Daryl Devore's Blog

Daryl Devore's Blog

Thursday 24 November 2022

A flashette for your enjoyment and a chance for a prize. #freeread #DarylDevore

                                         

                                        That’s Dance

 The joy flowed to her fingertips.

Her heart pulsed to the beat of the music.

A smile brightened her eyes.

The joy flowed to her toes.

Silk rippled like waves rolling the ocean.

 

Delight energized her sways, bends and twirls.

Always in motion. Her body. Her arms. Her feet. Her soul.

Negativity banished.

Contentment reigns.

Enjoying the moment for what it is.

 

The first one to figure out what I did in my poem, tell me in comments and I'll send a free ebook. You must also leave your email addy, so i can email the book.


What's happening in November on

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25 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

26 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - #OpenBook Blog Hop

29 – SPOTLIGHT –Katie Eagan Schenck - A Home for Christmas

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

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Saturday 19 November 2022

What People have said about Daryl Devore's hot rock star trilogy - Two Hearts ~ One Love #hotread #rockstar #trilogy

 

When a drag queen club manager's crazy world collides with a rock star's chaotic life, is there a chance their relationship can survive?

Erika Bailey, owner/manager of The Pink Flamingo, a drag queen club in Bangkok, Thailand has happily settled into all aspects of her life, except for her lack of a love life.

Darien Scott, a Grammy award-winning, international superstar, wants nothing more than to wake up in the arms of the woman he loves. Too bad contractual obligations force him to shoot hot videos with some of Hollywood's sexiest stars.

Yet, Erika and Darien found a way to each other’s arms.

But between suspecting her father ordered the torching of her club, and her mother’s humiliating drunken behaviour, Erika’s trust in those she loves is crushed. With all her parents put her through, how can she trust Darien?

Concerned for Erika’s safety, Darien races to Bangkok to protect her only to discover his brother is missing. Fearing the worst, he contacts his nemesis, Gan, and makes a repulsive deal that will free his brother and protect Erika’s club. Or so he thinks. Because when Gan is involved, things always go sour. This time is no different, and Darien sinks into a deep depression.

Is Erika’s love enough to pull him back and into her arms forever?

Daryl Devore’s hot rock star romance trilogy – Two Hearts ~ One Love - follows Erika and Darien’s crazy, suspense-filled, passionate adventure through Bangkok, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, a hurricane, a reticulated python, a famous drag queen revue, and a tandem skydive.

 Bonus – exclusive to the box set – a special 2-part interview with Darien Scott.

 UBL

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 What's next

 Nov 26 - Teasers to Tease You

What's happening in November on

Romance – Sweet to Heat

20 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

21 – #OpenBook Blog Hop

22 – SPOTLIGHT –Julie Navickas - I Love You Today

23 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

24 – Flashette – free read

25 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

26 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - #OpenBook Blog Hop

29 – SPOTLIGHT –Katie Eagan Schenck - A Home for Christmas

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

Follow Me on Twitter

Author Group - info or click on links below

 

 

 
A free ebook for members who join.
 
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I will be one of these authors. Prize - Free ebook.
 Winner choice - a copy of this new release or my seasonal Christmas romance - Christmas Notes.

 

Saturday 12 November 2022

A tense free read from hot rock star romance - Two Hearts ~ One Love - on Backlist Saturday Spotlight #hotread #trilogy #romance #suspense

The Opening scene from book 1 - What Happened in Bangkok

Droplets of blood seeped from Darien's wolf tattoo, mesmerizing him. They trickled over the inside of his bicep, splattering against the bar floor.

Darien ran his hand back through his hair and frowned. Why was the wolf bleeding? It was supposed to look sexy. Turn chicks on. Not bleed. He blinked as a thought formed. Maybe it wasn't the tattoo. Could he be bleeding? He didn't remember getting hurt. But that might be because he'd had too many vodka shots.

Expensive gold-infused vodka.

An order snapped out in Thai ripped his focus away from the cost of the booze.

Stumbling with the translation, his gut clenched - Check everyone. Anybody alive. Kill them.

