There would be no mercy. -- #MidWeek Tease: Punishing Santa #Christmas #erotic #99cents

Happy Hump Day, lovelies!

 I set up my Christmas stuff this weekend, and yesterday was a holiday here in Madrid, so I'm feeling very festive. Therefore, today I'm sharing a snippet from an old Christmas short story of mine, Punishing Santa.
Let's just say, that this Santa is not your jolly old man *wink*

 Enjoy! 

Christmas is all about that jolly old man from the North Pole, Santa Claus. He has a list of who's been naughty and who's been nice and every year he flies on his reindeer to deliver his goods. However, who decides whether Santa has been naughty or nice? That job falls to Helena Claus, his wife. After months of neglect, she's not happy with Mr. Claus at all and decides to place him on her naughty list. Not only will Santa not be getting gifts on Christmas day, furthermore, he'll be receiving a well-deserved punishment that will teach him never to overlook his wife again.

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On to the tease!!

Her thoughts fled when she heard a deep baritone voice loudly singing the final verse of a popular Christmas carol. The door to her bedroom slammed open and the source of the ruckus appeared. A man more than six feet tall paused in the doorway and beamed at her. He entered the room and slammed the door shut behind him. Whistling a merry tune, he began to take off the red and white suit that was three times too big for him. His hair was back to its usual golden hue and there was no trace of a long white beard. In its stead was the blond shadow of a three-day beard. The man threw off his pants and stared at Helena.

His twinkling blue eyes roamed over her, taking in every detail of her scanty outfit. For a split second, Helena thought of canceling her punishment and succumbing to the hunger she saw in her husband's eyes, but she quickly willed herself to remember all the times Santa had been naughty throughout the year. There would be no mercy.

#TNTConfidential 12 Days of Christmas #GIVEAWAY #ComingSoon #Awesomeauthors #Christmas #12Days

Starting this Friday December 12th and until December 24th, join us to discover some fantastic Christmas reads, what inspired them, fun anecdotes, ideas and great prizes (a different one every day), from all your favorite authors! Plus, enter to win a Grand Prize of an Amazon Gift Card!

Furthermore, to warm you up until the big event begins, today and until Thursday I'll be giving away a copy of my just released short story MF Punishing Santa and my upcoming release, MM novel, Out of the Ordinary.

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*Please note that all prizes won't be delivered until after December 25th* 

#TNTConfidential #12DaysofChristmas- GIVEAWAY - Day1: Welcome! Elyzabeth M. VaLey & Punishing Santa

Season’s greetings and welcome to TNTConfidential 12 Days of Christmas! Starting today and every day until December 24^th (included), a wonderful author is going to pop in for a merry visit. On December 25^th all winners will be announced.

Each author comes bearing with them gifts. From Amazon Gift Certificates of various amounts, to the most exciting eBooks, all you have to do to win is come visit each day and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway.

Furthermore, there is also a Grand prize of $30 Amazon Gift Card, so by entering each author’s individual contest you also get an entry for the card. *Smile*

Enough said, as your host, I’m also offering my two cents and answering the same questions the guest authors have, as well as giving away a little something.

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What is your favorite thing about the Holidays?

Everything? I love this time of year! From the cold winter days, to the lively decorations, the yummy food, the magic in the air that makes everyone a little nicer... as soon as December starts rearing its head I’m in a festive mood.

What inspired you to write your book?

I love the holiday season so writing a themed story every year is almost a habit. As a matter a fact, my first published story was a Christmas short called ‘The Sweetest Christmas Candy' You can still read it for free at The Long and the Short of it.

This year, unfortunately, I wrote my holiday story too late in the season... but hopefully it will get published next year! *fingers crossed* (You listening, Santa?)

Share a Holiday anecdote with the readers

An anecdote… hummm… to be honest, my holiday’s are usually pretty peaceful. Unless you count the fact that I start singing carols early in the month (okay, more like in November and wherever my sister can’t hear me) and get scolded for it.

