Alyssa Day – The Cursed – Guest Post & Giveaway
Bordertown PI Luke Oliver’s beat is the dimensional fold in Manhattan between the human, Fae, and demon realms. It doesn’t hurt to be a powerful wizard when you’ve got a job like that—and when everybody is trying to force you to be Sheriff. But an old enemy has come back to town, and the League of the Black Swan is trying to force Luke to do its bidding.
It’s never a good idea to try to force a wizard to do anything.
Rio—last name unknown, although she likes to try on new ones on a daily basis—got trapped by circumstances and an overblown sense of responsibility into trying to save the life of a kidnapped child. But suddenly the Fae and demons are paying way too much attention to a plain vanilla human, and one seriously hot alpha male wizard is breathing down her neck. Literally.
My new book, THE CURSED, is the first in my new series, The League of the Black Swan. Luke has been trying to isolate himself from people as much as possible—and quit blowing up their cars—but then the League drops Rio into his life, and she’s the one woman he cannot resist.
Soon, supernatural creatures are creating danger, mayhem, and a little bit of hilarity, as Rio and Luke fight to save one small girl, all of Bordertown, and possibly themselves, while fighting a passion so sizzling hot that it might set the whole place on fire.
And did I mention the fire demons?
So if you were running for your life from the kind of creep who keeps Grendels on staff (what? You thought there was only one??), and you could only access ONE magical potion, what would it do?
My ideas:
1. Magically make the hot wizard’s clothes disappear! Whee! (Danger? What danger?)
2. Invisibility potion! (Hot invisible sexiness! What? Didn’t you read Atlantis Betrayed? <g>)
3. A little magical nip and tuck (What? Too shallow?)
Hmm. Maybe I’m no good at this! Why don’t YOU let me know what potion we need?
Hugs,
Alyssa
Alyssa Day is the pen name (and dark and tortured alter ego) of RITA award-winning and RWA honor roll member author Alesia Holliday. As Alyssa, she writes the New York Times best-selling Warriors of Poseidon & the League of the Black Swan paranormal romance series. Her novel HEART OF ATLANTIS won RT BookClub’s Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Paranormal Novel of 2012.
As Alesia, she writes comedies that make readers snort things out of their noses, and is the author of the award-winning memoir about military families during war-time deployments: EMAIL TO THE FRONT. She’s a diehard Buckeye who graduated summa cum laude from Capital University Law School and practiced as a trial lawyer in multi-million dollar litigation for several years before coming to her senses and letting the voices in her head loose on paper. She lives somewhere near an ocean with her Navy Guy husband, two kids, and any number of rescue dogs. Please visit Alyssa at www.AlyssaDay.com, Twitter.com/Alyssa_Day, or Facebook.com/AuthorAlyssaDay.
Excerpt from The Cursed
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Links to order The Cursed: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / The Book Depository / Kobo
Luke’s mouth came down on hers, silencing whatever she’d been about to say, and the world went up in flames around her. Blue flames, the color of his eyes and his magic fire, seared through Rio’s nerve endings until she trembled from pure, crystallized sensation. She forgot how to talk, or think, or breathe, and simply surrendered to the feeling, kissing him back until she grew lightheaded from lack of oxygen and pulled back, gasping.
“What was that?” She managed to get the words out between deep breaths, but he didn’t answer.
Instead, he touched her hair, and then pushed a strand behind her ear and traced the edge of her ear with his finger, and she inhaled brokenly at the jagged edge of desire that dug into her. Heat pooled between her legs, and her body tightened and ached for his touch.
“I have to slow down now,” he finally said, his voice rough, just when she was about to throw caution—and her clothes—to the wind. “I have to back away from you right now, or I’ll lift your sexy little ass up onto my kitchen counter and take you right here.”
Part of her thought that was a really wonderful idea. The other part of her, drummed into her brain for years, was horrified by her wanton behavior.
Rio liked the first part better.
“Alyssa is offering a GIVEAWAY of a signed copy of THE CURSED to each of 3 lucky members of The Reading Cafe, because she loves Barb at The Reading Café with huge love for her patience and perseverance!” (TRC: we love Alyssa too :))
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I’ll start this one. Great guest post, Alyssa. I choose #1…I see no Danger at all having Luke’s clothes magically disappear. 🙂
LOL I loved this post, Alyssa. Wecome back to TRC. I cannot wait to read The Cursed.
Wonderful guest post Alyssa. And as long as the wizard has an amazing body and face to match….I see no problem with making the clothes magically disappear.
Hi Alyssa. Welcome back to The Reading Cafe. Great to see Paul Marron on the cover of The Cursed.
As for a little Nip and Tuck….I hear ya! I would love to nip several things and tuck most of it away…lol
Energy I need energy to keep up with my imagination. Looking forward to this series.
Guess I should leave my email addy: 1_trouble@msn.com
Hey Alyssa, it’s so good to hear from you! I loved the other Black Swan books…and this one sounds wonderful! Thanks!
Hi Alyssa!! Welcome Back!! I say “ALL OF THE ABOVE”!! Let’s remove those clothes, make them invisible and do some magical nip and tucks on your readers,……..*coughs*… I mean your characters!! I look forward to your new series!!
Congrats!!!
Wonderful guest post Alyssa and welcome back. I loved your Warriors of Poseidon and miss them dearly. I’m looking forward to your new series The League of the Black Swan. I can’t wait to read the first book, so excited.
As for potions, I like them all, but personally I would take #1, magically remove his clothes, whoo hoo!!!!! I’d love to be one of the lucky winners in this giveaway too (jumping up and down, pick me, pick me) 🙂
After having survived the first couple days of busy season at work….may I instead utilize a magical potion made up of a quart of happiness, and three quarts of patience? I have discovered I would rather face the Demons than angry tourists who are always in a hurry!
Seriously…even my three year old knows to wait her turn….
And at the end of a long day, I will still need the potion to remove the hawt Wizard’s clothes. Now that is what I call unwinding!
Awesome guest post! We are always so happy to welcome you to our beloved TRC Alyssa. Congrats on all your successes both in your career and in life. 🙂
thank you for this great post, alyssa. i guess if i had to pick, a potion that let’s you have the ability to throw fire at your enemies would be nice. I would love a dragon pet. lol
Great review, Barb. Being the first book in a series, I have to check this one out.
Have always loved Alyssa’s books. Was sorry to see the end of the Atlantis series. Thanks for coming by Alyssa.
Barb, great job. Alyssa, loved Alyssa’s Warriors of Posideon series and owed them all. Looking forward to this new series. I have to go with #3. I’m tired of dieting and exercising to age graceful. Give me the potion or pill form .
Wonderful post Alyssa. Thank you for sharing your thoughts !
A potion that would summon the sexy naked wizard to me 🙂
OH I LOVED THIS ENTIRE POST! LOL What a fun series this is going to be! Have to say, hot wizard loosing his clothes is quite appealing! Just sayin’! LOL
Rachel 🙂
Hey Alyssa , Love the sounds of your new series and am looking forward to reading them all. So I have to AGREE all 3 PLEASE , first the HOT Wizard losing his clothes and i’m sure we can all use a nip & tuck in my world and yours. Thank you for all the great reads I have enjoyed and for all the ones to come.
I love Alyssa Day and cannot wait to read Cursed!!!
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This sounds like a terrific book!! 😉 Loved the excerpt. I’d have to choose door # 2, the invisibility potion!!