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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Highland Victory

I'm thrilled to introduce a guest blog from Eliza Knight. Not only is she a USA Today bestseller, but she is one of my favorite authors. Her newest book Highland Victory just hit stores on Friday! I'll let her tell you about it because I will be too busy reading the entire trilogy!



Eliza Knight:
 
I’m super excited to share a few fun excerpts from my new release, HIGHLAND VICTORY! A little about the book…

HIGHLAND VICTORY, is the 3rd and final book in the Highland Wars Trilogy (Book 1: Highland Hunger / Book 2: Highland Sacrifice).

The epic battle continues! 

After battling for their lives in the Highland War Games, Ceana MacRae and Macrath Mor were married and named Prince and Princess of Sìtheil. But even after accepting their crowns, they are not out of the woods. Danger lurks at every turn. They've vowed to take down the mighty and treacherous council only to unearth an even deadlier secret: The Corridor of the Ancients, where their enemy Lady Beatrice has kept a mysterious prisoner and tortured countless victims. 

Four armies have converged upon their castle and it would seem that they not only have to fight the royal council but hordes more. They must prove their worth to their king, thwart the many plots set up against them and see their enemies destroyed. 

With their past demons still chasing them and their adversaries stopping at nothing to see them crushed, the final battle for Sìtheil will prove to be a challenge not only for their reign, but also for their love. 

Will Ceana and Macrath win the war?

Can their love survive what destiny has in store for them?

 
Now, for the excerpts! I created these memes myself to help convey the moods for each scene! Enjoy!


 



Ceana is a feisty heroine who knows what she wants. Extremely in love with her husband, and confident in his capabilities as a warrior, she doesn’t hesitate to remind him what his duty is and what’s important.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




Sigh… Their love is true. It is resilient. Nothing and no one can tear them apart.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Ceana is a willing and able warrior. She’s fought through the war games, and defeated many of her enemies. She’ll stop at nothing to keep her people and her castle safe.

 

 
 
 
 
  
 

 




Oh, Macrath… He is one my favorite characters. He's fierce, cunning, loyal, resilient, sexy as hell and I love that Ceana has cracked his shell and exposed the soft-hearted hero he is!

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

I loved this short excerpt because I think it conveys a lot about the story. Macrath is confident he will capture their enemies, but like so many of those who’ve gone against them, often times our adversaries lurk in the shadows and we must peel away the darkness to see who stands ready to do battle with us.

 

 



 

 




Hey, just because they’re married and fighting bad people doesn’t mean they can’t have a hot moment or two *winks*

 

 
 
 
 
 


Want to read more?

Check out HIGHLAND VICTORY!


If you haven’t yet read Book One and Book Two, I do suggest reading them in order.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Eliza Knight is a USA Today bestselling indie author of sizzling historical romance and erotic romance. While not reading, writing or researching for her latest book, she chases after her three children. In her spare time (if there is such a thing…) she likes daydreaming, wine-tasting, traveling, hiking, staring at the stars, watching movies, shopping and visiting with family and friends. She lives atop a small mountain with her own knight in shining armor, three princesses and one very naughty puppy. Visit Eliza at http://www.elizaknight.comor her historical blog History Undressed:


 

Friday, June 19, 2015

CAUTION…MEN (NOT) AT WORK.

Well, folks, it’s me…Kayce Lassiter…again.  LOL  I missed my last blog date and I apologize.  It seems like life has been trying to run me over lately.  But I’m still standing and fighting the good fight.  