A shrill female scream. A gunshot. Silence.

That'd be one of the hookers. Damn. Hope it wasn't the one with the butterfly tattoo above her clit. She had a mouth on her that performed miracles. Dude! What the fuck! Must be the vodka talking. Stay focused. There are guys with guns out there.

Darien stretched his neck out and peered around the edge of the bar. In his line of vision, a male leg stuck out from under a table. Expensive looking shoe. Presumably Italian leather. Probably belonged to Nai Jâhng.

Darien raised his eyebrows. Wow. Somebody had the balls to kill a Triad boss.

He shifted his glance. A few feet to the left lay a female arm with brilliant orange fingernails. He shivered at the memory of those nails grazing his balls. He focused on a tiny object a foot in front of him. Shards of glass were scattered about. He frowned, trying to remember what happened. He'd walked behind the private club's bar to get another bottle of vodka when, one by one, bottles started exploding. Next thing he knew, he was on the floor, looking at the blood dripping from his tattoo. He glanced at his arm. The bleeding had stopped.

Okay, so he wasn't gonna bleed to death. Good. Now he just had to get his dumbass outta there. Past them. The guys with the guns. How the fuck could he do that?

Voices interrupted his thoughts. The tones were panicked or angry, and the words too fast for him to translate, although he understood the meaning of the three rapid gunshots, followed by a short groan. The door at the opposite end of the bar, leading to the kitchen, swooshed as someone pushed it open.

Gunfire and screams sounded from the kitchen. The door swung open again. Darien translated the shooter's words, "Nobody alive in there. I'll check the offices upstairs."

Darien slid back, trying not to disturb the glass. He did his best not to yelp when a sharp edge sliced through the skin on his knee. With deliberate movements, he backtracked the length of the Black Dragon's bar. Squatting, he peeked around the end.

Three men stood with their backs to him, dressed in black pants and muscle shirts. Each one held an assault rifle. A bleeding sun tattoo visible on one attacker's shoulder. Daeng Arthit Triad. Not good. So not good.

He looked forward. The kitchen door was six feet away. Six feet of wide-open, easily visible space. It might as well be six inches or a mile. He couldn't risk it. Wouldn't. He didn't want to get shot.

He shifted his weight off the knee, pressing on a piece of shattered bottle. What the fuck, dude? You're gonna die if they find you. Better to be running for your life than just lay here and let 'em kill you. That was the logical side of his head's opinion.

The chicken shit side said, Stay here. Stay down. You're safe.

A yell and several more gunshots drifted down from the floor above. The men pounded up the stairs.

Without taking a moment to think, Darien bolted through the kitchen doors, then skidded to a stop. The rancid smell of burning food and fresh blood hit him deep in the pit of his stomach. Four bodies lay facing him, eyes wide, obviously unseeing. One of the dead chefs held a massive meat cleaver clenched in his right hand.

Never bring a knife to a gunfight. He shook his head. Quoting movies at a time like this? Focus, dude.

Heart pounding, Darien cast his gaze about the room, looking for an escape, while his ears listened for the sound of running footsteps coming up behind. He fought the nausea of rising fear as he moved forward, searching for an exit while trying to keep his gaze from the corpses.

 Blurb and Links

When a drag queen club manager's crazy world collides with a rock star's chaotic life, is there a chance their relationship can survive?

Erika Bailey, owner/manager of The Pink Flamingo, a drag queen club in Bangkok, Thailand has happily settled into all aspects of her life, except for her lack of a love life.

Darien Scott, a Grammy award-winning, international superstar, wants nothing more than to wake up in the arms of the woman he loves. Too bad contractual obligations force him to shoot hot videos with some of Hollywood's sexiest stars.

Yet, Erika and Darien found a way to each other’s arms.

But between suspecting her father ordered the torching of her club, and her mother’s humiliating drunken behaviour, Erika’s trust in those she loves is crushed. With all her parents put her through, how can she trust Darien?

