Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Last 3 Hearts of Metal e-books live!


My big Twitter giveaway is still going on. If you haven't entered, go HERE for details. 

BOOK NEWS! 

 The new editions of the last 3 Hearts of Metal books are live! 

First up is the new edition of Forbidden Song!
Summary: 

He was everything she was told to stay away from.

SHE’S OFF-LIMITS

Christine Mayne is determined to get out from under her controlling brother’s thumb. To do so, she plans to earn her PhD from studying group dynamics in heavy metal bands, and then become a band therapist. The problem is that Quinn Mayne, has barred her from the metal world because of a traumatic event in her past.

The opportunity to study a band comes when Cliff Tracey, lead singer of Bleeding Vengeance doesn’t recognize her. Christine tricks him into smuggling her onto the bus to accompany the band on their tour. When he discovers her deception, he’s furious. Christine tells herself that her efforts to talk to him are for her research and not because she’s drawn to his sensual presence.

HE’S FORBIDDEN

Cliff Tracey is going through an existential crisis. Suddenly having a different one-night-stand after every gig has lost its appeal. He’s ready to get rid of his man-whore label and try getting to know a woman. When black-haired, green-eyed bombshell Christine asks him if she can accompany his band on tour for her research, he thinks the perfect opportunity has fallen into his lap—until he finds out that she’s Quinn Mayne’s off-limits little sister.

Despite his efforts to keep her at arm’s length, Cliff finds himself unable to stay away from Christine. But he has to, because if he gives in to temptation, he’ll cause the biggest rift in metal history.


Here's the link for Forbidden Song: https://books2read.com/u/47QV5g


And then there's Tempting Beat:
Summary:

When ER nurse Gwen Mason falls for metal drummer, Roderick Powell, her plans for a lifetime alone with her cats are thwarted.

THE ROCK STAR NEXT DOOR

Roderick Powell, drummer of Bleeding Vengeance, is delighted to have left LA and move into a beautiful new home in a Denver suburb. But as he sees all of his bandmates’ happiness after finding love, he wonders if having a place of his own is enough. When he meets the hot nurse next door, Rod is smitten. She gives him the brush-off, but he’s determined to woo her.

AND THE CRAZY CAT LADY NURSE

Twice divorced and working brutal hours as an ER nurse, Gwen Mason resigned to a life alone with her four cats. When a sexy rock star moves next door, it takes all of her willpower to resist the younger man’s charms. Her resolve is shattered when trouble with the city council throws her and Rod together. One night in his arms, and she’s in danger of losing her heart.

Read an excerpt and get the buy-links: HERE!

And here's book 7, Heart Throb

And last, but not least, book 7, Heart Throb:



Summary:

Bassist Brand and filmmaker Lexi have both suffered traumatic pasts, but together, they can heal and have a happy future

THE GRUMPY BASSIST

Brand Kife, bassist for heavy metal band, Viciöus, is known in the metal world as “the man who never smiles.” He has even less reason to smile when he learns that his band’s tour is going to be disrupted by beautiful filmmaker, Lexi Adams, who’s making a documentary about Viciöus. Brand has secrets that Lexi can’t learn.

AND THE BEAUTY QUEEN

Former child beauty pageant winner, Lexi Adams resists her mother's pressuring her to become a model and is instead determined to be a successful filmmaker. She’s thrilled to film a documentary on one of her favorite metal bands, but Brand Kife is making her work difficult. First by being uncooperative in interviews, then by distracting her with his sinful good looks and aura of mystery. When they give into temptation, Lexi wants to learn about Brand’s traumatic past, but first, she will have to trust him with her own.

For an excerpt and buy links, go HERE!

Other Book News:

The new edition paperbacks of Forbidden Song, Tempting Beat, and Heart Throb should be available later this week.

And I'm working on a Brides of Prophecy spin-off book that still needs a title, both for the book and for the spin-off series.

This book is the story of Tiana and Rayven Niltsiar. If you haven't read Reclaiming the Magic, then the mystery of Tiana's identity remains intact. But if you have, this should still be a fun story. My newsletter readers got an early sneak peek at an excerpt, which I will post here next week.

Until next time, thanks for being one of my readers!


