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Fun and Prizes with @TRS_Studio’s SPOOKAPALOOZA October 26-31

Hello! Today is the beginning of Spookapalooza at The Romance Studio. Be sure to stop on by for all kinds of fun and prizes. You can find my posts here: http://trsparties.com/author/jsubject/. And be sure to scroll down to find the sections on the right-hand sidebar where you can enter to WIN a $125 gift card, and a multitude of author prizes. Plus, you might find the occasional contest on my posts.

“Do you want this?” My Sexy Saturday excerpt from ALIEN ATTRACTION #scifi #romance

Hello and welcome to the 115th week of My Sexy Saturday.

Here are the details: every Saturday, published and unpublished authors will be sharing 7 words, sentences, or paragraphs from a work-in-progress or an already published story.

Today’s theme is…

SOMETHING ABOUT SEXY

Here’s seven from ALIEN ATTRACTION,  which is the third book in my ALIEN NEXT DOOR series. It will release November 9th. Enjoy!

Set-up: Angela invited Chal over for dinner. They’ve been watching a movie about a human falling in love with an alien (Avatar). Both characters are alien, but neither knows about the other…

Resting his palm on her hip bone, he resisted the urge to scoop her up in his arms and take her to the bedroom. Could living in this part of the world be so easy for his kind? “What about you? Could you fall in love with an alien?”

She smiled, her body relaxing again. “I am absolutely sure I could.”

“What about a regular human being?” Slowly gathering her skirt up her legs, he waited for her answer. Would she reject him?

“Could I fall in love with someone from Earth? Sure.” She moved her hand down and began to rub his inner thigh. “If that someone is you.”

Lust oozed out of her pores, accelerating his desire. He sat up, anxious to kiss her sweet lips. So soft and tender. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned back, pulling him on top of her. Chal plunged his tongue into her mouth the way he wanted to experience other parts of her.

Angela held the hem of his sweater, drawing the material up until he was forced to draw back for a moment to get the dang thing off. As she trailed her palms up and down his back, Chal slipped his hands under the skirt of her dress. He yearned for more. All of her. No internal warnings with his neighbor. Every inch of his being encouraged him on, to make the ultimate connection with the woman who said she could love an alien.

Clasping her waist, he ran his thumbs along the edge of her undergarments. With a throaty moan, she thrust toward him. Encouragement? He lifted his head and gazed into her honey-colored eyes. “Do you want this?”

But, can things really be this easy for the two of them?

~ About ALIEN ATTRACTION ~

She wants to be more alien.

He wants to be more human.

Born a galaxy apart, will Angela and Chal have a chance at love, or will their extraterrestrial secrets leave them running to stay alive?

ALIEN ATTRACTION will be available November 9th, 2015.

Look for pre-order links soon!

You can find Alien Adoration (book 1) here:

       

You can find Alien Admirer (book 2) here:

       

For more My Sexy Saturday postings, check out the participants’ list here.

Wicked Reads blog hop ~ October 23-31 #giveaway

Thank you so much to Hennessee Andrews for organizing this hop!

I don’t write a lot of paranormal romances, but when I do, I like to write about less mainstream creatures. I have written about witches, gargoyles, and phoenix. You can find these stories in my latest release, Cosmic Desires.

From closing time at a costume shop to an alien encounter in the woods, COSMIC DESIRES offers ten sexy stories from author Jessica E. Subject. Inside you’ll find a phoenix in trouble, a gargoyle with a mission, a hot billionaire alien, and even a sex club on the other side of the universe. The romantic pairings vary in this collection, all showing just how naughty love can be.

Includes:

Taken by the Billionaire Alien Next Door (MF sci-fi)

Replicated Consequences (MF sci-fi spanking)

Crash Landing (MMF sci-fi)

The Dungeon: A Thanh Academy short story (FFM sci-fi spanking)

Alien Lover (MF sci-fi)

Love In Disguise (FF sci-fi spanking)

The Power of Three (MMF paranormal)

Phoenix Spanked (FF paranormal spanking)

Last Minute Customers (MFM contemporary)

Sexy Suitors From Space w/a Paisley Brown (MFM sci-fi)

Available from:

All Romance | Amazon | Google Play | Coffee Time Romance

iBooks | Nook | Kobo  | Smashwords

Available in print from:

CreateSpace | Amazon US | Amazon UK

For my giveaway, I’m offering an ebook of The Power of Three, one of the paranormal stories in Cosmic Desires. All visitors to this post can get one. Simply leave a comment below with the e-format (mobi, epub, or pdf) you would like. Be sure to leave your email so I can send it to you when the hop is over.

