Favorite Quote Friday #119—Rendezvous With Yesterday

Happy Friday!  How was your week?  Mine was actually pretty miserable.  I've been sick all week.  BUT I seem to be on the mend now, so . . .

Just a reminder, I'm holding an ongoing Rendezvous With Yesterday Pre-Order Contest to thank readers who pre-order Robert and Bethany's story, which will release on October 17th.  Prizes include Amazon Gift Cards, signed books and swag, tote bags, coffee mugs, flashlight keychains, and more.  There have already been two winners.  And it's almost time to announce Winner #3.  ;-)  So, if you've pre-ordered Rendezvous With Yesterday and would like to enter, just fill out this form: 

Rendezvous With Yesterday Pre-Order Contest Entry Form

#1 Amazon Bestseller

Special Pre-Order Discounted eBook Price — $4.99

(Regular $5.99)

Kindle • Nook • Kobo • Amazon UK • Amazon Canada

Audiobook—Amazon • Audiobook—Tantor Audio

It's time once more for Favorite Quote Friday!  Less than two months to go until the release of Rendezvous With Yesterday.  Hooray!!  I thought today I would give you a glimpse of the heroine's mischievous spirit in a micro-excerpt that features Bethany (the heroine), Robert (the hero), and a few of Robert's knights:

“I think men just want women to ride sidesaddle because you’re afraid we’ll show you up,” Beth taunted.  She didn’t think they called it sidesaddle yet, but they had become surprisingly adept at translating her modern speech, so she suspected they would catch her meaning. 

Stephen, of course, took the bait.  “Do you imply we fear you will best us?” he asked with some affront. 

“Absolutely,” she affirmed.  “If women were allowed to ride astride, you men would eat our dust.” 

Stephen snorted.  “Aside or astride.  If one is skilled, it makes no difference.” 

“Oh, yeah?  Have you ever ridden sidesaddle?” 

“Do I look like a woman to you?” 

“Do you really want me to answer that?” she countered. 

“Beth,” Robert cautioned as thunderclouds darkened the scruffy knight’s features. 

Grinning unrepentantly, she tossed him a wink.  “I can’t help it.  He’s such an easy mark.”

See what I mean when I say Bethany would fit right in with my Immortal Guardians family?  :-) 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dianne

Favorite Quote Friday #118—Rendezvous With Yesterday

Happy Friday!  We've had day after day of rain here, accompanied by wonderfully cooler temperatures and deep rumbling thunder.  You know how I love to work on stormy days.  :-)  We haven't experienced any flooding.  But I know others have not fared as well.  So I hope everyone out there is staying safe.

Rendezvous With Yesterday has passed the 1,000 pre-orders mark.  Woohoo!!  So it's time to announce another winner in my Rendezvous With Yesterday Pre-Order Contest.  Winner #2 is:

Thao Nguyen

Congratulations!!  You've won a $10 Amazon Gift Card!

For those of you who haven't heard, I've launched a contest to thank readers who pre-order Rendezvous With Yesterday, which will release on October 17th.  Now that I've gone indie, I have access to pre-order numbers.  So every time another 500 pre-orders roll in, I'll give away a prize to a randomly selected winner.  Prizes include Amazon Gift Cards, signed books and swag, tote bags, coffee mugs, and more.  To enter, just fill out this Entry Form.

A writer friend brought to my attention that A Sorceress of His Own, my first indie release and the first book in my new series The Gifted Ones, can now be purchased in trade paperback at Walmart.com.  :-)  My other paperbacks and some of the audiobooks are available there, too.

A #1 Amazon Bestseller

Special Pre-Order Discounted eBook Price — $4.99

(Regular $5.99)

Kindle • Nook • Kobo • Amazon UK • Amazon Canada

Audiobook—Amazon • Audiobook—Tantor Audio

It's time once more for Favorite Quote Friday!  Only a little over two months to go until the release of Rendezvous With Yesterday.  Yay!!  So I thought I would give you another quote from it that features Robert and Bethany, the hero and heroine.

