Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Dark Desire Spotlight ~ Exquisite Danger by Ann Mayburn (Iron Horse MC)
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Release Day Spotlight Taliasman by Anastasia Vitsky
Taliasman (Beyond Fairytales) by Anastasia Vitsky
Mini-blurb:
Will Talia accept love, or will she reject the one who offers her everything?@AnastasiaVitsky
#BeyondFairytales Amazon
Will Talia accept love, or will she reject the one who offers her everything?
Taliasman blurb:
Born to a destitute woodworker who
wanted a son to carry on the family business, Talia grew up with one phrase on
her lips: “If I had been born a boy.” If she had been born a boy, she would
have been cherished, supported, and launched into the world with her father’s
legacy. As only a worthless girl, she toils all day long to earn her handful of
inferior grain.
Far away in the heavenly palace, Queen Vina receives a mysterious coin necklace from Nicodemus, teller of stories. Compelled by the throbbing heartbeat, she scours the earth to come across Talia, enslaved to a family who never wanted her. Rather than admit her motives, Vina purchases the girl with a sack full of gold. Furious, betrayed, and homesick, Talia endeavors to share her misery with the entire palace. Vina, afraid to confess her love, allows herself to become trapped in the role of brutal slave owner.
Talia, bred to expect nothing but misery, faces the first choice of her life. Will she accept love, even if it comes from an unlikely source? Or will she reject the one who offers her everything?
A Beyond Fairytales Adaptation of Our Lady’s Child
Far away in the heavenly palace, Queen Vina receives a mysterious coin necklace from Nicodemus, teller of stories. Compelled by the throbbing heartbeat, she scours the earth to come across Talia, enslaved to a family who never wanted her. Rather than admit her motives, Vina purchases the girl with a sack full of gold. Furious, betrayed, and homesick, Talia endeavors to share her misery with the entire palace. Vina, afraid to confess her love, allows herself to become trapped in the role of brutal slave owner.
Talia, bred to expect nothing but misery, faces the first choice of her life. Will she accept love, even if it comes from an unlikely source? Or will she reject the one who offers her everything?
A Beyond Fairytales Adaptation of Our Lady’s Child
Taliasman
excerpt:
If I had been born a boy, I would have followed
in my father’s footsteps to become a tradesman. Because I was a girl, he sold
me instead.
“No,” Vina corrects me when I bring up the
story, which is not often. She doesn’t like the facts, and I dislike her pretty
lies. “Your mother agonized whether to let you go, but she knew you would be
better off here. She wanted to give you a better life.”
I would call Vina on her mistruths, but she
claims I still reason as a child. All of my protests to the contrary serve to
prove her right, at least in her mind. Only when I agree with her does she
admit I am a full-grown adult.
“You’re happy with me, aren’t you?” Vina makes
me sit next to her at the formal dinners she hosts most nights, and she dresses
me in rich silks with real lace. If I tell her “no,” she sends me to my room as
punishment for my petulance. If I resist, she gives me one of her lessons in
obedience. Some are painful, some pleasurable, and all serve to narrow my world
and make me focus on her. How could I not, when she owns me?
“No,” Vina corrects me when I call her my
owner. “I set you free, and I gave you the life you never could have had
otherwise.”
When I turned nineteen, no one wanted to marry
me. My mother fussed with my “hope chest,” if it could be called that, and
arranged the one cotton handkerchief as if it could attract a suitor.
“Let me stay with you,” I entreated, and I won.
I always did. The house needed new walls, and I wielded the power tools.
“You’ve turned her into such a tomboy no one
will want her,” Mother chided Father, and the truth stung. I could have cared
for my parents into their old age, but they wanted me gone.
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Where to find out more about Anastasia Vitsky and her books:
Author bio:
Cookie queen, wooden spoon lady, and champion of carbs,
Anastasia Vitsky specializes in F/F erotic fiction. She hates shoes and is
allergic to leather. When not writing about women who live spankily ever after,
she coordinates reader and author events such as Spank or Treat, Love Spanks,
and Sci Spanks. Her favorite event is
Ana’s Advent Calendar, a month-long celebration of community, books, and making
a difference.
She is too afraid to watch Dr. Who, but she adores The
Good Wife and anything with Audrey Hepburn. In her next life, she will
learn how to make the perfect pie crust.
