Guest Post by Fumi Hancock, Author of The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell: Hydra’s Nest

What Oprah has in common with Fumi Hancock, author of The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell: Hydra’s Nest: 

My Favorite Things… 

This holiday season has really given me an incentive to drum up a list of my favorite things. As an established author and one who is crazy about fashion, the holiday season is an extremely creative time for me. I love to create fashions for my extraordinary sassy women (young and matured) as well as dazzle myself in my own “royalty inspired” designs. As some of my friends know me, my slogan is Every Woman is a Princess…. Live the Dream ©. My list will be exploring my designs. Stay tuned.

In lieu of my speech, just like Oprah’s Favorite things; I have created my own favorite things list for my readers. I look forward to hearing from you… perhaps we share the same taste or you also like any of what have made its way on my list.

Secondly, I am considering making some of these products available to my readers, friends, family and admirers at some point. Sassy Jewel in the Adventures of Jewel Cardwell is going postal over fashions and may be sharing some with you all…So, WATCH OUT.

1.  A Trip to Exotic Africa.
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Five years ago, I had a chance to return to Africa after almost 24 years of absence. The journey was an incredible one… one I will never forget and one which has changed the course of my life.  Stunningly, those who have equally taken the trips to Africa with me have reported experiencing an incredible and life changing experience.  Since my first return, I have created the Adassa Adumori Foundation, Inc. a US 501( c) 3 working with underprivileged families in Africa. Check out: www.adassafoundation.org .

         

To date, we have opened the first state of the library in a community located in the remote region of West Africa, where my family rules as the royal household.  My passion for African children and providing them with quality education with one I have common with Oprah. She has opened a school for girls in South Africa and continues to support her African children. Perhaps you think you may want to go on this incredible journey with my team, you may send an email: giveback@adassafoundation.org. For those who are unable to go, you may choose to offer an helping hand my telling the worked about what we do or donating…. This coming January, 2013, we will be offering some scholarships to some 40 deserving children. We are also raising funds for our next big project: building a Youth Center in Africa.

2. The Young Adult Fantasy Book: The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell: Hydra’s Nest (see: http://www.amazon.com/Fumi-Hancock/e/B009BHBI6S).

                    
So, I voted my newly written young adult novel, a testimony to my love for reading, in particular fantasy novels. A while back, when Oprah was asked if she watched television, her response was that she reads a lot.  She supports this by creating the Oprah’s Book Club. Perhaps one day, my book will be nominated for her Book Club…. An incredible dream, I know my readers can help to make come true by giving a shout out to Oprah directly. In the meantime, I am grateful to all of my readers who pushed the book to rank #4 on the Amazon’s Best Seller’s List- Teens- Horror category on Nov. 16-17, 2012.

                      

It was awesome. Hopefully, we can make that happen again. Today, I also woke up to seeing that The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell was listed as #1 on a campaign email sent out to readers by Amazon.

                    

A Big thank you for giving me a chance to share my gift with you all. Please keep all of your reviews coming. In addition, while you are visiting my Amazon website, please do me the honors of liking and tagging my book. It helps.

3. Lola’s Fashion-4-Life Wallet-Clutch & Her Majesty’s Power Tote: Designed and made by ME. I must confess, my trips to Africa have really inspired me to design and love the unique fabrics I have acquired through the years. In addition, my royal family in West Africa has equally my inspiration for these designs. As such, I wanted to design fashions which will help in raising funds for my work in Africa.  Adassa Brand is a lifestyle brand waiting in the wings to be launched. While many have told me they love my designs, I am still designing if I needed to officially release the collection to everyone. Please tell me what you think.

             

                               Lola’s Fashion-4-Life Wallet-Clutch                                               Her Majesty’s Power Tote
4.  My Wow Factor Jewerly: All designed by me to appease my love for unique pieces.

                                    

5.  Oh…. My sweet taste of “Cinderella slippers” to match my clutch…. Designed my MOI… to please my heart desire…

                                          

6. And argh…. The Adassa Brand itself….

                  

Now, I am counting the days when I will finally be able to fit into these clothes. In the meantime, I share my heart with you all. Happy holidays and please do drop me a line or two. Will like to know what you think of my list.