So, what to blog about today?  Hmmm…well, my last blog was about my cross-country trip and ripping the steps out of the motor home.  Nope, can’t top that one this week, but I can add to it because I finished the trip and then took off on another road trip.  On my first trip, I hit 14 states in 18 days.  On the second one, I hit 10 states in 15 days.  So in the last 5 weeks, I have personally driven over 10,000 miles.  That’s about 9-10 months of driving under normal circumstances for me, which means I’m pooped and ready to stay home or fly for a while.  LOL


Okay, so I didn’t wreck any more motor homes and I didn’t wreck my own truck…Thank God!  But I will tell you about something I have witnessed across this entire country and that is road construction.  Road freaking construction…and one hell of a lot of it!!!  I’m telling you, people, I will never complain about Arizona roads again—not after having traveled on I-70 and I-80 through multiple states.  I never knew it was possible to travel a road that long and be in a construction zone the whole stinking way.  Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit…not the whole way…only every 10 to 50 miles…and that’s a lot of construction zones.  That part I’m not exaggerating.  If you figure the average number of miles between construction zones is about 30 miles on a stretch of about 900 miles, that’s over 30 construction zones.  And I’m thinking I’m being generous at 30 miles between them because I’m pretty sure there were 123 construction zones!  They started the minute we crossed over the Arizona line into New Mexico and ended the moment we pulled into the driveway in Pennsylvania.  This entire country is one huge construction zone!

So I’m thinking why is so much of America under construction?  The story I was given everywhere we went was snow.  Okay, I get it…snow can tear up roads.  But we have snow here in Arizona.  I drove through Flagstaff and the roads were lovely.  Hmmm…me smells a rat in the grain room!  So if snow isn’t the definitive answer, what is it?  We know it ain’t heat because we have the market cornered on heat here in the Phoenix valley.  Now what?  Rain maybe?  Okay, that explains some of the country, but not all of it.  Remember, I said the roads were bad the minute we left Arizona.  I don’t think New Mexico gets a lot more rain than Arizona.  So what’s their excuse?   I smell a conspiracy!

Well, I think I finally figured it out.  It’s money.  Taxes, to be specific.  The more roads you have torn up, the more taxes you need to collect for the construction.  And let me tell you…you people in Illinois are paying WAY too much in taxes because every road in your state is under construction!  Driving through Illinois remind me of an old Mr. Magoo cartoon…things crashing down around you and you don’t dare look up because if you do, you know you’re gonna die.  So you set the cruise control on 25 (because you can’t go any faster than that) and you close your eyes and let the tires follow the grooves in the road and hope you don’t crash into a hundred construction barrels. 

And, while we’re on the subject…what the hell ever happened to construction cones?  The cute little soft cones that squished up when you ran over them?  Why did we go to huge orange barrels the size of a freaking cow that will turn your truck into a crushed Tonka toy if you are a little too far to the right…or some genius sets the barrels too close together?  Is this a test?  Is it a     conspiracy?  Are we rats in a huge orange maze?

Okay, I have an idea to reduce the taxes.  We move all the orange construction barrels to create a huge playground…or maybe we melt them down and use them to build a huge orange plastic city next door to Chicago.  We allow each state 10 roads they can tear up in 3 spots each year…pick the worst spots and patch the rest (nicely)...not those crappy patches that leave a mountain in the road big enough to high-center your car or a hole big enough to swallow a Buick.  Oh, and they can only replace 3 bridges a year…not all of them every year.  Then we take those 4 road workers at each site that are leaning on their shovels watching the one guy work…you’ve seen ‘em, you know I’m right…and we make them daycare workers at the huge orange plastic city next door to Chicago at a quarter of their existing pay.  There are enough of them out there that we could position them shoulder to shoulder around the perimeter of the orange city and they could watch the entire city from where they are sitting.  They’ll never have to move a muscle to keep an eye on the kids in that city…they’ll love it!  Then we keep the one guy who’s actually working the shovel at each site and we double his pay so he’s getting what he’s worth and we put him in charge of the 10 roads and 3 sites that are under construction in each state.


Voile…better roads, less taxes, everyone doing what they love and are good at.  LOL  Anything else you’d like me to fix while I’m at it?  No?  Not just a little bit?


All right, I know I’m exaggerating, but you all know there is a grain of truth in this.  And I’ll tell you…if I never travel on Interstate 70 ever again as long as I live, it will be too soon!  That has to be the worst road in America…and tearing the whole thing up doesn’t seem to be helping, people!  When I traveled that road in the RV, we had to tie the cabinet doors together with bag ties to keep them from vibrating open.  We had pots and pans, coffee cups, and toilet paper falling on our heads the whole way…all 123 construction zones.


