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Cynthia Eden- Guest Post and GIVEAWAY

How Far Would You Go?

Hi, everyone! I’d like to thank Nikki for inviting me over to chat—I always love visiting!

Today, I want to know…if someone you loved was in danger, how far would you go to protect that person? What you do? Lie? Steal? Kill?

How far would you go? You see—this question inspired my recent romantic suspense release, DEADLY LIES. In this book, the hero’s step-brother is kidnapped, and in order to save him, the hero must put his very life on the life.

But this book isn’t just about what the hero has to sacrifice. My How Far Would You Go? theme also applies to my heroine, FBI Special Agent Samantha Kennedy. Sam has already been through hell once when a serial killer held her captive, and this time, well, she has to face the devil again if she is going to save the victim. Sometimes, there are no limits to what you would do in order to help someone else.

So…what would you do? Risk everything? Maybe. Probably. Definitely. If my child’s life was on the line, I know there would be no hesitation for me. But what if you were saving a stranger? Someone that you’d never met? Would you be so willing to risk it all then? FBI agents, cops, and firefighters risk their lives every day. Their sacrifice can know no limits, and I have only respect for them and for the jobs that they do.

Even as I must confess that I am far too much of a coward to ever do those jobs. Sure, I can write about fires and killers, but to actually get into that dangerous zone as part of my day-to-day routine? No, thank you! I’d rather save that excitement for the professionals!

Thanks for checking out my post! I will pick one commenter to win a DEADLY book of her choice (either DEADLY FEAR, DEADLY HEAT, or DEADLY LIES). Just tell me what you would do in order to protect someone you loved.

Cynthia Eden

www.cynthiaeden.com

Available now:

Deadly Fear- Grand Central Publishing

Deadly Heat- Grand Central Publishing

Deadly Lies- Grand Central Publishing

*available in e-book form as well as paperback*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi everyone! Nikki here! I wanted to thank Cynthia for coming by today and talking with everyone! If you don’t know by now Cynthia is one of my most favoritest authors and I feel extremely fortunate to have gotten to know her a bit over the last 10 months.

If you haven’t had a chance to read her Deadly series, now is the time! I loved all three of these book (as I do everything Cynthia) and I really think you will as well!

 


Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden

Available: NOW

Type: Novel (romantic suspense)

Publisher: Grand Central

My Copy: Bought with own money

She wants revenge . . .
Six months after her lover died in an arsonist’s blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI’s elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pulls him to safety and is stunned – not by the fire, but by her own searing attraction to Kent. For the first time in months, she longs for something other than vengeance.

He wants her . . .
Kenton’s interest in Lora should be purely professional. But one fleeting kiss and he can’t get her out of his mind. Her combination of strength and vulnerability makes him want to protect her, and that means solving this case – and fast. For even the passion igniting between them can’t hide a terrifying truth: Lora is the next target in a murderer’s sadistic, fiery game.

A vicious killer wants only . . .
DEADLY HEAT


Staying true to form to all things Cynthia Eden, I loved this book. Deadly Heat gave me exactly what I was looking for. An escape from reality. A chance to enter into the world of firefighters, elite FBI agents and a killer with an agenda all his own.

Lora is a female firefighter. One of only two at her station. Being a female in a predominately man workforce is difficult but she isn’t your typical female. She is completely, 100% kick ass with a side of TAKE THAT! Lora takes shit from no one. Her attitude is talk first, think later. Watching her firefighter boyfriend die in a blaze isn’t something she wants to relive again. So she builds walls. Impenetrable walls around her heart.Work is her priority. When someone messes with her town, well, they mess with her.

Kenton isn’t sure he wants the picket fence scenario. From the moment he sees Lora, and she punches him in the face, his world is sufficiently rocked. He isn’t here for pleasure though. There is a serial arsonist targeting the people of this small town. The connection to the area is too personal. When firefighters, and Lora particularity, start to become targets themselves, Kenton knows he has to take him down. Because no matter how much he fights it, Lora has blazed right into his very soul and he will not give her up. Lora is the key.

