Christi Snow (romantic suspense author, reader, coffee and beer aficionado)
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Thursday, June 21, 2018
It's Release Day for Guarded Desire!!!
Guarded Desire Details...
NM Protectors #1
(m/f new adult, romantic suspense)
Kidnapped and terrorized, I refuse to let anyone break me. I can stand on my own, no matter what it costs...even if that cost is my life.
Elle...
I was living the life of an ordinary college coed, but that existence was blown wide open when I was kidnapped while visiting my very famous mother, rock-star, ViviAnna.
Now I’m back at college, pretending life is normal while dodging paparazzi and dealing with my face showing up regularly on the nightly news. Trying to find a new balance isn’t happening and the effort to not jump at every shadow or bump in the night is messing with my head more than I ever expected.
Jonah...
I’m a highly trained bodyguard, but that doesn’t mean I want to deal with some spoiled pop princess’s daughter, especially if she’s anything like her handsy mother.
But when I met Elle, she shocked the hell out of me. She’s nice and thoughtful with an incredible inner strength. Even more surprising...she doesn’t want me anywhere near her. But every once in a while I see a flash of fear and vulnerability that make all my protective instincts flare.
I have to protect her.
Because they never caught her kidnapper...
Note: This book is the first in a series of stand-alone, romantic suspense, new adult novels involving sexy bodyguards and the coeds they protect.
I'm trying something new with this release.
For the first 24 hours of release (until June 22nd),
the price will be $.99.
For the week after that, it will be priced at $2.99.
Then the price will rise to its regular $3.99 price tag.
(this only applies to the ebook)
Amazon buy link
the price will be $.99.
For the week after that, it will be priced at $2.99.
Then the price will rise to its regular $3.99 price tag.
(this only applies to the ebook)
Amazon buy link
How about a sneak peek at an excerpt?
Chapter One
Elle
Three weeks later...
I shivered as a wave of fear rolled over me. Looking at the
big windows of my penthouse loft in downtown Gran Colina, New Mexico shouldn’t
affect me like this. I was safe now.
When I’d bought this loft, I’d loved those windows and all
the light they infused into the apartment, but that had been when I’d lived in
relative obscurity. Now after only being home for a few hours, all I could
think about was how many eyes were out there, watching me through the clear
glass.
And any of them could be his.
I wrapped my arms around my waist, feeling the tremors start
deep inside. No, I’m stronger than this,
I chanted to myself as I sank to the floor behind the safety of my kitchen
island. No one could see me behind this thick wood.
I reached up and felt my way across the countertop for the
remote to shut the floor-to-ceiling curtains. My hands shook so bad, I could
barely hold the tiny piece of plastic to find the button. Finally, I could hear
the rhythmic whirring of the motors that controlled the huge swaths of fabric
shrouding my apartment in darkness so unlike the bright-shining, New Mexico
sky.
But that didn’t stop his voice inside my head, mocking me. I’ll make you famous. You’ll be my most
renowned creation.
I had never seen his face, and I knew that more than one cop
had thought I’d made the whole thing up, but I could guarantee them that I’d
never forget that creepy, sing-song voice. I could identify him by voice
recognition alone. How could I forget it when it had haunted me every moment after
he’d drugged and kidnapped me, making me into the very image of my way-too-famous
mother before disappearing into the night.
Stop it!
Going through it in my head over and over and over again
would slowly drive me insane. That’s why I’d escaped my mother’s house in Texas.
I couldn’t live like this. I’d always prided myself in being strong and
independent. It was time to take my life back. I wouldn’t let him steal it from
me.
I called the front desk of my building.
“Ms. Wilcox, is everything okay?”
“Yes, Jennifer, everything’s fine.”
Jennifer Sloane ran security for the building, and she was
tougher than any bodyguard that ViviAnna had ever hired to protect me, but
since her bodyguards were usually glorified boy-toys, that wasn’t too
surprising.
That was part of the reason I chose to live in this building.
I liked that the head of security was a woman and tough as nails. It also meant
my mom wouldn’t try to get in her pants. Thankfully, mom’s experiments with
lesbianism had failed right along with her album on feminism. That awful
publicity ploy had been an utter bomb.
I cleared my throat and peeked around the island to the
massive, twenty-foot high windows now shrouded in darkness, but I still didn’t
feel safe. In my mind, I knew the bulletproof glass would protect me, but that
didn’t stop the ants from crawling under my skin.
“I’m sorry, Jennifer, I know this isn’t your area, but I was
wondering if you might be able to help me.”
“I’ll do my best. What seems to be the problem?”
