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Friday, September 18, 2015

Under A Mating Moon: Lexi & Jake’s First Kiss

I’m excited to be here on the Decadent Pub blog today to celebrate release day for Under A Mating Moon, Book 27 in the Black Hills Wolves multi-author series.  Wahoo! ::happy dance::
Under A Mating Moon is my second “Moon” story for the BHW line, and I have another in progress. Each story features one of three Wolf siblings:  Ross (Diamond Moon, #12), Lexi (Under A Mating Moon, #27), and Evan (Jasmine Moon, in progress).
The official tour for Under A Mating Moon starts later this month, along with a blog hop and a book blast complete with giveaways!

Here’s the schedule:
* Rockin’ Reads Blog Giveaway Blog Hop, Sept. 23 – 30, 2015
* Under A Mating Moon Book Blitz and Giveaway, Sept. 24 – 25, 2015
* Under A Mating Moon Book Release Tour and Giveaway, Sept. 28 –  Oct. 12, 2015

Be sure to visit my Web site (http://www.celiabreslin.com/) this month for more details and links to the fun.
And now, as promised by the title of this blog post, here’s a look at Lexi and Jake’s first kiss! 

xoxo,

Celia

Book Description:
British Alpha wolf Jake Marsden spends his days among humans, pursuing a lucrative music career and avoiding his pack’s politics. When his current DJ tour takes him to the US, he stops in Los Lobos to visit family, and runs into the one Wolf he never wants to see again—the mate who rejected his claim.
While visiting her brother in Los Lobos, free-spirited Lexi Luparell is shocked to encounter the Wolf she’d denied when they were teens. Now she must face her guilt for the cruel way she spurned him all those years ago, make amends, and admit the truth. Jake was right all along—they’re meant to mate.
Lexi would love to explore the mate concept and her overwhelming attraction to virile, alpha Wolf Jake, but he wants nothing to do with her. How can she break down his defenses when she’s the reason he built them in the first place?
Jake dates only human women now. Lexi had her shot at being his mate, and she threw it away. But when her life is threatened, he may have to rethink his position and do whatever it takes to claim his one true mate.

Excerpt:
Wow, oh wow—J-Bird could kiss. Like melt her clothes clean off her body, kiss. Lexi moaned and parted her lips for Jake’s sexy, demanding mouth. He slipped his tongue inside, darting everywhere at once, exploring her so thoroughly her knees shook and she sagged in his iron embrace. God, his body was hard, nothing like the skinny kid from her memory. But his scent, that was the same. Musky man and smoky oak, like the white oak trees in the Hoosier National Forest where they used to hang when they were kids. Plus that sweet touch of maple. Delicious.
She let her tongue tangle with his, tasting the mint of his toothpaste mixed with the beer he’d obviously consumed before entering the house. Sparks of pleasure darted down her body all the way to her toes. Her boring ex, Dean, had never made her feel like this.
In fact, no one had ever kissed her like this, as if the zombie apocalypse had descended upon them and this was their last chance at happiness before doom struck them dead and ate their brains. Desperation, need, hunger, deep longing...it was all there in the way his hands clamped her tight to his torso, there in the way his mouth claimed hers, owning it.
She wound her arms around his neck, letting the pads of her fingers massage along the shaved hair at his nape. Desire drenched the G-string bikini bottoms she wore under her shorts. She’d battle a thousand brain-dead ghouls if he would touch her there, where she burned and ached for him. Her mate. God, was this happening?

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Add Under A Mating Moon to your TBR List on GoodReads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26165628-under-a-mating-moon


About the Author:
Celia lives in California with her husband, daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for werewolves, vampires, and the Fae. Her award-winning vampire series - The Tranquilli Bloodline - is available from Champagne Books.  Diamond Moon is her first werewolf story for Decadent Publishing’s Black Hills Wolves shifter series. When not writing, you’ll find Celia exercising, reading a good book, hanging with her family, or indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies.



Saturday, August 1, 2015

Fangtastic Scavenger Hunt

 Hi Everyone!

There’s a fun party happening today on Facebook and you’re invited!

