The Dream Jumper's Promise - Sexy Talk and Scuba

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Today I'm jumping on the Blog Hop wagon over at My Sexy Saturday to offer a few sentences of Sexy Talk from my novel, THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE
The Suspense with Romantic and Supernatural elements is free, BTW, over at Amazon, Kobo, Nook, B&N, Everywhere and is the recipient of Best Paranormal Mystery/Thriller by Chanticleer Reviews. 245 Reviews on Amazon with 4.6 stars.







Here's an example of my seven paragraphs of sexy talk between the two leads in my book who have just met through a Lahaina, Maui SCUBA diving shop. Her (Tina's) job is to teach him (Jamey) to dive but he's distracted by how cute she is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When her lesson on decompression sickness ended, they ordered another beer and stayed to listen to the band that had set up for the sunset crowd. They danced, had another drink, and then Tina told him the bad news. He wasn’t her type. She tried to look convincing. “I like the surfer boy look. You’re too big and too…too..."

“Manly?” He grinned.

She rolled her eyes. “I don’t know. I just know you’re not my type. You look like someone my parents would put in front of me in hopes of a wedding.”

 

He took her hands in his and stared sweetly into her face.  "Please reconsider."

She looked him up and down. “Sorry. You’re too…perfect.”

 He laughed like that was the most absurd thing he’d ever heard and showed her a scar under his hairline from a baseball injury when he was fourteen. Then he joked he had six toes on his left foot and an extra nipple. “I’m a freak,” he whispered in her ear, then gently nipped the edge.

An hour later, she left him at his parked rental car on Front Street, but after the lesson the next day, her feelings changed drastically. James chivalrously offered to help with her heavy dive gear. “I already feel emasculated and unwanted after your rejection last night," he said. "At least let me lift something for you with my big manly muscles.” Something in his smile, the twinkle in his eyes, and right then she felt that barrier crumple in favor of guys who look like cops, named Jamey Dunn.

       From The Dream Jumper's Promise

Blog Hop Presented by My Sexy Saturday

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The Dream Jumper's Secret

Book 2 in The Dream Jumper Series








Here's some info on the first book:

THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE
http://amzn.com/B00AA4FAJC

1.    226 Reviews, Most are 4 and 5 Stars, and that says something.

2.    Surprise Ending, Twists that most people don't see coming

3.    Set on Maui!

4.     Publishers Weekly Review

"Hornsby has written a fascinating and engaging paranormal romance, skillfully presenting both Tina's mourning and a vivid picture of Hawaiian culture. The relationship between Jamey and Tina and Tina's love for Hank are believable and richly portrayed."

- Publisher's Weekly

 

5. Winner of Chanticleer Books and Reviews 2013 Paranormal Mystery/Thriller

 

6. Nominated for Best Indie First Book by Indie Rom/Con

 

7. FREE! No investment but time.

8. Sharks 

 

You won't like this story if:

 

1. You only read gory thrillers (no blood to speak of)

 

2. You are looking for erotic (Steamy romance but not erotic)

 

3. You don't normally like Suspense/Mystery

 

4. You can't handle a little paranormal (this book includes paranormal aspects like sharing dreams)

 

If you just decided you won't like my book, maybe you could still click "buy" for free and help out a struggling author. :)

 

Thanks,

Kim

 

 Visit Kim at Amazon

 

Just Spewing...

I am almost too busy to blog and that's saying a lot because I love to spew on here, imagining that no one reads this, and no one really cares.
Why have I not been blogging?

1. I'm trying to find a college for my son who is a junior, also a phenomenal soccer goalkeeper. I've been told I'm too late for Division 1 but might still get him in to Div II.

2. I published the 2nd book in the Dream Jumper Series and am taking a break from writing, editing, rewording, formatting, worrying. THE DREAM JUMPER'S SECRET is doing well and free until the end of May 9th.

3. I published a Cookbook with my imprint Top Ten Press. It took about 40 woman hours to do the book and I'm really hoping karma catches up with me or it gets us authors some business! Sweet & Savory Cookbook. If not, it's just plain hilarious to say I published a cookbook because I'm not known as an amazing cook.








