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Happy Howl-oween! Welcome to the Snarkology blog hop
December 1, 2016
I’m thrilled to once again be part of this fantastic blog hop, where each blog has its own prize, and then there are grand prizes including two $100 gift cards and two $50 gift cards. Click on the graphic above or link below for the landing page for the hop.
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This year I decided to go for something different for my post. Part of the fun of dressing up for Halloween is getting to pretend you’re something you’re not. So what if you got to add a paranormal date to your costume?
Yep, it’s time to figure out who would suit you best – a vampire, wizard, elve, or shifter.
Who did you end up with? Comment below for a chance to win a $10 gift card to Amazon, B&N, or iBooks. Or, if you give me the info, to the local bookseller of your choice. I do prefer to support the little guys when possible.
And as a bonus treat for you, my first Lycanthropy Files book The Mountain’s Shadow is on sale for 99 cents through Halloween. If you’ve been curious about the series, this is a great time to jump in.
Some mistakes can literally come back to bite you.
The Lycanthropy Files, Book 1
First it was ADD. Then pediatric bipolar. Now the hot behavioral disorder in children is CLS, or Chronic Lycanthropy Syndrome. Public health researcher Joanie Fisher was closing in on the cause in hopes of finding a treatment until a lab fire and an affair with her boss left her without a job.
When her grandfather leaves her his multimillion-dollar estate in the Ozarks, though, she figures her luck is turning around. Except her inheritance comes with complications: town children who disappear during full moons, an irresistible butler, and a pack of werewolves who can’t seem to decide whether to frighten her or flirt with her.
Joanie’s research is the key to unraveling the mysteries of Wolfsbane Manor. However, resuming her work means facing painful truths about her childhood, which could result in the loss of love, friendship, and the only true family she has left.
Warning: Some sexy scenes, although nothing explicit, and adult language. Also alcohol consumption and food descriptions that may wreck your diet.
Excerpt:
At three o’clock I was wide awake. Sure, I felt like someone had hit me over the head with a wine bottle, but something had awakened me, and for once it wasn’t the usual nightmare. Although at that time of night, it seemed like bad dreams couldn’t be too far away. No, it had to be something else, something external. I listened and discerned voices coming from outside. For a moment, I dismissed it as the usual hubbub outside my apartment, but then I jerked fully awake. I was at my grandfather’s manor in the middle of nowhere, Arkansas. The only people in the house were me, Lonna and the butler.
I put on my robe and slippers and tiptoed down the hall and stairs. My feet remembered the location of the creaky boards and avoided them. Instead of going through the front door, I crept through the kitchen and out the side door to the small kitchen garden.
The almost full moon illuminated the lawn and surrounding trees with weird shadows. I paused and crouched behind a hedge and tried to still the beating of my heart so my ears could pick up the voices again.
“Let Ronan make the kill,” one of them, a female argued. The voice sounded familiar. I peeked through the shrubs and saw a pack of wolves too large to be Arkansas red wolves or coyotes. Two of them, the largest and smallest, were black, and they were accompanied by a silver wolf and a golden one. They circled a deer, the animal’s eyes wide with fear at having been driven out into the open and surrounded by predators.
“He’s messy.”
“He’s young,” another replied.
Talking wolves? Am I dreaming? I shut my eyes and opened them after a few seconds. Nope, still there.
“I don’t know, guys. We shouldn’t be here.”
“The old man always let us hunt here. Why should now be different?”
“His granddaughter—”
“Is a flat-chested, elf-faced ivory-tower academic who won’t even know we’ve been here.” It was the female’s voice again. “If you’re careful, Ronan.”
The golden wolf lunged at the deer but misjudged its angle, and two of the others leapt aside as the animal crashed through their circle, hooves flying.
“We’ve got to figure out how real wolves do this,” panted the silver one as they took chase.
Real wolves? I shook my head. It was too incredible. What were these things? And what did my grandfather have to do with them?
I waited five or ten minutes to make sure they wouldn’t come back and staggered to my feet, my head still reeling from what I’d just witnessed. Especially the last comment by the gray wolf. If they weren’t real wolves, what were they?
“Amazing night, isn’t it?”
The voice shocked me, and I wheeled around. For a moment, it sounded like my grandfather, and I was transported back in time to my childhood as he and I stood on the balcony and found constellations. I was never good at it, my brain already bent to the reality of math and science rather than fanciful creatures in the stars.
