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July 28, 2016
What does Peyton suggest he and Fuchsia do for the afternoon? From FL.E.S.H. on Friday Snippets #FridaySnippets
From my erotic romance - FL.E.S.H.They ate in silence. Fuchsia brooding while Peyton sat transfixed by dribbles of maple syrup on her lips. How sweet she'd taste if he leaned forward and kissed her. How would she react? His sense of right and wrong said it would be an inappropriate act. His tongue quivered with anticipation. His tongue won. Peyton shifted forward."So, what're we doing today?" Fuchsia picked up her glass and swallowed the last of her orange juice. "Are you going to give me the tour? Alaska! How cool is that?"Damn. "Do you mean the whole state or just around here?"She chuckled. "I'll settle for here. Wherever here is.""You're on the southern side of Bald Eagle Inlet."Her eyes opened wide. "Really? Bald eagles? Have you seen any?""Spend a few hours on the front porch, you'll see some.""Wait." She raised an eyebrow. "Is that the same as painted igloos and polar bears who sleep at night?""No." He shook his head. "There really are bald eagles. How about going on a hike? We can take a picnic. It's sunny. Not too warm. It's still May, but hey, at least it isn't snowing.""I love the idea, but I don't have any hiking boots."He pushed back his chair. "Follow me. I might be able to solve that." He led her across the kitchen, through the living room, and up to the front door. There, he opened a closet, rifled through some things, and handed out a pair of women's hiking boots. "Before you ask, they're Lanna's. You two are about the same height, so I'm guessing you wear the same size. Don't know a lot about women's shoes."He reached out his hand to offer the boots to her then blurted, "I've never brought anybody other than family here." What the hell? What is going on with me today?Fuchsia bit her bottom lip, accepted the footwear, lifted her foot and placed the boot on it. "Looks about right.""You get changed. I'll make a little picnic."She ran her fingers through her still messy hair. "Don't rush. I need to shower.""The bears won’t mind that case of bedhead you got going on there.""Bears?"
FL. E. S. H.FLame's Electrifying Sexy HeatWhen secrets conflict with dreams, love explodes.
After a mistake by a surgeon’s scalpel shattered Fuchsia Quinn's dance career, she picked up the pieces of her life and moved forward. As the owner of a small, struggling dance school in a depressed neighborhood she supplements her income with a late night job at a dive bar. Haunted by the fear of humiliation, if her secret is revealed, her life was under control until the night he walked into the bar.
Peyton Lang, having run from a bad neighborhood, lives the lifestyle of a successful billionaire. Frustrated that his current multi-million dollar project is stalled, Peyton drops in to LEATHER-ICIOUS for a simple drink and late night entertainment. What he saw was a beautiful redhead. What he found was he wanted her.
After a lusty night with a hot pole dancer, Peyton and Fuchsia's worlds are about to collide.
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What people are saying about FL.E.S.H.5 Star ***** I had never read any of Daryl Devore's books and man, am I glad I read this one! Peyton is the guy we all want and Fuchsia is a girl who is not giving up on her dreams. When the two collide, everything is turned upside down and the result is hot, but also laugh out loud funny. I will definitely have to read more of Devore's books!
5 Star ***** This is the first book I have had the privilege of reading by Daryl Devote (Devore). I'm hooked!! Peyton and Fuchsia's story was full of heat and love. Their playful banter had me laughing out loud. I would definitely recommend this book to my family and friends.
What's happening in the rest of the month on Erotic Notions30- Blog Available until September31- Blog Available until September
I have decided to pull back a bit on blogging for the summer. Canadian summers are short and I don't want to spend lots of it inside prepping blogs. If you see an available date and you'd like to promo a new release or a backlist or an up-and-coming book, leave your email addy in the comments and I'll get back to you ASAP.
July 27, 2016
Don't you know yet? What's this week's yoga quote? #yoga
Imagine if you had the power to bring light and joy to the world.
Well, you do.
Smiles.
Compassion.
Random Acts of kindness.
Try it.
July 26, 2016
On this week's Book Hook - From my erotic fantasy - Capri's Fate - Thall has a surprise for Capri. #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor
from my erotic fantasy - Capri's Fate.
