Written Fireside Blog Hop

It might only be August, but there's a reason Christmas has come early....

Fifteen HarperCollins authors have all been given the same opening paragraph and challenged to write a 'Christmas by the Fire' short story. That brilliant first paragraph was written by competition winner Georgia Beyers. To join in the fun follow the hop, read excerpts from all the stories and enter the giveaway and be in with a chance to win lots of books and a 70$ Amazon Gift Card!
To read the stories in full, look out for the Christmas e-book anthology which will be published later in the year. So, here's the opening paragraph, followed by a snippet from my story...


Charlotte sat at the bus stop wondering whether she would make the naughty or nice list this year. Last year she had rescued a stray kitten and therefore considered herself most definitely ‘nice’. This year she had broken Daniel’s heart into a million tiny pieces, so ‘naughty’ seemed to be the only answer. There’d be no Santa Claus coming down her chimney anytime soon. - Georgia Beyers

Threes…
 Charlotte sat at the bus stop wondering whether she would make the naughty or nice list this year. Last year she had rescued a stray kitten and therefore considered herself most definitely ‘nice’. This year she had broken Daniel’s heart into a million tiny pieces, so ‘naughty’ seemed to be the only answer. There’d be no Santa Claus coming down her chimney anytime soon.

Seriously though, naughty or nice, she seemed to be hurtling headlong towards the obligatory three bits of bad luck. Why did it have to come in threes? And why now, when she really could do with a bit of festive encouragement?

Actually, thinking about it, luck was a bit like buses, all or nothing, and right now her bad luck was piling up like a road block and the buses, well… there was a distinct lack of anything big, red and warm.
She glanced down at her watch, for the umpteenth time, if one didn’t come soon she’d be shattering (well shattering might be a bit on the strong side, severely denting more like) more than one little heart, and she’d actually BE blue, not just feeling it.
Although not as blue as Daniel. Poor, poor Daniel. No festive cheer for him. He was the first bit of bad luck, if you could call it that, some might call it clever engineering. And talking of engineering (or should that be mechanics?) black cloud two on her horizon was her car.
For the first time in like ever, their whole entire relationship, it had spluttered as though it had swallowed something down the wrong way, and then given up the ghost altogether. Which did just about sum up her past relationships (the human, not mechanical ones). The one with her car had probably been as good as it got.

 Maybe it was enough that her car had broken down just when she needed it most, leaving her waiting for a bus in the freezing cold. Maybe Santa could strike the Daniel thing off the list and call it quits – which left her in the good camp didn’t it? Well evens, because apparently the kitten wasn’t actually a stray. Long story, but hey she’d tried. And didn’t they say it was the trying that mattered? And it had been attempted rescue, she had climbed up the tree even if she’d missed the fact that the darn thing had decided a suicidal scramble down the other side was a better bet than being saved by her. Okay, so that left it about evens. Clean slate, hello Santa. Or maybe the third bit of bad luck would be no bus, and a lot of un-festive bad temper and maybe even tears.
 And the whole Daniel thing wasn’t really her fault anyway. Oh, why wasn’t life ever simple?

