Lucky 13 Blog H O P! #prizes #halloween

Happy Halloween! What's your favorite part of the festivities? The costumes, the candy or the decorations and haunted houses/trails? However you have your fun, hope you'll scroll down to enter to win some great prizes as part of our Lucky 13 Blog Hop.

For me, it's the decorations. I love hanging lights, carving pumpkins, and displaying all sorts of scary creatures. For years, we had a haunted trail on our property. It was soooo much work, but it was sooo much fun. I think it's my dad's fault that I love decorating so much. When I was a kid, on Halloween night he would hang a dummy from a tree with a strap. And then every time a trick-or-treater came up our sidewalk, he'd make a scary noise and then drop the dummy. Kids loved it! They'd come back to our house two or three times, I think.

My experiences with Halloween are part of the reason I love writing about ghosts! They're mischievous, a little (a lot?) scary, and very mysterious. That's what makes them so fun to write about. My trilogy, HAUNTINGS AT INNER HARBOR, features a 100 year-old apartment building in downtown Baltimore. Imagine the ghosts that residents have to deal with! Bad ghosts...monster ghosts...and even a matchmaking ghost. I'm thrilled to announce that the third book in the series will be releasing very soon. The first two are available now! Hope you'll check them out.

He doesn’t believe in ghosts, she’s a ghost who needs his help. 
Available now! Decadent Publishing Amazon (Kindle) Barnes & Noble (Nook)

A deejay, a cop, and a matchmaking ghost. 
Available now! Decadent Publishing Amazon (Kindle) Barnes and Noble (Nook)

Coming Soon!!

And Now for the prize information:
Joya's prize for this blog: Follow this blog and leave me a comment that you've followed and you're entered for a chance to win an Ebook copy of ALTERED FREQUENCY, and a swag package for SIDELINED AFTERLIFE that includes a T-shirt (size XL), pen and notepad. Open to International. Grand Prize information:
Possible Prizes:  
Kindle PaperWhite, if we have enough entries

Treat Bundle – From Participating Authors

Trick Bundle – From Participating Authors

Individual Prizes from each blog hop stop (Trick or a Treat)

Details: 

 

• ·      FOOL'S GOLD, The Diamond Series Book 2 by Cassandra Dean
• ·      Her Wicked Sin (Sins of Salem #1) historical romance (Entangled Scandalous) via Amazon or BN gift copy
• ·      Hot Winter Kiss, Irish Kisses bk4 by Joanne Kenrick
• ·      Norse Jewel by Gina Conkle
• ·      Once Her Man, Always Her Man by Heather Long
• ·      Then, Again by Karen Stivali
• ·      Reforming the Cowboy: A South Beach Book, gifted as an Amazon ebook by Marisa Cleveland
• ·      Scrap Metal by Jennah Scott
• ·      Brazen (Whispering Cove) by Cathryn Fox
• ·      A Date with Death (1NS ) by Louisa Bacio

 

               ·      Hereafter by Joya Fields

         ·      Fight or Flight by Natalie J. Damschroder
         ·      Silken Edge by Lacey Paige
         ·      Sleepy Hollow Dreams by Taryn Kincaid

• ·      Lightning by Taryn Kincaid
• ·      Ruby Hill supernatural romance (Entangled Ever After) via Amazon or BN gift copy
• ·      ebook bundle, Tales from the Coffin by Joanne Kenrick
• ·      Last Flight of the Ark by Dawn Jackson
• ·      Kindred of the Fallen by Isis Rushdan
• ·      Protector of the Flame by Isis Rushdan
• ·      Hereafter by Joya Fields
• ·      Earth Witches Aren't Easy by Heather Long
• ·      Marshal of Hel Dorado by Heather Long
• ·      Amazon or B & N gift copy of To Catch Her Death (Book 1 in the Grim Reality series) by Boone Brux
• ·      Hunter's Moon (Paranormal Romance) by Lisa Kessler
• ·      Heaven and Hellsbane by Paige Cuccaro

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Night Owl Reviews Halloween Scavenger Hunt #prizes #romance

Get ready, get set, go!

