Favorite Quote Friday—The Countdown Has Begun

Happy Friday!  The countdown to the release of my Immortal Guardians novella Phantom Embrace has begun!  My Blog Tour and Giveaway has, too.  :-) Did you see this week's stops?

Angel’s Guilty Pleasures

Author Post—Top 5
Tips on Romancing a Ghost

3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too!

Spotlight and Excerpt

Cat’s Reviews

Spotlight and Excerpt

Books and Things

Author Q and A

What makes a great villain?

Whose story is begging to be written?

lisa louisiana home

Spotlight and Excerpt

Little Shop of Readers

Spotlight and Excerpt

Books-n-Kisses – Author Post

Author Post—Top 5 List

Cat's Favorite Things

Urban Fantasy Investigations

Spotlight and Excerpt

eBookObsessed

Spotlight, Excerpt, and Review

Bookgatherer

Author Q and A with Review

When did I decide to match Cat and Yuri?

Will we see them again in future books?

Who is my favorite character?

KT Book Reviews

Spotlight and Excerpt

Diane’s Book Blog

Spotlight and Excerpt

Don't forget to enter to win a gift card or books and swag!

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I'm also celebrating the upcoming release with giveaways over on My Facebook Page.  Signed books.  Swag.  Perhaps a Gift Card or two.  I hope you'll hop over and join the fun!

“Duvall's hauntingly beautiful novella, set in the world of the Immortal Guardians, portrays the deep love between two people who can never touch, with a wonderfully unexpected ending.”

— Publishers Weekly

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It's time once more for Favorite Quote Friday!  Phantom Embrace will release on Tuesday.  So today I'll give you another peek into Yuri's story.    

It was nice to be with a woman who, though three hundred years younger than he, was nevertheless nearer his age. A woman around whom he could be himself. A woman who wouldn’t wrinkle her nose and complain about him being old-fashioned. 

She made him laugh. Often. Made him happy in a way he hadn’t thought he could be again. A perpetual smile seemed to touch his lips now. Even Dmitry had remarked upon it. 

For the first time in a very long time, Yuri didn’t feel as though he only existed to hunt. His life, for centuries, could’ve been summed up as succinctly as the instructions on a shampoo bottle: Instead of wash, rinse, repeat, it had been hunt, sleep, repeat.  

But now he actually found himself wanting to put off falling asleep and looked forward to waking. Hunting and slaying vampires was no longer the center of his world. Cat was. 

At last, he felt like he was living, not just going through the motions. And it felt good. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dianne