Meet eleven authors of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and sci-fi romance while you hunt for clues, play games, and chat! I’m one of the participating authors, and will be there with Ross and Darci, my Wolf Shifters from Diamond Moon (Black Hills Wolves).

Join the hunt for a chance at prizes galore, including two grand prizes (fabulous book bundle and $40 gift card).

Where:  Scavenger Hunt Start Page  - https://www.facebook.com/events/1455290931442618/

When:  Today! Saturday, August 1, 5:00 p.m. EDT – 7:00 p.m. EDT.

See you soon! :-)

XO

Celia


About Diamond Moon:

Human-wolf hybrid Darci Diamond spends every full moon locked in auntie’s basement in Southern Oregon. Her excruciating shifts terrify her, the last one causing her heart to stop beating. Seeking a cure, she journeys to Los Lobos.
Ross Luparell returns to the struggling Tao pack, using his millions made in the tech industry to build homes for pack families in need. He never imagined he would also find his one true mate. But when a hybrid with the biggest green eyes he’s ever seen lands on his doorstep in the middle of a wicked summer storm, there’s no denying it. She’s the one.

She wants a normal human life, free from pain-filled shifts. He won’t give up on her Wolf, and will do whatever it takes to help her accept her true nature. But can he convince her to trust him with her heart?

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Meet Celia Breslin!


Hi Everyone,

Happy summer! Nice to be back on the Decadent blog for a visit.  When my Wolf shifters found out I was making a return visit, Darci decided she would interview me. She said I spend a lot of time sharing her info with the world, and I was due to share some deets about myself, LOL.

[Darci:] That’s right, I said you’re due and I meant it. ::smiles:: Now spill it, Celia. Do you have another job in addition to writing?

[Celia:] Mom, cat wrangler, line and content editor, slush pile reader, Joss Whedon fan. Oh wait, that last one isn’t actually a job, ha.

[Darci:] Since I know you love to talk about us, I’ll give you a little break. Summarize our story in less than 20 words.

[Celia:]  Okay, how about three words?  Wolf shifters, love, mayhem.  :-) 

::Darci rolls eyes::

Okay, just kidding. Here are twenty words for Diamond Moon:  “Free-spirited human-werewolf hybrid meets fated werewolf mate while on quest to find a cure for her near fatal, painful shifts.”

[Darci:]  Free-spirited. I like that. Why do you write about us?  And by us, I mean Wolf shifters.

[Celia:]  I love paranormal fiction, both reading and writing it.  Werewolves, vampires, and the Fae are my favorite paranormal peeps.

[Darci:]  Tell your readers how long you’ve been writing and who, or what, inspired you to go for it.

[Celia:]  My Irish grandmother started it with her stories of the Fae, including one tale of her encounter with a Banshee in her root cellar. Imagination fueled, I wrote a lot of fairytales as a kid.

[Darci:]  Do you choose a title first, or write the book then choose the title?

[Celia:]  Title usually happens first, though the title is derived from the subject matter of the book, so that’s a little bit like asking, “What comes first, chicken or egg?”   :-)  For your story, Darci, the title came as soon as I “met” you, meaning while I was compiling notes on you and outlining your story. For the next story about Ross’s sister, the title came after the story was written.

[Darci:]  Ah, speaking of us characters, do you discover us as you write or know all about us before you write our story?

[Celia:]  As my work is character driven, I develop character profiles prior to writing the whole story. I have detailed questionnaires on all major characters, such as you.

Darci. Of course, you all still manage to surprise me while I’m writing your stories. :-)

[Darci:]  LOL, I like keeping you guessing, Celia! Since we’re on bit of a book chat roll now, a couple more book questions.  The geek in me wants to know what format you prefer?  Digital or print?

[Celia:]  Both. I read a lot of eBooks, but there’s something quite satisfying about holding your own print book, or a print book by another author you love.

[Darci:]  Do you have a favorite book?  Have you read it more than once?

[Celia:]  I have so many favorites in varying genres. In urban fantasy/paranormal romance, I adore these series:  J. R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood, Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark, Amber Belldene’s Blood Vine, and Larissa Ione’s Demonica and Lords of Deliverance. I’ve read them all more than once.

