Thursday, May 23, 2013

Musings by Terry Spear and a Giveaway (squee!)




 

 

I am ecstatic to welcome the very busy Terry Spear to the blog today (and still drooling over her beautiful covers).  I enjoyed (and identified with) her thought-provoking comments and hope you will also. Don't forget to check her other lovely series, including her other yummy werewolf titles, her Highlanders series, romantic suspense books and the delicious jaguar shifters series (with a new title coming in August!).  There are too many to list here so please visit her website at this link to see them all.

Please make sure to enter for the giveaway by leaving a comment and your e-mail address.


Reconnecting with the Past
 
By
Terry Spear

Have you ever reunited with a friend from years earlier? And they seemed just like you remembered them years ago?

That connection can really be fun. But werewolves live LONG lives. So if they haven't seen one in a very, very, very long time, and it was only a really, really brief moment in passing—as a Highland warrior tries to take a Highland lass in hand…and protect her from the bad guys, and she doesn't know him from any other Highlander…so he could be one of the bad guys…

And you have a conundrum, in the future. Cearnach has to admit he has a lousy time with faces and names for the long term. But there's something awfully familiar about the sexy American she-wolf who just ran him off the road as he was trying to get to a friend's wedding. Something even more disturbing because the lass recognizes him, he's sure, and she's denying it.

I love mysteries. How are you at remembering faces and names? I'm awful. I can love a particular movie star even, and can't remember the name. Or a movie. A person. Definitely names.

So for me it was perfectly feasible to think as Cearnach thinks—he's dying to know who she is. And she's adamant about denying they know each other.

Have you ever been somewhere, like maybe you know the person at the bank, then see him or her at a park? Or the grocery store? They're not in the same place you normally see them. So there's this disconnection.
When I worked at the library (for over 4 years), I would visit the nearby grocery store either before or after work, or sometimes on my day off. I'd see library patrons there all the time. I'd say hi, and some would recognize me, yet even so, there's this little bit of a surprise. I'm not supposed to be in the grocery store. I'm supposed to be in the library. Others smile and say hi and haven't a clue where they've seen me before. One patron said, "Why aren't you at the library?" LOL We did get some time off.

I just went to my library friend's son's Eagle Scout Court of Honor and saw two people who were library patrons. I recognized them, but they looked so puzzled about who I was. LOL I love it when I'm not the only one who is confused.

Of course, our heroine remembers Cearnach—and still wonders why he had tried to protect her back in the old days, still believes he didn't have totally honorable intentions. And yet, wow, Highlander in kilt, very wolfish male type, and yes, how could she forget?

She had been cloaked, trying to hide her appearance, so she could understand his forgetting her. Though scents play a role also. Which also is another trigger he has that clues him in that he knows her from somewhere.

And it's not just a "how are you" in passing either. He comes to recall that he was trying to protect her way back when. Now, he's trying to all over again.

Do you ever wonder how differently life would have turned out if you had made one choice over another? Both Cearnach and Emily do. And I have to admit, I wonder about that too.

What about you?

One lucky commenter has the chance to win a copy of A Howl for a Highlander, US or Canada address only.  Contest will close at 6:00 p.m. PST on 5/31/13.  If winner has not responded by June 3, another name will be chosen so please check your e-mail!


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bestselling and award-winning author Terry Spear has written over fifty paranormal romance novels and four medieval Highland historical romances. Her first werewolf romance, Heart of the Wolf, was named a 2008 Publishers Weekly’s Best Book of the Year, and her subsequent titles have garnered high praise and hit the USA Today bestseller list. A retired officer of the U.S. Army Reserves, Terry lives in Crawford, Texas, where she is working on her next werewolf romance and continuing her new series about shapeshifting jaguars. For more information, please visit www.terryspear.com, or follow her on Twitter, @TerrySpear. She is also on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/terry.spear .

A Highland Werewolf Wedding

Elaine Hawthorn is a gray American werewolf, currently out of work, and on a mission to share in a family treasure. When she arrives in Scotland, she nearly has a head-on collision with one hot, kilt-garbed Highlander, and runs him off the road.