“I need...” My voice cracked, and I cleared my throat. “Um,
sorry. I need something to cover my windows. Shutters, I think. Metal ones.” My
voice wavered, and I just prayed Jennifer couldn’t hear the fear in it, but
then I considered my request. Yeah, I might be becoming unhinged. I laughed a
little hysterically. “I know. That sounds crazy, right?”
“No.” Her voice softened. “Would you like me to come up and
check your apartment for you? I have equipment that can sweep it inside and out
for bugs or any other electronic devices like cameras.”
My breath whooshed out of me, and I almost sobbed in relief.
“That would be...helpful. Thank you, Jennifer.”
As I turned off my cell phone, I knocked it against my
forehead. Of course, she had seen the story. Everyone in the country had seen
the story. Poor, little, rich girl, kidnapped by a phantom, by someone who the
police couldn’t even verify existed. It hadn’t taken long for the press to glom
onto the idea that it was all a hoax.
But it wasn’t.
I still heard his voice.
I’ll make you famous.
That was the one thing I’d spent my whole life trying to
avoid, and already, it was happening. In the past three weeks, my name had been
in every paper, on every newscast in the country, but instead of becoming
famous, I had become infamous.
I’d run home to escape it all, but as the prickles under my
skin increased, I began to think that there was no escape from this living
nightmare.
***
After Jennifer came and swept my loft for bugs, I managed to
calm the panicked ants crawling under my skin. It helped that I’d sent an SOS
out to my best friend, Trace, and he’d promised to be there as quickly as
humanly possible. He’d been shooting a video for a commercial up in Santa Fe. He
hadn’t known I’d be coming back today, or he would have already been here,
taking care of me. I just had to survive the quiet alone for the two hours it
would take him to drive from Santa Fe down to Gran Colina.
Trace had been taking care of me from the time my mother gave
him to me for my fifteenth birthday. What? Didn’t everyone’s mother give her a
hot, viral guy to take their virginity when they turned fifteen? Yeah, I
know...totally unfair. But that’s what it’s like having grown up as ViviAnna’s
offspring.
But it didn’t work out quite like she’d planned since Trace
was gay, and I had no desire to shed my pesky virginity just because VA decreed
it. Instead, Trace had become my very best friend, and the one person in this
world who kept me safe when ViviAnna’s crazy seemed to be taking over.
Case in point...the circus my life had become in the last
three weeks. Paparazzi, panic attacks, and paranoia...oh my. I’ve needed my
best friend more the last few weeks than I ever had in my entire life. The
problem...ViviAnna wasn’t aware that I’d never let him go after my supposed
deflowering. Since he was trying to survive in an already brutal entertainment
industry, he and I agreed it wasn’t worth the risk to let her know. One bad
word from her could ruin him. I refused to have that on my conscience.
Instead, I’d spent the last three weeks trying to ignore the
building panic buzzing inside of me to the point that I’m now having panic
attacks inside my completely secure apartment.
Even that thought had my heartbeat speeding up again. Crap. I
tried to gain control. Wasn’t there something on the internet about breathing
into a paper bag to stop things like this?
I frantically started yanking my kitchen drawers open. Why
didn’t I have any paper bags? Would recycling shopping bags work? As the spots
began to encroach on my vision, I decide it couldn’t hurt. I sank to the floor and
pressed my face into the recycled bag, focused on slowing down my breathing.
It felt like it took hours, but eventually, the elephant
taking up residence on top of my chest began to climb off, leaving me exhausted
and more than a little strung out.
I still sat on my kitchen floor, the idea of facing those windows
enough to feed the tendrils of another panic attack looming.
Instead, I grabbed my cell phone and crawled across the width
of my living room to the guest bedroom next to it. This room had been built as
a panic room with a false wall included. But even after the wall closed behind
me, I still didn’t feel secure enough. I crawled into the solid, thick wood
armoire where I stored my winter wardrobe. Only as I settled inside the smaller
space did I feel like I could breathe again.
I set the alarm on my phone so that I would be out before
Trace arrived in two hours. He might be my best friend, but he didn’t know how
deep my crazy was running right now.
No one needed to know.
Exhaustion pulled at me.
I just needed to relax and maybe take a little nap. Then, I’d
feel like my normal self again...able to face the windows of my apartment. Even
with the shivering, I finally started to feel myself drift off to sleep.
And remember, the ebook is only $.99...for TODAY ONLY!
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Friday, June 8, 2018
Friday Five...all the summer fun with Kat.
Kid friendly (and healthy) cookies for breakfast...
^^^This is our new summer snack.^^^
Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas (smooshed)
1 cup of uncooked oatmeal
2Tbsps of mini choc chips.
Mix.
Cook @ 350* for 15-20 minutes.
A yummy healthy snack...or cookies for breakfast.
Kat loves them and even better, she can make them by herself.
