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June 10, 2013
Jill Shalvis Cross Promo Winners!!
Thanks to everyone who entered the Jill Shalvis giveaway.
The winners were drawn randomly, and are:
Mayra Statham, Comment #54
Mandi, Comment #33
Patsy Treybal, Comment #75
Lisa Hutson, Comment #131
Leanna, Comment #18
Congrats to the winners! You’ve won one of the first 6 of Jill’s Lucky Harbor books (new release not included), either in digital or Print(Print book offered to US only). Email your choice of book to me, whether you want digital or print, and if you want print, include your mailing info, to jaci @ jaciburton. com (without the spaces, of course). You have 7 days to submit your info or new winners will be chosen.
Thanks everyone!
June 7, 2013
Jill Shalvis Blog Promo (And Cross Promo) Giveaway!
The awesome Jill Shalvis and I are cross promoting our book releases, so we’re running contests on each of our blogs. Jill’s newest book in her Lucky Harbor series, IT HAD TO BE YOU, released last week. I loved this book, and I adore her Lucky Harbor series. If you haven’t read this fun, sexy, romantic contemporary romance series yet, you’re really missing out. Hot, to-die-for sexy heroes and unforgettable heroines.
IT HAD TO BE YOU, Now Available at
Jill’s offering five winners their choice from any of the first books in her Lucky Harbor series: Simply Irresistible, The Sweetest Thing, Head Over Heels, Lucky In Love, At Last, or Forever and A Day. Print or digital. (Note from Jaci: I seriously loved every single one of these books. I can’t even pick a favorite, because they’re all fantastic)
So just comment below that you’re interested, and then head over to Jill’s blog to enter to win one of MY books. And make sure to sign up for Jill’s newsletter (newsletter signup is located right at the bottom of the home page of her website) while you’re there. She’s doing a big giveaway soon and you don’t want to miss out.
Be sure to say hello to Jill while you’re at her blog, and tell her I sent you. 
Winners will be chosen on Monday, so be sure to come back to see if you’re a winner!
Rules:
Must be 18 years of age or older to enter
US entries only for Jill’s books.
Void where prohibited
June 6, 2013
Guest Blogging
I hope everyone is busy reading this week! And if you’re reading ONE SWEET RIDE, I hope you’re enjoying Gray and Evelyn’s story.
I’m guest blogging here and there this week, so check out where I’m visiting and come see me.
I’m over at the Smutketeers blog, and there’s a giveaway
Also at Novel Thoughts, and there’s a giveaway there, too.
And I’m at the HEA USA Today blog, talking about ONE SWEET RIDE, as well as my new Hope series.
So click on the links and check them out.
June 4, 2013
One Sweet Ride Release Day!
It’s ONE SWEET RIDE release day!
To get what you want you have to move fast.
Gray Preston was born into money, but he’s built his racing empire on hard work and muscle. Now, with millions of fans, his senator father sends one of his aides, Evelyn Hill, to elicit Gray’s help in garnering votes for his upcoming national election. Gray wants nothing to do with his estranged father’s campaign, but Evelyn can be pretty persuasive. She’s willing to learn about racing, and maybe even get a little dirty.
Evelyn’s number-one goal is politics, which makes working with Gray difficult, because his only passion is fast cars. As she and Gray spend time together, he teaches her about the sport he loves, and she learns a lot about the man behind the wheel. The more she learns, the more she wants him. But any desire that threatens to derail the carefully laid plans for her future is a dangerous one.
With the passion Gray and Evelyn share running hotter than either imagined, one of them is going to have to compromise, or run the risk of losing more than their hearts.
ONE SWEET RIDE, Book 6 in the Play by Play series, is now available at your local bookstore or online retailer. Purchase links below:
Print:
Digital
I hope you enjoy Gray and Evelyn’s story! 
May 29, 2013
Free Read and More!
RUNNING MATE, Book 1 of my Devlin Dynasty series, is free for the next two weeks in digital format. So if you haven’t read it yet, go grab yourself a copy from the following locations:
Also, only one more week until ONE SWEET RIDE releases!
If you haven’t preordered ONE SWEET RIDE yet, you can do so here.
And while you’re out shopping today, the awesome Jill Shalvis has a new book that released this week.
IT HAD TO BE YOU is part of her Lucky Harbor series, an awesome contemporary romance series that should not be missed. Go grab a copy!
May 28, 2013
Weekend Wrap-up
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. We bought trees and bushes for the back yard. The drought the past couple of years has taken out a few of our trees, so several needed replacing. We also took a ride on the Harley, giving me a chance to test out the new earbuds I bought. Two thumbs up (or is it two ears up?) on those.
