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The Candy Cane Kink #GiveawayHop is VANILLA-FREE!

Thank you to Nikki Carver and Natasha Blackthorne for organizing another great hop!

I’m thrilled to announce the recent release of Evernight Publishing’s  VANILLA-FREE CHRISTMAS Anthology! This Christmas, the best gifts are waiting for those who have been naughty…

And the toys under the tree are not for children. Sexy Santas, naughty elves, and dominant shifters are ready to spread some very kinky Christmas cheer. It’s a good thing the ladies in our stories are looking for anything but vanilla.

Nine super-sexy stories pack this spicy anthology. Check out the line up!

Santa’s Beard by Doris O’Connor

The Olympian by Sandra Bunino

Three in a Tub by Giselle Renarde

A Few of My Favorite Things by Seleste deLaney

The Man Inside by Lila Shaw

Who’s Been Naughty and Nice? by Vanessa Devereaux

Secrets Santa by Raven McAllan

Faith’s Gift by R. Brennan

A Very Furry Christmas by Jorja Lovett

Guess what? My story, The Olympian, just happens to have a candy cane scene!

Here’s the blurb…

Rachel, an Olympic skier hopeful with a chip on her shoulder, is looking for her second chance. Her nasty, take-no-prisoners attitude is legendary both on the slopes and in bed. Erik is tasked with keeping Rachel under control during Christmas weekend at the Crimson Mountain Ski Resort. Rachel’s will is tested when an accident and storm strands Rachel and Erik together in an abandoned ski cabin. Can Erik melt the Ice Queen? Warning: contains an interesting use of an icicle… and a candy cane.

Excerpt:

Rachel winced and tried unsuccessfully to open her eyes. Her head felt as though there was an ax straight through the middle of her forehead. A chill hit her face, but surprisingly the rest of her body was snug and warm. Her hands went on an investigation under the tightly wrapped blanket. She touched her bare legs and slowly slid her hand over her lace panties. Her hands traveled up to her stomach then stopped at warm and muscular arms. Still groggy, she assumed she was in a dream. She touched the mystery man’s fingers and laced her own with his. Nuzzling backward into the warmth of an apparent dream, she froze when the body responded back with his hard manhood nudging at her ass. She opened her eyes enough to see an unfamiliar room flooded with light. For a moment she thought she had possibly died, but the brawny male body upon hers was very real. She turned to get a look at his face. There lay sleeping the same man who had infuriated her at the coffee shop. What the hell?

“Hello? Wake up!”

The man groaned, stretched, and blinked his eyes.

“Good morning, my little dare devil. How’s your head?” he asked.

Rachel looked from his eyes to his lips that showed the hint of a smug smile. Her line of sight moved down to his bare chest.

“Who are you? Where are we? And why are we naked?”

“Oh, Rachel, my dear. Don’t you remember?”

Vanilla-Free Christmas is available here:

Evernight Publishing / Amazon / AllRomance eBooks / BookStrand

Enter to win a free copy of Vanilla-Free Christmas or Keyboards and Kink anthologies below.

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Keep hopping here!

Happy Holidays!

xoxo

~S

 

Hop winners and a side of #SIZZLE!

Whew! It’s been quite a week. Thank you to everyone for helping me celebrate my 29 (again) Birthday Bash! I am overjoyed by the sweet comments you left. Here are the winners from the event…

Choice of one of my eBooks: 

Kate S.,  Christa L.,  Miranda W.,  Linda L. &  Stephanie C.

5 Swag Packs (includes a $5 Starbucks gc & SRE series bookmark & trading cards):

Carin W.,  Michelle W.,  Shadow K.,  Marie H. &  Jenny

Print copy of KEYBOARDS AND KINK Anthology:

Beckey W

Now for some sizzle! I’m guest blogging with Sizzling Hot Book Reviews today talking about how the holidays are not necessarily *cue the music* the most wonderful time of the year. Stop over for another chance to win a free copy of BROOKE’S WISH.

Don’t forget to return tomorrow for Part 3 of my holiday blog serial, The Train Ride!

xoxo

~S

MY 29 (again) BIRTHDAY BASH!

I don’t know about you, but I stopped counting birthdays after the 29th! So… welcome to my Annual 29-again Birthday Bash!

