Between 4 Title and Cover Reveal

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you have all been waiting for.

The title and cover of the 4th and final installment of the Between Series.

I present to you:

Three in one, forward and back

Here and gone, to deepest black

Silver blooms, swollen with child

Birth crimson globes, untethered wild

Life meets death where the sun meets the sea

Blood sacrifice, for you and for me.

It has all come down to this.

A prophecy, passed down through generations of MacRaes, tells of a blood sacrifice. A simple stone placed in an ancient dagger unleashes an army of hell transporters with glowing red eyes who have now come to exact that price.

In the epic finale of the Between series, Aiden and Lindsey will be tested in ways they could never have imagined. Visions of the past, from thousands of years ago when the Broch of Gurness in Orkney was whole, provide more questions than answers. But every secret will be revealed as the MacKinnons and MacRaes join forces to fight a battle they cannot hope to win.

Who's Excited?

Teaser #7

We get another teaser, Angels.

Are you ready?

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ EVEN IN DARKNESS

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Deep in the night, my bladder screamed at me, demanding that I get out of bed, even though it felt like I’d done the same thing ten minutes before. Blearily, I pulled off the covers and padded down the hall to our tiny bathroom. The cottage where we lived was originally Sarah MacKinnon’s mother’s home and it was a great size for one person. But the bathroom was minuscule, and felt even smaller now that I had a huge belly. With my eyes still closed, I wedged myself between the sink and the toilet and emptied the thimble that had become my bladder.

The baby shifted and I placed my hand over my stomach instinctively, feeling a bony knee or elbow move underneath my palm. A moment later, a swift kick underneath my ribs had me gasping for air. Damn, that hurt. Groaning, I hurried to finish up, thinking that maybe the baby would settle down if I got back into bed. When I stood to pull on my panties, I felt a pop and then a gush of fluid running down my legs. It felt like I was peeing all over myself, but there was nothing I could do to stop it. I knew what was happening, but I had no idea what to do. Should I stay in the bathroom? Should I call for Aiden?

This is it. Oh my goodness.

My heart rate kicked up with excitement and panic while I waddled sideways, then turned and tried to bend down to get a pad out of the cabinet under the sink. It was impossible. I simply couldn’t bend like that, especially not while I was streaming a river around my feet. I wanted to be self-sufficient and I didn’t want to wake Aiden because it could be hours before labor started, but I couldn’t go back to bed now. Hell, I couldn’t even leave the bathroom. Tears of frustration started to well up and I swallowed hard to keep it together.

“Aiden?” I called softly. His gentle snore told me he was completely out of it. I tried again, with more volume. “Aiden, honey?”

Two heavy footsteps echoed down the hall and then he was there: naked, tousled, his eyes wild and afraid. “What’s happened? Are ye hurt?” He swept his gaze over my body until he saw the puddle on the floor.

“My water broke,” I explained, like that wasn’t obvious.

His eyes snapped up and held mine. Deer in the headlights doesn’t begin to explain it. My confident, assured, strong, and resourceful husband simply stared at me.
All that childbirth preparation we’d done flew out the window as his brain clawed its way back from a dead sleep.

“Um, could you get a pad out for me? I can’t bend down to reach it,” I said, wondering how it was that, even dripping all over the floor, I was the voice of calm here. “And I need some new panties.”

“Right,” he said, then hovered in place for a second, trying to decide which to do first: head to the dresser or squeeze past me to dig through the bathroom cabinet. Before he made up his mind, I put my hand on his arm and gave a shaky laugh.

“Aiden, it’s happening. We’re having a baby.”

His eyes glistened with tears and he grabbed me in a hug. I clung to him, feeling my own eyes water. When he pulled away, he seemed to have come back to himself. He cupped my cheeks in his hands and kissed me lightly.

“I love you,” he said. “Dinna fash. I’m here.”

Grinning, I let the moment linger before I reminded him, “Still need those panties.”

And then he was off, streaking down the hall like he’d been shot out of a cannon

Teaser #6

He sucked my earlobe into his mouth, then nibbled it with his teeth.
“Did I hear something about a shower?” he said, his voice like melted wax. The hand that was wrapped around my waist ventured lower, eliciting a moan from me, but a knock at the door cut off any hopes of following through on Aiden’s suggestion. “We should have told them to come at noon,” he said.

