tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77766684523411939962024-03-13T06:15:13.548+02:00Vicki Ballante - Sugar and SpiceWhere tender love meets spice.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-27124511915690068992016-12-20T12:34:00.001+02:002016-12-20T12:34:32.528+02:00Free Until the 23 DecemberAt long last I've brought out the book I wrote last year. This book is special to me as it took a whole year to write. Each month, I wrote a short, hot story and gave a link to the story to my newsletter subscribers. I left the stories for some time, then edited them and sent to beta readers. After several rounds of edits and rewriting the last story, I finally published my calendar book - A Year of Lovin'<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A hot bite of romance and sex for each month of the year, this collection of short, spicy contemporary and erotic romances will keep you happy the whole year long.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Red Hot Santa - Leigh's Santa fantasy may just come true this Christmas.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lasting Impressions - An office colleague proves to be more than an irritating flirt.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A Box of Chocolates - A Valentine's box of chocolates helps spice up a difficult relationship.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tom's Secret - Alice's husband has a secret which turns out to be a lot of fun.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">God's of Love - Can a thousand-year-old couple revive their dead sex life?</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Bed Store - What happens on the night Leila falls asleep in the bed store?</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Guy Across the Hallway - A fantasy from a distance may just mean something in real life.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Saving Candy - What if sex is the only way to survive?</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Mask - Pretending to be a stripper may help Gwen win back her ex.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Potion - Can Iris find love before spring is over?</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A Ghost in Time - A matchmaking grandmother ghost haunts a young teacher to date her grandson.</span><br />
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I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed writing it.<br />
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Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZ0QL9W">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZ0QL9W</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-57140609678018954972016-11-16T12:36:00.000+02:002016-11-16T12:36:19.681+02:00Interview and Spotlight on Dressing Lily by Siobhan Shannon<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If life is a game, Olivia
Lyons wishes someone would let her in on the rules. From picking the wrong
sweetheart to telling the wrong secrets, she just can’t seem to win. But then
she falls in love, and her world seems brighter. However, when her romance is
discovered, her father sends Olivia to live with her mother in New Orleans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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starts her life over, working for Claude DeCloux, who owns a jazz club. There,
she meets the infamous Lily LaRue, Queen of Burlesque and learns more about
herself and the world she lives in than she believes possible. Lily, however,
is very possessive, tangling Olivia in a web of exhibition and money that seems
impossible to escape. Can she break free and find her way back to the only
woman who’s ever truly owned her heart?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Siobhan<b> </b>Shannon lives in Texas with her husband and a very well-behaved
dog. She writes, makes lace, dances, sings and plays fiddle every chance she
gets. She loves everything about having grown-up children and hopes to live at
the seashore one day. She frequently misses appointments because she is writing
and fails to heed the time. She has written <i>Dressing
Lily</i> and two speculative fiction novels. You can contact her at </span><a href="mailto:siobhan@siobhanshannon.com"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">siobhan@siobhanshannon.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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never seem to understand the rules until I break one. Like her, I love first
and ask questions later, and most of all like her, I’m willing to do whatever
it takes to make happiness for myself and my loved ones.</span><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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meddle with my writing gives me the heebee-geebies. I have to take a deep
breath and pretend it isn’t my writing that I’m revising. When it gets really
bad, I go to yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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for me from back then in my little-girl handwriting with magazine pictures for
illustrations. I think the teacher even did some editing for me in red. I’ve
been writing ever since, everything from essays and blog posts to poems, novels
and short stories. In college, professors would assign papers and everyone else
would be like, “Ah, man, <i>another </i>paper,”
and I’d be like, “Yay! Another paper.” I started submitting my writing to
publishers when I was 18. Eventually, I began to find the right places for my
writing. I love telling stories and I
always have. One of my friends called me a <i>reconteuse.</i>
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I didn’t set out to deliberately ruin my life. I don’t guess
anyone does, and then when the walls come crashing down, it’s just so . . .
surprising. One day you wake up and nothing looks the same anymore and the
next, people are asking you why you’re destroying their lives. I don’t know. I
woke up on one of those desperately close mornings in July when the air feels
like a blanket and nothing was the same any more. I didn’t even like my coffee
the same way anymore. It might have been meeting Daisy Bledsoe. Or it could
have been a virus, God only knows. All I can tell you is that on that morning,
everything changed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She wasn’t the prettiest girl I ever saw. She was tall and
weathered and snaggle-toothed, but when she smiled her face lit up and you
couldn’t resist smiling too. She certainly wasn’t the smartest girl I ever met,
either. There were times I wanted to pull my hair out over the things she did.
But on that July morning, she mesmerized me, and before I knew it I was making
decisions that snowballed into a freight train that could have ruined my life.
Strange but true, I think I’d do it all over again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I must have been about twenty when Pa sent me to Tom
Harmon’s place to see if he had a fuel pump for our old tractor. I had never
been out to Harmon’s before and missed my turn. I came down a road that just
kept getting narrower until I had no choice but to go forward. I found myself
on a grass track that petered out among dead machines and rusting farm
implements in front of her house. I finally found a place where I could turn
around, but that was when I met Daisy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was hot and I had the windows down. I came round a bend
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“Max!” I heard a voice like a sack of gravel shout, “Come
heah.” Max shut up and left the side of my truck, making me happy. One look at
her, and I knew I was lost.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Can I help you?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I believe you already have.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your book looks amazing, Siobhan. I did look up reconteuse. 😊</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-67872333995676474762016-09-16T16:08:00.000+02:002016-09-16T16:19:17.499+02:00Private Wolf by T.L. Reeve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, I want to welcome T.L. Reeve to my blog. She's talking about her Black Hills Wolves book called Private Wolf.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Shawn Blu, tracker and private investigator, has come home.
As a pack tracker, he’s ready to defend Los Lobos and use his contacts to find
pack members and bring them back into the fold. So, when Miss Fern, his aunt,
asks him to find Brienne Talbert, he’s happy to help out. What he isn’t
expecting is to find his mate.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Brienne left home at sixteen, knowing she’d return to the
Black Hills and Los Lobos one day. As it stands, in six mon<span class="textexposedshow">ths she’ll graduate with her master’s degree and there’s
no way anyone will stop her now. However, when the hunky slab of wolf Shawn Blu
shows up with a tempting offer—a week with her pack, no strings attached—she’s
willing to reconsider her harsh stance about not going home.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">When one weekend turns into a mating she hadn’t planned on,
will she be able to leave it all behind and return to school, or will the call
of her pack be too much to turn her back on?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">:</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Shawn Blu walked into Los Lobos Café and spotted his aunt
at a table near the far wall. In front of her sat a paperback book and a mug,
along with a pastry. Behind the counter, Ero took the order from a new female.
Her long dark hair was pulled into a messy bun, and her gray eyes glittered
with—arousal? If the other wolf noticed, he appeared indifferent to it. Oh
well. Bypassing his normal routine, of ordering coffee and Danish, he marched
over and sat at the table where his aunt waited. Fern glanced up at him. Her
warm, affectionate smile greeted him.<br />
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“Good morning, Auntie.” He leaned in and kissed her cheek. “That twinkle in
your eye says you’re up to no good.”<br />
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Fern laughed and patted his hand. “I have a job for you.”<br />
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<i>A job. Why hadn’t she mentioned it last
night when he came over for dinner?</i> <br />
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Why did they have to meet in the café? “Okay. What is it?”<br />
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“Well, technically, it is two jobs….”<br />
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“Okay.”<br />
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Ero approached with a cup in one hand and a sweet treat in the other. “You
didn’t order. I see why now.” He grinned then winked at Fern.<br />
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“I didn’t want to interrupt your time with Cynthia,” Shawn teased. “She’s
interested in you.”<br />
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“Don’t I know it.” Ero frowned. “But there’s…the spark’s not there.” He glanced
at his brother, Luc, who sat in his usual spot.<br />
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“Say no more, I understand.” He did, too. They were waiting for their perfect
mate. Might be a while, but Shawn had a feeling it would happen. “Thanks for
the coffee.”<br />
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“You’re welcome.”<br />
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Taking a sip of the piping-hot brew, he waited for Ero to leave before
returning to the conversation with his aunt. The way Fern watched him—assessing
him—left him uneasy. “Should I be afraid of what you’re going to ask of me?”<br />
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“Never,” she assured him. “In fact, you’ll win tons of brownie points with Miss
Claire if you do this for me.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">TL Reeve, is a
bestselling, multi-published author with Cobblestone Press, Decadent
Publishing, Evernight Publishing, Loose-Id and ARe Books. Living in Alabama, TL
misses Los Angeles, and will one-day return to Southern California to ride the
waves at Huntington Beach. When not writing something hot and sexy, TL can be
found curled up with a good book, or working on homework with a cute little
pixie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-32989550475438369752016-09-14T17:27:00.000+02:002016-09-14T17:28:14.388+02:00The Hotter the Love by Lea BronsenToday I want to welcome Lea Bronsen talking about her third book in the Model Mine series:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Erotic Romance</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Published by Evernight Publishing</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After sexy cover
model Yushka proposed, life is more turbulent than ever for erotic romance
author Andrea. He is expecting a baby with his ex-girlfriend, who says she
doesn’t want to keep it. How will Andrea's sons take upcoming life changes? To
make things more complicated, her ex goes to great lengths to coax her back,
and one of her sons' girlfriend is a tad too interested in Andrea's young and
very handsome fiancé...<br />
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On the writing front, Andrea anxiously awaits news on her latest manuscript
submission, and she has to decide whether to accept her publisher's offer to
model in a sexy photo shoot—the same kind she and Yushka did in Cannes—in the
hopes of making a new "Cover Photo of the Year". Considering the
erotic poses the previous photographer demanded, can Andrea model with another
guy other than Yushka?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We enter a hall so big the tiniest sound echoes.
