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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Captivated by Ashlynn Monroe

Captivated


Will Franny choose to live or just to survive? 


Hardship, pain, and strife describes life on Utopia, a mining colony far from Earth. Women are a rare commodity. When an alien trade ship arrives with a cargo containing a human woman, every man on Utopia shows up to bid. Three friends pool their funds in the hope they'll have a human woman in their beds to keep them warm on the long nights of the coming harsh winter. 



Francesca Dehart suffered the terror of aliens abducting her from a country road. The horror of being kidnapped and then sold as a sex slave is beyond anything Franny has ever imagined. With no hope of being rescued she finds herself with a new definition of hell—Utopia. 



Can Cade, Nebraska, and Dawson show Franny her new life is more than a prison? They need her, but will she stay with them or run at the first opportunity? Can they hold onto the woman they've grown to love and protect her from the others who will stop at nothing to have her? 



Content Warning: graphic sexual content and multiple partners 





Friday, January 23, 2015

Hephaestus by Cree Storm



Hera and Aries have taken over Olympus. The other Gods have one chance to free Zeus and take his rightful place. However, in order to do so the other Gods must be willing to sacrifice their freedom for his. They have only a short time to accomplish this and the stones will lead the way. Twelve keys will release Zeus from Icarus and those keys are each a mate to the chosen ones. Each obstacle is a labor Hercules is all too familiar with.  Can they succeed before their time runs out or are they all doomed?
Finding out his mate is a griffin and blind as well does not stop Hephaestus from pursuing the man. When his mate Timmy discovers that Hera was behind the attack that killed his family and there are more survivors, Hephaestus must go and help save the others and keep Timmy alive while doing it.

Why I wrote Hephaestus
I am a firm believer that beauty is truly from within. I have seen some people that externally are gorgeous but internally they are hideous and to me, that makes them ugly all over. I had always planned that Timmy was going to be blind. However, it was important to me to make sure that at some point he would be able to see. To show people, that blind or not, Hephaestus was beautiful. That if you can see into a person, and that person has a beautiful soul, that to the one they are with, they are beautiful and flawless. Nothing else matters. I really hope that I got that point across in Hephaestus.