Deadly Heat is a book that is not to be missed! You won’t be able to put it down from the minute you crack it open. I promise. Cynthia has a way of drawing you in from the first sentence. Making her men hot and her females completely believable, vulnerable and strong. This was no exception. Deadly Heat is the second of a planned trilogy that centers around a special division of the FBI. They focus on serial criminals. In this case it’s a serial arsonist. Deadly Heat was like reading a better version of Backdraft. Yeah, you remember that movie, don’t lie. I’ve watched it myself on USA or TNT. Remember those flames? Licking up the walls and across the ceiling? Cynthia will make you feel their heat. Scorch your very soul with the rush of the blaze. The fire scenes will leave you wanting for nothing.

The interactions between Kenton and Lora are wrote with conviction and I found myself understanding Lora to a T. Her willingness to throw away her heart to shut off the pain of loss was wrenching . Kenton’s heart-felt attraction to her was extremely “awwww” worthy. His protective nature warring with his call of duty. How can you protect someone who runs INTO the fire?

This book includes a prologue at the beginning. I’m always up in the air whether or not I like those. I enjoyed the one in this book. It shed light onto the past of the serial arsonist. This one takes place when the arsonist was a mere child. Kind of makes you wonder if a killer isn’t born with the predisposition to kill. What makes children, with a seemingly good upbringing snap. Scary stuff. In this book the prologue worked. It varies book to book for me. Cynthia knows how to write the evilness, whew!

Deadly Heat is a guessing game to the very end. I ran through so many different scenarios before I finally figured it out..oooo about a paragraph before Cynthia told me. The cover of the book says “I dare you not to like a Cynthia Eden book” and I agree! You will love this book. The last in the trilogy, Deadly Lies hits store shelves March 1st I believe. Cynthia will be swinging by the blog around then with an awesome post and perhaps even a prize…..

I give Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden 5 stars!

Tuesday January 25th releases I MUST HAVE

So while everyone and their mom was counting down the days to Karen Marie Moning Shadowfever release, I am still sitting around in the midst of my countdown. Yeah yeah, I DID buy Shadowfever last Tuesday. NO I didn’t have it downloaded to my Kindle and NO I didn’t get up at 3am when it came through to read it. If you have been a follower for long you know that while I have read the series, I am in no way fanatical about it. They are decent books but they just don’t reach me like scores of my twitter friends. I don’t know why, I just don’t get the hype.

 

Now I am sure there are more books coming out on the 25th that I will end up buying at some point. But there are two that have been on my radar for quite some time. So once again on release day I will trek up to my local Borders and harass the employees to get their new releases out of their stockroom and onto the floor. If (cough cough WHEN) Borders goes bankrupt and closes I will have to drive a bit further to the Barnes and Noble in Akron. Walmart only works with some authors. I have never seen a Cynthia Eden book there and Kristina Douglas is a new to me author so that one would be a gamble.

 

From Amazon:

She wants revenge . . .
Six months after her lover died in an arsonist’s blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI’s elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pulls him to safety and is stunned – not by the fire, but by her own searing attraction to Kent. For the first time in months, she longs for something other than vengeance.

He wants her . . .
Kenton’s interest in Lora should be purely professional. But one fleeting kiss and he can’t get her out of his mind. Her combination of strength and vulnerability makes him want to protect her, and that means solving this case – and fast. For even the passion igniting between them can’t hide a terrifying truth: Lora is the next target in a murderer’s sadistic, fiery game.

A vicious killer wants only . . .
DEADLY HEAT

 

 

 

From Goodreads:

Kristina Douglas’s sexy new series introduces a realm of fallen angels and ruthless demons, where an eternal rebellion is brewing . . . and one unsuspecting woman can change the fate of the Fallen forever.

She was just an ordinary mortal . . .

“You’re dead” is so not what Allie Watson wants to hear. Unfortunately, it explains a lot. Like the dark, angelically handsome man who ferried her to this strange, hidden land. The last thing she remembers is stepping off a curb in front of a crosstown bus. Now she’s surrounded by gorgeous fallen angels with an unsettling taste for blood—and they really don’t want her around. Not exactly how she pictured heaven.

. . . until death catapulted her into a seductive world she never imagined.

