So first the winner of Coyote Run is………

Becky!

Becky if you could send an email to rhian(AT)rhiancahill(DOT)com I’ll get your prize to you.

Now, I’m over at TRS Blue blogging about friends. Come on over and leave a comment. CLICK HERE!

Rhian

Coyote Run the prequel to Coyote Home and Coyote Wild is available from Ellora’s Cave now. This Quickie is a little different to most, while it is a romance it doesn’t have the one thing romances are known for. A happy ever after. And while I think it has a happy for now ending most would say not. The story takes place on the night Rowan is forced to flee the only home she’s ever known leaving behind her mate with no idea of when it will be safe for her to return. She and Quinn are committed to making it safe for Rowan to come home but neither is sure of when that might be and so they make one of the toughest decisions ever faced by two people in love.

Prequel to the Coyote Hunger series.

Forced to make the heartwrenching decision to leave Whispering Mountains, Rowan Wilder isn’t about to go without securing her bond with Quinn MacClellan. Neither expected their first time to be on the forest floor or while running to escape a madman but when it comes to claiming their mate, nothing can stop the hunger from burning out of control and consuming them both.

Publisher’s Note: This is not a standalone story; it has a cliffhanger ending. The next book in the series, Coyote Home, is needed to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

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In honor of release day I’m giving away a copy to a lucky commenter. So comment away. *grin*

KJ asked me to sit down for a chat over at her place. We’re talking about Coyote Run and what inspired the whole Coyote Hunger series. Come on over and join me. CLICK HERE

*slurp*

Ahem, yes okay so what do you think? Personally, I think Logan is more than doable. *grin*

Down Under Divas

Come on over and see what I’m talking about.

I forgot to blog about two reviews I got the other week. I tell you every since I got back from the RWAus conference life has been crazy! Anyway….

Deb over at Dark Diva Reviews gave Coyote Wild 4 delightful divas. You can read the full review HERE, but here’s a snippet of what she had to say:-

“If you enjoy a little action and a lot of steam then pick up Coyote Wild by Rhain Cahill it is well worth diving into.”

And Kimber from Fallen Angel Reviews gave Coyote Home 4 angels. Check out the full review HERE. And a bit of what Kimber had to say:-

“The world of Coyote Home is complex and I look forward to reading more stories in the series.”

Kimber’s right. The coyote world is turning out to be way more complicated than I ever imagined but I’m loving writing it just the same.

Rhian

The last few days have been horrible. Princess One decided I needed to age about 20 years overnight. She’s been on medication and the doctor switch her to a different one that it turns out she’s allergic to. You know I’ve had some horrid experiences with my four kids but waking her up to find her bright red (yes BRIGHT red) and lips about five times their normal size is something I never want to do EVER AGAIN! The really horrible part is she’s taken this medication before without any problems but now she CAN’T have it! FULL STOP! She needs to carry a card in her wallet and we’re looking at some sort of jewelery she can wear. Seriously, it could turn a mother to drink.

Anyway, yesterday I opened the mailbox to find a lovely card from Terri. She won one of my contests a while back and she’d sent me a thank you card for her prize. It was totally unnecessary and unexpected but so greatly appreciated. So to Terri I say a big THANK YOU for making me smile when I needed to smile the most.

Rhian

Click the sexy Divas legs and come see what I’m talking about.

We’ve hit the final week and the last man standing is Mari Carr.

Mari is my CP and the story behind that happening is an interesting one. Mari mentioned on the Samhain reader loop that she didn’t have a CP and having just read her first book Erotic Research and loved it I sent her an email asking if she’d be interested in swapping work. Don’t ask me why I thought this was a good idea but it proved to be one as almost three years later we’re still CP’s. We may live on opposite sides of the globe and in completely different time zones but it hasn’t stopped us become closer. I was lucky enough to “move in” with her and her family in 2009 for about a month. We had a blast and I love her Hubby and kids just as much as I love her. I think if we actually lived in the same place there could be trouble though. *grin*

Head on over to International Heat to see what Mari’s got in store for us this week. And be sure to enter her contests.

Okay so a few weeks ago I pre-ordered the Kogan ereader. It arrived yesterday much to my delight. So I’ve had it for just over 24 hrs and only managed to play with it for about 6 of those. But here’s my initial findings. (oh I feel all scientific. *grin*)

Anyone else hear strip tease music? *grin* As packages go this one was very appealing. Nice box, nicely laid out product in the box.

I really liked the way the case and cords were packed under the device in the box. Now you all might be thinking we don’t want to see this stuff we want a look at the device but I think it’s important to show the effort Kogan has gone to to deliver a product that’s appealing. Remember they’re an online only retailer so they don’t need pretty shelves to stock their goods to catch peoples eye but they haven’t scrimped on packaging when they could have. This for me shows their serious about their product. A plus for this particular consumer. The other thing I really liked was the money back guarantee. Not that I think I’ll be using it.

It looks great in the case and the last picture gives you an idea of size. It weighs nothing! Well not nothing but compared to my netbook this baby is a feather-weight.

So down to the nitty-gritty of the Kogan in action. It’s an extremely simple device to use once you know your way around it. For those like me who are tech challenged you’ll still be reading on it in no time. There was a small glitch with the human operator that saw all the free books that come on it erased but I was planning to remove those anyway. *grin* No, really I was. Anyway, once I worked out how to plug it into my PC and push the right button on the device it was as simple as drag and drop. I’ve always read in PDF format but I get my author copies in all the formats each of my publishers sell so I’ve loaded PDF, PRC and ePUB to the device and all work great. I had some issues with the PDF at first but again being tech challenged proved to be the problem, I in fact stumbled across a better way to read the PDF’s and I’m now thrilled with that as well. I was thinking I would need to convert all my PDF’s to ePUB or PRC but now that isn’t going to be an issue. You can zoom in, bookmark, jump ahead to a particular page number and rotate. It also takes music and you’re able to listen while reading with the earphones that come with the device. I haven’t done that yet and I’m not sure I will other than to test it out. It also takes photos but again, not sure that interests me. One of the reasons I got the Kogan was I want to do my final read of my wip’s on it and it takes RTF. I used to have to convert my ms to PDF to do this before but with the Kogan I just drag and drop the RTF I want and away I go. The test run was conducted with Sami Lee’s latest wip and let me say I loved it! The story and the way it read on the Kogan. It’s exactly what I wanted it to be for that particular requirement on my ereader-must-have list. As well as the bookmark function you’re also able to have a list of favorites. It has an auto turn off function that you can set to 10, 20, 30mins or disable and a file explorer for simpler searching as well. I’m sure there are many things I haven’t gotten into just yet but so far I’m very, very pleased with the Kogan. You can check out the Kogan ereader and all it’s info HERE!

When I compared the Kogan to other similar ereaders available here in Australia it had two things that sold me, the number of formats it takes and the ability to add 32G of external storage with a SD card. As I said, I’m more than happy with my choice. And because I can’t help it here’s another pic.

Yes, Twix is happy about my purchase too. *grin*