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WARNING: Post contains mature themes, steamy, sexual scenes and graphic language.
Power coiled through him. Roughly, he hauled her to the bed. Her back met the mattress and he positioned himself above her. He spread her thighs wider with his knees. She curled her hands over his broad shoulders, feeling the muscles clench and tighten under her palms.
He stilled above her. The thick head of his cock nudged the swollen folds.
Amidst the addictive hunger, there was something more. Something Zoe didn’t want to speculate on. For a moment, apprehension edged at her arousal.
“Say it, Zoe. Say you’re mine.”
It was a claiming.
He was claiming her.
And she desperately wanted to belong.
“I’m yours,” she whispered.
He thrust into her, working himself deeper, his gaze locked with hers. She gasped and gripped his shoulders tighter. He eased back, then pushed inside her again, slowly, deeply. He filled her perfectly.
“Mine,” he growled. “My mate.”
“Yes.” She was fighting to breathe. Fighting to make sense of the sensations tearing through her.
His hips jerked hard, burying himself inside of her.
“You need to say it back to me, angel.”
“My mate,” she whimpered, feeling a new surge of energy pulsating through her body. A brilliant array of color, pleasure, sensations vibrated through her. For a brief, intense moment, she felt as if her body and soul merged with his, and her senses exploded with the pleasure of it.
His cock throbbed inside her, thick and hard, stretching the sensitive tissue. Electric pulses began to race through her body. Jack’s jaw clenched, fighting for control. He pulled back, then slammed in, harder, deeper. Impaling her with swift, hard strokes.
She dug her nails into his shoulders and gasped. Her vision darkened as she cried out with her release. The pleasure broke her. Every neuron in her body seemed to explode in ecstasy.
The vortex burst sending violent waves of energy ricocheting off the walls. She heard Jack’s shout, felt the overpowering pleasure of his release pulsating inside her.
Closing her eyes, Zoe held onto him and knew nothing would ever be the same again.
She was lost to him.
Leave a CommentI killed off my coworker, today.
Yup. I threw him out a porthole window, the ship’s propeller sucked him in and shot him out as shark bait.
God, what a catharsis. It was GREAT!
I laughed so hard.
My hero in the book said, “Oops.”
The heroine gave him a high-five.
Poor Mohammad, evil terrorist.
In real life, he’s just a pain-in-the-ass project manager and misogynist.
Writing is therapy.
Yup.
I think I’ll kill off another project member this week.
I shall write her as a real witch, who is working with a dark lord to destroy the world.
She’ll have to die a terrible death, don’t you think?
In real life? She made it a point to be abusive and condescending on a phone call.
In that she works for a multi-million dollar partner, I bit my tongue.
I wrote her into my next book, during that call.
Bwa ha haaaa.
If they only knew.
I write fiction.
It is my therapy.
It is my joy.
It is my escape.
A young man left the gym today and made it a point of removing his shirt for all to see.
Guess I’ll write in those biceps, and tattoos, as well.
And my fears, and my tears.
And my emotional issues.
And share myself with you.
You know me from my writing.
Funny you should ask!
Chantel and I are having a release party and I would like to invite you, personally. Please click that you are coming!
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Now that you’ve done that, let’s talk about a Facebook Event.
It’s merely a way to tell your friends and family that there is something important going on. It’s easy to do. Just make a start date and an end date.
How does that differ from a Facebook Party?
At a party, people come to visit, right?
However, unlike a REAL party, it isn’t rude to jump in, say a few words, or enter a contest, and leave.
So, at a Facebook Party, people come to visit the URL of the event. They might play a game, click like, enter a raffle, or post something on the timeline.
Our release party is going to be ‘hosted’ by different authors over the course of one day. This is a lot of fun. There are games and prizes and clever folks. Sometimes its fun just to watch the melee.
We have hired ‘help’ with our party. (In the real world, consider this like hiring a caterer.)
I highly recommend this site below. She helps get us hosts, and sets up the event for us.
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If you have any questions, leave a comment!
I LOVE to hear from people!
Please let us know, too, if you’d like an ARC to give a review!
(ARC? Advance Review Copy)
Chantel and I are hoping to sell 200 ebooks in pre-sale.
