Ellen Cross

Welcome to my world, where the covers are hot, the stories hotter...and the Romance is on the Wild Side.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Bunker-play Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Welcome to the Bunker-play Blog hop!

Thanks to the antics of such bad boys as Tiger Woods, Johnny Knoxville, and the movie, Happy Gilmore (gotta love Adam Sandler!!), golf has been put into the spotlight in years of late, bringing it out of the shadows and onto the headlines.

 I have to admit, I played as a young girl and loved it. Saturday mornings spent taking my teen aggression out on a hopeless ball--and anyone else silly enough to be on the fairway while I was swinging...FORE!! What was not to love? I even won a prize as the best  female aged 12-16. Okay, I was the only girl in that age group, so won by default...but it counts, right? hehe.


And let's face it. No matter what your opinion of his naughty ways are, Tiger is....bringing sexy back to the game.










Cupid's Revenge was an inspired little novella, for me. I started with a thought, what would happen, if cupid's were humans, hired by heaven...but they got it wrong and chose the wrong person?
And what if the way they delivered their cupid magic, was with a golf club and ball? I have to wonder...was I such a poor shot, sliced so badly, that it has carried over to my muse? Undoubtedly!!

Blurb:
    When Heaven bungles their paperwork and recruits the wrong guy as a cupid, who will stop his rampage of revenge?
     Ever felt that instant spark when you meet someone you have never seen before? That shot of electricity at the first touch? Or what about an overwhelming sense of déjà vu at a mere glance? No, it’s not love at first sight, but instead it’s the work of a cupid.
     Cupids aren’t angels, or the stereotypical cute little cherubs wearing a loincloth and wielding a bow loaded with heart-tipped arrows. Cupids are actually humans, recruited by Heaven for their overwhelming surplus of love within their heart, and gifted with the ability to share a small touch of that love with others—unseen by the human eye as they bring soul-mates together.
    But what happens when someone upstairs gets their paperwork mixed up and recruits the wrong person? What happens when the person they recruit has no overflowing amount of love…in fact, they have no love at all within their heart?
    Liam is so sick and tired of all the hearts and flowers shit every Valentine’s Day. The build-up to the day…irritating, the actual event…torture. Just for once, he would love to get away from the whole experience. Fate on the other hand has a very sarcastic approach to his plea. An accident at the Heavenly bookkeeping department sees Liam enlisted into the ranks of Creating Unlimited Possibilities Into Destiny…or CUPID for short.
    Unable to get a single person to listen to his protests—and teamed with a guy who might actually be cute if he just stopped acting like a kid—he is told to choose his method for deliverance of his love. Liam lets his pissed off attitude choose for him, and revenge on the other cupids becomes his only mission.
    This Valentine’s Day, Liam is hunting them down.

Available at:
Amazon HERE
EXtasy Books HERE

For my own giveaway, simply leave a comment below, and go into the draw to win an e-book copy of Cupid's Revenge. Easy!
 
 
 
And now for the bloghop's Author spotlight - Lily Malone!!

About Lily

Earlier this year, Lily moved from the famous wine region of South Australia, to the equally famous and fabulous wine region that is Margaret River in West Australia. Her gorgeous hubby and two sons (they take after their father) came along for the ride.
Lily took up romance writing in November 2010, after an ill-fated dalliance with colour-field painting that ended when her youngest son put a golf club through the canvas. 
 
She juggles part-time work and family, with writing, and when not writing, likes gardening, walking, wine, and walking in gardens (sometimes with wine).
She has just finished her third published work, Fairway To Heaven, about love on the golf course and lust in the sand bunkers, set in the beautiful beach location of West Australia’s Geographe Bay.
Lily loves to hear from readers and authors. You can find her on Goodreads, and on Facebook, and on Twitter: @lily_lilymalone
To contact Lily, email lilymalone@mail.com

Fairway To Heaven - It’s Golf, But Not As You Know It!

One woman’s personal struggle to regain her mojo on a Busselton beach.

