Inkspell Publishing is so very excited to share with you a wonderful contest and opportunity! If you love the Lily Drake Series, T.Michelle Nelson, the author, has some wonderful things going on to put you at the center of the fun! She has a photo contest as well as some upcoming book signings! We are sure you are as interested as we are!  Lily Drake Photo Contest
Contest Rules and Prizes:* Take a photo of yourself with a copy of Life and Death of Lily Drake or 'Til Death Do Us Part (can be paperback or with your Kindle or Nook or whatever e-Reader you use) . * Send the photo to info@tmichellenelson.com with the subject line: "Photo Contest." (By submitting your photo, you are agreeing to allow www.TMichelleNelson.com the right to post it to the website. Please only send photos of yourself and no nudity or otherwise totally profane pics.) * Photo contest begins April 12, 2013 and deadline for all submissions will be April 30, 2013 at midnight EST. * Submissions will be posted to www.TMichelleNelson.com on May 6th and winners will be chosen by votes. * Contestants will have until May 13th at Midnight EST to vote, and winners will be posted May 14th. * Prize packs will be sent out within one week from that date. The two most popular photos will win a Lily Drake Swag Pack including.... Custom Signed BookplatesLily Drake T-Shirt
Mousepad
Postcards
Bookmarks Coffee MugFor More Information or to Check on the Entries:
http://www.tmichellenelson.com/photo-contest.html
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For Upcoming Events that T.Michelle Nelson will be at:
Book Release & Signing
April 24, 2013
3:00-5:00pm
Colonial Bookstore
521 S. Main St
Mount Vernon, Ohio
AA Highway Conference
May 17, 2013
Maysville, Kentucky
Book Signing
May 18, 2013
4:00-8:00pm
Barnes & Noble
7663 Mall Road
Florence, Kentucky
Author's Alley @ Loganberry Books
The Larchmere Festival
July 6, 2013
1:00-4:00pm
13015 Larchmere Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44120
Kalamazoo Horror Fest
September 20-22, 2013
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Check www.TMichelleNelson.com for more information!
 Blurb:
With a doting husband and a new job training a vampire military, Lily Drake was living up to the prophecies of being the best. Her life was seemingly perfect, until tragedy strikes bringing her a loss she's not sure she can endure.
The hard-working super mom / vampire slayer, Lily Drake, has just learned problems still exist even after you become immortal.
As everyone knows, even if you find your soul mate, you don't always get a happily-ever-after. Lily may have found temporary happiness being a newlywed, but the honeymoon is over. When she finds her husband going out for late night bites with another woman, Lily has to fight to try and regain what she wants most, love and a happy family.
If Lily thought being a single mom was hard, she’ll find being married can be a bloody mess.
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Paperback $13.99 | E-book $4.99 | Life and Death of Lily Drake – Have you read the first book yet? You wouldn’t want to miss Lily Drake kicking some serious vampire butt. :)
Check out more about this series here! – Life and Death of Lily Drake  About the author:
T. Michelle Nelson is a native of Benton, Kentucky and a graduate of Murray State University holding a degree in Education. Currently she resides in picturesque Mount Vernon, Ohio, which is also the setting of her Lily Drake series. The first book in the series, Life and Death of Lily Drake, is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kobo, and your other favorite online book stores in paperback as well as e-reader formats. The second book, 'Til Death Do Us Part, is being released by Inkspell Publishing in April of 2013 and currently, T. is working hard to finish her third book.
When she isn’t writing, you can usually find her singing out of key while playing Rock Band with her husband and son, watching B-Horror movies or wrestling with her two ill-behaved fur babies, Buddy Perro and Bunchie.
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Because it takes a lot of work to make Mondays fun, we at Inkspell decided to start a blog feature we like to call Eyecandy Monday. Each Monday we will feature the characters from one Inkspell novel and share with you all the fine details and tasty tidbits we can dig up about these interesting and well written main characters. We want to revisit some of our favorite hotties from our favorite stories! As we revisit our eyecandy, we are sharing with you an excerpt to wet your appetite about the character and the story. After all, you can't get enough of book eyecandy!
