Children Reading Tips

It's Spring Break and all the kids are home from school! All the parents out there understand the problem. We love our kids, but sometimes school is a blessing. It gives parents time to clean, work and read without having the keep a watchful eye out. I know I'm going to be spending a few days at the lake and more time than usual playing dragon slayer with my little girl, but I also want her to keep reading over this week. I'm sure other moms and dad's feel the same way, so I've put together a few tips that help my family out.

Find stories they love. All kids have a type of story they just really get into. Be it about pirates, dragons or princess it's there just waiting to be gobbled up. Find a few new books that you know your child will love and stock them away for just the right moment.

Getting your child to sit down and read might take more than a good book. So try adding a reading time to the day. During this time you sit down with your book and let them find a comfy spot to read too. Give them a little snack to go with it and just sit back and read.

For me offering my daughter some playtime after reading time really helps. I ask her about her book and see if she wants to play pretend with the story. This encourages her to read the book and use her imagination to figure out how to add herself and me into it. I love it too because I get time with my daughter and have a bit of fun along the way.

Keep books everywhere. If your child is reading age keep the books out of boxes or down from high shelves. Sometimes just seeing the books out will encourage a child to read. For parents with toddlers this might not work. While toddlers should be read to you have to be careful that they don't treat older kids books as playthings. Best to avoid the damage and possible fight between two kids.

Those are my tips and I'd love to hear some more. A child's love for reading is important to encourage, but I've found you need a balance or that love can quickly fade.

My Sexy Saturday: Some Sexy Action

 

It's another My Sexy Saturday post and this weeks theme is Some Sexy Action! I've pulled a little action from my werewolf romance Fox Hunt for your enjoyment. And don't forget to click through the other great blogs below for more steamy action snippets!

Fox Hunt action:

Pressed so close to him, Dilly was amazed at how perfectly they fit together. Mike only had to slightly tilt his head to meet her lips and, if he would move in a little closer, his hips could easily trap her own between him and the tree.

As these thoughts ran through her head, Dilly felt him start to pull away. It sparked a twinge of disappointment as his lips parted from hers. Her eyes fluttered open. He wasn’t wearing his normal smile. Instead, he frowned and asked, “You don’t feel anything?”


About Fox Hunt

Living a nomadic lifestyle, Dilly is accustomed to being on the move, but the Federal Witch Hunters are after more than broken wands. Now they’re hunting for wolf pelts, and Dilly and her family are in their sights. Dilly must choose to charge to her family’s rescue or rely on a man she just met.

Leader of his werewolf bloodline, Mike travels across the country in search of a family traveling through the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Finding his mate in the headstrong Dilly, Mike is faced with the possibility of war with not only the burners but his own mate.

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Full Moon New Releases ( March 2016 )

Maybe a day late again, but we're back with some new paranormal releases. Enjoy!

Midnight Bites by Rachel Caine

WELCOME TO MORGANVILLE.
YOU’LL NEVER WANT TO LEAVE.

By day, Morganville, Texas, is just a typical college town. By night, the vampires emerge and take control....

In a town where it’s not safe to be out after dark, student Claire Danvers and her friends have had their fair share of thrills. But Morganville still has a few secrets left to tell.

Now, in this collection, you can venture down the town’s strange streets, revisit all the tales you’ve come to love, and experience six new stories featuring your favorite Morganville residents—both human and vampire...

Released March 1st by Penguin Publishing Group

Enemy Red by Marie Harte

Book 1 in the Mark of Lycos series
The magic of love lies in the arms of his fiery enemy.

No one likes an arranged marriage, and Fenris, a golden wolf in the Silver Clan, plans to avoid it as long as he can. But the Wolf in the Forest has heard the prayers of another and grants the female her wish.

Unfortunately for Fenris, his destined mate is an alpha in her own right, and an enemy who plans on taking the Silver Clan, and Fenris, apart one bite at a time.
Until Fenris bites back.

Released by Rorally Bound Publishing March 15th



Beast Denied by Faye Avalon
 
To embrace the future, they must defy the past.

Beasts of Bodmin Moor, Book 2

Naomi Flynn never intends to mate or marry. Either one would leave her open to the manipulation she's sworn never to endure again. Besides, no panther male will want her once they know the truth behind what happened a decade ago.

