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Skydiving, robbers & chocolate! Come meet me at Lauren Royal’s blog!

I’m over at Lauren Royal’s blog talking about all sorts of stuff from skydiving to chocolate to wine and more!  (But I’m not talking about writing!).

Come say hi!

P.S. - I have a new Protector (Superhero) novella out!  Check out Aphrodite's Embrace (currently only on the Kindle, but coming soon to other etailers!)

And in super fab news, Bantam has moved the pub date for the next two books in the Stark Trilogy even sooner! Claim Me will be out April 23, and Complete Me out July 30.  WOOT!  (And if you missed book 1, Release Me, grab your copy now!)


P.P.S. And why not scroll down and share the post? After all, sharing is sexy!

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--J.K.

What Makes a Hero Delectable? Tawny Weber Talks Hottie Heroes and her New Books

Be ready for a little sizzle! Tawny Weber joins me today to talk about heroes and romances…read on!

The Yummiest of Yums – Dishing up some Hottie Heroes.

I love heroes.  Alpha heroes, beta heroes.  Gammas are fine, too.  Like flavors of ice cream, I’m pretty sure there’s a delicious type that suits every taste.  Sort of like romances.  There’s contemporary and historical, there’s paranormal and suspense. There’s sweet and erotic.  It’s like an buffet.  To take the ice cream analogy a step further, it’s like being able to dish up a hero in a cone, or in sundae form. Maybe with sprinkles or a dollop (or three) of whipped cream.  Yum.

Not that it’s all about appearances.  We don’t eat ice cream only because it looks delicious, right? It’s all about what’s inside.  This is what I always think about when I’m writing a hero- what’s inside that makes him irresistible to the heroine?  What is it about him that sparks an addiction, so she can’t resist one more taste.   Even if she’s on a diet and thinks he’s going to go right to her thighs.

With that in mind, I’ve had such a fabulous time writing my SEAL heroes.  A SEAL’s Seduction’s Blake, call sign Boy Scout, is all about the rules.  He follows them, he uses them, he embraces them.  Which puts him in a very tough spot when he realizes the woman he’s just had a wild sexual fling with his totally off-limits.  Alexia pushes Blake’s buttons, making him question the rules he’s set for himself.  Luckily (or not so luckily) Alexia finds out he’s a SEAL, putting him on her do-not-touch (again) list.    The problem is, they’ve both already had a taste.  Which makes resisting each other when they come together again almost impossible.

In the companion story, A SEAL’s Surrender, Cade Sullivan’s call sign, Slick, is just as apt.  He’s the golden boy, the rescuer, a man with a plan.  One he’s determined to follow, even when everything is falling apart around him.   He uses the excuse of coming to the rescue once again—this time of the sweet girl next door—to avoid facing a decision.  In the end, that sweet girl next door, having gotten a taste of her favorite flavor of hottie hero, can’t get enough and totally turns the tables by rescuing him.

And now that I’ve thoroughly objectified men (how rude), here’s a peek at A SEAL’s Seduction.  It’s currently free everywhere digital books are sold!!

Alexia’s heart pounded so hard against her throat, she was surprised it didn’t jump right out into Blake’s hand. 

She wanted him.  Like she’d never wanted another man in her life.  Years, she’d behaved.  She’d carefully considered her actions, making sure she didn’t hurt others.  She’d poured herself into her career, into making sure her life was one she was proud of. 

She had a man who wanted her in his life.  A nice, sweet man who she could talk through the night with and never run out of things to say.

But she wanted more. 

She wanted a man who’d keep her up all night screaming with pleasure.  Who’d drive her wild, who’d send her body to sexual places she’d never even dreamed of.  She wanted orgasms.  Lots and lots of orgasms. 

Even if it was only for one night.

And that, she realized, was the key.  One night of crazy.  One night of delicious, empowered, indulge-her-every-desire sex, with a man who made her melt.

One night would be incredible.  

One night would be enough. 

“This is crazy,” she murmured against his lips. 

“Yeah,” he agreed, his tongue sliding over her lower lip before he nipped the tender flesh.  When she gasped, he soothed it with a soft kiss.  “But crazy feels damned good.”

So what’s your favorite flavor of hero?  Do you choose books based on hero types, or are you more a blurb or sub-genre type? 

Tawny Weber has been writing sassy, sexy romances since her first Harlequin Blaze hit the shelves in 2007.  A fan of Johnny Depp, cupcakes and color coordination, she spends a lot of her time shopping for cute shoes, scrapbooking and hanging out on Facebook. 