Yours Truthfully,

Fumi Hancock
Author, The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell: Hydra’s Nest.fumi@worldoffumihancock.com
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Guest Blog by Susan DiPlacido, Author of Shuffle Up and Deal

Vicious Circle

You are a writer.

No.  Not yet.  You want to be a writer.  You know you can be a writer.  So here’s your intricate, long-thought, grand plan to accomplish this.

Write.

So you do.  Put ass in chair, hit the keys, and turn that white page into a blur of intentioned, clever, and compelling words.  Words that string to sentences, sentences to characters, characters creating plot and problems, littered with jokes and allegory and metaphor and any other trick in your arsenal.

Write and keep writing and then when you’re tired, write some more.

When it’s almost done, when you’re scanning for spelling and removing redundancies and adding alliterations, it hits you.  There is no point to writing without having readers.  So that part begins.

You’re still combing the pages you’ve typed but in between you start the research.  It’s all a new blur.  Queries and critique groups and agents and publishers.  Meanwhile, you’re still punching the clock every day because even though you’re going to be a writer and work on your own time, for now, you still have to work on their time to pay for the electric to run your laptop which will be an instrumental tool to bring you this new glorious life where you’ll be able to eat caviar and have champagne wishes or whatever that Brit pudge used to say, but for now you still have to do the grind and won’t be celebrating with Cristal on the first go-round but just a decent bottle of vodka you splurged for when you knew you were getting close to finishing your masterwork.

But, for now, still, though the pages are polished, the vodka sits in the cupboard, unopened.  Because for now, still, you’re sending out the queries and having others read your pristine opus and give you advice.  Some it, the advice, it’s good.  Some of it, the advice, it just pisses you off.  Some of it, it’s really rough.  In those instances, you have a choice to make.  Choice one is to pansy out.  Obviously, this wasn’t for you.  Stop now while you’re not out anything but some time and rethink this whole plan.  That’s choice one.  

Here’s choice two.

Suck it up and be a writer, baby.

Suck it up, drink it down, take it all in, and keep going.  

That’s the choice you make.

The rejections pile up.  When they come in, that is. More often, you send out the carefully worded letter that you’ve gone over at least 300 times.  You spend hours, days, weeks researching who handles the genre you’ve written.  Who would be interested.  Mostly, who would help bring you success.   Still, you keep going to work because you have to pay for the ink and the paper and the copies and the postage for all these mailings you send out and rarely ever even get a form rejection about.

Still, the rejections that do come, they pile up.

Change your aim.  It’s like a bullseye, see.  You were going for dead center, but it’s time to work out in concentric circles.  One ring, the slightly smaller fish.  Two rings, more rejections.  Three rings, more queries sent out into the void with no response.  Meanwhile the critiques keep coming back.  Change this character.  Delete this paragraph.  Eviscerate your soul!  Okay.  That wasn’t a real one.  It just feels that way.  Okay, it doesn’t feel that way.  It stings a bit, but now you’re becoming a writer and so you’re prone to hyperbole, particularly when it comes to your own experiences and emotions tied to this manuscript.  

One more ring out from the center of the bullseye and nothing good happens.  You hit the outer perimeter and finally, mercifully, a positive response.

Consider the celebratory vodka.

No, wait.

First, there are revisions.  These aren’t the same revisions your critique group suggested.  Most revert things back to the original.  You could scream, but instead you just sigh because you didn’t keep the original masterwork, you incorporated changes directly into the original file so now you’ve got to type it all back in.

But that’s okay.  In fact, it’s great.  You’re almost there.  

For now, soon at least -- vodka, but, someday, champagne.

Make the revisions, submit the book and then, just as you’re thinking of cracking that vodka, in comes the note.  Don’t relax yet.  First, there’s cover design, and then checking the typesetting.  Those are fun.  Then there’s promotion.  You have to do all this promotion.

What does this entail, exactly?  You don’t know?  You should know.  You need to do it.  Do it all.  Line up blog tours, book readings, contact local media, make press kits, set up a website, a blog, facebook.  Tweet.

Tweet what exactly?

Just tweet!

Okay!  This is what you have to do.

You have to keep getting up in the mornings and punching the clock and making the money so you can afford the website and electricity so that you can run your laptop and your cell so you can tweet and poke people because this is promotion.   

