Release day for Savage Love

I am so happy with the comments I have gotten from everyone! Thanks for all the support. This has been a long time coming!!!! And I can't believe that my first book Savage Love is finally out!!!!

Here is a little more of the story....I hope it leaves you panting for more!

Kelly wasn’t happy, but she left the bar. What was she going to do anyway? Walk up to Craig and introduce to herself as the sister of the woman he’d killed a year ago. He would probably pull out a gun and shoot her where she stood.
Shaking her head, Kelly walked to her car. A sound from behind her made her stop and twirl around. No one was there, but the hair on the back of her neck stand up. Digging through her purse, she found her keys and gripped them tightly in her hand. She looked back at the door. She could go back inside and have Alex walk her to her car.
No, he might think she was making it up to be alone with him. Biting her lip, she turned back towards the car and jumped in surprise. The man in front of her was over six feet tall, had on a long blank trench coat, and was snarling at her. As he reached out for her, Kelly backed away. He moved faster and grabbed her upper arm.
He quickly pulled her in the alley behind the bar. She could see three men waiting.
Kelly started to kick, but a hand covered her mouth and an arm went around her neck, cutting off her air. Then she was standing in front of the man she had come to see.
Craig Lambert leaned forward and sniffed her neck.
Kelly tried to kick out again, but the man holding her was just too strong.
“I love the smell of fear,” Lambert said in a deep voice that made her stomach roll.
He straightened, and she could make out his facial features in the dim light of the alley. Just like the first time she’d seen a picture of him, she was amazed at how normal he looked. In fact, up close, he was quite attractive. No wonder why her sister had been interested in him.
“I saw you watching me. Do I know you?”
Kelly shook her head, unable to talk with a hand over her mouth.
“No? You do have something familiar about you though.” He ran thin, bony fingers over her cheek, and Kelly felt tears threaten to fall. When his thumb flicked over the pulse in her neck, she could have sworn his eyes turned red.
Eyes wide, Kelly watched him as he leaned forward. His mouth opened and his teeth, which had been normal, started to lengthen. Her scream was barely audible as terror she’d never felt before shook her body.
Before he reached her, there was a howl and something knocked into them. Kelly went down on her side and rolled away from the two men. She heard someone call out, “wolf,” as she scrambled to hide against the wall of the building.
The scene before her was like something in a movie. A grey-and-white wolf stood in the mouth of the alley as the four men spread out with guns drawn. Kelly didn’t know what to do, so she pulled her legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, hoping to stay invisible.
The first shot rang out and Kelly jumped. The wolf charged into the alley, attacking the wrist of the one who’d shot at him. While he was busy, another man aimed for the wolf, but the animal moved just in time and sidestepped another bullet.
The first man was holding his arm as he fell away from the wolf. Kelly watched as blood gushed from the wound and dripped to the dirty concrete. She felt her stomach turn at the sight and steeled herself not to get sick. That wouldn’t help the situation at all.
Then the wolf jumped on the other guy, his sharp canine teeth clamping down on the man’s throat. Kelly closed her eyes as the man’s scream turned into a gurgle but the sound of movement had her opening her eyes again. She watched as the wolf released the man and stalked towards the other two men. The one who had held her, and the one who had killed her sister.
The men exchanged looks before jumping straight up in the air. The wolf charged at the same time but met only air as the two men disappeared.
Kelly wasn’t aware she was sobbing until the wolf turned, and she met his stare. She’d never seen a real wolf before, only on television, but she knew this wasn’t just an ordinary wolf.
He stepped forward, and Kelly held out a hand. “St…st…ayyyy,” she stuttered. Her hand shook and she could practically hear her own heart beat. The wolf stepped closer.
Hoping this was just a bad dream, she closed her eyes, counted to ten, then opened them, but the wolf was still there. Standing in front of her, his head tilted to one side, blood dripping from his mouth.
Kelly moved onto her knees and tried to crawl away. The wolf growled, and she froze in her spot. The growl vibrated the air around her. Obviously, the wolf didn’t want her to move. So she remained on her hands and knees against the old brick building, watching as he closed the distance between them. When he stepped in front of her, she once again got a look at the eyes.
A sense of calmness went over her as she looked in those deep grey eyes. She just stared, as she had done not more than half an hour ago. “Alex,” she whispered.
The wolf moved and she felt his soft fur against her skin.
The back door of the club swung open, and they both jumped. Before she could blink, the wolf hunched down and growled. Kelly felt a wave of relief as Marcus stepped out the door.
Kelly watched Alex’s partner take in the scene before him. The wolf was still crouched down and growling, and Kelly was still on her knees. She looked over to where the men had been but they were gone. There were no bodies or anyone but them in the alley. No blood or sign of what had taken place. If Kelly hadn’t seen everything with her own eyes, she wouldn’t have known anything had even taken place.
Marcus closed the door and turned towards her. Kelly started to stand, but the wolf turned his head and snapped at her.

Update

Just to update you all. I will start blogging over at Total-e-bound on the 30th of every month starting this month!

I already have my blog planned out for this month. With my fav holiday, my baby's birthday, and of course the release of savage love.