Monday, September 29, 2014
My Fair Duchess by Julie Johnstone
Synopsis
After years of playing the rake to hide a dark family secret, the Duke of Aversley feels tainted beyond redemption and cynical beyond repair. Never does he imagine hope will come in the form of a quirky, quick-witted lady determined to win the heart of another gentleman.
Thanks to a painfully awkward past, Lady Amelia De Vere long ago relinquished the notion she was a flower that had yet to blossom. But when her family faces financial ruin and the man she has always loved is on the verge of marrying another, she’ll try anything to transform herself to capture her childhood love and save her family―including agreeing to participate in a bet between her brother and the notorious, dangerously handsome Duke Of Aversley.
Bound by the bet, Amelia and Aversley discover unexpected understanding and passion beyond their wildest dreams, if only they can let go of their pride, put trust in each other and chance losing their hearts.
Excerpt
Colin rose, walked over to Amelia and grasped her by the elbow to lead her to the looking glass. “You do not properly see yourself, Amelia,” he said staring at her.
She furrowed her brow. “I see perfectly fine and what I see is tall, gangly and graceless.
He wanted to run the pad of his thumb over her skin and remove the lines of worry. Instead, he took a deep breath and continued. “The color of the gown does not make you beautiful nor in truth the opulence of the material. It is correct both can enhance beauty, but unless beauty is there it cannot be revealed.” He gripped her shoulders and turned her until she faced the looking glass. ”You already possess beauty. It’s here.” He brushed his finger down the silken skin near her shining eyes. “Real joy comes from your eyes. I also see beauty here.” He ran a finger perilously close to her full lips. “When you smile it’s genuine.” The tremor that coursed through her made him want to spin her around, tilt her head back and claim her delectable mouth for a kiss that would make her forget who the devil Worthington was. The problem was the kiss might make him forget who the devil he was.
Appalled at the desire she inspired in him, he forced himself under control, inch by painful inch, until the detachment that had always been a part of his life when it came to women descended over him like a fog blanketing the countryside. He forced his fingers to release her arms and break the contact that made him feel tethered to this woman who was supposed to mean nothing to him. Yet words that needed to be spoken still burned his throat. “Never forget that a dress cannot make you beautiful, because you are already heartbreakingly so.”
About the Author
Julie Johnstone is a best-selling author of Regency Romance and the author of a new urban fantasy/paranormal romance book. She’s been a voracious reader of books since she was a young girl. Her mother would tell you that as a child Julie had a rich fantasy life made up of many different make believe friends. As an adult, Julie is one of the lucky few who can say she is living the dream by working with her passion of creating worlds from her imagination. When Julie is not writing she is chasing her two precocious children around, cooking, reading or exercising. Julie loves to hear from her readers. You can send her an email at juliejohnstoneauthor@gmail.com or find her at www.juliejohnstoneauthor.com, or on Facebook at authorjuliejohnstone and juliejohnstoneauthor or at twitter @juliejohnstone.
Giveaway
Friday, September 12, 2014
Cover Reveal ~ If You Can't Stand The Heat by Taryn Kincaid
If You Can't Stand The Heat
Taryn Kincaid
Derek Dunne is a Cordon Bleu-trained food
critic for the prestigious New York
Lucrezia Serafina DiCicco is a clumsy
business school drop-out, working as a chef and scrambling to keep her
family's restaurant afloat, after her father develops diabetes and is banned
from his kitchen for his own good.
Now, with The Monitor folding, Derek is searching for his next career path
and longing to get back to his first love—cooking—while Lu is desperate for an
influx of cash to save the struggling restaurant…even as her father puts his
foot down about non-family employees.
Derek and Lu embark on a marriage of
inconvenience to save the restaurant. But can Lu ever really trust the man
who nearly destroyed her family, once noted her initials spelled “LSD,” and her food was like a “bad trip?”
Or will it be their hearts on the
chopping block?
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Taryn Kincaid is a former award-winning reporter and columnist,
covering everything from fires and homicides, to corrupt politicians and hero
dogs. Nowadays, she haunts courthouses. Taryn reads all genres and writes
erotic paranormal, contemporary and historical romance.
