Tuesday, December 31, 2013

DYLAN AND JEN for $0.00! Jan. 1-3 only!

Get DYLAN AND JEN for free at Amazon between January 1st and 3rd.

Don't miss your chance!

Dylan and Jen: a My Once and Future Love Revisited story

Dylan is the bassist for Jake Lindsey’s band, but not when he’s in his hometown. It’s Christmas Eve and a sudden, strong blizzard has left the mountain submerged in snow, wrecking his plan to drive back to Los Angeles in time to attend Jake and Beth’s party Christmas Day.
Jennifer’s family was coming to spend the holiday at her cabin, but the storm is keeping them off the mountain. Resigned to entertaining herself for the night, she’s startled by someone pounding on her front door—a handsome man needing shelter from the storm. Dylan is sweet, funny, and so damn hot she can’t resist learning what he has to offer.
Was this a single night of passion, or the beginning of lasting love?

$0.99. Amazon exclusive. 


Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU |

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas.

So long, 2013.

Betrayed and Dylan and Jen both landed on Amazon this week. If you missed the announcements, see my previous two posts.

Next release is Forgiven on February 2nd.



Tuesday, December 24, 2013

DYLAN AND JEN release day! (a My Once and Future Love Revisited story)

Release day for my steamy romance novelette

Dylan and Jen: a My Once and Future Love Revisited story

Dylan is the bassist for Jake Lindsey’s band, but not when he’s in his hometown. It’s Christmas Eve and a sudden, strong blizzard has left the mountain submerged in snow, wrecking his plan to drive back to Los Angeles in time to attend Jake and Beth’s party Christmas Day.
Jennifer’s family was coming to spend the holiday at her cabin, but the storm is keeping them off the mountain. Resigned to entertaining herself for the night, she’s startled by someone pounding on her front door—a handsome man needing shelter from the storm. Dylan is sweet, funny, and so damn hot she can’t resist learning what he has to offer.
Was this a single night of passion, or the beginning of lasting love?

$0.99. Amazon exclusive.


Mark it to-read on Goodreads.

Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU |


Monday, December 23, 2013

BETRAYED is hitting the e-book shelves! (My Once and Future Love Revisited #2)

Willowick Publishing posted that BETRAYED was rolling out to e-retailers this week and look!

Amazon

$2.99, same as KISSED.

You can also still pre-order BETRAYED from Apple or Barnes and Noble or Kobo.



Absence makes the heart grow fonder...or forgetful.  Jacob is attending university in London while Beth stays in Los Angeles. The tender long-distance relationship falls apart when she believes he betrayed her on the same day she learns her mother's cancer has returned.  Sometimes love doesn't have a happy ending, at least not the first time. 

Years after their relationship crashed and burned, Jacob is the world’s newest hot rock star, and running into him in a twenty-four-hour market is the last thing Beth wanted or expected.  The biggest surprise?  He has an offer for her she can’t refuse.

Betrayed is the second of five books in the My Once and Future Love Revisited series exploring Beth and Jacob’s relationship with all its joys, flaws, and heartache.  New Adult Contemporary Romance saga.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Portals by @MaerWilson - Blog Tour


Maer Wilson's Portals Virtual Tour

December 14 - December 22

Giveaway
A chance to win one of these prizes:
1 - $10 Amazon Gift Card
1 - $5 Amazon Gift Card
3 – eBook Bundles of “Ghost Memory” and “Unwanted Ghost”





Portals Cover Blurb
For supernatural detectives Thulu and La Fi, “normal” is a relative term. La Fi is a medium, Thulu is a finder, and their usual clients are already dead.

But when their friend Reo is shot, and a group of stranded angels show up at their house for help to find a missing child, things are striking too close to home.

And now the portals that let the magical races return to Earth have started opening on their own.

With trips off-world, a kidnapped psychic and changes to their own abilities, Thulu and La Fi are hit with a lot more than they usually handle. Of course, their magical friends are there to help, but even they may not be enough to save an increasingly unstable Earth.

Portals is the sequel to Relics and is Book 2 in The Thulukan Chronicles.