STORY EXCERPT

Wyatt and Hephaestus snapped their heads in the direction of the table to see Theseus on his knees picking up broken glass as Timmy stood there with his hands on his hips and tapping his foot as he rumbled, “Would you two knock it the fuck off? I am tired of hearing you guys argue.”
Theseus stood up and took the broken glass to the trash and dumped it then returned with a broom and said as he swept, “I must say that I do agree with your mate Hephaestus. I mean you and Wyatt have been going at it since we got here.”
Hephaestus huffed and then finally said, “Theseus, you know how important this is to me.”
“I know, Heph, but arguing is not going to help anything,” Theseus said as he walked back to the table and sat back down.
Timmy plopped in his seat as he said in frustration, “I don’t understand? What is so important to you? You are confusing me.”
No one said anything for so long that Timmy started to get antsy. He could tell everyone was staring, but no one was talking. Finally not being able to take it anymore, Timmy threw up his hands. “What?”
Wyatt walked over to Timmy and knelt down as he clasped his hands. “Timmy, Zeus has been taken and placed in Icarus by Hera and Aries.”
“Holy cow!” Gasped Timmy.
“That isn’t all,” Theseus said quietly.
Timmy turned toward Theseus. “Tell me.”
A chair scraped the floor on the other side of the table and Hephaestus said, “Hera and Aries are not just threatening taking over Olympus. They are wanting the lands below as well as Poseidon and Hades realms.”
Timmy was having a hard time breathing and barely got out, “That can’t happen. They will destroy everyone and everything in their paths.”
“There is a way to try and release Zeus from his prison and take back what Hera and Aries are trying to steal,” Theseus said quietly.
“What?” Timmy asked anxiously.
Hephaestus cleared his throat. “There is a prophecy written on a scroll. It reads, “Behold the lands of Icarus to thee who has done wrong to others. There shall be no release unless thee is deemed to be innocent, by fate, thy sin accused. To give knowledge and salvation unto the Gods above by the remission of sin twelve of true love must be revealed. Behold the twelve sent unto all to shine the stone of redemption and release by birth the chosen.”
“Ok what does that mean in English?” Timmy snorted sarcastically.
Hesitating for a moment, Hephaestus said, “It means that twelve Gods were chosen and given a stone. Then those twelve must find their destined mates and bring them to Hades to release Zeus. I was one of the chosen, and you, Timmy, are my mate.”
Timmy sat forward and leaned into the table. “So what you are saying is that you want to mate with me because a stone told you that you had to in order to release your father?”
Hephaestus sat back sharply. “What? No! It means that because my coral stone glowed, I got to come to the lands below, and in doing so, I get to find my destined mate. It was fate that decided who got that gift and for some reason I was one of the blessed.”
Timmy snorted. “No Hephaestus, you got a raw deal here.”
Hephaestus scoffed, “No, I didn’t I mean—Come on, look at you. You are sexy as fuck with your beautiful brush cut blond hair, your chestnut eyes that have the most amazing coral color mixed in, and you can’t be more than five foot two—perfect for me to cuddle in my lap as we sit in front of a fireplace and talk about our future.”
Timmy knew he had a sappy smile on his face as he listened to his mate talk about him as if he was a dream come true. Just as he was about to correct him on a couple of things, he heard Hephaestus say, “You are the one that got screwed.”
Timmy didn’t say anything at first. He was baffled by what his mate was saying and finally when there was no elaboration to that, he asked, “Why am I the one that got screwed?”
Timmy heard the sadness in Hephaestus’s voice as he said, “Timmy, I walk with a limp, I have a hunch in my back. My birth mother may have not been right on many things, but she was right when she said I am ugly.”
“Damn it, Heph! You are not ugly and there is no damn hunch in your back!” Theseus growled out in exasperation.
“Yes there is I—” Heph started to argue and then stopped when Timmy started to laugh.
Hephaestus felt a pain in his heart and gut like never before and stood up as he croaked, “I told you that you got screwed, but to laugh at me is just cruel.”
Timmy could smell the deep hurt in Hephaestus’s scent and quickly stood up and yelled, “Stop please!”
When Timmy heard his mate keep walking, he cried out, “Please Wyatt, stop him.”
Timmy heard Wyatt run out of the room, and then there was breaking glass and cussing as Hephaestus was apparently dragged back in the kitchen.
“Hephaestus, you don’t understand. Just let Timmy explain,” Wyatt said as Timmy looked in that direction he felt the wind changing and knew that someone was waving their hand in front of his face.
Theseus gasped. “By the Gods, you’re blind!”