A flicker of flame and then the smoldering ash of the end of a cigarette brought me back to the present. I coughed.
“Thought I’d light up while you thought about your answer.”
Leonard Bowman stood there, leaves stuck to his sweater and jeans. The light of his cigarette and the moon flickered in his dark eyes.
“What are you doing here?”
He raised an eyebrow. “I could ask you the same question.”
“It’s my grandfather’s house.”
No answer, just a long stream of smoke.
“It’s my house,” I finally said. The words felt awkward on my tongue, and I became aware I was standing in my nightshirt and boxers in a flimsy robe on a cool night. I shivered.
“So your lawyer says.”
I tried my best imitation of a Gabriel shrug. Leonard smiled and dropped the cigarette, which extinguished with a hiss in the dew-damp grass.
“So do you always lurk in the bushes of your own house?”
My cheeks burned with the flush that crept up my neck. “Not always. Sometimes I lurk in the trees.”
“I’d be careful if I were you, then.” A smile flickered across his lips, but his eyes remained serious. “You never know what might be in the woods around here.”
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So, is your ideal Halloween date a vampire, wizard, elve, or shifter? Tell me your result in the comments for a chance to win a $10 gift card! Thanks so much for stopping by, and don’t forget to hop along to the other participating sites.
91 comments on “Happy Howl-oween! Welcome to the Snarkology blog hop”
Beth Caudill
October 25, 2016 at 11:21 pmMy match is a wizard
rediseult@gmail.com
October 26, 2016 at 1:50 amGreat! Do you feel like it fits?
Thanks for stopping by!
Catherine
October 27, 2016 at 7:28 amMy match is a shifter.That is not too bad,because I love most animals.I can’t say the same thing about humans😊
Krystal A
October 26, 2016 at 2:37 amMy match is an elf!
tena
October 26, 2016 at 4:27 amMy match would be a shifter
Bonnie
October 26, 2016 at 10:42 amMine was a Wizard.
Diana Tidlund
October 26, 2016 at 1:06 pmmine was If your score is 8-15… You’d totally sign up for that “I wish I’d gone to Hogwarts” dating site and find your own wizard.
You see the potential for magic in everything, and your ideal mate feels the same. Magic is not only being, but doing, and wizards will come up with that “your friends won’t believe this” gesture. The downside: they’re always thinking about ten things at once, and you might not be the priority if they’re puzzling over some tricky problem or spell. On the other hand, when that intense attention is on you and making you happy, there’s no comparison to the normal mortal’s version of romance. Just watch out if they want to make a commitment – your mother-in-law might literally be a witch.
Elizabeth S
October 26, 2016 at 1:15 pmMy match is a wizard. Sounds safer then a few other options…
rediseult@gmail.com
October 26, 2016 at 1:56 pmLOL, I agree. 🙂 Thanks for participating!
Sherrie Messier
October 26, 2016 at 3:13 pmVampire as I have always been fascinated.
Jana Leah
October 26, 2016 at 3:58 pmElf. This was fun & cute. Thanks for the chance.
Cassie
October 26, 2016 at 5:23 pmShifter
Amanda Patterson
October 26, 2016 at 6:50 pmI got wizard! I was hoping for either wizard or elve so I am happy with the results!
Brooke Banks
October 26, 2016 at 7:41 pmMy number is 8, so I guess I can get a vamp or a wizard? Works for me! I like having choices 😀
I love the quiz, such a neat idea!
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Alyssa Weinzapfel
October 26, 2016 at 8:31 pmMy match was a wizard
Misty Dawn
October 26, 2016 at 8:50 pmHi, mine was a wizard. Thank you and Happy Halloween!
Amy Burkhart
October 26, 2016 at 10:59 pmMine was an elve lol who knew!
Peaches
October 26, 2016 at 11:03 pmWizard all the way and the description fits! This was different a quite lot of fun. Thank you! And thanks for the chance too.
Christy
October 26, 2016 at 11:23 pmMy match is an elf
Nancy Burgess
October 26, 2016 at 11:51 pmMy match was a Wizard.Thanks for the fun game!
Brandy Witosky
October 26, 2016 at 11:58 pmElse. Nice
Christine Bean
October 27, 2016 at 12:26 amI was hoping for a shifter, but I was matched with an elf.
Debra Lamey
October 27, 2016 at 1:19 amMy match is a wizard. Magic is everywhere.
