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November 12, 2018
Claiming Amber – Blog Tour – Romance
Blitz: Claiming Amber
Author: Vi Carter
Genre: Mafia Style Romance
Hosted by: Ultimate Fantasy Book Tours
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Blitz: Claiming Amber
Author: Vi Carter
Genre: Mafia Style Romance
Dates: 13th of November
Hosted by: Ultimate Fantasy Book Tours
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Blurb:
He’s cold and unsociable but underneath the glinting, dangerous surface, there’s something I’m drawn to. I‘m intrigued.
Intrigued enough to throw caution to the wind and follow him down a very dangerous path. One I hope I come back from.
On the day I get arrested, I ring my best friend to bail me out, instead she sends her brother, Emmett Harrington. He’s a far cry from a knight in shining armor. He’s more like the prince of the criminal underworld. His armor–A 9mm pistol.
Turns out, he’s pissed off a lot of people. Before I realize it, I‘m kept hostage at one of his mansions.
But high walls and the force that is Emmett Harrington might not be enough to keep me safe.
If you like Mafia Style Romances then Claiming Amber will feed your addiction for a romance with lots of drama.
↓Buy Links↓
Amazon
FREE on Kindle Unlimited
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Author Bio:
When Vi Carter isn’t writing contemporary romance books, you can find her reading her favorite authors, baking, taking photos or watching Netflix.
Married with one child, Vi divides her time between motherhood and all the other hats she wears as an Author.
Vi’s main goal is to give readers the same emotional ride that she got from reading Colleen Hoover and Jennifer L. Armentrout books.
Social Media Links for Vi Carter
Website: https://www.vicarterbooks.com
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November 11, 2018
Book Spotlight – The Valor: Military Science Fiction Bundle #Scifi
For more info – check out this link – and the bundle is only available for a limited time.
https://storybundle.com/blog/valormilitarysciencefictionbundle/
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Nine novels and an amazing short story collection make this a fantastic military science fiction bundle.
Plus, another bonus: Our charity, AbleGamers, helps people with disabilities enjoy the imaginary worlds of video games all year, as well as in the holidays. The organization provides one-on-one assistance to help people with a variety of disabilities join the lively interactive world of gaming, easing the social isolation that being disabled can bring.
Can’t think of a better cause to help out.
So here’s what you can do: buy the bundle for yourself or your friends who love military science fiction stories, then toss in a few bucks for AbleGamers. Helping others while getting some top science fiction reading. It doesn’t get any better than that.
Also, the holidays are coming up and you can give this as a gift.
And remember, this bundle won’t last very long. Grab this bundle today and toss in a little extra for AbleGamers. You’ll make someone’s life a little brighter, and have hours of wonderful science fiction reading going into the holidays. – Dean Wesley Smith
For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you’re feeling generous), you’ll get the basic bundle of four books in any ebook format—WORLDWIDE.
Perihelion by Tami Veldura
Battlenaut Crucible by Robert Jeschonek
Valor by Fiction River
Can’t Shoot Straight Gang Returns by Blaze Ward
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $15, you get all four of the regular books, plus SIX more!
Stealing From Pirates by Stefon Mears
Trial Under Fire – A BattleTech Novel by Loren L. Coleman
Skirmishes: A Diving Novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Guilt in Innocence by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Life of a Dream by Dean Wesley Smith
Invincible by David Bruns
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get multiple DRM-free formats (.epub and .mobi) for all books!
Armistice 100 – World War One – Remembrance
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, after four long and terrible years of war, the guns fell silent. The Great War was finally over. 40 million people were killed or wounded (including civilian deaths) in the greatest conflict the world had ever seen.
This year sees the 100th anniversary of the end of the war. And still wars rages on – for different reasons, and in different places men and women die and are wounded. Freedom exacts a terrible price.
My grandmother’s brother – William Crook – died in the Great War on 13th November 1916 in Flanders. The family only found out what happened to him a few years ago. Many families in Britain were touched by the pernicious hand of war – and some villages lost most or all their men of fighting age. The War Cemeteries of Europe – honour those who fell, some have no name – just ‘Soldier of the Great War’. All of those poor souls were someone’s son, father, brother, or lover. They had families who loved them, and lost them.
