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Monday, December 30, 2013

I'm Live on the Awesome Gang Blog!


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Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Life is Good!


My momma has settled in to the new Care Center I transferred her to, here near me, and I get to spend almost every day with her!

I went to my RWA chapter’s Christmas luncheon today and found out I won the annual Lucy award – named after the illustrious Lucy Monroe – for my year’s accomplishments, and I also received a NICE pen set for my first published novel this year.

The novella I published this year is FATED, the first novella in my romantic fantasy trilogy, CONNECTIONS.

The second novella, CONNED, will be out later this month.

The third novella, INFORMED, which will also wrap up loose ends and see the travels and travails of CONNECTIONS’ main characters come to a glorious end, is expected to be released in January, 2014.

My publisher is Books To Go Now! My books are available there and are also available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other etailers.

2013 has been a good year for me. I hope it’s been good for you, too!


Janette

Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Party On with the Chocolate Prize offered Here Today!


Hi All! I am delighted to be a part of BOOKS TO GO NOW’s Monthly party at the Goddess Fish Party Pavilion! Thank you for inviting me, BTGN!

Everyone who participates and completes the rafflecopter on my blog will be entered for a chance at a Gift Certificate for CHOCOLATE!! YUM!

ENJOY!

And now I’m going to tell you about the trilogy, which is my Debut Release!

We all know there is someone out there for each of us, but some of us never make that connection with our intended ‘other’ and achieve the happily ever after meant for us. Imagine if we did!

Think about if we were given more than one chance - in separate lifetimes - to connect with that someone, until we finally made that Happily Ever After connection? The CONNECTIONS Trilogy is such a story!

FATED, the 1st book in the trilogy, is already out in digital and print formats at Amazon and in eBook at other digital etailers. This novella follows Valerie Baldwin, who is a barren 17th century woman, and Alecksander Stone, in their spiritual search for each other.

In this chance at their connection, he is a witch-hunter with great magical powers, and she is a suspected witch, because of empathic abilities she possesses. A little boy’s orphaned soul follows them, in search of parents.

Will the curse, which pursues them, allow their connection? Will he see her prosecuted as a witch? What will happen to the little parentless soul?

CONNED, the trilogy’s second CONNECTIONS book, is expected out in late December 2013 in both digital and print formats at the same distributors as the first.

In this second novella of the Trilogy, Valerie and Alecksander’s incarnations meet again in the American Northwest of the 19th century. This time they seem to know more about each other than they did at their first meeting in the 17th century American colonies. Neither remembers their previous lifetimes with any clarity.

In CONNED, he is an 18th century con man with supernatural abilities, and Valerie is a childless school marm who loves “her children” to a fault. She especially cares about a little boy who has no family of his own.

As in their previous co-existence, neither of the two adults trusts the other. Regardless of what her inner voice tells her about how she should feel toward Alecksander, Valerie must protect “her children” from the untrustworthy con artist in town. Alecksander too, harbors an unfamiliar warmth toward the young school marm, whom he finds quite attractive.

Will what they each sense about the other in this lifetime, be enough to foster trust between them and ensure their intended connection? What will happen to the orphaned little boy?

INFORMED is the final book in this trilogy. This novella takes place in both contemporary and medieval times. The childless contemporary Valerie still works with and cares for children, this time as a Social Service Worker. Alecksander continues to be a masterful magician who entertains the masses with his gifted skills. Their spirits still seek connection, but their mortal minds do not.

With all the knowledge gained in their subconscious minds, and with the new-age approaches that are offered to them in the modern world, Valerie and Alecksander at last learn about the curse that has followed them through time, and which causes their inexplicable unhappiness.

Through past-life regression, they embark on a search through the ages – onto the earth of the middle ages - to end the curse so they will be able to let down their defenses against each other. But the evil, which lurks in the past, is an evil far greater than Alecksander’s celebrated supernatural abilities.

In the inevitable clash which ensues between good and evil, only one will survive. Through gifts of her own, Valerie and the boy - Scotty – intrude on the medieval scene of battle between the two great wizards. Now it is three against one, but the two latter attendants possess no significant power of their own - or do they?

Will the good in Alecksander’s powers defeat the evil pitted against him for the benefit of himself and his two companions? Will they be able to defeat it as a team? Will the two adults achieve their necessary growth in the ability to trust and love each other?

