The Plus One Chronicles
A wicked
proposition…
A sensual possession…
A sensual possession…
A dark
obsession...
The Plus One
Chronicles: Searing passion and fiery vengeance collide in three explosive
books.
THE PROPOSITION
The Plus One
Chronicles, Book 1
Available
now
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Rich, sexy and
volatile, Sloane Michaels has a dark agenda that keeps his heart on ice. His
extreme wealth gives him the control he craves and his skills as an ex UFC
fighter the tools he’ll need to extract his ultimate revenge. But when the woman
he never believed he’d see again crosses his path, Sloane is caught between the
vengeance he needs and a sexual conquest he craves.
Kat Thayne has been in
survival mode for six years, hiding behind the sweet creations for her bakery.
But when a random carjacking brings her face-to-face with her darkest fears and
hottest fantasy, Kat is forced out of hiding and offered a dangerously
passionate proposition. One she knows she isn’t strong enough to
refuse.
Book Two: POSSESSION - Coming
5/28/13
Book Three: OBSESSION - Coming
9/24/13
Jennifer Lyon grew up
under the shadow of the Matterhorn at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. She
attended Walt Disney elementary school and her very first playmate was her
beloved dog, Duke, who was cast in the role of hero in all their
adventures.
Clearly Jen was born
to daydream. But it took her years to figure out how to turn her imagination
into a career as an author. After marrying and becoming a full time mom to three
sons, Jen launched her career with the award winning Samantha Shaw Mystery
Series and other romantic mysteries under the name Jennifer Apodaca. Later, she
took the name Jennifer Lyon, combined her love of witches, alpha males and
sizzling romance into another award winning series, the Wing Slayer
Hunters.
Jennifer has several new releases coming out this year. THE
PROPOSITION, the first book in her new Plus One Chronicles was just released on February 24 and following later in the
year will be Book Two: POSSESSION - Coming 5/28/13 and Book Three: OBSESSION -
Coming 9/24/13.
Writing under Jennifer Apodaca she will be releasing the
first book in her Once A Marine series, titled THE BABY BARGAIN which will be out in March
2013 from Entangled Publishing in their Indulgence line.
For more information on Jen or her books, please visit her
website www.jenniferlyonbooks.com
********** INTERVIEW **********
United By Books is pleased to have Jennifer Lyon on the
blog today so we can learn more about her amazing
books........
1
~ Can you please share with us a little about
yourself?
Sure, I’m a wife and mom—I met my husband at the dog pound.
That story cracks up our kids. I was working there in dog licensing, and my
husband came in to do an audit.He looked super hot and sexy in his suit! We did the usual, fell in love,
married and had three
amazing sons. My husband is my biggest supporter, and the one who has encouraged me to Go Indie and self
publish The Plus One Chronicles.
2 ~ Please tell us a
little about your newest release ?
Happy to!! THE PROPOSITION, Book One in The Plus One
Chronicles, is beginning of Kat and Sloane’s story. These two characters are
incredibly special to me. They are both strong yet damaged. But
together, they are whole
and dynamic. One of the
things I love about them is that they truly strengthen one another, much as I
think my husband and I do for each other. The tagline for the series is:
A
Proposition brings them together, will an Obsessiontear them apart?
And the blurb for THE PROPOSITION:
Rich, sexy and
volatile, Sloane Michaels has a dark agenda that keeps his heart on ice. His
extreme wealth gives him the control he craves and his skills as an ex UFC
fighter the tools he’ll need to extract his ultimate revenge. But when the woman
he never believed he’d see again crosses his path, Sloane is caught between the
vengeance he needs and a sexual conquest he craves.
Kat Thayne has been in survival mode for six years, hiding
behind the sweet creations for her bakery. But when a random carjacking brings
her face-to-face with her darkest fears and hottest fantasy, Kat is forced out
of hiding and offered a dangerously passionate proposition. One she knows she isn’t
strong enough to refuse.
