Fresh Pick for Thursday, May 1st, 2014 is WOLF AT THE DOOR by N.J. Walters #SupernaturalThursday Salvation Pack Samhain April 2014 On Sale: April 15, 2014 240 pages ISBN: 1619220393 EAN: 9781619220393 Kindle: B00I0EM9NO e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Paranormal Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound Wolf at the Door by N.J. Walters When this wolf comes knocking, there’s no turning him away Salvation Pack, Book 1 When Gwendolyn Jones inherits a Tennessee cabin from a great aunt she never knew, she quits her job and follows her dream to write full time. Meeting a stranger in a local cemetery isn’t a risk she normally takes, but she needs the information on his flash drive for an article she’s writing on werewolves. Later that night, when two honest-to-God werewolves come knocking on her cabin door, they’re definitely not Photoshopped. Jacque LaForge is on a mission to retrieve a flash drive before it endangers his pack. He never thought he’d find a mate, but the chemistry between him and Gwen is unmistakably off the charts. Now to convince her he’s only trying to protect her from his vengeful former pack—led by his own father. Gwen’s first instinct…

Here in the Ozarks we’re a “little bit country and a little bit rock and roll”- as in 1980’s big hair band ‘rock and roll’. We get our big screen movies 4 months after the rest of the country and by golly we like to grow our own food. For a small percentage of our rural population, this is a super-secret effort to thwart the coming end-of-the-world looters. But, those are mostly folks from Cal-i-forn-ia, who’ve moved in and think we don’t know what they’re up to with their solar water heaters and green houses. Please. We don’t need to loot their grub, we’ve got our own! Starting in March, most Saturday’s you can find Swap Meets to populate your food growing enterprise. Swap Meets are a visually arresting sight: Caged chickens, guineas, turkeys, ducks, rabbits, beagle dogs, goats, sheep, and a random used bicycle or sewing machine sit on the side of a curvy Ozark road. Some swap meets are high-class and have their own King John porta potty. Snazzy stuff. After spending a Saturday installing our $600 chicken coop, my husband and 3 young boys headed out to find some egg laying chickens. Even though we were late…

Weird settings, that is. What were you thinking? Earlier this week, my book DON’T BLACKMAIL THE VAMPIRE was released from Entangled’s Covet line. It is the sequel to DON’T BITE THE BRIDESMAID (although it can be read as a stand-alone story). The series is a lighthearted take on paranormal romance, something even contemporary romance lovers might enjoy. And one of the ways I’ve found to make vampires a little funnier, and their stories a little more lighthearted, is to take them out of their comfort zones and watch the awkward fun unfold. DON’T BITE THE BRIDESMAID took a vampire and made him ride around on a cruise ship for the majority of the story (that’s a lot of rays for a sun-challenged man!), and in keeping with this tradition, I set DON’T BLACKMAIL THE VAMPIRE in a place where you wouldn’t necessarily expect a vampire story to be set—a ski resort. Did you know vampires can ski? Well they totally can. And they can ice skate. Yep. I was surprised, too. Not only can they ski and ice skate, Charles proves that they can also be nice, charming guys, who are only sort of obsessed with blood. But the setting…