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February 16, 2013
Spankee Doodle Dandy-June 21-23
June 21-23 – Spankee Doodle Dandy
DDD Blog-Feb 18
Feb 18 – Daily Dose of Decadence Blog
February 14, 2013
Love Spanks Blog Hop Winners
We had such a wonderful turn out of people stopping by the various blogs and leaving 605 comments with our latest blog hop: Love Spanks!!! And the comments left were interesting, fun, and inspiring. Those of us involved as blog hosts this time are looking forward to our next event sometime this summer. Watch for that announcement at a future date.
The two winners for MY CONTEST are:
Zoe wins the Sin in a Tin Soy Massage Candle.
Rogue wins the Sex & Mischief Do Not Disturb Kit.
I decided to also have a separate contest for my fellow Triberr members who acted as blog hosts.
Constance Masters wins a Tickle Me Wild Feather.
The winners for the group’s main prizes are listed here and on the main blog site, Anastasia Vitsky’s blog.
Love Spanks paddle, donated by Blondie: Minelle
Book Bundle, donated by Stormy Night Publications: SH
$15 Amazon Gift Certificate, donated by Stormy Night Publications: Kelsey Summer
$40 Loose Id Gift Certificate, donated by Cara Bristol and Loose Id: Cat
Kindle Fire/Nook Color, donated by Blushing Books: His First Mate
February 13, 2013
It’s All About Romance…Valentine’s Day
Love and romance are what I write, what I enjoy reading about. Valentine’s Day is, supposedly, the one special day of the year that emphasizes love and romance.
Here are some interesting links to do with Valentine’s Day:
10 Weird Valentine’s Day Facts
The 10 Best Love Movies – such as The Notebook and Casablanca
Top 10 Proposal Lines – such as “I can’t imagine a life without you in it.”
Top Ten Love Rituals that Work – such as adding a pinch of ginger to your romantic meals
Valentines Day Statistics – such as 196 million roses are produced for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day facts, superstitions – such as in Medieval times, girls consumed unusual foods on Valentine’s Day in the belief it would make them dream of their future husbands
In case you’re interested in reading one of my books that tie in with Valentine’s Day, here are several to choose from all from Blushing Books:
Valentine’s Cowboy
Valentine is a romance therapist burned out on the whole idea of romance. She needs a break from dating GQ fashioned stockbrokers and men whose lives revolve around their over-priced cars, high-tech apartments, and their belief that they’re super studs in bed. She needs time away from a therapy partnership that no longer makes her happy. Right now, nothing makes her happy. She needs a Calgon-take-me-away escape from all of it, and remembers how a recent client invited Valentine to her wedding in Maui. What better place for an escape? No pushy men to deal with. No pressures from her partners. Just time alone in paradise!
Sometimes paradise has its problems, too. Especially when her client’s cowboy rat older brother shows up, and Valentine wants to throttle him for his past overbearing ways toward his sister! Sam isn’t too thrilled to see the dipstick counselor who mucked up his adoring baby sister either. The interfering woman keeps right on butting her nose into his business, making him strongly feel the need to apply his hand to her sweet little bottom! Only touching her makes them both want so much more!
His by Valentine’s Day
Shawna inherited the job of ranch foreman and has worked hard to prove herself to the men. The Rolling Hills Ranch is the only real home she has ever known. Life is good… until a spotless GQ businessman shows up at Thanksgiving to announce that he has purchased the ranch. The cold–hearted bas–– plans to upset everything by selling it to one of the big ranching corporations asap. And he won’t listen to a word she says.
Cade bought the ranch with no intention of even seeing it before he sold it again, but a friend talked him into going there first. From the second he introduced himself to the pint–sized, contrary blond, his life was turned upside down. He’d never met a woman with half her boldness or a quarter of her sass. Or a woman more in need of a bottom warming.
The awful man had actually spanked her during their first meeting, and then called her a Drama Queen for complaining. All she wants now is to find a miraculous way for her and her rodeo buddies/ranch hands to buy the ranch and be forever rid of the too darn handsome Cade Calloway.