It’s quite humbling. I shrink in my clothes and barely dare to breathe. Dark
wood furniture towers over us, with a mix of contradictory smells—</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">orchid-scented sanitizer and old dust—filling
the space.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Shoes clamping on a hardwood floor, we follow the
tall, silver-haired man into a living room with exquisite furniture,
gold-framed mirrors, and classic paintings on the walls. Heavy velvet curtains
adorn the windows, and an impressive floor-to-ceiling library on one side has
to contain literary curiosities from every part of the world. Marveling, I
study each magnificent object.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
man stops and glares across the room, his facial expression clearly one of
annoyance. What an oppressive atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yushka
stands beside him and stares in the same direction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
follow their gaze. A young and strikingly beautiful woman is half-seated on a
green velvet couch with her legs folded underneath her. Dark doe eyes and pink
lips stand out in a pale, oval face. A waterfall of rich, glowing
auburn-colored hair contrasts with her white dress. She looks cast in a scene
from the Russian classic Doctor Zhivago. Beneath full breasts, a pregnant belly
protrudes, far too round and big for her frail frame. Jekaterina? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My
chest tightens. The more I look at her, the more her beauty takes my breath
away. She’s the woman Yushka was in love with last year. The one he slept with
and impregnated. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her
gaze is riveted on him, the recognition and warmth fiery. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
shoot him a glance. His features are tight, as if he’s trying to hide his
reaction, but he doesn’t take his gaze off her. This is exactly what I feared.
They’ve had feelings for each other. Maybe meeting now will revive them. He has
fallen for her once, so why would he not fall for her again?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
feel bad, nauseous, want to get out of here. But she’s carrying the baby girl
I’m going to call mine very soon. I need to overcome my unease. Hopefully, once
the formalities are done, this is the only time we’ll have to meet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She
tells him a few words in Russian, her voice the cooing of a turtledove. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yushka
replies calmly, but his throat sounds choked. He grabs my hand, palm sweaty,
and leads me to a sofa opposite hers. His discomfort is more than clear in his
features. He tears his gaze from her and searches me, his expression vibrating
with an intensity I seldom see. It hits me—he’s afraid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
squeeze his hand. “Is everything okay?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Yes,”
he replies instantly, but his tension is palpable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My
chest tightens to a painful level. What is he so nervous about? From his
interaction with Jekaterina, this has nothing to do with the baby. It’s about
them, their relationship, and me. Is he afraid he’ll have to choose between us?
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Goodness,
I’m delirious. I sit very still, take small, shallow breaths, and pray for
everything to be all right. Then bolt out of this house after the arrangements
are resolved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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addresses me, her dark pupils glimmering. “You’re very beautiful. Are you a
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need a few seconds to shake myself. “Um, no, I’m not.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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raises a brow. “That’s funny. I would’ve sworn you were a model. So how did you
two meet?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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he continues. “That’s why we … uh … were bound to meet. They had organized a
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like he’s trying to make an excuse?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the cover model of her latest book, she didn’t expect sparks to fly. Yushka is
dangerously good-looking and too young for her. But their connection is
instantaneous, and during a photo shoot with the two, the photographer picks up
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Being a romance writer, you'd expect me to have everything together in the romance department. Well, it's been rather dismal lately. In fact so bad that the love of my life is leaving me for someone he's never met but only chatted to online. Yeah, it probably goes deeper than that but it doesn't take away the sucker punch to the gut.<br />
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He was my hero. Now, he's my heart breaker. It's so sad. (And no, I'm not always brave. Some days I've been a shivering mess.)<br />
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But I still believe in love and I know there's someone out there who will make me a happy chickie one day.<br />
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We've all suffered pain in our lives, some people more than others. Joanie, the heroine in my book, suffered immense pain when her parents passed away and left her orphaned and now responsible for looking after her younger siblings. She's a true heroine and has given her life sacrificially for others. Now, it's her time to think of "me" and pamper herself and follow her dreams. The last thing she wants is a relationship, especially a marriage. So when the magic from the antique she bought gives her an instant husband, she's most upset. Even if Theo is sexy and really quite nice.<br />
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How does she get rid of him?<br />
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Read all about it because my book is on sale until Monday for only $0.99.<br />
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And I have a bit of a secret to share. My book is coming out on audio. I can't wait. This heartsore yet tough chickie has something to look forward to.<br />
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Here's the link to buy Her Real-life Hero: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Her-Real-Life-Hero-Beyond-Fairytales-ebook/dp/B014FXCBXG">https://www.amazon.com/Her-Real-Life-Hero-Beyond-Fairytales-ebook/dp/B014FXCBXG</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-75013606860610366792016-07-27T13:31:00.004+02:002016-07-27T13:32:19.314+02:00Spotlight on Tara Quan's Submissive on the Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, I want to welcome Tara to my blog again with her new erotic romance, Submissive on The Run. She's also offering a giveaway!<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The Story Behind the Book</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sometimes,
supporting characters take on a life of their own. After selflessly aiding in
the affairs of others, they sulk in the back of an author’s brain, broadcasting
their past, present, and future until surrender is nigh. Thus was the case with
Kim Tran, the intrepid dungeon monitor from <a href="http://www.taraquan.com/submissiveondisplay">Submissive on Display</a>.
Unbeknownst to the heroine of the first book, Kim has some unfinished business
with the hero’s best friend (small world, I know). He insisted I give them a
chance to sort things out, and, being a Dom, he has a knack for getting his
way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Submissive on the Run </span></i><span lang="EN-US">drags
me back to Las Vegas’s renowned Carnivore Club, a multi-author world first
penned by Kate Richards for Decadent Publishing’s 1Night Stand Series. This
interracial BDSM romance stars a feisty sub with a strong right hook, who must
contend with a spoilt rich boy determined to win her back. An ill-mannered cat
and Madam Eve’s matchmaking service unite them for a night of exhibitionistic
fun, which ends in a capture game and a scorching happily ever after. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To celebrate my
return to BDSM romance this year, I’m giving away a $15 gift card. To enter,
leave a comment here and drop your details in the Rafflecopter widget at the
bottom of this post. [or at my website: <a href="http://www.taraquan.com/submissiveontherun">http://www.taraquan.com/submissiveontherun</a>
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<span lang="EN-US">Obscene wealth
and a toxic family taught Joss Bradlee to care about no one. He moved through
life in a caustic shell, fending off gold-diggers with his sharp tongue and
abrasive personality. But a stubborn submissive saw past his nonchalant act,
and he fell hard and fast for a girl he didn’t deserve. When she accidentally
stumbled into the line of fire, he moved heaven and earth to protect her, even
if it meant letting her go. Ten months later, he ensures her safety and tracks
her down, finally ready to claim the one person that matters. The only
problem—she wants nothing to do with him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On the run for
close to a year, Kim Tran receives a surprise call from the man who’d put her
life in danger. His family hired assassins to kill her, but he’s somehow
convinced they still had a chance. With their entire relationship built on a
lie, she resists the instinct to sprint straight into his arms. Faced with a
social divide no sane person would bridge, she cuts her losses and breaks her
own heart. But the Dominant she loves has other plans, and he’s spent his
entire life getting his way. Too late to run and with nowhere to hide, she
faces an adversary well versed in all her weaknesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">At the
Carnivore Club, two exhibitionists meet for a battle of wills, lured by a
one-night stand service, misplaced cat, and several helping hands. With the aid
of handcuffs, disciplinary measures, and a capture game, a reluctant sub
rediscovers the pleasures of bondage, the thrill of display, and the ecstasy of
surrender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Genre: BDSM Romance, Erotic Romance, Interracial/Multicultural<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thrilled and
terrified, she swallowed the lump in her throat. “We could get over each other
if we tried.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Imprisoning her
with his arms, he trailed his nose down the line of her neck. “How’s that
working out for you? On my end, every hot chick I see has your face. One look
at your reflection, and bam—instant hard on. Our breather flopped.” He dipped
his head lower, scattering kisses along her collarbones. “I’m glad it’s done.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“No.” Her
vision misted with pulses of crimson. She tried to summon an iota of
reluctance. Her libido refused to play ball. “We’re not doing this again.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He bit the
sensitive spot between her shoulder and neck. “You don’t have a choice. I’m
calling the shots.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">His confidence
curled her toes. “What we had was less than a fling.” She poured what little
willpower she had into the false words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He squeezed her
breast, the proprietary caress arching her back. “You’re going to pay for that
lie with a lot more than a hard spanking.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Arousal flared,
potent and irresistible. “You have no right. I’m not your sub.” When he pinched
her nipples, flashes of heat threatened to melt away thought. “But there’s a
whole club full of women willing to play your games.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“I’ve already chosen
mine.” She writhed when his grip tightened. In her moment of distraction, he
slid his hand under her skirt. With her underwear gone, he could shove his
fingers inside her without preamble.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Joss….” It
hurt. In the best way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He looped his
other arm around her. Caught in a vise, she had little recourse beyond a
whimpered protest. “I don’t want this.” But she did. Enough to erase the safe
word from her vocabulary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Dishonesty
seems to be a chronic problem.” He pressed down on her clit with his thumb and
screwed his digits deeper into her. Her clenching inner muscles supported his
observation. So did her uncontrollable spasms as his unyielding penetration
vaulted her toward a crest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">She dug her
nails into his forearms, a useless defense that only reinforced her
helplessness. “Stop it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He ignored her
resistance, playing her like an instrument until sweat once more coated her
skin. “Why? You’re more honest right after you come.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Globetrotter, lover of languages, and romance
author, Tara Quan has an addiction for crafting tales with a pinch of spice and
a smidgen of kink. Inspired by her travels, Tara enjoys tossing her kick-ass
heroines and alpha males into exotic contemporary locales, paranormal worlds,
and post-apocalyptic futures. Her characters, armed with magical powers or
conventional weapons, are guaranteed a suspenseful and sensual ride, as well as
their own happily ever after. To receive updates about her new releases and get
a free sexy read, subscribe to her mailing list at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.taraquan.com/newsletter">www.taraquan.com/newsletter</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Thirteen writers present sexy, steamy stories of women
getting the chance to live out their personal fantasies. What’s yours? Whether
it’s several lovers at the same time for a pulse-pounding ménage scene or the
allure of getting caught in public, these stories will set your mind ablaze.
