We love Evernight Publishing! Happy 4th B-day Evernight! @evernightpub #BDayBashBlogHop

Roll out the Red Carpet ~ Evernight celebrates four years of publishing! Join authors, bloggers and reviewers as we take a RED CARPET tour featuring Evernight's smart and sexy books. Slip on your virtual stilettos and walk the red carpet of award winning titles, spectacular reviews, and paparazzi style interviews.
Be sure to visit every stop on the tour where you can enter for a chance to win great prizes, including a new eReader, gift certificates, swag, books and much more! For links to the participating authors and bloggers CLICK HERE or use the links at the end of the post.
Don't forget to visit the Evernight Publishing website where all eBooks are 50% off through October 13th!
Now I turn the spotlight on our smart and sexy books... Our thoughts on Evernight Publishing * As authors, we're thrilled to share our stories with you, the readers, and Evernight helps make our books shine! Here’s why we love Evernight Publishing:
* RM & I were quite happy to be picked up by Evernight Publishing. We heard about the company through a friend of hers, and after our first book had been turned down by a couple of other places, we submitted there. The rest is history! We now have three stories in the Double D Ranch Tales series available through Evernight and have several more in various stages of development. Yay! Our experience at Evernight has been wonderful—from the support of the publisher to the cover art to the promotion to the support of other authors and so on. We’ve also received some great reviews on our stories. In fact, some of the positive feedback we’ve gotten is in direct contrast to the reasons why the first publisher we sent our story to rejected it. See? Just because one place doesn’t think you’re a fit or a particular person doesn’t like it, doesn’t mean that the story is garbage.
* Want to read the wonderful reviews? Visit these links: Wild West Weekend | Wild West Hauntings | Wild West Promise You can keep updated about us and our books at our websites: C.R. Moss | RM Sotera Now for the good stuff! Answer our question, which is provided below, in the comment section for a chance to win (be sure to include your name and email address so if you win we can contact you):
* Your choice of an Amazon Kindle Fire HD or Kobo Arc 7
* $100 Amazon GC
* $50 Evernight GC
* Our blog prize: A $5.00 Evernight Publishing gift certificate
Question: Have you ever reached a goal that you thought to be impossible or that people told you would be impossible to do or said no on?
* Please note, if you do not answer the question above or you just copy and paste someone else's answer, you will be disqualified from winning any of the prizes.
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the hop!
C.R. Moss & RM Sotera
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Learn 10 Things about Kent & Maggie ( #Follow @crmoss @RavenMcAllan @rmsotera @evernightpub #erom )

I'm over at Raven McAllan's blog today interviewing Kent & Maggie from Wild West Promise! Come on over, learn ten interesting things about the characters and say "Hi!" I'd sure appreciate it. Visit: Raven McAllan's blog
Happy Reading!
C.R.

A Writing Influence ( #Follow #DDRTbooks @crmoss @rmsotera @KiruTaye @evernightpub #erom )

I'm over at Kiru Taye's blog today! Come on over, give the post a read, find out who influenced my writing, and say "Hi!" I'd sure appreciate it. Visit: Kiru Taye's blog
Happy Reading!
C.R.

Spotlight on WWP ( #Follow #DDRTbooks @crmoss @rmsotera @DBlackErotica @evernightpub #erom )

I'm over at Douglas Black's blog today! Come on over, give the post a read, and say "Hi!" I'd sure appreciate it. Visit: Douglas Black's blog
Happy Reading!
C.R.

Soundtrack 4 a Movie ( #Follow #DDRTbooks @crmoss @rmsotera @ZeeMonodee @evernightpub #erom )

I'm over at Zee Monodee's blog today! Come on over, give the post a read, find out what songs comprise the 'soundtrack' for the Wild West Promise 'movie', and say "Hi!" I'd sure appreciate it. Visit: Zee Monodee's blog
Happy Reading!
C.R.

A Fun Fact ( #Follow #DDRTbooks @crmoss @rmsotera @JessicaJayne13 @evernightpub #erom )

I'm over at Jessica Jayne's blog today! Come on over, give the post a read, find out a fun fact about Wild West Promise, and say "Hi!" I'd sure appreciate it. Visit: Jessica Jayne's blog
Happy Reading!
C.R.

