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Limited Edition Powertools T-Shirts!

While at a reader conference last weekend I got several requests for book related T-shirts.  Sounds cool to me!  So I’m trying something new.  I launched a campaign with a goal of 50 shirts here after asking readers to vote on three designs on Facebook.  The winning design is available in purple basic tee or black basic tee for $16 or black v-neck (purple wasn’t available) for $20.  The way this works is that the campaign stays open for 21 days, until 10/17.  If we get 50 pre-orders before then the shirt will be charged to your cards or paypal on that day and printed.  Otherwise, there’s no risk to you and no charges if the campaign doesn’t meet its minimum.  This was the best way to keep the cost low for everyone and not end up with a bazillion extra T-shirts in my office

I hope you like it!  If this is successful I’ll try one of the naughtier Powertools designs or a design based on another series if there’s sufficient fan demand.  You ask, I listen!

Thanks so much for reading and supporting my books.  It means a lot to me that you’d want to wear something related to the stories.  Don’t forget, the more we share the news about the T-shirts, the more likely they are to actually go to print.  I appreciate your help in spreading the word!

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

Fun Stuff

I have a random assortment of news to share today.

First, thank you for all the awesome feedback on Pick Your Pleasure 2 (Henry’s story).  I’m so glad you enjoyed it!  The book is now available in print as well as ebook (Amazon, B&N, KOBO, ARe, and Smashwords).

Next, nominations are being accepted now for the 2014 Bookie Awards which will be presented at Authors After Dark in Charlotte next August!  Only books published during certain dates by authors attending AAD next year are eligible.  For me those books are:

King Cobra

Mustang Sally

Hammer It Home

Where There’s Smoke

Healing Touch

Pick Your Pleasure

Winter’s Thaw

If you loved one of them (plus there are general awards like favorite author), awesome.  If not, go vote for something you did love   Only authors attending the event are eligible to win bookies.  Voting closes shortly so don’t delay or your favorite could be left out!

Last but not least, I mailed the latest edition of the Naughty News yesterday.  It should have hit your inbox (or spam folder!) last night.  There were 11 winners drawn from the list of subscribers for prize packs but so far only five of those have been claimed so make sure you check your copy to see if you were one of our lucky bitches!  Also, there is an exclusive sneak peek of Spread Your Wings which will release next month.  Men in Blue 4 will be out on 10/15 and is Jambrea, Matt and Clint’s story.  If you aren’t signed up for my newsletter yet, come on over and join to make sure you don’t lose your chance to be one of next month’s winners.

Pre-order from Amazon

Now back to edits on Super Nova!  Happy reading,

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

Out Today! Pick Your Pleasure 2

I’m thrilled to say the sequel to my interactive romance, Pick Your Pleasure is available today!

Available at Amazon, B&N, KOBO, ARe, and Smashwords

Ebook ISBN: 978-0-9888124-2-0

Print ISBN: 978-0-9888124-3-7

Ever read a book and wish the heroine hadn’t done that or gone there or slept with that guy? Well, now you’re in charge. The reader decides what happens here.

Tailor your perfect short story or be adventurous and read through all the different paths to see where life can take you…if you choose.

Go ahead, pick your pleasure.

Henry Emerson has spent a decade hiding his identity. In the light of day he’s a protector, head of security for a close friend. At night, he’s the owner of an elite sex club, Underground.

But when he meets Brooklyn, who bridges both existences—socialite and subterranean wildcat—he begins to wonder if it’s possible to find everything he needs in one woman.

Where will they forge their bond? In the light of day or the dark of night? It’s up to you.

Excerpt:

“Well, then. Since you’re no longer my employee, I can do what I’ve been wanting to for a while. Ask you out. Would you rather our first encounter be on familiar ground? Or do you want me to take you away from here right now, somewhere private?” Henry’s question flowed over

her like smooth whiskey, intoxicating and poisonous if overindulged in.

“What an ego you have!” Brooklyn sneered.

