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RAPHAEL’s going to Italy (literally) and … a LACHLAN snippet

Posted by dbreynolds on March 19, 2019

Yep, I’m thrilled to announce that RAPHAEL’s being translated into Italian! How cool is that? He’ll have a new Italian cover and everything. I’ll post the new cover when I get it. The translation will initially be available in ebook only, and if RAPHAEL does well, we’ll try JABRIL next. Yay!

No final cover for LACHLAN yet, so I give you Dunnottar Castle on the North Sea, which is where the Scottish Crown Jewels were hidden from Oliver Cromwell’s Invading Army in the 17th Century. I saw those crown jewels (the Honours of Scotland) along with the Stone of Scone in Edinburgh Castle. I’d read so much about the Stone in both fiction and history that I stood there studying every inch of it, while everyone else admired the beautiful jewels. Geek. Anyway, since you can’t yet see LACHLAN’s beautiful cover, I’m sharing a snippet of the moment Lachlan and his Julia first meet. Note that this snippet has not yet completed the full editorial process, and so may change in the released edition of LACHLAN. Enjoy.

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“Julia, this is my cousin Lachlan McRae. Lachlan, Julia Harper. We went to school together,” she repeated. “Julia, me, and Cynthia.”

Lachlan leaned across the table to shake, careful of the woman’s slender hand as he wrapped his thick fingers around hers. A tingling heat warmed his palm when their hands touched, and his eyes shot up to meet hers, seeing her pupils widened in surprise as if she’d felt the same heat. She managed to confine her reaction to her eyes, keeping the rest of her face coolly polite, which was fine with him. Keeping his tone the same, he said, “Ms. Harper.”

“Julia,” she supplied, as she slid her fingers out of his grasp.

Lachlan’s own distrustful nature had him following her hand, and so he noted the quick glance she gave her palm, as if seeking a logical reason for that moment of sizzling heat. When she caught him watching, she brushed invisible crumbs from her skirt instead. He bared his teeth and met her gaze. Nice legs beneath that skirt, he thought intentionally, letting the appreciation show in his eyes.

Catriona slapped his arm. “Be nice,” she hissed under her breath, then smiled for the blonde’s sake and indicated a chair between them. “Have a seat, cuz.”
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I did say it was only a snippet. 😀

In other news, my CHRISTIAN Audio giveaway is ending, but there’s still a little time to enter. One (1) winner will receive both the Audiobook and the print book of CHRISTIAN, while two (2) additional winners will receive the CHRISTIAN audiobook. Be sure to follow the rules when you enter …

1. Send an email to dbreynoldswriter@gmail.com with CHRISTIAN AUDIO on the subject line.
2. Return email address MUST BE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS.
3. Include your first and last name in the body of the email.
4. All entries must be received by midnight, March 19, 2019.
5. One (1) winner will be selected at random from among the entries received by the deadline, to receive both the Audiobook and the print book of CHRISTIAN.
6. Two (2) additional winners will be selected at random from among the entries received by the dead, to receive the CHRISTIAN audiobook.
7. The winners will be notified by return email and will have five (5) days to respond, after which a new winner will be chosen.
8. One (1) entry per person. All duplicate entries will be deleted.

And now, I’m happy to say, I’m going back to DRAGAN! Yes! He might be my most challenging hero yet, but I’m looking forward to writing his story for him.

Hope you all had a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I’ll see you next week, hopefully (hopefully) with some cover news. Hopefully. lol

xoxo
DBR

Categories: Audio Books, CHRISTIAN, Contests, DRAGAN, Holiday Greetings, LACHLAN\, RAPHAEL, The Vampire Wars, Uncategorized, Vampires in Europe

LACHLAN news and a NEW CONTEST!

Posted by dbreynolds on March 11, 2019

I can’t share the LACHLAN cover with you, yet, so I give you a guy playing bagpipes in beautiful Scotland. Just for the record, no, Lachlan never plays bagpipes! 😀 But on to the news … I held this week’s blog back by a day so I could confirm this fantastic news on LACHLAN. First, the pre-order will be up as soon as we finalize the cover (which is gorgeous!) I expect that to happen very, very soon, and I’ll let you know as soon as it does. We’ll probably do the cover reveal along with the pre-order posting. But the BIG news … LACHLAN will be released on APRIL 26th! That’s a whole month earlier than expected, and I’m so excited to share his story with you! Yay!

This time I’m celebrating CHRISTIAN’s audiobook release. I’ve listened to it twice, and Nick J. Russo has done such a great job. If you like audiobooks, you’ll love this one. I’m giving away three (3) copies of the audiobook, plus one lucky winner will received a signed paperback of CHRISTIAN, along with their audiobook. All you have to do to enter is follow these rules.