What a super scrumptious year it has been! My first year as a published author yielded 5 stand-alone books, including the beginnings of a series, and 3 short story contributions to great anthologies. I landed a gig as a staff columnist for an eMag. And, to top it all off, I attended RWA 2012, my first writing conference, where I stood in the same room with the likes of Nora Roberts, Robyn Carr, Stephanie Laurens and Victoria Alexander.

Wow…just wow.

But the best part about this new chapter of my life is the new friends I’ve met over the year. I can’t even begin to count the number of authors, editors, reviewers, bloggers and readers who I can honestly call friends. Y’all are wonderful and I don’t think I could have come this far without you. The notes of support warm my heart. Thank you.

So, this Birthday Bash is given in your honor, dear friends!
Let the festivities begin!

First, the lovely powers that be at Evernight Publishing agreed to offer Book 1 and 2 of my Satin Rose Experience series at just 99 cents!

You can grab MIA’S SUBMISSION and BROOKE’S WISH for just $1.98! This price is only good for Tuesday, Dec. 11 and only on the Evernight site. Don’t worry, ordering through Evernight is secure and easy-peasy! Plus you get your choice of download format so it’ll play nice with every eReader.

Next, I’m giving away 5 eBooks, 5 Bunino swag packs (including a $5 Starbucks GC) and a print copy of the Keyboards and Kink anthology! Just add your name to the Rafflecopter below to enter.

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Thanks for dropping by my Birthday Bash and enjoy this celebratory virtual martini on me. *clinks glass* Please accept my sincerest thank you for a wonderful year. (((hugs)))

xoxo

~S

 

 

 

@EvernightPub X-Mas #BlogHop: The Satin Rose Experience series #SRE

Welcome to the Evernight Holiday Blog Hop! 

We love the holidays, we love making our readers happy and we love giving away swag. What better way to do that than to hold a blog hop?

Here’s how it works… the more blogs you hop to (shown below) the more chance you have of winning prizes. Each site on the hop is offering a prize and Evernight is offering an iPad 2 as the grand prize! To be in with a chance of winning the site prize simply follow the blog you’re visiting and leave a comment which includes your email address. Each entry on each blog is then counted towards the grand prize draw. The more entries you have, the better your chance of winning that iPad 2! You also get extra points for liking the Evernight Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/evernightpublishing. Just make sure you let us know in the comments that you’ve done so.

 

Okay, I just HAVE to say this ~> *taps on microphone* Evernight readers ROCK!

Seriously, y’all are amazing. So many of you are faithful reader of the wonderful authors published at Evernight and we appreciate each and every one of you. xoxo

Before I go into my prize, may I mention my new series? The Satin Rose Experience, New York’s elite BDSM club residing on the twentieth floor of Rosebud Resorts, contains ten uniquely themed suites, each with its own story to tell. Fulfill your fantasy at SRE. Find the introduction to SRE in The Satin Rose Experience, a short story in Evernight Publishing’s Keyboards and Kink Anthology.

I’m super excited about the reviews and notes I’ve received about All Romance eBook Bestselling Mia’s Submission and Brooke’s Wish! I’m even more excited Evernight will offer these two SRE titles for just 99 cents on Tuesday, December 11th only in honor of My Annual 29-again Birthday Bash! Woo-hoo!

 

What’s next for The Satin Rose Experience series? SRE gets some mob action, folks! Meet heroine, Antonietta Azzari, daughter of notorious mob boss, Tony “The Chief” Azzari. She’s craved domination since the summer she fell in love with Braxton Malone. Their fairytale came to a violent end when Brax was kidnapped and thought dead. She’s the last person he expects to see at SRE. Read on for a sneak-peek:

He pushed those long suppressed thoughts out of his mind and left Mia’s office. There would be no other virgins in his future. Virgins meant innocence and innocence meant emotion. He’d abandoned both of them on the river bank where his broken body had been dropped off. Brax was all about hard and dominate now. Based on the attention he’d received lately, Courtney’s comment confirmed his suspicions. The subs at SRE lined up to get a taste of Braxton Malone’s ten step program to earth shattering O’s. He stopped at the edge of the SRE lounge and scanned the crowd. Two regulars waved at him from the bar. The blonde, Sierra, tipped her drink and winked in his direction. The vision left him cold. Shit. What the hell was wrong with him. He strode to Courtney’s desk, relayed Mia’s message and picked his helmet up from the floor. He’d hoped to shake the feeling of seeing a ghost from his past by making a quick getaway from the club.

