Saturday, August 18, 2012


Quinn is a 32 year old wife, mother, nurse, and writer, not necessarily in that order.  She lives in beautiful North West Arkansas with her husband, son and Nora their Doberman Pinscher. She loves writing, reading, and crocheting. Her favorite holiday is Christmas, favorite book are Pride and Prejudice, The Alpha and Omega Series by Patricia Briggs, and the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling. She loves to be silly and have fun, loves music and thinks there is no greater sound in the world than that of her little boy's laughter. 

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Shadow Slayer by Laura A H Elliott Cover Reveal



Shadows will do anything to become human.

You see their influence everyday. You say things you don’t mean or do things that aren’t like you. You look different and become inexplicable, at times. Friends you’ve known forever suddenly never call.

Planet Popular was just a part of the Shadow World, where our alter egos merely exist. These shadows want nothing more than to become human so they can finally exercise their own free will. There’s a war brewing between the world of humans and the world of shadows. When shadows invade Roxie’s high school, she’ll not only fight for her life but the lives of her family and friends and discover she alone is the Shadow Slayer, the one human who can save Earth from the shadow onslaught. Oh yeah, there’s an evil English teacher, an enchanted play, a sword of Sandonian steel, a homecoming of horrors, and seven magic words.

Shadow Slayer releases September 18th!

13 on Halloween, (Shadow Series #1) is FREE on Smashwords and is now available as an audiobook on iTunes, Audible or Amazon.

Click here to enter the Shadow Slayer Cover Reveal Giveaway & a chance to win two Shadow Series necklaces (one for each book), a 13 on Halloween audiobook, and a Shadow Slayer paperback.

Laura loves writing about enchanted road trips, shadow worlds, and alien romance while eating lots of popcorn. Find out more about Laura’s books at Laurasmagicday.wordpress.com or find her on Facebook!

Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Wild Ones book trailer

Y'all, I just have to post this here.  The awesome Rosette with Literati Literature Lovers put together this amazing trailer for The Wild Ones.  They are featuring this as well as some other truly cool and unique M. Leighton / The Wild Ones things over at their blog.  Please go by and check it out.  These ladies have just done a bang up job of making me feel like I can fly!!

Check out the trailer


A big huge THANK YOU to each of them and to each of you who has spread the word about this book and left me a lovely review for it.  There just aren't enough words to tell you what it means to me!  I hope y'all know how much I love and appreciate you:)  <3

Have a phenomenal Thursday!

Friday, August 10, 2012

Get Stranded With Hotties Scavenger Hunt


It's August, it's summer, it's hot... but how much hotter would it get if you were stranded on a deserted island with nothing but some swoon-worthy fictional characters to help you survive? Come visit the blogs below from August 13th to August 17th to collect items from a group of true hotties. Then enter your 'gifts' into the entry form on the sidebar for your chance to win a fantabulous grand prize - a Kindle and a pile of books to load onto it!

Now... we can't promise you this group will have the most traditional of survival gear for you. In fact, we can't promise you that you have a hope in Hell of surviving this ordeal. But we can promise... we can promise.. sorry, distracted by the twelve hot guys, waiting...  

The Rules:

    Visit each blog beginning August 13th, 2012 at 12:01am EST
    Collect the 'gifts' from your favorite fictional hotties Complete the entry form, listing each 'gift' you picked up  Cross your fingers!

The Stops:


The Grand Prize:

1 Kindle - Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display
+
ecopies of:
Anathema, and Asylum (Causal Enchantment #1 & 2) ~K.A.Tucker
Dante's Girl ~ Courtney Cole
The Wild Ones ~ M.Leighton
Stained and Here ~ Ella James
Shadow Slayer (Shadow Series #2) ~ Laura Elliott
The One ~Heather Self
The Childe & Dark Days ~ C.A.Kunz
Forever Changed ~ Tiffany King
Awaken & Echo of an Earth Angel ~ Sarah M. Ross
+
Audiobook of 13 on Halloween (Shadow Series #1) ~ Laura Elliott

 

Make sure to visit us beginning Monday, August 13th to make some new fictional boyfriends, meet some new authors, have some fun, and possibly win a fantastic prize! You'll find the entry form and posts at that time, plus any additional information on the scavenger hunt & giveaway


Plus...
If you're in the Atlanta area on September 1st-2nd and want to meet these fantastic authors, come visit them at the Decatur Book Festival!



For those of you who don't know Trick, let me introduce you.



Trick is tall with dark hair, greenish-gray eyes and a grin to die for!  He's smart and funny and he says things like this:

“Wow! The hair of a devil, the face of an angel and the voice of a phone sex operator.  You really are the perfect woman.”


AND this:  (Trick's POV)

“Well?  Are you gonna make me beg?”

Trick raises one brow and my heart stutters in my chest.  I wonder if he knows I’m almost to that point already.  Only it has nothing to do with hearing his dream and everything to do with him kissing me.