1. Send an email to dbreynoldswriter@gmail.com with CHRISTIAN AUDIO on the subject line.
2. Return email address MUST BE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS.
3. Include your first and last name in the body of the email.
4. All entries must be received by midnight, March 19, 2019.
5. One (1) winner will be selected at random from among the entries received by the deadline, to receive both the Audiobook and the print book of CHRISTIAN.
6. Two (2) additional winners will be selected at random from among the entries received by the dead, to receive the CHRISTIAN audiobook.
7. The winner will be notified by return email and will have five (5) days to respond, after which a new winner will be chosen.
8. One (1) entry per person. All duplicate entries will be deleted.

Please make sure to follow the rules when entering. Good Luck!

Finally, SHIFTER PLANET sold like crazy last week, during the sale. #6 on Amazon’s Paranormal Romance, and #6 on Entangled’s Top Ten. My sincere thanks to all of you for making that happen. I guess that means lots of people are looking forward to Shifter Planet 2! Entangled has set a release date for the fall, but I’m pushing for a slightly earlier date. So, it’s definitely this fall, but the specific date is still uncertain. I’ll let you know when it’s set.

And now, I’m off to take a final look at the back cover copy for LACHLAN (so excited!) And then … sleep. Yes, I’m actually going to sleep.

See you all next week, hopefully with more and more exciting news on LACHLAN, plus … who knows?

xoxo
DBR

Categories: Audio Books, Books on Sale - Where?, CHRISTIAN, Contests, LACHLAN\, SHIFTER PLANET, Shifters, The Vampire Wars, Uncategorized, Vampires in Europe

LACHLAN is away! MORE SALES and DBR is watching movies!

Posted by dbreynolds on March 4, 2019

SHIFTER PLANET is on sale for one more day! Only $0.99. ONE MORE DAY on all the usual e-platforms. Click the image above for AMAZON.com.

QUINN is also on sale for only $0.99, but that one runs until March 15, again on all the usual e-book platforms. Click the image above for AMAZON.com

So, the LACHLAN revisions went back to my editor, and I took a day off, just because. Mostly I watched movies that I’ve wanted to see, but couldn’t take the time away from LACHLAN. He’s very demanding. The first movie I watched was FREE SOLO. It’s a documentary about Alex Honnold, an American who’s considered one of the best free climbers in the world.

There are no car chases in this movies, but it’s fascinating. When Alex climbs, they show the distance to the ground, and there’s nothing but his own body keeping him in place on these incredible cliffs. If he slips, he dies. Most of the documentary is about his determination to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite, which is 3000 vertical feet of granite. For those who don’t know, free climbing is without ropes. It was terrifying and amazing in equal parts.

I’m not going to spend the entire week watching movies, however. I’m going to be unpacking boxes, instead! The thrills never end around here. I get obsessed when I’m on a writing project, but now I want to go back to a life without boxes. Mostly it’s my kitchen that’s still packed up. I’m grateful for DashPass and GrubHub and even PostMates, but I’d like to be able to use the new stove for something other than heating bread. So, one week of unpacking boxes, then on to DRAGAN!

Happy March! I’ll be back next week, hopefully with no boxes staring at me as I write, but WITH a new giveaway. I’m going to watch either Bohemian Rhapsody or First Man next. Hmmmmm.

xoxo
DBR

Categories: Books on Sale - Where?, Facts, Videos and Amusing Links, LACHLAN\, QUINN, SHIFTER PLANET, Shifters, Stone Warriors, The Vampire Wars, TV/Media, Uncategorized, Vampires in Europe

CHRISTIAN AUDIO! PLUS BOOKS ON SALE

Posted by dbreynolds on February 25, 2019

CHRISTIAN’s audio is now available!! I’ve listened to the whole thing, and Nick J. Russo did a terrific job as always. Yay!

AMAZON

AUDIBLE
iTUNES

More sales! ADEN’s e-book is only $0.99 until the end of the February, so only a few days left. This is a great price if you’re trying to catch up with the series.

AMAZON
BN.com
Kobo
iTunes
Google Play

Remember this sale only lasts until February 28th. No leap year on this short month.

And finally, no links yet, but be aware that SHIFTER PLANET is going to be part of BookBub’s Paranormal Romance promotion on February 27th. That means the e-book will be available for only $0.99 from 2/26/19 to 03/04/19. Four days only, so if you want to be ready for Shifter Planet 2, and haven’t read the first book yet, this is your chance. Remember: It doesn’t start until February 26. If you subscribe to BookBub’s notices, you’ll see it there, too. I’ll be announcing it on the 26th to remind you–Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

Oh, and I almost forgot this one! I’ll be at the SHAMELESS BOOK CON (CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE FOR THE LINK) in Orlando, FL in October. This convention sells out every year, and tickets go on sale this Wednesday, February 27th.

