Mina Carter's Blog, page 26
October 11, 2012
Available now: Deception & Desire
Being a demon prince ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Caught between the human world and the demon one, Tiny, part time bouncer at Moonlight & Magic, lives by his own rules. Mainly these rules revolve around keeping his head down and making sure none of his kind find out where he is… because Tiny’s on the demon most wanted list. Not because he’s done anything but because of who he is.
Prince Seren Di Lakai Telosa to be exact, heir apparent to the Demon throne. And a hunted man. If his father’s men find him, he’ll be dragged back to court to die of boredom. For the last three hundred years they’ve been grooming him to take over from dear old daddy. The only trouble is – the stubborn old git could last at least another millennia.
So what’s a Demon Prince to do? Get a job at Moonlight & Magic of course and keep his head down. Unfortunately Tiny was never good at avoiding trouble and when delicate Vampiress Cassia storms into his life, Tiny finds himself tempted to break more than his personal rules… Demonkind and the undead don’t mix well, or rather, they mix too well, with explosive results.
**Note: This title was previously released with another publisher.**
Available from: ARe | Amazon | Amazon UK
"Deception and Desire is a delightfully wicked story...I loved the dark and gritty atmosphere, as well as the elements of magic. Be sure to put Deception and Desire on your TBR list." Whipped Cream Reviews - 4 1/2 Cherries
"...Ms. Carter has a knack for creating sex-on-a-stick paranormal bad boys you can’t help but love... I love her take on the supernatural and the grittier undertones she usually adds into the atmosphere." Romance Junkies - 4 ribbons
By Romance Junkies Reviewer: Pamela Denise
Being a demon prince ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Caught between the human world and the demon one, Tiny, part time bouncer at Moonlight & Magic, lives by his own rules. Mainly these rules revolve around keeping his head down and making sure none of his kind find out where he is… because Tiny’s on the demon most wanted list. Not because he’s done anything but because of who he is.
Prince Seren Di Lakai Telosa to be exact, heir apparent to the Demon throne. And a hunted man. If his father’s men find him, he’ll be dragged back to court to die of boredom. For the last three hundred years they’ve been grooming him to take over from dear old daddy. The only trouble is – the stubborn old git could last at least another millennia.
So what’s a Demon Prince to do? Get a job at Moonlight & Magic of course and keep his head down. Unfortunately Tiny was never good at avoiding trouble and when delicate Vampiress Cassia storms into his life, Tiny finds himself tempted to break more than his personal rules…
Demonkind and the undead don’t mix well, or rather, they mix too well, with explosive results.
**Note: This title was previously released with another publisher.**
Available from: ARe | Amazon | Amazon UK
ISBN:
Series: Moonlight & Magic 3
Length: Novella
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Reviews
Whipped Cream Reviews - 4 1/2 Cherries!!
"Deception and Desire is a delightfully wicked story...I loved the dark and gritty atmosphere, as well as the elements of magic. Warm-blooded doesn’t even come close to the heat he (Tiny) exudes, and you’ll keep coming back for more even as your fingertips blister. Cassia isn’t some docile or sweet maiden that needs to be saved. This is a story you’ll enjoy in one sitting, and you’ll have a helluva good time in the process! Be sure to put Deception and Desire on your TBR list." By Fern, Reviewer for Whipped Cream.
Bookwenches - Rating 4
"...is sexy and frequently amusing with just a touch of a dark undertone. Ms. Carter writes bad boys oh, so well, and Tiny – who is anything but small – is the perfect example. The love scenes between these two characters are intensely sexy as well as playful. A little role-play with bondage and dominance seems fitting for a demon and a vampire, and the fact that Tiny’s hot button is being dominated by his mate is both surprising and humorous.
Deception & Desire is a quick read, but Ms. Carter does a good job of developing the characters and telling a well-rounded story given the brevity of the tale. I will definitely look forward to whatever Moonlight & Magic has for us next." Bobby, reviewer for Bookwenches
Romance Junkies - 4 ribbons
"...Ms. Carter has a knack for creating sex-on-a-stick paranormal bad boys you can’t help but love... I love her take on the supernatural and the grittier undertones she usually adds into the atmosphere. This tale did not disappoint as she delivers prose on the darker side laced with humor and raw passion." By Romance Junkies Reviewer: Pamela Denise
By Romance Junkies Reviewer: Pamela Denise
October 9, 2012
The weekly round-up!
It's been a while since I actually did a coherent blog that isn't to do with something else, like a release or SSS or something so I thought it was about time I did one.
First off, lets start with some updates. The partial for Blood Mate (which I still have to do a blurb for!), the book after Perfect Mate has now gone off to my lovely editor at Samhain. I'll be carrying on working on that while I wait for more news, as well as working on other projects to keep things moving.