Squeezing his eyes shut, he attempted to forget how the soft curve of her cheek felt under his fingertips. Those sapphire eyes unleashed memories he kept tucked away into the depths of his subconscious. They were the same eyes that stared at him with wild abandon just before she became undone. The same eyes that pleaded for him to do the things he’d only dared to dream about back then. The same eyes that turned the other way and left him for dead.

Okay hoppers, so here’s your assignment if you choose to accept it. Help me name the next SRE! I’m deciding between two titles: The Mobster’s Daughter Takes a Dom or The Submission of a Mafia Princess. Leave your choice in the comments below to be entered in both drawings – don’t forget to leave your email address.

My blog’s prize is a Bunino Sexy Reading Moment, including a $5 Starbucks gift certificate, series bookmark and an eBook from my backlist!

Keep hopping here!

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xoxo

~S

 

Sexy inspiration for the newest #SRE hero on #sixsunday

Howdy sexy sixers! Welcome back.

I have a brand new WIP for you today. My snippet is from the latest story in the Satin Rose Experience series. I’m still working on the title but it’ll be close to The Mobster’s Daughter Takes a Dom or The Submission of a Mafia Princess.

This unedited six is from Chapter One when Braxton Malone steals a glimpse of the woman who has called upon SRE to fulfill a D/s fantasy before she enters an arranged marriage. She’s the daughter of notorious mob boss, Tony “The Chief” Azzari.

Josh Duhamel is the yummy inspiration for Harley riding Braxton Malone. photo credit: http://www.fmforums.co.uk

He’d hoped to shake the feeling of seeing a ghost from his past by making a quick get away from the club.

Squeezing his eyes shut, he attempted to forget how the soft curve of her cheek felt under his fingertips. Those sapphire eyes unleashed memories he kept tucked away into the depths of his subconscious. They were the same eyes that stared at him with wild abandon just before she became undone. The same eyes that pleaded for him to do the things he’d only dared to dream about back then. The same eyes that turned the other way and left him for dead.

Thanks for stopping by, more Six Sunday awesomeness can be found here!

xoxo

~S

 

HOT NEW RELEASE: The Romance Novel Book Club by Kastil Eavenshade

Today’s HOT NEW RELEASE is from an Evernight Publishing author I’ve come to know over the past year, Kastil Eavenshade.

The Romance Novel Book Club is near and dear to her heart and I’m happy to share it with y’all.

First a word from the lovely Kastil… 

The Romance Novel Book Club has been a brain child of mine for a few years. Being a panster writer, I tend to bounce from one manuscript to another. Last NaNo I had planned to finish this one but alas, I was too enthralled with the novellas and shorts to make time. Again the poor story pouted in the corner eating a vat of Ben & Jerry’s.

When I saw making a short story was becoming very hard to do, I decided I had to finish this novel. It’s quirky, funny, and may or may not have some real life experiences. I’ll never tell. In truth, it’s a poke at romance novels that turns into a woman realizing there’s a real world out there and real love right in front of her face.

One of the fun parts was making up the romance novel excerpts. I took some of the things that made me roll my eyes when I read straight romance. It’s the sarcastic cynic in me. Still, I have to admit that I started to fall in love with the characters I created in the fake ones. It happens.

Now for the fun part! The blurb and a teaser excerpt!

Blurb: From the legendary times of the Victorian Age to the rugged reaches of outer space, the romance novels have done nothing to spark Patricia’s want and hope of finding that one special man to call her own. She’s knee deep into her thirties, near depression, and drowning her sorrows in pints of premium ice cream.

When she falls for a waiter named Matt in her favorite restaurant, her insecurities do their best to thwart her plans of true love. It isn’t until she picks up one last romance novel that she realizes life cannot be lived within the ink splattered pages of an author’s fantasies. She has one chance to set her life straight and snatch the one man who gets her: mind and body.

Will Patricia take it?

Excerpt:

The Black Room was the little place Julie and I tried out after her divorce. A little kinky and a lot of fun, it catered to people preferring to remain anonymous but wanting to have an out of this world experience sexually. While I’m not the kind of girl that wanted to be tied up all the time, it had its appeal. Thus, the handcuffs in my bedroom. I hadn’t come across a man that I could trust enough to pull those bad boys out lately.

