Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF BADAZZAUTHORS
THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF BADAZZAUTHORS
Authors Camille Anthony, Shara Azod, RaeLynn Blue, Zetta Brown, Savannah J. Frierson, Laura Guevara & Dréa Riley, Jeanie Johnson & Jayha Leigh, Reid Randolph & Yazmin Taylor, and Marie Rochelle would like to invite you to the official launch of the Badazzauthor (BAA) group.
Because we're spread out all over the globe, the extravaganza kicks off on Friday, January 9th at 12:00 am New Zealand Standard Time and finishes on Sunday, January 11th at 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time.
Come on over to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
To help us turn the yahoo boards out, we're inviting a smorgasbord of industry people including authors, cover artists, cover models, editors, owner's of websites that focus on erotic and romance books, publishing houses, and review sites to party with us. So come on over and jump into the adventure. And remember, the BAA are coming together for the LMAO series which will launch in 2009.
LAUNCH BEGINS:
Saturday, January 9th at 12 am New Zealand Standard Time (Jeanie)à
Friday, January 8th at 11 am Greenwich Mean Time (Zetta)
Thursday, January 8th at 6 am Eastern Standard Time (Camille, Shara, RaeLynn, Savannah, Jayha, and Marie)
Thursday, January 8th at 5 am Central Standard Time (Laura and Dréa)
Thursday, January 8th at 3 am Pacific Standard Time (Reid and Yasmin)
LAUNCH CONCLUDES:
Sunday, January 11th at 11:59 pm California time à
Monday, January 12th at 1:59 am Texas time
Monday, January 12th at 2:59 am Florida time
Monday, January 12th at 7:59 am Scotland time
Monday, January 12th at 8:59 pm New Zealand time
Monday, January 5, 2009
Something Deeper (Part of which was formerly Architect of Desire)
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There weren't many things Toni was afraid of. She owned and operated a construction company in the Deep South, lived her life on her own terms and never backed down from a challenge. At least, not until Leland through out a challenge she dared not take.
Leland had never wanted for anything a day in his life. He was wealthy, handsome, of Southern aristocratic background. He had it all. Except for the one thing he wanted most-Toni.
Sky had been badly burned by a disastrous marriage. Her ex-husband's brutal words left her battered and broken in places the scars didn't show. The last thing in world she had time for was some young boy toy, whispering sweet nothings in her ear.
Cashmere was hooked from the moment he first saw her. What did it matter how old she was, or what color he was? All he knew was there was something very special about the woman he couldn't get out of his head.
Sometimes love comes calling and its apparent, on the surface, up front and in your face. Sometimes its Something Deeper.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Nominate Your Favorites!
Come on over to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharascorner/ to submit names from now until Friday morning 8:00 a.m. for the following categories:
Best Book of 2008
Best IR Author of 2008
Best MC Author of 2008
Best AA Author of 2008
Best Hero
Best Heroine
Best Plot
NONE OF THE NOMINEES CAN BE ME (Shara), but other than that, the floor is yours!
Shara
Best Book of 2008
Best IR Author of 2008
Best MC Author of 2008
Best AA Author of 2008
Best Hero
Best Heroine
Best Plot
NONE OF THE NOMINEES CAN BE ME (Shara), but other than that, the floor is yours!
Shara
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Available Now at Whiskey Creek Torrid
In the legacy of cowboy lore, the landscape has often remained pale. Shara Azod, Kathleen Rowland and RaeLynn Blue offer Black Roots and Cowboy Boots: An Anthology of African American Cowboys. This robust and sizzling anthology offers stunning, but sensual stories that take place in the past, contemporary, and future of cowboy life and love.
A glimpse of the past arrives in MAIL ORDER HUNTRESS, a historical novella. Mail order bride Truth Hannah arrives to meet her intended, a Black cowboy, Benjamin Stahl, but he doesn’t know it. As a favor, another cowpoke signed him up. Truth isn’t about to head back after she meets her handsome, mysterious intended.
Another slice of the cowboy life is offered up in RIDE OF A LIFETIME, a contemporary erotic tale. Trace Richards is not happy. As a star of the African American rodeo circuit, he should be out there bronco bustin'. Instead, he is stuck babysitting his bosses’ granddaughter. It's bad enough a minor injury is keeping him out of the saddle, but when the bosses brat turns out to be the finest woman he had ever seen Trace knew he was in for trouble.
