I will be signing in Central Park, New York...Yah!!!

If you're in NYC this weekend and feel like a walk through Central Park, come on down and say hello. I'll be signing copies of my books at the Resplendence Publishing tables.

Here are the details:

Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The 2008 New York Book Festival
be held in front of the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park
 New York, New York
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The bandshell is located just east of the Bethesda Fountain.

I hope to see you there!

Lyn

Yah, I have finally finished the third book in the Celtic series, HEART OF A WARLOCK.

I must say this one gave me a challenge. It has four alternate endings that I had trouble deciding on. LOL.

Here is a little insight to Heart of a Warlock...

Exiled by the king and shunned by her clan, Lady Alayne Duncan found herself at the mercy of an evil sorceress. If she does not seduce a noble Celtic warlock and kidnap his niece, then the sorceress will kill Alayne’s sister.

Laird Callum Roberts is a Celtic warlock bent on vengeance against the sorceress and finding his captured father. But when he finds a lass on an alter, ready to be sacrificed by the sorceress, he must waylaid his mission to save the girl. Although rescuing the mysterious damsel was becoming a habit he did not have time for, he could not resist his heart’s desires to possess the woman destined to be the “chosen one”.

I can't wait to write the fourth book, LADY OF THE MOUNTAIN. I have already started on the first chapter. Secrets are going to finally be revealed in this novel. Secrets like... whatever happened to Laird Phillip Roberts after he was captured by the evil sorceress? Where has she been hiding him?

You'll have to wait until October to find out.

Check out the new review I got on The Last Celtic Witch by Joyfully Reviewed.

When visions of a painful death continually haunt Adela, she recognizes her days are numbered and must act quickly to find a man that will provide her with a child that will inherit her magical powers.  Casting her spell, she is led to a handsome and irresistible chieftain who is more than willing to fulfill her needs. 

Although his feelings for Adela are heartfelt, there is unrest in the land and Phillip knows the only way to attain peace is by making a marriage alliance with Lady Torella.  But Lady Torella is not what she seems to be.  An evil witch hungry for power, Torella is determined to eliminate Adela and break the agreement of peace between the two clans.  Will it be too late to stop the treacherous witch?

The Last Celtic Witch is a magical and gripping tale of good versus evil.  Alliances, treachery, love and smoking hot sex scenes make this story intriguing, seizing the reader’s attention from start to finish.  A very well crafted plot and as the first book in Ms. Armstrong series, The Last Celtic Witch is impressive and the author did a good job dazzling this reader with its magical charm.  I anxiously await the arrival of her next offering and can only hope to be charmed once again.

Reviewer: Little Sunshine

JoyfullyReviewed.com

Okay, let's continue the ghostly saga of my weekend. When we left off yesterday, I had a lady ghost touch me in the middle of the night, waking me up with chills.

My friend, Leigh really wanted to find a ghost and have it touch her. So paranormal romance writer, Tara Greenbaum, Leigh and I used special equipment to record ghostly experiences. Late at night, it was quiet in the small and dark town. An eerie coldness crept into the night air as we walked around the deserted streets. After finding odd cold spots, we walked toward the edge of town, into a darkened park.

It was so odd. We were told not to go into the trees or to leave the town's edge, but we wanted to see what was out there.

The single lamp in the park flicked off, completing the spooky feel. By taking only a few steps into the park, the temperature dropped about 50 degrees.

We then went back to the hotel and took some photos and tried to record EVP's (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that could not heard by the human ears. Sitting down in the dark parlor, Leigh saw a short black shadow run past the window behind my head. But other than that, we didn't feel anything around us.

So off to bed we went.

I heard a tap, tap on the wall next to me, which made me jump. Because we were on the 2nd story floor and the other side of the wall was outside. Then I crawled into bed and heard scratching noises that Leigh also heard. But then it stopped. 

After settling in bed, I went to sleep. A few hours later I woke from a humming noise in my ear that sounded like a plane flying really close. But it wasn't. Then I felt something touch me, sending icy chills up my arm. I woke up and said, "Hello".

Sitting up I shook Leigh awake and told her there was a child in the room. I asked the child to come forward and touch my friend. Leigh put her hands out and then felt the same sensation as I did. At last she had contact.

We had bubble wrap in our room and the child began to pop the bubbles. The spirit was fascinated with it. For hours the ghostly child popped those bubbles. Since I wasn't going to get any sleep, I got up and digged out more bubble wrap, but this time, the bubbles were huge, so the sound would be louder.

I put it on the chair and went back to bed. After a couple of minutes I heard.

Pop, pop, pop. It was so cute.

The next morning the owner told us a little girl has been seen waundering the halls looking for her mother. I'm thinking, she had fun in our room the night before.

All in all, Cassadanga was an incredible experince. One I am willing to visit again and again. Next time I want to visit one of the mediums.

Lyn

Hearing and seeing ghosts is something that is not new to me, so when my publisher from Resplendence, Leigh Collet, asked me to stay at a haunted hotel at Cassadanga, Florida with her, I thought what the heck. It should be fun. 

Cassadanga is a small country town filled with mediums, psychics and spiritualists, so the energies were incredible. A huge fan of ghost hunting, Leigh had all the equipment to seek out the spirit world and record their exsistance scientifically. A human beacon for earth-bound spirits, she knew I would draw them to me, and would have a greater chance of an encounter with me on her team. With two other paranormal romance authors, we walked around the old town, experiencing and seeing shadows in the woods and amongst the old houses.

