Thursday, November 29, 2007

STEALING CARMEN is coming!!

The cover is on the "coming soon" page at Ellora's Cave ...at last! LOL

Here is a little of Jack from STEALING CARMEN.

Watching as she worked through her feelings was eating away his control. She wasn’t shrinking from him. Beautiful Carmen opened her soul like a rare flower seeks the sun. Letting him be the sun in her sky was all a dominant could ask for and Jack had to brace himself. Going slow was painful but still a pleasure.

After a moment he continued. She had to know where they were before either of them went further. The no-deceptions part went both ways and he wanted to be sure she knew it. “I have a dangerous job. You know I’m gone for months at a time. I’m not looking for a woman who needs a man to get through her days. But I don’t want casual, throwaway sex. I want you. What I want is not fair. I’m gone a lot but I want a woman who’s faithful. And I’m a real dominant. Are you afraid?”

“Yes.”

“Of what?”

“That you’ll change your mind,” Carmen informed him, a new strength entering her tone.

Jack raised a brow in surprise. “About which thing?”

“That you want me.” Carmen licked her lips nervously. Her entire body was trembling now. “I’ve never been with a real dominant. I’m fat and I just confessed a whole bunch of embarrassing stuff on the phone. It’s difficult to believe that you want me. You’re perfect. You could have anyone.”

Jack cocked his head as he listened to her. The courage to be a submissive, a real submissive was written all over that little speech. She was stunning. He worked at keeping his face a serious mask for her. She needed to know he matched her. She could trust him to take care of all the things she was asking without words.

“I don’t lie, baby. If this were a line, I’d have stopped talking five minutes ago. Talking is pretty much the last thing I want to do. As to your fat statement, have a look at my crotch. I’m working on having exactly who I want. And I’m not looking for a one-time thing. So if we get involved and I ever hear you call yourself something ugly again, I’ll feel compelled to correct your attitude.”

Her eyes dropped to the hard bulge between his legs and she swallowed. Reading her face, there was no fear in that reaction. There was something much more greedy and Jack nearly growled with frustration. He was damn sure she wasn’t lying about never having been with a dominant, but her natural reactions were so purely sensual submission, she was effectively eating away the last shred of his resistance.

When they reached this point, civilians plunked down half the retirement fund on a ridiculous car or some other equally foolish item. A lifetime of looking at the other side of the fence brought a man to this. Investing more than he could afford in something he’d always wanted. For Jack it wasn’t the cash. Stealing Carmen came at a dangerous price. One he hadn’t realized he was willing to pay.

STEALING CARMEN coming from Ellora's Cave December 26, 2007

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Sorry...

I haven't been around lately and have done a very poor job of posting on this blog. Hopefully I'll do better now. This summer and fall have been a difficult time for me personally and I haven't been a "good author" much.

A "good author" means I haven't been writing so there wasn't been much to post. I'll admit to lurking around the net a lot. It's been an exciting time in romance land. I'll take this opportunity to thank several people for providing such outstanding examples to learn from. The list of things I'll never do has grown. Thank you.

Its almost December!! STEALING CARMEN will be released December 26! By that time you'll have gotten over all those presents you didn't want. Okay, maybe not exactly over them, but at least be ready to get something you do want. LOL

Have you seen the add for STEALING CARMEN on my website? I'd put it up here but that seems to be just beyond my abilities. Can't make it work. Anyway, I'm very proud of learning how to make a flash file this summer.

I love the lists of worst Christmas presents. I've been lucky, my darling husband believes in toys for Christmas. I've even convinced mom to stop getting me clothes for Christmas. That took a few years but I believe she's gotten over the urge to dress me. Thank goodness.

So what was the worst Christmas present you ever got?

Mine was ugly clothes. Animal print blouse, animal print purse (big purse), animal print scarf and gloves.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving

There are many things I'm thankful for, most of all for the wonderful friends who've done me the honor of reading my work. You guys are amazing. Thanks for telling me what you think. Thank you for being honest even when it's not wonderful. Most of all, thanks for caring enough to interact with authors. I suppose there are a few of us who don't like hearing from people who've spent money and time on a book we wrote, but I don't know any of those.

Thanksgiving is nothing without dear people to share it with.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Nov. 11 A nation's gratitude is not enough.

There are no words to express our thanks, so make it personal and do something to express it individually. The men and women protecting freedom today are walking, talking heroes. Make a point of thanking them when you see one. It takes a moment of your time. They are giving 24 hours a day of their time to protect you.

Have a look at this. I found the visuals moving. http://militarymotivator.blogspot.com/

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Country boys

Gotta love the Country Music community. I was watchin’ the CMA Awards last night and enjoyed it. One thing struck me though. Over and over again, up comes a famous Country Music couple and the woman looks like a red carpet dream, the guy is in jeans and t-shirt.

I can tell there are some rules to this. If wearing jeans to a red carpet event, they better not be new. Nope, the boys was wearing the one pair that fit right, all worn and faded in. I suppose the red carpetness of the event was implied when the guy put on an un-patched, long sleeve shirt to hang open over the jeans and t-shirt. Some went so far as a ratty jacket. And there they stood, proud as punch, beside a glamorous, gowned princess.

I liked it. It made me laugh, but in a good way.

Did I mention my new man, Troy, is from south Georgia?

Monday, November 5, 2007

Dang Flash

Learning a new thing is always exciting. By exciting I mean the process drives one through almost every emotion. So finally mastered the dang flash add thing, choose a program and completed a project but now I can't get it to load into this or any other section of my blog. I'm confident it can be done, I've seen it on other blogs. Even did the fun Amazon slide show thingy you see at the side.

Oh well, if ya wanna see the first Gail Faulkner production it's on the front page of my website. http://gailfaulkner.com

Hope you enjoy it. I did have fun making it.