 ***

“Have you got any idea what you look like dressed like that?”
Charlotte instinctively jumped back as the car pulled in at the kerb, determined not to get her tights sprayed by yet another wave of slushy snow, then thoughts of Daniel, ungrateful kittens and naughty lists took a hike as she registered who it was.
“Like Santa’s little helper I was hoping.” She grinned at the girl inside the car, who had wound the window down and seemed to find the whole thing quite entertaining. Amy.
“And there was I just thinking green tights were the in thing this Christmas. Come on, get in, I’m freezing my bits off here.”
Charlotte pulled opened the car door and stepped as carefully as she could in, studying her by now drooping boots. Well, the perky points were drooping. Getting changed before setting off had been a good idea when she’d thought she had a car. Not so good when you have to trudge the streets.
“Crumbs it’s hot in here.” The tips of her fingers were already tingling seconds after she’d shut the door. “Don’t complain, if you’d stood out there much longer you would have either got picked up or arrested.”
“I wouldn’t say no to a nice policeman.”
“As in picked up, or arrested by?”
She shrugged and Amy laughed and steered her way back into the traffic. “I thought you were off men.” “Only other peoples.” Charlotte sighed and closed her eyes for a second, although surely the fact that Amy had turned up was a good sign. A sign that she may be forgiven? “And my look not touch policy is working just fine.”
“That so wasn’t your fault. And I can’t believe he actually cried. I mean cried. Real tears.” Her best friend glanced at her briefly, with a look of mock horror then turned her concentration back to the road.
“Real man tears.” She looked glumly out at the garishly decorated shop windows that were whizzing past in glorious Technicolor. “That, apparently, was one of the things Holly liked about him. His sensitive side.” “Until she decided to swap him for a fireman.”
“He has a big pole apparently.”
 Amy giggled, then beeped the car horn angrily as a man, half hidden behind a large conifer stepped out in front of the car. Charlotte made a grab for the door handle as the car shimmied on the ice, but Amy didn’t seem to notice. She was warming up to the subject. Holly assassination. “She is such a cow though, expecting you to do the dirty for her. Sorry, but she is.”
Diversionary tactics seemed in order. Much as Charlotte didn’t like the way her sister took advantage of her good nature, she was prepared to forgive and forget. The festive season and all that. “A lucky cow, you should see the fireman. And she probably knew Dan would cry, she only does soft sides when it works for her. I mean she just wouldn’t know what to do, would she? She’s not exactly the type to hand out tissues.” 

“More the type to give him the money so he can go buy a packet. I can’t believe you two are sisters. Here we go, grotty grotto time.” Amy pulled the handbrake on with a flourish and stared at the entrance door. “I suppose we should be thankful we’re not reindeers. The little horrors kept pinching Becky’s bum last year, they said they just wanted to see if her tail was real. One of them tugged it so hard she thought the elastic in her knickers was going to pop.”
“Knickers?”
“It was attached. Safety reasons. Elf and safety.” Amy giggled at her own joke.
“Very funny.” Charlotte passed Amy her elf hat. “Nor can I, believe we’re sisters I mean.” And sometimes she couldn’t. Holly was tall, slim, had perfect nails and breathtakingly outrageous dress sense. Charlotte stopped at outrageous. She was small, on the verge of a donut-too-many and generally wore the first thing that fell out of the wardrobe. Or, as in tonight, an elf costume. Holly would never be seen dead in green (despite her name), it clashed with her skin colouring apparently. And as for the curly toed shoes and the perky hat… “Hang on.” Somewhere from the depths of the elf tunic a merry Christmas tune announced an incoming text. “Oh.” She re-read the text just to be sure. “Apparently she’s moved on to the fireman’s mate now.”
 “So he didn’t light her fire exactly?”
Charlotte shook her head and tried to look disapproving. “You’re on form tonight.”
“It’s my mental preparation for coping with two hundred hyper kids. Shall we go find Santa?”
“I think my boots are running.”
“Sorry?”
 “The colour,” she swung her feet out of the car and watched the snow turn emerald. “It’s running. My feet are in a bit of a green puddle. Oh, shit.” Charlotte paused, half in and half out of the car. Which wasn’t a good idea as her feet nearly shot from under her on the ice. She straightened up reluctantly, which meant she couldn’t hide behind the car door any longer.
“What? Oh.” Amy walked round and stood at the side of Charlotte, and stared at Santa Claus, standing stock in the centre of the doorway. His white beard tucked under his chin. A bashful grin on his face. Amy wasn’t bothered about displaying herself in full elf costume to Santa. “Er, I mean oo.” She dropped her voice a notch, but it still seemed far too loud to Charlotte. She leant in closer, dropped to a stage whisper. “Well, I mean wow, but what is with the ‘oh shit’, girl? That is one hell of a Santa, Christmas has come early. I’m a believer.”

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Her Best Four Letter Word - Competition time!!