“More like instinct. Don’t kiss me back and I’ll let you go,” he whispered to her as he settled his lips over hers and infused the taste of spice and man into her evening.

Resolute, she kept her mouth firm, unyielding as her spine, which stayed ramrod straight in his grasp. Warm fingers stroked the taut muscles of her back as he continued to persuade her to

open for his tongue. The talented muscle prodded the seam of her grimace.

She was hanging tough until she allowed her eyes to drift open. The up-close-and-personal glimpse of the intensity in Henry’s gaze did her in.

Finally, some emotion.

White-hot lust.

Startled, she let out a tiny gasp—enough opportunity for him to weasel his way inside and deepen their kiss. The soft pulls of his mouth as he sucked on her lower lip resonated through her

core.

Moisture gathered between her legs, washing away her resistance.

When Henry groaned into her mouth, she realized she had begun to return his advance,meeting him lick for lick with her tongue. Leaning into his secure embrace, she didn’t worry once that he’d let her fall when she dedicated herself to stealing a single taste of the forbidden.

And damn was it worth it. More decadent than a triple-layer chocolate cake.

The rake of his teeth had her slanting her mouth over his to fuse them more tightly, though such a thing would have been impossible given how he’d wrapped her in his arms as if they were a boa constrictor. She didn’t complain about being tucked to his toned body.

Not until he shattered her euphoria and brought her crashing back to reality by separating them enough to give her a glimpse of his shit-eating grin.

“Come on, Brooklyn. Don’t deny you feel this chemistry too. I can see your hard nipples through your uniform.” Henry singed her with a stare at her chest.

Not lewd or degrading, more matter-of-fact, yet lascivious all the same.

She swallowed hard. If she was going to sacrifice her job—the only thing she loved to do, and excelled at in the world—she might as well make it worth it. Then she’d have the satisfaction of walking away from him and his club at the end of the night.

Or maybe the weekend.

Something told her they’d need at least that long to work this adrenaline-fueled attraction out of their systems.

Worrying about the rest could come later.

“What will it be?” Henry purred against her neck. “Where do you want me to take you?”

Saying no wasn’t an option. Because if nothing else, she was honest with herself. This man was exactly what she’d been craving for two long years. He was the reason she’d denied herself a personal lover outside the realm of her duties.

“Come on, Brooklyn.” He didn’t give her a chance to spook and change her mind. His thigh pressed between hers and she shivered. “Where will I make you mine?”

If Brooklyn said Right here, click here or search for Home Turf (2A).

If Brooklyn said Somewhere else, click here or search for Let’s Jet (2B).

Available at Amazon, B&N, KOBO, ARe, and Smashwords

Happy reading!

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

Release Day! – Hope Springs, Compass Girls 2

I’m so excited that the big day is here!  Come back to Compton Pass, Wyoming to visit some of your favorite characters.  Watch Silas get tortured by the realization that his daughter is all grown up…and dating two men.  I hope you enjoy the latest installment in the Compass Girls series, Hope Springs, out today.

Available from Amazon, B&N, Samhain, KOBO and your other favorite book buying sites.

What will grow from the seeds of desire?

Compass Girls, Book 2

Hope Compton never considered her parents’ unconventional relationship a dangerous thing. Until, after a few too many drinks in a crowded bar, she admits her desire for a ménage to her college boyfriend—and uninvited guests try to turn her fantasy into a nightmare.

When Wyatt catches some thugs harassing the pretty daughter of his bosses, he doesn’t hesitate to call on his partner Clayton to kick some asses. But then he realizes what a temptation the sweet, sheltered Hope presents. Especially her naughty wish to unleash her inner vixen—with both of them.

Hope has no doubt her playmates want to fulfill her every desire, but something’s holding them back. She has an idea what those somethings are. With luck, and a little help from her Compass cousins to hold her fathers off, she’ll find what she needs in the shadows of the past—and convince them she’s found two men of her own who are worthy of her love.

