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I LOVE Creating Stories…

Do you love doing something LOTS? I’ve loved creating stories since I was a kid. My dad told us stories when I was young too. It’s just something I have to do. And I love doing it.

So I’ve been working away at Cougar and it’s really getting closer to being finished.

I decided to set up a preorder for Taming the Wild Cougar. Everyone will have a chance to buy it at the reduced price of 99 cents (USD) for the brand new full length novel. I’ve never done a PREORDER for a book this far in advance for a single title. And I’ve never offered a brand new release as practically a giveaway. This will not last long. Just through the first week of release, and then it will be available at the regular price of $4.99. So if you’d like it, be sure and get it early! 🙂

http://www.amazon.com/Taming-Wild-Cougar-Heart-Book-ebook/dp/B012PQGRUS/

Cougar shifter, Dr. Kate Parker, is planning her annual camping vacation alone this year. She runs into trouble before she even starts her trip in the form of one wounded, hot cougar undercover cop—or so he says. He’s not going along with just her tender loving care because he came into town as a cougar, and he needs her help to get him back to where he can take up the search to look for an arms dealer, who just happens to be a cougar too.
Leyton Hill slipped into the unlocked, darkened clinic, figuring his luck had just changed. Except he doesn’t plan for the good doctor to be napping in her office. Taking him on her vacation wasn’t in the plan, and taking her hostage, hadn’t been either, but now she’s stuck with him until he can get back to his mission and the chase at hand. It appears the roles have reversed and who’s holding whom hostage now?

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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IF You Wonder What I’ve Been Up To… Call of the Cougar is Available!

Nov20

When you’re a publisher and an author and a teddy bear artist, and trying to get ready for both Christmas AND Thanksgiving…

I wake at night thinking of the millions of things I haven’t done yet and what I need to do. It’s like sleep lists, only I’m not sleeping. Who needs to count sheep???

Gray Bear–New Fuzzy Bear that has an old world charm

Blue Dragon Gold Mohair Bear with antique blue jeweled pin, SOLD

And I proofed the final copy of Kiss of the Vampire’s print version and need it back one last time to approve it. But today, I uploaded Call of the Cougar! It’s processing at Kobo, Amazon, and BN. But it’s at All Romance Ebooks and Smashwords now. This is book 2 of the Heart of the Cougar series.

I posted both book 1 and 2 here.

Cougar’s Mate: Instinct told her to run…

Shannon Rafferty learns that hanging out with the bad boys could be a dangerous business, but hooking up with a cop is even worse. Now she’s on the run, trying to avoid being murdered by his cougar shifter brothers and uncle. If that isn’t bad enough, a deputy sheriff hunts her down while she’s running as a cougar and trying to survive in the Colorado wilderness. He vows to protect her no matter what she’s done. With three dead boyfriends to her name, she’s sure she will be the death of Chase Buchanan before either of them can prevent it. No matter how much she knows she has to run again, he soon holds her heart hostage. But will that be enough to keep them both alive?

Chase Buchanan—as wilderness cabin resort owner, former US Army Special Forces, and part time deputy of the small town of Yuma, Colorado that boasts a love of cougars—is tasked to track down a cougar reported to be hunting human prey. Chase soon learns she’s a shifter, not a full-time cougar, and she’s on the run. When he takes her in, he vows to protect her. After losing his wife and baby to the human kind of predator years earlier, he’s not letting Shannon’s hunters kill her, too. But how is he going to hold onto the wild-cat woman, who is unpredictable at every turn, without losing his heart to her, and then losing her as well?

Call of the Cougar: Looking for love can be dangerous…

Special Agent for the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Services, Tracey Whittington, takes down wildlife traffickers and more, but what she doesn’t expect is to be in a shootout, multiple times, when the business turns deadly. Nor does she suspect she’ll be working with Hal Haverton, who serves as a part-time deputy for Yuma Town, Colorado, and runs his own horse ranch. As long as he doesn’t stop her investigative work—she has been placed on administrative leave due to the last shootout—she’ll be just fine.

Hal Haverton has every intention of keeping the wild cat safe, even if it means helping her to solve the case when every time he turns around, she’s involved in another shootout. When her boss asks their good friend, the sheriff, to have one of his deputies serve as a bodyguard for the cougar shifter, Hal’s all for it. So is the other deputy, but Hal’s got this covered. Even if getting somewhere with the lady means having his gun ready at all times. There are definite perks to getting to know the Special Agent better—if they live long enough to do something about it.

