Guest Post – Lily Velden’s Trio Treasure Hunt – Clue #3
Today Lily Velden brings her The Race Is On Blog tour to the Land of Make Believe. Read on to find out how to enter the drawing to win one of two $25.00 Dreamspinner Press Gift Credits. [And be sure to tell Lily that I was a true and proper curmudgeon.]
Hi, Everyone! Lily Velden, here, haunting you again!
As warned on my blog, I’m popping up everywhere again as I go on the Pre-Release Promo Tour for THE RACE IS ON, BOOK 2 of HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN!
Being the kind soul I am I didn’t want to inflict more information about myself on you all, deciding, instead, to host the TRIO Treasure Hunt.
For those of you who are gluttons for punishment you can find out more about me and the How The Light Gets In series, get links to interviews and/or reviews etc., on my blog.
I hope those that are here having participated in Clues # 1 & 2 are enjoying the Hunt!
The curmudgeon Andrew Q. Gordon (you are SO never going to live that description of yourself down with me, Andy!!!) was kind enough to say yes to hosting the third stop of the Hunt – Thank you, Andy!
(For those stumbling across the TRIO Treasure Hunt for the first time Stop #1 was at WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE SCARF PRINCESS, and Stop # 2 was at THE FUZZYY, FLUFFY WORLD OF CHRIS T. KAT, and yes, you can still participate – the TRIO Treasure Hunt is open until 9th August, 2013)
I’ve kept the rules and clues simple as I want it to be fun and not a chore, and I’ve tried to make the “treasure” worth pursuing!
There are mini prizes along the way as well as two major prizes at the end.
PRIZES
Mini Prizes: At each stop on the hunt you can enter the draw to win an open voucher redeemable with Dreamspinner Press of $6.99.
All you have to do is leave a comment!
Winner will be drawn within 7 days of my visit!
Major Prizes: By participating in the TRIO Treasure Hunt, collecting all four answers and logging them in on my blog by the 8th August you will be in the draw to win a $25 open voucher redeemable with Dreamspinner Press. There are two up for grabs!
COME AND JOIN THE FUN!
Okay, here goes!
TRIO TREASURE HUNT
There are only four stops on the Treasure Hunt.
16th July: Here at WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE SCARF PRINCESS!!!
23RD July: THE FUZZY, FLUFFY WORLD OF CHRIS T. KAT
30TH July: Here at: ANDREW Q. GORDON’S LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
6th August: My Blog! LILY VELDEN GIVE ME FICTION. REALITY IS OVERRATED!
At each stop you will be given an excerpt to read from THE RACE IS ON (TRIO)
Contained within the excerpt is the answer to a question / clue which will be asked at the end, and don’t worry, I will make it easy!!!
Each answer will only consist of ONE word.
Each word/answer is part of a four word sentence that relates to THE RACE IS ON. By the end of the Hunt you will have the entire sentence!
Write that sentence in the comment box provided on my blog and you are in the draw!
Winners drawn and notified 9th August, 2013
(If anything is unclear or ambiguous, please make contact, and I will do my best to explain in plain English!!!!)
THE RACE IS ON: BOOK 2 HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN
SUMMARY
Hollywood heartthrob Jaxon Moncrieff and Liam Lassiter are finally on the same page: committed and in it for the long haul. Now they just have to prepare for the inevitable fallout when they reveal their relationship. Between Jaxon’s career and Liam’s need to prepare for a life in the limelight, they decide to wait until filming of Jaxon’s latest project has wrapped.
Unbeknownst to them, the relentless paparazzi photographer Rafael Cacciatore, aka the Hunter, notices a change in Jaxon and is determined to be the first to break the story of who has captured Jaxon Moncrieff’s heart. In the meantime, Liam and Jaxon have enough on their plate working out the not-so-little issue of how and when Jaxon will come out to his family. The paparazzi aren’t even on their radar. The race to out Jaxon is on, and Liam and Jaxon don’t even know it.
EXCERPT
I was beginning to believe being filled was to my ass what maple syrup was to waffles—necessary. After all, what was waffles without syrup? I smirked at the thought that I had a greedy butt.
I continued to pace, knowing I wasn’t doing myself any favors as each step I took made the plug teasingly massage my channel, but as much as I cursed it, I also wanted the exquisite torment. God, am I a masochist now?
Another glance at the clock had me leaping for my cell. Eight fucking thirty at last!
“Baby,” I breathed into the phone, not even giving Liam time to greet me. “I need you. I need you so fucking bad. I’m going stir-crazy here.”
“Who’s been a naughty boy and worn his plug all day,” he said, chuckling down the phone line at me. His voice dropped a notch as he asked, “Have you, Jaxon? Have you been naughty?”
“Yes,” I whispered, looking down and seeing I was already tenting my boxers, my dick as hard as a lead pipe. Three sentences. Three small sentences from his sweet, dirty mouth and I was raring to go.
“Do you want me to help you, Pretty Boy? Help you scratch that itch?” he asked, the whisky burn of his voice finding its echo in the heat rapidly building in my loins.
“Yes.”
*****
TRIO TREASURE HUNT CLUES # 3
I’m in the 1st paragraph
I’m on the Canadian flag.
I am 5 letters long
I am word # 13 in the paragraph
I commence with the letter ‘M’
HAPPY HUNTING
and I hope to see you on the 6th at my blog:
LILY VELDEN: Give me Fiction. Reality is overrated!
LILY VELDEN
The Race is On
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Thanks for having me again, Andy!
Good Luck to everyone either commenting and putting themselves in the running for a open voucher valued at $6.99, or those participating in the TRIO Treasure Hunt where there is a chance to win one of two $25 open vouchers.
LOL, I wouldn’t mind winning one!