I also had a chance to play with our camera. We bought this awesome Canon camera last year, but you know, I take a lot of pictures with my iPhone, because I’m lazy like that. But I wanted a good camera because we have a lot of birds, squirrels, etc in our yard in the summer, and the iPhone just doesn’t capture nature like that.
So I got this photo of a scissortail flycatcher sitting on our back fence. Isn’t he beautiful?
And Biker Dude captured one of him flying. Love these birds.
And now I have mounds of work to catch up on, so I’m grounded, unlike the bird above. *sigh*
May 22, 2013
Eden Bradley Guest Post and Giveaway
I’m so thrilled to have the wonderfully talented and awesome Eden Bradley, who also writes as Eve Berlin, as my guest here on the blog today. She’s here to talk about the UK release of her new book, TEMPTATION’S EDGE, as well as some of her other books. And she’s also doing a giveaway, so check out this blog post–and her books!
TEMPTATION’S EDGE is out in the UK!
Hi everyone-I’m thrilled to be here with Jaci today and talking to all of you! Some of you may already know me-as Eden Bradley and as Eve Berlin. I know the dual pen name thing is confusing, but all of my ‘Eve’ books are slowly shifting over to the ‘Eden’ name, so that should clear things up eventually. Meanwhile, I’m suffering from a li’l writerly schizophrenia-lol!
So-about this book! TEMPTATION’S EDGE is the third book in my ‘Edge’ series, known in the UK as The Pleasure Dome series, which is the name of the BDSM club all of my characters in this series visit. They’re also all friends, and the characters from Books One and Two-PLEASURE’S EDGE and DESIRE’S EDGE-are revisited in this story, which centers around Alec and Dylan’s wedding. It also centers around one of my other favorite things in the world-tattoos. I have a number of them myself and can’t seem to stop-they’re addicting. And so are big, hot men with tattoos! If you agree, then you’ll probably like Connor Galloway, the hero in TEMPTATION’S EDGE.
Connor is my favorite kind of Dominant man-he’s a Dom through and through, the kind who’s so naturally commanding you feel it the moment you meet him. He’s got a dark side he keeps deeply buried, but he’s also has a tender side that comes out when you need it most. *girlish sigh* Let’s meet him, shall we?
What happens when you let yourself fall…
Mischa Kennon isn’t one to take it lying down, at least not until she meets sexy Connor Galloway , a green-eyed Irishman with an air of authority she finds hard to resist. While performing duties as maid of honor to her best friend, Mischa indulges in a casual relationship with Connor. She’s surprised by the thrill of his dominance, and lusts for more feisty battles before surrender.
…over the edge
It’s all fun and games in the BDSM Pleasure Dome Club, until Mischa realizes Connor could master her heart.
…and into temptation?
If she gives in to desire, will it be too much to handle, or will it open her to a kind of love she never thought possible?
EXCERPT:
“Come sit by me,” he said.
She did, next to him but not too close. If they had serious issues to discuss, she’d have to maintain a certain distance in order to keep a clear head. Semi-clear, anyway. The man was still in the room. And she suspected up close he’d smell too good to resist.
“Do you want something to drink?” she asked him. “A glass of wine?”
“No alcohol when we play. No alcohol when we negotiate. Clear heads.”
“Okay. How do these negotiations go?”
“I have a list of questions. You answer. Simple in essence, except that you need to think your answers through, be honest with yourself about what you want, where your boundaries and fears are. And just as crucial that you’re honest with me. This will determine what we might do, and perhaps more importantly, what we won’t do. You’ll be telling me yes, no or maybe for each question. ‘Maybe’ means it’s something I can push you on in the moment, or bring up again later, if I determine you’re in the right space to approach it.”
“If you determine?” She crossed her arms over her chest. That didn’t sit well with her at all.
Connor leaned forward, his elbows braced on his knees. “Mischa, being a dominant is a great pleasure, but with it comes great responsibility. I know we’ve just met, but can you trust in what you’ve seen of me so far? Can you trust that I am Alec’s friend? We play in the same circles, by the same code of ethics. Are you familiar with the Safe, Sane and Consensual credo?”
“Yes. I’ve heard it at the clubs I’ve been to. And I’ve read about it.”
“Then you have some idea of what that code means to me. I take it very seriously. All right?”
She nodded her head. Her heart was beginning to pound. This was serious stuff. The few men she’d ‘played’ with at the clubs had been just that—play—but Connor was the real thing. It aroused her, excited her, so much more than she’d expected. But with Connor, every time she thought she knew what to expect, he surprised her. Including, right now, how quickly her irritation at his bossiness dissolved under the powerful force of his natural command. It was real—he wasn’t some wanna-be, which, she now realized, was probably what those other men she’d experimented with were. And somehow, that changed everything.
“I should also tell you,” he went on, “that when we’re done, if you still have any questions for me, you let me know, and I will answer as thoroughly as I can.”