Be sure to visit the other participating authors!

 

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Loving at the Edge of Death ~ RELEASING RAGE by @CynthiaSax #scifi #romance

Loving At The Edge Of Death

With Cynthia Sax

In Jessica’s Crash Landing, Cael, one of the heroes, believes he’s going to die. The ship he’s traveling in crashes. He survives but believes he hasn’t. He thinks he’s in the afterlife.

And that is when he meets the two beings he’s destined to love.

In Releasing Rage, my most recent release, Joan, the heroine, believes she’ll soon be killed. She’s the sole female engineer on the battle station she’s assigned to. The Commander and the rest of the males on board want to ensure she’s the last. They plan to make a very graphic and gruesome example of her.

They assign her to a hostile cyborg. Rage, the hero, hates all humans. He brutally murdered his last engineer. The warrior makes it clear that he plans to do the same to Joan. It isn’t a question of if she’ll die but when.

The interesting thing about facing (what she believes to be) certain death is there’s no longer any point being afraid. The worst thing that could happen to a being WILL happen to her. Joan thinks she’s going to die. She’s not afraid of having her heart broken.

She can love without fear, all in, not holding anything back. There’s no hesitation, no debate about whether or not she should wait to touch him, kiss him, love him. She might not have a tomorrow. She doesn’t care if Rage rejects her. He plans to kill her. He can’t hurt her any more than that.

And any upside, any tenderness, any returned feelings will be a bonus, a joy she didn’t expect. She risks nothing and has everything to gain. Joan is determined to grab any bit of happiness out of her remaining lifespan that she can.

I’m humming Tim McGraw’s Live Like You Were Dying while I write this. That song sums up the experience of loving at the edge of death. Every moment is sweeter because you know it might be your last.

How would you live life differently if you believed today was your last day?

Releasing Rage

Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.

Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals–kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.

Until he meets Joan.

Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal–survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.

When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?

AVAILABLE FROM:

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USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Sax writes contemporary, SciFi and paranormal erotic romances. Her stories have been featured in Star Magazine, Real Time With Bill Maher, and numerous best of erotic romance top ten lists.

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Could you Fall in Love with an Alien? #MidWeekTease from ALIEN ATTRACTION #scifi #romance

Happy Wednesday! It’s time for my Mid Week Tease post! Mid Week Tease is an author meme started and hosted by author Sandra Bunino, where authors share snippets from their recent releases, back list titles, and works-in-progress (WIPs). So, please check out my tease and visit the other participating authors listed below.

For today’s post, I’m going to share an excerpt from  ALIEN ATTRACTION. In this excerpt, Angela has invited Chal over for dinner and a movie. They have already had dinner and are now sitting down for the movie…

A burst of sound filled the room, like the crescendo of a musical motor starting. Thank the gods Angela missed his startled gasp. When the noise faded, she sat beside him, her side pressed against him. Much closer than he’d expected.

As if remembering they’d known each other for a week, she jumped away from him, staring with wide eyes. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be.” He draped an arm across her shoulders and guided her back to his side. “I like it when you’re close to me.”

She stiffened, radiating the same nervous anticipation she had earlier. “Really?”

He stroked the side of her face. “If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be here.”

Her fear spiked, but quickly ebbed away as she nestled up to his side, her head resting on his chest. Was she afraid of him? Why? Did she know he wasn’t from Earth? But how would she have found out?

With her relaxed, Chal brushed the thoughts aside. He became engrossed in the movie, a story about a man from Earth falling in love with a woman from another planet. It had to be some kind of sign. “Hmmm.”

Angela glanced up at him, her fingers splayed absently across his stomach. “What?”

“Do you think that’s possible? For someone from Earth to fall in love with a being from another planet?”

“Yeah, of course.” Her words came out so nonchalant, as if relationships with aliens happened all the time.

“Seriously?”

Her body tensed. “I mean, why not? Interracial relationships are much more common. A relationship with an intelligent being from another planet is the next step, right?”

He sure hoped so. Resting his palm on her hip bone, he resisted the urge to scoop her up in his arms and take her to the bedroom. Could living in this part of the world be so easy for his kind? “What about you? Could you fall in love with an alien?”

~ ALIEN ATTRACTION ~

She wants to be more alien.