The title will be available on the other sites probably by tomorrow. I’ll update as I get them.

And the new windows and redone wall for the front foyer. As you can see in the picture of the before–it’s really foggy out. Perfect for vampires.

Before (though the windows had been replaced also, so there was an earlier before)

After

I still have a million and one things to do, so off to do them! 🙂 <3

Have a super wonderful Thursday. Argh, the time is disappearing quicker than I can account for it. Does that ever happen to you?

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
www.terryspear.com
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Night Owl Romance Review of Cougar’s Mate!

Jul8

Loved the review for Cougar’s Mate!

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Cougar’s Mate

Heart of the Cougar, #1

Cougar Mate is the first book in a brand new and exciting paranormal series from author Terry Spear. As usual, she did an outstanding job with this book. I just can’t get enough of her shifter novels, and this one was no different. This time around the author explores the cougar shifter world, and she made it every bit as exciting as her wolves and jaguars. It was a great read that I enjoyed. Spear easily pulled me into the story with her wonderful characters and vivid descriptions. I had a hard time putting this one down.

Author: Terry Spear
Review by: DebraTaylor
Genre: Romance
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Publisher: Terry Spear
A little bit of fauna with the flora! 🙂
Arboretum, Spring, Texas

Happy reading!!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

www.terryspear.com

Connect with Terry Spear:

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www.terryspear.com

Goodreads:

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Facebook:

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Twitter:

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Ever Need a URL for a Picture?

May30

I have to have a URL link for this cover to submit it to a magazine for a review. And guess what? The only ones I have showcased on my blogs and website is the 3-D one.

So, I think I have to publish this to have a URL.

And that’s why you get to see this beautiful cover for no other reason.

🙂

Back to my regularly scheduled writing. Trying to reach 48,000 today on Her Highland Hero.

Terry,

who really does have reasons for the weird things she does,

sometimes.

www.terryspear.com

What Goes with Scottish Whisky Tea?

Apr16

Angela Simmons

Scottish Whisky tea in an antique Lochs of Scotland cup and saucer from Royal Warwick, Scottie dog shortbread from Walkers, and Cougar’s Mate by Terry Spear. Lovely way to spend the night!

Thanks, Angela! This was so cute!! I hope you had a lovely nip of whisky tea and Scottie shortbread cookies and were swept away to the world of sexy and fun cougar shifters. LOVED this.

What could be better? Other than sitting in a cool Highland castle while sipping the whisky tea and eating the shortbread cookies and reading Cougar’s Mate, eh?

My fans are the best! And I love pictures like this. 🙂

Okay, here is a picture of the red blood moon as it was going through the eclipse. You can see a speck of star at the top of the moon, and the North Star down below. The wolves came out to howl at the moon to give it some extra ambiance. And that was what I stayed up until 3 in the morning for yesterday!

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I was so close to getting my word count, but had to critique 5 chapters for my critique partner, and still need to get to Hero of a Highland Wolf edits. Teach me to stay up all night. I’m a morning person, so staying up does not mean I sleep in the next day. Are you that way?

See, I’m a blue sunlight person.

I did bring some of that whisky tea home from Scotland, and thistle tea, etc. Loved it.

So I’m off to do edits and finish up my word count for A SEAL Wolf for Sale.

My week is absolutely running away from me!

Happy Middle of the Week Day!

Terry

www.terryspear.com

Silence of the Wolf & Cougar’s Mate Reviews

Mar13

Purchase

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Also by Terry Spear:

