31 Days of Halloween - Tricia Schneider - Win a copy of THE WITCH AND THE WEREWOLF

Admin note* Tricia Schneider is giving away an e-book copy of The Witch and the Wolf  to a lucky winner (available in U.S. and International). To enter this giveaway leave a comment with your email address in the comment section of this post. This contest ends October 31st at midnight CST. Winner will be announced on November 1st.

The Merriweather Witches

Halloween is quickly approaching. It’s one of my favorite holidays! Already my children and I have finished the fall cleaning and decorated our house with pumpkins, colorful leaves and hanging vampires and skeletons. We have spiders dangling from webs, glowing skulls sitting on our shelves and there might be a zombie or two hanging out by the windows. My favorite decorations are the witches. Some are creepy with long wart-laden noses and others are rather cute with silly smiles. Some of these decorations are perfect to inspire me to write about witches in my stories.

I write paranormal and gothic romance. Although I write about vampires and werewolves, the common element I have in my stories are witches. I have two short stories currently available in a series I’ve called The Merriweather Witches. These two paranormal romances are about sisters, Lillian and Melora Merriweather. Each has a story of her own, but they are both running from the same evil uncle who wishes to sell them into marriage for his own selfish financial gain to support his work in alchemy. The sisters take separate paths to escape him. Lillian finds herself lost in a blinding blizzard while Melora travels to the house of a man whom she hopes might help her and her sister.

The beginning of this series starts off with The Witch and the Wolf. This is Lillian’s story where she meets the sexy Lord Jeremy North who has a secret that might end her life.

Blurb for The Witch and the Wolf:

Lord Jeremy North's curse is to become a werewolf during every full moon, turning into a bloodthirsty monster that kills with no remorse. When he finds a woman nearly frozen upon his doorstep, his sense of honor compels him to help her, even at the risk he might kill her himself.

Lillian Merriweather hadn't planned to get caught in a blizzard while traveling the English countryside. Nor had she planned on finding refuge in a house full of secrets. But Lillian has secrets of her own. And what she's running from is not far behind...

Excerpt:

There were several moments Jeremy North suspected he suffered hallucinations. Most of those times had been when he had first begun to change into the beast during the full moon. And now, as he answered the knocking he had at first imagined to be the pounding in his skull, he wondered if the brandy he had been drinking this evening was perhaps tainted. He could not quite believe his eyes.

A woman stood on his doorstep, covered in a layer of snow, her bright blue eyes silently pleading to him just before her eyelids fluttered closed, and she crumpled at his feet. He managed to set the candle down safely on a table in time to catch her before she cracked her head on the stone beneath her. He lifted her effortlessly into his arms, brought her into the house, slamming the door closed with his foot. He hurried into the library with his unexpected guest. North had returned earlier seeking the warm oblivion of yet another glass of brandy. He grimaced at the memory of countless other sleep-deprived nights spent in much the same way. Sans an unconscious woman, however.
He placed the bundled woman onto the sofa, ignoring the fact that the snow was bound to create a water stain on the fabric once it melted. He leaned over her, pushing the curly brown strands of wet hair off her face and checked to see if she still breathed. Satisfied when he felt her breath on his hand, he went back to the corridor.
“Amery!” He roared.
Turning back to the woman on his sofa, he again felt the necessity to blink his eyes, wondering if they played a trick with his senses. He lit more candles to brighten the room and added more wood to the fire. Then he walked back to the woman and knelt at her side. He found her hand dangling over the edge of the sofa and took it gently in his, the digits frozen stiff. He inhaled a gasp. He cupped both of his hands instinctively around hers, hoping to lend her his warmth.
He heard the shuffle from the hallway and Amery’s muttering, then a noisy yawn.
“Bloody hell! What is this?” Amery bellowed from the doorway.
North ignored the query. “We need blankets,” he said, instead. “She’s frozen through.”
Amery nodded and left.
A muffled groan from behind drew his attention, and he turned to see the woman’s eyelids flutter open. He inhaled sharply as her bright blue gaze fell upon him.
She studied him for a moment.
And then, she smiled.

About the Author

Tricia Schneider is a paranormal and gothic romance author. She worked in a bookstore as Assistant Manager and bookseller for several years before the store closed in 2010. Now, she writes full-time while raising her 3 young children with her husband in the coal country of Pennsylvania. She has 2 very neurotic cats and an addiction to chocolate.

To buy:

The Witch and the Wolf: http://www.thewildrosepress.com/the-witch-and-the-wolf-p-4136.html

The Witch and the Vampire: http://www.thewildrosepress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=177_136&products_id=4422

To find more information about Tricia and her books:

Website: http://www.triciaschneider.com

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