Jaci Burton’s Muse

Today I’m guest blogging over at Seductive Musings and giving away Wild Rider books. Come see me!

Over at the Dear Author blog, Berkley and Dear Author have combined to give away over 110 books! Yes, 110 books!

Yowza!

You should see some of the books over there, y’all. And yes, RIDING THE NIGHT is one of them! Also books by many of my absolute favorite authors. The list makes me drool.

Head on over and enter for a chance to win one of your favorites! Here’s the link

Also, don’t forget you still have a chance to enter to win a copy of RIDING THE NIGHT over at Closetreader’s Blog! Contest ends there on Friday.

RIDING THE NIGHT, the last book in the Wild Riders series, releases 1 week from today.

I thought I’d give you the entire first chapter to tempt you before release day. Here’s the last part of Chapter One (See blog post here for Part One of the Chapter One Excerpt, and see blog post here for Part Two of the Chapter One Excerpt)

AJ and Pax work together as undercover operatives for a government agency of bad-boy bikers known as the Wild Riders. And though they play as hard as they work, both men are looking for the one woman who can tame them…

On vacation, AJ and Pax run into AJ’s high school sweetheart, Teresa. While they’re catching up at Teresa’s bar, a fight erupts between two biker gangs, leaving one man dead and Teresa’s brother wrongly accused of murder. With no proof and Teresa as the only eye witness, the trio points their Harleys toward the annual bike rally in South Dakota in hot pursuit of the real killer…

Her life in jeopardy, AJ and Pax become Teresa’s fierce protectors. But a past trauma keeps Teresa guarded, unable to trust them–until AJ and Pax uncover her secret and vow to do anything to help her heal. And in their arms she discovers a sensual desire that knows no boundaries, a passion strong enough to overcome her tragic past and awaken a force that brings both men to their knees.

Danger may temporarily bind the three together, but it’s their shared passion that will lead them to the ride of their lives: love.

Excerpt after the jump:
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Thanks to everyone who commented on the Burning Questions of the Day! Oh, you smart people. You were paying attention and saw the contest at the end. And I loved all your comments. Some of them really cracked me up, so thanks for the entertainment.

I used random.org to select a winner.

Congratulations to Savonna (Comment #26). I’ll be contacting you shortly.

For those who didn’t win, my awesome pal Lea over at Closetreader is holding a giveaway at her blog for a chance to win RIDING THE NIGHT. Head on over to her blog and enter. Thank you Lea!

Why did I click on that article about bedbugs? Now I itch….

If my littlest dog escapes from the backyard, but runs around the front and sits at my feet, can we really call it escaping?

Why is my house dirty within an hour of having it cleaned? (See dogs and husband for answer to this question)

Did anyone watch Project Runway last night? Oh Tim Gunn, I love you.

Does anyone really care whether Mariah Carey is pregnant or not?

Does anyone really care whether or not Bristol Palin will be on Dancing With The Stars?

Does anyone want to win an advance copy of RIDING THE NIGHT? If so, either answer any of my burning questions or put your own burning question of the day in the comments. I’ll post a winner on Monday.

And yes, I was checking to see if y’all are paying attention. Are you?

RIDING THE NIGHT, the last book in the Wild Riders series, releases 2 weeks from today.

I thought I’d give you the entire first chapter over the next couple weeks to tempt you before release day. Here’s the second part of Chapter One (See blog post here for Part One of the Chapter One Excerpt)

AJ and Pax work together as undercover operatives for a government agency of bad-boy bikers known as the Wild Riders. And though they play as hard as they work, both men are looking for the one woman who can tame them…

On vacation, AJ and Pax run into AJ’s high school sweetheart, Teresa. While they’re catching up at Teresa’s bar, a fight erupts between two biker gangs, leaving one man dead and Teresa’s brother wrongly accused of murder. With no proof and Teresa as the only eye witness, the trio points their Harleys toward the annual bike rally in South Dakota in hot pursuit of the real killer…

Her life in jeopardy, AJ and Pax become Teresa’s fierce protectors. But a past trauma keeps Teresa guarded, unable to trust them–until AJ and Pax uncover her secret and vow to do anything to help her heal. And in their arms she discovers a sensual desire that knows no boundaries, a passion strong enough to overcome her tragic past and awaken a force that brings both men to their knees.

