New Website is Up and Running!

Okay, yes, I know I should have been writing today.

But the new website is up!

http://www.tymberdalton.com

The new website template is going to change a lot as I figure out what I want to do with it.

Also, please update your feeds: http://www.tymberdalton.com/feed

There are options over on the new website to subscribe if you're already a WordPress member, or if you want to get emails via FeedBurner. There's also a link on the site if you use a different feed reader.

Most everything is over at the "new" site. It let me import posts and comments, and I'm still in the process of reconfiguring my book pages. But the nice thing is, you'll have an easier time now locating series information (once I get it all set up). Every series will have its own page.

Thanks!

Hmm. WordPress, here I come. Again.

I think I might be changing back to a privately hosted WordPress format. I haven't decided for sure yet.

(Which, of course, as we all know means I HAVE decided to do it, but I just haven't slotted it into my massive to-do list yet.)

Yes, yes, I know. For years, I've been a "Blogger is da-shizzle" kind of gal. And I still believe that.

Here's the thing, I had, for years, several reasons for switching back to and using Blogger. And, I STILL think that Blogger is a better alternative than most of the "freebie" sites out there. For starters, there are a shit-ton of freebie templates available for it that you can customize to your heart's content, without having to pay Google/Blogger for the privilege of doing so. I think it's FAR better for an author to stake their URL for their pen name and point it at a Blogger blog than to do anything else with it if their budget is limited. If you can't scrape the cost together of three Starbucks venti drinks to register one .com URL through Godaddy, then I really can't help you with your brand.

And no, this isn't a delayed reaction to the uproar a few months back about Google going after certain "adult" sites (which, really, had nothing to do with erotica authors' sites, they were targeting pay-per-click porn advertisers).

When I jumped off the self-hosted WP platform a few years back, one of the top reasons for me doing so was that I honestly didn't have the time to keep up with security updates. It was a pain in the ass. I was constantly battling to stay one step ahead of hackers. But now, there are so many WP-dedicated hosts out there who do all that stuff for you, for a very reasonable monthly fee, with few/no limits on bandwidth, it doesn't make sense not to look at all the options.

Also, I'm in the process of creating reader guides for my Triple Trouble series and my Suncoast Society series. I want the ability to self-host the downloads, as well as things like my printable book list, without having to depend on other third-party sites for those downloads.

I was happy with Yahoogroups supplying that kind of support, but now they've fucked up beyond all recognition changed how Yahoogroups is set up, and I'd rather have teeth pulled without the benefit of anesthesia than not deal with them. I'm also looking into alternatives for my newsletter/update list, which I could potentially piggyback onto a WP hosting installation.

Another thing is that I'm getting more and more readers emailing me that they can't access my site from work because I've got it tagged as adult in Blogger's system, meaning you get that click through splash screen when you first jump on it in a session. While yeah, some of my content on here isn't necessarily work safe or kid safe, it's not pictures of nekkid people doing stuff you wouldn't want displayed in your living room in mixed company, if you know what I mean. In the grand scheme of things, it's relatively tame. But to keep from running afoul of Blogger's guidelines, I had no problem setting the tag as "adult."

Basically, this is all just a heads-up kind of notice, that if you start seeing changes, or you show up here one day and it's all...different, you'll know why. LOL  So let the cyber-construction/renovations begin!

Blurb for Triple Trouble 6

Right now, it looks like my tentative release date for A Wolf in the Fold (Triple Trouble 6) will be January 27th. Woot!

Today, I turned in the cover form, and here's the long blurb for the book:

Cockatrice, wolfotes, and dragons, oh, my. All Elain wants this Christmas is for life to settle down and give her a break so she can enjoy her three hunky wolf shifter hubbies Ain, Brodey, and Cail, as well as her extended family.

Fat chance of that. Current events are woven from ancient vengeance. The future of the new mega-Clan, and lives of countless innocents, hinge upon the Triad of Elain, Lina, and Mai untangling threads from the tapestry of the past.

Fate's a real bitch...but so is Elain. She isn't a wolf to be trifled with, especially where loved ones are concerned. It's time for her to embrace her heritage and her destiny, and she's determined to do so with open paws. With lives on the line, Elain must dig deeper than ever before and figure out how to walk her new path, or risk losing everything when she discovers lurking amongst them A Wolf in the Fold.

If you have never read the first book in the series (technically the fourth if you count the prequels) Trouble Comes in Threes, it's available at a discount from Siren-BookStrand. Click here.