Will the parentless child’s soul, who has followed them through all their lifetimes, finally find his family with them? Will they all, at last, be gifted with eternal happiness, or be destroyed at the hands of the great evil which lies in the existence of their past?

I hope you all enjoy my three book Love Story about soul-mates who are cursed to travel through time in search of their CONNECTIONS. This romantic/historical/paranormal/fantasy is sure to entertain and delight you with all its “almosts” and its thoughts of “what if.”

FATED, the first in the CONNECTIONS Trilogy is available now through Amazon (in digital and paperback), my publisher at bookstogonow.com, Barnes & Noble, and most other etailers.

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I’ve topped Amazon! Here’s the Press Release on my Debut Novella!

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CONNED, the second CONNECTIONS novella, will be available from the same distributers and is expected to be out in late December, 2013.

INFORMED, the novella which will complete the CONNECTIONS Trilogy, is expected out in January, 2014.

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Janette Harjo

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Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Scotty has VANISHED!

Hi All!
I'm taking a break from my usual seven from my work in progress. Today I have decided to share an excerpt from CONNED, the 2nd in my trilogy. CONNECTIONS. CONNED is expected to be published sometime in December 2013. A beloved child has disappeared here. ENJOY!

Valerie cut him off before he could say more. “I do not want to hear any more of your excuses. You came here to talk to me about Scotty. Where is he?” she demanded.
“That’s what I want to know,” he slung back at her. “The reason I have not seen him is because of what I know about you.”
She widened her eyes and stared at him in question. “And what is it you know about me?”
He held a finger up between them; in point of his explanation. “You’ve convinced him not to visit with me, under your delusion of my dishonesty.”
Valerie cocked her head back and raised her eyebrows. “My ’delusion’?”
Alecksander swept his hand across her desk in front of her. “Enough about our differences. I haven’t seen the boy for about a week now. That is not like him.” He quirked an eyebrow at her. “Regardless of the stories you have told him about me.”
Valerie’s vision blurred and she forgot about her troubles with Alecksander. Her heart fisted in a distinct sensation of panic. Tears from her fear threatened to overflow her eyelids. “He hasn’t been here with me - in class - for a week, either,” she replied in a quiet breath. “I thought he was with you.”
He noded. “And I, you.”
She thought back to the last time she saw Scotty. “The last time I saw him, he was on his way to the other tent you erected.”
Alecksander’s eyes opened further. “‘The ‘other tent’?”
“Yes. The one you raised on the opposite end of Copper Run from where you first set up your place of magic.”
Alecksander’s narrowed eyes shot her a negative expression. “That was not my tent,” he enunciated.
The hair on the nape of Valerie’s neck rose. “It wasn’t?” she half-whispered.
“No, ma’am.” He gripped her hands on the desk. “You must tell me all you know.”
Though the warmth of his hands kindled her fires, Valerie narrowed her eyes in renewed suspicion. “How can I be sure I can trust you on this?”
Alecksander shrugged. “Given your prejudgment of me, I guess you can’t, but would I come here looking for him if I were the one who caused his disappearance?”
His words struck a chord. They sounded logical to Valerie. She took a deep breath and her heart slowed with her admittance, she agreed, but still she disagreed, “No. I guess not.”
In spite of the conviction in his words, she still found herself unable to give him her total trust. But Scotty’s welfare came first and she would need Alecksander’s help. She swallowed back her unease and asked, “What should we do?”
Alecksander stepped away from her desk and kneaded his chin, as if deep in meditation. “Tell me about the last time you saw him,” he requested without a look toward her, while he paced the schoolroom’s floor.
As if something new came to her mind, Valerie sprang to a menacing life-form from behind her insubstantial piece of school furniture. It consisted of nothing more than a plank across two crudely constructed supports. Her gaze could have pierced holes through Alecksander’s body as it moved back and forth in front of her. “The excited child was skipping with joy in the direction of your,” her finger jabbed at him, “new tent. That’s when I ‘last saw him.’”
The magician stopped and stared back at her. “I told you, the canvassed show-room you saw did not belong to me.”
“Then whose was it?” she demanded.
Rather than argue, he gazed askance and changed the subject. “Where did you see this ‘new tent’?”
Valerie led him out onto the school’s front porch and pointed to the empty space at the end of town, which existed in opposition of Alecksander’s tent site. His awesome creation still stood where he first placed it. “It was right down there,” she informed him.
Alecksander did not take the time to listen to another word from her. He turned and vacated her presence before she had time to finish her words. His quick pace took him in the direction she pointed out to him. Curious as to his rapid departure, Valerie followed him at a slow jog. Her speedy small steps matched his swift long steps.
Alecksander came to a sudden stop and pointed to the ground at his feet. “It was here?” he asked when he reached his destination just a few footsteps ahead of her.
“Yes,” Valerie panted after him as she caught up, careful not to bump into him.
He engaged in a slow methodical walk around the site she indicated, as if he measured it with his steps. His gaze seemed to encompass everything – and nothing. In the area’s center, he stopped and closed his eyes in a silent moment of meditation she remembered from before.
The dire expression on his face, when he turned it back to Valerie, chilled her blood. “What?”
“We must find Scotty.”
Her heart raced in terror. “I know that, but why the sudden stark and serious change in your attitude?”
“The essence in the air of this place tells me I know, or have known who occupied the tent’s brief passage through our time.” His eyes bore into her in with a degree of seriousness she’d never before known. “The weight of the dominate aura here also tells me how serious our mission is.”
Valerie’s gut knotted – her throat constricted - at the sense of consequence in Alecksander’s words. “How do you know that?” she managed.

