Starting tomorrow, we will be rolling out a BRAND NEW Black Dog Blues tour! Now, this one’s going to be something a little different. There will be GIVEAWAYS! *cue echoing sound effect* Tour begins Jan 28th and ends Feb 7th.

On EVERY stop of this tour, ONE chosen entrant will be sent an 18 inch red dragon plushie…which doubles as a pillow! But really, I’ve found when you put them in pillow mode, it’s kind of like cat summoning because felines love to lie on them. Even if you aren’t OWNED by a cat, there will be a cat. Pillow at your own risk.

Now, on each stop of the tour, there will be monster trading cards. THOSE are what you want. Collect them all… or as many as you can because on the FEB 7th, I will be posting a list of questions based on the monster’s trading card. There will be twenty-four questions and the twist? I’ll be giving you the fact and YOU match up at least three monsters to their corresponding fact and the blog the card came from.

For example: Question 4: Manticore, SoCalGov_Stalker.com

I’ll choose the winner randomly and then check the answers. If the answers are right, that person wins…

A $50 gift certificate to the etailer of their choice.

So hit the blogs, enter to get a dragon, grab a few cards and come back to win again!

See you back here on February 7th!

Black Dog Blues Magical Mystery Tour Information

Jan 28
3 Chicks After Dark

Jan 29
It’s About The Book
Boys in our Books

Jan 30
Joyfully Jay

Jan 31
TTC Books and More

Feb 1
Christy Duke—Christyloves2read
Boy Meets Boy

Feb 2
Reading Reality

Feb 3
Love Bytes
The Novel Approach

Feb 4
Prism Alliance

Feb 5
The Blogger Girls

Lastly, if you’ve already read Black Dog Blues in its first release, thank you. Your dedication to Kai really brought him to DSPP’s front door and I can’t thank you enough. Leave a review on Amazon if you’re so inclined (damn things don’t carry over 😀 ) and I hope you like the sequel which will be on its way. Thank you again.

Black Dog Blues Blurb
Ever since being part of the pot in a high-stakes poker game, elfin outcast Kai Gracen figures he used up his good karma when Dempsey, a human Stalker, won the hand and took him in. Following the violent merge of Earth and Underhill, the human and elfin races are left with a messy, monster-ridden world, and Stalkers are the only cavalry willing to ride to someone’s rescue when something shadowy appears.

It’s a hard life but one Kai likes—filled with bounty, a few friends, and most importantly, no other elfin around to remind him of his past. And killing monsters is easy. Especially since he’s one himself.

But when a sidhe lord named Ryder arrives in San Diego, Kai is conscripted to do a job for Ryder’s fledgling Dawn Court. It’s supposed to be a simple run up the coast during dragon-mating season to retrieve a pregnant human woman seeking sanctuary. Easy, quick, and best of all, profitable. But Kai ends up in the middle of a deadly bloodline feud he has no hope of escaping.

No one ever got rich being a Stalker. But then few of them got old either and it doesn’t look like Kai will be the exception.

Purchase Black Dog Blues at DSP Publications

Black Dog Blues is also available on Amazon and other fine eTailers.

So a funny thing happened on the way to a tweet, Greg Tremblay, the fantastic narrator of my Dirty series, texted me and said… hey, you should giveaway a custom ringtone. Or something to that effect. There was some discussion. A few emails and then well, long story short—there may have been some pixilated shots of whiskey and banter but a plan was formed. A plan so cunning I could have stuck a tail on it and called it a weasel.

Mostly, it involved Greg. And your phone. But it was still a plan!

After a furious, intense process of queries, eliminations, debating on who said what, we came up with a set of phrases from Cole, Bobby, Jae, Claudia, Scarlet and one from Maddy then Greg went to work. And returned to me with a brilliant sound bites forged by a narrative master—in the style of the characters’ voices.