“Too late now,” I said, disentangling myself from him with regret. His eyes roamed over my body for a moment and he groaned with desire.

“You’re so beautiful, Lindsey. I want to spend the whole day in bed with ye, just touching your skin, tasting your lips, feeling your body against mine.”

Warmth rushed over me at the longing in his words. I wanted that, too. It had been forever since we’d just held each other.

“Yes. Yes. More yes. Tomorrow, maybe. But right now, we have guests.”

“Aye,” he said, his voice laced with disappointment that tugged at my heart. I wanted to grab on to him and never let go, but there simply wasn’t time. Instead, I turned to the dresser to pull out a pair of jeans and he left to answer the door.

Happy Third Birthday!

Today is a very special day. Today marks the third anniversary of the publication of Between. Three years ago today, Between was published.

No matter how many ways I say it, it still makes me smile.

While we do some celebrating on twitter (#BetweenLove) I just wanted to take some time to say THANK YOU!

Thank you to Cyndi Tefft for writing this series. We may be a small group of fans but we love you so much and are so grateful to you.

Thank you to Lindsey and Aiden for showing us how strong the love between two people can be. It literally defied death again and again.

Thank you to Lindsay Cox for being an incredibly creative fan and taking charge when I can't. I am eternally grateful to you.

Thank you to Theresa Largusa for being a very organized Angel. Not only has she helped put this little project together but she's also had so many amazing ideas, been insanely supportive and encouraged everyone around her.

And finally THANK YOU, to you, the Aiden's Angels. You have been crazy, and quiet, supportive, and sweet - hell you're helping to send me to New Orleans to meet Cyndi, but mostly you've been there to share the love we all have for this incredible series.

This blog has only been around for a year and a half but you guys have kept her running and for that I can't thank you enough.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you all for getting us here. Three years later, and we're still in love with Aiden and Lindsey MacRae.

We asked you what your favourite thing about Aiden and Lindsey were and these were just some of your answers:

Post by Aiden MacRae.

Post by Aiden MacRae.

Is there anything else you want to add to the list?

And because it's Between's birthday we've got some bonus content in the shop coming soon.

Guess The Quote Rules

Good morning, Angels. We're going to play a little game called: Guess the Quote.

All weekend (Friday April 4-Sunday April 6 at 11:59 MT) follow #BetweenLove AND @TheresaLargusa, @vatrask, as well as @cyndtefft on twitter. Throughout the weekend we'll be posting quotes from the first three Between books. Your job is to (you guessed it): GUESS THE QUOTE. Tweet one of us back telling us which book it's from and you'll get one point for each correct answer. At the end of the weekend the person with the most posts will win an epic prize.

There are more details to come on the prizes but I can tell you part of it involves the fourth book, the shop and a bunch of other things. Stay Tuned.

If you don't have twitter the quotes will also be on the Aiden MacRae Facebook Page (note: if you answer on twitter AND FB only one of your answers will count).

Happy Guessing, Angels!

Teaser #5

Yesterday Cyndi posted this teaser on her FB page. Enjoy!
A swift ride through the countryside is what I need, I thought.
Frustration sprang up like a geyser in my chest as the buckle on ...the saddle resisted my manipulations. A vicious Gaelic curse shot from my lips, and though I knew no one was around to hear, and even if they had been, no one in our group understood the language. My language, my native tongue. The thought made me pause, breathing hard, my hand coming to rest on the underbelly of the horse.

Three hundred years. So much had changed from those days on the misty moor of the loch surrounding Eilean Donan Castle. Closing my eyes, I inhaled deeply and let myself pretend I was back in the stables at home, that the sharp tang of the horseflesh in front of me belonged to Eachann, the brown stallion I’d grown up with. He’d been a spitfire and no doubt. I’d loved him fiercely from the time I was no taller than his breast, barely more than a bairn myself. The summer before Da fell ill, he’d placed me atop the stallion.

"Steady, lad," he’d said firmly as I’d wiggled into place. With one hand on my knee to keep me still and another wound loosely in the reins, he’d made clicking sounds to the horse, who began a slow walk out toward the road. The warm summer breeze seemed fresher atop the great beast and I sucked in great lungfuls of it, pride at my new station streaming within me like a sunbeam through the forest.

