Sensual Reads Blog Hop - Characters and Spring Fever

Sensual Reads is relaunching its site, and hosting a summer kick off blog hop with its sister sites. The transition from spring to summer is usually one of the best. I look forward to spending more time outside. There's one hitch though. My characters don't like the transition nearly as much as I do. Oh, sure, they're fans of nicer weather, but the more time I spend outside, the less time I spend at the keyboard, and the longer it takes to get their stories told. So while summer means gardening and sititng by the pool for me, my characters are out plotting how to give me the flu, or at least buying me a waterproof computer.


I look forward to he transition from spring to summer, from mostly indoor activities to outdoor ones. There's a hitch though. My characters don't like the transition nearly as much as I do. Oh, sure, they're fans of nicer weather, but they want to get out too. The more time I spend outside, the less I spend at the keyboard, and the longer it takes to get their stories told. So while summer means gardening and sitting by the pool for me, my characters are out plotting how to give me the flu, or at least buying me a waterproof computer.



To keep them happy, this summer should bring the completion of my erotic novella, New Bohemia: Just One Night, and an urban fantasy, The Nocebo Effect. As a result of my agreement to finish these novels, May and Peter (the main characters from New Bohemia) and Vonna and Rick (the main characters from The Nocebo Effect) have conceeded to let me out in the sunlight every once and a while.



And now, for that chance to win I mentioned. . . The contest is open to everyone, but you need to comment to win. On June 11, 2012, I'll pick one winner at random from the comments and that person will get a choice of one of my e-book short story collections: Paths Less Traveled or Shots at Redemption from Musa Publishing.



Paths Less Traveled:

Some women walk their own paths through the ages, even when mayhem follows. Follow two of these women as they each walk the Paths Less Traveled.

In “Lightning Strikes”, Falcon, a disinherited princess, wants to be the king’s spy. The theft of a prize stallion is her chance. But when her best friend stands accused, far more than her dreams are at risk. Falcon races to catch a thief before fatal vengeance falls on an innocent man.

Worlds away, Psyonics Corporation controls all paranormals and psychics in “Flashes of Life.” Its highest-testing but still latent psychic, Vonna accepts an assignment with the D.C. police to avoid the company’s breeding program. The company works to ensure failure in her first case – a homicide. If she can’t unlock her talents, a murderer will go free and she’ll be consigned to slavery.

The Paths Less Traveled. Strange universes. Kick-butt heroines.

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Shots at Redemption:

 We all make mistakes. In this collection, a witch, a goddess, and a dragon take their shots at redemption in the hope of reclaiming lost love.

In "Best Dressed and Obsessed, Janelle, a graduate-level witch, chooses a magic dress to enthrall her professor. Sadly, the dress is cursed. At her graduation ball, will she kiss the man she loves? Or kill him?

Eons ago, Zeus decreed that Odysseus leave Kalypso. In "Kalypso's Song", Odysseus is reborn as a scholar. Can Kalypso convince him to reclaim the love they were denied?

The sea dragon Ryu spares a ship crossing her domain when a human child aboard reminds her of her own lost children. Ryu finds an unlikely surrogate family in "A Sea Serpent's Tale". When her new family is attacked by another dragon, can Ryu save them?

Shots at Redemption. We want them. We need them. But, do we get them?

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Thanks for stopping by, and stop by some of the other sites on the hop. Don't forget to check back on June 12, 2012 to see if you won. Have a great summer.
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