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Hot Men Abercrombie & Fitch Edition

I just couldn’t help myself. I had to do it.

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Six Sentence Sunday

A MATTER OF LUST is now available from Ellora’s Cave! YAY!!!

Here are the first six sentences.

The deep, melodic trance music vibrated through Trask’s body as he prowled the crowded dance floor. He was hungry, so very, very hungry, and the time had come for him to find a willing partner for the night. Any one of the mortals undulating around him would have sufficed, but so far none of them appealed to him. The need gnawed at his insides, but he waited, searching for the one. Over his long years among the humans, he’d learned that it always paid to be a little bit discriminating. It made the feast so much more gratifying.

 

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Saturday Video – What Would Hugh Jackman Do?

I stumbled upon this in my travels and I laughed so hard I nearly…well, did something unsavory. Anyway, I enjoyed it so much I wanted to do my own small part in helping Alex (Shooter) Williamson achieve his goal of becoming Hugh Jackman’s stunt cock in future Wolverine movies.

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A Matter of Lust Release Day Bonanza!!!

A MATTER OF LUST goes on sale toady!! I am thrilled beyond belief and I can’t wait for y’all to meet Trask. I think you’re going to like him.

To celebrate, I am drinking lots of champagne.

I’m also giving away a copy to one lucky commenter!  Just leave me a comment between now and Sunday, July 1, 2012 to enter to win! Winner be be chosen with Random.org and announced on Monday, July 2.

Trask is a lust demon on the hunt for a playmate, a human exceptional enough to sate some of his ravenous hunger. When he finds Rena, he knows she’s the one. He makes it his business to seduce her.

Rena could easily fall for the dangerously sexy bad boy who makes her scream through every orgasm, but the problem with bad boys is that they really are bad. They break hearts, and Rena’s has been broken too many times already.

What’s a demon to do when lust isn’t enough? To claim Rena for his own, Trask will have to earn her trust.

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A Crisp, Refreshing Glass of White Wine

Doesn’t that look tasty?

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Beta Test by Karenna Colcroft

Karenna Colcroft is here today talking about her latest release Beta Test and giving away a copy to one lucky commenter!

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Imagine waiting over fifty years to find the one you’re meant to be with.

Now imagine finding her, only to realize that just being in your life puts her in danger.

What would you do?

That’s the question that faces Justin Ruel, the hero in my newest novel Beta Test. Justin is a seventy-year-old werewolf pack Beta (though he looks—and thinks—as if he’s in his early thirties) who has given up on ever finding his mate. And then he finds her, on a Boston subway of all places.

The problem is, Tareth McConnell is human. Humans aren’t supposed to know that werewolves exist. And given that someone has ordered attacks on members of Justin’s pack, Tareth might not be safe around him.

For Tareth’s part, she trusts Justin completely, even though she doesn’t want to. Although the mating instinct isn’t quite the same for humans as for werewolves, she feels a connection to Justin and knows they belong together. Even after she’s attacked at the office where they work. And even after Justin tells her the truth about himself.

The question is, will knowing they’re mates be enough to keep them together, especially when Justin himself tries to separate them?

Beta Test is available from Passion in Print Press, http://passioninprint.com/ShowBook.php?10=KC_BETATEST, as well as on third-party sites such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and All Romance Ebooks. To celebrate its June 16 release, as well as my June 30 birthday, I’ll draw from all comments that are left for one person to receive a PDF copy of the novel. The drawing will take place this Saturday, June 30, at noon Eastern time, so any comments left between now and then are eligible to win.

You can find out more about Karenna Colcroft and her books by visiting her website, www.karennacolcroft.com, or join her Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/261093317316839/.

EXCERPT from Beta Test:

Justin set Tareth down beside the car. She leaned against the hood and breathed deeply. Now that she was safe, she couldn’t stop crying. An aftereffect of her adrenaline rush, maybe. She had always been that way. She would remain outwardly calm until a situation ended, then she lost it. She hoped Justin didn’t mind her crying on his shoulder.

While Justin told the officer what had just happened upstairs, Tareth tried not to listen. She’d just lived through it. She didn’t need to hear about it. The officer radioed for a police officer to come take statements from them, and the other officer arrived within minutes.

Minutes too long, as far as Tareth was concerned. She just wanted to go home and sink into a hot bath. Hide from everyone and everything, even Justin. He could be there with her. She wouldn’t mind that. But she didn’t want to talk to him. The last thing she wanted to do was keep reliving that afternoon’s events.

