It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I manage to get all my pumpkins in a row…LOL…

Let’s see, what’s new?

BEWITCH ME is out!  May your Halloween be spooky and your October nights excessively hot. 🙂  To celebrate, MY FAIR HEX is free for the next few days, so spread the word and enjoy!

What else?

I’m musing on scary stuff on Delilah Devlin’s blog today! Check it out!

Lily Rede: Bewitch Me!

BEWITCH ME is going in the queue sometime today!  I just have a few little edits to get through, and then I need to read it over and it’s done!  

If you’re a night owl, check in late – I’ll post the link as soon as it’s up.  Otherwise, look for it in the morning!

Coffee and typing, here I come.

xoxo

So.  THIS.  🙂

A couple of old favorites alongside a few steamy, magical new Halloween shorts.  The terrible thing is that I was supposed to get this out LAST YEAR, and the world got away from me.  I think I was deep in stress mode over SAFE FROM THE DARK at the time.  Whatever.  No excuses.  Time management is always my greatest weakness.

That and shiny objects on the ground.  Oooh!

I have 1 1/2 stories to finish on this, but it wouldn’t be October without some naughty Halloween fun, so hopefully I’ll be able to squeeze them in between Bright’s Ferry and MORE THAN A NIGHT.

Is so time consuming!  No excerpt today – I’m trying to focus on getting MORE THAN A NIGHT out for you and then finish up SAFE FROM THE STORM.

Also, Halloween is coming!  I may have a little witchy story bundle for you later in the month.

Check back later in the week!

What do you think?

It’s finally starting to feel like fall around here, though I don’t want to jinx it – it’ll probably spike to the 90s this weekend just to spite me. 🙂  Meanwhile, the week is progressing nicely.  In editing MORE THAN A NIGHT I’m discovering that I use way too many commas.

The Kringle poll is still up if you want to weigh in – just scroll down to Monday.  So far, writing two new, longer books seems to be the most popular idea, LOL…we’ll see.  I might have a nervous breakdown right around Thanksgiving if I attempt that.  The pen is willing but the schedule is less than cooperative.  Let’s just say that I’m very tempted and might just have both of them semi-outlined and leave it at that.

On to the writing!  All these pretty new colors are inspiring me to get to it.  Have a lovely Wednesday, everyone!

Happy Friday!!!

I’ve been working on MORE THAN A NIGHT for the last couple of days and enjoying having “A” FOR EFFORT out – it’s such a nice feeling of accomplishment to finish something new!

Now through December is booked solid with releases – Bright’s Ferry, some werewolves, some Muses prequels, and possibly a new short for Halloween.  I’ve been wondering, however, about maybe working toward a new Kringle book for later in the year.  Everyone complains that the girls’ stories are too short, so I thought maybe the 5th Kringle story could be novella or even novel length (gasp).

If you have a second to answer some questions and help me out, I would be so grateful!  xoxo

It’s Friday!  Hooray!  Bring on the margaritas.

I have about 4K left to go on A For Effort, and some editing, but I’m hoping to get it into the queue late tonight, so look for it tomorrow!  If I get a chance, I’ll post a blurb and an excerpt later today.

🙂

I can definitely feel the autumn plot bunnies hopping around, eager to stomp their cute little bunny feet all over a blank doc and get those stories out!  Here’s your beginning of the week excerpt – from KISS OF THE WILD WOLF (Coming Soon).  Next week, I’ll switch over to Tony and Nora excerpts from SAFE FROM THE STORM.

I’ve also decided that it’s time to get the rest of my backlist out in print – SAFE FROM THE DARK and HOT & SWEET both have print editions, but I’ve been slacking on the rest.  Would love to at least have the Bright’s Ferry books and the anthologies available in print as well.

Speaking of anthologies – I woke up this morning with little tendrils of ideas curling around my brain for Halloween.  I may have to pair PASSION & PUMPKINS and MY FAIR HEX with a few more stories and bundle them in a collection.

Assuming I get through the current WIPs…ahem…cough, cough…

Anyway, have a great short week and enjoy a little werewolf excerpt!  This is definitely a challenge – even though Nina’s got a rocky road ahead of her, her original plan is pretty horrific.  Making her willing to go through with it but sympathetic at the same time is tricky.  And of course, Malcolm shouldn’t be fooling around with a beautiful human either, so hopefully I’m balancing out their bad behavior…LOL…

Check back at the end of the week – will have  a surprise release for you!