Readers can check out Tawny’s books at her website or join her Red Hot Readers Club for goodies like free reads, complete first chapter excerpts, recipes, insider story info and much more.  And for a limited time, she has a few open spots on her Street Team! 

Many thanks to Tawny for her post! What’s your favorite kind of hero?

P.S. - I have a new Protector (Superhero) novella out!  Check out Aphrodite's Embrace (currently only on the Kindle, but coming soon to other etailers!)

And in super fab news, Bantam has moved the pub date for the next two books in the Stark Trilogy even sooner! Claim Me will be out April 23, and Complete Me out July 30.  WOOT!  (And if you missed book 1, Release Me, grab your copy now!)


P.P.S. And why not scroll down and share the post? After all, sharing is sexy!

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--J.K.

 

Hump Day Books from Heather Snow, Julianne MacLean, Michele Hauf, Deb Marlowe, Claudia Dain, Michelle Marcos, Ava Stone, Rutharris, Tori Scott, Debra Salonen, and Terese Ramin

Need some new books to beat the mid-week slump? Check out these great hump day reads!

Sweet Madness: A Veiled Seduction Novel

“Emotional, compassionate…powerful love story.” RT BookReviews 4 ½ Stars

Learn more at Heather’s website!


Seduced at Sunset (Pembroke Palace Series)

New Release! USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean brings the Pembroke Palace Series to a passionate conclusion.

Learn more at Julianne’s website!


Malakai

Paranormal Romance: What is Blu & Creed’s son up to?

Learn more at Michele’s website!


An Encounter at the Museum

A Top 50 iBooks bestseller!

Learn more at Deb’s website!


THE CHANEL CAPER

New! New! New!

Learn more at Ruth’s blog!


The Bluest Eyes in Texas (Lone Star Cowboys)

Six weeks on the Western Romance Seller List!

Learn more at Tori’s website!


Bang! You’re Dead – A short, erotic encounter of the Judy Banger kind (Screw Senility)

Book I in the Screw Senility series. Short, sexy fun. Now, $1.99!

Learn more at Debra’s website!


Guarding Grace (The Brannigan Sisters)

New In Digital, this is the fourth book in the Brannigan Sisters series. Also available via BN.com and the store!

Learn more at Terese’s website!

P.S. - I have a new Protector (Superhero) novella out!  Check out Aphrodite's Embrace (currently only on the Kindle, but coming soon to other etailers!)

And in super fab news, Bantam has moved the pub date for the next two books in the Stark Trilogy even sooner! Claim Me will be out April 23, and Complete Me out July 30.  WOOT!  (And if you missed book 1, Release Me, grab your copy now!)


P.P.S. And why not scroll down and share the post? After all, sharing is sexy!

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--J.K.

Love the Thrill of Post-Apocalyptic Books? Denise Agnew Dishes on her New Favorites (Plus a contest!)

I’m so glad to welcome Denise Agnew to the blog today! For the scoop on the exciting genre of post apocalyptic books, and a chance to win one of Denise’s novels, keep reading!

 

Solar Flares, Haunted Houses and Post Apoc Mayhem!

So what do you think of post apoc novels, movies and television programs?

I’ve read excellent YA post apoc by author Ann Aviles, and I’m totally addicted to that series. Dean Koontz’s The Taking is one of the creepiest, most amazing post apoc type books I’ve ever read. I’ve read it more than once and the first few paragraphs set up a foreboding tone so well that it causes the hair on my arms to stand up every time I read it. But hey, that’s me. I like the creepy/spooky stuff.

I’ve watched some post apoc on TV such as the addicting television series Jericho (which the network canceled dang it.) If you like British shows, definitely look up Survivors on Netflix or rent it. I resisted watching The Walking Dead at first because I was tired of zombies, but I tried the first episode again and got hooked big time.  I sped through watching the first season since the second was already out by that time. Great acting, characters, and wonderful plot.

I consider zombie movies part of that post apoc environment, although there aren’t a lot of zombie movies I like. One of my favorites is 28 Days Later. Superb acting and story! Watching moves and shows like these, which are as much about great characterization as they are anything else, really makes me wanna write, write, write.

When I decide to write about a theme or subject I don’t take the standard advice to read as many stories in that genre as you can. I usually do just the opposite. You could say I have a stubborn streak, but in the end I think it’s more about originality. I don’t want anything about another author’s writing to influence the story I want to write.