ADULT EXCERPT

Hephaestus swallowed hard as he tried to answer. “I work with my hands. I’m a blacksmith. I make weapons with metal and fire for the Gods.”
“One day I think I would like to be touching you while you create something. I can feel your muscles tighten and move with each stoke,” Timmy said in a breathless voice.
Hephaestus pulled Timmy tighter to him, grinding his hard, weeping cock into his mate as he growled. “You can touch me anytime, but right now I want to touch and kiss every part of your body and then I am going to turn you over that bed, put you on your hands and knees, and plow my shaft into your pulsing hole.”
Timmy’s face became desperate as he begged, “Please!”
Hephaestus stepped back from Timmy. When his mate made a desperate cry, Hephaestus ground out, “Baby, I’m not going anywhere, but I need to get these clothes off right now!”
Timmy unzipped his pants and quickly brought them down, forgetting he had his shoes on. He would have fallen if Hephaestus had not caught him and whispered, “Careful, Timmy. I don’t want you hurting yourself.”
Blushing, Timmy said, “I forgot to take off my shoes.”
The smile was in Hephaestus’s voice as he said, “I want you just as desperately, mate. Let me help you out.”
Getting on his knees, Hephaestus helped remove Timmy’s shoes and socks and then stood back up, about swallowing his own tongue when Timmy lowered his pants all the way and scooted up the bed, spreading his legs and grasping his own cock in his hands.
“Oh Gods, you are sexy,” Hephaestus gasped out.
Timmy’s voice was desperate with need as he said, “Hurry, Heph!”
Finishing removing his clothing, Hephaestus climbed over his mate and began to kiss Timmy’s shoulders. He made his way down to his left nipple and nipped it with his teeth, then licked away the sting. Hearing Timmy hiss with passion, Hephaestus made his way to the other nipple and repeated his movements.
Kissing his way down to his mate’s navel, Hephaestus rolled his tongue in circles a few times and then slid his tongue even lower.
Timmy spread his legs even wider and began to raise his hips, but Heph was not about to rush their first time. Holding Timmy’s hips, he licked the inner crease next to his man’s balls then took Timmy’s sac into his mouth.
“Heph...Heph...” Timmy sobbed as he again tried to lift his hips, but Hephaestus held them down as he drove his nose into his mate’s shaft smelling the glorious muskiness of his mate as he plundered Timmy’s nut sac.
Humming his pleasures, Hephaestus slurred once more before raising up slightly and licking the oozing pre-cum that was making its way down his man’s shaft. “You taste so damn good, my little mate.”
Terry could only moan and wiggle as he grabbed Hephaestus’s hair and tried to pull him down to his leaking shaft for more loving. Heph, not wanting to disappoint his man, took Timmy up on his offer and wrapped his lips around Timmy’s cockhead and slowly lowered down his mate’s hard, leaking shaft.
Taking his tongue on the underside of that long, pulsing vein, Heph played with the underside of the cockhead, making Timmy squeal. His mate’s responses were more than Heph could hope for and his own cock jumped in response and grew harder to the point of pain.
Hephaestus pumped his hips, enjoying the friction of the comforter on his aching shaft as he moved his mouth up and down Timmy’s shaft.
“Heph...I need...I need...” Timmy tried to talk, but to Hephaestus’s joy and contentment he couldn’t finish his sentence as Heph increased the suction on his man’s shaft.
Then Timmy started chanting, “I’m gonna come...I’m gonna come...”
Hephaestus wanted just that so he took his finger and began to circle Timmy’s hole and gently pushed in as he increased the suction and tongue strokes until he heard Timmy scream and tasted the salty taste of his mate cross his tongue.
Continuing to suckle his mate as Timmy softened within his mouth, Heph allowed Timmy to slip from his lips as he tried to catch his own breath as he moved from the wet spot he himself had made when Timmy had found his own release.
Patting Timmy on the hip, he softly said, “Turn over mate and present yourself to me.”
Timmy turned over and got on his hands and knees. Raising his ass in the air, Hephaestus felt his cock coming back to life as he looked at his man’s pulsating hole.
Leaning over his mate, Hephaestus kissed Timmy’s shoulder and then licked and nipped his way down his spine. Then he said in a hushed tone, “I am going to stretch you, Timmy, and when I know you’re ready for me, I am going to take my hard cock and push into your hole and bring us to completion. When that happens, we will be mates for life. Do you still want to be my mate?”

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Coastal Escape Publishing Seeking Submissions



My publisher, Coastal Escape Publishing, is currently seeking submissions for:

  • Romantic Suspense
          20,000-75,000 words
  • Historical Romance
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  • Paranormal Romance
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For details for each genre, and instructions on how to submit, please visit the Coastal Escape Publishing submissions page. Coastal Escape Publishing pays their authors 50% royalties on the net proceeds. Payments are made monthly.


Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Branding Gemma by Paige Warren


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[Menage Amour: Erotic Rubenesque Consensual BDSM Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, spanking, flogging, sex toys, HEA] Gemma Brower is determined to turn her life around. Having fallen about as far as she can, she's ready to climb out of hell and find her way. She's determined that she isn't ready for another relationship after her last one ended so badly, but then she meets Synclair and Ryan Black, two brothers who are as different as night and day. She's not the only one in instant lust. The brothers have resolved to have her any way they can get her. With her ex acting like a crazy stalker, Gemma has more on her mind than her love life. Trevor's calls are escalating and she's worried he may come after her. After one too many threatening calls, she confides in the brothers, who vow to protect her at any cost. But is Gemma ready to trust again? Her heart is already battered from one failed relationship after another. Dare she attempt to fall in love once more? ** A Siren Erotic Romance