She didn’t have much choice about answering the officer’s questions, so she did her best to remember the events in the order they’d occurred and to stay calm while doing so. She and Justin both gave the officers descriptions of the kids, though the officer didn’t seem too positive about the possibility of finding them. He asked her and Justin to go to the precinct and fill out a formal statement, but when Justin argued the officer suggested they wait until the next day. He seemed a little afraid of Justin. Tareth didn’t mind that a bit if it meant she could go home sooner.

Finally they were allowed to get into Justin’s car and leave. As soon as Justin drove away from the curb, Tareth started to cry again. Justin took a handful of napkins out of the center console and held them out to her. “Here.”

“I’m sorry.” She wiped her eyes and blew her nose. “I can’t stop.”

“You don’t have to. You must have been scared half to death. I would have been.”

She glared at him. “You’re lying. You’re a freaking werewolf. How could you be scared of kids like those?”

“One of them had a knife. Knives do the same thing to werewolves they do to humans.” He rested his hand on her knee. “We just heal faster, unless we die first.”

Tareth shuddered. She didn’t want to think about Justin being stabbed or injured in any way. “That isn’t helping.”

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Insanity Week 2 – Surprisingly I Am Not That Bitter

Today begins week two of Insanity and I have to admit, I’m not nearly as bitter as I thought I would be. I was pretty sure that I’d be cursing the world about now, hating Shaun T and hurting so bad I wanted to die. But surprisingly, I am somewhat enjoying myself. Sure I ache in places I have no business aching in, but for the most part, I feel good.

I wonder how long this will last.

So far I don’t really have any results to talk about. I haven’t lost any weight and though the tape measure says I lost an inch around my waist, I am doubtful. I think it might be a flaw in my measuring ability rather than any real shrinkage.

On to week two!

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Available on Friday!

I am so very excited to announce that A MATTER OF LUST will go on sale Friday, June 29th!!! Here is the official excerpt:

An Excerpt From: A MATTER OF LUST

Copyright © LISA FOX, 2012

All Rights Reserved, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.

Chapter One

The deep, melodic trance music vibrated through Trask’s body as he prowled the crowded dance floor. He was hungry, so very, very hungry, and the time had come for him to find a willing partner for the night. Any one of the mortals undulating around him would have sufficed, but so far none of them appealed to him. The need gnawed at his insides, but he waited, searching for the one. Over his long years among the humans, he’d learned that it always paid to be a little bit discriminating. It made the feast so much more gratifying.

He sidestepped around a young woman, his shoulder accidentally brushing against hers. He felt her body temperature rise as he passed, the lust that had been simmering just below the surface swelling to a fevered pitch within her. She grabbed her companion and kissed him ferociously, shamelessly rubbing herself against him. She wasn’t the only one affected by his presence either. Potent waves of raw sexual energy radiated from him, infecting the air around him, threatening to turn the club into one giant orgy. Trask smiled at the thought.

He cruised the dance floor, reveling in the exquisite thrill of his hunt. Human lust was such a decadent treat, so very different from the desperate lust of the damned in hell, and it filled this ordinarily dull world with brilliant light and added depth to the darkest shadows. He could feel it oozing from the dancers, the men and the women, sweating and panting, touching and grinding, their bodies writhing in time with the music. Tension built in his groin and he welcomed the pure, straining delight.

He stopped suddenly, the prickling at the base of his spine alerting him to the presence of another demon nearby. Not a lust demon like himself, but something similar. Pride maybe, or perhaps wrath? He couldn’t quite get a fix on it. He waited, wondering if it was going to make contact. Often other demons haunting and hunting the human realm wanted to meet, to plot and plan and scheme, to “raise some hell” or whatever, but he got the impression that it was occupied with something else entirely. Which was just fine with him. He’d never been the social sort.

The music changed and a thumping bass beat poured out of the speakers. Trask shook off the psychic residue of the other and worked his way toward the bar. He ordered a bourbon on the rocks and leaned back, happily absorbing the intoxicating atmosphere while scanning the crowd for his potential playmate.

His gaze fell upon a woman on the edge of the dance floor in a short, black dress that hugged every curve of her luscious body. Her violently dyed red hair was piled high on her head and sexy tendrils escaped to frame her heart-shaped face. There was a hint of rosy flush on her smooth, round cheeks and the way her hips swayed to the music made his cock stir.

Trask placed his drink aside and unconsciously ran his tongue over his teeth as he glided toward her. She was tall, probably close to six feet in her heels, but he still had to lean down to whisper close to her ear. “Hello,” he purred, breathing in her clean scent of shampoo and roses and woman.

She turned slowly toward him, her gaze roaming over his face, his body, and he got the distinct impression that she was mentally undressing him. He certainly hoped she was. She obviously liked what she saw because a smile blossomed on her glossy, pink lips. “Hi.”