He leaned forward, hesitated when only an inch separated their lips.  Those mesmerizing eyes of his were dark and stormy with desire.  His nose brushed hers as their gazes met and held.  Anticipation rose.  A half-inch closer.  Mouths still not meeting.  Tempting without touching.  Teasing with the knowledge of what would come, what she would feel, until she could bear it no longer and moved the last fraction of an inch closer, pressing her lips to his and surrendering with a moan.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dianne

Favorite Quote Friday #117—Rendezvous With Yesterday

Happy Friday!  What a fantastic week it's been!  Thanks to all of you who have been pre-ordering Rendezvous With Yesterday (The Gifted Ones Book 2), it has hit #1 and #2 on several Amazon Bestseller Lists!!

It has also hit #1, #2, or #3 on several Hot New Release lists.  Woohoo!!  You are the best!!  Thank you so much!  You've been so supportive of my leap from traditional publishing to self-publishing, and of my launching a new series.  I hope you know how much that means to me.

I know you've probably heard me say this before, but pre-orders are very important to authors.   And now that I've gone indie, I have access to pre-order numbers.  So to thank readers who pre-order Robert and Bethany's story, I've launched a big RENDEZVOUS WITH YESTERDAY PRE-ORDER CONTEST.

Every time 500 new pre-orders roll in, I'm going to give a prize away to a randomly selected winner.  Prizes will include Amazon Gift Cards, signed books and swag, tote bags, coffee mugs, keychain flashlights, and more.  The more pre-orders there are, the bigger the prize will be.  :-)  To enter, just fill out this form:

Rendezvous With Yesterday Pre-Order Contest Entry Form

The contest is open internationally, except where prohibited by law.  If I run into any difficulty sending a gift card to an international winner, I reserve the right to substitute another prize.  

500 of you have already pre-ordered.  So the first contest winner is . . .

Jacqueline Seidl

Congratulations!!  You've won a signed copy of A Sorceress of His Own + an Immortal Guardians and The Gifted Ones swag pack.  

This week, an overwhelming majority of the questions I've received have been about Rendezvous With Yesterday:  

Will Rendezvous With Yesterday be available on Audible?

Yes, it will.  The audiobook will be narrated by Kirsten Potter and will release the same day as the eBook and paperback.  But it usually takes longer for it to show up on Audible.  I'll post a link as soon as I see it go up for pre-order.

Will Rendezvous With Yesterday be available on iBooks?

Yes.  But I can't make it available for pre-order there until my formatter has properly formatted it for me.  I'll post a link as soon as it goes up for pre-order there.

Will rendezvous With Yesterday be available on Nook?

Yes, it will.  Here's a link: Rendezvous With Yesterday — Nook

Special Pre-Order Discounted eBook Price — $4.99

(Regular $5.99)

Kindle • Nook • Kobo • Amazon UK • Amazon Canada

Audiobook—Amazon • Audiobook—Tantor Audio

It's time once more for Favorite Quote Friday!  I thought today I would give you a quote from Rendezvous With Yesterday that would appeal to fans of both The Gifted Ones series and my Immortal Guardians series.  It features Robert and Bethany (the hero and heroine) and Seth:

Beth contemplated him curiously.  “Who exactly are you, Seth?  Or perhaps the better question would be:  What exactly are you?” 

He strolled forward.  “I knew your cell battery would die, so I thought I would drop by and offer you a ride.” 

“How did you know the battery would die?” she pounced.  “I just charged it yesterday." 

He arched a brow.  “Shall we go?” 

She looked at Robert.  “He isn’t going to answer me, is he?” 

“Nay, he seems disinclined to do so.” 

“Fine,” she muttered, holstering her weapon.  “But I gotta tell ya,” she groused, “the mystery part of this whole tall, dark, handsome, mystery-man thing you’ve got going can really be annoying sometimes.” 