Chapter Thirty Four

His vision tightened its grip on her trembling body. “You know how I know, but you refuse to accept it. At times I know the future; at other times I know the past.”
Valerie gave him a side glance with slightly skewed eyebrows.
He went on without pause, “I possess the ability to know what is, what has been, and what is meant to be.”
As in our intended destinies. Valerie cupped her hands together in an effort to still the sudden increase in her pulse. “What do you know about this?” She had little breath for her next words, “Will this person you speak of, or has he already, hurt Scotty?”
Alecksander’s gaze released her and his expression softened in frustration. “That I do not know. But the one who has him is evil and his power is great. He intends us harm and seeks to forever be between us.”
Valerie’s face paled. “Goodness.”
His more serious nature returned. “Yes. ‘Goodness’ is what we will need, in order to overcome the evil that has sought us out.”
meanwhile, in another dimension inside the new tent -
Scotty blinked and rubbed his eyes. He turned around and around in a circle, his arms angled downward at his sides – palms opened. Nothing looked the same as he expected to see in his friend’s, the magician’s, tent. Where am I? Not a thing about this place he found himself in made any sense to him.
The walls, which encircled him warped in and out. It seemed to him they breathed. He fidgeted and pulled his clothes away from his body. They stuck to him in the sticky heat of the sudden humidity. His efforts brought him little comfort.
Every movement he attempted to make agonized him to accomplish. He found his balance difficult to maintain. Then a pair of green eyes glowed into his presence. Scotty’s blood froze at their sight. The little boy closed his eyes; he turned his head; but he could not avoid their observation. He fought his sluggishness with tiny flexed muscles, and rubbed his eyes as he tried to wake up from his nightmare.
“Do not fight it. You are where I want you.”
The little boy’s pained heart cowered at the ethereal answer to his strife, but he would not be threatened. “Who are you?” his strong, but small, voice asked.
“I am your friend, Alecksander,” the mysterious voice replied.
“You are?” Scotty called out in confusion. It doesn’t sound like Mr. Alecksander. “Are you sure?” The end of the tent exploded into a barrage of flames and smoke. “Yes!” the voice thundered.
Scotty jumped back in surprise. He held a defensive hand up in front of his face. “I didn’t mean to make you mad, Sir!”
“You haven’t,” a shadowed figure stated in a much more human voice as it emerged from within the vapors of smoke.
Scotty froze and stared wide-eyed at the figure as it approached him.
“We are going to do something new today,” the unknown man informed him.
The voice smothered the boy’s desire to escape.
outside Copper Run-
Alecksander took Valerie by the arm and drug her along as he began quick steps back toward the school house. She stumbled along beside him. “What are you doing? Where are we going?”
“I am taking you home.”
“What? Why? You can’t do that! We need to find Scotty.”
“You ‘need’ to be safe in your home. I need to find the boy.”
“But what will you do?”
“Something.”
“Let me help you do ‘something’,” she insisted when they reached her door.
“No. Here is the best place for you.”
Valerie opened her mouth to further protest, but he stopped her with an upheld hand. “You must remember your other students. You should also be here in case Scotty returns to school.”
An upswing of hope thrilled through Valerie’s upper chest and throat. The sensation gave her a sense of new optimism. She nodded. “You’re right. I should wait here. You will let me know your progress?”
“Yes.”
She placed her hands on Alecksander’s breast. “Please. Be careful.”