Excerpt from Portals

That night Parker had popped in to wake us at two in the morning to tell us our best friend, Reo, had been shot. The young ghost was distraught and panicked.

“They're on the back porch! You have to go help.”

“Where is he?” I asked groggily, as I jumped out of bed.

Thulu was instantly awake beside me, although he didn’t seem any more alert than I did.

“Back porch.” Parker enunciated each word in slight exasperation. “Go, please!”

Thulu looked at me, and I told him what Parker had said. Thulu can read lips, but even with a night light the room was too dark.

Thulu threw off the sheet and we both ran from the room. I was briefly glad we’d been wearing PJs.

Heart pounding, I took a few precious seconds to check on our three year old son, Carter. His night light showed him blissfully unaware of anything. Whatever happy dreams he was having made him smile slightly in his sleep. I sighed in relief that he wasn’t having another of his nightmares.

Downstairs, Thulu had turned on the kitchen and porch lights. In spite of the panic moments before, none of the three people on the porch seemed frantic when I joined them.

Thulu looked relieved, Reo was on the floor, but seemed stoic, and Sloane knelt beside him, brow furrowed only slightly in concentration as he dealt with the wound.

My heart rate slowed down and my own fear started to slowly dissipate. My heart gradually dropped from my throat back to its accustomed place in my chest. Still my hands were shaking, and I felt the slight chill from outside. The porch was screened in, and the late August day had been hot, but the night brought a cool breeze that made its way along my arms.

The scent of flowers from the backyard didn’t quite mask the smell of the blood that pooled on the porch floor around Reo. Sloane, his partner and an elf, had already removed Reo’s jacket and shirt. A bullet lay on the floor, and I could see the shoulder wound was already healing and closing up. In a few moments, only the blood would remain as evidence that he’d been shot.

Reo's face was white. The strain showed around his brown eyes and his handsome face had the sheen of sweat on it.  His short brown hair that was usually spiked, lay damp and flat against his head, but he gave me a shaky smile.

“Bastard ruined my favorite jacket.”


Praise for Portals
"Juggling angels, psychics, and a myriad of other magical folk (and their problems), Thulu and La Fi return in Portals to find a kidnapping victim, and maybe just save the universe as a side job. Maer Wilson does a beautiful job of painting their world, weaving a mystery, and sprinkling on a touch of humor in her sophomore fantasy. Such a fun escape!" —LynDee Walker, bestselling author of the Headlines in High Heels Mysteries.

Praise for Relics
"'Relics' is a powerful read which will challenge long-held perceptions of good vs. evil and Light vs. Dark well after the book is finished." Diane M. Haynes, author of Rift Healer, YA finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence.

"In Relics, author Maer Wilson takes everything you think you know about the creatures of the fantasy world and twists it around to create a unique and engaging story."  Constance Philips, author of Resurrecting Harry and Fairyproof.


Maer’s Bio
After a successful career being other people, and later teaching others the many tricks of that trade, Maer Wilson has decided to be herself for a while. Turns out she's a writer. She's always loved stories, especially fantasy, mystery and sci fi. Maer was born in the Year of the Dragon and has a dragon-themed room in her home, but sadly no dragons in the back yard. When she's not writing, Maer plays online video games, teaches college and reads. She also co-hosts the literary podcast, MythBehaving and writes for two gaming fansites. Maer lives in the high desert of Southern Nevada with her two dogs, a chihuahua and a poodle. Portals is Book 2 in The Thulukan Chronicles. You can find all books and novelettes in The Thulukan Chronicles at Amazon. You can visit Maer’s website at http://maerwilson.com/.


Maer’s Links

Maer’s Website: http://maerwilson.com/
Maer on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/MaerWilson

“Ghost Memory” (A Thulukan Chronicles Story, #1) - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5W1W2Y/

“Unwanted Ghost” (A Thulukan Chronicles Story, #2) - http://www.amazon.com/Unwanted-Ghost-Thulukan-Chronicles-Story-ebook/dp/B00FYACAZO/

Monday, December 16, 2013

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Official Cover Reveal - Dylan and Jen: a My Once and Future Love Revisited story

WIP Wednesday

I first talked about this story here.

