Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!


When you read this, I'll already be on holidays. We're spending the week at our family house in Burgundy. It's located in a very small hamlet...so small the road stops there! 


So that means no Internet, no cell phone...but also a fireplace and lots of books to read. We even have heating in our bedrooms now! (Crazy, I know ;)

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I'll talk to y'all in the New Year. I'm off to eat lots of turkey!!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Suck It Up (Grassroots #2) now available on Kindle and Nook!



Grassroots #2

Erotic Romance / Paranormal / Shape-shifter (Lions)
$3.99


Blurb

Nate, or Dr Franks as everyone knows him, used to be the Pride’s most easy-going lion. All it took was for him to take over the town’s practice and the arrival of the new nurse, Kellie, for his good humor to leave out the window. He might even start believing the rumor that she’s been transferred from another Pride because they couldn’t deal with her anymore.

Kellie might not like Dr Franks much, well apart from the way he looks, but she knows one thing: he might be her last solution if she wants to learn how to control her lioness. The duality between her animal’s needs and her own is driving her crazy.

When Nate learns what happened in her old Pride and why, he sees red and decides to help her. Her lioness is so strong he has to take drastic measures, and they end up mated. Between his father’s anger and someone intent on destroying their new-found relationship, it will be up to Nate to keep them alive…but at what cost?
 
Excerpt

Nathan, or Dr. Franks as everyone knew him, loved women. He loved everything about them, from their soft skin, to the way they smelled, to how their nails dug into his back when he made love to them.

He’d always been a ladies’ man, enjoying the fact he was never on his own for long. Oh, he wasn’t planning on getting hitched any time soon, but now that he’d come back to the Pride, he knew he would have to curb his tendencies.

As one of the Alpha’s sons, he had a reputation to uphold. As the only doctor left in the Pride, he had a clientele to build. It was a good thing he wasn’t as dominant as his two brothers, Jay and Andy. Whenever he treated someone, all it took was a smile and people knew they could trust him. He depended on that. Too bad, his new nurse hadn’t gotten the memo.

“Kellie, what did I tell you yesterday?” He sighed, rubbing his forehead tiredly.

“I know my job, Dr. McDreamy,” she muttered under her breath as she walked past him, grabbing the chart she’d left unattended on the counter.

“Make sure you do,” he called out after her, watching her corkscrew curls bounce all over her head. She was so freaking aggravating. What did I do to deserve this? he asked himself for the hundredth time.

He’d only taken over the town’s practice the previous Monday, but already, she was getting under his skin. It wasn’t that he didn’t like her. No, well, maybe. She had the potential to be a good nurse, but she had the worst temperament he’d ever seen. Everything he said, mostly constructive criticism or so he’d thought anyway, she slapped back in his face.

He saw the way she looked at him, her dark brows forming a line as if she couldn’t stand the sight of him. She didn’t even know him! How could she hate him already? He knew she’d been transferred from another Pride, the rumor going round being that they couldn’t deal with her anymore. Which made total sense to him.

He wasn’t sure how long he’d be able to cope with her acting like this. He loved women, but Kellie might be the exception to this rule. It wasn’t that she looked bad either. She wasn’t his type, a bit too curvy and well, moody, for him, but… Shit! Why am I still thinking about her when I should be working?

Shaking his head, he bent down to check who was next on the list when the front doors burst open and an agitated woman walked in. “Help me!”

He was beside her in a second. “What’s wrong?”

“My sister! I found her unconscious in the shower. She’s in my car. I should have called 9-1-1, but I live close so I—”

He wasn’t listening any longer.

“Kellie!” he shouted before sprinting outside. His gaze zeroed in on the car parked haphazardly in the middle of the street. He hurried to the passenger door and opened it. He knelt on the concrete, his eyes already examining the patient. “Miss? Can you hear me?”

He took her pulse, relieved to find it steady if a little fast. He let his lion to the forefront of his mind, asking him to smell the woman so he could assess her. He leaned over her but couldn’t detect anything. She was breathing on her own. Her skin felt cold, but he was confident she would warm up once she was inside.

His lion switched his tail and retreated, no longer interested in the unmated female. Taking this sign as his green light, Nate brought one arm around the woman’s shoulders, the other slipping beneath her thighs. She didn’t weigh much, he thought as he stood back up. His nurse was at the doors, keeping them open for him.

He nodded at her, ordered her to follow him as he strode past, his attention entirely on what the issue might be. His brain scanning dozens of potential scenarios, he only noticed what the woman wore when he laid her on an examination table. And that was because his nurse took one look at their patient and groaned.

What the hell? He turned toward her and frowned. “Kellie?”

She didn’t even hear him, too focused on the woman’s…breasts? He followed her gaze and realized the patient had been covered by a towel and nothing else. She was now quite naked, and she had the most perfect tits he’d seen in a long while.

“Wow,” he mouthed then remembered he’d left her upset sister in the waiting room. “Let’s be professional, shall we, Kellie?”

She froze for a second. “Hmm. Yes. Sure. Yes.”

It didn’t take him long to notice the bump on the back of the woman’s head. She’d probably slipped in the shower and was now regaining consciousness.

She blinked and moaned a little, trying to sit up before she fully registered where she was. When her eyes opened, she stiffened. “Who are you?”

“Dr. Franks. You hit your head and might have a concussion. I’d advise you to stop moving until I’ve finished with my examination.” He smiled down at her, but she remained stiff. “Kellie?” he finally said, hoping his nurse would be able to reassure her. And she did, much more happily than he’d ever seen her talk to a patient before.

He stood there, adding pertinent details to the woman’s chart, and he couldn’t help but be aware of his nurse’s lioness. The one who was so aroused it was starting to send out pheromones.