Meanwhile, the vodka waits.  Patiently.

You are a writer now.  You have a book being published.  You can get away with assigning emotions to inanimate objects.  For real.  It’s in the rules.  Look it up.  But there’s always some douche in your critique group who’s not abreast of the full writers’ repertoire and who calls you on it.  Him saying, vodka can’t be patient, blah blah.  Ignore him.

Finally, the day comes and you hold a copy of your book in your hands.  This should make it real.  

But still, tomorrow, you have to punch in and so the vodka must wait because after you punch out for the day, you have to get on your laptop and blog and then check for reviews and then tweet something.  

Did I mention this yet?

You’re shy.

You do not like to tweet.  You do not like to blog.  You do not like to poke people.  You do not like some of the reviews you get back.  Some are good, yes.  But some, not so much.

But you have a choice.  Here’s option one.  Don’t do it.  Don’t do it and no one will ever know about your book and it won’t sell and then you’ll be a writer but not one with champagne and caviar, and most important, not one with readers.

Therefore, choose option two.

Choke it down, suck it up, take what you can use from the crap reviews and spin them into tweets and poke people about the really good ones and then make up silly responses for interviews and update your website and hope people will be enticed to read your book.  

That’s when you decide on something else.  This big blur, all this typing and mailing and social connecting, the payoff will be, literally, the payoff.  That first royalty check.  That’s when it’s all going to be time to sit down, finally, take a breath, and drink that vodka.

Meantime, you’ve got a new idea.  A better idea than the one for your first book.  It’s got a strong hook.  So here’s the plan:

Sit down and start writing.  Again.

Punch the clock, come home, plug in the laptop, keep typing as long as you can, send out a tweet, or on a good day a blog post, and then get up in the morning and do it all again.

Days, weeks, months go by.  Finally, it arrives.  The royalty check from your first masterwork has arrived.  Tear open the envelope, look inside.  Then look again.  

Swallow hard. Blink rapidly.

The total on this first royalty check?  It’s not enough to cover a single shot from your supposed celebratory bottle.

So here’s what you do.  Put ass in chair and keep on writing.  Send a tweet, post new chapters to be critiqued.

Quietly, forlorn, your celebratory bottle of vodka sighs.

You know what happens next.  

That’s right.

The bullseye, the concentric circles going out, farther and farther. More mailings, more rejections, all while punching in every day.  Douche in critique nails you for inconsistencies in the plot but he’s wrong, he’d misread a section.  You could scream.  But you don’t.  Just sigh to yourself, just like your lonesome vodka bottle and then thank him for his time.  Then find a publisher and prove the douche wrong and then tweet about it and your new cover and start blogging about the new book after you update your website.

This time, when the royalty check comes, it stings less but somehow disappoints more.

You know what happens next.  Except this time, there’s a change. New idea, typing, that stays the same.  Bullseye, circles out, that’s all the same.  What stops is punching in every day.  Economy’s bad and you are no longer required to punch in.  Ever. Good thing you’ve got those fat royalty checks that’ll be rolling in any day now.

You are not thinking that sarcastically, by the way.  You see this as an opportunity.  Just keep typing.  Just keep tweeting.  Keep mailing.  Keep critiquing.

And, repeat.

Repeat for a total of ten years.  Seven books.  

Still, no readers.

Sometimes, people ask, what do you do?  And you say, shyly, that you write.

There are three responses you routinely get.

Response one:  I could be a writer, too!  I know I could.  Just think to yourself, then put your ass in the chair and do it, bitch.  But say to them, I know you could, so you should.  Encourage, kindly.  Nod as they go on.

Response two:  Have I got a story for you!  Just nod and listen to their wild story that is nothing like The Hangover even though they think it’s box office gold.

Response three:  Have you written anything I’ve heard of.  Reply sheepishly but honestly – probably not.  They’ll lose interest immediately and you’ll question whether or not you really are a writer.

That’s when it happens.  

The whole country, suddenly, it’s reading a book.  Not one of your books.  Oh no.  But a book like yours.  The genre is the same.  The content is similar.  

Critique douche, again with the snark, he smirks with the news and slyly insinuates that yours is actually better.

You could punch him.  You could scream.  

