Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Pack Alpha Excerpt



The Were Chronicles start April 20th so make sure you lock your doors and leave the lights on, because the weres are coming to town!

On Monday The Were Chronicles will begin. The series through Total-E-Bound ( www.total-e-bound.com ) will be eight books long and take you through many different packs.

Pack Alpha is the first book of the series and follows Alpha Gage and his soon to be mate, non-shifter Marissa.

I hope you will pick the books up and begin the adventure with me...

Excerpt-

Marissa took a drink of the coffee she’d picked up at the last gas station. The hot liquid burned her tongue and tasted like slug. It wasn’t Starbucks that was for sure. She had flown into the Texas International Airport and rented a car to drive the rest of the way to the small town her sister called home. Her mind was busy thinking about how her sister Elizabeth had been so excited about moving here, but looking at the passing scenery of trees, trees, and more trees, Marissa didn’t get it. It was so big and wide. No buildings, other cars, or people around.


Rolling her window down and turning Bon Jovi even louder on the stereo, she concentrated on the drive—not the reason for coming. She dreaded going into Pack territory, but Elizabeth was the only family she had left, and after finding her mate, Elizabeth wanted Marissa there for the mating ceremony.


That thought brought a smile to Marissa’s face as she glanced at the invitation on the seat next to her. She wanted Elizabeth to be happy, and Greg sounded like a nice guy. She’d spoken to him numerous times on the phone, and he’d always been respectful towards her. And that wasn’t common. A were who couldn’t shift was an outsider. And everyone except Elizabeth had treated her that way her entire life.


Marissa had left the Pack she’d been raised in as soon as she could. Never to step foot on any Pack territory again. That was until later today. Elizabeth, on the other hand, had stayed until she met Greg, a member of a different Pack. After the initial meeting, he had offered her a teaching position at the elementary school and she had taken it. He had been courting her ever since with the blessing of her new Pack Alpha, Gage Wolf.


Marissa chuckled, thinking of everything Greg had done to win her sister’s heart. He’d known he wanted Elizabeth and had patiently waited. It had taken Elizabeth a year to agree to the mating ceremony, but she finally did. Marissa knew one of the reasons Elizabeth had been holding off was because of her.


Marissa had the same instincts as any other were and with that came the need of a Pack, but she had given up on that a long time ago. She’d grown up alone and would always remain that way. In the middle between a shifter and a human. She had many gifts due to her genes—the extended life span, the wolf traits, and some enhanced features—but not enough.
But Marissa would put everything she had into this week and the ceremony that meant so much to her sister.


The differences between her and Elizabeth had grown as they had aged. That was why Marissa had never visited Elizabeth’s new home. She wasn’t scared being in Pack territory; she just didn’t want to face all the males and their egos. And from what she understood, the Pack’s Alpha or leader was pretty young himself.


When around other wolves, the female wolf inside her demanded she mate with one of her own kind. So, as long as she avoided everyone except her sister as much as she could and kept her urges inside, everything would be okay. She would not act like the wolf she couldn’t shift into.
And if the Alpha was anything like her old one, she’d just tell him where to stick it. The idea of telling the Alpha of a territory to go to hell made her smile wider and laugh harder.

She wasn’t seventeen anymore. She wasn’t a scared little girl who had to follow everything someone told her. No, she was a grown woman. And she was going to enjoy the time with her sister.


She wasn’t dressed to impress the Alpha or any men in the territory as she currently wore a pair of hip-hugging jeans and a tight pink T-shirt. The paint on her toe nails matched the colour of her shirt, as did the flip-flops. It was a far cry from the suit she wore everyday as an office assistant. She felt free.


When she almost missed the turn off to the territory gate and turned the car sharply to the left, the back of the car skidded around and kicked up dirt. Laughing, she straightened the car and slowed her speed. She didn’t think Gage Wolf would be happy if she took out a couple of trees.
When she reached the gate, she stopped and waited for the guard. He didn’t disappoint. A man over six feet came over to the window and leaned down, smiling at her.


“Can I help you?” he asked in a husky voice.

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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone! Hope you have a wonderful day.

This weekend I have been working on edits. Had Friday off (Yea!) and went to work on my summer release Summer's Girl which will be part of The Summer Seductions Books!

Received the edits from my publisher and finished them last night. Summer's Girl will be the 2nd book in my contemporary books which are loosely related. The characters from Seduced by the neighbour make a brief appearance.

Friday I worked on the final write for the third book in The Were Chronicles: Pack Territory.