Concerned for Erika’s safety, Darien races to Bangkok to protect her only to discover his brother is missing. Fearing the worst, he contacts his nemesis, Gan, and makes a repulsive deal that will free his brother and protect Erika’s club. Or so he thinks. Because when Gan is involved, things always go sour. This time is no different, and Darien sinks into a deep depression.

Is Erika’s love enough to pull him back and into her arms forever?

Daryl Devore’s hot rock star romance trilogy – Two Hearts ~ One Love - follows Erika and Darien’s crazy, suspense-filled, passionate adventure through Bangkok, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, a hurricane, a reticulated python, a famous drag queen revue, and a tandem skydive.

Bonus – exclusive to the box set – a special 2-part interview with Darien Scott.

 UBL


BookBub

Pinterest - TWO HEARTS ~ ONE LOVE

GoodReads

 

What Happens in the next weeks...
Sat Nov 19 - What people have said
Sat Nov 26 - Teasers to tease you

 

What's happening in November on

Romance – Sweet to Heat

13 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

14 - #OpenBook Blog Hop

15 – SPOTLIGHT –Lisa Towles - The Ridders

16 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

17 – Daryl’s Thoughts and Motivational Things #motivation

18 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

19 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

20 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

21 – #OpenBook Blog Hop

22 – SPOTLIGHT –Julie Navickas - I Love You Today

23 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

24 – Flashette – free read

25 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

26 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - #OpenBook Blog Hop

29 – SPOTLIGHT –Katie Eagan Schenck - A Home for Christmas

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

Follow Me on Twitter

Author Group - info or click on links below

 

 

 
A free ebook for members who join.
 
AND...
I will be one of these authors. Free ebook is my prize.
 Will announce which one closer to event.

 


 

Friday 11 November 2022

In Flanders Fields the poppies grow. #RemembranceDay #Poppy

 

In Flanders Fields

By John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
    That mark our place; and in the sky
    The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
    Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
        In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
    If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

        In Flanders fields.

 

 

 

Thursday 10 November 2022

Find Your Happy Place - I've Found Mine. A flashette to enjoy and take your mind off the world for a moment. #read #flashette #happyplace

  

photo from Pixabay.com

The beach is my happy place. The crunch of the sand beneath my toes. The kiss of the water on my heels. My mind ceases its endless making of lists, planning of meals, plotting of stories and worries about family, friends, life… the existence of supernatural alien worlds.

I have a personal motto – Any day you can hug a palm tree is a good day. I live in Canada. Not a lot of palm trees up here. If I am somewhere where there are palm trees that means we are away from home – on vacation – relaxing. And it’s warm! To the locals, it is probably cold – but when your ass has been freezing for months – it is deliciously warm.

I have spent countless moments just standing at the edge of the water, staring out at the vast expanse or watching the moon peek out from behind drifting clouds. I’ve wondered how the ancient travellers found the courage to sail to the horizon. Then finding it to be like that dream where you are trying to get somewhere but just can’t quite get there. The edge is always just ahead of you.

I admit I do giggle when I watch a ship sail over the horizon. Some perverse side of my character imagining the ship falling through the expanse of space. I have been known to – silently – shout with joy when a ship climbs back up over the edge and continues on its travels.

Being an introvert, my secret place would be a lighthouse on the tip of some rocky outcrop. No one for miles to drop in for a chat when I crave solitude. But before me, room to reach out and breathe. Listen to the cries of the gulls. Relentlessly wiping salt spray off my keyboard and digging sand out of places it should never be.

I crave not the sea, but the shore. The tenuous solidness beneath my feet. Sand can support you, but it also shifts reminding us the world is not always exactly as it seems. That is my world. What appears to be one thing evolves into another.

The classic fairy tale – the ugly duckling transforms into the beautiful swan. Lessons our elders wished us to learn from those stories. Some lessons passed us by. We missed what we were supposed to learn.

But others were captured by our hearts and we can delve into the deeper meaning of them as we stand – on the sand – and stare out into the cosmos.

Happy writing everyone.

