Triple Trouble 5: "Out of Smoke and Ashes" available for pre-order.

Woot!! Siren just put up "Out of Smoke and Ashes" (Triple Trouble 5) for pre-order AND is running a special on the first two installments of my Placida Pod series, too! :)

http://www.bookstrand.com/out-of-smoke-and-ashes

Blurb:

[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Paranormal Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, shape-shifters, sex in shifted form, consensual BDSM between secondary M/F characters, HEA]

Elain Pardie’s wedding is interrupted when her matron of honor, Lina, goes into labor. Unfortunately, events spiral downhill from there for the Lyalls and their kin when an old foe refuses to roll over and play dead. As everyone suspected, Rodolfo Abernathy won’t give up.

What Abernathy doesn’t know is he’s become more prey than predator. Shifters with grudges of their own enter the fight with their sights set on Abernathy’s downfall.

When the fur hits the fan, it won’t be pretty.

While Elain and Lina struggle to cope with their new roles, various shifter Clans band together to fight their common enemies. Devastating heartaches are finally laid to rest as new love blossoms.

And Baba Yaga isn’t even done with them yet. Elain, Ain, Brodey, and Cail, along with their ever-growing band of friends and adopted family, must still confront those who’d gladly destroy all they love as evil and vengeance once again return from Out of Smoke and Ashes.

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

A Siren Erotic Romance

Tymber Dalton is a Siren-exclusive author.

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The correct order to read all of the Triple Trouble books and prequels is:

• "Boiling Point" (Tasty Treats, Vol. 3) (Triple Trouble prequel)
• Steam (Triple Trouble prequel)
• Fire and Ice (Triple Trouble prequel)
• Trouble Comes in Threes (Triple Trouble 1)
• Storm Warning (Triple Trouble 2)
• Three Dog Night (Triple Trouble 3)
• Triple Dog Dare (Triple Trouble 4)

You can find all my Siren releases as Tymber Dalton, Lesli Richardson, Macy Largo, and Tessa Monroe on my Siren page at:

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

Snippet Saturday: Many Blessings (Coffeeshop Coven 1)

Today's Snippet Saturday is from my new release, Many Blessings (Coffeeshop Coven 1).

Sachi grinned. “Hey, at least one of us is getting lucky around here. I think tomorrow night’s gathering needs to include a ‘sex magick 101’ chant or something for the rest of us suffering through a dry spell.”

Mandaline had made the mistake of trying to sip her coffee. She managed to get most of it back into her mug as she laughed without choking or spewing it all over the computer. “And how, exactly, do you plan to do that?”

Sachi made a serious face and held her arms up toward the ceiling. “Oh, hail, Dildous, god of the Mighty O. Send us your celestial vibrations.”


http://www.bookstrand.com/many-blessings

Blurb:

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Paranormal Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, ghosts, HEA]

Mandaline Royce swore off love. She?s happy working for her best friend, Julie, at her New Age shop, Many Blessings. Then her life?s turned upside down by Julie?s tragic death. Julie leaves her everything, including the shop and her dog, but the gaping hole in Mandaline?s heart isn?t one she?s sure will ever heal.

Ellis Fargo and Bradley Sawyer are as close as brothers. Ellis feels his life?s mission is caring for Brad, a former veteran who suffered debilitating injuries. Brad insists their house is haunted. Ellis doesn?t believe in ghosts and thinks the trouble is Brad?s injured brain. He humors Brad by having Mandaline check the house for supernatural issues.

Ellis doesn?t understand the sudden, scorching attraction he has for Mandaline, but he can?t settle for anyone who won?t also put Brad first. Brad thinks Mandaline would be the perfect woman--for them both. Can they help each other heal and turn their various emotional wounds into Many Blessings?

A Siren Erotic Romance

Tymber Dalton is a Siren-exclusive author.

While all the books are standalone and can be read independently of each other, the best reading order for the series is:

1) Out of the Darkness (Coffeeshop Coven prequel)
2) It's a Sweet Life (Coffeeshop Coven prequel)
3) Many Blessings (Coffeeshop Coven 1)

They're all available at my author page on Siren-BookStrand's site:

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

You can go to my Siren-BookStrand author page and click on the Notify Me link to get an email from Siren when they update my page and add new books for pre-order. (It's also where you can find all my releases under my various pen names: Tymber Dalton, Lesli Richardson, Tessa Monroe, and Macy Largo.)

WIP Wednesday: A Wolf in the Fold (Triple Trouble 6)

Today's WIP Wednesday comes from A Wolf in the Fold, my working title for Triple Trouble 6. Triple Trouble 5, Out of Smoke and Ashes, releases on 5/24 from Siren-BookStrand.

Enjoy!


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“Thirty seconds,” Elain called out.

The pack of shifters tensed. Even Wally, who’d opted to run it shifted, lumbered from sitting up into a four-footed running stance. Jan, Rick, and Kael were in their smaller dragon forms and would likely give Wally a walk for his money.

The seconds ticked down. “Ten…nine…eight…seven…six…five…” She was vaguely aware of the Beasts suddenly bursting into frustrated cries but didn’t look or stop the count. “Four…three…two…one!”

The pack let out an excited shout, as if now one melded beast. They headed off into the woods, following the trail Darryl had set.

Another, different cry hit Elain’s ears over the din of the racing shifters.

Mai screaming.

Elain turned to look and realized the Beasts were doing their best to crawl off the blanket toward the rapidly disappearing runners. And BettLynn was missing.

And a little brown and black ball of fur went wobbling past Elain.

Elain ran across the yard toward Mai. “What happened?”

Lina, who’d gone inside to pee, came bolting through the doors to help Carla try to corral the Beasts, who had made their way completely off the blanket.

“BettLynn!” Mai screamed, running toward Elain.

Elain turned. Her men had just hit the woods, the little furball catching up and gaining speed as it got its wobbly legs under control. Then everything finally clicked in her brain as she remembered her vision from earlier that morning. “Brodey!” she screamed. “Stop! Grab her!”

The great Scrivener conversion update.

I mentioned a few weeks ago I'd had to ditch my previous writing program SuperNotecard due to it totally fucking not working anymore problems with it after a Java update broke it and the programmers' not giving a shit lack of a timely response to addressing the issue. Thus since word slinging is sort of how I pay my bills and put food on my table, and my writing software is an invaluable part of my writing process, I switched to Scrivener.

Well, ironically, now that I've switched to a MacBook Air from a PC-flavored laptop, I had to get the Mac version of Scrivener which I already knew had more features.

And now, the same company's come out with Scapple for Mac, an AWESOME mindmap software that totally gets me. (I think I'm in lurrrrrve!)

No, it's not available for PCs as of this writing, although they say they're working on it.

I tried it the other day and immediately bought it. (Shut up and take my money!) Especially when I found I could literally drag and drop my entire mindmap from Scapple into a corkboard folder on Scrivener, in the SAME arrangement as it was in the mindmap (Mac Scrivener has a free-form corkboard that the PC version doesn't yet.)

Oh.

My.

Goddess!

Yes, I'm hooked. I'm in love, and definitely not regretting my decision to switch to the MacBook Air. (Also, was able to stream something from my MacBook Air to our Apple TV device so we could watch it on the living room TV the other night. WOW!)

So if you're considering a Mac, GET IT. Yes, they're more expensive, but now I'm mentally whacking myself on the head for not getting one sooner. And if you're on the fence about Scrivener (in either flavor) don't be. BUY. IT. Do yourself the favor and use the free trial, and get the Dummies book for it. I know there are more advanced features I haven't even tapped into yet, but I'm really loving the software now that I've totally made love to it gotten to know it better.

Scapple is definitely worth a look-see if you like free-flow note-taking. I've already transcribed a shit-ton of handwritten notes from my WIP notebook into Scapple and dragged them into Scrivener.

Now, please excuse me while I go get cuddly with Spunky (my MacBook Air) and get this WIP cranked out.

Writing How-To: The dreaded blurb.

I've got a post about writing loglines and blurbs for writers over on the Write Your Ass Off blog.

http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-dreaded-blurb.html

Write Your Ass Off: Monday Mash-Up

Yes, I fell waaaay behind on updating the Write Your Ass Off blog. I'll try to get back into that. Today, I've got a mash-up of helpful links from the Interwebz on various topics:

http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2013/05/monday-mash-up.html

I went to the Dark Side. (And the cookies are nommy!)

Grimmy trying to "help."

I had a scare a few weeks back with my Toshiba Satellite laptop, where a security software update farked the boot process and for the better part of two days I was in panic mode trying to straighten it out.

Fortunately, I did get it straightened out, but it was a grim reminder that I was due for a new one. (I prefer to upgrade while the old unit is still working, because one of my early laptops died and while I was waiting for it to be fixed, I was stuck writing on a tiny Asus teensy mini netbook.)

I should note I go through laptops at a rate of 1 about every 2-3 years. That's not a statement on the quality of the laptops--that's a statement about how much I put them through the wringer. (And to be fair to my little red Toshi, the issue was software, not hardware or firmware or bios.)

I've been an ardent and devout Toshiba person for the past three laptops of my own, in addition to one for Hubby, one for my son, and a shared one for Hubby and myself that is a monster, wide-screened workhorse containing my Adobe Photoshop and other software. I'm pretty loyal, and they're good computers.

But.

And again, this isn't Toshiba's fault.

Nope, the fault lies squarely on Microsoft this time. Windows 8, from everything I've read and heard and seen, is NOT an OS I want to upgrade to. I'm the kind of person, when a new OS is released, I'll wait until its been out a loooong while, usually until one or two service packs come out, to upgrade/change over.

So Friday, Hubby and I took a trip to the Apple store. I'm not Mac-averse, but I've never personally had a Mac-flavored machine of my own. I've used them before with no issues, and I have an iPod, iPad, and iPhone.

Well, we came home with a 13" MacBook Air. It was a decision I needed to grit my teeth to make, because the math in my head kept coming back with the reply of, "You can buy THREE OR MORE DAMN TOSHIBAS FOR THAT MONEY!!" We dipped into savings to get it, but I have to say, I love it. And considering what I've heard from everyone so far, this laptop should easily last me 3-5 years (or longer) making it worthwhile.

Another consideration, since I'm now using Scrivener, the Mac version of Scrivener has more features than the PC version. And they just came out with Scapple, the PERFECT mind-map software for how I work...but only available for Macs at this time.

The MacBook Air has good battery life (another consideration for me), and is VERY lightweight (yet another consideration for me). So I still have my little Toshi as a good back-up machine, and now have all my important files transferred over to the new one. After a few hiccups caused by user error (I'm used to tapping, not clicking, the trackpad LOL) and then overcoming that by hooking up my wireless mouse, I've settled in quite nicely with "Spunky."

Yes, I name my computers and my cars. Shut up. Don't judge me.

So I am now a fully Mac person. Honestly? I didn't cross over sooner because of the cost differential. I think Apple could fully give Microsoft a complete run for their money if they figured out how to drop the price of their units. I had NO problems with software installs, or hooking up to my network, or anything. It's been completely painless and went far faster than I imagined it could.

So are you a PC or a Mac person? Or, like me and Hubby, a hybrid of both? (Before my iPhone I had an Android, so I was split three ways then. LOL) Or do you run a Linux-flavored machine? Do you have a Mac and what do you think of it? Are you interested in a Mac? Are you a Mac wanting to switch to PC? Sound off in the comments.

Release Day: Many Blessings (Coffeeshop Coven 1)

Yay, it's release day for Many Blessings (Coffeeshop Coven 1)!

http://www.bookstrand.com/many-blessings

Blurb:

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

Mandaline Royce swore off love. She’s happy working for her best friend, Julie, at her New Age shop, Many Blessings. Then her life’s turned upside down by Julie’s tragic death. Julie leaves her everything, including the shop and her dog, but the gaping hole in Mandaline’s heart isn’t one she’s sure will ever heal.

Ellis Fargo and Bradley Sawyer are as close as brothers. Ellis feels his life’s mission is caring for Brad, a former veteran who suffered debilitating injuries. Brad insists their house is haunted. Ellis doesn’t believe in ghosts and thinks the trouble is Brad’s injured brain. He humors Brad by having Mandaline check the house for supernatural issues.

Ellis doesn’t understand the sudden, scorching attraction he has for Mandaline, but he can’t settle for anyone who won’t also put Brad first. Brad thinks Mandaline would be the perfect woman…for them both. Can they help each other heal and turn their various emotional wounds into Many Blessings?

A Siren Erotic Romance

Tymber Dalton is a Siren-exclusive author.

--

While all the books in the series are standalone and can be read independently of each other, the best reading order for the series is:

Out of the Darkness (Coffeeshop Coven prequel)
It's a Sweet Life (Coffeeshop Coven prequel)
Many Blessings (Coffeeshop Coven 1)

They're all available at my author page on Siren-BookStrand's site:

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

You can go to my Siren-BookStrand author page and click on the Notify Me link to get an email from Siren when they update my page and add new books for pre-order. (It's also where you can find all my releases under my various pen names: Tymber Dalton, Lesli Richardson, Tessa Monroe, and Macy Largo.)