I do remember one year, after learning that Santa doesn’t exist (or so they say *grin*), searching for the gifts around my house. I looked everywhere and finally found them in the basement in an old suitcase. I was quite proud of myself of having finally discovered where my mom kept them hidden. However, my wonderful mother still managed to surprise me when Christmas day rolled in and I was shocked to discover there was a bicycle. To this day I still don’t know where she kept it hidden.  

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Punishing Santa

Christmas is all about that jolly old man from the North Pole, Santa Claus. He has a list of who's been naughty and who's been nice and every year he flies on his reindeer to deliver his goods. However, haven't you ever wondered who decides whether Santa has been naughty or nice?

That job falls to Helena Claus, his wife. This year she is most unhappy about her husband and has placed him on her naughty list. Not only will Santa not be getting any gifts but he will be receiving a well deserved punishment for neglecting his wife.

• Available at:
• Silver Publishing
• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.uk
• All Romance Ebooks  (ARE Bestseller!)
• Barnes & Noble

My crying baby sister and I.

About Elyzabeth

Defined as weird since she was about eight, Elyzabeth honors the title by making up songs about her chores, doodling stars and flowers on any blank sheet of paper and talking to her dog whenever he feigns interest.

Losing the battle to the voices in her head is her favorite pastime after annoying her younger sister with her singing. Writing stories full of passion and emotion where love conquers all is her happy pill and she'll forgo sleep to make her readers live the dream.


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Six Sentence Sunday

Merry Christmas!

Well, I know it's still a day away but... *shrug* *grin* Thank you for coming to visit my chosen Six for today! I was going to go with another Six Sentences from my recent Silver Publishing release Punishing Santa, but I don't know why something called to me and instead I've chosen last year's Christmas story, also from Silver Publishing, The Uncertain List.

 Tristan's job is to investigate those people on Santa's Uncertain List and determine whether they're truly Naughty or Nice. His last mission of the year is Amy, a sweet girl with a kinky streak that will make his job harder than expected.

In the following Six, Tristan is looking for a place to stay for the night as well as determining what list Amy belongs to. He wants her, she wants him and he decides to take the risk...

Little Miss Doe-Eyes wasn't as innocent as she appeared, but there was only one way to tell for sure. "Well, I guess it's back to the car for me," he said with a casual shrug. "Thanks for the coffee, Amy." 
Tristan turned around to leave. He had barely put on his coat and
reached for the door when Amy rushed to him.

"Sir, don't stay in your car.


Where does not-so-innocent-Amy want him to stay? *Wink* If you're interested in getting a copy, Silver Publishing has a special discount on 2010-2011 Christmas stories until the end of December! The Uncertain List only costs $1.00!

 More Six? Just Click Here for the full list

Six Sentence Sunday

If you're here for the Holiday Gift's of Love Blog Hop CLICK HERE

If you're here for Six Sentence Sunday: Welcome! Today's Six belong to my ARE Bestseller Christmas short Punishing Santa.

When Santa fails to please his wife, Helena takes matters into her own hands. This Christmas, Santa will be on her naughty list and he'll get more than he bargained for when she decides to teach him an unforgettable lesson.


And now those Six Sentences...

"Give me your hand," she ordered Nicolas. He did so without hesitation. Helena handcuffed him to the chair's armrest. "The other, please." Like an accomplished student, Nicolas offered her his other hand and let himself be cuffed to the other armrest. Helena observed her husband's trapped hands.

Want to read more Six Sentences? Click Here for the full list :-)

Holiday Gifts of Love Blog Hop

*If you're looking for the Evernigh Christmas Blog Hop: Click Here

It's a Happy Holiday from your favorite Authors and Bloggers. While we know everyone celebrates a different way, we wanted to make sure that you guys knew how much we treasure you all. So from Dec 14th to Dec 17th, all 200 or so of us will be blogging about the holidays and what they mean to us. We may talk about our favorite holiday traditions, recipes, gifts, reads, heroes, and so much more. We want to hear about what you do for the holidays, what you read, and who you'll spend it with. We hope to see you here and happy hopping!

