#FreeviewFriday CAGED #FVF

Howdy all, and welcome back to my Freeview Friday.

Here goes. Your CAGED snippet:

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Trees hugged the uneven car park on three sides, blossoms dying on the cracked tarmac below them. Four cars dotted the unmarked spaces, but none of them as large as the X5 in the far left corner.

Genetically big creatures by nature, werewolves tended to opt for the bulkier vehicles, if only for space comfort; Sean’s girlie Porsche made him an exception to the rule.

Guessing the sleek grey wheels belonged to the other pack, I parked as far from it as possible.

All three of us inhaled upon stepping from the truck. A host of scents greeted me. Dissecting the wildlife from the flora and cooling engines, I discovered four two-legged mammals carrying the underlying scent of wolf.

Four against three. 

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I hope you enjoyed this weeks view. See you next week for another round of #FVF

As I have said before, any and all are welcome to join me in this weekly shenanigan. HOWEVER, if you do so, I URGE you to keep the shared snippets short and sweet. Mine will be a maximum of TEN (10) sentences. To help identification of these posts, I shall be hashtagging them (for Twitter purposes) as #FVF. Feel free to knick said hashtag for your own Freeview Friday posts.

Giveaway: my lovalicious Caged ARC

Howdy, my lovelies. You might recall me mentioning about my lovely Caged ARC (more than a few times) that I received a couple of weeks ago.

You also might recall me mentioning that I’d consider giving it away once I’d finished my proofreading and marked up all my edits.

If you follow my page on FB, you’ll be aware that said ARC (now I’ve finished with it) looks a little like this on the inside:

And that it looks a lot like this inside the front cover:

… though I will, of course, sign it to the winner.

And that it looks pretty much like this from the outside:

And, as it turns out, I AM wiling to give it away.

To one of you.

I’ll even throw in a super-duper Caged bookmark, too!

This is a GREAT opportunity to read Caged ahead of the crowd, especially as I won’t be running an eARC Giveaway until near the end of June.

AANNNNDDD because I’m in a good mood, I’m even going to make the tasks to earn your entry pretty easy.

Here’s what you have to do:

1) Change your profile picture to the Caged coverart for the duration (and draw) of the giveaway. Doesn’t matter where: FB (page or profile), Twitter, Goodreads, so long as you can provide me with a link to go view the profile where you’ve popped it so I can check.

2) Add Caged to your Goodreads pile. You can do that by clicking HERE! Again, you need to be able to provide a link to the page portraying your to-read bookshelf on your Goodreads profile, because I will be checking.

These aren’t either-or options. Both need to be completed for you to enter. And then you need to fill in the Rafflecopter Form! where there are two extra entry options for addition entries.

So, with that out of the way, off you go and good luck.

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T&C

Giveaway is INTERNATIONAL

Contest ends at midnight of May 31st, and winner will be drawn using Rafflecopter shortly thereafter

Winner will be contacted via email and asked to provide a mailing address in order to receive the prize

Winner will have 48 hours to respond to the email, otherwise a new winner will be chosen without notification

Once the winner has provided their address, please allow up to three weeks for delivery (especially if International)

A quick notification (email/FB/Twitter) to let me know the prize has arrived would be very much appreciated

Prize is as stated: no alternatives will be offered

#FreeviewFriday CAGED #FVF

Howdy all, and welcome back to my Freeview Friday.

If it seems like ages since I posted one of these, that’s probably because it HAS been ages. In fact, the last ones I posted were for Eternal last year.

Epic fail.

Anyhoo, as CAGED is due to release in a little over 12 weeks time (YAHOO!), I figured I’d give you a little Ethan each week to whet your appetites whilst you wait for him.

However, unlike the ones I’ve done in the past, I shan’t be introducing the sentences this time. Nope, I’m just going to randomly choose my snippet, and just stick it below, and you can make of it what you will.

Here goes. Your first CAGED Freeview Friday:

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After sending Shelley a quick smile of assurance, I pulled away from the kerb.

“You been getting jiggy with Shelley when you visit?” Sean asked, as Dad fiddled with his phone.

“Nope.” I shifted from second to third gear.

A ringtone echoed from the passenger seat. I glanced across as Dad lifted his hand to his ear.

“I don’t believe you,” Sean said.

I shrugged. “I don’t care.”

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I hope you enjoyed this weeks snippet. See you next week for another round of FVF

As I have said before, any and all are welcome to join me in this weekly shenanigan. HOWEVER, if you do so, I URGE you to keep the shared snippets short and sweet. Mine will be a maximum of TEN (10) sentences. To help identification of these posts, I shall be hashtagging them (for Twitter purposes) as #FVF. Feel free to knick said hashtag for your own Freeview Friday posts.

