I’m going to be doing a contest for the release of this book…kind of a big one, especially for an ebook. Even if you’ve already bought it, you might wanna think about buying it again-buying it gets you multiple entries, and this is a nice prize… The contest will be open across the globe and it won’t matter to me if you buy it through Samhain’s store, Amazon, the Nook store, Sony…as long as it’s a legit etailer and you follow the contest rules. And did I mention…it’s a nice prize.

No Longer Mine has been revised-a lot. Re-edited. A lot. I think it’s a better, cleaner read this time around. And pretty, pretty new cover… *G*

And to help count down the days, I’ll be posting some excerpts between now and release day, 4/27/10

“I love you,” he whispered. “I never expected to see you again. But I’ve always known that I’d go to my grave loving you. Can you tell me that you don’t feel the same?”

To the grave… His words echoed over in her head. Hell, yes, she’d die loving him. She had already been to the edge once though, because of his love. She wouldn’t ever let herself get that way again.

Nikki’s eyes slid shut and she turned her head, the smooth sweep of hair hiding her face from him. “What I feel for you is not what I felt eight years ago. Or even five years ago,” she murmured, her throat burning. Gathering her courage, she turned her head, met his eyes and said, “Things change, Wade. Feelings can change. Especially when somebody rips your heart out of your chest and smashes it. It makes it much easier for feelings to change. Or disappear altogether.”

Damn you, Wade, she thought half-hysterically. Just leave. Now. Before I fall apart. Nikki knew damn well there was no way she was going to be able to keep her distance if he kept this up.

Cupping her cheek in his hand, he asked softly, “Do you really expect me to believe that you feel nothing for me?”

“It really doesn’t matter what you believe, Wade. It only matters what I believe,” Nikki stated simply. She forced a sympathetic smile when sympathy for him was the last thing she felt.

“Poor Wade,” she clucked, shaking her head. “You lose a silly little girl who adored you and gained a wife who only wanted to own you. Once she had you, she probably didn’t even know what to do with you.”

Ducking out of his arms, she moved a few feet away, sliding him a sly glance from under her lashes. “How was your vapid little bride, Wade? Did she keep you happy?”
The porch light illuminated his face enough for Nikki to watch his jaw clench and his eyes narrow. But he continued to stand there like he had no intention of ever leaving. “Now the wife’s gone and you think you can get that silly girl back.” Nikki moved closer to him and gently patted his cheek like he was a five-year-old child.

“It’s a pity that you just can’t accept the fact that silly girl doesn’t exist any more. Even more pitiful is the fact that I would have been anything you wanted me to be, given up anything, become anything,” she whispered passionately. “Life’s not very fair, is it?”

“Nice try, Nikki,” he said, his voice hollow. “I’m very impressed. You can be quite the bitch when you want.”

“I’ve developed a number of talents over the years,” she said calmly, even though her heart was pounding away within her chest.

“Obviously. You never used to lie so well.” He caught her chin in his hand and arched her face up to his, lowering his mouth until not even air separated her lips from his. And he hung there, waiting, for a long moment.

“Fortunately,” Wade whispered, his breath fanning across her face. “I don’t give up that easily. I’ll be around, Nikki.”