"Can we go faster, Da?" I’d pleaded, ready to push the boundaries and feel the earth pass swiftly beneath me. My father had taken me on rides before, tucked up tight against the wall of his chest, but this was the first time I’d been atop Eachann myself.

To my disappointment, my father chuckled. "Nae, Aiden. Not today."

"But—" I started to protest, but he cut me a sharp glance that stilled my tongue.

"Nae," he said again, with a decisive shake of his head. "I’ve answered ye and should box your ears for asking again, but I won’t this time. Still, ye need to learn that nae means nae, and good reason for it, too."

"Sorry, Da," I said, dropping my eyes to the soft brown fur underneath my hands.

"There is a time and place for everything, my son. Someday, ye’ll be a grown man and riding Eachann will be tame compared to the other delights—and challenges—that lie before you. But there’s plenty of time for that, so take this day for what it is, and enjoy what the good Lord’s given ye, aye?" His smile shone through a thick, red beard, causing my heart to leap in my chest.

"Aye, Da," I’d replied, my cheeks stretched to their limits from the sheer joy of being with him.

Longing for what I’d lost surged within me—my father and his larger-than-life persona, my mother and her tender touch, my brother Duncan whose fists were always at the ready, and wee Willie who worried over his elder brothers’ brawling. Thinking of my family back then brought to mind the family I had now.

Angels Feature: Catherine Peace

Meet Catherine Peace

 

 

Name - Catherine Peace

Location - Harlan, KY (Go Justified....)

Age - 27

Occupation/Grade - Assistant Pharmacy Tech.

Favourite genre - Science fiction/fantasy/paranormal

Favourite author - Oh this is unfair :P I have several. Patrick Rothfuss, Tiffany Reisz, Anne Rice, HG Wells

Favourite book - ....Again....several. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Angel by Tiffany Reisz, The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells

First book you ever remember reading (for leisure) - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. It sticks out because it's the first book I ever read cover to cover in one sitting, and I thought that was awesome.

Are you a “casual” reader or an “avid” reader? What makes you so? - Avid. Definitely. Books are my life. Besides writing them, I also co-founded an indie review blog with my friend Landra, and we added a third reviewer at the beginning of the year. Indie Books R Us actually reviewed Cyndi's first book, Between, which is how I learned about Aidan in the first place. And I try to review as much as I can on my personal blog.

Most recent read - For pleasure? The Mistress by Tiffany Reisz. OMG SO GOOD. Currently I'm reading The Path of the Fallen by Dan O'Brien for the Indies blog

Next read - Cameron's Law for the Welcome to Adelheid blog hop. 

Favourite place to read - Anywhere I can

Dream vacation - I'd love to go backpacking through Europe. It's been a dream. Also, I need to go to Australia to visit a good friend. Drop bears be darned!

Favourite drink while reading - A nice cool glass of white wine

If you could think of the most ideal, fantasy, crazy perfect situation for reading a book, what would it be? - Listening to Alan Rickman, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Tom Hiddleston take turns reading my favorite book while getting a massage from Jared Padalecki. I mean, what?

How do you choose your books? - We have a submission process for Indies. For pleasure, I go a lot on recommendations, and I'm highly supportive of my author friends.

How is your bookshelf organized? (Alphabetically by title, author, by colour, random) - It goes alphabetically by Author, starting with the ones I'm friends with. Then It starts with those I don't in alphabetical order. So m ytop shelf runs from Leah Clifford to Tiffany Reisz, and then starts the A's again with people I don't know lol

When was the last time you went to a bookstore? - About a month ago. I tried to by all the things in Half Price Books.

What drew you to Between/Aiden? - Between is a fantastic story about life after death and how you can find love and acceptance in any situation. With Aiden, I just loved how kind and patient he is with Lindsey, how he endeavors to make her dreams and wishes reality in order to help her cope with her new afterlife. He's sweet, he's tender, and he loves her so freaking much. It's really a beautiful story, and he's the icing on the cake. Plus, he's Scottish. Who doesn't love that?

One cool fact about you? - I'm also a published author (recently). My short story "Lured" was accepted for the Crimson Melodies' Nocturnal Embers anthology and my paranormal erotic romance This Time Next Year was published by Decadent Publishing as part of their 1Night Stand line. I'm also currently working (well, reworking) a science fiction horror novel.  

