Sultry Summer Reads Blog Hop

(See Safari Heat's website for full rules.)

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.

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Hop Daily Giveaway Schedule

Sept. 11^th

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

Sept. 12^th

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

Sept. 13^th

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

Sept. 14^th

Swag Pack: TG Ayer

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

Sept. 15^th

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

Sept. 16^th

Kindle Giveaway Plus E-Books

100.00 Gift Card