Cade left the ranch feeling more challenged than he had in a long time. As hard as he tries, he can’t get Shawna out of his thoughts. He wants her, any way that he can have her. A goal setter, he decides to make her his by Valentine’s Day.
Cupid’s Mistake
With her best friend at her side, Kodie has used the New Year to swear off jerks, and particularly her last stinging relationship that ended in humiliation and heartbreak. New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas was garanteed to be a pure fun what-happens-in-Vegas-Stays-In-Vegas weekend…
There is a hiccup in her plans because the gorgeous brother of her best friend, Ty, is also looking for that kind of weekend since he’s celebrating his ranch’s success. This cowboy is drop-dead gorgeous, and he can’t take his eyes off of her… Which leads to something neither of them planned–one of those Las Vegas Weddings.
The next day, Kodie flees without saying anything, leaving Ty to search for her until he finds her a month later at her sculpture gallery that’s featuring bronze statues of… well, him. There’s no denying that she likes what she sees, and the idea of a Las Vegas divorce becomes less and less of an option–he’s decided he wants to keep her for his wife, come hell or high water, even if he has to tan her backside for her just to get her to stay put and listen.
Kodie’s broken heart from her last relationship has left her scars that won’t heal and worries she can’t ignore. She has to make a choice–should she keep this gorgeous cowboy, or should she be strong enough to let him go for his own good?
February 8, 2013
Love Spanks Blog Hop
Welcome to Love Spanks 2013! Would you like to win a Kindle Fire or Nook Color (donated by Blushing Books), a $40 gift certificate to Loose Id (donated by Loose Id and Cara Bristol), a $15 gift certificate to Amazon (donated by Stormy Night Publications), or a book bundle (donated by Stormy Night Publications)?
For updates and the complete list of information, please see the main contest page .
Here is a quick rundown of the rules:
Visit each blog between Saturday, February 9th and Sunday, February 10th to read the posted stories and excerpts.
Leave a comment answering the story question on each blog. You will receive one entry per blog for the grand prize drawing.
If you have visited all the blogs, visit Anastasia Vitsky’s blog to sign up for FIVE bonus entries to the grand prize.
Deadline is midnight EST (UTC -5) on February 10th!!
If you successfully completed the Spank or Treat challenge and were notified by Ana, you may add “VIP” to your comments. You will earn THREE bonus entries toward the grand prize. (Yes, we will be doing this again. Yes, if you successfully complete the Love Spanks challenge you can become a VIP for our next activity!)
Visit any of the participating blogs on Valentine’s Day to find out the lucky winners. Will it be you?
FREE BOOKS!
As an extra treat, all Love Spankers are eligible for free books! (Donated by Lazy Day Publishing)
Of Yesterday by Alta Hensley
To Love a Woman by Jade Cary
Rules of War by Sue Lyndon
Casting by Liz Borino
Deep in the Heat of Texas by Amy le Blanc, Melissa Ecker, and Alta Hensley
MY CONTESTS: I will be having 2 contests. One lucky winner will receive a Sin in a Tin Soy Candle and another lucky winner will receive a Sex & Mischief Do Not Disturb Kit. Both prizes are from Erotic Stories and Toys. **NOTE: If you have trouble leaving a comment here, please send your answer in an email to me at starla@starlakaye.com.
VALENTINE’S COWBOY: EXCERPT
Valentine crawled from the bed and stumbled her way into the living room, holding one hand to her throbbing head. Her eyes were barely open and not focusing well. “Oh gawd, oh gawd. Turn down the ocean,” she moaned as she headed for the sliding glass door she’d left open.
Even the tiny slit of sunlight she was able to see was excruciating. She squeezed her eyes closed while she continued toward her destination. A few steps later her knee hit a metal bar and she stubbed her toe, making her yelp in pain. Her eyes flew open even as she fell face forward across the open sofabed. Face forward over a large, warm, obviously male body.
Immediately the male body, that had been nearly dead to the world, burst to life. “What the hell!”
Almost at the same time Shelby knocked on the front door. “Sam? Sam, what’s going on in there?” She pounded again. “Sam!”