In memory of those who fell in the Great War 1914-18
Armistice 100.
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Giving It All
© A L Butcher 2018
Mud, blood, death, fear
Snow, bombs, lies, truth
Day after day, year after year.
Old men, scared men, dying youth.
Four long years of war,
Giving it all, then giving more!
Shells from the sky,
Mines in the ground.
Asking God why?
Among the dead all around.
Four long years of war,
Giving it all, then giving more!
Crying for each other
As comrades lay bleeding
Crying for mother
As comrades die weeping
Four long years of war
Giving it all, then giving no more.
November 9, 2018
Audiobook Narrator Interview – Judith Bareham
*Name: Judith Bareham
*Tell us a bit about yourself: I am British born, married to Jonathan (a Brit also) and mom of three children –( a daughter 23, and two boys 20 and 15) who moved to the USA in 2000. Now I live in Charlotte NC and until recently was a stay at home mom, who home-schooled my sons for three and 8 years respectively. Until now, I didn’t have the capacity to pursue being a voice actress but the time was right this year to step into it fully and embrace it!
How did you become involved with audiobook narration and production? Well last year I began training with a voice acting coach and decided this was now or never to pursue
That dream. I want to pursue other voice acting realms too, but I think narration will always be the solid foundation of what I do.
I have always narrated for as long as I can recall, from High school back in the day to amateur dramatics in plays, and I was asked to narrate because I was a good storyteller.
I have always loved acting but love being behind the mic as well as on stage.
Way back, I read newspapers for the Blind, near where I lived in the UK as I believe it’s vitally important that there are great resources available. And of course, audiobooks fit that brilliantly.
I began with Audible this year and auditioned for titles which interested me and were a good fit and here I am.
Tell us about some of the titles you’ve narrated. Do you have a favourite amongst these? Well, as I have just started out I don’t have a long list to my name yet, but I completed Mathamagical in the spring which was a brilliant rendering of a teenage boy who is struggling with math and generally down on his luck. Until he discovers a magical world of math and is able to succeed in solving problems along the way.
I am working on a “how to book for teachers” which although is not a story, is motivational in style and I am finding I really enjoy this style of book too – I like to solve problems and help people so I feel a passion for what I am reading.
I volunteer for the Library for the Blind in Washington DC too, when they have titles for me and as time allows.
*Tell us about your process for narrating? (Be as elaborate as you like.)
A book with multiple characters like Mathamgical (there were 19) I have to think about how they would sound of course, but I begin to imagine how they would move, what they would wear, their characteristics – are they snippy or patient, do they zip through life or are they moody or grumpy about life?
This helps me tap into the voices better and help them become believable.
In the case of Lilie, she just fit a Scottish voice because of her breed but I have a dog Nelson, who I believe is very human in his responses so I took facets of him too and applied that to her voice.
Prior to the recording I spend time editing and looking for any misprints or issues which might cause me a problem as the narrator, so I try to fix those before recording.
That’s harder for a long book but it saves headaches down the road!
Then I begin recording and that’s the fun part.
What aspects do you find most enjoyable? Definitely doing accents and dialects and acting in my booth.
I love it when I can really get into a part
What do you find least enjoyable? Editing – it’s a beast.
Why do you think audiobooks are becoming so popular? I think they always have been popular but increasingly so in the age of people being more mobile and able to access great content more easily.
It used to be incredibly expensive to buy a hard copy of an audiobook on CDS and you were limited to what your library had perhaps.
But now there are hundreds of titles made accessible – we can listen anywhere, anytime.
Can you remember the first audiobook you owned? Black Beauty and I wore it out
If you could narrate any book you wanted which would it be and why? Oooh that’s tough. Specific titles are hard ………
I love Maeve Binchy novels because the Irish accent is one of my favorites to do
And I love the lilt and pace of it.
But equally children’s’ stories with trolls, knights, pirates, or woodland creatures – I love mice, rabbits, badgers and live in a world in my head where animals talk – a combination of any of those would be fun to do!
