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Don’t Kill Dinner
There are three rules when it comes to being a vampire in New Orleans.
1) Don’t kill dinner.
2) Don’t feed from people you know.
3) Don’t tell anyone.
Not too hard, right? Wrong. Kenna is a new vampire filled with a passion that has turned into an uncontrollable lust for blood.
Will Arthur be able to stop her feeding spree before the coven comes after her or is Kenna beyond saving?
Arthur has been watching Kenna for years, wanting her to try her own hand in life before he gave her the ultimate proposal. Now that she has accepted, will his love be enough to save her?
Don’t Kill Dinner (The Rules Trilogy, Book 1) Paperback
Don’t Kill Dinner (The Rules Trilogy) Kindle Edition
Release Day Party!!!
Hey Everyone!!!! Can I have your attention please….. Ok, hey wait.. you in the back… ok, better. This will be the Official post for the Release Day Party!!!! Because Facebook is now enforcing its evil rules and regulations this is where you will see all of the prizes offered for the Party. The games will still go on at the Facebook Event Page but the winners will be announced here. Here is how it will work. the post (on Facebook) will look like this: 2. I’m feeling the need for some hot men in this room everyone go find me a hot guy. You have 10 minutes. 😉 That will mean you have 10 minutes to post photos of hot guys for Giveaway 2 a rockin cool swag pack 🙂 The winners will be announced here and you will send your information to my email at jennifer@booksnbrownies.com This way facebook doesn’t shut us down and ban us all.
If your name is in bold your prize is in the mail.
Pre- Party Giveaway!!!!
Quinn Loftis swag: Nicole Tetrev!!!
Rachael Wade Swag: Marsha Thalleen!!!
Alexia Purdy Swag: Nicole Tetrev!!!
CuAnam Wolfspirit!!!
Jessica Sorensen Swag: Ikelia ‘Hurul-ayni’ Francis!!!
Nicole Tetrev!!!!!
Giveaway 1
Winner #1: CM Stunich
Giveaway 2
Winner #1: Celsey Seivert
Winner #2: Kristin Mckittrick
Winner #3: Dawn Froggy Saenz
Winner #4: Marlena Fein
Winner #5: Andrew T. Kuligowski
Giveaway 3
Winner #1: Amy Christy Jerome
Winner #2: Teracia Loretan
Winner #3: Kaylyn Davis
Giveaway 4
Winner #1: CuAnam Wolfspirit
Winner #2: Jessica Ryba
Winner #3: Tiffany Krepps!
Giveaway 5
Winner #1: Donna Dearing Harms
Giveaway 6
Winner #1: Katelynn Pinson
Giveaway 7
Winner #1:Kaylyn Davis
Giveaway 8
Picture to come
Giveaway 9
Winner #1: Kristin McKittrick
Giveaway 10
**e-copy**
Winner #1: Kriss Morton
Winner #2: Raquel Perez
Winner #3: Kaylyn Davis
Winner #4: Jill Prandstatter
Giveaway 11
autographed 🙂
Winner #1: Carmen Reyes
Winner #2: Isabel Vazquez
Giveaway 12
Winner #1: Christy Hilton-Hall!
Giveaway 13
Winner #1: Laura Martinez
Giveaway 14
Winner #1: Kristin Mckittrick
Winner #2: Shannon Gonzalez
Giveaway 15
Winner #1: Kelli Smith
Winner #2: Kristin Mckittrick
Winner #3: Amber Slagle
Giveaway 16
Winner #1: Lisa Markson!
Giveaway 17
autographed cover magnet 🙂
Winner #1: Danielle Hoover
Giveaway 18
2 sets of charms and a bookmark/earring set from Lauren Dootson. Pictures to come.
Giveaway 19
Winner #1: Jennifer Spell Wedmore
Winner #2:
Giveaway 20
Winner #1: Jessica Ryba
Winner#2: Kaylyn Davis
Giveaway 21
e-copy
Winner #1: Penelope Anne Bartotto
Giveaway 22
e-copy
Winner #1: Kristin Mckittrick!!