From voyeurism in a sex club to swinging, cuckolding to cosplay, SURPRISING
MYSELF brings you stories from thirteen hot new writers to watch out for and
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<span lang="EN-US">Lorna, a
young American reporter, travels to a port town in France to cover a yacht
race. She hopes she’ll be able to experience her wildest fantasy on the beach –
sex in public. Due to getting on the wrong train, she has an argument with the
controller, who she finds both immensely sexy and annoyingly arrogant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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intimate with her, she sees the opportunity to live out her fantasy…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If lucky,
I might even meet a handsome Frenchman with whom to spend Saturday night. I’m
single, have been for the past few months, and at twenty-three, the lack of sex
for such a long time is driving me half-nuts. An interlude with a local hotness
on one of the warm beaches of Sables sounds like an irresistible idea. Yes, a
beach, or any other public place. The eBook I’m reading features a heroine
getting the fuck of her life in an open park at night against a tree in full
view of passersby. I want that kind of excitement, too. The three boyfriends
I’ve had in the past few years were good in bed but not daring enough. I yearn
for someone to do something crazy and a little forbidden with me, in public
visibility. Surely, that hint of dangerousness, the possibility of being caught
by the authorities, should increase the sexual experience—and our
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<span lang="EN-US">For now,
I’ll have to do with checking out the cute Maghrebian controller while waiting
for him to examine my ticket. Row after row, he walks the narrow aisle toward me,
distributing polite smiles to the passengers and answering questions. Tall and
broad-shouldered, he has the looks and build of a soccer player. A black tribal
tattoo appears below the short sleeve of his purple shirt and travels down his
sun-kissed, muscular forearm. Beneath his gray cap, he sports a short buzz cut,
and two or three days’ worth of black beard stubble covers his cheeks and chin,
just enough to make him…oh, God, immensely sexy. With full lips, a strong nose,
and black olive-shaped eyes, he’s a gem of North Africa, an exotic, roughly
polished jewel. He would definitely fit in my fuck-on-the-beach fantasy.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Time is ticking away for Adjoa Twum. She has until the end of the year to find a guy, fall in love, and marry. Or else, her father will disinherit her from the family business. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Adjoa hasn’t had success with the dating game. No man meets her expectations. Esi, her cousin, suggests a fake relationship with Adjoa’s best friend, Kwame Opoku, to pacify her relentless father. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Kwame thinks Adjoa’s request is ridiculous. Posing as her boyfriend might get tricky, but he can’t say no to those beautiful eyes. Once the falsified relationship begins, things heat up. He discovers deep feelings for her, feelings that might lose Adjoa and her friendship. </span><br />
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Having read the first two books in the series, I was familiar with some of the characters in this book and this one didn't disappoint and kept me as enthralled as before.<br />
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What I love about this series is the setting in Ghana which takes us into a different culture to what we're used to in a romance novel. I love learning about another African culture and the writer presents it in an interesting and relatable way.<br />
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The romance was touching and also unique. I like that the twists and turns didn't follow a predictable plot but surprised me, yet they made sense as the characters remained true to themselves and didn't do things just because it was expected of them in a romance. Chemistry and love scenes were compelling.<br />
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It was an enjoyable, humorous, touching, romantic friends-to-lovers romance. Well written, authentic and unique. Great characters and setting.<br />
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Romance
Writer in Training… </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Joanie
wants to get her romances published but can't seem to get things right with her
writing. She buys an antique bureau which the shopkeeper says has magic working
through it. While using her new bureau, she begins to talk to the hero in her
book, asking his advice on writing, all the while thinking it's her own
imagination. She promises he can live in her home, eat at her table and sleep
in her bed, if he helps her with her writing. She doesn't think he will
actually knock on her door and insist she keep her promise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">He’s
made a wish… </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Theo
has also bought a magic chest of drawers that brings him into Joanie's life. He
wants to settle down with one woman, tired of shallow relationships, and Joanie
seems like the perfect candidate if it weren’t for her insistence on getting
rid of him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Against
her will… </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The magic keeps on forcing them to live together and
Joanie’s not happy. This is her first year alone and she’s been craving time to
herself after looking after her younger siblings and an ailing aunt. Theo’s
presence in her home, although unwanted, stirs up needs she’s suppressed for years.
When they start to discover things about the magic and why it’s bringing them
together, will Joanie recognize another type of magic at work? Will she succumb
to the charm of Theo or will her need for breathing space pull them apart?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt from Her Real-life Hero:</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">His face hovered inches from hers, his gaze
fixed on her lips. “I’d like to kiss you. May I?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So respectful, so sweet. Shutting her eyes
again, she nodded then tilted her head to the side a bit. Heart thumping heavy
in her chest, she waited for him to ravage her mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Nothing happened—no touch on her lips, no
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<span lang="EN-US">“Hurry, will you?” She begged him, taken
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<span lang="EN-US">Nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Confused, she opened her eyes again. He
remained near her, waiting, torturing her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="edit3Dec2"></a><span lang="EN-US">With rough hands, she
pulled him to her, pressing her lips to his. She flung herself down on the bed
so his body flopped on top of hers. Papers crinkled beneath her, pricking her
bare back as her blouse hitched up. Every inch of her burned with desire. He
tried to pull himself free from her, but she held him tight, as though she
possessed superhuman strength. Need scrambled inside her like a caged animal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Whoa! A few hours ago, she’d wanted him out
of her life for good. All those years she’d dreamed of fiery sex while reading
and watching romances, she’d never realized how much she’d want it for herself.
It had been her dream to write of it, not to experience it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Joanie.” He pulled away, breathless. “I
don’t think—”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Shut up.” She smothered him with her mouth
again. That way, she could stop the questioning thoughts and let the sensation
of Theo take over her mind. Later, she would consider the consequences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He submitted, allowing her to tease his
tongue. His breath turned frantic, and she upped the play to frenetic. His
erection rubbed her aching pelvis, igniting a fire within her. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="edit3Dec3"></a>Breaking from the kiss, still trembling, she undid his
buttons and removed his shirt. At last, she could run her fingers down the line
of neat blond hairs leading toward his perfectly round belly button. Oh, how
good to touch him and breathe in his scent. He still smelled of island,
coconut, and sunshine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Joanie,” he croaked out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">She couldn’t meet his gaze. Eye contact
would show him the intensity of the feelings she shouldn’t be experiencing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lust to feel and experience him spurred her
on. She pushed him down onto his back. “Lie still. Don’t move.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Boldness overcame her. The need inside
stirred a raw desire to possess him, despite his caution. She’d never had the
opportunity to find this part of herself. It was as if Theo brought out a
raging fire, a raw, primal flame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-8815824270230306652016-02-01T15:12:00.000+02:002016-02-01T15:12:31.882+02:00Hello from the Other SideI stole a piece from a contemporary song to say, wow, it's been a while since I've blogged. It's been niggling at the back of my mind that I've been slack, but life has been busy and well, I haven't had any books coming out so....<br />
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No, that's no excuse for not blogging.<br />
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So, here I am.<br />
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At least I didn't close my whole blog. I've been considering it too as I've kind of lost interest in writing erotic romance. It's partly because of a review I received, but mostly because of the well running dry. I know it's probably not productive to let one review get to you, but well, the words got me thinking. The reviewer said that the book was written like a sweet romance but had explicit erotic romance words in it which didn't gel with them. I was a bit upset because the book was published as an erotic romance, but then I thought more deeply about what they said. I do write sweet romance under another name and it comes naturally to me. So, I figured, that's my natural style. So, why am I writing erotic romance then? I had some serious soul-searching to do. I have to admit, one of the reasons was I was hoping it would help me make some money. But then, if I dug deeper, I knew that wasn't the only reason. I can't exactly put spicy scenes into my sweet romances under my other name. And I still like to write them. Sometimes, they're a vital part of the romance story.<br />
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So this is my decision: I will continue to write under Vicki but will concentrate on a more contemporary angle. I will write a story with fewer sex scenes - the love scenes won't drive the story as in an erotic romance, but will rather compliment it. I admit that love scenes are the hardest to write and I struggle to write a full-length with varied ones. It's so hard to make them meaningful and use them to boost the story forward. So, for now, I'm going to write contemporary. I may revert back to erotic romance some time, but I do feel like my style matches contemporary more. It means rewording things in my love scenes to be a bit less graphic which I'm not used to. Although I write sweet, when I write hot, I prefer to just put it out there and not skirt away from the truth, lol. But I'm going to try a different way.<br />
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At the moment, I've started a short contemporary called <i>Wedding Dress Hunt</i>. Here's what it's about:<br />
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Nicola's fiance, Ian, has just returned from a six-month work contract in Belgium. Being apart has put a strain on their relationship. They travel back from a trip to Durban and, on the way, Nicola's wedding dress falls out the back of their truck, nowhere to be found. It's her dream dress and she's worked so hard to get the ideal gown for her special day. Ian's annoyed at the delays, which makes Nicola begin to doubt their relationship. They begin a search for the dress in the Natal Midlands, stopping at all the tourist destinations. As the stress builds, so does the conflict, until Nicola seriously questions their future success as a married couple. When she confronts Ian with the hurt from the last six months, he doesn't want to talk. Only when they visit all the different craft shops and interesting places, do they begin to relax and deal with the barriers to their love. But Nicola has another problem. She's always promised to save herself for her marriage night. Now they have to share a room as the Bed and Breakfasts in the Midlands are fully booked. What will Nicola do with her feelings for a man she isn't sure she's ready to marry after all?<br />
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This book is based on a true story. I heard in the news a few months back about a woman who lost her wedding dress off the back of a truck while travelling through the Natal Midlands. Aah, I thought, perfect story fodder. She did find the dress with the help of a local radio station and people in the area. My heroine doesn't have it as easy in the book but she has a few lessons to learn that are worth much more than silk, lace and sequins.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-39027762091568502722015-12-15T11:33:00.000+02:002015-12-15T11:42:47.497+02:00Nana Prah's Entwined Destiny Cover Reveal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Time is ticking away for Adjoa Twum. She has
until the end of the year to find a guy, fall in love, and marry. Or else, her
father will disinherit her from the family business. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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game. No man meets her expectations. Esi, her cousin, suggests a fake
relationship with Adjoa’s best friend, Kwame Opoku, to pacify her relentless
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Posing as her boyfriend might get tricky, but he can’t say no to those
beautiful eyes. Once the falsified relationship begins, things heat up. He
discovers deep feelings for her, feelings that might lose Adjoa and her
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her fist had to meet the door. He could sleep through anything. “Kwame, it’s me.”