Please tell us a silly fact about yourself. I am pretty competitive and so I have this hang up from childhood, where my brother and I used to outwit each other by being the last person to have sweets or chocolate left from Easter or Christmas. He beat me every time. So to this day, I still have little stashes of chocolate and sweets I haven’t eaten yet, in the house – it drives my family insane! They’re just jealous they don’t have the same will power…….
Where can we learn more about you? My website – Judith Bareham tells a little more about me.
I have a blog which I write approximately every other week and you can access on my site.
Social Media links:
Facebook – Judith Bareham
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Judith is narrating Where’s Noodles? by Victoria Zigler. Check out the links here:
Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Wheres-Noodles-Audiobook/B07JKBT76W
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/880958
Barnes & Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wheres-noodles-victoria-zigler/1129141679
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/where-s-noodles
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/wheres-noodles/id1415553711
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/audiobook/wheres-noodles-unabridged/id1439954293
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1724843222/
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1724843222/
Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1724843222/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40890298-where-s-noodles
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November 8, 2018
Release Blitz – Only A Good Man Will Do – Dee S Knight
New Release! Only a Good Man Will Do Book 1 of the Good Man Series by Dee S. Knight (@DeeSKnight)
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Blurb:
Daniel Goodman is one of a set of triplets—natural, identical triplets, a rare kind of birth. He is a serious man, often feeling estranged from his wild and carefree brother Jonah and his free-spirited parents. He’s also distanced from his other brother Mark, a genius who might or might not realize that he’s unlike most other people and doesn’t seem to care.
Daniel Goodman is a man on a mission. For years he has striven for perfection, fighting for the pinnacle achievement in his world of academia, Headmaster of Westover Academy. Westover, established before the American Revolution, is still one of the most prestigious schools in the country. They accept only boys whose parents fit a certain mold and only those teachers who hold to a stringent set of mores, on and off campus. Jonah considers his brother a prig. Daniel sees himself as doing his best to serve his students. How much better can he serve them as headmaster? That is what he seeks to find out.
Suddenly, into his cut and dried, strictly black and white life of moral and upright behavior, comes Eve Star, formerly one of Europe’s foremost exotic dancers. Her life is anything but cut and dried, black and white. Bad enough that she’s enrolled her son in Westover Academy under false pretenses. More, she runs the town’s most disreputable bar. Worst, much to Daniel’s dismay, he finds himself drawn to her like a kid to chocolate. Nothing good can come of this attraction. Or can it? He is after all, a good man.
Buy links:
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2O903qr
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2OTsY7f
B&N https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1129630612?ean=2940161770603
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/898008
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/only-a-good-man-will-do
Excerpt:
Daniel walked into the parlor of the headmaster’s house Saturday afternoon seeking first the food table and second, his friend, Stan Baxter. He spotted them both near the front window.
“You’re late,” Stan said.
“Lots of people wanted to chat.” Parents’ Weekend, when teachers sat in their classrooms to meet their students’ mothers and fathers, meant mandatory tea afterwards for all professionals at the Academy. Board members and parents attended at their own discretion, and the boys—the reason the school existed and they were all there—mostly stayed out of sight and hearing.
“Fortunately for me, a good many parents now have grabbed their progeny and left campus, so I have access to the snacks unimpeded,” Daniel said, examining the finger food on display before making his selections. The challenge was always how to load his plate while appearing to take a socially acceptable portion. “Did I miss anything?”
“Only an angel.” Stan turned toward the window.. “Holy Mother! Look at that,” he muttered.
“What?” Daniel asked, fitting a cucumber sandwich beside the smoked salmon-topped cracker on his dessert plate. “Am I missing a table of fare? I swear, every year the offerings at these teas are more meager than the last.”
Stan chuckled and answered in the same low voice, “Is your stomach all you think about? I was talking about another kind of dish. One you can have fun eating in bed, if you catch my drift. And she just slipped out onto the lawn.”
“Is your libido all you think about?” Daniel bit a carrot stick in two and sighed. Only three more hours and he could order a pizza. With all of his charges gone from the dormitory for Parents’ Weekend, he had a rare, private, two-day holiday ahead of him. With the tiny plate full, he joined Stan at the large windows. “Where is this goddess?”
