AMBER'S ACE

Thrilled and excited to announce that my third Black Hills Wolves book, AMBER'S ACE,  has been contracted with Decadent Publishing and will be appearing this summer!

 

AMBER'S ACE is the story of Amber Northridge, one of the recently-rescued sisters of Brick (WOLF'S SONG) and Chance (ANOTHER CHANCE) Northridge. You briefly got to meet Amber during the rescue of Amber and her twin, Garnet, at the end of ANOTHER CHANCE, when they were wrested from the secret prison compound of the Black Hills Wolves' crazed former alpha, Magnum Tao.  

But don't worry, AMBER's ACE is a stand alone read and you won't miss a thing if you haven't read Brick and Summer's story in WOLF'S SONG, or Chance and Julie's story in ANOTHER CHANCE. Of course, I'd love, love, love for you to read all three! And if you read them in order, it'll make for a richer reading experience...sort of like meeting old fond friends again.

 

AMBER'S ACE is the story of Amber Northridge, a strong, brave wolf finding it hard to come out of her shell and rejoin the shifter community in Los Lobos after her years of abuse and imprisonment...and Riley Morgan, pitching phenom and baseball star, whose career comes crashing to a halt with one fateful pitch...on one fateful summer day. But the matchmaking elder ladies of Los Lobos know destiny when they see it...and they pull out all the stops to bring this soulful pair together.

 

Here's the "unofficial" blurb:

 

Riley Morgan, the all-star ace pitcher of the world champion New York Kings, has long hid his secret from his adoring fans and the clamoring metropolitan press. But when Riley is distracted on the mound by a long-distance mate call and the sweet voice from home he couldn't possibly have heard, he suffers a freak, career-ending injury that sends him back to his South Dakota wolf pack to heal.

Stolen from her family along with her twin sister years earlier, Amber Northridge was held prisoner and abused by the crazed former alpha and his henchmen since she was a teen, managing to survive through resourcefulness and wits. Now, at long last the pack has located them and set them free.

Returned home to Los Lobos, Amber recognizes the hunky baseball player she's seen on TV as her mate, but she doubts she can be with any man after all she has suffered.

Can the romantic machinations of Los Lobos' four renowned matchmakers unite the damaged pair?

 

Coming this summer!

Halloween at the Northridges

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Here's a free read I wrote for the Black Hills Wolves newsletter, which came out yesterday. It features Brick Northridge and Summer McCoy, hero and heroine of WOLF'S SONG, their kids; Brick's brother, Chance Northridge, and Chance's squeeze, Julie Pembroke.  You'll be able to read Chance and Julie's story in ANOTHER CHANCE, releasing in February!

Halloween at the Northridges

Brick Northridge surveyed with satisfaction the lawn of the cabin--really more of a luxury lodge these days--that he'd rebuilt and renovated during his ten year banishment from Los Lobos. About halfway between Wolf territory and the big cat town of Shady Heart, South Dakota, the log and stone structure now housed his young family.

A fire pit, surrounded by a circular mound of cut rocks, crackled merrily in front of the wraparound porch. The flames spread warmth to the darkest corners of the property, as his little twins, a wolf pup named Clay and a kitten cub named Autumn, frolicked nearby under his mate’s watchful eyes. Summer toasted hot dogs and melted s’mores for them until they were coated in chocolate and bouncing from their sugar highs.

An enormous Harvest moon glowed golden and low in the sky. Gossamer spider webs and fluttery ghosts dripped from the trees ringing the dense forest and pumpkin-headed scarecrows already dotted the grass where his little ones rolled, an irony his mate enjoyed.

“Do I look terrified to you?” Summer inquired, her head tilted with amusement, as she brought him another armful of pumpkins and set them out on the picnic table where he worked, careful to keep the tools of his trade away from his inquisitive kids.

 Born half-cougar and half skinwalker and able to assume various animal forms, Summer still preferred her guise as a raven. The winged form allowed her to soar above him when he ran as a wolf, or to check out that all remained well in Los Lobos below.  His mate had proven her fearlessness. It’d take more than a few straw-stuffed dummies to ever scare her away.

He and Summer loved this time of year. In fact, they’d named their baby girl, a kitten cub who looked just like her gorgeous, green-eyed mother, for the season.

An artisan and master carver gaining reknown for his exquisitely detailed signature figurines, sold by commission, as well as from an online website and in Summer’s friend’s boutique in Shady Heart, Brick set aside one week a year to work his knife skills exclusively on the orange vegetables, which he and Summer distributed throughout Los Lobos. Twinkling jack-o-lanterns were gracing almost every porch or windowsill in town, including the bar and tables at Gee’s place, The Den, as well as the desk in the office of their Alpha, Drew Tao.