He wants to be more human.

Born a galaxy apart, will Angela and Chal have a chance at love, or will their extraterrestrial secrets leave them running to stay alive?

You can find Alien Adoration (book 1) here:

       

You can find Alien Admirer (book 2) here:

       

Be sure to visit the other Mid Week Tease participating authors…

 

Jessica E. Subject’s Weekly Writing Update ~ BRYCE & Writer’s Block

Hello! Time for another Tuesday writing report.

ALIEN ATTRACTION ~ I am waiting on the next round of edits. I know I will have to move the release date for this project to November. I will keep you posted.

BRYCE ~ Writer’s block hit me this week for this story. I became frustrated, and actually started another story, because I couldn’t figure out why this story wasn’t working. Well, I figured out the problem and changed the story. Now, I’m back to writing it. I started at 1,769 words and now I have 3,163, for a total 1,394 new words.

ALIEN KISSES AT MIDNIGHT ~ This is the story I started when I was blocked. It will be a New Years’ Eve short alien romance. I managed 628 words before the issue with Bryce worked itself out. I have a couple of ideas of what I plan to do with this story. I might release leading up to New Year’s on my blog. Or maybe, I’ll include for FREE in my newsletter. I’m not sure yet.

GOALS FOR THE WEEK ~ I will write as many words as possible on one or both projects. And when the next round of edits come in for Alien Attraction, I will work on them and get them sent back to I can get the book to you as soon as possible.

Together At Last in AN ALIEN TO LOVE #MySexySaturday #1NS @DecadentPub

Hello and welcome to the 114th week of My Sexy Saturday.

Here are the details: every Saturday, published and unpublished authors will be sharing 7 words, sentences, or paragraphs from a work-in-progress or an already published story.

Today’s theme is…

OUR SEXY LOVE

Here’s seven from HIS ALIEN VIRGIN,  which is part of the AN ALIEN TO LOVE 99¢ 1Night Stand box set. Enjoy!

Set-up: Daran has always had a thing for the younger sister of his best friends. But, out of respect for them, he kept his distance from her. Now that they’re adults, Madame Eve believes they would be great together.

Swallowing primal hunger, Daran trailed his fingers across the smooth line of her jaw and down her long neck. “I want you. I’ve always wanted you, Skylar.”

Her eyelids fluttered closed as if she expected. Sucking in a quick breath, he met her soft lips. But she remained hesitant and unresponsive, as if unsure what to do next.

Wrapping his arms around her, he held Skylar tight. He had her now and never wanted to let her go. Guiding her gently through their first kiss, he explored her decadent flavor. Cherries and vanilla. Heaven on Earth. Gods, she never would have survived her first encounter with Ghorkle. The beast would have destroyed her.

Fumbling with the back of the dress, he found the zipper and peeled the silvery wrapping off his prize. Daran laid her back on the blanket he’d spread out earlier, across a foam mattress, then kissed her eyelids, nose, her lips, all the way down to her breasts. So beautiful. And, at that moment, all his.

She writhed under him, moaning, pulling him closer. Never would he bring her any harm, but at that moment, he bit his tongue, reining in the urge to plunge inside and claim her.

With a deep breath, he tamed his need and caught a glimpse of her shy smile.

“I’ve dreamed of this moment,” she whispered. “Always wanted you to be my one and only.”

You can get HIS ALIEN VIRGIN on it’s own, but you can also get it as part of my AN ALIEN TO LOVE box set. Heck, it’s only 99¢.

~ About AN ALIEN TO LOVE ~

Five HOT 1Night Stand stories by Jessica E. Subject about sexy heroes from other planets.

What do a librarian, a nurse, a director’s assistant, a housekeeper, and an orphan have in common? They all end up spending an evening with a gorgeous stranger. But, will one night lead to more, or will the women end up running away when they learn their sexy suitor comes from another planet? Find out in these five sensual 1Night Stand stories by sci-fi romance author, Jessica E. Subject.

Contains: Celestial Seduction, Satin Sheets in Space, Another Night, Another Planet, His Alien Virgin, and Her Alien Hero

Available from:

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Is their love strong enough? MINE TO LOVE by @LeaBronsen #romance #newrelease

Book two of the Hot Model Mine trilogy is finally here! Did you wonder what happened to erotic romance author Andrea and her irresistible cover model, Yushka, after the conference in Cannes?

