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The Dragon Stirs receives a 5 Hearts review from Sizzling Hot Book Reviews : "A fascinating new world of fantasy and adventure unfold in The Dragon Stirs"
The Dragon Stirs - Is now available. This is the first book in the new Energen series from Samhain Publishing. Find out how it all begins...
The Stone of Ascension - Scheduled to be released in September 2012. Book 2 in the Energen series. See what happens after the dragon stirs...
Energen: Book 1
The Dragon Stirs
Energen: Book 2
Stone of Ascension
Available September 2012
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"Lots of plot twists and turns, really interesting special effects and intensely erotic suspense...If you like fantasy, adventure and romance don't miss out on The Dragon Stirs !" - 5 Hearts, Sizzling Hot Book Reviews
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The Dragon stirs, his thousand years of exile is coming to an end. The Year of the Dragon looms--at its end, the Apocalypse. The veil will be lifted on the hidden battle that has raged over the earths energy since life began. Some will excel. Only one will prevail. But a few, must die...
Book 1
Book 2
The energy might bind them, but their love could save us all...
When Shifter, Airiana Draco, volunteers to scout out the enemy's compound, her family thinks it's to prove herself. In truth, she wants answers. Plagued with doubt and a secret shame, she hungers to learn more about the Energens, the people who have opposed the Shifters since the beginning of time. But getting captured wasn't in her plans.
Energen, Loukianos Aeros, has always wondered about his exiled older brother who was accused of aiding their mortal enemy, the Shifters, long before Louk was born. Now, the answers Louk seeks are within his grasp when he stumbles upon a beautiful enemy spy right outside his door.
Forced together by the energy, Airiana and Louk are unprepared for the sudden attraction as they struggle to gain the answers they seek. As the danger builds and their lives are threatened, they must learn to trust the energy and each other. But are they strong enough to challenge all they were raised to believe or will the pressure cause them to turn on the one truth they cant deny?
The time is coming when earth will be changed forever. The dragon is rising and with the joining of The Two, he stirs.
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Mix two opposing forces with some elemental powers, add in a little shove from the energy and you get earth-shattering sex, one angry dragon, and a world that is altered forever.
Publication Date: 02-07-2012
Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 978-1-60928-718-4
Type: eBook
Genre: Paranormal
Length: Novella
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"Lots of plot twists and turns, really interesting special effects and intensely erotic suspense...If you like fantasy, adventure and romance don't miss out on The Dragon Stirs!" - 5 Hearts, Sizzling Hot Book Reviews
The intruder huffed out short gulps of breath and yanked uselessly on the energy collar he'd just snapped around her neck. Loukianos Aeros smirked at the futility of her actions even as he unconsciously admired the creature he had captured.
Creature--because she was obviously a Shifter spy and they were all members of the lowest life form.
However, his gloating was cut short when she spun and took off sprinting over the snow-covered ground. Her arms pumped furiously and the silky black ponytail swayed in rhythm with her quick steps, bobbing behind her like a plumped-up horse tail. His gaze traveled up her long legs that led to a firm, round ass, which was nicely displayed in excellent fitting jeans. Definitely not the body of a horse.
Hell, it'd been so long since hed had a woman that even a lowly Shifter got him excited. The deep rumbled laugh broke from his chest and echoed the derision he felt. Pathetic. But, that didn't stop him from watching her a little longer. Running away was about as fruitless an effort as trying to pull off the energy collar. However, he gave her points for effort.
When he'd first spotted her hiding at the edge of the woods just outside the walls of the compound, Louk realized the universe had handed him the opportunity hed been longing for. Finally, a chance to find out what really happened to his older brother, Damian. A brother he'd never known. Damian was accused of aiding the Shifters and killing their oldest brother in a bloody battle. Being born eight hundred years after the incident left Louk with a mix of broken stories and whispered condemnations.
Now, right before him, was his chance to question a source who would know the other side. Who could give him answers when no one else would. She was the enemy, a member of the Shifter slime that had destroyed his family.
And he would use the opportunity presented. Use her.
Tiring of the game of evasion, Louk used the energy and dissipated out. He solidified about five feet in front of her path, his legs braced and arms spread in preparation. She hit him in the chest at a full run, and he grunted at the impact even as his arms clamped tightly around his prize. He stumbled back a few steps, but held tight to the wiggling form firmly trapped against his chest.
"Let. Me. Go." She bit out, full of righteous indignation and fight.
He laughed. Hell, it had been a long time since he'd had that much fun. "Yeah, not happening, sweet cheeks." Unable to resist, he slid a hand down and squeezed the delicious little ass he'd admired moments ago.
