Avoiding Mr. Right
(Wild Side, #2)
By: C. J. Ellisson
Publisher: Red Hot Publishing
Published: June 3, 2013
Genre: Erotic Romance
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Carla
Johnson thinks issuing orders to a lover will keep her heart safe and
leave her in charge of her own destiny. Afraid for Carla’s future, her
best friend Heather implores her to change her self-centered ways,
handing her a list of love life mistakes to steer clear of:
1. Casual Sex
2. Friends with Benefits
3. Avoidance of Intimacy
Carla
ignores the list—unwilling to face she might have a commitment problem.
Until she invites a co-worker to her place one night. She instantly
regrets the hum-drum sexual encounter and discourages the accountant
from pursuing her.
Andy Shea refuses to become another lover the
feisty blonde dumps. It'll take a patient man with a strong hand to
unlock Carla's sexual awareness and win her heart. He’s up for the
challenge to convince her he’s the one—and eager to prove this number
cruncher won’t make a boring bedmate.
C.J. Ellisson is the USA Today
Bestselling author of the NYT Bestselling book, Vanilla on Top, the
bestselling V V Inn series, and several erotica shorts. She lives in
northern Virginia with her husband, two children, two dogs, and a fluffy
black cat who makes her sneeze. Unlike most full-time authors, she's
also battling severe chronic illness. C.J. works daily to put her Lupus
into remission and continues to fight numerous bacterial infections
while her immune system slowly attacks her body. She turned to writing
when she could no longer work outside the home and claims the escape of
penning contemporary fantasy, erotica, and erotic romance has helped
save her sanity.
The Dragon's Call
(The Dragon Throne, #1)
By: K.W. McCabe
Publisher: FantaFire Press
Published: Sept. 28, 2012
Genre: YA/ Paranormal Romance
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In a war-torn world, a
careless act of destruction wakes a creature of myth and legend - a
dragon. Mankind unites to battle for survival, but when dragons enter
the fray in human form... humans lose.
Three decades later,
Cecily lives in an enclave with her father and brother. Ignorant of life
before the war, she placidly obeys the restrictions imposed by
dragonkind.
Stifled by court life, Derek, heir of the Dragon
Queen, commits a petty crime. To avoid punishment and chronic boredom,
he escapes to the enclave. His arrival sparks increased tension when he
meets Cecily. She realizes the limitations on her freedom, and Derek
discovers his life is built on a lie. Their forbidden friendship
threatens to splinter the separation between their people, but something
more dangerous occurs.
A mysterious killer has kidnapped
Cecily's mother - and seems to be stalking Cecily. Derek and Cecily must
defy the rules of their society to find and stop the murderer before
Cecily is next.
K.W. McCabe is a Californian transplant to Minnesota. She lives there with her family where she tries very hard to stay warm in all the snow. She has loved fairy tales, Sci-fi, and fantasy all her life, and has been writing stories and poems of that nature since she could first spell. She has worked, in the past, as a library assistant, a baby sitter, a counseling hotline intern, and as a case manager. She maintains that art and writing can only be done when inspired, and inspiration comes from a sufficient amount of laziness. Currently, she is working on Dragon Kin.
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An Affair of Deceit
By: Jamie Michele
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: March 30, 2013
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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Diligent attorney
Abigail Mason doesn't have a lot of time--not for the father, a
legendary spymaster, who abandoned her years ago, and not for the
charming CIA agent who's suddenly asking questions about his
whereabouts. But her interest is definitely piqued--just what has her
father done to find himself in the agency's crosshairs?
A
trained psychologist, Agent James Riley doesn't need his degree to
figure out that the persistent, sexy Abigail will be a problem? both for
his investigation and his heart. And while he needs her cooperation,
he's not ready for the hands-on, dangerous role she insists on taking in
the search for her father.
As the two uncover startling truths
about a secretive past, can Riley shield the woman he's come to love
from a madman who wants her to pay for the sins of her father?
With great effort, she cracked open her eyes.
Riley was climbing into bed beside her, trying in vain to be quiet. Her senses awoke as she breathed in distinctly French scents of lavender and rosemary, gloriously edible. He must have bought a new soap. She felt suddenly dirty and wished she’d taken a bath as well. There were few things as pleasurable as sliding into bed after a scalding rinse, and indeed, wet heat radiated from his body to hers.
His legs rustled under the thin cotton sheets. One of his feet connected with hers.
“Sorry,” he mumbled.
“No problem.”
Was his foot bare? Well, that seemed perfectly normal. She surmised that not everyone wore socks to bed, particularly in this warm climate. She opened one eye to see what else he wore—and struggled to keep from gasping.