But you don’t.  

Instead, you chose another option.  

Go home, and finally, finally, take that break, enjoy the moment and crack open that bottle of vodka.

Pour the shot, drink it down, and soak it in.  Enjoy it.

Because you now realize that the champagne won’t ever come.  Maybe, sadly, the readers won’t either.  The vodka is slightly bitter.  Not because you’ve waited so long to drink it. It’s just a bottle, it doesn’t have complex emotions like that.  It just tastes slightly bitter.  

It’s bitter because you know critique douche is right.  Even if he takes deranged glee in it, you take some satisfaction.  Yours is better than the bestseller.  You worked just as hard.  It’s just not happening for you.  You don’t care about the lack of champagne. But you do miss the readers.

All these words, all these ideas, all these stories, all these books you’ve written.  It’s like you’re underwater and screaming but no one can hear you.  Like you’re screaming for your life.

Again, with the writer’s hyperbole there.  

Seriously, get a grip.  This is not your life at stake.

But it is supposed to be your living.

Now, these are your options.

You could just stop.  Stop now.  It’s not going to happen.  No matter how much you type or blog or tweet or query.  Finish this bottle of vodka that’s tasting smoother by the sip and then go to bed and get up and find somewhere new to punch in and make a decent wage again.

That is exactly what you could do.  Should do.  What a normal person would do.

But you do not.

You chose the second option.

You put ass in chair and start to type.

Because you are a writer.

But you do finish that bottle of vodka first.

About the Author:

Susan DiPlacido is the author of 24/7, Trattoria, Mutual Holdings, House Money, Lady Luck, Shuffle Up and Deal, and American Cool. Trattoria was nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Small Press Romance 2005, and her short story, "I, Candy," won the Spirit Award at the 2005 Moondance International Film Festival. American Cool won the bronze medal in the 2008 IPPY awards and was a finalist in the 2008 Indie Book Awards. Shuffle Up and Deal was nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Small Press Erotic Fiction 2010. Her fiction has appeared in Susie Bright's Best American Erotica 2007, Maxim Jakubowski's Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica vol. 6 and 7, Zane's Caramel Flava, and Rebellion: New Voices of Fiction.

Please visit her online at www.susandiplacido.com or www.susandiplacido.blogspot.com.

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/susan.diplacido

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About the Book:

When Izzy and Nick meet in embarrassing fashion at a Las Vegas poker tournament, Izzy's secret dreams turn into a public nightmare. But despite her humiliation, she may have finally sparked Nick's interest in something other than cards. Before long, Nick takes a gamble on Izzy and raises the stakes when he offers to help her sharpen her game. But Izzy's convinced that Nick is bluffing and will fold his hand after he's had her on the flop. But a string of outrageous proposition bets and steamy trips on the poker tour, from Los Angeles to Miami, make these two fierce competitors realize that it may be time to put all their chips on the table. Will Izzy and Nick pair up? Or will they lose it all if they go all-in for each other? Sit down, ante up, and hang on, as Nick and Izzy get ready to Shuffle Up and Deal.

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For the Love of a Goblin Warrior by Shona Husk ~Book Review~

For the Love of a Goblin Warrior 

In a Faraway Land...

There lived a man who was trapped—his only companions a horde of goblins consumed by their lust for gold. He thought he was lost forever, thought that no one would ever remember he'd been noble.

A Fearless Warrior.

Now he has been thrust into the human world once again, but so much has changed. How can he ever be rid of the darkness after so long in the Shadowlands?

It Starts with Dreams of a Castle...

And a woman who takes his breath away and makes him forget the pain of his past. He knows he must protecet her at all costs. And perhaps in saving her, he can finally learn to love again.

~My Thoughts~

Meryn is now my favorite goblin....I thought for sure Dai had it all in the Kiss of a Goblin Prince , damn if Meryn didn't steal my heart!

Meryn as a character has it all that any woman wants in a lost puppy....shows up lost and lonely..then turns loyal and true. Not to mention that he is really cute!

He really had me when he tried to survive without the help of his family afraid that his past would equal betrayal in this new world as well. It wasn't until he really needed the help that he accepted it and then he still took it upon himself to strive to learn more...I totally respected him for that.

