Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Book Tour: The Legacy of Buchanan's Crossing by Rhea Rhodan Excerpt & Giveaway

BLURB:
What price will destiny demand?

Warding the Crossing has always been Cayden Sinclair’s destiny. With her beloved Gran growing weaker, it’s time the little witch took her place. Juggling substantial curves for her frame and an inconvenient inability to control her power has always been a serious challenge. But not until discovering her fated Keeper is the extremely hot, tragically clean-cut insomniac who’s ignored her for months, does she truly fear failing her legacy.

Now that he’s finally on the road to the top with an offer from a big developer, Clint MacAllen can’t allow his struggling construction company to be threatened by a vicious nightmare, or his inexplicable attraction to a goth clerk working the graveyard shift at HandiMart—no matter how potent they are.

J. Milton Developments has its own agenda for Buchanan’s Crossing, and they’ll spill blood to get it.

EXCERPT:
“That part of the costume?”

“Excuse me?” Cayden tried a little throat-clearing of her own. Not because her mouth had gone dry as the Sahara or she needed the time to get her brain functioning again. Of course not. But because something had drawn her to meet his eyes for the first time. Their color made her feel a bit seasick. Past that, something—

“I mean the story you’re reading, The Fall of the House of Usher. Is the Poe part of your getup?”

Cayden was used to being ridiculed about the goth thing, especially by guys like him. She might have responded with something cool and cutting or simply a haughty laugh. If only she hadn’t already been reacting to the something in his eyes that was resonating with the ring in her pocket, she would have had some precious control. That’s what she told herself later.

Instead, she blurted out a favorite line from Poe’s poem: “All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream.”

“Wh-What?” His too-sexy mouth fell open, and those mesmerizing ocean-colored eyes widened as though she’d touched a nerve.

A telltale flicker of the overhead lights reminded her to keep her head above those dangerous waters. The rack next to the cash register started wobbling dangerously, then spinning wildly, unleashing sprays of breath mints. It was screeching loud enough to distract him from the sound of boxes rattling on the shelves all over the store—she hoped.

In a burst of brilliance—or inspiration, she’d grudgingly admit to Gran when she had to—Cayden slipped the ring out of her jacket pocket and tossed it into the fray. It was likely the best chance she’d ever get to verify the suspicion that glimpse in his eyes had planted, sprouting consequences she was battling to contain.


AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Rhea Rhodan resides in Minnetonka, Minnesota and has been telling herself stories since long before she could write. She attended the University of Minnesota with a focus on Journalism, then Brown Institute for Broadcast Journalism. After many adventures, misadventures, and a couple of short marriages, she found the love of her life in Regensburg, Germany, and has been living happily ever after since.

She journaled those adventures extensively (some might say rabidly) beginning in middle school, but didn't combine her writing and story-telling until several years ago, when one of the stories grabbed her by the throat and shook her like a rag doll until she gave in and wrote it. Having tasted freedom, her muse refuses to return to the confines of her head, and has successfully turned the tables, keeping her at the keyboard to appease it.

Her stories always had a twist of magic or a touch of the paranormal. Why the romance? Because she believes in happy endings, and helping people imagine them helps them create the magic to find their own.

She welcomes feedback and fan mail :>). You can join her on Facebook and/or Goodreads, too. Rhea is always happy to meet new friends.




Buy links for The Legacy of Buchanan’s Crossing:

Musa:

Amazon:

Barnes & Noble:

iTunes:

All Romance:

You may also be interested in her debut novel, a Musa Publishing Editor's Top Pick, Finding Grace, available here: http://musapublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=299
 and at popular on-line retailers.

GIVEAWAY:
Rhea will be awarding a $30 Amazon or Barnes & Noble GC to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour, and a $15 Amazon or Barnes & Noble GC to a randomly drawn host. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning. The tour dates can be found here: 



20 comments:

  1. Good morning, Alisia. Thank you for hosting me at Books & Other Spells!

    Readers, please comment and leave your email addy to be entered in the drawing at the end of the tour. I'll be stopping by throughout the day, so feel free to ask questions, too.

    P.S. I'm also running a drawing for my newsletter subscribers, so stop by my website to sign up and learn more!

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  2. Woo WOO! Sexy guy on the cover! Is he a good indication of your hero??

    andralnn7 AT gmail DOT com

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    1. He is, Andra. I was fortunate enough to work with cover artist Kelly Shorten. We went through a LOT of half-naked men photos to find him :>).

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    1. Happy to hear it! Need your email addy so I can enter you for the drawing.

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  4. Thanks for the excerpt. So Camden is a witch and she can't control her powers or hasn't she learned yet? Reminds me a bit of Willow from Buffy.

    kareninnc at gmail dot com

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    1. You got it, Karen. And the more excited she is, the more powerful and difficult to control it is. Still, this is more of a contemporary romance with a twist of magic than a paranormal romance.

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  5. I like the premise of the story.

    Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com

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  6. good strong title

    madtvk34 _(AT)_ yahoo _(DOT)_ com

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    1. I appreciate hearing that. I struggled mightily with the length of it, but in the end decided everything in the book revolves around that issue. I'm not fond of titles that have nothing to do with the book behind them, myself.

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  7. Nice excerpt

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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  8. I love witchy stories.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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    1. Me too, Mary. I can't seem to write anything that doesn't have a twist of magic or a touch of paranormal.

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  9. Sounds like a great book, Rhea! May you have many magical sales!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Helen and Lorri! Please leave your email addy so I can enter you in the drawing!

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