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October 8, 2014
Hump Day books from Julie Leto, L. G. Castillo, Meredith Bond, Mary Hart Perry, Mary A. Wasowski, Angela Quarles, Melanie Marchande, and Erica Monroe!
Please enjoy eight new Hump Day titles! Fantastic books for the discerning reader, including Paranormal Romance, New Adult Romance, and Historical Romance!
Phantom Pleasures: Sexy Paranormal (Phantom Series Book 1)
The first book in the sexy paranormal Phantom series…free!
Find out more at Julie Leto’s website!
Free! A New Adult romance of broken promises and an unbreakable love.
More at L. G. Castillo’s website!
The Merry Marquis (Merry Men Quartet Book 3)
New Regency Romance!
Be sure to visit Meredith Bond’s website!
Free October 8-13, a romantic Victorian thriller.
More at Mary Hart Perry’s website!
Book One in the Forever Series!
Connect with Mary A. Wasowski at her website!
Must Love Breeches: A Time Travel Romance (Must Love Series Book 1)
A new time travel romance NY Times bestselling author Tessa Dare calls, “A fresh, charming new voice.”
Visit Angela Quarles at her website!
A standalone romance focusing on a new couple – and guest-starring all the ‘I Married a Billionaire’ characters you know and love!
More at Melanie Marchande’s website!
Secrets in Scarlet (The Rookery Rogues Book 2)
When a girl is murdered at a factory in one of London’s rookeries, Sergeant Thaddeus Knight of the Metropolitan Police comes in to investigate. But it’s not just the factory owners that Thaddeus wants information on–the devilishly intriguing Poppy O’Reilly is a puzzle he’d like nothing more than to solve.
For more info visit Erica Monroe’s website!
Would you like to submit your book to be included in our Hump Day feature? Click here for more information!
October 7, 2014
HAVE ME by J. Kenner — a #StarkOnSaturday snippet!
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I want his lips, his touch. I want his heat.
I want everything he can give and more.
Best of all, I know that he wants it, too.
“Damien,” I whisper, then release him as I fumble at the knot on my hip. The sarong is thin and gauzy, but it will suffice as a makeshift blanket.
His hand closes over mine, and I tremble with anticipation. I draw my hand away, then close my eyes, more than willing to let him undress me.
Except he doesn’t.
I stand for a moment, confused and disoriented, then open my eyes to find him looking at me. I see the desire on his face, as vibrant and wild as my own need. And yet he makes no move to touch me again. On the contrary, he takes a single step back, his eyes never leaving mine.
He is denying us both, and that simple fact both pisses me off and turns me on.
I gather self-control around me like a cloak, then lift an eyebrow. “Playing games, Mr. Stark?”
“Absolutely,” he says, with a wicked grin. “And just in case you’ve forgotten, I don’t play if I can’t win.”
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
October 6, 2014
Same Book Different Review Most Wanted Reviews #MostWantedMonday
So who is your favorite MOST WANTED MAN?
Evan, Tyler or Cole??
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This week we wanted to thank Same Book, Different Review for all the Most Wanted Reviews!
Stop by and check out Emily’s reviews of WANTED, HEATED and IGNITED!!
Here is a little about Emily…
Hi there, I’m Emily and I am the operator of Same Book, Different Review. Here on my blog review most things romance. I’ll read anything from contemporary to paranormal to erotica. As you can tell from my ratings and reviews I love to read and I love most of the books I read.
Have you read and reviewed all 3 Most Wanted Books? Want to be featured – email Melissa msrheinlander@gmail.com and we will add you to the calendar!! We appreciate ALL of your reviews!!
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
October 1, 2014
The Entire Devil May Care Series is on SALE for $.99 each!
The Devil May Care Series by Julie Kenner and Dee Davis is on SALE for $.99 each for 1 week only!!
So grab your copies while you can to see who will rule Sin City!
Devil May Care Series
They were the baddest of the bad, the illegitimate sons and daughters of Satan, who had managed to make love, raise hell, and milk life in a manner worthy of their heritage. Until the day the devil himself needs to name his heir…
The mission? Each sibling must complete a task that is designed to stretch him or her to the limit. The prize? The Keys To Hell. The problem? Four mortals equally determined to ensure that the the Devil’s children fail…
So who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
Raising Hell by Julie Kenner
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Sure As Hell by Julie Kenner
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Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
Hump Day books from Christine Ridgway, Jean Brashear, Caridad Pineiro, Katherine Garbera, Alice Montalvo-Tribue, Sharon Page, Jacqueline Diamond, and Lee Strauss!
Please enjoy these amazing Hump Day books, including Contemporary, Paranormal, and Historical Romances! Plus a 4-romance boxed set!
Love Her Madly (Rock Royalty Book 2)
Second in the brand new Rock Royalty series!
Be sure to visit Christie Ridgway at her website!
She’s all City Shark, he wants Suzy Homemaker—brand-new Sweetgrass Springs release!
Find out more at Jean Brashear’s website!
Vampire Reborn: A Novella in The Calling is Reborn Vampire Romance Novels (The Reborn Vampire)
99 cent Special Pricing for a limited time!
Would you be reborn for love? Vampire Ryder Latimer must choose between becoming human and protecting his new wife and child.
See more at Caridad Pineiro’s website!
For Her Son’s Sake (Baby Business)
Last title in Katherine Garbera’s exciting trilogy Baby Business from Harlequin Desire!
For more info visit Katherine Garbera’s website!
New Contemporary Romance!
More at Alice Montalvo-Tribue’s website!
An American Duchess (Hqn)
For lovers of Downton Abbey—set on a crumbling English manor estate during the height of the Roaring Twenties, an American heiress clashes with an autocratic English duke.
Connect with Sharon Page at her website!
Four full-length romances for $4.99, by the USA Today bestselling author of more than 96 novels.
For more visit Jacqueline Diamond’s website!
FREE Contemporary Romance!
For more from Lee Strauss visit Lee Strauss Books!
Would you like to submit your book to be included in our Hump Day feature? Click here for more information!
September 30, 2014
Want to join the J. Kenner & Julie Kenner Street Team? We’re adding new folks through Oct 14!
We’d love to have you!!! And you can learn all about what it means to be a Krew member and how to sign up right at this link!
Hurry, though! We’re only accepting new members for the next two weeks — we’ll close entries on October 14!
Thanks so much … and we look forward to hearing from you!
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
September 28, 2014
Stark On Saturday … on Sunday! Damien coming soon in HAVE ME by J. Kenner!
It’s #StarkOnSaturday !!
So excited that Have Me will be up for pre-order sooooooooooon!!!
In the meantime, enjoy this little teaser peek of what’s coming … and be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you don’t miss a thing!
Haven’t met Damien yet?
Don’t miss all the books in the Stark Trilogy (and beyond!). Book One, Release Me, is currently on sale for just $5.99 in digital format!
Release Me
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Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
September 26, 2014
Darlene Gardner on Bruce Campbell: A Hero to Die For
Please welcome Darlene to the blog!
Before I came up with the horror-movie loving heroine in my paranormal mystery serial, all I knew about Bruce Campbell was that he was a cult film actor who has a thing for the word groovy. Seriously. His Twitter handle is @GroovyBruce.
I took my daughter’s sage advice that in order to write with authenticity about someone who’s crazy about scary movies, I needed to watch some of the classics. And I absolutely, positively must start with Evil Dead.
Okay, I said. Anything for my craft.
That was my introduction to the actor known the world over for his portrayal of demon-fighting Ash Williams. While in research mode, my objective was to figure out why Bruce Campbell became such a superstar. Knowledge like that could be invaluable in creating a hero readers could love.
Campbell stood out from the first scene as one of five college kids who set out for a vacation in the woods. The young Campbell was a looker with those sultry eyes and wavy, dark hair. Don’t even get me started on the magnificence of his square chin. But lots of movie stars are handsome. There had to be more to his popularity than that.
When the credits rolled for Evil Dead, I didn’t quite have it figured out. Campbell’s Ash was smarter and more resourceful than the other characters and had the added bonus of being alive at the end of the movie, but I was missing something.
On to Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn.
Once I got over the sheer stupidity of the Ash Williams character taking his girlfriend to a cabin for a vacation after he watched four of his friends meet their bloody ends in the woods, I started to get it.
If Jamie Lee Curtis is the Scream Queen, Campbell is the King. The man can roar with the best of them. His scream is low-pitched and has staying power. Add to that, his face is spectacularly expressive. It shows every nuance of the horror he’s experiencing, and there’s a lot of horror.
It was quite the acting challenge to run screaming into the night while the severed head of his possessed girlfriend is attached to his hand. Or to break plates over his face and repeatedly slam his head into the sink while he’s similarly possessed. And how about the scene where he cuts off his hand with a chainsaw? Although that’s not the moment when I truly understood Campbell’s appeal.
No. The moment of enlightenment came when Campbell’s Ash uttered an iconic line after attaching that same chainsaw to the bloody stump at the end of his arm to saw through evil.
“Groovy,” he said.
How will this insight into what makes Campbell such a cult favorite help me in my writing? So many of his skills, after all, are visual. I haven’t quite figured it out, but Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness is on my to-be-watched pile.
Please enjoy this excerpt from Dead Ringer 1: Illusion.
CHAPTER ONE
Four months ago
When the police find me, I’m stumbling out of a deserted carnival. The place is boarded up for the season, awaiting the fresh swarms of tourists who descend on Midway Beach every summer like Alfred Hitchcock’s birds.
I trip on a crack in the pavement and pitch forward onto my knees. The sound of laughter resonates in my ears and the back of my head throbs. I reach up to touch my skull, half-expecting my hand to come away bloody, but the wound’s nothing more than a bump.
The dizzying spin of police lights and the accompanying thud of footsteps against the frosty ground intensify my headache. I wrap my arms around myself to try to stop my shivers. It may be North Carolina, but even southern beach towns feel the chill in February.