3~ Would
you like to share an excerpt with us today?
Absolutely! Here is a
short clip from when Sloane first sees Kat, and learns about emergency
brownies:
Raising his eyebrows, he asked, “Do I know
you?”
His voice had a silky bite to it, and his words completely
surprised her. She couldn’t imagine having met him and forgotten. Some things
may have been wiped from her memory, but him? No one would forget a man that
vital. This close, she saw a scar slashing through his left eyebrow, and another
bracketed the right side of his harsh mouth. He wasn’t classically handsome,
more like savagely beautiful.
Answer him!
“No.”
Lowering his chin slightly, he regarded her
beneath his arched brows. “And if I want to know you?”
Traitorous warmth bloomed in her belly. She
shut it down by digging the corner of the kit into her hipbone. That shaft of
pain snapped her brain into action. He had to be amusing himself at the expense
of the help. It was the only explanation she could think of. “Do you need a
dozen cookies? A cake? Perhaps an emergency brownie?”
Crinkles dug in at the corners of his eyes.
“What kind of emergency requires a brownie?”
She lifted one hand in a careless gesture. “Oh
the usual. Breakups. In-laws arriving unexpectedly. The always popular
dealing-with-the-jerk-boss. Running out of wine. And the classic…” She trailed
off, telling herself not to do it. To shut up.
Challenge sparked in his eyes. “Come on, don’t be shy. I must know the classic emergency that requires a brownie.”
Challenge sparked in his eyes. “Come on, don’t be shy. I must know the classic emergency that requires a brownie.”
Don’t say it. But her mouth was already
moving. “P.M.S. or to the uninformed, Pushy Male
Syndrome.”
Seconds stretched
out.
Kat was brutally, sickeningly aware that she
had gone too far. With a man who was clearly powerful. Entitled. And totally
focused on her. Her stomach churned, and the kit slipped in her suddenly sweaty
hands. She tightened her grip and just held on.
The left corner of his mouth twitched. “Do you
have a particular confection for the man suffering cruel rejection from a pretty
baker?”
4~ What's in store
next for your readers?
The next two books in The Plus One
Chronicles will come out
pretty quickly. Next up is the second book,POSSESSION that we hope to have out on 5.28.13 and OBSESSION
out on 9.24.13
5~ What's the weirdest
thing you've ever done in the name of research?
Hmm, my search engine has some pretty
weird websites on
its history. But the
answer is probably when I was writing The Samantha Shaw Mystery Series
under Jennifer Apodaca and went to the local police station to do some research. I
was hoping they would put
me in touch with their information officer. I really didn’t think this out—I
just jumped in the car and went down there.
In
shorts.
Yeah, not my best plan. I really thought I’d just get a contact phone number. Nope, the Lieutenant came out to meet me, took
me on a tour, showing me their communications room, their weapons
room pretty much
everything and introducing me to VIPs who happened to be
there.
And I was in shorts.
Ugh! In my defense, I was seriously stressed about the book, and really just
thought I’d get a quick visual of the station and ask for the business card of
the information’s officer.
6~ What are some of
your favorite kinds of stories to read?
I love romance of course, mostly contemporary and paranormal,
but I will give anything
a try. One of my favorite
story lines is a woman in danger. I also like mystery, suspense and
thrillers.
7~ What is something
people would be surprised to know about you?
Hmm, maybe that when I
first started writing, I wrote historical romance? But it wasn’t until I wrote a
sassy and sexy light mystery that I published.
8~ Do
you sing and dance around the house while picking up?
I do if I’m alone and happy I
can’t carry a tune nor
can I dance well, so I
try not to subject others to that. Oh wait, I take that back, I do a “victory
dance” that my husband loves, LOL! But I’ve yet to show another living
soul—aside from my husband--that particular dance. I think if I ever hit the USA Today or
NY Times Best Seller list, then I might consider letting him video me doing that dance and
putting it on my website. What do you all l
think—should I do that?
