Biography:
Felicity
Heaton is a romance author writing as both Felicity Heaton and F E Heaton. She
is passionate about penning paranormal tales full of vampires, witches,
werewolves, angels and shape-shifters, and has been interested in all things
preternatural and fantastical since she was just a child. Her other passion is
science-fiction and she likes nothing more than to immerse herself in a whole
new universe and the amazing species therein. She used to while away days at
school and college dreaming of vampires, werewolves and witches, or being lost
in space, and used to while away evenings watching movies about them or reading
gothic horror stories, science-fiction and romances.
Having
tried her hand at various romance genres, it was only natural for her to turn
her focus back to the paranormal, fantasy and science-fiction worlds she enjoys
so much. She loves to write seductive, sexy and strong vampires, werewolves,
witches, angels and alien species. The worlds she often dreams up for them are
vicious, dark and dangerous, reflecting aspects of the heroines and heroes, but
her characters also love deeply, laugh, cry and feel every emotion as keenly as
anyone does. She makes no excuses for the darkness surrounding them, especially
the paranormal creatures, and says that this is their world. She’s just
honoured to write down their adventures.
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Now im going to hand you over to Felicity.
First I
have to say a big thanks to Satin Sue for having me here today at her blog to
talk about my latest release Her
Guardian Angel and share an exclusive excerpt of this angel romance novel
with everyone.
For those
of you not in the know, I’m Felicity Heaton and I write paranormal romances
under that name and also as F E Heaton. I’ve been penning my passionate tales
since 2005 and have written over forty of them in that time, and around thirty
of those are still available. My romance novels often feature vampires as
they’re my favourite creature of the night and I like to write them nice and
dark, but I do love to write shape-shifters/werewolves, demons and witches too,
as well as sexy angels. My latest release is Her Guardian Angel, which is the fifth novel I’ve released this
year.
Her Guardian Angel is the fourth book in my best
selling Her Angel romance series. Other stories in the series are: Her Dark Angel, Her Fallen Angel, and Her
Warrior Angel. Excerpts from the stories and links to where they are
available in e-book and paperback can be found at my website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebookseries.php?series=Her%20Angel
Her Dark Angel,
book one in the series, is currently on offer as my summer deal! You can get
this best selling angel romance novella for just $0.99 from my site, Amazon Kindle Stores, and Smashwords until
September 30th. That’s a saving of $2.00!
Find out more at my site: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/paranormal-romance-ebook-offers.php
Her Guardian Angel
is currently available in e-book direct from my website, Amazon Kindle Stores,
Apple iBookstore, Kobo and Smashwords. It will soon be available from Barnes
& Noble and Sony. It’s also available as a paperback from Amazon.com and
Barnes & Noble, and will soon be available from other sites.
To set the
scene, here’s the official summary of the novel:
Her Guardian Angel
A simple
mission becomes a fight for survival in this fantastic instalment in the Her
Angel series.
A guardian
angel dedicated to his duty, Marcus will do whatever Heaven asks of him, but
even his loyalty has its limits. When his superior orders him to gain Amelia’s
trust through seduction, Marcus starts to question his mission and his feelings
for the beautiful woman he has watched over since her birth.
Amelia has
gone from one bad relationship to another, so when a gorgeous guy moves in next
door looking like Mr Right, she hopes he doesn’t turn out to be another black
knight in disguise. But there’s more to Marcus than meets the eye, and when he
rescues her from three demonic men, Amelia is thrust into his nightmarish
world—a world where God and the Devil exist, and only one angel can save her
from death—Marcus, the angel she’s falling in love with.
On the run
from demonic angels and the Devil himself, aided by Marcus’s angel friends and
their amazing women, fighting for survival against the odds, Marcus and Amelia
discover a love that will last forever.
A love so
strong it will shake Heaven and Hell.
Read the official excerpt: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Guardian%20Angel
Available
in e-book for $3.99 from:
Author's website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Guardian%20Angel
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Also available from the Apple iBookstore
Author's website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Guardian%20Angel
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005EUJIG8/
Amazon Kindle Germany: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B005EUJIG8/
Amazon Kindle UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005EUJIG8/
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Also available from the Apple iBookstore
Available in paperback for $9.99 from:
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Exclusive Excerpt
Marcus
moved closer and took hold of her hand again, his fingers pressing into her
palm and his thumb resting gently across her knuckles, and nodded.
“It is my
mission to protect you, Amelia, and has been from the moment you were born…”
His hesitation sent her blood thundering and breath stuttering.
She wasn’t
sure what she had expected him to say but the words that left his sensual lips
dropped on her like a tonne of bricks and the shockwave carried away her fear,
leaving her empty inside.
“I am an
angel.”
Amelia
stared at him for a few seconds, waiting for him to tell her that it was a
joke, and that none of this was real, and perhaps even that it was just a
horrible dream brought about by a fainting fit when she had been mugged, but
none of it happened.
So she
laughed.
His
expression remained deadly serious.