In book one, The Perfect Shoot, things were complicated for the couple. He was much younger than her—practically the same age as her twins—and she’d spent half her life without a man. After much reflection, she ended up giving into her desire and taking Mr. Hot Model for lover. But what then after they traveled back to their separate lives?

Wait no more: They’re here to tell the continuation of their sizzling love story

Mine to Love…

The writing conference in sunny Cannes was fantastical, a dream. Back at home, reality catches up with author Andrea Johnson and the sexy cover model of her book, Yushka. With tough working schedules, challenging family relations, and seductive temptation from all sides, the couple’s explosive romance is put to the test.

Will their love be strong enough to have a future?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ievwhCy6FOc

 

 While Yushka gets his duffel bag in the back seat, I lean against the side of the Corolla and stretch my arms on top of its roof. “You got everything?”

“Yeah.” He lifts the bag over his shoulder and tilts his head in direction of the front door. “We good to go?”

My pulse beats a little faster at the thought of him dropping that bag on my bedroom floor and lifting me in his arms instead. I’m so excited to be with him, I simmer inside, aching to touch and hold him. I want to have all of him at once, right now.

A spark of amusement plays in his gorgeous Asian eyes as he waits for me to make a move. “What’s on your mind, Princess?”

Holding his gaze, I smile, my fingers tapping a beat on the car hood to buy some time because I don’t know what to reply. I have a feeling whatever might come out of my mouth now, like I can’t wait to rip those clothes off you or I’m going to make you scream, will sound too cheesy. Why do we need to put our attraction into words, anyway? Once we’re home, there’ll be no reason to talk that much. We’ll do the talking with our more-than-capable hands and … um … mouths.

I tap a quick rap before stepping back from the car. “Come on.”

“Okay.” Widening his smile, he follows me to the front entrance.

I unlock and push the wood door open. “I hope your bag’s not too heavy. The elevator doesn’t work.”

“When are they gonna fix it?”

“Huh, good question.” I step forward, but when in the doorway, I spin to hold the door open for him. “I have no idea.”

“No?” With a raised brow, he passes me.

Just then, I move toward him, chest-to-chest, blocking him and his thick bag between myself and the doorframe.

“Oh!” He laughs.

As the door pushes into my back, squeezing me tighter against him, I put my hands on his waist. First above his clothes––the thick leather jacket and his shirt––then sneaking underneath both of them, my fingers splaying on his warm skin and stroking him.

Completely stuck, he tilts his head and stares into my eyes, his own sparkling with playfulness. “What are you up to?”

“You have a problem?” I move my hands out from beneath his shirt and go downward to palm his tight ass cheeks, pulling his crotch to me. My lower stomach and increasingly heating inner thighs seek to meet his. I want to be so near him he’ll feel my lust, and I want his lust to grow, too. I need us to join and be a match, a melting pot of desire, irresistible and untamable.

“I have to bribe you?” he asks, voice lower, and leans down to kiss me.

How did he guess? At the warm touch of his parted lips, delight rushes through me as if I’d had a shot of alcohol.

He retreats his face a few inches, enough to have a view of what he just kissed. “This good enough for you?” His voice comes out husky, a bit short of breath. With his free hand, he strokes and kneads my butt.

“One more,” I mouth with the next exhale of air. Though the door bores painfully into my back, I don’t want to move, loving the feel of being so close to Yushka, so intimate. It’s amazing how instantaneous and intense our connection is. Just wait till we get our clothes off.

Again, his warm lips land on mine, and we kiss greedily, nose-to-nose, wet tongues playing with each other. My inner pussy muscles clench, remembering too well what it’s like to have his cock inside. I breathe faster. A growing hardness in his crotch presses against me, provoking more tightening. Oh, God. Hot wetness glides down my pussy, wetting my panties. So ready, so soon… I mew into his mouth, and he rewards me with a guttural response, our mouths practically eating each other.

But this isn’t the right place. We need to move and play this torturous game and its grand finale somewhere else.

Releasing his lips, I gasp from our separation, but still manage to pull away.

“Fuck, you’re hot.” He inhales deeply and looks up, feverish eyes widening and trying to refocus.

As I step backward, forcing the door to open again, cold evening air sneaks between our heated bodies. “Let’s go,” I say with a croak, my chest heaving.

He gives a small nod and steps inside the low-lit lobby.

 

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You can find it here.

