An American in London #booklaunch #KISKIK #Romance #power

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As if I’d arranged it, the President of America was here in London to meet the Queen of England this week. It’s a job to imagine two different characters yet they seemed to hit it off pretty well. One of the things the British know is that his mother was British – a Scottish lassie from Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis. As I’ve watched the TV footage of the state visit I’ve seen so many things that appear in my new book “Power” where Congressman Jackson T. Paine comes to London and meets his own Scottish lassie, Olivia Johnston-Denny.

1559555031.pngOn any day there will be thousands of Americans in London. On any day there will be Americans working with the British in the corridors and offices of power in an around Whitehall and Parliament itself. As a “humble” congressman, Jackson doesn’t get the level of pomp and security that surrounds President Trump. All the same, he does get to ride in one of those black armored Cadillacs that you see in American presidential convoys all over the world.

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Emma Calin Enjoying The Power of  London

Power in itself is useless. Only when combined with influence does it transform into the murky and lethal business of politics. This is how the British royal family maintain their unique status. With no mud on their lips, they may whisper in any ear. The royals appear in many of my ‘Passion Patrol’ books, starting with the arrival of baby Prince George as a germinal event in Dynasty’. In ‘Crowns’, revolution in France against an out of touch elite government calls for the restitution of the monarchy. In Guilt’, religious terrorists plot to assassinate the royal family of England when they gather for the horse racing at Royal Ascot. If you’ve watched and enjoyed the visit of president Trump to Buckingham palace I just know you’d love these stories.

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Anneli Power review 99c launchAnd now ‘Power’ is released. Congressman Jackson T. Paine is an Oklahoma farming boy tipped to run for president in 2024. He keeps it simple and has one political message:

‘Keep it Strong, Keep it Kind.’

It’s not a message everyone likes. When he collides with a flame haired girl from a castle on the Firth of Forth, the spark starts a fire. Action and passion unfold in a chase through the streets of London and Naples. If you’ve followed the series watch out for familiar faces like Anna La Salle, Shannon Aguerri, Kaitlyn Thorn, Randolph Quinn and the mysteriously ruthless Bastian Wolf.

Nothing seduces a man or woman like POWER.

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Book Launch - 6th June 2019 (1)

Join me on a #romance book tour with Silver Dagger Tours – daily chances to #win #prizes & #giveaways!

passion patrol bannerI’m delighted to have been accepted for a Silver Dagger Tour with my complete Passion Patrol Series.

Maia, the powerhouse behind this book blogger tour service is an absolute star and is so well organised.  Come along and meet her book blogger team over the next month as they discover my Passion Patrol titles.  There are chances to win exclusive swag and prizes by commenting and following these posts.

Follow the tour HERE for exclusive content and a giveaway!

https://www.silverdaggertours.com/sdsxx-tours/passion-patrol-series-book-tour-and-giveaway

…and here’s the list of dates and blogs for you to visit:

May 15

kickoff at Silver Dagger Book Tours

Viviana MacKade

May 16

Lock That Door

Midnight Book Reader

May 17

Craving Lovely Books

Scrupulous Dreams

May 18

Romance Novel Giveaways

May 19

nanasbookreviews

Rita’s reading room

May 20

Readeropolis

Tome Tender

May 21

Shannon Muir, Author – Infinite House of Books

3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too!

May 22

Casey’s Corner

A Mama’s Corner of the World

May 23

2 chicks and a book

A Pinch of Bookdust

May 24

The Magic Of Wor(l)ds

Better Read Than Undead

May 25

Bedazzled By Books

May 26

Books a Plenty Book Reviews

May 27

Educated Book Freak

Luv Saving Money

May 28

Book Review Virginia Lee

Books all things paranormal and romance

May 29

Books, Authors, Blogs

From Head To Tale

May 30

Book Lovers 4Ever

Dragon’s Den

May 31

Always Love Me Some Books Blog

Reviews and Promos by Nyx

June 1

Book-Lover

June 2

Breanna Hayse Romance

June 3

Girl with Pen

Paranormal Palace of Pleasures

June 4

Inside the Insanity

Maiden of the Pages

June 5

Authors & Readers Book Corner

@jypsylynn

June 6

E-Romance News

Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read

June 7

Jazzy Book Reviews

Paranormal Romance Trance

June 8

Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin’

June 9

T’s Stuff

June 10

Sapphyria’s Book Reviews

Sylv.net

June 11

eBook Addicts

Teatime and Books

June 12

Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author

The Book Dragon

June 13

The Bookshelf Fairy

Triquetra Reviews

June 14

Tracie’s World of Books

Yearwood La Novela

June 15

Twisted Book Ramblings

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Britain’s got talons

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Just wait until I get these heels fitted to my chariot.(photo Independent)

Was Theresa May inspired to call a surprise election by President Erdogan of Turkey when he made his lunge for total power? Will France become a one party nationalist state led by a woman? Will Britain end up the same way? (We’re halfway there).

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Guys – it’s not a beauty show – but if you’ve got it…

Oh yes, and a woman takes over at Scotland Yard. It’s all been predicted and now it’s happening.