The reading order for the complete series is as follows:

1. Boiling Point (Tasty Treats, Vol. 3) (Prequel) - Buy from Siren-BookStrand | Amazon | Nook | Kobo
2. Steam (Prequel) - Buy from Siren-BookStrand | Amazon | Nook | Kobo
3. Fire and Ice (Prequel) - Buy from Siren-BookStrand | Amazon | Nook | Kobo
4. Trouble Comes in Threes (Book 1) - Buy from Siren-BookStrand | Amazon | Nook | Kobo
5. Storm Warning (Book 2) - Buy from Siren-BookStrand | Amazon | Nook | Kobo
6. Three Dog Night (Book 3) - Buy from Siren-BookStrand | Amazon | Nook | Kobo
7. Triple Dog Dare (Book 4) - Buy from Siren-BookStrand | Amazon | Nook | Kobo
8. Out of Smoke and Ashes (Book 5) - Buy from Siren-BookStrand | Amazon | Nook | Kobo
9. A Wolf in the Fold (Coming 1/27/14)

(Note: The print versions of books 1 and 2, Trouble Comes in Threes and Storm Warning, are available as one compendium volume.) Most of the books are also available through other third-party vendors like Apple, Sony, and Google.

Also, if you're on Facebook, I have a Facebook page for the Triple Trouble series where I share stuff specifically related to the series. :) (Right now we're looking at pics of guys in kilts. LOL)

https://www.facebook.com/TripleTroubleSeries

"Without Porpoise" now on Kindle.

I guess the emails Amazon lets you sign up for on authors' pages isn't working. I just realized yesterday that the third book of my Placida Pod dolphin shifter series, Without Porpoise, is now available on Kindle.

Click here to buy on Kindle.

Book 4 of the series, Porpoisefully Yours, is still only available at Siren-BookStrand, but should be available in a couple of weeks on Kindle. (You can buy directly from Siren-BookStrand and have it sent to your Kindle if you don't want to wait.)

Book 5, Wyatt and Marisela's story, is already in progress, so stay tuned. :)

Coming Soon: Triple Trouble 6, and other stuff.

So spent a crazy week last week with the Thanksgiving holiday making my deadline on Saturday. But, I did it. Triple Trouble 6 (tentatively titled "A Wolf in the Fold" as long as the publisher doesn't ask for a new title) is submitted to Siren. Yay!

You know, there are three kinds of books. There are books that just seem to fall out your ass (Hope Heals and The Reluctant Dom were such books) easy as in the plots are there, the characters are eager to drag you along, all you have to do is try to type fast enough to keep up with them. There are books that...well, need a little push, a little effort. They need some coaxing (or regular doses of mental fiber).

Then there are books that are the mental equivalent of trying to pass a concrete block.

Sideways.

Yeeeeaaahhhh.

Mentally, it's about the same kind of pain.

A Wolf in the Fold was that kind of book. I had the DAMN THING WRITTEN. I really did. But I didn't submit it, because I was like, hmm. Believe me, I am my own first and worst critique. If I'm not happy with a book, I don't submit it. It's not even that I wasn't "happy" with it, it's just the characters were sitting there, tapping their feet at me, and giving me dirty looks.

So I took a second look at it, and that's when the characters started talking up a storm at me, changing things, adding things. It came in over 120k words (more than double the original length). I ended up taking out a couple of plot points that I'd originally thought the focus was on, and have moved them into the next book. That's when Elain (the main focal heroine) really started to shine and her true story came out.

It's still sort of the same book it was before, only it's fuller and better. There were some minor things I really didn't pick up before that were brought out in the revision that once Elain started going down that road, I realized, yeah, that's the way this should be. I don't think I listened well enough the first time around.

You'll hear me and other writers joke about "the voices," but for me, yeah, that's kind of what it is. I "see" books as movies and write them. I tend to "view" the scenes several times, from several points of view, back and forth, rewinding it and fast-forwarding it until I'm happy with it and write it. In that process, I can filter through the extraneous and not write that. Most of the time, that works, the characters are happy with what I did, end of story (haha).

Not this time. This is why you should not be in a rush to submit (or self-publish) a book. Sometimes, books need a little percolating before they're ready. I'm not saying all books should take twenty years to write (*cough*Out of the Darkness*cough*) but you don't want to be tossing your NanoWriMo books up on Kindle by next week, either.

Anyhoo.