Series by Brooklyn Ann

B Mine

(Horror Romance)

HIS FINAL GIRL

HER HAUNTED HEART

HIS SCREAM QUEEN

HER HALLOWEEN PARTY

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Brides of Prophecy

(Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy)

Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda

Prequel: Tesemini (Free)

Wrenching Fate

Ironic Sacrifice

Conjuring Destiny

Unleashing Desire

Pleading Rapture

Melding Souls

Reclaiming the Magic

Leaving the Shadows

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hearts of Metal

(Contemporary Romance)

Standalones that intertwine

Kissing Vicious

With Vengeance

Rock God

Metal and Mistletoe

Forbidden Song

Tempting Beat

Heart Throb

 

Scandals With Bite

(Regency paranormal romance)

Books do not need to be read in order

Bite Me, Your Grace

One Bite Per Night

Bite at First Sight

His Ruthless Bite

Wynter's Bite

The Highwayman's Bite

 

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For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Big Twitter Giveaway still going on, and first look at new Hearts of Metal covers!

 

Congrats to Shadowblossom! You won my signed print book giveaway and you'll be getting an email from me soon!

Good news for those who didn't win: My big Twitter giveaway is still going on. If you haven't entered, go HERE for details.

 

BOOK NEWS!

As I'd mentioned before, I got the rights back to my first 4 Hearts of Metal books, so I re-released them with all new covers. You got to see Kissing Vicious last week. 

Here's book 2, With Vengeance!

And here's book 3, Rock God!

And you already saw book 4, Metal and Mistletoe, at the top.

 

Early next week, this and hopefully books 2, 3, and 4, will be available!

 

Thank you again for being one of my readers!

Virtual Hugs!

-Brooklyn A.

 

Series by Brooklyn Ann

B Mine

(Horror Romance)

HIS FINAL GIRL

HER HAUNTED HEART

HIS SCREAM QUEEN

HER HALLOWEEN PARTY

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Brides of Prophecy

(Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy)

Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda

Prequel: Tesemini (Free)

Wrenching Fate

Ironic Sacrifice

Conjuring Destiny

Unleashing Desire

Pleading Rapture

Melding Souls

Reclaiming the Magic

Leaving the Shadows

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hearts of Metal

(Contemporary Romance)

Standalones that intertwine

Kissing Vicious

With Vengeance

Rock God

Metal and Mistletoe

 

Scandals With Bite

(Regency paranormal romance)

Books do not need to be read in order

Bite Me, Your Grace

One Bite Per Night

Bite at First Sight

His Ruthless Bite

Wynter's Bite

The Highwayman's Bite

 

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For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com

I love hearing from readers! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send me an email!

Contact@brooklynannauthor.com

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Two more giveaways!


 

Congrats to Michele R! You won my signed print book giveaway and you'll be getting an email from me soon!

Now I have MOAR giveaways!

First, Boroughs Publishing Group, the publisher of my B Mine series, is celebrating their 10th anniversary, so all of us authors are doing fun giveaways. Go HERE to see the giveaway calendar.

My giveaway was supposed to start yesterday, but I got my booster which made me space it, so we're starting today. Instead of my usual books or gift cards, my prize is gonna be unique. The winner and I will have a virtual movie night! You pick the movie and day and time, and I'll stream it for us in a chat room so we can either riff on the movie, or chat about whatever you want.

To enter, simply sign up for my Newsletter and reply to the welcome email that you want to win a movie night.

And then, there's my big Twitter giveaway! 

I'm close to 3K followers, and when I get there, I'm drawing 3 winners! First prize is an Artist Edition from Suntup Editions of The Wolfen by Whitley Streiber! 

 

The second prize is all four B Mine books signed!



And the third prize is a signed copy of your choice of any of my books!

To enter, follow me on Twitter and retweet the giveaway post!  I will draw the winners when I get to 3K followers. 

I'll announce the movie night giveaway winner next week!

I have some BIG HEARTS OF METAL news next week too! 

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

New and improved Turkey recipe, plus giveaway!

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If anyone's searching for a last-minute turkey recipe, here's mine! New and improved!

Required Materials: 
Roasting Pan with a lid or Aluminum Foil
Turkey Baster
Meat Thermometer

Ingredients:
1: 15-20lb turkey (If larger may need to increase other ingredients)
1-2 stalks celery
1 large orange
1 onion (I prefer sweet)
1/2 to 1 head of garlic
1 big carrot or 8-10 baby carrots
1/2 to 1/4 bottle of ginger ale (2 liter)
2 cans chicken stock
1 bay leaf
2 tbs. thyme
2 tbs. parsley
2 tbs. sage
1 tbs. lemon pepper

1 tbs. Rosemary
1 tbs. Seasoned Salt (Johnny's or Lawry's is best!)

Butter

(I know it's a long list, but it's totally worth it!)
Okay, here we go.