EXCERPT

She wanted a drink so badly, had felt the craving for alcohol ever since she’d left Trevor’s house, but she didn’t have the money to buy anything except cheap beer. She’d bought a six-pack that first night, but it hadn’t lasted past morning. It wasn’t hard for her to admit she had a problem, but she’d never wanted to do anything about it, before now. Alcohol had always been her escape from the nightmare that was her life. The endless parties, the late nights at one bar after another, a circle of friends that wasn’t into anything other than chasing the next high, hopping from one guy’s bed to another’s. Her life hadn’t started out that way. She’d just sort of fallen into it. She’d gotten sucked down fast and hard, and hadn’t been able to claw her way back out of the pit.
All of that was behind her now. She was going to look at Grizzly Pines as her saving grace. If she was going to start over, she was going to do it right. No more alcohol, no more smoking pot at parties… no more parties for that matter. The rest of her family seemed quite content to live a relatively quiet life. Surely, she could do the same thing. Hell, maybe she’d even get a pet once she had her own place. She’d had a dog growing up, but she’d always wanted a cat. Her mom had been allergic so it had been out of the question. There wasn’t even a barn cat at the family ranch. One had shown up once and her dad had immediately taken it to the local shelter to find a new home. She’d prayed every night that it hadn’t been put to sleep.
Before she could take care of a pet, she needed to learn to take better care of herself. If she could make a go of her writing, or find a steady job in Grizzly Pines, rent a decent place, then she’d consider herself rehabilitated and well on her way to being a productive member of society. She had her work cut out for her. Even she could admit that she needed more than a little bit of polish to make her shine. Rough edges? More like tarnished. Heavily tarnished.
She began chewing on a fingernail as she paced her living room. She was on her fifth circuit of the room when the phone rang. The number wasn’t familiar but it was local, so she answered it.
“Hello.”
“No one leaves me, bitch!”
Trevor! She should have known. He’d called several times over the past few weeks, the same conversation every time.
“Then maybe you shouldn’t have treated me like shit.”
“You had it good. Anytime you wanted a fix, I provided for you. The fridge was always stocked with your favorite beer and I kept a fully stocked bar. You didn’t even have to work if you didn’t want to. Women would kill to have been in your position.”
“You hit me, Trevor. You beat the living hell out of me until I could barely move! I was black and blue all over. Since when is that taking care of me?”
He snorted. “So I lost my temper every now and then. Maybe if you hadn’t been such a lazy, stupid bitch, it never would have happened. You had one job, Gemma. Keep the damn house clean, and you couldn’t even do that.”
“No one could keep up with your twenty beer cans a day littering the house, dirty dishes left by your chair after every meal, and your clothes being dropped just wherever the hell you felt like taking them off. I was your girlfriend, not your damn slave.”
“You’re going to regret leaving me, Gemma. Don’t think I don’t know where you are. I’ve been watching you. I know all about that roach-infested tin can you’re staying in. We’ll be together again. Soon.”
He hung up and she disconnected the call with a shaky hand. There was no doubt he’d make good on his threat, if he could find her. Good thing she was leaving first thing in the morning! Beau was saving her in more ways than one. She’d never be able to repay him. She just hoped Trevor stayed away until then.
Gemma started pacing again and ended up pacing for so long that the sun was rising before she realized how much time had passed. The odd thing was that she wasn’t the least bit tired. If anything, she was excited to start this next phase of her life. It hadn’t taken her long to throw her scattered clothing into the garbage bag, only leaving out a change of clothes to start her new day, her new life. She took the quickest shower in history, and was just snapping her short-sleeved western shirt when there was a knock on the door. She didn’t think it was eight already, but maybe more time had passed than she’d thought.
Pulling open the door, she smiled at Beau. The rising sun told her he was early, but she was okay with that. There was a ball of energy just buzzing around inside of her, ready to burst free at any moment. If Beau hadn’t come when he had, she probably would have been sitting on the steps waiting for him, her bag and box beside her, feet tapping on the cement steps.
He glanced up at the towel wrapped around her head. “I think you forgot something.”
“You caught me getting out of the shower.”
He shivered. “Thanks, but the last thing I want to think about is you in the shower. Hurry up and brush your hair, or whatever it is you need to do. I’ll start getting your stuff together.”