 

I like my reads hot, fast, and edgy, and strive to give my own stories the same intensity. After venturing into dirty inner-city crime drama with my debut novel Wild Hearted, I divide my writing time between psychological thriller, suspense romance, and erotic contemporary romance.

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From Nightmare to Ultimate Love Story ~ AWAKEN THE DEMON by @ShielaSue Stewart #paranormal @DecadentPub

Awaken the Demon

Book 1 in the Demon series

by Shiela Stewart

Available in Print and ebook

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 Often, my book ideas come from nightmares. Yes, I dream of vampires and demons. Awaken the Demon concept came from a repeated nightmare I had about a young woman being attacked by a gang of demons, ripping flesh from her body before she slaughters all the men with only a thought. Did I wake up screaming? Hell yeah. Who wouldn’t. After the third time the dream came to me, I decided to write it down. I sat in my living room at three in the morning and put it to paper. I never had that dream again. I like to think that someone or something was pushing me to make it into a book. After three years and several different versions, Draco, who was at first a demonic killer who Misty was running from, he suddenly became a demon who wanted only to be loved and to find love. Was he a tame demon? Hell no. He was once very brutal, sending souls to Satan as part of a deal he made to be allowed to be free from Hell. He became a ruthless businessman who didn’t tolerate failure or weakness. He used his powers to create Starr industries and to get everything he wanted. The only thing his powers couldn’t give him was love. And it wasn’t easy finding her. No! Was it easy to convince her to love him? Hell no! Draco is not the type of demon to take no for an answer. Only this time, he couldn’t use his mind control to make Missy love him. He had to woo her, something completely foreign to him. As I said, Draco is a ruthless demon. What he doesn’t expect, is to find a woman as headstrong as he is.

The creation of Missy Green came from personal experience of being a woman who always backed down, who wasn’t strong. Who allowed others to control her. Because of that, she falls for a man who not only controls her, but abuses her for years. I always knew she would become a demon. I had it all planned out. But as I began to write her story, I gave her some of my personal experience and gave her determination to be her own person. She refuses to let another man, anyone for that matter, control her. As she begins to discover herself, she finds out she’s part demon. Her life is literally turned upside down. She struggled to become her own person, and it took hard work to do so. Throwing a curve ball at her by making her a demon isn’t as easy to accept. All she wanted was a normal life. Now she has to learn how to be a demon. At first repulsed by Draco, she now has to rely on him to teach her everything she now possesses as a demon. There’s no way in hell, though, is she willing to give up her individuality. There is a line in the book, which is in the excerpt I share, that is so apropos to how she is feeling.

“Why is it I get the strangest urge to rip those clothes from your body and see what’s hidden beneath all that black? Yet, at the same time, I want to vomit at your feet.”

So there you have it. How Awaken the Demon came to be. What started off as a nightmare, became the ultimate love story.

AWAKEN THE DEMON BLURB:

Abused for years by a sadistic fiancé, Missy Green has had enough. Running away is her only recourse. Wanting a new life, she takes refuge with a group known as the Stargazers. Taken in by illustrator Draco Starr, Missy is elated to finally find peace. Yet, something doesn’t seem right about her host.

Born in the pits of hell, Draco Starr was once a fearsome Demon, For centuries he collected souls for Satan. Having done his time, Draco sets out to start a new life. Even with more wealth and prestige than anyone could ever want, something is still missing in his life.

Love.

Missy is about to have her world turned upside down. Discovering Draco is a demon is terrifying enough, but finding out she too is a demon is more than she can handle.

Can Missy deal with her new life, and the affection she is beginning to feel for Draco, or will the past come back to haunt her?

 

Adult: (Violance and Language)

Feeling something warm slide down her neck, she wiped at it with her hand, and saw the bright red blood. Her hands quivering, she looked up and saw her reflection in the mirror. “Oh…God.” She quivered, stumbling back. There was so much blood.

Ronald had begun cutting her for thrills just after they’d become engaged, and not a day went by that she didn’t suffer at his hands.

“Joanne!”

She jumped at the sound of his voice echoing up the stairs and spun around in a desperate need to escape. There was only one door leading from their room, and she could hear him stumbling up the stairs. She had nowhere to run.

“Joanne!” he bellowed.

“No…no…no…” she repeated, shaking her hands as if that would help her think faster.

“You are going to pay for that, you bitch.”

She spun around, saw the window. It was her only means of escape. Slinging the backpack over her shoulder, she ran for the window and threw it open. He was getting closer, she could tell by the sound of his voice.

