Guest Author & Giveaway: Emma Lang featuring Ruthless Heart
Wednesday, June 30
***This giveaway has ended, but you should still read the post...it's worth your time:) Thanks for joining the fun!***
We're continuing our celebration of cowboys this week with Emma Lang's new novel, RUTHLESS HEART
published by Brava. Yesterday was the official release day of Beth Williamson's debut as Emma Lang and I couldn't wait to read this book. She's been baiting me (ok not just me....other readers too) with excerpts on her blog over the past week during her countdown to release day and I couldn't wait to actually read the whole thing. I've finally gotten my booklover hands on it and I am loving it even more than I expected too (and I had high expectations) . The characters feel so real, and I think a lot of it has to do with the dialogue between the hero and the heroine, Grady and Eliza. One of the things that struck me when reading the tempting excerpts on her blog was not only how different these characters were, but how each of them compliment each other in unexpected ways. Opposites attract stories don't always work for me because sometimes it's not always apparent why the characters end up together...what they see in the other that makes it all work. Even though I'm not done reading it yet, I already know that Eliza will be the woman to show Grady how to love and be loved, and Grady will be the man to let Eliza become the true Eliza. Emma Lang is here today to talk about RUTHLESS HEART, her heroine Eliza and her hero Grady...Read and enjoy!
, her heroine Eliza and her hero Grady...Read and enjoy!
Book Learning vs. Life Lessons
Yesterday was the official release day for my first book as Emma Lang, RUTHLESS HEART. It's the story of a runaway closet scientist Mormon-raised heroine named Eliza and the dark, hard hired killer sent to track her sister.Eliza Hunter has spent her life learning and living in the books she finds so precious. She's relied on them to be her friends and confidantes, and to guide her through everything. When she leaves home to find her runaway sister, Angeline, her books are her companions.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is Grady Wolfe. He has had a hard life, learning lessons from the cruel side of reality, relying on his instincts to guide him through life. When he takes the job of chasing and killing the missing Angeline Brown, he never expects to run into the bible-toting, spectacled Eliza.
She surprises him by building a fire by using only her book knowledge. Yet he surprises her by taking one of her inventions and improving it based on his experience and instincts.
They could not be more different, truly salt and pepper personalities and lives. And somehow, they find the other half of what they were missing all their lives. Two lonely people who fall in love through the craziest, most dangerous journey of their lives.
Each one is unique, and has their strength from either books or life. It's an interesting juxtaposition of opposites. What makes it even more interesting is how they teach each other through the story. And, of course, they fight the lessons tooth and nail. LOL.
What do y'all think? Do you believe we learn more from books or from life experiences?
He led her astray, and she never wanted to go back…Sheltered all her life, Eliza Hunter never imagined herself alone in the vast Utah plains, much less trailing a mysterious, rugged man hired to hunt down her beautiful younger sister. Unable to reveal the truth about her pursuit of him, Eliza plays student to the teacher, transforming herself in the process. And she when she finds herself sharing the warmth of Grady’s campfire, wrapped in his arms, hypnotized by his power, soon she is a naive spinster no more…
Grady Wolfe is more than a loner, he’s a man forever on the run. With a body and soul finely honed from living off the land, Grady knows he should leave the irresistible woman alone, but she stirs something in him he hasn’t felt before. Now he’s lost in the woods for the first time in his life—with a dangerous job to do. And no one—not even the luscious Eliza—is going to stop him…
want more...read the 8 bonus excerpts that got me hooked
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Congrats Emma! I hope Ruthless Heart is a big success for you :) If you'd like to learn more about this author and the books she writes as Emma Lang and Beth Williamson you can find her at her website and blog...where she encourages you to "Read a book, Ride a Cowboy"...yeah I'm so there :) She's also on Facebook, and Myspace, as well as at Loves Western Romances and After Midnight Fantasies.
To celebrate the release of RUTHLESS HEART Emma/Beth is giving away one $15 Gift Card to Amazon.com....if you're anything like me you'll be able to imagine spending that $15 about twenty different cowboy ways (ie Grady, Connor, Lee, Nate, Zeke, Jake, Micah...). She's got so many great books that I don't envy the winner their dilemma :) Here's how you can enter to win:
Ways to earn entries:
- Mandatory: Answer Emma's question to readers (good for 1 entry)
- Mandatory: You MUST be a Google Friend Connect (GFC) follower in order to be eligible to win (unfortunately an email subscriber, or subscription in Google reader, and a follower are not the same thing so make sure you are signed up as a follower if you'd like to win this book)
- If you have a blog, or even if you don't, you can earn extra entries by telling your friends. If they successfully enter to win and mention that you sent them you can each earn extra entries. You can blog about it with a link to this post, post it on Facebook, Twitter, email...or even word of mouth (good for 5 entries for the referrer and the commenter for each friend) . Please note that to earn the points they must mention your GFC name so that I can match you.
