KRISTAL MCKERRINGTON IS HOLDING A CONTEST!!!

Dear Sweet and Sexy Diva's Readers,


I wanted to thank you for the support.  As many of you know there was a death in my boyfriends family so I have been gone from the promotional scene.  I'm back now and I have an awesome contest for you all.  Its a very simple one!


To WIN a Dedication slot in one of my upcoming books, just email me at kristal_mckerrington@hotmail.com or comment on 'Sweet and Sexy Diva's Blog' with your favourite scene or moment out of any of my books, in order to win.


If that wasn't huge enough, I am back writing Erotica.  I have some great story idea's and I can't wait to share it all with you.  There is more characters with more scenes that will have you melting in your seats, while also being unable to stop turning the pages.  With any luck, the books should be in PRINT too!


My fight to get the Wrestling Romance genre that I co-founded with L. Anne Carrington, is now getting noticed within the Wrestling community with my questions posted to good friend Mr Valvo, on this Wrestle View radio show.  You can find the link to that show below the paragraph. I want to thank him for taking my questions and putting them on his well known show.


CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE ANSWERS TO WRESTLING ROMANCE QUESTIONS BY A WRESTLING REPORTER.


On top of that, I will be hopefully on Mr Watts Wrestling show this month.  So I will be posting more information on that soon.  I hope that you will be checking this all out since I have been out of the interview scene for a while.


This month, I should be seeing A Different Life going into Print and we are waiting to hear more updates on that. I want to thank you for coming out today, to support me with this wonderful blog and I hope to hear your best scenes, moments on the comments below.


Before I go, here is the few books special guests 'dedications' I have coming out.


--- L. Anne Carrington
--- Lori Foster
--- David Herro
--- Karen B


There is many more, showing support to all those that support me. I hope to see you back next week for more exciting blog posts with me.


Kristal McKerrington 

SHETLANDS IMMORTALS CONTEST

Hello All Sweet and Sexy Diva's Readers, 


Today we have a huge CONTEST for you. Today you can win the first Shetlands Immortals: Against My First Love book. ALL you have to do is comment on the blog with your email below. 


Shetland Immortals: Against My First Love Blurb: 


Carla McBain was just an ordinary sixteen year old girl, until one late night in October; Carla was murdered in her dorm room. Carla was scared until Oscar and Daryl meet her on her return to the Islands, to meet her parents. After confronting her, they realise that she is a new Immortal.

After staging her death, the pair convinces Carla to return to their Holy Ground, where they tell her everything that they know. They train her until the day comes that the Islanders grew suspicious of her presence there within the Old Viking Temple.

Deciding it’s safer to leave, they head out into the night in search of someone else who can tell them the truth about why they are Immortals. What will they find?

Can Oscar and Daryl survive outside of the Temple with a young Immortal?

How did they end up Immortal and why are they protecting her?

What happens when she meets her first love who is responsible for her being Immortal in the first place?

We also have today a wonderful surprise, as many of you know. There is print versions to certain books coming to XoXo Publishing INC this year. With that news comes the knowledge that there is two of my biggest series that will be taking a dip in that big pool. 

So for you today, here is the wonderful covers that my cover artist, editor and PR assistant created for us. I have also included the blurbs to these books for your reading leisure.  Enjoy and I would love to hear your thoughts on these particular books.


We start with the wonderful A Different Life: From The Beginning. The book that contains the first three ebooks and bonus chapters. This is a coming soon Print book. 

From unknown writer and dancer comes Layla or author Midnight as she bursts onto the scenes of the world of Professional Wrestling. Ripping the curtain down, she takes over their world. Her books stir mayhem as love blooms between herself and the men she has idealised since she was a teenager. What would you do if you fell in love with two brothers and still had a boyfriend sitting at home? Well Layla faces that and much more in this twist and turning three part story. Are you ready for sweaty, muscularly men and a modern romance that will leave your knees weak? Your heart beating fast and you asking yourself the question Will or Edward or Cameron?  