Another chance to win on the Her Best Four Letter Word Blog Hop, celebrating the publication of two HarperImpulse titles:  Eve Devon’s ‘Her Best Laid Plans’ (contemporary romance) and Zara Stoneley’s ‘Love is a Four Letter Word’ (erotic romance).

Look out for the deets for TWO GIVEAWAYS via Rafflecopter and using the comments section on this blog at the end of the post. 

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Blurb: Love is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans…

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Step 1 – Take total control of own destiny and avoid getting too wrapped up in the details.

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Mix generously with a land dispute and a whole lotta lust…. And what have you got?

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10.00£/$ Amazon Gift Voucher (to purchase delicious ebooks)

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Hot Chocolate/Tea Drinking Goodies (for if you don’t like bubbly)

Chocolates (no explanation required!)

Nail Varnish/Nail Files (for that break between reading books!)

And it’s all inside a lovely HarperImpulse bag!

Due to the content of the prizes, all entrants must be over 18. If the winner does not reside in the UK, some items may be substituted with others of an equal or greater value due to individual country restrictions

No purchase is necessary, all answers will be available on the publisher’s blog, retailer sites, or the authors’ blogs, websites or Facebook Pages.

TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE TO WIN THE GOODIE BAG: Answer Eve and Zara’s questions using the Rafflecopter:

Question 1: What colour code does Jared issue when he needs Amanda’s help to get rid of his latest clingy girlfriend?

Question 2: What colour are Jake’s eyes?

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All correct entries will be put into the grand draw for the Goodie Bag. Winners will be announced on March 6^th HERE

To gain extra entries in the Rafflecopter follow us on our blog hop and answer each new set of questions – you can find a full listing of where we’ll be on my previous blog post or: HERE

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Leave your best four letter word (no profanity, please) to describe reading erotic romance in the COMMENTS SECTION below and a winner will be chosen to receive an iBooks Voucher for a HarperImpulse title (please note if your first choice is not available you may have to pick another!). The winner of today’s competition will be posted at the end of the blog hop on 6^th March. Only ONE iBooks voucher is available each day, if the Blog Hop is visiting more than one blog then ALL entries for the day, from all participating blogs, will be entered into the daily competition.

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Her Best Four Letter Word Blog Hop - competition time!

It's out!! My second HarperImpulse title is released today, 27th February, and I am just so excited to finally be able to share my very sexy bad boy biker Jake, with you! I do hope you love him as much as I do.

To celebrate launch day, I've got together with the lovely Eve Devon, whose contemporary romance 'Her Best Laid Plans', also releases today, and we're offering a week of fun competitions and some great prizes as part of our Her Best Four Letter Word Blog Hop.

Grand Prize: We have a fab Rafflecopter competition that you can enter at each stop on the Blog Hop - join us every day to gain more entries! Eve and I will pose a question each day - answer both correctly and be in with a chance of winning this gorgeous Goodie Bag:

Contents: All the perfect ingredients for a girlie reading experience…

10.00£/$ Amazon Gift Voucher (to purchase delicious ebooks)

Her Best Laid Plans Beaded Bookmark (for a touch of book bling)

Love is a Four Letter Word Beaded Bookmark (for a touch of book bling)

Her Best Laid Plans/Love is a Four Letter Word Linen Bag (to keep all your reading experience ingredients

 together and handy for those urgent date night clothes shopping trips)

Bottle of Bubbly (for if you don’t like hot chocolate/tea)

Hot Chocolate/Tea Drinking Goodies (for if you don’t like bubbly)

Chocolates (no explanation required!)

Nail Varnish/Nail Files (for that break between reading books!)

And it’s all inside a lovely HarperImpulse bag!

Daily Prize: Because HarperImpulse is such a fab publication team they’re also offering an iTunes voucher on each day of the Blog Hop. Just enter the “HER BEST FOUR LETTER WORD” competition of the day.

Join us on these fab blogs – follow the Hop!