So dear reader, as a thank you for everything you’ve done for Greg and me, I’d like to present the entire set of ringtones—twenty one in total—FREE, as a gift to you.

Available in Android (MP3) and iPhone (formats for Android and Apple phones, Greg has also graciously included the WAV files if that’s your thing. Download links to the zipped files are provided below.*

A great humongous thank you to all of the blogs who helped me with this guerilla gifting. This swirled up on Tuesday and Greg just MADE it happen. He is the voice of the series and I am forever grateful for his talent.

Love you all, and really, Thank You.
Rhys Ford

Dirty Rings Android MP3

Dirty Rings Apple M4a

Dirty Rings Apple M4r

Dirty Rings Wav

If you’ve not tried out Greg Tremblay’s narrations, please do so. He makes audiobooks fun and damn, he brings Cole and the others to life.

Greg Tremblay’s body of work can be found here—and yes, the Dirty series is there but so are many other lovely audio books. I highly recommend one of Greg’s audiobooks, a comfy chair, a pair of headphones and a nice hot cup of coffee… or tea… with or without whisky.

* These are copyrighted and available free for individual use. The files included in the zip cannot be sold by third parties nor can they be altered in anyway as to destroy the integrity of the original work. Animals were test subjects for these sound files and while the cat could not have given less of a shit, the dog seemed mighty interested. Please note, neither own nor use a phone or a computer so results may vary.

 

 

Aside from the overall winner, I held a mini giveaway on my blog… so I did a random number generator and we have KAREN! as the winner!

Here is our winning entry! PANCAKES!

i am pretty sure it was pancakes for my mom for Mother’s Day, she was a good sport and at least pretended to eat them LOL

 

You win…. a surprise package of seasonings, sauces and treats specially selected by yours truly. Please email me at rhysford (at) vitaenoir (dot) com, give me an address I can send stuff to and let me know about allergies. ‘Cause you know, it would suck if you can’t eat chocolate or something.

Thank you all for entering! It was awesome seeing what you cooked first! *hugs*

Part Ten is up at Guilty Indulgence!

Giveaways at every stop! Free rhino with every purchase (results may vary)

Down and Dirty Blog Tour Dec 30 to Jan 8

Dec 30	Part One — 3Chicks after dark
Dec 31	Part Two — Boy Meets Boy Reviews
Jan 1	Part Three — Joyfully Jay
Jan 2	Part Four — LoveBytes
	Part Five — On Top Down Under
Jan 3	Part Six — Prism Alliance
Jan 4	Part Seven — It’s About The Book
	Part Eight — The Blogger Girls
Jan 5	Part Nine — Sinfully Sexy
Jan 6	Part Ten — NDulgent Bloggers
Jan 7	Part Eleven — The Novel Approach
Jan 8	Part Twelve — Under the Covers Blog

Down and Dirty

From the moment former LAPD detective Bobby Dawson spots Ichiro Tokugawa, he knows the man is trouble. And not just because the much younger Japanese inker is hot, complicated, and pushes every one of Bobby’s buttons. No, Ichi is trouble because he’s Cole McGinnis’s younger brother and off-limits in every possible way. And Bobby knows that even before Cole threatens to kill him for looking Ichi’s way. But despite his gut telling him Ichi is bad news, Bobby can’t stop looking… or wanting.

Ichi was never one to play by the rules. Growing up in Japan as his father’s heir, he’d been bound by every rule imaginable until he had enough and walked away from everything to become his own man. Los Angeles was supposed to be a brief pitstop before he moved on, but after connecting with his American half-brothers, it looks like a good city to call home for a while—if it weren’t for Bobby Dawson.

Bobby is definitely a love-them-and-leave-them type, a philosophy Ichi whole-heartedly agrees with. Family was as much of a relationship as Ichi was looking for, but something about the gruff and handsome Bobby Dawson that makes Ichi want more.

Much, much more.

Purchase Down and Dirty at Dreamspinner Press or Amazon