So how did I come up with the initial idea for post apoc/romance/paranormal novel?

Well, you and I both know that writers find story ideas in the weirdest ways, right?  One day I was walking my dog down the usual path. Now our neighborhood is a gated, well-maintained place with mostly over fifty-five. Not the place you’d expect a creepy house. On the route I walk there’s a house that has no one in it, and at one point during the summertime the rose bushes always grow up and the weeds get gnarly. It’s a nice house, though, so it doesn’t look like a haunted abode. Someone gets the weeds cleaned up and the roses trimmed every couple of months. Still, no one lives there. It was the overgrown roses that sparked the idea for my sorta post apac story Blackout, which features a solar flare that takes out the grid, a haunted house, and a romance between a federal marshal (former U.S. Marine) and a self-reliant, tough woman looking for her place in life.

So what do you think of post apoc stories, or other stories that are out of the box? Comment and you could win a paperback from my backlist.

 

Denise A. Agnew is the author of over 57 novels. Romantic Times Book Reviews calls her romantic suspense novels “top-notch,” and she’s received their coveted TOP PICK rating. Denise has written paranormal, romantic comedy, contemporary, historical, erotic romance, and romantic suspense. Archaeology and archery have crept into her work, and travels through England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have added to a lifetime of story ideas. A paranormal investigator, Denise looks forward to exploring the unknown.  Visit Denise’s website!

 

Thanks to Denise for coming on the blog! Remember, comment for a chance to win one of her novels!

P.S. - I have a new Protector (Superhero) novella out!  Check out Aphrodite's Embrace (currently only on the Kindle, but coming soon to other etailers!)

And in super fab news, Bantam has moved the pub date for the next two books in the Stark Trilogy even sooner! Claim Me will be out April 23, and Complete Me out July 30.  WOOT!  (And if you missed book 1, Release Me, grab your copy now!)


P.P.S. And why not scroll down and share the post? After all, sharing is sexy!

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--J.K.

A Fan of “Castle”? Claudia Dain talks Alpha heroes and Rick Castle!

Claudia Dain joins me today to talk about Alpha characters, the show “Castle,” and Rick’s descent into Beta-status. Leave your thoughts on her review below!

I write Alpha heroes. I can’t help myself. My dad was an Alpha and my husband is an Alpha; I’ve been surrounded by Alphas my whole life!

I write Alphas. Alphas of every shape, size, and type. I don’t think it’s necessary for Alphas to be pushy and arrogant, though some are. (Lord Dutton in Much Ado About Dutton is the arrogant type, and am I having fun watching the heroine pin his ears back!).I do think Alphas are strong and stoic and unflinching. They are successful, driven, and decisive. No one pushes an Alpha around. Alphas are sexy. Alphas are Alpha, and everyone in the room knows who the Alpha male is.

So, let’s talk about Castle. Rick Castle. Castle and Beckett.

I used to love that show. Adored it. Loved everything about it. First, I’m a Nathan Fillion fan (still mourning Firefly); the guy is golden. Sparkle, wit, charm: in spades.

I’m a big fan of cop shows. I have watched every Law and Order episode at least three times (conservatively). I watch NCIS and NCIS:LA and I watched Detroit whateverthenumberwas (good show, sad loss); the point being, I like the template of a cop show and I liked that Castle broke the mold. It wasn’t serious! It was light and silly and charming.

His “Writer” bulletproof vest is a stroke of comic brilliance.

But here’s my problem. As the show has progressed, Castle has become less Alpha. He should be a true Alpha. He’s rich and handsome, a self-made man who rose to the tippy top of his field. He’s the Donald Trump of crime fiction. He’s a famous New York personality. And he’s acting like a Beta.

He is cowed by his mother, by his daughter, and by Beckett.

It’s killing the show for me. It’s killed the show for my Alpha husband, who loved it at the start and now mumbles, “Wuss,” when Castle does some wimpy thing while Beckett does the Alpha thing.

Beckett is Alpha, and I love that. But a Beta man and an Alpha woman? It doesn’t work, not for me. Castle should be Alpha! He was Alpha to begin with and now he’s Beta to the max. When even his daughter rides roughshod over him. . . well, that’s too much.

I can’t love Castle unless he’s an Alpha. Can you? What’s your position on Alpha males, Alpha females, and the Castle/Beckett storyline?