Scene set - Thall has a surprise for Capri
Inserting the key in the lock, she opened her door. Capri stepped toward the foyer and glanced around. The sweet aroma of flowers tickled her nose. The room was exactly as it was supposed to be, except one thing. Thall was no longer asleep on the couch.The bang of a pot drew her attention to her kitchen. Peering around the corner, Capri stifled a giggle. Her first impression, Thall was attempting to cook dinner. Her second, it wasn't going well.
Capri's Fate
Erotic contemporary fantasy
Blurb
What's a woman to do when a voice follows her home and makes mad, passionate love to her?
Corporate business woman, Capricious Gray, is dragged to a sex toy convention by her best friend. Once a shocking, mysterious disembodied voice helps her with her purchases, it follows her home. Passion ensues, leaving Capri torn between lust for her fantasy lover and the desperate need for reality in her life.
Thall, son of one of the Fates, harbors the irrepressible need to be with the woman he's desired from afar for years. In order to make her his, once and for all, he must help Capri get past her fears, including the fear of what he represents - a fantasy.
Can fantasy become a reality for these two lovers?
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What people are saying about Capri's Fate
Wow
The story line is completely original. It was a story that left you angry, sad, plus hot and bothered. I loved this book!!! Very passionate and relatable
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July 25, 2016
Release Tour for Lynette Sofras Cozy Mystery - Cocktails and Lies #mystery
COCKTAILS AND LIESby
Lynette Sofras Genre: Cozy Mystery
When Hannah’s house is burgled, she gains as much as she loses: she meets Jan, her reserved Dutch neighbour and successful antiques dealer, and Callum, the detective in charge of the case, then finds some hidden letters to her dead grandmother that take her on an emotional journey of discovery.
As Hannah juggles the attentions of the two men now firmly in her life, she works to uncover the secrets of the past, only to find these encroach on the present in unexpected ways.
And then there are the two men in her life, both vying for her attention, both hiding things from her and each other. What does Callum really know about Jan? What is Jan hiding from everyone? And what did her grandmother—whose house it once was—hide from the world?
As if Hannah doesn’t have enough mysteries to solve, her best friend Rachel enlists her help in solving her marital crisis, while her pleasure-seeking mother seems intent on finding her a husband.
With so many skeletons rattling the door of Hannah’s house, can she unravel these mysterious threads and reveal the truth, changing her life forever?
The shock when I arrived home to find my front door kicked in left me reeling, too stunned to move. Before I found the courage to enter the house, Jan appeared at my side, his face a picture of concern and sympathy.
"I've been watching for you. I spotted the damage from my balcony when I came home from work and called the police. They only left ten minutes ago. Let’s go inside and see what has happened."
I began to shake violently. I've never been burgled before, but seen the effect on so many people in the course of my work. It leaves you feeling violated and scared. I doubted I could even cross my own threshold unaided. What would I find inside—or not find? I was still too shocked for tears, just cold, dumb incomprehension. Me… burgled! This is such a safe house, tucked away behind the big apartment block, minding its own little business, not encouraging anyone to trespass and break in. It’s not visible from the road and even sat navs can’t find it—I suffered endless difficulties with deliveries and have fallen out with several courier firms. I’ve stopped ordering from most online stores, because nothing ever arrives without endless emails or phone calls.
Who would rob me anyway, and why? Had I been targeted or did someone just happen upon the house? The questions rampaged my stunned brain as I peered into the house, reluctant to enter.
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A former teacher, Lynette gave up her career in education a few years ago in order to focus on her writing and thus fulfil her childhood dream. She writes contemporary women's fiction, usually involving romance with suspense or a supernatural twist. Her first novel was an award winning contemporary romance, ‘The Apple Tree’. Amongst her other titles are 'Killing Jenna Crane', a romantic thriller, ‘Shopping for Love’, a contemporary romance, and 'The Nightclub' a romance packed with suspense. ‘Cocktails and Lies’ is her first cozy mystery. You can find more details of her novels on her website.Goodreads ✯ Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ Amazon ✯ Website ✯ Blog
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July 24, 2016
OUT NOW! The House of Fox - An adult paranormal comedy by SJ Smith #paranormal #comedy #smut
SJ Smith gives us another glimpse into his warped mind with his latest novel. The House of Fox is a crazy paranormal sex-fest that some will love, others will hate, but everyone will remember.
Blurb:
The House of Fox is a paranormal comedy that contains scenes of a sexually explicit nature.
After a drunken night on the town, four friends awake to find themselves in the House of Fox, the ultimate brothel in the universe, where every sordid fantasy becomes reality. But all is not as it seems. The House of Fox harbours many dark secrets, and factions are plotting against one another.