And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 200 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.

But that's not all....

We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!

Now what are those prizes?

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

2nd Grand Prize: A $200 Amazon or B&N Gift Card

3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!

Greetings everyone! Christmas is around the corner! Barely a week left! Yay! Aren't you all excited? I am. I'm not sure why but I love this time of year. Maybe it's the good food, the Christmas carols, the magic lingering in the air or too much eggnog (LOL just joking). Truth is, I think my passion for Christmas might come from my childhood. Family was too far away but my mom always made sure that I believed in Santa, The Three Kings and their magic.

She did a good job for I was utterly convinced Santa existed until I turned 11 and got told the awful truth. (Okay, by the time I was 11 I was already suspecting that maybe parents had something to do with it, but I liked to hang on to the dream!). Needless to say, when my mom sat me on her knee and told me the truth about Christmas I cried. At that moment, I felt like my childhood was coming to an end and I was losing a part of me!

But, as my mom gently reminded me, I had a younger sister who still believed in that special magic that surrounds the Christmas holidays, so instead of becoming a scrooge I took up the role of Santa's (Mom's) little helper. Now that my sister is all grown up and my mom doesn't really care for the holidays anymore I still can't shake off the feeling that Christmas is supposed to be special. I still decorate the house and have just made my first batch of Christmas cookies, I eat Candy Canes and listen/sing Christmas carols all day long. It doesn't matter if our tree is tiny and the dog has a habit of playing with the ornaments, that we no longer get any gifts, or that it isn't going to snow on Christmas day, there is still some magic lingering in the air. *Wink*

To celebrate this holiday and this great Blog Hop I'm giving away a copy of my recent Silver Publishing Christmas release Punishing Santa. Just leave a comment below with your email telling me what you like best about the holidays! (Get extra points for liking me on Facebook or following me on Twitter *wink*)




When Santa fails to please his wife, Helena takes matters into her own hands. This Christmas, Santa will be on her naughty list and he'll get more than he bargained for when she decides to teach him an unforgettable lesson.

Punishing Santa is available at:

Silver Publishing  (* My other two holiday books The Uncertain List and Teaching Alisse are available with a 50% discount at the Silver Publishing site!*) 

Amazon.com
Amazon.uk

Barnes & Nobles

All Romance Ebooks 


*Everything but the swag prize is international

Website: http://carrieannbloghops.blogspot.com/

 

Six Sentence Sunday

 Hi everyone!

First of all, allow me to apologize for not posting last week. I had signed up for Six Sentence Sunday but something came up and I was unable to access a computer during the day (and I had failed to schedule the post before-hand). Second of all, I don't think I say this enough, but thank you for stopping by my blog, reading and leaving a comment. I really, really appreciate your words. *hugs*

Today's Six Sentences are from my recent Christmas release Punishing Santa, published by Silver Publishing. 

When Santa fails to please his wife, Helena takes matters into her own hands. This Christmas, Santa will be on her naughty list and he'll get more than he bargained for when she decides to teach him an unforgettable lesson.


 And now, the chosen Six Sentences so you can glimpse at this particular Santa...



The door to her bedroom slammed open and the source of the ruckus appeared. A man more than six feet tall paused in the doorway and beamed at her. He entered the room and slammed the door shut behind him. Whistling a merry tune, he began to take off the red and white suit that was three times too big for him. His hair was back to its usual golden hue and there was no trace of a long white beard. In its stead was the blond shadow of a three-day beard.

Want to read more awesome authors? Then click here for the full Six Sentence participants! 

And don't forget to come for a visit tomorrow, when Evernight's Christmas Blog Hop will be kicking off! 

Release day for Punishing Santa!

Who punishes Santa when he's been naughty?

 

When Santa fails to please his wife, Helena takes matters into her own hands. This Christmas, Santa will be on her naughty list and he'll get more than he bargained for when she decides to teach him an unforgettable lesson.

Available now at SilverPublishing! 

Also, remember that my Christmas stories Teaching Alisse and The Uncertain List have a 50% discount on Silver Publishing until the 31st of December! 