Warning: Compass books bring love in every direction and every season. But not all of life’s moments are filled with joy. Take the good with the bad, and the steamy.

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

Thank you! USA Today Bestseller

Thank you so much to everyone who helped put Pick Your Pleasure on the USA Today Bestseller list this week as part of the Taste of Decadence bundle.  I’m thrilled to be happy dancing tonight with my good friends Lexi Blake, Cari Quinn, Carrie Ann Ryan and Marie Harte.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, the bundle includes five full books for $9.99.  And if you did, hopefully you enjoyed Pick Your Pleasure.  Good news, I’m working on Pick Your Pleasure 2 right now and should be done within the next week or so.  The book focuses on Henry’s story so get ready to find out the answers to some of the questions you’ve been asking me in email!  Pick Your Pleasure 3 will also be out later this year.

Until those books are finished, there’s plenty more in store starting with Hope Springs, Compass Brothers 2, which will be released in less than two weeks!

Again, a huge thank you!

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

Bargain Book Bundle!

Want to try some new authors but don’t want to bust the book budget?  Well now you can!  Hell, you can even get my book Pick Your Pleasure (normally $3.99) as one of five books included in this set.  For the pre-order period and the first week of sales ONLY the box set of five whole erotic romances will be prices at 99 cents!  After that it will still be a steal at $9.99 for five books but don’t wait and pay more

Available for pre-order on Amazon now.  Bundle releases on 7/30/13

Here’s what else you’ll be snagging for less than 20 cents each!

5 Bestselling Authors Bring You 5 Sexy Stories

Ever want a taste of genres? Together, we bring you five stories in contemporary, paranormal, and everything in between. We bring the heat, the heroes, and the stories that make you scream for more.

THE DOM WHO LOVED ME by Lexi Blake

Sean Taggart is hunting a terrorist. Grace Hawthorne holds the key to his success. When Grace reveals her submissive nature, seducing her becomes more than a mission. As passion engulfs them, Grace discovers his hidden agenda. Sean must choose between catching a monster and being Master of Grace’s dreams.

BODYWORK by Marie Harte

What do scalding coffee, a naked man, and terrible dating advice have in common? Two people hurt by love in the past are offered a second chance at happiness. That’s if they can overcome first impressions, a teenage Romeo, and the wacky suggestions of well-meaning family.

JINGLE BALL by Cari Quinn

This year, rocking the office holiday party has taken on a whole new meaning.  All receptionist Wendy Stanton wants for Christmas is a chance for a relationship with her sexy, dominant boss outside the boardroom. But his secrets–and hot encounters including her other boss–are complications she never expected.

DUST OF MY WINGS by Carrie Ann Ryan

Humans aren’t as human as they think and the world is filled with the supernatural. Warrior Angel Shade is sent to the human realm to protect his brethren, but when he finds the sweet human Lily, he’ll have to make the ultimate decision–fate or duty.

PICK YOUR PLEASURE by Jayne Rylon

Ever read a book and wish the heroine hadn’t done that, gone there, or slept with that guy? Now you’re in charge. Tailor your perfect short story or be adventurous. Read through all the different paths to see where life can take you…if you choose. Go ahead, pick your pleasure.

Also, my coming soon section of my books page is EXPLODING with upcoming stuff.  Go check it out.  It includes two more books in the Pick Your Pleasures line, Hot Rods, Compass Girls, Men in Blue, oodles of print books… well… you’ll see.

7/30/13 (approx) – Pick Your Pleasure 2

8/20/13 – Hope Springs – Compass Brothers 2

9/3/13 – Two to Tango (print) – Includes Where There’s Smoke

9/15/13 (approx) Pick Your Pleasure 3

10/1/13 – Love Under Construction (print) Includes Powertools books 5 & 6

10/15/13 – Spread Your Wings (Men in Blue 4)

11/5/13 – Healing Touch (print)

12/3/13 – Super Nova (Hot Rods 3)

2/4/14 – Winter’s Thaw (print)

2/18/14 – Summer Fling (Compass Girls 3)

4/22/14 – Rebel on the Run (Hot Rods 4)

5/6/14 – Hot Rods (print) Includes Hot Rods boos 1&2

6/24/14 – Swinger Style (Hot Rods 5)

8/19/14 – Falling Softly (Compass Girls 4)

10/21/14 – Barracuda’s Heart (Hot Rods 6)

12/23/14 – Developing Desire (Play Doctor 3)

Happy summer reading everyone!