Werewolf laird Cearnach MacNeill isn't happy Elaine ruined his car, but he quickly becomes her protector after a misunderstanding lands her right in the middle of two feuding clans. Now he's out to ensure that this sexy female wolf gets her fair share of her clan's treasure. He knows he should leave well enough alone, but it's too late to leave his heart out of it.

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25 comments:

  1. Thanks so much to Elf for having me here today! I love her "ocean view". I'm coming for a visit! :)

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    1. Isn't that a beautiful scene...I WISH that was the view out of my window but it is a nice substitute. I always think fondly of the visits that we have been fortunate to make to Hawaii and this reminds me of that idyllic place!

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  2. I get nervous when I see someone I think I know because I never know what to do. HAHA! I usually let them make the first move because I just assume they don't remember who I am. However, sometimes I will say something if I am fairly certain they do remember me. I've never pretended to not know someone, buy I've had many strangers recognize me as someone I'm not. I was getting an oil change once and this guy swore I was his cousin Courtney. I don't think he believed me when I said I wasn't.

    Heathercm2001 at AOL dot com

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    1. I have trouble recognizing faces so I have to see a person many times before I will be able to match a name and a person. I am even worse with people in cars...so if I don't wave at you when you honk at me it's because I have no idea who you are, not that I am being mean!

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  3. LOL, Heather, too cute.!!! I had a guy chase me down once when I was serving on active duty in St Louis. He said he wasn't stalking me--and we did have armed guards at the building, so I wasn't too concerned. But he said I looked so much like his cousin, he had to see for certain. LOL Sounded like a guy line to me. LOL

    Another time a little girl was so excited to see me and was telling her parents that I was her teacher, and I felt badly for her because I wasn't her teacher. So, people can do that all the time, any age. LOL :)

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  4. Omg I love terry Spear! I've read I've read Dreaming of the wolf and A Seal in Wolf's Clothing. They were both sooo good.

    miztik_rose@yahoo.com

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    1. Glad you visited Mary, good luck in the giveaway. I do enjoy Terry's Wolves & Jaguars!

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  5. Thanks so much, Mary! I'm thrilled you're loving the books. You have lots more to enjoy! :)

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    1. :) I know! It seems I never get caught up on all the books I want to read...but I am trying. lol

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  6. Great post and very excited for the giveaway! These look amazing!
    Danielle @ Coffee and Characters
    http://www.daniellecromero.blogspot.com
    coffeeandcharacters@gmail.com

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  7. btw I'm a new GFC follower :)

    Danielle @ Coffee and Characters
    http://www.daniellecromero.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you so much for visiting and for joining the blog. I hope you find lots of new titles to read and I wish you luck on the giveaway!

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    2. Thanks, Danielle! Good luck!

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    3. I'm so EXCITED! I WON YAY!!! Have been dying to get into the series and my TBR pile has been so long but winning a giveaway is the perfect excuse to dive right on in! I'll make sure to post a review when I finish it too :)

      Thanks Ladies
      Danielle @ Coffee and Characters
      http://www.daniellecromero.blogspot.com

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  8. Don't really think about it

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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    1. You must have a very serene nature, I constantly second guess things and wonder if things would have turned out differently. Thanks for visiting, good luck on the giveaway.

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  9. Yay I won and responded! Thanks so much for such an awesome giveaway...im so excited to read this!!

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    1. Congrats Danielle,
      Sorry that it took me a little time to put it up officially and hope you enjoy, Terry's shapeshifters are so yummy to read about!

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  10. Congrats, Danielle! Definitely needs to go to the top of your TBR! Have fun and enjoy!!!

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    1. Thank you again for the generous giveaway Terry, hope you come back to visit again!

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    2. Next up is Jaguar Fever! Blog tour for August...ready for some hot kitty cat loving??? :) I can come back then if you'd like!

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  11. I would love to have you come back and I am looking forward to reading more about your delicious jaguar shifters!

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