How can Angels connect with you? - I am EVERYWHERE. Sort of. Mostly I live on Facebook (I have an author page too!) and Twitter. I also contribute to the Pen Punks blog, and of course I'm still reviewing with Indie Books R Us. 

Updates

Oh my Angels, it has been too long since we've last spoken. So much has happened that I'm so excited to share with you.

 

First and foremost: THANK YOU to everyone who donated and spread the word about the VTtoRT campaign. It worked! You guys helped raise enough money to pay for my registration into the RT Booklovers Convention and in May, Cyndi and I are going down there to meet in person. I'm trying to convince her to vlog while we're down there so if that's something you want to see us do, tweet her to let her know.

 

I am so excited to be able to go, I can't thank you all enough.

 

Secondly, I've started updating the site again. If you look at the tab bar, you'll notice I've (finally) added the teasers for Book 4, and added a tab for all of your fabulous Interviews and Reviews. Also, if you look under the "Follow Cyndi" tab you'll find more of her writing from her Goodreads account.

 

I'm getting around to adding more of the fan art and that you guys have been sending in over the last few months. Art like this:

Pau Castillo

If any of you review any of the books or create fan art or write fan fiction I encourage you to email me or tweet me with the link so we can share it with everyone.

 

As I said back in December, we're trying to come up with a "shipper" name for Aiden and Lindsey so please tweet your ideas to Cyndi (@cynditefft) and myself (@vatrask)

Guest Posts and Interviews

These are just some of the places you can find Cyndi on other blogs through guest posts and interviews. Please keep sending me links as you find them. Either tweet me (@vatrask) or email me (vicki.trask@gmail.com)

Writer of Wrongs #1 (Interview)
Pinky Pollock (Interview)
Just a Booklover (Interview)
Writer of Wrongs #2 (Interview)
The Reading Fish (Interview)

Carrie Secor (Guest Post)
Linda Rae Blair (Guest Post)
Confessions of a Book Addict (Guest Post)

Reviews

These are the reviews that have accumulated on the Aiden's Angels site in the last few years. If you'd like to add your name to the list tweet me (@vatrask) or email me (vicki.trask@gmail.com) with the link.

• Lexcade
• The Indie Elite
• Reading Angel
• Novel Goddess
• Reading Teen
• Writer of Wrongs (Hell Transporter)
• Megan Elliot
• Astrid Yrigollen
• Felicia Wetzig
• Jessica Baker
• Carrie Secor
• Lindsay Cox
• Writer of Wrongs (Even In Darkness)
• Jamie Canosa
• Molly Ringle
• I'd So Rather Be Reading
• Mermaid With a Book
• A Rebel's Journey
• Jacinda Buchmann

Ceann Bliadhna Sona

Today is December 20th which means...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LINDSEY AND AIDEN!

Though we may not see it in Book Four (more details coming as soon as I hear something) today is the first (official) anniversary of Lindsey and Aiden MacRae. And what better way to celebrate with you than to check in briefly with our favourite couple before we leave them to celebrate privately.

I should warn you that this does contain spoilers from the series so far so read at your discretion.

Be sure to send @cynditefft and @AidenMacRae your love on twitter so they can pass it on to Lindsey and their child. And of course if you comment below I'll make sure they get the message. Spread the love, my lovelies.

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1. How has your first year as a married couple been?

    Lindsey: Crazy! Of course, it’s always hard counting anniversaries with us, isn’t it? We don’t do anything the easy way, I’ve learned. Still, I wouldn’t change a thing. Well, maybe I’d change being hunted down by one psychotic hell transporter after another, but the rest is good.

    Aiden: More than good. *pinches Lindsey on the bum*

    Lindsey: *grins and smacks him* Brat.

2. What are some new quirks you've learned about each other?

    Aiden: Ah, I have one! She won’t go to bed without flossing her teeth.

    Lindsey: Good dental hygiene is important. You don’t want gingivitis.

    Aiden: Ginger what? We didna have such things in my day. Seems… a wee bit frivolous, aye?

    Lindsey: Yeah, and how many teeth were your clansmen missing?

    Aiden: *considers* Point taken.

