tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86976909055404217142024-03-13T12:44:35.827-04:00Spicy AddictionsWelcome Spicy Addictions!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-28651600195210228292014-06-08T21:01:00.001-04:002014-06-08T21:01:33.178-04:00What's her story??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let me tell you...Naomi wasn't always the diva she has come to known as. The woman you love to hate has a pre story that may just change your mind about her. It took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears...stay tuned!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-59166253551180937882014-05-31T18:02:00.000-04:002014-05-31T18:02:15.963-04:00Prequel to In Between Lies????How you like to know more about Naomi before she was Naomi? Find out
about Nama (pre transformed Naomi) in the prequel to In Between Lies...
since you guys have been soooo patient and understanding in the wait for
the 3rd book (The Ladies Club).. both the prequel and The Ladies Club
are going to be released at the same time! Will keep you posted and I
promise... they are both coming very soon!<br />
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I had pondered for quite sometime as to what would make a woman like Naomi.... Naomi? How did she come to be so cold, yet seductive? What secrets lie in her past that now are manifest in her personality? I thought it was worth taking a look at what really made her tick, her earlier years. Could it be her drugged out mother? The boyfriends? Even Kevin way back then? The woman that you have come to love to hate was not always who she is today. What happened? Find out soon! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-51810870198695144752014-04-06T20:55:00.000-04:002014-04-06T20:55:09.271-04:00The Ladies Club - Chapter 1 (sneak peek)Ok, so I have been working on releasing this book for a while now and hadn't quite made it complete yet. One of the reasons, or the main reason is re writes. Doing a plot over and over again can be taxing, but I need for my characters to be all they can be. So as I go along, I find myself looking at different scenarios. Anyway, I think I may have posted this before, but here are the first 2 chapters of The Ladies Club...<br />
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1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He wrapped his arms tightly around
her waist and brought her even closer than she’d imagined he would. Was he no
longer mad? She wondered. Had he finally accepted that she was the mother of
his child? His lips lightly caressed her neck. Falling into him even more, she
sighed softly then inhaled and closed her eyes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I wanted so badly to be there with you
when you had our son”, Kevin whispered in her ear, his voice like smooth silk. His
breath, hot and arousing, brushed her ear then his mouth and tongue moved down
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Don’t worry about it, baby,” Naomi
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</span>“That was six years ago, you are here now. It’s all behind us. We can
move on from here.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She broke the grasp
he had on her waist and pulled him towards the bed. It seemed the more she
pulled him towards the bed the further away her appeared to be. Her head spun
and the room got smaller. His warm, chiseled body was now a blurry dark form in
the doorway, threatening to move away even further. “Wait, baby, where are you
going?” she asked. “Come back! What about me? What about our son? You can’t
leave us! You can’t leave me again!” she yelled, terrified that this time he
would not be coming back…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Naomi Saunders lazily turned over in her bed
to meet the morning sun that shown through her horizontal blinds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shaking her head, remembering remnants of her
recurring dream, the abandoned wound resurfaced, as it always had before. But
now, not abandoned, she would always have a piece of him. She had a six year
old son to prove it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She glanced at her
clock and had yet again overslept. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If she was to get a legitimate job and quit
The Ladies Club, the late night on call hours would have to stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that she was paid an outrageous amount
of money to cater to men’s needs and was highly requested didn’t help matters
at all. Now partly taking on clients and responsibilities along with Lady Dane,
Naomi had accumulated a nest egg of money and was well off. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Why quit
a job like this and get a normal hum drum job when you could have it all?</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truth was she loved the game and using her
body to get what she wanted just as much as the men loved using it. Most of the
time, all that was required was her company, but on occasion, she was asked to
do more, but always had a workaround besides the actual sexual act. That is
where her negotiating skills and tact came into play. That is also why Lady
Dane had approached her, seeing she had the “gift” of persuasion, and offered a
partnership in her seedy business as a Co-Madame. Naomi had no intention of
quitting. Not while she was on top of her game. </span></div>
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</span>Turning to look over her shoulder, Jace Lane, her now high profile,
attorney sometimes boyfriend, slept peacefully. Jace, at one point, had wanted <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>more from the relationship, but settled for
just what he was initially there for in the first place…sex. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all that she’d done, all that they had
been through and all the harm she’d caused to others, intentional or not, he
still had a soft spot for her. Any sane man, lawyer or not, for that matter
would have left her high and dry. Jace saw through her pain, misfortune and her
tough exterior and found a scared and vulnerable woman the just really wanted
to be loved. Most of all he wanted to be with his son. Not one hundred percent
sure that the child was his, he clung to the hope that he was and asked Naomi
on many occasions to have him tested. Since she never went for child support
and didn’t need his money, she never opted to have him tested for anything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He’d hoped that after she had the baby,
she’d change her mind about her shady career and want to settle down with him.