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

Hot Rods – New Cover!

They’re getting hotter every day!  Today’s addition to the cover art for the Hot Rods series has me drooling.  I can’t thank the artistic team enough for these amazing images that are representing my stories.  Angela Waters, cover artist extraordinaire, Sophia Renee of Unique Portrait Services who took the amazing photos and everyone at Samhain Publishing who pulled it all together all have my undying thanks.  So… next up… Hot Rods book 3, Super Nova, will be out on 12/3/13.  Here’s a little about the book:

As the Hot Rods garage and restoration business takes off, the mechanics-turned-businessmen realize they’re in over their heads. To maximize profits, and harness the momentum they’re generating, they hire a consultant who specializes in emerging brands.

Kaige isn’t bashful about expressing his dislike for an intruder in their midst, especially in light of the late-night rendezvous they’ve been indulging in lately. After all, he’s always been the mastermind behind their latest and greatest offerings at the shop. But when sexy, ultra-professional Nola Brown turns up, he decides a new game is in order.

He wastes no time in attempting to seduce her because peeling back the layers of her stuffy personality is almost as appealing as tearing off the layers of the three-piece business suits she wears so damn well. He’s never met a woman as prim and proper as Ms. Brown and he can’t wait to get her a little dirty, maybe in the backseat of his car.

When he finally wins out and proves grease marks go just fine on her perfect, porcelain skin, the rest of the gang wonders how things will shake out given their new and fragile interrelationships. They shouldn’t have worried, because when Kaige and Nola stumble on one of the Hot Rods’ sessions going full-throttle, she doesn’t run away as fast as her killer stilettos can carry her. In fact, just the opposite.

The resulting flash of light when Kaige’s two greatest attractions collide is more blinding than a super nova. Now all he has to do is convince his woman that their brilliance won’t burn out in one night. It can last a lifetime.

Also joining the art for the series is Hot Rods, which will be the print anthology of King Cobra and Mustang Sally (Books 1 & 2).  It will hit bookshelves next year on 5/6/14.  I can’t wait!

I hope you enjoy the stories and the art as much as I am.

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

RELEASE DAY! Mustang Sally, Hot Rods 2

Good morning everyone!

I’m up and ready to write (working on Super Nova, Hot Rods 3 at the moment) since I can’t sleep .  It’s release day!!!!  I’m running a special deal to celebrate.  Just for a couple of days, Pick Your Pleasure is only 99 cents on Amazon and B&N, which means you can get both books for $4.43.  That’s a lot of reading for less than $5, or maybe a drink at Starbucks!  Pick Your Pleasure is a wacky book where you get to choose what happens.  There are eight possible stories in one book!

And in the meantime, here’s a snippet from Mustang Sally to hold you over.  I really hope you’ll give the Hot Rods a try if you haven’t already.  They’re a spinoff of the Powertools crew so you get to see old friends and make new ones   The very first reader feedback is in too!  I hope she doesn’t mind me sharing but Janet Black stayed up late last night to read and posted this on my Facebook page, making my day, so don’t take my word for it!  “OMG Hawt, I loved it , can’t wait to read it again tomorrow. Jayne your talent is awesome….be proud.”

Available now from Samhain

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Available now from KOBO

Hot Rods, Book 2

Salome “Sally” Rider is flooring the gas pedal of her pink ’69 Mustang, desperate to outrun the memory of two of her fellow mechanics getting busy with some bar skank on the hood of a classic car. On her custom paint job.