We didn't have long to wait before the spirits started to find us. The first night, it was 6am when I was sleeping on the ground on a mattress when I heard a rustling of petticoats beside me come out of the bathroom. Since the other girls were in bed on the other side of the room, I knew that when the heavy skirt touched my leg, an icy chill went through my veins, along with a loud ringing in my right ear, that a ghost was standing over me. Even though I have been touched by ghosts before, you never really get used to the deathly chill that lingers long after their presence leaves. Athough, I did not look up, I felt a lady lean over me as if to say, "What are you doing on the ground?"

I whispered to her to leave me, cause I really needed to sleep and her energies were keeping me awake. She respectfully left. I sat up and the other girls sat up too. I asked them if they felt the lady, but they said no. Only heard me whispering. Leigh was upset that no ghosts came too.

The next day, the owner told us that was a ghostly figure of a lady was seen walking into the rooms with towels. Her skirts had petticoats like in the early 1900's. I figured it was her, coming to check on the occupants and found me on the floor.

The next night, we decided to go further into our investigation. Leigh was determined to see a ghost and have one touch her. Come back tomorrow to read what happened when another ghost visited us in the middle of the night...and did not leave.

Lyn

I'm so excited. The second book in the Celtic series, THE CELTIC WITCH AND THE SORCERER has just be put on Amazon.com in print. Yah!!!

This book follows the first one, The Last Celtic Witch.

Just click on the title and it will link you to Amazon.com.

THE LAST CELTIC WITCH - book 1

THE CELTIC WITCH AND THE SORCERER - book 2

Happy reading.

Lyn

xoxo

What are ebooks, you ask? No, it is not erotic books, although I love those too. LOL.

Ebooks are electronic version of a book that you can download onto your computer from a publisher’s website. What I like most about ebooks is that they are the greenest way to read. They are environmentally friendly because they don’t need paper, ink or energy for production and shipping. It’s all done over the internet.

And, for readers who like instant gratification, you can download a book within minutes and start to read immediately. Plus, ebooks are a fraction of the cost of a printed book. Yah!!!

I have an e-reader which allows you to download the book from your computer onto a handheld device which is the size of a book. E-readers can hold hundreds of books, instead of having to store them on your bookshelf at home.

Okay, I must admit, I still love the printed novel, but I am all for the convenience of taking loads of ebooks with me when I travel with the light weight of a e-reader.

Try an ebook today, whether you have an e-reader or just would like to read a book on your computer. It is super easy to do.

For one of my ebooks in the Celtic series click on the title.

Book 1 THE LAST CELTIC WITCH

Book 2 THE CELTIC WITCH AND THE SORCERER

Have fun!

Lyn

For those romance readers and writers who love to cruise, this is a great opportunity to meet your fav authors and go on a crusie to the Caribbean. Florida Romance Writers are holding their conference onboard the beautiful Navigator of the Seas. You'll be surprised at how inexpesive this conference is, and it has a great line up of wonderful authors signing their books along with excellent workshops.

So get your passports ready and get ready to sail...

on the RCCL's Navigator of the Seas
for the FRW Fun in the Sun Conference
sailing from Ft. Lauderdale
January 22nd - 24th, 2009.

Space is going fast.
Visit www.FRWriters.org today for details.

See you there!

Lyn

Tina Holland's titles:

Books

The Pilot And The Pin-Up

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Tina Holland
ISBN 1-59578-176-5
Purchase this title now from Liquid Silver Books !

Former pinup model, Sydney Wagner, is about to fulfill her life-long dream of publishing her first novel. Attending a writer’s conference in Kansas City is more play than work. Fate factors in, when her car blows a tire on the way to the conference.

Pilot and entrepreneur, Peter Kane, notices a car on the side of the road and isn’t about to pass up the chance to help a stranded motorist, especially, one as sexy as Sydney Wagner. But can he deal with hot-then-cool attitude, or her tawdry past?

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Last virgin in vegas

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Tina Holland
ISBN 1-59578-275-3
Purchase this title now from Liquid Silver Books !

Every man dreams of two women in his bed, right? So why does Lance Lott's life seem less than perfect, since he and his long-time girlfriend Sydney slept with Gwen McIver?

Lance can't stop obsessing about Gwen and he's trying to get a new casino project off the ground. Things wouldn't be so bad if he didn't have to deal with his former-showgirl turned match-making mother - who is screaming for him to give up his architecture business and become a magician. What's an architect to do when all he has designs on is his lover's best friend?

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OF FLESH AND BLOOD - featuring DEALING WITH THE DEAD

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Anthology
Tina Holland
Purchase this title now from Liquid Silver Books !

In the futuristic locale of Sin Vegas, things go bump in the night. Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies – OH MY. Humans are rare and remain in hiding. Melissa and her clan have found a way to survive. Possession. Melissa is a Passage – allowing herself to be possessed by earthbound souls.

Drake Vermillion is a vampire looking for a quick bite. Instead he finds Melissa, but when she turns ice-cold before the first taste, Drake is intrigued rather than fearful of the huntress. Melissa may normally hunt creatures of the night, but she makes an exception when Drake offers her the one thing she can’t refuse – Help for her clan. Trusting a vampire, killing zombies, and being possessed by ghosts are all part of Dealing with the Dead.

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I would like to thank Tina Holland for blogging with me this week. I hope you all enjoyed reading about this exceptional author.

Next week I will be back to blogging and posting giveaways. So stay tuned.

Lyn

xoxo