Now see the official cover!



Pretty, no?

This will be on Amazon by Christmas Day. It's a short I'm still working on (due to some real-life delays out of my control), so I can't give the exact date, but I'm hustlin' to release it ASAP. ETA: Story is at 9628 words now. It'll reach 10,000 before it's done. 4 chapters. Releasing by Christmas Day 2013.

Here's a little excerpt:

December 2013

It’d been five days and Jen hadn’t called, yet.  Dylan couldn’t get her out of his head or his dreams, and it was driving him crazy wondering if she regretted their time together, or was merely busy.  They didn’t know much about each other, of course, but the girl was already in his blood.  His favorite high.  He knew if she’d only see him again, they could create something fantastic.
For Christmas, he went over to Jake and Beth’s house.  When it turned out he was the only guy there without a date besides her father, it hit him that maybe he should’ve stayed on the mountain at least another day.  He hadn’t thought about having a girlfriend since his ex broke his heart years ago, but now…surrounded by friends with serious relationships, he realized it was time.  He wanted it.  He wanted to love again.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Coming for Christmas..... Dylan and Jennifer (My Once and Future Love Revisited series)


This is Dylan.

I mentioned the Christmas-theme short story I'm working on. (Currently 8520 words.) Here's a preview of what the cover could look like. I still have to decide on a title, but I just had to share.

Isn't he yummy?

My Once and Future Love Revisited - New Releases!!


One kiss ignites chemistry and passion they can’t ignore, but is this only a summer fling?

Neighbors.  Best friends.  It was only a crush Beth harbored for Jacob until she was eighteen.  Until London.

Neighbors.  Best friends.  That was all Jacob thought of her until London.  Until she kissed him and stole his heart.

It's funny what Geometry class and a shared backyard wall can bring about.  With a two-year age difference, Beth and Jacob were firmly in the Friend Zone during high school, but a pre-college trip to London will change their lives forever.

Kissed is the first of five books in the My Once and Future Love Revisited series exploring Beth and Jacob’s relationship with all its joys, flaws, and heartache.  New Adult Contemporary Romance saga.

KISSED is now in both paperback and $2.99 e-book:

Amazon
Amazon UK

Barnes and Noble

Apple iTunes

Smashwords


BETRAYED is in paperback. Amazon | CreateSpace  $6.99.


Betrayed - released December 1st, 2013E-book Jan. 5, 2014.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...or forgetful.  Jacob is attending university in London while Beth stays in Los Angeles. The tender long-distance relationship falls apart when she believes he betrayed her on the same day she learns her mother's cancer has returned.  Sometimes love doesn't have a happy ending, at least not the first time. 

Years after their relationship crashed and burned, Jacob is the world’s newest hot rock star, and running into him in a twenty-four-hour market is the last thing Beth wanted or expected.  The biggest surprise?  He has an offer for her she can’t refuse.

Betrayed is the second of five books in the My Once and Future Love Revisited series exploring Beth and Jacob’s relationship with all its joys, flaws, and heartache.  New Adult Contemporary Romance saga.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Writing today (My Once and Future Love Revisited series)



1st edit on the Xmas story in July took it from 8350 words to 7985. 

Working on this again today. It's now at 8418 words. Converted POVs, and then have written some new stuff. 

433 words this afternoon.

This fits into my contemporary series. One of the band members (Dylan) is getting a girl.  

I didn't think I'd have time to work on it, but I'm done with NaNo, and Tech Guy's dad slept in today, so I got to start.

Not sure how long the story will be, but not very. Just meant to be something sweet and hot for the holidays. It DOES contain a spoiler for Beth and Jacob's last book, though. 

See a picture of Dylan here.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Have you pre-ordered KISSED?



Barnes and Noble

Apple

Amazon

Kobo - coming soon!

$2.99 On sale December 1st.

One kiss ignites chemistry and passion they can’t ignore, but is this only a summer fling?

Neighbors. Best friends. It was only a crush Beth harbored for Jacob until she was eighteen. Until London.

Neighbors. Best friends. That was all Jacob thought of her until London. Until she kissed him and stole his heart.