I hope all of you will stop by and take just a minute to read my blog once it's posted and comment. Let me know you stopped by and let them know that you support me.

I hope to see you all there!

New Website

Well I did it. I have my new website up and running. I would love all of you to take just a minute and take a look through it.
The address is: http://www.freewebs.com/crissysmith

It had the info of my release (ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY) Savage Love. It also had links to this blog, my myspace, and total0e0bound where you can find my books! Theres a coming soon page, a bio, a book page, and for all of you a contest page!

You can't beat free books now can you?

So take just a minute and please look through it. Subscribe or add it to your favs! I will update it often with news!

Thanks for all the support!

Release dates with Birth dates??? Hmm!!!

Savage Love my first book will be out in two weeks! Yes! Yes! Just two weeks. On Monday October 27th!!!!

That week my daughter (and baby girl) will also hit the double digits. She turns ten on the 29th! So this is a very exciting month for us!

I also found out that Seduced by the Neighbor (my second book) had been offered a contract. I received and signed the contract this morning.

The release date????

March of 2009. Which will also be my 30th birthday. So I wonder.....

Maybe this is something that can work for me! Release dates with our birthdays! LOL! It's fun to think about anyway!

I have sent in Pack Alpha: Were Chronicles 1 in. So all you Were lovers cross your fingers that it gets picked up! The second story is already written and just needs to be edited.

I am still working on my menage book. A witch, werewolf, and vampire in bed? Oh the possibiltites!!!!

I am ALSO on the last edit of Eterenal. My vampire book!

With my fav month of October what better time then now to put all ny energy into my paranormal books?

So stay tuned and I will keep you all up to date!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

The Warriors Mate

Today as I checked my email at lunch time I got a response for my urban fantasy series A Demon Within. The first book is The Warriors Mate. It is one of my fav books that I have written. It is also the only book I have ever written in 1st pov.

I had sent this in to a different publisher then where Savage Love and Seduced By The Neighbor was accepted by.

The Warriors Mate has made it through the first review and has been forwarded to the second round.

I take that as a good thing. This is a longer story then other I had written so I will be really excited if the ask for the whole manuscript.

Seems things are finally happening. I can't even describe to tell you just how happy I am right now.

I will keep you informed on this great opportunity!

Also I am still working on the edits of the Were Chronicles so I will let you know when I have submitted it!

Second Book Sold!!!

Well I spent my morning at the range. We went to breakfast before and got to the shooting range around 7 AM. We took my brother-in-law and neice with me, my husband, and daughter.

Had a great time. Even if it rained a little a first and was windy as hell! But we shot about 2000 rounds. Now my hands and arms are sore and its back to work for me tomorrow. I worked 7 hours yesterday so didn't get a whole lot done this weekend but Oh Well!!!

Then I get home and check my email! And..................(wait for it!)

My second book Seduced By The Neighbor had been contracted through Total-E-Bound! Woooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooo! It will be released in 2009. I'll let you know more when I get the date!

So I told my husband "Its not a fluc" Two Books! Ahhh I am so excited. One more step to writing full time without that little annoying thing called a real job lol!

I am editing Were Chronicled for submission. I had sent it in once and hadn't heard back from the publishers so I am using some tips I learned from Savage Love and editing it to send it out again.

So all of you who read the excerpts......STAY TUNED! Maybe it will be my next release!

Thanks all who have spent time with me as my journey of being a published author is finally seeing results!

October Contest For Savage Love!

FREE BOOKS! FREE BOOKS! FREE BOOKS!

Did I get your attention! There are six book in the Bite Me Collection with one of them being my Savage Love!

Total-E-Bound is hosting a contest for the month of October to give away copies of the books. Wanna Win one? Here's what you do!

It's simple! I asked a question. All you have to do is read the excerpt I already posted and enter your answer.

For more details and the other authors questions head over to Total-E-Bound and check out the contests page. FIRST PRIZE is all six books! Woo Hoo!

So here is my question!

What did Kelly drink at the bar on the anniversary of her sister's death?

Easy Right! GOOD LUCK!!!!

Savage Love: Chapter 1 (Excerpt)

