(FYI: I’m going to be reposting the contest rules every day, so if you just want to skim to the bottom to see the new daily questions…go for it.)
For those of you new to the contest, here are the official deets:
Okay, this is how the contest is going to work: Each day from now until April 26th, I’ll be posting at least two questions for you to answer. Post your answer to THE DAY’S QUESTIONS in the comment section of that day’s post.You have to answer ALL QUESTIONS to be entered. And the really cool part? I’ll be choosing AT LEAST two winners per day as well.
Winners will get to choose their prize from the list below:
Once a prize is chosen, it gets crossed off the list, so pay close attention to what gets claimed so you have your 2nd, 3rd, etc. choices mapped out.
That’s it. Super easy. I ask, you answer, YOU WIN!
(Winners will be chosen at random, must be 18 yrs old to participate, yadda yadda yadda. Winners will be contacted by email, when a prize is chosen, it’s crossed off the list and the winner’s name is listed next to their prize.)
Also, don’t forget part two of my awesome contest. I have THREE $25 gift cards to the bookstore of your choice to give away. To enter this portion of the contest, simply email me at elisabeth@elisabethnaughton.com to tell me where you posted about either this contest or the release of MARKED. Simply put “MARKED Release Contest” in the subject line of your email. (If you post the above MARKED widget or book cover somewhere you get entered twice!). You can enter as many times as you like. The more times/places you talk up MARKED, the more chances you have to win.
Got it?
Let’s keep going…
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Okay…DAY FOUR QUESTIONS: (FYI: the number of questions equals the number of prizes being given out that day. And if you haven’t already figured it out, question one will ALWAYS have something to do with Greek mythology.)
1) List the 12 labors of Heracles.
2) Annette McCleave‘s book, BOUND BY DARKNESS, hits store shelves May 4, 2010. What can you tell me about this new book?
3) Joan Swan writes about sexy firemen (and women). (She also happens to be my fantabulous critique partner). What’s the name of Joan’s firefighter series?
(FYI: I’m going to be reposting the contest rules every day, so if you just want to skim to the bottom to see the new daily questions…go for it.)
For those of you new to the contest, here are the official deets:
Okay, this is how the contest is going to work: Each day from now until April 26th, I’ll be posting at least two questions for you to answer. Post your answer to THE DAY’S QUESTIONS in the comment section of that day’s post.You have to answer ALL QUESTIONS to be entered. And the really cool part? I’ll be choosing AT LEAST two winners per day as well.
Winners will get to choose their prize from the list below:
Once a prize is chosen, it gets crossed off the list, so pay close attention to what gets claimed so you have your 2nd, 3rd, etc. choices mapped out.
That’s it. Super easy. I ask, you answer, YOU WIN!
(Winners will be chosen at random, must be 18 yrs old to participate, yadda yadda yadda. Winners will be contacted by email, when a prize is chosen, it’s crossed off the list and the winner’s name is listed next to their prize.)
Also, don’t forget part two of my awesome contest. I have THREE $25 gift cards to the bookstore of your choice to give away. To enter this portion of the contest, simply email me at elisabeth@elisabethnaughton.com to tell me where you posted about either this contest or the release of MARKED. Simply put “MARKED Release Contest” in the subject line of your email. (If you post the above MARKED widget or book cover somewhere you get entered twice!). You can enter as many times as you like. The more times/places you talk up MARKED, the more chances you have to win.
Got it?
Let’s keep going…
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Okay…DAY THREE QUESTIONS: (FYI: the number of questions equals the number of prizes being given out that day. And if you haven’t already figured it out, question one will ALWAYS have something to do with Greek mythology.)
1) Describe (briefly) the Greek myth that explains why Achilles can only be killed by being injured in his heel.
2) Anita Clenney has three books due out soon from Sourcebooks. What are the titles of these three books?
3) Barbara Monajem‘s book SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL released this month from Dorchester Publishing. What can you tell me about this book?
(FYI: I’m going to be reposting the contest rules every day, so if you just want to skim to the bottom to see the new daily questions…go for it.)