Have a blast finding your favorite authors and winning all sorts of awesome prizes like author gift baskets, books, and gift cards at the Night Owl Reviews Halloween Scavenger Hunt. Click the batty Halloween icon on the left to check out all of the cool authors and prizes.


But first...remember to scroll down to get the answer to MY scavenger hunt question. Where did Betty used to live? Find the answer below and fill in the blank on your entry form at Night Owl Reviews. Thanks for stopping by!

   After losing her father and brother in the line of duty, Missy Prescott vows never to get involved with anyone who has a dangerous job. Blessed with a golden voice, she takes a job as a disc jockey with her own late-night lovelorn dedication show on a popular radio station in Baltimore.

   Blake Decker has never had a family. He has come to count on the only family he knows—his brothers on the police force. He’s a one-night-stand kind of guy when it comes to relationships.

   Betty McAllister, the caring woman who used to live in Missy’s apartment, is now a ghost. She refuses to cross over until Blake—whom she viewed as her own son—is happily in love. She thinks Missy is the perfect girl for him.

   Missy and Blake need to keep each other at a distance as they work together to help Betty find a way to cross over. But when danger lurks, will Missy and Blake lose everything?

Joya's Amazon Page     Joya's Barnes and Noble Page   Joya's Kobo Page

Win Joya's Baltimore Fun Pack! eCopy of HEREAFTER, pink flamingo earrings (like the ones worn by the ghost in ALTERED FREQUENCY), and a crab t-shirt (size XL only). - Includes Shipped Items - (USA Shipping Only)
Click here for the Night Owl Review Entry Form

Heartbreaker Blog H O P

Heartbreakers…. We’ve all met one.

Will they be forever a bad boy, or can they be changed?

Almost 300 bloggers have giveaways and posts about those men we love!

But that's not all....
We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times! Be sure to scroll down to check out those prizes!

 

   Are Heartbreakers bad to the bone, or scarred? Are they incapable of love, or hurting too deep to give love a try again? Heartbreakers might get a bad rep, but sometimes they’re coming from an honest place. Maybe he’s been scorned one too many times by a lover who leaves him for another. Or told he’s not good enough…and believes it.

   In my recent release, HEREAFTER, heroine Angie views Rob as a heartbreaker at first because he refuses to believe in her. Without him, she has no chance to find out who she is, why she is a ghost, and how to escape the shadowy afterworld where she lives.

   What do you think? Can a heartbreaker ever change, or will he always remain a heartbreaker? Leave me a comment with your opinion on the matter and you’ll be entered for a $10 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card.

   Here’s a quick excerpt from HEREAFTER to shine a little light on Rob’s struggle to believe in Angie.

Angel’s body tingled. Her skin rippled with electricity, and she recognized the signs that she’d be transported soon.

Yes. Finally. She closed her eyes, wishing she could rush the transition from her world to his. Cool air prickled her skin and she stood in the man’s dark apartment. With moonlight shining through the sheers, she could make out his form on the sofa.

He jumped up and faced her.

She wanted to speak, but she couldn’t.

“The electricity went off again,” he said.

She frowned.

He stepped closer. “Ghosts don’t exist.”

No. He couldn’t banish her again. She needed something in this world. The lights flickered, sizzled, and then went off again.

Please don’t tell me to go away; it makes me go away. She might not have a voice in this world, but she could at least think it. She would not go, not when potential answers waited in this place.

The man stepped closer. “What are you doing? Angie, why do you keep coming here?”

Don’t tell me to leave…don’t tell me to leave. Pictures flew into her mind. People smiling and laughing. A tree in the corner with white lights and boxes under it….

He’d called her Angie.

