Winner’s Circle: Save A Turkey, In-Between Days, and Holy Giveaway

As promised today I picked the winners for the Save A Turkey:  Gobble A Book Blog Hop and for my giveaway day on the In-Between Days Blog Hop, and my own Holy Giveaway, Batman giveaway.  There were so many participants and I want to say thank you all so much for visiting my blog during the past week!  Hope you liked what you saw on my blog and on the others you hopped over to.

Now, without further ado: 

THE WINNERS ARE:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

JOANNE KENRICK

1ST PLACE WINNER

GLORIA SCHUMANN

2ND PLACE WINNERS

SANDRA NACHLINGER

LAURA HENDERSON

AMANDA WIMER

DAWN HAGEN

JENNIFER MATHIS

RENEE BENNETT

MICHELLE FIDLER

 

WINNER OF THE HOLY GIVEAWAY, BATMAN!

TERRY OENNING

Congratulations to all the winners!  Grand and 1st Place Winners I will be sending your prizes to the email address you provided by tomorrow.  And if the 2nd Place winners would email me with your choice of my published works (Heart of Deception, Hog Wild, or All Wrapped Up) at jenna.jaxon@yahoo.com with your choice of book, I will be sending that to you ASAP.

And if you didn’t win (or even if you did) and would like another shot at a book, hop on over to Casea Major’s blog site today where I’m guest blogger asking “How’s Your Kama?” 

Not Karma, but Kama–as in Kama Sutra, the ancient manual for sexual pleasure from ancient India.  The book, and several of its 64 positions, figure prominently in my soon to be released Almost Perfect.  So to check out my take on the art of love-making, click on the blogroll to your right and visit Major Romance–Major Passion today!

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Final Day to Save A Turkey: Gobble A Book

Today is the final day of the Save A Turkey:  Gobble A Book Blog Hop.  Thank you to all the fantastic new friends who have come by and checked out my books!  I hope you liked what you saw.  I’ve really enjoyed finding out what your holiday traditions are and how you plan to spend your Turkey Day.

I will be posting winners for all three Contests/Giveaways here on the blog tomorrow:  Save A Turkey, In-Between Blog Hop, and Holy Giveaway, Batman!

Save a Turkey and In-Between Days Prizes:

Grand Prize:  A $10.00 Gift Card to Amazon  

1st Prize:  Copies of all three of my published works–Heart of Deception, Hog Wild, and All Wrapped Up.

2nd Prize:  A copy of your choice of any of my published works. (There will be multiple 2nd prize winners)

Holy Giveaway, Batman! Prize is your choice of any Decadent Publishing e-book on their list.  If you still want to enter this, go back through the archives to this post on November 11 and sign up!

Tomorrow, though my winner list will be posted here, I’ll be blogging over at Casea Major’s Major Romance–Major Passion blog.  And in keeping with her blog’s title, I’ll be talking about one of the hottest aspects of my erotic contemporary Almost Perfect:  the use of the Kama Sutra, an ancient Indian manual on the art of love-making.  Hope to see you there!

And here’s the link to continue your Save A Turkey Hop!

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Six Sentence Sunday–11/20 Almost Perfect

Back for another snippet at Six Sentence Sunday?   Thank you to both first-time visitors and those who return each week.  I appreciate everyone stopping by.  

My erotic Contemporary Almost Perfect releases this coming Friday!  So I’m giving you the next six from the book.  Hope you enjoy!  LOL  

Stranded on a desert island,  expecting her fantasy 1 Night Stand date–an Orlando Bloom-esque pirate ready to ravish her with her full permission–Pam finds instead her ex-husband.  While trying to make small-talk, their conversation turns  nasty; then nasty gives way to downright rude!

“You were at the damned office all day and half the night–can I help it if I was too exhausted to stay awake to ‘service’ you when you got in at 3am?”

“Why you were you so exhausted, Pam? You sat around and watched those damned movies all day long. How tiring is that? Unless there were additional ‘coming’ attractions in-between show times?” The mild manner of his voice suggested disinterest, but his eyes focused on her face, alert for any hint of guilt.

 The gloves (not the panties) are coming off!  Come back next week for six more sentences for Almost Perfect.   And please visit the other Six Sentence Sunday snippets.  You’ll be glad you did!

Don’t forget:  My giveaways are still going on until Monday for the In-Between Days Blog Hop  AND the Save a Turkey: Gobble a Book Blog Hop.  Sure hope to see you on in the winner’s circle!

Have a great Sunday!

