Brannan's Fantasies

One day only sale at Changeling Press & New book release

2012-02-02T09:44:00.001-07:00

One Day Only, 10% off your next order, as many books as you can fit in your cart! That includes my newest release Island wolfman!
The Code: GroundhogsDay2012

Island Wolfman: Paradise by Brannan Black
Art by Renee George

Marooned. Alone with only the voices in my head -- and an island full of sex crazed wolfmen... They call this Paradise? Really?

Blurb: What started out as a romantic cruise -- a last ditch effort to save our fading marriage -- turned ugly when my wife, Cecily, dumps me off me on an island in the middle of the Caribbean. To be fair, the virus was turning the men into monsters. All the men got left behind, to keep the women safe. But did she have to look so happy to get rid of me?

Immune to the virus that's ripped our world apart, I'm the only human left on this damnable island. I'm a slightly neurotic forty-year-old college professor playing Robinson Crusoe on the Island of Dr. Moreau.

"Oh please, Ari. You're far from Robinson Crusoe. He was a real man."

Oh, and my wife? She's still nagging me, if only in my mind. And now there's a certain wolfman after me who just doesn't understand I'm not looking to switch teams. Then there's the heat and humidity, wild wolfmen ready to attack, and a hurricane looming on the horizon.

Island life is far from paradise.

Now available at Changeling Press

Excerpt NC-17

I fled through the trees, ducking and squeezing between trunks and bushes. I could have run faster out in the open but I had no chance of outrunning the monsters chasing me in a straight race. I slammed through the brush, squeezing through thickets too dense for their larger bodies to pass. They'd have to tear through the vegetation or go around, hopefully slowing them down enough to allow me to escape. Or convince them I wasn't worth the trouble.

A slim hope, but all I had. Never before had they come to this side of the island. Not in all the years we'd been marooned here by an insidious pandemic that provoked a worldwide panic. A panic way too late to stop the spread, I might add. That virus turned men into monsters. Werewolves, the talking heads crowed. These man-beasts don't shift back and forth. They're wolf/human hybrids all the time. But that wasn't sensational enough for the media. Stupid media; I hate when they mislabeled things just for the thrill factor.

”Focus, Ari! Run!”

Why the hell don't they give up? My lungs burned with the exertion. Fleeing for my life fueled my legs, but that energy was burning out fast. I enjoy the outdoors, but this? This was way beyond any extreme sport I'd ever heard of. Certainly not the kind of thing a tenured professor like myself indulged. Not to mention I'd just celebrated my fortieth birthday, I think. I dodged a tree and jumped the roots. And slipped in the constant mud.

"Ahhhh!"

I shot down the slick game trail, headed straight for the cliff. I scrambled for purchase, snatching at vegetation only to have it tear loose. A second hasty handful sliced open my palm. I slipped over the lip and, by some miracle, grabbed a vine that held. Mulch sprayed off the cliff side, rocks jarred loose and rattled against the sides.

I flew out just a bit before my grip slammed me against the side of the cliff. A jutting rock kicked my chest hard enough to knock a grunt loose. Only instinct kept me holding on. I struggled to breathe, dimly aware of the hundred-foot drop to the small stream in its rocky bed below.

”My, my, that was impressive. Planning a career as a stuntman next?”

I squeezed my eyes shut. "Not now, Cecily, hanging on for dear life here." I knew she wasn't really here. She was on the cruise ship with the rest of the women, staying safe from us virus-twisted men.

The real irony? She was the one who insisted we come on this cruise -- to "save our marriage and reignite our passion." Every time I thought about it I wanted to laugh. Except right now, while swinging from a vine, hanging on for dear life.
My hands cramped; the sliced right one screamed for me to let go. My arms burned and my whole being narrowed to my hold on those vines. I twisted slightly, coming face to face with the cliff. My feet scrambled for purchase, sending cascades of rocks and dirt pinging down the rocky wall.

Blood slicked my cut hand, which kept sliding on the vine. My left hand, arm, and shoulder, had most of my weight. They ached. I was going to fall! Panic raced through me, shooting adrenaline through my veins. My heart pounded so hard I thought a heart attack was imminent.