About the Author
Paige Warren spends her days weaving tales about alpha male cowboys and the women who love them. There's nothing hotter than a man in tight Wranglers and a pair of well-worn boots. You have to admit, there's something sexy about a man who knows how to use a rope!
A cat lover, she has more than one furbaby running around, keeping her company in the wee hours of the morning as she tries to find just the right way to say "His skin gleamed, the early morning rays caressing his sun bronzed flesh, as he studied her from beneath the brim of his Stetson." Or, you know, something similar.
When Paige isn't dolling out tons of affection on the furbabies, or slurping down a pot of coffee (Yes! A whole pot!) so she can get in her daily word count, she enjoys reading and watching movies—romances, usually. 
Visit her website at www.paigewarrenauthor.com or email her at paigewarrenauthor@gmail.com.


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Moonlight Haunting by Jessica Coulter Smith



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One hot werewolf. One determined ghost. And a witch with a choice... 

A werewolf and a ghost both threaten to be Cassie’s undoing. While one is all hot and spice, the other is cold and ice. The werewolf and ghost couldn’t be more different if they tried. The one thing they shared was each stealing a piece of Cassie’s heart. 

Her best friend, Matt, might be a ghost, but she never had to guess where she stood with him. When she meets the hunky werewolf, Cole, he throws her world into a tailspin. With her thoughts consumed by Matt, she tries to remain open to her feelings for Cole, wanting desperately to have a normal life, as normal as a psychic witch can have. 

Cole hasn’t told Cassie his dark secret, that he’s a werewolf. He hasn’t had a steady relationship in over a year, but with Cassie things just seem to fall into place. He’s drawn to her unlike any other woman and he wonders if she could be his destined mate. Will Cassie be able to handle the truth? Or will the fact that he turns furry turn her off... 

But with ghosts popping up here and there and a friend bent on causing trouble, can Cassie and Cole have a real shot at a relationship? Or will their budding romance be torn apart before it can really get started? 

Cassie has a choice to make. Will she choose the hottest werewolf of all, or the ghost of her dreams? 

EXCERPT

Cassie woke up in a cold sweat, heart pounding and gasping for breath.  The sheets were tangled around her legs and twisted in her sweat slicked palms. She’d been gifted with the sight—able to see ghosts, and occasionally she would get premonitions through her dreams.  This one had scared her more than most. She blinked the moisture out of her eyes as her vision adjusted to the darkness of the room around her.
“Shhh, it’s okay.  You just had a bad dream,” a deep masculine voice soothed, strong arms wrapping around her body.
Cassie looked up into Matt’s ruggedly handsome face.  How many nights had he helped her through horrifying dreams?  How many times had he been there for her when no one else was? Matt had been her rock ever since they met, and his presence always soothed her. He was her best friend and she wasn’t sure what she would have done without him.
“It seemed so real,” she whispered, resting her head on his shoulder, enjoying the comfort his strength lent her. It wasn’t often he held her like this, but when it happened she melted into his embrace.
“I’m sure it did, but you’re safe and sound in your bed at home.  Nothing is going to harm you,” he assured her, stroking her hair softly.
Cassie nodded her head, but wasn’t quite ready to go back to sleep, worried the dream would return.  Flickers of the gruesome scenes tormented her. A crime not yet committed, and one she wouldn’t be able to stop, just like all the others. Why was she plagued with the horrific visions if she couldn’t help? The people involved were often faceless entities. Sometimes she felt the helplessness of the victims and other times the surge of anger or lust from the perpetrator.
“Thank you for being here,” she murmured.
Matt chuckled softly in her ear. “Where else would I go?  I can think of no one else I’d rather haunt.”
Closing her eyes, Cassie laid back down with a slight smile on her face.  She was never quite sure if Matt preferred to haunt her over anyone else because she could see him, or if he truly enjoyed her company. Opening her eyes, she realized Matt had disappeared.  Sighing, she rolled to her side and tried to go back to sleep, ignoring the ache she felt inside whenever he was near.
Being in love with a ghost sucked.

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