The instant, piercing sexual tension between them made his blood surge. He reached out with a fine strand of psychic energy and lightly dipped into her primal core. Trask hissed as desire coiled in his groin. She was sweet ambrosia, a succulent feast just waiting to happen and his cock ached to sink inside her, to make her come again and again while he fed on all that glorious lust. “You are very beautiful,” he said, savoring the tiny taste of her fire.

“Uh-huh,” she said, mischief and humor making her eyes sparkle. “Tell me something I don’t know.”

Trask laughed. He liked this woman. “I think I might be in love with you,” he said, beginning the game. It was a line that had worked many times before—the humans always seemed enchanted and amused by the concept, but it was a hollow sentiment, something meant to elicit a grin and nothing more. But as the words left his mouth, they felt different this time, almost as if they had…weight.

“Are you sure it’s love you feel?” she asked, a smile dancing along the corners of her mouth. Her eyes flicked down to his crotch. “Or something else entirely?”

“Now I know I’m in love,” he replied, the lust coursing through his veins. She was perfect. Fun. Bold. Smoking hot. And she was going to be his. All night long. He reached out and traced the curve of her cheek with his index finger. Her skin was flawless, warm and silky. “What’s your name?”

She paused and an odd, little smile formed on her lips. “Does it matter?”

Normally it wouldn’t matter—in fact, there was no reason why it should matter, but for some reason it did matter. It mattered a lot. “Yes.”

Her smile changed, softened, and Trask was awestruck by just how simply beautiful she was. “Rena. My name is Rena.”

“Rena.” He liked the way it rolled off his tongue.

“And what about you?” she asked, leaning closer to him. He looked straight down into her very ample cleavage and took his time enjoying that magnificent view. His fingers itched to caress that soft skin, to feel the weight of her full, round breasts in his hands. “Do you have a name? Or should I just call you the sexy Darkman of my dreams?”

“I do like the sound of that.” He wondered if his presence was affecting her, making her more daring than she’d normally be or if this was just her nature. He had the power to inspire humans to say and do outrageous things simply by standing beside them. His gaze touched on her flamboyant red hair and he thought—hoped—that it was her and not a consequence of his influence. “But Trask is so much shorter and to the point.”

“Trask,” she said, and he had to admit, he liked the way his name sounded on her lips. He couldn’t wait to hear her scream it. Her eyes trailed over him, her gaze a provocative caress that sent hot, tingling ripples down his spine. “So, now that you’ve declared your love, what happens next?”

“Oh, you know, the usual.” He caught hold of a loose strand of her hair and twined it around his fingers. The tension between them rocketed up a few notches and he inhaled the essence of her arousal, breathing it deep into his body, relishing the flavor of her. “A whirlwind romance, storybook marriage, honeymoon in Paris.”

“Followed swiftly by a quickie divorce in Mexico, right?”

Her voice was tinged with unmistakable venom and the bitterness sliced through the hazy, plush cloud of their lust. Startled by the mental slap in the face, Trask dropped his hand back to his side. Darkness deepened around him as anger settled in. He did not like this turn of events at all. “What makes you think I’d do anything quick with you?”

“I see,” she said, and he watched her features soften as her mood shifted. Humans were so extraordinarily complex. He didn’t think he’d ever understand their ability to feel so much, so quickly and thoroughly, even when those emotions were completely contradictory. Demons were defined by their desires, embodiments of the thing they hungered after. There was never a reason for a demon to feel anything more than his driving need. Everything else just got in the way of the goal.

Her bitterness ebbed away, gone almost as quickly as it had come, and she favored him with a dazzling, flirtatious smile. “You’re a slow-and-steady kind of guy then?”

“Oh yes,” he said, returning her grin. “And I always win in the end.”

She laughed, a lovely, musical sound that tugged at his insides. She leaned into him, a whisper of space between them and he could feel the heat of her body on his skin. “Hmm,” she said, and bit down on her lower lip. Her fingers flitted over his collarbone. “I do like confidence.”

He caught her hand and brought it to his lips. “Then you’re definitely going to like me.” He pressed a kiss to the inside of her wrist and her excited pulse fluttered beneath his lips.

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Six Sentence Sunday

Here are another six from my friends-to-lovers WiP.

Kat turned toward him and their eyes met. Tension gathered in the air between them, thick, palpable, electric.

Dean dipped his head, his mouth hovering just over hers. “I want to kiss you so badly,” he said, his normally rich voice husky and strained.

Her gaze flicked from his eyes down to his lips and her heart jackhammered in her chest. “What’s stopping you?”

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Saturday Video – Marc Jacobs Mens Swimwear

Sometimes I miss New York so much!

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