“There. In the red dress and hat.”
Daniel saw nothing but the shapely form of a woman walking away. Slender ankles topped three inch heels. A dress of some kind of lustrous material hit her mid-calf. The style was soft and feminine, and berry red. Not many women showed up at Westover in a color sure to make them the focus of attention. Not that most of them didn’t expect to be the focus—didn’t demand it, in fact—but they usually weren’t so obvious. The breeze at her back molded the material to the curves of her hips and ass, and fluttered the dress’s full sleeves. A wide-brimmed hat hid her hair, but based on what was visible, Daniel easily imagined a long column of neck designed for kissing.
“If the rest of her matches the back view, you’ve got reason to be drooling down the front of your gown.”
Frowning, Stan glanced down as though to make sure the drool comment was only facetious. “Can’t afford to drool on this. I had to use my tax refund to pay for the thing and show off my Master’s chevrons. I don’t know how you afforded to pay for your Ph.D. paraphernalia.”
“The new degree looks sharp on you. Now, why are you mooning over a woman you see at the headmaster’s tea, when you know she’s some student’s mother and off limits?”
“She looks young enough to be a sister, so it’s not a given she’s out of bounds.”
At that moment, a young boy wearing the school uniform and a big grin ran up to the woman. She bent to catch him in her arms. When she straightened, she ruffled the boy’s hair. His expression and his wagging finger showed that he chastised her, but then he laughed and finger-combed the mussed hair back into place. She took his hand and they walked toward the circle where most of the parents parked. Looking up at the woman, the boy’s lips moved the whole while, carrying on a steady monologue.
Something in her actions captured Daniel’s attention. They were artless, performed naturally and with unabashed love. The child fairly skipped beside her and the frequent turns of her head showed she looked at him as though hanging on every word he spoke.
“How wonderful,” Daniel murmured, impressed with her total attention to the boy. “Did you see that?”
“Oh, yeah. I didn’t think her hips would ever stop swaying, and it’s a crime they make hemlines so long.”
Daniel laughed. “You’re such a hedonist.”
“And proud of it. But you were right. Looks like she’s a student’s mother after all. Damn the luck.”
For once, Daniel agreed with his friend. But not just because of the woman’s obvious good figure. More because she seemed to love her son and didn’t care who knew it. He normally kept his distance from flashy women, as this one appeared to be, based on her dress color, but her easy manner with the boy would be enough to make him ignore his own inclination toward the conservative. If she weren’t also a patron of the school. Assuming the gods smiled on him and he became headmaster, he and the woman would be on business terms, and nothing good ever came from mixing business with pleasure. Pleasure is what every male instinct in him screamed she would be.
Bio:
A few years ago, Dee S. Knight began writing, making getting up in the morning fun. During the day, her characters killed people, fell in love, became drunk with power, or sober with responsibility. And they had sex, lots of sex. Writing was so much fun Dee decided to keep at it. That’s how she spends her days. Her nights? Well, she’s lucky that her dream man, childhood sweetheart, and long-time hubby are all the same guy, and nights are their secret. For romance ranging from sweet to historical, contemporary to paranormal and more join Dee on Nomad Authors. Contact Dee at dsknight@deesknight.com.
Author links:
Website: https://nomadauthors.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeeSKnight2018
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DeeSKnight
Blog: http://nomadauthors.com/blog
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B079BGZNDN
Release blitz organized by Writer Marketing Services.
November 3, 2018
Release Blitz – A Kink A Day – Erotic Fiction – Kay Jaybee
Release Blitz
A Kink a Day – Book One, Two and Three by Kay Jaybee
In an ever more stressful world, what could be better than relaxing after a tough day with a bite-sized morsel of erotica? Each edition of Kay Jaybee’s ‘A Kink a Day’ series delivers eight hot reads. One for each night of the week and a spare in case you fancy a weekend lie-in.
These compilations of Kay’s most popular short stories from previous anthologies, combined with a few new works, provide a few precious moments of pure erotic escapism.
