Big News: Hazard's Dare Available Now!

Hello everyone!
I'm excited, can you tell? Excited because today is the day. Hazard's Dare, Ellora's Cave Moderne, is Available Now from Ellora's Cave. In coming days, it'll be available through other venues such as Amazon.com, B&N.com, ARe, Sony and Kobo. As they come available on those sites, I'll be sure to post the links.

In the meantime, I thought I'd share a little about Hazard, Avery, and the books that came before their HEA. After witnessing his parents rocky marriage end in divorce and experiencing his own failed marriage to an unfaithful wife, Trevor Hazard Osbourne, pro linebacker for the Alexandria Griffins, has gone rogue. He doesn't commit, but he's more than willing to take on temporary lovers. Avery, the classic good girl whose father is a former US Senator from Kentucky and brother represents athletes like Hazard, has always felt average. It isn't until she rekindles a brief acquaintance with Hazard that she discovers her inner bad girl.

While the two are falling in love, a new cast of characters are introduced, many who will have hot, erotic, HEAs of their own. Though you'll have the chance to run into men like the Maddox brothers, the spotlight is really on Hazard, Avery, the residents of Dare, Nevada, along with Avery's brother, Alexander Grant and his husband, Dr. Ryan Hathaway from Playing Doctor. If you haven't read Playing Doctor, it would be very helpful to understand how Avery and Hazard met.

And, don't miss out on other books featuring members of the Alexandria Griffins, Quarterback Blitz and Field of Play. Follow my author link at Ellora's Cave or check out my website for links to all these books, http://www.francesstockton.com or https://www.ellorascave.com/index.php/authors/index/author/slug/frances-stockton/

As for Hazard's Dare, follow the scope icon for an excerpt, along with a blurb to whet your appetite:
http://www.ellorascave.com/hazard-s-dare.html

Hazard’s Dare

Frances Stockton

 

Hazard, talented linebacker for the Alexandria Griffins, is known for hard hits, record-breaking sacks, fast living and engaging in unconventional relationships. During a week off from football, he travels to Dare, Nevada, for some R and R and to hook up with a hot woman or two.

When Avery, his agent’s sister, walks into the club wearing a wicked red dress, he’s not immune to her delectable charms. After several tequila shots, Avery invites him to her hotel room for a week of hot sex with no promise of commitment, and he gladly accepts.

Of course they don’t expect their brief sexcapade to quickly turn into love—nor are they aware that someone dangerous has been stalking Avery’s family for years. Someone who’s about to strike. When Avery disappears, Hazard might lose the best thing he’s ever had. But not without a fight.

A Romantica® contemporary erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

 

Hazard's Dare Releases February 27, 2013

Greetings! It's been a busy couple of weeks. New England was pounded with 2+ feet of snow a few weekends ago, with more snow falling the next two weekends and more is on the way. My family has grown by one Boston Terrier puppy that is adorable, spoiled and fast as lightning. To be sure, she needs training, or maybe we do, but that's not what this blog post is about today.

Today, I'm blogging about football, a hot commitment-phobic linebacker who prefers open, unconventional relationships, the more women in his bed the merrier, a physical therapist who happens to be the sister of the linebacker's agent with a good girl reputation and a very famous, powerful former US Senator for a father, and small town Dare, Nevada.

Dare is more than what it seems. With a Vegas 'What happens here stays here' mentality, many of the locals and visitors include the rich and famous hoping to get away from it 'all', let their hair down, party, hook up, whatever goes, as long as it's kept out of the gossip press. If you are willing to take a Dare and read Hazard Osbourne and Avery Grant's story, you'll meet a host of interesting characters, learn the history of the town and how/why Dare, Nevada earned its reputation.

As for Hazard's Dare, coming February 27, 2013 (tomorrow) from Ellora's Cave Moderne, what starts out as two acquaintances unexpectedly hooking up for a brief, one week of commitment-free, no-rules sex. Learn more about Hazard and Avery's story by following the link posted below. You'll see the blurb, a link for excerpts, buy links and more. In coming days, Hazard's Dare will be available at Amazon, B&N, Sony, Kobo and ARe. Links will be posted as the book becomes available from those venues.

Hazard's Dare, Ellora's Cave Moderne: http://www.ellorascave.com/hazard-s-dare.html

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Release Date: Hazard's Dare

Greetings everyone!

Thank you so much if you've stopped by to check out my posts. I really appreciate the support. Today, I wanted to share a big announcement: Hazard's Dare, Ellora's Cave Moderne will release on February 27, 2013!