First up is Protect and Service, the third in the Paranormal Protection Agency series. Short and hot, these stories are more para-smut than romance although like all my work, they do contain the possibility of romance if not outright hint at it, but they ARE short novellas. I've deliberately set them at the sort of length I like to pick up and read say in a lunch break or just before sleep when I'm knackered. After/during PPA3 (as part of my super-sekrit little project #lunchtimebook), I'll also be working on Chasing Cyn, the next zodiac book to get that ready for submission.
So...that's the writing side done. I do have a release later this week (Gray's Girl) but I'll be doing other posts about that, so I'll let you off that one for a while 
Meanwhile, some friends of mine have a couple of recent releases I'd like to talk about.
The first is Mr.Buff by April Angel. April is one of my BFF's and she's a relatively new author (but believe me, the speed this gal writes at, you'll see here everywhere before long ) so I've seen Mr. Buff in various stages It's a great story IMO and well worth a look at an emerging talent. (Check out the snazzy cover too One of my 'babies' in the wild!)
Mr. Buff
April Angel
Erotic Romance/Contemporary
Novella
Word Count: 19,203
Price: $3.99
ISBN: 978-1-937976-75-0
Heat Level: 4
Warnings: Light BDSM Elements
Editor: Melinda Fulton
Cover Artist: Mina Carter
Release Date: 10/5/12
Every morning, Alexandra drinks in the sexy vision of Mr. Buff through his office window across the street. He takes his workouts seriously, and Alexandra never misses the opportunity to see him return, sweaty and pumped, to his office suite to shower. Turns out Andrew enjoys the view just as much as she does and can’t take his eyes off the woman who makes his blood roar.
But when Alexandra bumps into Mr. Buff at a club, things go from visual to physical. And much to her delight, she learns that Mr. Buff is really Mr. Dominant. She loves spending time with him and getting to know him the way nature intended, but she’s looking for more than a fling. How’s she supposed to make Mr. Buff realize he’s Mr. Right?
Buy Mr. Buff here:
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Moving on we have The Storyteller by Jenni Michaels. Jenni is an absolute doll and I'm not sure if she's in her super sekrit disguise with the pen name so I best not say too much -.- Suffice it to say, she puts up with all my weird british slang without batting an eyelid This one is definitely on my TBR pile!
The Storyteller
Jenni Michaels
M/M Erotic Romance/fantasy
Novella
Word Count: 43,564
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-1-939194-02-2
Heat Level: 3
Warnings: M/M sexual practices
Editor: Barb Wilson
Cover Artist: Amanda Kelsey
Release Date: 10/5/12
Two men. One kingdom. A secret that could cost them everything…
Gareth has been bringing home strays to his thatch-roofed cabin since he was a young boy with his head in the clouds. Helping others is more than a hobby to him—the need to heal flows through his veins. Ellis is far from a helpless stray. His shoulders are broad enough to hold the weight of the kingdom that rests upon them. But when he’s captured by slave traders, he finds himself in need of help from an unlikely ally, loath though he is to accept it.
Neither of them expected to find the other, and neither of them meant to fall in love. It won’t just change their lives—it could change the fate of an entire kingdom. And each will be forced to choose: gain everything he wants, or lose what the heart holds dearest…
Buy The Storyteller here:
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So there's the round up. I'm heading back into the writing cave with a bucket of coffee, so I shall leave you with my mission statement...
October 6, 2012
SSS: A little more Gray…
Because I've been editing it recently, this weeks snippet is from Gray's Girl which is due to release next week 
Anyone who knows me well, knows that one of my great passion's is the game of rugby. Since Gray's Girl is about a rugby player and the woman he's had a crush on since he was a teenager, I have to say this is one of my all time favourite stories
A try was scored and she watched, waiting for the conversion kick. Instead of going between the posts, somehow the ball ended up sailing through the air to slam into the barrier just in front of her. She chuckled as the kicker, one of the smaller players on the team—which meant he could dwarf a normal-sized man—trotted over to her with an impish grin on his face.
“Nice kick,” she commented, hearing one of the coaching team going ballistic in the background. “Must take some skill to kick behind you like that.”
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Because I've been editing it recently, this weeks snipp...
Because I've been editing it recently, this weeks snippet is from Gray's Girl which is due to release next week Anyone who knows me well, knows that one of my great passion's is the game of rugby. Since Gray's Girl is about a rugby player and the woman he's had a crush on since he was a teenager, I have to say this is one of my all time favourite stories
A try was scored and she watched, waiting for the conversion kick. Instead of going between the posts, somehow the ball ended up sailing through the air to slam into the barrier just in front of her. She chuckled as the kicker, one of the smaller players on the team—which meant he could dwarf a normal-sized man—trotted over to her with an impish grin on his face.