Jesse Love was a woman on a mission. She out to prove she is more than the bosses granddaughter, but that she is one hell of a cowgirl. She is also out to get her man. Jesse has had her eye on Trace for quite some time, and she was determined to rope her one obstinate cowboy.
The anthology concludes with a futuristic flash forward in ASHES OF LUST. Space cowboy, Anton Johns, has spent the last ten years of wrangling space debris and rogue satellites for Orbital Junk, Inc. It isn’t a glamorous job, but it pays the rent and the upkeep of his mechanical horses. That’s the way he likes it, predictable and pleasant. But while on Earth Prime collecting broken bits of a satellite and boosters, he discovers a dead body. When investigator Commander Sydney Ashe arrives, Anton will do anything to wrestle her sweet body.
Lead investigator for Outpost 1 on Mars, Commander Sydney Ashe is stunned when she’s assigned to investigate a suspicious death on the Earth Prime. It’s a job for a lesser investigator, not a seasoned commander like herself. Thinking she’ll be in and out in a matter of days, Sydney meets Jacob Jones and is instantly attracted. But will she drop her guard for a common space cowboy? Or will she sail on to her next assignment without another look back?
A glimpse of the past arrives in MAIL ORDER HUNTRESS, a historical novella. Mail order bride Truth Hannah arrives to meet her intended, a Black cowboy, Benjamin Stahl, but he doesn’t know it. As a favor, another cowpoke signed him up. Truth isn’t about to head back after she meets her handsome, mysterious intended.
Another slice of the cowboy life is offered up in RIDE OF A LIFETIME, a contemporary erotic tale. Trace Richards is not happy. As a star of the African American rodeo circuit, he should be out there bronco bustin'. Instead, he is stuck babysitting his bosses’ granddaughter. It's bad enough a minor injury is keeping him out of the saddle, but when the bosses brat turns out to be the finest woman he had ever seen Trace knew he was in for trouble.
Jesse Love was a woman on a mission. She out to prove she is more than the bosses granddaughter, but that she is one hell of a cowgirl. She is also out to get her man. Jesse has had her eye on Trace for quite some time, and she was determined to rope her one obstinate cowboy.
The anthology concludes with a futuristic flash forward in ASHES OF LUST. Space cowboy, Anton Johns, has spent the last ten years of wrangling space debris and rogue satellites for Orbital Junk, Inc. It isn’t a glamorous job, but it pays the rent and the upkeep of his mechanical horses. That’s the way he likes it, predictable and pleasant. But while on Earth Prime collecting broken bits of a satellite and boosters, he discovers a dead body. When investigator Commander Sydney Ashe arrives, Anton will do anything to wrestle her sweet body.
Lead investigator for Outpost 1 on Mars, Commander Sydney Ashe is stunned when she’s assigned to investigate a suspicious death on the Earth Prime. It’s a job for a lesser investigator, not a seasoned commander like herself. Thinking she’ll be in and out in a matter of days, Sydney meets Jacob Jones and is instantly attracted. But will she drop her guard for a common space cowboy? Or will she sail on to her next assignment without another look back?
Sunday, September 28, 2008
All My Books Available Now
Available at Red Rose Publishing
My Cherie Amour
Cherie Bonnet is the child of a gentleman planter and his placée (mixed race mistress). Diego de Aguilar was a true conquistador; a powerful duke and a captain in the Spanish Armada, and the former son-in-law of the king. From the moment he saw her, Diego had to make Cherie his own. Little did he know what keeping her would mean. Cherie’s fiancé, Étienne would move heaven and earth to be with her, even if it meant sharing her with Diego.
Together, the three face the worst society has to offer and the dangers of their forbidden love. Diego must learn to let go of his inhibitions and allow love to thrive. Cherie must learn the secrets of her family's past in order to face the future, and make her unusual situation flourish.
Anchor's Away ~ Chain of Command
Commander Ian Stewart has had his eye on Adanna Ingles for over a year. Unfortunately, she is enlisted and works for him. Biding his time, Ian vows the moment she checks out of his division and off of their ship, she would be his.