The Life and Death of Lily Drake features two hot guys each trying to capture Lily's heart. Mathias Sutton is the vampire who first lays eyes on Lily and has been watching her for a long time. Will he be the one who wins her heart? | | | Mathias Sutton Mathias is no nonsense. He’s very important, and he’s worked his way to the top. He's determined to get what he wants. Lily is who he wants, and nothing will stand in his way.
| EXCERPT:Mathias Sutton became hopeful as Lily smiled at him. His plan was turning out much better than he had anticipated, but only because she thought he was someone named Terry. Struggling with the decision to correct her or to go along with the charade of being mistaken for someone else, Mathias concluded that this pleasant interaction might make his job for the night easier. He wouldn’t lie, but a simple omission of his true identity couldn’t hurt anything for the moment. “Are you ready to go?” he asked.
“Yes, just let me lock up.”
Mathias walked Lily to his car and opened the door for her. She gave him a warm smile as she sat and smoothed out her skirt. The woman was even more beautiful up close. He had admired her for years, but he’d never experienced this side of her. That exquisite smile of hers was meant for him, not someone else. He hoped this time things would be different, that he could finally have everything that had eluded him for more than five hundred years. She would choose to stay with him, and all his long-standing dreams would come to fruition.
“So where are we headed?” Lily inquired.
“If you don’t mind, I really need to stop by my house first.” Mathias had already begun driving in that direction. Everyone would be waiting for their arrival, and most likely would be surprised to see Lily walk in of her own volition. This whole mistaken-identity thing would work well after all.
“Well, actually, I do mind. I was under the impression we were going out on a date. I’ll admit the suit, the car, it’s all very impressive, but you’ve got the wrong gal if you’re looking for some one-night stand.”
Taken aback by her assumption, Mathias pulled the car over to the side of the road. He didn’t want to upset her, and his goal was certainly not to use her and throw her away. She had been correct, however, in assuming he had an ulterior motive for going to his house. The others could wait; he might never have this chance again to be so close to her and enjoy her company. What could it hurt? He’d take her out. “I’m so sorry I gave you that impression. A one-night stand certainly isn’t my intention. You’re right, let’s go to dinner.”
The Cove, Mount Vernon’s most celebrated restaurant, would be the obvious choice for a romantic dinner date. Not that Mount Vernon had tons of choices for fine dining, but The Cove could hold its own against any haute cuisine establishment in a much larger city. Nestled downtown in the historic district, the elegant century-old building towered above the quaint little town. She was clearly pleased as they pulled up to the parking valet.
“Is this good?” Mathias asked.
“My favorite, thanks.”
“Shall we?” As the valet drove off with the car, he extended his arm to her.
“We don’t have a reservation, do we?” Lily would have no idea that Mathias needed no reservation for a private table upstairs in the banquet room typically reserved for weddings and dinner theatre. Being a bachelor for five hundred years had done nothing for his cooking skills, so he frequented The Cove often. The special table upstairs, kept reserved for him alone, gave Mathias the respite he often needed.
He flashed her his best grin. “I don’t think it will be a problem.”
Two other couples were waiting for a table when Lily and Mathias walked into the foyer of the restaurant. Megan, the weeknight reservation girl, interrupted the man at her podium, who was inquiring about the wait time. Before she could properly greet Mathias, and subsequently call him by a last name that wasn’t Terry’s, he asked, “Do you have room for us upstairs this evening, Megan?”
“Of course, if you’ll follow me.”
Relieved she hadn’t blown his cover, Mathias turned to smile at Lily and catch a glimpse of what appeared to be surprise. He knew she wouldn’t be terribly impressed with the restaurant alone. She brought her son here to eat from time to time. Every week they went out on a special mother-son date night. She loved her boy dearly and took pride in being a wonderful mother. Mathias had always prized that trait in her.
“Would you like a menu?”
“Oh no, I have a favorite. My son loves it here. We try to come every few months.”
“Would you like some wine?”
“Sure, but I only drink red.”
He already knew that about her. When she seemed to have a hard day at work, she’d sit outside on her deck and have a glass. He knew almost everything about the woman, and yet she thought him to be someone named Terry.
“Good. That will go well with the big steak I’m ordering.”