I also finished my own edits for Fated Love. The sequel to my first book Savage Love, which was released in 2008.

I hadn't planned on writing anymore about the characters from Savage Love. I am not sure how it happened but I sat down to write a werewolf book and Marcus kept coming to my mind. I decided to try to write an outline for him, and Bam! here you get Fated Love.

I did have to go back to my notes from Savage Love and even read through it once to get my mind on track. I had forgotten that in Savage Love that Marcus had a southern accent. Cajun as matter of fact. So I ended up changing where the story takes place.

I am pretty pleased with the turn out and look forward to sending it to my editor this weekend.

But it got me thinking... how many secondary characters should I expect to pop up? Hmm... I guess you just never know.

Oh BTW! Alex does make an appearance in Fated Love. I mean how can you have a sequel without the main character from the first?

*** Now don't forget that we are only about a week away from the release of Pack Alpha*** April 20th!!! And The Were Chronicles will start!!!

Crissy

Friday, April 10, 2009

Caught in the Middle Anthology Coming Soon



On May 11th get Caught in the Middle with your favorite authors. Total-E-Bound brings 6 hot menage stories to fulfill your fantasies.

My story Magical Menage is one of the six. A witch, a werewolf, and a vampire. Could the circle get any hotter?

Here's a little more about the newest anthology...

Swingtime by Desiree Holt

Lanie Burrell had heard about group sex, but how would she handle being thrust into the middle of a hot Saturday night party?

Lanie Burrell was shocked to discover the reason Cody Hawkins was the only other neighbour on their private little cul de sac. He needed the privacy for the swinging parties he hosted featuring the kind of uninhibited group sex she read about in the erotic books she reviewed.

At the moment they were the most exciting part of her sex life.Then Cody invited her to one of his parties, and she found a wildness within herself she hadn't known existed. And an attraction between herself and Cody that exploded like a big bomb on a short fuse.

Between Tooth and Paw by Kim Dare

Caught between two dominant men until they learn to settle their differences, all Jasmine can do is submit - and enjoy.

Thrown in between the future alpha of all the werewolf packs and the next head of all the vampire clans - the entirely human Jasmine Neal is charged with the task of helping the two younger men to forget their differences and set aside their hatred for each other.Offering Stafford and Hayden her submission is easy.

Offering them her body brings her nothing but pleasure. But she's only been sent to submit to them for one night. When the council of elders return to discover if their scheme to settle the men's differences is successful, she knows that the joy she finds with the two men will be over.

Mating Season by Nadia Aidan

Two master vampires, one werewolf in heat, and the primal spell of the full moon - it's definitely mating season.

Detective Collette Talbot is happily overworked and up to her knees in cases. With the busy life she leads, she doesn't have the time or energy to find a mate and settle down to have his pups.

But with her mating season just a week away she may not have any choice because when she goes into heat every lycan within a mile of her will be at her door.

Good thing she has two sexy candidates in mind that would be perfect to help her out with her little problem.Two master vampires, one werewolf in heat, and the primal spell of the full moon - it's definitely mating season.

Trouble for Three by Sascha Illyvich

One hot woman, two incredibly handsome gentlemen, how can this get any better?

Fed up with stupid men who can't decide what they want, Anneke leaves work one afternoon and ends up going out with a few girlfriends only to spy two cute guys watching them.

Specifically, they're both paying attention to her.Wondering what it would be like to have them both to herself, Anneke arranges to meet the guys sans her girlfriends just so she can get into a little trouble on her own!

Charity's Auction by Ashley Ladd

When Char bids on and wins both sexy doctors Hunky and Hottie in her hospital's charity auction, she knows exactly what to do with them and it's not tidily winks.

Although head nurse Char Reynolds is desperately head over heels for bad boy Dr. Dexter Graham, he's moved on. Still she gets caught up in bidding for him at the hospital's auction for the new children's wing and wins.

His smug expression drives her to also bid on and win the very hunky Dr. Ben Price, Dexter's nemesis and to plan a very naughty, very sexy night with both men.


Magical Ménage by Crissy Smith

Non-practising witch Madison Montgomery can't decide between the vampire and werewolf...is it possible to have them both?

Madison Montgomery craves and wants two very different men. Instead of choosing one, she avoids both.

Tired of waiting for her to make up her mind, Master Vampire Dante and the local wolf pack's Alpha Tom come up with an agreement of their own.

If she won't choose one of them, she'll have both.The pleasure she's given is more than she ever thought possible. One night will never be enough. If she thought it was hard to pick one of them as a lover, once she has them both, it is next to impossible to imagine being without both of them.

When Madison gets a visit from the past, Dante and Tom have to work together to keep her safe. Once that is accomplished, they just have to talk her into permanently accepting a threesome.

Pack Alpha: The Were Chronicles Excerpt

Moving farther away from the porch towards the edge of the trees, Marissa felt her wolf jump inside her skin. God, how she wished she could shift.

Could let the wolf completely free like it wanted, like it needed.


But that wasn’t going to happen. She couldn’t shift and no one had figured out how or why this happened to some. Her DNA was not like her sister’s or a mortal human’s. She was caught somewhere in the middle.


Resigned and unhappy, she turned back towards the house and stopped short when she noticed the man who stood on porch watching her. Her wolf growled its approval, demanding she take this available male.


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Gage watched as Marissa’s eyes widened. She licked her lips, and his cock jumped in his jeans. He’d been surprised to find her staring into woods like she was ready to go running. He didn’t know much about non-shifters. They were not common. Only a handful of them existed. But the intensity of her stare was like that before a shift.


He quickly covered the distance between them. Marissa didn’t move away from him when he reached her. Her green eyes had started to glow.


"The wild calls to you?"


She nodded and licked her lips again.


"How does it make you feel? Not being able to shift?" He wanted to know more about her. He wanted to reach the woman, and the wolf, under the skin.


She looked so sad he wanted to wrap his arms around her and tell her everything would be okay.


She cleared her throat twice before speaking. "Trapped."


She had started shaking and he reached for her. "Does it hurt?" He couldn’t imagine how it would feel for his wolf to be trapped.


When she only shrugged a shoulder, he continued, "What can I do?"


Her gaze met his before dropping to his lips. When she sucked her bottom lip, he felt the last thread of his resolve slipping. Yanking her to him, he took control of her mouth. She didn’t fight him, but opened immediately. He plunged his tongue inside dominating the kiss. Her low moan only drove him on farther, harder. With one hand wrapped in her hair, holding her head still, he used the other to bring their bodies closer.


Her lips moved against his. Her hands clawed at the shirt on his back.

Monday, March 23, 2009

What kind of writer are you?



This weekend I was finishing the final edots for the third book in The Were Chronicles Series: Pack Territory.

While going through this I realised something. I have never kept an ending. I mean never!!!

They say there are two kind of writers. The fly by the seat of the pants writers and the outliners. Myself I am an outlining. I have a serial notebook for every story I do.

In that notebook I have a characters page including description. I also have a synopsis on what should happen. Then I break down scenes. I do not number the scene but write what I want to happen throughout the book. The scenes get moved around. I use them in diffrent places but I get an idea on how things will happen.

I also go chapter by chapter. Then I write the first draft. Then I put it away for a few days (weeks) before going back and doing the re-write. Then once again put it away (hopefully for only a few days) before I start the edits.

Now depanding on the story length and all that edits can be done two to four times. After that I do a final run through to make sure everything is polished before I send it in to my editor.

Well this weekend I started wondering how I have changed every single ending I have ever had. I have even changed the ending after I have sent it to my editor. Probably drives her crazy!

I have now contracted eight books. And yes all eight of those books once had a different ending. Never would have guessed it.

So tell me. What kind of writer are you?

Crissy

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Were Chronicles 2 and other books


I have an update for you all. The March 2nd release of Seduced by the Neighbour seems to have gone well. I look forward to getting feedback on it.
During the first week of March not only did I get to celebrate my 2nd release but I also recieved the book covers for Pack Alpha and Magical Menage. Both I think are great, but I have to admit that Pack Alpha is my favorite so far!!!
Pack Alpha will be released on April 20, 2009 and will start the start of an eight book series called The Were Chronicles. To learn more about the Were's please join my yahoo group (There is a link at the bottom of the page.)
Also in the same week I was offered contracts on four more books!
Woo Hooooooooooooo! Happy dance with me.!!!
So anyone following this blog knows that I have now jumped past my goal have having five books published this year! Cool!
One of the books picked up was the second book in The Were Chronicles Pack Enforcer. It's tenative release date is set for September 2009.
Also for anyone who has picked up Seduced by the Neighbour don't forget to enter the contest to win a gift voucher from Total-E-Bound.
Enjoy! Remember- Reading is SEXY!

Friday, February 27, 2009

Join me

I Hope everyone will join us for the chat and take advantage of all the excerpts and prizes. You can't win if you don't show up!

Crissy