I hope if you're in the US you had a safe and happy Thanksgiving (or a good week if you're elsewhere).

My current WIP in the mental grinder is book 7 in my Suncoast Society BDSM series. I can tell you it's a MF, the hero is Det. William Thomas, who appeared as a minor character in Pinch Me, and that I'm 1.7k into it and already crying as I tried to summarize the plot to Hubby tonight.

Sooo...

Yeah.

(No, nobody dies, don't worry.)

I have warned him that if he hears crying, sniffling, wailing, whatever from my office that he is NOT to interrupt me. Actually, I'm very weird about that. I don't like to cry in front of him for writing-related stuff. (That's just me, not anything to do with him. Yes, I'm weird. I get that.) He was still working when I wrote The Reluctant Dom, so I either did the worst of it while he wasn't home, or after he went to bed. One night he got up at around 3 a.m. walked out and saw me sobbing and pounding away at my laptop, asked, "The Reluctant Dom?" I just nodded and he turned around and went back to bed. LOL I'm just very self-conscious about it when I write, I always have been. Laugh my ass off? Yes. Cry in front of someone while writing? I hate doing that.

I haven't settled on a title yet, but I'm strongly leaning toward Broken Toy, which relates to something the heroine says at one point, as well as relates to something that happens in the book. Not sure if that will be my final title or not. (Yes, I can write a book without settling on the title first. I've had books where I finally had to make myself come up with a title when it was time to submit it. LOL)

So that's where I'm at right now. Bleacke Shifters 2 (case in point, I'm still waffling on titles) is in edits. Yes, there will be a book 7 and beyond in my Triple Trouble series, at least 3 or 4 more books. And don't worry, I was looking at my idea notebook and I've got at least 12 good ideas for future Suncoast Society books, and I'm sure more will come to me. Will be working on more Good Will Ghost Hunting books since Ryan Ausar makes another small guest appearance in Triple Trouble 6 and it jump-started some stuff for that series.

What are you all up to lately? LOL

Fibromyalgia homeopathic supplements.

This is a recent addition to my supplement routine to help manage my fibromyalgia symptoms. A friend of mine sent me a link to a product a friend of theirs found great success with, so I decided to try it.

I've only been taking it less than a week, so I don't have a definitive answer for you. However, I started taking it on a week when our weather went from lows in the 60's to lows in the upper 30's and back again. That alone is usually a flare trigger (or at least a symptom aggravator) for me. Add onto that holiday dinner with family (stress at being around a lot of people, yes we had fun and a good time but people are always a stressor for me, that's just me), AND the massive stress of being on deadline and spending way too much time at the computer to get my book turned in, and I have to say I'm liking what I've experienced so far.

Normally, just the deadline alone would be a huge issue. I usually end up with horrible fibro knots in my left shoulder especially, very stove up and achy. Surprisingly, despite a lot of problems the past several weeks with knots in that shoulder, I am not as knotted and sore as I usually am after making deadline. So that was a bonus.

I received the supplements very quickly, on Wednesday, and started taking them. I ordered the following:

• FibroFree Complex: http://www.nativeremedies.com/products/fibrofreecomplex-muscle-pain-and-fatigue.html
• Fatigue Fighter: http://www.nativeremedies.com/products/fatigue-fighter-support-healthy-energy-levels.html
• PureCalm: http://www.nativeremedies.com/products/purecalm-natural-anxiety-remedy-calms-stress.html

I'm not going to declare them a magic cure of some sort. I've been taking them less than a week. I'm not UNhappy with the results so far, but as far as whether or not long-term they'll work for me, we'll wait and see. Winter is the worst time of year for me, because of wildly fluctuating weather and other stresses. It'll take me several months to render a verdict.

If you have other issues, check out their site, they have a wide variety of products for various conditions, allergies, etc. No, I'm not affiliated with them in any way, am not getting any kickbacks from them, and I paid for the products I am giving my opinion on.

Another Thanksgiving classic...

Enjoy. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow US peeps! (Happy Thursday to everyone else. LOL)

I'm thankful for my family, pets, friends, readers, and the fact that I'm blessed enough to be able to work doing my dream job.

It's time once again to trot out one of my absolute favorite Thanksgiving favorites. Count Boogie and "How to Dominate a Turkey."