You have never lived until you’ve driven through Chicago in a 30 foot RV during rush hour with your head wrapped in toilet paper and a coffee cup hanging off one ear!

That’s my story, frustrating and fantastical, and I’m stickin’ to it.  Hold on tight now ‘cuz we’re gonna go real, real fast!

Love ya,

Kayce

P.S.  I'd love it if you all would stop by and visit with me tomorrow at 4 p.m. EST at our book release party on Facebook.  If you don't already have an invitation in your inbox, get on Facebook and ask to friend me.  I will accept your friend request and send you an invitation to the party page.  Hope to see you there!  The party starts at 10:30 a.m. EST and goes until 10:30 p.m. EST and there are a slew of fabulous authors giving away a pile of free books, gift cards, and swag.  Friend me and join us!

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!


           Today is my grandfather’s birthday and I’m thinking of him although it doesn’t need to be his birthday for that to happen. I think about him quite often and always with the utmost love in my heart. He was a good man (and believe me, I don’t give that kind of praise easily) who laughed like Popeye the Sailor Man and was fond of wearing hats with little feathers stuck in the band. He was funny and kind and always, always a gentleman of the first order. There is something to be said about memories and the warm, loving glow one gets wh
en they think of someone who is no longer with us.
            I was fortunate when I was young to spend a lot of time with him and my grandmother. Our special thing to do on Saturday mornings was feed the ducks at the park….just me and him. We’d take off early and spend the morning throwing pieces of stale bread into the water for my feathered friends (I’ve heard we’re not supposed to do this anymore). I learned later, when he and I were much older and he was ill, that sometimes the bread we tossed wasn’t stale. He’d go to the store the night before just to make we’d have enough. It was Pepper Ridge Farm bread too….the good stuff!
            When I was a little older (and yes, we still fed the ducks on Saturday mornings), I would be allowed to walk down to the bus stop on Friday evenings (if it wasn’t too dark) and wait for him to get off the bus (he worked in New York City for Western Union and took the bus every day so Grandma could have the car). I remember him getting off the bus, big smile on his face, tie never loosened but his suit jacket slung over his arm and we’d stroll to the A&P to pick up something special for dinner that night. The A&P had coffee bean grinders at the end of each register. The aroma hit you as soon as you walked in the door. To this day, the smell of fresh ground coffee reminds me of him.  
            Happy birthday, Grandpa! Thanks for the wonderful memories!

As always, happy reading (and remembering)
Marie

Monday, June 15, 2015

My Traitor

For those of you who know my writing style, having to write about a no nonsense ex-Army sergeant pushed the boundaries of my normally light, quirky romantic suspense novels. As a side character to my Nadia Wolf series, Remy had only the occasional spot light. His story needed to be told. The result: AWESOME!!!


Remy Bourne’s view on relationships with women was crystal clear to everyone who knew him. He didn’t do them. Except once. And for that error in judgment, he paid the price in blood. Unfortunately, it wasn’t only his.

Ava Hunt was a part of Remy’s platoon. Her sole job was to get behind enemy lines and rescue soldiers. She worked hard, she fought hard, and she was the only woman that he had ever loved.
And she was a traitor.

After an excruciating stint in enemy prison — thanks to her — and six years of guilt — thanks to her, again — Remy finally rid her from his system and was ready to move on. But Ava had other plans and hunted him down. What could she possibly want from him this time that she hadn’t already carved from his chest six years ago? Remy intends to find out and stop her, but when Ava returns, so does the haunting past, threatening not only his life and those close to him, but his conscience as well.
Ava will force Remy to help her, if necessary, because she won’t take no for an answer. She has no qualms about fighting dirty to get what she wants — what she needs to survive. The only problem: Fighting dirty with Remy was what sparked their affair so long ago; something neither Remy nor Ava were prepared to rekindle.

This is a standalone book that can be read on it's own or following the Nadia Wolf series. Check out my website for more information, including links to purchase. I hope you enjoy!