Kay Dee
Royal ~ Turning Back the Hands of Time?!!
Hello Bri, thank you so much for the opportunity to guest
post on your awesome blog site. Lovely place to hang out!
Quick into of me, Kay Dee Royal: I love writing! *grins*
Paranormal and fantasy erotica romance are a couple of my favorites, but I’ve
penned contemporary erotica and plenty of shorties in those genre as well.
My muse is taken away by strong, intelligent, confident
heroines and rescued by wild, rugged, beastly heroes, both of which harbor
shadowy secrets of intrigue and fun. (My muse loves the escape ~ LOL)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/KayDeeRoyal
Okay…on to bigger and better stuff ~ like…
Turning
Back the Hands of Time?!!
Can you imagine the possibility of being a
fifty-five-year-old widow who never bore children and lived with the ability to
psychically read animals? Now, imagine that same woman’s image in a mirror reflected
back at her as a thirty-year-old.
Sounds divine, doesn’t it…you might even be feeling a bit
envious if you’re over thirty…(me, too).
She stares at herself…elastic skin, lean muscle, all traces
of gray hair gone, turning this way and that, suddenly realizing, dang, I’m feeling pretty agile, too. She
gained back her youth…how you ask?
Let’s just say a Lycan named Chance has everything to do
with it. Oh, so sexy and freeing ~ and might burn your eyes and curl your toes
if mentioned here…exactly how it happens that is. *grins*
I know you hate me now ~ but Bri rules the site (LOL), and
it’s forbidden to burn eyes and curl toes on it…but, I can share a bit.
Here’s a bit about Olivia and Chance’s story ~ Staring Into
the Eyes of Chance (a paranormal erotica romance and 1st book of the
LIIA: Lycan International Investigation Agency series).
Tagline:
Olivia swears off men
until she meets Chance, a Lycan alpha. He ignites an undeniable hunger they can
only sate together.
Blurb:
Olivia endures a
thirty-four year passionless marriage, discovering her dead husband’s
philandering history at his funeral. She devotes her energy and life-long
sensitivity with animals to her wildlife refuge and preserve.
Chance, a Lycan alpha and
leader of the Lycan International Investigation Agency (LIIA) throws himself
into his investigations. He chooses to neglect his duty of finding a
primal-mate after watching his father become an empty shell over the loss of
his.
A murderous rogue pack
draws Chance onto Olivia’s wildlife preserve, sending Olivia’s animal
sensitivities into overdrive. Chance and Olivia discover a sizzling force
driving them together.
Will they succumb to its
enticing tether, or fight to resume their loveless lives apart?
Excerpt
Olivia closed her eyes, calling up
her animal sensitivity ability, while shoving down her own panic. After years
of psychically working with animals, she knew they sensed panic and fear. Her
breathing needed regulating.
Olivia relaxed as best she could and
opened her mind. She sensed the wolf; masculine. He came across with an urgent
need to protect, more like helping her feel safe. Another howl, with a deep and
sinister timbre, shattered her concentration. A stab of electricity zipped
through her, pumping adrenaline and tightening every muscle. This howl came
from farther inside the forest than the first one. She sensed aggression in the
wolves within the forest, ready for battle. Her heart drummed against her ribs
in anticipation of an answering call, and she couldn’t stop the tremors running
rampant in her belly.
Instead she saw the lights go out
through her closed eyelids. She opened her eyes and saw nothing but blackness.
Nine o’clock on a September evening, what did she expect? Damn
power company! Hopefully Lacey sat in the Jacuzzi and wouldn’t come running
out.
She lay listening for any sound. Her
own breath, the loudest panting she’d ever heard, came in at a close second to
her heart banging against the walls of her chest. Slowly, she sat up. The back
of her head throbbed, her spine hurt, and the front of her body ached,
especially her breasts. She bent her legs to stand and in that same moment a
jet of hot mist coated her face.
Wolf breath.
Olivia froze, tamping down the
run-for-your-life urge. Her mind reached toward the beast beside her, searching
his energy markers, his emotions, urges. She read him as curious, stimulated.
Maybe a misread of…sexually stimulated? She sat back on her haunches, figuring
if she stretched at least four feet of her five-foot ten frame, maybe she’d
appear larger. His breath assailed her from above, she remained squatted.
Damn, this thing is huge!