Much to the younger Wolves great delight, Brick’s artistry turned Los Lobos into a twinkling Halloween central this time of year.  He loved that the littlest cubs came by with their parents or older siblings to drop off small orange globes they’d picked in the pumpkin patch in the Community Garden behind the schoolhouse.

Most of the time, they were content to let him surprise them. But some of the more ambitious—clearly young dominants in the making—brought him rudimentary sketches and gave him instructions about what they wanted—which tickled him to no end. More than a few demanded the pack Enforcer: “Ryker, with his scariest ‘you’re going to be grounded for that’ face.”  Or “Gee, when he’s growling over a pot of honey.” Or, from the bravest of them, “Bad Magnum.”

Growing up, his own family had been decimated by the machinations of the evil former Alpha, Magnum Tao.  Having just been reunited with his older brother, Chance, and his twin siblings, Amber and Garnet, it gave Brick a special feeling of community and family to do this for the pack to which he and his kin once again belonged.

Still shy around people, Amber and Garnet sat rocking on the main porch, which was strewn with festive holiday lights, twinkling bats and glowing ghoul lanterns for the carving party. Chance arrived with Julie Pembroke, whose tray of delectable mini-cupcakes distracted Clay and Amber from their hot dog and chocolate-marshmallow-graham cracker feasting or periodic study of their dad’s work.

Summer brought out a giant tub filled with cider and apples, in case any youngsters happened by with an urge to bob. The tub proved an attraction too tantalizing to Autumn’s cat curiosity.  After watching Uncle Chance demonstrate how to bob and come up with a ripe one stuck in his mouth, Autumn hissed, shifting into a pint-sized furball. With mischief brewing in her green eyes, she stuck out a paw and speared an apple for herself.

The adults—even Amber and Garnet—convulsed with laughter as the little kitten basked in the praise and applause then trotted around the lawn with her prize.

Clay watched her for awhile and then, not to be outdone by his twin sister, he shifted into his pup form, let out a squeaky howl and sprang onto the picnic table where Brick worked. Although he managed to whisk his sharp tools away from his small tyke in the nick of time, he wasn’t quite quick enough for Clay.

Small claws jutting from his little paws, he advanced on the biggest pumpkin on the table and slashed at it. With a howl of satisfaction, he jumped off the table and took a victory lap, his fuzzy tail waving triumphantly in the air.

“Sweet Luna,” said Uncle Chance. He whistled long and low, as he turned the jack-o-lantern for the other’s to see. A small but perfect wolf, howling at the moon above. “Beginner’s luck?”

“No way,” said Summer, sweeping up her twins and cuddling each of them in an arm. “Like father, like son.”

Brick’s chest swelled with pride as he gazed at his family. He took his own victory lap.
 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE NORTHRIDGES! 

(c) 2015, Taryn Kincaid

Read Brick and Summer's story in WOLF'S SONG
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And watch for ANOTHER CHANCE, coming soon!

Coming soon...ANOTHER CHANCE

Here's a sneak peek at ANOTHER CHANCE, my second Black Hills Wolves novella, coming soon from Decadent Publishing!

The hero is Chance Northridge, older brother of Brick Northridge, the hero of WOLF'S SONG. It's a standalone story and you don't have to read WOLF'S SONG to enjoy it.  But some of your favorite WOLF'S SONG characters put in appearances...plus some surprise new characters, I think you'll love!

BLURB:

Chance Northridge left Los Lobos more than ten years ago, deserting his family and his young, unclaimed mate. Now he's back, upsetting their world.

But those he left behind don't understand that the pack's former insane Alpha threatened everything Chance cared about in the world. Still, he's got some big-time groveling ahead of him.

Julie Pembroke has struggled hard to forget her disloyal mate's desertion and to gain acceptance in the pack as a woman on her own, and making a new life for herself.

When disaster strikes his family and endangers Julie's life, can Chance prove himself worthy of a place in the pack and in his mate's heart?

Black Hills Wolves Blog Hunt

Howl with the Black Hills Wolves and help us welcome fall with an exciting Blog Hunt. Participating authors are spotlighting each other's work and I'm pleased to shine a light today on Chandra Ryan's RELUCTANT MATE and Celia Breslin's DIAMOND MOON! I've read them both and trust me...they're delicious!

Be sure and check out the Rafflecopter below to be eligible for grand Prizes -- a Kindle Paperwhite, Gift Card and a BUNDLE OF ALL THE BHW BOOKS! That's right, all the Black Hills Wolves books released to date!