“You think you can hide from me? I know this place like I know the back of my hand. You can’t hide from me.”

She slid one leg through the window, bracing herself on the ledge. Her foot slipped and she cried out in fear as she clung to the ledge. The willow tree outside was too far away, and she knew if she tried to reach it, she would only end up falling.

“You can’t run from me.” His voice slurred from the alcohol he’d indulged in earlier. “You’re mine. Mine!” he screamed, moving closer to the window.

She looked down. If she didn’t let herself go, he would drag her through the window and back into the house. He would finish the job he had started. He would kill her.

Closing her eyes tight, inhaling deeply, she released her hold and let herself fall. “Don’t let me die,” she pleaded, as she dropped the two stories to the ground.

She heard him screaming at her as she ran, and it was incentive enough to push past the pain to escape.

“You can’t get away from me. I’ll find you!”

The streets were dark and nearly empty. She ran without stopping. Her life depended on it.

It was a hot summer evening, and the sky showed no indication of cooling down with rain. Her hair clung to her face, damp with sweat. The houses she ran past were only a blur. In the distance, someone’s music was blasting through an open window, the song unrecognizable. Her legs burned, but she knew if she slowed down now, Ronald would still have time to catch her. Swallowing her pain, she turned the corner and nearly ran someone down in the process.

“Whoa there, missy. What’s the rush?”

Panicked, her heart pounding so hard she felt ill from it, she continued to run.

Where was she going to go? What was she going to do? He would find her, and he would drag her home, and kill her.

I don’t want to die.

The blood from her wound trickled down her neck. Ducking behind a building, she opened her backpack to look for her jacket. Though it was a warm June evening, it was her only choice until she could get somewhere to clean and bandage the wound. Slipping on the heavy fall jacket, she zipped it right to her chin, and slung the pack over her shoulder. With a quick peak around the building, she darted out, and continued hurrying away, keeping her head down so as not to be recognized.

She heard a car pull up beside her and as she turned, saw Ronald behind the wheel.

“Get in the fucking car, Jo!”

Joanne screamed and bolted off. She ran down the street and slipped into an alley. When she heard his tires squealing, she knew he was coming after her. At the end, she turned left and continued to run. The sound of voices ahead drew her attention. As she looked up, she saw the crowd. Maybe she could lose him there. Pushing herself, she ran faster. As she neared the throng of people, she slowed down. Slipping into the crowd, she mingled while keeping watch for Ronald’s car.

When a hand clamped onto her arm, Joanne nearly screamed. Lifting her head, she saw a chubby-faced brunette, and mercifully, not her fiancé.

“We’re about to board. Whoa, cool tinted contacts. C’mon. You can sit with me.”

“What?” Confused, she looked around at the crowd before her.

“Your eyes. I like the colored contacts. The gold goes well with your black hair.”

“They’re not contacts.”

“Really? Weird. Come on, we’re boarding.”

Baffled, she found herself tugged toward the crowd. “No, I…I don’t—”

“Is that all you’ve got?”

“Pardon me?”

“Personal belongings. You just have the one bag?”

“Yes.” Before she could protest, the woman pulled her forward, and when she looked up, she saw a big black bus before her. “What’s going on?”

“We’re about to board. Isn’t this exciting? I’m Jennifer Laurence, by the by. And you are?”

Board a bus? Her first thought was to break free and continue running, until she heard a car squeal to a stop. Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw Ronald climb out of the car. She couldn’t let him find her.

“Hey, hello.” The woman snapped her fingers in front of her face, startling her. “You okay?”

She was anything but okay. “Yes.”

“What’s your name?”

Keeping an eye on Ronald, she inched closer to the woman. Using her real name was not an option, not if she wanted to get away from Ronald. “Missy.” The name just popped into her head. That’s what he’d called her, that man she’d nearly knocked down a minute ago.

“Missy what?”

“Green. Missy…Green.” All she could think of was her favorite color. It was a decent name, she supposed.

“Cool. Well, looks like it’s our turn. Come on.”

 

Check out Book 2 in the Demon series:

Offer the Demon

Twenty-one years ago a bargain was made for her existence. Twenty-one years ago was the beginning of the end.

Born to serve Satan, Aurora Starr wishes she could lead a normal life. Being a demon, that’s not so easy to do. By night she takes the lives of those Satan chooses. Despite her hatred for her job, she knows she must continue, but all she wants is to live like a normal human.