December Scavenger Hunt

December Promo Scavenger Hunt With Free Holiday Story Book Give Away and Site Wide Discount Code Scramble

Happy holidays! Silver Publishing wants to give our fans more than 60 chances to win either a free Holiday Story from our 25 Days of Christmas Releases or for a lucky random five 20% off codes! And if you are really dedicated there is a Word Scramble included that will provide a discount for titles purchased during the last week of December!

To make it even more exciting, the authors participating may offer new and interesting content or contests of their own to help distract from the frantic pace of the holidays.

So, how does it work?

In a nutshell: Find all the snowflakes every day, email us at promotions@spsilverpublishing.com with the author name/date for each snowflake you find, check our blog daily to see if you won and then use the pertinent snowflakes to spell out an additional discount code to use at the end of the month.

Not in a nutshell: Participants go to the following blogs every day in December and find the hidden snowflakes. There will be at least two, sometimes three snowflakes to be found among the list of facebook/blogs/websites below for our authors. The snowflake will look like a variation of this: 

Find them all for the maximum amount of chances to win.

Once you find the snowflake, note the letter, number or character as well as the numerical indicator (if present) on the snowflake for the scramble. The numbered snowflakes will line up to spell out your discount code.

Email us at promotions@silverpublishing.com with the name of the blog/website where the snowflakes were hidden on that date.

Important email format: Please put only the name of one author and the date in your subject line - for maximum chances to win, each snowflake/author found should be its own email for an increased daily chance to win.

If your email subject line includes the correct answer you will be entered into a random drawing to win the Christmas Release for the day you found the snowflake. There will be at least 2 winners per day; five days there will be 3 winners.

Winners will be notified in our new BLOG here: http://bit.ly/Wi7uyq = (bookmark this link so that you can check back each day.) If you are the winner for that day, email us with your email address and format desired to promotions@silverpublishing.com so that we can get your prize to you quickly.

Helpful hints: Some authors will have more than one snowflake during the event. But authors will only post one snowflake per day so search them all every day. Don’t leave any out for maximum chances to win.

Once you have found all the snowflakes, line up the letters, characters and numbers based on the numerical indicator (when present) to spell out our Holiday message and receive a discount code that will be active from Dec 25 – 31st.

Not every participating author has a Holiday release but you’ll want to collect the snowflake on their site for another chance to win the story being released that day. And…they might have one of the five valuable discount snowflakes we’ve hidden with your chance to win that day.

If the authors are running additional contests, take advantage for additional ways to win throughout the month.

Here is your list and GOOD LUCK!

Elyzabeth M. VaLey - author of Punishing Santa
Link: http://bit.ly/T8ECGK

Freddy MacKay - author of Snowed
Link: http://bit.ly/UMqEfI

Annabelle Jacobs - author of Snowflakes and Strangers
Link: http://bit.ly/S23OxE/

Pelaam - author of Christmas Magic
Link: http://on.fb.me/Wjy5Lw

Rebecca Leigh - author of The Angel's Fall
Link: http://bit.ly/ZP8wBK

N Phillips - author of The Christmas Mix Up
Link: http://on.fb.me/108x33S

Grace Roselyn - author of The Treasure of Christmas
Link: http://bit.ly/QlEWCG

Ellen Heights - author of Three Men and a Christmas Goddess
Link: http://bit.ly/XokyDJ