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sexy man with no shirt. The sprinkling of dark curly hair on his well-muscled
chest forced her fingers to grip the handle of her bag so she wouldn’t reach
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eye. She’d always been a sucker for a man with a well-toned body, and this one
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at her. Holy crap. It was Kwame’s body she’d been ogling. She pushed past him
so he couldn’t see her blush and headed into the kitchen. Grabbing a bottle of
water from the fridge, she gulped it down. It didn’t come close to cooling her
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sexy rumble of his morning voice didn’t help with the quiver in her stomach. Who
was this man and why did he affect her like this? She hadn’t felt this way
since she’d had that brief flutter of attraction in college. It had been easy
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long exhale, glad he hadn’t been with a woman last night. Not that it should matter.
Just because she’d asked him to be her fake man didn’t mean he couldn’t see
other women. She didn’t even care. “Not good enough to circumvent you not being
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her warm neck, she snapped her attention away. All of a sudden, her nerdy
friend Kwame had morphed into a tempting man.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nana Prah is a multi-published author of
contemporary, multicultural romance. Her books are sweet with a touch of spice.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-41803054876515151912015-12-14T12:17:00.001+02:002015-12-14T12:23:41.185+02:00Frosty Relations by Tara QuanPlease welcome Tara Quan with her latest paranormal 1Night Stand.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">With the
holidays upon us there are troves of books to curl up with by the fireplace. My
paranormal romantic comedy goes great with mulled wine and cinnamon cookies. Part
of Decadent Publishing’s 1Night Stand line, <i>Frosty
Relations</i> features a young college graduate facing the complicated world of
adulthood and confronting the frost mage she’s had a crush on for most of her
life. Add some Christmas magic and Madame Eve’s renowned matchmaking service,
and we’ve got the beginnings of an icy-hot love story. Those who’ve read my
Halloween release <i>Flirting with Fire</i>
already know Jack, this tale’s hunk.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Frosty Relations (A Witch’s Night Out, 2)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Attorney Jack
Frost never understood why holidays did weird things to people. His secretary
went on vacation, his best friend ditched their annual Aspen trip, and the law
firm’s stubborn human resources assistant refuses his clerical support request.
What’s a warlock to do on Christmas Eve but go on a 1-Night Stand? But when an
oddly familiar empath shows up as his date, this ice mage has a hard time
denying the magic of the winter solstice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Faced with an
anemic employment market and financial woes, college graduate and former witch
Mina Mao lands an HR assistant job at Frost and Sons. Having spent her day
saving Christmas from Frost Junior’s Grinch-like behavior, she accepts the gift
of Madame Eve’s service and heads over to the Castillo Capital. When her date
turns out to be her childhood crush and workplace nemesis, she braces herself
for the sexiest icy ride of her life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Genre: Paranormal Romantic Comedy, Interracial/Multicultural<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Globetrotter, lover of languages, and romance
author, Tara Quan has an addiction for crafting tales with a pinch of spice and
a smidgen of kink. Inspired by her travels, Tara enjoys tossing her kick-ass
heroines and alpha males into exotic contemporary locales, paranormal worlds,
and post-apocalyptic futures. Her characters, armed with magical powers or
conventional weapons, are guaranteed a suspenseful and sensual ride, as well as
their own happily ever after. Learn more at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.taraquan.com/">www.taraquan.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Yawning, he
settled more comfortably into the seat and embraced the lulling haze. His mind
wandered to the day Mina had showed up for an interview. In a departure from
her current fashion slump, she’d worn a short skirt suit and glossy-black
high-heeled pumps. On her way out, she’d swung by his office to drop off his
major weakness—Shanghai White Rabbit Creamy Candy. He’d given her a high five
and wished her luck. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">That day, she’d
stayed for no more than a few minutes and had left the door open. But in this
foggy, slumbering vision somewhere between the dreams he could never recall and
actual memory, he reached over her shoulder to shut it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">A
mischievous grin on her face, she tilted her head back and met his gaze. “What
do you want, Jack?” </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">He lifted
his index finger and placed it over his lips. “Shh....” </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Sashaying
past him with feline grace, she shrugged off her jacket to reveal a crimson
silk blouse. After draping the discarded garment over an office chair, she
turned to face his desk. Placing her palms on the suddenly clutter-free glass,
she threw him a sideways glance and motioned him over with her head. </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">The warmth
of balmy fall allowed her to show off those smooth, toned legs. The tailored
dark-green cotton hugged her ass’s subtle curve, the back slit giving him
glimpses of her creamy thighs. </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Coming up
behind her, he closed one palm over her mouth. She remained still, her small
body trembling as he nibbled her neck. He grazed his teeth over the slender
slope, pausing to suck a bright-red hickey onto her snowy skin. </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Hearing a
muffled moan, he clamped his fingers tighter as he slid his other hand under
her skirt. Finding damp heat, he yanked down her panties. The scarlet lace fell
to circle her four-inch heels. </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Biting her
earlobe, he whispered, “Stay quiet, or everyone will know I’m fucking you.” </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">With one
hand, he unbuckled his belt and freed his erection, his other arm still holding
her in silent captivity. He kicked her legs apart and hiked up her skirt.
Sliding his length between the creamy cheeks, he probed her wet opening with
the tip of his cock. </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A loud feline
hiss jerked him out of the dream. Sharp claws dug into his thighs as the chair
rolled back and hit the wall. The cat scampered off his lap. Rubbing his eyes,
he tried to remember where he was. Once his mind regained focus, he glanced
down at his crotch and noticed the very visible bulge. He could see why she’d
reacted in a rather extreme fashion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">With a soft
popping sound, the woman whose bare butt he’d envisioned appeared in front of
him, her snowflake earrings swaying against the sides of her rosy face. At
least she’d lost the Santa hat. “What the heck were you thinking about?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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answer would give her the wrong idea. After all, he wasn’t <i>attracted </i>to
her. He’d happened to be envisioning office sex with someone who bore a
remarkable resemblance to her, at the same time he got an erection, while she’d
been on his lap—all unrelated events. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There’s just something about a French accent, something that conjures images of romance, sex and passion. There’s a reason French is called ‘the language of love.’ <br />
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Lulu McQueen runs an exclusive honeytrap agency, to test the fidelity of rich men for their suspicious partners. While her business flourishes and her track record in the field remains unbroken, earning her the nickname of The Temptress, her personal life isn’t so successful. <br />
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A trip to Paris, years ago, led to the most erotic encounter of her life with Luc, a charismatic, dominant, irresistible Frenchman. For one night she experienced bliss on a scale she’d never encountered and fled in the morning, ashamed of herself, but her Parisian one night stand was burned into her memories and no one since had compared. <br />
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With no one available on short notice, Lulu steps in to lure Mrs. Le Grand’s rich husband, for an extortionately high fee. Lulu’s in for the shock of her life when she finds her mark at the hotel bar. Luc Le Grand still has a face and body to make Adonis weep. He exudes confidence, masculinity and raw sex appeal. <br />
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The question now isn’t whether Lulu can tempt him, but whether she can resist him, retain her reputation and secure her fee, or whether she’ll fall under Mr. Le Grand’s spell. Again. <br />
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A standalone erotic romance novel, <i><b>The Temptress</b></i> contains adult themes and is only suitable for those aged over 18.<br />
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I smiled as I sat at the traffic lights and the smartly dressed businessman in his BMW waiting next to me dropped his mirrored shades down his nose to cast an appreciative eye my way. I kept a hand on the leather steering wheel as I gave him a smile back. A bit of harmless flirtation in the morning never did anybody any harm. I revved the powerful engine on my Mercedes AMG GT S as he slid his glasses back up and put both hands on his steering wheel. I did the same, with a faint smile, as we waited for the lights to change to green. The second they did I left him standing and laughed, as the exhilaration of the acceleration of my new baby made my heart beat faster. That was the trouble with men, most of them underestimated me. They just saw me as eye candy, someone they’d like to bend over their office desk and fuck, no one ever took me seriously. I’d been blessed with excellent genes. Not only did I look stunning, but I had a brain too, which most men obviously thought lay somewhere between the domes of my breasts, as that’s where they focussed all of their attention when they were talking to me. I’d come away from University with a First Class Honours degree in Business Management and had just completed my Master’s Degree, doing it part time while I worked. </div>
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C.J. Fallowfield is an Amazon #1 bestselling author who writes contemporary humorous erotic romance novels. She comes from the United Kingdom and is half French. She lives in the wonderful countryside of Wales, surrounded by rolling hills, trees and fields full of sheep and cows. Her writing aids include chocolate, Ben & Jerry’s and copious amounts of coffee. Reading was her main pastime, until she discovered the joy of creating hot, erotic, romantic fiction, but she still tries to set aside time to indulge her appetite for steamy reads by other authors too. She is yet to find her Prince Charming, but lives with her extremely pampered fur baby, Pumpkin, kitten of mass destruction.
