Tuesday, February 28, 2017

IWSG: New Beginnings . . .

The Insecure Writer's Support Group is a community of writers who share ideas and encourage other writers. It's a great place to express doubts and concerns as well as offer and receive tribulations and guidance from other writers. IWSG posts the first Wednesday of every month. I think you'll find it to be a great writer's resource that's well worth your time. Be sure to stop by and visit with some of the other IWSG writers/bloggers at IWSG Members.

A great big thank you to our awesome March Co-Hosts:
Tamara Narayan
Patsy Collins
M.J. Fifield
Nicohle Christopherson

New Beginnings:

February turned out to be a fabulous, beautiful, warmer than normal month in the south.  The weather has been unbelievably nice - mid-70's in February?  Thank you, Mother Nature!   Spring arrived a month or so early, although I'm sure we'll have more chilly weather. But for now, I'm enjoying yet another opportunity to witness the rebirth of the land as everything responds to the attention lavished upon it by sunshine and warm temperatures.  Flowers are blooming, grass is turning green again, trees are budding, and birds are nesting while sharing their sweet melodies with the world.  

This morning, I spent a few minutes sitting on my deck sipping my coffee while enjoying the re-emergence of Spring, and my thoughts turned to new beginnings.  Mother Nature renews our land every year - a "do over" - a new beginning so to speak.  Why shouldn't I do the same?  My current w-i-p continues to elude me. . . in other words, I just can't seem to reel it in.  All my efforts to complete it have hit a roadblock of one sort or the other.  It's not "writer's block" - it's just not "working", not feeling "right", not clicking into place.  Why?  I'm really not sure, but I've decided it's time to set it aside for awhile and like Mother Nature embrace a new beginning.  Another story idea has been tickling my brain for awhile now, and I think it's time to give it a shot and see where it goes.  I'm not abandoning my w-i-p forever .. . just giving it a rest for now.  Maybe later, I'll find the inspiration I need to do it justice & give it a rebirth.  For now, I need to feel the joy of writing that starting a new project often brings.  I need a new beginning.

Has this ever happened to you?  Have you ever set aside a w-i-p and then successfully revived and completed it later?  I welcome any advice you can give as I'm feeling a little "guilty" with my characters screaming "abandonment" in my head.  It's frustrating, but I know that unless I can get around this "roadblock" I'm hitting, none of us are going anywhere.

My situation goes along with the March IWSG Day Question: Have you ever pulled out a really old story and reworked it? Did it work out?

I don't think I've ever "reworked" an old story although I have "reused" a couple.  I'm sure I tweaked a word here or there.  I'm hopeful I'll be able to revive the story I'm setting aside for now and make it work when the time is right.  Meantime, I'll enjoy a new beginning.


Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Prince Of Honor Blog Tour & Giveaway ~ Feb. 19-25 ~Get It While It's H.o.T.!


Could the bargain they made to save their lives become their reality?

Turow . . .

Strong, silent man of integrity content to serve his new king as a prince in the turbulent shape-shifter House of Terriot. A tracker and relentless hunter, he’s used to running trails alone until charged with returning a traitor to their mountain top home to face the unforgiving judgment of their clan. Isolated with the bad girl he’s loved forever, the choice between duty and desire has never been more difficult . . . or deadly.

Sylvia . . .

Manipulative schemer or victim caught between a mother’s ambition and a rogue prince’s lust for power? Trust is almost as foreign as the idea of love, but to save herself from certain death, she must risk both on the good man who deserves them . . . from someone worthy. Trapped by the only one who believes in her goodness, she must betray him and run for her life . . . or stay and destroy him with a long hidden truth.

Prince of Honor
House of Terriot (Book 1)
Just $0.99 for a Limited Time!
By Nancy Gideon
Genre: Paranormal | Romance
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Length: 311 Pages



"Sexy suspense at its best!  Warning:  The Terriot Princes are highly addictive!"
Excerpt

The hunter becomes the prey, a prisoner to his own desire . . .
It was early. Faint daylight crept in through cracks in the curtains, but the room was still quite dark.
Turow couldn’t move. Couldn’t manage more than a quiet moan. His body wouldn’t respond, his mind refusing to engage. A huge weight of sated bliss layered over him, making simple actions impossible. Every breath he took reminded him why.
The covers tossed over his naked body held her unique smell. His tongue still tasted her. But it was what he didn’t feel that finally goaded him into awareness.
Her heat didn’t rest beside him. In fact, the sheet was cold.
Empty.
He tried to sit up but something jerked him down. That something a metal bracelet about his wrist, shackling him to the bed frame. His hazy mind recoiled in surprise. How could she have gotten to the key where it lay a room away in the pocket of his coat?
Alert and now wary, Turow let his senses sharpen before opening his eyes to a sight that scarred him, heart and soul.
Sylvia stood on the other side of their shabby room, dressed in her castoff clothes, her lovely, kiss-bruised lips narrowed, her expression carefully masked. She met his gaze directly, hers betraying nothing.
Because they were not alone.
“The Terriot Princes . . . Holy Hotness. There is so much deliciousness between all them it’s hard not to drool!” – Sara Kate, Goodreads

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Prince of Power (House of Terriot - Book 2)



Prince of Power
House of Terriot (Book 2)
By Nancy Gideon
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Genre: Paranormal | Romance
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Length: 284 Pages

Obsessed with an enemy - the only female to ever walk away from him . . .

