Hey y’all!
Welcome to my stop on the Emerald Talisman Audio book tour! I have a guest post
from Phil and Brenda and its totes hilarious! So check this out and make sure
to go over to Brenda’s Blog
to enter her massive scavenger hunt!
Haven’t heard
about the book? Check this out!
Book Title: The Emerald
Talisman, audiobook
Series name and #:
Talisman series, Book #1
Publisher: Obsidian
Mountain Publishing
Release date: 9/20/2012
You can run from your destiny, but you can't hide.If for no other reason than to help endure the hormonal rush of high school, sixteen-year-old Julia Parker would trade her ability to feel her fellow students' emotions in a heartbeat, especially half the boys in class. When the beguiling Nicholas uses his superhuman strength to rescue Julia from the edge of a cliff before she's devoured by a bloodthirsty stalker, Julia is suddenly thrust into an underground world where people and animals are often one and the same. Fellow high school students disappear and only Julia and Nicholas know the truth. While Nicholas, a vampire hunter, is out stopping the ever-growing coven, an old friend entices Julia to join him on the dark side and a psychic tells Julia she alone is the key to stopping the madness, problem is it'll require Nicholas' life.
Now onto the guest post!
I’m feverishly write all I can
before the kids wake up when there’s a knock at the door. I stop and listen. I hadn't expected anyone. Who the heck would be out this early. My heart hammers
for a moment. I peek out the window and my eyes grow big as saucers, mouth
thick with cotton. “Phil? What are you doing here?” I breathlessly ask as I
open the door.
“Hey, yourself,” he says with a
chuckle.
I purse my lips, then frown.
“Should I invite you in?”
“Up to you,” Phil says with a
shrug. “You’re wearing the talisman, but even still, I assure you’re safe.”
Darn it.
“Oh,” I blush, pulling my dingy
robe tight around my body, and then glance around my living room. Toys and kids
books lay scattered across the dirty floor, laundry looms on the other couch.
“Here, sit down.” I move my laptop over.
Phil saunters in, hot as ever and
I try not to think dirty thoughts. He is fifteen years younger than me and I’m
a happily married woman. Oy vey!
“Wish you could read my emotions,
don’t you?” He says, coy as ever.
I stick out my tongue. “Wait? How
did you know about that?”
“Psscht. I listened to your
novel.”
My mouth gaped open. “You did?
How? When?”
“I got the audio book off of
Audible,” he snorts. “You didn't create a dummy.”
Well, that’s true.
We sit and look at each other for
a moment. I don’t know why I’m nervous, maybe it’s because he is so adorable in
person. I can’t help but gawk. Then I remember I've not showered yet.
“So, what brings you here?” I
finally ask, running my tongue over my teeth checking to see if I’d brushed (I
did).
“I kind of want to see what’s in
store for the next book,” he cranes his neck to look at my screen, which I push
out of his view. “Do I finally get Julia?”
“What?”
“Well, I . . . kinda heard a
rumor.”
“A rumor?”
He licks his lips. “ I've been
reading all the book blogger reviews, and a lot of your readers think what
happened to me wasn't really fair.” He gives his leg weakening grin.
I turn away and compose myself,
trying my best to keep a poker face.
“Oh, do they?”
Phil’s face lights up and he
raises his right eyebrow. “I think I need a second chance with her.”
“Oh, do you now.”
He continues to smile. I try not
to swoon.
“Don’t play those games with me,
you little cutie. You’ll just have to see.”
Phil huffs. “But even your
Grandma said that I didn't know what I was doing and that I deserved another
chance.”
I smile and admire how observant
he is. Never far away from my own reality, I suppose.
“Fine,” I say and motion for him
to come closer.
In a flash he sits next to me,
eager for the news. With great willpower, I withhold my hand from grazing his
thigh. Instead, I cup my hand over his ear, first inhaling his incredibly sexy
scent, and whisper. “We’ll see.”
“Brat,” he said with pouty lips,
before checking out the window. The morning light just starts to filter into
the sky.
My shoulders slink down.
“Morning, huh?”
“Yeah,” he says in
disappointment. “I have to run.”
We both stand up, just as Aaron
starts to say “Mommy” from his bedroom.
I give Phil one more sheepish
glance. “I hope you’re not disappointed.”
He smiles back reassuringly. “I’m
sure it’ll be great.”
And with a brush against my
cheek, the door opens and he’s gone.
I walk over, holding my hand
where he kissed me and look out before closing the door. These boys are going
to be the death of me and I can’t wait for him to listen the next book. Only
then do I smile wickedly.
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Brenda Pandos lives in California
with her husband and two boys. She attempts to balance her busy life filled
with writing, being a mother and wife, and spending time with friends and
family. Working formerly as an I.T. Administrator, she never believed her
imagination would be put to good use. After her son was diagnosed with an
autism spectrum disorder her life completely changed. Writing paranormal
romance became something she could do at home while tending to the new needs of
her family, household, and herself.
Three years later, Brenda now has
five books published, The Talisman Trilogy: The Emerald Talisman, The Sapphire
Talisman, and The Onyx Talisman, and Mer Tales: Everblue and Evergreen. She is
currently working on the third book of Mer Tales, Everlost, coming February
2013.
Where
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