Hoodoo Series
January 22, 2012 | 
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I’m very excited to announce that I’ve published a short story set in the world of my Hoodoo books (Black Dust Mambo and Black Heart Loa) via my own Dreaming Nomad Books. “Caught Forever Between” features Gabrielle LaRue and Devlin Daniels, and you can enjoy the story without having read the books.
You can find it for sale on Smashwords (where you can read a free sample of the story), Amazon and BN.com (free sample also available). A review of the story by BN.com’s own Paul Goat Allen absolutely floored me (in a good way. LOL)!
Deep in the bayou, justice comes in many forms.
When Cass finds her partner lying on the floor of their New Orleans tattoo shop in a pool of blood, the world as she knows it ends. Alex, her ink-slinging Michelangelo, lies in the hospital comatose, perhaps permanently.
Lacking faith in the police and their ability to find whoever shot Alex, Cass puts the word out that she’s seeking justice, justice she will willingly pay for.
When a Voodoo mambo offers the services of her mysterious godson, Cass finds herself stepping into a dark, deadly world, one that she may not walk out of again intact.
“Phoenix is a beautiful storyteller–her prose flows like poetry.”
–Explorations: the BN SciFi & Fantasy Blog
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Happy 2012, everyone! The year is off to a great start. I have my goals and resolutions written down and, dammit, I will follow through! LOL.
Right now through January 17th, we’re having a giveaway with two prizes: 1 signed set of Hoodoo books (Black Dust Mambo and Black Heart Loa), and 1 signed copy of any of my titles. The giveaway is happening simultaneously on three blogs, so 3 chances to win! You can read the character blog, which is a little chat with Kallie, Belladonna, Jackson, and a hapless newcomer to Bayou Cypres Noir, then enter the contest. Or you can just skip down to the contest entry. No promises that Kallie won’t lay a trick on you if you do. Just saying. 
Just drop by On the Broomstick or Zombie Girl Shambling or Bookgirl Knitting or all three to enter.
Also, two truly awesome reviews for Black Heart Loa came out today. My Bookish Ways, a fantastic site for urban fantasy, suspense, horror and more, and On the Broomstick, a witchy and fun blogsite.
Black Moon Mojo will be the third book in the series and, yes, I’m working on it. 
I’m very thrilled to find out that both Black Heart Loa and Etched in Bone are nominees (in different categories) in The Romance Reviews Best Paranormal Romance (and urban fantasy) of 2011.
Click on the links below to vote! Voting runs through November 30th.
Black Heart Loa and Etched in Bone
Hey all, I’ll be discussing Black Dust Mambo and Black Heart Loa and hoodoo in general tonight LIVE on Talk Shoe with Jackie from Literary Escapism and Larissa from Larissa’s Bookish Ways. You can get all the details here.
I’ll be chatting with Jackie and Larissa at 9 PM Eastern (6 PM Pacific). Please drop by. It should be a blast!!
Layne Valin took time off from a nomad’s never-ending pursuit of the Road to drop by Patricia’s Vampire Notes to discuss what it’s like to be a Vessel of the Dead and to help celebrate the release of Black Heart Loa.
Layne Valin and an awesome giveaway open to international readers as well! Contest ends August 2nd, so drop by and enter now. And check out what Layne has to say while you’re there.
Here’s a taste:
Vessel for the Dead. Ghost ship. Spirit cabinet. Crazy
Titled “Gators Prefer Tourists in Marshmallow Suits or Don’t Feed the Gators Marshmallows”, Kallie, Belladonna, and Jackson from the Hoodoo series fill in a newcomer to town on the ins and outs of the place and all the potential dangers on Dark Faerie Tales Deadly Destination series.
Here’s a snippet:
Kallie: Seriously. Don’t. And I can’t believe I even need to say that. You’d think it’d be obvious. But every day, the Cajun tour guides take goggle-eyed tourists slathered in sunscreen and bug spray out on their swamp boats and let them snap pictures with camera and cell phones while they toss marshmallows to swimming carnivores.
Hooo-EEEE. Here, pretty Bab-BEH!
Swimming carnivores who eye the boat hopefully, wishing one of those soft, pale picture-snapping tourists would tumble right over that rail and into their bellies. Tourist nummie-nums.
Jackson: That’s ain’t true now. Them gators are beaucoup smart. They’re the ones getting free snacks, not the ones paying for the privilege to watch as those snacks are gobbled up, them.
Kallie: Oh, this is my cousin, Jackson Bonaparte. And I’m Kallie Rivière, by the way. Sorry, forgot to mention that. Welcome to Bayou Cyprés Noir—and one of our many summer BBQs. My aunt told me that you bought the Bellefontaine place down on Magnolia Road and . . .
(Note: Contest has ended.)
Yes, I know, both of my series are urban fantasy, but fortunately for me, JERR put together an urban fantasy edition of their newsletter. We did a fun interview (and some of the steamy questions I had to take the Fifth on . . . LOL, but I had a blast doing the interview and we put up an exclusive excerpt from Black Heart Loa along with a giveaway.
You need to join JERR (a Yahoo group) in order to enter the contest, but it’s free to do so and I think you’ll find a lot there to enjoy. Here are the contest prizes and rules:
First Prize: Three signed copies of any of Adrian Phoenix’s books, winner’s choice, for 3 winners.
Second Prize: A signed set of Black Dust Mambo and Black Heart Loa for one winner.
In order to be eligible you MUST be a JERR newsletter subscriber. Non-subscribers’ entries will be discarded. Get ready to enter your name in the draw! Be sure to enter no later than August 3, 2011.
Please place Adrian Phoenix in the subject line of the e-mail and include your FULL name. E-mail your information to contest@ . . .
***Prizes not claimed within 30 days of receipt of the contest winner notification (notifications are sent via email to each winner) will be voided. Make sure you have your spam filters set to receive emails from the contest email address indicated above.
Good Luck!
JERR Staff
Just Erotic Romance Reviews
I really enjoy BN.com’s Paranormal and Urban Fantasy online book club. It’s great to chat with other readers about the books and authors I enjoy and just about paranormal topics in general. So it’s always a thrill for me when one of my books are chosen to be a featured read.
For July, you will find:
- Feature #1 Black Heart Loa (by moi)
- Feature #2 Blood Work: An Original Hollows Graphic Novel –Kim Harrison
- Feature #3 Honeyed Words — J.A. Pitts
Please drop by, post comments, your review, and share likes and peeves with fellow readers and ask questions of the authors. It’s free to sign up, so join in on the discussion and the fun. See y’all there!
Honeyed Words
Black Heart Loa
Blood Work
Fangtastic Books has joined my Black Heart Loa release celebration! We’re giving away one signed set of Hoodoo books: Black Dust Mambo and Black Heart Loa and two winners will have their choice of signed copies of any of my titles. Giveaway is open to international and goes through July 6th.
So drop by and enter! Win books as gifts to yourself or for friends!
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The Black Heart Loa release madness continues! LOL. I always enjoy hanging out at Dark Faerie Tales, so when I was invited back, I jumped at the chance to get another giveaway going.
(It also gave me a break from trying to unravel the myriad evil plots that my cats have hatched against my computer in their never-ending quest to murder the thing that takes so much of Mom’s attention.)
The giveaway is open to international and runs through July 13th. Prizes include two signed sets of Hoodoo books: Black Dust Mambo and Black Heart Loa, and two signed copies of any of my titles–winner’s choice.
So swing by, say hey, and enter to win!