This wasn’t
happening. The quiet voice inside her said that it was and it was real, and she
had better start accepting it or she wasn’t going to survive whatever was after
her. Marcus was an angel, sent to watch over her and protect her, to keep her
safe from the monsters that were out to get her.
It felt so
impossible though.
She looked
to Einar and Taylor, hoping to catch a glimpse of humour in their faces so
Marcus would give up and tell her that he was kidding, but both of their
expressions remained stony.
An angel.
“If you’re
an angel, where are the wings—” Her face fell as it hit her and their plunge
from the roof came back in glorious Technicolor. It all made a hideous sort of
sense that she didn’t like because it meant she could no longer deny what he
was telling her and had to admit that this whole crazy scenario was real.
“That’s what you looked worried about.”
Marcus
turned his head away from her.
He had
expected to fly when he had leapt off the roof and it hadn’t happened.
“I had
thought you were free of the curse.” Einar’s voice was loud in the silent room
even though Amelia was certain he had barely whispered.
Marcus shook
his head, dropped his chin, and stared at the floor, despondence flowing from
him and into her. A curse? Had something stopped his wings from appearing? Why
was she even starting to believe all this?
She
recalled the two slits in the back of his blue and silver armour and stared at
his chest. Without thinking, she moved around him and touched one of the slits
on his back plate, running her finger down the inside of it. It was wide enough
to accommodate three of her fingers side by side, if not more. Her fingertip
grazed Marcus’s skin and he inhaled sharply and closed his eyes. She frowned at
his armour and the fragment of his tattoo that she could see through the
opening. Wasn’t it a tattoo?
“Would you
like me to take a look?” Taylor said and Marcus nodded.
Amelia
reluctantly stepped back, giving Taylor room as she rounded Marcus, and then
took another step away when Marcus started to unbuckle his chest armour.
Jealousy coiled and hissed inside her as he removed the back plate and the
breastplate, revealing his body, and set them down on the nearest dark antique
armchair. Einar looked at her, cocking his head to one side, and she glanced
away, a blush threatening to colour her cheeks. She didn’t want a complete
stranger to see how flustered she was by the sight of Taylor so close to
Marcus. It hurt when Taylor moved closer still, her delicate fingertips
following the beautiful sweeping and curling design of the grey-blue wings on
his shoulder blades just as Amelia had wanted to that night in her apartment.
They shimmered as though a wave of light had passed across them and settled
again. Amelia narrowed her gaze on Taylor, no longer caring if Einar was
watching her. Heat blazed to life inside her chest, anger that collided with
the jealousy there and filled her mind with desires to tear Taylor away from
Marcus in order to stop her from touching him.
Amelia was
so focused on Taylor that she jumped when silver-blue wings erupted from
Marcus’s back and stretched across the room, coming close to her face. A breeze
washed over her skin, tousling her shoulder-length dark hair and her pale blue
dress.
She stared
at Marcus’s wings instead of Taylor, eyes darting over each feather, taking in
every inch. They were beautiful. Her breath hitched in her throat and awe
flowed through her. Was this how those kooky people felt when they witnessed
angels appearing before them?
Was she one
of them now?
A believer.
Marcus
turned towards her as Taylor moved away, and Amelia didn’t hear what they were
saying to each other. She stared at him, stunned into silence by his beauty,
moved by the sight of him. An angel.
Incredible.
He stood
before her, bare chest rising and falling with each breath he took, toned upper
arms bloodstained from his battle, and broad pale wings furling against his
back. She had never witnessed something so intrinsically male and so
enchanting. She couldn’t find her voice to tell him how she felt, how she had
always known that he was different, too handsome to be of this world and too
good to be a mere mortal, and how she believed with all of her heart that no
matter what dangers lay ahead of her that he would protect her.
Taylor
moved into view again, running her hands down his wings from behind, and Marcus
closed his eyes, as though he enjoyed the feel of her touch. Amelia looked
away, darkness obliterating the light that had been in her heart, stealing away
the warmth and leaving her icy cold. He had said it himself. She was a mission
to him. That was all. That was why he had told her to stay away. He couldn’t
involve himself with a mortal.
Was Taylor
an angel too?
Amelia
laughed inside at how crushed she felt and tried to shrug off the pain caused
by the thought that Marcus didn’t like her. She barely knew him. It wasn’t like
her to get so emotionally tied up in someone she had only shared a kiss or two
with.
But what
kisses they had been.
Mind
blowing.
She shoved
the memory of them aside, bitterness coating her tongue as her heart ached and
she tried to convince herself that she was alright. This was nothing to hurt
over. It was better it ended now and she pulled herself together rather than
continuing to fool herself into believing that those kisses had meant anything.
She was nothing but a mission to Marcus.
God, that
hurt her so much that she couldn’t breathe, needed to leave the room so no one
saw the tears in her eyes.
She took a
step backwards towards the door, hoping to sneak out without anyone noticing.
She wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of seeing her cry. She would find
somewhere quiet, pull her shit together and bury her feelings in her heart, and
then come back and find out what the hell was happening. Another step backwards
and she was close enough to the door that she could make a dash for it.