The story itself blew me away...grant you I had trouble sleeping....I mean crap, things coming out of the shadowlands...that's not suppose to freaking happen...and I totally HATE spiders!!! CREEPY!!!!

I was so glad that Meryn could find solace in Nadine. She was a rather different kind of character. Broken yet when face with everyday still willing to go beyond the normal. A nurse dealing with creepy people at night isn't a usual job. Then Falling for Meryn and then the secrets she has combined with his.....what else is there to say, but...WHOLLY BOOGERS!!!

Loved every page (aside for the spider).

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~About The Author~

Shona Husk lives in Western Australia at the edge of the Indian Ocean. Blessed with a lively imagination she spent most of her childhood making up stories. As an adult she discovered romance novels and hasn't looked back. Drawing on history and myth, she weaves new worlds and writes heroes who aren't afraid to get hurt while falling in love. 

With stories ranging from sensual to scorching, she is published with Ellora's Cave, Samhain Publishing, Carina Press and Sourcebooks. She is represented by theRuben Agency. 

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THE ADVENTURES OF JEWEL CARDWELL: HYDRA’S NEST by Fumi Hancock ~Book Spotlight~

THE ADVENTURES OF JEWEL CARDWELL: HYDRA’S NEST 

Free-spirited and more than a little rebellious, seventeen-year-old Jewel Cardwell isn’t too thrilled when she gains admission to Grayton Preparatory School, a prestigious, girls-only, top-notch private institution nestled in the South African farmlands of Limpopo. Unfortunately, it’s a move that will change her life forever. Almost from the moment she arrives, a string of misfortunes and strange occurrences begin trailing her. The comforts of home have been swept away, and she is plunged into a world where she has to fend for herself. But that pales in comparison to what happens on the nights when there’s a full moon. Dark forces swirl during those nights and turn up in the form of hideous monsters and frightening demons. Though Jewel has always been drawn to the darker side of life, this is more than she bargained for. She’s also caught between two boys: Darwin Morton, a lad she’s known growing up, and Eric Broder, a soccer team leader with a silver spoon in his mouth. Why her love life has to get interesting now is a question she can’t answer! The key to it all may be in her grandmother’s locket, which Jewel always wears. Will Jewel be able to solve the mystery before evil is unleashed against those she loves?

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~About The Author~

 FUMI HANCOCK

Ah, yes…. A Grateful Heart for all the awesome people that’s crossed my path, an Author of Inspirational Books and Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Young Adult Novels… an avid Book Lover who resides in Spring Hill, Tennessee! ​

Oh, I said it- absolutely crazy about these authors: Stephenie Meyer, Amanda Hocking, Samantha Young…and a Self Proclaimed Writer of the Year (Ok, perhaps a stretch but I’m on my way!).
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Alright so I’m not in my twenties… probably starting my writing career just a tad-bit late… but I’m determined to be a success story too! I heard 40’s s the next twenties in this century… If they are right, then I just peaked! Hooray for me. My friends range from ages 14 – You know… let your imagination run wide…. Ha!

Some call me an Humanitarian and a Life Changer for Children in Africa (http://www.adassafoundation.org)…. Host of “From Scratch TV,” an Online Inspirational TV Programming (http://www.fromscratchtv.com), Mother of 2 Terrific Sons and Daughters, and an Adventure Seeking Adult with an unquenchable love for Young Adult Novels.
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Haunted Laird by Tara Nina ~Blog Tour & MORE!!!!~

Haunted Laird

Tara Nina

Book four in the Cursed MacKinnons series.

Lynn’s ghost-hunting trip in Scotland takes an unpleasant turn when she’s kidnapped from her camp by a group of men rambling about curses and a brotherhood. In a daring escape, Lynn falls over a cliff and awakens in a cave being guarded by a ghost, who insists she’s the key to freeing a man who has been cast in stone by an evil curse. And what a man he is…

Padon has been imprisoned for over two centuries, frozen in stone. He is awoken when a sexy siren recites the anti-curse, but he is only partially free. Stone by day, man by night. Passion ignites between him and his savior immediately, which makes falling to the curse each morning that much harder. He and Lynn seek a resolution by making the trek to Padon’s family castle. But the kidnappers have other plans and will do whatever they must to make sure this couple never makes it to their destination.