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Sweet Saturday Sample–11/19 Almost Perfect

 

Welcome back for another Sweet Saturday Sample!   Thank you to both first-time visitors and those who return each week.  I appreciate everyone stopping by.  

Today’s sample  is a continuation of my erotic Contemporary Almost Perfect.  It releases on November 25, just a week away!  This week’s sample continues in the PG-13 vein.

“Pamela? What are you doing here?” Roger Ware’s baritone voice, his best feature as far as his ex-wife was concerned, sounded as shocked as she felt.

“I asked you first. But there’s apparently been some horrible mistake. You’re on a one-night stand too, aren’t you?”

His pale gray eyes narrowed. “How did you know that? Nobody knows that.”

She shook her head. “Madame Eve must have seen our applications, realized we used to be married, and decided to play matchmaker. Why can’t people just mind their own damn business and do their job?”

“How did you know about the one-night stand, Pam?” His lips thinned into a straight line.

God, was he as dense as ever? “I’m here for a one-night stand. You show up on a deserted island three thousand miles from sunny California and you expect me to believe it’s just a coincidence? Coincidences only happen in the movies. Like Harrison Ford and Ann Heche in Six Days Seven Nights. He just happens to be on his way to Tahiti, there just happens to be a storm, her cell phone just happens not to work.”

“I might have known we couldn’t be together two minutes before you cited some stupid movie.”

“I’m telling you why I knew you were on a one-night stand.” She cocked her head. “Aren’t you supposed to be dressed like a pirate?”

He glanced down at his loose-fitting white v-neck shirt, sleeves rolled above his elbows, and equally loose-fitting white pants and sandals. “Am I?”

If you read  Six Sentence Sunday last week you know that Pam and Roger’s divorce was anything but amicable. 🙂  I’m posting another six tomorrow, then again next Saturday and Sunday in celebration of my release!  You can also join in the fun with your own sample next week.  And follow this link to Sweet Saturday Sample to find more “sweet” offerings. 

Don’t forget about the In-Between Days Blog Hop and the Save a Turkey: Gobble a Book Blog Hop.  Click the Button for the ‘Tweener’s Hop and this picture  for Save A Turkey.

Sure hope to see you tomorrow!

Have a great weekend!

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“Now That I’m Published…” Coping with Authorship Part 4: If Patience is a Virtue…

The song “If loving you is wrong, I don’t want to be right,” keeps running through my head as I write this post.  “If patience is a virtue, then what’s the corresponding vice?”  I want a BIG helping of whatever that vice is.  And what the heck does patience have to do with being newly published? 

Everything!

Well, let me clarify.  Even if you’ve been published (book on the shelf or Kindle) for a while, this post will  speak to you because you will have patience issues with your both old and newly published work. 

I have, of course, two short stories and a short story collection that are in the PUBLISHED category.  Done.  Game over.   (As I said in my first post in this series, not so much, really.)

Because now that you’re published, you have to wait for that book(s) to sell.  Talk about trying the patience of Job!  (See picture above. LOL) If your book isn’t climbing the charts or heading down the Amazon rankings towards that magical low top ten, then every moment is excruciatingly spent waiting, wondering if somebody’s buying a copy RIGHT NOW!  OR NOW!  There’s even a tool that facilitates the madness:  Novel Rank.

Don’t get me wrong.  Novel Rank is a great tool for authors interested in tracking sales of their works on Amazon.  The LL Book Review did an interview with Mario Lurig, creator of Novel Rank, that explains a lot about the site, it’s purpose and operation. 

In my zeal, I started checking the Amazon rankings once a day; then it became three times a day; then every couple of hours.  That’s how anxious a newly pubbed author can be. 

But this way lies madness!  Once I realized that my knowing what rank my book was at made absolutely no difference in how well it did (except as an incentive to promo the hell out of it), I’m back to checking once a day. 

My point is, have patience.  Your sales will go up if you promote your work well and creatively or if you write lots of titles so the people who like your work have many things to read from your “pen.”  Knowing that your book ranked 357,000 on Monday at 3pm is not going to change one thing.  Have patience and give promotions time to work.  Give your writing time to work.  Have faith.  You got your book published, didn’t you?  Hang on just a little bit longer.

And a reminder:  In-Between Days Blog Hop today features Decadent Publishing’s author Dakota Trace.  Click my Blog Hop Button on the right and hop over to her blog for a chance to win one of her books.  You can also hop on the Save a Turkey:  Gobble A Book Blog Hop.  Just click the here for the list of blogs and hop to your heart’s content!

