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Fiendish Friday/Giveaway!

Hey Guys!
     Happy Friday!  I am off today, wahoo!  I loved my check this week, but I sure hated all the overtime when I was working it!  So on that note I'll get to today's FF post!  This is November and everyone will be getting ready for Thanksgiving and soon, Christmas, so I thought that I would get things kicked off by doing a giveaway!  It is my way of thanking my readers for their follow and readership!  You all are great and this is a small way to show you all just how much I appreciate one and all...
 

A Vampire's Kiss is Forever...

 Once featured in a horror movie, the crumbling Wolfram estate is said to be haunted by ghosts, witches, and worse. But Elena doesn't believe a word of it -- until she spends the night and wakes up in the arms of a compelling stranger...

Tall, dark, and disturbingly handsome, Drake is the most beautiful man Elena has ever seen. For centuries, he has lived alone, and Elena is the first woman to enter his lair -- and survive. And Drake is the first man to touch her heart and soul. By the time she discovers who he really is -- and what he craves -- it's too late. Blood lust has turned to love, and Elena is deeply under Drake's spell. But forever comes at a price for each of them...

Contest open to the continental US and starts now until 11/11/11 *cool date!*  at midnight.  I want to wish everyone good luck and thank you for the follow!  The contest is powered by Rafflecopter so please file out the requirements of the form and if you don't see it, click on read more!  To learn more about Amanda Ashley click this: http://www.madelinebaker.net/events.htm

 

Eileen Wilks/ Character Interview

Hello everyone!
     Here today to share a wonderful author!  First of all I would like to thank Lily And Rule for being with us today, I know that their time is very dear since the war begain!

* Rule has become the poster Man for the Lupi, how does that effect your life on a personal level?

Rule:  It's been interesting to see how many people have opinions on how I should conduct my personal life--opinions and speculation they feel compelled to share on blogs, tweets, Facebook, and in articles in celebrity magazines.

Lily (snorts):  That's him being diplomatic.  He doesn't let it get to him, though.  Most of the time.

*Do you both feel like Toby is adjusting well to all the changes going on in his life?  Is he asking for siblings, and do you want more children?

Rule:  He misses his grandmother, of course.  She's been out to visit him once, but it isn't the same. Still, he loves it at Clanhome.  Oh--I suppose you didn't know about that?  We're living there now.

Lily:  Toby is amazing. I've always heard about how resilient kids are, and he's proving that true. And no, he never asks for siblings.  He knows that's unlikely--all lupi kids know about the fertility problem.  But maybe he doesn't miss having brothers and sisters now that we're at Clanhome.  You should see the way kids club up together there, in and out of each other's houses all the time.  It's like they all have lots of siblings. 

*What would you guys say to the doubters about your relationship?  What would you say is the easiest part of your relationship and what would be the hardest?  Can you both remember what the biggest surprise you found out about one another? 

Lily:  I don't say anything to the doubters.  None of their business.

Rule:  The easiest part is what I would have thought, before meeting Lily, would be hardest--living intimately and daily with someone not raised in the clans.  There are a thousand opportunities for friction as we deal all the minutae of sharing space, from dividing chores and drawers to learning each other's privacy settings, moods, and favorite foods.  But Lily makes it easy. She's compulsively fair-minded--

Lily: Compulsively?

Rule: Your Priority Scale.

Lily:  That's a perfectly reasonable way to decide when to let things slide and when to speak up.

Rule:  It is. Absolutely and beautifully reasonable.  But most people don't have any idea what their priorities are, much less a scale.  

*What is this priority scale?

Lily:  It's simple enough.  If something's bugging me, I think about where it hits on a ten-point scale.   If it's one to three, I forget it.  It's not worth worrying about.  Seven to ten, I'd better talk about it with Rule.  It matters, and he needs to know that.  If it falls in the middle--from four to six--it might be good to find out if there's a comfortable compromise.  Or not.  Like if something's a four for me and a nine for Rule, I let him have that one.  It matters to him a lot more to him than to me.  Take his paper piles on the dining table.  I don't like clutter, but that's how he works.  It's important, so I don't worry about it.  If we're both a four or five, though, we should each give a bit.  

Rule:  And it works.  It works because Lily means it.  Once she's scored something one to three, she truly does forget about it.  