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Checkmate for a Yardbird

Love Bleeds Blue – the thinking woman’s guide to practical lust, sex and politics. Catch the wave before it breaks over your head. At least with a passionate book you’ll drown smiling.

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Emma Thinx:  There’s nothing pretty about Pollytics.

Queen Launches Love Bleeds Blue

The champagne smashed into the bow. A vessel riveted together with 104,000 words slipped away to begin its life away from me. Even the Queen was in tears but only because of the onion in her after-party Cheddar sandwich. What do you mean Fake News? You just don’t believe I’d give Her Majesty a cheese sandwich do you?

Much of history is the concoction and revelation of fake news. The English Popish Plot of 1678, the arson of the Reichstag in 1933 and the 2011 European Union ruling on straight bananas spring to my mind. Not only was much of these stories untrue, they were also influential. And there my friends is where Love Bleed Blue offers its tiny voice in the debate.  The above video features my police consultant, the English poet Oscar Sparrow. He seems plausible enough to me! He’s what I call a deadpan of mass deception.

kindle fire no backgroundIt’s only going to cost you 99 cents/99p to grab your copy AND until April 24th you can click the link in the back to claim your sweepstake chance to win a 7 inch Kindle Fire tablet. It’s out there guys! Now it’s over to you.PP3 LBB 24 Apr small

Emma Thinx:  Walk towards the light, don’t throw a shadow on the future.

Knockout Punch in China

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These legs were made for walking

Who ever would have thought that my legs would get me to China wearing those shoes? This is just so exciting as Knockout – book 1 in the Passion Patrol series goes live in China. Passion Patrol 2 is in the wings getting ready to launch. I was half hoping that I would get a mention at the National People’s Congress which has just been held in Beijing but I guess they had other important stuff to deal with. I’m just hoping those readers will enjoy the Szechuan hot sauce of Anna and Freddie.

Emma Thinx: Love is the original free trade agreement.

Love Bleeds Blue in Paris

Paris and Tonnay Charente 097Some part of me is always in Paris. I know she’s a shabby arrogant bitch who would shrug off my impudent fan mail but I just can’t stop writing them. I could tell her she’s just a heap of stones arranged around a muddy river. I could tell her she’s not as French as I am, that her cool gaze was international and more security cordon than cordon bleu. And she would shrug and rain on me, lifting her skirt above the red and grey reflecting cobbles to show a tease of petticoat.

So, for a while I gave up the fan mail. This time I did a whole novel. I know she won’t care.She won’t read it. She’ll sell it secondhand for fifty cents on a Sunday market stall on la rive gauche. I walk in the tear stained footprints of the wasted and decadent greats. I hum along to the metro jazz and long to soften her lips of stone. A woman should not feel this way – but Paris – I love you so so much.

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Don’t tell me she’s male. No – Paris knows more of love than any man! Tell me I’m wrong guys – please.

Emma Thinx: In a language with genders go for the plural. Get the max.

 

 

 

 

 

Love Bleeds Blue Launch Crew – Go to Pad.

lbbdrawAt last, the firing sequence countdown has started. I’m breathing only hydrogen atoms now – they were on a two for one offer at Walmart. Yesterday we took to my French chateau garden for the climax of our VIP Launch Crew exclusive competition for names to be used in Passion Patrol Three – Love Bleeds Blue. Our special guest to perform the draw was Odile Vicomtesse de Saintonge, who appears in Passion Patrol Two.She obtained world wide fame for providing Shannon and Spencer with their historic love bed – a gift from Josephine de Beauharnais, lover of Napoléon.

The three winners have been selected and know who they are – but not their roles in the story. The VIP crew have seen the cover and next week is the grand reveal. Main fuel tank pressure is rising guys, countdown is running.

 

Emma Thinx: There’s a big leaking  dam of luck somewhere up stream.

 

 

Having the Last Word. My Secret.

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A heart of stone will never reveal the heart that beats within the stone

Whenever I see a sculptor, a construction site or guys/gals building an airplane or ship I wonder how the hell they’re gonna pull it all together into something that works, looks great or maybe at least something they can sell. Whenever I read curvy twisty tales I wonder how the writer thought it all up and then made it fit. It must be crazy standing on a piece of soil and looking up into an open sky and say “That’s where my skyscraper’s gonna go.”

So, at the first encounter with a new novel I’m too hare-brained to set out a plan like some writers. Once the characters have got a name they kinda resent being pushed around by some  office worker waving a blueprint. No, what I need is a flavor – maybe some little piece of dialogue that may come up on page 174. If it does it often goes out at the purple prose edit stage.

Somewhere in Passion Patrol Four a character is gonna say ” You can’t really really cry while your heart is still broken. The person who knows how to fix it will take your tears as a gift of love.”

There it is: the secret source of my work. That’s ahead of me now like a distant cloud on a sunny day. It’ll kinda move about, collect more woolly  sheep, morph into cauliflower or a stringy mustache;  but – it’s there.

Emma Thinx: Don’t trip on a milestone on the way to the horizon.