Welcome Hoppers to Carrie Ann’s Holiday Heartbreaker Blog Hop. Join over 300 bloggers celebrating Valentine’s day and the joy of love.
I am going to do this a little differently and focus on heart breakers of the furry kind–animals and you got it, shifters (people who become animals).
I want to share my two favorites. The first is my furry baby, who is beyond adorable, and a world champion nuisance. Aww. Look at him wrapped up like a pink package (my daughter’s handiwork).
The second heart breaker is Cullen McMahan, fire shifter, hero of my paranormal novella Fires of Justice and all around heart breaker. I thought I’d share an excerpt of him with his own heart in a twist. I find pain in a sexy dude downright irresistible. In the snippet below, Cullen and Calista, who are not exactly on speaking terms at the moment, are required to work together to complete a mission and find themselves sharing a room at an inn.
They made fast work of dinner. Both taking refuge in the window view, they scarfed the food down, polished off the white wine and exchanged very few words.
After surviving the meal, Calista planted herself in the shower, leaving when she started to shiver from water that had long since turned cold. Dressed in a plain red t-shirt, she dried her hair, and exhausted, headed to bed.
Cullen had cleaned up the dinner dishes and sat in the brocade chair, a glass of amber liquid in his hand, and stared out the window. Dark circles ringed those pain-filled, too-old eyes, his body rigidly alert. Pain sliced through her heart, stabbing it into shreds. Before she could think better of it, she found herself kneading his shoulders to release the grief tensing his muscles into iron-hard knots.
He glanced up, questioning, but his body leaned into the massage like a flower to the sun. Watching those chocolate-brown eyes and hard planes of his face soften under her ministrations melted her like butter.
Got a furry critter or sexy shifter who’s broken your heart? Or in the case of my big boy, the stove, drinking glasses, plates, bowls and I could go on. Let me know and leave your email addy. For one commenter, I will adopt an endangered species in your name from the World Wildlife Fund. You get to pick which one and receive the $25.00 adoption packet.
And that’s still not all….
We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!
Good Luck. Have a love-filled Valentine’s Day.
Sabrina
If you are in the market for a new shifter story, consider my recent release Fires of Justice from Ellora’s Cave.
Fires of Justice Book Blurb
Always read the fine print when swearing an eternal oath to gods and guardians…
Beholden by the sacred vows of her coven, fire witch Calista Reid agrees to temporarily mate with shifter Cullen McMahan to fulfill a mission assigned by the guardians. When tall, dark and damaged arrives on her doorstep, generating enough heat to scorch a fire witch, Calista finds herself drawn to his battle-hardened body and broken soul. His pain speaks to her own deep-rooted isolation and the intensity of his hunger slakes her passion like no other.
Cullen, scarred by a past that left him an indentured soldier to the guardians, resents yet another hump-on-command assignment…until he encounters the compassionate, fearless, incendiary redhead who detonates his body and reawakens the emotions sacrifice and loss had suppressed. But Cullen harbors a terrible secret—one that reaches back into Calista’s troubled childhood and threatens the foundation of their growing bond.
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I love my fury critters they would never be Heart Breakers!! lol
alslagle06@live.com
Mine is a total heart breaker. My don’t can’t resist him, and he’s really good with her, up to a point. Thanks for dropping by.
Even though I’m allergic to most animals I love your giveaway! Thank you!
kesummer69(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks Kelsey. How about shape shifter? They are only furry part of the time. Glad you stopped by.
Christine Feehan does sexy shifters reeeeally well. I loved Fires of Justice! Have fun with the hop!
I think of her as the Carpathians–vampires. Who are the shifters? I’m so glad you liked Fires of Justice. Thanks for reading it. I’m waiting for yours.
I loved my furry critter!! I miss her as well!
susanmplatt AT hotmail DOT com
Thanks for dropping by Susan.
My dog makes messes inside the house, but he’s not a heartbreaker.
Thanks for the chance!
sqwalker2@hotmail.com
Hi Lisa. Animals are messy. I think I used a different definition of heartbreaker–maybe heartmelter is more on the money–especially when I think about my kitty.
I have several furry heartbreakers at my house! that are great to snuggle. But they are offended by reading so I always have to hide when I have a good book. Otherwise somebody will try to lay across it! It is a very strange phenomenon. They will ignore me until I have a book in my lap, then it is open season!
grapeapril75(AT)gmail(DOT)com
That’s too funny. It does amaze me how animals have their own personality. My cat does the opposite. He crawls on me when I read so I can’t see the pages and have to keep moving him around to keep reading. Thanks for dropping by.
That is the best prize I’ve seen! I love animals and that would be amazing!
Thanks for the giveaway and participating in the hop!
I think that Christian Grey from “50 Shades of Grey” is a good example of a heartbreaker. He used and abused Ana at first, but then came to his senses by book two.
mestith@gmail.com
Thanks Meghan.I like it when I sneak do-gooding into my every day life–another form of multi-tasking but I couldn’t survive with it. CG is a good example. Thanks for dropping by.