In the meantime, I have to say, WOW! I was gone all day today for the Portland Rose City Romance Writers Reader’s Luncheon (which was a BLAST, btw…pictures to come) and I came home to find you all have been busy today! I love it! Keep spreading the word about MARKED.
For those of you new to the contest, here are the official deets:
Okay, this is how the contest is going to work: Each day from now until April 26th, I’ll be posting at least two questions for you to answer. Post your answer to THE DAY’S QUESTIONS in the comment section of that day’s post.You have to answer BOTH QUESTIONS to be entered. And the really cool part? I’ll be choosing AT LEAST two winners per day as well.
Winners will get to choose their prize from the list below:
Once a prize is chosen, it gets crossed off the list, so pay close attention to what gets claimed so you have your 2nd, 3rd, etc. choices mapped out.
That’s it. Super easy. I ask, you answer, YOU WIN!
(Winners will be chosen at random, must be 18 yrs old to participate, yadda yadda yadda. Winners will be contacted by email, when a prize is chosen, it’s crossed off the list and the winner’s name is listed next to their prize.)
Also, don’t forget part two of my awesome contest. I have THREE $25 gift cards to the bookstore of your choice to give away. To enter this portion of the contest, simply email me at elisabeth@elisabethnaughton.com to tell me where you posted about either this contest or the release of MARKED. Simply put “MARKED Release Contest” in the subject line of your email. (If you post the above MARKED widget or book cover somewhere you get entered twice!). You can enter as many times as you like. The more times/places you talk up MARKED, the more chances you have to win.
Got it?
Let’s keep going…
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Okay…DAY TWO QUESTIONS:
1) In Greek mythology, who were the Titans?
2) Donna Grant writes historical dark fantasy romance for St. Martins Press. Her 2nd book in the Dark Sword Series, FORBIDDEN HIGHLANDER, releases May 25, 2010. Go to Donna’s website, check out her Dark Sword Series, then come back here and tell me something you learned about these awesome books.
Okay, this is how the contest is going to work: Each day from now until April 26th, I’ll be posting at least two questions for you to answer. Post your answer to THE DAY’S QUESTIONS in the comment section of that day’s post.You have to answer BOTH QUESTIONS to be entered. And the really cool part? I’ll be choosing AT LEAST two winners per day as well.
Winners will get to choose their prize from the list below:
Once a prize is chosen, it gets crossed off the list, so pay close attention to what gets claimed so you have your 2nd, 3rd, etc. choices mapped out.
That’s it. Super easy. I ask, you answer, YOU WIN!
(Winners will be chosen at random, must be 18 yrs old to participate, yadda yadda yadda.)
Also, don’t forget part two of my awesome contest. I have THREE $25 gift cards to the bookstore of your choice to give away. To enter this portion of the contest, simply email me at elisabeth@elisabethnaughton.com to tell me where you posted about either this contest or the release of MARKED. Simply put “MARKED Release Contest” in the subject line of your email. (If you post the above MARKED widget or book cover somewhere you get entered twice!). You can enter as many times as you like. The more times/places you talk up MARKED, the more chances you have to win.
Got it?
Ready?
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Okay…DAY ONE QUESTIONS (we’ll start off easy):
1) Which god/goddess from Greek mythology is Heracles named for?
2) Author Juliana Stone (HIS DARKEST HUNGER) writes for both Avon and Samhain Publishing. What is the name of Juliana’s second Jaguar book, due out from Avon in November, 2010?
Twelve days to go! Be sure to mark your calendar, my big release contest starts THIS Saturday, April 17th!
Excerpted from MARKED
Release Date: 4/27/10
How long had she been out? And when had Theron come to her room?
Casey’s so-called hero lay on the bed. He’d rolled to his back, one hand at his side, the other fanned across his broad, bare chest. He wore only low-riding black pants that showcased his hard abs and the thin line of dark hair that drew her attention downward. Looking up and away from that temptation, she focused on his muscular arms. In the dim light she could just make out the markings across the backs of his hands and remembered the show he’d put on in Nick’s office.