C.J. started writing in October 2013, releasing her first novel, New Leaves, No Strings (The Austin Series #1) in January 2014.
Her alter ego, Charlotte Fallowfield, is due to release her debut romantic comedy novel on 26th February 2016.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Had William Montgomery
gone back to sleep? She hoped so. If he was asking for his wife then he was
going to have one of his bad days and therefore the longer he rested, the
better. At least if he woke later, she would have company to help her deal with
him. Even with all her experience of people, the old man’s sudden fluctuations
from joy to anger to confusion still unsettled her and she’d prefer to have
someone else nearby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Someone like Matthew
Duggan?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">She shrugged away the
thought. In the short space of time in which she’d known the handsome cowboy,
she’d seen only good in him. He’d been kind, helpful and attentive, even coming
to find her in Virginia City, where she’d been employed as a maid, to offer her
the post as carer to William Montgomery. Not that other folks were hammering down
the Duggans’ door to get the position, of course. But Matthew knew that her
employer was leaving town and Huyana would soon be without an income. Matthew
had suggested that his older brother, Kenan, offer Huyana the job. And mighty
glad she was about it too. At first. But now she knew how hard it was caring
for William Montgomery alone, she wondered if she’d made the right decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But of course she had.
What other choice did she have? With her circumstances and her questionable
background, what else could she expect to do? Whore? Beg? Steal? The choices
for a mixed-race woman were limited indeed. Besides, it meant that she got to
see Matthew Duggan regularly, even if she did clam up like a sixteen-year-old
maiden every time he stepped over the threshold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Edie!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Huyana jumped. She’d
have to go check on William. He was clearly distressed. His wife had been in
the ground just over a month. Sometimes he remembered this clearly, but at
other times, he still thought she was alive and well. A wave of sympathy washed
over Huyana. She knew what it was to love and lose someone and William deserved
her compassion. The poor man was dealing with his raw grief in his moments of
lucidity. Healing would likely take him longer than the average person because
he wasn’t experiencing the heartache constantly with its full ferocity.
Instead, it came in agonizing bursts, then, as if his mind was protecting him,
he regressed to his confused state and forgot all about Edie’s death until the
next lucid period. It was like a slow form of torture, and Huyana wished on a
daily basis that she could do something to alleviate William’s pain and
anguish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Huyana scooped up the
carrots from the flat wooden chopping board and dropped them into a bowl then
wiped her hands on her apron. She crossed the room and stood outside the door
of William’s bedroom then rapped her knuckles against the wood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“You all right in
there, Mr. Montgomery?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Who in the hell is
that?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Huyana shivered as she
heard the confusion in William’s tone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“It’s me, Mr. Montgomery.
Huyana. Your help.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Say what?” His voice
was closer now, as if he muttered with his lips pressed against the wooden
boards of the door. Huyana slowly unlocked the door and took a step back. The
lock was a precautionary measure that the Duggans had insisted upon to prevent
William from wandering off during the night when Huyana slept or when she was
outside in the yard. “Who’s ya say yer?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Huyana.” Her own name
tripped off her lips as it had done thousands of times before, but this time it
filled her with dread because she feared his reaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“What in the hell kind
of a name is that?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The door swung inward
and Huyana braced herself as William Montgomery staggered out into the main
room of the house. He reminded her of an acorn calf, all unsteady on his legs
and wary of his surroundings. Huyana winced as his stale smell reached her
nostrils. She had only washed him last evening with Catherine Duggan’s help but
it seemed that the old man had pissed his bed again. She’d left the pot right
next to his bed in plain view, but unfortunately he didn’t always think to use
it. At times, the floor and his undergarments seemed to serve him just as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Like an animal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">No.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Like a child. A poor
helpless infant who sometimes doesn’t know right from wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">William stared around
the room as if seeing it for the first time. He squinted against the September
morning light that seeped through the small windows and warmed the floorboards.
He eyed the fire that burned in the grate suspiciously, as if wondering how it
had gotten there. His face held the look of a lost child as he scratched his
matted gray hair, and Huyana’s heart broke for him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It was going to be a
bad day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Molly Ann Wishlade has always been an avid reader
and writer of stories. Her lifetime of reading has taken her from the magical
worlds of The Faraway Tree and The Borrowers, to the Greek myths and legends,
to Sweet Valley High and Judy Blume's Forever, to Asimov's science fiction,
Jane Eyre's torment and Stephen King's masterpieces. More recently she has
wandered through the vivid historicals of Philippa Gregory; the bubbly, gritty
delights of Adele Parks and the fast paced thrillers of James Patterson. She
loves getting lost in a novel and often regrets finishing one as the characters
are usually missed like old friends. She regularly indulges her insatiable
hunger for romance and passion in the delicious worlds created by romantic
novelists and is working on several of her own!</span><br />
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long walks around the beautiful Welsh countryside (although she's still waiting
for the rescue greyhound she wants to accompany her), cooking her own secret
recipe curries, drinking Earl Grey (in copious amounts) and discovering
delicious wines. Oh, and she also loves to ski and can't wait to go again! And
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Thank you for the opportunity to read this special book. I loved the writer's style from the beginning. There was something so deep and touching about the way she wrote and her characters were amazing.<br />
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Huyana is half-Indian and half-American. She has prejudice and a very difficult past pitched against her. But her wonderful character has enabled her to rise above her sorrowful past and find a place in life. That place is working in the Duggan household looking after the sickly and troubled William. Matthew has been fascinated by Huyana for a while. But she doesn't know he cares for her. She's loved him for some time, but doesn't believe there's any future for them because of her past and not being a white woman.<br />
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When William becomes violent in his mental anguish, Matthew moves in to look after Huyana and to help her care for the elderly man. An erotic and passionate love affair soon takes over between the pair. Yet, every moment, there is such tenderness. Matthew is the best. And he wants the best for Huyana but she can't give herself fully to him. She has secrets.<br />
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I loved this short and very passionate love story. It's a story of trust earned and forgiveness and rising above the difficulties of abuse and poverty. It's a story of courage. Steeped in tender passion. Great love scenes. I admit I often get bored with lots of love scenes, but I really enjoyed these.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-43790866500741260472015-10-13T18:10:00.000+02:002015-10-13T18:10:01.529+02:00Guest Post - A Rose by Any Other Name by Landra GrafToday, I want to welcome Landra Graf to my blog. She's talking about her Beyond Fairytales story called A Rose by Any Other Name.<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Zombies don’t belong in fairy tales….at least not those with a good chance of a
happily ever after… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jason Prince, Charming's once-upon-a-time star jock, only
attends his Charming high school reunion to find his way into the heart of a
certain wallflower who had no date for the prom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Shy, geeky, chemical engineer, Emma Fay has been keeping
her love for Jason a secret because she knows Jason and Rose belong together.
But, when Rose Briar pricks her finger, fulfilling a prophecy about death and a
plague, she throws a wrench into the class reunion that not even the best
planning committee can tackle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Can Jason and Emma stop Zombie Beauty Rose before she
turns their loved ones into her undead court and sends them forth to spread the
infestation to the rest of the world? Or will human flesh become the daily
special at diners everywhere? And will there be enough left of Jason and Emma
for romance to blossom? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fairytale Twists</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Thank you, Vicki, for hosting me on the big release day!