Alecksander turned back toward the spot where Valerie last saw Scotty. That went well. Now that she has agreed to stay out of the way, I can continue with my plans . . . uninterrupted.


Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Furry friends Chirstmas Blog Tour with Jennifer Conner and Sharon Kleve!

Today I am SO excited to host Jennifer Conner and Sharon Kleve's Furry Friends Christmas Blog Tour! Their tour runs November 20th through the 30th. Without further ado, Read All About It! :)


Best-selling authors Sharon Kleve and Jennifer Conner adore animals. That's why they collaborated on this blog tour together. To showcase their Christmas stories celebrating our beloved pets. They hope you enjoy reading them as much as they did writing them.
You can find all the blog stops here: http://authorsharonkleve.blogspot.com/ and here: http://jenniferconnerwriter.blogspot.com/
Book Title: Halo's Wish (Book one in the Dreams Come True Series)
Author: Sharon Kleve
Publisher: Books to Go Now
Genre: Contemporary Christmas Romance
Release Date: 9.13.2013
Length: 50 pages
Heat Rating: Sweet

Book Blurb:
Halo Ann Carlyle wishes for a home, family, and a boat-load of pets. What she gets is a bruised hip, a lump on the head, a broken ankle, and her new yellow Honda Civic is demolished.

Rich McFarland, a sexy veterinarian, keeps showing up in the most unexpected places, promising everything she's ever wanted.

Halo believes she only has time to pursue her career as a pet detective and must ignore her growing attraction to achieve her dreams.

Will Halo trust her heart, and find a way to get both for Christmas?

Excerpt:
She'd just placed another call through to Pemsky's office, which went straight to his voicemail, when the office door opened. Halo smiled and looked up into dreamy, gold-flecked green eyes, short sandy brown hair, a slight cleft chin, and full lips set in a hard line. Even with the stern look he had on his face, my hormones jumped into overdrive.
Mr. Dreamy cleared his throat—she must've been staring. In her most professional voice she said, "Good morning. How may I help you?"
He removed a piece of paper from his shirt pocket and unfolded the sheet.
"I was parked in front of the Beacon Hill Ale House and my driver's side mirror was sideswiped by one of Pemsky's Security's SUV's Friday night."
Halo loved the Beacon Hill Ale House. Every Saturday night the Ale House allowed local bands to jam together. That's where she'd met her last loser boyfriend. She'd had a lot of loser boyfriends. She's currently on a hiatus from dating, but she wouldn't mind jumping back into the dating game for this dream-boat.
He handed her the piece of paper.
"I wasn't able to get a look at the driver, but I got the license plate number of the vehicle that hit my car and drove away."
He emphasized the last part.
"I'm very sorry about your car. I'm sure Mr. Pemsky will be happy to cover the damage." Halo checked the company log and Pemsky's name popped up as the driver—she gulped.

Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Halos-Wish-Dreams-Come-True-ebook/dp/B00F4M2N6S/ref=la_B006JAH14S_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384271476&sr=1-2
Barnes& Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/halos-wish-sharon-kleve/1116903897?ean=2940148724476
Book Title: Brenda’s Christmas Desire (Book two in the Dreams Come True Series)
Author: Sharon Kleve
Publisher: Books to Go Now
Genre: Contemporary Christmas Romance
Release Date: 11.20.2013
Length: 50 pages
Heat Rating: Sweet

Book Blurb:
Like any child Brenda Howser loved Christmas until her parents were killed by a drunk driver during their annual shopping trip.
Brenda went to live with her aunt, who blamed their death on everything that represented Christmas; the gifts, the tree, and all the decorations.
The festivities' Brenda once cherished became something she dreaded under the shadow of her parents death. She lived in fear of something happening to the people she loved during Christmas.
Christmas approaches and Brenda has to decide if she’s going to let the past hold her prisoner for another year or if she can finally enjoy what Christmas used to mean to her—love.
DEA agent, John Smith knows the significance of December fifteenth to Brenda, but when the head of the Nuevo Cartel escapes federal prison he's forced to let her face the day without him, but not quite alone.
Can Daisy, a golden Labrador puppy, a huge sale on decorations at the hardware store, and a gift from her aunt restore her love of Christmas?