Valentine scrambled upright, her hands flying to her head, which seemed to be threatening to explode. She glanced down in horror—okay, and definite appreciation—at the deliciously naked form of Sam Thompson. The cowboy she’d met the night before. The man that, even through the fuzziness surrounding her brain, she wanted to throttle on Shelby’s behalf.
“What are you doing here?” she managed to ask, rubbing her forehead with her fingers in a useless attempt to calm the headache. “Oh gawd. Just shoot me now,” she added on an agonized moan.
“Not a bad idea,” Sam grumbled and reached around her to snatch at the top sheet he must have thrown aside in the middle of the night. While the wicked woman inside her wanted to protest his action, he stood and drew the sheet around his body from the waist down. He glowered and snapped, “This is my condo, Not yours.”
“Sam! I hear you in there, let me in!” Shelby called out, pounding again on the door.
Valentine gaped in mortification. She felt the color draining from her face as she realized his sister was about to catch them in pretty bad circumstances. She looked at Sam for some kind of help and found him heatedly staring at her. No help from his quarter.
Then she followed his gaze and glanced down. Heat rapidly spread over her entire body. Somehow she’d lost her bikini top. Her breasts were bare. His attention was completely focused on them and, to her displeasure, her nipples hardened in response. Could she possibly be any more humiliated?
Evidently yes because she burst into tears. She detested crying in front of someone else, which made her quietly sob harder. What a horrible start to a day! In the midst of her pity party moment, she heard Shelby pound on the door yet again.
Sam’s brown eyes darkened even more. Her breasts! Cheeks flaming at the realization that she’d done nothing about her exposure, she covered her traitorous breasts with her arms.
His focal points now partially covered, he came out of his stupor. “Oh shit! Shelby!”
He looked in a panic from her to the door, and then back at her. He started to pull the sheet from around his body and she was sure he intended to cover her up with it.
She held out a hand to stop him. “No! No, you idiot!” she yelped, sobs immediately quieting. She couldn’t let him remove that sheet and stand there in all his male glory. A voice in her suffering head told her she was nuts to refuse such an opportunity. Another voice taunted her that she’d just recently convinced herself that she was lesbian.
She latched onto that twisted reasoning in desperation and blurted out, “A man’s naked body does not affect me! Not at all!”
“Oh, honey, it sure as hell does.” His gaze zeroed in on her one uncovered breast. “Those rosy nipples have…”
Her face flamed even more as his comment faded away. “Stop it! Focus! Your sister.”
He scowled and tightened the sheet back around him. He spotted his shirt tossed on the floor, went to pick it up, and threw it at her. “Put this on. I’ve got to go let Shelby in before she beats the damn door down.”
His hand on the chain lock, he faced her again. “Lady, you’re completely crazy thinking you’re a woman lover. But I don’t have the time to prove that to you right now.”
Valentine stiffened at his comment. “Nothing you could do…“ She slammed her mouth shut, sensing she was lying. She had felt warmth pooling low in her body at her first glimpse of his nakedness. She had felt moisture beading between her legs.
A spark of something sexy, something challenging flitted in his eyes. “Darlin’, you’re so wrong.” Just to annoy her, she was sure, he glanced down at his erection pushing the sheet out.
Now her heart raced and her knees weakened. Darn him!
My story-related question: What has Valentine recently decided and that Sam thinks is crazy?
VALENTINE’S COWBOY
Genre: Contemporary, Western, Erotic Romance, spanking elements
Publisher: Blushing Books
Publisher Buy Link: Blushing Books
Soon to be available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
BLURB:
Valentine is a romance therapist burned out on the whole idea of romance. She needs a break from dating GQ fashioned stockbrokers and men whose lives revolve around their over-priced cars, high-tech apartments, and their belief that they’re super studs in bed. She needs time away from a therapy partnership that no longer makes her happy. Right now, nothing makes her happy. She needs a Calgon-take-me-away escape from all of it, and remembers how a recent client invited Valentine to her wedding in Maui. What better place for an escape? No pushy men to deal with. No pressures from her partners. Just time alone in paradise!