Pamela Dasilva
October 27, 2016 at 2:07 amMine was a elf
Crystal Cox
October 27, 2016 at 3:18 amMy match is an Elf. Thank you that was fun and Happy Halloween.
Penny Olson
October 27, 2016 at 3:33 amMy match was a wizard. Fun quiz! Thanks for participating in the hop!
missbobloblaw
October 27, 2016 at 5:15 amMy match is a Wizard! 🙂
Shannon Coley
October 27, 2016 at 5:31 amMy match was an Elf!
Lynn Johnson
October 27, 2016 at 6:19 amMy match is a wizard! Thank you for the chance. <3
Nikolina
October 27, 2016 at 9:54 amYou’re getting back to nature with a little elven love. lol
Melissa Jones-Carigo
October 27, 2016 at 12:50 pmMy score was 14,which matched me with a Wizard. That’s pretty cool…I’d rather have been matched with a lycanthrope lover!
Amber M
October 27, 2016 at 3:06 pmMy match is a wizard. 🙂
Cassandra Hyden
October 27, 2016 at 3:21 pmMy match was a vampire which since I’m obsessed with them seems to fit me perfectly.
Robin Smith
October 27, 2016 at 3:46 pmNeat questionaire my score was 17 which corresponded to an elf. I like tall dark and handsome so that would work. Thanks for the chance.
Sandy Brown
October 27, 2016 at 4:04 pmMy match is Vampire. This was fun. TY
Josie Lee
October 27, 2016 at 4:24 pmI got the Elves.. I got 19.. it is pretty cool. thank you for the game.
DebraG
October 27, 2016 at 4:50 pmMy match was a wizard as well. I would like that.
elizabeth miller
October 27, 2016 at 5:43 pmMine Was: mine was If your score is 8-15… You’d totally sign up for that “I wish I’d gone to Hogwarts” dating site and find your own wizard.
You see the potential for magic in everything, and your ideal mate feels the same. Magic is not only being, but doing, and wizards will come up with that “your friends won’t believe this” gesture. The downside: they’re always thinking about ten things at once, and you might not be the priority if they’re puzzling over some tricky problem or spell. On the other hand, when that intense attention is on you and making you happy, there’s no comparison to the normal mortal’s version of romance. Just watch out if they want to make a commitment – your mother-in-law might literally be a witch.
crystal standridge
October 27, 2016 at 5:45 pmMine is Elven.
Debra Hall
October 27, 2016 at 6:27 pmIf your score is 16-27… You’re getting back to nature with a little elven love.
Vicki Wurgler
October 27, 2016 at 6:52 pmmy match is a wizard
Anne
October 27, 2016 at 6:53 pmElf, hmmmm.
Riley Moreland
October 27, 2016 at 7:27 pmElf for me. Must be my love of trees.
Rhonda Laney
October 27, 2016 at 8:09 pmElvin I never. Knew now I will look for one
Sharon Chalk
October 27, 2016 at 8:25 pmmy match was a wizard which was what I was hoping for so maybe there is something to this quiz lol
Shelley G
October 27, 2016 at 9:00 pmYou’d totally sign up for that “I wish I’d gone to Hogwarts” dating site and find your own wizard.
You see the potential for magic in everything, and your ideal mate feels the same. Magic is not only being, but doing, and wizards will come up with that “your friends won’t believe this” gesture. The downside: they’re always thinking about ten things at once, and you might not be the priority if they’re puzzling over some tricky problem or spell. On the other hand, when that intense attention is on you and making you happy, there’s no comparison to the normal mortal’s version of romance. Just watch out if they want to make a commitment – your mother-in-law might literally be a witch.
Terry Poage
October 27, 2016 at 9:06 pmMy match is a Wizard.
Trudy Dowling
October 27, 2016 at 9:52 pmI need to go to Hogwarts and meet the wizard of my dreams
mechelle
October 27, 2016 at 10:38 pmMine was a wizard.
Mary Preston
October 27, 2016 at 10:50 pmIt;s a wizard for me. Perfect!!
Heather Vaksdal
October 27, 2016 at 11:18 pmMy match was elve. I was surprised.
