Thursday, October 23, 2014

Fright Night Blog Hop


Halloween is only a week away!  To get you in the spirit, we're talking paranormal romances in the Fright Night Blog Hop and offering up some awesome treats!

I admit one of my favorite things about Halloween is the release of paranormal romances that always precedes it.  Even when paranormals were much more rare, publishers would tantalize readers with a romantic release that featured tempting preternatural beings in the month or two leading up to Halloween.  I've always looked forward to the spooky holiday for just that reason.  So of course, I couldn't be more excited to have a recent release of my own to share with you.

If you like powerful males who are drawn to strong women, danger mixed with humor, action interspersed with steamy romance, then Night Unbound is for you!


A USA TODAY Bestseller
with over 120 5-star reviews on Amazon
Amazon • Barnes and Noble • Audible • iBooks • Kobo • Walmart

"Book after book, Duvall brings her readers complex,
fascinating tales of romance, danger and loyalty."
—RT Book Reviews

"Fans of paranormal romance who haven't discovered
this series yet are really missing out on something
extraordinary."
—Long and Short Reviews

For centuries, Lisette d'Alençon has been a warrior against the dark. She fights alongside her brothers and comrades. But when the dreams start coming, she can't bear to confess them to the Immortal Guardians' command. Dreams of a dark-haired man with soft eyes and brutal wounds, a man her heart aches for—and a man she knows has been declared a traitor.

Zach is an exile, a loner. He won't defend himself against false accusations or grovel to those who should have faith in him. But he'll damn sure defend the woman who kept him sane against a plague of super-vamps that seems to have appeared from nowhere. The Guardians will blame him, and that will make Lisette suspect, too. With life, death and eternity on the line, who can they really trust? 

Excerpt

“Why are you doing this?”  Confusion colored Zach’s voice.

Lisette set the pasta down and gave him her full attention.  “Doing what?”

He hesitated.  “Helping me.  Being . . . kind to me.”

Why indeed?  She kept getting deeper and deeper and deeper into this . . . whatever this was.  “You saved my life.”

His lips tilted up in a faint smile that seemed to reflect cynicism, relief, and disappointment all at once.  “Ah.  You feel obligated.  I understand now.”

“Not obligated,” she corrected.  “Grateful.  And . . . ”

“And?” he prompted.

“Don’t you know?” she asked curiously.  “Haven’t you looked into my thoughts?”

“No.”

Interesting.  Seth and David seemed to lack any reservations when it came to reading the minds of their charges.  And, if she were honest, she and Étienne intruded on their friends’ thoughts far more often than they should.  One would think Zach, perhaps the antithesis of Seth, would possess even fewer scruples. 

Or did he lie?

Could he be testing her to see if she would tell him the truth?

Hell, what did she have to lose at this point?  

Crossing the kitchen, she stopped a foot away from Zach and tilted her head back to look up at him.

“Ask me again,” she ordered softly.

“Why are you doing this?” he murmured.

“Because I’m drawn to you, Zach.” 

His heart began to beat faster.  

As did hers.  “I’m drawn to you in a way that makes me want to risk everything just for the chance to know more of you.”

His eyes lit with a mild golden glow.  “Why?”

She gave her head a slow shake.  “I don’t know.  But I suspect . . . I hope . . . that it’s the same for you, that that’s why you came here—to me—when you were so badly injured and needed help.”

He raised one of his hands and, almost as though she were a bird he feared he might frighten away, captured a damp strand of hair that dangled in front of her ear, testing its texture with his fingers.  “I came to you because you were all I could think of while I was being tortured.”  He drew the lock closer to his face and breathed in the citrus scent of her shampoo.  “I came to you because you were all that enabled me to endure it.”

I am in so much trouble here, Lisette thought. 


My Giveaway



An autographed copy of Night Unbound along with an Immortal Guardians swag pack (2 postcards, 6 bookmarks, and 6 trading cards)


Details


The Fright Night Blog Hop runs from October 24, 2014, 12:00am EDT through October 31, 2014, 11:59pm EDT.  My giveaway is international.

Mandatory entry
Leave a comment on this post during the hop (please include your email address) and let me know what some of your favorite paranormal or spooky reads are.  :-)  Also mention extra entries.   

Extra entries
For extra entries you may do any or all of the following, but be sure to mention them in your comment.

+1  Follow my blog. 

+1  Like My Facebook Page.

+1  Follow me on Twitter.

+1  Share my giveaway on Twitter.

+1  Share my giveaway on Facebook.