Yes, today my Beyond Fairytale, A Rose By Any Other Name is available to
read. So, I'm going to talk about the
fairytale this story is based on and how I twisted it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Sleeping Beauty... what a tale. I remember my first
experience with Sleeping Beauty. I was around four years old and received the
Disney movie version on VHS. The songs, the characters, even the fairies. Then
there was a call, an open submission call. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To be honest I wanted to give Sleeping Beauty a full
twist. What if Beauty, Rose Brair, was a beauty before she fell asleep and not
so much when she woke up? Undead Beauty would be a little more difficult to
handle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Prince would need to put her down and the romance, I
needed one. Enter a twist on fairies. To be honest there's nothing paranormal
about Emaline Fay, her name is the closest to fairy that she comes. From there solutions started flowing, plot,
setting, and all the trimmings. Even a creepy old woman to predict the horrible
future that will befall Rose and the town she lives in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">My question for readers today - what's your favorite kind
of fairytale twist? Gender swapping, genre swapping, trope change? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt:</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Her eyes darted back toward the examination room. He
couldn’t hear anything that gave the impression things were worse than they’d
been a few moments ago. In fact, the silence in the room made him anxious, and
he started to tap his boot on the linoleum floor. The rising tension around
them or the number of feelings invoked knowing someone he cared about lay
suffering in the other room failed to help as well. He gave a little shiver and
involuntarily gripped Emma’s hand tighter. She tried to pull away, but he
wanted to hold on to her a little longer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“All right then, let’s break up this mood. I’m going to
read your palm.” He hoped the ploy would cast away her urges to break their
bond.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Palm reading?” One brown eyebrow lifted, but her frame
and hand relaxed at his touch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Yes, I’ve studied with the finest masters fair corn dogs
can buy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She giggled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“I can tell you your future, Miss Emmaline Fay,” he said
with a grin. She gave one back and the effect was breathtaking. She’d always
possessed a beautiful smile, one known for lighting up rooms, and he enjoyed
being the recipient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Fine, Master Prince. Tell me my future.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jason turned her palm over in his, trailing his fingers
along the lines. Leaning in for a closer look, he picked up on the scent of
vanilla, flowers, and a hint of something he couldn’t identify beyond pure
Emma. The power of the smell made his groin swell again, something he didn’t
need at the moment. One glance downward and she’d see the evidence of how she
affected him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">So he thought about cold showers and his grandmother’s
gnarly hands and focused on the soft palm covered with lines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Ah, your life line is extremely long. I also see a man
in your love line. This is a man who has loved you for a long time and watched
you from afar.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She scoffed. “Sounds kind of creepy. I don’t know if I
want a stalker in my life.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Not a stalker, but an admirer. He’s always appreciated
your loyalty.” Jason locked eyes with her green ones. “Your kindness and
bravery, too. And your ability to push ahead. Strength like that is rare.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She leaned forward, her nose barely touching his. “How
rare?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Uh.” His words caught in his throat. To have her so
close, too close...exactly where he’d wanted her since he’d seen her sitting
behind the wheel of her car. “Rare enough that I’ve only known one other person
to possess it. I—”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“The fever is coming down,” Dr. Mason announced, bursting
into the room, face filled with relief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jason silently swore as she jumped out of her chair and
moved toward the entry. “Can we go in?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“No, not yet. I want you both to stay here, though, in
case you come down with the same thing due to proximity. We've taken blood, and
we're doing everything we can, but I don’t know if this is contagious.” The
doctor moved to a cabinet on the far wall and removed two blankets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“You can camp out in the waiting room.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Completely understandable, Doc. I know we won’t leave
until Rose is able to, anyway. We’ll want to be on the
nurse-Rose-back-to-health team.” Jason stood to accept the blankets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Her momentary excitement deflated, Emma shuffled back to
her chair. “That’s right. I’ll be nursing our girl back to health or whatever
else it takes, so I’m staying until everything is perfectly fine.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Good. I’ll see you both in the morning,” Dr. Mason said,
leaving by way of the kitchen door. Jason could only imagine the amount of
coffee the doctor planned on consuming for the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Emma curled up in her seat, slipping her feet out of her
brown cowboy boots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jason sat down next to her and leaned back in his chair.
“He certainly knows how to offer comfortable beds.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“And there’s the sarcasm I know so well.” She leaned her
head on his shoulder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He tried to ignore how right it felt. “Yes, and that’s
why you should just close your eyes and rest. Don’t worry. It’ll all be better
in the morning.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Landra Graf consumes at least one book a day, and has always been a sucker for
stories where true love conquers all. She believes in the power of the written
word, and the joy such words can bring. In between spending time with her
family and having book adventures, she writes romance with the goal of giving
everyone, fictional or not, their own happily ever after.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author Links</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Website: <a href="http://landragraf.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://landragraf.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LandraGraf"><span style="color: blue;">https://twitter.com/LandraGraf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/landra.graf"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/landra.graf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7847192.Landra_Graf"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7847192.Landra_Graf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Pinterest: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/landragraf/"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.pinterest.com/landragraf/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Landra-Graf/e/B00IESJED4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1440641120&sr=8-1"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.amazon.com/Landra-Graf/e/B00IESJED4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1440641120&sr=8-1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-78985627201677868052015-10-02T13:26:00.000+02:002015-10-02T13:29:31.539+02:00Hot Model Mine Book 2 by Lea Bronsen<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Today, I want to welcome Lea Bronsen who is showcasing her new release, Book 2 of the Hot Model Mine series. I just watched the video and it looks great.</span><br />
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Book two of the Hot Model Mine trilogy is finally here! Did you wonder what happened to erotic romance author Andrea and her irresistible cover model, Yushka, after the conference in Cannes?
In book one, The Perfect Shoot, things were complicated for the couple. He was much younger than her—practically the same age as her twins—and she'd spent half her life without a man. After much reflection, she ended up giving into her desire and taking Mr. Hot Model for lover. But what then after they traveled back to their separate lives?
Wait no more: They're here to tell the continuation of their sizzling love story :)
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BLURB:</h2>
The writing conference in sunny Cannes was fantastical, a dream. Back at home, reality catches up with author Andrea Johnson and the sexy cover model of her book, Yushka. With tough working schedules, challenging family relations, and seductive temptation from all sides, the couple’s explosive romance is put to the test.
Will their love be strong enough to have a future?
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BOOK TRAILER:</h2>
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EXCERPT:</h2>
While Yushka gets his duffel bag in the back seat, I lean against the side of the Corolla and stretch my arms on top of its roof.<br />
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“You got everything?”<br />
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“Yeah.”<br />
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He lifts the bag over his shoulder and tilts his head in direction of the front door.<br />
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“We good to go?”
My pulse beats a little faster at the thought of him dropping that bag on my bedroom floor and lifting me in his arms instead. I’m so excited to be with him, I simmer inside, aching to touch and hold him. I want to have all of him at once, right now.
A spark of amusement plays in his gorgeous Asian eyes as he waits for me to make a move.<br />
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“What’s on your mind, Princess?”
Holding his gaze, I smile, my fingers tapping a beat on the car hood to buy some time because I don’t know what to reply. I have a feeling whatever might come out of my mouth now, like <em>I can’t wait to rip those clothes off you</em> or <em>I’m going to make you scream,</em> will sound too cheesy. Why do we need to put our attraction into words, anyway? Once we’re home, there’ll be no reason to talk that much. We’ll do the talking with our more-than-capable hands and … um … mouths.<br />
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I tap a quick rap before stepping back from the car. “Come on.”<br />
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“Okay.” Widening his smile, he follows me to the front entrance.<br />
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I unlock and push the wood door open.<br />
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“I hope your bag’s not too heavy. The elevator doesn’t work.”<br />
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“When are they gonna fix it?”<br />
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“Huh, good question.” I step forward, but when in the doorway, I spin to hold the door open for him.<br />
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“I have no idea.”<br />
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“No?” With a raised brow, he passes me.
Just then, I move toward him, chest-to-chest, blocking him and his thick bag between myself and the doorframe.<br />
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“Oh!” He laughs.
As the door pushes into my back, squeezing me tighter against him, I put my hands on his waist. First above his clothes––the thick leather jacket and his shirt––then sneaking underneath both of them, my fingers splaying on his warm skin and stroking him.
Completely stuck, he tilts his head and stares into my eyes, his own sparkling with playfulness.<br />
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“What are you up to?”<br />
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“You have a problem?” I move my hands out from beneath his shirt and go downward to palm his tight ass cheeks, pulling his crotch to me. My lower stomach and increasingly heating inner thighs seek to meet his. I want to be so near him he’ll feel my lust, and I want his lust to grow, too. I need us to join and be a match, a melting pot of desire, irresistible and untamable.<br />
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“I have to bribe you?” he asks, voice lower, and leans down to kiss me.
How did he guess? At the warm touch of his parted lips, delight rushes through me as if I’d had a shot of alcohol.
He retreats his face a few inches, enough to have a view of what he just kissed.<br />
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“This good enough for you?” His voice comes out husky, a bit short of breath. With his free hand, he strokes and kneads my butt.<br />
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“One more,” I mouth with the next exhale of air.<br />
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Though the door bores painfully into my back, I don’t want to move, <em>loving </em>the feel of being so close to Yushka, so intimate. It’s amazing how instantaneous and intense our connection is. Just wait till we get our clothes off.
Again, his warm lips land on mine, and we kiss greedily, nose-to-nose, wet tongues playing with each other. My inner pussy muscles clench, remembering too well what it’s like to have his cock inside. I breathe faster. A growing hardness in his crotch presses against me, provoking more tightening. <em>Oh, God.</em> Hot wetness glides down my pussy, wetting my panties. So ready, so soon… I mew into his mouth, and he rewards me with a guttural response, our mouths practically eating each other.
But this isn’t the right place. We need to move and play this torturous game and its grand finale somewhere else.
Releasing his lips, I gasp from our separation, but still manage to pull away.<br />
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“Fuck, you’re hot.” He inhales deeply and looks up, feverish eyes widening and trying to refocus.
As I step backward, forcing the door to open again, cold evening air sneaks between our heated bodies.<br />
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“Let’s go,” I say with a croak, my chest heaving.
He gives a small nod and steps inside the low-lit lobby.
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WHERE TO FIND MINE TO LOVE:</h2>
<a href="http://www.evernightpublishing.com/mine-to-love-by-lea-bronsen/">Evernight</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ebook/dp/B015QQTCXS/">Amazon.com</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/ebook/dp/B015QQTCXS/">Amazon.uk</a> | <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-minetolove-1896026-149.html">All Romance eBooks</a> | <a href="http://www.bookstrand.com/mine-to-love-mf">Bookstrand</a> | <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/581169">Smashwords</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/mine-to-love/id1045168535?mt=11">iTunes</a>
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I like my reads hot, fast, and edgy, and strive to give my own stories the same intensity. After venturing into dirty inner-city crime drama with my debut novel Wild Hearted, I divide my writing time between psychological thriller, suspense romance, and erotic contemporary romance.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-58755933058743900072015-10-01T11:14:00.001+02:002015-10-01T11:14:52.358+02:00Cover Reveal - Rex's Mate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">Former assassin Rex realizes retirement
isn’t all it’s cracked up to be without someone to share it with. He longs for
the kind of connection his friends Hunter and Casey have. Tired of meaningless
hookups, Rex and his wolf are ready to find their mate. But what if his mate is
the human-were bunny shifter his former boss places in his care? Can he win the
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<span lang="EN-US">Abducted and genetically altered against
his will, Aaron is thrust into a world he’d thought was only make believe.