Enjoy! :)

Release Day: Porpoisefully Yours (Placida Pod 4)

Woot! It's release day! The fourth book in my Placida Pod dolphin shifter series, Porpoisefully Yours, is now available. This also marks my 50th release with Siren-BookStrand. :)

http://www.bookstrand.com/porpoisefully-yours

Blurb:

[Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, sex toys, HEA]

The Samhain superpod is over, but Sean Morita isn’t convinced Erik’s dead. Sean and Emery Nadel are settling into their new home for their first Christmas together, and Sean wants to make it a great one. It should be a happy occasion, but then tragedy strikes another pod, changing their own lives forever.

Emery won’t publicly admit his doubts that Erik’s gone for good. For the time being, he wants to focus on his new responsibilities as the Placida Pod’s Alpha. But how will he and Sean handle the toughest challenge of all—parenthood?

The past returns in an unexpected way, testing the strength of the extended Nadel family and bringing the pod and friends together like never before. Now it’s left to Sean to dig deep inside himself and stand alone to protect everything he holds dear in a desperate showdown that will either rip them apart forever, or finally bring them peace and healing.

A Siren Erotic Romance

Tymber Dalton is a Siren-exclusive author.

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The other books in the series are:

1 - Accidentally on Porpoise
2 - Porpoiseful Intent
3 - Without Porpoise

You can find my BookStrand releases under all my pen names on my author page at:

http://www.bookstrand.com/tymber-dalton

We remember.

I was standing in the bathroom, washing my hair in the sink. I had the TV on and heard the news come on. I remember walking out to the living room and standing there, water just running off my head, as I stared at the TV in shock.

That was what my grandmother said any time the assassination of JFK was brought up. She talked about that day in November of 1963, eight years before I was born, the same way I talk about the Challenger disaster, or 9/11. My grandmother would have been 41 at the time, a little younger than I am now. Tampa, where I grew up, was a special player in the events, because JFK visited here a few days before the Dallas trip. We even have a Kennedy Boulevard, which was part of his motorcade route and renamed in his memory.

Growing up, I remember the constant shadow over the events of that day. The conspiracy theories.

When I was with my ex husband, we ran an auto repair business. One of our customers was an elderly couple. The husband had been a radio operator onboard Air Force One that day in Dallas, and had interesting, albeit sad, anecdotes about Lyndon Johnson that tragic day.

It's only been in the past few years that science has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that, yes, Oswald could have made the killing shots from his nest. It will likely never be able to disspell all the surrounding mystery, or answer other questions about various conspiracy theories. I heard an interetsting theory just the other day that it's hard for people to believe that one angry young man, who obviously had other issues going on in his life, could have been "lucky" enough to snuff out such a vibrant man. The person being interviewed went on to posit something along the lines of when you can have an angry, disturbed lone gunman walk into a school or a movie theatre and take lives, it's not such a stretch to think they'd go after such a high-profile target. Especially fifty years ago, when the Secret Service didn't have all the high-tech equipment they have today, or the inherently evil acts to take into consideration that we read about on an increasingly frequent basis.

Yes, JFK was flawed and human. We can debate ad naseum what might have been. But today is an indellible mark on our history, a slub in the threads of our shared history and consciousness. A mark that can easily be conjured with a name, just as so many others can. Dallas. 9/11. Sandy Hook. Challenger. Columbia. Three Mile Island. Katrina. Mt. St. Helens. Columbine. Aurora. Virginia Tech. Andrew. Sandy. Triangle Shirtwaist. Jonestown. Johnstown. Luby's. Texas Bell Tower. Hindenburg. Apollo 1.

There are more, many more, too numerous to count, especially if you start taking events outside our nation's borders into consideration. They all are woven into the tapestry of our national history. For some, as active witnesses or survivors, for others as students or children watching events unfold through old footage or the words of others. Some are deliberate acts of evil, some are simply acts of nature, and some are the result of hubris or human fuck-ups.

The only thing we can do is pick up and move forward, hopefully wiser, stronger, and more unified with our fellow Americans as a result. And to never let such incidents ever completely be laid to rest in our collective memories, lest we forget the painful lessons they teach.

Namaste, peeps.

Winnah, winnah!

Okay, the winners from the latest giveaway for the salt and pepper shakers are...

Salt and pepper shaker set: MellyM

Swag envelope winners: Claudette Heron, Debby236

Congrats to all the winners! Please email me at tymberdalton AT gmail DOT com with Contest Winner in the subject line so I don't miss it. Shoot me an email by Monday, 11/25, with your full name and snail mail address so I can get these out in the mail to everyone.

