March 31, 2012

Sizzlin' Saturday

Congratulations to this weeks winners: Tina Pinson has won an electronic copy of Texas Promise and Donna Weaver has won a electronic copy of Texas True.

Okay, get ready 'cause this one is smokin' HOT!
(This is probably the hottest scene I've ever posted. You are forwarned sweet readers!)

Texas Promise-Kissing Scene (Celia Yeary)


A whisper of a touch brushed his hair. He froze, knowing Jo stood behind him, caressing, and teasing. She lifted her hand again and barely brushed his bare shoulder. He heard her short breaths and smelled her scent, now more pronounced. The musky aroma from his woman floated to his nostrils. With delicate movements, she tentatively reached up to untie the thong, releasing his hair down his back. Her fingers softly moved down his hair, downward to his bare skin, and around his waist.

With a tormented groan, he grasped her hand and pivoted to face her. Wishing to understand his own feelings, he stood still, peering into her face, barely visible in the pale light. He leaned toward her and brushed her lips lightly, testing, tasting. The passion he felt was unmatched by any event in his life. The rapturous fire electrified him, burning through his skin and body, all the way to his heart and soul.

There was no holding back now. He cupped her face with his hands and took possession of her mouth with hot, open-mouthed kisses. Dalton kissed along her jaw to her ear, and he ran his wet tongue around the shell and onward to her neck. Kissing, sucking, and biting, he claimed every inch of her body.

The lovemaking began, in the manner he should have done before, so that she knew without a doubt how much he adored her.

~*~*~*~

BUY LINKS for both Texas Promise and Texas True:

Desert Breeze Publishing

http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-Historical--dsh--thru-19th-Century/Categories.bok Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-
keywords=Celia+yeary&x=14&y=16

Barnes and Noble

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March 30, 2012

Steller Review

Can you tell us what review of your story meant the most to you and why.

A Five Book review from LongandShortReviews (LASR)--because it's one of the top reviewers and I always appreciate their reviews of my books. They've never disappointed me.

Also a Four and a Half review from The Romance Studio by Brenda Talley. I believe she has reviewed all my historical Texas books, even those with another publisher. She recognizes my name and chooses the book. An author cannot ask for anything better than that. Again, she never disappoints me.

March 29, 2012

Celia Talks

Celia Yeary is a eighth-generation Texan, and her life revolves around family, friends, and writing. San Marcos has been her home for thirty-eight years. She has nine published romance/women's fiction novels, three short stories, two novellas, three anthologies, and published essays with the Texas Co-Op Power Magazine. The author is a former science teacher, graduate of Texas Tech University and Texas State University, mother of two, grandmother of three boys, and wife of a wonderful, supportive Texan. Celia and her husband enjoy traveling, and both are involved in their church, the community, and the university.

She meets with The Write Girls on Tuesdays at a local coffee house.

I didn't even have to pinch her! She came with her own box of chocolates.
Thanks for bewing willing to answer a few questions.
What hidden talent do you possess outside of writing... something you do for fun, but are good at?



Hmmm, interesting question. I really don't play golf anymore--too hard on the back and knees, and neither of mine are good. But I learned at age 40, thinking it would be a good way to get fresh air and exercise. A friend taught me, and she always says, "I taught you too well. You always beat me." True. Oh, we had so much fun playing golf! And I was fair for someone who began late. I still miss playing, too.

You and my hubby. I bet you're competitive, too!
Name some of your most favorite things.
A baby's smile or giggle.
The bright green of early spring.
Tiny kittens.
Any kind of Mexican food.
That first cup of coffee in the mornings.
Dark chocolate with nuts.
A new car smell.


I hope readers can see our smiles.
What’s your favorite Bible verse or verse that has sustained you recently and why?
"Sometimes God calms the storm, sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child."
Why do I like this verse? It tells me two things. God doesn't control turmoil around us, but He will calm the turmoil within His child. We or someone we love can be heartsick, ill, mournful, lonely, hurt, dying, destitute, or helpless, but those things can be calmed within us so that our hope and faith are restored.

Celia, we don't share the same religion and yet I'm really touched by this. Thank you.
What or who inspires you to write?
I read my first romance novel around 2011, and it was a Western Historical by Janet Dailey. I loved those Calder series. Then I discovered LaVyrle Spencer, who wrote historical romance and contemporary. That's when I learned an author could make you laugh or cry. Her novels--now old and rereleased--could make me cry at the end. Titles--The Hellion, Hummingbird, Separate Beds, etc. She wrote 23 and I have every one saved in paperback form, and they are the only novels I have read and re-read. She is definitely my idol.

What do you find most rewarding about writing?
Oh, this is easy. I love it when someone says, "Oh, I loved your book! When is your next one out, and what is it about?"

We authors are such needy people, don't you think? We say to ourselves, "I write for myself. As long as I'm pleased, then that's all I want." Balderdash!! We thrive on praise, good reviews, and questions such as the one above. Any little kind word about a story or plot will carry us along for days.