Plotting...
I finished the first book in a new upcoming sports series last week, so this week is ALL about the plotting.
But I'm not plotting one book.
I'm plotting three.
What?
I know...but it's so much fun.
Below, is a glimpse of one of the books...yes, it's a young adult.
Firefly Magic.
I've promised Kat for a couple of years that I'd write a book that she could read.
This summer, I'm determined to do that.
(and I have to admit, I'm loving this story so far)
Mande is the heroine...a 15 yo whose life has been uprooted for the summer when she has to go live with the grandparents she doesn't know at the campground they own in central Texas.
I'm also plotting longhand...something that I'm loving.
For this book, my main plotting is being done in that gorgeous gold and turquoise journal, but one thing I've learned to love through my bullet journals are an index to find things.
Since this book doesn't have an index and by the time I realized I wanted one, I'd already filled the first page, I decided to create a bookmark that also serves as the index.
And Speaking of Kat...
Last week we posted our first joint book review of the summer.
We've started off the summer on a Jenn Bennett kick. OMG, I love these books. We've read Alex, Approximately (review posted today....HERE) and Starry Eyes so far and they both were AMAZING! We're having so much fun reading books and chatting about them.
You can find our first review for Starry Eyes... HERE.
Guarded Desire...
Want another sneak peek into Guarded Desire?
NM Protectors #1
(m/f, new adult, romantic suspense)
release date June 21, 2018
Guarded Desire Story Blurb
Kidnapped and terrorized, I refuse to let anyone break me. I can stand on my own, no matter what it costs...even if that cost is my life.
Elle...
I was living the life of an ordinary college coed, but that existence was blown wide open when I was kidnapped while visiting my very famous mother, rock-star, ViviAnna.
Now I’m back at college, pretending life is normal while dodging paparazzi and dealing with my face showing up regularly on the nightly news. Trying to find a new balance isn’t happening and the effort to not jump at every shadow or bump in the night is messing with my head more than I ever expected.
Jonah...
I’m a highly trained bodyguard, but that doesn’t mean I want to deal with some spoiled pop princess’s daughter, especially if she’s anything like her handsy mother.
But when I met Elle, she shocked the hell out of me. She’s nice and thoughtful with an incredible inner strength. Even more surprising...she doesn’t want me anywhere near her. But every once in a while I see a flash of fear and vulnerability that make all my protective instincts flare.
I have to protect her.
Because they never caught her kidnapper...
Note: This book is the first in a series of stand-alone, romantic suspense, new adult novels involving sexy bodyguards and the coeds they protect.
Entertaining us this week...
Kat and I spent a whole afternoon one day this week watching these Unexpected Musicals...they are fabulously fun! These were our favorites.
I hope you're having a great summer so far.
smiles,
Christi
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Friday, June 1, 2018
Cover Reveal: GUARDED DESIRE by Christi Snow
Title: Guarded Desire
Series: Book #1 in the NM Protectors series
(but the entire series will be stand-alone reads)
Genre: female/male, new adult, romantic suspense
Book length: ~68,304 words
Release date: June 21, 2018
Cover reveal date: June 1, 2018
Cover Design: AM Design Studios
Cover Photo: Joseph Suarez
Cover Model: Gus Caleb Smyrnios
Story Overview:
Kidnapped and terrorized, I refuse to let anyone break me. I
can stand on my own, no matter what it costs...even if that cost is my life.
Elle...
I was living the life of an ordinary college coed, but that
existence was blown wide open when I was kidnapped while visiting my very
famous mother, rock-star, ViviAnna.
Now I’m back at college, pretending life is normal while dodging
paparazzi and dealing with my face showing up regularly on the nightly news.
Trying to find a new balance isn’t happening and the effort to not jump at
every shadow or bump in the night is messing with my head more than I ever
expected.
Jonah...
I’m a highly trained bodyguard, but that doesn’t mean I want
to deal with some spoiled pop princess’s daughter, especially if she’s anything
like her handsy mother.
But when I met Elle, she shocked the hell out of me. She’s
nice and thoughtful with an incredible inner strength. Even more surprising...she
doesn’t want me anywhere near her. But every once in a while I see a flash of fear
and vulnerability that make all my protective instincts flare.
I have to protect her.
Because they never caught her kidnapper...
Note: This book is the first in a series of stand-alone,
romantic suspense, new adult novels involving sexy bodyguards and the coeds they
protect.
Pricing information:
For the first 24 hours after release, this book will be $.99
For the next week after release, it will be $2.99
Permanent pricing after the first month will be $3.99
All the links:
Amazon preorder...
there will not be a preorder on Amazon for this book
Everyone else preorder...
Goodreads page...
Author website...
Author Facebook page...
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