3. What has been the biggest challenge (apart from the obvious)?

    Aiden: Well, ye might say we haven’t been sleeping so well of late.

    Lindsey: *yawns* You can say that again. I don’t remember the last time I slept more than a few hours at a time. This gets better, right? Please say it gets better.

    Aiden: Well, Joanne did say the twins didna sleep through the night for six months…

    Lindsey: I don’t know how she did it. Wonder woman, seriously. Thank God we don’t have twins. *shudders*

4. Do you have a couple name?

    Lindsey: Like Bradjelina or Bennifer? *starts cracking up* Aidsey? Linden? Hey, that’s a tree, isn’t it?

    Aiden: What are ye on about?

    Lindsey: *blinks eyes innocently* Nothing, honey. Just saying how you’re strong and mighty like a tree.

    Aiden: I know you’re up to no good when ye look at me that way.

    Lindsey: Who, me?

5. Please tell me you have cute pet names for each other.

Lindsey: No, not really, aside from him calling me “lass” now and then. He does have a pet name for the baby, but I won’t tell you what it is. Don’t want to spoil anything! ;)

6. How will you be spending your Christmas together? Any new traditions?

    Aiden: ‘Tis lovely having family in Ian and Sarah. They’ve welcomed us like kin, so we are not alone. Sarah cooks enough to feed an entire castle of Scotsmen though we’ve only the small group of us. *laughs* Och, but her cooking… Mmm, she is an angel straight from heaven, that one.

    Lindsey: True. I’m glad I’m not on my own to figure out how to cook meals for the holidays. It’s not like my mom taught me any of that. Though I could probably have gone without learning how to cook haggis. Yuck!

7. Okay last one: How will you be spending your first anniversary?

    Aiden: *grins*

    Lindsey: I think she means besides that.

    Aiden: Sorry. ‘Tis just with the babe, I’m rather looking forward to that, as ye call it.

    Lindsey: Me, too. Believe me.

*insert break in the interview while they convince each other just how much they’ve missed that*

8. Alright I lied: How do you say "Happy Anniversary" in Gaelic?

    Aiden: “Ceann Bliadhna Sona”, though a bottle of whisky works just as well. ;)

One last thing, my Angels. If you have suggestions for Lindsey and Aiden's couple name. Submit them to me on twitter (@vatrask) with the hashtag #TeamMacRae

Angels Feature: Lori Ness

Meet Lori Ness



On the Right

Name: Lori Ness

 

Location: Seattle Area, WA

 

Age: 40's

 

Favourite genre: Romance/Happy Endings

 

Favourite author: Sofie's here....hard to pick There has never been a better time to be an author and the talent pool is deep

 

Favourite book: Fifty Shades of Grey

 

First book you ever remember reading (for leisure): Dr. Seuss books, I loved to memorize them

 

Are you a “casual” reader or an “avid” reader? What makes you so?: Casual moving towards avid

 

Most recent read: "Animated Me" by Ruth Clampett

 

Next read: "If I were You" Lisa Rene Jones

 

Favourite place to read: On the couch in front of the fire in winter

 

Dream vacation: I would like to tour the European countries for the summer at leisure

 

Favourite drink while reading: Red Wine, Walla Walla Vintners Sangiovese but I'm not picky any red wine always works!

 

If you could think of the most ideal, fantasy, crazy perfect situation for reading a book, what would it be?: Locked in a beach house in the winter, fire going, stormy weather, glass of wine, quiet

 

How do you choose your books: Recommendations

 

How is your bookshelf organized? (Alphabetically by title, author, by colour, random): Mosly in eBook but hard copies by height and genre

 

When was the last time you went to a bookstore?: I actually ran into a bookstore a couple days ago down at Pike Market to buy a FSoG book to use as a prop for a video we were filming down there.  The bookstore had 1 book left "Freed" and I took it.  It is a great, old bookstore, probably 60 years old, never been remodeled. A real cool vibe, wish I could have stayed longer but intend to go back and take my time.

 

What drew you to Between/Aiden? My husband is 1st generation American, his family is from Scotland, so it was a natural fit. Loved Aiden from the beginning, he was a loving soul.

 

One cool fact about you?: Just one?!?!?!  I will give you two...I play guitar and hate eggs!