Deborah
October 28, 2016 at 12:12 amMy match was a wizard-fairly accurate and still scored close to vampire
Tonya Bigger
October 28, 2016 at 12:37 amMy match was a wizard. That makes some since I do like reading about magic sometimes and my mother in law is really a witch!! Lol!!
rediseult@gmail.com
October 28, 2016 at 12:53 amBetween you, me, & the internet – so is mine. 😉
Andrea McParland
October 28, 2016 at 1:14 amMy match was an elf. Surprising… I was thinking it would be a shifter!
sandra
October 28, 2016 at 2:09 amsays i’d go for a wizard
CG Phillips
October 28, 2016 at 3:01 amMy match is a wizard which totally fits because I love stories with magic, especially fairy tales. 😄
RITA ADAMSONS
October 28, 2016 at 4:12 amMy match is Wizard.
Daniel M
October 28, 2016 at 4:34 amtook the quiz and got vampire
Cynthia Powers
October 28, 2016 at 7:00 amWizard for me, but I was hoping for a shifter or vampire. Oh well. I can totally dig the concentration aspect…
Claudia
October 28, 2016 at 8:51 amMy match is elve. I would prefer a Bear shifter, LOL!
Teri G
October 28, 2016 at 10:58 amMine is a vampire. I’m a natural night owl 🙂 Thank you for the chance to win and for being part of the Hop. Your book sounds great!
rediseult@gmail.com
October 28, 2016 at 6:05 pmThanks, Teri! I hope you enjoy it.
Shelly Barber
October 28, 2016 at 9:29 pmI wind up with a vampire. Which is OK because im a night owl
Melissa Williams
October 28, 2016 at 11:31 pmElven love
Alisha Sienkiel
October 28, 2016 at 11:45 pmMy match is an Elf. Lol
Cristene Mankasingh
October 29, 2016 at 12:15 amMy match is an Elve
Jennifer Roethke
October 29, 2016 at 5:08 pmMy match is a wizard. I like it as long as he’s as hot as Lucius Malfoy but not evil. Lol
Casi McLean
October 29, 2016 at 6:55 pmElves! Not what I had in mind, but whatever fits…lol. What a wonderful post and fun game. Very unique!
rediseult@gmail.com
October 30, 2016 at 12:58 amThank you, Case! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Lisa Walker
October 29, 2016 at 8:12 pmI got 11 so my match is a wizard. Perfect!
Donna LaValley
October 29, 2016 at 8:58 pmMy match is a Vampire.
wendy rinebold
October 29, 2016 at 9:43 pmI am a wolf shifter!
bn100
October 29, 2016 at 11:26 pmwizard
Kristi Van Howling
October 30, 2016 at 12:50 amMy match is an Elve
Sharon Guagliardo
October 30, 2016 at 2:53 amI got 15 and my match is a Wizard!!
Valerie Miller
October 30, 2016 at 4:04 amIf your score is 20… You’re getting back to nature with a little elven love.
Wendy Caddy
October 30, 2016 at 4:11 amMy match is a Wizard. Sounds good to me.
joy f
October 30, 2016 at 5:06 amVampire.
Minna
October 30, 2016 at 7:15 amMy match is an elf.
Dovile
October 30, 2016 at 2:57 pmScored 9, that’s a wizard, but also almost a vampire, so… a dark wizard?:)
Catherine Maguire
October 31, 2016 at 2:17 amMy match is a elf.
Wendy Beck
October 31, 2016 at 3:05 amI’m matched with an elf. <3
Jeanna Massman
October 31, 2016 at 8:31 amI’d date the Vampire!
Katie
October 31, 2016 at 6:02 pmMy match is a wizard!
Lori Shore
October 31, 2016 at 6:55 pmMy match was a wizard, I loooove magic!
Michelle Willms
October 31, 2016 at 9:29 pmIt appears a wizard is my best match. That was great fun. Thanks for finding something interesting for us to play with. Your book sounds great. I no longer remember if you need contact information, but I’ll provide it, just in case: michelle_willms at yahoo dot com
rediseult@gmail.com
October 31, 2016 at 9:42 pmThank you, Michelle! I was definitely trying for something different.
tiago rosado
October 31, 2016 at 11:30 pmYour score is… 12 so:
If your score is 8-15… You’d totally sign up for that “I wish I’d gone to Hogwarts” dating site and find your own wizard.
Pamk
November 1, 2016 at 3:43 amMy match was a wizard. Kind of knew that lol.
rediseult@gmail.com
November 2, 2016 at 9:17 pmGreetings, all! Thank you SO MUCH for playing the quiz and leaving your results. I’m sorry I couldn’t respond to everyone – I was out of town for a conference and then vacation.
The winner of the $10 gift card is Christene Mankasingh. Congratulations!