Tory Richards's Blog, page 120

New Cover!

After being with one of my publishers for ten years they have decided to sell their company. Up until now I've left my earlier published books with them, even when the contracts ended. But now I have an opportunity to get four books back and self-publish them with new covers and a disclaimer so anyone who purchased them already won't do so again. The first one comes out on 9/1 and I've decided to keep the original title. What do you think of my new cover? I think it's hot!

Rhapsody in Paris Giveaway!

Book It – Giveaways – Ju Ephraime’s Rhapsody In Paris Release Celebration!



To celebrate the release of Ju Ephraime’s fourth LaCasse novel, Rhapsody in Paris, she and her friends are having a giveaway! Ju’s LaCasse family has seen 3 romances before this one and now Franchesca LaCasse is about to me her happily-ever-after and you can help Ju find a little happiness as well. Please take a moment to enter the giveaway and then follow the links to purchase the LaCasse novels from Amazon! Enter the giveaway and you can win the books of S.E. Felida, Izzibella Beau, Tory Richards and Amazon Gift Cards up to $50. You don’t want to miss out on these great rewards! Good Luck!
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Meet Ju Ephraime:



Ju Ephraime began writing professionally at age 19; at that time, she wrote short stories for the local radio station in her home town. She gave up writing to pursue her education and has since earned several degrees, including two Masters and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University in Boston. During the course of her schooling, she wrote and published a working curriculum for a career school, a business manual and its answer key, as well as other literary work. In 2010 she revisited her first love, writing for fun and enjoyment. She writes high heat, steamy, romance novels. The first was, State of Ecstasy in the LaCasse series, which was soon followed by, Temptation to Sin, Loving Therèse, #2 in the LaCasse series. Ju has gone on to write several more books, including, The Odor of Violet, on tour this month, Complete Surrender, #3 in the LaCasse series; as well as, a Christmas Novella, Footsteps in the Sand and her award winning paranormal, White Magic Woman, Quarterfinalist in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, 2013, out of over 10,000 entrants.

Ju lives in Connecticut, where she is very active in her community. She is the administrator of a business school and the president of a non-profit organization that dresses individuals for job interviews.

Serve and Submit Series

Five short, erotic, stand alone stories where you'll get the chance to meet a Marine, undercover agent, cop, fireman, and Navy SEAL. Five hot stories! And it all starts with Pulled Over. Available at Amazon and Smashwords.

What starts out as a normal afternoon drive home for Sunny turns into a steamy altercation between her and a cop after she's pulled over for an expired tag, and burned-out taillight. She can't afford a ticket. What's a girl to do?

Freedom Hop!

Participating authors! Live. Love. Read.
ROMANCE BECKONS
As a book lover, don't take for granted your freedom to read. In this era of technology, books are at our fingertips and reading is something we make time for. eBook, audiobooks and good old-fashioned paperbacks give readers of all types the opportunity to enjoy reading.

Which type of books do you enjoy? Is it the fingernail-biting suspense? The thrill of an erotic romance? Or the fantasy of paranormal romance? Do you like your books to take you out of this world? Or is all about the possibilities in a contemporary romance?

Lately I've been doing a lot of reading. Research for a motorcycle book I'm working on. In an effort to make sure I get the MC culture down, the language, and raw and gritty aspect of it, I've probably read about twenty MC books in the last month. It's been years since I've done this kind of back to back reading and I've come to realize that I missed it. When I was younger I was never without a book. Then as I began to write my own, reading took a backseat.

I'm so glad I've discovered the joy of reading again. I love being taken away and just for a little time, real-life issues are gone. I'm feeling the story, the adventure and suspense, and the romance. Today we have so many choices and I read according to my schedule. I like to read a book from beginning to the end without stopping. It's great that I can choose a full length story and devote my day to it, or a short novella right before bedtime.

Sometime later this year Wild Marauders MC will come out, followed by Dark Menace MC, so if you like biker romances be on the look out for them. For this blog hop I'm offering up a FREE download of Kiss Me! Below is the coupon info for Smashwords. It's a contemporary romance and a little on the full-length side. I hope you enjoy it.


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Nothing but Trouble!

It's out folks. This was originally released with a publisher as The Senator's Daughter, and under my real name, and is a contemporary romance. Available at Amazon!