Buy links:
Book One:
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2v1nCKV
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2uYKMBK
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-kink-a-day-book-one-kay-jaybee/1129186874?ean=2940155351566
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-kink-a-day-book-one/id1419574921?mt=11
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-kink-a-day-book-one
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/883582?ref=cw1985
Book Two:
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Aje7fj
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2K7qSsN
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-kink-a-day-book-two-kay-jaybee/1129186873?ean=2940155351573
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-kink-a-day-book-two/id1419589804?mt=11
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-kink-a-day-book-two
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/883586?ref=cw1985
Book Three:
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2mRMssg
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2LNzaep
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-kink-a-day-book-three-kay-jaybee/1129186872?ean=2940155351580
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-kink-a-day-book-three/id1419589851?mt=11
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-kink-a-day-book-three
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/883590?ref=cw1985
Here’s an extract from A Delivery of Words (A Kink a Day: Book One)
Leaning forward, I fixed Joe with my professional stare, but allowed a flicker of a smile to play at the corner of my eyes, ‘What’s the thing that gets you going exactly? The fact you deliver naughty books and sex-toys to my house? The idea of me sitting here innocently writing porn? Or the fact that I spend most of my time thinking about sex?’
My courier returned my steady look, but I could see amusement struggling to escape from the corner of his lips. ‘I asked you a question?’
Joe grinned, giving me a glimpse of surprisingly white teeth. ‘I guess it’s the innocence thing.’
‘Innocence? That’s not a word I’m usually associated with.’
‘I bet it’s not!’ He picked up his coffee cup and took a thoughtful sip. ‘At least, not by people who know you. To the rest of the world, well, you look so, so …’
‘Ordinary?’ I smiled to let him know the word wasn’t offensive to me.
‘Well, yes, I mean, you’re attractive and all that, but you don’t look like a queen of porn.’
‘Exactly.’
‘I’m sorry?’
‘I don’t look a threat, so people tell me things. Their most intimate secrets. It’s a bit like being an actress really. I adopt different personas to get information and stories out of the unsuspecting public, and then I write about what they’ve told me.’
‘So you don’t make it all up then?’
‘Not always, no. Sometimes I invent short stories, but most of the time I record the weird and wonderful exploits of the unbelievably and wonderfully warped public.’
‘Oh.’
I could tell he was disappointed, so I leant forward and gave Joe my flirtiest conspiratorial look. ‘Any stories you wish to share?’
Now he looked really embarrassed. ‘Not really. Nothing unusual enough for you, I’m sure.’
‘Would you like there to be?’…
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Bio
Kay Jaybee was named Best Erotica Writer of 2015 by the ETO
Kay received an honouree mention at the NLA Awards 2015 for excellence in BDSM writing.
Kay Jaybee has over 180 erotica publications including, A Kink a Day- Book One, Two and Three (KJBooks, 2018), The Voyeur (Sinful Press, 2018), Knowing Her Place-Book 3: The Perfect Submissive Trilogy, (KJBooks, 2018), The Retreat- Book2: The Perfect Submissive Trilogy (KJBooks, 2018), Making Him Wait (Sinful Press, 2018), The Fifth Floor- Book1;The Perfect Submissive Trilogy (KJBooks, 2017), Wednesday on Thursday, (KDP, 2017), The Collector (KDP, 2016), A Sticky Situation (Xcite, 2013), Digging Deep, (Xcite 2013), Take Control, (1001 NightsPress, 2014), and Not Her Type (1001 NightsPress), 2013.
Details of all her short stories and other publications can be found at www.kayjaybee.me.uk
You can follow Kay on –
Amazon – – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kay-Jaybee/e/B004O0S9GO/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1534155776&sr=1-1
Twitter- https://twitter.com/kay_jaybee
Facebook –http://www.facebook.com/KayJaybeeAuthor
Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3541958-kay-jaybee
Brit Babes Site- http://thebritbabes.blogspot.co.uk/p/kay-jaybee.html
Kay also writes contemporary romance and children’s picture books as Jenny Kane www.jennykane.co.uk and historical fiction as Jennifer Ash www.jenniferash.co.uk
Release blitz organised by Writer Marketing Services.