4. I'm getting ready to go to England next week for 12 days to finally meet the young man who used to be our sponsored child from Romania. He's now a chef in London and although we've written back and forth for years and now Skype call all the time, I've never seen him face to face. It will be marvelous to spend days on end with this fine young man and my dear friend Lynn.
This is Marian........................................................

Update: This is us in England

5. I'm organizing a soccer team car wash for tomorrow and have to coordinate 15 boys and parents to make washing cars in the Seattle rain sound like the funnest thing ever!

I'll try to blog from England but my computer time will be limited. Like me on Facebook and you'll see my trip there.

#FREE Today - The Dream Jumper's Secret
#99c The Dream Jumper's Promise
#FREE Today - KDP FREE Days Guidebook
#FREE until May 11 - Sweet & Savory Cookbook

Top Ten Press is on FIRE!!!! Lots of great deals.



Over & Out!

FREE STUFF - READ ON

Free stuff is good. I think we can all agree on that one. When I lived in Hawaii and taught SCUBA diving I used to say that nothing in Hawaii is free but the sunshine. Customers used to laugh and nod knowingly at that one. Every once in awhile, you run across something entirely free and wonder 'what's the catch?' sometimes there's no catch. Sometimes your email address is needed by the good folks who offered you the free beauty product or free pair of pantyhose. That's when it's handy to have an address for junk mail only. Sometimes a phone number, or a friend's email address is needed, or signing away your first born.
Here's the beauty in Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. Everyday the good people over at Amazon in Seattle offer the world FREE BOOKS. In every genre. Entirely free. All you need to get one, or a hundred, is an AMAZON account, which is also free. You can read these ebooks on your computer, phone, ipad, kindle, nook, and any mobile device just by downloading the Kindle App. You don't need to own a Kindle! Ever. At all! The catch has nothing to do with you. They are simply trying to generate eventual  sales by letting the publisher offer books free for a few days every 3 months.

You can even get on a list that sends you an email daily (or weekly)with free books in your favorite genre. There are about 50 sites out there that compile these on a daily basis. Check our Freebooksy, Kindle Books and Tips, Pixel of Ink, eReader Cafe, Free Book Dude, Awesome Gang, Bargain eBook Hunter.
As an author, going free is a wonderful marketing tool to generate interest in your book. Especially first time authors. Or Indie Authors. Building a readership is key to us new authors and getting 20,000 downloads on free days is going to look good for our book's ranking, as well as get reviews from people who don't expect much from something they didn't pay for. My latest review for THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE this morning said "I feel guilty for not having paid full price!" Those words were payment enough, Rhonda.

Here's my tips to authors when getting ready to go free on Kindle Select:

1. Do 3 days and save 2 for later
2.Two weeks in advance, submit your free day notice to as many sites as possible. See AuthorMarketingClub for a good start on this
3. Write some blog posts and set up several days of blogs during free days to lead readers to your book.
4. Get ready to Facebook blast and ask friends to do this by sharing. People love free stuff, don't be shy!
5. Prepare tweets on Hootsuite or another timed site, to go off every 30 minutes for hours on the first day. (Say something compelling and include #Free#Kindlefree)
6. Retweet, share on FB, and keep promo going the first day, especially from about 2 a.m. Pacific Time to noon. This is when you'll get your biggest 'sales'.
7. Set up some cheap ads for the day after you are free. Keep the book at .99 or 1.99 to avoid sticker shock for those lollygaggers who got their emails late about free days.
8. Keep the momentum going as long as you can for downloads- have a contest, do a radio interview, drop flyers from the sky.
9. Write the 2nd in the series ASAP and get it out there!
Remember free days isn't a time to make money, but to generate interest. Two to four days after the promotion ends on Select, you'll see a bump in sales and this is the golden time to keep the momentum going.
Enjoy all the free books out there, everyone and be sure to review as if you're saying this to the author's face.

Good luck Authors and You're Welcome Readers!

Kim Hornsby is the author of Amazon Best Seller The Dream Jumper's Promise