Tomorrow is release day for Porpoisefully Yours (Placida Pod 4). If you haven't already, you can click here to pre-order it from Siren-BookStrand.

And if you use a Kindle, you can still order it from Siren-BookStrand, and they'll send it right to your device. Click here for instructions on how to do that.

Another "fintastic" giveaway!

Giveaway is closed, winners are posted here. Stay tuned for the next giveaway, coming soon!

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Time for another giveaway! As I said, I picked up more of the salt and pepper shakers (and other goodies) to give away. The fourth book in my Placida Pod series, Porpoisefully Yours, releases in less than a week on 11/22 (what a date!) and is available for pre-order now. This book also marks my 50th release with Siren-BookStrand. :)

You know the drill. I'll pick the winners from the comments (after removing spam or duplicates) by using random.org's number generator.

Since a lot of the winners aren't responding, I'm lowering the number of swag envelopes I've been offering as runner-up prizes. I'll pick three winners: one will get the salt and pepper shaker set, the other two will get swag envelopes. (Yes, you can keep entering even if you won in the past. LOL)

One entry per person. Open world-wide, void where prohibited, must be of legal age, yadda-yadda TEH LEGALZ!

Remember, if Google/Blogger wants to make you "anonymous" leave a name or email addy or something in the comment so I can distinguish you from everyone else.

All you have to do is comment. :) Say hi, ask me a question, whatever. I'll pick the winners on Wednesday, 11/20. Good luck!

If you haven't read the first three books, Accidentally on Porpoise, Porpoiseful Intent and Without Porpoise, they're available in e-book format from Siren-BookStrand, Kindle, Nook, etc. and the first two books are combined as one print volume if you prefer that format.

And yes, I'm working on Wyatt's book. He's the alligator shifter who is a friend of Emery's. :)

Blurb for Placida Pod 4 - Porpoisefully Yours:

AVAILABLE: Friday, November 22nd

[Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, sex toys, HEA]

The Samhain superpod is over, but Sean Morita isn’t convinced Erik’s dead. Sean and Emery Nadel are settling into their new home for their first Christmas together, and Sean wants to make it a great one. It should be a happy occasion, but then tragedy strikes another pod, changing their own lives forever.

Emery won’t publicly admit his doubts that Erik’s gone for good. For the time being, he wants to focus on his new responsibilities as the Placida Pod’s Alpha. But how will he and Sean handle the toughest challenge of all—parenthood?

The past returns in an unexpected way, testing the strength of the extended Nadel family and bringing the pod and friends together like never before. Now it’s left to Sean to dig deep inside himself and stand alone to protect everything he holds dear in a desperate showdown that will either rip them apart forever, or finally bring them peace and healing.

A Siren Erotic Romance

Tymber Dalton is a Siren-exclusive author.

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The other books in the series are:

1 - Accidentally on Porpoise
2 - Porpoiseful Intent
3 - Without Porpoise

You can find my BookStrand releases under all my pen names on my author page at:

http://www.bookstrand.com/tymber-dalton

Updated book list.

Yes, I finally remembered to update (and upload!) the newest version of my booklist.

You can find the .pdf here on Google drive.

Available for pre-order: Porpoisefully Yours (Placida Pod 4)

Woot! The latest book in my Placida Pod dolphin shifter series is now available for pre-order. Porpoisefully Yours releases on 11/22 from Siren-BookStrand. It's also my fiftieth book with Siren-BookStrand (if you consider all four of my pen names)!

http://www.bookstrand.com/porpoisefully-yours

Blurb:

[Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, sex toys, HEA]

The Samhain superpod is over, but Sean Morita isn’t convinced Erik’s dead. Sean and Emery Nadel are settling into their new home for their first Christmas together, and Sean wants to make it a great one. It should be a happy occasion, but then tragedy strikes another pod, changing their own lives forever.

Emery won’t publicly admit his doubts that Erik’s gone for good. For the time being, he wants to focus on his new responsibilities as the Placida Pod’s Alpha. But how will he and Sean handle the toughest challenge of all—parenthood?

The past returns in an unexpected way, testing the strength of the extended Nadel family and bringing the pod and friends together like never before. Now it’s left to Sean to dig deep inside himself and stand alone to protect everything he holds dear in a desperate showdown that will either rip them apart forever, or finally bring them peace and healing.

A Siren Erotic Romance

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The other three books in the Placida Pod series are:

• Accidentally on Porpoise
• Porpoiseful Intent
• Without Porpoise

And Wyatt's book (the alligator shifter) is in progress. :)

Finally...