Moving onto to the wonderful Paranormal world of magic, sword fighting, prophecy, we have The Shetland Immortals Collection that will contain the first four books of the Shetland Immortals series. 

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be Immortal? Would you want to be the girl connected to a prophecy that can give centuries old Immortals the one thing they either want or would kill to stop? Carla knows what that feeling is like and she is on a rollercoster that is all about life and death. Her, her mentor Oscar, The Immortal Chief, Krystal-Marie, Mark McHarrison and Daryl are about to know exactly what its like to be in the middle of a prophecy that is older than King Arthur. From King Arthur's time till the year 2013. This book follows this group as they all play apart in an prophecy that the Norse Gods themselves planned out!

These are proving to be the best books I have ever had the pleasure on working on. I will make a side note in each of the blogs leading up to their release. I will also be holding a contest to win these print books when they come out. So please make sure that you stay tuned for them.

We are really about to release some of the hottest creations on the world. So please let me know what you think of the covers. 

Thank you for having me and I hope that you will come back next month to join me. 

Kristal McKerrington

CONTEST FOR KRISTAL'S MCKERRINGTON'S NEW RELEASE!!!

Hello Sweet and Sexy Diva's  Readers, 

First of all, Happy New Year to you all. I wish you the best and hope you get all your dreams. 

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For your chance to win, comment on the blog below with your email address, by midnight tonight UK time. After Midnight I will announce the winner. The second best comment will get a signed cover! Good luck!

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Out on Amazon Now!

Today's blog we are going to have a fun quiz for you all! We are going to see which Marie's character you are. Now before we start the quiz, here is a little back story Marie. 

Marie is the twin sister to Layla, she is closely effected by all the things that Layla does and things that her sister goes through. From start to finish the one person that has been with or sometimes against Layla, but always being there if she needed her was. Marie. 

Out On Amazon Now

Her life is turned upside down when her acting career crosses paths with her sisters desperate struggle to save the careers of the wonderful brothers she had watched as a teenager. The story covers the reactions towards Marie trying to fix the holes for her sister and where it leads her.

During this series we learn why the family has so many problems and what bounded the twins together through the thick and thin of their lives. What brought them into Dance and into the Entertainment business? What made Layla rush head long into the Wrestling world. So enjoy and hope that you will find yourself picking up the A Different Life series and Marie's Series, where you might become a big fan of it in 2012. 

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Marie

WHAT YOU NEED:

You need pen and paper.

Answer the questions with a, b, c, d and then add up all the letters at the end of the answers you chose to find out who you are. 

Q1: What would you rather do? 

a) Run a Dance Studio                                                                      (A)

b) Be a Model, Actress, Dancer, Part owner of A Dance Studio (M)

c) Be a Wrestler, Actor and now model                                          (C)

d) Be a Photographer, Wrestler                                                      (D)

Q2: Which is more like your dream day? 

a) Taking photo's and having a laugh with your best friend       (D)

b) Modelling on set and kissing a hot girl/guy                              (C)

c) Training new students and beating some big headed ones    (A)

d) Modelling and training a Wrestler to be a dancer                   (M)

Devon

Q3: What do you think is the worst out of the choices? 

a) Having to prove yourself to a bunch of strangers (C)

b) Having to set aside your rules and pride for a friend (A)

c) Having to make sure your new love interest impresses your friends (M)

d) Watching the love of your life, being with another man (D) 

Q4: What would you rather have? 

a) A Twin Sister (M)

b) A Wrestling Career and photographer one (D)

c) A Street Dancer and Actress as a girlfriend/boyfriend (C)

d) Two Dance Crews and Studio 

Craig

Q5: Where would you rather live? 

a) Scotland                                        (A)

b) England                                         (D)

c) America (North Carolina)           (C)    

d) Canada                                          (M)

Q6: What is your dream part of your dream partner? 

a) Stomach (M)

b) Can Dance (A)

c) Bum (D)

d) Fiery Personality (C)

Amber

Well done that is the quiz done, add up the letters in the brackets to see who you are. The Letters are revealed below. 

