There are so many things to love about Autumn.
Finding romance beneath a canopy of changing leaves...
Finding romance beneath a canopy of changing leaves...
A couple in love sharing a piece of pumpkin pie, or cake, or donut, or muffin while drinking some pumpkin-flavored coffee, maybe a pumpkin-flavored latte...
Mmm...pumpkin...
Mmm...pumpkin...
Or holding each other close as that spooky holiday looms closer with each night...
There is romance in the air at this time of year. It's a time for lovers to spend quality time together as the cooler days approach. To hold hands as they walk among the falling autumn leaves. To curl up together while they sip hot apple cider (maybe they're tired of pumpkin). And to get ready for my favorite holiday! Halloween! With Jack-O-Laterns! :)
So, in honor of the cooler weather that's either here for some of us or on it's way and pumpkins (I should've wrote a Cinderella story!) I'm giving away a copy of my paranormal romance, The Witch and the Wolf, along with a $5.00 Amazon Gift Certificate to one lucky winner! Curl up with your ereader and enjoy!
So, in honor of the cooler weather that's either here for some of us or on it's way and pumpkins (I should've wrote a Cinderella story!) I'm giving away a copy of my paranormal romance, The Witch and the Wolf, along with a $5.00 Amazon Gift Certificate to one lucky winner! Curl up with your ereader and enjoy!
Lord
Jeremy North's curse is to become a werewolf during every full moon, turning
into a bloodthirsty monster that kills with no remorse. When he finds a woman
nearly frozen upon his doorstep, his sense of honor compels him to help her,
even at the risk he might kill her himself.
Lillian
Merriweather hadn't planned to get caught in a blizzard while traveling the
English countryside. Nor had she planned on finding refuge in a house full of
secrets. But Lillian has secrets of her own. And what she's running from is not
far behind...
Excerpt:
There were several moments Jeremy North suspected he suffered hallucinations. Most of those times had been when he had
first begun to change into the beast during the full moon. And now, as
he
answered the knocking he had at first imagined to be the pounding in his
skull, he wondered if the brandy he had been drinking this evening was
perhaps tainted. He could not quite believe his
eyes.
A woman stood on his doorstep, covered in a layer of snow, her bright blue eyes silently pleading to him just before her eyelids fluttered closed, and she crumpled at his feet. He managed to set the candle down safely on a table in time to catch her before she cracked her head on the stone beneath her. He lifted her effortlessly into his arms, brought her into the house, slamming the door closed with his foot. He hurried into the library with his unexpected guest. North had returned earlier seeking the warm oblivion of yet another glass of brandy. He grimaced at the memory of countless other sleep-deprived nights spent in much the same way. Sans an unconscious woman, however.
He placed the bundled woman onto the sofa, ignoring the fact that the snow was bound to create a water stain on the fabric once it melted. He leaned over her, pushing the curly brown strands of wet hair off her face and checked to see if she still breathed. Satisfied when he felt her breath on his hand, he went back to the corridor.
“Amery!” He roared.
Turning back to the woman on his sofa, he again felt the necessity to blink his eyes, wondering if they played a trick with his senses. He lit more candles to brighten the room and added more wood to the fire. Then he walked back to the woman and knelt at her side. He found her hand dangling over the edge of the sofa and took it gently in his, the digits frozen stiff. He inhaled a gasp. He cupped both of his hands instinctively around hers, hoping to lend her his warmth.
He heard the shuffle from the hallway and Amery’s muttering, then a noisy yawn.
“Bloody hell! What is this?” Amery bellowed from the doorway.
North ignored the query. “We need blankets,” he said, instead. “She’s frozen through.”
Amery nodded and left.
A muffled groan from behind drew his attention, and he turned to see the woman’s eyelids flutter open. He inhaled sharply as her bright blue gaze fell upon him.
She studied him for a moment.
And then, she smiled.
A woman stood on his doorstep, covered in a layer of snow, her bright blue eyes silently pleading to him just before her eyelids fluttered closed, and she crumpled at his feet. He managed to set the candle down safely on a table in time to catch her before she cracked her head on the stone beneath her. He lifted her effortlessly into his arms, brought her into the house, slamming the door closed with his foot. He hurried into the library with his unexpected guest. North had returned earlier seeking the warm oblivion of yet another glass of brandy. He grimaced at the memory of countless other sleep-deprived nights spent in much the same way. Sans an unconscious woman, however.
He placed the bundled woman onto the sofa, ignoring the fact that the snow was bound to create a water stain on the fabric once it melted. He leaned over her, pushing the curly brown strands of wet hair off her face and checked to see if she still breathed. Satisfied when he felt her breath on his hand, he went back to the corridor.
“Amery!” He roared.
Turning back to the woman on his sofa, he again felt the necessity to blink his eyes, wondering if they played a trick with his senses. He lit more candles to brighten the room and added more wood to the fire. Then he walked back to the woman and knelt at her side. He found her hand dangling over the edge of the sofa and took it gently in his, the digits frozen stiff. He inhaled a gasp. He cupped both of his hands instinctively around hers, hoping to lend her his warmth.
He heard the shuffle from the hallway and Amery’s muttering, then a noisy yawn.
“Bloody hell! What is this?” Amery bellowed from the doorway.
North ignored the query. “We need blankets,” he said, instead. “She’s frozen through.”
Amery nodded and left.
A muffled groan from behind drew his attention, and he turned to see the woman’s eyelids flutter open. He inhaled sharply as her bright blue gaze fell upon him.
She studied him for a moment.
And then, she smiled.
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I look forward to pumpkin flavored creamer for my coffee.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway.
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Appealing excerpt and interesting story.
ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt! I love pumpkin foods and drinks. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the wonderful giveaway!