Jaguar Hunt, June 2014
Paperback
Silence Of The Wolf, March 2014
Paperback

Cougar’s Mate, February 2014
The Highlander, October 2013
e-Book
The Dark Fae, October 2013
Paperback
A Seal Wolf Christmas, October 2013
Paperback
The Highlander, October 2013
e-Book
Jaguar Fever, August 2013
Paperback
A Highland Werewolf Wedding, May 2013
Paperback
Taming the Wild Highlander, March 2013
Paperback
A Howl For A Highlander, February 2013
Paperback
Bound by Danger, January 2013
e-Book
Highland Rake, November 2012
Paperback
Savage Hunger, October 2012
Paperback
The Shadow Elf, October 2012
e-Book
Dragon Fae, September 2012
e-Book
The Winged Fae, May 2012
Paperback
A Seal In Wolf’s Clothing, March 2012
Paperback
Dreaming Of The Wolf, December 2011
Paperback
The Deadly Fae, December 2011
e-Book
The Ancient Fae, December 2011
e-Book
Heart of the Highland Wolf, June 2011
Paperback
In the Dead of the Night, May 2011
e-Book
The Siren’s Lure, February 2011
e-Book
Wolf Fever, December 2010
Paperback
Seduced by the Wolf, August 2010
Mass Market Paperback
The Accidental Highland Hero, April 2010
Paperback
Legend Of The White Wolf, February 2010
Mass Market Paperback
Deadly Liaisons, January 2010
Paperback
To Tempt The Wolf, September 2009
Paperback
Destiny Of The Wolf, March 2009
Paperback
Heart of the Wolf, April 2008
Mass Market Paperback
Winning the Highlander’s Heart, September 2006
Paperback

Howling good read for #Supernatural Thursday
March 13, 2014

A hunky werewolf and a beautiful stranger collide in this hot new paranormal shape-shifting romance

Gray werewolf Tom Silver is determined to find the wolves who have been attacking local livestock. While tracking the pack through the Rockies, a blizzard forces him into a remote cabin where he hears a plane crash nearby. When he discovers the sole survivor is a beautiful female werewolf/ coyote shifter mix, bound as a prisoner, he knows it’s his duty to hide her.

Now, they are both at risk as a search ensues for the missing prisoner. Will Tom be able to protect this beautiful stranger while tracking down the wolves responsible for terrorizing the local livestock?

Romantic Times Magazine Review of Silence of the Wolf by Terry Spear

4 Stars

Review: The outstanding and gripping plot of Spear’s latest installment in the Heart of the Wolf series will appeal to paranormal fans, and romance junkies will take delight in the red-hot love story embedded within. Several dizzying twists and turns will keep one gasping for air, and the hero’s raw emotion is swoon-worthy. The characters’ connections are strong and secured through honest dialogue. An all-around great read from beginning to end!

Summary: Half-breed Elizabeth Wildwood never had a family to call her own. Her unusual mix of part wolf and part coyote does sit well with others and leads her into a dangerous situation. Tom Silver is determined to find who or what has been harming the livestock in his gray wolf pack’s territory, but his search is cut short when a blizzard leads him to a cabin in the Rockies to take shelter. He meets Elizabeth, who just survived a plane crash, and learns she has been taken prisoner. Now Elizabeth must avoid her captors, from whom she’s been separated—and who are still searching for her. Tom still needs to track down the assailants of Silver Town, and they both have to deal with the feelings of love they have begun to develop. Jaime A. Geraldi

To purchase Silence of the Wolf:

Caught the moon between the US and Texas flags and thought it was just too cool. 🙂

Autographed books at Barnes and Noble, Woodlands, Texas!

Romance Junkies Review of Cougar’s Mate!

An action-packed tale, COUGAR’S MATE, the first book in author Terry Spear’s HEART OF THE COUGAR series, is an exciting, suspense-filled contemporary romantic suspense that will keep you captivated right up to the end. The chemistry between Shannon and Chase is off the charts and the adrenaline is at an all-time high. I loved the small town dynamics with everyone pitching in to help keep Shannon safe as they try to find out who is after her and find ways to deal with her problem. Rife with suspense, action, passion, danger and romance, this story is a page-turner and is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. I enjoyed it immensely and cannot wait to read the next addition to this electrifying series.

Dottie, RomanceJunkies.com

To purchase Cougar’s Mate:

Link to Review:
http://romancejunkiesreviews.com/artman/publish/paranormal/Cougar_s_Mate.shtml

6 Degrees Cold–Freezing Rain

Mar3

Ice on the suet bird feeder

I caught the cardinal below the window, the blinds were open, couldn’t pull them up without scaring him off, but he’s even got ice on his tail feathers and their bird feeder has a layer of frozen water on top.

I finished two of the bears and have them and books to ship, but we’re going to have freezing rain all day today and it’s only 6 degrees out for now. Soooo…

Campbell Clan bear and MacPherson Clan bear are ready to go to Australia!