A)= Amber  (She is in both FREEDOM IS EARNED book and in this book, watch out for her in more books.)

D)= Devon (He comes and goes out of the A Different Life Series.)

C)= Craig (He is the star in the MARIE'S TALES series) 

M)= Marie (She appears in A Different Life: Three Lane Highway , A Different Life: A Valentines Day Save as well as the Star in Marie's Tales)

Thank you for coming out and I hope that you have fun with the quiz. I wish you luck with the quiz. See you all next month for more of McKerrington's blogs. 

Kristal McKerrington 

What Dream Hunk Are You?

Hello All Sweet and Sexy Divas,

The Immortal Chief

Today I'm presenting the quiz for the hottest males in my series. Take the quiz to find out what hunk would be the perfect dream man for you and get you ready for the series that are coming out very soon. 

In today's quiz we have the hot and loved by loads of women. Will. He will be facing the hot and sweet, Street dancer, Wrestler Devon. If that wasn't all ready stiff competition we will have the Immortal legend, who can wield magic and a sword with ease The Immortal Chief. Photo's are also attached to this fun blog. 

 All you need to take part, is a pen and piece of paper. Mark down the number of letters that you get from the multi choice questions. The most letters that you get means that hunk is your dream man. 

Quiz 


Q1: What is hotter? 

a) A dancers/Wrestlers body                                    (D)
b) Multi-coloured hair                                              (W)
c) Being able to wield magic and a sword effortlessly (IC)


Q2: What is the dream date?

a) Dancing and a romantic kiss underneath the stars                                (D)
b) A hot shower backstage, passion kiss and a night of dancing                (W)
c) Sword training, Magic wield and a romantic meal underneath the stars  (IC)

Q3: What would be the best gift from your dream man?
a) A Biceps bracelet.                                                                                              (D) 
b) A box of sweets, jewellery and expensive underwear                                           (W)
c) A sword handmade by the prophecy himself and your name engraved in the blade (IC)


Q4: What Skills would you prefer your man to have? 

a)Be able to dance around the dance floor with you.                                                (D)
b) Be able to Wrestle and protect you                                                                    (W)
c) Be able to cast magical circles and protect you from evil                                     (IC)


Q5: What is the main feature of your dream man? 

Devon

Will

a) A shaved head                                   (D)
b) Stunning green eyes                         (W)
c) Long black hair                                   (IC)




Q6: What would your dream man do for a living? 
a) Photographer, dancer and Wrestler                        (D)
b) Heavyweight Champion Wrestler and actor            (W)
c) The Prophecy and maker of Immortals human        (IC)


Q7: Where would your dream man come from? 

a) The Highlands of Scotland  (IC)
b) The lowlands of Scotland    (D)
c) America                             (W)


Q8: What would be his kindest thing he does for you?

a) Feeds you salt meats and chocolates (IC)
b) Teaches you a new lift and shows you off to all his friends (D)
c)  Raises you into the air when he wins his Wrestling match and 
     kisses you on Worldwide TV                                                   (W)

Now that you've completed the quiz, check the letters you got and look below what hotty you scored. If you got mostly IC's you got the hot Immortal Chief If you got mostly D's then you got Devon If you got mostly W's then you got Will. Below is the books that you can get to know these characters in. Devon's book isn't out yet, however so I have given you the link to the A Different Life Fanpage. Make sure that you check it out. 


Shetlands Immortals: The Immortal Chief

A Different Life's : Will

Marie's Tales: Devon


The links for these Fanpages of these amazing characters can be reached by clicking on Shetlands Immortals and A Different Life  headlines. If you however want to speak directly to me, I answer all questions on my fanpage just click Kristal McKerrington's CLICK HERE FOR MY OFFICIAL FANPAGE.Thank you for coming out, hope to see you back next month with the exclusive look at my next Marie's Tales release "Marie's Tales: Taming A Player".