Raziel is unsure why he rescued Allie from hellfire against Uriel’s orders, but she stirs in him a longing he hasn’t felt in centuries. Now the Fallen are bracing for the divine wrath brought by his disobedience, and they blame Allie for the ferocious Nephilim clawing at the kingdom’s shrouded gates. Facing impossible odds at every turn, the two must work together to survive. Raziel will do anything to defend his spirited lover against the forces of darkness—because Allie may be the Fallen’s only salvation.

 

 

Look at those covers…those yummy yummy covers! I want them in my hands like now. Cynthia Eden never lets me down and I’m anxious to try Kristina Douglas’ writing style. January 25th…COME ON!

I Need These NOW!!! ….. Please?

I think this might turn into a regular post around here. There are so many awesome books coming out that I want right now…now now now. If they could magically turn up on my doorstep that would be great. Or maybe if I wish hard enough and then go look at my bookshelf they will already be there. Yes? YES!

 

Across The Universe by Beth Revis

Available: NOW

Publisher: Razorbill

Type: YA Novel

A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder.

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn’t do something soon, her parents will be next.

Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed’s hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there’s only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.

 

 

 

 

Moon Burning by Lucy Monroe

Available: February 1, 2011

Publisher: Berkley

Type: Romance Novel

On a mission to save her people from extinction, Sabrine pretends she has no memory in order to gain access to her enemies: the Donegal clan. A raven shifter, she is determined to retrieve the sacred stone that rightfully belongs to her people. But soon she’ll be engulfed in her burning desire and growing love for the Donegal laird who believes he saved her-and the dangerous and inescapable secrets destined to keep them apart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden

Available: January 25, 2011

Publisher: Grand Central/ Forever

Type: Romantic Suspense Novel

She wants revenge . . .
Six months after her lover died in an arsonist’s blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI’s elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pulls him to safety and is stunned – not by the fire, but by her own searing attraction to Kent. For the first time in months, she longs for something other than vengeance.

He wants her . . .
Kenton’s interest in Lora should be purely professional. But one fleeting kiss and he can’t get her out of his mind. Her combination of strength and vulnerability makes him want to protect her, and that means solving this case – and fast. For even the passion igniting between them can’t hide a terrifying truth: Lora is the next target in a murderer’s sadistic, fiery game.

A vicious killer wants only . . .
DEADLY HEAT

 


 

Firelight by Sophie Jordan

Available: NOW

Publisher: Harper Collins

Type: YA Novel

A hidden truth.
Mortal enemies.
Doomed love.

Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki—a descendant of dragons whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form.

Forced to flee into the mortal world with her family, Jacinda struggles to adapt to her new surroundings. The only bright light is Will. Gorgeous, elusive Will who stirs her inner draki to life. Although she is irresistibly drawn to him, Jacinda knows Will’s dark secret: He and his family are hunters. She should avoid him at all costs. But her inner draki is slowly slipping away—if it dies she will be left as a human forever. She’ll do anything to prevent that. Even if it means getting closer to her most dangerous enemy.

Mythical powers and breathtaking romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose love crosses an ancient divide.

 

Sydney Croft Acro Series 1-6

Available: NOW(except #6 which is out June 2011)

Publisher: Delta/Bantam

Type: Novel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously…magic book fairy….make them appear! Please?

Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden

From Back Cover:

TWO BRILLIANT AGENTS
FBI Special Agent Monica Davenport has made a career out of profiling serial killers. But getting inside the twisted minds of the cruel and the sadistic has taken its toll: She’s walled herself off from the world. Yet Monica can’t ignore fellow agent Luke Dante, the only man who ever broke through her defenses.
ONE DREAM TEAM
Luke has the unique ability to put victims at ease . . . professionally, he and Monica made a perfect team. Now they’re reunited to catch a murderer who uses his victims’ deepest, darkest fears for sport – but their investigative skills aren’t enough. Luke and Monica will have to face the secrets from their past, the ones that terrify them the most, if they are to have a future together.
But can they catch a killer whose weapon is . . .DEADLY FEAR

 

WOW. That’s all I have to say…..really you need more? Ok. Fine. This book is awesome! From the first word to the last sentence. I was on the edge of my seat in suspense. My heart beating rapidly in my chest with every page turn.

