YAY!!!!

I just found out that Ellora's Cave will be putting my three Torrid Tarot stories, I Put a Spell on You, Ronan's Grail and Mystic Circle out in print! They'll be in a trade size paperback called Magic's Embrace some time this summer!!!

I'm so freaking excited I can hardly stand myself!!!

Wanna see something cool?

Lookee what I got! Lookee what I got! The most awesome Fran Lee made me my very own book trailer! It's my first one ever and I'm really excited about it!




Neat, huh?

A Little News

I just got a lovely review from Joyfully Reviewed (Thanks Amelia!) She said:

Bronwyn Green puts an interesting and erotic spin on the Arthur tale with Ronan, a knight to die for. His chivalrous manner and love for Morgan made me swoon, and made me wish for my own magical knight. I loved watching him woe Morgan, who watched her father cheat on her mother, and vowed never to love. Add in a villain in the form of Mordred and you have a wonderful story.

Lovers of the Arthurian tales will not want to miss Ronan’s Grail. It is a book that will warm your heart, and make you believe in magic. Morgan Foster is the sister of Gray Foster, featured in Ms. Green’s book I Put A Spell On You.

Also, I'm blogging over at Writer's Evolution about all the ways I avoid writing. I'd love it if you dropped by. In fact, we've been blogging all week about this topic and there's plenty of insight as to why we avoid what we love to do and how we go about avoiding.

And last, but certainly not least, my friend Margaret just had a short story of hers published at Reflection's Edge called Keeping House and it's here if you'd like to read it. Yay Margaret!

When it rains...

Not that I'm complaining - not at all. I got a really nice review from Alternative Read. This is what the reviewer had to say.

What happens when a die-hard skeptic and a flaky psychic are attracted to each other, in the worst possible way? Strong words, irritation, and fantastic sex are the order of the day. Add to that a killer who is out to steal Becca's psychic power, and you have all the makings for tingling suspense. I found this a great read with a light thread of humor throughout. In this tale, the woman is always right. It's enough to make a story worth reading again…and again.

Here's the link if you want to read the whole thing. :)

http://tjbook-list.blogspot.com/2008/03/review-mysticcircle-two-of-cups-torrid.html

On to other things...

I'm all registered for RT - YAY! And Anny, I'd love to see some of your cross stitch designs. I'll bring some too. :)

And the winner of a copy of Ronan's Grail is Molly! So Molly, please email me at bronwyn@bronwyngreen.com and let me know what format you'd like.

Lookee What I Got

I've gotten very few reviews on this book, so I was thrilled when this came through. Five Angels and a recommended read!

Here's what the reviewer had to say...

Bronwyn Green’s Ronan’s Grail was a marvelous book that I will remember fondly for some time to come. Morgan and Ronan’s story held me enthralled from start to finish. They were extraordinary characters and the passion and love they shared truly was the thing of legends. I was moved to tears by the tenderness Ronan showed Morgan. Conversely, I loved that Morgan was a no-nonsense kind of lady who knew her own heart and mind. Although she had been hurt in the past, she was wise enough to recognize love when it stared her in the face, no matter how ridiculous the circumstances.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Arthurian legend and Ronan’s Grail definitely ranks among my favorites of the erotic genre. Ms. Green has made an instant fan of me and I plan to revisit her universe of witches, knights and magic over and over again.

I'm so excited! In fact, I'm so happy, I'm going to give away a copy to a random poster...so comment away and I'll pick a name from the proverbial hat on Friday!

Excerpt and Contesty Goodness

Have you started collecting answers for the contest, yet? Well, on that off chance that you haven't heard about the 12 Days of Romance contest, let me sum up:

Do you want to win some fantastic holiday reading? If so come celebrate the Twelve days of Romance with 12 authors from Ellora's Cave, Wild Rose Press, Total-E-Bound and Cerridwen Press. Each day beginning December 8th and running through December 19th one of the twelve authors will tell what their "True love gave to them" on either their blog or website.Collect all twelve answers and e-mail them to mailto:anny@annycook.com with 12 days of Romance in the subject line to win some great books.

Deadlinefor answers is December 21st at midnight EST.There will be three lucky winners. The prizes –1st prize--6 books 2nd prize--4 books 3rd prize--2 books. All books and prize winners will be drawn randomly.

Anny Cook Winter Hearts

Sandra Cox Boji Stones

Bronwyn Green Ronan’s Grail

Heather Hiestand Cards Never Lie

Barbara Huffert Deal of a Lifetime

Amarinda Jones Mad About Mirabelle

Kelly Kirch Time for Love

Cindy Spencer Pape Cowboy’s Christmas Bride

Brynn Paulin Fallen

Jacquéline Roth Access Denied

KZ Snow Mrs. Claws

Lacey Thorn Earth Moves

In an attempt to hopefully entice you enter, here's an excerpt from my latest Ellora's Cave release Ronan's Grail (one of the nifty prizes in the contest.)

Despite the fact that it looks like my hero was unicorn hunting, no unicorns were harmed in the writing of this story.