“Someone
certainly wanted to seal your powers,” Taylor said and the dark haired woman’s
eyes lit on Amelia. “Because of her?”
“I do not
know.” Marcus moved away from Taylor.
Amelia
refused to look at him, her focus on the door at her back and escaping. He came
to stand toe-to-toe with her, caught her cheek in his palm and raised her head,
and she couldn’t avoid looking at him. He frowned into her eyes and she felt as
though he was searching for something or trying to see inside her heart.
She closed
it off to him by shutting her eyes.
He blew out
a sigh and then stroked her cheek.
Amelia
hated the warmth that caress caused and how her body betrayed her, flushing
with desire as it had done when they had kissed.
“Amelia,”
he husked and she fluttered her eyes opened and looked back into his. There was
hurt in them again, darkening his strange silver-blue irises, and she felt as
though they were reflecting all of her feelings. His dark eyebrows pinched
together in a frown and he swept his thumb over her cheek, erasing the moisture
gathered below her eye. He sighed again and a deep desire to cup his cheek in
return filled her. She wanted to take away the pain in his eyes, and wanted him
to take away the hurt in her heart in exchange. “I must report what happened.
Will you be alright here without me? I won’t be long. Promise.”
Amelia
wasn’t sure what she would be if he left her alone with two people she didn’t
know. She wasn’t in the mood for company at all. Her head and heart were at war
over him and she couldn’t deal with it at the same time as trying to come to
terms with what was happening and all the crazy stuff that she had seen and
heard tonight. She wanted to sit on one of the dark sofas in the cluttered room
and stare into the distance until everything had soaked in and she had made
sense of it.
And she
wanted Marcus to stay with her while that happened.
She wanted
to feel his arms around her again and have him tell her that everything would
be okay, and that she was wrong about him and he did feel something for her.
She wanted him to kiss her again, because then she would know that what had
happened between them last night hadn’t been a lie and she wasn’t the only one
who felt something.
The look in
his eyes said it couldn’t be though. He had emphasised ‘must’. While it warmed
her to know that he didn’t want to leave her, the knowledge that he was going
to left her cold at the same time.
“What’s
happening?” She couldn’t let him go without knowing. She wasn’t sure what she
was asking about. What was happening between them or what was happening in the
world and why did it involve her?
He closed
his eyes, sighed, and then met hers again.
“I only
know that it is my destiny to protect you.”
Read the first five chapters of Her
Guardian Angel at my website, or find out where to buy: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Guardian%20Angel
I hope
you’ve enjoyed this excerpt and that it has intrigued you enough that you want
to find out more about the series and the books, and that you’ll follow me on
my Paranormal Pandemonium 2011 Blog Tour so you can learn more about the
characters, the series and the books, and participate in the giveaways. You can
find out my tour dates at my website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/paranormal-pandemonium-blog-tour.php
If you want to know more about me, or want to get in touch, you can find me at the following places:
My website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/feheaton
Twitter: http://twitter.com/felicityheaton
Goodreads:http://www.goodreads.com/felicityheaton***************************
Now back to me lol. Thank you so much Felicity that was an amazing read. Now all my lovely followers Felicity is going to be giving one lucky person a copy of Her Warrior Angel plus signed book cover postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet and coaster. Wow I so wish i could enter this my self. lol.
So here's what you have to do.
1, Be a follower
2, Leave a comment with ya email address
Yes its that simple.winners will be announced tomorrow, so what are you waiting for .
Oh great post !!! loved Her Guardian Angel !! Marcus !!!!! swoon... Im going to have to Harasse my author lady for a coaster of Her warrior angel I think !! Thanks for the great giveaway !!
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That was great. I really loved reading that book, it made me cry so damn much. *sniff*
ReplyDeleteIf that excerpt is any indication that book is going to rock! Can't wait to read it and I really hope I win it so I can read it lol
ReplyDeleteleanne_gag[at]hotmail[dot]com
This series sounds intriguing!! I haven't read Felicity's work yet. Going look for it on my Nook & add it to my wishlist!! Thanks for sharing!!
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thanks ladies.
ReplyDeleteLeanne thats not from the book thats been given away.
Oh these covers make me all shiveryyyy. Thanks for the giveaway...oh wait, is it international?
ReplyDeleteShouldn't have read the excerpt, because now I can't continue reading lol. As I've mentioned before...need to get started on this series asap. :-)
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GFC: _yay_
I love the covers, but haven't read any of the books...would love to read them though, they both sound like fantastic reads! mslowman@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteit is international. :)
ReplyDeleteI have been following this tour a bit, and I have to say that I really want to read the angel romance series! Thanks so much for the guest post and the contest! Looking forward to reading the books :) Book Savvy Babe
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I loved the excerpt and the cover is very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
GFC follower as Diana
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Loved the post:)
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Thank you for the exclusive excerpt. Loved it.
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Woot woot. Would love to win this!!!
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Jodie @ Riverina Romantics
Awesome giveaway! Thanks for a great post Felicity!
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