She quickly turned back to the window. Um. Okay. Yeah. Remembering that whole spectacle didn’t settle her nerves any either.
“It’s a three-hundred-foot drop.”
Her heart rate kicked up at the velvet sound of his voice, but she didn’t look back. He might be a sex god she hadn’t been able to get out of her head since their night together back at her house, but he was also the man . . . Argonaut . . . whatever . . . who’d kidnapped her. She wanted answers. And she wanted them now. “Excuse me?”
The bed creaked behind her. “Out the window. Three hundred feet. At least. I already looked. If you’re searching for an escape route, that’s not it.”
She flicked a look over her shoulder. “If I wanted to leave, you couldn’t stop me.”
“Who told you such a lie?”
She glared at him. His eyebrows lifted in challenge.
Aggravated beyond belief, she finally dropped her arms and turned his way. “Why you pompous piece of—”
He chuckled as he swung his massive legs over the side of the bed. “I see we have both feet back on solid ground. Your rest did you good.”
Her mouth snapped shut.
“I can also see your little brain’s filled to the brim. Go ahead and ask me whatever you want.”
Her “little brain” was nearly at a breaking point. “Are you not bothered at all by the fact you kidnapped me and destroyed my store? Not to mention taking advantage of me that night at my house when I was only trying to help you?”
He let out a weary sigh. “I didn’t kidnap you, I rescued you. And if it makes you feel any better, I regret that your store was destroyed. The less the humans in your town know of the daemons and our war, the safer they’ll be. And for the record, I wasn’t the one taking advantage the other night. I seem to remember someone else making the first move.”
Her cheeks heated. But just as quickly her temper reared. “ ‘Anything I want,’ ” she mocked.
A sheepish one-sided grin pulled at his mouth. “You remember that, hm?”
“Of course I remember it,” she snapped. “In fact, it’s a lot clearer now than it was then. You tricked me.”
He leaned forward to brace his forearms on his knees. “It’s called élencho. And it’s more of a mind-bending technique than a trick. Though as you’ve proved, meli, it doesn’t work so well on half-breeds.”
She ignored that fact because it seemed to be true and because it put the blame of what had happened between them back on her. “You say that word, half-breed, like it’s dirty.”
“I don’t mean to.”
“Then watch how you say it. And for the record, I think they prefer to be called Misos.”
He looked up at her without responding. And the hint of regret in his eyes softened her.
Dammit, she wanted to stay mad at him. But when he gazed at her like that, all she could think about was the way he’d looked in the candlelight of her kitchen, the way he’d tasted and felt on her couch. The way she knew he could make her feel now if she crossed the floor right this minute.
“Is there something you want from me, meli?” he asked in a low voice.
Her eyes flicked up to his. And she saw her own desire mirrored in those pools of obsidian.
Sex as a distraction from all the crazy stuff happening had its advantages. But not with him. She’d learned her lesson where this hero was concerned.
“Not a single thing.”
He smiled then, as if he knew she was lying. “When you’re ready, just tell me.”
Don’t forget my MARKED Release Contest starts Saturday! In addition to a ton of great daily prizes (at least two per day!), I’m also giving away three $25 gift cards to the online book store of choice. See the MARKED Release Contest Deets post for how to enter!
Between now and Saturday I’m posting snippets from MARKED to whet your appetite for the book’s release on April 27th! Here’s another fun one from book one in the Eternal Guardians Series!
Excerpted from MARKED
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Theron’s eyes popped open when he realized he wasn’t alone after all.
“I heard you moving around in there,” a sultry female voice called from the other side of the door. “Can I come in?”
Holy skata. What in Hades was this?
He scrambled for the quilt and pulled it over his very aroused body. And as the sexual haze cleared from his mind and his night vision sharpened, he realized this wasn’t his bed.
No, not his bed, not his house, and that definitely wasn’t a voice he recognized.
“Are you okay in there?” That voice now held an edge of panic. The doorknob rattled and turned.