Kristal McKerrington  

Hello Sweet and Sexy Diva's an Dudes,


Today we have the first quiz of who will you be. Are you a Carla or are you the fiery Wrestling Romance legend Layla? The twin that changed the Street Hip Hop World Marie. Find out today. All you need is a piece of paper, pen and the quiz. Tell your friends today to see if you the Shetlands Immortals woman Carla or if your the heart breaker Layla. Marie the woman that is full of determination and guts. 

Shetlands Immortals Carla Vs A Different Life Layla Vs Marie's Tales Marie

Q1: What do you prefer? 

(A) Chocolate                      (L)

(B)  Pizza                             (M)

(C) Salted Meats                  (C)

Q2: Would you rather date? 

(A) Smooth talking, curly haired hunk      (M)

(B) Man of Legends                                   (C)

(C)  The Wrestling heavyweight champion   (L)

Q3: Which one of the following is more you? 

(A)  Filled to the brim with magical powers. (C)

(B) Full of Dance and Passion.                      (M)

(C) Full of romantic words and love.             (L)

Q4: What is your dream date? 

(A) I don't have one                                        (C)

(B) Beach full of candles and chocolate         (M)

(C) Tearing up a nightclub with your dance moves (L)

Q5: What situation would you more like be in? 

(A) Fighting evil                                                                                    (C)

(B)  Dancing and teaching everyone what a Street Dancer really is    (M)

(C)  Be doing run ins for WWIC.                                                           (L)

Q6: What is the hardest thing you would face? 

(A) Having to chose between three men                                              (C)

(B) Letting a man into your heart again.                                             (M)

(C) Fighting for your life and for the good in the world                      (L)

Now that you have done the quiz, take a piece of a paper and count up the letters next to your answers. If you got all (C)'s then your Carla from Shetlands Immortals, if you got mostly (M)'s then your Marie from Marie's Tales, if you got mostly (L)'s then your A Different Life's Layla. 

I hope you enjoyed the quiz, come back next week to see, who your perfect man is. Whether its Thor from A Highlander Norse Gods, Duncan from Shetlands Immortals or Will from A Different Life. 

To read more about the books the characters of this quiz was in, then please click on the links below to take you directly to the Amazon pages for them. 

• Shetlands Immortals   Carla

• A Different Life's              Layla

• Marie's Tales                    Marie

Thank you for coming out and I hope to see you back on the 13th. 

Kristal McKerrington

A Different Life and Marie's Tales: I Just Want To Be Loved Out In A Matter Of Hours!

Hello Sweet and Sexy Diva's Readers,

Its a great honour to be back after last months struggle with the posting issues and internet issues I was having. Anyway I finally made it here. Today I want to announce that in a matter of hours we will see the release of the wonderful A Different Life's fourth book. Its none other than a double special book.

Out In A Matter of Hours

This 4^th book will be the joining book between A Different Life and Marie's Tales. This book prepares you all for the explosive spin off series with Marie. She is the twin that was dragged kicking and screaming into Layla's world. What she is about to learn is that when your a twin, then you share everything whether you want to or not.

So today I want to share the wonderful cover with you and share the blurb along with an excerpt. If that wasn't enough then there is a CONTEST for a chance to win a pre-sale copy of the book. The best comment on today's blog itself will win a copy of the book.

So who's ready for the A Different Life stepping up a gear?

I can't hear you?

Now that is better. So below is the blurb to the new level of hotness that is attached to A Different Life and Marie's Tales. We will also be posting the fan page for all those of you that enjoy the series. It has exclusive photo's of hot men from the series and tit bits posted daily about the characters. Plus its the first place releases and updates will be done. Click on the CLICK HERE NOW! to go through to the fan page.

