You can win BLOOD BETRAYAL, the first title in my new Kindred Series

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News flash! My ebook drawing winner is "Nay Nay". Congrats to her and a big thank you to all who participated in my first Blog Hop contest.  :)


http://thebloghopspot.com/event-page

Hoppy Blog Hopping! Welcome to my first ever blog hop with The Blog Hop Spot. Please be kind--I'm learning as I go.

My giveaway is an e-copy of my latest release, BLOOD BETRAYAL. Available in multiple e-formats from eXtasy Books, here's a quick synopsis to whet your appetite: 

 

Blood Betrayal

A Kindred Vampire Tale
http://www.extasybooks.com/blood-betrayal

   

Vlad, Leo, and Sofia form a love triangle with a bite and the spilling of blood...
 

Vampire Vlad Drakul has found the love of his...existence... in the beautiful and intelligent businesswoman, Sofia Martinelli. But is the sex-loving vixen all who she appears to be? 
 

Leo Van Helsing cherishes his family's "calling". Perhaps a bit too much. He'll see the heinous blood-sucker dead... and he's not above using others to obtain his goals--even if it kills them.
 

One fatal night in Istanbul will change Vlad's afterlife forever. Can he abide a Blood Betrayal?

Read an excerpt at my Celine's Dreams blog. Read a longer excerpt at Goodreads.

For more about the Kindred, my take on vampires, you can read my post at the Essence of eXtasy blog: http://extasybooks.net/essenceofextasy/?p=858
 
Currently in progress, the next Kindred tale entitled BLOOD BOND. In 1903, recent college grad Edwin Carstairs leaves home for England. There he meets Ophelia, a highly sensual young woman, and her employer, a darkly handsome man with a mysterious past who will change their lives--forever. 

 While trying to come up with a fun and original way to do a giveaway contest, I started thinking about the recent Mega Millions mania. Yeah, I'll admit that I bought a couple of lottery tickets. Neither one came close to the winning numbers, of course. Grr! ;-)

So what I'd like to do is give you several chances to win my book drawing while at the same time soliciting your help.  About a month ago I ran an online poll asking readers what they thought of the title of my humorous sci-fi/fantasy erotic-romance series BRANDI WHYNE AND HER INCREDIBLY EROTIC ADVENTURES. I thought for this blog hop I'd ask for your help in coming up new individual titles for books in my Kindred vampires series.

The first two series titles are BLOOD BETRAYAL and BLOOD BOND, so what other "vampire-inspired" titles do you think would work? Write your title idea in the comments box below along with your name and contact  email. (You can write it like nameATdomainDOTcom if you like.) For each title idea, I will give you "two tickets" in my book drawing. Yes, that's two chances to win!

 Even better, if you become a new follower of my blog (see Google follow button to right), I will give you yet another chance. And if you become a new member of my Facebook page (see link on right side), I will give you  another ticket. If you become a new friend of mine on Goodreads (see link button to right), another chance. If you join my e-newsletter group (link to the right), you can gain another chance. Get the idea?  Multiple chances to have your name drawn from one blog visit--how cool is that? (Hint, hint Mega Millions!) ;)

I look forward to reading your comments and title suggestions. Have a terrific weekend and enjoy the rest of the blog hop.

Celine
http://www.celinechatillon.com

P. S. If you can't wait for the drawing on Monday to receive a free ebook, email me with "Brandi Whyne free ebook" in the subject line, and I'll send you a PDF  of Outrageous Extended Excerpts From Brandi Whyne and Her Incredibly Erotic Adventures. What have you got to lose? To learn more about this wild and sexy series, check out Brandi's blog at http://brandi-whyne.blogspot.com

Brandi's Best Revenge--coming this fall!

Just a heads up to let y'all know that chapter seven in the Brandi Whyne series will be released sometime before October 1, 2011. Here's a short synopsis of what to expect:


What do you get when Star Wars meets Sherwood Forest? Mix in a little Pirates of the Caribbean, Fanny Hill, Futurama and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and you get Brandi Whyne and Her Incredibly Erotic Adventures (with Robin Manhood and His Totally Sexed-Out Space Pirates). With a series title that long, you know it’s going to be filled with loads of laughs, tons of sci-fi fun and plenty of hot sex!