The Matheson Clan Bears are nearly ready. Just need some more clan fabric from Scotland.

And I’m off to work on taxes, a student’s lesson, and getting books and bears ready to ship.

But, no matter what, I can’t quit thinking of books. Two days away from the STORY, or STORIES, was way more than a break that I needed.

So last night I was mulling over A SEAL Wolf for Sale, which is the next deadline book I have. And The Viking’s Highland Lass, which I have written 14,000 words on, but am not sure I’m going in the right direction on it. So more pondering on that. However, I have come up with the way I will begin SEAL. I want fun, excitement, adventure, the usual. 🙂 And I think I have the right scenario in mind.

I have ice on the inside of my kitchen window. Which means I need to replace it!!!

Have a lovely Monday! Hope you are not having icy weather like me. 🙂

I often forget to include a link to my bears when I’m posting about them, but here ’tis: www.celticbears.com

And just a reminder, Silence of the Wolf is available online and at stores tomorrow. Actually online, the orders are already shipped. 🙂

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SILENCE OF THE WOLF BY TERRY SPEAR – IN STORES MARCH 2014

Life For the Silver Pack Just Got Wilder…

Elizabeth Wildwood has been a longer all her life, ostracized because of her “mixed” half-wolf, half-coyote blood. When she ventures into gray wolf territory on a dangerous quest of her own and his thrown together with the sexiest shifter she’s ever met she begins to wish for the first time that she could be part of a family.

When this unusual shifter female comes into his pack’s territory, it’s Tom Silver’s job to protect her—if only she would let him.

Praise for Silence of the Wolf:

“The outstanding and gripping plot of Spear’s latest installment in the Heart of the Wolf series will appeal to paranormal fans, and romance junkies will take delight in the red-hot love story embedded within.” —RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

USA Today bestselling author Terry Spear has written over fifty paranormal romance novels and five medieval Highland historical romances. Her 2008 novel, Heart of the Wolf, was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year (romance category). A retired officer of the U.S. Army Reserves, Terry creates award-winning teddy bears that have found homes all over the world. She lives in Texas. For more information, please visit http://terryspear.com/

To purchase Silence of the Wolf:

Yes! Tom Silver! 🙂

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

Mission: Fog

Mar2

That was my mission. Take pictures of the fog. I love fog. It reminds me of vampires. And ghosts. And the mystery beyond.

So when I see a fun, foggy day, I take pictures. Only this time I thought I’d try to capture the fog and then do a black and white version of it. Some of the photographers’ sites I visit have the most gorgeous black and white photos. Total novice here, but I thought it was interesting, nonetheless.

It’s a bit cluttered with telephone pole, wires, a fence post, hose roped around it, a picture of the bare field in between my property framed by trimmed hedges and then my neighbors of his trimmed peach orchard, and beyond, trees in the distance. It’s also interesting to see the fog layers and how deep it is the further out you get. It shows a country life where wildflowers can grow with abandon.

And this was taken on my other neighbor’s side where the fog was even more pronounced. Actually, it was getting thicker by the time I moved to the backyard.

But I was thwarted on my mission to take pictures of the fog.

Because of him.

Here I was happily looking for fun fog shots and he was in the backyard, looking at me when I must have taken the 2nd fog picture. I turned to take one of my back acreage, and there he was. The farmer was actually getting ready to sow his crops so was making a racket right next to my yard, yet Wiley, the Road Runner, just watched me and let me take several pictures of him surrounded by henbit, the wild purple flowers around him.

And then I worked on bears for one bear order, 3 Matheson Clan bears. They have their tams/bonnets on, but are bear chested, needing their sashes still, and waiting on the fabric to come from Scotland.

And then I have to finish up the Campbell and MacPherson Clan bears for another order.

So that’s my mission today.

And our nice warm weather dropped in temperature, because it’s March! Prediction of ice on Tuesday.

Do your plans ever go asunder?

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

Cougar’s Mate and the Near Catastrophe

Doesn’t that sound like the title of a book?

If I just told you that I wrote the story and then it was ready to go and then it was ready to read, that wouldn’t be any fun at all, would it? Stories need conflict.