Thursday February 27^th   HarperImpulse Blog, Sarah Ballance

Friday February 28^th Mandy Baggot, Romancing Rakes – 4 The Love of Romance

Saturday March 1st  Here!!, Lori Connelly, AJ Nuest – Tattered Pages

Sunday March 2^nd Eve Devon’s Blog, Tea Cooper, Teresa Morgan – The Wittering Woman

Monday March 3rd The Romaniacs, Ann B Harrison

Tuesday March 4^th   Aimee Duffy, Books with Bunny, Lynn Marie Hulsman

Wednesday March 5^th Carmel Harrington, Eva Scott

Thursday March 6^th         HarperImpulse - to announce the winners!

So, what are you waiting for? Head over to the HarperImpulse blog, and stop by at Sarah Ballance's, to enter Thursday's iTunes voucher competition, and gain entries for the Goodie Bag giveaway! Good luck.

12 Days of Christmas Tour with Jane Lark

12 Days of Christmas Tour with Jane Lark

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Tour with Jane Lark.

After signing with publisher Harper Impulse, Jane, author of the smash-hit Marlow Intrigues series, has decided to end 2013 with a bang! She’s gathered together some of the industry’s best authors to create one enormous Christmas giveaway.

The huge prize is made up of more than 30 books, a combination of signed paperbacks and eBooks, and two gorgeous book bags. It’s the perfect early Christmas present for any bookworm and all you’ve got to do to win is feast your eyes on the details below and enter via the Rafflecopter . . .

To kick off the prizes, Jane is giving away copies of her much loved The Illicit Love of a Courtesan and its highly anticipated follow-up The Passionate Love of a Rake

 

Jane's books have been a huge hit with fans, leading to an ever-increasing fan base and comments such as:

"Jane Lark has an amazing talent to draw the reader in from the first page onwards."

- CosmoChickLitan

And to celebrate her upcoming December release of NA novel I Found You, you could also win a unique rucksack.

The book is already causing excitement among readers and looks set to be the must-read NA of 2014.

 

 

But that's not all folks! As if Jane's books weren't enough, check out the other amazing books included in the prize pot, you're sure to find one or two of your fav authors getting involved . . .

   

Entry to Jane Lark's 12 Days of Christmas giveaway extravaganza is easy, just follow the authors on Facebook or Twitter, plus maybe give the comp a shout-out tweet (or two) all via the Rafflecopter below and you're golden. But don't forget to keep your fingers crossed too!

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This is an international giveaway.

Signed paperbacks are to be sent from the authors themselves. Jane Lark, BestChickLit and/or any authors involved accept no responsibility for delivery failures. The winner must be open to accepting eBooks in any format i.e. Kindle copies and via iTunes voucher, from different sources. In the event of .mobi copies, the winner must have an Amazon Kindle account and be prepared to add selected addresses as approved emails on their Personal Document settings.

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Horses and hot romance! #giveaway #review

I've just got back from the Festival of Romance - exhausted but happy! It was brilliant to meet up with the rest of the HarperImpulse team again, and to make new friends.

Sadly, I wasn't there on Saturday night at the Ball to see the awards, but was so pleased to hear that Carmel Harrington (best romance ebook), Linn B Halton (innovative author) and HarperImpulse (publisher innovation) were winners! Massive congratulations to them, and all the other nominees and winners.

It was the first time I had attended the Festival and it was wonderful to chat to readers, make new friends and meet face to face so many of the people I chat to on Facebook and Twitter every day.

I did a reading from 'Summer of Surrender' (a first), sold nearly all the books I had taken with me, signed autographs (another first!) and got home to find a wonderful review (which brings me on to horses!). Thank you so much Kinky Book Klub -

'Between the book cover and the description I thought I was in for a hot and steamy book, instead I found a beautiful story. Don’t get me wrong it has it’s hot moments, but this book is about the sensual side, letting go, the difference between submission and surrender, between what’s healthy and loving and what is twisted and controlling.....'

' ....the scenes with the horses are really well written, James is a bit of a horse

whisperer, Kezia is just loud, jerky and the antithesis of James. It makes for some really lovely scenes.'