“Not tonight,” he says softly. 


AND this:  (Cami's POV)

A thumb brushes my right cheek.  “God, that’s sexy,” he whispers.  Against my will, my eyes fly to his face.  His smile has died to a lopsided grin that is devastation in its purest form.  “I’ve never made a girl blush before.”

AND this:  (Trick's POV)

“I don’t mind a little competition”

“You don’t?”

“No, but I hate to lose.”

“Do you lose often?”

I lean down, my face only inches away from hers.  I watch those incredible eyes as they flit between my mouth and my eyes over and over again.

“Never,” I whisper.
 

Now, if you wouldn't mind getting stranded with this delicious guy, then make sure you take the cowboy hat he's offering to you.  *wink wink*  Trick doesn't want you to get faint from too much sun.  If you get too hot, he wants to be the reason for it;)



GOOD LUCK & HAPPY HUNTING;)

Saturday, August 4, 2012

The Wild Ones Paperback Giveaway #1

I'm pretty sure everyone likes a good old fashioned print copy of a book.  Am I right?  There's just something about being able to hold it in your hands and flip through the pages and put it on a shelf.  Well, in light of that, I'm going to do a contest.  Yes, another one:)  Probably the first of many.  Here are the deets:

The Prize:  A signed paperback of The Wild Ones along with a signed TWO swag.

How to enter:

Option1:  As you read The Wild Ones, tweet me your favorite line (to @mleightonbooks) along with the hashtag #TheWildOnes and I'll randomly pick a winner from all the entries on Friday, August 10th at 9 pm EST.  I'll announce the winner on Twitter.

Option2:  As you read The Wild Ones, post your favorite line along with the hashtag #TheWildOnes (I know there are no hashtags in FB, but I am a rule-breaker!  Take that hashtag police!!) on your Facebook page and tag me in the post


Rules: 
  • You must be at least 18 years old to enter 
  • Open internationally
  • You must follow me on Twitter or be my friend on Facebook
  • Multiple entries allowed

If you don't have it yet, you can get it from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.  It's only $2.99, which is wicked cheap for a book AND for hours of entertainment.  And a hot guy, of course:D  hehe   So go now!! Hurry, hurry!

If I had a gun, I'd fire that sucker in the air and announce GO!  But I don't, so...  Actually I wouldn't even if I did because I'd be arrested and thrown in jail in short order and y'all, I DO NOT look good in orange OR stripes!!!  So let's just stick with... GO!!

Thanks for stopping by and happy reading!!!

Thursday, August 2, 2012

The Wild Ones and all my paperbacks

Okay, sooooo I got the proof for the print copies of The Wild Ones.  Look!  Aren't they so pretty? 




Yes, there's a glare on the top one and my finger in the bottom one, but you're not supposed to see any of that.  You're only supposed to see lovely Trick and his lovely back side.  Of the cover I mean;)  hehe

Anyway, what I am trying to say is that paperbacks of The Wild Ones will be available by Monday August 6th here on my blog, on Amazon, on Barnes & Noble and on CreateSpace, as all of my paperbacks are:)  If you've never bought one from Amazon or Barnes and Noble, the link to the print copies is listed on the digital copy page.  You can't miss it.  If you do, though, and you ever have a question about where to find or how to get a copy of one of my books, shoot me a quick e-mail.  I'm always happy to help:)

Now, on to the giveaway.  *gasp*  Giveaway?  Yep, giveaway:)  Eeeeeep! Y'all know how much I love to do these:)  Yep, yep, yep.  Okay, so here's the deal.  The first print copy has a misspelled word on the back cover (long story), so I had to fix it and order another.  For that reason, the proof I have now, the one pictured above, is the ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND.  It is a truly original hard copy of the book.  I'm going to sign it along with some bookmarks and give the package away.  What do you have to do to win it, you ask? 

** You must be at least 18 years of age
** You must follow me on Twitter ( @mleightonbooks )

** You must tweet me the name Trick gives his wild horse along with the hashtag #TheWildOnes (don't forget the hashtag) and you'll be entered into the drawing.  After a random selection tomorrow night at 9 pm EST, I'll announce the winner on Twitter.  That's the plan.  Sound do-able?  Yes?  Yes!  Cool!  I'm excited!!


All right, let's get to it!!

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Winner of Pick Your Trick

It was a very close race between Trick 2

and Trick 3. 

*the pictures have now been removed for copyright purposes*

It looked for a long time like Trick 2 was gonna sweep it, which was okay with me, because he was my top Trick.  But then Trick 3 came up out of nowhere and gave Trick 2 some pretty healthy competition, going on to take the win.  Congratulations to Alyssa, who sent in the delicious winning Trick!!  You'll be getting an ARC copy of The Wild Ones.  Please e-mail your Amazon address to me at m.leighton.books@gmail.com.

Thanks to everyone who participated.  It was so much fun!!