Danger may temporarily bind the three together, but it’s their shared passion that will lead them to the ride of their lives: love.

Excerpt after the jump:
Read the rest of this entry »

Biker Dude and I like to go to the casino near our house. Mainly because we’re frequent fliers at this casino, and twice a month they give us free buffet coupons. And hey, we like to eat for free. So when we’re there, we gamble.

We play the slot machines. We’re not heavy gamblers, but obviously we’ve showed up there enough over the past few years to get free buffet coupons. But we’re pretty low key. We’re not rolling in money. We bring the amount of money we’re willing to lose, and when the money’s gone we go home. We play for fun. Sometimes we win, often we don’t.

But here’s the thing. There are some odd freakin’ people who play the slot machines. They have their whole mojo thing going where they have to pet the slot machine, tap it three times, weave their magic hands over it while it’s spinning. Some of them downright beat the living crap out of the poor machine by punching the screen or tapping it so hard they think it’s going to cough up a winner. Half the time I find their antics more enjoyable than watching my own machine. We were there the other night and this older couple was working three machines. (Sometimes people will play two machines at once–greedy bastards). This old guy would punch the spin button then sweep his hand over the screen, roll his palms over the side of the machine like he was making love to the damn thing, then tap the screen again. He didn’t win any more money than I did. The woman stood in front of her machine, tappity tappity tappity-ing the buttons and rocking back and forth. And by tappity, I mean hitting those buttons hard. And then she leaned over and gave advice to her husband on how to handle his two machines. She talked, I’m not kidding, nonstop, to both her machine and her old man. I finally had to move because she drove me batshit crazy.

Here’s the way I do it: Hit the spin button. Did I win? Shit. Hit the spin button. Did I win? Shit. Hit the spin button. Did I win? Yay! Hit the spin button. Did I win? Shit. And so it goes.

Some of these people are very disturbing. What I’d really like to tell them is that all their flailing arms and abuse of the machine isn’t going to generate a winner anymore than me just hitting the spin button. It’s all random. But hey, if their mojo antics make them feel better about putting that 20 bucks into the machine, go for it. It’s part of my evening entertainment anyway

RIDING THE NIGHT, the last book in the Wild Riders series, releases 3 weeks from today. How about I start giving you some sneak peeks into the story?

I thought I’d give you the entire first chapter over the next couple weeks to tempt you before release day. Let’s get started.

AJ and Pax work together as undercover operatives for a government agency of bad-boy bikers known as the Wild Riders. And though they play as hard as they work, both men are looking for the one woman who can tame them…

On vacation, AJ and Pax run into AJ’s high school sweetheart, Teresa. While they’re catching up at Teresa’s bar, a fight erupts between two biker gangs, leaving one man dead and Teresa’s brother wrongly accused of murder. With no proof and Teresa as the only eye witness, the trio points their Harleys toward the annual bike rally in South Dakota in hot pursuit of the real killer…

Her life in jeopardy, AJ and Pax become Teresa’s fierce protectors. But a past trauma keeps Teresa guarded, unable to trust them–until AJ and Pax uncover her secret and vow to do anything to help her heal. And in their arms she discovers a sensual desire that knows no boundaries, a passion strong enough to overcome her tragic past and awaken a force that brings both men to their knees.

Danger may temporarily bind the three together, but it’s their shared passion that will lead them to the ride of their lives: love.

Excerpt starts after the jump:
Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday I found out that NAUTI AND WILD made both the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestseller lists!

This is the first time one of my books made these major bestseller lists. I whooped for joy, and then I cried. It’s the pinnacle for a writer to make a list like these, and I couldn’t be happier.

First, huge thanks to Lora Leigh, a blockbuster of an author and a great friend. It’s because of Lora that I was able to realize a dream come true.

And thank you to all the readers who bought the book. You’re the reason we get to play in fantasy land, and you’re the reason I got to whoop for joy and cry yesterday. I can’t tell you how much that means to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. Y’all rock!

I used random.org to select winners. The winners are:

Teresa W (Comment #53)

Jennifer Kennedy (Comment #9)

Diane Sadler (Comment #36)

I’ll be contacting the winners shortly. Winners have 7 days to reply or I’ll redraw for new winners.

Thanks again, everyone!