Enter Scott Monroe.



Tall, blond, and gorgeous, he is more than Aurora can resist. Although mating with a human is taboo, Aurora throws caution to the wind and begins seeing Scott. But when Satan makes her choose between her family or the man she loves, Aurora has had enough.

Will love win in the end, or will Satan damn them a all?

Raised on a rural farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, Shiela Stewart relied on her vivid imagination to fill her days. Never did she realize that her need to tell a story would someday lead to becoming a published author.

In the fall of two thousand and six, Shiela published her very first book and she hasn’t stopped since.

When not writing, Shiela spends time with the love of her life and biggest supporter, William. She enjoys doting on her children and granddaughter. She has a strong affection for animals which is evident in the five cats, one dog, plenty of fish and one turtle she owns.

Some of her other passions are home décor, crocheting and knitting.

Where to find her:

www.shielasbooks.ca

www.facebook.com/shiela.stewart

https://twitter.com/shielasue

Saved by the Sexy Man in the Elevator in #MidWeekTease from ALIEN ATTRACTION #scifi #romance

Happy Wednesday! It’s time for my Mid Week Tease post! Mid Week Tease is an author meme started and hosted by author Sandra Bunino, where authors share snippets from their recent releases, back list titles, and works-in-progress (WIPs). So, please check out my tease and visit the other participating authors listed below.

For today’s post, I’m going to share an excerpt from one of my my upcoming releases, ALIEN ATTRACTION. I just finished the first round of edits and am anxious to receive the next round from my editor. In this excerpt, Chal and Angela meet up again. While things aren’t exactly friendly between them yet, he acts as her escape from an uncomfortable situation…

“Well, that’s a nice view first thing in the morning.”

Angela paused in the middle of her sun salutation, holding her downward-dog position. A guy’s voice, but not the one she’d hoped to hear. Glancing between her legs, she spied two sets of muscular calves. Great! Two strange males stared at her ass in the air. Abandoning her pose, she slumped onto her yoga mat.

“I’ve heard women who practice yoga are very flexible in the bedroom.”

The comment wasn’t directed at her, but she turned to face them anyway. Her gut clenched when she recognized one of the men. With his thick, dark-blond hair and crystal blue eyes, he’d caught her attention the day she moved in. After her family had headed home, he’d offered to help her unpack and sweet-talked his way into her bed, professing his love as he fucked her. Then he’d stomped on her heart a week later when she’d caught him making out with another woman in the foyer. A few minutes later and she would likely have seen much more. If only the orb had worked for her then.

“It’s true. I’ve experienced her flexibility and not just in the bedroom, if you know what I mean.” Grant slapped his friend on the shoulder before winking at her. “It’s Amber, right?”

She rolled her eyes. Even sleeping with the guy hadn’t helped him remember her name. “Angela, but it doesn’t matter. I’m leaving.” In no way did she plan to stick around and listen to sexual comments from these jackasses.

She rolled her mat then rushed out the door. Down the hall, in front of the elevator, stood the man she’d hoped to see in the exercise room all week. Chal hadn’t returned since Monday, and she wondered if he’d been avoiding her. He hadn’t seen her yet. Should she turn around, avoid a possible uncomfortable elevator ride?

“Angela, wait!”

She spun around to Grant’s friend heading out after her, crooking a finger in her direction. Refusing to get any closer, she cocked her head to the side. “What?”

“Whoa! No need to be so harsh.” He stepped toward her, letting the door close behind him. “I wondered if you wanted to go out tonight. You know, dinner, dancing, and then back to my place. Or, your place if you prefer.”

The cocky grin on his face revealed exactly what he expected from her, and she wanted no part of it. “Sorry, I already have plans.”

The elevator dinged and she rushed toward it.

“Another night then?”

“Sorry, I’ll be busy then, too,” she called over her shoulder.

When she reached the elevator, Chal held it open for her, a rolling suitcase at his side.

“Thank you.” Angela ducked inside and moved to the far corner.

He laughed. “Well, that was a definite brush-off.”

~ ALIEN ATTRACTION ~

She wants to be more alien.

He wants to be more human.

Born a galaxy apart, will Angela and Chal have a chance at love, or will their extraterrestrial secrets leave them running to stay alive?

You can find Alien Adoration (book 1) here:

       

You can find Alien Admirer (book 2) here:

       

Be sure to visit the other Mid Week Tease participating authors…