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April 21, 2013
Talking about Hedgies…
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April 19, 2013
Magic Touch Giveaway Hop
Magic. There's nothing quite like it. Whether it's actual sorcery, spells and potions and the like or the 'earthier' magic of shapeshifters, I just love reading about it. I've always liked shape-shifter stories. There's just something about a creature that has the integral magic to be able to change his or her form that is fascinating. Probably why I like writing shifters so much!
Which is why I enjoyed writing my current release, Hedging his Bets, with Celia Kyle so much. Apart from the fact that Celia is awesomesauce and absolutely great fun to write with, we decided to push the envelope a little...okay, a LOT... and our hero is a werehedgehog.
Yup. You read that right. Our brooding, biker, bad-boy alpha male shifter hero is a itty-bitty little pygmy hedgehog in his other form. More awwwww than rawwwwwr (But don't tell Blake that 
) and our poor hero gets it handed to him by someone a little bigger and meaner in werehedgie form (his female cousin, Katie)...
Looking inward, Blake reached for his were side, his inner hedgehog. The power built up under his skin, but he held it in, revving the engine before he released the
clutch. He stepped out from behind the truck that sheltered his modesty and let it rip. He dropped to his knees as bones popped and slid under his skin. Skin which
rippled over his form as he reduced in mass from a six-foot-plus lean, mean sex God (or so he liked to think) to small, cute and spiny. Blake opened his eyes to find eye level
was now at his previous ankle height and shook himself in a rustle of spines. He’d never been asked what his change was like, but if he had been, the only way to describe
it would be a full body sneeze. One that left his eyes watering.
High-pitched yipping was his only warning of Katie’s attack. In human form, she was small and delicate, only reaching Blake’s shoulder. In hedgie form though, she was
almost as big as Blake himself, and twice as mean.
“Grrr.” He bared his teeth as she lunged for him, and then battle was on as the two hedgehogs went for it in the dust next to Honey’s car. Three minutes later and
Blake was pinned down, Katie’s teeth clamped down on his ear viciously. He was bleeding from several cuts and felt as if he’d been worked over with a piece of two by
four.
Squeaking in surrender he tried to shrug her off, only to get a clawed paw digging in his neck as she chewed his ear some more. Blake winced. She was enjoying this a little too much.
Honey loves running her bar and grill, catering to humans and shifters alike. But there are two things that dim her love of the place: cocky assholes who think they own the world, and cocky assholes who think they can flex their muscles and wreck her bar when throwing a temper tantrum. Unfortunately, the drop-dead gorgeous, hotter than hot, shifter man she secretly loves is both.
Blake wants the curvaceous, gorgeous Honey in his bed. Now. He’s lusted (but not loved, let’s get that straight) after the luscious woman for months. True, he looks like a bad-boy biker mixed with a player and, yeah, he’s broken a few things in her bar… But only because the guys were hitting on his girl. With no hope of winning her over in sight, he does what any red-blooded werehedgehog would do in his position. He lies.
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April 14, 2013
Giveaways and Street Team news…
To celebrate the release of both Hedging his bets and The Wildcat and the Doctor, we have a contest going on over on Facebook - head on over to check it out... http://bit.ly/10PI5KZ
You've also (just) still got time to enter Celia Kyles contest over on http://j.mp/ZRtfBk
If you missed it, we have a brand new street team...so if you'd like to join us for fun, giveaways and general madness (with a little promotion mixed in), then please click on the link below and "Request to Join" the Group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/656515214375419/
Oh my…
...where has the time gone? I blinked and kinda lost a couple of months O.o SO much has happened in those few months, so let me bring you up to date!
Okay, let's start w[image error]ith Hedging his Bets. I LOVE hedgehogs, totally and utterly think they are so cute and wonderful. I've never written a hedgehog before, but then the demon of temptation that is 'What if' combined with the awesomeness of wanna-be ninja Celia Kyle conspired against me and we decided to write Blake, the were-hedgehog. Yup. That was were-hedgehog. We figured most things can be were's so why not a hedgehog. So bad-boy Blake was born (He also makes an appearance in the Stratton Wolves series and possibly Playing Wolf, if you look closely )
After much bouncing emails and writing back and forth, Hedging his Bets is now available! AND it's an ARe bestseller! Thank you to all who have already bought and read it!!! *hugs* If you haven't, then head on over and check out Blake's story 
I'm sure you'll like it. We adored writing it (and we're now discussing a second book for Katie - Blake's cousin - for all were-hedgie followers out there!)
Moving on...Siren's Seduction gets a mention for becoming an ARe bestseller as well This is a cute little re-release which got a little sprucing up and a new cover which I think is very pretty (but I love purple and guys with tattoos so I could spend all day look at covers like this!).