A senator arranges for his daughter, Sophie to be kidnapped on the eve of her wedding. She turns out to be more trouble than her abductor, Brent, anticipated. Spirited and resourceful, he has his hands full. In the meantime, their intense attraction to each other only adds further complications.

EXCERPT“I’ll remove my hand, if you promise…”

Brent shouldn’t have reminded her about his hand. The next thing he knew she was biting down on it a second time. Adding insult to injury, she shoved him in the chest as hard as she could at the same time, catching him unaware. Before he had a chance to recover she took advantage of the moment by pushing herself away from the wall and taking flight.

“Damn it!” Brent grunted in anger. She managed to descend one step before he tangled a hand in her hair and hauled her back into his arms. A cry escaped her but Brent ignored it. He yanked her roughly against him. “Bite me again and you’ll find out what it feels like,” he muttered between his teeth.

“Who are you?” she asked softly. Brent felt her slight tremble and steeled himself for what he had to do. “What do you want?”

“One question at a time, princess.” Brent realized he had to assert his dominance early on if he wanted to remain in control of the situation. Not giving much thought to the consequences, he pushed Sophie up against the concrete wall and leaned in close, threatening her with his superior strength and size.

His actions had repercussions he wasn’t anticipating though. Like the rush of heat surging through his blood, turning the victim in his arms into a desirable woman. Wrestling with her provided conditions he hadn’t counted on. Appealing circumstances which could easily upset the scheme of things if he let it.

Too much body contact for one.

“I demand you keep your hands to yourself!” she whispered sharply.

“Do you now?” he said softly, amused at her haughty tone. “You’re not in any position to demand anything.” With every breath Brent took, he could smell her. Beyond the light scent of soap and perfume, to the sensuous woman beneath. A sexy combination of innocence and know-how. It was playing havoc with his senses, preventing him from keeping a clear head. He swore beneath his breath. Nothing good was going to come of this.

She was tall like he liked his women but he wasn’t into rich, spoiled, society types who held themselves above others, thinking they were better than everyone else. He’d watched Sophie long enough to know she was used to the best in life and probably demanded it. A woman who let society rule her emotions, not her heart. He recalled her quiet, almost suffering acceptance of Lord touching and kissing her, putting up with it because it was expected of her and not because she’d liked it. That action alone told him a lot about her.

She was probably as cold as a block of ice in bed.

“I demand you tell me who you are and what this is all about,” she said in a frigid tone, confirming his thoughts.

Her snooty tone grated on his nerves. “Demand all you want, princess, it won’t get you anywhere.” He was glad she’d broken his train of thought. He could care less what she was like in bed and would do well to remember that. What’s more, he doubted her father would appreciate his wayward notions. Brent respected and liked Senator Adams. It was because of that reason alone he was doing this in the first place.

This, meaning kidnapping. So far Sophie was more trouble than he’d anticipated which could cause serious problems down the road. He’d have to watch her like a hawk. It hadn’t taken her long to get the drop on Tom. Well, she’d learn soon enough that he wasn’t a pushover. “Come on.” He yanked her away from the wall.

“Let me go!” She tried to pull free. “Ouch! You’re hurting me! I’m not going anywhere with you!”

Brent swung around and pulled her up against him. “You have a choice, lady; you can come with me the easy way, or like a sack of potatoes over my shoulder."

Happy Friday! I'm gonna have a strawberry daiquiri tonight! That's right, I'm a rebel:)

Meet Bishop and Angel

Hero and heroine from Bishop's Angel, and Lovers (book 5 of Serve and Submit) – releasing July first!

Meet Bishop  
1. He's a Navy SEAL
2. He's called Ripper by his team because of his expertise in using a knife to kill
3. He's been a SEAL for ten years
4. He falls hard for Angel, a kindergarten teacher, practically the first night they meet
5. He does NOT like yogurt unless he's eating it off Angel:)

Meet Angel
1. She's a kindergarten teacher2. Her best friend is Bishop's sister, Diana3. She loves yogurt4. She likes to ride the mechanical bull at her favorite bar5. She loves wild flowers and margaritas

Facts
1. They live in a small town in Maine called China2. Barnie the cat belonged to Bishop for ten years before he gave it to his sister3.Until Bishop meets Angel he always stayed away from sweet, hometown girls like her4. Angel spends one month a year in North Carolina in the mountains with her friends5. Due to the pictures and stories Diana shares with Angel about her brother Bishop, Angel is practically already in love with him by the time they meet for the first time

The Mating Game by Melissa Snark

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Melissa will be awarding a Nordic Lights Dolphin Triskilian Pendant for Guidance and Inner Peace to one randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, as well as a signed paperback copy of The Mating Game to two randomly drawn winners (US ONLY) via the rafflecopter at the end of this post.