Caged Excerpt Time! Want a peek?

Yep, it’s that time again, when I get to share a snippet from the opening of my latest upcoming release, and it’s CAGED’s turn!!!!!!

Yippee.

I could waffle on about how equally excited and nervous I am over sharing this story with the world–mostly because it ain’t nothing like any of the Jem & Sean based stories–but instead, I’m just going to get on with and give you all what you came for. 

Below:

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1

“… from the Shropshire area. Following Carly McDowd’s disappearance on the fourth, and Andrew Doherty’s on the seventh, this is the third incident this month …”

I turned from the square-jawed newswoman on TV to Dad, where he sat in his corner armchair.

His attention remained on the screen, a frown across his brow.

“… the duo of friends were first reported missing late last night by their parents, after they discovered neither of the teenagers …” The newscaster’s voice infiltrated once more.

Images of a couple of lads flashed side by side on the screen. The one on the left had the appearance of any late teen, with shaggy overgrown hair and the twinkle of mischief in his expression.

From the other image, brilliant blue eyes stared out at me from beneath a shock of pale blond curls.

“Oh, shit!” I pushed to my feet, took a step forward. “That’s …”

“Nineteen year old Gabriel Lewis was believed by his mother to be staying at Colum Delaney’s since Friday evening, whilst Colum’s parents …”

Dad stood, his fingers retracting his mobile from his jeans pocket as I worked my own out. He paused, nodded to me. “Go on. You make the call, Ethan.”

Shelley Lewis’s number had been saved in my phone book since the beginning of the year, right after we met for the first time. I hit dial and paced to the window. September sunshine, of the early morning variety, blinded me as my phone rang.

It took only a few trills for her to answer. “Ethan?” Her voice held hope, as well as a heavy weariness and the thickness of tears.

“Is it true?” I’d promised to support her—a lone parent, a female no less, raising a werewolf son with no guidance. So far, I’d delivered on that promise.

The sob hitting my ear gave confirmation enough. “Oh, Ethan.”

“Hold tight, Shelley. I’m on my way.”

“I’ll come with you,” Dad said, as I hung up and spun to him. “Shout Sean, too—in case we need to do any scouting. I think I heard him stir upstairs.”

“What about Connor’s lot?” The Larsen’s made up the other half of our eight-wolf pack, but lived separately to us on the south side of the forest.

Dad shook his head. “I’ll update Connor whilst you deal with Sean—”

“And Jem?” I asked with a lifted eyebrow.

Dad’s lips twitched, but he continued as though he hadn’t noticed my reference to his buck-passing. “Just the three of us will go. Connor and his boys can spend the morning here and stay close to Jem and your mother unless we need them.”

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Well, whatcha think?

It’s not enough?

Well, whaddaya know? Because I’ve been given the go ahead to share the ENTIRE FIRST CHAPTER!

BUT …

It has to be earned.

And here’s how.

Simply shout about Caged in any of the following ways.

TWITTER 

Tweet about it. I’ve even give a couple examples below: you’re welcome to use them.

Love werewolves? CAGED is coming August 2013. Add it to your tbr list: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13627361-caged #HollowayPack

Ethan Holloway rocks my socks! Roawr! CAGED: coming August 2013: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13627361-caged #HollowayPack

Do you wanna be CAGED with Ethan Holloway? Yeah, baby! Add it on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13627361-caged #HollowayPack

Get the gist? Please note: Tweeting this blog post, whilst massively appreciated, does not count. It’s gotta be a link to Caged’s Goodreads page. Let’s see if we can get it on more to-read shelves.

FACEBOOK

If you want to go for the simplest route, you can merely share the link to the book’s page: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13627361-caged It can be on a personal profile, or on your page, in a group–whichever suits you. You could also add a little comment alongside the link, if you so desired.

ON YOUR BLOG

Waiting on Wednesday posts are the bees knees. LOVE them. Love how other bloggers hop around visiting each other, commenting on these posts. They are a FANTASTIC way for folk to discover new books. So, if you have Caged on your to-read list and you’re looking forward to it, something like a WOW post for Caged would be freakin’ awesome.

And if you’ve already posted about Caged in a WOW, then (thank you so much), you’re welcome to use that link for your entry.

AND THEN …

All’s you have to do is fill in the following form and ALL. WILL. BE. REVEALED.

Thanks heaps for all the support. It means a LOT!

I hope you enjoy.

And the winner of the Caged Swag is …

Congratulations to:

Rachel

All this:

will be making its way to you very soon.