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In-Between Days Blog Hop: Featuring Jessica Subject Today

Big thanks to all who have hopped through on both the In-Between Days Blog Hop and Save A Turkey:  Gobble A Book Blog Hop. 

Today’s featured author on the In-Between Days Blog Hop is Decadent author Jessica Subject. 

Please click the button on the right to go to Jessica’s blog today for some great giveaways.  And check out her awesome 1Night Stand story Celestial Seduction and her other wonderful works.

She may even have a giveaway or contest for you to participate in.  You’ll never know until you hop!

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Double Your Pleasure: In-Between Days Blog Hop AND Save a Turkey: Gobble A Book Blog Hop Tour Here Today!


I’m certainly between Days and between birds–Liz Crowe’s Blog Hop stops at the Journal today and Save a Turkey:  Gobble a Book starts today.  What else can I do but encourage to all to hop through both blogs–double your pleasure, double your fun–and prizes!

 

Today is my day to post on the In-Bewteen Days Blog Tour.  And I’m so excited to tell you about my books, especially my newest release, All Wrapped Up: A Collection of Christmas Love Stories, and my soon to be released (two weeks and counting) Almost Perfect from Decadent Publishing.

The Christmas Collection contains four short stories all revolving around Christmas traditions and love–with both contemporary and historical settings.

Almost Perfect sets two people who hate each other down on a beautiful deserted island alone–haven’t I heard this plot before?  That’s what the heroine, Pam, would ask.  And she should know, she’s the movie buff!  In fact, she uses those movies as her survival blueprint!  With a few twists and turns along the way, however, Almost Perfect becomes the perfect vehicle for romance.

Blurb for Almost Perfect:

Pamela Kimball’s birthday present, a 1Night Stand adventure, promises to jump-start her life, put a new man in her bed, and help her forget her past.  Unfortunately, movie-buff Pam’s Pirates of the Caribbean fantasy takes an alarming wrong turn when she’s abandoned on a not quite deserted island—with ex-husband Roger Ware. 

Forced by hunger to accept Roger’s offer of dinner,  Pam realizes the geek she married has transformed into one of the most charming, sexiest men she’s ever met. His newfound confidence—and hot body—re-kindles old fires.  A simple kiss leads Roger to challenge her to discover how much his lovemaking skills have improved, leaving Pam torn between self-preservation and burning desire. 

With time running out before they’re rescued, Pam must decide if her heart can survive the consequences of becoming Roger’s “almost” perfect one-night stand.

Excerpt for Almost Perfect:

She inched into the lapping surf, searching for movement. Reflection off the water made this task harder than expected. Wasn’t the Caribbean supposed to be teeming with fish?  Now that’s something she’d had a lot of instruction in. Almost every marooned-on-an-island movie had a scene where the heroine learned to catch fish. Six Days, Father Goose, Blue Lagoon. All you needed was your hands and patience. She could do this.

Pam waded out further then stopped just before the water hit her now dry shorts. “Not gonna to have a damp crotch all night.” The words reminded her of exactly what she had hoped for tonight. “But not from wet shorts!” She headed back to shore to remove and drape them next to her shirt. The bandeau was a different story. Still damp, even after several hours, and uncomfortable. Might dry better if not next to her skin anyway. “Screw it!  Live dangerously.”

Standing as good as naked on the deserted beach, Pam smiled as the warm breeze caressed her bare body. The sense of being slightly naughty added to her delight in the sensual feel of the air as it dried her breasts. Her nipples peaked as the wind cooled them. She strutted down to the water’s edge to sink her toes in the sand, the salty tang in the air adding to the perfect moment.

“If you’re skinny dipping, you forgot to remove one very important piece of clothing.”

Pam whirled around. Roger stood on the beach behind her, a green bottle of Perrier in one hand. His gaze played up and down her naked torso and his salacious grin widened. “Mind if I join you?”

Blurb for All Wrapped Up:

Four short stories filled with romance at Christmas time.

The Present
A girl has to break the news to her sister’s boyfriend that he’s being dumped–on Christmas Eve– she finds herself a pawn for the boyfriend’s revenge.

Sing A Christmas Carol
A singing group’s decision to drop one member before the big carolling competition leads to an awkward situation.

The Kissing Tree
Two children discover a secret place on Christmas Day–with far-reaching effects.

‘Tis the Season
A Christmas dinner announcement shatters a young girl’s dream of a magical social season until a knight in shining armour proposes an alternate plan.

Like eating romance M&Ms.

