A Tasty Halloween Treat FORETASTE OF FOREVER Enemies to Lovers #MySexySaturday

As it's almost Halloween I thought I'd share 7 sentences of the very first short story I had published six years ago at Halloween. Foretaste of Forever is a sexy little beast that started life as a recurring dream that haunted me for about five years.

The dream was always the same. Midnight (of course it was midnight!) on a beach, with only the moon for illumination. A dark shadowy man stood facing the raging waves, and a beautiful woman attempted to entice him away.

And the damn dream always finished at the same point - without me having a clue what happened next!

It got to the point where I was thinking about this couple during the day, but for some weird reason it never actually occurred to me to write it down. Not until my CPs dared me to write an erotic romance (something I'd told them I would never do, since it was far too hard... absolutely no pun intended there, of course :-) ) and it hit me this dream was the perfect opportunity to stretch my writing wings.

I wrote their story. And discovered their happy-ever-after. And as soon as that story was written, the dreams stopped.

She ripped the last fastening free and dragged his pants down his muscled legs. “Never forget that.” Her voice was uneven, her heart hammering against her breast.

How could he do this to her, after so many years? She had only to think of him to want him, had only to see him to desire him. And when he teased her, she knew in her heart she would willingly die for him.

If she was only given the chance.

Powerful witch Elyesha finally finds the only man she’s ever loved, the man who deserted her countless years before. But Ben is torn between desire and despair when Elyesha, his only love, discovers his retreat. He abandoned her to save her but how can he resist her seductive embrace when she offers him everything his shattered soul craves?

 

He knows what she wants. But the price is too high. He’ll take what she offers for one last night – but as their erotic encounter unfolds so too does the devastating truth.

 

Excerpt     Reviews

 

Previously published by The Wild Rose Press in 2008

 

Available from Smashwords  Kindle 

 

Don't forget to check out the other Halloween treats for this week's My Sexy Saturday! 

Horny Hump Day ~ FORETASTE OF FOREVER

Welcome to Horny Hump Day! Today I'm sharing three sentences from my short erotic paranormal romance, Foretaste of Forever. The hero, Ben, knows he must leave the heroine in order to save her. But it's just too hard :-)

Gods, yes, he wanted it fast and raw and to hell with the rest of the world. But he wanted Elyesha now and forever, and the only way to keep her was to be inside her. To prolong the moment for all eternity and he knew all he wanted was impossible.

 Blurb:

Powerful witch Elyesha finally finds the only man she’s ever loved, the man who deserted her countless years before. But Ben is torn between desire and despair when Elyesha, his only love, discovers his retreat. He abandoned her to save her but how can he resist her seductive embrace when she offers him everything his shattered soul craves?

He knows what she wants. But the price is too high. He’ll take what she offers for one last night – but as their erotic encounter unfolds so too does the devastating truth.

Excerpt

Smashwords  Kindle

"FORETASTE OF FOREVER is a creative and unique little gem that leaves a lasting impression on the reader. Bravo, Christina Phillips!" Anne,  CK2S Kwips and Kritiques 4 Stars

Check out the other fabulous Horny Hump Day excerpts!

 

Sneak Peek Sunday ~ FORETASTE OF FOREVER

For the Historical Novelists Four Day Book Fair please scroll down to the next post!

Welcome to this Sunday's Sneak Peek where I share six paragraphs of my short erotic paranormal romance, Foretaste of Forever.

He hauled her to her feet. “And now it’s your turn to entertain me.” There was no hint of reluctance in his eyes now. Only love. For her. She wrapped the knowledge around her heart and knew it wouldn’t be long before Ben made the final commitment to her.

* * *  

Ben allowed Elyesha to pull free from his grasp and, as she flung back her head, her midnight black hair brushed the stone floor. He ached to bury his face in that silken cloud, tangle his fingers through the wild curls, and salve his corrupt heart in the heat of her embrace.

Instead he remained perfectly still and watched her sensuously gyrate to a rhythm only she could hear. Slowly she peeled the calf length summer dress from her body and desire stabbed through every atom.

She was wearing a black lace corset threaded with scarlet ribbon, a scandalous piece of lingerie that enhanced the curve of her hips, the feminine dip of her waist, and her sinfully tempting breasts.

Hands on hips, she struck a seductive pose. “Do you like what you see, my lord?”

He raised one hand. “Come here.” He barely recognized his voice. When she didn’t immediately obey, he made an imperial gesture of haste and Elyesha smiled, as if his aristocratic hauteur pleased her.