Adanna Ingles has no idea she has a secret admirer. She plans on moving far away from San Diego the moment she is discharged and start a new life in Tacoma, Washington. Little does she know what waits for her at the end of the pier.
Triple Bow (with Rae Lynn Blue)
Charity’s Christmas Surprise by Shara Azod
m/f/m
Michael Edward Trevelyan, the twelfth Duke of Ross and his best friend Ashton Giles Beverley, the sixth Earl of Bedford are looking for a woman to love the two of them equally. Tired of meaningless flings and casual sex, they decide to move to Miccosukee, Florida in search of the perfect mate. They find what they were looking for in a small town local, who refuses to be seduced. Worst of all, she thinks they are gay.
Charity Coleman has no idea she has caught the eye of the two new residence of her tiny southern community. Struggling to keep her tiny country store afloat, she wrote the two handsome newcomers off as gay, or at the very least, out of her league. While they may have been the number one attraction in her fantasies, she never dreamed they could want her. Little did she knew Christmas wishes sometimes come true and love sometimes comes with three...
Silver Solstice Surprise by RaeLynn Blue
f/m/m
Shar has three days to save the love of her life, Errol, from death. A death brought on by his own lustful indulgence with Simon, a male. As the son of a great goddess, Errol’s love affair with Simon has violated the social order—females rule and men must worship and love them and them alone. When Errol and Simon approach Shar with a way to save Errol, will she be willing to do the unthinkable and embrace this love at all costs?
Cory's Salvation
Stephanie is a woman on the run with a horrible secret. But when her funds run out, she is forced to make a drastic decision.
Out of necessity, she had to take a job running the household of the sexy rancher, Cory Booker-just for a while. Just to save up enough money to keep running.
Cory never had much use for women. He didn’t know how to talk to them. He never wanted to be one of those love-‘em-and-leave-‘em types. After watching his father tear his mother’s heart out over and over again, he vows to live the rest of his life alone rather than to be the cause of woman’s tears.
There was something vulnerable about Stephanie, something that called to Cory and he could not refuse.
He had to make her see no matter what, he could protect her and would love her the way she deserved to be loved. He had to make her see she was the salvation to his bruised soul.
Can her salvation save his soul?
Menage a Valentine (with RaeLynn Blue)
The Concierge by RaeLynn Blue
A little spice in life? Are you up for it?
After ten years of marriage, Tamika is excited about this year's Valentine's Day gift. Instead of the usual repetitive trinkets of roses, chocolates and lace, her husband, Ron, sweeps her away to Las Vegas. Anxious to indulge every delectable delight the city has to offer, Tamika pounces on the opportunities for fun. Yet she doesn't clear the hotel room before Vegas sets an offer upon her doorstep—the concierge.
Attraction to the Chinese concierge is undeniable and—unattainable. For although it wouldn't be the first time she and Ron have shared their bed with someone else, Tamika knows a male wouldn't be welcomed—not by Ron.
So, she shoves her lustful longings down deep and struggles to hide her cravings for the concierge
Unbeknownst to Tamika, Ron has noticed her attraction to the other man, and soon sets about giving her a Valentine's Day gift so extraordinary, Tamika, nor he, will soon forget.
Three of Hearts by Shara Azod
Can you handle the truth or is it the attraction that Mikki is feeling you can't handle?
What happens when the object of your affection returns your secret yearnings, times two?
Mikki never imagined that the torch she had been carrying for both of her bosses was known by both. Never in her wildest dreams did she think that all she was feeling, they were feeling too. Now comes Mikki's moment of truth.
Will she let go of her fears and insecurities and make this Valentine's Day one to remember?
Anchor's Away ~ Red Skies at Night
Teane McGowan is a hard working engineer. A pure sailor to the bone, she asks for no quarter and she gives none. She has one major weakness, her Chief, Brett Olden. She thought her secret crush on her work center supervisor would stay a secret, until she is caught red handed fantasizing about her dream man in the most compromising situation imaginable.
Brett Olden couldn’t believe his eyes. He had managed to keep Petty Officer McGowan at arms length, admiring from afar, but never touching. To do so would end his career. But walking in on the delectable little sailor in a compromising position broke any kind of resolve he might have had. He had to make her his, and damn the consequences.