"Breathe, Ari, just breathe." Years of solitude, and I talked to myself as well as my long gone wife.

”Sure, blame it on the solitude, Ari.”

I really wished she'd shut up.

From above, a strong grip circled my wrist. Saved! I didn't pause to think. I twisted my hand to grab that muscled arm... At the same moment as a strong yank pulled me up, nearly ripping my arm from the socket. I might add, I noted the claws on those fingers.

Damn it all! Wolfmen. Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Guess they preferred their meat alive and kicking rather than splattered all over the rocks.

He yanked me over the edge and face down in the muddy trail. Would I have been better off falling? At least the cliff wouldn't rape me and eat my alive. A little luck and I'd have been unconscious before it hurt too much. Uh huh, wishful thinking, Ari.

He let go and I scrambled for the brush. A clawed foot dug into my back, pressing me down and tearing into skin and flesh. I screamed like a bimbo in a slasher movie, surprised I still had the breath, but a kick knocked the scream right out of me. I gasped, got a knee under me and heaved, twisting as I did. Unbalanced him enough he stumbled off, leaving a trail of gouges behind.

Big mistake. The rest pounced on me like starving dogs on road kill. Claws bit into tender flesh as a fight broke out over possession of my bleeding soon-to-be corpse. Instinct kept me fighting, blocking blows and curling to protect vulnerable soft spots. Fangs raked across my throat, but the owner of those fangs was tossed aside before they could close around my windpipe.

Snarling, a trio of beasts ringed me, fighting off the others. Most backed off, heads down, shoulders slumped in submission. One of the trio, a buff blond, pulled me out of the way and shoved me down, keeping a vice-like grip on my shoulder.

Blood flew, with snarls and mud churned from the ground as the other two fought off four attackers. Clawed toes bit into to the mud for traction right in front of me. The two defenders looked like the fight wasn't going their way, being outnumbered two to one. The one holding me leaped in to save his buddy from getting his throat torn out.

One of the attackers darted around, reaching for me. They move inhumanly fast, but he must have expected me to run or it wouldn't have worked. I came up inside his reach, twisted, and used his momentum to toss his very heavy ass to the ground, followed by a kick that sent him sliding through the mud to knock others down. They pounced on him.

I dove for the brush but didn't make it. The yank on my hip twisted me into a tree, slamming my head against a low branch. Stunned, I crumpled to the ground, easy prey for the winners. Claws pricked at the skin on my neck as a hand closed over the back of it and shoved me hard into the ground.

I gasped out a breath, more sob than anything. I didn't have the strength to keep fighting. I was done.

Claws sliced through the bloody tatters of my last shirt. I closed my eyes, tried to focus on happy memories, determined to spend my last moments at peace. Prayed my kids were safe somewhere.

But instead of claws or teeth digging into me, soft dabs wiped mud from the furrows in my back. I sucked in a breath at the sudden pain. A hand gently stroked uninjured skin. I shivered, more than a bit freaked out by the contact. It'd been years since anyone had touched me at all, much less so sensually.

Hell, my wife barely even touched me like that during sex. Touched me like I was precious.

Now Available at Changeling Press

Wow, 6 nominations!

2012-01-01T15:52:00.000-07:00

I was so surprised when I heard a couple weeks ago that I had been nominated for the CAPA award for best Paranormal Romance for my Wolfman Salvation.

Then got another huge surprise when Love Romances Cafe nominated me and my work in 5 different categories! WOW. Not sure what to say except thank you to everyone that has helped me get to this point. I'll save the speech till I see if I win any of these awesome awards ;-)

Here's my LRC nominations, click on the link to go to Dawn's Reading Nook to vote:
Best Paranormal/Fantasy Book
Brannan Black-Wolfman 5: Genesis (Changeling)

Best GBLT Book
Brannan Black-Wolfman 4: Salvation (Changeling)

Best GBLT Author 2011
Brannan Black

Best Science Fiction/Futuristic/Dystopian Book
Brannan Black- Wolfman Salvation (Changeling)

Best Series All Around (can be multi-author or single author)
Wolfman series by Brannan Black (Changeling)

Check out my new cover for Wolfman Genensis

2011-10-29T11:29:00.000-06:00

http://changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1714

Coming Nov 10, 2011 from Changeling Press.
http://changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1714

Summer's Hottest Hero contest

2011-07-01T14:09:00.000-06:00

Mace from Wolfman Apocalypse was nominated to compete in ARe's Summer's Hottest Hero contest! Yay! It is a honor to be nominated. Mace and I would really appriciate you stopping by and voting for him.