Seriously? She had to do this here? Now? He was going to have to talk to her. Again.

First review: 5/5 from Guilty Indulgence

(...) The unique twists Hillman interjects in her stories create characters and plots that are far more interesting than the average shifter stories. (...) 

Suck It Up is a quick read with a fast-moving, twisty storyline. If you love shifters, you won’t want to miss this story. The Grassroots series is sure to become a favorite - I'll be certain to watch for the next book.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Song of the week: Stronger (Kelly Clarkson)


Love the lyrics. Love her voice. And a feel-good video with fans - what could be better?

Monday, December 12, 2011

ARe Café: Featured Author


I'm this week's Featured Author at All Romance eBook's ARe Café.


Just ignore the pic and read the interview, will you? ;) It was a fun one!
 

Friday, December 2, 2011

Grassroots: Announcing 3 more books in the series (*spoilers*)


I'm happy to say that my publisher, Resplendence Publishing, has agreed to release 3 more books in my Grassroots series over 2012. I'm not even sure if the series will stop there or not. I guess it'll depend if there are other lions who want to come out and play ;)


**SPOILERS AHEAD**

The series is loosely divided into two with the first three books (Rough It Up, Suck It Up and Live It Up) featuring the Pride Alpha's three sons, respectively Jay, Nate and Andy. 

The next trilogy will be around the recruitment process put into place by Andy to replace him as the Pride Enforcer. Each book (Turn It Up, Heat It Up and Mix It Up) will be a different genre, respectively MM, FF and MFM. Yes, I do like to challenge myself!

You will still see the other members of the Pride however so every book will be interconnected in a way. I have a big surprise twist in store for Heat It Up and I can't wait to see everyone's reaction!

Here's a bit more information on all the books, including the ones that are already published (or soon to be!). The blurbs will probably be tweaked over the coming months as I start writing, but I'll be sure to keep you updated...

Rough It Up – 5 October 2011

Alexa has been a mixie, a half-breed lioness, her whole life and is used to taking care of herself. So when she meets fellow shifter, Jay, in an airport lounge and he notices she’s in heat, she’s taken aback when he offers his help. Even with the lioness inside her urging her to get to know this perfect pure specimen better, she shoots him down.   
Days later, she has to admit defeat. The mating urge is so strong she’s slowly going crazy. Her lioness relentless, she gives in and calls him.

When he arrives at her apartment, he finds her naked and willing. Too willing. Something is definitely wrong. He just hopes he’ll have time to find out what was done to her before it’s too late…

Suck It Up – 7 December 2011


Nate, or Dr Franks as everyone knows him, used to be the Pride’s most easy-going lion. All it took was for him to take over the town’s practice and the arrival of the new nurse, Kellie, for his good humor to leave out the window. He might even start believing the rumor that she’s been transferred from another Pride because they couldn’t deal with her anymore.

Kellie might not like Dr Franks much, well apart from the way he looks, but she knows one thing: he might be her last solution if she wants to learn how to control her lioness. The duality between her animal’s needs and her own is driving her crazy.

When Nate learns what happened in her old Pride and why, he sees red and decides to help her. Her lioness is so strong he has to take drastic measures, and they end up mated. Between his father’s anger and someone intent on destroying their new-found relationship, it will be up to Nate to keep them alive…but at what cost?

Live It Up – 7 March 2012

Andy, the Red Rock Alpha’s second son, is the Pride’s Enforcer and does his job well. Maybe even too well. He’s forgotten what it is to have fun, to just live in the moment. 

Sunny is on the road trip of her life. She’s driving around the US in search of herself, trying to figure out what she wants to do with herself now that her hippie parents are gone. When she spots a woman stranded on the side of the road, she agrees to take her to the nearest town. It doesn’t take her long to realize Mary’s crazy.

Andy’s been after Mary for days. When he rescues the human female she's kidnapped, he finds himself entangled with someone completely opposite to who he should be lusting over. Sunny rocks his world in more ways than one. But he's got secrets, the kind of secrets that could change everything...

Turn It Up – 16 May 2012 

Now that Andy is mated, his father the Alpha asks him to recruit and train new Enforcers to replace him within the Pride structure.

Damian and Chad jump at the chance. They've spent their entire lives competing against each other, both yearning to be the best at everything. And while they both have different reasons for wanting to become the new Pride Enforcer, they will stop at nothing to get this dream status. 

As they start to train, it doesn't take them long to realize something is going on. Instead of fighting as usual, their lions are pushing them toward each other. The sexual tension is so high they can barely keep their hands off one another.
What do you do when you feel yourself falling in love for your mortal enemy? Do you run? Do you lie down and accept the inevitable? Or do you fight it as best you can? If you're Damian and Chad...you do all three.

Heat It Up – 11 July 2012

Dani, a young lioness, is turned down from the Enforcer recruitment process because Andy doesn't think she has what it takes. She flees into the town’s neighboring woods and ends up following a strange scent. She’s so aggravated she isn’t careful and hurts herself. 

She’s rescued by an older woman, Lara, who has a secret so huge it could destroy the Pride and its foundations.

As feelings grow between the two women, Dani will have to decide what she wants more: a happy future for herself or for the Pride she grew up in.

Mix It Up – 5 September 2012

It’s the final stage in the Enforcer recruitment process. A group of three young shifters is sent to the mountains for their final test. Kyle, Jesse and Amy will have to spend a week on their own and survive with nothing. This should be really easy. After all they’re lions and eager to prove to Andy that they’ve got what it takes.

But when Amy goes into heat for the first time their second day in the wild, it screws all their carefully laid-out plans. Kyle and Jesse have two choices: either they fight each other for the right to mate with her, or they do it as a team.