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Excerpt:
Abelia rocked her hips forward. She rode his hand with instinct, and a passion so pure that it dragged Jack down into her uninhibited intensity. He grasped hold and tugged the top of her sundress down farther and used a ferocious suction on her nipple that caused her to cry out. His thumb pressed and flicked while his finger slid rhythmically deeper. Jack's hard won self-control all but disintegrated as he slipped a second finger into her amazingly snug channel.
Her body jolted with a burst as is she’d become overwhelmed with sensation, and he reveled in her responsiveness. Her hands gripped his wrist, desperately holding him to her, and she again cried out from his teasing fingers.
The wood floor lay unforgiving beneath his knees, yet he hardly felt its bite as he slid lower over Abelia’s body. When his eyes were even with her glistening sex, Jack removed his hand and in a quick movement, replaced it with his mouth. He sealed his lips to the lips of her sex, and sweet nectar tantalized his tongue. Craving more, he licked and sucked, stroking her receptive body closer to climax.
"Should I make you come, sweetheart?" His voice echoed in the empty room as a thought occurred to him. "Can I make you come? Are you different from humans that way?"
"Please, Jack." She gasped, her green eyes glittering like emeralds, filled with need as impatient as his own.
He doubted she was conscious of anything but what her sleek body cried out for, but her eyes were focused on him. He knew she saw him, saw the need within him.
"Please…" she repeated on a moan.
If he didn't get in her soon, he'd crawl out of his bloodyskin. His cock was full, throbbing, ready to explode. Jack leaned up and sat back on his heels, easing the zipper down past the lump. 

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It's a Flaming Friday the 13th!

Welcome to the Friday the 13th edition of  Friday Flames!
For some, this is a day of bad luck. But what's bad luck for one, is good luck to another!

Here's a scene from Troll-y Yours with Ella the Troll experiencing some bad luck and Kempor Aleksander, Head Centaur Guard, raking in the good luck.




       Al tossed the apple into a corner wastebasket with a thud and took the shirt from her. He held it to his muscular chest. In bright blue lettering it read, Hoof Arted?
       Ella burst out laughing, relief swamping her in waves. “Why didn’t you give it to him?”
       Al lowered the shirt and lined up the shoulder corners precisely in a fold, his smile fading fast. “He was arrested last fall, during a raid on a rebel nest.”
       “I’m sorry.” Talk about taking the mythic wind out of a person.
       “Yeah, me too.” Al handed the t-shirt back.

       When Ella reached for it—her damn towel dropped to the floor.       
*~*~*~*                 Kempor Aleksander thought he’d seen all the sexiest females within a hundred mile radius. Voted Most Eligible Bachelor in Boronda fifteen years in a row by Mythic Magazine, the woods crawled with hungry babes. Nothing in his vast experience prepared him for the sight that literally blossomed in front of him.                    Lush creamy breasts with raspberry nipples his lips quivered to taste. When she turned away, the round curves of her smooth backside presented themselves. Such a delightfully naughty expanse of flesh, it called him to take strokes with strong passes of his hand.                Kolasi!Dammit, he was in his true form. Oh Pan, why do you taunt me so?
        Ella squealed and turned a bright shade of pink. She made a grab for her fallen towel.
        Alek didn’t even think, he reached out and grasped her by the arm. He splayed his front hooves and drew her wriggling body closer.
        “Al, stop it. I’m naked.”
        “Yes, Kalos.You are.”

Woo-Wee! Alek really has his hands full now.
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InD'Tale Magazine with pictures from the RONE Awards

If you haven't virtually thumbed through a copy of InD'Tale Magazine lately, then you'll miss their excellent coverage of the Romance Novel Convention and the RONE Awards.

See if you can find me in the pictures during the RONE Awards! I dare ya!

InD'Tale Magazine can be found here:  http://www.indtale.com/

Yee-Haw! It's time for Friday Flames!

