#WriteTip + #Giveaway - About the Rough Draft by @TL_Reeve, spotlighting her @DecadentPub #shifter #pnr PRIVATE WOLF
/It's been a while since I've hosted a wolf-y paranormal romance on my blog, so I was pumped to find out my Decadent Publishing pub-buddy TL Reeve has a new release in the Black Hills Wolves series. After this short writing tip break, we bring you some sexy shifter goodness, as well as a Rafflecopter with all sorts of swag (one of which is a $10 Gift Card).
"A rough draft is just that, a rough draft. You're not going to win any awards with it, so don't beat yourself up if it doesn't read smoothly. Remember; every great writer needs an editor to help polish up their work. Keep writing." - TL Reeve
Private Wolf
Black Hills Wolves
by TL Reeve
Shawn Blu, tracker and private investigator, has come home. As a pack tracker, he’s ready to defend Los Lobos and use his contacts to find pack members and bring them back into the fold. So, when Miss Fern, his aunt, asks him to find Brienne Talbert, he’s happy to help out. What he isn’t expecting is to find his mate.
Brienne left home at sixteen, knowing she’d return to the Black Hills and Los Lobos one day. As it stands, in six months she’ll graduate with her master’s degree and there’s no way anyone will stop her now. However, when the hunky slab of wolf Shawn Blu shows up with a tempting offer—a week with her pack, no strings attached—she’s willing to reconsider her harsh stance about not going home.
When one weekend turns into a mating she hadn’t planned on, will she be able to leave it all behind and return to school, or will the call of her pack be too much to turn her back on?
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Excerpt
Shawn Blu walked into Los Lobos Café and spotted his aunt at a table near the far wall. In front of her sat a paperback book and a mug, along with a pastry. Behind the counter, Ero took the order from a new female. Her long dark hair was pulled into a messy bun, and her gray eyes glittered with—arousal? If the other wolf noticed, he appeared indifferent to it. Oh well. Bypassing his normal routine, of ordering coffee and Danish, he marched over and sat at the table where his aunt waited. Fern glanced up at him. Her warm, affectionate smile greeted him.
“Good morning, Auntie.” He leaned in and kissed her cheek. “That twinkle in your eye says you’re up to no good.”
Fern laughed and patted his hand. “I have a job for you.”
A job. Why hadn’t she mentioned it last night when he came over for dinner?
Why did they have to meet in the café? “Okay. What is it?”
“Well, technically, it is two jobs….”
“Okay.”
Ero approached with a cup in one hand and a sweet treat in the other. “You didn’t order. I see why now.” He grinned then winked at Fern.
“I didn’t want to interrupt your time with Cynthia,” Shawn teased. “She’s interested in you.”
“Don’t I know it.” Ero frowned. “But there’s…the spark’s not there.” He glanced at his brother, Luc, who sat in his usual spot.
“Say no more, I understand.” He did, too. They were waiting for their perfect mate. Might be a while, but Shawn had a feeling it would happen. “Thanks for the coffee.”
“You’re welcome.”
Taking a sip of the piping-hot brew, he waited for Ero to leave before returning to the conversation with his aunt. The way Fern watched him—assessing him—left him uneasy. “Should I be afraid of what you’re going to ask of me?”
“Never,” she assured him. “In fact, you’ll win tons of brownie points with Miss Claire if you do this for me.”
About TL Reeve
TL Reeve, is a bestselling, multi-published author with Cobblestone Press, Decadent Publishing, Evernight Publishing, Loose-Id and ARe Books. Living in Alabama, TL misses Los Angeles, and will one-day return to Southern California to ride the waves at Huntington Beach. When not writing something hot and sexy, TL can be found curled up with a good book, or working on homework with a cute little pixie.
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