You can read the whole review here at <Kinky Book Klub>. This review really captures what the book is about, and by coincidence I recently wrote about the part horses play in my writing over on <Tea Cooper's blog>. This is the horse, Flash, that plays such an important part in the book (renamed Red!).


If you want to find out more about the story, I'm on tour! Please stop by and say hello, and enter the giveaway -

Nov 12th- Book Reviews and More by Kathy
Nov 13th- A Tasty Read Book Reviews
Nov 15th- The Revolving Bookcase

Nov 18th- Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews (Promo)
Nov 19th- Crossroad Reviews
Nov 20th- Romance Bookworm
Nov 21st- Reviews Unleashed
Nov 22nd- I am, Indeed
(Stop 2) Escaping Reality One Book at a Time

And the winner is...

Thanks to everyone who took part in the Ella's turning what? Blog Hop.

It was great fun - I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and found some new reads to add to the TBR list!

The winner from this blog, picked using random.org, is
Kathy Osborn

And the winner of the Grand Prize is
Book Attict from Kristabel Reed's blog.

Congratulations!

Ella’s Turning What? Birthday Blog Hop

If you didn't arrive here via Ella Jade's blog then you might be wondering what's going on! Ella is celebrating her 40th Birthday - and she knows how to throw a good party!! We're sharing birthday memories with her today and there's lots of treats up for grabs - leave a comment here and win a copy of my erotic romance 'Good Enough to Share' (if you've already read it there will be an alternative), PLUS get entered into the draw for the grand prize, then check out all the OTHER BLOGS to be in with a chance to win lots more prizes.
Grand Prize ** $100 Amazon or Barnes and Noble (winner's choice) Gift Card **

Winner will be announced and contacted on Monday morning. 

I had a great start to my birthday last year, the first email I opened was from my editor to tell me that my

erotic romance 'Freefalling' had been released - much earlier than I'd expected! This year I'm expecting something a bit different - it's a BIG birthday and my other half has told me I'm being whisked away for the night to a secret location. Now, do I pack for a naughty night in or a sophisticated night out?! Knowing him it will be a bit of both ;-)

I'm not a great one for surprises - I like to know what I'm doing and where I'm going, but I've promised to be good and not try and find out what he's up to! There's still a month to go, so whether I'll last out - or try and seduce the secret from him before then, I'm not sure.... (any suggestions?!)

What about you? Do you like to be surprised, or do you like to know every last detail?

Anyhow, I'm sure you'll all be joining me in wishing Ella a fab birthday. And don't forget to leave a comment on this post to enter my giveaway - you will also then be automatically entered for that brilliant grand prize (please leave contact details). To find out more, and see the full list of other participating blogs just click HERE. Good luck!

Breathless Press Fourth Anniversary Tour

I'm over at We Love Kink today (a great interview and some lovely comments so far) - why not stop by, leave a comment and be in with a chance to win a Kindle Fire, or one of the other great prizes?

To be in with a greater chance of winning you need more entries! Follow all the other stops on the tour and leave a comment - check them out HERE.

Winner!!! And a little teaser.....

First up... congratulations to Sherry who is the winner of my giveaway on the 'When Sparks Fly' blog hop. It was a great hop, with some brilliant books and  my TBR list is even longer than it was before (how did I survive before I got my kindle?!).

And because the heat is rising over here (yes, we have seen some sun!) I thought I'd share an excerpt from 'Surrender Your Soul'. If you met James in Riding High, well he's back, or at least he's on his way....

“What do you fantasise about Kez? Not two men?”

She shook her head and looked at him like he was mad, but didn’t move. “No, I told you. I want one man,” she hesitated, “who I want so much I don’t need anyone else.” A blush of pink had edged its way along her cheekbones and she wasn’t a devil, she was more a fallen angel who had nothing to lose. “Even if it’s just for that moment.”

“One man who will do everything you ask him to?”

“No.” She licked her bottom lip nervously but her gaze didn’t waver from his. “I want him to take control.”

“To do what he wants to you?” His balls were tingling, stirring with the kind of need he usually reserved for the dreams that crept up on him. Nightmares that turned him on and frightened him off.