“You’re not supposed to be here.” A flashlight shines in my eyes before angling back to the ground as the cop bends down to put a hand on my shoulder. The voice is much softer as he takes in my state. “Are you all right?”
It’s a fight to force the words past my chattering teeth. “H-h-how did I get here?”
Another beam of light hits me in the face as a second, shorter cop jogs up behind the first. “Hey, Wainwright? Isn’t that the Greene girl?”
Why would a Midway Beach cop know who I am? The answer slowly penetrates my fuzzy brain. My stepfather’s a felon now, and these must be the two cops who came to the house asking questions about him. The surge of anger is preferable to the headache, but only barely.
“Yeah, it is,” Wainwright says. He’s so ripped he looks like he’s wearing a muscle suit. He loops a strong arm under my shoulder and helps me to my feet. The ground spins, but he doesn’t let me fall. “Your name’s Jade, right? What are you doing here, Jade?”
“I was walking to Becky’s house.” I’d set out for my best friend’s house at dusk, but judging by the darkness shrouding our surroundings it seems much later than that now. “And then I was here.”
A terrible realization sweeps over me. I’m missing time. It’s the sort of thing that happens in movies like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. For all I know, there’s a pod Jade hiding in the carnival, waiting to invade our peaceful little town.
“What happened to me? Where have I been?” I ask the cops.
Wainwright peers over my head at his partner. “We better take her to the hospital. Looks like she has a whopper of a concussion.”
At the hospital, I discover things are worse than I thought. Much worse.
I haven’t just lost hours. I’ve been gone for days.
Although leaving her life as a newspaper sportswriter behind for love and romance worked out pretty well for Darlene Gardner, she’s veering off in a haunting new direction with the Dead Ringers serial for the eBook market. Think Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets a seaside carnival, minus the aliens and pod people. The nine volumes in the Dead Ringers serial are available both individually and in boxed sets of three. Click here for retail links.
Darlene has more than thirty romance novels in print, from single-title romantic comedies to emotionally charged family dramas. Updated editions of her romcoms, as well as a couple romantic mysteries, are also available as eBooks. Visit Darlene on the web at www.darlenegardner.com
Thank you Darlene so much for blogging with us!
Darlene sees Bruce Campbell as a “hero to die for.” What about you? Who is your hero to die for? Why?
Be sure to share your answers in the comments section!
September 25, 2014
Grab Aphrodite’s Kiss — #2 on mythology bestseller FREE list!
Thanks everyone who’s grabbed a copy of Aphrodite’s Kiss! On #kindle it’s now in the #2 slot! Rock on! If you haven’t checked out the series yet, dive in to this first of my series of light paranormal romances featuring superheroes who just happen to be descended from Greek and Roman gods and goddesses!
Grab your copy here … FREE at most retailers!
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
Box Set blowout! Complete Blood Lily Chronicles by Julie Kenner only $4.99 for a limited time!
The Complete boxed set of the Blood Lily Chronicles by Julie Kenner is available for a limited time at the awesome price of $4.99!! That is 3 FULL length books – Tainted, Torn, and Turned! Hurry the sale ends at the end of the month!
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Dear reader,
I loved Lily Carlyle from the first moment she popped into my head. Strong, gutsy, and a little bit foul-mouthed, Lily is many things. Friend, sister, even a bit of a superhero. Most of all, she’s loyal. And she’s determined to kill the child molester who sucked the life out of her once vibrant little sister.
But it all goes wrong when Lily is the one who ends up dead. Trouble is, things aren’t always what they seem, and Lily’s got more trouble dead than she ever had in life.
I hope you enjoy this anthology of all three books in the Blood Lily Chronicles (Tainted, Torn & Turned). Read on for more information about the collection!
XXOO,
JK
“Can I just say that dying sucks”
So begins the first installment of the Blood Lily Chronicles, an urban fantasy romance which introduces readers to Lily Carlyle, a tough-talking bad girl who’s been chosen to save the world, and Deacon Camphire, the darkly sensual alpha male whose words seduce her, but whose actions suggest he’s hiding secrets of his own, and only time will tell if he’s an angel, a demon, or something in between …
“A wonderful balance between urban fantasy and paranormal romance. A casual, catchy first-person point of view
peppered with slightly more four-letter-words than the genre usually bears, mingled with a kick-ass heroine and a dangerous, smoking-hot hero makes for an excellent read.” The Discriminating Fangirl
When Lily Carlyle set out to kill a child molester, she never expected to die and be resurrected as an assassin. Especially not as an assassin charged with fighting the forces of darkness in the ultimate battle of good against evil. It’s the key into heaven, she’s told. And in light of her sins, without that key, she’s doomed to an eternity of suffering.
But even in the demon world it’s sometimes hard to tell your ally from your enemy.
And when Lily finds out the truth . . . well, there really will be hell to pay.
The story continues with Torn and Turned (both in the box set). In order to avoid spoilers, no back cover copy for those second two books are included on this page. You can read them here!
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Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
