Flirty & Feisty Romance Blog...spice up your relationships: Elodie Parkes

Showing posts with label Elodie Parkes. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Candle Magic #ReleaseBlitz by @ElodieParkes

Welcome to Book Showcase!

My fellow MidWeekTease author, Elodie Parkes is making a grand stop on Flirty & Feisty Romance Blog.

Elodie’s new release, Candle Magic is on a release blitz. There is a steaming hot excerpt for your reading pleasure.

Be my guest.

About the book:

I got the idea for this story very late at night as I shivered in a sudden downpour of rain on my way home from work. It was still summer at the time and although late, the sky was still quite light. That happens in Britain where I live and often dawn comes in at around 3.30 a.m. How do I know this? I’m often still up writing or playing around with graphics for book covers. I’m lucky because my
day job is in shifts so often I can grab a few hours’ sleep and still get to work on time.

Here’s the blurb:

When Simi finds a pretty old candlestick among the discarded props in the company storeroom, she never imagines it will grant her dearest wish. There’s something mysterious about the carved candlestick, but Simi is drawn to it. She’s saved a red candle from a box she bought years ago in an antique shop, and intends to use the candlestick to hold the last candle and make her solitary Christmas lunch more festive. It’s Christmas Eve, there’s sleet in the wind, Simi slips, but Jason
catches her. Who is Jason? Where has he suddenly appeared from in the night?

Simi looks into the eyes of this gorgeous man and sparks fly …

Erotic fantasy romance from Siren Publishing and Elodie Parkes

The mist parted. The sight of a man walking toward her captured her in a spell. Simi stared at him, unable to move.

He flowed slowly toward her, and then he was there in front of her, extending his arms to hold her. His cornflower blue eyes, fringed with dark lashes, filled with emotion. He smiled at Simi and she registered how handsome he was, how completely gorgeous he was, before magically she was in his arms. He held her close.

Gratitude surged through her. Her heart opened to soak up the love he gave her. His face close, Simi yearned for his lips on hers, and then—he kissed her. It charged her whole body with such a surge of raw sexual energy her pussy drenched her inner thighs. She drifted in a heavy fog of his kiss-induced lust.

The softness of his lips changed from a gentle, loving merging to a hungry searching as her tongue met his.

Naked in his arms, Simi pressed against his hard body, her clothes strangely gone. Yet she accepted that as ordinary when his hands swept over her skin and grabbed her ass to lift her against his body. Her stomach contacted the hard column of his erect cock, and she sighed into his mouth.

Protected COPYRIGHT ELODIE
PARKES and SIREN PUBLISHING 2014

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, DECEMBER 2014 RELEASE

BUY the book:
http://www.bookstrand.com/candle-magic

http://www.bookstrand.com/elodie-parkes

ADD to your TBR:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23603487-candle-magic

Check Elodie’s blog for other distributer buy links http://elodieparkes.blogspot.com

Follow Elodie on Twitter
on Facebook see her Amazon page and Google+

Thank you for stopping by. It would be sweet if you left comments, so I know you dropped in.

Have a romantic week ahead.

Love
Stella

Flirty & Feisty Romance

Our promise...is to deliver an intensely emotional experience you'll never forget.

Website

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

Smashwords

Follow us on Twitter

Follow us on Facebook

Be My Friend on Goodreads

My Pins on Pinterest

Friday, 3 October 2014

Cafe In The Park by Elodie Parkes #NewRelease #Giveaway

A very sunny Friday to you all from London.

On Book Showcase today, I have fellow MidWeekTeaser and Author, Elodie Parkes stopping over to celebrate her New Release, Cafe In The Park.

Elodie is sharing an excerpt to whet your appetite and the inspiration behind Cafe In The Park.

Have fun by participating in the giveaway and also connect with Elodie via the social media links.

Cafe in the Park by +Elodie Parkes

Sizzling contemporary romance with paranormal threads

Publisher: Siren Bookstrand

Café in the Park

When Emily joins a dating agency, she never expects to meet someone like Chris.
Everything she ever hoped for in a man, he’s special in more ways than one.
Their intense attraction to each other is fueled by their shared loneliness.
Will Emily find out his shocking secret when someone from his past comes back
to haunt him?

How can love blossom, when someone is trying to tear them apart?