Selecting a Winner
I will use random.org to choose my prize winner after verifying all entries and will announce it here by November 5th.  If the winner's email address is included in her/his comment, I will email her/him, too.  The winner will have one week to contact me.


35 comments:

  1. I love paranormal reads and a couple of them are The Dark series by Christine Feehan, Pamela Palmer also has a great shifter series out. I do love those shifters.

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  2. I love paranormal and urban fantasy i especially love The bloodhound files by DD Barant or the series by faith hunter

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  3. Some of my favorite horror reads are: Stephen king's IT, Ryu Murakami's Piercing, and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.

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  4. One of my recent favorites was Keri Arthur's "Riley Jensen" series. I have two books to go and it's intense!

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  5. I follow many paranormal authors ... my ones I go to the most are Christine Feehan,her Dark series & Jaguar series,anything paranormal by Cynthia Eden & Shelly Laurenston,The Daughters of Darkness series by N.L. Hoffmann,& the Fae Chronicles by Amelia Hutchins .. there are many more .. :-)
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  6. I will admit I don't do scary books, I won't even watch a scary movie at night. I do love pretty much all paranormal authors. That includes YOU, Keri Arthur, Laurell Hamilton, Belinda Boring, KENYON, and so many more.

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  7. I don't read scary, but I do Love Paranormal. Some of my favorites are Terry Spear (Heart of the Wolf/Heart of the Jaguar), Gena Showalter (Angels of the Dark/Lords of the Underworld), Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels), Jeanien Frost (Night Huntress/World/Prince) just to name a few.

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  8. I love paranormal and read a lot of different authors but your books are among my favorites. Along with Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, Lyndsay Sands, and many more. Right now I'm just waiting patiently for new books too come out in my favorite series. :)

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  9. I love paranormal and I read a lot of them. I don't know if I have a favorite, but I enjoyed the Seers series by Heather Frost.

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  10. I like THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman.

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  11. Besides your books ;) like nancy gideon, thea Harrison, shelly laurenston for starts :-)

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  12. Stephen King has always been my favorite when it comes to spooky reads. He knows how to really creep me out.

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  13. BDB series by JR Ward

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  14. Christine feehan
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  15. My favorite read is The Stand by Stephen King. Scary!
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  16. I like the funnier or sexier end of paranormal, especially m/m. My favorites include Tara Lain's Aloysius Tales series, Katriena Knights' BLOOD ON THE ICE, and Mary Hughes' BITING NIXIE.

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  17. Some of my favorite paranormal reads are Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series and Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress (and related) series. I have so many others, though, including your Immortal Guardians series.
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  18. I love the to read vampire stories..so anything works for me :)
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  19. One of my favorites is Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake.

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  20. marie.mattingly88@yahoo.com
    I don't read spooky or scare reads but I love PNR.

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  21. Love this, =) and this is my favorite time of the year!
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  22. This is great! I love this series and have already gotten friends hooked on it! I've done all the extra entries also!! krfemiani@gmail.com I read a lot of paranormal but nothing spooky really, Anita Blake by Laurell K Hamilton is at the top of that list, and as close to spooky as I get!

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  23. My favorite paranormal reads are the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward, the Dark (Carpathian) series by Christine Feehan, and Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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  24. My favorite paranormal reads are the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs, and all Kay Hooper's Bishop/SCU series.

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  25. I don't read horror, to busy with other genres - godan@comcast.net

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  26. I am an huge fan of PNR books, especially love the series midnight breed by lara adrian. I also love anything with werewolves in it

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  27. Joanna M
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    I love pretty much anything PN. Right now my I'm in the middle of reading The Black Dagger Brotherhood and I think it's super cool. I also discovered The Shadows of Stormclyffe Hall and fell in love with ghost stories!

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  28. Love this series! I really like all paranormal but I like vampires the most! I'm really looking forward to reading more on this series. Thank you so much for the chance. I shared on fb and twitter. I follow your blog and liked on fb.

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  29. I love anything by Stephen King.
    Thanks for the chance to win!
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  30. One of my favorite spooky reads is Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.

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  31. I LOVE the Black Jewels series by Anne Bishop...it's fantastic, dark and disturbing.

    Happy Halloween and thanks for the amazing giveaway!
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  32. One of my favorite spooky reads is NOS4A@ by Joe Hill.

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  33. I love anything by Kim Harrison and Stephen King.
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  34. I love any werewolf shifter books or Fallen Angel books. I follow on FB and tweeted.
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