She nodded again. Licked her lips.
“Remember: yes, no or maybe. Do you want to be spanked?”
She smiled, a little surprised at how quickly the conversation had shifted, how he’d gotten right down to business. But this question was easy enough. “Yes. Sure.”
“Pinched?”
Also easy. “Yes.”
“Hit with a flogger, a slapper, a crop?”
A lovely chill ran through her. “Yes. I’ve had a flogger used on me, but it was one of those soft suede ones. And frankly, he was far too tentative with it.”
“What about with a single-tail?”
“Is that like a short bullwhip?”
He nodded. “Yes.”
“I don’t know. I don’t know the level of pain I can handle, what I might enjoy past a certain point.”
“But you do enjoy the pain?”
“Yes. I always have. From rough sex to a good spanking.”
“But you have never felt that you were a submissive.” It was phrased as a statement, but she knew he was asking her.
“Not in the past. But…it’s different with you. Not that I’ll ever be truly submissive. The submission is part of the pain-pleasure thing. An off-shoot of that.”
“And you’re not entirely happy about it?”
She smiled again, a little wryly. “Not entirely.”
“But you are willing to explore these things with me?”
“Yes.”
“What about anal sex?”
“Yes. I like it a lot.”
A slow smile from him at that. “Ah, good girl.”
There it was, those two simple words again that just made her melt into a pathetic little puddle.
Only for him.
She’d been telling him the truth. Although she’d been spanked, tied up, she’d never felt that sensation of going under, of letting go of control, handing that to another person. It had been more about seeking out extreme forms of sex. Having an adventure. The adventure with him would be something else altogether.
“How do you feel about being tied up? Handcuffed? Chained?”
“Being tied up has never really done much for me. I don’t get the fascination with ropes, and definitely not with silk scarves. That seems…amateurish to me. I love the handcuffs. Really love the idea of chains, although I’ve never used them before.”
“Ah, we are a perfect match, you and I. What about being blindfolded?”
“I…I don’t like it. Enough that I’ve never allowed anyone to try it with me. I don’t like that total disconnect from my environment.”
“You always need a shred of control to hang onto, is that it?”
She raised her chin. “Yes.”
“All right. We don’t have to go there right now. What about hot wax?”
“I’ve played with it before, but I wasn’t the one on the bottom that time.”
He laughed. “And?”
“I like the idea of it. We’ll have to see if I like the sensation.”
“Tell about the Kanji tattoo on the back of your neck—what does it say?”
“My tattoo?”
“Yes.”
She shrugged, trying not to squirm, although she wasn’t sure why now, rather than during all the questions about the floggers and chains. “It says ‘pain is love’.”
He raised one dark brow. “Do you really believe that?”
There was no hesitation before she answered this time. “Yes. Don’t you?”
He smiled a little, although at the same time he no longer looked quite so happy. “Yes. I guess I do.”
He paused, still looking at her. She stared back, watching as he rearranged his features, let the shadow there, a flicker of emotion, fade away. She wasn’t going to ask him about that. She knew the feeling well enough herself.
“Do you have any questions for me?” he asked her finally.
“Are the negotiations done?”
“For now.”
“Then yes, I have a question.”
“Ask.”
“When are you going to take me to that club, the Pleasure Dome?”
He laughed again. “You like the public play, do you?”
“That’s the biggest draw of those places for me, or it has been in the past. More than the equipment, my partners.”
“You like to put on a show, do you? So do I. If you really want to go, then I’ll certainly take you. Not tonight. Maybe next weekend. If you’re still interested, that is. You might run from me again.”
“I don’t think so.”
“What makes you so certain of that?”
“I just…” How to explain to him, without saying more than she wanted to? Without admitting more than she was willing to look at herself? “I want to go. And I have a feeling this is going to work out. That we’ll be good together.”
“You’re not a shy one, are you?”
It was her turn to laugh. “Hardly.”
He stood, absolutely towering over her. He looked a bit intimidating, she could admit to that. The man was a wall. Big and dark, his eyes glittering with mischief. But she also loved it—his size, that shadowed side of him. His wickedness.
He held out a hand to her. “Shall we begin, then?”
She smiled, got to her feet. And was swept into his arms so fast it made her head spin. He turned her until she was face-down on the sofa, her robe gone as if by magic. He held both her wrists behind her back in one of his hands. She was panting instantly, shocked at how quickly he’d gotten her naked and into this submissive position. She also understood, in some distant way, that he’d used that element of surprise to break right through any walls she may have put up. It didn’t scare her. Little did. She trusted him, for all the reasons he’d stated. And it was working beautifully. There was nothing but that small voice in the back of her head that was trying to tell her to slow down, to regain some balance in the power between them. But she was turned on enough to overcome it.