So I put ten hours into proofing it one more time, and then… get an error message when I saved it. Now, I’ve gotten them before, no problem. Not this time. I saved it under a couple of different files I would need and then went to send a copy to myself, just as a precaution, and guess what? Instead of 526K of story, I had 0K. Nothing. Zero. Nada.

I don’t have panic attacks except over losing a book I just wrote!!! I can lose half a page I’ve written and be upset. Fire in the kitchen? I can deal with it. First snake in the house, no problem. Second snake in the house…it was biting at me, so, okay, that was giving me a slight amount of angst.

But lose a book I’ve just written? That’s the reason to have a panic attack. And I had lost an entire book, years ago when I had nothing else to save on but a CD disk, and I still wish I had a way to get it back!

After a couple of hours of searching on the internet for a solution, not wanting to shut down Word or the computer, I had planned on uploading the finished manuscript to bookselling sites right after saving it, I hadn’t figured out the problem.

I called my daughter, but I’d already tried everything she suggested. And my mss was sitting there, right before my eyes. And yet? I couldn’t save it. I have to say that I did have earlier copies of it, but not the one I just spent 10 hours working on.

Well, she suggested I save the mss on a thumb drive and then try it on my laptop. I did. And it opened fine. Then I emailed myself a copy.

And then with a whole lot of trepidation, I was going to turn off my computer and restart it. So I began shutting everything down, including Word and it said there was some kind of glitch. Did I want to restart it?

So I was like, yes!!!

And once Word restarted, all my work was there. Plus, like 10 copies of the mss in various forms of distress. I had copy and pasted some into notepad which makes them lose all their formatting.

The happily ever after is that, the mss was fine, uploaded to the sites last night, and I have it saved everywhere! If you ever have trouble with something you’ve written and you save it and it shows you have 0K, maybe you can do what I did to recover it. At least for me and for this time, it worked.

But I just thought you should know that sometimes what seems like a smooth process can be anything but, and that’s perfect for a story, don’t you think?

I had to take another picture of the daffodils as they’re doing a beautiful job of blooming, and though I didn’t think it would ever happen here, they are multiplying! So I’m excited about that!

I’m taking the weekend off from writing to catch up on working on bear orders and such. 3 Matheson Clan bears, 1 Campbell Clan bear, and 1 MacPherson Clan bear. See? Even Highland bears are hot! 🙂

Are you having a fun weekend?

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

Cougar’s Mate is Available!

Feb28

Cougar’s Mate: Instinct told her to run…

This is one of the joys of writing!!! Sharing the story with the world! One of the problems I had with figuring a title is that I wanted to use the “Cougar” in the title, rather than Mountain Lion, too long, Catamount, that some wouldn’t know what it was, Puma, too soft. Cougar is perfect–hard, short, recognizable. ONLY the problem is that cougar now also means an older woman who dates younger men. 🙂 Which is fine, BUT, that’s not my storyline. These are cougar shifters, so I wanted to make that clear. On searches, if I put in Cougar Love, it could sound like an older woman scenario, rather than a shifter. 🙂 I bet you didn’t know that there was that much thinking that even went into a title, did you?

So I chose Cougar’s Mate, because most don’t think of their significant other as mate. And the next, Call of the Cougar, because it reminds me of Call of the Wild, and because you don’t think of a call from an older woman to a younger man, hopefully, but the wild call of a cougar. You see, there truly is method to my madness. Bonnie gave me the idea for another title: Crouching Cougar. I love it!

So I’m off to let the world know–I have cougar shifters on board.

And here is a parting picture of a nifty bird nest. It looks big enough for an eagle! I’m keeping my on it to see what really nests there. 🙂

Have a lovely Friday, TGIF! My post got away from me before I realized it and was published. 🙂

Are you planning anything fun for the weekend???

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

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Tag Archive | cougar shifter

I LOVE Creating Stories…

IF You Wonder What I’ve Been Up To… Call of the Cougar is Available!

Night Owl Romance Review of Cougar’s Mate!

Cougar’s Mate

Heart of the Cougar, #1

Ever Need a URL for a Picture?

What Goes with Scottish Whisky Tea?

Silence of the Wolf & Cougar’s Mate Reviews

Purchase

Add to Wish List

Also by Terry Spear:

6 Degrees Cold–Freezing Rain

Mission: Fog

Cougar’s Mate and the Near Catastrophe

Cougar’s Mate is Available!