Blurb:

“After leaving America with Cameron, Marie sets the ball rolling for Craig. A Wrestler and best friends of Will and Edward. He's determined to get answers to why she has been so wrapped up in Cameron as well as to why she hates Wrestlers. Craig decides he wants to unlock the truth of this fiery Street Hip Hop Dancer and actress, but what will happened when Craig locks horns with Marie?”

Excerpt:

“Hello.” I asked with a pant since I had just dived across the bed and knocked my ribs off of the edge of the wooden double bed. A bed that Layla had customised and made to my dream designs. We had designed each others bedroom's for fun and we both had hit the nail on the head when it came to getting it to a 100% perfection.

“Hello baby girl.” I froze right there on the bed. I knew that voice and my stomach sank. As if things couldn't get anymore worse then they had. On the other end of the phone was the one thing I hoped I would miss, because of the night at the night club. He had been very friendly to me at Edward's party. This though was a different kettle of fish, now he was here in my home country. I knew that I wouldn't have as many rules. All though there was one thing I did know. I wasn't going to hurt him again.

“I'm not your baby Craig. Don't you have someone else to chase?” I answered wrapping the towel around me tighter before I rolled onto my back and stared up at the swirl in the ceiling. I felt my shoulder sting and my ankles burn. Not a single member of the public knew that Layla and I suffered from Arthritics, but we did. It never stopped us. When we were bad, we had each other to cover our backs. Lying was all we did when it came to our conditions. We were ashamed that it was our weakness.

“Nope, I'm in Scotland so all I have to chase is you. I'm staying at the Travel Lodge on Union Street. I'm sure you know your way here.” I listened to Craig's response and it anger me that he had travelled all this way to annoy me. I punched the bed as I rolled onto my front as I decided to ask him just why he had followed me from America. I wanted to know what his game was, but I didn't think I was going to get any where. It didn't mean I couldn't try though.

“Craig, what is that you want?” I asked with a calm voice, I was struggling with a whole pile of emotions that were raising themselves up. I hated talking to Craig, because he was the only one, who was able to make me feel like a school girl or worse like my old teenage self again. Those had been scaring years of my life. Ones I had no intention of re-living.

“I just want us to meet up and talk.” Those words made me laugh a little underneath my breath as I was unsure where this was going. All I knew was that wherever this was going, it was not somewhere that would turn out so great for me. I had more then anything wanted to avoid being alone with him again since that night at his party. No, he was asking me to meet him. My stomach filled with butterflies, that I didn't want to be feeling just now. However I knew that if I didn't accept then I was going to in a worse situation.

REMEMBER best COMMENT wins a Pre-Sale Copy of the book!

Thank you all the wonderful Sweet and Sexy Diva staff for having me, I hope that you will be excited to have me back next week where I hope to have the release of A Different Life: My Sacrifice.

Kristal McKerrington

Kristal McKerrington's Thoughts On Paranormal Romance.

Hello All The Wonderful Sweet and Sexy Diva Blogs Readers, 

Today I wanted to talk about my love for writing my Paranormal Romance series and a little of the genre itself. I just want to share my thoughts with you on what I can see happening and what might help the genre. I write series of Paranormal Romance, such as Highlander Norse God Series and Shetland's Immortals. These are the series that made me fall in love with writing Paranormal books. Ever since I try to make sure that what I do put into the Paranormal Romance genre is different and worth reading.  

Why, would I fall in love with Paranormal Romance and why would I be thinking of the future of it recently?

There is no real rules in Paranormal Romance series other than the obvious ones. There is a chance to push the boundaries of this genre to whole new limits and maybe beyond that if a writer or Author can really invest the story, plot and characters. Plus if your writing in a sub genre of Paranormal Romance then you have a chance to do something other than the standard Vampires, Werewolves, Pixies and Fairies. There is so much that you can do with it, that it reminds me of being in a Candy Store where you don't you just have to type of Candy, you can mix the candies together to create something totally different. 