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A Facebook Party can be many things. Foremost, it is an Facebook EVENT.
This is ours!
https://www.facebook.com/events/996229597079177/
An author can host their own Facebook event, or, as Chantel and I have today, ask an outside service to do it for them.
Like A Boss, promotions, is doing our Event today.
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What is a party without people? Invite your fans and friends.
A new writer, just starting to promote, might ask?
What if I don’t have many virtual friends?
No worries! At this point, you will have to rely on a promoter to do it for you.
Now you have a Facebook party, and invited friends.
BTW? Unlike a real party, it isn’t rude to show up, leave a comment, and go!
From here, parties can diverge dramatically.
You can have someone ‘HOST’ your party, or like us today, direct your party to other sites, (blog sites), who have something WONDERFUL to offer.
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On Our RELEASE DAY, I will explain HOSTED Facebook Parties!
That is where a list of people, stay on your Facebook Event, and play Facebook games where you can win prizes.
I hope you win a prize!
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Dark Vortex, Mated by Magic
by Stella Marie Alden & Chantel Seabrook
Wow! I can’t believe how fast Chantel is getting this book out to you!
It seems like just yesterday that she and I were thinking we should do a novel together. I mentioned I had a work in progress and asked if she would like to run with it. Now, here we are, just a few weeks later, with our cover reveal!
Of course, what’s a reveal, without a Facebook Party?
Here’s the links, for those authors who would like to get involved!
Cover Reveal Doc for Blogs: http://goo.gl/forms/qy3CR0OpLz
Cover Reveal Party Sign-up for Authors: http://goo.gl/forms/UY863id9bo
Party Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/996229597079177/
Here’s the cover blurb:
For the survival of his clan, Jack Fialko needs to mate with a witch of equal power before the end of the solstice. He found the perfect woman, except for one serious flaw. She has no idea how to engage in the dangerous magical foreplay–the duel for sexual equality. The task of training her in two days seems insurmountable, especially while other warriors are trying to kidnap her.
Zoe is a warrior-healer hybrid. The trouble is, she has no idea what that means. It’s all a harmless game until one night a dominant, brooding, sexy as sin warrior touches her and ignites a shameless craving to mate. Zoe must decide if the scorching chemistry between is worth fighting for.
Can love and lust can exist together in an exhilarating magical combination? Or will their bond combust?
Warning: This book contains some graphic material. If lusting magic is not your cup of tea, then pass on this one.
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IT’s 7:17 AM, and I’ve been up since 4:30, writing.
I usually get up at 5:30, but I’m working through the last chapter of my second draft and can’t sleep. The urge to write is too great.
What do I mean about my drafts?
First, I think of a premise, a what if. For my last book it went something like this. What if there was a noble woman, who refused to be married, and shot arrows at her suitors?
Next, I meet the characters, and we talk. I get them to agree about the high-level plot.
(In this book, the heroine refused to be anything less than a queen. It took some doing to find a one, other than Edward’s wife. That is why we visit the Isle of Man.)
Then, I write down landing points that we all agree upon. This works better than an outline because, generally, my characters refuse to be corralled. I learned this in book one. Now I can prevent endless rewrites.
I talk to them about their goals, motivation, and conflict and I write these down so I can remind them if they get out of hand.
Only then, do I release them into their world. I follow them around and write down what they say. When people ask if I get writer’s block, I laugh. How is that possible. I can barely keep up. Occasionally, if I get a moment. I jot down a bit of scenery. This is the first draft.
The second draft, where I am now, I add everything else. Sights, sounds, angst, inner thoughts, and scenery. Google becomes my dearest friend. This is where the real writing takes place.
I have targeted to start the third draft in Feb. I will edit my own work for the poetry of the words and hand off to my husband who will fix my grammar, spelling, and find holes in my plots.
Then, I will give my romance novel to a few honest Beta readers and consider their suggestions at length. Some changes will be made. Some not.
After this, I am ready to share my work with my publisher’s editor. At this point, it should be almost perfect.
She will make some suggestions. I usually agree with all and we send back and forth perhaps two or three times.
Voila! A novel!
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