{"id":94,"date":"2018-03-29T22:54:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T05:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2018-03-29T22:54:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T05:54:59","slug":"confessions-of-a-serial-dieter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/29\/confessions-of-a-serial-dieter\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Serial Dieter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am excited and so pleased to introduce our first blog guest, Kryssie Fortune! Her book, One Knight Stand<\/strong>, sounds fun–in a vampirish, sexy\u00a0kind of way. I’m looking forward to reading it!<\/p>\n

Confessions of a Serial Dieter<\/p>\n

Do you struggle with your weight? I didn\u2019t until I went off to university. Money was tight, and I didn\u2019t want a mountain of student debt. I ate anything stodgy to keep hunger at bay, but do my hips show it. I\u2019ve been dieting since I graduated and could afford decent food.<\/p>\n

So, back in July, I started a low carb diet. That left me four pounds lighter and so hungry I felt lightheaded. \"ChocolateAs soon as I ate anything normal, I put those damn pounds back on.<\/p>\n

August.
\nI tried the South Sea Diet. This made my breath stink and made me feel sick. I didn\u2019t last more than a day and half. \"No,<\/p>\n

September.
\nI thought I\u2019d just go low calorie. I woke up at 2am, and boy was I hungry. \"Don't<\/p>\n

That\u2019s another diet off my life.<\/p>\n

October.
\n\"Cabbage?I tried the Cabbage Soup diet. Have you tasted that stuff? Just don\u2019t, is all I can say.<\/p>\n

November.
\nI thought I\u2019d try the Ketonic Diet. There\u2019s some science behind this one. Apparently, it helps epileptics, but get this: It works by denying the body its primary fuel \u2013 glucose. One of the listed side effects is death. I didn\u2019t get any further with this one. \"Chocolate<\/p>\n

December.
\nWho diets at Christmas? Not me<\/p>\n

January.
\nOh God. I\u2019ve put on weight over Christmas. I joined a slimming club yesterday, but all those points and that little calculator thing is such a fuss. I\u2019m already fed up of salad.<\/p>\n

February.
\nI\u2019ve landed my dream job. Whitborough Castle has hired me as its archivist. Of course, no one knows what happened to the last two, but it was too good a chance to pick up. I\u2019m stressing about it already. Now I need chocolate. I must be craving the B vitamins. \"'Nuff<\/p>\n

March.
\nI started my job a couple of weeks ago. I love it. Some of the high ups think I\u2019m too young for my role, though. They made that clear when I showed them around this morning. Then this drop dead gorgeous guy\u2014a tourist with a day ticket\u2014starts telling me an alternative history of the chapel. Talk about Fake News. Anyway. Got to dash. I\u2019ve got records to update and stuff. If you want to know about the castle, the archivists, and drool worthy Blaxton, you can read my story in Kryssie Fortune\u2019s book \u2013 One Knight Stand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

ONE KNIGHT STAND<\/strong> by Kryssie Fortune
\n(This book was formerly sold as Knight’s Vampire.)<\/p>\n

\"One<\/p>\n

Buy here:
\nAmazon USA<\/a> http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pgAf24
\nAmazon UK<\/a> http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pnLBAe
\nAmazon Canada<\/a> http:\/\/amzn.to\/2FYZKhT
\nAmazon Australia<\/a> http:\/\/amzn.to\/2FSUUiV<\/p>\n

BLURB
\nCrusader knight, Blaxton de Ferrers rises as a vampire after the Knights Defender steal his soul. Murdered by his cousin, he preys on the people he once swore to protect. His emotions leach out of him. Gradually, he forgets how to feel.<\/p>\n

Eight hundred years later, he meets Harriet.<\/p>\n

Harriet Mortlake\u2019s a strong, sassy woman who battles her weight and her temper. She\u2019s the modern-day archivist in the castle which was Blaxton\u2019s childhood home. She\u2019s supposed to ferret out the castle\u2019s secrets. Instead, she finds the love of her life.<\/p>\n

When danger threatens Harriet, Blaxton steps in. Harriet and Blaxton are a match made in heaven. Except\u2026 he\u2019s a vampire and he\u2019s destined for hell.<\/p>\n

EXCERPT
\n\u201cHow dare you embarrass me like that?\u201d Harriet Mortlake planted her hands on her hips and glowered at the man she\u2019d cornered outside the cafe. Her normal iceberg cool deserted her, and she wanted to slap the condescending smile off his face. Around this stranger, she felt as though lightning bolts flashed from her eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a temple, not a chapel,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n

Stubborn. Damn. Male. She\u2019d been showing the big guns from the Castles\u2019 Management Trust around the building. They\u2019d already made it clear they thought her too young for the archivist\u2019s role. This know-it-all had infuriated her when he sounded off in the chapel. Now he antagonized her all over again.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs if!\u201d Harriet snorted. \u201cNo way would medieval Christians build a pagan temple on their grounds. Superstitious locals would have accused them of devil worship. They burned heretics at the stake, remember?\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Mr. Condescending\u2019s interference, she\u2019d impressed the big bosses\u2014she thought. Now the sexiest male, ever, clung to his ridiculous belief the chapel had been a pagan temple.<\/p>\n

He flashed her a smile which would have lit up the underground chapel where he\u2019d embarrassed her earlier. He should keep his mouth shut and let her admire his looks. Everything about him radiated sex appeal. Looking at him almost made her anger evaporate, but he gave her the know-it-all look that made her bristle.
\n\u201cYou need to get your facts right,\u201d he told her, determined to have the last word.<\/p>\n

Stupid, arrogant male. She couldn\u2019t decide whether to show him her diplomas and degrees or kick his shins. She\u2019d reined in her temper while the higher-ups carried out their inspection. Now they\u2019d left, she felt free to vent her rage. Hands still on her hips, she tapped her foot at him.<\/p>\n

\u201cLost for words without an audience? Or don\u2019t you have any facts to back up your cock-and-bull story? Put up or shut up, Mister. Tell me why you think it\u2019s a temple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Condescending sat outside the castle\u2019s tearoom as if he hadn\u2019t a care in the world. His interference when she\u2019d shown the bigwigs into the chapel could have cost her the job she loved. Whitborough Castle\u2019s extensive records needed cataloging, and Harriet couldn\u2019t wait to get her hands on them.<\/p>\n

ABOUT KRYSSIE FORTUNE
\n\"Kryssie\" Kryssie Fortune writes the sort of hot sexy books she loves to read. If she can sneak a dragon into her paranormal books she will. Her paranormal heroes are muscular werewolves, arrogant Fae or BDSM loving dragons.<\/p>\n

Kryssie likes her contemporary heroes ex-military and dominant. Her heroines are kick ass females who can hold their own against whatever life – or Kryssie – throws at them.
\nKryssie’s pet hates are unhappy endings, and a series that end on a cliff hanger.<\/p>\n

Her books are all stand alone even when part of series. Plot always comes before sex, but when her heroines and heroes get together, the sex is explosive and explicit. One review called it downright sensual.<\/p>\n

HOW TO FIND KRYSSIE
\nWebsite<\/a> http:\/\/kryssiefortune.wixsite.com\/kryssie
\nBlog<\/a> http:\/\/kryssiefortune.blogspot.co.uk\/
\nTwitter<\/a> https:\/\/twitter.com\/KryssieFortune
\nFacebook<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KryssiesFortune
\nPinterest<\/a> http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OGFnjc
\nGoodreads<\/a> http:\/\/bit.ly\/2kxqabJ
\nAmazon Author Page<\/a> http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hA0ZVO<\/p>\n

Thank you, Kryssie for joining me on Nomad Authors Blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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