*So Rule, having two mantles must be strange to you, I mean, I am sure the Noholai and the Leidof mantles must be conflicting for you?  Do the natures of each mantle battle for dominance or do they sit comfortable together?  Rho of both or master of none?

Rule:  I'm sorry, but I really can't discuss that with out-clan.

*Do you both feel like you will ever move to Clanhome?

Lily:  There's a war on.  We already did.  [find out about this in DEATH MAGIC]

*Lily, does it ever get any easier getting used to having pieces and memories missing from yourself?  (and this is my own curiosity, how does it feel talking to dragons?)

Lily: No, I'm whole now.  I came together again when Sam used my true name. [in BLOOD MAGIC]  As for talking to dragons . . . that's really weird at first.  You can't mistake mindspeech for your own thoughts. You just can't, so all of a sudden there's this voice in your head when all your life the only thoughts there were your own.  It's like all at once you see another color, a whole new color that didn't exist before.  It's not orange or blue or red or green or any version of them.  It's brand new. So that's startling, but after awhile it isn't new anymore, but it's still interesting.  It's really interesting, and now that I know there are millions of other colors out there . . . human colors, so yeah, they're muddy, like Sam always complains.  But still pretty cool.  Or it will be if I ever learn how to do mindspeech halfway right.

*Is it hard to keep you personal and professional lives separate?  I know that Rule, God love him, is bossy and sometimes it would be difficult to keep them seperate!

Rule (glancing at Lily): I don't think we do keep them separate.

Lily:  No, we don't.  Being Rho to one clan and Lu Nuncio to another . . . that's not Rule's profession.  That's a huge part of who he is.  Can't fence it off.

Rule:  And Lily is a cop .  A warrior.  Why would I ask her to separate that part of herself?  Why would I want her to?

*How is Cullen and Cyna getting along?  I must say I am looking forward to seeing the new little one!  I know all of my readers would kill me if I don't get an update!

Lily (smiling):  It's really something, you know, watching the two of them together. They fuss and bicker and then they touch and they smile at each other and it's all there in their eyes.  It's all right there.

Rule:  My friend is happy.  I've known him twenty years, and he's happy now.  And little Ryder is part of his happiness, but not all. Not by any means all.

Lily:  She's really something isn't she?  I haven't been around babies much, but they feel . . . when you hold her and she looks up at you with those big blue eyes . . . 

Rule (taking Lily's hand):  Yes.

*What would you guys say will be your biggest challenge to overcome to have some piece and quiet in your life?

Rule:  We're at war.  Peace and quiet are always at a premium during war.

*Now we will ask some fun things, enough of the heavy, and onto...What is your all's favorite color, and Rule you cannot say black, lol!?  What is your favorite meal that makes your mouth water just to think about it?  If you could go any where in the world for vacation, where would you like to go?  Are either of you ticklish?  In a battle of words, which of you would run circles around the other?

Rule (apologetically): You must remember that I'm not as visually oriented as a human. I don't think I have a favorite color.

Lily:  He likes silver a lot.  And green. 

Rule (surprised): I suppose I do.  For the rest . . . a t-bone, rare.  New Zealand, because I've never been there.  We're both ticklish, but in different places.  And Lily wins every time, in every way.

Lily:  See that?  See how he answered?  That's why he ends up winning.  Every time, in every way.

They look so good together!  I wish them well in all of their endeavors, now and in the future!  Thanks so much for being here!

http://www.EileenWilks.com

1/11 BLOOD CHALLENGE (Berkley)

11/11 DEATH MAGIC (Berkley)

11/11 TIED WITH A BOW (anthology--Berkley)

Winners Announced!

Hello my little Ghoulies!
     Happy Halloween!  May your Halloween be a frightening good time and please be careful!  I have some Halloween Winners to announce...For the Meljean Brook Interview and Giveaway!  I have 5 winners and I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their follow!  I can't tell you how much it means to me to have you all here!  A BIG huge thank you also goes out to Meljean Brook for the fantastic interview and giveaway!  I hope to have her back! 
     So without further ado...and the winners are: 
       For the two copies of Angels of Darkness are  Sharon Stogner &  Katrina Whittaker!
       For the three copies of Demon Marked  are Pamela Rosensteel, Denise Williams, & Anne!
Congratulations to all the winners!


Happy Reading!
Cindy Bailey

Fiendish Friday's/on Saturday?