The blurb:

When Jennifer Gates drives to Sea Breeze Golf Club to kick off date-night with her boyfriend, the last thing she expects is to find Golf-Pro Jack giving one of his lady students a private—and very personal—lesson in bunker-play.

Lucky for Jenn, her best friend gives her the keys to the Culhane family’s beach shack on the white-pepper shores of Western Australia’s Geographe Bay. Jenn hopes a weekend on the coast with her young son will give her the space she needs to rebuild her confidence after Jack’s betrayal.

But she’s not the only person seeking sanctuary by the sea. Brayden Culhane is there too, and Jenn can’t look at Brayden without remembering the tequila-flavoured kiss they shared on the shack steps years ago.

 

 


 


 

As long-buried feelings are rekindled, and a friendship is renewed, Jenn knows it is more than lazy summer days bringing her mojo back. Romantic sunsets, ice-cold beers and the odd round of golf can only go so far, because this time, trusting Brayden with her heart won’t be enough.

With all this scullduggery going on, is it any wonder they’ve not got much time for golf?

Check out the video trailer here:

Buy the book:

Fairway To Heaven is at Amazon for Kindle and on Smashwords which has all sorts of formats for e-readers.




 
 
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Grand prize gift pack in Rafflecopter
 
 
Thanks to Blogger not wanting to cooperate with the rafflecopter for me, I have to ask you to click HERE, to enter the rafflecopter competition, for the above grand prize!!!
 

           

Blogs participating in the hop, they're all offering giveaways!

 

Saturday, December 7, 2013

A little of Cole in his Stocking for #MySexySaturday and @ellen__cross

Welcome to My Sexy Saturday, the weekly blog hop that showcases a little of the participating authors work, whether seven words, sentences, or paragraphs.

 
Thanks for joining me after my break. For my offering this week, I am teasing you all with a sneak peak into my upcoming Christmas novella, Cole in his Stocking, which will be released with EXtasy Books on the 15th of December.
 


Cole couldn't hear the pounding footsteps anymore, but that didn't mean much. When you were being chased by creatures that could use portals, it didn't matter where you went, they could, would, find you anywhere.

His feet had long since become numb, but Cole certainly wasn't complaining. The dull burning chill was a far better option than the excruciating pain each step had caused before the cold had set in. When it wore off, he knew he might regret no longer caring what he stepped on. But then again, Cole doubted he would be alive long enough for that to happen. When you pissed off Gerard Gantry, he made sure you never made the same mistake twice, and he made no exceptions...not even for his own son.

Blurb
 
It doesn't matter if he's been naughty or nice all year. Adam's stocking is still getting stuffed full of Cole, this Christmas.

The coming of age for any vampire is cause for celebration, a time when they first taste blood. For Cole, however, his twenty-fifth birthday brings a terrible choice from his father—either he takes the life of another to prove his worth, or he forfeits his own life. Cole chooses the only way his heart will allow, and pays the price with both his fangs and the rapidly mounting blood starvation that will slowly end his life, now that his body needs to feed, but cannot. He escapes, bleeding, barefoot, and wearing nothing more than a simple cotton sleep-shirt. With his father's sentinels in pursuit, Cole soon finds himself half-frozen and unable to run anymore. The last thing he expects when he crawls into a dumpster to hide away for the last few hours of his life is to be rescued by a temperamental black cat and...aww hell...his cherished one, Adam. How is Cole meant to blood-bond to the wolf hybrid when his time is fast running out, and he has no fangs to even try?  He quickly learns his cherished is far more than he appears, though, and Adam's friends at the Delta Rehabilitation Centre have even higher friends, with a score to settle with his father, of their own. It's just a shame he won't be around long enough to witness their payback.
http://www.extasybooks.com/index.php?route=product%2Fauthor&author_id=968
 
Don't forget to check out what the other authors have to share, this week
My Sexy Saturday




Sunday, November 3, 2013

Halloween Seduction Giveaway Blog Hop Winners!!

 

Thank you to all who dropped by and commented!


The grand prize winners were:

 Grand Prize winner – $100 Amazon.com Gift Card – Stacy Price

The e-copy of Symphony of Light and Winter – Sarah Miles



The winner of a copy of my bestselling MM paranormal romance, Delta Blues, is...Nicki B

Congratulations Nicki, I will be mailing you your prize now!