I agree with you, you have a friend for life if you like my writing!
Have you experienced writer’s block? And if so, how did you cure it?
It's been said by someone famous, that there is no such thing as writer's block--only lazy writers. But I'm not sure I believe that. I have suffered through a couple of periods in which my mind was simply blank concerning a new idea or scene. What did I do? Rode it out and did something else. I find that my blog is a good way to express myself, so if a plot I'm writing grinds to a halt, I don't force it. I find something else to write, usually a blog topic.

Tell Us About Your Series:
How did you come up with your premise and decide on the setting THE CAMERON SISTERS SERIES:?
That's was easy--Texas. All nine novels, and all of my short stories, novellas, and anecdotal childhood stories are set someplace in the state. It's what I know best--I am an eighth generation Texan, having had an ancestor here before the War with Mexico, and during the time when Texas was a Republic. Usually, I see no reason to set a story someplace else, although I have because that's where the story took me!

In my contemporary with Desert Breeze, The Stars at Night, I do have a few scenes in New York City. But I've been there a few times, stayed in a hotel near Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Times Square, so I felt comfortable enough to include that.

In the first book of The Cameron Sisters: Texas Promise-Book I, I moved my hero and heroine across the state into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. I lived one year there, so I knew that area pretty well. Again, I felt comfortable doing that.

Is there a message in Texas True you want readers to grasp?
A message? I suppose that love always conquers many heartaches and disappointments. True was a young lady raised like a hothouse flower, loved and protected by all the family because she was "the baby." When she married Sam Deleon, she learned how hard and cold he was, and what had made him so, and she set out to soften his heart and make him love her. What better theme is there in a romance? Although she almost gave up, she didn't because she saw a crack in his persona. That's when she knew she could get in and
make him believe he was worthy of being loved.

Where can we get your books and what is the cost?

BUY LINKS FOR TX PROMISE AND TX TRUE--$5.99 ebook

AMAZON: all my books

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Celia+yeary&x=14&y=16


DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING:

http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-Historical--dsh--thru-19th-Century/Categories.bok

BARNES AND NOBLE-NOOK

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March 28, 2012

Texas Promise & Texas True Blurbs

After two years, Jo Cameron King's life as a widow abruptly ends when her husband returns home to Austin. Unable to understand her angry and bitter husband, she accepts a call to travel to the New Mexico Territory to meet her dying birth father whom she knows nothing about. Her plan to escape her husband goes awry when he demands to travel with her.

Dalton King, believing lies his Texas Ranger partner tells him about Jo, seethes with hatred toward his wife. Now he must protect Jo from his partner's twisted mind, while sorting out the truth. Jo's bravery and loyalty convince him she's innocent. But can they regain the love and respect they once shared?

~*~Five Hearts from TRS~*~
~*~Nominee for Best Western Romance: The Romance Reviews~*~
~*~Finalist in Best Historical Romance: Reader Awards
~*~ Five Cups and Honorable Mention for Best Historical: Love Romances Cafe~*~
~*~Five Books from Long and Short Romance Reviews~*~

At a Governor's Ball in Austin, Texas, True Lee Cameron meets suave Sam Deleon. Before the night is out, she transforms from the coddled and protected younger sister to a woman in love. Reality crashes down when she accidentally learns he has deceived her. Daring to disobey him, she follows Sam to the oilfields and determines to live wherever he does. Has she made a mistake? Will she give up and return home where she can make her own rules?


When Sam Deleon meets the gorgeous young woman his mother has chosen for him, he fears falling in love, because he knows nothing about love. In order to carry out his mother’s plan, he marries True and moves her to his mother's home, intending to visit enough to set the plan in motion. When True fails to obey him, he faces the possibility of losing her, thereby losing his inheritance and the family property.

Sam and True attempt a reconciliation and compromise. Together, they now face a nemesis, someone who determines to thwart every action they take, endangering not only their lives, but also those whom they love.

~*~*~*~Five Books-LASR
~*~*~*~Four and a Half Hearts-The Romance Studio
~*~*~*~Four and a Half Cups-Coffeetime Romance

BUY LINKS for both Texas Promise and Texas True:

Desert Breeze Publishing
http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-Historical--dsh--thru-19th-Century/Categories.bok

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Celia+yeary&x=14&y=16

Barnes and Noble
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Celia Yeary-Romance...and a little bit 'o Texas
http://www.celiayeary.blogspot.com/

March 27, 2012

Tickle - Tease Tuesday

"You should never have come here." This time his tone softened.


"Yes, so you've pointed out to me many times." She gazed sadly out the door of the tent, seeing nothing. "I won't be here much longer, so you don't need to worry."

"True?"

She turned her listless gaze toward him. "What?"

"I... I suppose I'll miss you."

Straightening her spine, she turned to face him. Looking directly into his eyes, she said, "You're a piece of work, Sam Deleon. That's the first kind word you've said to me since I've been here. Now that I'm going, you conjure up one nice thing to say." Bitterness laced her words.

Whispering, he said, "I enjoyed our nights together, True."

