I am truly truly honored! Pack Daughter: Were Chronicles Book Seven has been nominated for Best Book of 2014 over at Long and Short Reviews.
All the books that we're rated Best Book during this year have been nominated for the top spot.
This is one of those times that it is truly awesome just to be nominated!
Voting in from 2/1/15 through 2/14/15 and I could use your support. Please head over to
http://www.longandshortreviews.com/contest
and cast your vote.
Even if it's not for me (although I hope it is) please support the author and book of your choosing!
Thanks to everyone for all the awesome reviews and purchasing you've granted me with!
Crissy Smith
Paranormal Romance on the 'WILD' side...
http://www.crissysmith.net
http://www.werechronicles.com
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Pack Secrets: Were Chronicles Book Twelve
Today is the day! Your very first chance to read the next installment of the Were Chronicles series!
Buy purchasing Pack Secrets from the publisher Totally Bound you can read it a whole month early! How cool is that!
Here is the link: https://www.totallybound.com/pack-secrets
Pack Secrets brings changes to our wolf shifters and you won't want to miss this exciting addition!
Alex Wilson enjoys his low-key life at his family ranch, spending hours with his horses and being surrounded by his family. He doesn’t know what he’s missing until Angel Salvatore storms into his life.
With the threat to the Pack and a new woman in his life, Alex finds himself struggling to take in all the changes. Shocked to his core when Angel declares them mates, he has no idea that isn’t even the biggest secret Angel will reveal.
Angel Salvatore is called to come to the aid of the Canyon Pack after rogue agents of her organization attacked. She has no clue that she’ll also find the one person meant to be hers. Not only does Angel have to track down the last three rogue agents, but she has a lot of explaining to do to her mate. Alex pushes her to lose control, which has her blurting out the one secret that no one knows.
Revealing the reason why he can’t scent her, and why she has impressive speed and outstanding strength, has the potential of destroying everything she’s ever wanted.
Buy purchasing Pack Secrets from the publisher Totally Bound you can read it a whole month early! How cool is that!
Here is the link: https://www.totallybound.com/pack-secrets
Pack Secrets brings changes to our wolf shifters and you won't want to miss this exciting addition!
Complications never felt so good.
With the threat to the Pack and a new woman in his life, Alex finds himself struggling to take in all the changes. Shocked to his core when Angel declares them mates, he has no idea that isn’t even the biggest secret Angel will reveal.
Angel Salvatore is called to come to the aid of the Canyon Pack after rogue agents of her organization attacked. She has no clue that she’ll also find the one person meant to be hers. Not only does Angel have to track down the last three rogue agents, but she has a lot of explaining to do to her mate. Alex pushes her to lose control, which has her blurting out the one secret that no one knows.
Revealing the reason why he can’t scent her, and why she has impressive speed and outstanding strength, has the potential of destroying everything she’s ever wanted.
Friday, November 28, 2014
Featured over at ARE Cafe
All Romance EBooks has always been a part of my writing and reading life. Even way back before I'd published anything I bought from ARE.
Without an EBook reader I purchased my books from ARE in the adobe format.
This was back before I knew much about the electronic formats. I just knew that I could purchase books I was interested in right away.
This work well when you don't have a bookstore in town.
Now that I am fully involved with the EBook boom I still purchase and visit ARE weekly.
This month I was asked to write a post to be featured at the ARE café. So of course I jumped at the chance!
You can read my post here: http://www.arecafe.com/cafe-news/crissy-smith/
Here I'm talking about how Thanksgiving means to me and how family plays a strong part in my books.
In connection with my latest release today: Pack Beta: Were Chronicles Book Eleven
we go back to Canyon Texas where the Pack Beta Chase Lawson finds himself protecting his Pack and a woman who isn't anything he's ever seen before!
As Pack Beta, Chase Lawson loves his position and the time he gets to spend helping others. Always the problem-solver, Chase tries to keep the Pack running smoothly for his Alpha. A request to check on one of the older members in the heart of the Canyon leads to a man shot and bleeding on his porch—and Chase ducking for cover.
Someone is hunting Chase’s fellow members. Chase might not be the biggest or the toughest of all the shifters but he’s determined to find who is responsible for the crime.
The last twelve hours have had Kayla Webb running from an attempted kidnapping. She returns to Canyon, Texas after her father is shot. At the hospital, Kayla and friends walk into a mystery—a secret her father’s kept from her and the entire Pack—and it has come back to haunt them all.
Unsure who to trust, Kayla teams up with Chase to track down the man who hurt her family.
The logical, by-the-book Beta and independent, strong-willed female will save everyone but the secrets revealed will send a shock wave through the plains of Texas.
I love this Pack and will hate to leave them once book twelve is complete.
With today's release you can run over to pick up Pack Beta from All Romance EBooks or any online retailer!
So stay out of the cold and off the busy roads. Curl up with a good book instead!
Crissy Smith
Paranormal Romance on the 'WILD' side...