Monica Davenport is a kick ASS heroine who has been to hell and back….and lived to tell about it. Taken by a serial killer when she was a teenager but the only one to survive him has hardened her. To survive she had to become what he wanted. When the terror ended and she got away, his reign over her didn’t leave with him. Monica strives to beat back the darkness inside of her by becoming a FBI agent who specializes in profiling those like her captor…serial killers. Being the member of an elite task force within the FBI gives her the opportunity to take down the most evil of criminals.

Luke Dante is the only person she has ever let even part way into her world. Fearing rejection she runs from him only to have him show up on her team of agents ten years later. Together they are sent to investigate a serial killer who is using peoples deepest darkest fears against them.

Luke wants Monica like no other woman he has ever known. Getting her to let him into her world….and her secrets…is one job he will gladly take. When the serial killer starts targeting them, they must work together…or let their own fears kill them.

Love this book so much! The twists. The turns. The sex, YUMMY. Monica and Luke jump right off the page at you. The way Luke quietly breaks down Monica’s walls is just so heartfelt…so right. Luke is the total package. Smart, funny, sexy and he will kill anyone that lays a hand on his woman. Even if she is quite capable of taking care of herself.

The rest of the characters are well wrote and play a integral part to the plot of the book. Kenton and Samantha will each get their own books in the following installments.

I will admit though that I locked my back door a little earlier then I normally do last night when I was reading. Vampires, werewolves and demons may go bump in the night…but that aren’t real. Serial killers are very real. And very scary. The thought of someone using my worst fears against me…I shudder every time. I won’t even tell you my fears, never know who is reading now do we?

I give Deadly Fears by Cynthia Eden 5 stars!!

I can’t wait for the next two installments in Cynthia’s Deadly series!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deadly Heat 2/2011                                                                     Deadly Lies 3/2011

My 100th Blog Post! Mark Your Calendars!

Now I know most of you are saying…yeah big deal…but for me, this is HUGE. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that in four short months I would be here. First of all I have virtually no time, but somehow I carve out the time most days to blog. Whether I have to get up early, or go to bed late. It has been a whirlwind and I am so excited about whats to come! I have some exciting interviews planned and there are a ton of books coming that I have to have!

Today I want to share a few books coming out that I simply cannot wait for. These are books that should be on your “NEED TO BUY” list.

Eternal Flame By Cynthia Eden

From Amazon:

The action-packed sequel to 2010′s I’ll Be Slaying You highlights Zane Wynter, another member of Baton Rouge’s supernatural bounty hunter group, Night Watch. While stalking a killer, demon-human hybrid Zane rescues Jana Carter from a blazing building. But Jana isn’t an innocent victim: she’s an Ignitor, a human firestarter, and she’s been hunting non-humans on behalf of shadowy Project Perseus. Zane is attracted to Jana and grateful for her help when he’s attacked, but she’s also at the top of his hunt list and he’s determined to bring her in. When Night Watch’s headquarters is attacked, Jana joins Zane in taking down Perseus, dodging an FBI agent with a personal vendetta, and trying to clear Jana’s name.

Due out November 30th! I will have a copy to give away in my interview with Cynthia the week of the 22nd!

Mistress By Midnight by Maggie Robinson

From Amazon:

As children, Desmond Ryland, Marquess of Conover, and Laurette Vincent were inseparable. As young adults, their friendship blossomed into love. But then fate – and Con’s need to marry for money – sent them down different paths. Years later, Con is determined to have Laurette at last. There’s just one problem. She keeps refusing his marriage proposals. Throwing honor to the wind, Con decides that the only way Laurette will wed him is if he thoroughly seduces her…Laurette’s pulse still quickens every time she thinks of Con. So much has happened since they were last lovers. But how long can she resist the consuming desire that demands to be obeyed…?

Due out December 28th 2010

Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione

From Amazon:

hey are here. They ride. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

His name is Ares, and the fate of mankind rests on his powerful shoulders. If he falls to the forces of evil, the world falls too. As one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, he is far stronger than any mortal, but even he cannot fight his destiny forever. Not when his own brother plots against him.