It's funny what Geometry class and a shared backyard wall can bring about. With a two-year age difference, Beth and Jacob were firmly in the Friend Zone during high school, but a pre-college trip to London will change their lives forever.

KISSED is the first of five books in the MY ONCE AND FUTURE LOVE REVISITED series exploring Beth and Jacob’s relationship with all its joys, flaws, and heartache. A New Adult Contemporary Romance saga.



Saturday, November 16, 2013

BETRAYED releases Dec. 1 - My Once and Future Love Revisited #2

Betrayed - releasing December 1st, 2013 in paperback. $6.99 USD. 

E-book Jan. 5, 2014. $2.99. Pre-order on B&N.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...or forgetful.  Jacob is attending university in London while Beth stays in Los Angeles. The tender long-distance relationship falls apart when she believes he betrayed her on the same day she learns her mother's cancer has returned.  Sometimes love doesn't have a happy ending, at least not the first time. 

Years after their relationship crashed and burned, Jacob is the world’s newest hot rock star, and running into him in a twenty-four-hour market is the last thing Beth wanted or expected.  The biggest surprise?  He has an offer for her she can’t refuse.

Betrayed is the second of five books in the My Once and Future Love Revisited series exploring Beth and Jacob’s relationship with all its joys, flaws, and heartache.  New Adult Contemporary Romance saga.



Book one, Kissed, is on sale now.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

KISSED excerpt - The First Kiss. My Once and Future Love Revisited #1

Here's a scene from KISSED, Jacob and Beth's first kiss:



A warm hand snuck under his shirt, then she nuzzled his neck again.  “Uh, Beth, what are you doing?”
She straddled his leg and nibbled his throat.  “What does it feel like?”  Two hands explored his abs.
He felt his body responding to her attentions and grabbed her shoulders to push her back.  “Sweetheart, you’re drunk.”
She smiled.  “Feel fine.”  Her fingers tickled his sides.  “Feel good, actually.”
“Beth—”
She kissed him, then put her finger on his lips.  “You talk too much.”
Trapped between her and the guitar, he couldn’t really move, and she was persistent in being naughty.  She trailed hot, wet kisses up to his ear, then flicked the lobe with her tongue and sucked it into her mouth, her teeth applying light pressure.  His hips arched off the seat as a jolt of electricity and blood went straight to his groin.
“Playin’ with fire, love.” 
He felt her grin.
“Good.”  One of those sneaky hands slipped under his shirt again.  “Can’t tell me you don’t like it.”
True enough, but it wasn’t right.  He put his hands on her hips to push her away, then clenched his fingers when she bit his ear again.
“Beth—”
She cut off his complaint with another kiss, plunging her tongue in his mouth. 
The cab stopped and the cabbie announced the fare owed. 
Beth pulled away, grinning while Jacob fumbled for his wallet.  He shoved a few bills at the man and opened the car door, grateful for the cooler summer air to calm his hormones.  She wrapped her arms around his waist as he slung his guitar case on his shoulder.
One of her hands slid in his back pocket.  He jumped.  She smirked up at him, mischief in her eyes.  “Quit that. I need to unlock the door.”  The door to the street was locked after dark except to residents.
“Hurry up, then.”
He turned his key in the lock and opened the door for her.  It locked automatically again once they were inside.  He slammed her against the wall and kissed her hard enough to bruise, hoping to scare her into backing off.  “That what you want?” he spat.
She stared at him, then grabbed his head and kissed him back, wrapping her long arms around his neck and curling her leg around his hip.  Part of him thought you’re resisting this, why?  She kissed like he was her favorite treat and she was going to gorge herself on him.
Sod it—he picked her up, her legs wrapping around his waist, and carried her into the stairwell to press her against the wall.  He let the guitar case slide carefully to the floor.  Snogging his best friend was the last thing he expected to do tonight, but he couldn’t deny it was a bloody good time.  The cock-stand in his jeans was hard enough to hurt.  Couldn’t remember the last time he’d been this turned on.
Or wanted this much. 
She clung to him like to a life preserver, one hand grasping the back of his shirt, the other tugging on the hair at the base of his skull each time he did something she liked.  He pressed his hips into her center, seeking pressure for some relief.  She squeaked and pressed back.
Oh god
His southern brain took over, dry-humping moans out of his girl that echoed up the stairwell.  He slid his hands under her ass to support her weight and give him greater leverage.  She sucked his tongue numb, but he didn’t care. 
“Jacob…”  Shiny eyes and lips swollen from kisses.  Gorgeous.
“Upstairs?” he asked.
She nodded.  He let her down, picked up the guitar, and grabbed her hand.  They ran up to his flat.  Keys in the lock, knob twisted, and they were inside.  He pressed her against the door, unable to resist her lips.
She walked him backward to the futon and pushed him down, straddling his lap.  His hands slid under the back of her top.  God, her skin was soft.  They parted for air and he hiked the tank over her head and dropped it on the floor, then kissed and nibbled her neck, making a path over her collarbone and—
A charm on a delicate chain. 
Beth’s graduation gift. 
His best friend, barely out of high school and barely eighteen.
God, what am I doing?
Any other girl, and they’d be racing to his bedroom to get naked right now, but this was Bethie.  Sure, they’d have a night of fun, but then would come the sober harsh light of day and things would never be the same. 
Jacob needed to regain control.