“Nice kick,” she commented, hearing one of the coaching team going ballistic in the background. “Must take some skill to kick behind you like that.”
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October 5, 2012
Halloween Heat now available!
Halloween Heat VI
An Anthology of Erotic Contemporary Romance
Four erotic stories of contemporary romance to get your party on this Halloween.
“Party Games” by Mina Carter
“Punished by the Cowboy” by Sue Lyndon
“Unmasked” by Brooklyn Wilde
“Masquerade” by Rhonda Laurel
Buy Halloween Heat VI here: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | All Romance eBooks
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I've been tagged... The Look Challenge
Halloween Heat…is on!
Friday, October 5, 2012
Halloween Heat Twitter Party 9E 10/5!!!
Come meet the fantastic authors that created the Halloween Heat mini anthologies for your Trick or Treat! We'll have pretty much any genre of heat you can imagine and then some! Simply join us at #Etopia!!
Chat with the authors! Come for the fun...stay for the HEAT!
It's Halloween...with a SIZZLE!
Here's a list of the awesome authors participating in the Twitter party!!!
Antonia van Zandt
Brooklyn Wilde
Eden Summers
Elin Gregory
Jennifer James
Kiran Hunter
Mina Carter
Rachel Firasek
Rhonda Laurel
Sue Lyndon
Tara Lain
Tristram La Roche
Milly Taiden
I’ve been tagged… The Look Challenge
Okay, so I've been tagged in this look challenge thing by Allie Burrow. The idea is to find the word LOOK in your current WIPs and post the paragraphs around the word (yes, pre-coffee it did take a little explaining but I've never claimed to be the sharpest tool in the box Just the most stubborn). You have to choose your favourite THREE, because everyone has to have three, then post and tag five author friends.
So...here we go with mine.
Blood Mate:
“ Forget any nonsense you’ve seen in films. He’s a killing machine. You cracked his skull? Great, when he wakes up, he’s going to be a pissed off killing machine. One I have to deal with. So congratulations, you pissed us both off. Now fuck off before I rip your head off instead of him.”Laughing inside, Darce risked cracking an eyelid open in time to see Wilson stumbling backwards, an expression of shock on his baby face as he put a sensible distance between himself and the vampire he’d just annoyed. Christ, the guy looked all of twelve. Where were the project getting them these days… Kindergarten?
“Fucking idiot,” the female blood groused to herself, her voice too low for the hovering human to hear as she bent down and hooked her hands under Darce’s arms again. He kept silent, his body lax as she dragged him across the dirt, grumbling about incompetent humans all the way.
She paused for a second, then hauled him upwards. Strong hands found purchase on his clothing as she manhandled him up and over onto a hard surface. He wasn’t a small man, so even though he knew she was a blood, he’d have been impressed at her strength. Would have been, if he weren’t face down on the metal bed of what a swift look told him was a troop transport, his cheek so close it was making out with the checker plate on the floor. Great, just great. He was all for getting new designs on his body to complement his current ink, but floor markings on his face weren’t his ideal.
“Bloody great lump. What the bloody hell do they feed you on?” she muttered again, grabbing his shoulders and flipping him over. He landed back on the floor with an ‘ooomph’ as the air was dislodged from his lungs.
He opened his eyes as she grabbed his wrists and slapped cold metal bands around them. The next second they were pulled up over his head. He looked up as she locked them into place on the side of the cabin.
“Oh, handcuffs. Kinky,” he drawled, making her jump as she realised he was awake. “If you wanted to get down and dirty sweetheart, all you had to do was ask.”
Chasing Cyn / Virgo (Zodiac Cyborgs)
"Fucking bastard!" His voice was low, full of enmity. He knew what had happened.Doc Black had happened. A fanciful name for the surgeon Quinn had been tracking across the quadrant for nearly a year. Black was good, possibly the best out there but the guy was a fucking paranoid weasel. Like a ghost, reports of him were everywhere but he was impossible to pin down. Every time they tried, he was gone before they could get anywhere near.
"Boss," Valdez' voice interrupted his solitude again. "Just thought you might want to know. The Starflame left the system a few minutes ago. We've altered the registry so according to the database, they're headed out to the pleasure resorts of Isarian Prime. They're off the grid."
Quinn nodded, even though the guy couldn't see him. "Good. The last thing we want is the Templeton's finding Jason's ex-wife. Particularly as the guy's rep is pretty much trashed at the moment."