I couldn't be happier to welcome my critique buddy and good friend
D'Ann Lindun

We're going to burn it up with a hot excerpt from D'Ann's latest release:



He kissed her.
This time it wasn’t slow and easy. His tongue ravaged hers. Tasting, teasing. Pulling away, rushing back. Like a starving man, he devoured her mouth. And she kissed him back just as eagerly. She couldn’t get enough of him. She cupped his face with her hands, the slight stubble on his jaw grazing her palms.
He tugged at the edge of her sweater and she reached between them to undo the clasp on her belt. It fell away and his hand spanned her ribcage, the heat from his hand searing her skin. His fingers brushed the underside of her breast and she moaned.
She pushed him back until he lay stretched out on the sofa with one foot braced on the floor. Crawling up on him, she nestled between his legs, his erection obvious against her stomach. She wiggled and he groaned into her mouth. Pleased, she did it again.
“Lady, stop,” he begged hoarsely.
Instead, she kissed him once more.
His hands slid under her sweater, running them up her back. His palms were rough from work and their raspy texture against her bare skin created a wave of pleasure through her. The clasp of her bra gave way easily, freeing her breasts. Her nipples hardened more than she thought possible. “Make love to me.”
She reached for the hem of her sweater and froze in surprise when he placed his hand over hers. “Are you sure, Cat?”
All the reasons they shouldn’t be together raced through her mind. She looked into his deep green eyes and they vanished. “I’m sure.”
He took her breast in his hand, large fingers fanning over it. Capturing her nipple between his long fingers, he pinched until it stood erect. Even the lace of her bra against the tip almost too much to bear when he released her to shove her sweater up around her neck. She helped, sitting up to give him room to get it over her head. Her bra fell away, unnoticed.
Topless, she knelt above him and observed as he undid the zipper on her jeans. Through half-closed eyes, she watched him slide the denim past her hips. His big hands on her bare skin sent a shudder through her.
“You’ve got to stand,” he said in an unsteady voice.
Using his chest for balance, she stood and let her jeans fall to her feet. Carefully, she stepped out of them. Illuminated only by the firelight behind her, Cat stood completely nude in front of him. She fought the urge to cross her arms over her stomach, to hide the stretch marks a long ago pregnancy had put there. Instead she lifted her chin, dangled her hands at her sides and stood proudly before him as his eyes roved over her. Only a hungry passion burned in their depths. No disgust. No revulsion.
He rose off the couch and shrugged out of his shirt and boots. When he reached for the zipper on his jeans she placed her hands over his. “Let me.”
His hands fell away. And it was his turn to watch as she freed him.
He lifted his hips and helped her slide his jeans down his long legs and over his feet. She eyed his erection and licked her dry lips. They fit, she knew that, but right now she didn’t remember how she’d accommodated his size.
“Come here,” he urged.
When she hesitated for another moment, he placed a hand on her hip and pulled her forward. To keep from falling on top of him, she stretched out beside him. He covered them with a red and black plaid blanket from the back of the couch. With a quick flip, he moved over her.
She looked into his eyes. “Tanner?”
“Uh-huh?”
“I still don’t have a condom.” She thought bitterly of the box she’d purchased earlier, still stowed in the grocery bag.
He kissed her, then said into her ear. “I do.”



Bio:
Falling in love with romance novels the summer before sixth grade, D’Ann Lindun never thought about writing one until many years later when she took a how-to class at her local college. She was hooked! She began writing and never looked back. Romance appeals to her because there's just something so satisfying about writing a book guaranteed to have a happy ending. D’Ann’s particular favorites usually feature cowboys and the women who love them. This is probably because she draws inspiration from the area where she lives, Western Colorado, her husband of twenty-nine years and their daughter. Composites of their small farm, herd of horses, five Australian shepherds, a Queensland heeler, two ducks and cats of every shape and color often show up in her stories!
I love to hear from readers! Please contact me at:
dldauthor@frontier.nethttp://dlindunauthor.blogspot.com/http://www.facebook.com/DLindunAuthorhttp://www.amazon.com/DAnn-Lindun/e/B008DKL9TU

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Happily Ever After at USA Today

Who's smiling today?
I am!