Designing Berlin
The Leading Lady series are a collection of novellas based entirely on contest winners specification. They picked everything about the Leading Lady and challenged the author to create the fantasy.
In this first installment, Berlin is a successful buyer for an exclusive department store looking or new and exciting designers. Matthew Hartsfield was once a designer for the stars, but found more satisfaction as a recluse in the West Virginia mountains.
A winter blizzard brought them together, but will pride and ambition keep them apart?
Touch A Four Leaf Clover (with RaeLynn Blue)
What happens when two cousins walk the earth looking for their true love?
It is never wise to piss off a goddess, especially a flame haired Irish goddess. That was something cousins Ciaran and Connor found out the hard way.
For one night of folly the cousins must walk the earth, deprived of the thing that caused their downfall--women--until they find their perfect mate. Just when they think they will never find their mates, the Luck of the Irish smiles upon them.
Both end up in the United States, one in Chicago and the other in San Diego. The two cousins get the shock of their lives when they meet the women meant to be theirs. Both are strong women with chocolate colored skin, tempting their sweet tooth.
One Good Man
Elizabeth is a woman on a mission to find out who is smuggling drugs in weapons shipments. Instead of sending one of the investigators under her command, she goes undercover. This situation is personal and she plans to put a serious hurt on the scum who has disgraced the uniform and endangered lives.
Erik is a hardcore take charge Marine, who has spent years in the field as the commander of his Recon unit. He wants to know two things about the sexy Navy officer who crosses his path—what is she doing in his weapon’s depot and why is she pretending to be a ditzy debutante?
Fragile (with RaeLynn Blue)
Cayla was not the typical gun shot victim. A quiet waitress, she was brutally gunned down coming out of the neighborhood corner store. There was nothing taken, there was no motive, just a fragile, broken woman lying on the cold, broken sidewalk.
Kale was not the easiest cop to get along with. Biting and sarcastic, he worked alone caring for little but the job. There was something about this case that Kale just couldn’t let go. There was something about this victim that called him unlike any other.
Dark Waters Anthology (with Jeanie Johnson & Jayha Leigh, RaeLynn Blue and Aliyah Burke)
Overboard by Shara Azod
Being thrown overboard off a luxury liner by her so-called aunt and cousin was bad enough, but being rescued by a creature that shouldn’t even exist took the cake. Mix in the infuriating man’s insistence she was his “perfect mate” and Dallas had had just about enough. All she wanted to do was to get back to Texas and bring her aunt and cousin to justice before the evil duo could get their hands on her money. But first she had to get past an extremely adamant, extremely horny selkie.
Thane was more than satisfied at the mate the Fates had provided for him. Hot and feisty, full of life and a body that made him want to cry. All he had to do was to get the daft woman to see they were destined to be together. Unfortunately, she was human, so Thane had his work cut out for him.
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A Love Reborn by RaeLynn Blue
On the isle of Aquatrion, there is a legend that speaks of the Sirens’ gift to those who drown at sea. Once one has been consumed by the waters, for his sacrifice, he will be turned into a selkie—both man and seal, to live amongst the sea, for his soul would forever be tied to both, that to which had been born, and to that which had died.
Kikomo mourns the death of her husband-in-waiting, Takumi. Lost saving her life during a storm at sea, Takumi’s body was swallowed up the roaring waves and choppy seas. A year later, Kikomo’s father demands she marry the local merchant, a fisherman and a man of great political power. Distressed, she flees her home to the sea. There she cries seven tears in to the sea. At once a selkie appears, and he bares a striking resemblance to Takumi…
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Faith’s Tears by Aliyah Burke
Can a woman who lives her life based on logic and tangible things trust in the love and belief of a man claiming to be a magical being, a selkie?
From the moment his gaze landed on her dark beauty, Rowan Kilgour knew she was his life-mate. Despite his feelings, he knew she deserved a chance to experience life before she was tied to him forever. So he waited. Seventeen years. And now that he’s found her again, he’ll be damned before he lets her go.
Faith Henderson still wore the pendant given to her years ago by a senior in high school when she was a sophomore. While visiting the Isle of Skye she is reunited with him. His dark hair, muscular body, and dark chocolate mousse eyes still had the power to turn her into a puddle. Add to that his thick Scottish brogue and she was putty.
Can Rowan convince Faith that their lives are intertwined? Will she get past her disbelief in magic to see him for what he truly is? And accept him for it? Or will a darkness from her past keep them separated for all eternity?
Sometimes all destiny needs is salt water, in Rowan’s case all he needed was… Faith’s Tears
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Sealed With a Fist by Jeanie Johnson and Jahya Leigh
Is it really so bad when the bane of your existence a) is a bigot; b) hates animals unless they're dipped in batter; c) cannot swim; and d) keeps a running commentary of insults aimed at you?
It is when you're a Selkie and your ball and chain is bigoted against anything in the water that doesn't have a motor or sails. Well, that's not exactly true because Yonder also hates sailboats. Ever since those meddling damn dolphins saved the feisty human girl from certain death she's been part of Aonghus's life.
Why does he have to get stuck with the surly ass woman who is a) human and b) human, and c) did he mention human? Oh yeah, because his Da—the Emperor of the Selkie and democratically-elected president of all water creatures—made Yonder his responsibility as part of his punishment.
Since she has nowhere else to go and he cannot drown her, she lives with them. Ever since she woke from the healing sleep she's brought nothing but chaos into his life. If he's not serving as her sounding board for her long list of 'why killing people is not always bad', he's serving as her impromptu bodyguard. The last thing Yonder needed was a bodyguard. No, what she needed was a bail bondsmen, a parole officer, and a priest. He cannot even count the number of times that he's been tempted to throw her to those shifters that have a hit out on her (which is pretty much every single animal in the Animal Kingdom including some humans) or outright kill her.
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Available at Cacoethes Publishing
Thierry's Angel
In New Orleans, where old Southern lineages root as deep and tangled as the haughty Cypress, two powerful families become entrenched in a battle to preserve pedigrees. For the past nine years, Thierry Chevalier, the strikingly handsome, well-bred, polished son of one of the oldest, most powerful white families in Louisiana, has been harboring an impassioned desire to captivate the woman of his dreams. His desire, Angelique Dubois. Graceful, delicate and sensually delectable, Angelique seems as unattainable as she is desirous: the daughter of New Orleans’ mayor; member of a proud Black Creole family; and engaged to another man. But when opportunity opens, their fates are magnetized. The tempest of passion, power and pride that erupts is more sweeping than a steamy Gulf Coast monsoon.
Remy Goes to Therapy
Exciting sequel to Thierry's Angel!
Remy never took anything seriously; not his family or their position in society, not his grandmother and her staid, outdated views, and definitely not women. But then, he had never met a woman to get under his skin the way Regina has. The lovely psychiatrist has Remy hungry for more than a passing fling, but can he melt her icy defenses and find the woman beneath?
In New Orleans, where old Southern lineages root as deep and tangled as the haughty Cypress, two powerful families become entrenched in a battle to preserve pedigrees. For the past nine years, Thierry Chevalier, the strikingly handsome, well-bred, polished son of one of the oldest, most powerful white families in Louisiana, has been harboring an impassioned desire to captivate the woman of his dreams. His desire, Angelique Dubois. Graceful, delicate and sensually delectable, Angelique seems as unattainable as she is desirous: the daughter of New Orleans’ mayor; member of a proud Black Creole family; and engaged to another man. But when opportunity opens, their fates are magnetized. The tempest of passion, power and pride that erupts is more sweeping than a steamy Gulf Coast monsoon.
My Cherie Amour
Cherie Bonnet is the child of a gentleman planter and his placée (mixed race mistress). Diego de Aguilar was a true conquistador; a powerful duke and a captain in the Spanish Armada, and the former son-in-law of the king. From the moment he saw her, Diego had to make Cherie his own. Little did he know what keeping her would mean. Cherie’s fiancé, Étienne would move heaven and earth to be with her, even if it meant sharing her with Diego.
Together, the three face the worst society has to offer and the dangers of their forbidden love. Diego must learn to let go of his inhibitions and allow love to thrive. Cherie must learn the secrets of her family's past in order to face the future, and make her unusual situation flourish.
Anchor's Away ~ Chain of Command
Commander Ian Stewart has had his eye on Adanna Ingles for over a year. Unfortunately, she is enlisted and works for him. Biding his time, Ian vows the moment she checks out of his division and off of their ship, she would be his.
Adanna Ingles has no idea she has a secret admirer. She plans on moving far away from San Diego the moment she is discharged and start a new life in Tacoma, Washington. Little does she know what waits for her at the end of the pier.
Triple Bow (with Rae Lynn Blue)
Charity’s Christmas Surprise by Shara Azod
m/f/m
Michael Edward Trevelyan, the twelfth Duke of Ross and his best friend Ashton Giles Beverley, the sixth Earl of Bedford are looking for a woman to love the two of them equally. Tired of meaningless flings and casual sex, they decide to move to Miccosukee, Florida in search of the perfect mate. They find what they were looking for in a small town local, who refuses to be seduced. Worst of all, she thinks they are gay.
Charity Coleman has no idea she has caught the eye of the two new residence of her tiny southern community. Struggling to keep her tiny country store afloat, she wrote the two handsome newcomers off as gay, or at the very least, out of her league. While they may have been the number one attraction in her fantasies, she never dreamed they could want her. Little did she knew Christmas wishes sometimes come true and love sometimes comes with three...
Silver Solstice Surprise by RaeLynn Blue
f/m/m
Shar has three days to save the love of her life, Errol, from death. A death brought on by his own lustful indulgence with Simon, a male. As the son of a great goddess, Errol’s love affair with Simon has violated the social order—females rule and men must worship and love them and them alone. When Errol and Simon approach Shar with a way to save Errol, will she be willing to do the unthinkable and embrace this love at all costs?
Cory's Salvation
Stephanie is a woman on the run with a horrible secret. But when her funds run out, she is forced to make a drastic decision.
Out of necessity, she had to take a job running the household of the sexy rancher, Cory Booker-just for a while. Just to save up enough money to keep running.
Cory never had much use for women. He didn’t know how to talk to them. He never wanted to be one of those love-‘em-and-leave-‘em types. After watching his father tear his mother’s heart out over and over again, he vows to live the rest of his life alone rather than to be the cause of woman’s tears.
There was something vulnerable about Stephanie, something that called to Cory and he could not refuse.
He had to make her see no matter what, he could protect her and would love her the way she deserved to be loved. He had to make her see she was the salvation to his bruised soul.
Can her salvation save his soul?
Menage a Valentine (with RaeLynn Blue)
The Concierge by RaeLynn Blue
A little spice in life? Are you up for it?
After ten years of marriage, Tamika is excited about this year's Valentine's Day gift. Instead of the usual repetitive trinkets of roses, chocolates and lace, her husband, Ron, sweeps her away to Las Vegas. Anxious to indulge every delectable delight the city has to offer, Tamika pounces on the opportunities for fun. Yet she doesn't clear the hotel room before Vegas sets an offer upon her doorstep—the concierge.
Attraction to the Chinese concierge is undeniable and—unattainable. For although it wouldn't be the first time she and Ron have shared their bed with someone else, Tamika knows a male wouldn't be welcomed—not by Ron.
So, she shoves her lustful longings down deep and struggles to hide her cravings for the concierge
Unbeknownst to Tamika, Ron has noticed her attraction to the other man, and soon sets about giving her a Valentine's Day gift so extraordinary, Tamika, nor he, will soon forget.
Three of Hearts by Shara Azod
Can you handle the truth or is it the attraction that Mikki is feeling you can't handle?
What happens when the object of your affection returns your secret yearnings, times two?
Mikki never imagined that the torch she had been carrying for both of her bosses was known by both. Never in her wildest dreams did she think that all she was feeling, they were feeling too. Now comes Mikki's moment of truth.
Will she let go of her fears and insecurities and make this Valentine's Day one to remember?
Anchor's Away ~ Red Skies at Night
Teane McGowan is a hard working engineer. A pure sailor to the bone, she asks for no quarter and she gives none. She has one major weakness, her Chief, Brett Olden. She thought her secret crush on her work center supervisor would stay a secret, until she is caught red handed fantasizing about her dream man in the most compromising situation imaginable.
