Summer of Fire is now available from Phaze

Well the day finally arrived and Summer of Fire is now available. I
will be posting up tomorrow information regarding an
exciting competition but for
now here is an excerpt (PG rated) and the url for you to buy the book
(it costs $2)

Available at:
http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Summer+of+Fire+by+Nicole+Gestalt

Summer of Fire by Nicole Gestalt

July, 2007
ISBN 1-59426-477-5

The Summer of Fire, as the media calls it, brings steamy weather and
the threat of an arsonist. Officer Helen is charged with ending the
madness, yet her passion for a widowed firefighter continues to flame.

Length: HeatSheet
Rating: 2 Novas

EXCERPT

"Let me guess, another arson?" Helen looked at the building still
burning furiously in front of her. Sweat threatened to drip down from
her hat line. Her shirt was already drenched, and she was thankful her
uniform covered it up somewhat. However, the heat Helen was feeling
wasn't just from the fire, it was also due to the large, muscular
fireman standing in front of her.

"…has the traits of it, but it's too early to tell." His voice washed
over her, and she felt like she was falling into a warm bath of melted
chocolate. Aware he was saying something else she smiled up at him and
tried to concentrate on the words rather than his body. It didn't take
her long to realise she wasn't going to be able to concentrate at all,
even with him in his full fire-fighting gear his muscles bulged,
filling out his uniform.

An explosion ripped through the building and Helen suddenly found
herself flat on the floor with the fire-fighter of her dreams on top
of her. Looking deep into his cool blue eyes she felt hotter then she
could ever remember being. His lips were so close to hers, she had but
to lift her head up and they would meet. Just as she contemplated
actually moving to kiss him, he moved.

The FORCE series is slowly being released

This was sent to me by a fellow Phaze author and I thought I'd post it up here. Enjoy!

The FORCE line-up is
starting to be released. I have been excited about this series since
its inception - sexy cops and military heroes? Bring it on!

First up is Portia Da Costa's Eyes Of
Desire.

Love at first sight? When Megan takes a summer holiday at a country
cottage in order to recover from an eye operation, she doesn't
expect to encounter a strong, protective stranger in her garden.
Even though she can't see him properly, she can still tell that Guy
is powerful, charismatic and sexy. Instinctively and instantly
attracted to him, can she trust her new friend to bestow some sweet
hands-on sensual healing?


The sensual descriptions in this story will show you why she has
earned so many fans with her novels from Ellora's Cave & Black Lace.


Kate Burns Into The
Heat is up next. And really...what could be hotter than
smoke jumpers and unequited lust?

Being a firejumper is hot enough, but when Delia finds herself
assigned to a remote cabin for two weeks with fellow firejumper
Cooper Tallman, things begin to really heat up. She and Coop take
care of all their assignments at the post while doing their best to
ignore the growing attraction between them. They manage to keep
their internal fires at bay until one afternoon when circumstances
throw them into such close contact they can't ignore their
smoldering bodies. When duty calls they, of course, answer. But the
forest around the couple is not the only thing ablaze and they begin
to realize they cannot ignore their feelings for much longer--or can
they? After all, in a wildfire anything can happen. There are no
guarantees, and not every flame can be extinguished.

Cara North's Fraternizati
on rounds out the titles out now. Realistic characters with
flaws and quirks that grow on the reader, and each other make this
story work.

Some rules were made to be broken. When a Gunnery
Sergeant fools around with a Captain it can put both of their
careers at stake. Gunnery Sergeant Scarlett King took a risk, took a
break, took a lumberjack to bed, or so she thought. Captain Ezekiel
Major needed an escape, found it in a stranger, then found out they
had broken a very strict code of conduct. It's so wrong, but feels
so right!

Every week brings new FORCE titles...collect all
12!

Seventy Days of Sweat

Writing can be a lonely business, and sometimes it's hard to keep at it day after day without a little encouragement. So when I found a link to the Seventy Days of Sweat I thought I didn't have anything to lose from signing up. Now I find myself looking forward to writing each day and seeing how other people are doing with the challenge.

The idea is that each person writes a few pages each day (preferably 4-6) and so then by the end of the whole thing (September 20th) everyone should have a large amount of writing done.

I pledged to write 10 thousand words but I'm already on almost 4 thousand so I have no idea what sort of word count I will be on by the end.

I wish good luck to all who are taking part and hope everyone has a successful writing time!

Author Space

I have just recently joined a site called Coffee Time Romance it's a site where both readers and writers can come together and discuss the books as well as swap stories, make friends etc...

It's a very easy going site and always has something fun going on. I have been able to get some author space there so if you would like to get a quick response or see some excerpts etc.. before they are posted upon here please pop over to the site and sign up. It's free to join and you can find my section here: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=302

My user name is Nicole Gestalt so feel free to say I referred you!

On another note its getting closer to the release date of Summer of Fire and I'm putting together various excerpts which will be appearing online soon. Also get ready for a great competition when the book does become available.