EXCERPT:

Without warning, Morgan was pinned flat against the institutional green wall next to the shower, Ronan's huge wet hand splayed across her upper back, holding her motionless. She struggled against the unfamiliar weight.

“What the hell is the matter with you? Let me go!”

“Cease your movement,” Ronan commanded. His warm, damp fingers lifted the back of her shirt and she fought harder. “I will not hurt you. Remain still.”

Pulling downward, he tugged at the waistband of her jeans, stroking the skin at the small of her back. “You bear the mark,” he breathed.

Mark? What mark? Realization quickly dawned.

“It's just a tattoo.” Morgan's mother had warned her but she hadn't listened. She could hear her mother's voice now. Tattoos make you look easy.

Ronan traced the outline with his fingertip, following the path of interconnected circles and sending shivers through Morgan's body.“You are the keeper of the grail.”

“What?” She struggled to turn her head. “No! That's just the vesica pisces—the symbol of the Chalice Well in Glastonbury, England.” Great…if she remembered her mythology correctly, the Chalice Well was one of the rumored resting places for the grail. After college she'd backpacked around Europe and had fallen in love with the town of Glastonbury. She'd felt a soul deep connection to the place and had the vesica pisces tattooed while she'd been there. Though her mother had complained, Morgan had never regretted it—until now.

Ronan continued to trace the mark, seemingly oblivious to the tremors of desire he sent through her. “I knew Merlin sent me to you for a reason,” he whispered.

Pulling harder on her pants, he bent to more closely inspect the design. His hot breath skated across her sensitized skin and a fresh rush of moisture dampened her core.

“Where is the grail, Morgan?”

“How the hell should I know?”

“You are its keeper,” he murmured as he brushed his calloused thumb back and forth over the design.

“No I'm not.”

He grunted his displeasure.

“Look,” she began. “I'm sorry that some crackpot guy told you that I had the answer to your problem, but he was wrong.”

“Remove your braes so I can better see the sigil.”

She glanced over her shoulder at him. “No.”

His jaw tightened and his eyes glittered with irritation. “I said, remove your braes.”

“And I said, no. It's not gonna happen.”

“Take them off or I will remove them myself.”

She craned her neck to get a better look at him. Fierce intent hardened his gaze and she shivered under his stare. Call her an idiot, but she wasn't frightened of him. She knew he wouldn't hurt her. She wasn't sure, however, about her jeans. He might just shred them to get what he wanted. And why did that perverse thought send bolts of tingling awareness to her cleft?

“I am waiting, Morgan.”

“Get used to it.”

He leaned to the side and reached for something. She followed his gaze. His sword? Panic beat like thunder in her chest and she struggled violently. Insinuating his knee between her thighs, he pressed his groin against her ass and held her more securely against the wall. His granite hard cock was trapped between them and she fought the ridiculous urge to turn around.

“Cease woman! I will not hurt you!”

“Said the man with the bloodstained sword.” She drove her elbow into his stomach, feeling almost satisfied when he grunted.

Hearing the sound of metal against leather, she froze. She'd taught stage sword fighting long enough to recognize the sound of a blade leaving its sheath. She glanced at Ronan and the dagger he held. She hadn't noticed it on his belt earlier, but clearly it had been there.

“This is your last chance, lady. Will you show me or shall I use this?”

Morgan swallowed thickly and her fingers dropped to the waistband of her jeans and released the button and zipper. With shaking hands she slid her pants down—not quite over her ass but far enough for him to see the entire image.

The dagger clattered to the floor as he sank to his knees behind her. He skimmed his hands up the outsides of her thighs until he reached her waist and pulled fabric further from her body.

“Sweet Mother of God,” he whispered, his breath warm against her lower back and ass.

Picture Pages from Ronan's Grail

As a prewriting exercise I basically scrapbook my story. It works really well for me on a lot of different levels. It solidifies the story in my head in the early stages. The pages help me get back into the story later in the writing process when I inevitably get pulled away. But mostly, I like to procrastinate and make pretty things.

So anyway, I thought I'd share the pretty things from Ronan's Grail. Sorry about the wonky spacing...still figuring out how to post more than one picture at time.)

I'm working on the pages for Solstice Seduction - they're pretty spiffy, if I do say so myself.

Today's the Day...Well, the other one, anyway.

It's been quite the week so far, and it's only Wednesday.

Monday, I had my first TEB release.

Yesterday, I did not drop kick a daycare child who desperately deserved it.

And today is my third EC release, Ronan's Grail! I've been waiting a long time to see this story in print. It's been rattling around my head for years - ever since I worked in the costume shop of my university's theatre.

Incidentally, this is how I picture Ronan. The art department had a different idea...and evidently, they took him unicorn hunting. I'd post it here, but I'm not clever enough to post more than one picture per blog. However, the fantabulous Amarinda has it on her blog where she was kind enough to interview me. As AJ would say, go have a squiz. http://amarindajones.blogspot.com/