#MY SEXY SATURDAY and WHERE EAGLES CRY

 

 

 

My sentences are from WHERE EAGLES CRY...

THE STORY

Jilted by love, in 1834 Cara Lindsay sails from Boston to Mexico’s rugged California to begin a new life with a favorite aunt. Heartbroken to learn her aunt has died, she takes a companionship position to the wife of Don Miguel Navarro, the tough and irresistible owner of a major inland rancho.

 Prior to her arrival, Miguel’s wife had suffered a permanent brain injury in a suspicious fall, and the lonely ranchero’s heart opens to Cara’s kindness and beauty like parched earth to rain.

Yet love may break Cara’s heart again, for she would never be any man’s mistress. She needs to leave, but dark undercurrents she doesn't understand flow around her. Native superstition says when the ranch bells ring and an eagle cries, someone dies, and several have. Until  ships sail for Boston months away, she’s trapped in the midst of danger and an impossible love.

 When next the bells ring and the eagle cries, will she be the one to die?

 

SNIPPET FROM CHAPTER 5

They were the only bits of human life on the barren flatlands when she first heard the bells. Their distant, deep-throated pleading brought a sudden whorl of wind that whipped her skirts against the toes of Cara's shoes as she walked and spun the dust into a phantom eddy under the curtaining sky.

The horses whinnied and pawed, flinging their manes and flaring their nostrils against, she thought then, the stirred scents of that glorious and wild country. Ramon moved to quiet them.

From somewhere what must have been a large bird screamed. At that cry, Maria gave a little groan of fear, crossing herself and pulling her dark shawl protectively tighter while her hands fumbled for her rosary...

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SEDUCING A DRAGON - BLOG HOP

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My contribution novella is a medieval fantasy set in an imaginary land, and was inspired by an illustration in the now closed Realms of Fantasy magazine. I wanted in the worst way to tell the story of the breathtakingly beautiful princess riding through a flowery meadow with an entourage of elves and other magical creatures. She evolved into a Golden Dragon shifter as I wrote, but don't ask me how or why.  .  . Dee Ann Palmer


He'd pulled the destrier up at the edge of the forest, but now Xertan was turning in circles in an attempt to retreat back into the woods. Rodick brought the great stallion under control. He wanted to gaze longer at this perfection.

That she rode alone surprised him, for her head was crowned with a golden circlet with four high prongs. It was the headpiece of a princess-royal, although of a house unknown to him. He knew of no princesses resembling this one, and he was acquainted with, or thought he was, those of every castle in the area. Had even bedded a few of them, he thought with a wry smile. But this woman, instinct told him, would fulfill every fantasy a lusty man could have in bed. And then some.

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MY SEXY SATURDAY 7 #50 - ROMANCE & DEADLY LIAISONS

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THIS IS A $.99 COLLECTION OF SHORT MURDER MYSTERIES, THE AUTHOR'S BIO, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF KILLERS' BRAINS TODAY (HENCE THE TITLE DANGEROUS MINDS), AND A TOUCH OF ROMANCE FROM WHERE EAGLES CRY.

THE 7 PARAGRAPHS HERE ARE FROM THE COLLECTION'S MARATHON MADNESS. THE SETTING IS A ROOM IN THE HISTORIC BILTMORE HOTEL, WHERE I HAVE STAYED. I HAVE COMPLETED SEVERAL LOS ANGELES MARATHONS AND, ALTHOUGH THEY CHANGE THE COURSE PERIODICALLY, I CHOSE FOR THIS STORY ONE I HAVE COMPETED ON.

SOMEONE HAS STOLEN SUVIE'S NEW BUT BROKEN-IN RUNNING SHOES...

Now I had something else to think about—running in old shoes. Thankfully, I’d brought them, but they had broken down. Without their usual cushioning, I’d finish the race with the bottoms of my feet burning. I might get blisters that would make it impossible for me to finish. At worst, I  could end up with stress fractures. I was a very unhappy camper.

In bed, in the darkness, I felt Hal reach for me.

I grew rigid. “I thought they didn’t allow this sort of thing the night before your NFL games.”

He stroked my arm, his fingers strong yet gentle. “Come on, baby, you’re tied up in knots. Roll over so I can get to your back.”

Reluctantly, I let him knead the knots out of my shoulders and long muscles.

And when he moved to other things, well, I had a little hint that the pre-game rules hadn’t always been followed in the NFL. I drifted to sleep feeling loose and satisfied.

