HAPPY HUNKALICIOUS HALLOWEEN!

Win an e-copy of one of my latest releases, RESURRECTING THE BEAST!
And if you aren't the lucky randomly-selected winner of the e-book, you can win Romance Trading Cards (while supplies last)!

Here's how to enter...

I've decided to go calorie-free this Halloween. I mean, I could hand out small snack packs of carrots. But they're loaded with way too much sugar. And then I could opt for those mini boxes of raisins. But we're back to the sugar issue again. So, why not sending you on a Hunk Hunt for a little exhilirating eye-candy adrenalive rush? Now, you won't be going far or popping all over the Net. I just recently revamped my website, using the Hunks from my romance trading cards... So, all you have to do to win one of my prizes is choose the Hunk you like best from my trading cards, then hop over to my website, find the web page where he's the central eye candy, grab the page's title/url, and...e-mail that information to skhye@skhyemoncrief.com (Just click the E-MAIL SKHYE button there on my website--an option on the upper right transposed over the Hunk on each page when it loads!)

The calorie-free magic expires at midnight CST. So, don't wait to enter!!!

My Big Treat

"Sizzling sex and action that will keep the reader turning the pages." ~Candy, SensualReads.com

An e-copy of RESURRECTING THE BEAST, Book 2 in my WERESCAPE series. Doesn't everyone want to win a werewolf story on Halloween? The book is listed as carnal. But that's because the heroine has sex with the hero in his Wolfskin. And I'm not talking pretty wolf running through the snow...Think traditional werewolves from horror movies. But, hey, he's really awesome. ;) These werewolves are genetically altered by extraterrestrials during an alien invasion of earth. These big scary beasts actually are what's saving the remnant population of humans here on earth. So, the scary part of what they are is really a good thing! Oh, and it's good for the heroine too! *wink*

Treats for all!
I will be giving away Hunk romance trading cards with their heriones while supplies last. They will be awarded to participants in the order in which people enter my Hunk Hunt. And if I run out of eye candy, don't worry. I'll have more on Black Friday! ;) You can hang out with me then for more fun instead of standing in line wishing you were at home. OR stand in line instead with your iPhone, surfing the web to enter my contest!!!

But back to CANDY...

What's your favorite Halloween candy? Mine is Brachs candy corn. My friend just saw a show about candy corn--our uniquely American treat--on CBS. Apparently, Brachs (1880's) and Jelly Belly are the two oldest companies to produce the tasty treat. Jelly Belly was the Goelitz company and produced candy corn as far back as 1898. The manufacturing three-pass process was unique in its day for producing the three colors. And if you line them up between your thumb and first finger (yellow side up), they look just like corn on the cob--which our young farming nation was so familiar with at the time. Cool, eh? And I like candy corn so much that I already had a picture in my photos. LOL Usually, I have to hunt something down. Not for candy corn!

I should warn you that eating a pound of candy corn in half an hour could have negative side effects...

And for the visitor who reads ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF MY POST, here's you some special eye candy. ;) As good as caffeine or sugar any day!

Shhh! I didn't tell our hostess that I had this kind of treat!
Bwa ha ha haaaaaaaa!!! ~Skhye

Craziest Halloween Book Signing Ever by Alisha Paige!

As the leaves begin to turn and fall from the trees, I generally do more book signings because of the simple fact that I'm a paranormal author. Sometimes I may do four to five signings in October.

Well, last year I was asked to sign books at a wine shop in my hometown on Halloween afternoon! Coolest! I'd get to sign books, wear my silly witch hat and drink wine with other wine drinkers who might just get tipsy enough to stroll over and talk to the goofy witch and maybe, just maybe buy a book. My book signing was scheduled for a couple of hours and I'd have time to run home, grab my three little goblins and head out the door for trick or treating! Awesome! I was all set! I had my books lined up on my spooky Halloween table cloth, wine in hand, witch hat on and I was ready for my fans. Well...I think my only fan for the first hour or so was the cricket in the corner. BTW, it didn't help that the wine shop owner forgot to advertise my signing with the adorable posters I'd sent her. Nice...sigh.