Also, join this blog, yeah this one, the one you're reading (click on the sidebar box on the right) or like me on Facebook or my Author Page on Facebook AND leave a comment for me here to be eligible for my prize, one of these adorable (and handy!) WOLF'S SONG wallets

made for me by the wonderful Jackie Wetzler Ferrell if you're in the U.S., an Amazon Gift Card if you're not, and a back list ebook for all!

Tell me below why you like a man who's warm, furry...and  HOWLS...and what you like best in a Wolf!

(And keep your eyes peeled for announcements about ANOTHER CHANCE, my next Black Hills Wolves book, coming soon. ANOTHER CHANCE features Chance Northridge, one of the long lost siblings of Brick Northridge, the hero of WOLF'S SONG...and special appearances by Brick and Summer's adorable kids!)

RELUCTANT MATE

By

Chandra Ryan

Aimee Crest is the prissiest, most stuck-up Wolf Jackson Cooper has ever met. The woman has a temper that would send sailors running and enough emotional baggage to keep a shrink in business for a lifetime. A Wolf would do well to steer clear of her. And Jackson would be happy to do just that—if it weren’t for one little thing that makes her irresistible to him. She’s his mate.

It’s a fate Aimee didn’t ask for and one she’s not at all happy about. She doesn’t want a mate. More to the point, she refuses to accept one. Even if that mate happens to be tall, muscular, and damn good with his hands. He won’t be able to seduce his way into her heart. She won’t let him.

But in this battle of wills, there is no middle ground. Somebody is going to have to surrender. 

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DIAMOND MOON
By

Celia Breslin

Human-wolf hybrid Darci Diamond spends every full moon locked in auntie’s basement in Southern Oregon. Her excruciating shifts terrify her, the last one causing her heart to stop beating. Seeking a cure, she journeys to Los Lobos. 

Ross Luparell returns to the struggling Tao pack, using his millions made in the tech industry to build homes for pack families in need. He never imagined he would also find his one true mate. But when a hybrid with the biggest green eyes he’s ever seen lands on his doorstep in the middle of a wicked summer storm, there’s no denying it. She’s the one.

She wants a normal human life, free from pain-filled shifts. He won’t give up on her Wolf, and will do whatever it takes to help her accept her true nature. But can he convince her to trust him with her heart?

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Paranormal Love Wednesdays Blog Hop

This week I'm participating for the first time in the Paranormal Love Wednesdays Blog Hop, a weekly blog hop featuring paranormal romances.

So here are four paragraphs from WOLF'S SONG, my shifter story for Decadent Publishing's Black Hills Wolves series.

I mean...a wolf shifter and a skinwalker cat who takes the form of a raven...you don't get much more paranormal than that!

        Brick stacked the cord of green firewood on a pallet in a corner of the porch, keeping the logs uncovered to let them season. The sharp scent of pine melded with the sweeter smell of maple he’d already cut. He did the U-Haul thing with another armload, toting the split white fir into the cabin, filling the rack next to the stone hearth. Screw Glade Plug-ins. Nothing finer than the natural tang of fresh-cut wood.

       He’d left his flannel shirt outside next to the chopping block. But his recent exertions had left him sweaty and—sniff—a little ripe. His flesh called out for some wet-and-soapy, but the pristine chrome-and-tile Kohler in his bathroom didn’t make the short list when the other candidate glittered fresh and natural beneath the late afternoon sun out back of the cabin.

The wolf wanted the lake. Paced inside him with restless insistence until Brick sidled closer to the front door. The sharp, crisp scent of spring socked him through the open window; the rich mineral regeneration of damp ground, new grass, wild flowers fighting to burst free. And something else. Something he couldn’t place curled around him like a fist. Got the juices flowing, his hormones bubbling. A muted growl burbled out of him. Trying to wrest control back from his other half on the pressing issue of where to dunk his fragrant carcass seemed futile.

    “What’s the deal, bro?” he murmured. No answer, of course. But his skin prickled as if two paws-worth of claws did a funky Harlem Shuffle beneath the surface. “No moon tonight, Dog. But you’re edgy enough to shave my whiskers.” And so was he now. Responding to the call from outdoors, the howl within.

Stop by the Paranormal Love Wednesdays blog and check out the other stories!

Ready for WOLF'S SONG?

The "official" release of WOLF SONG is Friday...but it's available live at the Decadent Publishing site and All Romance eBooks NOW. 

You can also Pre-Order it at Amazon, Kobo, iTunes, and Coffee Time Romance. (It's half price at Coffee Time) and ARe!