And the two runner-s up, who will each receive a Caged bookmark are:

Pragya from The Reviewing Shelf and Danielle from Known to Read

Big thanks to everyone else who entered.

Don’t forget to check back for more giveaways in the future.

Ethan Swag! Or Caged Swag, depending on how you look at it … #Giveaway

Sooooooooooooo the time has arrived and I’m finally ready to give away some of that lovalicious Caged swag I’ve been showing off all over the darn place.

Want some?

Suuuuuuuuuuuure you do.

But, first, let’s take a look at the goods.

(top-to-bottom/L-R: Poster; Postcard; Mini Coverart Print; Magnet; Keyring; Notebook; Bookmark; Tote Bag to keep it all in [clicking on the photo will show it enlarged])

Ta-da!

See?

Pure Awesomesauce. Pure Beauty. Pure Strokeability.

PLUS, I’ll even give away signed bookmarks to TWO runners-up.

And so here’s how you can enter to win.

Shout about Caged.

*On Twitter: Tweet.

* On FB: feel free to flash off the cover & blurb.

*On your  Blog: Random Post/WoW.

If you’re looking forward to reading it, tell the world; if you <3 Ethan Holloway, tell the world; if the Holloway Pack are your favourite werewolves, tell the world.

Here’s the book’s Goodreads Page to help you along–I’d appreciate its inclusion in your post.

And that’s it.

No following. No ‘liking’.

Just a shoutout.

(though of course, the more places you shout, the more chances you have of winning)

You want the goods? Off you go.

Here’s the form for entry: Win Caged Swag!

Giveaway is open Internationally until March 31st

And here’s my Goodreads Profile if you haven’t friended me but would like to.

Cheers for stopping by.

It’s #Caged Tchotchke Time! #HollowayPack

Yep, every time my publisher sends me some lovely jubbly tchotchkes (translate: pretty images from my books that can then be DL’d & printed, or posted on blogs, and whatnot), I then get to share them with you.

Aaaaaaaaaand as the last lot they sent me are Caged ones, I now get to show them off.

As usual, the full list of tchotchkes is available on my website. But here’s a sample of what you might find there if you head across.

Yeah, baby. Those beauties above would be the Caged bookmark (front & back).

Love? I do.

This one is a lot of fun (to me, anyway). Now I know exactly what to expect with I hold Ethan Caged in my hands.

I always love my posters. Pity I’m on there, when there could be more room for Ethan, but hey, I don’t make these things. Ha!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand, duhn-duhn-duuuuuuuuuhn! Want Ethan on your laptop? Prettying up that screen o’ yours? Yep, yep, the Caged screensaver is all yours for DL’ing.

And as already mentioned above, you can nab all of these (plus a few other bits) right … HERE!

Enjoy!

CAGED COVER REVEAL! Who’s ready to meet Ethan Holloway?

Man, on, man! I have been sitting on this cover since around July of 2012, and it. Has. Crippled. Me. not being able to share.

Partly because this was my hardest book to write to date.

Partly because THIS IS ETHAN, PEOPLE!

And partly because this is easily my favourite Holloway Pack cover so far.

So, I’m gonna quit waffling on and just give you the goods.

Below.

Aaaaaand here’s his blurb:

If the meek can become deadly, the strongest can be weak. 

For Ethan Holloway, his mission to find a missing werewolf should be simple. Crack a few heads, bust a few chops and the solution always reveals itself. Always.

Not this time.

Ethan’s reputation precedes him, and because it does, someone is ready. Waiting. Unbeknownst to Ethan, he’s about to go down. Hard. Against a foe he never suspected and in a world he never imagined could be real.

What awaits Ethan is a fight not only for his reputation, but also his pack, his female, and his life. If he survives, damage control will become priority number one. 

If he survives.

Because even Ethan’s not sure he’s strong enough to take on an entire race all by himself.

Especially one hell bent on exposing who and what he is in the name of sport.

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Whatcha thunk?

As always, feel free to reblog or share.

Caged Cover Sneak Peek #7 #HollowayPack

This week I’m sharing a tiny piece from my Caged cover each day until Sunday.

And today is the 7th and final day.

So here’s your last peek:

Do that’s it for the sneaky peeks. Thanks to all who dropped by. Hopefully, I’ll see you all back here tomorrow for the FULL cover reveal, along with everyone’s first glimpse at the blurb.

Check out the other peeks:

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Caged Cover Sneak Peek #6 #HollowayPack

This week I’m sharing a tiny piece from my Caged cover each day until Sunday.

And today is day #6.

So here’s your sixth peek:

See you tomorrow. Same time. Same place.

Check out the other peeks:

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday