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June 10, 2016
Feature Friday: ONE SEXY RIDE
Send to KindleDo you love a virgin hero? How about the best friend’s older brother trope? If so, look no further than ONE SEXY RIDE!
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“How the hell am I supposed to feel the night after all sorts of things happened I can’t remember? I mean, thank you for taking care of me after that jackass slipped me the drugs—I’m grateful, I really am. Katy told me you looked after me, but there’s a whole lot she didn’t know about. Am I right?”
She wasn’t beating around the bush. “You were a bit of a handful.”
“A handful?” Her volume increased, and she planted both fists on her hips. She was much smaller than him, but right then she seemed a towering bundle of fury. “What exactly did I do that made this seem like a good idea?”
She whipped off her T-shirt, and Len’s heart leapt into his throat. “Jeez, Janey, put your clothes on.”
She tucked the hand holding the shirt behind her back, pointing her free fingers like a gun at the printed words on her abdomen.
At least this time she was wearing a bra, which was a whole lot more than she’d had on the last time he had gotten up close and personal with the bold black marks decorating her skin.
“Len Thompson, you tell me right now why your signature is on my belly. Along with what looks like my handwriting saying Len + Janey 4ever.”
A distant rumble of voices grew louder, and Len glanced over his shoulder to see the staff room door opening. It was bad enough to have to deal with this, but he couldn’t allow anyone to see Janey half-naked in the middle of the family garage.
He turned back and braced himself. “I’ll explain everything, but not here.”
She shook her head. “I’m not going anywhere without some answers.”
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June 8, 2016
Wednesday Travel Picture
Send to KindleIt’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for another of Viv’s travel pictures!
This was taken at the White Sands Monument in New Mexico. Absolutely beautiful!!
May 27, 2016
Feature Friday: Stormchild
Send to KindleDo you like short, serial style romance novels? If so, you must check out STORMCHILD, the first book in the Pacific Passion series.
Firm muscles were everywhere. In his arms, his thighs, his body. The simple fact their bodies touched made a shiver trace up her spine and goose bumps rise on her skin.
He laughed softly. “Cold?” The whisper tickled her ear, as he brushed his lips against the lobe. A hint of moisture adhered as he licked and a brief shudder shook her from head to toe. “I can warm you up. If you’re interested…”
The game in front of them had resumed. Laurin was grateful for a moment’s distraction. Oh damn, oh damn, oh damn. She had to decide, and now. Did she want to go off with this stranger, as delectable as he seemed? Tomorrow morning she headed to the next of her one-month teaching assignments in another settlement. He was obviously an orca shifter returning from the outside world.
She’d never taken advantage of the sexual favors offered by the People. After spending the past two years traveling from settlement to settlement along the Pacific Inside Passage, all the tribes knew she taught the children to the best of her abilities and otherwise stayed strictly alone. Even the oversexed otter folk hadn’t managed to convince her to play around, although they had come the closest to tempting her.
Until now
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May 25, 2016
Travel Picture Wednesday
Send to KindleIt’s time for another travel picture from Viv! This was taken off the coastline in Dyea, Alaska. Isn’t that so peaceful and beautiful??
Makes me want to go to Alaska!!
May 20, 2016
Feature Friday: Laird Wolf
Send to KindleDo you love all things Scotland? How about wolfies? Then you must read the wolf in the kilt!
She gazed up into sky-blue eyes, and suddenly her rapid heartbeat wasn’t from the adrenaline rush, or fear. His gaze dropped to her lips, and she found herself holding her breath. Waiting. Wanting.
His eyes shimmered, a hint of his wolf’s silver colouring visible before vanishing completely, but as confusing as that was, she was more focused on the connection between them. On the heavy weight of his hips, on his muscular thighs pushing between hers. On the thickening length of his erection pressing against her belly.
She expected to be bombarded with an emotional overload from him, but the only thing attacking her system was sheer outright lust. And given the strange circumstances, she wasn’t about to look the gift wolf in the mouth.
Damon swore softly then met her halfway as they both dove into a kiss marked by more enthusiasm than finesse.
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May 18, 2016
Travel Picture Wednesday
Send to KindleHappy Hump Day, Nicole here with a new travel pic from Viv!
This was taken at the White Sands Monument. They dragged the Kayak to the top of the dune!! How awesome is that?!?