Giveaway 23
e-copy
Winner #1: Lesley Peck
Giveaway 24:
e-copy
Winner #1: Nicole Kuhn
Rafflecopter Prize:
Winner: Jodi Murphy!!!!
Don’t Kill Dinner Trailer!!!
The Don’t Kill Dinner Trailer is here and so is the blog tour! Be sure you check out the Facebook Event Page for 2 new posts everyday!
Immortalis Blitz
I’m guessing if you follow this blog you like vampires and romance. Right? Well here is an awesome book to wet your tongue with while you wait for the final touches on Don’t Kill Dinner. I loved This book and the entire series is downright awesome… I’m just saying, here’s a boon an author reads 🙂
Title: Immortalis Carpe Noctem
Author: Katie Salidas
Series: Immortalis (Book 1)
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Vampires/Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Rising Sign Books
Release Date: January 1 2012
Blurb/Synopsis:
Explore the emotional upheaval that is the transformation from human to vampire. Bleeding to death after brutal mugging on the campus of UNLV, Twenty-five year old Alyssa, is rescued by the cold and aloof, vampire, Lysander. Taking pity on her, he shares the gift-and curse-of immortality. She awakens as a vampire and is soon devastated by harsh realities of her new way of life: An unyielding thirst for blood as well as the loss of her friends, her independence, and her humanity. As if having her humanity stripped away was not enough to make life interesting, Alyssa finds out her “turning,” did not go unnoticed by the rest of undead society. Old enemies; an ancient sect of vampire hunters, known as the Acta Sanctorum, as well as a powerful Vampire mistress, each set plans in motion to destroy both Alyssa and Lysander. Only by accepting her new-found immortality, seizing the night, will Alyssa hope to survive. She and Lysander must fight together against two sets of enemies bent on destroying them both.
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Katie Salidas is a Super Woman! Endowed with special powers and abilities, beyond those of mortal women, She can get the munchkins off to gymnastics, cheerleading, Girl Scouts, and swim lessons. She can put hot food on the table for dinner while assisting with homework, baths, and bedtime… And, she still finds the time to keep the hubby happy (nudge nudge wink wink). She can do all of this and still have time to write.
And if you can believe all of those lies, there is some beautiful swamp land in Florida for sale…
Katie Salidas resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mother, wife, and author, she does try to do it all, often causing sleep deprivation and many nights passed out at the computer. Writing books is her passion, and she hopes that her passion will bring you hours of entertainment.
Excerpt
“You are a vampire.”
“A what?” I shrieked.
“You are a vampire, Alyssa,” he said slowly. “An immortal.”
“No! That’s not possible.” I shook my head in disbelief. “Vampires aren’t real. They’re fiction; nothing but stories and myths.”
One of his dark eyebrows rose slightly. He cocked his head to the side. He smirked as his eyes trailed down from my face. “Did you not notice the mark on your neck? Do you not remember drinking my blood?” His fangs showed as he spoke: pure white, sharp little daggers, just a slight bit longer than the rest of his teeth. His voice carried that same arrogance I remembered from when he talked with my attackers.
My mouth hung open. No, this isn’t possible.
Things were still fuzzy in my head, but I did remember the blood, the liquid fire, I had been forced to drink. I’d hoped it had just been some drug-induced dream.
Oh, my God, it was true. I drank his blood. “I’m…a … vampire?”
“Yes.” He smiled. “Our kind are very real. And now, Alyssa, you are one of us.”
I slumped backwards into the cushions of the couch. His words hit me like a punch to the gut. I stared wide-eyed at the distant wall. This was like some terrible nightmare. I didn’t want to believe what he was telling me, but I knew he was right. There was no other way to explain what had happened to me. No amount of hallucinogenic drugs could have explained how I had survived the attack, why I had these markings, or the sharpness of my own new set of fangs.
“Does that mean I’m… undead?”
“You are immortal,” Lysander said with a casual wave of his hand. “Undead is a silly term mortals use to explain the supernatural things they cannot possibly understand. You are no more dead than you were when you woke up this morning. You are just, for lack of a better word, changed.”