Hi Dear Readers!

due out 3/13/12

      I hope that everyone is enjoying their Saturday! :-)  I had to work AGAIN!  Late for a very important date!  It seems I am late often!  Sorry, try, try again!  But I wanted to share this wonderful series, The Blood Singer Series, with you!  I had the first two books on my TBR self literally for months!  When I went through my books I found it in the back, got them out and read them in three days!  As soon as I finished #2, I HAD to go buy #3!  This series really rocked my world!  I enjoyed everything about it!  I cannot believe that I had these book for months, months, and just got around to reading them!  I can't wait for the next installment  The Isis Collar (due out 3/13/12)  I don't know if I will make it that long...

Celia's character is multifaceted, with a charming mix of kick-ass and take names, to vulnerable, to drop dead sexy.  She has two main love interests, that will knock your socks clean off, battling it out for her affections, Bruno DeLuca and John Creede (after all, she is half siren!).  I personally am rooting for John, he is my favorite of the two.  Fantastic world and character building, as you can live in Celia's shoes!  These books are the biggest adrenaline high I've had all year, a must read for any fans of Urban Fantasy!   If you haven't read this series yet, what are you waiting for?  Drop everything you are doing and get this series, well worth the money and you time! 5 out of 5 stars for all three books!

Blood Singer Series #3

 

Bodyguard Celia Graves plies her trade in a world where bloodthirsty vampires roam the night and street corner psychics have real powers. A vamp attack turned Celia into a unique creature who finds sunlight painful and must take all her food in liquid form—but who still possesses her human heart, mind, and soul.

The attack also awakened a hidden part of her heritage: Celia is part Siren, able to enthrall men . . . and enrage women . . . without half-trying.  Needless to say, her bodyguard business has taken off: who wouldn’t want to be protected by a sexy, extremely capable woman who is half-vampire, half-Siren princess?

An ancient rift between the demonic dimension and our own—sealed during the destruction of Atlantis—begins to open, threatening to loose all the demons of hell on humanity (including the one personally bent on destroying Celia).  Celia’s hellish recent experiences might have have given her the unique combination of abilities needed to close the rift.  But to overcome a death curse which nearly guarantees her failure, she’ll need to join forces with people she no longer trusts . . . and put people she has come to care about directly in harm’s way.

Blood Singer Series #2

 Nothing if not resilient, Celia Graves is slowly adjusting to being a half-human, half-vampire Abomination. But her troubles are far from over. Her best friend’s murder is still unsolved, the cops are convinced she should be in jail, and her old lover, the magician Bruno DeLuca, has resurfaced in her life, saying he has something important to tell her.

The vampire attack that transformed Celia kicked her latent Siren abilities into high gear, and now she’s been summoned to the Sirens’ island to justify her existence—and possibly fight for her life—in front of the Siren Queen. Celia isn’t sure she’ll survive to make the trip. The demon she defeated in Blood Song hasn’t exactly gone quietly—he’s left Celia suffering from a powerful curse.

Blood Singer Series #1

Bodyguard Celia Graves plies her trade in a world where bloodthirsty vampires roam the night and street corner psychics have real powers. A vamp attack turned Celia into a unique creature who finds sunlight painful and must take all her food in liquid form—but who still possesses her human heart, mind, and soul.

The attack also awakened a hidden part of her heritage: Celia is part Siren, able to enthrall men . . . and enrage women . . . without half-trying.  Needless to say, her bodyguard business has taken off: who wouldn’t want to be protected by a sexy, extremely capable woman who is half-vampire, half-Siren princess?

An ancient rift between the demonic dimension and our own—sealed during the destruction of Atlantis—begins to open, threatening to loose all the demons of hell on humanity (including the one personally bent on destroying Celia).  Celia’s hellish recent experiences might have have given her the unique combination of abilities needed to close the rift.  But to overcome a death curse which nearly guarantees her failure, she’ll need to join forces with people she no longer trusts . . . and put people she has come to care about directly in harm’s way.

You can find Cat Adams here where most books are sold and The Isis Collar is available for pre-order! 

• Amazon - Kindle and Paper
• Barnes and Noble - Nook and Paper
• MacMillan - eBook and Paper
• Sony - eReader
• IndieBound - Borders - Powell’s - Wal-Mart - Books-A-Million - Overstock.com

Cat Adams can also be found:http://www.ciecatrunpubs.com/books.html

Happy Reading!

Cindy