I do love the thought of having sexy shifter, but alas!!
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Don’t we all. Have a favorite?
What an awesome giveaway! I don’t know what i’d do without my dogs! They are definitely heartbreakers and heart melters!
staceyprice(AT)gmail.com
I am in thinking of stage about adding a dog in addition to the cat. I’m waiting until my daughter is old enough to help take care of it, especially when the thrill of the new runs down.
I have a furry critter. havebookwillsurvive@gmail.com
What kind. I have cat, but ultimately want a dog too.
I love my fury critters they would never be Heart Breakers!! lol
I interpreted heartbreaker more as a heart melter and my kitty definitely is that. Enjoy the hop.
My rotty was a heartbreaker. I had to put her down 2 years ago so I still really miss her but all she had to do was look at you and you couldnt be mad.
-Amber
goodblinknpark@yahoo.com
I’m sorry. They really do find away into our hearts, no matter how bad they can be. Once they give you a look, we just melt. I think that’s why I consider them such heart breakers.
Alcide from True Blood! YUMMY!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
kaylyndavis1986@yahoo.com
He’s definitely nice. But I like Sam too, even if he tended to be on the receiving end of the heart breaking.
No my furry critter just likes to cause havoc lol
I love your prize
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
cassandrahicks1989@yahoo.com
Thanks Cassandra. My boy is king of havoc. And then he comes and sits on my lap. ~sigh~ All forgiven.
My furry critter heartbreaker is my cat Boo. He can be absolutely horrible and then he just looks at me with his big green eyes and purrs and he gets away with murder! He is always forgiven.
Thanks for the great giveaway!! So many great prizes!! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Ashley A
ash_app(at)hotmail(dot)com
Just like my baby, Ashley. I think its in cat DNA. That’s why cat shifters make such good heroes.
Love anything furry with four legs….oh and I like the two legged ones too. Tee hee!
Keep writing so I can keep reading. Thanks for being in this super blog hop.
roya-clan@sbcglobal.net
Me too. Thanks Mary. Have a few books in the hopper so I promise to keep going. Thanks for dropping by and enjoy the hop.
So sweet
Thanks so much for participation in the hop!
swordlily_girl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thanks Karina and thanks for dropping by.
Thank you for the giveaway!
verusbognar (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks for dropping by Veronika.
I had one break my heart recently because I had to put her to sleep. The other is breaking my heart because I’m spending a fortune at the vet to keep her alive! LOL
jennirv4967 at gmail dot com
I know how that is. I had the same experience with my prior kitty. Its hard. My heart goes out to you. Thanks for dropping by and I wish your other critter well.
My favorite part of having a heart breaker is the world class groveling. Todd in Lauren Dane’s Laid Bare is my perfect example.
planterofhope at aol dot com
Thanks Carla. Glad you could stop by. I haven’t read that one but will put it on my ever growing books to read list.
I’m not sure Shifters are heartbreakers but maybe learning curves.
Judy Peterson
strawberryrose@earthlink.net
Hi Judy. I think it depends on the shifter. If you ever read Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. Hawke put Sienna threw the ringer.
I have a dog, cat, two hamsters & a fish. We are a zoo here.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Mary
mary_reiss @ hotmail.com
I only have one cat but want more. Thanks for dropping by Mary.
Wow..what a great giveaway! I volunteered at my local animal shelter today. katieamanda1(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thanks Katie. I sued to volunteer at a wildlife preserve–its just nice to be around nature and animals.
I have several furry critters!
Thanks for the chance to win!
natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com
Thanks for dropping by Natasha. I only have one but want more.
I am a total animal lover… I have two dogs and a turtle… I love cats but hubby doesn’t… “sad panda” My kitty who i couldn’t remove from my dad(huge animal lover) was recently put down he couldn’t even jump on the couch anymore… I cried when my mom told me what they had to do… Sad knowing i won’t have my shadow when i go home to visit anymore.
j.m.platt83@gmail.com
Hi Jeannie. Me. I only have a cat but hope to a dog at some point. I always want more but pace of my life puts limits on some of that. Sorry you lost your kitty. I know how hard that is from past pets. Best wishes to you all. Thanks for visiting.
One of my favorites is Justice from Justice by Laurann Dohner. Thank you for the awesome hop and giveaway!!!
shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for dropping by. Hope you are enjoying the hop.
can’t think of any
Thanks for participating.
bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thanks for dropping by. Enjoy the hop.
I love all my furry critters. And right now my 19 year old beagle is breaking my heart because he can’t remember he is supposed to use the facilities outside and not in my home. Thanks for the fun hop stop. sbereza22(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for dropping by Shannon. Enjoy your critters.
Charlie Hunnam from SOA…a true heartthrob
damafia1113@gmail.com
Thanks for dropping by CJ. Hope you enjoyed the hop.