A small sound of offense left her mouth, right before a hard, booted toe connected with his shin.
He grunted in response, all thoughts of fun draining from his mind. Louk tightened his hold and brought his boot around to trap her legs between his own. His height and weight gave him the advantage, but she didn't give in easily. It was a full minute of continued squirming, pushing and swearing before the feisty woman finally stilled.
The heavy sound of gasping breaths punctuated the sudden silence, the small skirmish tasking them both. Her breath pushed hot and moist against the exposed skin of his neck. The sensation stroked over the sensitive area like a lovers kiss and sent small shivers of desire racing down his spine.
And in that moment, the raven soared. The mark on the back of his hand took off in a flight of pure joy, high on an ecstasy of promise.
Louk sucked in a sharp breath, incredulous. She was a Shifter, his sworn enemy.
Abruptly, he shoved the woman away, swinging her arms around until he grasped her wrists tightly together before her.
"Who are you?" he demanded.
Her arched, black brows came down low and menacing over her chocolate colored eyes. Her face was a striking blend of Asian and Caucasian features. Slightly narrower eyes surrounded by long black lashes, high cheekbones that centered her round face and balanced the broad mouth and sculpted lips. Lips that were currently pulled tight and hard into a thin line of annoyance. Her rounded little chin came up in a move of defiance as she tugged on the grip he had around her slim wrists.
"Like I'd tell you," she sneered between deep gulps of air.
"Oh, youll tell me." He let a slow smile curl over his lips. "Eventually."
"Fuck you."
"Is that an invitation?" He drew her closer, pulled on her arms until her chest was crushed to his once again. He lowered his face into hers, forcing her to arch back to keep her distance. Her breasts pressed invitingly up at him, offered like a gift under her tight, leather jacket and he slowly drew his gaze up over the display to meet her eyes. "Because I can accommodate that."
It only took one small movement to bring his hips into intimate contact with the juncture of her thighs. Her position left her vulnerable and open, and he made damn sure she knew that.
Her eyes widened. Her breath hitched, and her pretty little mouth opened in surprise. Her lips were red and moist, and he suddenly wanted nothing more than to kiss them. The energy flowed between them, igniting a desire that threatened to scorch his nerve endings. It burned hot, insistent, immediate, and he felt his body responding as it pulsed to life against its resting spot at her thighs.
She froze in her struggles to escape, her eyes widening even more. She felt his desire. And the energy spoke to him; it vibrated through his mind whispering her need. Her sudden hunger, the raw desire.
And a confusion that matched his own.
Over the air he felt the approach of other members of the enclave Guard. The energy around them began to expand, and Louk suddenly knew he wasn't ready to turn her over. This was the opportunity he had waited for, one that could allow him to learn about his brother. But even more than that, this woman called to him in a way that was stronger than his desire to please his enclave. His family. And he needed to understand why.
In that second, he made his decision. One that could cost him everything.
With the choice made, he teleported out, his captive in tow. His life permanently changed. Forever.
The Year of the Dragon has arrived--at its end, the Apocalypse. The veil will be lifted on the hidden battle that has raged over the earths energy since life began. The dragon will rise and earth will fall unless the chosen few can stop him.
When Amber Morningstars one daring adventure to New York City to celebrate the Chinese New Year ends in devastation and her unwanted ownership of a mysterious stone, she wants nothing more than to forget the night and return to her quiet life with her aunt. But, she soon discovers that she can't go back, that the energy has plans for her whether she wants them or not.
Exiled from his Energen enclave a thousand years ago, Damianos Aeros has survived among the humans struggling to keep his sanity and waiting for his chance to return to his world. His opportunity comes in the form of Amber, a beautiful woman who has lured him from afar with her beauty for the past three years. Certain that she's the prophesied Marked One, Damian grasps the chance to redeem himself with his people--by sacrificing her.
Pulled together by a power they both struggle to trust, Damian and Amber are forced to rely on each other to stay alive. As their desire grows, their doubts increase and the stakes are raised until a choice must be made. Will they chose to trust the energy and each other or will the past keep them from accepting the truth and ascending to their rightful positions within the Energen world?
For, without their ascension, the world will fall.
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I love to read. It's a simple fact about me that has been true since I discovered the worlds of Judy Blume at the age of ten. This love of reading transferred to young romance (the early version of Young Adult when the stories weren't plagued by vampires, werewolves, and death) which hooked me on the romance genre and the fulfillment that comes with a happy-ever-after ending.