Colin . . . Prince in the House of Terriot

Brawny, cynical negotiator for his clan, Colin Terriot sees a move to New Orleans as an escape from a painful past and his reputation as a legendary lover. What he didn't expect was to fall hard for a rival spy, the female who tricked and betrayed him by leaving his bed for his brother's. Now, he now must work with her, up close and personal, as the envoy for her clan. Things are about to heat up.

Determined to have him - even if having him means losing all . . .

Mia . . . Strong-willed Guedry heir

Denied her rightful legacy, Mia Guedry plans to stake her claim over the bodies of those who killed her family. But best laid plans fall before her desire for the one male she can't resist, the one who will never trust her once burned by her necessary deceptions. Saving her Terriot prince from plans already in motion may cost more than her inheritance . . . the price could be her life.


Deadly, Damaged, and Delicious!
Brothers too H.o.T. to Handle!

"BEWARE - Things are heating up in New Orleans!  Hold onto your heart (& panties, Ladies) . . . The Terriot princes are back!"
Prince of Power Review

About Nancy Gideon







Nancy Gideon is the award-winning, bestselling author of 60 romances ranging from historical, regency and series contemporary suspense to paranormal, with a couple of horror screenplays tossed into the mix.  She’s also published under the pen names Dana Ransom, Rosalyn West and Lauren Giddings.  She works full time as a legal assistant in Central Michigan, and when not at the keyboard, feeds a Netflix addiction along with all things fur, fin and fowl. For more information on the author, her books, or the “House of Terriot” and “By Moonlight” series, visit Nancy at the above links.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Prince of Power (House of Terriots Book 2) Review

Title:  Prince Of Power
Series:  House of Terriot #2 - By Moonlight Spin Off Series
Author:  Nancy Gideon
Release Date:  Feb. 27, 2017
Order Link:  Amazon

My Rating:  5 Sexy, Obsessive 's

My Thoughts:  Hold on to your heart (& panties), Ladies . . . The Terriot Princes are back!


*It was my pleasure to be a BetaReader for this book.


Synopsis:
Obsessed with an enemy - the only female to ever walk away from him . . .

Colin . . . Prince in the House of Terriot

Brawny, cynical negotiator for his clan, Colin Terriot sees a move to New Orleans as an escape from a painful past and his reputation as a legendary lover. What he didn't expect was to fall hard for a rival spy, the female who tricked and betrayed him by leaving his bed for his brother's. Now, he now must work with her, up close and personal, as the envoy for her clan. Things are about to heat up.

Determined to have him - even if having him means losing all . . .

Mia . . . Strong-willed Guedry heir

Denied her rightful legacy, Mia Guedry plans to stake her claim over the bodies of those who killed her family. But best laid plans fall before her desire for the one male she can't resist, the one who will never trust her once burned by her necessary deceptions. Saving her Terriot prince from plans already in motion may cost more than her inheritance . . . the price could be her life.

Review:

Obsession: a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an idea or feeling

Colin Terriot is a man obsessed.  One of the nine remaining princes of the House of Terriots, he has moved to New Orleans as a negotiator for his King, his clan.  As such, he finds himself once again facing his biggest obsession - the lovely but deadly representative of the Guedry clan, Mia Guedry.  The images of her in his bed haunt him . . . but then, so do the images of her in his brother Rico's bed.  Colin knows the heartbreak of betrayal - by Mia as she plays brother against brother, by the mother & family that drove him out of his home as a young boy, by the King he would give his life for. He knows he can never have more than a romp in the hay with Mia, but that doesn't stop him from wanting to make her his own in a more permanent manner.  Will Colin's obsession be the death of him?

Revenge: to inflict harm or injury in return for a wrong

Mia Guedry is a woman looking for revenge.  She's on a mission to claim her rightful place at the head of the Guedry clan.  To do so, Mia has to prove herself tough enough, cold enough to commit the ultimate crime.  She needs information and is willing to do whatever it takes to get it - even sleeping with the enemy while playing brother against brother.  Mia can't afford to go all soft & gooey over the man who steals her breath - the prince she desires more than any other.  The Terriots killed her family. It's up to her to avenge them.  Will her betrayal cost Colin his life?

Prince Of Power is a powerful story of obsession, betrayal, and revenge.  Time is running out for Colin to uncover the traitor living within the House of Terriots.  Time is also running out for Mia to claim the Guedry throne.  All hell breaks loose in New Orleans as age old enemies clash.  Who will be left standing when the dust settles?  Will there ever be a time for Colin & Mia?

Intricately woven plot lines and complex characters carry Prince Of Power to a block buster revelation and ending.  Hearts are broken as betrayals and ulterior motives are disclosed. Fans will love the strong support cast featuring old favorites like Max and Silas from the By Moonlight series representing their clans.  Things are heating up in New Orleans in more ways than one as once again, the Terriot princes strut their stuff while loving, fighting, drinking, dancing, and stealing hearts.  Hold onto your heart (& panties, Ladies) . . . The Terriot princes are back!  Prince Of Power is another Page Burning Must Read!

My Rating:  5 Sexy, Obsessive 's . . . And that's the truth!


Cross My Heart . . . xxx

Sandra