So, I was there, burning up in a long witch dress, pointy witch hat and gold eye lashes longer than the Mississippi River. After a while a group of young women come in and sit at a nearby table and order lots of wine and cheese. Cool. Drink up, girls and mosey on over here. Come buy my Jack-the-Ripper Tale. Please! I'm lonely and my wine glass is empty. So, a few minutes pass and the wine shop owner comes to my table and leans over to whisper in my ear. "You about ready to do some readings?"

I swear my fake eyelashes hit my forehead! Readings? What readings? "Uh...readings?"

The lady's mouth falls open. "Yes. Readings. You said you were a paranormal author."

Uh..yeah, lady. I write about paranormal stuff...in the romance fiction world that means I write about vampires, werewolves, other-worldly stuff...ghosts..maybe..but I sure as hell don't talk to them. I DON'T see dead people. Ever.

"That's right. I'm a paranormal author. I write mostly werewolf books. Paranormal is a genre, not to be confused with paranormal activity."

The lady is not pleased. Her lips pucker and she stares at me with Lucille Ball eyeballs! "That table of women are all expecting readings!"

I lean over and say, "Are you telling me I need to give them readings, as in psychic?"

She nods.

"But I'm not a fortune teller."

She just stares and stomps her foot for a full minute, then says in an icy tone, "I think you should read for them."

"I can do that. I'll just fake it."

She smiles. Sort of. "Good. I'll tell them you're ready."

Holy crap! I can't believe I have to read for these people! I'm not a damn psychic! But I remember back to a psychic fair I went to with my good friend and remember all the psychics who read for me. I can do this. Just fake it. Tell them a bunch of happy bull crap! They're drunk! They won't know! Just do it! So the first girl rushes up, all excited and I ask for her hand. Hell! I don't even remember what all these lines stand for. I think this long one is the life line and then the love line...wow..uh..okay..here goes.

"Looks like you have had two very interesting romantic relationships. Both of them were very dear to your heart."

The girl nods and whispers. "Wow. You can see that?"

"Sure. See that line there? That's the love line. See how it breaks off into two here and then a third line, it goes to the end of your hand. That's your soulmate."

She giggles. I feed her some more bullcrap and she leaves all giddy and happy. Hell yeah! I can do this. The next girl comes up and I change it up a bit but say some more happy sunshine crapola and she trots off happy as a lark too. A line forms. I see like twenty women before the night is over and half of them tip me five bucks!

And I don't sell a single book. The wine shop lady rushes over as I'm making my way to the door and thanks me for a great night! "Can you come do this next Halloween?"

"Sure. Call me."

I walk to my car and toss my box of unsigned books into the back of my car and slide behind the wheel before glancing at my reflection in the rear view mirror and winking with golden eyelashes and giggling to myself. I drive off and floor it home, excited about dressing up my little ones for a night of trick or treating.

Happy Halloween!
~Alisha Paige

www.alishapaige.com

Rhodes Ends All Hallow's Eve Celebration

Welcome to Rhodes End’s Halloween where All Hallows’ Eve is celebrated on the Town Green.

Two churches bracketing the wide swath of grass like book-ends dispense orange and black decorated candy bags. The scents of cinnamon, burning candles and scorched pumpkin drift on the breeze. An owl hoots from a hollow tree in the ancient cemetery behind the church. The nearby streets are dark and empty in stark contrast to the noisy party-goers. No-one goes from house to house yelling Trick-or-Treat since an incident in 1943 that no one claims to remember.
A huge bonfire lights the night where excited children toast marshmallows donated by Nelson’s grocery store and parents drink heated apple cider from Styrofoam cups. Peter’s Pluckers’, a local blue-grass band is stomping out ‘Turkey in the Straw’ to loud clapping at the gazebo strung with bobbing skeletons and ghosts. Johnson’s Orchard donates huge tubs of shiny green Granny Smith’s for bobbing. The dripping faced kids hardly wait to be dried before running off to another game. Colorfully attired townsfolk escort laughing, excited children from event to event. Everyone wants to keep the little ones safe tonight.

Costumed or painted to reflect their own personality, every child is present except Mickey Burton. He has the measles. A few giddy teenagers who dared each other to climb the flat-topped boulder on Witch’s Rock Road, run onto the green shrieking. One shouts she saw a shape fly across the face of the rising full moon. Parents nod wisely and laugh. Kids!