Excerpt:
December 2013
The weather forecast for the Western Washington area, specifically North Seattle, predicted a good five-to-six inches of snow. Brenda Houser watched the flakes float like cotton balls from the sky as she dipped a tortilla chip into a bowl of thick and chunky salsa and popped the morsel into her mouth.
Her boss, Corny Myers, tapped her pencil on Brenda's reception desk to the beat of The Little Drummer Boy, which streamed from the Green Hornet Investigations Bose speakers.
"Hey, Brenda. I have bad eating habits but I've never started the day with chips and salsa. What's up?" Corny asked.
"You know how I feel about all the holiday hoopla. I'd rather stick my head in the sand and pull it back out in January."
"Do you really think Mexican food is going to make you feel better?"
"Probably not, but a couple margaritas might help."

Buy Links:

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Author Bio:
Sharon Kleve was born and raised in Washington and currently lives on the Olympic Peninsula with her husband.
Sharon is a writer of paranormal and contemporary romance. She loves romance. She loves reading romance, living romance, and especially loves writing about romance. She gets no greater feeling than watching her characters come alive in each other's arms. Most of all, she loves giving her characters the happily ever after they deserve—with a few bumps and bruises along the way.
One of her favorite things to do is picking up a new book and sinking into the story, immersing herself in the emotions between the characters. She hopes to inspire her readers the same way her favorite authors have inspired her.
When not writing, she can usually be found either curled up in her recliner with her cat and a good book, or in the kitchen baking sourdough bread or bagels.
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Book Title: Central Bark At Christmas (Book one in the Dog Tails Series)
Author: Jennifer Conner
Publisher: Books to Go Now
Genre: Sweet Contemporary Christmas Romance
Release Date: 11.09.2013
Length: 50 pages
Heat Rating: Sweet

Book Blurb:
When Tennyson’s boyfriend left her for her best friend from high-school, all Tennyson received in the break up was her dog. She’s sworn off men and now is rebuilding her life. The only thing Par does is work. He barely has time to do anything he wants for himself other than take his dog to the dog park. When Par and Tennyson find an abandoned dog at the park named Duke. Will they find room in their hearts to take him in? And can this Christmas season weave some special magic for the two of them?
Book Excerpt:
“I’m happy this wasn’t your worst date ever, because I had a great time.” He lifted her chin with the tips of his finger. Slowly he lowered his head until she thought she would die of anticipation. He clamped his hands to her waist and gazed into her eyes. “You’re so beautiful…” There was depth and sincerity in the tone of his voice. She felt special. Desired. He dropped his head and kissed her.
Gentle at first and then deep. She couldn’t breathe. He’d sucked all the air from her lungs, but there was no way she wanted him to stop. As she brushed his firm lips to hers, she relished the feel of her blood simmering in her veins. Par slid his fingers through her long hair to cradle and position her head to kiss her even more thoroughly.
His lips pulled away from hers and he stepped back. She reached for the roof of the car to steady herself. Oh. My. God… could this man kiss.
“Not bad for a first date,” he whispered and then kissed her gently again.
Okay… so it was a date. After that kiss it turned into an ‘official date’ and she had no regrets at all.
Buy Links:
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Book Title: Christmas Gift That Keeps Wagging (Book two in the Dog Tails Series)
Author: Jennifer Conner
Publisher: Books to Go Now
Genre: Sweet Contemporary Christmas Romance
Release Date: 11.06.2013
Length: 50 pages
Heat Rating: Sweet

Book Blurb:
Julian Barrows has his hands full working full time and being a single dad to his kindergarten, special needs son, Gabe. Gabe’s teacher convinces Julian he doesn’t need to do everything on his own and introduces him to a seizure dog trainer, Hanna Acker.
Hanna and her sister grew up without any ‘Christmas Cheer’. She’s trying to get her sister through college and doesn’t have time to let anyone too close, especially the handsome single dad with a kid.
But, Christmas has a way of changing what we thought we wanted… especially when Santa and an adorable four-legged ‘elf’ are involved.