KISS OF THE WILD WOLF

All Nina O’Rourke wants is a baby, a child to bring joy to her husband in his final  days before he succumbs to a ravaging illness, and someone to love as she faces the future alone.  Everything about the plan is crazy – Nina’s not the kind of woman who picks up a gorgeous stranger for a night of incredible sex.  But she’s not about to turn away when tall, dark, and delicious Malcolm Trask appears on the side of the road, willing to give her anything and everything she craves.  After a night of intense passion, the likes of which she’s never known, Nina assumes they’ll never see each other again.  Soon after, she finds herself pregnant and widowed, at the mercy of greedy former in-laws, and her future seems more than a little uncertain.  Crossing paths with her hot one night stand is humiliating enough, but maybe he can explain these strange symptoms she’s having…

Billionaire CEO and wolf shifter Malcolm Trask has never been used for sex and dumped before, and the feeling isn’t pleasant.  When the pretty little human who rocked his world stumbles into his life again, he is shocked to find her pregnant and in distress.  Knowing that bringing her into the family will cause tension, not to mention a possible war with a neighboring pack, Malcolm is still determined to protect her and figure out a way to tell her that the baby she’s carrying is less than human.  She can’t be his, but can he find the strength to let her go before he loses his heart to her completely?

EXCERPT:

MALCOLM TOOK QUICK STOCK of the situation – the scent of Nina’s arousal was like a drug, wreathing his head in sweet roses and warm woman, but overlaying it was the sharp scent of fear…and sorrow?  Hoping his own arousal wasn’t too prominent, he forced a wry smile.

“You know, these circumstances aren’t great.  I should go…”

Nina hesitated, and then shook her head.

“Stay.  I don’t even know if you could find another room at this point – a lot of people taking shelter.  But maybe we could just…have dinner or something.”

Malcolm refrained from pointing out that with a snap of his fingers, he could have the best room in the building at his disposal.  He didn’t want her to think of him as a rich, seemingly eligible bachelor.  No, he wanted her to look at him like she did downstairs – like she was a hungry little she-wolf and he was a steak dinner.  Noting her tension now, it didn’t seem like that was going to happen.  Malcolm sighed to himself, ordering his whining wolf to shut up.

“Why don’t you take a shower and get warm, and I’ll order some food,” she suggested, hesitant.

Does she think I’m going to just jump her?  

“If you want to sleep, I can take off.  It’s no problem.”

“I don’t think I could sleep if I tried,” admitted Nina, and Malcolm noted the fine tremor that skated up her arm.

She was wound tight enough to snap, but for whatever reason, it didn’t look like Nina was going to give into the desire that was obviously coursing through her body.  If he’d been human, he might have missed it, but as a wolf, it was almost impossible to ignore the scent of her.  It called to his animal side as she stepped back, and for a moment, Malcolm felt dizzy, wrestling with his wolf’s desire to yank her close and try to change her mind.

A shower was a good idea.  All he needed was a few minutes to wrap a hand around his cock and think about the tight nipples that pressed through her bra and that mind-altering red dress. Nipples he was never going to get to taste.

We don’t take women who aren’t willing, Malcolm reminded his grumpy wolf, ignoring the beast’s feeling that the woman’s mouthwatering smell clearly indicated that she wanted him.

A wolf shifter’s relationship with his inner beast was an odd thing – together, but Malcolm often felt like he had a very dangerous pet trapped in his head, separate from his rational human side.  It took all of his strength and skill to keep the creature happy and prevent it from running wild, from losing control.  The wolf’s instinct was unerring, but since the humans they lived near often ignored what their instincts were telling them, Malcolm had spent his life reining in his powerful other half.

She’s human.

“Cheeseburger okay?” asked Nina, gathering her hair to wind up into a neat bun that she secured at the back of her head with a hair clip from the nightstand.

Malcolm had to clear his throat before he could answer.  Raising her arms lifted Nina’s breasts and exposed the lovely curve of her throat.  She kicked off the killer heels.

Shit, she’s so tiny.

A tiny, voluptuous piece of dynamite.

“Anything is fine,” he managed, “I’ll just be a minute.”

“Take your time.”

Hurriedly, Malcolm locked himself in the bathroom and turned on the shower before tearing his t-shirt off.  As he waited for the water to warm, he braced hands on the counter and willed his beast down – he could feel his canines lengthening, desperate to take.  In the mirror, his eyes glowed green fire, a sign of intense emotion or physical sensation.  His cock throbbed like a toothache.

“You’re going to shower, eat, play nice, and then get the hell out of here,” he told his reflection, “Before you’re completely fucked.”

Or not.

With a groan, Malcolm dropped to thump his head against the counter a few times.

It didn’t help.