Welcome to the Sultry Summer Reads Blog Hop, hosted by Safari Heat! This is a fun-filled hop that lasts from September 11th through September 16th and boasts dozens of prizes in addition to the individual prizes offered at each stop on the hop.
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Grand Prize
a Kindle Fire HD 7"
+ ebooks to go on the new Kindle
Second Prize
a $100 Gift Card to Amazon or Barnes & Noble
Daily Prizes
The hop Host will randomly pop into blogs and choose several winners each day. See the "Hop Daily Giveaway Schedule" under Details at the end of this post for a list of the prizes.
My Prize
A signed Darkness Rises ARC + Immortal Guardians swag (1 signed cover flat, 4 large bookmarks, 3 smaller bookmarks, 4 trading cards, and 2 postcards).
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There are so many deliciously sultry reads out there, and my next release — Darkness Rises, Immortal Guardians Book 4, (October 1, 2013) — is one of them. :-) Once the victim of a vampire attack, mortal Krysta Linz has dedicated her life to slaying every blood-sucking, psychotic vampire on planet. Or, at least, those in her neck of the woods. She does a fantastic job of it, too, despite the toll the battles take on her, until her vampire hunting activities bring her to the attention of a certain amber-eyed Immortal Guardian named Étienne d’Alençon. Then sparks begin to fly and the hunter becomes the hunted.
4.5 stars, HOT
"Duvall does an outstanding job building both a rich world and a compelling cast of characters."
— RT Book Reviews
"Krysta Linz is a kick-butt vampire hunter whose world is taken for a sexy spin when she meets Immortal Guadian Étienne d'Alençon in Duvall's fast-paced and humorous latest paranormal."
— Publishers Weekly
Blurb
Krysta is used to getting the drop on vampires. Her "special abilities"
aren't much, but the plan is simple--she plays helpless pretty young
thing to lure them in. Then her shoto swords come out and it's bye-bye,
bloodsucker. Until one night she finds herself with an unexpected ally.
He's a vampire, all right, but different. Mysterious. Handsome. And more
interested in saving her skin than draining it.
Étienne has
been an Immortal Guardian for two hundred years--long enough to know
that Krysta is special. He can't stop thinking about her long legs, even
more than her short swords. Then he discovers the vamps she's
exterminating have friends in high places, and the Guardians are in
danger too. He'll have to accept Krysta's help to save them. The stakes
for a mortal are high. But the cost to his heart might be higher. . .
Excerpt
(Some might consider this mildly racy.)
For a moment, he looked so hungry for her she thought he might pounce.
Then a teasing gleam entered his luminous eyes. “Want to see a neat trick?”
Raising her eyebrows, she smiled. “Okay.”
He blurred. She felt a tug.
In a blink, they were both naked, clothing and weapons scattered around their feet.
He laughed. “I’ve never seen you so wide-eyed.”
“That is awesome!” she praised.
Grinning, he picked her up and tossed her onto the bed.
Krysta shrieked with delight as he dove after her.
“Shoes on or off?” he asked.
She laughed when she realized they both still wore their boots. “Off.”
Sitting up, he quickly doffed his own, then turned his attention to hers.
She liked this playful side of him. Liked the feel of his large, warm hands grasping her calf as he removed first one shoe, then the other.
His gaze roved her body, splayed out before him like a banquet, scorching her and making her squirm with the need to feel all of that hard, muscled flesh against her.
And, just like that, all levity was shoved aside by lust.
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Details
• The Sultry Summer Reads Blog Hop begins at 12:01 a.m. on September 11, 2013 and will end at 11:59 p.m. on September 16, 2013.
• The Grand Prize, Second Prize, and Daily prize drawings are open only to residents of the US and Canada.
• My Prize drawing is open internationally.
• Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment on this post with the following information: your name, email, the country in which you reside, and whether you're a reader or an author. Please mention extra entries as well. (See example below.) ***Note: All of this information must be provided in order for you to be entered into the Grand Prize drawing.***
• Extra Entries:
• Entry Example:
Name: Carey Abbott
Comment: Great Post
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Are You a Reader or Author: Author
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To keep hopping, follow the link below:
Hop Daily Giveaway Schedule
Signed Swag Pack: Dianne Duvall
Signed Book: Crush by Alan Jacobson
Signed Book: The Look of Love By Bella Andre
Signed Book: Coming Clean by Sue Margolis
Signed Book: Murder Most Foul by JoAnne Myer
Pre-Made Book Cover: Carey Abbott
Signed Book: Release Me by J. Kenner
Signed Rack Card: Bobby Romans
Signed Book: Sleep With The Lights On By Maggie Shayne
Signed Book: Blood Destiny by Tessa Dawn
Signed Book: The Rancher She Loved by Ann Roth
Singed Book: Love’s Prophecy by Brenda Dyer
Signed Book: Billion-Dollar Cowboy by Carolyn Brown
Signed Book: Against the Mark by Kat Martin
Five-Dollar Gift Card to Are: Dynese Bridger
Signed Book: Perfect Mate by Mina Carter
Signed Book: Ruthless by Debra Webb
Signed Book: Coming Clean by Sue Margolis
Five-Dollar Gift Card: Carey Abbot/Tabitha Blake
Signed Book: Coming Clean by Sue Margolis
Signed Book: Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian
Signed Book: Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall
Signed Book: Skin Deep T.G. Ayer
Three Bookmarks: Lara Adrian
Pre-Made Book Cover: Carey Abbott
Signed Book: Poems by JoAnne Myers
Three Book Marks: Lara Adrian
Signed Book: Sleep With The Lights On By Maggie Shayne
Signed ARC Copy: Born in Blood by Alexandra Ivy
Signed Book: Like Humans Do by Daryn Cross
Pre-Made Book Cover: Carey Abbott
Signed Book: Coming Clean by Sue Margolis
Kindle Giveaway Plus E-Books
100.00 Gift Card