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/contest.html

Round one voting is underway and ends at 11:59 (GMT-6) on 07/06/2011.

Thanks and have a great weekend.

New Cover

2011-06-11T16:59:00.000-06:00

Check out my new cover for Blind Devotion, Wolfman Tales 2. Coming soon to Changeling Press
http://changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1624

Hi from Europe

2011-05-07T00:47:00.000-06:00

I'm made some time this morning to write a post. We've been pretty busy trying to see everything! And there is so much to see. From visiting a small village in the Rhine valley of France for wine tasting to castles in Germany and France, a visit to the Black Forest and some traditional houses there. Now we are in Denmark.
Tonight, I will get some picutures uploaded but hubby is packing up and loading our rental car so I guess I'm out of time.
Brannan

Yikes! has it really been that long since I posted?

2011-04-21T10:11:00.000-06:00

So what have I been doing? Writing. Lots of writing. So here's an update:
Wolfman: Revelations came out February 25, 2011. You can read about it, including an excerpt here.
Blind Passion, A Wolfman Tale came out March 25, 2011. It's set in the same world as my Wolfman books but has new main characters. Read all about it here.
Wolfman: Judgement, book 3 of the series is due out next week, April 29, 2011. Read all about it here.
Whew! That was a lot of writing but when the muse is singing... In a nutshell, I got so busy writing, I forgot to write. Blog writing anyway.
And updating my website. Sorry about that. I'll try to be better. Soon. Maybe...

So that's what I've been up to. Oh, and planning and getting ready for a three week vacation. We're heading across the big puddle to the Baltic region of Europe with a stop over in the Rhine Valley of Germany to visit a friend. We are celebrating my birthday and our 30 yr wedding anniversary. Wow, I don't feel old enough to have been married that long!
Our plan includes stops in Denmark, including a Viking Market and museums. A cruise that will take us to Talen Estonia, St Petersburg Russia, Helsinki Finland and Stockholm Sweden. Then we're on to Norway for a three day train/boat tour then back to Oslo for more Viking museums. I am so excited! I've never been to Europe.
I am hoping to post updates here and on facebook under Brannan Black. I hope you drop by to see what I'm up to.
Brannan

Blogging across the Web

2011-01-06T09:47:00.000-07:00

Via the magic of the web, I am in three, make that four places today. After all, I'm here, too.
On the Bookboost, the topic is walking in someone else's shoes. And you can get a look at my newest release, Blood Hunter. Click here to Visit the Book Boost
I'm also over at the Torrid Tempations blog talking about Eireann's tale and the New Year. Click here to Visit Torrid Temptations.

Last but far from least, I'm joining my fellow Changelings over at The Romance Studio's party site. Our good friend and one of my mentors, Lena Austin recently suffered the tragic loss of her husband. So we're throwing a party in her honor. Come on over for some fun, contests, reciepes and of course, lots of book excerpts. Here's the link

Wolfman 2 teaser, 1st check in of Round 1!

2011-01-05T10:40:00.002-07:00

So how'd I do with my goals the first few days? Not so well. I spent most of Monday and much of Tuesday on the networking promo stuff. That ding when I get new email is almost as bad as the phone ringing. So, I'm going to turn it off except for a hour or so in the morning, around dinner time and before bed.

I did make some progress on my WIP, Wolfman 2. If I'm going to make my deadline, I'm going to have to make up some lost hours the next few days. It's really starting to rock along. Right now I'm working some major conflicts. Turns out Daniel has a sister! Maces says she's cute. Can you guess how Daniel feels about that?