After a couple of glasses of wine as they waited for their entrees, Mathias began to wonder if he had made a mistake by not taking her directly to the house. She asked entirely too many questions regarding this Terry person, and he had no answers. Obviously, she had never met the man or she would have known what he looked like, and she didn’t seem to know very much about him. Mathias suspected it to be a blind date perpetrated by her friend, Angie Travis. The Travis woman was the only person he’d ever seen Lily hang around with outside of work, and he’d overheard a few conversations between the two. Angie pushed relentlessly when it came to finding someone for her friend.
“Enough about me, Lily. Tell me about you.”
“Well, not much to say. I’m a graphic designer, a single mom, divorced. That’s about it. I’m really boring. I’d rather hear about you. Tell me about your business, Terry.”
Mathias paused. He was many things, at times even a killer, but he would not let himself become a liar to the woman he’d adored for so long. As Lily had grown, his job had become so much more. He’d begun admiring her and eventually caring for her. He’d selfishly wanted to spend time with Lily, but not if it meant he couldn’t be himself. He did the only thing he could think of: he abruptly excused himself from the table.
Mathias knew the others wouldn’t be happy with his spur-of-the-moment decision to take Lily out to dinner. The plan had been to gently knock her out with his otherworldly powers, return with her to his mansion, and explain her birthright. They would all be upset, except possibly Val. His cousin, a habitual rule-breaker especially where the ladies were concerned, would likely understand. That trait, which normally annoyed Mathias, would lend him an ally this evening.
Don't you love a man who is determined to get what he wants? Mathias has had his heart set on Lily for years. Can he be the man she wants and needs? Read The Life and Death of Lily Drake to find out!
Lily Drake is our vampire queen. She's recently married and facing her first Christmas in her new home with her husband and his vampire family. You would think that life would be easier but... well.. let's have her share!  The Chapman Mansion during the holidays is a place like no other. Imagine a giant gray stone house with green wreaths and huge red velvet bows hanging from every entrance and window. Twinkle lights wrap every tree and shrub. The aroma of cinnamon and sugar waft from the kitchen as fresh baked cookies and goodies emerge from the ovens. Mistletoe hangs from strategic locations and holiday music fills the air. Sounds lovely, doesn’t it?
Yet, here is the reality. Every time I pass by the kitchen I get a cookie shoved into my mouth by Rose. “Do you like this one better than the last?” She questions. No, not questions. Interrogates. My son, Keaton, put her in charge of the treats he is signed up to provide for his school Christmas party and she is taking the job entirely too seriously. Mathias blinds me with constant camera flashes, because apparently “this is our first Christmas at the mansion and we will want to make these memories last.” Val’s idea of helping me relieve stress is by jumping out of various hiding spots around the house and helping me practice sneak attacks. I’ve given him two shiners and busted his lip already. Thank goodness he heals almost immediately. Or not. I almost wish he’d have to wear one of those shiners for a few days and maybe he’d be reminded that I’ve said at least a dozen times that I don’t enjoy him jumping out at me! And, my not-so-friendly ghost, Elizabeth, always decides to pop in at the most inopportune moments. For example, the last time Val jumped out at me and I busted his lip. For a good half hour I had to endure a lecture from her on acting ladylike and proper etiquette. Right now Keaton is loudly playing drums to the songs for the Christmas program at school, and although I am so proud of my very talented son, the incessant drumming is pushing some homicidal urges to the surface. The next time Val jumps out at me, or Rose shoves a cookie in my mouth or Mathias blinds me, it’s entirely possible I may snap. I love my family. I love my life, but let me be the first to tell you - a vampire Christmas is no less stressful than a human one.
~~ Love Lily
If you haven't read how Lily got herself into this situation, make sure you check out her story in The Life and Death of Lily Drake available at the Inkspell Store. Also stop by T. Michelle Nelson's blog for more information on Lily's life and death!
Today we get to hear from T. Michelle Nelson who is the author of The Life and Death of Lily Drake. Lily Drake is a new vampire and also a mom but her toughest choice is which man is right for her! Two hunky guys fighting over your heart is almost every girl's dream come true!  When did you first start writing? What made you want to be a writer? I think I started writing from the time I could read. I wrote songs, poems, music and little stories. I always enjoyed writing. My favorite classes in school were always the English, Literature and Creative Writing classes.