Theron’s nerves kicked in as he pushed himself up against the headboard. He gritted his teeth at the stab of pain in his leg and glanced around the room. He couldn’t see his clothes. Or his weapons.
Double skata.
He caught his breath as the door pushed open. Then exhaled on a smothered groan when a tall, dark- haired beauty with eyes like a violet sunrise stepped into the room.
She wore faded jeans and a white V-neck sweater. Dark wavy hair fell around her shoulders. Her nose was straight, her chin slightly pointy, her cheekbones sharp as they caught what little light was coming through the windows. But none of that was what made him swallow back a resurging burst of lust. No, it was looking at those plump, delicious pink lips
framing a sultry mouth, which curved into a nervous smile. A smile he recognized. Just the sight sent his cock screaming for release once more.
His dream gynaíka.
It all came back in a rush. She was the one who’d rescued him in the parking lot behind that club. The same one who’d brought him to her home, tended his wounds, tucked him into her bed and whispered reassuring words in his ear.
Just breathe.
His skin went hot at the memory of her sexy voice. She was the one he’d fantasized about only moments before. The same one he desperately wanted to get inside right now.
Only she wasn’t Argolean. No, this gorgeous beauty was human.
Human.
Just the word revolving around in his brain dimmed his arousal and set off a buzzing in his chest that put him on guard.
I can’t believe there’s only two weeks to go until MARKED releases! In some ways this feels like my very first book, because it’s a new genre and new series. I’m just as excited for readers to get their hands on MARKED as I was when STOLEN FURY launched.
I got a great review today from Strictly Reviews. I won’t post the entire review (you can click the link to read the whole thing), but here are a few squee-worthy lines:
“Marked by Elisabeth Naughton is one damn fine book for readers to add to their collection.“
and this one…
“This is one of the rare books that you can’t help but devour in one sitting.“
In addition to the great review, yesterday I received something very cool in the mail. Take a look:
Yes, that’s me with no make up and, as my 5 yr old says, “Hair that’s curled under, not out like it should be.” But it’s a working day, so that’s my excuse.
Oh, and before I forget…I have to show you this AWESOME water bottle my CP, Joan Swan, made for my release contest. (She’s an author you need to be on the lookout for!) I seriously have to get me one of these!!!
So since MARKED is releasing in TWO WEEKS! I thought it would be fun for the next few days until my contest starts on Saturday, to give you a few snippets of the book. I hope you enjoy!
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Excerpted from MARKED Release Date: April 27, 2010
“What do I smell?”
The spoon in Casey’s hand clattered to the stovetop, bounced off the surface and hit the tile floor at her feet.
Soup splashed onto her sweater and jeans, and she hissed in a breath.
“Skata,” Theron said, moving toward her. “Are you all right?”
“I’m fine.” Casey reached for the hand towel hooked over the oven- door handle. She swiped at the mess on her stomach and down her thighs.
Smooth, Case. Real smooth.
“I did not mean to startle you.”
Her hand paused at the sound of that sexy accent, then she gave herself a mental shake and continued wiping her clothes. The man moved like a silent shadow, even injured as he was. She was sure she’d only heard the shower turn off moments ago.
“You didn’t,” she said, trying to sound nonchalant. “I was thinking about something else.”
Yeah, right.
He bent at her feet to retrieve the spoon. She looked down and followed him with her eyes as he pushed to stand, then wished she hadn’t.
He towered over her. Nearly six and a half feet and at least two hundred and fifty pounds of pure muscle. His hair was damp from his shower, brushed back from his face and just long enough to curl at his collar in a way that begged her to run her fingers through the damp mass. The long- sleeved black T-shirt she’d bought for him was snug against his muscled chest and arms, the faded Levi’s riding low on his lean hips. Beneath the cuffs of his jeans, his bare feet peeked out, looking ridiculously masculine against her pale pink tile floor.
She swallowed a groan as she flashed on what that body looked like stark naked. The long roped muscles, chiseled angles, hollows and planes that she could now envision way too well. The scars across his chest lived in her mind now, along with that arrow of dark hair that pulled her attention down until just the memory made her blush.
