Strength Blog Tour: Guest Post, Excerpt & Giveaway

Hey everyone! I'm very excited to share with you guys a wonderful new author! Her name is Carrie Butler and she's the author of Strength a paranormal romance that's also got a hint of New Adult.  It's exciting, suspenseful, has great characters *cough* like Gabby and Cole *cough* and a sweet romance to go along with it.  You guys know I love my romance whether it's sweet or erotic or dark or...well you get the picture!  And holy hotness! Have you seen the cover??!! YUM-O!!

I also have an exclusive email from Gabby to Rena and a giveaway!! So stay tuned and get acquainted with this awesome author and her book Strength. 
  

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Title: STRENGTH
Series: Mark of Nexus - Book 1
Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing
Category: New Adult (NA)
Genre: Paranormal Romance (PNR)
Release Date: March 07, 2013
Formats: E-Book & Paperback
Paperback ISBN: 9781938404351
E-book ISBN: 9781938404368

 Synopsis::

When college student Rena Collins finds herself nose-to-chest with the campus outcast, her rumor-laced notions are shattered. Handsome, considerate, and seemingly sane, Wallace Blake doesn’t look like he spends his nights alone, screaming and banging on the walls of his dorm room. Hell, he doesn’t look like he spends his nights alone, period.

Too curious for her own good, Rena vows to uncover the truth behind Wallace’s madman reputation—and how two seconds of contact had left her with bruises. Of course, there are a few setbacks along the way: guilt, admiration, feelings of the warm and fuzzy variety…

Not to mention the unwanted attention of Wallace's powerful, supernaturally-gifted family.

They’re a bloodline divided by opposing ideals, two soon-to-be warring factions that live in secret among us. When Rena ends up caught in their crossfire, Wallace has no choice but to save her by using his powers. Now they’re really in trouble. With war on the horizon and Rena’s life in the balance, he needs to put some distance between them. But Rena won’t let go. If fighting is what it takes to prove her own strength and keep Wallace in her life, then that’s what she’ll do—even if it means risking a whole lot more than her heart.

I know! It sounds sooo good and believe me, it doesn't disappoint.  I'll be posting my review of Strength soon.

 

After the screaming subsided and the noises stopped, I took a deep breath and pounded on the door again—mentally preparing myself for another bout of waiting. It wasn’t like I had anywhere to go. Gabby was still occupying the room downstairs. I had all the time in the world.

Not that he’d ever answer the freakin’ door.

I was about to retreat to my spot on the sofa, when the door jerked open with a barely-perceptible whoosh of air. My hair fanned at the abrupt vacuum, and I swallowed, feeling everything I’d planned to say disappear with a single glance. “Wallace…”

It looked like he’d just escaped a brutal assault, leaving half of his face swollen, red, and glistening with sweat—his left eyelid lowered at half-mast. “What?” he snapped, swiping the back of his wrist under his nose.

“I…I…” My voice jumped an octave. “Are you okay?”

His narrowed, unfocused gaze met mine. “I’m fine.”

He didn’t look fine. He looked dead.

“I just thought I heard something and wanted to check on you.” My adrenaline fed off of his fearsome exterior, burning my legs with the desire to run. It was like meeting the manifestation of our fears for the first time. He seemed so different from last night. “I-Is there someone with you?”

His austere features darkened, and he shifted from one side to the other. “Sure you wanna ask the crazy guy?”

Ouch. Okay, I deserved that.

He gripped the doorknob and tilted his chin, looking past me. “How about you?”

I turned as Aiden paled and backed away. “N-No,” he sputtered. “I-I mean you’re not crazy. You’re just…” He rubbed his hands on his pants. “Sorry, she just gets worried about…stuff.” Swallowing hard, he jerked his head toward his own door in a gesture for us to go. “We’ll leave you alone now.”

My heart raced. I was petrified, but my mind was reeling with possibilities. If I left, I’d have to forego what little ground I had already gained. Was it worth it? I couldn’t just spout idealistic lectures and then punk out when it came down to it, could I?

“Look, I just wanted to see if you were okay.” Also, please don’t hurt us.

“Well, you’ve done your good deed for the day.” Wallace stepped back and started to close the door. “You’ll sleep well tonight.”

“Wait! That’s not what I—”

“Goodnight.” He shut the door with a soft click.

Hey check it out! Here's an email I happened along from Gabby to Rena...Ok, so some minor hacking and snooping was involved. I may have implanted a tiny love letter to Cole in there also! Hopefully it gets to him and they don't get too mad at me and hunt me down.

from: Gabriela Hernandez
to: Rena Collins
date: Mon, January 7, 2013 at 11:37 PM
subject: Madman

Ree,

I totally saw "tall, dark, and sexy" on my way to class this morning! He didn't look very happy to see me, though. You think he's mad?

xoxo,
Gabby

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from: Rena Collins to: Gabriela Hernandez date: Mon, January 7, 2013 at 11:41 PM subject: Re: Madman

At you? No.

Rena

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from: Gabriela Hernandez
to: Rena Collins
date: Mon, January 7, 2013 at 11:43 PM
subject: Re: Madman

Uh oh. I knew you were holding out on me! What happened?

xoxo,
Gabby

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from: Rena Collins to: Gabriela Hernandez date: Mon, January 7, 2013 at 11:44 PM subject: Re: Madman You know I'm in class, right? Every time Professor CrankyPants takes a breath, I'm back here typing away. Not suspicious at all... Anyway, remember the rumors about Wallace hulking out in his room every night? Yeah, turns out they're true. I went over to check on him while I was at Aiden's, and he blew me off! Rena ------------------------------------------------------------------------ from: Gabriela Hernandez to: Rena Collins date: Mon, January 7, 2013 at 11:46 PM subject: Re: Madman Eek. Sounds like you need to have a talk with that boy. And by "a talk," I mean an intimate discussion. And by "an intimate discussion," I mean sex. Yum. <3 br="" class="kix-line-break"> xoxo, Gabby ------------------------------------------------------------------------ from: Rena Collins to: Gabriela Hernandez date: Mon, January 7, 2013 at 11:54 PM subject: Re: Re: Re: Madman

...Right. And that's the end of that discussion.

Rena

P.S. Don't forget to save me a seat at lunch. Tater Tot Monday, FTW!

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Carrie daydreamed her way through college—until they thrust a marketing degree into her hands, slapped a summa cum laude seal on the corner, and booted her out into a less-than-stellar job market. Instead of panicking at the prospect of unemployment, she used her Midwestern logic to steer into the skid and point her life in the direction she really wanted to go: writing out those daydreams.