abdomen, the band of gold cool against her flesh. Beneath her touch, her baby kicked. Laughing through her tears, she turned to stroll back along the wet sand to the lawn chair open beneath the palm trees. “Tears? Are you sad, this night my love?” She smiled at the warmth and devotion in the rich baritone. Lifting her hand she clasped his hand, pulling him closer. “How can I be sad this night, my darling? We’re together and we will always be now. Nothing can separate us.” “To eternity then,” he handed her a frosty glass and tapped its rim with his own. “To eternity, love, and our son.” “To love and our son.” She sipped at the spicy fruit drink, her eyes on the waves. Yes, ...

Starting January 5th, the amazing authors of Beachwalk Press are doing a round robin story telling tour. Stop by the blogs and leave a comment. We're posting 100-500 word snippets of our micronovels on our blogs once a week to be collected and put into a PDF for everyone to download free at Beachwalk Press this year! Want to know where we are and who's on deck? Here's the schedule and links Patricia Bates 1/5/12 Lacey Wolfe 1/6/12 Tamaria Soana 1/7/12 Ella Jade - 1/8/12 Theresa Stillwagon - 1/9/12 Kylie Newell 1/15/12    

Please join me this week as I unveil the latest and greatest design for my website. After having outgrown my previously delectable design, I got Christina from Sweet 'N Spicy Designs to build a new one. Its sultry, sexy, and hot!!! She did a fantastic job and I'm so proud to unveil this masterpiece. Stop by and leave me a comment, or respond here on my blog this week only and on Friday I'll be collecting all the entrants for an ecollection of my entire library (currently contains 8) books. Happy reading and stop on by to see the amazing design. Patricia Bates Author Site

To celebrate the season authors Patricia Bates and Ciara Lake are running a contest to give a away two free ebooks. This is how it works -- If you have purchased one of our titles on Amazon other than the books we are giving away (see below)-- we will put you in a contest to win a free ebook from us. Yes this means you could win two books. You have until December 24, 2011 to review one of our books on Amazon. You'll be entered into a draw to win a copy of Firecracker by Patricia Bates and/or The Ketchikan Man by Ciara Lake in Kindle or PDF. There will be two winners, one for whichever book (author) you reviewed. You could win twice if you are in both pots of contestants. You'll need to email Ciaralakeromanceauthor@gmail.com or patriciambates@gmail.com to let us know you have reviewed one of our books and you will be added to the pot of contestants. If you have any questions feel free to contact us to!The winners will receive a book by January 1, 2012. Come out a...