She is the author of the Sleepy Hollow
series--LIGHTNING,THUNDER,FROST,HEAT WAVE and IN FROM THE COLD -- sexy
paranormal romances for Decadent Publishing's popular 1Night Stand series;
BLIZZARD, a short erotic romance for Decadent's The Edge line; HEALING HEARTS,
a Regency romance from Carina Press, and SLEEPY HOLLOW DREAMS, an erotic
paranormal romance from The Wild Rose Press. Books 1-4 of her Sleepy Hollow
series, plus BLIZZARD, have been compiled in the SLEEPY HOLLOW edition,
available in paperback and digital formats.
Visit Taryn at:
Website: http://tarynkincaid.com
Twitter: @tarynkincaid
Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/tarynkincaid1
Facebook Author Page:
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/tarynkincaid
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Blog Tour ~Artemis's Hunt (Son's of War book 2.5) by Lia Davis
Artemis’s Hunt (Sons of War #2.5) By Lia Davis
September 8. 2014 – September 14, 2014
Blog Tour – Excerpt 2 and Character Bio
(Sons of War #2.5)
By Lia Davis
Blurb:
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, has lived with heartache for the last fifteen hundred years, believing her only love is dead. That’s what her father—Zeus, king of the gods—told her. After recent events brought the truth to light,
Artemis must gather the courage to face her lost love again.
Evangelos, former god of messengers, was content living in the mortal world until he discovered he has a daughter and her mother is Artemis. When the goddess shows up at his place of employment with tales of renewing his god status, he’s skeptical. Zeus wouldn’t reverse the curse out of the goodness of his heart. There is always a catch. The god king wants something in return.
When Artemis explains she has to hunt down her stepmother, Hera, in order to get Evan back into Zeus’s good graces, Evan demands to accompany her. However, the journey turns out to be a test that could bring them closer together or tear them apart forever.
Artemis sat on a stone bench in the rose gardens outside the dragons’ home—her daughter’s new home with her mate, Tyson. Tears blurred her vision and her nose tingled, fueling her anger at herself for daring to believe for even an instant that things could be as they once were. Evan didn't want her, not after so much time had passed. She was going on Zeus’s mission, regardless— deliver his message then return home, alone.
She sensed her daughter before she entered the small courtyard. “I saw Evangelos.”
“I know. He called.”
“He didn't want me there.” Although she tried to contain the storm of emotions within, some of her misery leaked out in her tone, frustrating her further. It was bad enough that she ached from a rejection she should have foreseen. She should have better control than to let others, even her daughter, know of her weakness, and finding she didn't was humbling.
Ashlynn appeared in front of her as she knelt down and took her hands. “That is not true. He’s hurting, like you. Men handle feelings different than we do.”
After a few moments, Artemis squared her shoulders. “I have to find Hera.”
“What? Why?”
She met her daughter’s concerned stare. “I have to deliver a message to her for Zeus. In exchange, Evangelos gets reinstated as a god.”
Ashlynn stood, folded her arms, and narrowed her eyes. “If you live through it. Do you even know where she is?”
Meet the heroine of Artemis’s Hunt
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Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt and childbirth, she is the
daughter of Zeus and Leto. Many traditions said she was a virgin goddess, never
wooed by a man. That was until she met Evangelos while on a hunt.
For fifteen hundred years she believed her love had died. A
deception her father let her believe until her daughter, Ashlynn, discovered
Evengelos was alive and well in the human world.
Stats
Name: Artemis
Human name: Cynthia Blake (Ashlynn uses this name to rent her
townhouse in Serenity Cove)
Hair color: long, wavy red
Eye color: pale green
Height: 5’9”
Children: Ashlynn
Story told in: Artemis’s Hunt
Other appearances: Ashes of War
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Release Day Blitz ~ Artemis's Hunt by Lia Davis
Artemis’s Hunt (Sons of War #2.5) By Lia Davis
September 2, 2014
Release Day Blitz
Artemis's Hunt
(Sons of War #2.5)
By Lia Davis
Blurb:
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, has lived with heartache for the last fifteen hundred years, believing her only love is dead. That’s what her father—Zeus, king of the gods—told her. After recent events brought the truth to light, Artemis must gather the courage to face her lost love again.