Where a Writer Writes ( #Follow #DDRTbooks @crmoss @rmsotera @DBlackErotica @evernightpub #erom )

I'm over at Douglas Black's blog today! Come on over, give the post a read, learn about my favorite writing spot, and say "Hi!" I'd sure appreciate it. Visit: Douglas Black's blog
Happy Reading!
C.R.

Fav dialogue exchange ( #Follow #DDRTbooks @crmoss @rmsotera @cloveflores @evernightpub #erom )

I'm over at Carlene Love Flores's blog today! Come on over, give the post a read, learn what my favorite exchange of dialogue is in Wild West Promise, and say "Hi!" I'd sure appreciate it. Visit: Carlene's blog
Happy Reading!
C.R.

Heating up the west!

Hi everyone! I wanted to share some info with you on another upcoming DDRT release!

* Once more the Las Vegas area is heating up!
* Get ready for another Wild ride…


Wild West Promise ~ book 3 in the Double D Ranch Tales series ~ a contemporary, western, erotic romance story with a hint of the supernatural set in Nevada and written for Evernight’s Romance on the Go line ~ projected for release August 2013 In life and the afterlife, on the Double D Ranch, one belief holds true—the power of desire changes lives.

* A rugged wrangler. A feisty Irish woman. A day full of promise. Times are wild on the Double D, and one ranch hand is in for the ride of a lifetime.
* Little does Maggie O’Hurley know her life is about to change. She visits the ranch to attend a friend’s bachelorette party and meets a wrangler named Kent. Her immediate attraction to him revs up her libido, and she plans to do what’s needed to snag the sexy cowboy…including making a decision she never thought she’d deal with again.
* As a workaholic, Kent Samuels hasn’t been with a woman in ages. When a bewitching redhead steps into his path, his world tilts, and she’s all he can think of. He doesn’t know if he’s able to give her forever, but he will give her what time he has. Once he does, he knows he can’t let her go.
* Past experiences war with ideas for the future, but can the pair make promises they can keep?

This story and others will be available at HMK! Come out to the hottest readers’ conference in the west, Hot Mojave Knights, and meet C.R., RM & other great authors ~ Las Vegas, NV - October 2013 ~ http://www.hotmojaveknights.com/

It's 0ut! Day 1 of 4 day party ~ w. sp00ky excerpt ( #FF @evernightpub @rmsotera )

Wild West Hauntings is now available at Evernight Publishing! In celebration, C.R. Moss is participating in this year's Halloween "Howloween Blog Hop" over on her blog.

* Here's how the blog hop works... The more blogs you hop to (find the participants here: Howloween Blog Hop) the more chances you have of winning prizes. Each author on the hop is offering a prize!

* For a chance of winning C.R.'s author prize, which is one PDF copy of Wild West Hauntings, please visit C.R.'s blog HERE comment on the Day 1 post there, leaving your first name and email address with the comment, and follow the blog. For even more chances at the prize, following her Facebook page will earn you an extra entry as will following her Twitter profile. And for chances at a special surprise prize (could be a print book or two or a gift certificate or maybe even a goody box!) in addition to doing the above, comment and follow this blog and then visit C.R.'s other pen name's (Casey Moss) blog HERE, comment and follow there, too, for an extra entry for the PDF and entry into the special drawing. Wait! There's more! For two more entries follow Casey at her Facebook Page and Twitter Profile. That'd be seven chances to win Wild West Hauntings! Please note, to be entered in the special drawing you have to at least comment & follow all three blogs. Everything else earns you extra entries. :)

* Check back each day for the continuation of the spooky excerpt. Good luck and happy hopping!

~ A look into Wild West Hauntings ~ Blurb
* In life and the afterlife, on the Double D Ranch one belief holds true—the power of love changes lives.
* With cowboys, ghosts, modern day women, hot dreams, pre-wedding relations and a bit of sexy time travel, life promises to be one wild time on the ranch again.
* Rachel Star has met the man of her dreams … literally. Too bad he’s a ghost. When true love crosses boundaries from dreams to reality and across time, the Double D ranch is the place it happens. It takes the love of a man from the past, Dalton Dougan, to bring love full circle in the present for Rachel.
* Bristol Ashcombe, soon to be Dougan, is ready to have her baby … and so is a poltergeist. Can the love of a woman for her man and child sustain her during the most horrible of terrors? Can the love between family and friends really dispel the evil haunting them?
* Wild West Hauntings — Double D Ranch Tales (Book 2), a contemporary, paranormal, erotic romance story set in Nevada.
Excerpt
* The coolness of the bedroom was the second odd occurrence that Bristol noticed after she’d woke unexpectedly in the room bathed by shadow and light. The first had been the baby’s unusual kicking pattern.
* What the…
* After sweeping her open palm over her stomach in the hopes of settling the little one, she glanced at Damon. As usual he was wrapped around her body with his legs across hers and his arm protectively draped around her belly bulge.
* She wasn’t shocked by the massive body heat he gave off because that was a normal occurrence for her man when he slept. No, it was the shiver that ran down her spine when her gaze rested on the panty remote on the nightstand near Damon’s head.
* The dial moved once.
* Fear followed by confusion plummeted through her body, and suddenly her mouth felt full of cotton.
* Surely her eyes played tricks on her.

For more on the first book in the series, Wild West Weekend, & the second book, Wild West Hauntings, now available at Evernight Publishing, check out and stay tuned to this blog. :)

Happy Halloween & Happy Reading from C.R. Moss

Sneak Peek ~ Wild West Hauntings ( @rmsotera @evernightpub #WW #SO ) for Oct. 24

Coming soon (October 26, 2012) to Evernight Publishing! Wild West Hauntings

* That she’d been having a relationship with a man in her dreams? Very juicy dreams with someone whose facial features have been nondescript? I know his name, have heard his voice, felt his body as we’ve loved each other, but I have no clue what he looks like since his face is always in dream shadow. With a deep sigh, she slid out of the car into the dry winter air of the high desert and grabbed her luggage from the trunk. Why am I even worrying about this? He’s just a figment of my overly-stressed mind.

For more on book 1 in the series Wild West Weekend & upcoming information on book 2 Wild West Hauntings stay tuned to this blog. :)

A short Q&A with 'Wild West Hauntings' co-author: C.R. Moss ( #MM @evernightpub @rmsotera )

Hi all! We're nearing the release date for Wild West Hauntings. Yay!
A few days ago you had a glimpse into RM Sotera's writing life, and today I wanted to share a few questions that have been asked of me in the past & my answers. :)

Q1: What is the best writing advice you ever received?
A1: Plant butt in chair and write every day. Turn off that internal editor and just write. Granted, sometimes I think this bit of advice is easier said than done—life gets in the way, the editing muse won’t shut up—but still, the advice is sound if one wants to be a successful writer.

Q2: What is a “must-have” for a writer’s bookshelf?
A2: I have a few… A good dictionary and thesaurus or links to online versions (for the basics); The Romance Writers’ Phrase Book by Jean Kent, Candace Shelton & The Millennium Phrase Book for Romance Writers by Rebecca Andrews (for creative inspiration); The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler (for story structure/inspiration)

Q3: How do you cope with set-backs?
A3: My level on how well I deal — let it roll off, get angry, get down, etc. — depends upon the set-back, but I usually have a good talk with a close friend or two and/or hubby and they help me to find solutions and feel better about what’s going on.

~ A look into Wild West Hauntings ~
Blurb
* In life and the afterlife, on the Double D Ranch one belief holds true—the power of love changes lives.
* With cowboys, ghosts, modern day women, hot dreams, pre-wedding relations and a bit of sexy time travel, life promises to be one wild time on the ranch again.
* Rachel Star has met the man of her dreams … literally. Too bad he’s a ghost. When true love crosses boundaries from dreams to reality and across time, the Double D ranch is the place it happens. It takes the love of a man from the past, Dalton Dougan, to bring love full circle in the present for Rachel.
* Bristol Ashcombe, soon to be Dougan, is ready to have her baby … and so is a poltergeist. Can the love of a woman for her man and child sustain her during the most horrible of terrors? Can the love between family and friends really dispel the evil haunting them?
* Wild West Hauntings — Double D Ranch Tales (Book 2), a contemporary, paranormal, erotic romance story set in Nevada.

For more on the first book in the series, Wild West Weekend, & the second book, Wild West Hauntings, visit The Double D Blog

Happy Reading from C.R. Moss

A look at 'Wild West Hauntings' co-author: RM Sotera ( #writer #SO @rmsotera @evernightpub ) [reprise]

Today we have co-author of Wild West Weekend & Wild West Hauntings, RM Sotera, visiting. RM is a romance vixen stuck in the body of a prim and proper woman. A transplant to Las Vegas, by day she is a wife, mom, taxi driver, counselor, and psychologist to her wild and, at times, crazy friends. But when the family goes to bed and the house is dark, she seeks refuge in her office where her deepest and sometimes darkest desires take hold. And…ultimately a story is born. She’s here today offering some insight about her life as an author.

So, RM, what inspired you to become a writer?
My imagination needed a place to come alive, thus on the pages of a book I can make this happen. I’ve always kept diaries and journals, so for me writing has always been a part of my life.

When did you attempt your first story? What length was it? What's become of it?
My first book was over 100,000 words, and I attempted and finished it while attending graduate classes. I needed something else to concentrate on besides academic journals and books, and I had a story that was itching to be told. The book had been revised and edited several times, and sent to several agents. The manuscript had over 60 rejection letters to its name (and I’m damned proud of them!) before it was picked up.

How many stories did you complete before you sold your first?
Many.

What genre(s) do you write in? What drew you to write in it/them? What’s your favorite genre of all to write in?
I write paranormal romance with erotic elements. I also have a humorous streak to my work. I’ve written contemporary. I’ve always loved vampires, witches, and things that go bump in the night, which is why paranormal romance is my favorite. It totally suits me. Though, I am also working on a young adult, my favorite genre is paranormal, hands down.

What are the best and worst pieces of writing advice you ever received?
Let’s see…the best advice I received was to never give up on the dream if it’s what you really want to do, and to grow a thick skin. Also, to make time everyday to write, even if only for a short amount of time. And, don’t quit my day job hastily, wait to see what transpires. The worst piece of advice… I’m still waiting for the worst advice. To be honest, I hope it never comes.

How do you celebrate/deal with acceptance/rejection letters?
I’ve become quite the connoisseur with rejection letters. I can honestly say that at first, they devastated me. However, I started to get pissed after the 10th letter and decided that for every rejection I received I would send out 3 more query letters. Yeah…I’ve grown some thick skin and I keep moving forward. How did I celebrate when my first book was published? I jumped up and down in the privacy of my office, then had lunch with two of my favorite people. Seeing my words and name in print has been a dream come true. And I can honestly say…it keeps getting better. I love being optimistic, so I believe the best is yet to come! Every night before I go to bed, I hum the words to Don’t Stop Believing by Journey; it’s this writer’s lullaby. :)

*** Now for some fun info… ***
What’s your favorite color?
My favorite colors are red, black and grey. I like black the best even though it’s not considered a color.

What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?
Say what? Forget the ice cream I’ll take the jar of cherries instead. And I’d like to place them all over… :)

Are you a morning person or night owl?
I am a morning person. And sometimes a night owl. I’m up by 5 am daily, and I can usually be found at my computer typing away at some story. I do my best writing in the early, early hours of the day. My muse, Styxx, loves to wake me at 2 AM.

***Find RM here***
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For a look at book 1 ~ Wild West Weekend & book 2 ~ Wild West Hauntings in the Double D Ranch Tales saga visit: DD Ranch Blog

Thank you for joining us here today, RM! It was a pleasure getting to know about you.

Sneak Peek ~ Wild West Hauntings ( @rmsotera @evernightpub #WW #SO) for Oct. 17

Coming soon (October 26, 2012) to Evernight Publishing! Wild West Hauntings

* Great. Not able to ignore it this time, Rachel bent forward and dropped her forehead onto the steering wheel. It wasn’t just any man speaking softly in the recesses of her consciousness, but Dalton, the man who’d been haunting her dreams the past few years. Now I know I really need some good sleep since he’s talking to me while I’m awake.
* What would her psychology professors, or the associates at the clinic where she’d recently been interviewed think if they knew what she’d been experiencing? That she’d been having a relationship with a man in her dreams?

For more on book 1 in the series Wild West Weekend & upcoming information on book 2 Wild West Hauntings stay tuned to this blog. :)

Six Sentences for Sunday ~ Wild West Weekend ( @evernightpub @rmsotera #DDRT )

Six sentences from Wild West Weekend

* But then, why should he find anything strange about what was going on around the ranch. With every new guest who came onto the property a new flavor of fun was added to the mix and anything could happen. There was one evening a family stumbled upon a couple in the midst of an intimate act in the pool, and he had to calm all the people down about their claims over indecency and voyeurism. Just over nine months later, he received a card and a picture of a baby named, Dillon, from the couple. Then there was the haunted town down the way, and his ranch’s resident ghosts. It’s a wonder anything surprised him anymore.

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Sneak Peek 7 at Wild West Hauntings ( @rmsotera @evernightpub )

Coming soon (October 2012) to Evernight Publishing! Wild West Hauntings

*I’m just exhausted. She pinched her cheeks hoping the action would revive her and chase away the weird feelings and musings. The squeezes didn’t help. A strong urge for a nap, a wonderful hour or so of undisturbed sleep, took hold.
*Yes, sleep, the man’s deep voice intoned in her mind again. Come be with me.

For more on book 1 in the series Wild West Weekend & upcoming information on book 2 Wild West Hauntings stay tuned here Double D Ranch Tales blog

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Sneak Peek 6 at Wild West Hauntings ( @rmsotera @evernightpub )

Coming soon (October 2012) to Evernight Publishing! Wild West Hauntings

*Slow and steady she pressed on the accelerator and finished the drive to the parking area near the lodge. The large building had a stone façade that reminded her of the white and ivory, inlaid with gold and gray veins, Italian marble found in her grandmother’s New York City penthouse. Rachel shifted uneasily in her seat. She couldn’t put a finger on it, but something about the structure was off. The lodge seemed too large, appeared too new.
*There’s nothing wrong with it.

For more on book 1 in the series Wild West Weekend & upcoming information on book 2 Wild West Hauntings stay tuned here Double D Ranch Tales blog

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Sneak Peek 5 at Wild West Hauntings ( @rmsotera @evernightpub )

Coming soon (October 2012) to Evernight Publishing! Wild West Hauntings

... Yet concerns about harnesses and saddle soap, feeding livestock, shoeing horses, making sure there was food on the table, and protection of all she held dear whirred in her mind. A longing for a different lifestyle welled within her—a way of life where she’d work hard off the land and fall into bed at the end of the day feeling a true sense of accomplishment. The desire to toss her smartphone out the window, not worry about keeping up with the Jonses, and go back to a simple way of living grew.
*Simplistic living. Wishful thinking that, a male voice whispered in her mind.
*Rachel brushed off the masculine stated comments, telling herself they were only thoughts from her own subconscious manifesting in a way that she’d find agreeable.

For more on book 1 in the series Wild West Weekend & upcoming information on book 2 Wild West Hauntings stay tuned here Double D Ranch Tales blog

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Sneak Peek 4 at Wild West Hauntings ( @rmsotera @evernightpub )

Coming soon (October 2012) to Evernight Publishing! Wild West Hauntings

... The beautiful golden glow of late afternoon backlit the mountain ridges.
*Property lines? Homestead? What the hell am I thinking? Born and raised in the northeast—New Jersey and New York respectively—she knew nothing about homesteads or ranching. Her world revolved around city living, education, highbrow culture.

For more on book 1 in the series Wild West Weekend & upcoming information on book 2 Wild West Hauntings stay tuned here Double D Ranch Tales blog

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Sneak Peek 3 at Wild West Hauntings ( @rmsotera @evernightpub )

Coming soon (October 2012) to Evernight Publishing! Wild West Hauntings

... Property lines. A small pond up and over the ridge.
* But why do I know?
*Pictures hadn’t done the scenery justice. Rugged untamed beauty the likes of which couldn’t be found back east surrounded the area. Varying browns and reds comprised the snow-capped mountainsides bordering the property while dark green bunches of foliage blanketed the sandy ground that encompassed the few grassy areas on the homestead.

For more on book 1 in the series Wild West Weekend & upcoming information on book 2 Wild West Hauntings stay tuned here Double D Ranch Tales blog

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