Check back on Sunday to see how I did and more teasers on the plot.

Brannan's #1 post for ROW80: Goals

2011-01-03T14:44:00.001-07:00

Normally I get things done one of two ways.
1 Most common: "Oh my God I have a deadline, holiday, whatever coming and I can't put it off any more."
2 Not nearly as often: "It's that time of day, I'll do..."
3 Sporadic but consuming: "No, I can't sleep now, I must write. The voices, they won't leave me alone."

For A Round of Words, I'm going to try something different, more along the lines of #2. So here are my goals
Write 1000 to 2000 words a day
Or
Spend 4 hours, writing, editing etc.
Plus an hour a day networking and advertising.
Plus once a week updating my website and blog. Spend at least an hour here.
Six days a week. Because this is my not just my life but my passion.

So why isn't it easier to get all that and more done? If it's a passion shouldn't I be setting goals to get the house work done? Ok, honest, I need help there too. My big time eater? Everyone else's great books. I love to read, obsessively. So that will be my reward for each goal I meet.
I'm off to get those words written.

Here's a link to others participating: A Round of Words in Eighty Days.

Viking Seduction 2: Blood Slave now available

2011-01-02T15:21:00.000-07:00

Boytoy for a sexy blond vampire? No way. This cop has a job: find his daughter, hunt vamps...

Meet Dekker's sister and second in command, Segrun. Former Viking sheildmaid, vampire, field commander of the Svardraken and all around sexy badass and her new boy toy, Detective Pasquale O'Grady.

Blurb:

I'm a cop. Homicide Detective Pasquale O'Grady. So believe me when I tell you, vampires took my daughter -- along with other missing collage kids. Real vampires, not the Goth wanna-be kind. I even know which one. But the bastard went and got himself dead before Icould track him down.

With my leads gone, my only hope is his killer. I knew convincing another bloodsucker to help me was a long shot. I hadn't counted on his sexy blonde sister who wants me in her bed. It's not that I have something against sex, hell, what man with a pulse would? And since my divorce, I haven't exactly been getting much action. But I'm too damn old to be some Viking Vampire's boytoy -- or worse, blood slave -- no matter how sexy.

Viking Seduction 2: Blood Hunter now at Changeling Press

Read an excerpt here

2010-12-23T16:04:00.000-07:00

#1 on Torrid's top ten list!

2010-12-07T09:36:00.000-07:00

The Wild One: Eireann's Tale tops the best seller chart at Torrid Press! I'm so excited. I contracted this book before any of my Changeling titles giving it a special place in my heart. I wrote it as a prequel to a larger, long multibook series. Now that it's doing so well. It's time to get that epic novel going. There'll be more of Eireann and Fridgeir but the lead character switches to Eirik, High King of the Northlands. Stay tuned for updates.

Posting at D. Renee Bagby's First Chapter blog

2010-11-18T14:24:00.000-07:00

I will be sharing the first chapter of Soul Bound on D. Renee Bagby's First Chapter blog on Fri. the 19th.
You can read the first chapters of my other books there too along with a lot of other great reads. It's a great site to get a taste of many different books.

Now at All Romance books And Fictionwise

2010-10-26T16:25:00.000-06:00

Both Soul Bound and The Wild One: Eireann's tale are now available through All Romance books and Fictionwise.

All my Changeling Press releases are on sale until Nov 1, 2010 at Changeling Press. Use the discount code "NoTricks2010"

That includes my new book "Wolfman Apocalypse" on sale as soon as it's Friday somewhere in the world.

"Captured by vicious wolfmen, I expected a quick death. Or a slow painful one. They had other ideas."

Buy at Changeling Press

Read an Excerpt

Wolfman Apocalypse coming soon

2010-10-20T13:33:00.000-06:00

Coming soon from Changeling Press: Wolfman Apocalypse.
I know post apocaliptic stories are a dime a dozen. This one starts just a few years into the fall of civilazation. Check out the blurb.