Just the type of place to get all my sexual frustrations out.

I passed through the usual check points better than I thought I would. The high class of Black Room always appealed to me. Per the code, I had chosen a satin red mask with sequined outline and draping jewel strands. The color denoted I’d go for some light bondage. I didn’t mind the occasional tied up and spanked session but the more extreme side? Not on your life.

Eyeliner coated my lids and cherry red lipstick adorned my puckered mouth. Make-up outside the club might be something I shirked with aplomb, but it was a must to gain entry. Why should I care? Tonight I would get pampered with the simple tap on the shoulder. If I didn’t get picked by a man at the end of an hour, I could choose my partner.

Within the confines of Black Room, my name was York. When I signed up, I gave the call name as a twist on my name. I thought myself clever using a candy bar as a nom de plume.

I lounged on a Victorian chair, my fuck me pumps a nice shiny red. My black dress conformed to my curves, and I felt damn sexy. Any inhibitions I had stayed in the car with the windows cracked until I finished my man meat shopping spree.

Other members chatted away as my gaze swept the room. I preferred to look disinterested, like a hard mark, than exude desperation. Whether it was the truth or not didn’t mean I wanted my hungry eyes to stray onto less than savory company. Black Room was high class, but it had its fair share of drooling troglodytes.

The room slowed to a crawl as I noticed my favorite plaything across the room. The black satin mask couldn’t hide his appearance. His mannerisms within Black Room were too familiar to me. My taut muscled specimen prowled the carpet like the carnivore I knew he could be. The apex of my thighs moistened at his presence. I remembered each wicked little escapade I had with this particular member. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he window shopped until he came across my rack. With one glance in my direction, I hooked in my bait. Already my heart slammed into my rib cage in anticipation of his electric touch.

His code name was Tall One, and he certainly fit the bill. He leaned in, and I inhaled that masculine scent uniquely his. Whatever cologne he used danced nicely with his pheromones. I was a cat in heat ready to scratch my name into his back as he rode me.

“My, York.” His words tickled my ear. “In for some adventure tonight?”

“Can you handle it?” I breathed back.

“Why don’t we find out?”

I placed my hand in his, and he led me away from the crowded room into a private one of his choosing. The lights dim, he glided me in and closed the door behind us.

Deep mahogany wood on the bedposts and luxurious red velvet hung from the peaks. A perfect centerpiece for our carnal night of pleasure. My body curled against his chest, the ache to caress his erection pulsing to my core. His fingertips glided along my shoulders. With each caress, his senses reacquainted themselves with every inch of my flesh. I groaned as his palms rubbed my nipples. They hardened instantly.

“My. Someone’s been neglecting themselves.” He tweaked my tightened areolas, and I gasped. Masturbation was second hand for me. Nothing compared to sharing a sexual experience with a partner. Especially one as interested in pleasing you as you were them. I always had that with Tall One. He’d chase all my sorrows away with one gentle stroke along my clit.

My arms reached behind to run through his hair as he lavished my breasts with attention. I ground my behind into his hardened shaft. His breathy rumble sent shivers down my spine. With one yank, he pulled the top of my dress down to expose my lacy red bra. His petting frantic, the fabric of my undergarments heightened my arousal.

“I can’t hold it, York.” His hips worked into my backside, his desire apparent in the thickened length straining against his clothing.

“I was hoping for a little play tonight.” My words were truth no matter how much my body ached to be rammed into by his cock.

“Trust me.”

The timbre in his voice echoed.

“Always.”

His hands grasped the bottom of my dress and yanked it up past my hips. He groaned when he realized I had gone panty-free for the evening. His palm cracked against my backside, and I yelped.

“You little tease.” Another swat landed on my bare ass. “You’re a bad girl, York.” His hand smoothed over my cheek, cooling the hotness swelling from it before he gave me another punishing whack.

“Hands on the bedpost, young lady.”

Wetness pooled down my thighs as I grasped the mahogany and velvet. The golden cord hanging down soon bound my wrists. His searing lips claimed the nape of my neck as his fingers pulled and teased my nipples. One hand ventured down to my wet core, stoking the flame already ignited. I shattered to his demanding touch.

“Come again.” His gruff voice commanded.