Yet there is one last hope. Gifted in a way other humans can’t-or won’t-understand, Cara Thornhart is the key to both this Horseman’s safety and his doom. But involving Cara will prove treacherous, even beyond the maddening, dangerous desire that seizes them the moment they meet. For staving off eternal darkness could have a staggering cost: Cara’s life.

Due out March 29, 2011

Deadly Heat By Cynthia Eden

From Amazon:

She wants revenge . . .
Six months after her lover died in an arsonist’s blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI’s elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pulls him to safety and is stunned – not by the fire, but by her own searing attraction to Kent. For the first time in months, she longs for something other than vengeance.

He wants her . . .
Kenton’s interest in Lora should be purely professional. But one fleeting kiss and he can’t get her out of his mind. Her combination of strength and vulnerability makes him want to protect her, and that means solving this case – and fast. For even the passion igniting between them can’t hide a terrifying truth: Lora is the next target in a murderer’s sadistic, fiery game.

Due out February 2011- Book two of the Deadly series

Lover Unleashed By J.R Ward

From Amazon:

Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, seductive cloth as her brother. Imprisoned for eons by their mother, the Scribe Virgin, she finally frees herself-only to face a devastating injury. Manuel Manello, M.D., is drafted by the Brotherhood to save her as only he can-but when the human surgeon and the vampire warrior meet, their two worlds collide in the face of their undeniable passion. With so much working against them, can love prove stronger than the birthright and the biology that separates them?

Due out March 29, 2011 -book 9 of The Black Dagger Brotherhood

Undertow by Cherry Adair

From Amazon:

Teal Williams is content with her career as a ship’s master mechanic—until Zane Cutter, the “Casanova of the Caribbean,” makes her an offer she can’t refuse: to climb on board with him for a real-life treasure hunt. Teal must help him dredge up a shipwrecked vessel containing an abundance of gold, silver, and emeralds—and she’ll claim part of the prize.

HE’S BLOWN OFF COURSE.

Zane needs a mechanic—not a lover—and Teal, who can also dive, is perfect for the job.  So it suits him just fine that Teal is completely immune to his charms…or so he tells himself.  But with a deadly enemy in their midst—one who’s silently edging closer—Zane and Teal sink into troubled waters. Trapped in the middle of a perilous sea, they have no one to turn to but each other as they face down a danger that runs unfathomably deep—and a passion that runs even deeper…

Due out December 28 2011- Book 1 Cutter Cay Series

Any Wicked Thing by Margaret Rowe

From Amazon:

Ten years ago Sebastian Goddard, heir to the duke of Roxbury, had a night of reckless passion and was betrayed by his oldest friend Fredericka Wells. Devastated, he embarked on a new life of debauchery that earned him the nickname Lord of Sin. 

Now Sebastian has returned to find his estate in ruins, and Freddie more seductive than ever. He’s determined to pay her back in spades. But Freddie makes him an offer…she’ll be his mistress for a month if he’ll consent to sell her Goddard Castle.

Sebastian plans to scandalize Freddie-to tease her every desire and leave her wanting. But his fiery-willed lover soon teaches him the past may not be what it seemed.

Due out March 1 2011
Moon Burning By Lucy Monroe
From Authors Website:

Barr has agreed to train the future laird of the Donegal clan.  A more undisciplined pack of Chrechte, he has never come across.  His clan is in shambles and dark secrets lie beneath the surface of life as usual among the Donegals.  When he finds a naked woman in the forest who can’t remember how she got there, his life threatens to spin out of control, but he’s a warrior and nothing and no one get the better of him.  Not even a raven haired beauty who might well be his true mate.

Due February 1 2011 – Book 3 Children Of The Moon series

Inside Out by Lauren Dane

From Amazon:

In the wake of an attack that left her nearly dead, Ella Tipton has spent each day putting her life back together. She doesn’t have any room for romance, but that doesn’t mean she has to stop admiring the scenery.

Sexy security professional Andrew Copeland is no stranger to women, but he knows Ella is something different. Determined to get her to let him in, Andy does the one thing he can think of to get close: he offers her hands-on training in self-defense-and before long, all that skin on skin contact with have them both turning inside out.

Due out: NOW released Nov 2 2010

Happy 100 posts to me! Here’s to another 100 just as strong! Thanks for joining along on this ride, I truly appreciate you all!