"Life as we knew it pretty much ended with the lightning fast spread of the plague. The media called it Werewolf Syndrome. Women got sick, many died. They were the lucky ones. Men got sick, too, but those who didn't die... changed. A few immune men, like myself, joined the bands of refugees, scrounging for survival in the post apocalyptic devastation.
I lived in a fortified compound with a couple dozen women, a bunch of kids and two asshole straight guys. Sounds like a man's wet dream -- unless you happen to be the last gay man standing. At the time, risking my life scavenging in the city sounded like a fucking vacation.
I went out hunting supplies and found something else. Not a quick death, or even a slow, painful one at the hands of the beasts -- no such luck. Instead I find myself captive to the largest, most well organized gang of beast men ever. Their leader, Mace, wants more than just a generator -- he wants my body. Oddly, a certain part of me likes that idea. The other part –- the part with working survival instincts -- insists I get the hell out of dodge before my smart mouth gets the shit kicked out of me. Again. Tradeoffs..."

Buy here after Oct 29

Brannan

THE WILD ONE: EIREANN'S TALE

2010-10-02T11:01:00.000-06:00

It's finally out! The Wild One is forsale through Torrid Press.

THE WILD ONE: EIREANN'S TALE by Brannan Black
Genre: Fantasy
EBook formats ISBN: 978-1-60313-868-0
Trade paperback ISBN:
Rating: Erotica - Controversial Eireann’s world shattered the day the Witch King destroyed her village in the Wild Isles. For her and her younger sister, the last few years have been a struggle to survive. Thinking marriage to a merchant from the mainland will help, she boards a ship which is captured by raiders. Worse, the raiders fall prey to Northmen, the most feared warriors ever known. And one of them wants her for his own. Fiery Eireann would rather fight and die than submit, even if he’s got a body to die for!

When the Northman, Fridgeir, first spots the red-haired vixen half-naked and tied to a post, his heart pounds with more than just battle lust. He must possess the wild woman, even if it means braving her teeth! Can he tame her and claim more than just her body for his own in a world filled with danger and death?

Read a excerpt or buy it here.

Happy Binary Day!

2010-10-01T11:15:00.000-06:00

Join me over at Changeling Press to celebrate binary day, 10 01 10. They are having a one day sale. 10% off every book as long as it's 10/01/10 some where in the world. Use the code 100110.
While you are there, check out my books, Blood Slave and Soul Bound

Free Story! & Blood Slave now on sale!

2010-09-06T11:39:00.000-06:00

Art By Renee George

Check out my free story, Soul Bound: Aftermath at Changeling Press Encounters
Read my free story and get a discount on all my other books!

Blood Slave is now available for sale! Buy here.

Blood Slave Coming Sept 3

2010-08-30T16:47:00.000-06:00

Viking Seduction 1: Blood Slave on sale Sept 3, 2010 at Changeling Press.

Kierra's been trying to get Dekker's attention since they first met. His Nordic good looks and old world charm send shivers of heat straight through her every time she sees him.
An invitation to a vampire-themed rave seems like just the thing to help him see her as more than a friend -- until she discovers it's not just a theme. And now she's tangled up in a world she thought only existed in romance novels -- only these vampires are far from hunky knights in shining armor.

It's the twenty-first century. Who keeps slaves anymore? Other than really, really old vampires...

Read an excerpt here.

New Cover For Blood Slave

2010-08-23T17:05:00.000-06:00

Hi all,
Just got the official cover for Viking Seduction 1: Blood Slave. Coming from Changeling Press Sept 3. I have full scale images on my website, EpicRomances.com.

I think Renee George did an outstanding job! I created a new page called "Pretty Things & Cover Art". Check it out.

Blogging on Authors Promoting Authors

2010-08-16T13:44:00.000-06:00

Come check out the story behind the story on

Authors Promoting Authors

See how I come up with my ideas. Let me know what you think.
Brannan

New Book Coming In Oct!