Friday, October 25, 2013

Halloween Seduction Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Halloween Seduction Giveaway Hop!

 

What is more sexy than a man rippling with muscles and an extra dose of testosterone? How about if that man is also an Alpha Dire Wolf...hell bent on claiming his mate!


Meet Grey...
He will stop at nothing to rescue his mate...Ryan



You can meet them both...in Delta Blues

 In a World where the Alpha are the law, Beta the order, and Omega the knowledge…the Delta have become the oppressed.

    The night of Samhain is fast approaching, and for that one night a year, Gray and the last remaining Dire Wolves—amongst others—are entrusted with the protection of the veil between worlds, while it’s at its thinnest. Add in the threat of a new drug on the market, and they’ll have to work twice as hard to keep everyone safe. The last thing he needs is a sexy little Delta to save.

    As a lowly Delta, Red Wolf shifter Ryan has never known peace. Cast away and unwanted, he is quickly taken captive and trained as a dancer at The Howling, a strip club in the worst part of Praeter. Hungry, abused, and kept in a drug-induced fog, his life is nothing. He is nothing but the orders and twisted demands of his captor. All that changes when he catches the scent of a wolf in the crowd.

    Long ebony hair, eyes that can’t decide if they’re green or blue as they follow him on stage. Unable to stop himself, Ryan does the one thing guaranteed to earn him punishment. He touches the other wolf. Peace. For those few brief moments, the hunger, the pain, the torment…all gone. The price to feel that respite again, though, could very well be his life.


Available at EXTASY BOOKS
And AMAZON

To win a copy of Delta Blues, simply leave a comment below with your email address, and go into the draw, easy!! And don't forget the major prizes below!!

Grandprize:
$100 Amazon card!!
Second place:  E-copy of Eternal Flame





Monday, October 21, 2013

Big Cocks and Broomsticks Giveaway Hop!!

Welcome everyone, to the Big Cocks and Broomsticks Giveaway Hop!!

 

Thanks to Danica Avet and  the Cabal of Hotness for hosting the event, and offering the following  Grand Prizes!


a Rafflecopter giveaway


For my own Giveaway, I will be offering the following prizes:

 

1st Prize -  Ebook copy of Delta Blues--my latest best-selling MM paranormal erotic romance--and a swag pack.

 

2nd Prize - Ebook copy of Wolf Sanctuary

 

3rd Prize - Ebook copy of Cupid's Revenge

 

To enter, simply leave me a comment--please make sure to include your email address--and have fun!!



I am bringing Halloween in this year with a bang, with the release of my already Best-selling MM erotic romance, Delta Blues.

In a World where the Alpha are the law, Beta the order, and Omega the knowledge…the Delta have become the oppressed.

    The night of Samhain is fast approaching, and for that one night a year, Gray and the last remaining Dire Wolves—amongst others—are entrusted with the protection of the veil between worlds, while it’s at its thinnest. Add in the threat of a new drug on the market, and they’ll have to work twice as hard to keep everyone safe. The last thing he needs is a sexy little Delta to save.
    As a lowly Delta, Red Wolf shifter Ryan has never known peace. Cast away and unwanted, he is quickly taken captive and trained as a dancer at The Howling, a strip club in the worst part of Praeter. Hungry, abused, and kept in a drug-induced fog, his life is nothing. He is nothing but the orders and twisted demands of his captor. All that changes when he catches the scent of a wolf in the crowd.
    Long ebony hair, eyes that can’t decide if they’re green or blue as they follow him on stage. Unable to stop himself, Ryan does the one thing guaranteed to earn him punishment. He touches the other wolf. Peace. For those few brief moments, the hunger, the pain, the torment…all gone. The price to feel that respite again, though, could very well be his life.