Although Quinn had never had that much to do with Jason himself, the Templeton clan were a pain in the ass, spread through the upper echelons of the fleet and high society like a bad rash. Politicians, businessmen, fleet admirals...all the connections made Quinn a little wiggy. Especially when they owned Naevian Automations, the company responsible for the new wave of combat androids they were trying to push into service. There was no way, with such high links in the fleet, that that contract wasn't the result of a few back-handers in the right place.
Templeton's never quit, so the fact one of their number had been brought down by his ex-wife was bound to be a bone of contention. Poor woman would be looking over her shoulder for the rest of her life.
"Agreed. Want me to throw up a few smoke screens for her?"
Quinn smiled. Valdez was already on the same train of thought. He knew he'd picked the young heavy-worlder for a reason, and it wasn't just because he was the fastest hacker Quinn had ever seen.
"Yeah, do that. But you do it personally, don't delegate and don't leave a trace in the system."
Gray's Girl
“So now Frankie’s convinced that she’s too old, and fat.” He sighed, ran a hand through the short spikes of his dark hair. “You know what women are like, mate. Doesn’t matter what you tell them; they’ll still be convinced that they look like the back end of a bus.”
Gray nodded in response, a sympathetic expression on his face. He knew how delicate a woman’s self-confidence was and Damon was right. It didn’t matter what anyone said; it was how a woman felt inside. Fists clenching and unclenching at his side, he made plans to track down her twat of an ex and elicit some payback of a violent type. See if the guy could still pull a model after that.
“So don’t hurt her, okay?” Damon’s expression was forbidding. “Or me and you are gonna being having words, clear?”
“Crystal, mate.” Gray nodded. Those words would be of the physical type but he totally understood that. The Cross siblings had always looked out for each other and he’d do exactly the same if he had sisters.
Damon nodded, and a measure of calm and composure returned to his expression. “Good. We cool? Sorry about the thing with the wall.”
“Yeah. We’re good. Don’t worry about it; I’d have done the same.” He waved a dismissive hand toward the wall as he took a step back toward the urinals. Then he paused, looking over his shoulder as Damon reached the door.
“One last thing. I won’t hurt her, but if she gives me the slightest interest that’s she’s interested…then she’s mine.”
Okay, and I am tagging... Milly Taiden, Cynthia Sax, Celia Kyle, Lizzie Lyn Lee and Moira Rogers!
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September 29, 2012
SSS: Blood Mate
I don't often post snippets from works in progress, but this one from Blood Mate had me sniggering for a while so I thought it was a good candidate. (Please be aware that this is from a new work, so has not been edited as yet)
“Forget any nonsense you’ve seen in films, he’s a killing machine. You cracked his skull? Great, when he wakes up, he’s going to be a pissed off killing machine. One I have to deal with. So congratulations, you pissed us both off. Now fuck off before I rip your head off instead of him.” - Major Antonia Fielding
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September 27, 2012
Now available: Cougar and the Wolf
I'm a happy bunny today. I've checked and the links are now live for the second of my Stratton Wolf stories! Short and hot, these stories are set in Stratton, a small town with it's own resident wolf pack... One full of alpha males and the women who set out to tame them!
Fed up with the hollow glitz and fakery that is Hollywood, screen siren Krystal Kerr heads home to Stratton to get her feet back on the ground and re-charge. Things don't go quite to plan when her little car, picked more for its colour than any mechanical reliability breaks down, leaving her to be rescued by her very own knight in shining armour. Only this knight isn't a man, he's a werewolf with his own ideas on dealing with damsels in distress.
Kyle Roberts has watched every film Krystal has ever made, so when she falls into his lap, or more accurately, he tows her little car back to the workshop he runs with his uncle, he can't believe his luck. But his admiration for her acting abilities don't stop his wolf scenting the woman it wants. So what if she's older than he is. Age is just a number, and there's a few numbers he'd like to introduce her to...
But when Hollywood comes calling in the shape of a slick agent, and a rabid pack of reporters, can Kyle put aside his pride and convince his woman that he's the wolf for her?
Available NOW from: Amazon | B&N | ARe
September 22, 2012
SSS: A little bit of Gray…
So, with the release of Gray's Girl just around the corner, I thought I'd do a little snippet from Gray's story this week
Turning, she met his gaze, the room around them falling away until it was just the two of them. He looked back levelly, not avoiding her eyes, interest and desire plain to see in his. Her lips quirked, her natural twisted sense of humor coming to the fore as she pretended to misunderstand him.
“Well, if you’re looking for someone to get giggly and huggy, then fall asleep and drool all over your shoulder, then I’m your girl!”
His lips split in a smile again, but instead of reassurance, it kicked the heat running through her up a notch. “Believe me, if you go to sleep, I’m doing something wrong.”
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