Favorite Quote Friday #163—Night Unbound Excerpt

Happy Friday!  I've been spending this week with Ethan, Heather and my Immortal Guardians family while I go over Shadows Strike copyedits, and have compiled a nice long list of favorite quotes to share with you.  :-)

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If you haven't heard yet, Shadows Strike is now available for pre-order.  If you're planning to pick up a copy, I hope you'll consider pre-ordering it.  Pre-orders are so important to authors, and are always greatly appreciated.  :-)

AND look what arrived on my doorstep!

Shadows Strike swag!  I've already added it to my ever-growing Immortal Guardians swag pack and started giving it away on Facebook.  :-)  

This is going to be an exceptionally busy year for me, so many of my giveaways (outside of blog tours) will take place on social media sites, most likely on Facebook or tsu.  I'm really liking tsu so far.  Facebook hides so many posts from me.  It's nice to see all of my friends' posts in my news feed for a change.  I've missed that.  :-)  Writing sometimes compels me to drop offline for a bit when I'm working like crazy to meet a deadline.  Whenever I do, my friends always disappear from my Facebook news feed.  That doesn't happen with tsu.  (Yay!)  So if you decide to join, I hope you'll connect with me!

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It's time once more for Favorite Quote Friday!  Since I'm diligently going over copyedits on Shadows Strike, Immortal Guardians Book 6, I thought I would feature a brief excerpt of the scene in Night Unbound (Book 5) that made me want to write Ethan's story next.  I've heard from a lot of readers who say they laugh whenever they think of what has become known as . . . The Shovel Scene.  LOL.  It's a favorite of mine, so I'm thrilled that so many liked it.  

It's quite a long scene, so I thought I would just whet your appetite.  It features Lisette, the heroine of Night Unbound, and Ethan, the hero of Shadows Strike.

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Lisette stood quietly beside [Ethan], fighting the urge to chew a thumbnail, as he stared down at Zach for several long minutes.

“Where’s the shovel?” he asked.

“The shovel?” she repeated, confused.

“Yeah.  You want me to bury him, right?”

Her eyebrows flew up.  “What?  No.  He isn’t dead.”

“He isn’t?  I don’t hear a heartbeat.”

“It’s there.  The pauses between are just very long.”    

“Oh.  Right.  There it is.  I just heard one.”  Another moment passed.  “So, who is he?”

Lisette frowned up at Ethan.  “Wait.  What exactly did you think had happened here?”

He shrugged.  “I figured you must have brought a mortal home, gotten carried away, and accidentally killed him.”

“During sex?” she asked incredulously.

“He is half naked,” he pointed out.  “And you said Seth would be pissed.  You know how protective Seth is of mortals.  He does not react well when an immortal inadvertently kills one.”

“When have you ever known me to engage in rough sex?”

“Quebec.  1985.”

She opened her mouth, paused, thought about it, then nodded.  “Okay.  You’re forgiven.”

He sent her a sly glance from the corner of his eye.  “For 1985?”

She unsuccessfully fought a smile.  “No.”

He laughed.  “Then for what?”

“For drawing the freakiest conclusion you could draw from this situation.”

Still grinning, he shrugged.  “It was inevitable.  I have sex on the brain tonight.”

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Ah, Ethan, how you entertain me.  :-)

I'll be posting again tomorrow for the Lucky is Reading Giveaway Hop.  Many prizes will be up for grabs, so I hope you'll join the fun!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dianne

Favorite Quote Friday #161

Happy Friday!  It's been a VERY busy week for me.  

I finished going over edits for Shadows Strike, Immortal Guardians Book 6.  I wrote down a lot of favorite quotes for you while I went over them and also selected a few excerpts.  Can't wait to share them with you!

Next will come the copyedits.  Then the proofs.  Then the ARCs.  Then BAM! — Release Day on August 25th!  

I also went over copyedits for Phantom Embrace, the novella I've written for the On The Hunt anthology.  I really like Yuri's story and hope you will, too. 

And I'm currently working on designing some new swag.  So . . . as I said, it has been a very busy week.  :-)

#Giveaway!  Tomorrow is the last day you can enter to #WIN a signed copy of Night Unbound, Immortal Guardians Book 5!  I don't think the contest mentions swag, but I almost always throw some of that in there, too.  ;-)  You can learn more and enter HERE.

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It's time once more for Favorite Quote Friday!  Today I thought I would give you a micro-excerpt of Phantom Shadows, Immortal Guardians Book 3.  In it the hero, Bastien, is hunting with Richart, the hero of In Still Darkness. 

“You’re doing it again.” 

“What?”  Bastien looked over at Richart as the Frenchman held his thermal scope up to his right eye and scanned UNC’s campus for the fiftieth time from their position on the roof of Davis Library.  “I’m doing what?” 

“Mooning.” 

Bastien snorted.  “Last time I checked, my ass was still in my pants.” 

“Not the drop your drawers and bend over mooning.  The sighing as you fantasize about Melanie mooning.” 

“Bollocks.” 

“You’re infatuated with her.  At the very least.” 

Bastien thought about denying it, but . . .  “Can you blame me?” 

“No.  But your distraction with her last night may have contributed to your not noticing the soldiers earlier.” 