Is anyone else used to typing 2013 yet? I'm still getting used to it, but I'm also wicked excited about Hazard and Avery's story coming your way. 

In coming weeks before the book's release, I'll share excerpts. But if you'd like a sneak peak, here's a link: http://www.ellorascave.com/hazard-s-dare.html

Read below for the blurb!



Hazard, talented linebacker for the Alexandria Griffins, is known for hitting hard, record-breaking sacks, fast living and engaging in unconventional relationships. During a week off from football, he travels to Dare, Nevada for some R&R and to hook up with a hot woman or two.

When Avery, his agent’s sister, walks into the club wearing a daring red dress, he is not immune to her smoking-hot charms. After several tequila shots, Avery dares him to come back to her hotel room for a week of hot sex with no promise of commitment and he accepts.

Avery and Hazard never expect their brief sexcapade to quickly turn into love, and neither is aware that someone has been stalking the Grant family for years. When danger strikes and Avery disappears, Hazard stands to lose the best thing he’s ever had.

Cover for Hazard's Dare!

Now that the Holidays are over, and a New Year has begun, there's so much to blog about. First and foremost, I have news!

As you might have guessed, I have a new release coming soon from Ellora's Cave Moderne titled Hazard's Dare. I can't give you a date quite yet, but very soon I'll post all the information readers might need.

Hazard's Dare features Trevor Hazard Osbourne, the middle linebacker for the Alexandria Griffins, a fictional pro football team, and his agent's sister, Avery Grant. The two acquaintances unexpectedly meet up in a Vegas-like town in Dare, Nevada for a week of hot sex and a bucket list of positions and fantasies to act out. With no rules and no promises, what starts out as temporary quickly becomes something far more significant.

Check out the cover by the very talented Syneca! I absolutely love it.

Previous books, Quarterback Blitz and Field of Play also featured players from the Griffins, Kyran Black and Dallas McKay.

Until next time, read often and write well,
Frances

Pecs and Presents Blog Hop

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you!

To celebrate the ending on an epic year, we are bringing you a contest and potential presents. Oh, and some very hot pecs... because what is better than pecs and presents?!

All you have to do is visit the authors participating and chose what Caveman each set of pecs belong to. Each of the authors below have offered something for the prize box.

There will be ONE winner of the prize box across the blog hop: Amazon Gift Cards totaling $25, Ellora's Cave GC worth $10, ebook copies of Alpha in Hiding, Valentine Master, Take It Off!, Primal Song, Double Dare How do you enter?

Well, you must do the following: 1. Visit each author's blog:
Lea Barrymire  http://leabarrymire.blogspot.com/ 
Danica Avet http://danicaavet.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/sexy-men-in-review/
AM Griffin   http://amgriffinbooks.blogspot.com/
Sky Robinson http://skyrobinson.blogspot.com/
Erin Simone http://erinsimonebooks.blogspot.com/
Frances Stockton http://francesstockton.blogspot.com

So, you can be entered a maximum of 8 times for this contest.

2. Enter your guess as to who's pecs are featured on THAT blog post

3. Every person that enters answers on ALL six blogs are put in the hat 4. If you have all of the guesses correct you will be entered an additional time for the prize.

So now that you've read the how-to and have an idea of the incredibly talented authors participating in this fun way to celebrate Christmas and the Holidays, wouldn't you like to know which Caveman, I'm featuring. More so, wouldn't you like to know the names of all the Cavemen participating?

First, take a second to head on over to Facebook and check out their pages and their pictures. I'll give the links for each model's FB page, however, you can also visit http://www.ellorascave.com and follow the link for RomantiCon2013 and there are incredible pictures of each. Then, come back here and click the linky Lea Barrymire created to enter. If for some reason, my lack of computer tech-savvy skills cause an error, visit Lea Barrymire's blog and she will absolutely have all the names, Cavemen links, author blog links and anything I might have gotten wrong.


Georgio 

Justin 

Nick 

Christian 

Taylor

David


So now that you know which Cavemen are part of the Pecs and Presents Blog Hop, here's my Caveman! Of course, this is the fun part. Enjoy, you will not be disappointed!  After you check out the picture, and make a guess, enter the name of the Caveman you believe this is in the following link:

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And, of course, whenever there's a contest, there's some legalities to take care of.