Blurb for Heart of Deception:

Celinda Graham—young, naïve, passionate—is head-over-heels in love with Andrew Finley, Viscount Hurston and insists on marrying him. Unfortunately, Andrew’s family has been feuding with Celinda’s for generations.  When her father refuses to allow the marriage, Andrew proposes a scandalous way to get his approval.  But Andrew has a secret that may spell disaster to his plans if Celinda finds out he is not what he seems.

Blurb for Hog Wild:

When Lula Wolfendale’s motorcycle breaks down on her way to a Harley rally, she detours into tiny Shoshone, CA to find a new ride.  Seducing bikers Beau and Rob Hogue and commandeering their Harleys is easy; finding sexual satisfaction is a “hog” of a different color.  A Blue Phantom, to be exact, owned by the pair’s older brother, Jesse.  After brief, unsatisfying encounters with the first two Hogues, Lula approaches Jesse with a proposition:  a sexual contest for his Phantom, where Lula will emerge with either a bike to die for or the climax of her dreams.  Or can she possibly obtain both?

Now, the rules for the Save A Turkey:  Gobble a Book Blog Hop are below:

 TOUR RULES:
 
1) HAVE FUN!!!
 
2) INVITE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!
 
3) THIS TOUR STARTS: Monday, November 14, at Midnight (Arizona Time)
THIS TOUR ENDS: Monday,  November 21, at Midnight (Arizona Time)
Winners will be drawn and posted November 22nd! ***
 
4) MEET AND MINGLE WITH ALL THE AUTHORS AND BOOK PAGES! EXPERIENCE A NEW PARTY DESTINATION AT EVERY STOP! PARTICIPATE IN EVERY BLOG CONTEST AND BE ENTERED FOR CHANCES TO WIN MULTIPLE PRIZES! EVERY BLOG VISITED IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO WIN!!
 
5) PARTICIPATION AT ALL BLOGS IS RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED. REMEMBER, THE MORE BLOGS YOU HOP, THE BETTER YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING PRIZES. EVERY AUTHOR AND BOOK PAGE IS WAITING TO MEET AND INTERACT WITH YOU, SO PLEASE BE SURE TO SHOW EVERYONE SOME LOVE!
 
6) DID I MENTION TO HAVE FUN? WHOO! HOO!! HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
***Authors have full discretion to choose an alternate winner in the event any winner fails to claim their prize(s) within 72 hours of their name being posted or after notification of win, whichever comes first. Anyone who participates in this blog hop tour is subject to these rules***
 

Now, for my Contests/Giveaways: 

For the In-Between Days Blog Hop: Subscribe to my blog and enter a comment telling me what your fantasy destination would be if you could go anywhere in the world for one night.

For the Save A Turkey: Gobble A Book Hop: Subscribe to my blog, Like me on Facebook and enter a comment telling me about your favorite Thanksgiving/holiday tradition.

Grand Prize:  A $10.00 Gift Card to Amazon  

1st Prize:  Copies of all three of my published works–Heart of Deception, Hog Wild, and All Wrapped Up.

2nd Prize:  A copy of your choice of any of my published works. (There will be multiple 2nd prize winners)

All winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 22.

Enter Both Giveaways and get two chances to win!

To get to the next stop on the blog:

For the In-Between Days Blog Hop Tour click the button in the column to the right to go to the linky list.

For the Save A Turkey: Gobble A Book Blog Hop Tour click the Turkey:

 

 HAVE A GREAT TURKEY DAY!

 

 

 

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Six Sentence Sunday–11/13 Almost Perfect

Back for another snippet at Six Sentence Sunday?   Thank you to both first-time visitors and those who return each week.  I appreciate everyone stopping by.  

My erotic Contemporary Almost Perfect releases in two weeks so I thought I’d share that with you this week and next. 

Stranded on a desert island,  expecting her fantasy 1 Night Stand date–an Orlando Bloom-esque pirate ready to ravish her with her full permission–Pam finds instead her ex-husband.  While trying to make small-talk, their conversation turns  nasty.

 “What I do with my alimony is my damn business, Roger. You wanted out of the marriage bad enough to pay substantially for it.”

“I think any man would want out of a marriage where his wife compares him to a lukewarm Pee-wee Herman, then likens his lovemaking skills to ‘Pee-wee’s Big Top Adventure with the good bits taken out.’”  Spoken in a soft, even tone, the words made Pam squirm, but there was no way to deny it—those were her exact words the night he threw her out.

“I just called it as I saw it, Roger.”

“And you saw it so infrequently I’m surprised you remembered.”