Powerful witch Elyesha finally finds the only man she’s ever loved, the man who deserted her countless years before. But Ben is torn between desire and despair when Elyesha, his only love, discovers his retreat. He abandoned her to save her but how can he resist her seductive embrace when she offers him everything his shattered soul craves?

He knows what she wants. But the price is too high. He’ll take what she offers for one last night – but as their erotic encounter unfolds so too does the devastating truth.

 Smashwords  Kindle

 Excerpt

"Christina Phillips does a magnificent job at creating an eerie, haunting atmosphere." 

CK2S Kwips and Kritiques 4 Stars

Don't forget to check out the other Sneak Peek Sunday offerings!

Heartbreaker Blog Hop Winner!

And the winner of a copy of Foretaste of Forever and some gorgeous swag is...

Carla!

 Congratulations!

I will email you shortly!

"Christina Phillips does a magnificent job at creating an eerie, haunting atmosphere. Her use of imagery is nothing short of genius as she paints images that evoke emotions out of the reader. " CK2S Kwips and Kritiques, 4 Stars

And we have More Winners!

And so ends the third week of my blog tour to celebrate the release of Archangel of Mercy! I've been having a lot of fun chatting with readers, and without further ado here are the winners!

The winner of an e-copy of Touch of the Demon plus swag on

Tina Donahue's blog is...

pc!

The winner of an e-copy of Foretaste of Forever plus swag on

Paranormal Haven is...

Sheryl!

The winner of a copy of Archangel of Mercy plus swag on

Dark Side Downunder is...

bn100!

The winner of the Goodreads contest is...

Krystal!

The winner of Touch of the Demon plus swag on
Cathryn Hein's Friday Feast is...

Juanita!

The winner of a copy of Archangel of Mercy and swag on
Romance Bandits is...

Connie!

Congratulations!

Midnight Confessions

Today I'm over at  fellow Aussie Anna Hackett's Midnight Confessions answering her Quick Questions (I ramble a bit but Anna was kind enough not to comment on it!!!) Anna is also celebrating a new release this week - Winter Fusion, her novella in A Galactic Holiday, a fab sci-fi anthology out with Carina Press, and she'll be visiting here next week with a super cool contest!

Anyway, back to my Archangel of Mercy Quick Questions with Anna, I'm also giving away a copy of Foretaste of Forever to one lucky commenter!

Ava helping me clean the bathroom. Not.

I'm continuing my Archangel of Mercy blog tour today over at the lovely Shelley Munro! Shell was kind enough to host me on her blog several years ago, before I sold. She said it would be good practice for me when I did sell - and wow was she right! So thank you Shelley :-)

Do pop over and say hi! I answer a couple of questions and there's a snippet from Chapter Two of Archangel of Mercy. Plus there's the chance to win a giveaway of my erotic PNR, Foretaste of Forever and swag!

How cute is this!

Decadent Deliciousness & a Wandering Imagination

I have a double dose of yumminess for you today! First of all I'm over at my good friend Cathryn Hein's Friday Feast blog. I love reading this blog for all the delicious goodness! My mouth is watering just thinking about it :-)

Anyway, I'm over there today with a lovely cool summery dessert (we won't mention the fish fingers). Pop on over and let me know what you think, and you'll go into the draw for a copy of my erotic futuristic fantasy Touch of the Demon, plus some gorgeous Archangel swag!

And the second helping of goodness is over at the lovely Alli Sinclair's blog, Novel Adventurers, where I'm chatting about all the fabulous places in the world I'd love to visit. I also talk about the strange places that my imagination takes me, specifically in Archangel of Mercy!

There's a copy of my erotic paranormal romance, Foretaste of Forever up for grabs (plus swag!) for one commenter on the blog!

Hawt Bad Ass Archangel at Paranormal Haven

Today I'm over at Paranormal Haven where I share who is the hawt inspiration behind the  hero in my third Archangel book! Yes, it's a bit insane that I'm talking about the hero of a book that hasn't been written yet but wait until you find out who it is!!!

There's also a chance to win a download of my erotic paranormal romance, Foretaste of Forever and some gorgeous Archangel swag!

Miri and Ava taking a nap on one of their favorite spot. My desk.

Winner, Writing, Revisions & Chapter One

What another great blog hop! I hope everyone had fun with Autumn's Harvest :-)

And the winner of an e-copy of 

Foretaste of Forever

is

Elf2060!

Congratulations!

In other writing news I've been chatting with my fabulous editor at Ellora's Cave and today I received her revisions on Betrayed. I'll be starting them tomorrow and hope to have them done by the middle of December.

As for Tainted, the fourth book in my Roman/Druid series, I'm more than three quarters of the way through and had hoped to finish by the end of this month. But that's now taking a back seat as I tackle the revisions. There should definitely be more hours in the day!