Purchase any item from the Seductive Musings Amazon store by using this link, or the Amazon widget contained within this post and email a copy of your purchase receipt to me no later than the deadline to enter (email available in sidebar). Sorry purchases made prior to this date do not apply, and link contained in this post must be used. No faxes or snail mail copies are allowed. No purchases are necessary to win. (good for 25 entries, or 50 entries if a purchase is made from the featured author's available titles)
How to enter:
- You can choose to enter as many different ways that you want, but please place all of your entries in ONE comment
Rules and disclaimers:
- This contest is open to anyone who is able to purchase items @ Amazon.com.
- You must be at least 18 years or older, or of legal age in your country
- The contest will end on July 3rd at 11:59 pm EST and winner will be posted after they have been selected
- Winner(s) will be selected using Random.org
- The winner(s) will have THREE days from the date they are posted to provide a mailing address. If you do not contact me within three days a replacement winner will be selected. NO EXCEPTIONS
- The book(s) will be mailed directly from the publisher or author and no substitutions are allowed
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Good Luck!
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now that they dropped the price to $189. I almost did it, but then my conscience said, "You already have a ereader, your Sony is only a few years old...you don't NEED it you just WANT it", but then the little devil on the other shoulder said, "...but think of all of those FREE reads you could take advantage of...and think of all the money you have spent on ebooks that you could use your Amazon GC's that you received as gifts towards so it'd be like getting them for free too!". I'm still undecided. It's such a great price, but the thing that keeps holding me back is that the books I buy for the Kindle won't work on any other device....I hate that!
by Emily Bryan which was an enjoyable read with great dialogue between the hero and heroine with fun supporting characters. At the end I felt that some things were briefly touched upon and was wanting more. This book was relatively short and I wanted it to be a little bit longer to explore more of every relationship. And I read 
by Tessa Dare, which I loved but had a slight problem. I was reading along and the hero and the heroine were beginning to have an intimate moment....I turned the page....and it didn't make sense. I was on page 304 looked at the next page and it was 307. I was missing pages 305-306! Now, normally I would just lament the loss of the scene and move on, but this was a pivotal moment because it was the beginning of the end of the story. Events that happened on TWO PAGES set up the entire ending and I MISSED IT!! I was left guessing what had happened. I tried Google books to see if they had a preview with those pages, but just my luck they were omitted. Despite this, I finished the book, but now I wonder if I should go back and seek out another copy with the missing pages. Will it make a difference? Probably not, but I can't help but wonder what really happened. I have a general idea....but still, it totally ruined the ending for me.
. I've heard so many good things about this author that I am going to have to give her a try before the end of the year. And later this week I will have a new giveaway for you from Forever Romance to celebrate all of their titles that have been nominated for RITA's. You won't want to miss it!
courtesy of Forever Romance are....
by Sarah MacLean and absolutely LOVED it. It was so much better than I even thought it would be and I had high expectations after reading a few reviews. If you like historical romances I highly recommend it, especially if you like Elizabeth Hoyt (which I do). Then I read 
by Sherry Thomas, which didn't live up to all that I had heard about this author and her books. She was on my list of authors that I wanted to try this year and sadly I was disappointed. It's not that the book was bad....it was just mediocre in my opinion, but I'm going to give her another try. I have 
in my TBR and this book got excellent reviews, so I'll just have to wait and see what I think about this author after reading another of her novels. Right now I'm reading 
. She's known for her paranormal romance, so I am intrigued by this direction in her writing. I love a good romantic suspense so this one is on my radar.
giveaway announced on Sunday by the deadline, so I have a replacement winner to announce....
by Cherise Sinclair (a BDSM erotic romance). I've read one of her books previously (Master of the Mountain) and really enjoyed it so I thought why not....I've been thinking about having another "Submit to Your Desires" week and wanted to see if I might want to feature this book for the BDSM themed week. That "why not" turned into reading not only Club Shadowlands, but then additional e-book purchases and quick readings of the next three books in the series, 
and Lean on Me. Each book in the series kept getting better and better so I read them all :)
's All The King's Men series, 
by Margaret Rowe courtesy of the author herself is....
will be FREE...funded entirely by my internet searches done on 
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