EXCERPT

Ryan hummed tunelessly as he pulled his knees tighter under his chin and wrapped his arms around them, rocking back and forth. He hated the dark, wishing the room he was currently detained in was larger, not that this broom-closet-sized space could actually be classified as a room. Hell, even a few inches more so he could lie down would be good. Sleeping sitting upright, yet slumped over your knees, sucked!
With his legs cramped, the muscles screamed to be stretched, to let the blood flow through his body so his legs would be rid of that numb burning ache that felt like a thousand needles piercing his flesh over and over. But he knew he had this punishment coming the second he had forgotten the rules and broken the most important. He had gone against the number one rule Jayden had insisted of him. Never get too close to the customers.
While letting a customer slap and pinch were okay, grabbing that sexy wolf and rubbing him against his cock had thrown Jayden into a rage. But Ryan couldn’t help it. There was something about the other man that called to him, something that singled out his scent from everyone else in the club. For those few seconds while he ground against the other man, Ryan hadn’t been afraid.



Please don't forget to click on the links below, to visit the many other blogs participating in this exciting Halloween celebration!!
 
1. The Cabal of Hottness  37. Siobhan Muir (US & INT)  
2. Close Encounters with the Night Kind  38. Sky Robinson  
3. Danica Avet  39. Renea Mason (US and Int)  
4. Lea Barrymire  40. Susan Arden's RULE BREAKERS (INT)  
5. Cassandra Carr (INT)  41. Valerie Twombly (US)  
6. A. M. Griffin  42. Mandy Harbin  
7. Imagine a World (INT)  43. Denysé Bridger  
8. Wendy Ely  44. Dena Garson  
9. Amber Kallyn (INT)  45. Haven Malone  
10. Cara Carnes  46. Rhyll Biest  
11. Anya Richards  47. Jocelyn Dex: Demons Do It Better  
12. The Hedonistic Minimalist  48. Afton Locke (US)  
13. Danita Minnis  49. DC Juris  
14. Jezebel Jorge  50. jorja lovett  
15. A.R. Von  51. Kiru Taye (INT)  
16. Riverina Romantics (INT)  52. Buttontapper Press  
17. Dianne Hartsock (INT)  53. Lisa Carlisle  
18. Amy Ruttan  54. Rose Wynters (INT)  
19. Booklover Sue (US only)  55. Justus Roux  
20. Roxanne's Realm  56. Normandie Alleman (INT)  
21. Sherri Hayes  57. Madison Chase  
22. For Whom The Books Toll (US only)  58. Selena Blake  
23. Kali Erickson  59. Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews  
24. AJ's Rantings (INT)  60. SNARKY MOM READS...  
25. HEA Romances With A Little Kick (INT)  61. Naughty Edition Reviews  
26. The BlackRavens Erotic Cafe (INT)  62. Wicked Wolves & Dreaming Dragons  
27. AJ's Reading Nook (INT)  63. Natasha Blackthorne (US)  
28. Black Raven Reviews (INT)  64. Michelle Graham, Erotic Romance  
29. The Readers Round Table (INT)  65. Naomi Bellina, Adventurous Erotic Romance (INT)  
30. Dark Diva Reviews (INT)  66. Dana Littlejohn  
31. Christina Phillips (INT)  67. Love Bites and Silk Ties (INT)  
32. Kendall McKenna - Love and Dog Tags  68. Susan Mac Nicol  
33. Morticia Knight  69. Draven St. James  
34. The Jeep Diva (US & Int)  70. Mandy Harbin  
35. Hennessee Andrews  71. Ellen Cross - Romance on the Wild Side  
36. Morgan Knight  72. Victoria Danann - Order of the Black Swan  


Sunday, October 20, 2013

Slippery When Wet Winners!!



The Winners are in!!
 
1st Prize of an ebook copy of Delta Blues, plus Wolf Sanctuary inspired Keychain is... Carolyn!!
 
 
 
 
2nd Prize of an ebook copy of Wolf Sanctuary is... Laurie!!
 
 
 
 
3rd Prize of an ebook copy of Cupid's Revenge is... Sin Chan!!
 
I will be contacting you all with your prizes shortly :) 
 
Thank you to you all, for making the Slippery When Wet Blog Hop, so amazing! Stay tuned for more blog hops in the coming days, for more prize chances :)