And I have finally posted the first chapter of Archangel of Mercy up on my blog!

Halloween DSDU Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Dark Side DownUnder 2nd Anniversary Halloween Blog Hop!

Yes, it's been two years since the DSDU blog first went live and to celebrate we're holding a fabulous Halloween Blog Hop with heaps of giveaways on offer. Each author in the linky-link below is offering a prize on their own blog PLUS if you leave a comment on each blog in the hop, you're entered for the

Grand Prize of a $30 Amazon Voucher! 

The hop is open from now until 11.59pm 4th November Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time so you have plenty of time to have fun and enter!

Don't forget to leave your email addy with your comment so you can be contacted if you're a winner.

Growing up in the UK, we never really celebrated Halloween. We might have seen the occasional pumpkin head but that was a real novelty and as for trick or treating? I don't think that really registered with me at all until I watched ET and the kids went out on Halloween with the alien covered in a sheet! It wasn't until we moved to Australia fourteen years ago that we got the door knocks and realised that we needed to stock up on chocolates and goodies (um, trouble is those chocolates and goodies never seem to last the night. Anyone else hide behind the sofa and scoff the treats themselves?)


To help celebrate Halloween I'm offering an e-copy of my sexy witch novella, Foretaste of Forever. This was previously published by the Wild Rose Press in 2008 and I've just self-published the book in time for this blog hop :-) No chocolate is consumed by the hero or heroine during the course of this book but there is a lot of smoking hot smexiness!

In addition I'll also send the winner of my giveaway some gorgeous Archangel of Mercy swag! Just leave a comment or share a fave Halloween memory, whether that involves excess indulgence in the candy area or a close encounter with a creature from the Otherworld ~ inquiring minds would love to know!

Erotic Romance - Over 18s Only

Foretaste of Forever

Powerful witch Elyesha finally finds the only man she's ever loved, the man who deserted her countless years before. But Ben is torn between desire and despair when Elyesha, his only love, discovers his retreat. He abandoned her to save her but how can he resist her seductive embrace when she offers him everything his shattered soul craves?

He knows what she wants. But the price is too high. He'll take what she offers for one last night - but as their erotic encounter unfolds so too does the devastating truth.

Happy Halloween!




Halloween Special - 2nd Blogiversary Participants

1. Eleni Konstantine 2. Mel Teshco 3. Nicole Murphy 4. Imogene Nix 5. Christina Phillips aka Christina Ashcroft 6. Amanda Ashby 7. Jenny Schwartz 8. Shona Husk 9. Maree Anderson

10. Kylie Griffin 11. Lilliana Rose 12. Nicole Hurley-Moore 13. Eden Summers 14. Erica Hayes 15. Sandra Harris 16. Keziah Hill 17. S E Gilchrist 18. DSDU

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Sizzling Story for Halloween!

Halloween is almost here, and how better to celebrate than with a sizzling short story about a witch and her forbidden lover? I've just self-published my erotic paranormal romance, Foretaste of Forever, on Smashwords, and it will soon be up on Kindle and in other online stores :-)

And here is the blurb:

Powerful witch Elyesha finally finds the only man she's ever loved, the man who deserted her countless years before. But Ben is torn between desire and despair when Elyesha, his only love, discovers his retreat. He abandoned her to save her but how can he resist her seductive embrace when she offers him everything his shattered soul craves?

He knows what she wants. But the price is too high. He'll take what she offers for one last night - but as their erotic encounter unfolds so too does the devastating truth.

This was previously published by The Wild Rose Press in 2008 

Halloween Goodness!!

Today, Halloween (well, it's already Halloween on the other side of Australia!!) I'm over at Eleni's Taverna as part of Eleni-Fest, where I'm chatting about Romans and Angels and Druid Princesses. There's a copy of either Foretaste of Forever or Touch of the Demon up for grabs for one lucky commenter, and the contest is open until 5th November. I'd love to see you over there!

Happy Halloween!!

Is the End in Sight?!

Just hit the 60k mark on the wip which is always a relief as I now know I have enough words to fill an entire book! Without fail, I always start off paranoid it will all be over and done with before I get to 30k (strangely enough, until I wrote Foretaste of Forever I'd never attempted a short story before. Or erotic romance!)

Now I guess I'd better let the muse start tying thing up and I certainly hope she knows what she's doing, because I haven't the faintest idea how my hero and heroine are going to get their HEA in this one!! The only reason I'm not totally pulling my hair out in a mad panic is because I didn't have a clue how my darling Roman was going to get his happy ending either, but thankfully the last 100 pages almost wrote themselves and it all got sorted. Don't you just love it when that happens!!!