 

Claudia Welch/Claudia Dain graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in English. While there she became a member of Alpha Phi, one of the oldest sororities in America. 

A two- time Rita finalist, she has won numerous writing awards and honors since her first novel was published in 2000.

She has lived for most of her life in Los Angeles, called Connecticut home for a decade, and currently lives in North Carolina with her husband.

If you’d like to see more from Claudia Dain, see her website.

Many thanks to Claudia for her post! Are you a fan of Castle? Is he too beta? Are you all about alphas or do you love the beta boys, too? Who’s your favorite television or literary alpha male?

P.S. - I have a new Protector (Superhero) novella out!  Check out Aphrodite's Embrace (currently only on the Kindle, but coming soon to other etailers!)

And in super fab news, Bantam has moved the pub date for the next two books in the Stark Trilogy even sooner! Claim Me will be out April 23, and Complete Me out July 30.  WOOT!  (And if you missed book 1, Release Me, grab your copy now!)


P.P.S. And why not scroll down and share the post? After all, sharing is sexy!

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--J.K.

Stark on Saturday – A Claim Me excerpt (Stark Trilogy book 2) … and Ian Somerhalder eye candy!

  I’m taking the weekend off from the Internet, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on #StarkOnSaturday!  Here’s another snippet from the upcoming Claim Me, book two in the Stark Trilogy that began with Release Me.

 

Definitely one of my top Damien picks!

 

 

As Evelyn leads Jamie to Blaine, I head into the kitchen, planning to drop off my camera bag and continue to the closet.

I don’t get that far, however, because as I’m hooking the Leica strap over my arm and putting the bag in one of the cabinets, I see Damien coming down the hallway from the bedroom area. I stop what I’m doing, and stand frozen, simply staring at him. He’s wearing pressed black pants and a collarless black jacket over one of the starched white shirts I love so well. It’s unbuttoned, and the open shirt paired with the jacket gives him the quality of a powerful rebel. He looks so breathtakingly sexy that I have a hard time believing that he is real, much less that he’s mine. On the contrary, he must be a fantasy that I have conjured. A dream in which I’m now living. A perfect dream from which I do not wish to wake.

He’s holding his phone and speaking low, so that I can only make out a few words. But from his tone, I can tell that the subject is urgent, and that he is bothered.

I think about last night and wonder if this is more fallout. Maybe it’s his father. Or maybe it has to do with Stark International’s legal troubles in Germany.

After a moment, he frowns, ends the call, and slides the phone into his pocket. For a fleeting instant, I can see the irritation on his face. Then it is wiped away, as if he has willed the universe to behave, and the universe has no choice but to agree. Damien Stark is a man who gets what he wants, however he wants.

When he looks in my direction, I see in his eyes that what he wants right now is me.

 

 Claim Me will be on-sale April 23!

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Want more? You can even pre-order Complete Me from Amazon or from Barnes and Noble!  On-sale July 30!

And if you missed Release Me, you can snag your copy from your favorite retailers here:

Random House

Amazon (print)

Amazon (kindle)

Amazon United Kingdom

Barnes and Noble (print or Nook)

Books-A-Million

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Indie BoundAnd don’t miss the contest! We’re celebrating Release Me being 8 weeks on the USA Today bestseller list!  Learn all about it here!

More soon,

XXOO

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A Haunting at Fort Hays. Velda Brotherton talks Ghost Stories and her Western Historical Novels.

I’m excited to welcome Velda Brotherton to the blog today! Keep reading for her captivating and spooky tale of ghost towns…

Haunting at Fort Hays

A popular “reality” series on television today is ghost hunting in buildings and homes said to be haunted. This got me to thinking about ghost towns of the old West, since western history is big on my research list. Everyone knows that ghost towns aren’t necessarily haunted. At least that’s not why they’re called ghost towns. As I understand it a ghost town can be boarded up or abandoned buildings with no population or a community with many abandoned buildings and a small population of residents. There are other definitions, but none mention that the ghost town may be haunted. Being an author, I’d much prefer it if it were. And sometimes, as I stroll through the streets of an abandoned town, I see something out of the corner of my eye. Or feel and hear voices, footsteps, the rattle of chains on a wagon. The laughter of children running and playing. Perhaps even the echo of shots fired.

Let’s accompany a team of ghost hunters and see what they find.