In Chapter 7, Brandi’s Best Revenge, the crew of the Pulsating Purple Parsnip encounter their time bandit contact in their own dimension—Robin’s ex-girlfriend, Marian Maidenform. But all is not quite as it seems aboard Marian’s ship, and seducing the hunky android Andrew becomes part of Brandi’s revenge against the cold yet sexy woman who broke Robin’s heart. But what does K.R.A.P.P. have to do with the balance of power on Old Terra? Brandi and her pals are determined to find out.


Coming soon from the good folks at eXtasy Books.


Don't forget you can get a free ebook of "Outrageous Extended Erotic Excerpts" just by emailing me and putting "free ebook" in the subject line: celinechatillon @ hotmail.com

Support Judy Mays! Support Your Local Authors!

I know there's a lot of talk online about this story, and I don't want to give those who have maligned Ms. May any more press, so here's a link to my publisher's blog that gives a few more pertinent details:

http://extasybooks.net/essenceofextasy/

I hope most readers realize why writers often use pen names in the first place. No one wants to suffer this kind of grief over his/her art. For some reason, readers will buy (hopefully not pirate) and read our erotic-romances, but if they find out we're teachers in our day jobs... All of sudden we're suspect human beings.

I'd be more afraid of my kid's English teacher writing "true crime" or murder mysteries. Do you think these types of writers go around killing folks to gain "experience" to write their stories? If you find that idea ridiculous, then why should romance authors be accused of being "dangerous perverts"? Aren't we exercising our imaginations like mystery writers do? ;)

Please support Ms. May and all your favorite and local authors. Stand up for our "write" (right) to create stories the way we see fit. Stand up for the First Amendment's freedom of speech and expression. Together we can make the world a better place.

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

It’s been many years since I’ve written you a letter. I apologize for that, but you know how it is. You grow up and you get really busy raising children and working and generally just trying to survive that you never quite find the time to check in with old friends. This year has been no exception—and, in fact, has been busier and more hectic than ever—but something just starting niggling in the back of my mind telling me that I should drop you a line. Here goes.

“What do I want for Christmas?” you ask. I have everything I want this Christmas, thank you very much. I have my handsome husband Adrian who is every girl’s dream man beside me and things couldn’t be better. My oldest daughter is coming home for Christmas from her graduate studies abroad, and she’s staying with us for the month. I am very grateful for that, but after the month of sharing the same bathroom we might be singing a different tune.

My youngest daughter will be home soon from college, too. She can’t wait to see her sister, and I can’t wait to see her. She attends school only 120 miles away, but she rarely gets a ride into town. I’m praying for reconciliation and times of honest conversation with both her and her sister.

If there’s one thing I wish you could bring me, Santa, it’s another way to make a living. I really miss writing and promoting my books, but it doesn’t pay the rent (or even the groceries or the electric bill). My day job is now ten hours a day and they’re pressuring me to work overtime as well. I physically and mentally can’t take it much longer there. Could you please help me to find a more uplifting job closer to where I live that doesn’t drain me so much? With the extra time and flow of creative juices, I could get back into writing again. It would make me ever so happy. Thanks.

Also, if you could, can you tell those folks on your “naughty” list that pirating e-books (as well as song files and movies) is just plain wrong? I never really worried about e-book pirating until recently—the big sales of Kindles and Sony e-Readers has caused the plague of e-piracy to grow. I’ve even come across some of my books being pirated at various pirate sites. I suppose I should feel flattered, but instead I feel worse than ever. I have little energy to write lately with the long hours at the day job that I’m forced to take since writing pays so very little, and people are stealing royalties from me whenever they don’t purchase my e-books from legitimate sources. And it’s not just me who is hurting—I have hundred of writing acquaintances who are also being robbed of royalties by e-pirates. I know many of these new Kindle owners don’t understand how important it is to us small fry authors and how little money we make on our books. Could you please put a bug in their ear and ask them how they’d feel if someone stole something they created so callously and without regard to the income they’re denying their families? Thanks again.

I suppose it’s time I sign off now, Santa. You’ve got a busy night coming soon, and you need to save your energy to give to those who are truly in need. I’m looking forward to the time when everyone everywhere will receive what they truly need at Christmas—of peace on earth, goodwill to men. Then the need to spend massive sums of money we don’t have, on presents we don’t really need, will simply fade away…

Affectionately yours,
Celine