She's happy to burn up the sheets in a buddy-with-benefits arrangement, until a craving for a three-way sexual adventure thrusts her right back into the arms of the man she can't afford to remember.
Tynan Galloway doesn't intend to stand by and watch the woman he wants throw herself at every male with a pulse except him. Ten years ago, a brutal assault robbed him of his destiny as a protector of the pack, but damned if Naomi is going to be another casualty of his fate.

In the heat of a fantasy come true, Naomi's resolve to keep her emotional distance weakens. But when Tynan discovers she's in potential danger, he dares her to deny he's the only man who can protect her. Never expecting she'll go to extremes to prove him wrong...

 Released March 22nd by Samhain Publishing


Dark Promises by Christine Feehan

 Lovers challenge destiny and risk their lives in the new Carpathian novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling “queen of paranormal romance.”*

Gabrielle has had enough of battles, of wars, of seeing the man she’s engaged to nearly lose his life when it isn’t even his fight. Once Gary was a gentle and very human researcher. Now he’s a fearless and lethal Carpathian warrior with the blood of an ancient lineage coursing through his veins—a man Gabrielle still needs and dreams of with every breath she takes. All she wants is a life far away from the Carpathian mountains, far from vampires and the shadows cast by the crumbling monastery that hides so many terrible secrets. But Gabrielle soon learns that promises made in the dark can pierce the heart like a dagger.

And she isn’t the only one in search of answers in the corners of the unknown....

Released March 15th by Penguin Publishing Group



That's it for this month. Hope you find something new to read!

A Sexy Paranormal Love

Its a My Sexy Saturday! This week's theme is A Sexy Paranormal Love. The little snippet I'm giving all the lovely readers today is from a WIP. It's short but sweet. Enjoy!

Snippet:

Court leaned in close, brushing the tip of his nose across Karlee’s ear. “You’d be surprised by what can happen in a night,” he whispered, his breath sending shivers down her back. Karlee pulled back just enough to look him in the eye. The smirk on his face promised an unspoken desire. “Wanna try?”

“Court, isn’t there a rule or law or something about relations between watchers and their charges?” she asked a bit breathless.

“Not a one. In fact it’s seen as a sign of good fortune when a dreamweaver shows interest in a clan member.” 


That's it for this week. Remeber to hop over to the other great blogs for more reading!

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Full Moon New Releases (Feb 2016)

It's time again for some new reads! With Spring right around the corner you might want to start looking for a comfy outdoor reading corner.

Dark Alpha's Embrace by Donna Grant

There's no escaping a Reaper. I'm an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I'm coming for you...

I'm a warrior. My unbreakable determination, my backbone of steel define me. As a Reaper who does Death's bidding, weakness is a word I don't understand. Until a stunning librarian stirs emotions deep within me I've never felt before. Her soft curves blunt the sharp edges of my soul, crushing my defenses - yet make me stronger. But underneath those wide eyes and fierce femininity, she has a weapon, one she won't hesitate to use. And when the Dark begin their deadly descent, we'll need each other's love and protection...or risk fracturing apart.

 Released Feb 16 by St. Martin's Press

 Through The Veil by Colleen Halverson


Where the fairy tale ends, destiny begins.

Elizabeth Tanner is no Tinkerbell, and her life is no fairy tale. Broke and drowning in student loans, the one thing she wants more than anything is a scholarship from the Trinity Foundation. But after the ancient Irish text she's studying turns out to be more than just a book, she becomes their prisoner instead. And when Trinity reveals Elizabeth is half-Fae, she finds herself at the center of a plot to save the magical races of Ireland from a brutal civil war.

As Commander of Trinity's elite warriors, Finn O'Connell isn't used to having his authority challenged. He doesn't know whether to punish or protect the infuriating young woman in his custody. When he discovers the Dark Fae want to use Elizabeth's abilities to control the source of all power in the universe, he'll risk everything to help her.

At the mercy of Trinity and enslaved to the Dark Fae, Elizabeth finds herself alone on the wrong side of an Irish myth thousands of years in the making. Refusing to be a pawn in their game, Elizabeth has to fight her way back to the man she loves, but to do so, she must wage her own war against the magic that binds her.

Released Feb 22 by Entangled Publishing


All The Broken Places by Anise Eden

Cate Duncan is a promising young therapist, dedicated to her work. But after her mother’s suicide, she is seized by a paralyzing depression. To save her job, Cate agrees to enter a program with Dr. Angeline MacGregor, run by her stern son, Ben, and housed in a repurposed church. Cate doesn’t quite understand what the program entails, but she soon learns that the skills she will develop there may not only help her learn how to cope with her own problems, but will also lead her to a much greater purpose.