[Darci:]  Okay, let’s wrap this up with some fun facts.  Tell the audience your favorite food, favorite singer/group, and favorite color.

[Celia:]  Gee, D, you’re letting me off easy!  For food, I love Thai, Vietnamese, Burmese, Japanese, Chinese...okay, now I’m hungry! :-)  As for preferred musicians…well, that depends on my mood. When I’m writing vampires, I gravitate toward industrial and techno/electro, so NIN, The Prodigy, Bass Kittens, Meat Beat Manifesto, etc. When I wrote your story, I listened to a broad spectrum of “love” tunes, from artists including Birthday Massacre, Maroon 5, Ed Sheeran, etc. Here’s your soundtrack, Darci: 

http://decadentpublishing.blogspot.com/2015/06/diamond-moon-soundtrack.html

[Darci:]  Thanks, Celia. And thanks to everyone for joining us today for a chat! ::waves::

Diamond Moon
Available Now!

Human-wolf hybrid Darci Diamond spends every full moon locked in auntie’s basement in Southern Oregon. Her excruciating shifts terrify her, the last one causing her heart to stop beating. Seeking a cure, she journeys to Los Lobos.
Ross Luparell returns to the struggling Tao pack, using his millions made in the tech industry to build homes for pack families in need. He never imagined he would also find his one true mate. But when a hybrid with the biggest green eyes he’s ever seen lands on his doorstep in the middle of a wicked summer storm, there’s no denying it. She’s the one.
She wants a normal human life, free from pain-filled shifts. He won’t give up on her Wolf, and will do whatever it takes to help her accept her true nature. But can he convince her to trust him with her heart?


Add Diamond Moon to your TBR List on GoodReads  

Monday, June 29, 2015

Diamond Moon Soundtrack

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are having a fabulous summer. Mine is chock full of both house and writing projects, all happening with music booming in the background, of course. Not a day goes by in my household without someone dabbling in Music Land: my daughter sings, I play the piano, my husband works on electronic music tracks, and we all listen to our favorite artists du jour.
Music inspires. Music motivates. And it’s an essential part of my writing process. Here’s the soundtrack for Diamond Moon, a paranormal romance starring Ross and Darci.

Happy listening! :-)





Diamond Moon - Spotify Playlist

* “Divide” - Birthday Massacre
* “Red Stars” – Birthday Massacre
* “Pale” - Birthday Massacre
* “Midnight” - Birthday Massacre
* “You’re Here” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
* “Infiltrator” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
* “Is Your Love Strong Enough” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (feat. How To Destroy Angels)
* “Disparate Youth” - Santigold
* “Say Something” - A Great Big World
* “You’ll Be Okay” - A Great Big World
*  “One More Night” - Maroon 5
* “This Love” - Maroon 5
* “Love Somebody” - Maroon 5
* “Secret” – Maroon 5
* “Just The Way You Are” - Bruno Mars
* “Marry You” - Bruno Mars
* “It Will Rain”  - Bruno Mars
* “Photograph” - Ed Sheeran
* “Bloodstream” - Ed Sheeran
* “I See Fire” - Ed Sheeran
* “Kiss Me” - Ed Sheeran
* “All of Me” - John Legend
* “Pearls” - Sade
* “If I Ain’t Got You” - Alicia Keyes
* “Fallin’” – Alicia Keyes
* “Small Town Moon” - Regina Spektor
* “L’Amour Looks Something Like You” - Kate Bush
* “Oh To Be In Love” - Kate Bush
* “Feel It” - Kate Bush

Human-wolf hybrid Darci Diamond spends every full moon locked in auntie’s basement in Southern Oregon. Her excruciating shifts terrify her, the last one causing her heart to stop beating. Seeking a cure, she journeys to Los Lobos.

Ross Luparell returns to the struggling Tao pack, using his millions made in the tech industry to build homes for pack families in need. He never imagined he would also find his one true mate. But when a hybrid with the biggest green eyes he’s ever seen lands on his doorstep in the middle of a wicked summer storm, there’s no denying it. She’s the one.

She wants a normal human life, free from pain-filled shifts. He won’t give up on her Wolf, and will do whatever it takes to help her accept her true nature. But can he convince her to trust him with her heart?