Works in progress...
I've ALWAYS got works in progress. At the moment I'm working on a sexy little MMF short called Seducing the Sergeant which I'm hoping to develop into a series. It's got a couple of sexy weredog marines who decide their new combat sergeant is just the kind of girl they'd like to call theirs forever. Trouble is, she's prickly and suspicious and is hiding a secret that might threaten not only their future happiness but their careers and their very lives if they're not careful.
We're also now in the editing phase for a post-apocalyptic werewolf tale called It's a Wolf Thing (with Chance Masters)...watch this space for release news!!
Now for the biggie. Blood Mate has a cover!! And a blurb!! (This is the second in the series, so if you haven't seen the first - Perfect Mate - check it out here - http://mina-carter.com/bookshelf/paranormal-romance/perfect-mate/)
The only thing they have in common? Really…sharp…teeth.
Project Rebellion, Book 2
Major Antonia Fielding has one goal: to escape the clutches of the Project. With the blood-virus infecting her system, though, a body bag is likely her only way out. Until her boss lets slip that he may just have a cure for her—if she brings in an escaped Lycan.
Can she trust him? Now there’s the million-dollar question. Then again, can she afford to take that chance?
Darce Foster was a Special Forces soldier, until the Project got hold of him. Now he’s a Lycan, a lab-created werewolf, this close to escaping his creators—until another of the projects experiments stops him in his tracks. Not because she has the power to hold him, but because he instantly recognizes the impossible. The vampiress is his mate.
Allowing her to bring him in is his only choice—and possibly the last mistake of his life.
Enemies or lovers, it doesn’t matter. When they discover that the Project is hiding yet more secrets, they must work together to bring it down...or die in the attempt.
NB: Working blurb subject to alteration.
January 29, 2013
Available Now: Close Protection…
Ashlee Bishop is a bar owner. She was a happy bar owner until a bunch of pixies turned up demanding protection money. As a garden-variety human, she knows she doesn't have the ability to deal with the pixies, so she calls in the Paranormal Protection Agency to sort the problem out.
What she doesn't expect is for the pixies to come back before the agency can get to the bar, or the hot as hell werewolf who shows and starts teaching pixies how to fly. The hard way.
She certainly doesn't expect to be able to command his wolf... or to have to when the shit hits the fan.
January 23, 2013
Pimpin’ post: Wynter’s Captive by Milly Taiden
Blurb:
Being held captive for winter never felt so good.
Lili is on her way to her cousin’s wedding when she thinks she hit a man in the road. Leaving the safety of her car to check on him turns out the be a big mistake, and pretty soon Lili is being abducted and held against her will by a super-sexy wolf who her body longs to touch. But just because he’s hot doesn’t mean she’s going to remain a captive.
Cade is not just an alpha, he’s a very wealthy man, used to getting what he wants. So when he attempts to abduct his ex-friend’s fiancé, he doesn’t expect to wind up with the wrong woman. Just how did he wind up with the maid of honor? And why does the woman melt every inch of him? But when she escapes, real danger awaits her beyond his protection. Cade must convince her to see beyond his deception if he has any chance to keep her alive.
Excerpt:
He grabbed her outstretched hand and stood. She twined her fingers into his hair and pulled his head down. Her boldness sparked a roaring inside him. Passionate urgency spread through his limbs. She licked his lips and rubbed her tongue over his. Blood pounded in his ears as arousal swelled inside him.
“Argh!” She growled at his lip and tugged at his shirt, wanting it off.
He grinned, pulled the material over his head, and left his chest and upper body devoid of clothing.
“Yesss,” she moaned. Tracing every line of his chest with her fingertips, she slowly moved her nimble hands down his torso.
“Oh, baby.” He groaned with each kiss of her lips on his chest.
She licked his nipples, first one and then the other, sucked the tiny bud into her mouth and twirled her tongue on the flat disc.
“Lili,” he groaned.
Moving his hands to the table’s edge, she silently commanded him to hang on. He watched her lick, kiss, and nip his pecs, abs, and down to his belly button. There, she dipped her tongue into the hole and bit down while gazing up at him. Aroused amber eyes glittered at him. She was so beautiful. His cock jerked as soon as her hands gripped his base and squeezed. He hissed out a breath.
He held on to the table’s edge so hard he heard cracking of wood. She did a slow pump up his entire length. Then he watched her use the moisture dripping from his slit as lubrication. With one long lick, she worked her way from his balls, up the throbbing underside vein, and to the crown of his cock. Once there she licked his mushroomed head in a circle and followed that by sucking his dick into her mouth.
Suck after suck, she raised the bar on his pleasure. She jerked and licked with enthusiasm, her lips tight and wet around his cock. He loved listening to her soft little moans when he thrust into her mouth. Sparks gathered at his spine.