The four newcomers must choose their friends carefully, and take care not to lose their minds on the thrill ride of perversion that will carry them to the ends of the Earth and beyond.
The Great Voyeur in the Sky is watching . . .
Excerpt:
“Um, hello? I’m looking for someone called Pandora?”“That’d be me,” replied a rasping voice.“Oh, right. Hi!” He waved, and smiled his most charming smile. “My name is Dylan. Giovanni sent me down here to – um – escape?”The woman came hobbling into the half-light. She was old – impossibly old – with wrinkles on her wrinkles and snow white hair hanging all the way to the floor. Her eyes, which were radiantly green and untouched by the years that had withered the rest of her body, twinkled with mirth at the expression he must have pulled on seeing her.“What’s the matter, son? You forget what a real woman looks like?” She leaned her weight on a gnarled walking stick. “I’m ‘fraid to say, the magic that keeps all them girlies looking so damned good out there don’t work none in here. What you see is what you get.”Was she fishing for compliments? God, women were so hard to understand sometimes. “You look lovely,” he offered, trying to ignore the obvious smell of piss.“Ha!” Pandora came limping forward, reminding him of one of those crazy old fuckers he sometimes used to encounter in the Post Office. She sniffed the air. “So you’ll be the boy that wants to escape?”Dylan nodded. “That’s me.” Something about her intense eyes unsettled him and froze him where he stood. He found he was scared of her for reasons he couldn’t quite put his finger on.“Holy shit. Things must be a damned sight worse than I thought if you’re the best they’ve got to offer.” She shook her head. “Times call for a lion, and I get given a lamb. I can tell from the way you hold yourself you’re more suited to brushing out stables than carrying the hopes of a nation on your shoulders.”Dylan stuck out his bottom lip. He didn’t like this mean old lady.“Well, what’s the matter? Cat got your tongue? Sweet Mary Mother of Joseph, let’s hope you ain’t as dumb as you look, because truth be told you look dumber than a bag of hammers.”Her insults prickled at his skin. “Are you going to help me or not?” he asked indignantly.“Help you? Well, that depends entirely on your definition of the word.” She cackled, and grinned toothlessly. “I’m going to send you out of here, just like you’ve been wanting. Whether that’ll be of any help to you remains to be seen. It isn’t an easy journey, and frankly you’ll regret undertaking it after you’ve not gone more than a dozen steps. You’ll soon be wishing you were right back here in the House of Fox, getting that big old cock of yours sucked by all them lackey floozies and hoochies.”Only now did he realise quite how naked he was. Giovanni’s tuxedo had disappeared, as if blown away by a breeze. He covered his groin with his hands.Pandora laughed. “No need to hide it, son. I’m a little long in the tooth to be getting offended by the sight of a man’s ding-a-ling.”Frustration throbbed in Dylan’s temples. This whole experience felt like it was shaping up to be a waste of time. If only he’d stayed in bed this morning. “Can we just get on with it, please?”“If you’re sure you really want to go through with this, we can get started right away.”“I’m sure.” Dylan puffed out his chest. He wasn’t afraid. Was he?Pandora nodded sagely. “Cool beans. Get down on your hands and knees. We’re going to work ourselves a little witchcraft.”He knelt on the floor and got on all fours as instructed. The old woman squatted down beside him, her knees clicking and creaking. She ran her hand along his back, then reached between his thighs and closed her bony fingers around his cock.Dylan pulled a face. Could it get much worse than this? Getting wanked off by an old lady in a hovel was seriously not cool.“We’re going to need a little of your seed, so try and relax.” Pandora stroked his shaft with cold, leathery palms. “Come on big boy, squirt me up a handful.”Dylan closed his eyes and tried to pretend the rather unpleasant motion at his groin was being caused by the mouth and tongue of that lovely blonde girl from last night rather than the warty, withered hands of a geriatric. He finally got hard, felt the flutters in his balls and gasped as he shot his load.“Bingo,” Pandora muttered.
Author Bio:
SJ Smith is a neurotic recluse who lives in North Wales. It has long been his dream to become a full time filth monger.
Links:
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I have decided to pull back a bit on blogging for the summer. Canadian summers are short and I don't want to spend lots of it inside prepping blogs. If you see an available date and you'd like to promo a new release or a backlist or an up-and-coming book, leave your email addy in the comments and I'll get back to you ASAP.