Seth’s smile widened.  “So I have been told.”

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dianne

Cover Reveal and Excerpt—Rendezvous With Yesterday

Happy Friday!  I'm very excited to share with you the cover and blurb of my next release—Rendezvous With Yesterday, The Gifted Ones Book 2.

Coming October 17, 2016
Special Pre-Order eBook Price—$4.99 (USD)
Pre-Order Today!

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Audiobook on Amazon

Modern-day bounty hunter Bethany Bennett helps her brother track two fugitives to a forest outside of Houston, Texas.  But what should have been a routine apprehension of two bail skippers spirals out of control and ends in violence.  After Beth and her brother are both seriously injured, a mysterious figure suddenly looms over her.  And, when the smoke clears, Beth finds herself not only in another place, but in another time. 

As Lord Robert, Earl of Fosterly, attempts to identify and track down the nameless enemy who has been plaguing his lands and people with violence, the most peculiar woman stumbles into his path.  Small, vulnerable, yet possessed of a bold, fiery spirit and wicked sense of humor, she persists in dubbing Robert and his men members of something called a medieval reenactment group . . . until she sees his castle and labels herself mad.  It seems bounty hunter Bethany Bennett has come to him from the future, bringing with her laughter and chaos, swiftly winning the hearts of his people and inspiring within him a love he thought he would never experience again.  But when Robert discovers a way for her to return to her time, will the love they share be enough to keep them together?

I've temporarily discounted the eBook price.  During the Pre-Order period and the first week of Rendezvous With Yesterday's release, you can purchase it for $4.99.  After that, it will return to the regular price of $5.99.  It will be available in iBooks closer to the release date.

Rendezvous With Yesterday will be available in print, but not until the release date—October 17th.  The Rendezvous With Yesterday Audiobook will be narrated by the very talented Kirsten Potter and will release the same day as the eBook and paperback.  It will be available on Audible.  It just hasn't gone up for pre-order there yet.  I'll let you know when it does.  :-)

I'll be celebrating over on My Facebook Page this weekend with an Amazon Gift Card giveaway.  I hope you'll join me.  :-)

Since this is also Favorite Quote Friday, I thought I would give you a sneak peek into the pages of Rendezvous With Yesterday by letting you glimpse Robert and Bethany through the eyes of Robert's brother Dillon (hero of A Sorceress of His Own):

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Dillon rose alongside Robert and watched his brother descend the stairs and stroll forward.  

At once, Lady Bethany broke away from the women, skipped toward him and launched herself into his arms.  Bright, tinkling laughter escaped her as Robert spun her around in a tight circle ere he allowed her feet to touch the ground.  Ducking his head, Robert spoke something into her ear that Dillon was too far away to hear.  Lady Bethany laughed and locked her arms around his neck, leaning her body fully into his.

Dillon glanced around to gauge the response of the other occupants of Fosterly’s bailey.  ’Twas a highly improper embrace the unwed couple shared so openly.  Yet most onlookers either smiled indulgently or paid no attention, as though ’twas a common occurrence.

Stunned, he looked back in time to see Lady Bethany reach up, clasp a fistful of hair atop Robert’s head, and playfully rock his head from side to side.  Robert grinned and pressed his forehead to hers.  Her hand drifted down, stroked his cheek as he rubbed noses with her.  Their words grew quieter as he drew her even closer, lifted her onto her toes, then kissed her.  Deeply.  Thoroughly.  One hand drifting down her back and coming dangerously close to her bottom.  Pulling her even tighter against him.

Dillon could practically feel the heat from where he stood as the couple’s passion flared.  

And still those in the bailey paid them no heed.

Dillon looked at Michael, who appeared to be struggling not to laugh at the shock that must be written across his face.

“They tend to forget the rest of us when they are in each other’s presence.”

Dillon could not remember the last time he had been so confounded.

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Dianne