Lysander gave me another toothy grin. His fangs were frightening to look at. The memory of him biting me played over and over in my mind like a video stuck on repeat.
“But you drank my blood.” My hand shot back up to cover the wound on my neck.
“Only enough to allow the transformation.”
He reached out, grabbed my hand, and pulled it from my neck.
“Don’t touch me.” I flinched, annoyed and afraid at his sudden gesture. I tried to pull my hand out of his grip, but he was so much stronger than I was. He pushed my hand to my chest, forcing me to feel the erratic thumping of my heart.
“You see,” he said calmly. “Your heart still beats.”
I let out a breath I didn’t realize I had been holding. “But…how?” I relaxed my hand relaxed under his grip.
“Unlike some of your other organs, your heart is still necessary to keep blood flowing through your body.” Lysander let go of me. “For now, while your body is in transition, it will beat in an accelerated rhythm, but it will eventually slow itself to a more normal pace.”
I was speechless. My mind raced, recalling books and movies, everything I knew about vampire mythology. Bats, stakes, and garlic immediately popped into my mind.
“I must mention that your generation’s ideas of vampires are a bit off.” Lysander spoke with a hint of amusement in his voice. “Many of the popular books and movies about our kind are no more real than children’s fairytales.”
Is he reading my mind? I wondered how he seemed to say just the right thing as I was thinking it. “So, none of the stories are true?”
“Most of the new stories you are probably familiar with are filled with complete nonsense.”
“What about the old ones, like Dracula?”
Lysander sighed. His shoulders slumped. “Dracula is not what I would consider an old story, but yes, a few are based on some truth, however little it may be. There is much that is added to make us seem easier to deal with.” His lip curled into a crooked grin. “Mortals like to think they can hurt us. It helps them sleep at night.”
“So, you’re not afraid of crosses, then?”
Lysander shook his head. “Crosses and other holy relics are nothing more than symbols and decorations. I hardly see why an ornamental cross would stop me from doing anything. Furthermore, I think it’s time for the Christians to come up with a better symbol. One that is a little less… gloomy.”
I chuckled. “Okay, what about garlic?”
He shrugged his shoulders. “What about it?”
“Isn’t garlic bad for vampires?”
“No.” He shook his head. “Why would it be? We don’t eat, so how would it harm us?”
I nodded. “Okay… umm… stakes?”
His head tilted to the side as the corner of his lip rose up into a teasing grin. “You can try to stab me with a piece of wood, but I doubt it will do much more than aggravate me. We heal quite fast. Perhaps a blade would work better.”
I shuddered, seeing his teeth again as he spoke. Is that how I look now?
“So, knives and swords are bad?”
“Yes. It is much harder to regenerate a severed limb. And if we are separated from our heads, it would be safe to say we would cease to exist.”
I smiled, noting the sarcasm in Lysander’s voice. I could tell he’d had this conversation before. He seemed to be enjoying my round of silly questions.
“Holy water?” I blurted out.
Lysander let out a hearty laugh. “No, you won’t melt into a pile of goo. You can throw most of that nonsense out of the window, Alyssa.”
I giggled, realizing how silly it sounded: melting into a pile of goo after being splashed with water. Maybe this won’t be so bad.
“You see, we immortals are not as ridiculous as Hollywood likes to portray us. Though one thing is true… we do survive off the blood of the living.”
Blossom
With Don’t Kill Dinner less than a month away I figured I could finally spill the beans… My name is Jennifer Martinez and I am addicted to writing. In my true obsessiveness I have started a new book, Blossom. Blossom is the story of Maia, a 16 year old girl who has always been the center of attention despite always wanting to hide in the shadows. Right before her Christmas holiday something big happens and everything starts to make sense. She’s not your normal 16 year old student. She is the Princess of Ranym; one of the largest kingdoms in the Land of Fae. She now has to figure out how to run a country and finish high school, if that is even possible. I hope you like it 🙂
**This book will be YA.**
Wynter’s Captive Promo Blitz
*** This book is an erotic novella. Not meant for people under the age of 18. If you are not OK with erotic do not read the excerpt. It’s Juicy 😉 ***
To keep you all entertained while I work on finishing up Don’t Kill Dinner, here is an awesome Erotic Novella by the amazing Milly Taiden. She is a spectacular author and great all around Chica. I hope you enjoy 🙂
Novella
Paranormal Erotic Romance (Werewolves)
Blurb:
Being held captive for winter never felt so good.