Daryl Devore's Brace for Impact has just been released #erotic #romance
Brace for Impact – Just ReleasedThis is the release of the single story taken from the Crashing into Love box set.
What could be simpler than a routine plane trip from Toronto, Canada to Caracas, Venezuela for a rookie flight attendant and a sexy R.C.M.P. officer?
But Fate had other intentions.
After leaving a disastrous marriage, Paix Allcot begins a new career as a flight attendant. The romance of travel plus the desperate need to be on any other continent other than the one her ex is on seems like a dream job. For the first time, Paix is no longer a trainee and the passengers in economy class are under her care. Especially the handsome passenger seated in 36C.
Guy Lapierre, undercover officer, is following a vicious human-trafficker. He has little time for relationships. Too many innocent lives are at stake. But when the plane crashes and Guy is stranded on a tropical island, he is forced to work with Paix to survive until he discovers that the man he is tracking is Paix's older brother.
Can a pink bra and a hot night on the side of a volcano save the relationship and their lives?
Review - Daryl Devore's book was fantastic also it was probably one of my favorites of the set. I was crying at the end thinking the worst but it turned out great.
https://www.amazon.com/Brace-Impact-Daryl-Devore-ebook/dp/B01IW68JKG
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July 21, 2016
Why has Peyton resolved never to marry and never to have children? This week's Friday Snippets #FridaySnippets
From my erotic romance - FL.E.S.H.Scene set - After a hot night with a pole dancer, Peyton is about to leave for his meeting with FUchsia Quinn when life interrupts. He is in his limo being driven to a hospital.
Peyton finished his sandwich and crunchy deli pickle, wiping his mouth and hands as Adele rolled to a stop at the hospital's main entrance. He jumped out of the car, steeled his nerves and raced to the receptionist desk. His heart pounded as he hurried down the hall to the elevators, rode to the sixth floor, and then scoured the hallway looking for the right room. Lanna stepped out, her head bent low, talking to a nurse. She wasn't crying, although worry marred her face. He heaved a sigh of relief.Lanna looked up and smiled. She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Oh my God, I'm so glad you're here. I've been a wreck all day. The nurse says something and it makes no sense. It's like my brain doesn't work."He glanced toward the room. "Can I see her?"Lanna nodded. "She's awake."Peyton crept into the room. "Hey there, Princess." He bent low and pressed a kiss on her forehead."Snickerdoodles.""Yup." He chuckled. "Snickerdoodles."Lanna crossed around to the other side of the bed and held her daughter's hand. Princess's left arm was in a cast and her head covered in a bandage. An IV line ran into her right arm."Mommy?""Yes, honey?""Will you stop crying now that Uncle Petty's here?"Lanna nodded and struggled not to cry. The look of love and pain that swept over his sister solidified a resolve in Peyton never to marry and never to have children. Family had the ability to rip your soul in half.He brushed her cheek. "I'm only here until your daddy gets here. He's on his way home. I think I saw a unicorn in the gift shop when I raced in here. Do you know anybody who might like it?'Princess yawned and nodded."I'll be right back." Peyton made eye contact with his sister; she nodded and he slipped out of the room. After chatting with the floor nurse and the doctor, Peyton's blood pressure leveled off. His niece would be fine. She'd need a little physical therapy to restore use of her arm and the swelling in her brain had lessened. No complications were foreseeable.In the hospital gift shop, he purchased a stuffed unicorn, a book of children's stories, a box of playing cards, and a balloon bouquet with pictures of teddy bears, unicorns, and kittens. When he returned to the room, he suggested Lanna let Adele drive her home so she could get a couple of hours of sleep. "It's my watch. Scat."Lanna lifted her face to kiss his cheek. "Is that Schwartz's pastrami I smell?"He nodded. "You have to love Adele.""How did she get it here from New York?""There are things I don’t ask. Now get out of here." Peyton pushed his sister toward the door, placed the gifts on the small table, settled onto the hospital chair, and waited for Princess to wake from her nap.A little after six, his sister returned. Princess and Peyton were involved in an intense game of Go Fish. Princess was winning.
FL. E. S. H.FLame's Electrifying Sexy HeatWhen secrets conflict with dreams, love explodes.