Here's the legal mumbo jumbo:

- Entering this contest means you have read, understood, and agree with all rules and regulations stated.- Entrants must be 18 or older (or age of majority in your country) to enter and to win.- No purchase necessary.- Void where prohibited.- All stated rules are subject to change without notification or reason given.- Chances of winning vary widely based on the number of entries received.- Prize is as stated. No substitutions or exchanges.

- Contest host is not responsible to misrepresented/mistyped email addresses, spam filters, mailer daemons, and other internet wackiness that may crop up at the time of winner notification.

- Winners are final.- Contest Starts 00:01EST December 22nd and Ends 12:59EST December 24th and open to International participants- Winners will be notified via email, twitter, or facebook no later than 12:00EST December 26th -Respond by date to collect prize is 14 days from notification date.

Ellora's Cave Publishing's NEW Website and Contest

Hello everyone!
I wanted to send a quick thank you to my guest blogger, Cassandra Carr, who visited yesterday and shared about her newest book release, Master Class. I also wanted to apologize for not being as active here on my blog as I know I should be.

With Christmas and the Holiday Season upon us, life as a wife, mom and author gets super busy and I've got some BIG news coming soon regarding the Alexandria Griffins middle linebacker, Trevor Hazard Osbourne, who is referred to by teammates, press and fans by his middle name for a variety of reasons, and his unexpected romance with his agent's sister, Avery Grant. More to follow up on another day.

I'm sure you can tell by the subject heading, and you may have seen numerous posts already, but, Ellora's Cave has a brand-spanking-new website. It's state-of-the-art layout and features are incredible. Here's a note from EC regarding all that the new site can do: It first appeared on EC's Yahoo! Group for readers and authors ellorascavechat@yahoo.com If you're not a follower already, join and get up-to-date information on new releases, interact with authors and readers, and find out about contests and the always-popular RomantiCon!

Ellora's Cave launched a gorgeous new website, utilizing a state-of-the-art search system and sexy design scheme. The new design allows for more specific searching, giving fans of specific sub-genres and authors an easy way to find their dream books.
EC is hosting a contest on the website for a Lenovo ThinkPad as a thank you to fans and a fun way to kick off a new chapter at EC. To enter the contest, users complete an entertaining scavenger hunt which will leave them with a little more Romantica® knowledge.
The new site is designed for ease of navigation. The most requested feature from customers was the ability to sift through the huge and growing inventory to find books especially suited to their tastes and moods. Ellora's Cave purchased one of the most advanced search engines in the world and adapted it to our readers' very unique needs. You, of course, can find a specific author or title quickly and easily, using the search box. But you can also search and sort our books by subject, length, format, themes and other content in a whole new way. Want an erotic romance suspense ebook that's on sale featuring a male-male interracial couple set in the future with medieval overtones? Now you can find it with just a few keystrokes. It takes a little playing around with this powerful feature to learn how to use it best, but once you get to know it, you are going to fall in love.
Fans can also elect to be notified when a new book in a series or by a specific author is released. Or they can subscribe to an author or series and have future books be automatically charged to their account and a download link sent to them. If readers want to know what other fans are reading, they can use the "customers also bought" feature at the bottom of the page to find the other titles purchased by people who buy each book. For customers who browse before they buy, the "recently viewed" option lets readers view the books they browsed with one simple click.

If you're interested in entering the contest for a Lenovo ThinkPad, do follow the information provided from EC above and you could win!

As with anything new, sometimes links have changed. You might want to update your EC URL in your browser, here's the current one: http://www.ellorascave.com/ Additionally, links to favorite authors books have changed. Fortunately, EC's made it easy for readers to request email notifications about new releases, and so much more. Again, read EC's note in bold/italics above to find out all the features available to you.

Also, as I'm an author with Ellora's Cave, information and links to my books page and my books has changed slightly. Here's a link to all 9 of my current books: http://www.ellorascave.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Frances+Stockton
and my author page: https://www.ellorascave.com/index.php/authors/index/author/slug/frances-stockton

Since the Holidays are such a busy time, and my web mistress is busy, too, it may take a few weeks before I change the links on my website. However, my website has all the buy links you need for Amazon.com. B&N, Kobo, Sony and ARe. If you do click on the EC links, you'll be taken to Ellora's Cave's home page, where you can use the search function for my name, book titles or whatever you may be looking for.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Join up for EC's huge contest to possibly win a Lenovo ThinkPad! Learn more about EC, your favorite authors, RomantiCon, gift cards, new releases, old favorites, hot sexy books and the publisher that originated the Bad Girls of Romance!

http://www.ellorascave.com/