Apparently, that was not her decision. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not that his opinion weighed heavily on her or
her actions, she’d agreed to slow her nocturnal activities, promising that her
outings were purely entertainment and not sexual at all. Jace didn’t like the
fact that she was still “one of the girls” because he’d wanted her to stop a
long time ago. Plus now that she had his child, it was the suitable thing to
do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Jace, get up,” Naomi tapped his
shoulder. “You are going to be late.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rising from her side of the bed, she yelled this time. “Jace! Jesus, if
I speak any louder, I will probably raise the dead!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jace turned and smiled at her. “Hey
baby, come over here,” he motioned for her to move his way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Nope, I have to go and get some money
to pay Lucia to take little man to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to see him off today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lucia was the live in help that Naomi
insisted on having when Kevin J. Saunders was born. Naomi called him KJ for
short. Insisting in her mind that the child was actually Kevin Styles’ son, she
hesitantly, but finally decided to give him her last name instead at the
prodding of her best friend, Shaylynn “Dreams” Webster’s suggestion. “You
aren’t even sure that it is his baby…are you?” Shaylynn had asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Naomi remembered thinking hard about the
timing. Knowing that she was with both Jace and Kevin in the same time period
made it impossible for her to distinguish who the real father was. Willing
little KJ to be Kevin’s was her decisive outcome. He was Kevin’s and that was
that. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Smoke circled his head as he inhaled
one last draw from a half smoked cigarette. Kevin Styles sat in his small
office. It was a huge difference from the spacious office space that he’d had six
years ago. Of course, his situation had changed drastically from bad to worse;
as if there was no alternative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
was cramped in his tiny office space, but thankful he had finally landed a
halfway decent job after his fall from grace with WMMT, as the famed meteorologist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The drab, dark brown walls had a way of
draining his spirit, pulling him further and further away from any light that managed
to shine in from his tiny office window. Finding a decent job was a daunting
task, as Kevin moved from place to place, trying to make his ends meet. Wanting
to stay in his field of profession, he’d applied at practically every radio and
television station, only to find that he’d been black-listed from them all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A small, third rate cable station was his
last interview that he’d gone on as a last ditch effort to land a job before he
resorted to a career of unfavorable consequences. Although he considered
himself an upstanding citizen, he was from Chicago’s Southside and had
connections to things that he’d turned away from many years ago and preferred
to not look back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His face, sunk in, as a result of his
long hours that he’d put in at the station. His eyes had developed dark
circles, which were signs of weariness, and his attitude was just as bleak to
match. Although he tried to remain upbeat and face the fact that he’d brought
on all his misery upon himself, he was still upset at how his life was
ruined…all by one woman. In turn, he’d lost the one woman and child he loved at
the same time. As if it was just yesterday, her replayedg the horrific wedding
day in his mind, Kevin’s stomach lurched at the thought of seeing his image on
the huge screen before everyone there. There was nothing he would have loved more
than to strangle the life from Naomi’s vindictive body. If he could have just
gotten a hold of her that was precisely what he would have done. She’d put the
last nail in his coffin and sealed it shut. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If only he’d not went to that stupid
bachelor party that Giovanni, his partner and best friend, set up for him…none
of this would have happened. He placed his hands over his face and wiped it as
if he was wiping away a film of residue that was resistant to his cleansing
efforts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Kevin, are you in here man?” Gio asked
as he stuck his head through the door. “Man open the window up in here…you are
smoking way too much in this cramped office.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kevin raised his head to meet his buddy.
“Why, what’s up?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“You. That’s what’s up. I’m taking you
out tonight, man. You have been killing yourself with these long hours. You
need a good break.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I remember a time I took your advice
and followed your lead, it was a disaster. That’s how I got here in the first
place.” Kevin waved his hands in the air. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Never mind all of that, man. I am sorry
that it happened. I have told you that before. It’s time to get on with your
life.” Gio had repeated that same mantra to him just a few days ago, and a few
days before. “You are doing nothing but wasting away.” Gio did want to remind
him that he was not the full blame and had no control over his friends’ sexual
activity. He kept his thoughts to himself, knowing that if he voiced his true
opinion, it would send Kevin into a further slump. Although he did make it very
easy and set the atmosphere and mood, he was not there to hold his hand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I know. I know I should be appreciative
that I have one last shot to kind of clear my dark blemished past...and don’t
get me wrong, I am finally happy to land a semi decent job. But-“</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Ok, then it’s settled. Let’s go.” Gio
headed for the door, looked back to make sure that Kevin was following and
walked to his waiting car. “Leave your car here, we can take mine.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Where are we going?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Just sit back and relax, man. I got
this and I know you will enjoy it,” was all the Gio said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Driving alongside Lake Michigan on Lake
Shore Drive proved to be a bit beneficial to Kevin. Actually forgetting how
beautiful the sunset was, he gazed out of the passenger side window and took in
the moment. The surreal feeling seemed foreign to his senses. Not remembering
the last time he took just a moment to actually feel anything other than
despair, hatred, and loneliness, he decided to soak it in; if only for that
moment. Feeling his body relaxing a bit, he’d begun to enjoy and reminisce a
little. A very pregnant Savannah was the first thing that crossed his mind.
Pain quickly squeezed his heart at the thought of her. Quickly pushing her
aside, his eyes snapped open as he bolted further upright in the seat. “Why
does it look like we are heading to the Drake?” he asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Because that is where we’re going.
Luther and I are celebrating the success of The Blue Horizon’s anniversary.
Actually, man, it’s our seventh year in business! Can you believe that?” Gio
slid into a reserved parking place, removed the keys and turned to his friend
of at least fifteen years. “We have a nice change of clothes upstairs for you.
You know you are still a part of this family. It wouldn’t be the same without
you. Besides we have been celebrating without you for the longest. It’s time
you rejoin the living and get your groove back.” Gio flashed his always bright
smile and got out of the car. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kevin sat for a moment to clear his head
of Savannah’s image. Okay, so now, not only is he being haunted by her image, and
the whole wedding fiasco, but Gio brought him back to the very place where he
met her! “Gio, it’s a nice gesture, but I really don’t want to go in there. I
am not feeling the whole mingling, getting to know you scene anymore.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I know. And that is exactly why you are
going in.” He walked around to the passenger side and opened his door. “Let’s
go…and I’m not taking no for an answer.” He adamantly stood there, daring Kevin
to refuse again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kevin didn’t move. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“C’mon, man.” He had to break it down.
“I know how you feel. You really need to get back out here. I can’t have my
partner wither away on me this way. Kev, you look bad, man. A broken heart can
mend…in time and I think that you have mourned long enough. Jesus! It’s been
six years! Snap out of it, man!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Knowing he was right, Kevin slowly
slumbered from the seat.</span></div>
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Great movie... watch it and see! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-20148478302867052722014-02-01T12:51:00.004-05:002014-02-01T12:51:56.483-05:00Okay.... I Have To Admit It Out LoudHere I am again, no posts to my blog since early last year. I have been busy into so many things and have decided that I need to simplify my life a bit. Who am I kidding... a whole lot. I have gotten away from doing the things that I love, mainly and namely writing. I still have wip (works in process) that need to be completed and I really need to complete them soon. Hopefully, I will still have people that have been there waiting to read it still there. LOL! If not, I will be pushing as usual to get them seen.<br />
So I also plan to be more active on my page as well as with my Twitter. <br />
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By the way, did I tell you that I am a huge procrastinator? If you know me personally, you already know this to be so true. I am a work in progress when it comes to stopping the procrastinating.<br />
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Yep...this is me. Kinda makes me feel like a member of AA or something. "Hi,my name is Shawna Hill and I'm a procrastinator." Good news is the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem right? So today, I'm going to move forward with making a change...starting out by making a list of today's accomplishments: <br />
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Hmm...in the meantime of me getting my list together, I thought I would let you know that I am still writing, still moving towards releasing a couple of books...hopefully very soon. I don't want to put an actual date on it because it seems whenever I do that unless I'm ready to release in the next week or so, it won't happen. Something in me just wants to sit back and relax...so I will leave it as a surprise to myself...terrible isn't it? But true.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-21567774862486307802013-05-25T23:31:00.001-04:002013-05-25T23:36:39.313-04:00Review: The Ultimate Merger (Hot Latin Men)This was a short story but very good. I stumbled across it in the free reads section on Amazon, and the title along with the "hot Latin looking guy" on the cover caught my attention ...again for the 4th time. So, passing by it at other times, I decided to take a stab at it. It's a free read, so what did I have to lose?<br />
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The story actually was pretty good! For a short story, the author packed a lot of information in it, giving a great feel of both of the main characters. Because it is short I don't want to give the story away. If you are looking for a great, short, and hot read, don't bypass this one. Here is the synopsis:<br />
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Two workaholics slow down long enough to find love when they least expect it.<br />
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Renaldo
da Silva is on the verge of entering the U.S. market with the purchase
of a hotel in downtown Chicago. After working hard for several days
straight, he heads to a local bar and sees a woman who instantly makes
him reconsider how to spend his evening.<br />
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When another one of her
male counterparts unfairly becomes the lead on a project, Sabrina Porter
leaves work intent on drowning her sorrows in wine and loud music at a
local bar. Instead, she meets a sexy Brazilian who’s intent on showing
her a different way to unwind.<br />
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The Ultimate Merger is a short story. It's the prequel to Second Chances, Book 4 of the Hot Latin Men series.<br />
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Check this author out! I think you'll like it! <br />
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<b>My vote: 4 1/2 Stars</b> <a href="http://amzn.to/19dLo4N" target="_blank">The Ultimate Merger</a> (Hot Latin Men) by Delaney Diamond<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-63906406682658095552013-05-21T20:36:00.000-04:002013-05-24T19:35:47.338-04:00Dark Whispers (Visions of Murder) Is Now Available on Amazon!Hi All,<br />
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Since I have so many projects going at once, I wanted to share one that I have been working on in increments. So I decided to create Dark Whispers - Visions of Murder - A Mya Jackson Series, which I initially was doing as a full book, now as a short story series!<br />
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Meet Mya Jackson, an inquisitive reporter that loves unsolved mysteries....that is until she finds herself right smack in the middle of a case she didn't see coming. Mya also has the gift of visions...a gift she never understood nor fully developed. Unlocking the clues that she sees in dreams and real life is what she needs to do in order to stay alive and catch the killer as the killings start to get closer to home.<br />
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It is available on Amazon right now for only .99, but will be free starting tomorrow for just a few days. If you are interested in grabbing a copy of the 1st installment of this short story series, stop by Amazon and pick up your copy! </div>
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Here is a quick synopsis:<br />
Dark Whispers (Visions of Murder)<br />