Lili is on her way to her cousin’s wedding when she thinks she hit a man in the road. Leaving the safety of her car to check on him turns out the be a big mistake, and pretty soon Lili is being abducted and held against her will by a super-sexy wolf who her body longs to touch. But just because he’s hot doesn’t mean she’s going to remain a captive.
Cade is not just an alpha, he’s a very wealthy man, used to getting what he wants. So when he attempts to abduct his ex-friend’s fiancé, he doesn’t expect to wind up with the wrong woman. Just how did he wind up with the maid of honor? And why does the woman melt every inch of him? But when she escapes, real danger awaits her beyond his protection. Cade must convince her to see beyond his deception if he has any chance to keep her alive.
Excerpt:
He grabbed her outstretched hand and stood. She twined her fingers into his hair and pulled his head down. Her boldness sparked a roaring inside him. Passionate urgency spread through his limbs. She licked his lips and rubbed her tongue over his. Blood pounded in his ears as arousal swelled inside him.
“Argh!” She growled at his lip and tugged at his shirt, wanting it off.
He grinned, pulled the material over his head, and left his chest and upper body devoid of clothing.
“Yesss,” she moaned. Tracing every line of his chest with her fingertips, she slowly moved her nimble hands down his torso.
“Oh, baby.” He groaned with each kiss of her lips on his chest.
She licked his nipples, first one and then the other, sucked the tiny bud into her mouth and twirled her tongue on the flat disc.
“Lili,” he groaned.
Moving his hands to the table’s edge, she silently commanded him to hang on. He watched her lick, kiss, and nip his pecs, abs, and down to his belly button. There, she dipped her tongue into the hole and bit down while gazing up at him. Aroused amber eyes glittered at him. She was so beautiful. His cock jerked as soon as her hands gripped his base and squeezed. He hissed out a breath.
He held on to the table’s edge so hard he heard cracking of wood. She did a slow pump up his entire length. Then he watched her use the moisture dripping from his slit as lubrication. With one long lick, she worked her way from his balls, up the throbbing underside vein, and to the crown of his cock. Once there she licked his mushroomed head in a circle and followed that by sucking his dick into her mouth.
Suck after suck, she raised the bar on his pleasure. She jerked and licked with enthusiasm, her lips tight and wet around his cock. He loved listening to her soft little moans when he thrust into her mouth. Sparks gathered at his spine.
He drew her off his cock and kissed her swollen lips. Shifting positions, he pulled the pajama top and bottom off her body in quick moves. She leaned back on the edge of the heavy wood table. Warm, curvy flesh filled his hands when he grabbed her by the waist, lifted her to the smooth wood table, and sat her on the edge.
“Lean back, love.”
She glanced over her shoulder, but no dishes sat on that side of the long table. He watched her lean until she was held up by her elbows. She peered at him with passion-dazed eyes.
He did a visual tour down her curvy body to her glistening sex. She spread her legs wide, bending them at the knees and giving him full view of her pink pussy. With a deep inhale, he drew in her scent and growled. Cinnamon and her musky aroused honey filled his lungs. His cock jerked, needing inside her. Moisture dripped from her slit, crawling down to her ass. He glanced up and caught her nibbling her lip. Their eyes locked.
“Lick me, Cade. Make me come,” she pleaded.
Cade pulled a chair and sat down to eat…her. Her pussy sat before him, spread wide open and glistening with honey. He curled his arms around her thighs, moved her legs over his shoulders, and took a swipe up her swollen pussy lips.
She inhaled a sharp breath and moaned. “More.”