What inspired you to write your book? I wanted to write a book with an unconventional heroine. Lily Drake isn’t an eighteen-year old beauty queen. She’s thirty-five, a single-mom, and sometimes goofy. I wanted to write a book with a main character that I could relate to.
Are you a pantser or a plotter? Total pantser. I think I have an idea or outline of where I’m going, and it never turns out that way!
Do you have any writing rituals or special processes you complete before sitting down to write? I make a big mug of coffee, have pen and pad to one side, and laptop in front of me. In bed. Sitting at a desk is torture for me. Almost the entire novel was written from my bed with three dogs curled up around me.
What authors inspire you? I admire so many, but for Lily Drake, definitely Margaret Mitchell. I remember reading “Gone with the Wind” and loving how Scarlett O’Hara was so imperfect. Mitchell wrote the go-to book on unconventional heroines.
If you could only write in one genre for the rest of your career, what genre would you choose? Why? I’ll go with the blanket answer of Romance. Most of the things I’ve written have started off as something else, but they wind up becoming a romance.
Which of the characters in your current release is your favorite? Why? I’m not sure I can pick one of my three main characters, but lately I’ve really been loving Burchard. Someday I want to tell his story.
Are any of your characters modeled after real people? If so, which ones? Not really. All of my characters have certain traits like people I know, but none were written with any particular person in mind as the model.
What music was on your playlist while writing your novel? Foo Fighters is always on my playlist, other than them, I have really eclectic tastes. At the time I was listening to Tool, Otis Redding, Nina Simone, Beethoven and Alice in Chains to name a few. I never listen to music while I’m actually writing though. I find it distracting.
Morning person or grumpy bear? Grumpy Bear. I despise mornings.
Tell us one thing it would surprise us to know about you? I’ve been a vegetarian for almost twenty-six years.
What is next for you? I’m currently working on the second installment of the Lily Drake series.
Do you have any unique skills or talents? If so, what? I play almost every instrument a little, with the exception of horns. Piano, Drums, Guitar, Bass, but none of them very well.
If I were to look in your closet right now, would I find frills and lace or denim and tees? Denim and vintage rock tees. I do like to dress up on occasion though, but when I do it’s never frills and lace.
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 Thank you T. Michelle for stopping by. We loved hearing about your book and life. Don't forget that Lily Drake is up for sale now. You can get it in print or ebook today!
For Lily Drake, slaying vampires is easy...Dating
them is the hard part.
Lily Drake is your everyday hard-working single mom…until a gorgeous vampire shows up on her front door who she mistakenly assumes is her blind date for the evening. As one crazy scenario after another unfolds, Lily finds herself falling in love with two vampires, slaying the evil ones, and being prophesied as the savior of the entire undead race. Deciding between pizza and Chinese take-out will no longer be one of the hard decisions facing Lily Drake once she is immersed into vampire society.
Humanity or immortality? That doesn't hold a candle against this question -
which of the two handsome vampire cousins?
The Life and Death of Lily Drake is not your typical vampire love story. It’s a tale about the humorous mistakes a woman makes simply trying to survive not only life, but the dating scene. How will Lily manage working full-time, taking care of her young son and fighting the undead at every turn?
Lily will have to figure it out, but who better to save the world than a mom?
Everyone has one birthday! But vampires have two big birthdays to celebrate...the day they were born and the day they were reborn. If Lily Drake were here, I'm sure the whole party would be not only tastefully decorated but yummy! She is, after all, not only a vampire but a mom! And we know Mom's can do anything!
When a book is born, it's characters, setting, and story become a permanent part of our history. Now that The Life and Death of Lily Drake is a part of our world, we are so excited to share this fabulous story with you! It isn't every day that a girl finds love and saves the world...all in time to still be home to pick up her son after school.
