xakara | Thursday Thirteen #68 Maddy Barone Edition

Greetings, Kittens!

Do you see my userpice and that hot and lovely cover in the corner? Well DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT (PsiCorps #2) is now in edits and meanwhile Untitled PsiCorps #3 is due in the not so very long, if I want a shot at a Christmas release. Luckily, the ever lovely Maddy Barone has come to be a balm of relief and gifted us with 13 Paragraphs of WOLF'S GLORY. Isn't she the sweetest!

Enjoy!

1. Shadow watched the woman riding beside him with wonder. At last, his wolf had chosen a mate for him. And what a mate. This was no thin scrap of a woman. No, his mate was tall and strong, with soft lush curves that he wanted to explore in great and loving detail. Her face was a soft oval with startlingly pale blue eyes and a soft, plump mouth that he wanted to taste again. He couldn’t stop looking at her hair. “Why is your hair pink?” he asked, fascinated.

2. After one last kiss he stepped back. Good thing, too, thought Glory, because the kid was back, all big curious eyes and long black braids. Shadow took the bowl of stew and shooed the kid off. As she spooned warm stew into her mouth she looked around his tent. Spartan didn’t begin to describe it. Glory hated camping even more than she hated clothes shopping. Good thing she wouldn’t be here long.

3. “Excuse me.” This voice was different. Glory looked up and saw one of the plane-crash survivors politely raising a hand like a kid in school. Well, it made sense. She was still in the all-arms and gawky-legs stage of being a teenager. “Excuse me. What exactly do you mean by wolves within you? Is it symbolic?”

4. Glory tried not to cry. She hated crying, especially in front of strangers. But everything hit her at once. Her parents were dead. She was stuck here, in this crazy world with werewolves. For God’s sake, werewolves? She wanted her own bed. Her own bathroom. She wanted her own life back.

5. Glory waited for Sky to hand over the rolled-up bandage, but he was staring open-mouthed at Rose, inhaling deeply, bandage forgotten in one hand. Glory smirked a little. “Rose, have you met Sky yet? Rose, this is Sky, Shadow’s brother. Sky, meet Rose Turner from the plane.”

6. Shadow flipped his waist length hair over his shoulder. “We have enough meat for a few
days. Others can hunt.” This time his kiss was a lot less comforting and a lot more sexy. Damn, he could kiss. His kiss could bring a dead woman back to life just so her toes could curl. It was the type of kiss to make a woman forget the hurt people around her, the blankets boiling in the pot behind her, and even
the fact that she was wearing torn, filthy clothes. She felt beautiful and desirable and reveled in it.

7. He lifted his lips away and stared at her with eyes that shimmered wolf-gold in their black depths. “Are you giving me orders?” he asked with mild disbelief. “All right. But when I come back we’re going to finish this.” He gave her one more kiss and walked away, fading to his wolf form even as he untied the string of his breechcloth and let it drop. Glory had about a second to admire that muscled physique before it blurred into fur.

8. Did werewolves give off extra-strong pheromones? Glory had read that modern Americans had showered and deodorized natural pheromones away. That couldn’t be the case with the Clan. They all smelled pretty natural, sometimes to the point of stinking. But Shadow didn’t smell bad to her. She inhaled his scent and felt a whisper of desire curl deep inside

9. “Yes,” Glory crooned at the dog. “Those two girls are Bad. Calling them bitches would be an insult to you, wouldn’t it? You’re a very smart little dog.” She made little kissing noises before she straightened back up. “Seriously,” she told Shadow. “Those two are a waste of time. The other one, Sherry … Some guy says she’s his mate, but she’s scared to death of him. And I know why.”

10. Carefully, slowly, Shadow released her. His eyes were almost frightening in their intensity. He turned with deliberate calm and walked with dignity around the fire back to his place. His face was smooth and cold, but his eyes shimmered across the fire at her. Glory swore she saw his wolf in those black eyes.

11. Before the sun was up Shadow forced himself out of bed. He was careful to smooth the blankets back into place around his mate so that she would stay warm. Did she love him? Once he had thought that just her acceptance of their mating would be enough. Now he knew acceptance alone would never satisfy him. He wanted her heart. Her love.

12. Quill put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed. His voice was hardly a whisper when he said, “It’s hard to not be able to have your mate at your side.”

13. A familiar scent in the crisp air made her inhale deeply, her heart flinging itself into her throat. “Shadow?” She thought she yelled, but it came out in a choked whisper audible only to wolf ears. She didn’t notice the way all the wolves stopped their play to watch her scramble to her knees and swing around. He was there, long hair drifting in the breeze over his naked body, gaze fixed on her. She devoured him with her eyes. He looked magnificent, all bare brown skin and taut muscle under what seemed like miles of black hair.

UPDATE: A commenter will win a copy of Sleeping With the Wolf (After the Crash Book 1) or if you already own it a copy of Wolf's Glory (After the Crash Book 2)!