 

What's happening in November on

Romance – Sweet to Heat

11 – Remembrance Day

12 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

13 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

14 - #OpenBook Blog Hop

15 – SPOTLIGHT –Lisa Towles - The Ridders

16 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

17 – Daryl’s Thoughts and Motivational Things #motivation

18 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

19 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

20 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

21 – #OpenBook Blog Hop

22 – SPOTLIGHT –Julie Navickas - I Love You Today

23 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

24 – Flashette – free read

25 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

26 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - #OpenBook Blog Hop

29 – SPOTLIGHT –Katie Eagan Schenck - A Home for Christmas

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

Follow Me on Twitter

Author Group - info or click on links below

 

 

 
A free ebook for members who join.
 
AND...
I will be one of these authors. Free ebook is my prize.
 Will announce which one closer to event.

 


Saturday 5 November 2022

This week on Backlist Saturday Spotlight - How did the trilogy Two Hearts~One Love come about. #rockstar #hotread #romance #trilogy

 

 

How this book came to be. I was writing book 1 - What Happened in Bangkok and I got stuck. For months. Was calmly sitting in meditation at yoga class and a little voice in my head said - write a sequel.

Well,that unstuck me and book 1 was soon finished. Now I had to start writing book 2 - What Darien Desires. Hadn't planned on writing a sequel. I am in the middle of it and book 3 - From Despair to Ecstasy - suddenly pops into my head.

I get book 2 written and and chugging along on book 3 when book 4 says - well, hello there.  I replied - Nope! No way. I wrote book 3 so that everything is wrapped up and a trilogy was born.

Blurb and Links

When a drag queen club manager's crazy world collides with a rock star's chaotic life, is there a chance their relationship can survive?

 Erika Bailey, owner/manager of The Pink Flamingo, a drag queen club in Bangkok, Thailand has happily settled into all aspects of her life, except for her lack of a love life.

 Darien Scott, a Grammy award-winning, international superstar, wants nothing more than to wake up in the arms of the woman he loves. Too bad contractual obligations force him to shoot hot videos with some of Hollywood's sexiest stars.

 Yet, Erika and Darien found a way to each other’s arms.

 But between suspecting her father ordered the torching of her club, and her mother’s humiliating drunken behaviour, Erika’s trust in those she loves is crushed. With all her parents put her through, how can she trust Darien?

 Concerned for Erika’s safety, Darien races to Bangkok to protect her only to discover his brother is missing. Fearing the worst, he contacts his nemesis, Gan, and makes a repulsive deal that will free his brother and protect Erika’s club. Or so he thinks. Because when Gan is involved, things always go sour. This time is no different, and Darien sinks into a deep depression.

 Is Erika’s love enough to pull him back and into her arms forever?

 Daryl Devore’s hot rock star romance trilogy – Two Hearts ~ One Love - follows Erika and Darien’s crazy, suspense-filled, passionate adventure through Bangkok, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, a hurricane, a reticulated python, a famous drag queen revue, and a tandem skydive.

 Bonus – exclusive to the box set – a special 2-part interview with Darien Scott.

 UBL

 BookBub

 Pinterest - TWO HEARTS ~ ONE LOVE

 GoodReads


Sat Nov 12 - A free read

Sat Nov 19 - What people have said

Sat Nov 26 - Teasers to tease you

 

What's happening in November on

Romance – Sweet to Heat

6 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

7 – #OpenBook Blog Hop

8 – SPOTLIGHT

9 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

10 – Flashette – free read

11 – Remembrance Day

12 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

13 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

14 - #OpenBook Blog Hop

15 – SPOTLIGHT –Lisa Towles - The Ridders

16 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

17 – Daryl’s Thoughts and Motivational Things #motivation

18 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

19 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

20 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

21 – #OpenBook Blog Hop

22 – SPOTLIGHT –Julie Navickas - I Love You Today

23 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

24 – Flashette – free read

25 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

26 – Backlist Saturday Spotlight

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - #OpenBook Blog Hop

29 – SPOTLIGHT –Katie Eagan Schenck - A Home for Christmas

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

Follow Me on Twitter

Author Group - info or click on links below

 

 

 
A free ebook for members who join.
 
AND...
I will be one of these authors. Free ebook is my prize.
 Will announce which one closer to event.