Vixenwriter

Grace is in my head. She’s the heroine in my most current WIP - Outshined. The story is intense, she’s intense. So the tracklist has been decidely hardcore. Music plays a huge part in every book I write. Sometimes it even chages between drafts and revisions. But this is what Grace is all about…

SOAD - Chop Suey, BYOB (several times in a row)
Rammstein - Engel, Du Hast
Kittie - Run (pink floyd cover), Brackish
Metallica - Seek and Destroy
Tool - Jambi, Prison Sex, Parabola
Static X - Destroyer, Push It
Black Sabbath - Snowblind
Dio - Rainbow in the Dark, Holy Diver
Drowning Pool - Let The Bodies Hit the Floor
And add a lot of Prodigy - I freaking love Prodigy - Firestarter, Breathe, etc..

And I absolutely adore SOAD - Chop Suey, one of my favorites…

Lastly, I found this particular video fascinating. Watching how music is created is amazing and I love, love, love this piece from The 300

Looks outside, sees sunshine, my white peony bush is awash with giant blooms and the whole porch smells so lovely! Having two releases within a few days is a good thing, I’m not complaining about my luck! But it’s a lot of work too because I believe in both books so much and I want both to get attention and love, LOL. I’ve been doing some list mom days and some chats and I feel like I’ve been running and running for the last week or so that I’m only now poking my head outside and seeing the sun.

And well, really, since it’s been raining since I got back from Ohio and today is the first sunny day, I suppose it’s not that big a deal. My kids are all, “meh, yeah books, whatever, can we play dance dance revolution?” Have you guys played that? It’s a big hit round here and it kicks my butt but it’s very fun and even my nearly 3 year old gets into the act. It also has the added benefit of making them all very tired. I foresee lots and lots of DDR this summer.

I started writing what I’d thought might be good for a Spice brief but as usual, I can’t keep anything to 10K (which is why I haven’t subbed anything to them so far, LOL). I have to put it aside and finish Reading Between the Lines. I’m about halfway done now so I need to push through and finish so I can have most of July and August free to do whatever I want writing wise.

Okay, off to go pick up son number one from school. We’re walking today to take advantage of the sun!

Well, the last book in the Chase Brothers series is now available from Samhain! Warning: My Bookstore and More is slow to load this morning! Just give it a bit and it’ll be up.

Blurb:

Book Four In the Chase Brothers Series.

Tate Murphy is a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. She grew up a million miles away from the easy life Matt Chase has had. She’s spent her life pulling herself and her siblings up and out of that trailer by the railroad tracks and she hasn’t looked back. Matt Chase is a dream of a guy and she’s certainly not going to turn down a short fling with one of the most handsome men she’s ever seen!

Matt Chase has watched each one of his brothers find love and he knows he’s ready for that too. It’s all a matter of finding the woman who captures his heart. He’s certainly sampled his fair share of them but none has moved him the way Tate Murphy does when he goes to her shop to thank her for some cookies and a thank you note.

But as Matt gets to know Tate and appreciate her strength and unique beauty, he also realizes she’s got some big self esteem issues about her past. To build a future, he’s got to find a way past some big road blocks.

At my messageboard it’s Titilating Tuesday which means I’ll be putting up excerpts!

I’m List Momming it today - Monday June 11, at the Samhain Cafe to celebrate the upcoming release of Making Chase! Please come by to say hello!

The winner of the Making Chase contest is…

Deb!

Email me your format preference and I’ll get your copy to you. Congratulations! There’s still another chance to win if you want to pop over to the Dynamic Trio Blog!

I’m sitting here surrounded by Chase boys. You did know I had two releases in June right? Well on Tuesday, the very last Chase Brothers book, Making Chase, releases from Samhain. So I’m snuggling up on Matt while I can (when Tate isn’t looking) because after Tuesday he’s all hers. Too bad because he’s very cute and he smells good too. In my brain, they’re all mine. Hey, why do you think I write them anyway? Jeez.

So moving along, I thought it would be fun to oh, I don’t know, give away an ARC of Making Chase if folks are so inclined. What do you say?

So it goes like this - those of you who’ve read my Chase books, which is your favorite and why? Those that haven’t - why do you like contemporary romance and toss a few favorites my way because I’m always looking for new books.

And that’s all. I’ll toss names into the hopper at say, 6 pm pacific/9 eastern tonight and choose a winner. G’wan - you know you want to!

Kari’s simple life is tossed upside down. She’s hospitalized after a dog attacks her, her doctor kidnaps her, and now a totally crazy man is telling her that not only is he a werewolf but so is she. And not just any werewolf but the queen!

She soon finds out Andreas is telling the truth. Being a werewolf isn’t so bad when your husband stands well over six feet, is hotter than a movie star and richer than one too. It doesn’t hurt that he adores and spoils her, and the wicked-hot sex is icing on the cake. What girl doesn’t like cake?

But someone in the Cherchez Pack keeps trying to kill her. Kari is happy belonging to a big family for the first time in her life and she’s not going to let one wolf with an axe to grind ruin that. Andreas, Kari and the wolves in the Inner Circle unite to end the threat and find the killer. It’s kill or be killed and Kari intends to do the killing.

Excerpt behind the “read more” cut - 18 and over please

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This Thursday the 7th, I’m doing a List Mom day all day long at the EC Reader Chat board to celebrate Friday’s release of Ascension! You can check out a blurb and excerpt at my website by clicking the link or at my messageboard if you’re a member!

I’ll have excerpts and prizes all day long. Some of the participating authors are:

Claire Thompson
Kate Hill
Anny Cook
TJ Michaels
Solange Ayre
Michelle Pillow
Anya Bast
Liz Jasper
Judy Mays
LA Day
NJ Walters
Taige Crenshaw
Anh Leod
Ashlyn Chase
Isabelle Drake

Come on over to say hello and play a while!!

The winner of a download of Ascension is… Christine!

Christine - email me with your format choice and I’ll get your copy your way.

Everyone else - I’ve got another contest running at The Dynamic Trio Blog until tomorrow and I’ll be giving away more downloads at the my List Mom Day tomorrow at the EC Reader Chat board!

The always wonderful Martha Punches just sent me my author copies of Ascension so let’s have a contest! I’m going to pick someone at random at 6 pm pacific tonight, June 6. All you need to do is reply here with the books you’re reading now or have on your list to read this summer and I’ll toss your name in the contest!

Good luck!