Oh, Lily, what a nice and naughty excerpt! And such a teaser! I´m looking forward to read the whole scene. Only a few more days! Yay!
C
LOL, You’re on to me, C. I do enjoy a bit of teasing!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I hope you’re collecting the clues!
Cheers,
Lily
Ooh phone sex. Great teaser Lily. Gathering all the clues nicely now, can’t believe the release date is so close. 😀
Hey Macky!
So nice of you to pop in and comment – you are such a love!
Less than two weeks to go now! Woot!
Hugs,
Lily
Read your reply to my question at Chris Kat’s blog. Wow, what a terrific job that you did on the covers, with the different eyes being Liam and Jaxon and the images in the pupils. I’m wondering what the cover for the third book will be. I’ll be fun when it gets revealed.
LOL, Jbst, a friend told me the next cover should be both boys cross-eyed! I’ll let you figure out why!
Good luck!
Cheers,
Lily
Congratulations. You were the winner of the gift voucher. Enjoy it wisely. 🙂
“Same Page” is going to be my weekend read this weekend and I’ve got “The Race is On” preordered. Just waiting for the little download button to pop up. I’ve been enjoying the excerpts and I love the covers. Curmudgeon? Andrew doesn’t seem like a curmudgeon… what do you think?
Hey Mel, thanks for taking the time to read and comment!
Andy keeps telling me he’s curmudgeon, but I’m yet to be convinced!
Thanks so much for commenting on the covers – I designed them! You have made my day with your lovely words.
Good Luck with both the open voucher for commenting and with the Treasure Hunt!
Cheers,
Lily
Lily, I know you’re not planning on sharing anything about yourself in these posts, but I thought for sure you’d dish about Andy on this particular tour stop. I guess “curmudgeon” is all we get, though. 😀
So, last time it was the coffee, and now you’ve mentioned another of my true dislikes, syrup. (I sound like one of those picky eaters, but no, you’re just getting lucky.) If the next excerpt mentions mushrooms, I will start believing you have a tour just to take jabs at my unfashionable culinary dislikes. 😉
Thanks for the fun stop and another chance to win. So nice of you to host, Andy!
Just for you Carolyn, here’s another Lily embarrassing moment…
As a shy 18 year old (yes, Andy, I was shy) I was in London by myself, and being on a shoestring budget, I walked everywhere. I walked past a huge building site and all these construction guys began wolf whistling. I didn’t know what to do. I was so embarrassed, I put my head down and marched by as quick as I could. You wouldn’t credit it but a telegraph pole leaped out and hit me on the forehead so hard I bounced back and landed on my ass on the sidewalk! (okay, the pole was there all the time!) So there I was, on my butt, dazed and seeing stars. Three of the guys came over to help me (personally, I’d have rathered the sidewalk open up and swallow me) – one even gave me his hard hat LOL and for the rest of my stay in London they escorted me everywhere of an evening as they said I obviously needed guarding from myself!
I’d love to dish on Andy, but he mightn’t have me back if I do!
Oh, and Carolyn, word of warning: If Jaxon ever invites you over for a meal. Best say NO! He’s into both coffee and syrup! I think you’re safe on the mushy front – but maybe clarify the menu first!
Good luck!
Lily
Oh, Lily, this had me alternately smiling and cringing! It sounds so much like a moment out of a book, but I guess that’s why there’s the whole truth/fiction saying. That was an absolutely adorable story, especially as I would have been like you: “Come along, ground, this is the optimal time for a sinkhole.” The sad part is, had it been me, I would have been eyes up and still managed to hit the pole. (Inanimate things just love to get up close and personal with me.)
I appreciate your unwillingness to tell tales about friends and/or have retaliation directed your way. Very wise. 🙂
I will heed your words of warning, but it may be worth it to take a chance just to get to eat and mingle in the fictional world. Maybe that’s why I love Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series so much; it makes visiting the book world a possiblity!
I’ll have to look up Jasper Fforde and the Thursday Next series – they sound good! Thanks for the tip. Recommendations are always a great way to find new books and authors!
Hi Lily, this teaser is definitely a…tease 😉 and I cannot wait until next week, yay!
Oh, I had the same experience with a bus stop pole/sign once and the ground didn’t open up for me either but my brother almost had a hernia, he was laughing so hard.
Yes, Kat, I’m a bad girl, a naughty teasing bad girl LOL It’s probably why Jaxon and Liam chose my brain to set up camp in!!!!
Between you and Carolyn, I feel so much better about my slapstick Jim Carrey impressions! It’s good to know I’m not alone in the “embarrass thyself yet again” universe!
Thanks for commenting and all the best with the Hunt!!!!
Cheers,
Lily
Andy? Curmudgeonly? Nooooo!
I’m too tired to do the contests, but I really wanted to say congrats on publishing your sequel! I hope you get all the success you deserve, Lily!
LOL, his words not mine. I just choose to not let him forget them. Sequel is out in a week. Here’s hoping some readers would like to join Jaxon and Liam on the next leg of their journey.
Thanks for stopping by, Cia.
Let me know if you ever want to visit my blog! It would be lovely to host you.
Cheers,
Lily
Let me just say that I might. . . .MIGHT have said in passing I was a curmudgeon, but I’ve also said I was seriously hot and handsome and no one ever took those and ran with them like they have with curmudgeon. But then I guess the true adjective will rise to the top. 😛
Well, thanks again for hosting me, the seriously hot and handsome Andrew Q Gordon.
And for those not in the know you can chat with the SERIOUSLY HOT AND HANDSOME ANDY in person at DC Outwrite this weekend.
Be there or Be Strait (OK, seriously poor play on words, but in my defense it’s early and I haven’t had a coffee yet)
http://www.thedccenter.org/outwritedc/#.Ufw3Bm2zMaY
Cheers,
Lily
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