He drew her off his cock and kissed her swollen lips. Shifting positions, he pulled the pajama top and bottom off her body in quick moves. She leaned back on the edge of the heavy wood table. Warm, curvy flesh filled his hands when he grabbed her by the waist, lifted her to the smooth wood table, and sat her on the edge.
“Lean back, love.”
She glanced over her shoulder, but no dishes sat on that side of the long table. He watched her lean until she was held up by her elbows. She peered at him with passion-dazed eyes.
He did a visual tour down her curvy body to her glistening sex. She spread her legs wide, bending them at the knees and giving him full view of her pink pussy. With a deep inhale, he drew in her scent and growled. Cinnamon and her musky aroused honey filled his lungs. His cock jerked, needing inside her. Moisture dripped from her slit, crawling down to her ass. He glanced up and caught her nibbling her lip. Their eyes locked.
“Lick me, Cade. Make me come,” she pleaded.
Cade pulled a chair and sat down to eat…her. Her pussy sat before him, spread wide open and glistening with honey. He curled his arms around her thighs, moved her legs over his shoulders, and took a swipe up her swollen pussy lips.
She inhaled a sharp breath and moaned. “More.”
He licked up her trimmed curls and sucked on her juices. She whimpered, wiggling her hips in his grip. Unhurried, he licked around the tight pleasure bundle he knew would be her undoing. He swiped his tongue up her asshole and to her sex. Drinking in the honey dripping on his tongue, he plunged his tongue into her cunt. He growled, and she jerked.
“Yesss.” She panted and moaned all the while lying flat on the table.
His cock was rock hard from tasting, smelling, and listening to her. With one hand he grasped his cock. She grabbed hold of his hair and rode his face. Over and over he fucked her with his tongue and jerked himself at the same time. Precum dripped in heavy amounts from his cock. Fuck, she was so hot. Moans, pants, and ragged breathing were all he heard from her.
Her legs shook, breathing hitched, and whimpering increased. “God, Cade. I’m so close…”
Letting go of his shaft, he held her open and sucked down on her clit. She tensed, shuddered, and screamed. Her body bucked and dripped wet heat over his lips.
“Oh my, Cade.” She shook every few seconds. Pleasure filled him at the reverent way she said his name. He chuckled and stood. She peered up at him with a look so hot it almost made him come.
He lifted her off the table and helped her to her feet.
She turned on the table and splayed her upper body over the same spot she’d been lying on. Then she wiggled her ass at him. “Fuck me, baby.”
Buy Links
Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/Wynters-Captive-ebook/dp/B00B2B2S74/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1_215B
Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wynters-Captive-ebook/dp/B00B2B2S74/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1_7MCV
Barnes and Nobles
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wynters-captive-milly-taiden/1114166453
ARe
https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-wynter039scaptive-1045077-139.html
Author Bio:
Want to know about me? Milly Taiden (aka April Angel) was born in the prettiest part of the Caribbean known as the Dominican Republic. She grew up between New York, Florida and Massachusetts. Currently, she resides in New York City with her husband, bossy young son and their little dog Speedy.
She’s addicted to shopping for shoes, chocolate (but who isn’t?) and Dunkin Donuts coffee.
A bookworm when she can get her hands on a good story, she loves reading all Mina Carter, Cynthia Eden, and Dianne Duvall among others.
Contact Info.
Email: millytaiden@gmail.com
Website: http://www.millytaiden.com
January 20, 2013
SSS: More Solar…
Yup, I'm still on a Solar Storm kick!
Faster than any man had a right to be, he pushed off the ladder and grabbed her shoulders. A second later, their positions were reversed and she was pressed back against the ladder with his hard body a fraction from hers.
She didn’t even have time to whimper in feminine need at the object of so many lonely nights and frustrated fantasies. His lips crashed down on hers, anger and desire in their touch. His tongue swept her lower lip, demanding that she open up for him. Unable to do anything else, she moaned and allowed him access.
January 16, 2013
Want to find out about Kelwin from Solar Storm…
...then head on over to the Romance Book Junkies Blog!
January 13, 2013
SSS: Solar Storm
So this week I'm going with a snippet from my latest release, Solar Storm. Hope you enjoy it!
The engine came free with a loud pop at the same moment the console went blank. No longer held, the ship skittered back to its original alignment and swung smoothly out of the turn. They both ran to the back of the bridge and looked over. The creature slid under the golden current, its prize wrapped in its tentacles like a mother with her baby.
Kel looked at her. “So, you’re telling me a space squid just ate our engine?”
January 11, 2013
Am I a scifi nerd?
Come and find out over on the Romanceaholic blog! (I'll also be giving away a copy of 'Protect and Service' )