“You know me?” Her words came out a whisper, but at least they finally came out. Tears tracked down her cheeks. The electricity flickered on, and then, stayed off. The air stopped sizzling. She blinked to adjust her eyes to the darkness again.

“Christ, this can’t be happening.” He moved his fingers over something in his hand and then pocketed it.

She closed the distance between them and grasped his upper arms, pleading him with her eyes because her voice had left her again.

“Yes, I know you.” He glanced away and looked out the window, let out a huff of breath, and then gazed at her. “Your name is Angie Barsotti and you used to live here.”

No wonder the place felt so familiar. Her spirits lifted. He could help her find out who she was, help her find out what was going on.

“And,” he dragged a hand through his hair. “You died and I don’t believe in ghosts.”

Cold air, cold as ice tore through her, ripping her from the apartment.

HEREAFTER available now!
Decadent Publishing   Amazon  Barnes & Noble

Now what are those prizes?
Prize for random commenter on this blog: $10 Amazon/BN gift card
Comment also enters you to win:

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

2nd Grand Prize: A $100 Amazon or B&N Gift Card

3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack (shipping within US only) that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!

Leave a comment to win! Good luck (and remember to leave your email address).

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

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Christmas Wishes Blog H O P #prizes #newrelease

A Little Christmas Joy…A Little Fun…And a Lot of Romance
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YOU can win these awesome prizes:

-GRAND PRIZE: A Kindle Paperwhite, A Nook Glow, a $90 giftcard for your choice of Amazon/BN. Both tablets comes with a book bundle!

-Joya's Blog Prize: $25 Amazon or BN Certificate
Details are listed below...and in the meantime, please help me celebrate the release of my latest book HEREAFTER! It's a contemporary romance with a ghostly twist and will be available on December 11th!

Here's the excerpt from Hereafter...releasing 12/11/12

Angel’s body tingled. Her skin rippled with electricity, and she recognized the signs that she’d be transported soon.

Yes. Finally. She closed her eyes, wishing she could rush the transition from her world to his. Cool air prickled her skin and she stood in the man’s dark apartment. With moonlight shining through the sheers, she could make out his form on the sofa.

He jumped up and faced her.

She wanted to speak, but she couldn’t.

“The electricity went off again,” he said.

She frowned.

He stepped closer. “Ghosts don’t exist.”

No. He couldn’t banish her again. She needed something in this world. The lights flickered, sizzled, and then went off again.

Please don’t tell me to go away; it makes me go away. She might not have a voice in this world, but she could at least think it. She would not go, not when potential answers waited in this place.

The man stepped closer. “What are you doing? Angie, why do you keep coming here?”

Don’t tell me to leave…don’t tell me to leave. Pictures flew into her mind. People smiling and laughing. A tree in the corner with white lights and boxes under it….

He’d called her Angie.

“You know me?” Her words came out a whisper, but at least they finally came out. Tears tracked down her cheeks. The electricity flickered on, and then, stayed off. The air stopped sizzling. She blinked to adjust her eyes to the darkness again.

“Christ, this can’t be happening.” He moved his fingers over something in his hand and then pocketed it.

She closed the distance between them and grasped his upper arms, pleading him with her eyes because her voice had left her again.

“Yes, I know you.” He glanced away and looked out the window, let out a huff of breath, and then gazed at her. “Your name is Angie Barsotti and you used to live here.”

No wonder the place felt so familiar. Her spirits lifted. He could help her find out who she was, help her find out what was going on.

“And,” he dragged a hand through his hair. “You died and I don’t believe in ghosts.”

Cold air, cold as ice tore through her, ripping her from the apartment.

HEREAFTER is available now!
 Decadent Publishing  Amazon  Barnes and Noble

 

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Twitter: @joyafields

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Purchase Links for Joya's Books

Amazon     Barnes and Noble    The Wild Rose Press Decadent Publishing (on 12/11/12)

Giveaway Details:
-For the GRAND PRIZE : Simply fill out the Rafflecopter form below!
-For Joya's Prize of a $25 Amazon or BN certificate: 1. Follow this blog 2. Leave me a comment about your favorite Christmas cookie! We'll all get a little hungry from reading the comments. LOL.