Twenty-five years later, I'm still an avid reader of all types of romance. The diversity of writing in the market ensures that there is always something new to read. I'm still a sucker for the happy-ever-after because there are more than enough not-so-happy endings in the real world that I don't need to read about them. I read a book for enjoyment and I want to feel good when the story ends.
I have the luxury of being a full-time writer, that is, a full-time writer around my duties as mom, wife, cleaner, cook, chauffer, master scheduler, banker, cheerleader, helper, and tutor. Writing has to be a priority, or it would never happen.
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someday. Until then, I just imagine I look like this.
I realized at the age of twelve that I wanted to be an author. I had just finished reading the Outsiders and was so moved I thought it would be wonderful to craft a story that touched someone so deeply. I promptly grabbed my pen and paper and sat down to write only to realize that writing a book was damn hard. That very first writing adventure was abruptly aborted, but the dream remained.
As my love for women's romance grew in my teens, I began to study the authors. Who were these women who could write such gripping stories? That's when I noticed that most authors were, well, old (at least in the eyes of the young, not so smart, me). They were all easily forty or older. So I decided I was simply too young to write a romance because I didn't know enough about life and love to write about it.
I told myself I'd write that book when I turned forty and knew enough to write. I then spent the next twenty-five years getting educated.
I graduated from college with a degree in Scientific and Technical Communication, traveled across Europe and North America as an education and training consultant implementing a computer software system into global companies. I dated many not-so-perfect men until I found my perfect man and married him. I had kids and I am still in the process of raising them with the expectation that I will probably screw up somewhere.
Then suddenly, I was thirty-nine years old and that big number forty wasn't so far away. I decided if I was going to write a book, it was time to get started.
I'm a firm believer that there's a reason for everything that happens in your life, even if you don't understand the reason at the time. It was during that year that I agreed to be the Treasurer of my son's elementary school Parent Student Organization. He was only entering kindergarten, so I'd never even set foot in the school when I agreed to the position. Despite the many curses and personal ass-chewings I gave myself for that stupidity, I firmly believe the reason I agreed to be the Treasurer was so I'd have the opportunity to meet the President, Darcy Burke , who introduced herself to me and boldly said she was a romance author.
A romance author. And she said it with pride. Not with the shame or stigma attached to it that I personally struggled with. She was still pre-published, but she was open about her writing and proud of the genre she was writing in. She inspired me to do the same.
In January of 2010, she took me to my first local chapter meeting of the Romance Writers of America. From there, I was off. I started plotting my book and, of course, I couldn't plan just one book. I wanted a series. A big, grand series, so that's what I planned. I finished my first manuscript six months later and let's just say it sucked. Holy wow, did it bite the big bad cake of cliché and all things I hate in a story. Seriously, who writes that crap? After ripping it apart and trying again, I had the revelation that my underlying conflict just wasn't strong enough. So out it went completely and back to the drawing board I went only to emerge with the world of the Energen--shape-shifting dragons and all.
My break came one year after I started my journey to become an author. In February of 2011, I was halfway through my first novel in the Energen series when I stumbled upon a Call Out from Samhain Publishing for apocalyptic themed romance novellas. My series was perfect, but I only had two weeks before the deadline. How could I possibly write a 25,000 word story in two weeks? Did I even have a story to write? It seemed impossible, but the thought wouldn't die. So I got up early the next morning and decided if I could plot out the story, a valid one that went with my series, that morning then I would give it a shot. As it turns out, I did. So I wrote my fingers off and submitted the story figuring the worst case scenario would be a rejection. And, considering that it was my first submission anywhere to anyone, a rejection would be okay.
The name of that story was The Dragon Stirs , which the editor bought. In fact, she like it enough to buy it independent of the Call Out and expressed a desire to see the whole series. So there I was, forty years old with a publishing contract in my hands. To my surprise and pleasure, I'd done it.
I've loved, lost, hurt, laughed, cried, cheered, worked, and most of all, had a belief that everything would always work out. That in the end, there is a happy-ever-after for everyone. It's rarely easy. In fact, it's almost always plagued with pitfalls, bombs, and scraped knuckles. But I personally believe, it's worth it. If you never try, then you will never succeed. And life really is worth trying.
Someday, I will get to this....
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Myth Encyclopedia - Myths and Legends of the World
Common Errors in the English Usage
Online Entymology Dictionary
Seasons Calculator
Sunrise Sunset Calendars - Worldwide Locations
Wix Web Development Site
Rose City Romance Writers
Romance Writers of America
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