He wore nothing, at least nothing on top. He was lying on his stomach, his face turned toward her, his pretty green eyes closed. One tanned arm propped up his head, and the other stretched out in front of him. A strong hand rested near her nose. Although his wavy brown curls were still wet, he looked asleep.
Abigail, on the other hand, was absolutely awake and a little angry. What nerve he had, coming to bed without a shirt!
Damn it, she was a prude. She wished she’d taken off more clothes.
No. She shouldn’t have taken off more clothes; he should have kept himself covered. It wasn’t on her to remove—it was on him to stay dressed, for crying out loud.
She wondered if he was wearing underpants.
What a thought! Her entire body shivered. He wouldn’t be so disrespectful. Would he?
Curiosity threatened to overwhelm her, but she refused to succumb. She would…not…look!
Instead, she tugged the sheets up in a big, decisive motion, but something went wrong: the ancient cotton billowed like a sail in full wind. In the seconds it took the musty cloth to settle back on their bodies, she saw with crystal clarity that Riley wore nothing but a pair of white boxer shorts. His long legs were tanned, toned, and naked, mere inches from hers.
Cool sweat materialized on her forehead. She closed her eyes but couldn’t forget the perfect curve of his muscular butt under the crisp fabric of his shorts.
How dare he? Was she so easy to resist that he could sleep nearly naked next to her without a wink of interest? Irritation welled inside her.
“Did you leave your pajamas at home, Dr. Riley?” she said, her voice loud and shrill in the nearly empty room.
“What?” he grumbled. “Oh, give me a break. This is how I sleep.”
“This is hardly a normal sleeping occasion.”
“Abigail, I’m tired. I’m not going to fight with you. And I’m not getting out of bed. You said I could share. Now deal with it.”
Fine.
Award-winning romance writer and former zookeeper Jamie Michele has wrestled a giant python, hand-captured a rogue vulture, and brushed the teeth of an alligator, but when she decided to write a novel, she did the unexpected: she didn’t write about animals. Instead, she indulged her long fascination with international espionage, merging it with her deep knowledge of the trials of love to produce AN AFFAIR OF VENGEANCE (Montlake Romance 2012), winner of a prestigious Golden Heart from the Romance Writers of America. Now trapped in a very boring suburb, Jamie writes sexy, page-turning romances while managing her own little zoo, which consists of three cats and two exceedingly handsome great apes.
Surrender Your Love
(Surrender Your Love, #1)
By: J.C. Reed
Publisher: Self-published
Published: March 15, 2013
Genre: New Adult Romance
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Meeting Jett was like lightning. Dangerous. Better left untouched. And better forgotten. But lightning always strikes twice.
Brooke
Stewart, a realtor in New York, doesn’t do relationships. When she’s
sent to a remote estate to finalize a real estate deal, she discovers
her new boss is no other than the guy she left naked in bed.
Sexy,
dangerously handsome, and arrogant Jett Mayfield attracts trouble, and
women, like a lightning rod. But the night he meets Brooke he gets more
than he bargained for. The green-eyed millionaire playboy isn’t used to
taking no for an answer, and he isn’t about to start now.
When he
proposes two months of no strings sex, Brooke is intrigued and accepts
his proposal. Little does she know Jett’s determined to claim the one
woman he can’t have, pulling her deeper into his dangerous world.
A man who doesn't take 'no' for an answer.
A woman afraid to surrender to love.
Two lives that are about to cross...and secrets laid bare.
A penetrating ringing noise woke me up too soon. I groaned and covered my ears with my pillow, silently begging whoever was making such ungodly noise to shut it. It took me a moment to realize it was my alarm clock. I rolled on my side and knocked it over in the process. A male voice let out an amused snort. I jumped up, instantly awake. My gaze settled on the guy on the left side of my bed and I felt the telltale heat of a major blush rushing to my face. He was propped up on one elbow, one arm tucked beneath his head, his chiseled chest with dark hair trailing down his flat abdomen on full display. The sheet covering his modesty left nothing to the imagination. In fact, it only managed to stir an unwelcome pull between my legs. Not only was he strikingly good looking, he was also well endowed. A heady yet dangerous combination in a man. My tongue flicked over my suddenly dry lips as I pried my gaze away from the bulge that was evident beneath the thin sheet.
What was he doing in my bed? And why was he naked?
What do you think, stupid? It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out. Just look at his smug grin.