After a mistake by a surgeon’s scalpel shattered Fuchsia Quinn's dance career, she picked up the pieces of her life and moved forward. As the owner of a small, struggling dance school in a depressed neighborhood she supplements her income with a late night job at a dive bar. Haunted by the fear of humiliation, if her secret is revealed, her life was under control until the night he walked into the bar.
Peyton Lang, having run from a bad neighborhood, lives the lifestyle of a successful billionaire. Frustrated that his current multi-million dollar project is stalled, Peyton drops in to LEATHER-ICIOUS for a simple drink and late night entertainment. What he saw was a beautiful redhead. What he found was he wanted her.
After a lusty night with a hot pole dancer, Peyton and Fuchsia's worlds are about to collide.
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What people are saying about FL.E.S.H.5 Star ***** I had never read any of Daryl Devore's books and man, am I glad I read this one! Peyton is the guy we all want and Fuchsia is a girl who is not giving up on her dreams. When the two collide, everything is turned upside down and the result is hot, but also laugh out loud funny. I will definitely have to read more of Devore's books!
5 Star ***** This is the first book I have had the privilege of reading by Daryl Devote (Devore). I'm hooked!! Peyton and Fuchsia's story was full of heat and love. Their playful banter had me laughing out loud. I would definitely recommend this book to my family and friends.
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I have decided to pull back a bit on blogging for the summer. Canadian summers are short and I don't want to spend lots of it inside prepping blogs. If you see an available date and you'd like to promo a new release or a backlist or an up-and-coming book, leave your email addy in the comments and I'll get back to you ASAP.
July 20, 2016
Oh crap! Something's out there. Capri's Fate on Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor
From my erotic fantasy - Capri's Fate.
Scene set - Capri and Thall have crash landed on a island. They are hiding in the cabin.
The blackness of the night made it difficult to distinguish anything, but she could see the road under the plane and the silhouette of nearby trees. A black lump moved out of the trees. She blinked and refocused. The lump moved again."Oh crap! Something's out there." She stumbled back from the window and tripped over the table.Thall's strong hands grabbed her.
Capri's Fate
Erotic contemporary fantasy
Blurb
What's a woman to do when a voice follows her home and makes mad, passionate love to her?
Corporate business woman, Capricious Gray, is dragged to a sex toy convention by her best friend. Once a shocking, mysterious disembodied voice helps her with her purchases, it follows her home. Passion ensues, leaving Capri torn between lust for her fantasy lover and the desperate need for reality in her life.
Thall, son of one of the Fates, harbors the irrepressible need to be with the woman he's desired from afar for years. In order to make her his, once and for all, he must help Capri get past her fears, including the fear of what he represents - a fantasy.
Can fantasy become a reality for these two lovers?
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What people are saying about Capri's Fate
Wow
The story line is completely original. It was a story that left you angry, sad, plus hot and bothered. I loved this book!!! Very passionate and relatable
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July 18, 2016
Loving Lorayna could cost him his sacred power... - Dominus: God of Yule by J. Rose Allister #romance
A smoking hot god during the wintry chill of Yule Follow the tour!
Dominus: God of YuleBook 1 of the Sons of Herne seriesAvailable on digital booksellers July 2016*
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Loving Lorayna could cost him his sacred power...
It is the time of Yule, and Dominus, god of the sabbat, should never have had to spend half the year nurturing the latest light bearer himself. Now, months of visiting Lorayna, present only as a whisper, has sparked a yearning inside of him that he cannot shake.Lorayna has felt herself drawn to the pagan path by a presence she has been unable to resist. When she discovers her “holiday spirit” is in fact a mouthwateringly sexy god, she’s ready for whatever sabbat ritual he chooses. To her disappointment, his intentions are strictly hands-off.Giving up her light is not as easy as surrendering to his will, however. Dominus is forced to break the rules and give into his urges before the Yule power consumes her from within. The ripples of their passion will alter many sabbat unions to come—and Dominus must defy his father, Herne, to follow his desires and prove to Lorayna that she was not merely another light bearer.