Under the protection of a Minnesota wolf shifter pack, he struggles with his
new abilities as a rabbit shifter and his growing attraction for his cocky
protector. Can he trust the former assassin to keep him safe and find his
brother still being held captive by the evil group responsible for changing his
life forever?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">V.S. Morgan has lived all over the US but
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<span lang="EN-US">She's been writing stories since she could
hold a pencil and dreams of happily ever afters - even for two hot men -
because love knows no boundaries. V.S. writes MC/IR contemporary, paranormal, and
suspense m/m and m/f with heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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inheritance and walk away from the obligations of running one of the biggest
cattle ranches in West Texas, Sutton puts her Dallas condo on the market,
resigns her position from SP, packs the contents of her life into boxes, and
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sexy mystery man? Or will walking in her grandmother’s matriarchal boots be too
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London has a beautiful writing style - lyrical, descriptive, brimming with life. She took me right into the scene and got me invested in the characters - I like them all. I love cowboy romances. I think I'm a real redneck (as my son calls me). I loved the accents in the narration. I enjoyed the feel of the book. Audio book is sometimes difficult for me as I find the best time is when I'm driving but I don't drive often. Other times I listen is in the kitchen, but when it gets to a sex scene I have to switch it off as I have three kids under 18 within hearing distance. But I really enjoyed this one when I got a chance. I think it helped to hear the accents as opposed to reading them. I won't give this book a rating as I see it more as a prequel to the series. It ends with a cliffhanger so I don't suggest reading it alone. I certainly do want to find out what's going to happen next but will probably look at buying the kindle book instead due to my lack of privacy.<br />
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Great sexual tension, setting, writing style and potential for a conflict-filled romance.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-27467786724103588532015-09-22T11:07:00.000+02:002015-09-22T11:07:38.716+02:00Guest Post by Landra Graf<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-47Ir0GZ1its/VgEXz_NMKMI/AAAAAAAAAoY/Y4zShpyT7Wo/s1600/Raven-Pirate-Assassin-Spy-banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-47Ir0GZ1its/VgEXz_NMKMI/AAAAAAAAAoY/Y4zShpyT7Wo/s640/Raven-Pirate-Assassin-Spy-banner.jpg" width="640" /></a>Today, I want to welcome fellow Beyond Fairytales author, Landra Graf. She's talking about her new release and a vital ingredient to writing spicy romance. (This is one of the things I struggle with the most and also find puts me off a book if it's not there.) Isn't it a stunning cover??<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you Vicki for having me on your blog today!
Readers, I've got a special treat for you. An exclusive excerpt, but first...
let's talk tension.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">For some reason tension, especially sexual, gets me going
every dang time. Without fail if the author nails the tension piece I'm in it
for the long haul. So, like any good author/reader I want to replicate what I
love in other books in my own. But tension is hard to write, hard to drive up
and up and up. When do you reach the breaking point. When is it time to cross
the line and let the characters give in. Who knows? My characters tend to tell
me when they've had enough. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tension is also hard to fake. Characters have it or they
don't. It plays the best through dialogue as well as actions. It typically
works well in close quarters or cramped spaces. In fact, I have a scene like
that, several actually, but this particular one shows the stakes being upped, emotionally
and physically. That's the job tension
plays. It raises the risk, the level of play goes off of the charts. Oh, wait.
You probably just want to read the scene. So I won't keep you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He stepped through the door, filling up the space and
reminding her of how small the roo really was. </span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“If I recall, I never said I
wanted you to off the guy.” He set the coffee cup in his hand down on the small
table near the door. “Since I finished my breakfast, I wanted to talk about
getting off the ship to prepare for tonight.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“I have everything I need.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Shaking his head, he strode closer. Instinctively, she
put a hand on the balisong holder at her waist, more to stop herself from
reaching out than because she feared him. “You may have what you need, but if I
show up in these clothes, they’ll call the coppers.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She took in his worn jacket, his white shirt dirtied by
days of wear, his trousers in need of a wash, and his dusty brown boots. Valid
point. “All right, that’s fine. Anything else?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Your crew is worried about our meeting with the
canary...eh, the singer. They want me to agree to protect you.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Of course, Bonita and Bastille would enlist him to watch
over her. They’d avoided Germany for the last few years because the government
wanted her back so badly. Her wedding was still scheduled to take place in six
months. All she had to do was stay in hiding for that long; instead, the desire
to find her brother had her doing dangerous things. “Did you agree?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“No, I don’t do anything unless something is in it for
me.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Her fingers twitched, and she tapped her foot on the
floor. Damn men who didn’t say what they meant. “And what do you want?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The question earned her a smile and the presence of his
face less than six inches from hers. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She wanted to kiss those lips, taste him again, and
wondered if she’d taste the coffee he’d drunk earlier. “I want you and me alone
in a room for one hour. I want you to tell me everything.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Everything?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“All the things you’re not telling me. Why people are
worried about this ball, why that little girl thinks you’re a princess, and
what you told Janken to get him to tell us about Luther and Eva.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“You’re not asking a lot, are you?” she replied with as
much sarcasm as she could muster. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He was standing too close.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“No, I’m really not because I want other things, too.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He dared her with those words and the twinkle in his eye.
Dared her to ask what those other things were. She refused to give in. “I
agree.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“With what I want or to wanting other things?” He was
truly a master at manipulating words, no doubt a formidable merchant.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“I agree to tell you everything. My only condition—we
won’t leave until we have a location for The Cursed.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">His turn to extend his hand. “It’s a deal, and I’ll even
protect you, too.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Touching his palm to seal the agreement was a mistake. It
cost her a shiver and revealed how much he affected her. Surprisingly, he
didn’t take advantage of the moment, no leaning in for a chaste kiss, no
grazing her bosom, nothing more than a handshake and a release.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The fact he seemed unaffected by their momentary
connection aggravated her. No sense in letting him have the upper hand. She
unclasped her balisong and flipped it out, bringing the tip up under his chin.
“When I want your protection, I’ll ask for it.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She pushed him to the side and walked out. Let him wonder
whether she wanted to kill him or not. She had things to do before tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Landra Graf
consumes at least one book a day, and has always been a sucker for stories
where true love conquers all. She believes in the power of the written word,
and the joy such words can bring. In between spending time with her family and
having book adventures, she writes romance with the goal of giving everyone,
fictional or not, their own happily ever after.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Website: <a href="http://landragraf.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://landragraf.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LandraGraf"><span style="color: blue;">https://twitter.com/LandraGraf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/landra.graf"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/landra.graf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7847192.Landra_Graf"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7847192.Landra_Graf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Pinterest: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/landragraf/"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.pinterest.com/landragraf/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Landra-Graf/e/B00IESJED4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1440641120&sr=8-1"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.amazon.com/Landra-Graf/e/B00IESJED4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1440641120&sr=8-1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-57992298685626639822015-09-17T12:07:00.000+02:002015-09-17T12:07:33.705+02:00Interview and Spotlight - Audio Book Beneath the Starry Sky by Jessica Subject<br />
Today, I'm spotlighting Jessica's audio book, Beneath the Starry Sky and she's answered some interview questions:<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Beneath
the Starry Sky ~ An Audio Book!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A 1Night Stand story<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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at the altar with bald patches on her head and her self-confidence stripped
away, Tamara Johnson must pick up the pieces of her life and face her Alopecia
Areata, the autoimmune disease causing her hair to fall out. She is convinced
no man will date a bald woman and arranges a one-night stand through Madame
Evangeline’s popular service, 1Night Stand. With her new wig held firmly in
place, Tamara arrives at the Castillo Hotel in Las Vegas for a night
of passion and pleasure. Anything more than one night would mean exposing her
bald head, and she will never do that to any man again.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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into the Castillo Hotel, away from the paparazzi constantly at his heels, Josh
Summers wants to spend his next few days locked away from the flashing lights
and screaming fans. When he finds an incredibly sexy woman lying on his hotel
room bed in nothing but lingerie, he thinks management has made a mistake.
Leaving her behind, he heads for the lobby to get the situation rectified. But
an unexpected text from Madame Evangeline sends him back to his room.