“No.” She swayed slightly. “I want someone who will do what he knows I want him to.”

“A mind reader.”

“You know what I want. I open my mind, you open yours.”

“You want me to pin you down.” This wasn’t going the way it was supposed to. But he wasn’t sure he cared. He wanted her in a way he couldn’t remember wanting a woman in a long time, he wanted to please her. He wanted to fuck her. “Hold you down so you can’t say no.” His cock burned against his groin, he could feel the dampness of pre cum that made him want her more. “Hold your legs open as I explore you inside, and you can’t move, can’t stop the sensations.” Her throat gave a tremor as she swallowed, her lips gently parted, waiting. “You want to be turned on until you’re begging for me to fuck you, but I don’t.” She never moved as he stepped round her, stood behind her so that he could kiss her neck, shoulder, let the sweet smell of her sex grab at him even more. He nipped at the delicate skin with his teeth and she whimpered. He couldn’t stand much more of this, he really did need to push his way inside that soft body. “You want me to play with you, finger you inside until you want to clutch at me with your thighs, make yourself come, but I don’t let you. I hold your legs wide, force you to let it build, force your body to let go.”

“Just fucking do it.” She spun round, went up on tip toe, her body trembling with tension against his and reached up to kiss him. But he beat her to it. His mouth was crushing her soft lips, bruising, needing, as his teeth skated along the edge of her tongue. She pulled away, panting. “What do you want, James?”

Walking the e-streets!

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Want to be a part of the Zara Street Team? 

Okay I'll admit it, until recently I hadn't a clue what a street team was. But, I just found out and I want one!!

Interested? Read on...

What's involved? Team members will get free review copies of my books as soon as they are available. All you need to do then is write up an honest review and post it on Goodreads, Amazon and/or any other sites you use. Post a link on twitter/Facebook - and that's it! No heavy promo involved, but of course if you want to spread the word in other ways you'd make me a very happy author.

How do I join? If you're subscribed to my newsletter then you'll automatically be given the opportunity to be part of the team. The newsletter also gives you all my latest news, sneak previews from the stories that haven't hit the stores yet, and exclusive giveaways and competitions.... and details of how to claim your free erotic story will be included with your first newsletter.

And if I want to join the team, but don't want to subscribe? No problem! Just email me at ZaraStoneley@gmail.com with 'Street Team' in the subject line, and include your name, email address, twitter and FB links. 

And if I change my mind? Again, no problem. I'd love you to stay and join in with the fun, but I quite understand if you find it's not for you! Just drop me an email and I will remove you from the list.

Any questions? Just drop me an email, or add a comment. 

#SexySnippets - Seven from Forfeit

On Friday I was celebrating my first anniversary as a published author, so here's seven sentences from 'Forfeit' - the book that started it all! Check out my previous post if you fancy winning a signed copy of the print edition.

‘Now spread your legs apart.’ He was close, so close, watching as she sacrificed herself. Her breasts were rising and falling as she struggled to keep composure, to fight the growing need inside her. She edged her feet further apart, feeling the dampness of her knickers pressing against her pussy, needing to hold the curtains to keep her balance. His hands stroked the inside of her thighs, edged them further apart, ran up towards her mound, his thumbs brushing lightly over her crack, caressing her clit with the lightest feather touch. Then, as she could feel herself tighten in anticipation, feel the scream in her throat, he dropped his hands to his sides again.
‘You’re mine, Cat, and I intend to have every bit of you.’

Now I'm off to check out all the other SexySnippets, have a great Sunday!

Zara x

Blog Barrage!

Today and tomorrow I have a blog barrage for 'Good Enough to Share' that has been organised by the brilliant CBLS Promotions. You can find the full schedule HERE or by clicking on the poster on the right.

There's a giveaway, excerpts and reviews :-)

If you want an insight then check out this great review on Harlie's Books - massive thanks to Harlie for the review and for everyone else involved in organising the tour, and of course all the great hosts! I'd love to see you at one of the stops!!

Zara x