It only took Callie the Crakypottamus Kitty TWO years to use the shelf I installed under the window by my desk. LOL (Some of the other cats have used and love it.)

Now she thinks she owns the joint. :)

Why aren't you paying attention to MEEEEE?

Write Your Ass Off: Another Facebook warning for authors.

I blogged about it today, another religious troll making the rounds, friending erotic romance authors. Yet another reason authors should be using Facebook pages and not profiles: http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2013/11/another-reason-why-authors-should-use.html

Blessed Samhain and Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone has a safe and Blessed Samhain and Happy Halloween. Enjoy, peeps!

Happy Howl-oween from Gidget and Crew!

Release Day! "Without Porpoise" (Placida Pod 3)

Happy Monday! :)

Book 3 in my Placida Pod series, Without Porpoise, is available from Siren-BookStrand:

http://www.bookstrand.com/without-porpoise

(Note: If you have a Kindle and don't want to wait the 4-6 weeks it takes a book to get there, you can buy straight from Siren-BookStrand and they'll send the .prc version directly to your device. Here are the instructions on how to do that.)

[Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, sex toys, HEA]

Sean Morita is settling in as Emery Nadel’s mate as the Samhain superpod grows near. They are helping with the preparations, but there’s still a murderous dolphin shifter on the loose, forcing everyone to take precautions. Emery’s dad will appoint him the new pod Alpha during the celebrations…as long as everything goes according to plan.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t. Erik’s still scheming to ruin Emery for rejecting him in favor of picking a human as his mate. He throws in his lot with a dangerous Mexican pod intent on taking over the Placida Pod as a way to smuggle drugs into the country.

Now Sean and Emery are faced with joining forces with their wide network of friends, as well as the dolphins’ natural enemies, to try to rescue their abducted fathers. Will they be able to keep their families and the pod from being cruelly ripped apart, or can they rescue the men before the pod is left Without Porpoise?

A Siren Erotic Romance

Tymber Dalton is a Siren-exclusive author.

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The other books in the series are:

1 - Accidentally on Porpoise
2 - Porpoiseful Intent

Book 4, Porpoisefully Yours, releases on 11/22. I'm also working on book 5, which will be Wyatt's story (and a mf instead of a mm book).

They are available in e-book format, as well as print (in a combined volume), from BookStrand, Amazon, B&N, and others.

You can find my BookStrand releases under all my pen names on my author page at:

http://www.bookstrand.com/tymber-dalton

Or you can hit my Amazon page if that's your vendor of preference.

Thanks!

Now on Kindle: Hope Heals (mfm)

Look what hit Kindle. :) Hope Heals is now available on Amazon. (Other third-party retailers should follow soon.)

Click here to purchase via Amazon.

Blurb:

[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, HEA]

Sarah's world shatters when her husband is killed in the wreck that injures her young son, Jason. Worse, Sarah discovers painful betrayals that make remaining in New York City with her hateful mother-in-law impossible. Moving home to Florida to live with her widowed father is their only option.

You can go home again, but it's not the home she remembers. The hunky next door neighbors are also her new employers, cousins Sam and Pete Hope. She went to school with the men, but they're all grown up. It's soon clear they have their sights set on winning her heart.

Unfortunately, her mother-in-law doesn't give up quite so easily. She's determined to get Sarah and Jason back to New York by any means necessary. Despite an escape-artist steer nicknamed Moodini, asshole ninja assassin pet goats, and learning how to love again, Sarah rebuilds her and Jason's lives and soon discovers that, just maybe, two Hopes can heal her heart better than one.

Note: There is no sexual relationship or touching for titillation between or among cousins.

Winnah, winnah...eh, you know the rest.

I goofed, I thought I'd posted I was closing this giveaway on Wednesday, not Tuesday. LOL

So here is the winner for the next set of salt and pepper shakers:

J Bur

And the winners for the swag envelopes are:

scubabud1905
pamchrist1
j-coverholser
pyejammies
Sandra Knapp

Congrats!

Please email me at tymberdalton AT gmail DOT com with Contest Winner in the subject line, and your real name and snail-mail address so I can send Hubby to the post office. If you don't contact me by Saturday (10/26), I'll pick alternate winners.

I'll be posting a new giveaway soon. If you didn't win this one, keep playing! :) And heck, even if you DID win, keep playing. :)