In order to help you celebrate along with us, we are offering a special 30% off discount on The Life and Death of Lily Drake, but only until October 19th and only if you order from our website. We know Lily would approve!  Author: T.Michelle Nelson
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: October 5th, 2012
Length: Super Novel
ISBN: (print) 978-0-9851483-8-6
ISBN: (ebook) 978-0-9851483-9-3
Print $ 9.09 (only until Oct. 19th)
Ebook $3.49 (only until Oct. 19th)
Delivered within 5-7 days
For Lily Drake, slaying vampires is easy...Dating
them is the hard part.
Lily Drake is your everyday hard-working single mom…until a gorgeous vampire shows up on her front door who
she mistakenly assumes is her blind date for the evening. As one crazy scenario after another unfolds, Lily finds herself falling in love with two vampires,
slaying the evil ones, and being prophesied as the savior of the entire undead
race. Deciding between pizza and Chinese take-out will no longer be one of
the hard decisions facing Lily Drake once she is immersed into vampire society.
Humanity or immortality? That doesn't hold a candle against this question -
which of the two handsome vampire cousins?
The Life and Death of Lily Drake is not your typical vampire love story. It’s a tale about the humorous
mistakes a woman makes simply trying to survive not only life, but the dating scene. How will Lily manage working full-time, taking care of her young son and fighting the undead at every turn?
Lily will have to figure it out, but who better to save the world than a mom?
Because it takes a lot of work to make Mondays fun, we at Inkspell decided to start a new blog feature we like to call Eyecandy Monday. Each Monday we will feature the characters from one Inkspell novel and share with you all the fine details and tasty tidbits we can dig up about these
interesting and well written main characters.
Lily Drake has been prowling the Inkspell offices lately as she gears up for her favorite time of year, Halloween. There is nothing like being a vampire to really get you in the mood for a scary celebration! T. Michelle Nelson is sharing her vision of Lily Drake and her two hunky vampire hotties with you. What do you think? Which one would you want?
 Character Name: Lily Drake
Age: 35
Hair: Long, Brownish-Auburn
Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 5’9
Distinguishing features: Lily’s family heritage is Irish and Cherokee
Most resembles: Alyson Hannigan
Teaser: Lily is all work and no play until trouble in the form of two cousins crash into her life.
 Character Name: Mathias Sutton
Age: 500, give or take a decade but physically will always be 27
Hair: Short, dark brown
Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 6’2
Distinguishing features: Very muscular
Most resembles: Jackson Hurst
Teaser: Mathias is no nonsense. He’s very important, and he’s worked his way to the top.
 Character Name: Valentine “Val” Ballard
Age: Right around 500, but will forever be 26
Hair: Shaggy, dark brown
Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 6’4
Distinguishing features: Very tall, lanky but well-tone
Most resembles: Rodrigo Santoro
Teaser: Unlike his cousin, Mathias, Val isn’t at all ambitious or very serious. He’s all about having fun and the ladies!
Have you met our kick ass vampire queen Lily Drake yet? No? Today is the perfect date then because we are revealing Lily Drake to the world! One of our favorite books, this is a vampire story like no other. What? Vampires are dead? Well, you haven't met Lily Drake yet! Find out more below!  For Lily Drake, slaying vampires is easy...Dating them is the hard part.
Lily Drake is your everyday hard-working single mom…until a gorgeous vampire shows up on her front door who she mistakenly assumes is her blind date for the evening. As one crazy scenario after another unfolds, Lily finds herself falling in love with two vampires, slaying the evil ones, and being prophesied as the savior of the entire undead race.
Deciding between pizza and Chinese take-out will no longer be one of the hard decisions facing Lily Drake once she is immersed into vampire society. Humanity or immortality? That doesn't hold a candle against this question - which of the two handsome vampire cousins?
The Life and Death of Lily Drake is not your typical vampire love story. It’s a tale about the humorous mistakes a woman makes simply trying to survive not only life, but the dating scene. How will Lily manage working full-time, taking care of her young son and fighting the undead at every turn?
Lily will have to figure it out, but who better to save the world than a mom?
| Release Date: October 5th 2012
Format: eBook and Paperback
Length: Super Novel
ISBN: eBook: 978-0-9851483-9-3
Paperback: 978-0-9851483-8-6
Price: $12.99 (Paperback)
$4.99 (eBook)
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