Though unsure whether the woman on the bed is really his perfect match or just
another fan believing him to be like his character on television, he knows he
must find out, even if it means he must risk telling her his own secrets. If
Tamara can handle his imperfections, she just might be his ideal woman.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jessica E. Subject is the
author of science fiction romance, mostly alien romances, ranging from sweet to
super hot. Sometimes she dabbles in paranormal and contemporary as well,
bringing to life a wide variety of characters. In her stories, you could not
only meet a sexy alien or two, but also clones and androids. You may be
transported to a dystopian world where rebels are fighting to live and love, or
to another planet for a romantic rendezvous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">When Jessica isn't reading, writing, or doing
dreaded housework, she likes to get out and walk with her giant, hairy dog her
family adopted from the local animal shelter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Jessica lives in Ontario,
Canada with her husband and two energetic children. And she loves to hear from
her readers. You can find her at <a href="http://jessicasubject.com/">jessicasubject.com</a>
and on twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/jsubject">@jsubject</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Thank you for having me today, Vicki! If
Beneath the Starry Sky became a TV show or movie, I would pick Josh Duhamel to
play my hero, Josh. (Yes, he was the inspiration.) And I would pick Jennifer
Aniston to play Tamara.<br />
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spend time with and why?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">I would love to spend time with either one
of them. They are both down-to-Earth characters who have had to learn to deal
with changes in their lives. They’ve made tough decisions and are stronger for
it.<br />
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created?</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">This story begins in Las Vegas, which to
be honest, holds no appeal to me. I’m not one for big cities. But, they do end
up hiking at Mount Charlston, which I would love to visit.<br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">I like Tamara’s spunk. She does deal with
some vulnerability due to her alopecia, but when she’s feeling confident, watch
out!<br />
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home. What is he or she doing?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">If she’s alone, she’s likely reading with
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-44286075480010848512015-09-15T14:55:00.001+02:002015-09-15T14:55:39.985+02:00Guest Post and Review - Taken by The Billionaire Alien Next Door by Jessica SubjectToday, I welcome Jessica Subject to my blog. She works for Decadent Publishing and also writes for them and is always so supportive of other authors. She's talking about her new novella, Taken by the Billionaire Alien Next Door.<br />
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expected to come true. But when her mother marries an investment banker, she
moves to a home larger than all her previous houses combined. While searching
for her new stepbrother to help with unpacking, she stumbles upon his smokin’
hot neighbor, all alone in his mansion and busy at work on a… flying saucer?
Can Erika escape before he notices her, or will she be abducted by the sexy
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">“What exactly do you think I am, Miss Erika?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">“An alien.” There, I’d said it, and I expected him to
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">My breath caught. “I….” I should have kept my mouth
shut. No, I should have waited for Barron to text a reply, never come over to
the neighbor’s house. Now, I was stuck in a basement hangar with a flying
saucer and a guy who could be from another planet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Laken inched closer, and closer still. I moved along
with him until my back hit a wall on the other side of the room. Trapped.
Trying to duck away wouldn’t do me any good. He’d only race around and block my
way again. My heart beat so hard, I expected it to thump right out of my chest.
Would he let me go, or did he have other plans? If I screamed loud enough,
would someone come to my rescue?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Leaning forward, he placed his palm on the wall behind
me. “What if I told you I knew the instant you came into this room?” He ran his
other hand along my cheekbone, tucking my hair behind an ear. “What if I told
you I could feel your attraction, smell your sex?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jessica E. Subject is the
author of science fiction romance, mostly alien romances, ranging from sweet to
super hot. Sometimes she dabbles in paranormal and contemporary as well,
bringing to life a wide variety of characters. In her stories, you could not only
meet a sexy alien or two, but also clones and androids. You may be transported
to a dystopian world where rebels are fighting to live and love, or to another
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her readers. You can find her at <a href="http://jessicasubject.com/">jessicasubject.com</a>
and on twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/jsubject">@jsubject</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Whenever I have a new release, or when I
tell people what I write, I am often asked why I write about aliens. For me,
there are many reasons, but I think the main one is that an alien character can
be whoever I want him or her to be. I can make my heroes very dominant, or more
on the submissive side. I can make them humanoid or appear more like a giant
insect. If I want them to have blue skin (which is my favorite), I can do that,
too. They can be bikers, billionaires, blue collar workers, or businessmen or
women. They might want to abduct a lover from Earth, or simply live on the
planet without anyone finding out where they came from. Aliens living on Earth
are my favorite, too, because of their vulnerability. They know if anyone finds
out, they could end up in a laboratory. So, when they finally tell someone, it
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life was uninteresting and would have stayed that way until I met Luke. This
was a chance meeting and I could say we were destined to meet, who knows. It
was a Sunday evening and I was at this point tired of my life and living my
life as society wanted it to be lived. It was the day I defied all odds and
subdued my nerves as I went into my closet and put on a black pair of pencil
jeans and a black loose fitting Tee-shirt, that Cassandra, my oyibo Canadian
neighbor who never took no for an answer, even though she had been
unsuccessfully trying to invite me for coffee at hers for years; gave me.
Surprisingly, when I put this on, it struck me how much weight I had lost. I
looked like a skinny school girl instead of a 38 year old mother of three.
Ignoring the inquiring looks my boys gave me, I told them I was going out with
my friends. Further ignoring the equally curious look I got from Musa, our old
reliable gateman who refused to leave us when Opuada died and was content with
whatever I could pay him. With a straight face, I told him I was going out and
would be back in a couple of hours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Firi
Kamson was born in Nigeria, where she grew up. Becoming a lawyer, a writer and
a pilot was her childhood dream, she dropped the lawyer part and got a B.A. in
foreign languages and literature speciality French. Worked as a freelance
translator and a photographer for a couple of years before she decided to
explore the creative world of writing. She writes a column for <a href="http://www.sabinews.com/" target="_blank">www.sabinews.com</a>, as Tee,
an online Nigerian based magazine, where she journals her experiences in south
east Asia. The dream of becoming a pilot is still there and who knows one day
it would be fulfilled. She lives in South East Asia with her nerdy husband and
very active daughter and son. Ere's Secret is her first work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kamson would like to hear from her readers so you can send her an email <a href="mailto:phiri@secretlilies.com" target="_blank">phiri@secretlilies.com</a> or
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She promises he can live in her home, eat at her table and sleep in her bed, if
he helps her with her writing. She doesn't think he will actually knock on her
door and insist she keep her promise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bought a magic chest of drawers that brings him into Joanie's life. He wants to
settle down with one woman, tired of shallow relationships, and Joanie seems
like the perfect candidate if it weren’t for her insistence on getting rid of
him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The magic keeps on forcing them to live together and Joanie’s not
happy. This is her first year alone and she’s been craving time to herself
after looking after her younger siblings and an ailing aunt. Theo’s presence in
her home, although unwanted, stirs up needs she’s suppressed for years. When
they start to discover things about the magic and why it’s bringing them
together, will Joanie recognize another type of magic at work? Will she succumb
to the charm of Theo or will her need for breathing space pull them apart?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blog Tour</span></b><br />
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I'm having a blog tour to announce my baby's arrival to the world. The tour will host a giveaway. You're more than welcome to stop off at any of the following blogs to comment and enter to win a prize. I'm giving away:<br />
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$10 Amazon gift card<br />
A copy of The Century Sage<br />
A copy of At Second Glance<br />
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If you want, you can enter the competition straight away by clicking on the rafflecopter link below.<br />
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These are the blogs we're touring by:<br />
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<a href="http://www.apassionforromance.blogspot.com/">Krista Ames</a> - 25 August<br />
<a href="http://ginawriteswords.com/posts/">Gina Wynn</a> - 26 August<br />
<a href="http://londonsj.blogspot.com/">London Saint James</a> - 28 August<br />
<a href="http://sorchamowbray.com/news/">Sorcha Mowbray</a> - 29 August<br />
<a href="http://vsmorgan.com/blog.html">VS Morgan</a> - 31 August<br />
<a href="http://dreamvoyagers.blogspot.com/">Taryn Kincaid</a> - 1 September<br />
<a href="http://www.thealanden.com/">Thea Landen</a> - 2 September<br />
<a href="http://riseoftheslush.blogspot.com/">Landra Graf</a> - 3 September<br />
<a href="http://saradanielromance.blogspot.com/">Sara Daniel</a> - 4 September<br />
<a href="http://www.taraquan.com/blog/">Tara Quan</a> - 5 September<br />
<a href="http://www.jennahscott.com/">Jennah Scott</a> - 7 September<br />
<a href="http://nancyfraser.ca/wordpress/">Nancy Fraser</a> - 9 September<br />
<a href="http://www.markofthestars.com/wp/">Jessica Subject</a> - 10 September<br />
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century? Beth Malone can’t believe a date request with the 1Night Stand service
morphed into an arranged marriage offer. But after a heartbreaking divorce and
no knight in shining armor coming to sweep her off her feet, her desire to find
that knight and have a family is looking more like a dream than a reality.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #990033; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">After filling out a 1Night Stand questionnaire worthy of the
CIA, Christian Ramos is stunned when Madame Eve offers to arrange more than a
date for one night: she suggests a wife! What the hell? And after his best
friend Jackson Castillo stops laughing, he advises him to consider the offer.
Between the fortieth birthday looming on the horizon and his Latino upbringing,
Chris is forced to take a hard look at his life. Reality check—time is running
out for what he wants—a family and a woman to share his life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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matrimonial situation, but neither Beth nor Christian anticipated the immediate
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05976725514704271087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776668452341193996.post-654537805255751902015-08-04T14:22:00.004+02:002015-08-04T14:39:33.865+02:00Her Real-life HeroHer Real-life Hero is due to release on the 25th August! At long last! Pre-order links to follow soon.<br />
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My book is about magic, romance, antiques and a whole lot more. For those romance writers out there, my heroine is an aspiring writer too.<br />
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It's a Beyond Fairytales adaptation of "The Frog Prince" and "Iron Henry." *Think princess kissing the frog who turns into a prince*<br />
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Here's the blurb and an excerpt:<br />
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Joanie
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new bureau, she begins to talk to the hero in her book, asking his advice on
writing, all the while thinking it's her own imagination. She promises he can
live in her home, eat at her table and sleep in her bed, if he helps her with
her writing. She doesn't expect him to knock on her door and insist she keep
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first year alone and she’s been craving time to herself after looking after her
younger siblings and an ailing aunt. Theo’s presence in her home, although
unwanted, stirs up needs she’s suppressed for years. When they start to
discover things about the magic and why it’s bringing them together, will
Joanie recognize another type of magic at work? Will she succumb to the charm
of Theo or will her need for breathing space pull them apart?<o:p></o:p></div>
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