Want more? Buy KISSED at Amazon today. $6.64 USD.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

KISSED release day Nov. 3rd - My Once and Future Love Revisited #1

Get KISSED in paperback November 3rd!



Kissed - Suggested Retail Price: $6.99 USD.

One kiss ignites chemistry and passion they can’t ignore, but is this only a summer fling?

Neighbors. Best friends. It was only a crush Beth harbored for Jacob until she was eighteen. Until London.

Neighbors. Best friends. That was all Jacob thought of her until London. Until she kissed him and stole his heart.

It's funny what Geometry class and a shared backyard wall can bring about. With a two-year age difference, Beth and Jacob were firmly in the Friend Zone during high school, but a pre-college trip to London will change their lives forever.

Kissed is the first of five books in the My Once and Future Love Revisited series exploring Beth and Jacob’s relationship with all its joys, flaws, and heartache. New Adult Contemporary Romance saga.


Amazon. Amazon UK. CreateSpace.

Buy the e-book Jan. 5th. Pre-order now.



Betrayed comes out Dec 1, Forgiven on Jan 5, and Loved on Feb 2. I'm still writing the last book.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

This Is Real Now (My Once and Future Love series news)

So. Things are changing. Jacob and Beth are getting a new home.

Willowick Publishing is re-publishing the series in paperback. This means all current versions are coming down very soon.

The series has been edited into four novellas, changed into 3rd Person POV throughout, had a few scenes added, and what you've known as Book 3 is now Book 5. Still the last book of the series, and coming in 2014.

If you're part of my Street Team or get my Newsletter, you already knew this was coming, but now I can show cover art.



This is #1, officially releasing on November 3rd for $6.99 USD. It'll be on Amazon by then.

Thanks to everyone that has supported Jacob and Beth. This couldn't have happened without you.


Thursday, October 10, 2013

Blog Hop Interview - Tag!

Blog Hop Interview



I was tagged for this blog post by Sotia Lazu.

What are you working on right now?
Secret project. And what seems like forever, but Jacob/Beth's last book. Don't even go into my WIP folders.....too many stories.

How does it differ from other works in its genre?
Jacob/Beth - It's the HEA of a romance series featuring one couple. A saga.

Why do you write what you do?
It's what's in my head. If I wrote like someone else, I'd be someone else. Each writer has a voice. My main goal/style is realism. I don't believe in love at first sight - that's attraction. Love comes from getting to know someone.

How does your writing process work?
Seat of the pants. I get an idea - a scene, a premise, two characters - and just start. If it's a romance, then the goal is the couple together at the end. If it's fantasy, then my hero(ine) has to defeat the bad guy. Then it comes as it's meant to. Probably a boring answer, but I ain't fancy.



I wouldn't know who else to tag, so I'm not passing this on, but feel free to run with it if you're inspired.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Newsletter Sign-up, Now with Working Link

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Friday, September 20, 2013

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