BLURB:

Ten years ago, visions of death and the babble of lupine voices in his head, drove lone wolf Brick Northridge to challenge his cruel and greedy pack alpha. Beaten by the alpha’s thugs and banished from the pack, Brick lives a life of seclusion in a mountain cabin in the Black Hills.

Born into a rival clan of feline shifters, skinwalker Summer McCoy, in her guise as a raven, watches Brick from afar, giving him back a reason to live through her sweet songs and special gifts.

But when her clan attempts to tear them apart and threatens the pack that banished Brick so many years before, will their love be strong enough to withstand the forces bent on their destruction?

EXCERPT :

      Summer McCoy perched in the uppermost branches of her special Ponderosa pine,in raven guise, engaging in her favorite pastime, spying on the lone wolf chopping woodbelow. Two days’ worth of whiskers shadowed his rigid jaw. She loved when he forgot—or didn’t bother—to shave. Scruffy stubble suited him.

       The sun beat down on the back of his bronzed neck and shone on his hair, the colorof roasted coffee, a shade lighter than the dark shadow that charcoaled his face.

She fluffed her feathers in anticipation. Take your shirt off, Brick. She’dheard the giant werebear, Gee, call him that name a decade ago. He’d made some jokeabout a wall and the hardness of the male’s head. But Brick hadn’t laughed back then. Not ever.

He’d fascinated her from the moment he’d arrived in the glade, bruised andbattered. Once she’d learned his name, she’d treasured it, taking pleasure from repeatingit often. Secretly, of course. Unwrapping the syllable frequently to admire its radiancein the privacy of her tree house, the way a woman wearing pearls against her warm skin enhanced their luminosity and iridescence.

Now, as if he’d heard her silent urging, he complied with her plea, shruggingout of the plaid flannel and flinging it onto a tree stump. Her beak opened as she suckedin breath. Sweat glistened on his torso, glazing rippling pecs and abs, shoulders broadenough to span the Badlands. A huge, incredible specimen of masculinity. Thick biceps flexed as he wielded the ax. Her heart beat faster than a hummingbird’s wings. Heat licked her.

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WOLF'S SONG Available for Pre-Order!

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WOLF'S SONG, my new paranormal romance, is available for pre-order at Amazon now! It's scheduled to release January 30, 2015, as part of Decadent Publishing's brand new shifter line, Black Hills Wolves, a multi-authored, shared world series, debuting in January. 

Ten years ago, visions of death and the babble of lupine voices in his head drove lone wolf Brick Northridge to challenge his cruel and greedy pack Alpha. Beaten by the Alpha’s thugs and banished for the pack, Brick lives a life of seclusion in a mountain cabin in the Black Hills. 

Born into a rival clan of feline shifters, skinwalker Summer McCoy, in her guise as a raven, watches Brick from afar, giving him back a reason to live through her sweet songs and special gifts. 

But when her clan attempts to tear them apart and threatens the pack that banished Brick so many years before, will their love be strong enough to withstand the forces bent on their destruction? 

Here's an excerpt:

 Summer McCoy perched in the uppermost branches of her special Ponderosa pine, in raven guise, engaging in her favorite pastime, spying on the lone wolf chopping wood below. Two days’ worth ofwhiskers shadowed his rigid jaw. She loved when he forgot—or didn’t bother—to shave. Scruffy stubble suited him.

The sun beat down on the back of his bronzed neck and shone on hishair, the color of roasted coffee, a shade lighter than the dark shadow that charcoaled his face. She fluffed her feathers in anticipation.Take your shirt off, Brick.

She’d heard the giant werebear, Gee, call him that name a decade ago.He’d made some joke about a wall and the hardness of the male’s head.But Brick hadn’t laughed back then. Not ever.

He’d fascinated her from the moment he’d arrived in the glade, bruisedand battered. Once she’d learned his name, she’d treasured it, takingpleasure from repeating it often. Secretly, of course. Unwrapping thesyllable frequently to admire its radiance in the privacy of her treehouse, the way a woman wearing pearls against her warm skin enhanced their luminosity and iridescence.

Now, as if he’d heard her silent urging, he complied with her plea,shrugging out of the plaid flannel and flinging it onto a tree stump. Herbeak opened as she sucked in breath. Sweat glistened on his torso,glazing rippling pecs and abs, shoulders broad enough to span theBadlands. A huge, incredible specimen of masculinity. Thick biceps flexed as he wielded the ax. Her heart beat faster than a hummingbird’s wings. Heat licked her.

A little something extra...

Playing around with some graphics for Wolf's Song, my sexy shifter story for Decadent Publishing's new Black Hills Wolves line, which debuts in January.

Decided to plant them here for awhile!  (Hunkalicious, no?)

 

Release date is January 30, 2015!