A Mya Jackson Investigative Series<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-5915934462117824002012-10-30T20:34:00.000-04:002012-10-30T20:34:14.422-04:00Been a Long TimeWow! I have to say that it has been a long while since I have posted or even visited my own page! I have finally finished school and now ready to pick this blog back up. So glad that you stayed and hung in there with me...much appreciated!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-37470390604154890752012-03-29T20:08:00.000-04:002012-03-29T20:19:22.517-04:00Winners of the Pre-Party Celebration!...First I want to thank you all for participating in the blog hop and especially thank Reading Romances for hosting it, allowing me to meet new people and gain new followers! By the way the party doesn't stop here...hop back over to <a href="http://reading-romances.com/" target="_blank">Reading Romances</a> for more fun!<br />
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This is a post that I thought I would share with you. It comes from the indie author of THE FOREVER GIRL, Rebecca Hamilton. BTW, I am reading this book.. and it is an interesting read. Check out the post and feel free to either post a comment here or on her blog. <br />
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Sophia Parsons’ family has skeletons, but they aren’t in their graves...<br />
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Solving the mystery of an ancestor’s hanging might silence the clashing
whispers in Sophia's mind, but the cult in her town and the supernaturals who
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As Sophia unknowingly crosses the line into an elemental world full of
vampire-like creatures, shapeshifters, and supernatural grim reapers, she meets
Charles, a man who becomes both lover and ally.<br />
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unveil the source of her family's curse: abandon her faith or abandon her
humanity. If she wants to survive, she must accept who she is, perform dark
magic, and fight to the death for her freedom.<br />
(This was taken directly from her page)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-51183086906575836892012-03-19T15:19:00.002-04:002012-03-19T15:19:28.583-04:00Spicy Addictions!Hi all,<br />
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I changed the blog name from A Novel Life... Shawna Hill's Blog, to Spicy Addictions! This will reflect some changes that I will be making to this blog. In the coming weeks, days, months, I will be adding shorts to this site and adding more reviews (now that I have my trusty Nook) that I have been dying to tell you about. <br />
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Ok, I have gotten off my subject, which was um.... Barnes and Noble and the series... I wanted to purchase the first installment, Witch and Wizard and found that it was back ordered. Seems its very popular... so I will download it. The second one in the series is The Gift... looks just as promising. I'm interested in where these novels go and cant wait to read them. I will give you my thoughts later. :)</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-61989064074762110992012-01-05T06:50:00.000-05:002012-01-05T12:38:38.123-05:00Look What the Nook Drug In :)<br />
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I have to use a pen name since its nothing like my current books and I don't want readers to be confused or upset with the new books that have paranormal themes, especially when they are not into paranormal. I am not releasing them until I have at least two of them done and plan to release them two at a time. My initial release time frame is this early Spring, but want to get them out much sooner if I can. Wish me luck!<br />
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As promised, but much later than I anticipated, The Ladies Club is still a work in progress and almost ready for the initial editing stage. <br />
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I know that I haven't been here in a while... but I plan to be more active again...starting today! I appreciate you tagging along and hanging with me all the while... :)<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-81164754626137454892011-10-22T22:53:00.000-04:002011-10-22T22:53:41.646-04:00What's New?Wow! I cant believe that I have not posted in over a month! Time has really flown by. Most of my days are just quick blurs as I have been so busy writing, working and pulling together the Intimate Betrayals web series. This is my first time doing something like this and thus far it has been an awesome experience!<br />
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Thought I would share the pics here with you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-41258731679205103292011-09-10T08:33:00.001-04:002011-09-10T08:35:02.872-04:00I found this while digging thru some of my writings<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YHZlzFSo9C0/TmtYJ5CaMaI/AAAAAAAAAFA/Au8byy_nU-w/s1600/todd1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YHZlzFSo9C0/TmtYJ5CaMaI/AAAAAAAAAFA/Au8byy_nU-w/s320/todd1.jpg" width="214" /></a>There was a time a while (actually many years ago) back that I used to write poetry just to either pass time away or rid myself of boredom. One titled Durable Serenity is one that I came across the other day.. so I thought I'd post it here... and maybe I will post one of my buried poems every other week... Actually, this particular one was inspired by the pic listed here... (and this pic has been an inspiration to a lot of my thoughts or writings, which is why you see it so much on my site...</div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><br />