“So what was your excuse?” 

He sighed.  “I was distracted by Jenna.”  He gave Bastien a rueful smile.  “We’re a pair, are we not?  Two hundred years old and behaving like we’re each caught up in a first crush.”

I just love watching kick-ass warriors fall for their heroines.  :-)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dianne

Favorite Quote Friday #125

Happy Friday!  What an exciting week!

I finished Night Unbound copyedits and turned them in.  Woohoo!  I know September 2nd seems far away, but every writing/editing milestone I pass makes it seem as though it's right around the corner to me.  :-)  

I wrote down quite a few quotes to share with you between now and the release.  There are sooooo many more I want to share, but can't because they contain spoilers.  :-)  Next up is proofs.  Then the ARCs will arrive.  I can't wait!

I also passed 5,250 Likes on Facebook—Yay!—and celebrated by giving away two signed books and two swag packs.  Thanks so much, everyone who entered!  If you're on Facebook and missed the fun, don't worry.  There will be more flash giveaways.  You can find my page HERE.  :-)

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It's time once more for Favorite Quote Friday!  Bastien was on my mind a lot while I read through Night Unbound copyedits.  He has some great scenes and plays a cool role in this one.  :-)  So I thought, for today's selection, I would give you a quote from Darkness Rises, Immortal Guardians Book 4, that features him and Melanie, the love of his life.

Rising, he took her hand and drew her up to stand before him.  “We can do anything as long as we’re together.”

She smiled up at him.  “I believe we can.”  Sliding her arms around his waist, she leaned into him for a hug.

Bastien held her for many long moments, so f***ing glad they were together.  He would do anything for her.  Anything.

If you're new to the series, Bastien was the villain in Darkness Dawns (Book 1) and the hero of Phantom Shadows (Book 3).  I think he'll continue to have a strong role in the series.  He's just such a fun character to write.  :-)

Have a fantastic weekend!

Dianne

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Happy Friday!  I hope you had a good week!  Mine was another busy one.  I've been working on Phantom Shadows copyedits and have a tight deadline.  I really like Bastien's story and hope you will, too.  I've been jotting down quotes for Favorite Quote Friday as I go and look forward to posting those a little closer to the release date.  :-)

Anyone happen to be at the RT Convention?  If so, I hope you're having a lot of fun!  :-)  I really wanted to go this year because Darkness Dawns has been nominated for the RT Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Vampire Romance, but couldn't.  It's so exciting to have been nominated alongside some of my favorite authors.  I wish I were there.  Plus, I'd love to meet my online friends in person. ;-)

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I'm going to participate in the Hunky Hero Giveaway Hop next week.  It begins on Monday and will continue through April 22nd.  I'll be giving away a signed copy of Night Reigns + swag, which will include a Phantom Shadows cover flat!  Woohoo!  The winner will be one of the first to receive one.  :-)

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And now for Favorite Quote Friday.  Today's selection is taken from Darkness Dawns.  It's a snippet taken from a conversation between Sarah, the heroine, and Roland, the hero.  Sarah speaks first:

“Um, hi?”

“Why aren't you screaming?”

:-)  Have a fantastic weekend!

Dianne

Summer Fun

Hi all!

To those who commented on the Night Reigns deleted scene I posted:  Thanks so much!  I've been working on Night Reigns copyedits and didn't have a chance to respond until yesterday.  I'm so glad you liked it!  The larger scene from which I cut it is one of my favorite scenes in the whole novel.  Hopefully it will be one of your favorites, too.

And to those who participated in Brenda Novak's Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes:  Thank you!  I'll be mailing off an autographed copy of Darkness Dawns with a signed cover flat and mini-bookmark to a winning bidder this week.  :-)

I have various and assorted bits of news to share with you today.

I received some wonderful foreign rights news from my editor.  Kensington sold the first 3 books in the Immortal Guardians series to Germany!  Ausgezeichnet!  I'm very excited!

 

I'm also participating in the big Sizzling Summer Reads Party that's going on right now at The Romance Reviews.  The Romance party lasts through the end of June.  Then the Erotic & GLBT party begins and continues through the end of July.  They're giving away LOTS of prizes, including not one, but two autographed copies of Darkness Dawns.  I also will be chatting in The Lounge tomorrow, June 7th, so I hope you'll drop by.

Another great event currently enticing romance readers everywhere is the Bookish Haven Summer Vacation going on over at Paranormal Haven and Larissa's Bookish Life.  I'll be Guest Posting on June 14th at Paranormal Haven and hope to see you there.  The subject:  Those Brave, Beautiful Paranormal Brotherhoods.  I'll also be giving away a signed copy of Darkness Dawns to one commenter.  Yay!

When not engaged in the above, I plan to write furiously on Book 3 in the Immortal Guardians series, update my webpage, and pamper my struggling veggie plants (this heat is horrible!).  I've already picked a few habanero peppers and boy are they hot!  Seriously, if you ever try cooking with these, wear gloves.  I cut one up and handled the pieces with my bare hands once and my skin felt like I had dipped it in boiling water for hours afterward.

I do so love spicy food, though, so it was worth it.  ;-)

Have a great week everyone!

Dianne