Paperback Sale - Scanguards Vampires

I'm making space for the newly edited paperbacks for Scanguards Vampires and am therefore putting on a quick sale of the following (as long as my supplies last - still have: 14 Amaury, 16 Samson, 11 Gabriel):

Samson's Lovely Mortal
Amaury's Hellion
Gabriel's Mate

Each book is $5 incl. shipping in the US.

Disclosure: all books have typos, punctuation and minor grammatical errors (that's why I had them newly copy edited and now need to make space for the copies). These paperbacks still have the old covers (not the new ones you already see all over my blog). If none of that bothers you, please email me at tina@tinawritesromance.com to order your books. Payment will be by paypal (I'll send you an invoice to your email address).

Another great review for Gabriel's Mate

Hey, check out Selena's review over at The Enchanted Book.

She wrote a great review for Gabriel's Mate.

I should be ashamed of myself

Today I'd like to share a couple of 1-star reviews I received yesterday: one for Gabriel's Mate and one for Venice Vampyr. I just wanted to drive my point home again: my novels are not for the faint of heart - and the warnings on the books' descriptions say as much! Yet, people who clearly can't take the graphic nature of my sex scenes keep on buying them. Is it so that they can complain about them later?

So here are the reviews. Both are from the same reader who clearly took issue with the sexual nature of my books.


Review for Gabriel's Mate (verbatim - so don't blame me for the typos):
Disgraceful Novel
This novel was absoluetly horrible. Its explict scenes were over bearing and sick! I was expecting a romance novel not some tripple X book! And the worse part is that I was dumb enough to buy 2 books by Tina Folsom. How could this woman come up with something as disgusting as this! All I am is saying to eager readers looking for a good romance novel, bypass this book and this author as a whole. This is a disgrace to literature. Actually this is not even literature at all.


Review for Venice Vampyr (word for word):
DISGUSTING!!!!
This book was sick and a disgrace it is completly disgusting and perverse! Who would write thia sort of thing? Absoluetly reckless! Poor decision to write this on Tina Folsoms part. She should be ashamed.

And yes, I should be ashamed of myself - right after I stop laughing. Because by calling  my books triple X, this reader is only driving up my sales. And no, I'm not looking to win a Pulitzer prize - I write to entertain people.

For all of you who do enjoy a steamy read, you know where to buy my books: Barnes & Noble and Amazon

New cover for Gabriel's Mate

Gabriel's Mate, Book #3 in my Scanguards Vampires series, has received a new cover. It's already up at Barnes & Noble and should be up at Amazon shortly.

Again, I kept the same cover models as on the old cover, but had Elaina Lee bring the layout in line with the other two books in the series.

Hope you like it!

5-star review for Gabriel's Mate

Check out Theresa's review of Gabriel's Mate on  

Fade into Fantasy

Win a Nook Color!

Didn't get what you wanted for Christmas? Here's another chance!

As a little post-Christmas treat, Tina Folsom is raffling off a brand-new Color Nook (retail price: $249) to one reader.

Here are the rules:

• MANDATORY (no purchase necessary): For one entry into the contest, please answer the following 3 questions from Tina Folsom's vampire series Scanguards Vampires:

1. What's the name of the shrink Samson sees at the beginning of Samson's Lovely Mortal?
2. Who calls Amaury on his cell phone to summon him to a crisis meeting in Amaury's Hellion?
3. Why is the entry to Maya's apartment building dark when she comes home in the middle of the night in Gabriel's Mate?

Answers to these three questions can be found in the free samples available on Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com and/or the Audio Excerpt of Gabriel's Mate on Tina's Website. No purchase is necessary to find the answers to the three mandatory questions.

• OPTIONAL: You can earn extra entries by answering as many of the bonus questions as you like. Get 3 extra entries for each bonus question you answer correctly (max. 9 additional entries):
1. In Samson's Lovely Mortal:   What does Carl find in Delilah's luggage?
2. In Amaury's Hellion: Who does Amaury visit in the hospital?
3. In Gabriel's Mate: Where do Gabriel and Maya find shelter when they are chased by the villain? 

• Answers to the optional questions can be found in later chapters of the books, not the free sections.

More rules:

• Email your answers to authortinafolsom (at) gmail (dot) com. Please use a valid email address so Tina can contact you if you win. Do not post your answers on Tina's blog, Facebook, or Twitter. Only emails to the above email address constitute valid entries. Please put "Win a Nook" in the subject line of your email.
• Contest open only to US Residents.
• Winner will be selected using random.org
• Winner will provide Tina Folsom with her/his name and a US mailing address.
• Winner agrees to her/his name being announced on Tina's blog and Facebook page. Email address and/or mailing address will not be published.
• Contest runs through January 24, 2011 9pm PST. All emails containing the 3 correct answers to the mandatory questions received by that time will be entered in the draw. All emails containing correct answers to the bonus questions will receive an additional 3 entries per correct bonus answer. A total number of 10 entries per person are possible.
• Contest void where prohibited by law.
• Tina Folsom reserves the right to disqualify entrants who disclose the answers to the contest questions on any social networking sites, blogs, or other websites.
• Permission granted to re-post this contest on blogs and social networking sites. Please link back to this post.

How will the draw take place?
Each entrant will receive an email from Tina with their entry number(s). To keep everything fair, the winning entry number will be drawn by a professional in the romance novel industry (TBA), who will have no access to the names and email addresses of the entrants.

Gabriel's Mate in Paperback

Gabriel's Mate is now available in paperback at Amazon.com only.

Price $8.99
278 sizzling hot pages

Audio Excerpt of Gabriel's Mate (Scanguards Vampires #3)

Please enjoy an audio excerpt of Gabriel's Mate read by me.

Review for Gabriel's Mate

Laurie from Bitten by Paranormal Romance has reviewed Gabriel's Mate (Scanguards Vampires #3), and she gave it her Top Bite Award.

To read the entire review, head over to her blog:

Bitten by Paranormal Romance

I will be guest blogging there on December 15, and there will be a giveaway of autographed paperbacks of the first three books in the Scanguards Vampires series. Mark your calendars.

New Release: Gabriel's Mate

Gabriel's Mate, Book #3 in the Scanguards Vampires series, is already available on Barnes and Noble. Here's the buy link:

Gabriel's Mate - purchase on B&N

Gabriel's Mate - purchase on Amazon

Other purchasing links:

Smashwords

AllRomanceEbooks

Tina's Facebook Store

Title Change

I know I'm probably confusing you all, but after long discussions with my critique partner this afternoon, I've decided to change the title for Book #3 of Scanguards Vampires. It will be:

Gabriel's Mate

(Scanguards Vampires #3)

During the entire time while I was writing this novel, I was going back and forth between different titles. Normally when I write, I know the title at the very beginning and I generally stick to it. Somehow it was different with Gabriel's story. Nevertheless, I hope you all like this title.

Release date is Friday, December 3rd. 

Excerpt of Gabriel's Mate (Scanguards Vampires #3)

I've just posted an excerpt of Gabriel's Mate on my website if you would like to get a glimpse at Gabriel's story before it will be released on December 3, 2010.

Prologue and Chapter One

Cover to be unveiled soon!