Available at:



Excerpt:
He reached out with his Wolf senses. The feedback froze his fingers on the doorknob. Female. Damn, she smelled good. Human. Wolf. Wait…both? The copper tang of blood hit his nose. And injured.
He flung open the door. His abrupt move caught his visitor off guard, one small, white fist raised to knock. The woman startled and fell forward. Catching her, he pulled her inside, kicking the door shut with his foot.
She sagged against him, a shivering bundle of wet woman. Underneath the dampness, her scent drop-kicked his gut. Apples and cinnamon. Roses and honey. His body perked up, taking extreme notice. He fought the growl of possession threatening to tear out of his throat. Holy hell, had his potential mate just walked into his home in the middle of a storm?
The scent of her blood jump-started his brain into action. He lowered her gently to the floor. “Jesus. You okay?”
His instincts urged him to check her for wounds, but he was a stranger and didn’t want to spook her. But goddamn, he wanted to touch her. Peel off her wet clothes. See all of her. With a jacket covering her torso, tight jeans hiding her legs, and her ball cap pulled low on her face, all he’d seen so far was her quivering pale chin, full red lips, and those delicate, trembling hands.
“S-s-sorry, d-dripping all ov-v-ver your f-f-floor,” she said, teeth chattering. Her snow white fingers curled on the hardwood, arms trembling with her effort to keep herself upright. Blood streaked the wood. A line of liquid crimson slid down her jaw and dripped from her chin onto her jacket.
To hell with propriety. “You’re injured. Let me help you.” He pulled off her cap and damn near swallowed his tongue.
Big green eyes blinked up at him from a face so pale it made him think of moonlight. Drenched, short black hair lay plastered to her head, the ends framing features reminiscent of the fairies his sister loved to draw for the hidden-object games she designed. Ethereal beauty. My beauty. He stroked a knuckle down her cheek then ran his thumb over her soft, full lower lip.
She flinched and batted his hand away, falling to her side in the process.
Ross snapped back to reality with a healthy hit of guilt. “Shit. Sorry.”
His gaze shot to her forehead where a two-inch cut sent blood trailing over her prominent cheekbone with its silky-smooth skin he’d so enjoyed caressing—
Shit. He gave himself a mental ass kicking for scaring her. “I’m Ross. You’re safe here. Promise.”

About the Author:
Celia lives in California with her husband, daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for werewolves, vampires, and the Fae. Her award-winning vampire series - The Tranquilli Bloodline - is available from Champagne Books.  Diamond Moon is her first werewolf story for Decadent Publishing’s Black Hills Wolves shifter line.
When not writing, you’ll find Celia exercising, reading a good book, hanging with her family, or indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Diamond Moon: A Chat With Ross and Darci

Hi Everyone!

I’m excited to be here on the Decadent Pub blog today to celebrate release day for Diamond Moon, Book 12 in the Black Hills Wolves multi-author series.  Woot! ::happy dance::
Diamond Moon is my first story for the BHW line, and I have two others in progress. Each story features one of three Wolf siblings.  First up, you’ll meet hunky Dominant Wolf Ross Luparell and his love-interest Darci Diamond.  Ross’s sister arrives in the next story, followed by the eldest brother in the third.
The official Diamond Moon Release Tour starts today.  Please visit the tour stops for more fun info on Diamond Moon (soundtrack, character interviews, etc.), book reviews, and author interviews, and to enter my tour giveaway – 2 gift cards up for grabs!

Enjoy!

xoxo,

Celia

Diamond Moon Tour Schedule

March 27 – Review - Fanatical Paranormal Romantical

March 27 – Spotlight - Marianne Willis Author


March 30 - Interview and Review - Happy Tails and Tales

March 31 - Guest blog - Sapphyria's Book Reviews

April 1 - Spotlight - Mischievous Reads

April 1 – Spotlight - Share My Destiny

April 2 - Guest blog - The Bookish & The Romantic

April 2 - Review/Spotlight - Angel’s Guilty Pleasures

April 3 – Spotlight - All I Want and More Books 

April 3 - Spotlight - Books N Pearls

April 6 - Guest blog - Diane’s Book Blog

April 6 – Spotlight - Booklover Sue

April 7 – Interview - Urban Fantasy Investigations

April 7 - Interview - Houston Havens 

April 8 – Interview - I Smell Sheep


April 9 - Interview Part 2 - I Smell Sheep

April 9 – Review - Crazy Four Books

April 10 - Guest blog - Sophia Kimble

April 10 - Spotlight and Review - Imagine a World


BOOK INFO

Title:  Diamond Moon
Series:
Black Hills Wolves
Number: Book 12
Author: Celia Breslin