Monday, November 24, 2014
Cara Sutra Feature
I am super excited to share the link to my Cara Sutra Feature today.
I was lucky enough to be asked to come on as a spotlight erotic author. You can check out the full post at:
http://carasutra.co.uk/2014/11/erotic-author-spotlight-series-crissy-smith/
Here I give some sexy excerpt from previous and upcoming book! I also share a little bit about why the EBook craze really helps me out. Not having a book store I don't have a lot of choices on where to buy from.
So I hope you'll stop by and show me some love!
Crissy
I was lucky enough to be asked to come on as a spotlight erotic author. You can check out the full post at:
http://carasutra.co.uk/2014/11/erotic-author-spotlight-series-crissy-smith/
Here I give some sexy excerpt from previous and upcoming book! I also share a little bit about why the EBook craze really helps me out. Not having a book store I don't have a lot of choices on where to buy from.
So I hope you'll stop by and show me some love!
Crissy
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
My First Time- Six years Ago
It was six
years ago today my very first story was published.
So much has
changed in that time yet so many things remain the same.
Savage Love
is a short story that was featured as one of Totally Bound’s Halloween Collection:
Bite Me in 2008.
I’m still
with Totally Bound but instead of just that one book I have now contacted and
released 30! Yes, this week will be the publication of my 30th book.
Wow! That
seems so amazing to me. 30 books in the six years that I have been writing!
While I still have work around my regular day job I have gotten better at
spending quality time on my writing time.
In the six
years there has been many short stories and even a few series. The most notably
of course being the Were Chronicles. Of course the Were Chronicles being
novella length works made the way for the full novel size series for the
Shifter Chronicles.
And none of
it would have happened if I hadn’t first gotten that contract from Totally
Bound which brought Savage Love into the world.
So in
celebration I wanted to share a little about the very 1st book of my
career.
Savage Love
by Crissy Smith- published through Totally Bound Oct 2008. You can still pick
up your copy from Totally Bound, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and many more online
sites.
Kelly Walker will do anything to catch her sister's killer,
including entering a world she'd had no idea existed, and giving her heart to a
man not completely human. Kelly Walker is determined to bring down the man who
killed her sister. One year later and there still hasn't been an arrest made.
She knows there is an on-going investigation headed by the attractive and
intriguing Alex Gray. The only man who has ever been able to touch something
deep inside her she'd rather not know about. Their attraction is almost
animalistic. Alex Gray has tried for a year to keep Kelly out of the
investigation he's given two years of his life for. But when he finds her
trapped with the man he knows has killed before, he must risk everything to
protect her. Showing her what he really is and what they are up against could
cost him the one thing he's waited his entire life for a mate.
Looking
back at the blurb of Savage Love I can still remember the emotions of my first
time, lol, of becoming a published author. This story will always have a
special place in my heart.
Just in
case you haven’t read the book yet I wanted to give you an inside look into
Kelly and Alex.
Savage Love Excerpt
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.
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.
That was just a small scene
at the beginning of the book but goes to show that Kelly is like many of my
female characters. She doesn’t stand behind the men in the books. If she needs
to go and take care of business she does. Even when she isn’t aware of the
paranormal world she finds herself smack dab in the middle of.
Another very surprising but
wonderful thing that happened with Savage Love is that as my first book I hit
All Romance EBooks best seller list! Even to this day I still hold five star
over all review at the site.
For my first attempt at
sharing the written word with people this cannot be explained enough of the
pride and excitement that I get.
I have some awesome readers
and fans that have spent the last six years encouraging and supporting me in my
venture. I wouldn’t have made it so far without all of you.
Top say Thank You I am
continuing my Anniversary Celebration by giving away a free book.
And it is super easy to win!
All you have to do is
comment on this blog post and you will be entered to win a free EBook copy of
Bear Claw: Shifter Chronicles Book Two.
Bear Claw is my latest
release I want to share the story in celebration of the anniversary of Savage
Love.
Just my way to give back a
little something!
So don’t be shy, say hi, and
be entered for your chance to win! Contest ends at Midnight CST 10/29/14 and
runs all day 10/28 and 10/29/14! One lucky winner will receive a free EBook
copy. But don’t worry if you’re not chosen. There is a huge blowout coming with
super great prizes!
Thanks for stopping by,
Crissy Smith
Paranormal Romance on the
‘WILD’ side…
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Welcome Guest Blogger Mark Miner!
I am so excited to have Mark Miner over at the Guest Blogger tab! Mark's written one of the best posts I've read in awhile and I am sure you will enjoy! Don't forget... by commenting on Mark's post you will be entered to win a FREE EBOOK copy of my title Bear Claw: Shifter Chronicles Book Two!
So welcome Mark and enter for your chance at a free book!
Crissy
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Welcome Destiny Moon as the special guest blogger today
I have such a treat for you! The very talented Destiny Moon has joined us over at the Guest Blogger tab to share a great post! S stop on by and say hello! Learn more about her latest creation!
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