Book Launch Blog Tour Stops at Platypire

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What's a platypire? I didn't know either until reviewer Sara Kaiser told me this morning. It's a cross between a platypus and a vampire. Well, Platypire Reviews is today's stop on the Book Launch Blog Tour for The Queen of Swords, a paranormal tale of undying love. It's also the location of our latest five-star review. That makes 18 reviews (16 of them five stars!) in under two weeks! Check out the post, enter the giveaway, and buy the book! People are loving it.

Platypire Reviews

Book Launch Blog Tour Day Eight

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Day Eight of the Book Launch Blog Tour for the Queen of Swords finds us at two different blogs: Parajunkee.com and One More Chapter Reviews. Parajunkee did a review of the book a few days ago and gave it only 3.5 stars, despite liking the book a great deal. It is the lowest rating The Queen of Swords has received to date. Boo-hoo. You never know what's going to hit a reviewers hot buttons

Over at Amazon.com, you'll find 13 five-star reviews and one or two four-stars, so their opinion is definitely in the minority so far! Today they have an excerpt from the book, an exclusive interview with me (meaning their own questions as opposed to the boilerplate Q&A I sent out), and the Rafflecopter giveaway for three free downloads of the book. Check it out!

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One More Chapter Reviews

Book Launch Blog Tour Day Seven

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Today you'll find us at Reader Girls with an excerpt, interview, and giveaway! The Queen of Swords, a paranormal tale of undying love, is an enthralling, evocative, and erotic tale of a white witch who returns every 100 years to reunite with her earthbound soul mate, a Scottish earl turned vampire by a dark wizard's curse.

Here's the blog: Reader Girls

Giveaway on Goodreads

Want more chances to win a personally autographed copy when the soft-cover edition comes out? Enter the contest on Goodreads.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Queen of Swords

by Nina Mason

Giveaway ends March 25, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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Book Launch Blog Tour Extended!

Attention book bloggers: I've extended the Book Launch Blog Tour for The Queen of Swords, a paranormal tale of undying love, through May 20. There are still dates available in late April and most of May. If you're interested or know a book blogger who might be, please sign up or share!

Here's the link to the sign-up form.

Are novelists closet sadists?

I've heard it said that novelists need to be sadists--to do the cruelest things they can think of to their characters. Well, I've been too bloody nice up until now. So, here goes. In The Knight of Cups, my heroine, Grace Fisher, a high-school English teacher, has finally decided to start living her life by joining a bus tour of the sites featured in her favorite author's novels. A few hours into the tour, a terrible storm kicks up and the bus goes over a cliff. Here's a wee taste of what happens to poor Grace:

Grace opened her eyes, blinking to clear her blurred vision and fuzzy mind. She could see that it was night and could smell the rain-soaked earth beneath her, which felt cold, damp, and squishy. She also could smell something burning—something acrid and foul with undertones of roasting flesh. Trees towered over her. Tall, skinny pines looking unsteady as they swayed on the biting wind. This couldn’t be hell. Or Los Angeles (not that the two were mutually exclusive). Try as she might, the knowledge of where she was and what had happened refused to come forth. It was as if her memory had torn along with her clothes—and whole strips had blown away.

            All she knew was that she was still alive. But for how much longer? Not much, judging by how messed up she felt. Grimacing against the pain, she cast a glance down her body. Her clothes were muddy and tattered, blood seeped from her chest, and her left arm looked distressing similar to the pipe under the bathroom sink in her apartment back home. Lowering her gaze, she saw something that made her gasp: her hips lay at an impossible angle—like a Twist-n-Turn Barbie tossed aside. She searched her memory for any clue to what had happened to her, but her mind kept tuning in and out like a weak-signaled radio station.

The Start of The Knight of Wands

Here's just a wee taste from the start of THE KNIGHT OF WANDS, book one in the KNIGHTS OF AVALON series.

Vanessa Bentley opened her eyes to a pounding headache and the dim sensation that she was not alone. Scenes from the night before rose inside her mind like mist after a warm rain. Callum Lyon’s lecture on political astrology. Waiting around while he signed books. Fleeing back to the inn, disappointed and alone. Going down to the bar for a nightcap. Chatting with the bartender until the object of her desire sauntered in from the blue. They had talked—but what about?—and drank whisky. Things got fuzzier after that.

            Swallowing, she rolled on her side, expecting to find him sleeping beside her. She was alone in the bed, meaning what? She checked for the telltale signs of coupling, but found she was still mostly clothed. He had very decently removed her shoes, her jacket, and her jewelry, but left on her trousers and top. So, he had been too much of a gentleman to take advantage. She liked that scenario, but it did not explain the feeling that someone else was in the room. Checking farther afield, she found a figure sleeping on the couch at the foot of her bed. The long ochre hair confirmed the sleeper’s identity. But why had he opted for the couch?