Preheat oven to 350
Mix thyme, sage, rosemary, parsley, lemon pepper, and seasoning salt in a small bowl
Chop the onion, carrot, and celery
Peel the garlic and split it into segments
Peel the orange and split it into segments

If your roasting pan doesn't have a lid, line the pan with enough foil to cover the turkey.
Remove the neck and giblets from turkey
Rub the herb mixture inside both neck and rear cavities of the turkey and a little on the outside.
Stuff turkey with chopped onion, carrot, celery, garlic, orange segments, and bay leaf.
Place turkey in roasting pan.

Slide slices of butter under the skin of the turkey breast
Pour all chicken broth and half required ginger ale into the cavity.


Truss the turkey and pour more ginger ale over bird and around it.

Either cover the turkey with roasting pan lid, or make a foil tent over the bird, but try not to have the foil touch it.
Baste periodically and remove foil to allow turkey to brown 45 min to 1 hr before done.
Turkey is done when thermometer inserted into thickest part of the thigh reads 180 degrees.

Here is estimated cooking time by weight:
10-15 lbs = 3 3/4 -4 1/2 hrs. 15-22lbs = 4 1/2- 5 hrs
22-24lbs = 5- 5 1/2 hrs. 24-29lbs = 5 1/2- 6 1/4 hrs

When turkey is done, remove from oven, cover, and let stand 10- 15 min before carving. This allows the juices to resettle.

Bonus Gravy Recipe:
Ingredients: (To taste and as needed)
Turkey drippings/ marinade
Milk
Cornstarch
Parsley
Thyme
Sage
Salt (if needed)
Black Pepper

Using the turkey baster, remove as much liquid from turkey as you need, skim off excess fat, and heat it to boiling in a medium saucepan
Mix cornstarch with milk and add to boiling turkey drippings,
Slowly lower the heat and blend with a whisk.
thicken to desired texture and in the meantime, season to taste with herbs and pepper. You can also cheat a little by supplementing with turkey gravy packets. This is especially handy if you are having a lot of guests.

LIFE NEWS:

I had to have some emergency tooth extractions, so I wasn't able show off all the Halloween fun I had. Videos of my decorations are here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Annarkie12/videos

And here's me in my costume!

I'd posted a whole photoshoot on my instagram.

Other news: Further delays in my posting and newsletter writing is because I picked up a third job: book cover design and e-book formatting.

Big Book News:

At the end of the month, I'll be getting my rights back to my first 4 Hearts of Metal books, which means that in December, I'll be re-releasing them with all new covers. I can't wait to show them off!  Then, in January, I get the rights back to books 5-7.

GIVEAWAY TIME! 

For a chance to win a free signed copy of your choice of one of these three books:

Metal and Mistetoe (An interracial Death Metal Christmas Romance novella)



Her Halloween Party (80s B Horror romance that's my love letter to Night of the Demons)

or Leaving the Shadows, (a demisexual urban fantasy romance between a heavy metal guitarist and a magical being who can transform into a wolf.)


HOW TO WIN:

Subscribe to my newsletter and reply to the welcome email saying you're entering my giveaway! 


Monday, October 18, 2021

Easy Halloween Treats

 I love making fun goodies for Halloween. Here's a list of a few.

#1: Barfing pumpkin dip:


Carve a pumpkin that looks queasy, then set it on a plate. Scoop out your favorite dip in front of it and dab a little around its mouth to look like it puked out the dip. I prefer smoked salmon. Serve with crackers.


#2: Icy hands in blood-red punch. 

Fill a neoprene or other uncoated clove with water and put it in the freezer the night before. Find the reddest punch possible and pour it into a punch bowl. Cut the ice hand from the glove and put it in the punch.

(Image from All-Recipes)


#3: Graveyard Cake

I cannot for the life of me remember what happened to the pic of the last one of these I made, but I love how creative you can get with cookies and candies and pretzels. This recipe is from "A Menu For You," but you can find countless others.


#4 Deviled Eyeballs

It's just my deviled egg recipe, but you top with a sliced olive to make them look like eyes. Good times! You could also do this with stuffed cherry tomatoes, or even round-sliced carrots and dip.





Monday, October 11, 2021

Day 2 of Halloween Decorating. Enter for a chance to win a signed book!

Here's Day 2's decorating. I didn't get as much done because of day job stuff.  




And don't forget to enter my giveaway for a signed copy of Her Halloween Party!


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Sunday, October 10, 2021

Check out my first day of Halloween Decorating and enter to win a signed copy of Her Halloween Party!

Hey, everyone! 

As many of you know, I am a Halloween junkie. I spent too much money on more Halloween decorations to go with my already large collection. On day one, I put up my new and improved graveyard! I'm also doing a giveaway of a signed copy of my new release, Her Halloween Party!


   


 Enter the Giveaway HERE!