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SEXY 7 SATURDAY #49 BLOG HOP

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For this week's Hop, authors are featuring sensual and sexy heroines. Here's my sexy shifter dragon in 7 paragraphs--

The Mystericale Faire had been so much fun. Arondele had loved how different it was from anything she'd ever known in the dragon world. Except for the woman Marinyxa, whose purple ribbon Rodick had refused, gaiety had been the mood of the faire goers. Even the knight who'd lost out to Rodick for the racing prize had been cheerful rather than envious. Unfortunately, in a situation like that, dragons could be very testy.

Memories of those last moments in the hut, of Rodick's mouth on hers as his tongue played with hers, and of his hands cradling her face while they kissed, were fresh and wonderful. She hugged herself, remembering the marvel of feeling this close to someone, whether human or her kind.

If this was what being with a male dragon would be like, she'd love it. Then she went still, and the day with her knight faded. What if mating with a dragon doesn't feel at all the same?

Pushing the frightening thought from her mind, she changed, rising on her back legs, her wings folded behind. The pond caught her reflection, and she saw a body similar in power and grace to her mother Nombella's, with topaz eyes and the same rich glint off golden scales. Like her father's, her head bore the multiple, tall spikes of her royal heritage. This was why in human form she'd chosen to create a spiked circlet of gold to wear.

She'd thought her mother beautiful. Would dreigomen--the male dragons--consider Gloriana lovely, too? When she flew in the ritual, would any male fly up to mate with her, or would she circle ignored and alone in the heavens?

And if no one chose her, would she still be able to fulfill her destiny?

Shivers swept through her. Don't think about that. Think happy thoughts. She forced her fears out, replacing them with memories of her day with Rodick at the faire and in the hut. Warmth spread through her, and she gave a satisfying cry as she spread her wings and flew toward the white castle of King Dreicomar in the Nordrung mountains. Tomorrow would be another day with her own special knight.

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MY SEXY SATURDAY 7 #42 BLOG TOUR - DRAGONS AND KNIGHTS

I apologize for this tardiness. I posted this last night, but Blogger failed to publish it. For these blog tours, authors offer 7 words, sentences or paragraphs for your reading enjoyment.

My seven sentences are from the soon-to-be-released fantasy in the photo below. The original was published by Amber Heat as Tears Of The Dragon and was erotic. Now I've reduced the erotic to sensual, given it a new title and a new cover to self-publish it. Watch for it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, All Romance eBooks, iBooks, Kobo and Smashwords about the end of the first week in June. 


THE knight she now knew as Sir Rodick had come to her aid. The thugs had had no idea who he was.

Still, there'd been moments in the fight when she'd feared for his life. The rogue was cunning and didn't fight with honor. Gradually it became evident Rodick was stronger and better trained. The tightness in her shoulders had relaxed.

The thug's death sickened her and the sharp scent of his blood lingered with her still, but it was a just death. Had he taken her, she might have been kept chained up forever and suffered a myriad of indignities. Worst of all, she'd not have been free to fulfill her calling, and the world would have been plunged into darkness and despair.

The picture of Rodick, his long, dark hair streaming behind him in the gleaming sunlight, standing in the stirrups as he drew his bow and shot from the running horse, would never leave her. Nor would the sound of his horse's hooves pounding across the grassy field as his battle cry shattered the morning stillness.

Here was a man straight and strong, who honored women and was willing to fight for her when they hadn't even met. Chivalry, she thought. They called it chivalry, didn't they?
An emotion she couldn't put a name to rippled through her chest.

He'd reeked unpleasantly of sweat from the exertion of the fight, but when he kissed her hand, tiny olfins opened their wings and flitted in her chest. And when his lips touched her palm, his mouth warm and caressing against her skin, she might as well have had a hive of bees humming where she sat her saddle. The sensations created wonderful urges foreign to her.

She'd wanted his mouth against hers. Wanted to experience something different from what her kind knew. And most of all, she wanted to know if these sensations she was feeling were what mating would be like. Perhaps she could convince him to teach her. . .

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Before she fulfills her sacred destiny, Gloriana, princess-royal of the golden dragons of the high mountains, is required to mate and produce an heir. As Arondele, in human form and hiding her true nature, she’s fallen in love with Rodick, a powerful knight in the enchanted kingdom of Ahnerion. Only after seducing a reluctant Rodick does she learn that, for not being pure when she mates for the first time as Gloriana, the penalty is death.  For both of them. Terrified for his life, she abandons him. They will slay her, but he will live.

Blazing passion fuels Rodick’s hunt to find her. When he learns what she is, and knows to have her he must either outwit or challenge in battle her father, the powerful and fearsome king of the goldens, will his love stand the test? Will he and his princess survive...

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