Hot Summer Sale!

Even though I'm in the middle of winter. Not that I complain about it much. Well OK maybe I do...

Anyway!!

The Wild Rose Press are holding a Hot Summer Sale with 10% off all titles, including Foretaste of Forever (sale price $1.35) and Touch of the Demon (sale price $1.80). Bargain!!

And I am a happy bunny because there's no cricket tonight which means we get to watch some more episodes of BSG!!

Red Wolverton Howling! Paranormal Space Opera!!!

For the month of May, I'm helping my good friend the lovely Shelley Munro to host Coffee Write over at the CTR forums and I hope you can all stop by and join in the fun!!!

We've gone for a Paranormal Space Opera theme, and the title is Red Wolverton Howling (why does this make me think of Hugh Jackman...? *ponders*!!)

This is how it works. Shelley's posted an introduction, which sets up the story world and major characters, and the first paragraphs. Anyone can now post their own paragraphs continuing the story in any way they fancy - keeping in mind the basic intro!! You can post as often as you like during the month of May, but only once per day. This series runs from 1st May to 27th May.

There's a chat going on here!!

Prizes!!!

Winner can choose 1 x download from Shelley Munro’s backlist plus they get downloads of Christina’s two Wild Rose Press releases, Foretaste of Forever and Touch of the Demon. Also, a second prize winner can choose 1 x download from Shelley's backlist.

Love to see you over there!!!

Free Giveaway

Next up on my To-Do list is writing a couple of synopses. *shudder* Not looking forward to tackling them! It's been ages since I wrote one and I think I've forgotten how.

In happier news I've booked my flight for the Romance Writers of New Zealand conference in August so am very excited about that!!

If you have a moment I'd love to see you over at Sarita Leone's blog, where there's a copy of Foretaste of Forever up for grabs for someone who leaves a comment on my post.

***Link Fixed Now!!!***

Zombie Trailer

I'd always wanted to do a book trailer for Foretaste of Forever, but never got around to it. Mainly because I thought it would be Far Too Hard and I'm all for making life as easy as possible (which, obviously, is why I became a writer! ha ha...)

Anyway, my great mate and CP Amanda Ashby has just created an awesome trailer for her upcoming novel, Zombie Queen of Newbury High. She told me it was a lot easier than grappling with our respective websites (we both use Frontpage. Seriously, it's a wonder we have any hair left on our heads!!) Immediately intrigued, I hunted for Movie Maker on the computer (okay, I lie. I asked my genius daughter to find Movie Maker) and then proceded to have a play with my Demon.

OMG. It was soooo much fun and horribly addictive! I still have some tweaking to do, but am keeping everything crossed I'll have it all finished and ready to show next week.

In the meantime, check out Amanda's Zombie Queen Blog Party Vid on Youtube or her blog
(and catch a glimpse of Naked Chested Man!!!)

Amanda's book is coming out the week before Touch of the Demon (it's going to be a busy month!) and yes I will be securing her in the hot seat and fire my breathtakingly insightful questions at her!!!

Pod, People!

On Friday I was completely thrilled to discover that Foretaste of Forever hit the #1 spot on The Wild Rose Press Bestseller list! Thank you to every one who helped make this dream a reality. It's a wonderful feeling and I certainly couldn't have got there without all your encouragement and support!

In other news, my fantastico CP, fellow witch Amanda, has a podcast interview up over at Free Book Friday!! Two signed copies of Amanda's amazing debut novel, You Had Me at Halo, are up for grabs and all you have to do is sign up here. Oh, but do listen to her podcast interview! Amanda has the most adorable Aussie accent!!!

It's Friday! It's Halloween! It's time for the WITCHES!!!

As some of you may know I'm in a crit group called The Witches (not sure why we call ourselves that. It's not as if we cackle whenever we get together!) We've known each other for several years, before any of us were published (except for Pat, who was already a multi-pubbed children's author when I first met her), so we've shared all the ups and downs and highs and lows along the way.

Anyway, to celebrate the release of Foretaste of Forever the darling witches are having parties over at their blogs, where they are revealing all sorts of things (and some of them ain't pretty). And so because it's Halloween, and it's Friday, and my heroine is a witch, we're holding a contest for the chance to win a download of my very first erotic romance novella.

All you have to do is pop over and leave a comment - for three chances comment at all three blogs!!! And Pat is hosting a Q&A session, so if there's anything you'd like to ask me hop over and leave your questions in her comment trail!

Amanda's Blog
Pat's Blog
Sara's Blog

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