Injured, she’d found him wildly attractive, but now, semihealed and well rested, he was more than that. He was danger on a stick, dangled out in front of her like candy for a child. Every woman’s sex fantasy come true. And for some insane reason he was standing in her kitchen, watching her with wary eyes.
I’m late posting today because it’s my son’s 8th birthday. After running 5 miles this morning (I’m beginning my half marathon training for a race in June), we spent most of the afternoon at the ball field. Now he has a friend over (had his party yesterday) so I’m finally getting a chance to slow down. I’m tired already!
On to the couple things…
Today I’m visiting with Vivi Andrews about MARKED, my new Eternal Guardians series and lots of things in general. I’m also giving away an ARC of marked to one lucky commenter, so hop on over and comment to be entered in the drawing.
Are you in the PNW? If so, have you signed up for the Rose City Reader’s Luncheon on April 17th? This is a great event the Rose City Romance Writers put on to help Portland literacy. Registration is $40 and includes a great lunch at the Governor hotel, the chance to mingle with plenty of PNW authors, keynote adress by author Jane Porter, and tons of free books. Registration closes on Tuesday, so be sure to sign up by then. I’ll be attending, hosting a table and signing books!
I can’t believe MARKED releases in…holy crapoli…21 days!
Here are the MARKED Release Contest Deets you’ve been waiting for…
PART ONE:
Starting April 17th, 2010 (Yes, that’s a SATURDAY) for 10 days I’ll be posting a daily question. Each person who answers the question correctly will be entered into that day’s drawing. I’m going to be strict about ONLY counting the correct answers added THAT DAY. I operate on PST, which you can see on my blog comment bar. So long as you post your comment before midnight PST on the given day, you’ll be entered.
One winner will be chosen at random each day. That winner will get to pick their prize from the many goodies donated by some very awesome authors. Once a prize has been picked, it’s crossed off the list. So be sure you look at the prize list to see what you want.
(**Authors and prizes are still being added daily, so check back to see this list grow.**)
You’ll notice there are more than 10 prizes. Several days I’ll be choosing more than one winner. You just never know when that will be!
PART TWO:
As an added prize…I’m giving away three $25 gift cards to three very lucky winners (your choice of online book store). All you have to do to enter this portion of the contest is email me at elisabeth@elisabethnaughton.com to tell me where you posted about either this contest or the release of MARKED. Simply put “MARKED Release Contest” in the subject line of your email. (If you post the above MARKED widget or book cover somewhere you get entered twice!). THIS PORTION OF THE CONTEST BEGINS RIGHT NOW!!!! You can enter as many times as you like. The more times/places you talk up MARKED, the more chances you have to win.
If you tried to email me through my webpage contact form recently…apologies! I just learned yesterday that it wasn’t working and messages were getting bounced. It’s all fixed now though, so contact away! I’d love to hear from you!
Now on to the Kewl New Contests…
Are you following me on Twitter? Well, you should be! I run random contests every now and then. Last night I gave away 3 ARCs of MARKED to the first three people who could email me something about Greek mythology I didn’t know. (Don’t send them now…I already picked three winners). Congrats to Laurie D., Tori & Donna S. for their enlightening tidbits! I learned something new and hope everyone who participated learned something as well. I’ll totally be doing more of these fun, sporadic Twitter contests, so stay turned.
I’m participating in the Night Owl Romance Spring Fling Web Hunt which runs from April 15-May 15. Check out the link for a chance to win books, goodies and a whole host of prizes from a variety of super cool authors.
Have you signed up for Lucy Monroe’s Reader At Home online Conference yet? What are you waiting for? It runs the week of RT – April 26-30, 2010. I’ll be involved in this fabulous event as well.
And finally, I’m in the process of putting together my MARKED Release Contest! Stay tuned for more details, but just let me say right now…it’s gonna be sweet! Tons of authors involved, tons of cool books and prizes, ten days of fun! The contest will run April 17-April 26th, wrapping up the day before MARKED hits store shelves. I hope you participate!
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