 

How can Angels connect with you?: www.northwestprime.com

Lindsey MacRae Book Four Exclusive

It's Lindsey MacRae's Birthday Today!! Hooray!

As a special treat for all of you I have an exclusive sneak preview of Between 4 (holy crap). See it here first!

         “What can I get for ye?" 

“Whisky, neat.” 

The man had the audacity to laugh. “You’ll have to be more specific, I’m afraid. We’ve dozens to choose from.” 

Torag studied him for a moment, then came to a decision. “What’s your name?” 

The bartender looked momentarily taken aback, but then shrugged. “Kevin. Why?” 

“Well, Kevin, I’m new to whisky,” Torag lied. “What would you recommend?” And just like that, Kevin’s round face broke into a joyous grin and he launched into an impressive dissertation on the many nuances of whisky. Torag responded in all the right places, inserting a “Really?” and “Wow, I had no idea” from time to time, just to keep him talking. Kevin set up four shot glasses on the bar in front of him, then plied him with tasters of whisky from the four regions of Scotland, having scorned blends in favor of the more patriotic single malt scotch. Torag dutifully sipped from each, proclaiming that Kevin was right about the differences in each.

“You sure know a lot about whisky,” Torag said, trying to sound delightfully dim. “Have you lived in Orkney long?” 

“All my life,” Kevin declared with pride. “Only been to the mainland once. Wife’s never even been that far.” 

“Incredible,” Torag replied, then asked for a glass of the 12 year GlenMorangie. As Kevin poured, Torag’s heart pounded heavy in his chest, but he forced his voice into a casual tone. “So you must have been around during that power surge a while back, right?” 

“Boy, was I! The whole island was blacked out, not a damn thing worked. Cracked a standing stone right in half, it did.” 

“Is that right? Where was that?” 

“The Barnhouse Stone, out near Malcolm’s place.” 

Torag’s pulse raced wildly and he paused to take another sip to hide his interest. “Malcolm a friend of yours? What’s he think of the cracked stone?” 

“We go way back—cut teeth at the same time, we did—but I wouldn’t say we’re mates. He goes his way and I go mine. So I can’t say as I’ve asked him what he thinks, but I wouldn’t put it past him to chalk it up to that damn prophecy.” 

Everything inside Torag screamed for him to jump over the bar and shake this fat little man by the throat until he spilled every last detail he knew. Instead, he asked for a refill to keep Kevin occupied. 

“Prophecy, huh? A prophecy about what?” 

“Och, I dunno. Some such nonsense he got passed down from his Da and his Da before him. Started back at Culloden times, if I recall. Showed it to me when we were kids, though his Da would have been spitting mad if he’d known as only MacRaes were allowed to see it.” Kevin rolled his eyes and waved his towel over the bar like he was swatting a fly. “Says something about a blood sacrifice and crimson globes, whatever the hell that means. Freaked the hell out of me anyway.” With a rueful shake of his head, he schooled his expression into one of pity. “MacRaes never have had it easy, what with Malcolm raising those kids on his own now. Wife passed just last year. Cancer, it was. Poor man.” 

Yes, poor man indeed, Torag thought to himself, and began formulating his plan.

Angels Feature: Alanna Powell

Meet Alanna

Name: Alanna Diane Powell

Location: Timmins, Ontario, Canada

Age: In my mind, I'm still 25. I always feel younger than I really am. But I just turned 30 this year and I'm LOVING it so far. Great things have happened for me so far, so I shouldn't really complain - even though I so have days where I feel like a crotchety old woman.

Occupation/Grade: I'm an Administrative Assistant for a project management/consulting firm. It's still a very new position for me - it still has New Job smell.

Favourite genre: Oh boy, I love so many of them! But I think Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi-Fantasy, and HeebieJeebie have to my favorites.

Favourite author: Gah!!! I can only pick one!? You're killing me! I'll give you my Top 5 instead, and in no particular order of preference: Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, J.K Rowling ... and as a bonus, I have to add Jacqueline Carey to this list

Favourite book: Again, I can only pick ONE?! Well, I've always really adored Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Pretty much anything Diana Gabaldon has put her hands on ends up on the favorite's list.