He licked up her trimmed curls and sucked on her juices. She whimpered, wiggling her hips in his grip. Unhurried, he licked around the tight pleasure bundle he knew would be her undoing. He swiped his tongue up her asshole and to her sex. Drinking in the honey dripping on his tongue, he plunged his tongue into her cunt. He growled, and she jerked.
“Yesss.” She panted and moaned all the while lying flat on the table.
His cock was rock hard from tasting, smelling, and listening to her. With one hand he grasped his cock. She grabbed hold of his hair and rode his face. Over and over he fucked her with his tongue and jerked himself at the same time. Precum dripped in heavy amounts from his cock. Fuck, she was so hot. Moans, pants, and ragged breathing were all he heard from her.
Her legs shook, breathing hitched, and whimpering increased. “God, Cade. I’m so close…”
Letting go of his shaft, he held her open and sucked down on her clit. She tensed, shuddered, and screamed. Her body bucked and dripped wet heat over his lips.
“Oh my, Cade.” She shook every few seconds. Pleasure filled him at the reverent way she said his name. He chuckled and stood. She peered up at him with a look so hot it almost made him come.
He lifted her off the table and helped her to her feet.
She turned on the table and splayed her upper body over the same spot she’d been lying on. Then she wiggled her ass at him. “Fuck me, baby.”
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Author Bio:
Want to know about me? Milly Taiden (aka April Angel) was born in the prettiest part of the Caribbean known as the Dominican Republic. She grew up between New York, Florida and Massachusetts. Currently, she resides in New York City with her husband, bossy young son and their little dog Speedy.
She’s addicted to shopping for shoes, chocolate (but who isn’t?) and Dunkin Donuts coffee.
A bookworm when she can get her hands on a good story, she loves reading all Mina Carter, Cynthia Eden, and Dianne Duvall among others.
Contact Info.
Don’t Kill Dinner Cover Reveal!!!
There are three rules when it comes to being a vampire in New Orleans.
1) Don’t kill dinner.
2) Don’t feed from people you know.
3) Don’t tell anyone.
Not too hard, right? Wrong. Kenna is a new vampire filled with a passion that has turned into an uncontrollable lust for blood.
Will Arthur be able to stop her feeding spree before the coven comes after her or is Kenna beyond saving?
Arthur has been watching Kenna for years, wanting her to try her own hand in life before he gave her the ultimate proposal.
Now that she has accepted, will his love be enough to save her?
Release Date: March 15, 2013
**This book contains adult situations and mild-moderate language. If that offends you don’t read it**
Author Bio:
One day while slaving away at her monotonous day job, Jennifer Martinez found her true calling. Like a firefly in the night, the pages called to her. Once she caught the bug there was no stopping it. Her fingers flew furiously across the keyboard winding tales of love, mystery and anger. She snapped out of her reverie to find herself still behind the desk but at least she knew who she was… Author Jennifer Martinez.
I like to think of myself as a beautiful conundrum. When I am not writing, I can be found surrounded by my amazing family and 4 dogs or volunteering at a local animal rescue. I love who I am and don’t mind at all when I get strange looks from people. I am a tattoo covered, child and animal lover who looks forward to destroying peoples preconceived notions of what “someone like me” would be interested in. You only live life once… you may as well make it interesting.
I love to get lost in a good book and hope that everyone will get lost in mine.
Links!!
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Jennifer Martinez on Amazon
Actor for Hire, The Rules Trilogy 0.5 Kenna’s Story on Amazon
Actor for Hire, The Rules Trilogy 0.5 Kenna’s Story on Smashwords
Deadborn
Deadborn is on sale today and tomorrow for only .99! This is an awesome zombie tale by fellow author and friend CM Stunich. The Cover is designed by Sarian Royal, the same wonderful woman who is designing my cover 🙂
Actor for Hire
Free on Smashwords 🙂
Actor for Hire is a prequel short story to Don’t Kill Dinner. Follow Kenna after Highschool graduation to New Orleans where one man with blue eyes can change her life forever.
Inside the Madness 