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Shifter Hunters Ltd. and Hotel Safari Changes

Catalog Changes

Whew, it’s been a wild few weeks. Out in the world, people are rising up to fight for social justice, to protest police brutality. And we’re still in the midst of a global pandemic. Life hasn’t felt normal for months.

One way I get through difficult times is to pour myself into my work. And that is what I have done, while still paying attention to what is going on in our world, and offering my support how I can. For the record, I believe that Black Lives Matter – I’m a BIPOC ally and an LGBTQ+ ally.

Pouring myself into my work has meant some changes to the books you already know, as detailed below. I’m very excited about these changes and the books to come!

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The biggest changes have been to the Hotel Safari series.

The 6 novellas have been turned into 3 books – it’s now a trilogy!

Pride of Africa is still free on all retailers, but now it includes Night Spots as well, so you get double the steamy shifters for zero pennies.

Check out the Hotel Safari series page for details and buy links for all 3 books.

And I’m currently working on a new prequel short story for this series. Called Untamed Savanna, it’s the story of how Pippa and Jonathan (Colin’s parents) met. It will also be the launching point for a new series set in the Hotel Safari universe, to be published next year. The story will be available for free on BookFunnel in the next week or so.

In the meantime, don’t miss out! Get your free, expanded copy of Pride of Africa today!

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The big news about the Shifter Hunters Ltd. series is that Book 1, Kenya Calling, is now free everywhere! That’s right, you can read all the sexy Lucien hotness for zero pennies. Get your copy now wherever you buy ebooks!

And check out the details, excerpts, and buy links for all 3 books on the Shifter Hunters Ltd. series page.

Upcoming books

Next up, I’ll be finishing the Paris Harem trilogy. Poor Saving Their Wolf has been hanging out in the virtual world all alone for long enough. Expect pre-order dates sometime this summer, with planned releases this fall or winter.

Falling for Kigali and its sequel will be pushed off to next year.

Next year will also see the publication of a new series set in the world of Hotel Safari.

I know our world is on fire at the moment. If you’re fighting for justice, keep up the fight! If you’re staying home to keep yourself and your loved ones safe, I send you virtual hugs (and plenty of reading material). If you’re somewhere in between, that’s okay, too. Stay safe, everyone, and stay sane. Spread kindness.

Tori’s Teaser Tuesday: Falling for Kigali

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Teaser from Falling for Kigali, Book 1 in the upcoming contemporary romance series set in Rwanda

I pulled into Jack’s compound fifteen minutes later. A guard verified my name and then directed me to the back of the house. I found a terrace with plastic chairs, lit with the orangey-pink streaks of the setting sun. Jack slumped in one of the chairs, a bottle of beer on the floor next to him.

Hurrying across the gravel, I said, “I’m so sorry I’m late.”

He looked up and his face was so sad, heartbreakingly sad, just for the moment until my presence registered. Then a relieved smile spread across his face and he stood to meet me.

My stomach did flip-flops at the sight of him, only intensified by the smile and what it had replaced.

I ran into his open arms and he hugged me so tightly I could barely breathe, but I didn’t care. “Are you okay?”

“I didn’t think you were coming,” he said into my hair.

His sad face was because he thought I had stood him up? Wow. No one had ever felt this way about me before. My chest tightened, for a bigger reason than the hug he hadn’t yet lessened. This man liked me. He cared about me. And he wanted to spend time with me.

Maybe it was merely the fantasy world of this environment, but my heart banged in my chest and I felt light-headed with a sudden surge of emotion. Like wasn’t a strong enough word.

He released me and sat back down in his chair, pulling me onto his lap. We snuggled and watched the last rays of sun disappear behind his eucalyptus trees and the roofs of the houses behind his.

Sexy Snippet Saturday: Falling for Kigali

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Enjoy this sexy snippet from Falling for Kigali, Book 1 of the upcoming Falling for Kigali series

“Want to dance?”

The smile jumped back to my face. A hot bod, smoldering eyes, and he could dance. I could definitely fall in lust with this man.

He took my hand and led me inside to an area of the living room where couples swayed to live guitar and congas. A group of musicians in Hawaiian shirts stood to one side, beating, strumming, and blowing their hearts out. “They’re with the Nigerian UNAMIR contingent,” Jack shout-whispered in my ear, setting mosquitoes buzzing in my stomach. Before I could comment, Jack swept me into his arms and compelled me to move with his hips and shoulders. We lost ourselves in the rhythm and in each other, but I couldn’t forget his body pressed against mine and his strong arms keeping me upright.

“Where did a Virginia boy learn to dance like this?”

His lips quirked up and heat shot from my belly straight down. “I don’t tango and tell.”

I laughed, throwing my head back, letting the light breeze flowing in the windows cool my sweaty neck.

“Time for another drink?” His mouth nuzzled the skin below my ear as he spoke, his breath further warming my body.

I was torn. Sweaty and exhilarated, I could use a drink, but I didn’t want to separate myself from Jack’s hard body.

He twirled me around in a sudden move and a laugh poured out of me. On the return, I curled in to his chest, my hands on the soft fabric of his shirt, a thumbnail tapping against one of the buttons down the front.

His breath furled across my hair, warming my head. How I wished the room around us was empty.

A new song started, something slow and sultry, drums pounding into my core. Jack’s arms tightened around me.

I looked up into his face. He was no longer smiling. “I guess a drink can wait.”

We swayed together, breathing together.

The song ended and we parted, reluctantly.

WIP Wednesday: Falling for Kigali

Falling for Kigali

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A draft of my latest manuscript is with my editor – yay! A bunch of decisions from now and I’ll be able to publish it.

This book is a bit of a departure in that it isn’t PNR. No wolf shifters, or shifters of any kind. Sorry! But I hope you’ll give it a chance, because it’s set in Rwanda and there’s plenty of steamy action.

A woman with a heart as big as her temper. A man with secrets that threaten their love. Will she be consumed by passion like she’s never known?

Lizzy Jones came to Rwanda to work with a humanitarian aid organization after the genocide. This is her first overseas assignment and she’s in way over her head. 

In addition to the challenges of her job as the project administrator for an all-African team of public health professionals, Lizzy didn’t expect:

  • to meet a hot American military attaché
  • steamy nights and lazy mornings in his arms
  • to fall so completely, utterly, head over heels in love

But many obstacles stand in the way of her happiness. Secrets from his past, an overly paternal volunteer, threats of imprisonment, and a friend who wants benefits. Lizzy must learn to keep her temper in check, her mouth closed, and her heart open, or she’ll lose the chance at passion she didn’t even know she craved.

Falling for Kigali is a complete story with a HEA and NO cliffhangers. Stay tuned for FFK companion novels for more busy days and sexy nights in the Land of a Thousand Hills.

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