First book you ever remember reading (for leisure): Well, I really got in to The Babysitter's Club when I was younger, and I loved the Ramona and Beezus novels. But my fondest memory of reading for leisure was either Charlette's Web or Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. I tried to be like Veruca Salt one day, and stuck a wad of chewing gum behind my ear. I ended up cutting out a chunk of hair when I realized that this wasn't the place to stick gum. To this day, I have no idea how Veruca managed it.

Are you a “casual” reader or an “avid” reader? What makes you so?: Definitely avid. There is forever a book either in my hands, in my purse (they're quite large, my purses. More like big fabric pits), on my night stand, on the coffee table ... and they usually aren't an individual copy being trotted all around the house. There's at least two or three books I'm reading at any given time.

Most recent read: The Mortal Instruments has taken over my life!! I just finished reading Book 3, and bought Book 4 on Saturday. I'm also nearing the end of Full Dark, No Star by Stephen King, and I just started HORNS by Joe Hill. I've also got two other books on my Kindle that have temporarily been forgotten. The Night Walk Men by Jason McIntyre and The Haunted Hikikimori by Lawrence Pearce.

Next read: I just started HORNS. But once I finish Full Dark, No Star I'm probably going to either read Book 4 of the Mortal Instruments, or return to my Kindle.

Favourite place to read: It's a toss up between the couch, or in bed. You can pretty much bet on those two. Plus, I tend to do a lot of bathroom reading when I take a bath - as a result, my baths are quite long.

Dream vacation: I'm hopefully taking it in February! My partner's family are living in Dubai and we're hoping to go there to visit the, (and skip 3 weeks of winter in the process!)

Favourite drink while reading: If it's during the day, it's usually a good hot, steaming mug of coffee. Bathtub reading will sometimes be occupied by a glass of red wine, or a vodka cooler.

If you could think of the most ideal, fantasy, crazy perfect situation for reading a book, what would it be?: My perfect situation is usually cold and rainy Sundays. I love those kind of days. They remind me of home, where the rest of my family is (Newfoundland, Canada). Rain and fog and grey skies will forever feel like home. However, reading during thunderstorms is always delightful too.

How do you choose your books: Haphazardly, haha. I picked up the first book my Diana Gabaldon because the front cover art was interesting, and the notion of time travel intrigued me. I read Between based purely on advice from a stranger I met on Twitter who was also a fan of Cyndi Tefft and Diana Gabaldon. Generally speaking though, I read the fly-leaf where you can usually find some kind of synposis about the book. But sometimes though, if there's a book who's cover art always catches my eye and I'm constantly gawking at it ... then I'll usually pick it up. That's how I picked up The Sisters Brother's (which I read for the longest time as Sisters and Brothers, ha!). It was definitely an odd sort of read for me, and a good example that judging by cover art isn't always a good idea.

How is your bookshelf organized? (Alphabetically by title, author, by colour, random): By series and author. Ideally. Right now, I have bits of one author on two different book shelves. My big book shelf is full, so I've resorted to the shelving built in to the divide between the living room and kitchen. I have authors and they're series together (most of them). Then I have a graphic novel section, an autobiographical section and a To Be Read section.

When was the last time you went to a bookstore?: Since I don't think the book section of Wal-Mart counts (which was on Saturday) it would have been last Friday when I picked up the newest offering from Margaret Atwood - MaddAdam, the third and final book in the triology (the first beign Oryx and Crake, and The Year of The Flood being the second) and a detective mystery novel by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling (the secret identity slipped out a little early, but by now the cat is long out of the bag)

What drew you to Between/Aiden?: Well, I heard through the Twitterverse that Aiden was based on one of Diana Gabaldon's characters - Jamie. For that reason mainly, I downloaded Between to my Kindle. Once I started reading though, I was pleased to find that despite similarities to Jamie, Aiden is very much his own person, unique and beautiful and very charming. His devotion to the woman he loves is really heartwarming. Once I got near the end of Between, the whole fire scene was really, really beautiful.

One cool fact about you?: I hardly think I qualify as cool, haha. But when I stretch my arms out, I can my touch my elbows together.

How can Angels connect with you?: I had an entirely different answer written for this - until I realized that I had read the question wrong! I'm on Twitter, mostly! @rebellion83 I am a part of other social media sites, but this is where you can find me pretty much all the time.

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