Sometimes paradise has its problems, too. Especially when her client’s cowboy rat older brother shows up, and Valentine wants to throttle him for his past overbearing ways toward his sister! Sam isn’t too thrilled to see the dipstick counselor who mucked up his adoring baby sister either. The interfering woman keeps right on butting her nose into his business, making him strongly feel the need to apply his hand to her sweet little bottom! Only touching her makes them both want so much more!
Participating Authors:
For updates and the complete list of information, please see the main contest page .
Love Spanks Blog Hop
Welcome to Love Spanks 2013! Would you like to win a Kindle Fire or Nook Color (donated by Blushing Books), a $40 gift certificate to Loose Id (donated by Loose Id and Cara Bristol), a $15 gift certificate to Amazon (donated by Stormy Night Publications), or a book bundle (donated by Stormy Night Publications)?
For updates and the complete list of information, please see the main contest page .
Here is a quick rundown of the rules:
Visit each blog between Saturday, February 9th and Sunday, February 10th to read the posted stories and excerpts.
Leave a comment answering the story question on each blog. You will receive one entry per blog for the grand prize drawing.
If you have visited all the blogs, visit Anastasia Vitsky’s blog to sign up for FIVE bonus entries to the grand prize.
Deadline is midnight EST (UTC -5) on February 10th!!
If you successfully completed the Spank or Treat challenge and were notified by Ana, you may add “VIP” to your comments. You will earn THREE bonus entries toward the grand prize. (Yes, we will be doing this again. Yes, if you successfully complete the Love Spanks challenge you can become a VIP for our next activity!)
Visit any of the participating blogs on Valentine’s Day to find out the lucky winners. Will it be you?
FREE BOOKS!
As an extra treat, all Love Spankers are eligible for free books! (Donated by Lazy Day Publishing)
Of Yesterday by Alta Hensley
To Love a Woman by Jade Cary
Rules of War by Sue Lyndon
Casting by Liz Borino
Deep in the Heat of Texas by Amy le Blanc, Melissa Ecker, and Alta Hensley
MY CONTESTS: I will be having 2 contests. One lucky winner will receive a Sin in a Tin Soy Candle and another lucky winner will receive a Sex & Mischief Do Not Disturb Kit. Both prizes are from Erotic Stories and Toys. **NOTE: If you have trouble leaving a comment here, please send your answer in an email to me at starla@starlakaye.com.
VALENTINE’S COWBOY: EXCERPT
Valentine crawled from the bed and stumbled her way into the living room, holding one hand to her throbbing head. Her eyes were barely open and not focusing well. “Oh gawd, oh gawd. Turn down the ocean,” she moaned as she headed for the sliding glass door she’d left open.
Even the tiny slit of sunlight she was able to see was excruciating. She squeezed her eyes closed while she continued toward her destination. A few steps later her knee hit a metal bar and she stubbed her toe, making her yelp in pain. Her eyes flew open even as she fell face forward across the open sofabed. Face forward over a large, warm, obviously male body.
Immediately the male body, that had been nearly dead to the world, burst to life. “What the hell!”
Almost at the same time Shelby knocked on the front door. “Sam? Sam, what’s going on in there?” She pounded again. “Sam!”
Valentine scrambled upright, her hands flying to her head, which seemed to be threatening to explode. She glanced down in horror—okay, and definite appreciation—at the deliciously naked form of Sam Thompson. The cowboy she’d met the night before. The man that, even through the fuzziness surrounding her brain, she wanted to throttle on Shelby’s behalf.
“What are you doing here?” she managed to ask, rubbing her forehead with her fingers in a useless attempt to calm the headache. “Oh gawd. Just shoot me now,” she added on an agonized moan.
“Not a bad idea,” Sam grumbled and reached around her to snatch at the top sheet he must have thrown aside in the middle of the night. While the wicked woman inside her wanted to protest his action, he stood and drew the sheet around his body from the waist down. He glowered and snapped, “This is my condo, Not yours.”
“Sam! I hear you in there, let me in!” Shelby called out, pounding again on the door.