</u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Durable Serenity</span></i></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>His mind a steel trap,</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>His body to match </i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>A force to behold, </i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Liquid bronze to mold</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Calm strength underneath,</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>A soft pliable sheath</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>But a kind heart & soft expressions,</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Leave the biggest Impressions</i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-33488956862529046232011-08-23T22:28:00.000-04:002011-08-23T22:28:35.061-04:00Intimate Betrayals Web Series... coming Fall 2011Good Evening,<br />
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I thought I would share one of my latest creations that I'm so excited to bring to life! This is something that has been tossed around between me and my partners in crime for a while... Even before the books were created, the dream of creating a production was in the back corners of our minds. It's funny, I never had the intention of writing this series as I have stated many times, but it seemed to take on a life of its own...and here we are now. <br />
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I am still working on The Ladies Club with Dark Whispers a far second work in progress...as writing is my first passion. Since the books have been received well, this was the next logical step for us to try to conquer. I love a challenge and this will be one that I welcome, full heartedly! <br />
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We predict and forsee shooting to begin this September and have high hopes to have it out by mid October. Wish me luck!<br />
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So if this series is something that you are interested in seeing, please stay tuned! <br />
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I am sure that you have heard the term fire sale before right? Well what I am doing is similar to it, but not exactly it. LOL! I want to break my own record in ebook sales and sale 200 copies of both of my ebooks, In Between Lies and Intimate Illusions each for .99 in the next 24 hours... starting now. Will I reach 200 copies? Who knows, but I would love to try or at least get as close as I can while at the same time give readers an enjoyable read!<br />
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If you haven't already grabbed your copies, now is the chance to do so and please spread the word! If you are interested, email me @ shawnarhill@gmail.com for the coupon codes!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-79485824718293148002011-08-07T20:14:00.000-04:002011-08-07T20:14:56.669-04:00Lazy Sunday and my Sunday ReadToday has been a very very lazy day for me. I didn't get out of bed until 1pm...and I loved every moment of sleeping in. Since my kids are old enough (well my daughter is anyway) to fix their own food to eat, there was no rush to jump out of bed for anything. So I took full advantage of it.<br />
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So while on my way back home from vacationing in the Bahamas, we were on a long lay over in Chicago @ O'Hare Airport. We decided to stop in at the bookstore and grab some reads. I am kind of spoiled with buying ebooks, but the sight of all the books lined up brought back my fiendish need to BUY, BUY, BUY. So I did. There was a sale on mystery books.. buy one get the other either half off or free, I cant remember. I purchased a book by an author that is unknown to me but the blurb on his book sounded very interesting. <br />
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The book is called Caught, by Harlan Corben. Have you heard of this guy before? Here is a blurb from his site and some words from the author himself:<br />
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<div class="stdTxtBoldBlk">Available Now in US & UK</div><div class="stdTxtBoldBlk">From the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling master of suspense comes a fast-paced, emotion-packed novel about guilt, grief, and our capacity to forgive.</div><div class="stdTxtBoldBlk"><br />
</div><div class="stdTxtBlack">17 year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst.</div><div class="stdTxtBlack"><br />
</div><div class="stdTxtBlack">Wendy Tynes is a reporter on a mission, to identify and bring down sexual predators via elaborate—and nationally televised—sting operations. Working with local police on her news program Caught in the Act, Wendy and her team have publicly shamed dozens of men by the time she encounters her latest target. Dan Mercer is a social worker known as a friend to troubled teens, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined.</div><div class="stdTxtBlack"><br />
</div><div class="stdTxtBlack">In a novel that challenges as much as it thrills, filled with the astonishing tension and unseen suburban machinations that have become Coben’s trademark, <em>Caught</em> tells the story of a missing girl, the community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her, and the reporter who suddenly realizes she can’t trust her own instincts about this case—or the motives of the people around her.</div><div class="stdTxtBlack"><br />
</div><div class="stdTxtBlack">I know that most of you are romance readers, but this book so far is very good!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-36862128281491427652011-08-02T21:57:00.000-04:002011-08-02T21:57:39.614-04:00My Bonding VacationSo, I just returned home from an awesome vacation with my sister and her husband, my brother in law, and one of my best friends. We had a great time, created some cool life long lasting happy memories, and also created stronger lifetime bonds! Believe it or not, this is my first time vacationing with my sister and her husband, despite the many many years that she'd poked and prodded me to go with them to their vacation places. I just never seemed to have the time. After all the fun we had, it now will become a priority to get the family together on a yearly basis for some great times!<br />
