Hi Everyone,
I hope that you are all having a great beginning of theyear. Does anyone have any plans? I have nothing major planned except attending FandomFest in Louisville, KY in June & Authors After Dark in NOLA in August. Iam sure these cons will be a ton of fun.
Now the reason for the announcements, well, I figured Ihaven't done an official newsletter in a long time. So my New Year's resolutionis to do a monthly newsletter and roll it into a blog. I'm horrible at keepinga blog. Honestly, I'm not sure how interesting my life is considering I workfrom home all day doing my day job, taking care of my two dogs, and of coursethe husband. And the characters from whatever I'm working on at the moment arealways raging in my head. Then again I could bore you with their conversations.It can be quite funny, at least to me at times.
The plan for the year is to write 12-15 books depending ontheir lengths. My writing goals for the month are normally 40K for a book, or20K for two short length stories. It all depends on what ideas hit me. I hopeto have my horror novel Death's Dance completed. Two more stories in the Hell'sGate series. Maybe another Lupine Gorge novel which the first one is ThreeFur All.
We will see what the New Year brings.
Read below for some sneak peeks for what is to come thisyear.
Hope you all have a great year.
Dark BlessingsCrymsyn
Updates:



Dreaming of You will beavailable again January 4th from Purple Sword
The Dragon & His Houseboy will be outJanuary 14th with Sugar & Spice Press.
Hell's Gate: Amelia will be outJanuary 18th with Purple Sword
A Cat for All will be outJanuary 20th from Amira Press
My StormRiders Series will beavailable again starting in February with Sugar and Spice Press. The Devil'sTavern Series will beavailable again as well later this year with Purple Sword Publications. I amvery happy about that since the press they were originally with went under.
Currently Reading:
TheGirl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonBridgetJones's Diary by Helen FieldingVampireShift by Tim O'RourkeTheExodus Gate by Stephen ZimmerNewMoon by Stephenie Meyer  (Yes I admitI like the Twilight Series. I find them like popcorn at times. Have to be inthe mood to read them though)
Movies on planning to watch:
Underworld:Awakening- Love the first three.

The Dragon &His Houseboy – M/M
Saeran's dreamed aboutretiring from his lifestyle as a male prostitute for a while. But wouldcatering to a dragon shifter be the best thing? Dragons are known to bite nowand again.

Barro is enamored with Saeran and his luscious body. Inviting Saeran back tohis house to be at his beck and call seemed the logical thing to do at thetime. When Saeran accepts, he is overjoyed and can't fight the growingattraction between them.

Saeran becomes more to Barro than the houseboy he originally planned on. Thequestion is, what exactly is Saeran becoming? They open their hearts to oneanother, and all secrets are revealed
Excerpt:
"Thatreally isn't the way to treat a book. They are precious commodities." Saeranpicked up the tome. He walked it over to his benefactor, who had his backturned to him."Whogave you the right to speak to me that way?" he snapped.Saeranlaid the book on the desk and placed his hand on Barro's shoulder. He turnedand growled. The look on his face was that of an animal. His lips were pulledback in a snarl, showing his sharpened teeth. His black pupils were slitted andSaeran could see the small circles of scales along his face. Barro raised hishand ready to strike, but when the recognition of seeing Saeran set in, helowered it."Whatare you doing here? You shouldn't be here right now.""Why?""Becausebeing around me now means I'm either going to shift or I'm going to destroysomething."Hestepped closer and placed a hand on Barro's chest. His skin burned and hisheart beat rapidly against his ribcage. Barro growled but didn't shove himaway. His muscles were tense and he was on the edge of losing control. Saeranpressed his lips to the other man's throat and licked a line up his jaw untilthe stubble scratched his tongue."Don'tdo that.""Makeme stop."Barroclutched his shoulders, but he didn't force him away. Instead, Saeran sucked inhis Adam's apple and felt him relax a little. The dragon's fingers bit into hisshoulders, but he ducked under the shifter's arms and then ran his hands overhis back. Saeran began to massage the tight muscles. A small groan worked fromBarro's mouth."Youshould sit. I can do this better. Trust me."Thedragon shifter sighed and then consented. He sat in a low back chair. Saeranrubbed his neck, feeling the coiled and knotted muscles. He pressed his thumbsalong the ridge of the shoulder blades and worked the skin until he could feelthe muscles loosening underneath his fingers. He pushed and worked them for afew minutes, moving Barro's head to the side so he could get a better angle tomassage the tense areas of the other man."Thatfeels good."Saerandragged his nails down Barro's back and concentrated on other areas where hewas holding tension. The more he touched the other man, the more his cockstiffened at the thought of being next to him. Barro might have been attractedto him for no reason, but Saeran saw the authoritative man who could satisfyhis desires. Then he remembered how the day before this respected man had beendown on his knees giving him a blowjob. True, they had been interrupted, but itstill had felt wonderful. He shivered to think about it and wondered if itwould be a repeat occurrence. He moved down the bottom of his back and began tolift up his shirt when Barro pulled away."No.""Iwasn't thinking about doing anything kinky, just to rub your back. Tell me youdon't enjoy it. Tell me if you want me to stop." Saeran kissed his the columnof his neck and flicked his tongue over Barro's ear. The tang of salt and smokesettled on his tongue. He continued to kiss his throat, enjoying the taste ofhis new employer."Idon't want you to stop, but you should. The servants could walk in at anymoment."Heran his fingers through the other man's hair and titled his head to the side,but kept on kissing him, drawing the flesh between his teeth. He nipped harderuntil Barro shivered underneath his touch. Saeran dragged his hands down theshifter's chest and then over his groin. As he suspected, the other man's dickwas already hard, showing him that the dragon was aroused. His desire wastaking over. He bit Barro's ear and ran his fingers over the man's shaft. Heworked him through the material of the man's pants until Barro gripped hishand, squeezing his wrist, but he didn't stop him."Doyou want more?" he whispered.            "Yes."            "Tell mewhat you want."