For years her emotions have withered while her lost boys, her Hot Rods, have grown closer than brothers. Maybe some down time with the Powertools sexperts will help her figure out why Eli and Alanso went looking for some strange, when Sally was waiting right at the ends of their grease-smudged noses.

Sally is dead wrong about what she thought she saw, and Eli “King Cobra” London and the rest of the thoroughly rattled Hot Rods are determined prove it. They’ll show her in the sexiest possible way that she’s not merely an interchangeable part in their well-oiled machine.

Yet just as Eli gets up the nerve to make a very indecent proposal, a ghost rises from her painful past. Threatening to slam the brakes on their future before they can get it in gear.

Excerpt:

Copyright © 2013 Jayne Rylon

All rights reserved — a Samhain Publishing, Ltd. publication

The stainless steel skeletal butterfly on her fob rattled against her car and house keys as she ascended the open-backed stairs at the rear of the industrial building. The two slivers of metal reminded her of all the stakes. Her home. Her car. Her Hot Rods, who’d given her the trinket, binding them together on the first Christmas she’d spent with them a decade ago.

The badass butterfly had been her signature logo ever since, painted on each piece she created. That included her own Mustang and every other vehicle the Hot Rods obsessed over. Why did they mean so much to her if she didn’t matter a bit to them? Their sexy bodies and friendship had obviously warped her judgment.

When she went to fit her key in the lock, the door at the top of the stairs swung open. Had they forgotten to pull it closed? A bunch of them had grown up on the streets or in places a hell of a lot less protected. Security wasn’t something they slacked off on despite the relative safety of Middletown.

“Um, hello?” A shiver ran down her spine. Something wasn’t right. When a skitter of motion flickered through her unadjusted peripheral vision, she didn’t hesitate.

Using the self-defense instruction Roman had often given her, she balled her fist and swung at the shadow rapidly encroaching on her. Her knuckles connected with flesh. Holy crap.

It hurt, but not enough to keep her from landing a second punch to someplace softer. Who the hell was in their house? In the dark? Had they hurt her Hot Rods?

She’d rip them apart with her bare hands if they had.

“Oompf.” The grunt sounded somewhat familiar. But Sally wasn’t sure the person she’d decked was Eli until he hollered, “Guys! Turn the lights on.”

Brightness flashed into existence, blinding Sally.

“Welcome home!” a chorus of male voices shouted, mostly together.

She nearly toppled onto her ass when fight or flight instincts propelled her headlong into the bizarre scene in front of her. Eli bent in half, clutching his abdomen with one hand and his face with the other. Alanso stood slightly behind him, eyes wide and mouth hanging open.

After them, a mass of guys milled around with beers, ridiculous party hats, oversized balloons from the shop and an impressive assortment of snack cakes that looked like they might have come from the convenience section of the gas station.

“Uh-oh.” She dropped her keys.

Holden cracked up first. He adored mischief. This one might go down in the history books as the most awkward greeting of all time. “Well, he had it coming.”

“Somebody hand me some paper towels.” Alanso rushed to Eli’s side. A trickle of blood spattered onto the floor.

“I’m fine. It’s fine.” Eli tried to shake it off. He lifted his head and ignored any discomfort he might be in. Peeking at her from the slivers of his eyes not scrunched in pain, he said, “Hey, there.”

“Oh my God.” Sally’s shoulders drooped. “I’m so sorry. I thought… It was dark. I didn’t think you were home. The door was unlocked.”

“And you still came inside. By yourself?” Roman practically growled at her.

“She can hold her own.” Eli surprised her by taking her side. He pressed the napkin, which Carver had offered, to his face and tipped his head back as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

And just like that, Sally couldn’t handle any more. She didn’t give a damn if they thought less of her. She’d always made a point of showing no weakness around the gang of mechanics. Or at least she’d tried. But tonight there was no stopping the flood of tears that swept over her.