Mathilde Watson:
Link: http://bit.ly/U73dvb

Andi Anderson
Link: http://bit.ly/QQzKGO

Lillian Frances - author of When Love Flue In
Link: http://bit.ly/T8EYNw

Azura Ice - author of Wrapped Around Your Handlebars
Link: http://bit.ly/TQx5tz

Ashlynn Monroe - author of A Most Unexpected Gift
Link: http://bit.ly/UMrwRz

SJD Peterson
Link: http://bit.ly/TKh8mv

EM Lynley
Link: http://bit.ly/QlFDMi

Gregg A. Endless
Link: http://bit.ly/SUVXPH

Elinor Gray
Link: http://bit.ly/Xmt06v

Emma Paul
Link: http://bit.ly/Jt6lLH

Caitlin Ricci
Link: http://bit.ly/T8FWt6

Vona Logan
Link: http://bit.ly/U737nB

M.A. Stacie
Link: http://bit.ly/S25gA1

Dawn H. Hawkes
Link: http://bit.ly/SUWfpG

Meredith Russell
Link: http://bit.ly/QPvCae

R.J. Scott
Link: http://bit.ly/UMshK8

Lisa Worrall
Link: http://bit.ly/RKzzKe

Trillium
Link: http://bit.ly/Uyvhnv

Jessica E. Subject
Link: http://bit.ly/XQIgaW

RC Bonitz
Link: http://bit.ly/T3dRjD

Lexi Ander
Link: http://bit.ly/TQylNf

Sarah Bella
Link: http://bit.ly/Q2OBwD

William Cooper
Link: http://bit.ly/Q1QWb8

D. McEntire
Link: http://bit.ly/U0T8Ow

T. C. Archer
Link: http://bit.ly/ZPeanw

Tarah Scott
Link: http://bit.ly/S5NQ3S

The Mischief Corner
Link: http://bit.ly/WjBZnv

Lily Harlem
Link: http://bit.ly/T8sdSe

Maria MoonStar
Link: http://bit.ly/U0QJDC

S.A. Garcia
Link: http://bit.ly/Q1RgXj

Marie Ashley
Link: http://bit.ly/QlHvVl

Eve Tesoro
Link: http://bit.ly/RKyiCQ

Silver Blog
Link: http://bit.ly/Wi7uyq

Scarlet Blackwell - author of Homeless at Christmas
Link: http://bit.ly/105J6z4

NJ Neilsen - author of A Moon-Runner Christmas
Link: http://bit.ly/T8ETth

TN Tarrant - author of A Not So Straight Christmas
Link: http://on.fb.me/U72w5h

Karly Maddison - author of A Puppy for Christmas
Link: http://bit.ly/T8rHDE

Toni Griffin - author of A Very Holland Christmas
Link: http://bit.ly/QPwBXG

Cheyenne Meadows - author of Christmas with Mesa
Link: http://bit.ly/ZPfDKx

Heidi Lynn Anderson - author of Christmas Longing
Link: http://bit.ly/U0Rnkq

LM Brown - author of Someone Like You
Link: http://bit.ly/UMtXnb

Vicktor Alexander - author of Chocolate Vanilla Swirl
Link: http://bit.ly/RKyO3J

Jannie Lund - author of Clear as Glass
Link: http://bit.ly/SCpA7T

Piper Whitney - author of Fractured Heart
Link: http://bit.ly/T4jzlg

Nicole Dennis - author of 7 Days of Christmas
Link: http://bit.ly/SW7Rc6

Kim Fielding - author of Joys R Us
Link: http://bit.ly/105Kz8z

Silvia Violet - author of Needing a Little Christmas
Link: http://bit.ly/XmrQIb

Look at what made my Monday brighter...

Monday started out as any other dreary day. I overslept, walked the dog with a too thin coat, coughing my lungs out at every bump (damn cold!). My boss called me to ask if I could go to the office earlier and of course, with the economy how it is, I couldn't refuse. I threw some lunch together, didn't linger in the shower and managed to make it on time to the bus. Just when I was thinking it was going to be a looooong day, I got a message from Silver Publishing: "New Cover Files Uploaded for your upcoming release: Punishing Santa".

*Grin*

45 minute drive dragged on. The subway was way too slow, and I couldn't get to the office fast enough. Finally, I sat in front of my computer, checked over my shoulder that no one was watching what I was doing and downloaded the lovely cover for my upcoming Christmas story.

*Dreamy sigh* What do you guys think? I wouldn't mind having him in my bed...mmmmm... Oh, and as to what the story is about...well, I haven't gotten the okay to publish the blurb yet but I can tell you that someone's been naughty... *wink*