Alexis Fleming

Through a comedy of errors, my latest contest didn’t get up on my website, but there’s still time to enter if you’re interested. The contest will run until the end of January.

As you can see, it’s a bit of this and that for this month’s contest. A print copy of the Passionate Peridot anthology from Ellora’s cave. An Aussie notebook and pens, Aussie coin purse and key ring, a little clip-on koala, and matching necklace and earrings made by Yours Truly.
To go in the draw, send me an email through the Contact page on my website. Don’t forget to put NOVEMBER CONTEST in the comments section, along with your postal address. Because of this surgery I’ve just had, I won’t be able to drive until the end of January. Because I won’t be able to get to the post office, the winner won’t be announced until early in February 2012.

Good luck everyone.

Winner of the September Contest

The winner of the garnet necklace is Julie Scharff.

Congratulations, Julie, and thank you all for playing.

Happy New Year to everyone out there. May 2012 bring you everything you desire.

SEPTEMBER CONTEST

I finally managed to get a reasonable photo of the garnet and crystal pendant I wanted to give away last month. It’s not a fantastic photo, but will at least give you some idea what the pendant looks like.

The Certificate of Analysis of the stones says the following:-

Genuine Garnet and Crystal Pendant.

Stone Description: 3 Genuine Garnets 4 mm, 5mm and 6mm

Stone Cut: Round

Garnet Weight: 1.90 Total Carat Weight

To go in the draw, send me an email through the Contact page on my website. Don’t forget to put SEPTEMBER CONTEST in the comments section. The winner will be announced early in November.

Good luck everyone.

Winner of the July Contest

The winner of a download of one of my eBooks is Titania 

Congratulations, Titania, and thank you all for playing.

 Alexis

Alexis Fleming

Daring desires…otherworldly seductions

http://www.alexisfleming.net

Honey Trap, published by Ellora’s Cave, has now been released in print, in an anthology called Going Down Under. I didn’t know it was coming out so it was a big lift at a time I desperately needed one.

Line: Breathless,Moderne,Twilight
Series: Going Down Under
Book Length: 318 pages
Book Type: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave Publishing
ISBN: 9781419963773

Honey Trap Alexis Fleming

Seductive scents…torrid suspense…

For Australian scientist Kyla Harris, danger is not her middle name, but when she invents cologne that acts as an aphrodisiac, she becomes embroiled in a CIA case. Sexy American agent Logan Matthews is assigned as her bodyguard when someone tries to steal her sensual formula. Kyla finally has the edge in the war of the sexes and Logan Matthews is her target. A little fun in bed…on the desk…in the Aussie bush—what better way to test her cologne?

It’s just a shame Logan’s only reacting because of the formula…or is he?
Ningaloo Nights Tracy Cooper-Posey
New York cop Sherry Abandonato cashes in her savings and dashes to Ningaloo in remote northwest Western Australia to find her sister who disappeared ten days ago. The only one with the skill to guide her to Derremawan is Mason Hayward, once an official guide with a reputation for getting people out of trouble, but now the town’s bad man.

In a searing afternoon of unexpected passion, Mason strikes a bargain. He’ll get her to Derremawan, if she agrees to go there with him unconditionally, on his terms and his conditions.

Sherry is astonished to find herself agreeing to the insane bargain, and worse, responding positively to the idea of three days of Mason Hayward dictating terms out under the Australian sun.

Timeless Wrath Lexxie Couper

Beatrice “Ricki” Sullivan is every man’s fantasy. Drop-dead gorgeous, she exudes a sensuality none can ignore. More than just a stunning face and body, she’s intelligent, kind, gentle…and madly, inexplicably in love with Evron, a man she’s known mere hours.

Evron McKenzie is troubled, struggling with undeniable anger that scorches through his veins. And the irrational feeling he is someone else, something more. Someone rich, powerful…someone to fear. But in Ricki’s arms, Evron may have finally found his place in the world. At last he is at peace.

So who is the seductive redhead who invades Evron’s dreams? Why does she urge him to touch a mysterious sculpture—a sculpture that seems to radiate death and sin? How can she make him hornier than he’s ever been in his life with just a look, and at the same time turn his anger into bloody, murderous rage? And, more frighteningly, why can’t he resist her?

Link to Book
Read an Excerpt of Honey Trap

Every day I tell myself I have to start blogging again and every night I realize I’ve avoided it again. Not because I don’t want to do it, but because it means addressing my husband’s death. It’s five months now since Brian died and I still have days when I just fold into a heap and sleep and cry the day away. But mostly, I’m managing the normal things during the days, managing to stay on top of things.  I know this grief thing is something I have to work through, but I didn’t realize it turns your brain to mush. I find myself having to write notes to remember things I have to do. Should see my office and kitchen. LOL I have yellow Post-It notes all over the place, but hey, it works.