And now …. yep, back to work. The revisions for LACHLAN are almost finished. I’m happy with this book, especially the revised version. I sure hope you all will like it as much as I do. I’ll be sending it back to the lovely Brenda Chin this week, and while I wait for line edits to come back (that’s the next stage) I’ll unpack some boxes here at the house. I’m a tad compulsive about my environment. (heh heh) I want everything back in its place, so I can have a fresh start to write DRAGAN! I have so many notes on him already. He’s a complicated character. Those wings …

Have a great last few days of February 2019, a month we’ll all remember for the damn weather. I’m happy we got some rain here in SoCal. Not so happy that an irrigation pipe broke, and between that and all the rain, water flooded one of my bedrooms. Guess who’ll be re-installing the new wood floor in that room? Oh, well. Good thing I bought extra wood. And it’s not the entire room, so I won’t have to move ALL the damn furniture AGAIN!

But what was I saying? Oh, yeah … Happy End of February!

xoxo
DBR

Categories: Audio Books, Books on Sale - Where?, CHRISTIAN, Conventions and Conferences, DRAGAN, LACHLAN\, SHIFTER PLANET, Shifters, The Vampire Wars, Uncategorized, Vampires in Europe

REVISION TIME!

Posted by dbreynolds on February 11, 2019

Yes, I’ve spent most of my week doing LACHLAN revisions. When I wasn’t planning my 2019 travel, that is. These days you have to book your flights months ahead of time, if you want to get what you need. And then there’s the hotels. Registration for RWA in New York, July 24-27, opened this past week, and there’s always a rush to get registered. Not so much for the registration itself, but to secure a room at the conference hotel. It always ends up with an overflow hotel, but it’s more convenient to be in the conference hotel. Cooler, too, since July in New York is a sauna!

I’m also lucky enough to have friends and family within travel distance of New York, and we’re making plans!

With future flights/hotels handled, though, I’m back with LACHLAN, making his story the best it can be for my readers. Sometimes I forget that not everyone is in my head (which is a good thing for all of us – lol.) But I forget to write down the important stuff going on in my head, mostly having to do with important stuff going on in my characters’ heads. This is usually info my readers also need to know, of course. But my brilliant editor catches those lapses, and I fix them.

I did manage to unpack a few boxes in my spare time (ha!) I look forward to the day when my house is box-free and I can find my flatware again. lol

In the meantime, there’s my Valentines giveaway. The entries are piling up, so don’t forget to get yours in before the deadline. I’m giving away the chance to name a character in my next Vampires in America book, which will be Book #14 (14!) I don’t have a name yet, and it won’t be out until next year, but I’ll start writing it later this year, so this is the perfect time to create a character. The giveaway does NOT include the right to name any of the main characters, or the book itself, but your character will be more than just a walk-on, which means you’ll have dialogue. The character can be human or vampire, winner’s choice. The winner will also be mentioned in the book’s Acknowledgments, and will receive a signed, print copy of the book. MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW THE ENTRY RULES EXACTLY, or I won’t find your entry.

ENTRY RULES:

1. Send an email to dbreynoldswriter@gmail.com with VALENTINE 2019 on the subject line.
2. Return email address MUST BE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS.
3. Include your first and last name in the body of the email.
4. All entries must be received by midnight, February 10, 2019.
5. One winner will be selected at random from among the entries received by the deadline.
6. The winner surrenders all rights to the character they submit, both financial and literary.
7. The winner will be notified by return email and will have five (5) days to respond, after which a new winner will be chosen.
8. One (1) entry per person. All duplicate entries will be deleted.

There’s no need to describe your character now or when you enter. If you win, I’ll let you know everything I need to know about your character, with plenty of time to respond.

And that’s it! I figure only people who love my Vampires will want to have themselves (or someone they love or simply make up) in the books. And don’t forget … follow the entry rules exactly!

And now it’s back to LACHLAN. I haven’t done much else this last week. I haven’t even watched the 300th episode of SUPERNATURAL yet, though I did DVR it, of course. I have a long queue of movies I want to see, and, of course, there’s the elusive flatware. But that will all have to wait for LACHLAN.

Hope you’re all having a wonderful week, staying warm and dry. It seems we’re all getting a real winter this year. Lots of rain here in So. Cal., and my friends in the entire northern half of the country are getting way, way too much snow.

See you next week. Have a very Happy Valentine’s Day with the one you love!