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Spooktacular GiveawayHop #Prizes

Spooky fun!


No tricks, just treats for readers like you! Over 400 bloggers participating!
The rules are simple:

1. Follow this blog, and leave a comment to let me know you've followed. If you're already a follower, leave me a comment to remind me that you've already followed and you're entered!
2. Prizes: Two winners from this blog! First place: $10 gift certificate to Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Second place: Beneath the Surface Swag...autographed bookmark, Romance Trading Cards and a notepad. Open to International. Please be sure to leave your email in your comment so I can get in touch with you.

Now...in this scary time of ghosts, goblins and monsters demanding candy, let's take a break to read a romantic excerpt. And be sure to visit the other Spooktacular Giveaway Hop participants for other fun prizes!

Meet Brooke and Garrett, the hero and heroine from BENEATH THE SURFACE:

            For the first time since the accident, Brooke forgot about her leg. Forgot about all she’d lost and focused on the way Garrett made her feel.

            She knew she needed to stop him. She should find a way to resist the temptation to be with him. But for a few minutes, she could enjoy the taste of him, the feel of him, couldn’t she?

            He dropped his hands to her waist and softened the kiss before trailing a line of kisses down her neck. A weak cry slipped from her mouth. “Garrett,” she whispered.

            She should stop this now before it got any more intense.

            He lifted her chin and forced her to meet his brown eyes, smoky with desire. Heat spiraled to her middle and she caught a whiff of his sawdust scent.

            “I…I can walk you back to your own room before I head to mine.” His voice broke as he whispered.

            She swallowed hard. She couldn’t do this right now with him. Too many obstacles stood in their way. But as she looked in his somber eyes, she realized none of those complications were bigger than her need for Garrett.

            “Let’s go to your room,” she said, her voice shaking. She moved her hands inside his shirt and ran them over his tight abs and chest. Heat soared through her body at the feel of him. “Together…”

 

Purchase Links for Beneath the Surface

Amazon     Barnes and Noble    The Wild Rose Press

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Romance isn't about flowers and hot sex? #Romancing the HopBlogHop

Romance is Being Part of a Team



    This is going to sound soooo unromantic coming from a romance author, but I think that often romance isn’t about flowers and jewelry. Not even about a spicy bedroom life or passionate kisses.

    Often, the most romantic thing about a relationship is being a team. Individually, each partner is pretty good. Together, they can be downright unstoppable. You know that expression “two heads are better than one?” Well, what if those two “heads” were not only committed intellectually, but also romantically? That bond—that close-in-a-way-you’ve-never-been-with-anyone-else-bond—can be the force that makes it easier to get things done.

    Whether it’s dealing with a personal battle, brainstorming ideas for a book (yep, my awesome hubby does this for me!), painting a room, or making an important financial decision, working as a team can strengthen a relationship and bring more power to a situation.

    Of course, flowers, jewelry and passion add a nice layer to the team. Showing you care, and that you’re thinking of the other person even when they’re not around, is very romantic, too!

    What makes your relationship romantic? I’d love to hear from you!! Leave a comment, and you'll be entered to win in lots of awesome ways:

1. $5 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift certificate! I'll pick one commenter (chosen by random.org) from all comments left between now and midnight September 3rd from my blog.

2. Blog Hop prizes! Your comment here also makes you eligible for:

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

2nd Grand Prize: A $130 Amazon or B&N Gift Card

3rd Grand Prize: A Large Swag Pack (open to U.S. only)

 

Check out all the particpants in A Romancing the Hop Blog Hop  The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win a Kindle Fire/Nook Color Grand Prize, $130 gift card, and large swag pack. PLEASE COMMENT WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS so we know how to contact you.

Thanks very much for stopping by!

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