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Date of Publication: March 27, 2015

ISBN: 978-1-61333-803-2
ASIN: B00T2E7ZEY

Number of pages: 85
Word Count: 29,737K

Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde

Book Blurb:
Human-wolf hybrid Darci Diamond spends every full moon locked in auntie’s basement in Southern Oregon. Her excruciating shifts terrify her, the last one causing her heart to stop beating. Seeking a cure, she journeys to Los Lobos.
Ross Luparell returns to the struggling Tao pack, using his millions made in the tech industry to build homes for pack families in need. He never imagined he would also find his one true mate. But when a hybrid with the biggest green eyes he’s ever seen lands on his doorstep in the middle of a wicked summer storm, there’s no denying it. She’s the one.
She wants a normal human life, free from pain-filled shifts. He won’t give up on her Wolf, and will do whatever it takes to help her accept her true nature. But can he convince her to trust him with her heart?

Buy Links:



EXCERPT:
     He reached out with his Wolf senses. The feedback froze his fingers on the doorknob. Female. Damn, she smelled good. Human. Wolf. Wait…both? The copper tang of blood hit his nose. And injured.
     He flung open the door. His abrupt move caught his visitor off guard, one small, white fist raised to knock. The woman startled and fell forward. Catching her, he pulled her inside, kicking the door shut with his foot.
     She sagged against him, a shivering bundle of wet woman. Underneath the dampness, her scent drop-kicked his gut. Apples and cinnamon. Roses and honey. His body perked up, taking extreme notice. He fought the growl of possession threatening to tear out of his throat. Holy hell, had his potential mate just walked into his home in the middle of a storm?
     The scent of her blood jump-started his brain into action. He lowered her gently to the floor. “Jesus. You okay?”
His instincts urged him to check her for wounds, but he was a stranger and didn’t want to spook her. But goddamn, he wanted to touch her. Peel off her wet clothes. See all of her. With a jacket covering her torso, tight jeans hiding her legs, and her ball cap pulled low on her face, all he’d seen so far was her quivering pale chin, full red lips, and those delicate, trembling hands.
     “S-s-sorry, d-dripping all ov-v-ver your f-f-floor,” she said, teeth chattering. Her snow white fingers curled on the hardwood, arms trembling with her effort to keep herself upright. Blood streaked the wood. A line of liquid crimson slid down her jaw and dripped from her chin onto her jacket.
     To hell with propriety. “You’re injured. Let me help you.” He pulled off her cap and damn near swallowed his tongue.
     Big green eyes blinked up at him from a face so pale it made him think of moonlight. Drenched, short black hair lay plastered to her head, the ends framing features reminiscent of the fairies his sister loved to draw for the hidden-object games she designed. Ethereal beauty. My beauty. He stroked a knuckle down her cheek then ran his thumb over her soft, full lower lip.
     She flinched and batted his hand away, falling to her side in the process.
     Ross snapped back to reality with a healthy hit of guilt. “Shit. Sorry.”
     His gaze shot to her forehead where a two-inch cut sent blood trailing over her prominent cheekbone with its silky-smooth skin he’d so enjoyed caressing—
     Shit. He gave himself a mental ass kicking for scaring her. “I’m Ross. You’re safe here. Promise.”

About the Author:

Celia lives in California with her husband, daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for werewolves, vampires, and the Fae. Her award-winning vampire series - The Tranquilli Bloodline - is available from Champagne Books.  Diamond Moon is her first werewolf story for Decadent Publishing’s Black Hills Wolves shifter series. When not writing, you’ll find Celia exercising, reading a good book, hanging with her family, or indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies.