Monday, August 19, 2013

Author Elodie Parkes

Hi all!

Please help me welcome Author Elodie Parkes to my blog today!


Just a little about her to let you readers know who she is:

I live in the United Kingdom and I work in an antiques shop as well as writing. I have two dogs that keep me fit with their need for walks. I love the countryside and the coast.
I write romance, contemporary, and erotic with a twist of mystery, suspense, or the paranormal, now and then. I like to make the story unusual in some way, by a quirk in the tale. My books are always steamy.

Thank you for inviting me to your fabulous blog to celebrate the release of my erotic romance, ‘The Old Star’ with a cover reveal.

The love story has paranormal threads, a little mystery and magic, it’s erotic and I hope everyone enjoys reading it as much as I loved writing it.
The idea came to me when I was working. Sometimes in my job I have to travel to places where an antique has been offered for sale to the place I work. I had to go look at a chaise longue that was in a semi derelict house. The place was going to be demolished and so I was to buy the item, get it loaded in the truck and bring it back to the store. The guy selling it was just lovely. He and another hunk loaded the chaise longue into the pick-up for me. I’m small and slim so I generally get the help, but this guy was extra helpful and yummy. (Pity we passed each other like ships in the night). The house was spooky and the chaise longue, although needing reupholstering, was great. On the way back to work the story of ‘The Old Star’ dropped into my head. The title had been with me for a few weeks after I saw an old building with that name plaque hanging off the ruins, next to a burned out barn.

Here’s the blurb for the book.
The Old Star
She was looking for new office space...but it found her…what’s hidden in this spooky place?

When Cathy Faraday goes out from her office to buy morning tea, a set of circumstances send her on a different route from the one she would normally take. Waiting on a street unknown to her is a house. Old and left to fade away the house looks shabby against its neighbors. The whole row of houses are now offices and Cathy sees a ‘for let sign’ outside the place. Something draws her to the house. Someone watches from the third floor window.
Cathy applies to rent the building to expand her dating agency business. As she begins to make it ready, the house reveals its secrets.
Erotic romance, with a twist of paranormal, set in contemporary England this story will haunt you.
Graphic sex/love scenes. 18+ only.


It’s releasing from Hot Ink on Kindle August 23, so look out for it, and check my blog for the buy links.
In the meantime, here is the cover reveal and a chance to enter the prize draw:




I have three trailers too, (smiles), fun to make, one is widescreen, another two are standard, the sexy new one has different music, but I guess I like them all. I’d love for your readers to check them out.
Sexy new trailer The Old Star August 23 release from Hot Ink http://youtu.be/zeHJ1lewAKU

widescreen
standard


Here’s an excerpt, 18+ R rated

Cathy had surprised herself by falling into the kiss with Owen, but she found him so attractive she just let it happen. She felt the most delicious softness creep over her, as his tongue found hers, and when he pressed her close to his body, she wanted to stay there forever. Her whole body tingled with need and now as he kissed down her neck waves of sexual heat moved down through her stomach and made her pussy wet. She throbbed between her legs as the wetness increased when she felt his hard cock against her.
Cathy hadn’t had too many sexual relationships, but she knew the depth of need to feel him inside her was new. It was intense, as if every nerve in her body had sprung to life.
She pressed back, holding him around the neck to kiss him. Her nipples felt hard and needy. She wished he’d pull off her shirt and suck them into his mouth. She wished he’d unzip her jeans and feel how wet she was for his cock. She didn’t know what to do except kiss him and her kiss became more urgent and hungry.
He was drawing away from her. He had moved from her. She couldn’t feel his erection anymore. ‘Don’t stop, please.’

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Copyright Elodie Parkes 2013
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I’m running a celebration prize draw because I am so excited about this book.
First Prize, WIN a $25 Amazon gift voucher to buy what you want and the kindle copy of ‘The Old Star’ gifted from Amazon




Second prize, WIN a kindle copy gifted from Amazon of both ‘The Old Star’ and ‘The Winter Girl’ the latest release erotic romances.



Blurb:
Lily Prescott is only just over a relationship break up when she decides to take up residence in a house left to her by her recently deceased grandmother. Her corporate law job takes a back seat as she licks her wounds in the small country town. She looks around the main shopping street and discovers people who will befriend her, but she also runs into the town’s most eligible bachelor and secret bad boy, Starr Forrester.
Loved for his lifelong association with the town, Starr hides his methods for staying single well from his friends. He’s nearly thirty, gorgeous, a designer, owns a business and on the lookout for his ‘Winter Girl’….
Will it be Lily? What is a ‘Winter girl’?
Fun, sex, romance and a little twist of the paranormal, makes this a must read erotic romance.
Third prize, WIN the kindle copy gifted from Amazon of ‘The Last Time’



Steamy, erotic romance with a twist of mystery. Actor Seth Carbery swears he will never fall in love again, that is until he meets private detective Bethany Snow.
Something strange is going on. Seth and other members of the movie cast and crew are receiving threatening letters, but no threat has ever been carried out... yet. Bethany Snow is sent on location by the Black Agency to investigate, and guard Seth Carbery against danger.
The case is not what it first seems and even when Bethany thinks it could be over, a new twist means she becomes a target.
Seth and Bethany find they can’t keep their hands off each other.
Who's sending the letters and why? Does Seth have a secret admirer or stalker?
With steamy romance, graphic love scenes, and a quirky story of what people do for love this erotic romance is for adults only.

ALL prizes are international. Please enter via the rafflecopter and leave the address your prize would be gifted to if you win one of the three prizes. Choose any of the entry requirements not all.



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IF you prefer the embed codes for the trailers on your blog, here they are to choose from

Sexy new


Standard screen (this is different form sexy new)



Widescreen



Please thank Elodie for joining us today. Please visit her links, sign up for the giveaway and buy a book or two.

Keep Writing!
Jodie Pierce

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