This is erotic, contemporary romance that sizzles. It has paranormal and suspense threads. Siren has classified it as ‘sexstreme’ so you can expect it to be hot.

Inspiration behind the story:

After seeing a number of new advertisements for a leading matching site, into my head dropped the idea of a lonely woman who joins a dating site and actually meets
her dream man.

I couldn’t let him be a normal man, because I don’t really believe in the reality
of internet dating. (smiles)

Chris Donato, my hero, had to be different, a fantasy, a paranormal character, so
that I could use the idea at all.

I’ve always been interested in ancient history and know a few legends that have
grown up around sacred sites across the world. I combined a legend about a lost
Roman legion and a legend from Native Americans to form the basis for why Chris
Donato is what he is.

The premise still remains vague within the story because he must retain an air of
mystery.

I always fall in love with my characters. Chris, and Emily, my heroine, are very
loveable. Emily is so recognizable, a pretty, intelligent woman, longing for
love and yet without the environment to find it. Chris is the quintessential
paranormal hero, a mystery, an enigma, and yet desperate for love because of
his life experiences. He’s also a modern hero, a singer and guitar player in a
rock band, and a competent businessperson. He’s sexy, kind, gorgeous, adorable,
and something else…

Excerpt
Parking was at a premium, and it took some time to find a spot. She had to walk back
down the street for a good way to the bar. Her stilettos clattered on the
sidewalk as she sped up her pace. She wanted to be in the audience when Chris
came on stage.

Surprised there was no queue, she stepped up to the door and offered payment.

The guy in the booth taking the entrance fee looked her up and down.

“Name?”

Emily was stunned for a few seconds. Then she shrugged and answered. “Emily McKenzie,
why?”

He grinned. “Right answer. In you go, no charge. Chris said you’d get here about
ten.”

Emily raised her eyebrows. “Have you asked every woman that’s rocked up in the last ten minutes their name?”

The guy shook his head. “You fit the description. The band will be on any second.”

Emily went through the black double swing-doors into the bar.

The darkness enveloped her. There was no smoke, but the air was pungent with
different perfumes and tangy with alcohol as people passed close to her.

Her eyes adjusted, and she made her way through the crowded dance floor to the
front rows of people, just as the band came on stage.

She saw Chris instantly. He looked great, dressed in a black T-shirt and jeans. His
hair ruffled back, and his Wayfarers on, he strode on stage carrying his
guitar. Lights played on the band as the lead singer and Chris stepped up to a
microphone.

“Good evening.”

The crowd murmured. A collective wave of bodies swayed forward.

Emily felt as if she’d never heard his voice, never seen him before. He was
different, cool, composed, charming the crowd with just those words.

Everyone waited, the atmosphere charged with anticipation, and then the music started.

Emily watched in awe. They were excellent. Both the lead singer and Chris complemented each other perfectly. She didn’t recognize the song, and then they covered a hit she recognized. She loved the way Chris moved. His hips, his long legs, and the angle of his jaw captured her gaze. He was so gorgeous she could hardly
believe he’d been in her arms in her bed that morning.

As the band finished a third song, he stared right at her. He must see me. She smiled, not really believing he could see her in the darkness. He smiled back at her. Her heart lifted. A swell of happiness brought more smiles to her face. He can see me.
She raised her hand slightly in a little wave.

Café in the Park
released September 9

http://www.bookstrand.com/cafe-in-the-park

Add to Goodreads TBR

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23152546-cafe-in-the-park

Pinterest posters

http://www.pinterest.com/melodyelodie/cafe-in-the-park/

About Elodie:

Elodie Parkes is a British author writing romance, erotic, contemporary, and often with a twist of mystery, paranormal or suspense. Her books are always steamy, cool stories and hot love scenes.

Elodie lives in Canterbury with her two dogs. She works in an antique shop by day and writes at night, loving the cloak of silent darkness that descends on the rural countryside around her home.

Elodie writes for, Hot Ink Press, Moon Rose Publishing, Eternal Press, Secret Cravings, Evernight, Siren and Ra Jones Anthology

She has also released titles as an individual indie author.

Find Elodie online: Blog Tumblr Facebook Twitter

Google + Pinterest YouTube Amazon USA Amazon UK Smashwords Barnes and Noble ARe Bookstrand Evernight TRR ManicReaders