Did I say this got nasty?  Understatement of the year! LOL  Come back next week when things really heat up between these two!  And please visit the other Six Sentence Sunday snippets.  You’ll be glad you did!

Don’t forget:  my day to tell you all about my upcoming release is this Monday, November 14.  I’ll be having a giveaway featuring Almost Perfect, plus an Amazon gift card to kick off both the In-Between Days tour  AND the Save a Turkey: Gobble a Book Blog Hop.  Sure hope to see you on Monday!

Have a great Sunday!

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Sweet Saturday Sample–11/12 Almost Perfect

Welcome back for another Sweet Saturday Sample!   Thank you to both first-time visitors and those who return each week.  I appreciate everyone stopping by.  

Today’s sample  is something completely different from the samples I’ve been sharing.  My erotic Contemporary Almost Perfect releases in two weeks and though it is erotic and really rather R rated late in the book, the early parts are pretty PG.  So I thought I’d share those parts with you this week and next. 

Pam has just been stranded on a desert island and is expecting her fantasy 1 Night Stand date–an Orlando Bloom-esque pirate ready to ravish her with her full permission.  While trying to dry her clothes she gets interrupted.

Feeling marginally better, she stalked out of the water then raced over hot sand to a haven of shady palms. She dropped the shoes and unbuttoned her shirt. It would dry better off and she disliked the feel of wet cloth next to her skin. The warm breeze made her consider removal of the top and shorts as well. A quick glance around told her she was alone. Her bikini panties she’d leave on—the wisp of polyester would dry instantly. Moments later, feeling wicked to be on a beach all but naked, Pam draped shorts and shirt over low-lying bushes. The towering palms shaded them, but the heat would bake them dry.

She contemplated the bandeau, wavering. It wasn’t like anyone would see her. “Screw it.” Pam crossed her arms, grasped the ends of the stretchy top and started to yank it over her head.

“Hello!” A faint shout sounded down the beach.

“Crap!” Pam pulled the top back down, thankful she hadn’t gotten it over her head. The wet fabric clung to her; if she’d taken it off, she’d never have gotten it back on. She crouched, grabbed her shorts and struggled into them.

“Hello?” The voice moved closer, definitely masculine.

Pam finished zipping the shorts and ducked lower behind the bushes. Was it the pirates?  Sounded too friendly for pirates. Maybe the Nautilus had come back. Doubtful. They hadn’t had time. Then it hit her. This was her one-night stand. She hadn’t specified her “date” had to be a pirate. Maybe they would spend their night here on a deserted island and be rescued by a pirate ship.

“Hello?  Is someone there?” His deep voice sounded pleasant and…somehow familiar. Too familiar.

“Crap!” Pamela shot up from behind the shrubs and stalked onto the beach.

The man headed toward her, still at least ten yards away.

Pamela put her hands, now balled into fists, on her hips and glared at his approach. “I am so getting a refund from Madame Eve!” she yelled when he came within earshot. “Roger!  What the hell are you doing here?”

If you’ve read the blurb for this story you know who Roger is, but what is he doing in the middle of her fantasy date?  Come by Six Sentence Sunday tomorrow for six more from this work and next Saturday for another sampling of Almost Perfect.  You can also join in the fun with your own sample next week.  And follow this link to Sweet Saturday Sample to find more “sweet” offerings. 

I’m also extending my giveaway from yesterday to include today.  Check out yesterday’s post:  Holy Giveaway, Batman! and enter to win a book from Decadent Publishing.

And come join me and some of my fellow Decadent Authors on the In-Between Days Blog Hop.  My day to tell you all about my upcoming releases is this Monday, November 14.  I’ll be having a giveaway of some of my works plus an Amazon gift card to kick off both the In-Between Days tour  AND the Save a Turkey: Gobble a Book Blog Hop.  Sure hope to see you on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

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Holy Giveaway, Batman!

 

Today, to celebrate my impending release–Almost Perfect coming from Decadent Publishing on November 25–I’m giving you a chance to win ANY Decadent Publishing e-book from their catalog! Just go to www.decadentpublishing.com , look around, and post a comment here with which book you’d like to read!

How cool is that!

In addition, as part of the In-Between Days Blog Hop, you can go to Casea Major’s blog today for a chance to win one of her fabulous books as well!  Take a hop over there–via my Blog Hop Button–and check out her blog Major Love–Major Romance.

And don’t forget Monday is my ‘Tweener day AND the beginning of the Save a Turkey Blog Hop.  So there are more giveaways in your immediate future–just come on back, now! 🙂

Jenna’s works available now at Amazon:

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