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Release Blitz – A Kink A Day – Erotic Fiction
Release Blitz
A Kink a Day – Book One, Two and Three by Kay Jaybee
In an ever more stressful world, what could be better than relaxing after a tough day with a bite sized morsel of erotica? Each edition of Kay Jaybee’s ‘A Kink a Day’ series delivers eight hot reads. One for each night of the week and a spare in case you fancy a weekend lie-in.
These compilations of Kay’s most popular short stories from previous anthologies, combined with a few new works, provide a few precious moments of pure erotic escapism.
Buy links:
Book One:
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2v1nCKV
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2uYKMBK
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-kink-a-day-book-one-kay-jaybee/1129186874?ean=2940155351566
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-kink-a-day-book-one/id1419574921?mt=11
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-kink-a-day-book-one
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/883582?ref=cw1985
Book Two:
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Aje7fj
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2K7qSsN
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-kink-a-day-book-two-kay-jaybee/1129186873?ean=2940155351573
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-kink-a-day-book-two/id1419589804?mt=11
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-kink-a-day-book-two
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/883586?ref=cw1985
Book Three:
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2mRMssg
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2LNzaep
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-kink-a-day-book-three-kay-jaybee/1129186872?ean=2940155351580
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-kink-a-day-book-three/id1419589851?mt=11
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-kink-a-day-book-three
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/883590?ref=cw1985
Here’s an extract from A Delivery of Words (A Kink a Day: Book One)
Leaning forward, I fixed Joe with my professional stare, but allowed a flicker of a smile to play at the corner of my eyes, ‘What’s the thing that gets you going exactly? The fact you deliver naughty books and sex-toys to my house? The idea of me sitting here innocently writing porn? Or the fact that I spend most of my time thinking about sex?’
My courier returned my steady look, but I could see amusement struggling to escape from the corner of his lips. ‘I asked you a question?’
Joe grinned, giving me a glimpse of surprisingly white teeth. ‘I guess it’s the innocence thing.’
‘Innocence? That’s not a word I’m usually associated with.’
‘I bet it’s not!’ He picked up his coffee cup and took a thoughtful sip. ‘At least, not by people who know you. To the rest of the world, well, you look so, so …’
‘Ordinary?’ I smiled to let him know the word wasn’t offensive to me.
‘Well, yes, I mean, you’re attractive and all that, but you don’t look like a queen of porn.’
‘Exactly.’
‘I’m sorry?’
‘I don’t look a threat, so people tell me things. Their most intimate secrets. It’s a bit like being an actress really. I adopt different personas to get information and stories out of the unsuspecting public, and then I write about what they’ve told me.’
‘So you don’t make it all up then?’
‘Not always, no. Sometimes I invent short stories, but most of the time I record the weird and wonderful exploits of the unbelievably and wonderfully warped public.’
‘Oh.’
I could tell he was disappointed, so I leant forward and gave Joe my flirtiest conspiratorial look. ‘Any stories you wish to share?’
Now he looked really embarrassed. ‘Not really. Nothing unusual enough for you, I’m sure.’
‘Would you like there to be?’…
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Bio
Kay Jaybee was named Best Erotica Writer of 2015 by the ETO
Kay received an honouree mention at the NLA Awards 2015 for excellence in BDSM writing.
Kay Jaybee has over 180 erotica publications including, A Kink a Day- Book One, Two and Three (KJBooks, 2018), The Voyeur (Sinful Press, 2018), Knowing Her Place-Book 3: The Perfect Submissive Trilogy, (KJBooks, 2018), The Retreat- Book2: The Perfect Submissive Trilogy (KJBooks, 2018), Making Him Wait (Sinful Press, 2018), The Fifth Floor- Book1;The Perfect Submissive Trilogy (KJBooks, 2017), Wednesday on Thursday, (KDP, 2017), The Collector (KDP, 2016), A Sticky Situation (Xcite, 2013), Digging Deep, (Xcite 2013), Take Control, (1001 NightsPress, 2014), and Not Her Type (1001 NightsPress), 2013.