I’ve even started writing again. My daily word counts are down compared to what they used to be, but it’s a start. I polished up a manuscript I’d finished before Brian became sick and sent it off to a couple of publishers. Now I just wait to see if they are interested. And in the meantime I’ve started working on another paranormal romance. Paranormal suits me at the moment because I can allow my emotions free reign in the darker paranormal moments of the story. Lighthearted and comedic is beyond me right now.

And in among all this, our daughter presented me with two lovely new grandsons, twins Xavier and Caleb. It was bittersweet because their granddad wasn’t here to see them, but my daughter swears her dad was with her during the birth.

Meet my new grandsons. Aren’t they delightful?

A proud big brother - all three of my grandchildren.

That’s me for the night. It’s getting late and I need to head to bed, but I promise to come back tomorrow with another little bit of good news I didn’t expect during this time.

‘Night all

It’s eight weeks today since Brian died. At times it feels like I’ve been living this nightmare for a lifetime, it’s so crippling.  Other times if feels like it happened yesterday.

I’ve experienced the whole range of emotions. The overwhelming grief at losing my partner of thirty-nine years. The deep sadness. Depression. Anger. At God for allowing this to happen. At the surgeon who bungled the insertion of Brian’s portacath so he could start chemo and made his last three weeks an absolute misery. That anger festers inside me and until I find out exactly what happened in that operating theatre, I can’t release the anger.

We were told without chemo Brian would get six months. With chemo, the specialist said he would get nine good months before the cancer flared up again.  Chemo was never going to be a cure, we knew that, but it would have given Brian more time and a better quality of life with less pain.

So instead of nine months, we got three weeks. It hardly seems fair. It wasn’t an easy death and I’m left with the horrendous memories of the fierce struggle Brian went through those last five hours. I doubt they’ll ever fade, but maybe the time will come when they are not sitting in the forefront of my brain and I can learn to live with them. One can only hope.

I’m facing something I had hoped I’d never have to face. My husband lost his battle with cancer and passed away on 21st February. We were given the diagnosis in mid December and we laid the groundwork for the inevitable, doing all the legal stuff and putting things in place, teaching me to drive around our town because my husband always did the driving, spending time together and with the children.  You think you’re ready for it when it happens, but oh, how wrong that is. I don’t think you’re ever ready. The reality is so much more than you expect. It’s early days for me yet. I’m still very raw, my emotions close to the surface all the time. It makes me wonder how many tears a person can shed and still continue to produce them without running out.

So at the moment, it’s one day at a time. Sometimes, one minute at a time. I will get there, but it will take me time. I’m not back to writing yet, but that, too, will come once I get my head back together. In the meantime, I’m learning to start over again on my own. Strangely enough, cooking has been one of my downfalls. Without even thinking about it, I’m still cooking for two. After almost 39 years together, it’s a difficult habit to break. Hmm, maybe it’s time to get in some frozen meals and just zap them in the microwave.

I thought long and hard about this before I decided to post it, but I decided this was the best option. I want to apologize if I’m a little lax in updating my blog. My husband had been diagnosed with terminal oesophageal cancer that has spread to other parts of his body. At the moment, my time is ruled by the clock and when Brian has to take his next round of meds. If I’m a little slow in contacting people or writing on my blog, I’m sure you can understand why. Writing is difficult at the moment but I am still managing to get a bit done, even if it’s way below my normal daily total. I’m not certain how much time we have, but I plan to enjoy every moment that is given to us.

DECEMBER CONTEST

Everyone likes goodies at Christmas, so this mouth I’m giving away a promo pack containing mouse pad, tote bag, luggage tag, pen, note pad, sticky notes, postcard and bookmarks. I did have a few other things like Ellora’s Cave playing cards etc in there as well, but unfortunately, had to remove them. The Australian Postal Service, in their great wisdom, has added an extra Ten Dollars to the normal cost of posting anything over 450 grams to the US. So from now on, I’m going to have to break my parcels up so they don’t weight over 450 grams. Maybe next time I can do the playing cards.

For this month though, to go in the draw, send me an email through my Contact page on my website. Don’t forget to put DECEMBER CONTEST in the comments section, along with your postal address. The winner will be announced early in January.
Good luck everyone.

Winner of the November Contest

The winner of a download of Stud Finders Incorporated is Colleen Conklin

Congratulations, Colleen, and thank you all for playing.