Brett Olden couldn’t believe his eyes. He had managed to keep Petty Officer McGowan at arms length, admiring from afar, but never touching. To do so would end his career. But walking in on the delectable little sailor in a compromising position broke any kind of resolve he might have had. He had to make her his, and damn the consequences.
Designing Berlin
The Leading Lady series are a collection of novellas based entirely on contest winners specification. They picked everything about the Leading Lady and challenged the author to create the fantasy.
In this first installment, Berlin is a successful buyer for an exclusive department store looking or new and exciting designers. Matthew Hartsfield was once a designer for the stars, but found more satisfaction as a recluse in the West Virginia mountains.
A winter blizzard brought them together, but will pride and ambition keep them apart?
Touch A Four Leaf Clover (with RaeLynn Blue)
What happens when two cousins walk the earth looking for their true love?
It is never wise to piss off a goddess, especially a flame haired Irish goddess. That was something cousins Ciaran and Connor found out the hard way.
For one night of folly the cousins must walk the earth, deprived of the thing that caused their downfall--women--until they find their perfect mate. Just when they think they will never find their mates, the Luck of the Irish smiles upon them.
Both end up in the United States, one in Chicago and the other in San Diego. The two cousins get the shock of their lives when they meet the women meant to be theirs. Both are strong women with chocolate colored skin, tempting their sweet tooth.
One Good Man
Elizabeth is a woman on a mission to find out who is smuggling drugs in weapons shipments. Instead of sending one of the investigators under her command, she goes undercover. This situation is personal and she plans to put a serious hurt on the scum who has disgraced the uniform and endangered lives.
Erik is a hardcore take charge Marine, who has spent years in the field as the commander of his Recon unit. He wants to know two things about the sexy Navy officer who crosses his path—what is she doing in his weapon’s depot and why is she pretending to be a ditzy debutante?
Fragile (with RaeLynn Blue)
Cayla was not the typical gun shot victim. A quiet waitress, she was brutally gunned down coming out of the neighborhood corner store. There was nothing taken, there was no motive, just a fragile, broken woman lying on the cold, broken sidewalk.
Kale was not the easiest cop to get along with. Biting and sarcastic, he worked alone caring for little but the job. There was something about this case that Kale just couldn’t let go. There was something about this victim that called him unlike any other.
Dark Waters Anthology (with Jeanie Johnson & Jayha Leigh, RaeLynn Blue and Aliyah Burke)
Overboard by Shara Azod
Being thrown overboard off a luxury liner by her so-called aunt and cousin was bad enough, but being rescued by a creature that shouldn’t even exist took the cake. Mix in the infuriating man’s insistence she was his “perfect mate” and Dallas had had just about enough. All she wanted to do was to get back to Texas and bring her aunt and cousin to justice before the evil duo could get their hands on her money. But first she had to get past an extremely adamant, extremely horny selkie.
Thane was more than satisfied at the mate the Fates had provided for him. Hot and feisty, full of life and a body that made him want to cry. All he had to do was to get the daft woman to see they were destined to be together. Unfortunately, she was human, so Thane had his work cut out for him.
A Love Reborn by RaeLynn Blue
On the isle of Aquatrion, there is a legend that speaks of the Sirens’ gift to those who drown at sea. Once one has been consumed by the waters, for his sacrifice, he will be turned into a selkie—both man and seal, to live amongst the sea, for his soul would forever be tied to both, that to which had been born, and to that which had died.
Kikomo mourns the death of her husband-in-waiting, Takumi. Lost saving her life during a storm at sea, Takumi’s body was swallowed up the roaring waves and choppy seas. A year later, Kikomo’s father demands she marry the local merchant, a fisherman and a man of great political power. Distressed, she flees her home to the sea. There she cries seven tears in to the sea. At once a selkie appears, and he bares a striking resemblance to Takumi…
Faith’s Tears by Aliyah Burke
Can a woman who lives her life based on logic and tangible things trust in the love and belief of a man claiming to be a magical being, a selkie?