Details of all her short stories and other publications can be found at www.kayjaybee.me.uk
You can follow Kay on –
Amazon – – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kay-Jaybee/e/B004O0S9GO/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1534155776&sr=1-1
Twitter- https://twitter.com/kay_jaybee
Facebook –http://www.facebook.com/KayJaybeeAuthor
Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3541958-kay-jaybee
Brit Babes Site- http://thebritbabes.blogspot.co.uk/p/kay-jaybee.html
Kay also writes contemporary romance and children’s picture books as Jenny Kane www.jennykane.co.uk and historical fiction as Jennifer Ash www.jenniferash.co.uk
Release blitz organised by Writer Marketing Services.
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NN Light’s November Giveaway
Gobble, gobble . . . Do you hear that? It’s the international calling for booklovers, courtesy of the persnickety turkey. It’s time to fill up your e-reader and/or physical library with spectacular books and this giveaway is a great place to start. N. N. Light has gathered new releases as well as wonderful backlist in one giveaway. You can even enter to win one of mine. Enter below and good luck!
Gobble Gobble. . . Gobble Up Books Giveaway: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/92db775021
Literary Giveaway Portal: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/literary-giveaway-portal
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November 2018 Giveaway Prizes
e-copy of The Haunting of Hotel LaBelle by Sharon Buchbinder
e-copy (Intl) or print (US) of Bewitching Breeze, Book 1, Sisters of the Legend Trilogy by K. M. Daughters
The Wild Rose Press Book Cover Wall Calendar donated by Mona Sedrak
Six Months gift pack (e-copy, signed print copy, The Wild Rose Press Book Cover wall calendar) donated by Mona Sedrak
e-copy of Tempted by the Viscount by Sofie Darling
e-copy of Self’s Blossom by David Russell
e-copy of Christmas Wishes by Livia Quinn
e-copy of Oath of a Warrior by Mary Morgan (US/Canada only)
signed print copy of Seventeen Days by Linda Griffin
e-copy of Debriefing the Dead (Book 1 of The Dead Series) by Kerry Blaisdell
e-copy of Tied Up With Strings by Madeline McEwan
e-copy of Flight of the Raven by Judith Sterling
e-copy of Arresting Mason by Amber Daulton
e-copy of Dearly Beloved by Peggy Jaeger
e-copy of The Queen of Paradise Valley by Cat Dubie
e-copy of You Dear Sweet Man by Thomas Neviaser
e-copy of Once Broken by D. M. Hamblin
signed print copy plus a Barnes and Noble gift card (US only) by Kathryn Scarborough
e-copy of A Debt to the Devil by D. M. Hamblin
e-copy of The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles by A. L. Butcher (Smashwords voucher)
e-copy of The Colony and The Last City by RM Gilmour
5 e-copy of Schism by Clabe Polk
November 2, 2018
Flash Fiction Contest
For those of you who don’t know flash fiction is usually under 500 words. In this case it was under 300.
Writing short, and very short stories is surprisingly hard – how does one convey the setting, the action, the dialogue in a couple of paragraphs? But it’s fun, squeezing that story down to the bare bones! Making it behave when it wants to wander off an be a novella.
There are 18 stories – from romance, to fantasy, to vampires, to ghosts, to halloween, and more. Check out all the stories. I am not allowed to say which is mine – in order to allow a fair vote.
Those of you who know my style will guess, those of you who don’t – it’s always great to support an author’s work – and I am sure all the authors will be delighted you voted.
https://asmallgangofauthors.blogspot.com/2018/11/flash-fiction-contest-at-ourauthorgang.html
Authors – this is a great blog to follow/support. Readers – looking for great fiction – check out the authors here.
Voting November 1st thru 10th.
Binge all these in 1 day OR space them out over the next 10 days.
Do what works for you and have tons of fun.
Winners announced November 11th!
October 22, 2018
Tears and Crimson Velvet – Audio Edition
When murder and mystery begin at the Opera House, one woman knows who is behind it and what really lies beneath the mask. Secrets, lies, and tragedy sing a powerful song in this “might have been” tale.
A short, tragic tale based on characters from The Phantom of the Opera.
Audio Edition narrated by Matt Jenkins
Available on Amazon, I tunes and Audible.
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