We’re here tonight at Fort Hays, Kansas, which certainly qualifies, at least as a ghost fort, as it was abandoned in 1899. We’ll set up our cameras and sound equipment in the hopes of capturing the Blue Light Lady on film. She is said to have wandered the area around Sentinel Hill since her death in the fall of 1867. In life she loved to walk this hill when she wasn’t tending to the soldiers who had fallen ill to the dreaded cholera.

The wind is blowing hard enough to knock down the camera tripod, and we’re having trouble with our mics transmitting the songs of a ghostly choir. Overhead the night sky appears to have more stars than darkness.

As the story goes, Elizabeth Polly decided to care for the ill and dying during a horrific cholera epidemic. Some claim she was a trained nurse, while others say that’s not true. No matter. She worked tirelessly tending the sick soldiers. Of course, she finally caught the disease. For her services to the dying soldiers, she was given a full military funeral.

We’re told that Elizabeth Polly began to prowl Sentinel Hill because her dying wish was to be buried there. That wish couldn’t be granted because the hill was bedrock, so her grave was placed at its feet.

It’s not clear to us how this wandering ghost was first identified. Do you suppose she told someone who she was? She’s been seen by several people over the years since she died. Perhaps someone has talked to her.

In 1905 Fort Hays was officially closed. All the soldiers bodies were moved to Fort Leavenworth, while the civilian bodies were reinterred in the Hays City Cemetery. All except for poor Elizabeth. She was left in her grave.

In 1917, John Schmidt first reported seeing a woman dressed in blue walking across his farm towards Sentinel Hill. This brave fellow decided to follow the ghost when she went into one of his sheds. Inside he found no one was there and nothing had been disturbed.

Perhaps at this point everyone got together and agreed the wandering spirit must be Elizabeth Polly. No matter. In 1941 her wish was finally honored and her body moved to the hill she loved so much. One would think that would put an end to her wandering.

But in 1950 a patrolman swore he hit a woman with his patrol car near the fort. She wore a long blue dress and a white bonnet. But, you guessed it, when he got out of his car to investigate there was no woman, nor was there any damage to his car. Obviously, having her wish at long last fulfilled didn’t put an end to Elizabeth’s wandering. It is claimed her ghost continues to roam the hill much as she did when she was alive. The figure emits a blue light, and today the locals call her the Blue Light Lady. In the 1960’s a marker was placed at her gravesite that reads “The Lonely Grave.”

It’s going to be up to the ghost hunters to find this spirit. Maybe they can prove that this is Elizabeth and not some other lost soul whose final wish has not yet been granted. Look, over there. What is that blue light floating our way?

For information about Fort Hays, click here. (currently only on the Kindle, but coming soon to other etailers!)

And in super fab news, Bantam has moved the pub date for the next two books in the Stark Trilogy even sooner! Claim Me will be out April 23, and Complete Me out July 30.  WOOT!  (And if you missed book 1, Release Me, grab your copy now!)


P.P.S. And why not scroll down and share the post? After all, sharing is sexy!

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--J.K.

How to Stay True to History when Writing Historical Fiction books. Maryann Miller Shares Her Experiences (plus a contest!)

I’m excited to invite Maryann Miller to the blog today to talk about being historically accurate in writing fiction! It’s absolutely fascinating. Maryann’s also giving away a copy of her book Boxes for Beds, so keep reading!

Making It Real

by Maryann Miller

Thanks so much for inviting me to be your guest today, Julie. I’m happy to be here to write about historical accuracy in fiction. Getting it right is so important in books, television and film. People don’t like to be tripped up on their trips down memory lane because something is glaringly wrong, like a car in the wrong time period, or someone using an electric coffee pot when they were not invented yet.

In film and television there is a special person to handle continuity – making sure that the right things are in the right place at the right time. In television series such as Vegas, which is set in the 60′s, the continuity person makes sure that any modern vehicles are out of the scene about to be shot, as well as ensuring that everything else in range of the camera fits the era.

We writers have to do that for ourselves, although a good editor can help us spot discrepancies.

When I was doing research for my latest book, Boxes For Beds, which is also set in the 60s, I found a lot of accurate information that I could use. Primary to the storyline is the fact that the mob controlled Hot Springs, Arkansas from 1920 to the early 60s. I had to make sure that the mob had not been chased out prior to 1960, and I was glad to discover that they had not.

The central character, Leslie, is a single mother who was never married and attitudes toward unwed mothers were not the same as they are today. Girls who got pregnant prior to the later 60s were often ostracized and forced to give their babies up for adoption. The stigma of being “a scarlet woman” did begin to ease somewhat in the mid-sixties, so to be sure that subplot would work the story had to be set a few years earlier. I chose to use 1961, which was well before attitudes started to change.