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Bunino’s Blog Holiday Serial #FreeRead: THE TRAIN RIDE (Part 2)

Happy Friday, Sexy!

Thanks for coming by for the second installment of my 5 part serial, The Train Ride.

So, I hit a little bump in the tracks this week because unlike part 1, this excerpt enters NC-17 territory. As my blog subscribers know, the entire content of my post is emailed out to them so it can be read without having to click over to my site. This excerpt is a little too hot to run through email so I hid it away on its own page on my site.

As long as you’re 18 or older and love some sexy erotic romance, click here, and if you LIKE it, come back next week – if you LOVE it, tell a friend.

Oh and last week’s installment is directly below Part 2 if you need to catch up. 

xoxo

~S

It’s the Christmas Wishes Hop!

Welcome! I’m happy to announce that 3 great Virtual Tour companies have joined together to bring you this wonderful hop!

Special thanks to Book & Trailer Showcase (BTS Virtual Book Tours), Coffee Beans & Love scenes (CBLS Promotions), and Full Moon Bites (FMB Blog Tours) for proudly presenting the “Christmas Wishes Giveaway Hop”.

Check out these prizes… Grand Prizes –  A Kindle Paperwhite, A Nook Glow, and a $90 choice Gift Card for either Amazon or BN.  Both Tablets will come with a book bundle!!  SWEET!

Christmas is a magical time of year, but for Dr. Brooke Allaire, it’s a lonely time. That’s why she took her friends advice and flew to New York for a spa weekend. Little does Brooke know that the Satin Rose Experience is an elite BDSM club, not the posh day spa she expected. Soon she begins to fall under the SRE spell. Here, Ty is trying to ask Brooke to dinner…

“That’s nice of you but I don’t just go anywhere with strange men. Besides, you’re wasting your time, I’m not like you, I’m not like them,” Brooke said and waved her hand toward the lounge.

Ty casually crossed his arms and Brooke couldn’t help but to stare at the definition of his biceps through the jacket.

“You mean you’re not some regular person who likes to have fun once in a while,” he teased.

“You know what I mean. I’m not into this kinky stuff. This is all a mistake.”

“Look, I’m kidding around. Asher explained your predicament. He said you’re off limits. Really, I just want to take you to dinner.”

“Why, wouldn’t you rather stay here and find someone to do whatever it is you do.”

“You know what? For a doctor you are really clueless. What do you think? We’re only here to have sex all day?”

“Well, yeah,” she sputtered.

“Is that what it looks like everyone is doing in there?” Ty asked and shifted his position to the side of Brooke so she could get a better look at the bar.

The lounge was crowded with people. Most of them were in business suits and dresses. There was a large group around the piano. A few other clusters of people at the bar and some couples and threesomes filled the tables. It looked like a regular bar setting at any lounge. It all looked very…normal. Brooke scanned the room once more, to be sure she wasn’t missing anything.

“Well?” he asked and grinned.

“Okay, this is not what I pictured a sex club would look like, I’ll give you that.” She narrowed her eyes.

BROOKE’S WISH is available here:

Evernight Publisher / AllRomance eBooks /BookStrand / Amazon

So what’s up for grabs? One lucky hopper will be randomly chosen to win a Bunino Sexy Reading Moment, including a $5 Starbucks gift certificate, series bookmark and an eBook from my backlist! Just tell me your Christmas wish in the comments and don’t forget to add your email address.

xoxo

~S

Pull up a cozy chair, it’s chat room day at The Romance Reviews YES Party!

Let’s chat!

I’m visiting The Romance Reviews chat room today so drop by and say hi. We’re talking books, heroes and why we love a great HEA.

Have a question about my new Satin Rose Experience series? Want to know what’s next for the staff and members of SRE?

Pour yourself a cup of coffee (or something stronger), pull up a chair and let’s chat! I’d love to hear from you.

To access the chat, you do need to register at The Romance Reviews. It’s free and easy. I promise. Then scroll down to Calendar of Events and click on my chat.

While there you can gain points to win some fab prizes too.

xoxo

~S

Extra! Extra! December BTS eMag is #HOT off the Press!

HOT OFF THE PRESS – BTS’s December special Christmas issue is jammed pack with naughty and nice!

Looking for a little Christmas spice, check out my column, Chic Trends in Romance on page 38.

Open publication – Free publishing