Evangelos, former god of messengers, was content living in the mortal world until he discovered he has a daughter and her mother is Artemis. When the goddess shows up at his place of employment with tales of renewing his god status, he’s skeptical. Zeus wouldn't reverse the curse out of the goodness of his heart. There is always a catch. The god king wants something in return.
When Artemis explains she has to hunt down her stepmother, Hera, in order to get Evan back into Zeus’s good graces, Evan demands to accompany her. However, the journey turns out to be a test that could bring them closer together or tear them apart forever.
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Excerpt
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Artemis crept through the
darkening forest, her bare feet barely making a sound as she hunted her prey.
The scent of damp earth and spring wildflowers filled the air. The thump, thump of her heartbeat and that of the deer hiding amongst the
foliage a few feet away were the only sounds.
The doe’s head rose above the
brush, her ears flickered as she carefully stepped forward. Artemis stilled,
slowly pulled an arrow from her quiver and drew her bow. Before she could fire,
the animal jerked her head toward Artemis, then took off in the opposite
direction.
Damn. So close.
A familiar, masculine scent
mixed with that of forest and earth met her nose. Annoyance bathed her, turning
to anger as she twisted sharply to face the intruder. Evangelos, minor god of
the messengers, stood a few feet away, his own bow at the ready. She snarled,
glancing from the bow to the smug look on his face.
“I thought Hermes taught
his sons better manners. Don’t you know it is dangerous to sneak up on me
during a hunt?”
One large, bare shoulder rose in
a lazy shrug as he stalked closer. She planted her feet in place, refusing to
show him any type of weakness—he would never know how her body heated when he
was near, something she hadn’t experienced with any other man.
She was a pure goddess,
untouched by the desires of the flesh, and she would stay that way. Not even
Evangelos could change who she was or her nature.
He stopped a foot away, the heat
from his virile body reaching out to her, coaxing her to come closer. “I want
you to teach me to hunt.”
Steeling her spine, she narrowed
her gaze at him. “You can already hunt.”
“Not like you. I want you to
show me your way.”
“Why?”
He took a step nearer. She
desperately wanted to move away, but giving up ground would be a sign of
weakness. “Does the reason matter?”
No, it didn't matter. She
couldn't care less why he wanted her to teach him. “What do you offer me in
return?” He had to know asking a boon of her meant she’d require some sort of
payment in exchange.
One corner of his mouth lifted,
drawing her attention to his full lips. What was wrong with her? She must be
ill. It was the only reasonable explanation for her reaction to him. When he
spoke, his tone softened, almost to a whisper. “I offer my services to you
during the time it takes you to teach me.”
Suspicion crawled up her spine.
“What services?”
He closed the distance between
them until only a breath separated them. “Anything you wish, my goddess.”
She was fully unprepared for
what happened next. When his soft lips brushed hers, every nerve in her body
lit up as if charged by lightning. For a moment she allowed his testing caress,
but when he wrapped an arm around her waist, she broke the kiss and slapped
him. The sound of the strike echoed off the trees as his head whipped to the
side, thunder to emphasize the storm he’d awakened with his touch.
“Do
that again and I’ll kill you,” she warned.
Lia Davis is the author of the bestselling shifter series, Ashwood Falls, a mother to two young adults and three kitties, a wife to her soul mate, and co-owner to Fated Desires Publishing, LLC. She and her family live in Northeast Florida battling hurricanes and very humid summers. But it’s her home and she loves it!
An accounting major, Lia has always been a dreamer with a very active imagination. The wheels in her head never stop. She ventured into the world of writing and publishing in 2008 and loves it more than she imagined. Writing is stress reliever that allows her to go off in her corner of the house and enter into another world that she created, leaving real life where it belongs.
Her favorite things are spending time with family, traveling, reading, writing, chocolate, coffee, nature and hanging out with her kitties.
An accounting major, Lia has always been a dreamer with a very active imagination. The wheels in her head never stop. She ventured into the world of writing and publishing in 2008 and loves it more than she imagined. Writing is stress reliever that allows her to go off in her corner of the house and enter into another world that she created, leaving real life where it belongs.
Her favorite things are spending time with family, traveling, reading, writing, chocolate, coffee, nature and hanging out with her kitties.
You can find Lia at
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