My Thoughts

I have to first start by saying this is totally another reason why I'm so glad I became a MacKinnon Clan member!

True to form this book rocks!

Another "brathair" has been found...and it's nice that Lynn is not some stick figure (even is the cover girl shows different...lol)

Lynn is cool...I really liked that she is completing a dream she had made when her husband was still alive. It's so gosh darn sweet! She's so open to the fact that things aren't always what the appear to be and that's really up lifting for a character.

Travis and Fin where too cute..OMG!!! You just couldn't not like them....Well maybe Fin in the beginning, but you get over it.

I really and I mean REALLY wish someone would water board Brother Leod already!!! After four "brathairs" and I still wish I could jump into the book and help take out the jerk!!!! (Aside from founding one of the missing "brathairs")

I think I could handle all the chaos it takes finding one....this one only took a kidnapping...falling off a cliff...a hot ghost named Jasper...AWESOME WATERFALL SCENE.....a mad dash through a dark forest..being doubled crossed... yep after all this ...why the heck not finish the job...The SHOWER SCENE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!

Of course the SUNRISE AT THE END....HMMMMMM

Wonderful book for mature adult readers!

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Haunted Laird  

Ideas & Series

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Thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to visit your blog. Your kindness is greatly appreciated and comes at the perfect time for me. I have a new release with Ellora’s Cave Publishing. Haunted Laird is book four in the Cursed MacKinnons series. I love writing this series. It’s about seven brothers who were turned to stone by the Curse of the Gargoyle (book one) in 1740 Scotland. The women they were destined to be with are setting them free in today’s time.

It’s been asked of me several times how I came up with this series. I wish I knew. Seven brothers cursed hundreds of years ago in the romantic setting of Scotland. There really is no definitive explanation for how a plot forms, characters are born, or why an idea takes root in the mind and doesn’t let go until the author has created a new novel for the reader to enjoy. Who doesn’t love a hot, sexy Scottish laird? And this series has seven of them, each with their own story to tell.

Writing a series can be tough. It can be difficult to keep the stories straight and intertwined at the same time. I found a way that helps me. I’m a pantser, which for those who don’t understand, it means I don’t plot my stories out before starting to write. I just go with the flow, but I do have a set of steps to follow and keep my novels straight.

Create files for every story. Place everything in a main folder and give it the book’s title. Then create subfolders/files containing vital information. Keep a character folder, which lists everything from eye color to their likes and dislikes and any flaws. I like having a file labeled: Important story facts. This one keeps a running tab on the landscape, who lives where, helps with the timeline, and any other tidbit of info that might pop up throughout the story. I can’t depend on my memory to help me keep things straight so this file system is my way of writing it down. I have an author friend, C.H. Admirand, who uses a notepad. I’d be afraid I’d misplace it.

There has to be a thread connecting the stories. I hit a problem with how to do this with the seven brothers. They were hidden in statue form. How were they going to be set free? In the first book, it was easy. The second book, not too hard either. But the third book, I hit a wall. Luckily, I have a wonderful author friend, Cait Miller, who helped me with a viable thread that was touched on in the first two books. Each of the first two brothers had a ghost protecting them and the partial anti-curse was readily available for the heroines. In order for the other brothers to be released, access to the anti-curse had to provided. That’s where the ghostly protectors came in, which is the thread that helps connect the stories. Brother to brother, ghost to ghost and a partial anti-curse the heroine must speak in ancient Gaelic.

I love the MacKinnons and this series. Book five is in the works. I’m aiming for seven books in total. Unfortunately for the members of the MacKinnon Clan fan club, I’m not a full-time writer. But I do like hearing from them asking about the next book and when it will be finished. Every moment that I’m not at the day job, I’m at the laptop listening to the voices in my head and telling their tales, hopefully for everyone to enjoy.

Thank you for having me here.

Tara Nina

Hot Romance~Sexy Attitude~

~Author BIO~Hot Romance~Sexy Attitude best describes Tara Nina’s writing style. She creates for Ellora’s Cave in sensuality ranges from steamy hot to simmering sweet, which includes paranormals, contemporaries and romantic suspense. She is a Southerner living in the northern wilds of New Jersey complete with grown children, three dogs, and a mountain man for a husband.
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