BLURB:

Wolf's Glory After the Crash, Book 2

When goth-girl Glory Peterson’s plane crashes she walks to find help. What she finds are people living in teepees like it’s the Old West. Wolf’s Shadow knows Glory is his mate. Glory’s happy to take a roll in the hay with him while she’s waiting for transportation back to civilization, but when she finds out she’s gone fifty years into the future and Shadow is a bossy werewolf who thinks he owns her, her attitude changes fast. Shadow is used to giving orders that are obeyed. Glory hasn’t obeyed an order since kindergarten. When two strong-willed lovers clash, who will win?

Wolf's Glory at Liquid Silver Books

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Maybe I need to look in to LSB cause that's the best cover art I've seen in a very long time. Wow. Great idea for a TT, I must steal it now *wink* NIcely chosen paragraphs.

She picked an awesome excerpt! And yes, LSB has some great cover artists to be sure. I love Amanda Kelsey, she's done my last three covers, speaking of which, I need to get the new one up on the sidebar.

Steal away, I love doing excerpts for T13! I'd be happy to see more.

Hugs,

~X

Thank you! I've had good experiences with LSB, and their art department is fantastic!

Sounds like the wild west with a new twist. http://looseleafnotes.com

Thanks what drew me in as well. Thanks for coming by!

This sounds like my kinda of book. :)

You and me both. Think she'll notice if I rig it to win a copy. *wink*

I already commented on how much these passages make me itch to read the book now over on Maddy's blog. When I saw that you were hosting a giveaway, I simply had to comment here as well. :)

Suzanna Medeiros

A winner should be announced Saturday, since I still get replies as late as Friday.

Good Luck!

~X

Saoz, I feel the looooove! lol Good luck!

Hey! That's cheating! The least she could have done is provided thirteen different paragraphs, LOL. ;)

Was there a repeat? Or am I misreading what you mean by different?

I did cheat. Sorta. Ran out of time to do another Thursday 13, so I just copied.

Maddy

Oooh, so a repeat on your site as well, I get that. Time sort of does that to us in the end. I hope it was enjoyed on both blogs! *smile*

This is original. How did you come up with the concept?

Amber

Amber, danged if I know! :) I started to write the first story as a gift for a friend. She and her husband had a little spat (all fixed now!) and stormed into work declaring she hated him. So I asked her to make a list of qualities her perfect man would have and what setting she would like. Her list included everything from werewolves to native american warriors to post apocalyptic romance. I put it all together and came up with this story line. I started to take it so seriously that I submitted it and lo and behold, the publisher liked it. :)

Maddy

I'd love to win a copy. It would give me something to do a Teaser Tuesday on.

Your name is definitely in the running and winners will be announced Saturday. Good Luck!

That is a great cover! I hope when I finally get to the point of making mine that it's just as attention grabbing.

Feel like I havent stopped by for ages, looks like things are going well Xakara! :)

It has been ages, but I was glad to see you, Mercy! Things really are going well. I have a release coming next month, one in October, and hopefully two to three this winter, so well indeed.

Thanks for coming by!

:),

~X

I love what you've done with the story line Maddy! It's great to see such an original idea. Do you plan to write more in the same vein or introduce new characters that will splinter off into their own series based on this beginning?

I'll let Maddy answer in more detail of course, but this is the second book in the After The Crash series with different characters. It's a large playing field and I can only hope that she runs as far along it as possible! :)

Hi, Amy! I have at leat four more stories planned for this series, all featuring different heroes and heroines. You'll meet those heroes and heroines in Wolf's Glory. I am also playing with the idea of providing a free read at Christmas about how Sherry finally accepts Stag as her mate.

Maddy I loved your first book and I can't wait to read this one! I looked on your website and I see that you are planning lots of others in this series and I added them ALL to my list of books to look for and buy. I also hope to see you again next year at Lori Foster :)

Wendy

Thanks, Wendy! I've said it before but i'll sway it again: I was so happy I chose your table to sit at at Lori's. You anmd Lilly and Maureen really made me feel at home!

I must admit, I was distracted by "Dawn's Early Light" book cover. I love it! I enjoye reading your list as well. Thanks for sharing.

The Food Temptress

It's an awesome cover, isn't it? AK did a kick-ass job! It's my favorite cover to date and I don't know that I'll be able to trade it for my new cover when I debut it next week. I'm just too attached. *grin*

"Damn, he could kiss." Sigh. Lucky Glory!

Yeah, I woulodn't mind a kiss or two from Shadow mysel;f! lol

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, Rachel!

Thanks for posting, I've been dying to read Maddy Barone's e-books. I haven't read the first one, but it is on my must read list!

Thanks!!

Thank you, Megs!

Thursday Thirteen #68 Maddy Barone Edition

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Awesome cover and excerpt

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Morning, Maddy!

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Alice Audrey

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Great idea, fun story line

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From the Gal Herself from One Gal's Musings

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Been dying to read!

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