It’s that time again. I like to call it The (Almost) Release Day Celebration. Honestly, I have no idea what else to call it, so we’re going with that title. The point is HOT AS HELL officially comes out next week. To usher in this fabulous event, it’s contest time. The Rules are below…
HOT AS HELL centers on Lexy and her ex-fiancee Noah. She’s at a hiking spa in Utah. He’s there to convince her to get rid of the “ex” in their relationship. She’s there to prove Noah is not the man he says he is. And Noah has made her task a little easier by failing to mention some big issues in his past.
As an example, here’s a short excerpt from the book:
Noah leaned in and lowered his voice out of eavesdropping range. “Are you upset about Mexico?”
“Mexico?”
His dark eyes search her face for a second before his expression wiped clean again. “Never mind.”
“As in the country?”
“Is there a Mexico in Kansas?”
“Being a smartass is not a good move when we are this close to the edge of a big desert where no one would find your body for months, possibly years, after I finished with it.” Lexy was just furious enough to do it.
“Good point.”
“So,” she blew out the anger clogging the back of her throat as she struggled to catch up with his side of the conversation. “Tell me about Mexico.”
“Why?”
She scoffed just to see how he liked it. “How should I know? You’re the one who brought it up.”
“Only because I thought that was the reason you broke off the engagement. It wasn’t, so it’s not relevant.”
Typical. She kept stacking the information he hid from her on a mental pile. The thing was within inches of toppling over and crushing them both.
“If it’s not Mexico, then I’m thinking you must have found out about my time in jail and got pissed.” He nodded. “I can see where that might be an issue for you.”
“You were in prison?”
“Jail.” He held up a finger. “And I can explain.”
“I somehow doubt you will.”
“Parts of the experience are fuzzy. A little alcohol and a parrot and things got crazy, but-”
“Parrot?”
“No big deal. The charges were dropped before trial.” He reached out and traced a thumb along her chin.
“Unless you want to lose a finger, now is not the time to touch me.” She brushed his hand away. “So, is this parrot issue is in addition to the time in prison?”
“Jail.”
“What the difference?”
“A trial and a conviction, and I didn’t have either. And, by the way, no harm came to the bird.”
CONTEST: Another thing Noah “forgot” to mention was an ex-wife. Oops! So my question to you is this: If you found out the man you were engaged to had an ex-wife and he didn’t tell you, you would….what?” Put your answer in the comments section and you’ll be entered to win, pursuant to the Rules below. I’ll pick winners from those commenting.
PRIZE: I’ll be giving away five (5) copies of HOT AS HELL to people chosen from those commenting. For those who already have the book, are planning to buy it, or have it on pre-order, you can chose a book from my backlist instead.
REQUIREMENTS: Put your answer to the question in the comments AND if you win you agree to post comments/a review/thoughts about HOT AS HELL somewhere on the internet (after you read it, of course) by November 15th, including a copy of the cover. You’ll also need to send me the link for verification…and because I’m nosy and will want to read it.
RULES: One entry per person. You can comment on the responses of other people, of course, but please do not enter the contest under different names/web addresses. That sort of thing drives me insane. International entries are welcome, but your copy will need to come from an online bookstore that I can access (ie find and order from for delivery to you). So, you won’t get a signed copy. Sorry. Also, please don’t enter unless you can post about HOT AS HELL as required by November 15th. That’s a rule of the contest.
MISC.: I will post the winners here on Monday in an update. You can comment any time between now and midnight PST on Sunday October 26th to be entered.
Good luck!!
UPDATE: Thanks to all who commented. Me, well, I’d smack the crap out of the guy. I’m vengeful like that. Some of you are nicer. And, now the winners:
-Michelle (MG)
-Liza
-Yan
-Azteclady
-Stephanie
Congrats to all! Please email me so I can get those copies out to you.