Excerpt:
Dominus thought of his last visit to Lorayna, how he had stood at her bedside, whispering ancient secrets while her hair spilled across her pillow and her round curves beckoned. His male need flared into a sharp ache at her beauty, and how he longed to plunge his fingers through that silken hair, run his tongue over every sultry dip and swell on her body. He never touched her. He could not. He had stayed overlong on that visit, for he knew the time had come—a time he both longed for and resented. The time when his visits to her, unwanted though they had begun, would be at an end. A lump in his stomach punctuated the thought.A figure passed by the sheer curtain drawn halfway across the front window, and his pulse quickened.Lorayna.He heard the name dance through his thoughts, and try though he might, he could not wave it away. He typically preferred not to know the names of the women whose light he released. There was little point in it, for he would not see nor know anything of the females once his mission was complete. For their part, the women would know nothing of him, either. The majority of humans were blissfully unaware that their world sat tightly against a realm of immortals and magic, nor did they care to know just how much their gods were still at work to this day, walking the woods, tending to fields and lusty lasses, and generally keeping the balance of their worlds at peace.Laughter rose to his ears, and he drew back instinctively behind the cover of trees. Humans would not see him while he wore the veil charm, rare few, anyway, but best not to chance it. The door to the cottage opened, and several people spilled out, happy and carefree and followed by a waft of alcohol that was apparent to his keen, supernatural senses. Then there she was, Lorayna, standing in the doorway with a wide smile that tightened Dominus’s chest. She wore a pure white sweater, oversized and yet clinging to her ripe figure, and while she chatted to her departing guests, she tucked a silken strand of dark brown hair behind one ear. Blue and silver bells tinkled on her earrings, jingling as she nodded and laughed. Her lips, painted pink and glossy, caught his eye, and he found himself staring at how they puckered and released with every syllable she spoke. Long, well-manicured nails had been painted to match.His cock throbbed in earnest, already impatient with the guests who were lingering far too long at the threshold for his tastes. He was eager for their time together, yearning to see his months of attention to her physical and emotional well-being come to fruition.One of the males leaned close to kiss Lorayna on the lips, and a swell of unpleasant heat rose in Dominus’s stomach. She was not his to own, of course, and he had no cause for jealousy. She would no doubt sleep with other men in the future, probably many others. But she had kept herself pure since May Day, because she knew deep in her subconscious that she was fated for no other until Dominus helped her birth the shining light he saw inside her even now. The sun’s energy pulsed from within, a bright, glowing force like a singular joy that was at the apex of its power. He alone would bring back that light, coaxing it from her in an explosion of climax. She would feel exquisite pleasure as she returned that energy to the universe, followed by a temporary sense of loss. She would move forward, however, unaware of her crucial role in the wheel’s turn of the coming year. The overly attentive male turned to a man beside him and laid a suggestive kiss on him, complete with a sweep of the tongue while squeezing his ass. Dominus relaxed his fists. So, the male had other inclinations. Good.“Try not to be a stranger,” the other male said with a flourish. “Make a New Year’s resolution to come out into the world more than once a month.”“It’s not New Year’s yet,” she said.“Before you know it.”“I just can’t believe it’s already over,” Dominus heard Lorayna saying to the two men who were now holding hands. “I’ve felt such a holiday spirit this Yule.”She glanced over the man’s shoulder, looking straight at Dominus while those perfect nails raked strands of her hair smooth. “Of course. It just feels like it tonight, is all.”He held her gaze, fully aware that she did not truly see him. At most, perhaps, she was aware of a by now familiar presence. As her dark eyes penetrated him, however, he began to wonder.
About the Sons of Herne series:
The god Herne has appointed eight of his most virile, headstrong sons as keepers of the pagan holidays. To honor their sabbat, each must join with a mortal female in a ritual to maintain the balance between worlds.
It is the year of The Thousand Seasons, and the Fates have secretly conspired to mark the end of an era by granting the gods one thing they lack--a true union of male and female that will last beyond the passion of a sabbat joining.
Herne’s sons will wrestle with the conflict between sacred duty and their own yearnings, a struggle that will not only challenge their beliefs, but may threaten the success of rituals that must be observed lest the mortal and immortal worlds collide in chaos.
*-previously released as an Amazon Exclusive with title Season of Light
About the Author:
J. Rose Allister has penned over twenty-five novels and numerous short stories from her home in Southern California, including ten publisher bestsellers. She is a TV and movie buff, enjoys the bittersweet discord between obsessing over chocolate while striving for the benefits of a fresh, organically-influenced diet, and is a firm believer that daydreaming, people watching, and yes, chocolate are the greatest fuel for the writing imagination. That and coffee. Or coffee with chocolate stirred into it. She has more books in her to-be-read pile than she can ever hope to find time to sit and enjoy, but this never stops her from adding more.
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