9~ Describe yourself
in three words?
Wife, mom,
writer.
10~ What is the most embarrassing thing you got caught
doing?
Accidentally going into the men’s restroom at an airport. I was
dead tired on a layover, and somehow went into the wrong restroom. That’s bad enough, but I didn’t
realize it until after I came out of the stall and saw a man…so embarrassing!
And stupid!
11~ How did you
celebrate the sale of your first book?
We bought the desk, filing cabinet and bookshelves for my office. I still
love them. The desk
is a huge oak monstrosity
and absolutely perfect for me.
12~ What are the
scenes that are the hardest for you to write?
It depends. Often the first half of the book is hard to write
for me. The first couple scenes are critical so those are
hard. Also, writing
emotional scenes
are more difficult than
funny ones.
13~ Is there anything
special you would like to say to your readers while we have you here
today?
Thank you! I wouldn’t have this job that I love without my readers! I
appreciate each of you, especially since I’m a reader too
Jennifer Lyon's
THE
PROPOSITION
Blog Tour
Schedule
02/26 - Book Monster
Reviews / Literal
Addiction
02/27 - Ramblings From
This Chick
02/28 - Pimpin' Reads
03/01 - Book Lovin' Mamas
03/02 - Books-n-Kisses
03/03 - Night Owl Reviews
03/03 - My Secret
Romance
03/04 - United by Books
03/05 - Cocktails and
Books
03/06 - The Reading
Café
03/07 - Under the
Covers
03/08 - Romance Junkies
03/10 - Over the
Edge
03/11 - Paranormal
Haven
********** GIVEAWAY *********
Jennifer is giving away an eBook
of THE PROPOSITION to ONE winner at EVERY tour stop. So just fill out the rafflecopter below to be entered.
GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY
Jennifer is also giving away a
$50.00 Gift Card to Amazon and an eBook of THE PROPOSITION
to ONE lucky winner who follows
the tour.
THREE runners-up will receive an
eBook of THE PROPOSITION.
TO ENTER:
Fill out the Rafflecopter form,
complete the tasks and mark as "Done".
The more tasks you complete, the
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Good Luck!
18 comments:
Hi Jenn - Congratulations!
What a nice interview. I'm picturing the singing and dancing bit while picking up. I sing BEATLES songs while cleaning much to my sons chagrin ;).
vsloboda(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for the giveaway!
mickalamurphy@yahoo.com
Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for the interview and the giveaway. I am new to you and your books and I am looking forward to reading this series. I was wondering if you like to do research and how much time do you usually try to get in for each subject?
Wa Whoo If you post the victory dance on line the rest of us will just have to get up and do it with you. Here's to the Best Seller list!!!!
This story line looks awesome! Can't wait to read it.
Hi Viki, thanks! I don't think I play the Beatles much, although my husband does. I just blast whatever is on my iPod :-)
Mickala, you're welcome!
Joni, happy to do it!
krg, good question on research. The answer is--whatever it takes for me to know enough to write about it. In THE PROPOSITION Sloane is an ex-UFC fighter. I've absorbed a fair amount from my husband and sons watching it, plus on of my older brothers was a champion in karate and owned studio. But I still had to do research, it took a day or two to get what I needed.
Kat, LOLOL! I'll have to follow through if I hit the bestseller list now, won't I?
sschex01, thanks! Hope you like it!
Thanks for a GREAT givaway
Thanks for the giveaway!! I'm excited to read the whole series!! theresa.esterline@gmail.com
Jennifer, you're welcome!
Theresa, that's great to hear, thank you!
Very nice cover, and I can't wait to read this. Something different than what I usually read.
As soon as I seen The Proposition on the blogs I email my cousin who bought it immediately. So far she is loving this book! It's got her fav's, UFC fighter and billionaire. She already wanting the next book! Thanks for the giveaway!
suz2(at)cox(dot)net
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