Melissa will be awarding a Nordic Lights Dolphin Triskilian Pendant for Guidance and Inner Peace to one randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, as well as a signed paperback copy of The Mating Game to two randomly drawn winners. (US ONLY)

Two males…two friends…a competition for the right to claim The Heart of the Iron Stone Pack.

An alpha female at her core, Theresa Sanchez struggles to protect her young daughter, but rivalries and politics create volatility in the pack. As Theresa comes into heat, lust and need rule her body. Her pack demands only the most virile male have her. How can she choose only one mate when her body craves two—the virile beta and the man she loves?

Zachary Hunter will do anything to take Theresa as his mate, even if it means killing his best friend. However, Robert Blane is just as determined to ascend to Alpha. Both their beasts howl to mark her flesh, but only one can survive to claim her. But with enemies circling, they must fight…for the pack, for Theresa, and for a future together.

Warning: Book contains wolf shifters, pack politics, gritty fight scenes, offbeat humor, and sizzling sexual adventures between a ménage of partners.

Enjoy an excerpt:

“Do you have on panties?”

“Oh, Zach.” Theresa sighed into the phone. The sound of her weight shifting atop fabric reached his ears. “What am I going to do with you?”

“I could offer all manner of suggestions.” Zach’s mouth went dry and his voice had acquired a sultry tone, deliberately suggestive, a hint of the lewd.

“Oh, you. Stop!” She giggled with delight and there was nothing in her attitude to make him believe she meant anything but the opposite.

His slacks had become tight in the crotch so he unfastened the sliding tabs. As a rule, he went commando because it made undressing to shift forms easier, but he happened to be wearing black silk boxers under his suit. With one hand, he shoved his boxers down to mid-thigh and his aroused shaft sprang into his hand. His balls were swollen and tender, and the slightest pressure felt exquisite. He muffled a moan.

“Where are you, Theresa?”

“In bed.”

“Tell me what you’re wearing.”

“Zach!” Theresa sounded scandalized, but he also detected the note of intrigue in her voice. Her breathing grew rapid and uneven. “I’m wearing a white robe. I just got out of the shower.”

“Is it silk?”

“No, you know I can’t afford silk, silly. It’s cotton.” His gaze flickered to the gift he’d bought her and he licked his lips. His hand stroked his engorged member, fingers and thumb encircling the girth. “Anything else?”

Fast Facts About Melissa Snark:

• Melissa Snark is published with The Wild Rose Press & as an Indie author with five unique titles: A CAT'S TALE, THE MATING GAME, LEARNING TO FLY, THE CHILD THIEF, HUNGER MOON.
• Her Loki's Wolves series includes THE CHILD THIEF, HUNGER MOON AND BATTLE CRY (to be released in 2014).
• She lives in the San Francisco bay area with her husband, three children and a glaring of cats.
• She is a professional cat herder and unrepentant satirist who blogs about books and writing on The Snarkology.

Connect with Melissa Snark:

Author Website
http://www.melissasnark.com/
The Snarkology
http://www.melissasnark.blogspot.com/
Email: melissasnark at gmail.com
Facebook Author Page
https://www.facebook.com/melissasnark.author
Twitter
https://twitter.com/MelissaSnark
Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/MelissaSnark
Amazon Author Page
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0076EEQIU


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New Review for Scent of a Wolf's Mate!

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Book Reviewed by Evampire (reviewer)
SCENT OF A WOLF'S MATE is a captivating, quick and erotic werewolf romance. This fast-paced plot keeps readers on their toes with some suspense and action but mostly red-hot passion. The author describes the story with well-written scenes that capture the imagination and the characters are strong, compelling and grab the reader's attention from the beginning.

There is no mistaking the chemistry between Serena and Connor as the heat explodes from the pages and the frequent sex scenes are super combustible.

I feel like this sometimes:)