Book Excerpt:
“What’s this?” Hanna asked, as she ran a hand over the grocery bag wrapping paper. Julian took her coat and hung it by the door so she could follow Gabe into the living room.
“Daddy saw this in a store window and said that we had to get it for you. Open it!” Gabe said. “I wrapped it myself,” he added proudly.
“But it’s not Christmas.”
“No. This is a before Christmas gift. You have to open it now.”
She pulled off a half-pound of scotch tape and finally the paper fell away. Hanna stared at the gift in disbelief. “A Christmas sock… with my name on it.”
Julian came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. “You told me that you’d never had a Christmas stocking of your own when you were growing up. Gabe knew Santa wouldn’t know where you were if you didn’t have you sock hung somewhere.” He winked. “So you needed it.”
“You can take it to your home or you can hang it here!” Gabe shouted almost tripping over Cody.
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Gift-Keeps-Wagging-Tails-ebook/dp/B00GJ2G7UA/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384281714&sr=1-4
Author Bio:
Jennifer Conner is a best-selling Northwest author who has over thirty short stories on ebook and three full-length books in print. She writes in Contemporary Romance, Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, and Erotica.
Shot in the Dark hit Amazon at #1 in Romantic Suspense and Christmas Chaos was #2 in the Romance category.
Her novel Shot in the Dark was a finalist in the Emerald City Opener, Cleveland, and Toronto RWA contests.
Jennifer is an Associate Publisher for the indie e-book company Books to Go Now that resides in the Seattle area. Books to Go Now offers professional editing, cover design, multiple book format file creation, and most important--publicity. Their staff works to help make our author books a success one book at a time.
She lives in a hundred year old house that she grew up in. Her semi- small town holds an interesting mix of resident hillbillies, yuppies and Navy Seals. And of course Seattle, only a few miles away, is the birthplace of Starbucks so coffee is always on the check list. She blows glass beads with a blow torch, (which relieves a lot of stress and people don't bother you).


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Janette Harjo ~

Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Sunday, November 17, 2013

A Gargoyle!

Hi All!
Here are 7 more sentences from my current work, a Romantic paranormal, to keep you in suspense until its release! ENJOY!

The nerves in Sasha’s ears flinched forward. His words peaked her curiosity. "Where did you find that scroll you speak of?"
He appeared to her as if he endeavored to take a deep breath, but he did not. "I traveled extensively during my young-adulthood. During one such adventure I found myself exploring a castle in Europe. The scroll was hidden within a Gargoyle."

Please tell me what you think of this Week’s suspenseful 7. I look forward to hearing from you!

Janette

Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Monday, November 11, 2013

Spotlight on Angel's Code by H.A. Somerled!


Tawny adjusted her breasts in the lacy black bra she wore under the scoop neck red blouse to create maximum cleavage, then puckered her lips to her reflection in the mirror. She’d grown tired of the crowd at Yorkshire Grey pub, and decided, in her drunken haze to go find the classmate from her web design class. Her crush, she found out, lived in the flat directly above the bar. She took one last glance at herself in the restroom mirror and fluffed up her auburn hair. She looked like sex personified.
“Danny Murray,” she said to her reflection, “tonight is your lucky night.”



-Excerpt from Angel's Code


Angel’s Code is an exciting romp through the seedy world of cyber crime. Based in London, the story revolves around Danny Murray and his introduction into the hacker lifestyle.
Danny is a young, bored web design student at Birkbeck College, who dreams of becoming more than just an IT guy. He wants to make a mark on the world, and releases a prank virus, attracting the attention of internationally renown hacker, “The Fallen Angel.”
Angel agrees to teach the young Danny the ways of the hacker, but his online skills are not the ones in need of refining.
The only setback Danny has is his older brother, Oliver Murray, who has just been promoted head inspector of the cyber crime division for London’s Metropolitan Police. Oliver feels it is his main duty to keep Danny away from the mysterious, and dangerous Angel.
However, when the tables are turned and Oliver is the one in need of rescuing, will the skills Danny learned from Angel be enough to save his brother from Cyber Terrorist Ahmed Eid?

I'd like to introduce you to Danny.