I peered at his face. In the bright morning light falling through the window he looked younger than last night but just as arrogant. His gorgeous lips curled into the most stunning smile I had ever seen. A panty-dropping smile, as Sylvie would have called it. I paled at the realization. Had I dropped my panties for him?
J.C. Reed is the USA Today bestselling author of SURRENDER YOUR LOVE.
She writes steamy contemporary fiction with a touch of mystery. When
she's not typing away on her keyboard, forgetting the world around her,
she dreams of returning to the beautiful mountains of Wyoming.
The Tide Breaker
By: Sonya Watson
Publisher: Self-published
Released: Sept. 28, 2012
Genre: YA
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When it is discovered that Abrianna, an Amalgam, survived the
mass cleansing orchestrated by Destiny her life becomes less then
desirable since her only options are to be controlled or die.
Sonya was born in Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica. She moved to Canada eleven
years ago and discovered writing when I was eleven. However, she was unable
to pursue it since she resided in a country where writing was
impractical. Sonya rediscovered the art her third year at York University.
Kinesiology, the program she was enrolled in, was no longer simulating and she found herself questioning her purpose in life. This led her to poetry
and poetry led her to writing novels.
I feel like such a jerk right now. I was going through my old emails and deleting the outdated ones so that I can keep my folders nice & clean and I noticed an email from Entangled Teen containing a cover for a reveal I signed up for... that was due to go out a week ago. I feel so bad. So since the cover has already been revealed, I decided to spotlight the book in case some of you guys missed the cover reveal and are not aware of this new YA novel coming out next year. My sincere apologies to both Entangled Teen and Leah Rae Miller.
The Summer I Became a Nerd
By: Leah Rae Miller
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Genre: YA
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On the outside,
seventeen-year-old Madelyne Summers looks like your typical blond
cheerleader—perky, popular, and dating the star quarterback. But inside,
Maddie spends more time agonizing over what will happen in the next
issue of her favorite comic book than planning pep rallies with her
squad. That she’s a nerd hiding in a popular girl's body isn’t just
unknown, it's anti-known. And she needs to keep it that way.
Summer
is the only time Maddie lets her real self out to play, but when she
slips up and the adorkable guy behind the local comic shop’s counter
uncovers her secret, she’s busted. Before she can shake a pom-pom,
Maddie’s whisked into Logan’s world of comic conventions, live-action
role-playing, and first-person-shooter video games. And she loves it.
But the more she denies who she really is, the deeper her lies
become…and the more she risks losing Logan forever.
Born and raised in northern Louisiana, Leah Rae Miller still lives there on a windy hill with her husband and kids. She loves comic books, lava lamps, fuzzy socks, and Cherry Coke. She spends most of her days reading things she likes and writing things she hopes other people will like.
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Today we are going to do something a little different. We're going to spotlight a new book that's just come out. Rogue Hunter: Inquest is a sci-fi novel that sounds amazing! Kevis has been kind enough to offer a copy of his new book to one lucky reader! Now before you start scrolling down to read the synopsis, I want you to scroll past it to the video I've added and listen to the theme song while you read the synopsis. Yes, it's a strange request, but trust me, it's pretty cool.
Rogue Hunter: Inquest
(Rogue Hunter, #1)
By: Kevis Hendrickson
Publisher: Self-published
Published: Nov. 1, 2012
Genre: Science Fiction
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LUST AND FURY COLLIDE IN A GALAXY ON THE VERGE OF WAR.
Fearing
retribution from ruthless gangsters over an unsettled debt,
intergalactic bounty hunter Zyra Zanr ventures to a distant world to
collect the reward for Boris Skringler, a notorious terrorist, who has
been sentenced to death by political rivals of the InterGalactic
Alliance. When she fails to secure his release, she decides to break him
out of prison. Zyra soon finds herself an unwilling participant in
events that lead to a climactic showdown between the most powerful
worlds in the galaxy.
Torn between her desperation to rid herself
of the threats to her life and her guilt in agitating the conflict
between two galactic superpowers, Zyra is horrified to learn that the
lives of an entire world of people hinge on her ability to return
Skringler to his captors. However, her distrust of Skringler gives way
to lust, unraveling her plans. Will Zyra give into her passion and
allow Skringler to go free? Or will she surrender him to her enemies to
stop an impending war? The fate of billions depends on whether she
chooses life for a killer or the death of her lover.
Kevis Hendrickson is an aspiring filmmaker, musician, songwriter, novelist, poet, and illustrator. He has penned three full-length novels, one novella, one epic poem, and eight short stories and plans to become a best selling author in the future.
For more information on Kevis, check out his website.
You can also find him on Facebook and Twitter.
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