The parking lot was crowded as Kelly Walker pulled her car into one of the few remaining spaces. She looked around, taking in the other vehicles finally spotting the one she searched for. As she stepped from her vehicle, the heat of the night hit her in the face. When normally a jacket would be needed in October, this year they had yet to hit below seventy.
Halloween night and it was over eight-five degrees outside. Although it did make finding a sexy costume easier, helping to set her plan in motion. Wearing a short, tight black skirt, knee-high, black leather boots, a skimpy, red tank top, and a headband with horns, she should raise some eyebrows with the little devil costume. Hopefully, getting the attention of the one she wanted.
A large man wearing black jeans and a black sleeveless shirt opened the front door. By his seductive smile and wink of approval, Kelly felt pretty good going into the bar. The music and smoke hit her all at once and she struggled not to cough as the smoke soaked into her pores. The lights were low, but she could see well enough.
Walking from the door, she made a slow sweep of the room. She smiled as heads turned towards her, but she made it completely around the room without stopping. She knew exactly where he sat and that he was accompanied by four of his men. She was working out the best way to approach him, when a hand grabbed her upper arm and pulled her back against a hard chest.
Kelly stilled as an arm wrapped around her waist, and she felt breath against her neck.
"I told you never to come here." The voice next to her ear was low, husky.
Kelly relaxed in the embrace, immediately recognising the voice of the undercover agent, Alex Gray, who was working her sister’s case. "Well, I must have forgotten," she said in her sexiest southern drawl.
She was rewarded with a growl before being dragged in a storage room and slammed against the door.
"This isn’t a game," he told her as he crushed her harder into the door.
Kelly found herself distracted by the strength of the body that covered hers. He held her arms over her head and leaned against her so she could feel every inch of his muscular body against her softer flesh. Her body flushed and she felt her arousal as she shifted against him. She had never responded like this to a man before meeting Alex. But since she had, all she could ever think about was tearing off his clothes.
Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she pushed against him. "Okay, let me go, Alex."
She looked up in his eyes. He smiled but didn’t release her. "What are you doing here Kelly?"
Sighing, Kelly slumped against the door. "It’s been a year. A year today. I just wanted to see him."
Alex nodded his head, and she saw sympathy in his expression. "I’m sorry but you can’t be here." He released her and stepped back.
The loss of his body heat had Kelly wrapping her arms around herself. "I’m not leaving. I want to talk to him."
"No." Alex shook his head and crossed his arms over his chest.
Kelly took a step towards him, resting her hands on her hips. "You’re not my boss. I can talk to who I want to."
He just smiled smugly at her.
"What are you going to do, Alex? Arrest me?" she taunted. "Don’t you think that would ruin your cover?"
The smile never left his face. "I don’t have to arrest you. All I have to do is have you thrown out of the bar, put in a cab and sent home."
She knew he would do it. "Please, Alex. I just wanted to talk to him."
"No."
Frustrated, Kelly struck out a hand but he caught it.
"Careful there," he warned and yanked her to him. Kelly tilted her head back to look him in the face. His grey eyes cut into hers as his lips thinned.
"I won’t let you blow my cover. I won’t let you ruin a two-year investigation. He’s killed more than just your sister. I have been after him longer than what you’ve been involved. And most of all I won’t let you get yourself hurt or killed."
Kelly’s gaze followed as his lips moved and she licked her own, wondering what his would taste like. She looked into his eyes and saw the struggle there. He was fighting the attraction, just like she was. But she was tired of fighting it.
Kelly lifted onto her toes and pressed her mouth against his. He stiffened but didn’t move. She traced his lips with her tongue and bit down on the lower.
Alex finally opened to her with a groan. As she kissed him again, his hands found their way to her hair, and the soft kiss she started turned into a desperately brutal kiss of passion. He lifted her off her feet, and she wrapped her legs around his narrow waist. The jean material of his pants rubbed roughly against the damp silk material of her panties.
He moaned into her mouth, and she tightened her legs around him, needing to relieve the pressure between her thighs.
A knock on the door made them jump. Alex let her down his body slowly before moving and turning away. "Yeah?"
"Hey, Alex, we’re starting to get busy. Need you at the bar." A male voice came through the door.
"Be right there," Alex said before turning back to Kelly. He picked up her headband that had fallen to the floor and handed it to her. "One drink, Kelly. You will not talk to him and then you will be on your way."
Kelly nodded, her face still flushed and her skin still heated. Alex opened the door and, with his hand wrapped around her wrist, pulled her towards the bar.
Alex couldn’t believe she had shown up at the bar. He knew she was getting restless, and the anniversary of her sister’s murder didn’t help, but he had specifically told her to stay away from here.
Setting a Crown and Coke in front of her, he watched her blush before taking a drink. Things had gone a little too far in the storage room, but damn she’d tasted good. Smelled good and felt even better. He’d fought it for so long and to finally have her in his arms had felt like heaven. But he couldn’t do it. She didn’t belong in his world.
Alex looked over to the man in the back of the bar. Craig Lambert—local drug dealer, murderer, and vampire. Kelly would never believe him if he told her what Craig really was. Hell, he could probably show her, and she still wouldn’t believe. No, she didn’t belong in this world, and he needed to get rid of her.
He exchanged a look with his partner, Marcus, who nodded. He would help keep an eye on Kelly if Alex needed him to. Marcus was also aware of the attraction between the two of them. Every time they had spoken with Kelly about the case, Marcus would make sure to comment on just how pretty Kelly was, receiving the desired reaction from Alex.
The two men had been friends for a very long time. Alex wasn’t able to hide his feelings for Kelly from him, and Marcus loved the fact that he tried.
When Kelly stood, he sighed in relief that she was leaving.
"I’ll call you tomorrow, Kelly, I promise," he told her as he covered her hand with his on the cold, worn wood of the bar.
Her eyes met his and he could see the pain.
"It’s almost over," Alex assured her.
Her gaze darted to the back of the room before meeting his again. "Okay, Alex."
She pulled her hand away, turned and left the bar. Alex watched her the entire time, his body reacting. He adjusted the bulge in his jeans. His attention was then drawn to the empty table in the back. Where had they gone?