Danny Murray
Danny has had a hard life. Well at least in his eyes. He watched his mother die from cancer. At a time where he should have been coming into his own, he watched his mother waste away from disease, and his father pull away from reality, consumed by his own grief. His older brother, Oliver, was stationed in Afghanistan - a hot shot terrorist interrogator, couldn’t come home to be with the family during this heartbreaking crisis, or wouldn’t come home. It was a betrayal Danny vowed he would never forgive Oliver for.
Danny began to act out. Drinking, partying, and petty crime. After his mother succumbed to the disease, and Oliver returned from war, Danny was enrolled into Birkbeck College’s technology program, the only course that Oliver could talk him into. Danny enjoyed computers, but not the thought of being an IT guy, nor the idea of working a boring 9-5 job.
What he really wants to do is cyber hacking. On his own he works on a virus, which he releases, attracting Angel’s attention.
Danny is a regular mid twenties guy, looking for the next adventure, party or hook-up. He is a brilliant code writer, with a penchant for mischief. His humor is bawdy and crass. Despite his resentment towards his brother, Danny has a strong sense of loyalty to his family.
The inspiration for Danny was the young actor from The Adventures of Merlin, Colin Morgan. Colin brought a good humor to a young Merlin, a boy with the fate of a king rested on his shoulders. A young man who was blessed by the gift of magic in a world where it has been outlawed. Colin played the character well, showing range of emotions, but always ending with an impish smile and a smart-ass remark.
I like Danny. He always brings the humor into the story. When writing dialog for Danny, I am usually laughing my ass off. It is with Danny that I use my experience working with sorority girls. Things they say that make me laugh, they way they talk, the slang they use, they inspire the humor found in the story.
I’ve also enjoyed watching Danny grow up through the story, letting go of his childish resentments, but taking his talents and translating them into something great.

If you would like to know more about the Characters, I will introduce you to Oliver Murray, November 18th on Amber Dalton's blog. http://www.amberdaultonauthor.blogspot.com or if you would like to know more about my inspiration, please go to my blog.
Thank you Janette for hosting!


Author Bio
H. A. Somerled lives in the Missoula, Montana area. After an uneventful tour in the U.S. Navy, she followed her passions and enrolled in Culinary School. She graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art and has also completed a writing course from the Long Ridge Writer's Group. This is her first published work.
She has two dogs, a puggle named Fritter and a pug named Flapjack. She considers herself lucky to be single and claims she's half the age she really is.


Websites
www.facebook.com/HASomerled
www.twitter.com/hasomerled
www.hasomerled.blogspot.com
www.bookstogonow.com
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/angels-code/id716429665?mt=11
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/angels-code-ha-somerled/1116922884?ean=2940148437772
http://www.amazon.com/Angels-Angel-Hacker-Series-ebook/dp/B00F8UDUFE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1379430949&sr=8-6&keywords=angels+code+H.A

Angel's Code Now Available!
http://www.amazon.com/Angels-Angel-Hacker-Series-ebook/dp/B00F8UDUFE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1379430949&sr=8-6&keywords=angels+code+H.A.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/angels-code-ha-somerled/1116922884?ean=2940148437772







Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Viktor!

Here are 7 more sentences from my work in progress. I'm thinking about saving this for a release for next Halloween! ENJOY!

"Viktor!” she called out in her joy of his company. She motioned to where she sat, with one of her hands. “Come over here, I want to talk to you."

He did not want to talk to her, but at any rate, he turned to face her. Still, he did not go to her. He merely stood and sent a cold stare to her, in hopes he would frighten her. He would make her think that he merely amused her with his time.


Janette harjo

Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Saturday, November 9, 2013

MAJOR BUMMER!

I got an email from my publisher this morning. This is what she tells me about the 2nd two in my trilogy:

They will not be ready until December. That is the number in the cue.
the 2nd release for the end of the year.

I had originally thought (and told people) that the 2nd was expected out later this month with the THIRD to be out around the end of the year. :(



Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Friday, November 8, 2013

That Part Where!

at https://www.facebook.com/thatpartwhere

Read in the first of my trilogy about the first meeting of CONNECTIONS' h&h, Valerie and Alecksander, tomorrow on That Part Where tomorrow - Nov. 9th!


Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Giddiness Reigns! :)

Tacoma, WA hosts the largest Romance Readers group in the nation, today when I walked into the meeting place, the first person I saw told me, “I LOVE your book!” I’m just Giddy over this!

Janette

Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Monday, November 4, 2013

Cover Reveal!

Today I am proud to host a cover reveal of A HERO'S HEART for Amber Dalton!



Blurb:

Ten years ago, Jarrett Brandt left home and abandoned everyone of importance. After a hard reality check, the irresponsible young man matured into a ballsy DEA agent with a kickass Harley Davidson and a million-dollar bounty on his head. Ordered by his superior officer to take refuge at a safe house just days before Christmas, he headed back home to Washington State, instead, to make peace with his deceased brother’s memory.