May 13, 2016
Feature Friday: Rocky Mountain Freedom
Send to KindleDo you like reading about non-traditional couples? How about a committed menage? If so, you must read ROCKY MOUNTAIN FREEDOM!
A minute later? Maybe two—she’d lost all track of time—Cassidy nuzzled her cheek softly, slowing his touch. “Fucking amazing.”
Another kiss, this time Travis, his lips next to her ear. “You okay, baby?”
She made herself nod. “Uh-huh.”
Even though she felt like a bowl of jelly, getting her jollies wasn’t the end of the evening. She twisted toward Travis. “You’re being an ass and leaving Cassidy hanging.”
Travis laughed. “He hasn’t been hanging since the minute you started working on that damn ice cream cone, woman.”
“So?” she demanded. He wasn’t stupid. He knew what she was asking.
“We’re taking care of you first, that’s all,” Cassidy insisted.
“God, the two of you are impossible.” She wiggled out from under them far enough to sit up, looking around to find the deck of cards. Seated naked, she ignored their grins as she shuffled a couple of times then slammed a card on the table in front of each of them. She flipped hers over to show an ace, then grinned at Travis. “Get Cassidy off. Now.”
He exchanged an amused look with Cassidy. “I hope you’re enjoying ordering me around, because it’s not happening again for a long, long time.”
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May 11, 2016
Wednesday Travel Pictures, Duck Style
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Viv found these adorable baby ducks while camping in Alberta. How cute are these?!
April 27, 2016
Wednesday Wacky Picture
Send to KindleNicole here! Viv is currently off on a cruise, and I couldn’t be more jealous!! I can only hope that she is experiencing this right now… 
April 19, 2016
A WILD RIDE Release Day!
Send to KindleToday is the release day for A WILD RIDE, the final book in the Thompson & Sons series.
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He’s the golden boy with a secret past
When Nicole Adams abruptly cancels their secret fling, Troy Thompson is stunned. The sex between them is sizzling, but she’s ready to move on—find a reliable guy, settle down, pop out a few babies. The thought of Nic in another man’s arms is maddening. And while her agenda freaks him out, Troy knows there’s no one in town nearly good enough for her. No one, that is, except him.
She’s his redemption and his future
Nicole doesn’t regret her sexual romp with Troy, but when he insists on taking the next step with her—marriage and parenthood—she figures he’s out of his goddamned mind. Troy? Husband and daddy material? Oh, he’s sexy beyond belief, with the ability to melt her panties with a single command, but the man’s not known for being responsible. Trying for forever with Mr. Frivolous? Everyone thinks it’s a fool’s game.
Everyone except Troy, who’s determined to make Nicole see the real him under the shiny exterior.
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Excerpt:
He’d brought her across the wide-open room with the hardwood floor to where an old boom box sat on the counter, a more modern docking station beside it. Troy plugged his phone into the power, hit the playlist he’d prepped that afternoon, and as slow music swirled around them, he caught her in his arms and pulled her against him.
The evening had worked out well, at least relatively. But that sense of frustration remained that he knew he’d have to deal with at some point.
Why was someone like Chase an acceptable prospect for Nic, when he wasn’t?
It was hard to stay annoyed, though, with Nic moving against him, her fingers threaded into the hair at the back of his head. A gentle hum escaped her lips as she accompanied the music.
They were more than comfortable together, passion rising as her breasts rubbed his chest. Troy stepped one leg between hers as he pressed a hand against her lower back, keeping their bodies in full contact.
She offered her approval. “It’s not our first date anymore.”
“Technically, it is,” he teased.
Nic dropped her forehead against his chest then sighed dramatically. “Mean and nasty, that’s what you are, Troy Thompson.”
“Never,” he swore. He tapped his fingers under her chin and tilted her head back until he could get at her lips, brushing their mouths together softly before kissing her.
The country music playing in the background was accompanied by the soft shuffle of their feet over the wooden boards as they kept dancing while they kissed. Languid and lazy at first, Troy tasted her, soaked the flavour and feel of her into his very system.
As always, that faint flutter of attraction he constantly felt around her roared up to full-out desire between one breath and the next. His body hardened, and he pulled back to look into her eyes.
Deep-green pools of desire reflected back at him.
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