Tuesday, March 8, 2016

.99 Cents Eden Winters Books at Dreamspinner Press

This coming weekend, the weekend of March 11, 2016, pick up three of my titles in e-book format at Dreamspinner Press for the bargain price of .99 cents.

Choose from:

A Matter of When



Wealth. Fame. Gold record. Hookers and Cocaine front man Henri Lafontaine has it all…including a control freak manager, band members who smile as they sharpen blades for his back, and last but damn well not least, a fan out to steal his heart. Literally. Trying to write hit songs and plan a comeback in the midst of the hi-fi white noise of LA feels more like watching his world implode, until he’s offered a month in the Colorado Rockies for vocal coaching.

Sebastian Unger’s rich, classically trained tenor inspires wicked thoughts. More than a pretty choir boy, he cracks the whip without hesitation to drive tattooed bad-boy Henri to give his all to his music. Working, fighting, and finally establishing a fragile peace, they find inspiration and perhaps more in each other. But the clock is ticking. Time will pull Henri back to the grit and gold of LA’s mean streets and fame machine, while Sebastian must return to the opera circuit, where a mysterious man known as “the patron” holds far too much sway. Only the trust they've built on a handful of notes bridges their two worlds...and shields them from malice.
 

Duet



A conqueror’s decree can’t separate Aillil Callaghan from his Scottish heritage. He wears his clan’s forbidden plaid with pride, awaiting the day he becomes Laird, restores his family’s name, and fights to free Scotland from English tyranny. An Englishman in his home? Abomination! Yet the tutor his father engaged for Aillil’s younger brothers may have something to teach the Callaghan heir as well.

Violinist and scholar Malcolm Byerly fled Kent in fear, seeking nothing more than a quiet post, eager minds to teach, and for no one to learn his secrets. He didn’t count on his charges’ English-hating barbarian of an older brother, or on red-and-green tartan concealing a kindred soul. A shared love of music breaks down the barriers between two worlds. 

Aillil’s father threatens their love, but a far more dangerous enemy tears them apart. They vanish into legend. 

Two centuries later, concert violinist Billy Byerly arrives at Castle Callaghan—and feels strangely at home. Legends speak of a Lost Laird who haunts the fortress in wait of his lover’s return. Billy doesn’t believe in legends, ghosts, or love that outlasts life. 

But the Lost Laird knows his own.


If possum shifters are more your speed:
Naked Tails



Seth McDaniel wasn’t raised among a shifter passel and has no idea what it’s like to turn furry once a month. An orphan, torn from his father’s family at an early age, he scarcely remembers Great-aunt Irene. Now her passing brings him back to Possum Kingdom, Georgia, to take up a legacy he doesn’t understand and reconnect with a friend he’s never forgotten.

As Irene’s second-in-command, Dustin Livingston has two choices: assume control of the passel or select another replacement. Unfortunately, the other candidates are either heartless or clueless. Dustin’s best hope to dodge the responsibility is to deliver a crash course in leadership to his childhood pal Seth, a man he hasn’t seen in twenty years. However, while Dustin's mind is set on his task, his heart is set on his old friend.

Seth’s quest for answers yields more questions instead. What’s with the tiny gray hairs littering his aunt’s house? Why do the townsfolk call each other “Jack” and “Jill”? Do Dustin’s attentions come with ulterior motives? And why is Seth suddenly craving crickets?
 



But then again, at this price, why not pick them all?

Monday, March 7, 2016

Eden Winters - Ode to Goodreads

Ask twenty authors their opinion of Goodreads and you'll get twenty different answers. I, however, find it inspiring. So inspiring that I wrote this little poem:

Ode to Goodreads
by Eden Winters

I went to Goodreads,
Hey, don’t you scoff.
Fourteen new ratings,
New book is taking off,
But then I look too closely
That’s when I feel the pain,
“This book could be much better,
She ain’t no Amy Lane.”

I ain’t no Amy Lane,
No I can’t make ‘em cry,
I ain’t no Amy Lane,
And now I wonder why.

Amy she’s got it going,
She writes ten books a day,
And all get five star ratings,
I don’t know what to say,
‘Cause when I visit Goodreads,
I feel the pain again,
“This book should be more angsty,
She’s ain’t no Amy Lane.”

I ain’t no Amy Lane,
No I can’t knit, I fear,
I ain’t no Amy Lane,
I pub one book a year.

Now Amy’s back list stretches,
From Maine to Anaheim,
How does she keep the names straight?
I can’t keep up with mine.
And when I go to Goodreads
I get so confused,
No matter what I do,
I get the same reviews!

I ain’t no Amy Lane,
Can’t write a book an hour,
I ain’t no Amy Lane,
I’m so in awe of her.

I switched up genres,
Wrote me some ‘rotica,
Yeah, that oughta,
Get some attention,
Get some reviews,
But when I look on Goodreads
That’s when I see this news:

“She ain’t no Lacy Tate,
Can’t make those truckers hot,
She ain’t no Lacy Tate,
Oh no, she’s not.”

So when you see me smiling,
On covers far and near,
Be gentle,
and I won’t shed a tear,
To keep things simple,
I’ve changed my name,
From Eden Winters to
“No Amy Lane.”

But!

I went to BookLikes,
Let them have their say,
and read these words:
“She ain’t no Andrew Grey.”


Author's note: I have the utmost respect for all authors mentioned in this poem, and obtained permission for use. 




Saturday, March 5, 2016

Release Day! The Angel of 13th Street

Re-releasing one of my earlier books is like visiting old friends. The characters and story are the same, but I notice details that eluded me before, having been viewed through the lens of a newbie author.

Angel was the first book I ever submitted to a publisher, and as such holds a special place in my heart. It was also written before I began my "What's in a Word" blog series, or even understood the weaknesses in the craft work.

What a difference six years have made. I've grown and learned so much, and though Angel was well received in it's previous incarnation, I couldn't help but enhance the story some.

So once more Jeremy is struggling to survive, as is Noah in his own way, and once more I've enjoyed the journey of their finding each other.


Noah Everett shed his rent boy existence for a bar and helping young men get a second chance at life. Haunted by those he couldn’t save, he keeps others at bay until his self-imposed loneliness is shattered by ambitious but homeless Jeremy Kincaid.

Aged out of the foster system, Jeremy’s the perfect target for a ruthless pimp like Willie Carnell. He wants no part of any future that includes working for Willie, but without a strong ally, he may not have a choice.

Noah knows exactly what Willie’s capable of, and if he’ll fight for strangers, he’ll fight harder for Jeremy.

Even if it takes confronting his own past.

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