Lately I have been thinking about the genre as both a Writer, Author and a Reader. When I looked at it in with each of those different hats on I realised something that was a little shocking. I felt slightly disappointed by the range of the Paranormal Romance stuff that I can read as reader. As a Writer/Author, what we are putting out for those readers to read. I also think with those two hats on that its essential that we read the genre that we are writing in so that we know what is working and what doesn't. Cause if you love it as a Reader then that is going to show more in your plots, stories and even characters.

To give you an example. For Shetlands Immortals, I spent two months researching Immortals and realised there was very few Immortals stories that didn't involve Vampires, Pixies, Werewolves, Time Travellers stuck in different worlds that I realised an opening. There was nothing with magic, swords, betrayal and a Highlander kind of theme so I took that into my notes and that was how I came up with Shetlands Immortals Books. A series that a lot of Ebook Writers and Authors have enjoyed from start to finish. I might not be even close to finishing my series, but I'm still watching the Paranormal Market closely.

Even when I created Highlander Norse God Series, I created it out of the legends and myths that surrounded the place I grew up. I was more than delighted that I had the chance to do this for those people who have always been fascinated by the Norse Gods, who are never used in the series of Paranormal Romance or really anywhere. I was still scared that it would follow some other curve so I threw something in to keep it very different again, I made it Erotica so that I was taking another Angle of genres under my belt, while giving my books an edge.

This was something that didn't take me too long to get comfortable with and I look forward to writing more Erotica in the future. People enjoyed the tattoo's element that made it yet again different and when I finally get all the stories all together into one book I think it will be the best book I have ever written.

You see, one tool I use to stop myself from becoming stale is, I often ask readers what Paranormal Romances that they enjoy reading and I have to say that today, I would also like to know your thoughts. What is your favourite? What is your favourite type of Paranormal characters? 

All those questions I find essential for when I'm writing Paranormal Series and with another Shetland's Immortals book coming soon to all my readers. I wonder what more characters I should add to the list of Paranormal beings that will be making an appearance in the series. I all ready have Angels, Dragonshifer, A Vampire, Werewolf and some others that will be crossing paths with Carla during her travels around the world. I have Selkies and some other creatures that is associated with the Nordic World, but my aim would to bring all the Paranormal Types together into her series at one point. Hard I know, but I think I might just be able to pull it off.

So today I wanted to take a little bit of time out to stress the importance of having research for when you enter the Paranormal Romance genre. I hope that in that research that more Writers and Authors, will start to ask themselves “What can I give to Paranormal Romance, so the readers have something else to sink there teeth into?”  Maybe even become more adventurous.

Now don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying that I wouldn't write a Vampire, Werewolf, Pixie books at sometime, but if I do then I want it to follow a completely different formula. I do plan to use them as brief appearance characters in my book, yet I think that we all need something a little different. This is what will keep us all fresh and on our toes. I believe that if more of us can do this, that maybe we will want to try outside of the box of the genre so that this hot trend genre wouldn't start to die off. Sometimes we need to keep fanning the flames too keep a fire going and doing something different can help to fan the flames of the fire we don't want to die out yet.

I just hope to see more different stuff coming out in such a wonderful genre, so that in 2 or 3 years time we all aren't asking. 'Why has the Paranormal Romance genre died out?' Something to think about since Country themed genres, Contemporary romances as well as other genres are now struggling, because people just got sick and tired of the same old stuff being done in those genres. 

Now for some fun, I would love to hear what characters that you would like to see crossing paths with Carla? I have also got some more stories that I will be working on for the Highlander Norse God series and will be looking to do one huge book full of there stories. So make sure that you keep an eye out for that coming.

Thank you for coming out today and I look forward to reading your thoughts on this blog and what you would like to see. Sometimes I always think its easier and better to ask the reader what they want then it is to just try and guess. What do you all think?

Kristal McKerrington.