That created a bit of conflict with another sub plot that centers on the Civil Rights movement. One of the reasons that the sheriff does not like Leslie is that he thinks she is “One of those Yankee do-gooders come here to tell us how to treat our nigras.”

To tie the two sub-plots together I needed some of the sit-ins and other attempts to break color barriers to take place in Hot Springs and the fictional small town of Pine Hollow before they did historically. While the Civil Rights Movement started in the late 50s, not much happened in Arkansas until 1964. That was too close to when the mob was chased out of Hot Springs, for my comfort, so I decided to have fictional sit-ins take place in Pine Hollow in 1961. I wrestled with the decision to play loose with that bit of history, but finally decided that I would, as long as I made a full disclosure in the acknowledgements so the reader would be prepared.

All three of the plot elements – the mob control of the area, attitudes about unwed mothers, and the Civil Rights movement – were integral to motivations. When babies are kidnapped in the small town of Pine Hollow, the sheriff, who is controlled by the mob bosses, is under pressure to solve the case without calling in the Feds. A convenient scapegoat, Leslie, has just moved there from New York. Locals are already speculating about her and her daughter and the lack of a man around.

The book was just released the first week of March, and so far readers have not been upset at my altering the true historical events. For that, I am very thankful. I made every effort to make all the other details accurate, including the electric coffee pot.

Do you alter history or true facts in your writing? Is total historical accuracy important to you as a reader? What will you accept and what won’t you accept?

 

Maryann Miller has won numerous awards for her screenplays and short fiction, including the Page Edwards Short Fiction Award, the New York Library Best Books for Teens Award, and first place in the screenwriting competition at the Houston Writer’s Conference. She has been writing all her life and plans to die at her computer or out in her garden in the beautiful Piney Woods of East Texas where she lives with her husband, one horse, one goat, one sheep, one dog and four cats. The cats rule.

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Many thanks to Maryann for her guest blog! Remember, to be entered for a chance to win her Boxes for Beds, leave a comment below!

P.S. - I have a new Protector (Superhero) novella out!  Check out Aphrodite's Embrace (currently only on the Kindle, but coming soon to other etailers!)

And in super fab news, Bantam has moved the pub date for the next two books in the Stark Trilogy even sooner! Claim Me will be out April 23, and Complete Me out July 30.  WOOT!  (And if you missed book 1, Release Me, grab your copy now!)


P.P.S. And why not scroll down and share the post? After all, sharing is sexy!

XXOO

--J.K.

Hump Day Books from Nancy Goldberg Levine, Kelly McClymer, Sheri Fredricks, Lori Austin, Gina Robinson, S.J. MacIver, L.J. Charles, and Tawny Weber

 

Need a lift from the mid-week slump? Try out these great new books!

A SEAL’s Surrender (Harlequin Blaze)

“If you are looking for a sexy, sassy romance with plenty of attitude, look no further than author Tawny Weber. Her newest book, A SEAL’S SURRENDER, fits this description perfectly.” – Romance Junkies

Learn more at Tawny’s website!


a Touch of Betrayal (The Everly Gray Adventures)

New Release!

Learn more at L.J.’s website
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CINNAMON GIRL

Bargain Book!


The Union

New Release!

Learn more at GIna’s website!


Beauty and the Bounty Hunter: Once Upon a Time in the West (ONCE UPON A TIME IN WEST)

Nominated for a RITA award from Romance Writers of America for Best Historical Romance

Learn more at Lori’s website!


Remedy Maker (The Centaurs)

On Sale Now!

Learn more at Sheri’s website!


The Unintended Bride (Once Upon a Wedding)

Now available on Audiobook!

Learn more at Kelly’s blog!


Sweeter Than W(h)ine

Now only $0.99 for Kindle

Learn more at Nancy’s blog!

P.S. - I have a new Protector (Superhero) novella out!  Check out Aphrodite's Embrace (currently only on the Kindle, but coming soon to other etailers!)

And in super fab news, Bantam has moved the pub date for the next two books in the Stark Trilogy even sooner! Claim Me will be out April 23, and Complete Me out July 30.  WOOT!  (And if you missed book 1, Release Me, grab your copy now!)


P.P.S. And why not scroll down and share the post? After all, sharing is sexy!

XXOO

--J.K.