From the moment his gaze landed on her dark beauty, Rowan Kilgour knew she was his life-mate. Despite his feelings, he knew she deserved a chance to experience life before she was tied to him forever. So he waited. Seventeen years. And now that he’s found her again, he’ll be damned before he lets her go.
Faith Henderson still wore the pendant given to her years ago by a senior in high school when she was a sophomore. While visiting the Isle of Skye she is reunited with him. His dark hair, muscular body, and dark chocolate mousse eyes still had the power to turn her into a puddle. Add to that his thick Scottish brogue and she was putty.
Can Rowan convince Faith that their lives are intertwined? Will she get past her disbelief in magic to see him for what he truly is? And accept him for it? Or will a darkness from her past keep them separated for all eternity?
Sometimes all destiny needs is salt water, in Rowan’s case all he needed was… Faith’s Tears
Sealed With a Fist by Jeanie Johnson and Jahya Leigh
Is it really so bad when the bane of your existence a) is a bigot; b) hates animals unless they're dipped in batter; c) cannot swim; and d) keeps a running commentary of insults aimed at you?
It is when you're a Selkie and your ball and chain is bigoted against anything in the water that doesn't have a motor or sails. Well, that's not exactly true because Yonder also hates sailboats. Ever since those meddling damn dolphins saved the feisty human girl from certain death she's been part of Aonghus's life.
Why does he have to get stuck with the surly ass woman who is a) human and b) human, and c) did he mention human? Oh yeah, because his Da—the Emperor of the Selkie and democratically-elected president of all water creatures—made Yonder his responsibility as part of his punishment.
Since she has nowhere else to go and he cannot drown her, she lives with them. Ever since she woke from the healing sleep she's brought nothing but chaos into his life. If he's not serving as her sounding board for her long list of 'why killing people is not always bad', he's serving as her impromptu bodyguard. The last thing Yonder needed was a bodyguard. No, what she needed was a bail bondsmen, a parole officer, and a priest. He cannot even count the number of times that he's been tempted to throw her to those shifters that have a hit out on her (which is pretty much every single animal in the Animal Kingdom including some humans) or outright kill her.
Available at Cacoethes Publishing
Thierry's Angel
In New Orleans, where old Southern lineages root as deep and tangled as the haughty Cypress, two powerful families become entrenched in a battle to preserve pedigrees. For the past nine years, Thierry Chevalier, the strikingly handsome, well-bred, polished son of one of the oldest, most powerful white families in Louisiana, has been harboring an impassioned desire to captivate the woman of his dreams. His desire, Angelique Dubois. Graceful, delicate and sensually delectable, Angelique seems as unattainable as she is desirous: the daughter of New Orleans’ mayor; member of a proud Black Creole family; and engaged to another man. But when opportunity opens, their fates are magnetized. The tempest of passion, power and pride that erupts is more sweeping than a steamy Gulf Coast monsoon.
Remy Goes to Therapy
Exciting sequel to Thierry's Angel!
Remy never took anything seriously; not his family or their position in society, not his grandmother and her staid, outdated views, and definitely not women. But then, he had never met a woman to get under his skin the way Regina has. The lovely psychiatrist has Remy hungry for more than a passing fling, but can he melt her icy defenses and find the woman beneath?
In New Orleans, where old Southern lineages root as deep and tangled as the haughty Cypress, two powerful families become entrenched in a battle to preserve pedigrees. For the past nine years, Thierry Chevalier, the strikingly handsome, well-bred, polished son of one of the oldest, most powerful white families in Louisiana, has been harboring an impassioned desire to captivate the woman of his dreams. His desire, Angelique Dubois. Graceful, delicate and sensually delectable, Angelique seems as unattainable as she is desirous: the daughter of New Orleans’ mayor; member of a proud Black Creole family; and engaged to another man. But when opportunity opens, their fates are magnetized. The tempest of passion, power and pride that erupts is more sweeping than a steamy Gulf Coast monsoon.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Guest Blogging
I will be guest blogging tomorrow, July 15th at Marianne LaCroix's blog. There will be an announcement I am not posting anywhere else, so you might want to take a look see. I am going to bed now, just got back from Indiana, been in the car all day and all night. I am tired, I have a headache and I am considering making my kids get jobs-since they have so much mouth and all when you hands are on the steering wheel.
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