The full moon rises as the evening wanes and the younger children are taken home, protesting through wide yawns. Parents cast uneasy glances into the shadows. Older children drift to the games and food offered inside the church halls. More and more are encouraged to return to the safety of home as the hour grows late.

The costumed crowd oddly thickens. The patrolling police cruiser stops to allow two witches, a werewolf and a ghoul to cross the street. Headlights pick out gleaming red eyes. A casual wave is exchanged.

Under the huge silver moon, the townsfolk circle the bonfire as midnight approaches. Thankfully, a full moon doesn’t occur every All Hallows’ Eve. The churches shoo the remaining families home, shut off the lights and lock their doors.

A few brave souls linger, nervously glancing over their shoulders. The air is electric with nerves, fear tickles. A dozen witches gather to one side. Shadows conceal details, but a gleaming fang or claw occasionally reflects the flames. Hair, hide and patchy skin conceal the wearers. Too many red eyes reflect the light.

A thick-set man wearing a knit cap feeds wood onto the fire and flames leap voraciously skyward. The crowd pulled back then surges closer. It’s almost midnight, the witching hour. The heavy wood-smoke mingles with a coppery smell of fresh blood and rotting flesh. Circles within the circle join hands and murmur. Not all are willing, but they must protect their secrets.

The Congregational church clock bongs, once, twice, and the flames explode up in a column of sparks. Three, four, five…chanting echoes across the Green. Six, seven, eight, nine… skeletal figures twist and turn, stretch clutching fingers from the seething flames, almost breaking free. Demons howl. Ghouls curse. Ten, eleven… the chants strengthen until they drown the unearthly noise. The threatening figures shudders with rage. Tonight is their night to walk free!

Twelve…

With a weary sigh, the fire shapes disappear. The fire dies. Only embers remain.

The crowd silently melts into the night leaving a few shivering adults to wonder what they just saw.

What's your favorite Halloween memory? Leave a comment (with your e-mail) for a chance to win Ancient Awakenings.

Barbara Edwards
Ancient Awakening, a Black Rose from The Wild Rose Press
http://www.barbaraedwards.net/
http://barbaraedwards.net/blog/blog.asp for Barb'Ed Comments

In Ancient Awakening, Police Officer ‘Mel’ Petersen investigates a death only she believes is murder. By disobeying direct orders from the Rhodes End Chief, she risks her career to follow clues that twist in circles to her backyard and lead the killer to her.

Her neighbor Stephen Zoriak is a prime suspect. Steve worked for a major pharmaceutical company where he discovered a weapon so dangerous he destroys the research. He is exposed to the dangerous organism. He suspects he is the killer and agrees to help her find the truth.
In the course of their investigation Mel and Steve find the real killer and a love that defies death.

It's been fun...

Anna, thank you again for inviting me to be a guest on your blog. It's been fun and I've met some wonderful people.

I'd like to remind the readers that I am still awaiting interesting contest ideas and suggestions for my Tricks or Treats Blog Contest in honor of Halloween.

The idea I pick to use will win someone a free download of my newest release, Curse of the Marhime. No worries that I won't be here tomorrow. I am always available at my blog, so you can post ideas there or shoot me an email. All my contact information is availble on both my website and blog. I'll keep an eye out for suggestions through September 15th, at which time I will decide the suggestion I like the best and choose a winner. To register and list an idea please visit my blog or email me placing "Tricks or Treats Contest ideas" in the Subject line.

Thank you all for taking the time to join me here today, comment, and share a piece of yourselves with me. And good luck to you. May one of you win the drawing for the $15 gift certificate for Barnes & Noble that Anna is offering at the end of the month.

Please stop by for updates on new releases and check out interesting new contest information and some really great prizes at the below links:

www.dayanaknight.blogspot.com
www.romawolftales.com

Well, it's been fun but I will say good night now.

Dayana~

October with Dayana

Hi! I'm back!

Home for lunch. Thought I'd drop in and see what's going on here. Gypsy is happily eating her lunch and will soon be lounging upon her own personal ottoman in the livingroom gazing out the front picture window keeping an ever vigilant eye on the neighborhood.