Marissa Reinn Brandt never expected to see Jarrett again. Best friends since childhood and lovers as teenagers, immaturity, over-demanding parents and illicit drugs ripped them apart. Now a successful chef at a posh restaurant, the young widow and her son offered Jarrett a place to stay for the holiday. Even though she expected nothing from her former lover—the twin brother of the man she married—fate intervened.

As Jarrett and Marissa rekindled the flames of love and lust that once bound them together, an enemy from his past and a trusted mentor from his present vied their time in the snowy dark and threatened to destroy everyone he held dear. Needing a Christmas miracle to save his family, Jarrett needed the love of a good woman to save his battered heart. His second chance with Marissa meant the world to him and nothing, no one, would stand in his way of cherishing her for all time.


Excerpt:

Jarrett seethed. Ready to hit the highway on his Road King Classic and find a biker bar where he could bloody his knuckles, he turned and headed back toward the caretaker’s station. He reached the cracked sidewalk just as someone called out his name. His heart somersaulted as he flipped around. He’d know that voice anywhere. The woman who haunted his dreams skidded down the small hill in clunky shoes with damp auburn hair cascading around her shoulders. He expected her to stop a few feet from him just as his parents did but she jumped into his arms, instead, and knocked him back a few steps. She wrapped her arms around him. Her sweet scent filled his nostrils. He buried one hand in her curly hair and pressed her close to his chest with the other.

This one moment made the trip worth it.

“Marissa,” he breathed her name like a talisman. God, it felt so right to hold her again. She fit against him perfectly. Just a few inches under six feet, while he was a few inches over, their bodies meshed like a work of art. He should have married this woman, fathered children with her and lived his life to make her happy. Instead, he chose something just as intoxicating, just as beautiful to his ignorant mind, and abandoned her on the curb outside his family’s home. More than anything, he regretted that he’d left her behind.


Author Bio:

Amber Daulton lives in the beautiful foothills of North Carolina with her wonderful husband and their five crazy kitties. Writing takes up most of her time, aside from her day job in the retail industry. As a fan of contemporary, paranormal and historical novels alike, she can’t get enough of feisty heroines and alpha heroes. Her mind is a wonderland of romance and adventure, laughter and awesome ways of kicking a guy when he’s down. Writing is her passion and she probably wouldn’t be too sane without it. After all, what’s a girl to do when there are people jabbering away in her head and it’s hard to shut them up? Write! Nothing else works.


Social Media Links:

Blogsite – http://amberdaultonauthor.blogspot.com/
Facebook Author Page – www.facebook.com/amber.daulton.author
Facebook Friend Page – www.facebook.com/amber.daulton.5
Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmberDaulton1
Pinterest – http://pinterest.com/amberdaulton5/
Goodreads – www.goodreads.com/author/show/6624921.Amber_Daulton
Google Plus – plus.google.com/u/0/110099048961325762869/about/p/pub
Amazon Author Page – http://amzn.to/14JoZff
Manic Readers Author Page - http://www.manicreaders.com/AmberDaulton/
Kobo - http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=amber+daulton
Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/amberdaulton
Books to Go Now Author Page - http://bookstogonow.com/tb-author/amber-daulton/



A Hero’s Heart

Publisher: Books to Go Now
Release Date: TBA
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 37k
Sexual Rating: Spicy



Janette Harjo

Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Sunday, November 3, 2013

The Trees Grabbed Her!

Here are today's 7 sentences from my current paranormal work to keep you in suspense!

Her instinct for self-defense came alive and she spun around in the direction from whence she had come to race away from the beast. The old estate once more loomed in the visible distance, and she ran back to the domineering manor as fast as she could. Any fear or apprehension she ever experienced at its sight vanished.
The trees became alive and formed a terrifying barrier to prevent her escape from the orchard. Their skeletal limbs reached out for her and tore at her clothes. Her heart beat in her throat. It seemed to her, in her panicked race, that everything on this estate betrayed her.


ENJOY!

Janette Harjo

Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality

Saturday, November 2, 2013

I've got Spotlights!

Hello All!
I and my trilogy are going to be featured on That Part Where.com on the 9th of November & at Books to Go Now.com on the 11th! Please stop by and leave word you visited!

Janette


Romance through the mists of time and Love through the dimensions of reality