Valentine gaped in mortification. She felt the color draining from her face as she realized his sister was about to catch them in pretty bad circumstances. She looked at Sam for some kind of help and found him heatedly staring at her. No help from his quarter.
Then she followed his gaze and glanced down. Heat rapidly spread over her entire body. Somehow she’d lost her bikini top. Her breasts were bare. His attention was completely focused on them and, to her displeasure, her nipples hardened in response. Could she possibly be any more humiliated?
Evidently yes because she burst into tears. She detested crying in front of someone else, which made her quietly sob harder. What a horrible start to a day! In the midst of her pity party moment, she heard Shelby pound on the door yet again.
Sam’s brown eyes darkened even more. Her breasts! Cheeks flaming at the realization that she’d done nothing about her exposure, she covered her traitorous breasts with her arms.
His focal points now partially covered, he came out of his stupor. “Oh shit! Shelby!”
He looked in a panic from her to the door, and then back at her. He started to pull the sheet from around his body and she was sure he intended to cover her up with it.
She held out a hand to stop him. “No! No, you idiot!” she yelped, sobs immediately quieting. She couldn’t let him remove that sheet and stand there in all his male glory. A voice in her suffering head told her she was nuts to refuse such an opportunity. Another voice taunted her that she’d just recently convinced herself that she was lesbian.
She latched onto that twisted reasoning in desperation and blurted out, “A man’s naked body does not affect me! Not at all!”
“Oh, honey, it sure as hell does.” His gaze zeroed in on her one uncovered breast. “Those rosy nipples have…”
Her face flamed even more as his comment faded away. “Stop it! Focus! Your sister.”
He scowled and tightened the sheet back around him. He spotted his shirt tossed on the floor, went to pick it up, and threw it at her. “Put this on. I’ve got to go let Shelby in before she beats the damn door down.”
His hand on the chain lock, he faced her again. “Lady, you’re completely crazy thinking you’re a woman lover. But I don’t have the time to prove that to you right now.”
Valentine stiffened at his comment. “Nothing you could do…“ She slammed her mouth shut, sensing she was lying. She had felt warmth pooling low in her body at her first glimpse of his nakedness. She had felt moisture beading between her legs.
A spark of something sexy, something challenging flitted in his eyes. “Darlin’, you’re so wrong.” Just to annoy her, she was sure, he glanced down at his erection pushing the sheet out.
Now her heart raced and her knees weakened. Darn him!
My story-related question: What has Valentine recently decided and that Sam thinks is crazy?
VALENTINE’S COWBOY
Genre: Contemporary, Western, Erotic Romance, spanking elements
Publisher: Blushing Books
Publisher Buy Link: Blushing Books
Soon to be available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
BLURB:
Valentine is a romance therapist burned out on the whole idea of romance. She needs a break from dating GQ fashioned stockbrokers and men whose lives revolve around their over-priced cars, high-tech apartments, and their belief that they’re super studs in bed. She needs time away from a therapy partnership that no longer makes her happy. Right now, nothing makes her happy. She needs a Calgon-take-me-away escape from all of it, and remembers how a recent client invited Valentine to her wedding in Maui. What better place for an escape? No pushy men to deal with. No pressures from her partners. Just time alone in paradise!
Sometimes paradise has its problems, too. Especially when her client’s cowboy rat older brother shows up, and Valentine wants to throttle him for his past overbearing ways toward his sister! Sam isn’t too thrilled to see the dipstick counselor who mucked up his adoring baby sister either. The interfering woman keeps right on butting her nose into his business, making him strongly feel the need to apply his hand to her sweet little bottom! Only touching her makes them both want so much more!
Participating Authors:
For updates and the complete list of information, please see the main contest page .
February 6, 2013
Hot Mojave Knights Conference-Oct 18-20
Oct 18-20 – Hot Mojave Knights Conference
Hot Mojave Knights Conference
Oct 18-20 – Hot Mojave Knights Conference
Romantic Times Convention-May 1-5
May 1-5 – Romantic Times Convention
Romantic Times Convention
May 1-5 – Romantic Times Convention