Her poor, pathetic heart almost came to life with his few words. What a small amount of attention she needed to feel as though she basked in the glow of his love. But she had been a fool to fall for him in the first place, and she had no inkling of how he really felt about her.

True stood beside his bed and looked down on him, almost with pity. "Wouldn't any beautiful socialite do just as well, Sam?"

She began to turn and walk away, when his good arm shot out and hauled her down on his chest. He moved his hand to the back of her head and pulled her mouth to his. Almost violently, he ravaged her, kissing her hard and then, softly. She allowed the kiss, because she needed something from him, weak as she was around him. But soon, she broke away and looked down into his handsome face.

"Good-bye, Sam." She stood and walked away as sedately as she could.

~*~*~*~

BUY LINKS for both Texas Promise and Texas True:

Desert Breeze Publishing
http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-Historical--dsh--thru-19th-Century/Categories.bok Amazon

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Celia+yeary&x=14&y=16

Barnes and Noble
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March 26, 2012

It's contesting Monday Again!

This week's spotlight is on Celia Yeary and the two books of her Cameron Sisters Series. We are offering not one but two chances to win an electronic copy of Texas Promises and/or Texas True.

New followers will automatically be entered to win, but you can have another chance to win by simply leaving a comment.

March 25, 2012

A Genealogy Chart for Characters?

There was a time that I devoted every Sunday afternoon to genealogy ... until my son complained that I should spend the hours with the living, not the dead. --but Genealogy for fictional characters? Yeah, I've done that too, but not as in depth as Celia Yeary, guest author on my blog this week.

The Camerons of Texas


Have you ever created a genealogy chart for a fictional family you invented for novels? If no one says 'yes,' I may feel a little foolish. I did just that after I'd written and published three Western Historical novels under the subtitle--The Camerons of Texas.

In each couple's story, the hero and heroine were not the only characters in the books. There were parents, stepchildren, adopted children, brothers, sisters, and cousins. A large clan of Camerons. In my mind, I had enough material for about a dozen more stories. Today, I'm at least making a dent in my list.

In TEXAS BLUE (published elsewhere), the hero, Buck Cameron, had two sisters who appeared in the story. The first was Charlotte who had married William Garrison. Their two children were Maximilian and Katherine--Max and Kat.

~*~I used a grown-up Max in a novella "Dime Novel" titled Angel and the Cowboy.

~*~I used Charlotte in another "Dime Novel" titled Charlotte and the Tenderfoot.

~*~Now, I'm writing Kat and the U.S. Marshal as another one.

I agree this can be confusing, and that's the reason I made the chart. We authors feel like normal people, don't we? Even though we have characters in our heads and hearts that are very real. Any non-author cannot understand this, and so I don't talk about it to anyone except others such as I.

Unless I get a serious mental block, I have a list of characters for future novels or novellas:

~*~Lee Cameron King--he appeared in Texas Blue as a small boy who picked his nose and rode imaginary horses around the yard. I'd like to make him an early 20th Century entrepreneur during the oil boom in Texas--a wildcatter, a risk taker, a rich man with money to make money, a tough businessman who has a big sense of humor. I'd have him run into a real buzz-saw, a serious woman who is investigating oil company monopolies for a New York newspaper.

~*~Jackson Rene Deleon--he was the baby boy in Texas True. I see Jackson grown up and the heir to the great Deleon fortune. At a young age, he becomes the head of an empire consisting of ranching in Texas, gold and silver mines in Colorado, and shipping lines out of Houston. I'd have him meet a titled British lady whom he must convince to marry him and live in South Texas on the ranch--the headquarters for the Texas Star Corporation his father formed.

~*~Lacy Deleon--she was the little niece of Sam Deleon in Texas True, born in the Flats in Austin, a prostitution area where she and her little brother, Antonio, were born and lived. When True Cameron married Sam Deleon, she found the small girl and boy and brought them home, causing a huge problem. But True was determine to raise them as their own children. Lacy, now grown into a proper young lady, discovers her lurid birthplace and challenges the local government to do something. She would meet a brash, young attorney/senator and entice him to help her.

~*~Antonio Deleon--Lacy's little wild brother in Texas True. He was a hellion as a kid, although lovable and good-hearted. But he didn't understand the word "no." I see him grown and sowing too many wild oats and getting in trouble. I'd like him to meet a strong-willed female rancher who challenges him to straighten up and learn to be a man.

~*~Laura Lynn Paxton--Jo King's half-niece in Texas Promise . Beauty Laura Lynn has such a horrible past she knows little about, but sets out to find the burial place of her prostitution mother in New Mexico. In doing so, she hires a tracker to help her.

~*~Alexander King--son of Dalton and Jo King in Texas Promise. I have high hopes for the darling child. Just look at his name. He has it all--handsome, rich, smart, educated, adored by the entire family...and takes it all for granted. Until...what? His story will require much thought.

Celia Yeary-Romance...and a little bit 'o Texas

http://www.celiayeary.blogspot.com

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Oh My!

Oh my, it's been a long, long time since I posted anything here. Really, I do this now because I recently got a note, if you can call it...