I am tossing a sandwich together, grabbing the chips, and a diet coke with lime thinking about what I would like to do on my website and blog to celebrate Halloween. Do any of you have any neat Trick or Treat ideas for a fun Samhain/Halloween contest? How about something like a scavenger hunt for ghoulish icons scattered about my sites? Or maybe a wolf trivia quiz? Maybe a get to know the local vampire quiz? You would have to read through the sites to find this one, LOL

Here's an idea. Why don't I let you guys suggest some interesting contest ideas and the person's idea I like best and choose to go with will win a free download of Curse of the Marhime? Are you game?

Let me know when I check in again after work. That gives you about five hours to think up some really great contest ideas. Hey! I think this will be fun. I hope the afternoon goes by quickly so I can get back here and check out what you guys have come up with.

Alrighty then, gotta get cleaned up and back to work now. I'll be back shortly. Get busy with your contest ideas:)

Who is going to get a free copy of my new release, hmmmm?

D~

Paranormal Romance Author, Dayana Knight

Good Morning!

My name is Dayana Knight.


I want to thank Anna for inviting me here today as a guest on her blog. I am thrilled at this opportunity to introduce myself and my newest release to you.

I am a paranormal romance author who enjoys writing the darker more erotic side of Weres and Vamps.

I'll take a moment to introduce myself:



As you all know, I currently live in South Florida and have always been enthralled with haunted places, old cemeteries, and deep misty forests which I love to explore. I enjoyed watching shows like Dark Shadows(my personal favorite), Night Gallery, and the Twilight Zone.

I love sticking my nose into anything to do with the paranormal, witchcraft, and ghostly matters

hmmm...

Favorite holiday? No brainer. Yep, you've got it. Halloween! I even take a vacation every year during Halloween week. You should see the transformation of my house decor. It's right up there with Christmas! That will begin next weekend.

My favorite authors to lose myself in are earlier Anne Rice(The Vampire Lestat series along wiht The Witching Hour series), and more recent authors such as, J.D. Ward's Black Dagger series, and Laurel K Hamilton's Faery and Vamp/shifter series, just to name a few.

I am very excited about my newest release, Curse of the Marhime, Book One of The Roma Wolf Tales, a new paranormal romance series.

Pita Sedgewick is my unsuspecting heroine in this tale of discovery, deceit, and soul-binding love. What do you do when you discover your life isn’t the simplistic one you’ve always known, and though you knew you were adopted, you suddenly discover that you are a part of an amazing but scary lineage?

Pita realizes just how resilient she is when she finds herself alone in Romania, tracking her heritage and bloodline. Will she survive the knowledge of what is hidden there.


Why not check out Curse of the Marhime for yourself? Now available at The Wild Rose Press (http://www.thewildrosepress.com/)



***If you'd like to view the book trailer please scroll down to the bottom of this post***

For more information please visit me at:
http://www.romawolftales.com/ or http://www.dayanaknight.blogspot.com/



Let's see what else can I mention here? Well, I am a devoted animal lover and proud mom of a Shetland Sheep dog, Gypsy Lee, who enjoyed the limelight in Dog Fancy magazine, August 2003 with mom and starred as herself in a perspective view article titled, "Crate Beginnings."


Orchids, roses, playing in the dirt are additional loves and means of relaxation to me. I also keep three freshwater aquariums. A 75 gallon with a huge 17 inch plecotamus who is now on his third tank and started out 2 1/2 inches long, 45 gallon with fancy gold fish and a couple more plecos normal size:) -- that would be a small couple of inches, and a 1o gallon adopted from a neighbor who moved with one small tetra and two new cories which are small catfish.

I work full time as an Orthopedic Assistant/Xray Technician at a very busy Orthopedic Surgeons practice. And speaking of that, I'm going to have to talk to you all a little later as I do need to go get ready for the day job. Nope, I'm not a full time writer yet. It is my ultimate goal but there does seem to be one small problem...

the mortgage;)


One of these days *sigh*

Anyway, I want to remind you that Anna is having a drawing this month for a $15 Barnes & Noble gift certificate for one lucky commentor. So please have at it and get busy with those comments. I'd love the winner be on my watch. And who knows, I may just toss a question out there some time today for a nifty grab bag prize chock full of goodies and sweets. So stay tuned and I'll be back a little later. Don't hesitate to ask questions or make comments. I'm pretty easy, I'll answer just about anything you toss at me:)

Curse of the Marhime Book Trailer.

Thank you for listening to my ramblings. I'll be back in a little while. I hope you'll stick around.

Dayana~