A Cat For All -  MFMM A mysterious man beckonsOrianna to the hotel bar. Ryker confesses he and his two mates, Dallas andPierce, want her to return home with them.
To keep Pierce satisfied, Ryker invites a strange woman into their lives. Hestruggles with Orianna because she's their natural enemy, a vampire. As thebond cements between Orianna and Pierce, he discovers Dallas falling for hertoo.

Orianna is abducted and all three men dash to rescue her from the local prideleader. If they don't get there in time, there will nothing left of their newmate except ashes.
Excerpt: Allthree left the room and then walked down to the first floor where she was.Pierce knocked softly on the door. No one answered. Ryker gritted his teethbecause Orianna didn't answer. He listened and didn't hear anyone stirring onthe other side. He tried again with a little more force. "Doyou think she ditched us?" Pierce asked, trying to hide the disbelief in hisvoice.Rykerleaned closer to the door and inhaled deeply. "No. She's in there. Her scent isfainter, but she hasn't left." He banged on the door again. "Orianna, open thedoor. We're going to check out. Are you coming with us or not?"Stillno movement. Irritation rolled through him. His cat kneaded the inside of hisbrain, telling him it was not happy with the way this morning was turning out.The cat hadn't decided if it wanted Orianna with them or not. Now it wasfrustrated with the turn of events. He figured she would be ready by now.            Dallas pushed him out of the way."Let me try, but block the door. You don't want the sun to get on her." He duginto his pants and pulled out a lock pick set.            "Where did you get that?" Pierceasked.            "Never leave home without it. Youdon't know when you're going to need it. Gotten me out of a few situations."Dallas smiled and then worked on the lock until it opened. Ryker watched withfascination because Dallas always surprised him. There were things about hismate he didn't know. He always kept his past a secret. After a few quick turnsand a sudden click, the door popped open. Dallas pushed the door open.            Ryker stood in the doorway. Heimmediately thought of all the vampire movies he saw where a vampire's lair wasdank and smelled like decay. He shook the thought off because he knew it was amusty hotel room. The interior was completely dark. A blanket covered thewindow. The small shaft of sunlight that sliced into the room from the doorlanded on the bed. Orianna lay motionless. Pierce tried to push through to getto her. When Ryker moved, the sun hit her arm. The stench of burnt meat filledthe room. A lick of flame appeared on her skin. She sat up in bed and uttered apiercing scream that deafened him.            "Oh, shit!" Pierce rushed in andnearly shoved him to the floor. Orianna had leapt from the bed and was huddledin the darkest corner of the room. Her arms enveloped her face, and she wasshivering."Shutthe door," Pierce shouted, grabbed the sheet from the bed, and wrapped itaround Orianna. Theroom was plunged into darkness. Her hollow gasps filled the room and soundedlike broken bellows. Only three heartbeats sounded in the room. Hers wassilent."Areyou okay?" Pierce asked, stroking her hair."I-Ithink so," she responded. "What are you doing here? I expected you last night,and you didn't show.""Wegot a little distracted," Ryker answered. "We came up here to get you so wecould bring you back to the house, but it appears we have run into acomplication. It slipped my mind."Oriannaglared at him and held up her blackened hand. "You think! The sun isn't just acomplication. It'll deep-fry me into oblivion if I step foot into it. Just goon without me. I'm more trouble than any of you want to deal with. I'll leaveat nightfall and be on my way. You won't have to see me again.""No!"Pierce cried out and pleaded with the two men. "You can't just leave. You haveto come back with us. Ryker, tell her. She's our mate!"Dallascleared his throat and knelt on the floor by them. "No, love. She's your mate. To me, she is nothing morethan a beautiful woman with an intriguing scent." He put a hand on Pierce'sshoulder and squeezed.