He leaned over and whispered into her ear, as if he could see right into her head, “Just relax now. Give it all over to me. You don’t need to struggle. To argue with yourself about it. Just do it. It can be that easy.”
“It’s not easy,” she gasped, realizing only then that part of her was holding back, hanging onto some last shred of control. God, this really was a mind fuck.
“It’s as easy as you make it, Mischa.”
She tried to shake her head, but he pressed down on the back of her neck with one hand. Gently, but it was enough to press her cheek right into the cushions of the sofa. And he was still using the other hand to hold both of her wrists at the small of her back. She began to tremble all over. It was half nerves, half desire, which was shivering through her in a series of tiny sparks, like small electric shocks. How had he known she would respond like this, when she hadn’t known herself?
He leaned over her until he was whispering into her hair. “I know what you’re going through, Mischa. You’re fighting it. The fight makes it harder on you. I admit I’ll enjoy it a bit. But when you let go the fight, that’s when it can really begin. That’s when you’ll feel it all in some new, sublime way. That’s my goal with you, sweetheart. To take you there.”
“I…I don’t know…” Her anxiety was mounting as she squirmed, and realized she truly could not break from his hold on her.
“Ah, but I do. I can see it in you, the ability. The submissive response to even the most subtle tone of voice, the most subtle touch. It doesn’t have to mean you’ll ever be some kind of slave girl. There’s a world of difference there. Don’t you worry about that. Just be in the moment. Let it happen, as much as you can.” His fingers flexed on the back of her neck, the fingers of his other hand flexing on her wrists, a small reminder. “Breathe for me, now. Deep breath in, let it out slow. Like meditation. It is a sort of meditation, as strange as it may sound. As odd as it may be to think of being able to relax while I hold you down like this. But that’s exactly the point. You are in my hands.”
As soon as he said it—‘my hands’—she did get it. She did as he said, pulling in a long breath, letting it out a little at a time. Trying desperately to quiet the voice in her head that was telling her it was time to panic. But his soothing tone instructing to her breathe, over and over, was drowning it out.
Time passed. She didn’t know how much. Finally he said, “Very good.” And spanked her.
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Buy TEMPTATION’S EDGE in the US or the UK now! Find all the buy links and see all three book covers on Eden/Eve’s website
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CONTEST! Let’s talk about tattoos! Do you like them on a man? On a woman? Do you think they’re sexy? You already know what I think, but I want to hear your ideas about body art. I’m giving away a $10.00 Amazon Gift Card to one US winner, and for our UK readers, e-copies of my BDSM novella SANCTUARY and Book One in my Midnight Playground vampire series, THE SEEKING KISS. I’ll choose a winner tomorrow and come back to announce here in the comments section. Be sure to let me know in your comment if you’re in the US or the UK!
Eden/Eve : )
May 16, 2013
Today I’m At…
Today I’m over at the Romancing The Jock blog, talking about my love for sports romance (what a surprise, right?)
May 8, 2013
One Sweet Ride Postcards!
ONE SWEET RIDE postcards are now available! You know you want one!
There are also postcards available for the rest of the books in the series if you haven’t gotten those yet.
To get a postcard, email your full name and mailing info to Fatin @ Novelsidekick . com (without the spaces) and let her know which postcard(s) you’re requesting. She’ll get it–or them–right out to you.
And don’t forget, ONE SWEET RIDE releases in less than a month! You can preorder it here
May 7, 2013
Wild Nights Release, Plus ARC Giveaway
Happy Tuesday! My novella, WILD NIGHTS, has released in digital format. WILD NIGHTS was previously available in the now out-of-print Exclusive anthology, but is now being made available as a stand alone digital novella. WILD NIGHTS features Mike Nottingham, who was one of the oh so hot characters in WILD, WICKED and WANTON.
Grace Wilde owns Wild Nights, a Las Vegas swingers club that provides a fantasy-come-true for strangers in search of total pleasure. Rarely indulging in the fun herself, Grace knows it’s best to never mix business with pleasure—until pleasure comes in such an irresistible package like Mike Nottingham. She wants more of him.
Wild Nights is perfect for Mike, a newcomer to the club accustomed to relationships ending when the sun comes up. Mike is pure country, all animal, and up for a good time. But it’s Grace who has fired his engines. Her intellect, her free spirit, and her beauty arouse him like nothing ever has before. He wants more of her.
But can two people who thrive on independence find a compromise between commitment and absolute sexual freedom?
You can purchase WILD NIGHTS at the following locations:
or at your favorite online retailer.
In addition, there’s an ARC giveaway for ONE SWEET RIDE over at RR@H Novel Thoughts, so head on over there to enter for a chance to win one of the 15 ARCs being given away!