2010-08-02T10:06:00.000-06:00

The Wild One, Eireann's Tale will be release this Oct by Torrid press. Here a blurb and peek at the cover!
Blurb
Eireann's world shattered the day the Witch King destroyed her village in the Wild Isles. For her and her younger sister, the last few years have been a struggle to survive. Thinking marriage to a mechant from the minaland will help, she boards a ship which is captured by raiders. Worse, the raiders fall prey to Northmen, the most feared warriors ever known. And one of the them wantes her for his own. Fiery Eireaan would rather fight and die than submit, even if he’s got a body to die for!
When the Northman, Fridgeir, first spots the red-haired vixen half-naked and tied to a post, his heart pounds with more than just battle lust. He must possess the wild woman, even if it means braving her teeth! Can he tame her and claim more than just her body for his own in a world filled with danger and death?

Blurb Party

2010-07-26T11:01:00.000-06:00

Come check out the Blurb Party! You can find my book, Soul Bound as well as some other great books!
http://deejulian.jimdo.com/blurb-party/

Soul Bound

2010-07-16T08:45:00.000-06:00

My first book in the Soul Seer series is out! This is part of my world of the Ageless.
You can find Soul Bound at Changeling Press. The excerpt is not G rated but then, neither is the book. Here's the blurb.

Soul Seer: A true immortal. Six hundred years ago, a sorcerer captured Raven. She's been his prisoner ever since. Although she can't die, she can suffer. Transported to the new world in an iron coffin, she lies buried and forgotten for nearly two hundred years -- until a construction crew digs her up and inadvertently sets her free. Starving, lost and alone, Raven staggers through a strange city filled with wagons that have no team, lights without fire -- and then there's the clothes. What exactly is the point of a thong anyway? Or shoes that hurt her feet and make her totter around like a drunken barbarian at Midsummer's festival?
Mercenaries for Hire: The vampire Ilario and his werewolf companion Wulf are partners in every sense of the word. Wulf likes variety in his bed and Ilario will do whatever it takes to keep his mate happy, even if it means tapping a female now and then. But this latest woman brings far more trouble than expected. Can they claim Raven for their own -- before she gets them all killed?

Soul Bound buy here

Soul Bound coming soon!

2010-06-27T16:37:00.001-06:00

I have a contract and release date for my story, Soul Bound. This story is part of my Ageless world.

Blurb:
Soul Seer: A true immortal. Although Raven can’t die, she can suffer. Six hundred years ago, a sorcerer captured her. She’s been his prisoner ever since. Transported to the new world in an iron coffin, she lies buried and forgotten for nearly two hundred years -- until a construction crew digs her up and inadvertently sets her free. Starving, lost and lone, Ravin staggers through a strange city filled with wagons that have no team, lights without fire -- and then there’s the clothes. What exactly is the point of a thong anyway? Or shoes that hurt her feet and make her totter around like a drunken barbarian at midsummer’s festival?

Mercenaries for Hire: The vampire Ilario and his werewolf companion Wulf are partners in every sense of the word. Wulf likes variety in his bed and Ilario will do what ever it takes to keep his mate happy, even if it means tapping a female now and then. But this latest woman brings far more trouble than expected. Can they claim Ravin for their own before she gets them all killed?

It will be coming out July 15 from Changeling Press. What great folks to work with! We're still working on the cover art and final edits. Check back for updates and excerpts.
They like this one so much they want to see more, so keep watching for more tales about the Ageless!

I signed a contract!

2010-05-27T08:58:00.000-06:00

I signed a contract with Whiskey Creek Press to have my first book published! I am so excited. It's Eireann's Tale, working title, on of the stories from my alternate reality world tentatively called The Heart Singers Universe. It's a prelude to the multi book epic I am working on. Right now I am waiting to hear from the editor on changes.

I am working on a new story for another contest. It's a werewolf romance and the contest theme is "Ravaged". The story I wanted to write isn't the one that keeps showing up on the page. I've decided to go with the flow and see where it leads me.

contest submission

2010-05-13T13:56:00.002-06:00

I have finally submitted my story to Changeling Press for their contest. Winners will be announced June 1. Can't wait!
Now on to the next project. I have two other stories in edit phase and my epic still needs finishing.