Giveaway from author Jennifer Turner (including a $50 GC. Winner's choice!)

Recently we've had the pleasure of featuring author Jennifer Turner's Darkness Within novels on our blog. It's a really great dark paranormal romance series and for fans of the genre, it's one you'll want to check out. For more you can check out Stephanie's review of Eternal Seduction and Eternal Hearts. Here is a excert from Eternal Hearts, the latest release in the series.


Toni jerked awake to the sound of the hotel phone screaming at her just as the last sliver of light faded from the sky. She sat up and cast a quick glance over the suite then frowned. A rather nice fixture of the room was missing…but the lights were on now, so maybe he hadn’t gone far.

She rubbed her eyes when the phone screeched again. Who would be calling her so early in the night? She rolled over to the nightstand and picked up the receiver. “Yeah?”

“Good Morning, Miss Tutoro,” a cheery, English voice greeted her from the other end.

She couldn’t help but smile. “Hi, Robert. How are you?”

“I’m fine Miss, and yourself?

She wrinkled her nose. “I’m good, but you can call me Toni, Robert. Miss Tutoro makes me feel all old and stiff.”

“Very well, Toni. I shall do my best to remember that.”

“So, what’s up?”

“I’m actually phoning to inform you that your meeting with Lord Locke has been postponed until tomorrow evening. Unfortunately, some business has come up which requires his immediate and undivided attention.”

She frowned. “Is everything okay?”

“I’m sorry Miss…Toni. I’m not at liberty to discuss city affairs with you at this time. I do hope you understand.”

“I understand,” she said as she twisted her index finger into the spirals of the phone cord. “I guess I’ll just show up at his office tomorrow night then. Should I be there at Midnight?”

“That would be perfect. In the interim, Christian says that if you’d like to venture outside the confines of your suite, you may do so, but only if you are accompanied by Drake. Since a final decision hasn’t been made with regard to the duration of your stay, he wishes there to be no trouble. Do you find his terms acceptable?”

A slow smile tugged at her mouth. “Yeah, that works for me.”

“Excellent. Do you require anything else for your room?”

She looked around again. “Unless you can tell me where Drake went, I’m all good up here.”

Robert’s warm laughter filled her ear. “Check the bathroom, my dear. He has more use for it than most.”

She eyed the closed bathroom door. More use for it than most? What did he mean by that? “Uh…okay. Was that all you needed to tell me?”

“Yes, Miss. I won’t keep you any longer.”

“Well, if you need me, you know where I am. Have a nice night, Rob.”

“Thank you, Toni. You have a good night, too.”

Toni sighed as she set the phone back on its base. Robert was smiling when he told her to have a good night; she could sense it through the phone, which felt wonderful since she couldn’t remember the last time she woke up and heard a happy voice.

Maybe coming home had been a good idea after all.

She sat up and threw her arms into the air, intending to stretch out her tight muscles, but paused when the bathroom door swung open and her missing fixture sauntered out.

Drake didn’t have a stitch of clothing on, save a small white towel wrapped around his waist. And if that wasn’t enough to get her undead heart pumping again, his hair and his spectacular body were still dripping wet.

He wasn’t defined…he was chiseled from the finest bronzed stone she’d ever seen. Lightly dappled with dark hair, his sculpted chest tapered into a set of rock hard abs that she could probably do her laundry on for the rest of her immortal life. And just below his belly button, sandwiched between the deep cuts of his hips, was a thin trail of hair that tauntingly disappeared under his towel, practically begging for her to come and see where it went.

She slowly lowered her arms and folded her hands in her lap. Jagged scars crisscrossed every single inch of his rough skin, but they didn’t detract one bit from the incredible man standing across the room. If anything, for her, each pale line added something new to explore, something new to learn about the man she now had at least one more night with.
A man who made her feel alive again…

The horny teenager trapped deep inside her somewhere wanted nothing more than to rocket off the bed and lick every last bead of water off his hard sexy body. But the woman she’d become over the last few years, the one who saw the world in a way the teenager never would, wanted nothing less than to kiss each scar and take away the sadness and pain still hidden in his eyes.

“Welcome back to the world sleepy head.”

Toni tore her gaze away from Drake’s body and met his smiling eyes. “Good morning. I almost thought you left.”

“I figured I’d hit the shower while you were sleeping. I didn’t want my stink to scare you away.” He ended his sentence with that lopsided smile she’d become rather fond of.

She mirrored the gesture. “Well, thanks for thinking of me.”

The grin on his lips widened for just a fraction of a second before it turned devious at the corners. “You’re welcome,” he drawled as he hooked his thumbs inside the top of his towel and inched it down a little farther, baring more tanned skin for her hungry eyes.

The teenager and the woman inside her both sat up and took notice, waiting to see how far that thin trail of hair went as the towel slid even lower down his hips. But just before they got the answer they’d been hoping for, he ripped the damn thing from his waist and clothes suddenly appeared on his body.

Toni shook her head then stared at him again, this time in disbelief. All that gorgeous skin was now covered by a tight black t-shirt, hard leather pants and a pair of boots. How the hell did he do that? But more importantly…why? She blew out the breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding. Well, if nothing else, at least he looked comfortable.

“What?” his gruff voice scolded. “You were expecting to see Drake Junior?” He clucked his tongue at her. “You haven’t even bought me dinner yet.” Then, much like a little kid, he stuck his nose up in the air and stomped back into the bathroom.

Dinner! She hadn’t bought him dinner? Was he serious?

She rolled up onto her knees and glared at the bathroom door. “I don’t recall you buying me dinner last night before you made me take my shirt off and shoved your tongue in my mouth!” She clamped her hands over her mouth as heat suffused her cheeks.

OH GOD! The words fell out before she even had a chance to stop them. She closed her eyes when the laughter in the bathroom started light but slowly grew until it echoed through the suite.

“That wasn’t dinner,” he called. “That was just the appetizer. And from what I could tell, you were more than ready for the next course!”

Toni threw herself back against the bed then pulled the comforter up over her head. She had to spend the entire night with a man who she’d just thoroughly embarrassed herself in front of, and now it wasn’t because she wanted to. And yes, flaming cheeks and all, she would willingly admit that she wanted to spend more time with him. But now…now it was because Christian said so.

She punched at the comforter. She hated playing Christian-Says. Not only because the mere thought caused her blood to rebel for some strange reason, but because no matter what she did, she never seemed to win.

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Giveaway

For more information about Jennifer and her books, visited her website

Jennifer has brought with her several awesome prizes and it's all going to 1 winner. Here's what they'll receive:

-print copy of Eternal Seduction (signed)
-print copy of Eternal Hearts (signed)
-$50 gift card to a store of the winner's choosing (doesn't have to be a bookstore)
-pack of Darkness Within Swag (pens, stickers, bookmarks, etc.)
-a 5 pc. Godiva Ice Cream Parlor Truffle Bar Collection (if an international winner is chosen, this will be traded out for something else).

This giveaway is open to international followers. Here is how to enter:


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All event giveaways end July 15th and winners will be announced on July 20th. They will have 3 days to respond to our emails [or message us at Paranormalhaven(at)gmail(dot)com] or another winner(s) will be chosen. Please read all event guidelines and rules before entering. Good luck everyone!