He sniffed the top of her head, down
by her ear, licked the length of her neck and up the side of her face. Another
howl close by, echoing near the tree-line, got the wolf’s attention. He raised
his head from her and shoved her body back with his own. She went down on her
butt, folding her legs sideways. Fur from his backside pressed into the front
of her, including her face. Olivia turned her head away and took a breath. A
shiver began in her belly and inched through her arms, legs, and up her neck.
She sensed his urgency, he must move and his need…again, to keep her safe and
again something else, another misread?
He moved back, his head next to hers.
A growl vibrated, harsh and deep, beside her ear. Olivia jumped when he yipped
instead of howled. He circled her, stopping behind her. A sudden scratch of
claws and pebbles from rain washout near the barn pelted her. Air swirled
around her as the wolf leaped over her head in the direction of the woods.
Olivia’s breath whooshed out like a
balloon being released. Tears welled and trickled down her face. The wolf’s
size was about as abnormal as it got. She’d never heard of any wolf being that
large. She’d done plenty of research on the species, brushing up for the wolf pup
she rehabilitated and released back into the wild years ago when Ray and she
first opened the refuge, before they owned the preserve property.
Olivia pushed herself up onto wobbly
legs, her stomach lurched, and before she could blink, vomit spewed. She retched
hard, falling onto her hands and knees, weak and crying, something she hadn’t
done since Ray’s funeral. As if on cue, all the lights popped on, illuminating
her shadow against the barn wall.
Oh, that’s lovely. Damn power company.
A howl, and then another and another,
echoed from different locations in the forest. Her forest, her wildlife
preserve, not a place for a beast like her visitor, and most definitely not a
place for the aggressive lot in the forest. She swiped her face with the bottom
of her shirt and looked toward the woods.
About thirty yards away in the mowed
meadow, her wolf circled with another, close-in-size, milky-eyed wolf with a
deformed face, both spot-lighted in the yard light. They flashed razor sharp
teeth and glowing eyes, with the exception of the one’s coated eye. Their
vicious growls and snapping jaws filled the air. Olivia found her tranq gun on
the ground and grabbed it. By the time she turned for a shot, she saw the tail
end of both wolves leaping into the woods, her wolf chasing the other.
Olivia leaned against the barn,
adjusting her position in accordance with her pain. She thought of the curious
readings she sensed from her wolf, not sure of their meaning. She never
questioned first impressions from readings anymore. Years of experiences proved
first intuitive readings rang as authentic truth in almost every case.
She closed her eyes and pictured her
wolf looking at her for the first time, the way his head snapped in her
direction and how their gazes met and connected. She touched her neck, sliding
fingertips up her cheek where his tongue touched her skin. Her breath caught,
heart raced, and her eyes opened wide. She laughed out loud, maybe in relief,
maybe in a small fit of hysteria, or maybe because she consider that wolf as
“her” wolf. Her “stimulation” readings from him threw her off, knowing it
wasn’t a possibility.
Muse It Up Publishing Buy Link: http://tinyurl.com/6rubdud
Amazon Buy Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007G4HDKS
Hope you enjoyed the
excerpt…I’m also offering a PDF copy of Staring Into the Eyes of Chance as a
GIVEAWAY. 2-ways to win.
Give a
guess at what you think opens the floodgates to youth for Olivia.
1st-Way
Leave
a guess today and be entered into a drawing (will happen tomorrow (4-7) sometime after noon EST) for one lucky winner.
2nd
–Way There will be another drawing on 4-30…so keep up
the guesses/comments for that second drawing. You could be the lucky winner.
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Good Luck!!
Links to find me:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/KayDeeRoyal
Thank you, Bri. Thank you everyone…I’ve had a wonderful
time.
Well first of all that was a dang fine post. I always look forward to your posts and those of the other Raven Craft Sistas. You guys are all so very animated. And just so you know I literally clicked the Amazon Link while posting this and bought the book. LOL
Good Morning Bri...everyone!! I had so much fun writing this story...the older woman turning young again...well, it spoke to me in a big way. But, reader beware, it is a truly sizzling hot read. Those parts were fun to write also *chuckles*
ReplyDeleteBri, thanks for having me today. I love your place. Anyone have any questions? Lycans are a youthful lot, what can I say *smile*
this one was a doosey to me! wow what a read. I'm so glad you shared it with me. It's a very interesting story you took with the heroine. Good Job.
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