The MacGregor Group is a collection of alternative healers whose unconventional approaches include crystals, aura reading, and psychics. They know that their life’s work invites skepticism, and welcome the chance to prove naysayers wrong. But they need the unique abilities that Cate can bring, and as she slides ever closer to her own abyss, they will do everything in their power to protect Cate from those who wish her harm—including herself.

 Released Feb 16 by Diversion Publishing


Dark Confessions by Angie Sandro


For Sheriff's Deputy Elizabeth Caine, seeing is believing. But in the past few months, she's witnessed an otherworldly realm of ancient magic and ghostly spirits that defies explanation. When a friend connected to that world of witchcraft is taken captive by a ruthless criminal, Bess will risk anything to find her, even if it means enlisting the help of a former lover she can no longer trust.

Ferdinand Lafitte can't tell Bess the truth about his feelings for her, not while a powerful spell binds him. But he can guide her through the lush bayou in search of Mala LaCroix, whose fate means as much to him as it does to Bess. Yet as their search reveals the darkest kinds of sorcery, they find themselves drawn together more passionately than ever before . . . 

Released Feb 9 by Grand Central Publishing


That's the new releases for this month. If you hear about or are releasing a new paranormal romance novel in March 2016 let me know and you may see it on the Full Moon New Releases post!

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Old Friends and New Faces

The last few years have kind of run away with me. Between my wonderful daughter starting school and my career becoming a jumbled mess, I lost track of a few old friends. Back in 2013 I published a short story, The Dealer. It was the beginning of an episodic series of shorts that dove into the supernatural world of West Lakes. I got a total of only four of these stories out before life happened.

For that I hate myself a little. Or maybe a lot, but it happens and I'm sorry to say that while these characters are still rambling on for me I've lost track of time and haven't been able to put pen to paper to tell their stories. That's going to change.

Along with the four already out there I have three more stories ready to be shared. Before I do that, however, I'm going to pull The Dealer, Earth Angel, The Raven's Tale and Ol' Hound and do a bit of polishing. I hope to have The Dealer back out on the Ides of March. So be on the look out!

West Lakes, home of angels, and a town where the unimaginable can be lurking just around the corner. In this hidden town a battle is waged against mankind and those who came before us. Within this town lives one who watches over man, and protects them from ruthless powers that be. This one will meet their end much the same way they lived and in their place another will rise.

The task at hand? The Dealer.

Dealing with the living, judging those who should die: these are the tasks of the Giver of Life and the Dealer of Death. Drawn out by the suffering the Dealer will rampage through the small town of West Lakes, searching for the innocent and damning the guilty, but when the lines of guilt blur can she really be fair?


These stories are written under Jessie White. They are not romance novels, but instead Supernatural / Speculative Fiction / Whatever pops up.

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Paranormal Love Wednesdays

It's time for a Paranormal Love Wednesday post! This week I pulled four paragraphs from Fox Hunt. Dilly and Mike are having their "first date" style moment with a well deserved video game. These two werewolves can get a bit caught up in a platform scroller just as much as the next gamer. Enjoy!

Fox Hunt snippet:

Nudging his shoulder with her own, Dilly confidently said, “We’re gonna get it this time.” The level started over, and both Dilly and Mike were completely lost in it. Waving her hands about as she raced the game, Dilly didn’t even realize her shoulder was still pressed to Mike’s. When Dilly’s game character blew up into a large bubble after smacking a wall of thorns, Dilly let out an aggravated growl, dropped her controller into her lap, and turned to encourage the man sitting next to her. “Come on, Mike. You can get it.”

Cheering him on as he raced through the last part of the level, Dilly tensed up in anticipation. A rush of triumph filled her as the little character jumped at the crystal and smashed it. Throwing her hands up, Dilly screamed, “You did it!”

“Heck, yeah,” Mike said, dropping his controller. Before he could say anything else, Dilly found herself wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him. It was rushed, and Dilly quickly pulled back with a big smile on her face, which disappeared when she realized what she’d done. She’d been so happy about beating that stupid level, she’d made a move on Mike.

Mike, the strange male wolf who had wondered into town looking for his mate. Mike, the guy Dilly had tried to convince to leave her alone. Mike, the man who sat beside her with a big Cheshire cat grin on his face.


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