“Shh.” Alanso was there in an instant. He smelled nice, like grease and the cinnamon gum he liked. Breathing deep, she didn’t resist as he wrapped her in his stocky arms and fitted her to his chest. “It’ll take a hell of a lot more than a bop on the nose to put King Cobra in his place. It’s okay. We shouldn’t have startled you like that. Hijo de puta, why do we keep screwing things up?”

“No, no.” She squirmed in his hold, wanting to peek over his shoulder to verify she hadn’t imagined the effort they’d gone to. They cared. They’d missed her. Maybe even a fraction as much as she’d pined for them. “It’s perfect. Amazing. I ruined things. Again.”

“I wouldn’t say that, Sally.” Kaige raised his beer in her direction. “I’m having a wicked good time. Nice hook, by the way.”

A weak smile began to turn her frown upside down. Her eyes skipped over his bold tattoos and his golden dreads to the older man standing quietly at the rear of the gang.

King Cobra’s dad, Tom, nodded in her direction, then held his hands up so that his curled fingers made the top of a heart and his thumbs pointed together, completing the shape. The gesture alone brought fresh tears to her eyes.

Damn, this wasn’t going to be pretty.

She let go of Alanso just long enough to flash the sign in return.

Together she and the engine tuner faced Eli.

“It’s stopping. All cool. No worries.” He crumpled the paper towel and jammed it in the back pocket of his jeans. “I missed you, Sally.”

“I missed you too.” She held out her arms. Both Eli and Alanso stepped into them. She hugged each of them with one arm and they mimicked her until the triangle was complete.

With the three of them bonded in their own private assembly, Eli whispered into her ear, “We have a lot to talk about. After the party. You. Me. Alanso. Please let me explain?”

She froze. The plan had been to charge in and hit them with her demands, both barrels. Would she still have the nerve to be so bold after an hour or two of hanging out, pretending all was normal when everything inside her had disintegrated and rearranged? And what about her unfinished business? She wouldn’t have time to dive into it before the three of them hashed things out. Crap!

Is this how Alanso had felt when he’d returned from the guys’ visit to the crew after Dave’s accident? If so, she had no clue how he’d held it all together so long. His strength awed her. Just like it had when he’d burst inside that night a few weeks ago and announced he wanted to experiment with guys. She had to take a page from his book and be brave enough to share her desires. Otherwise, there was no hope of getting what she needed.

Sally kissed the bald guy’s cheek as she rubbed his head. He nearly purred when she found the spot he loved so much. Then she turned to Eli to bestow the same peace offering on him. Though she’d kissed his cheek a million times in their lives, this time was different.

At the last instant, he turned his head.

They met lips on lips for the first time.

Sally’s heart sputtered in her chest like the engine on one of their fresh finds. To finally touch him, like this, with intent to do more—it amazed her. He was gentle, more than she would have expected. His thumbs brushed her cheeks as his fingers buried in the long strands of her hair.

When her knees turned to motor oil, Alanso held her up, tucked tight to his frame.

He lifted her toward his best friend, allowed the man to feast at her mouth.


Eli’s tongue traced her smile. He nibbled on her bottom lip while she tried to shake herself from the stunned trance his touch induced. She purred, then kissed him back, clutching both him and Alanso as they made out in front of all the witnesses that mattered.

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Happy Reading,

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

99¢ Celebration

I decided to celebrate the new Hot Rods book by lowering the price of Pick Your Pleasure to 99 cents very temporarily. If you’d like to try something new you can snag both Mustang Sally and Pick Your Pleasure for less than $4.50 this week only. I hope you’ll check it out.

Pick Your Pleasure @ Amazon 99¢

Pick Your Pleasure @ B&N 99¢

Mustang Sally @ Amazon

Mustang Sally @ B&N

Mustang Sally @ Samhain

Happy reading celebration!

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com

Oklahoma Disaster Relief Auction

Please join us at Shayla Black’s Facebook page next week for an auction of autographed books, including a copy of Pick Your Pleasure, to provide relief to tornado victims in Oklahoma.

Jayne

www.jaynerylon.com