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To get a better understanding, me and my sister were not raised together and had lost contact for about 20 years (not by our choice), and just over the last 10 years or so, we've been getting to re-know each other again, so this was a long time in the making and long overdue. Bringing her family and mine together is a must...and we have managed to do a pretty good job melding back into one happy family..her children, husband, my kids, our brother (was raised with me), and my significant other....good times! Almost seems like we were never apart.<br />
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So anyway, we started out flying out of Columbus to Ft. Lauderdale. We both were kind of nervous and she refused to sit by the window.. so I was the big sister and took the heat LOL! I sat by the window.. and I enjoyed the view...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After we landed we all headed to the hotel for the night, filled with excitement that was sure to come the next day. Heading to Palm Beach was cool.. of course we got lost a couple of times LOL! But we got there in time to port and board the ship...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Then off to cruise on the Celebration... destination... Freeport, Bahamas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>While cruising, I'm sure you know that the food is limitless...so you know we sampled everything! Drank like fish, gambled in the casino, danced, viewed a male review WOOT WOOT! No, they were just alright...we have seen better, but it was great entertainment anyway. We even drank enough to gather courage to participate in karaoke LOL!! it was fun but we sounded absolutely terrible!! LOL!! But hey, we will never see those people again so who cared, right! Besides they sounded just as terrible. My brother in law did a great job singing The Commodores hit, Brick House...had the audience participating...but he is already an entertainer so it was no sweat off his nose seeing as though he has his own band. Me and my sister, Michelle, completely different story. I think we gulped down at least 3 double shots mixed in our drinks..you know to loosen up. I have no problem reading from my book or doing open mic poetry...singing.. i needed drinks LOL!<br />
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To make a longer sharing story even longer, we finally hit the shores of Freeport...let the shopping begin! The island was beautiful! The beach was breath taking and the resort was gorgeous!<br />
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</tbody></table>Anyway this trip was awesome and a great bonding experience... and I am already looking to book another one for next year.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-77969732261996565752011-07-26T22:10:00.003-04:002011-07-27T08:38:25.222-04:00Not Enough Hours in the Day!I know it has been a minute since I posted on my blog. I have been busy working and .... life. But I shouldn't let that get in my way of writing and sharing. I love to share my experiences and hear about your as well. Speaking of sharing, I have been researching and reviewing a lot of webisodes on the Internet lately and have come across some really great ones that I feel are worth mentioning. <br />
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Ok, so one that I have found is called Celeste Bright, which is written by Sonya Steele. It's an awesome drama/suspense. I cannot wait for the next episodes to come out.. Check it out. <br />
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Another one for you 24 or Keifer Sutherland fans! I ran across one by him called The Confession. In one word, AWESOME! For some reason, the first chapter is not on youtube, but you can view all of them on FB <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheConfession?sk=app_6009294086">here</a>. I was able to get the trailer however. <br />
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</div>If you are looking for some comedy.. I found it... Hilarious!! It's by Issa Rae...called The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl. According to the site, <i>The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl</i> follows the title character and friends as she navigates through life, love and awkward situations. This one here is episode 5 but i believe there is 6 now... funny stuff (depending on your sense of humor)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/iKFQ8skCCS0?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697690905540421714.post-79467089241524317662011-07-13T20:18:00.000-04:002011-07-13T20:18:05.820-04:00New Project!Intimate Betrayals Web Series Now that my interesting blog tour has ended, I have had time to dedicate towards the next book in my Intimate Betrayals series! The Ladies Club is currently in process with the hopes of finishing it really really soon; then off for the editing process!<br />
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Also, I wanted to tell you some other great news! If you remember, I was asking your input on the interest in a web series...well, that is a project that I have been working on too! I am currently in the works of bringing Intimate Betrayals web series to life! I am very excited! Right now I am trying to raise funds to help me cover the costs of production, equipment (both sound and cameras), lighting, etc.... I just recently launched a project on kickstarter.com If you are interested in helping me out, I'd appreciate it! Of course, there are things in it for you as well!<br />
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<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intimatebetrayals/intimate-betrayals-a-dramatic-video-webseries">My Kickstarter Project!</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499353487917240657noreply@blogger.com0