Joyce Lamb titled today’s Happily Ever After column after my fantasy romance book, Troll-y Yours!!  Squee!!!
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Unleashed at Friday Flames!

For me, there really isn't anything better than turning my blog over to someone else. To let them heat up the screen and scorch you senseless.

My guest today will do all that....and more!


Take it away, Felicity Heaton!





It’s wonderful to be here at Sheri’s blog to talk about my latest release, Unleash, which is the sixth book in my Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series, to you all. I’m going to share an excerpt from the vampire romance novel today, but also mention that you can get the first book in this series, Covet, for FREE at selected Amazon Kindle, Kobo Books and Apple iBooks Stores!
You can find all the links for the Covet special offer (and two other free paranormal romance ebooks) at: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/paranormal-romance-ebook-offers.php

Now how about more about the book, including a nice excerpt…
Unleash (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 6)
Felicity Heaton

Blurb:

A powerful vampire lost deep in his bloodlust, Snow is a savage animal, mindless with rage and a thirst for violence, and trapped with no hope of awakening from an endless nightmare… until a song draws him up from the abyss, restoring his sanity but leaving him haunted by the sweet feminine scent of lilies and snow, and fragmented familiar lyrics.

When the mysterious and beautiful songstress reappears in Snow’s room at Vampirerotique, she awakens a fierce protective streak and stirs dark desires that drive him to claim her as his female, even when he knows his touch will destroy her innocence.

A single forbidden taste is all it takes to unleash emotions in Aurora that she shouldn’t possess, tearing her between duty and desire, and luring her into surrendering to her wildfire passion and embracing hungers that burn so hotly they threaten to consume them both.

One act of kindness can lead to one thousand acts of sin though, each a black mark against the bearer’s soul and another grain of sand that slips through an hourglass. The clock is ticking and time is almost up. Can beauty save the beast?






Unleash – Excerpt
Aurora clutched his shoulders, tiptoed and moulded her hot body against his front, her belly pressing into his hard cock and tearing another moan from him. She ran one hand up his neck to his hair and her fingers tangled in it, nails scraping his scalp, driving him out of his mind.

Rain poured down on them and thunder rolled menacingly overhead.

Snow planted his hands against her lower back, gathered her flush against him and leaned over her, kissing her harder and losing himself in sensations that felt foreign to him. It had been that long since he had held a woman like this and kissed one.

He shook that thought away. He had never held a woman like this, clinging to her as though his world would end if she escaped his grasp, and had never kissed like this either, his passion pouring out of him because it was overflowing and he couldn’t contain it. A dam had burst and he was powerless to resist the violent flow that swept him along, pulling him under at times until he felt as though he was drowning.

Gasping for more.

Lightning cracked above them, the flash registering even with his eyes closed, and the hairs on the back of his neck prickled. His senses blared a warning he was too far gone to heed.

The electricity in the air was nothing compared with the intense energy that blazed between him and Aurora.

Their desire put it to
Aurora ran her short nails down his arms, clawing at his wet skin, and he growled and gathered her closer.

“Need you,” he husked and she didn’t deny him.



Unleash is available now from all Amazon Kindle, Kobo Books, Apple iBookstores, and Barnes and Noble Nook, and in paperback.

Amazon.com Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CU8EURE/Amazon.co.uk Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CU8EURE/Amazon.ca Kindle: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00CU8EURE/Apple iBookstore US: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/isbn9781909306059Apple iBookstore UK: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/isbn9781909306059Apple iBookstore Canada: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/isbn9781909306059Apple iBookstore Australia: http://itunes.apple.com/au/book/isbn9781909306059Apple iBookstore New Zealand: http://itunes.apple.com/nz/book/isbn9781909306059Kobo Books: http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=9781909306059Barnes and Noble Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unleash-felicity-heaton/1115381375


Find all the links at: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Unleash
Find links and a fantastic 5 chapter downloadable sample at: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Unleash

Books in the Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series Covet (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 1)Crave (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 2)Seduce (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 3)Enslave (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 4)Bewitch (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 5)Unleash (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 6)

About Felicity Heaton: Felicity Heaton writes passionate paranormal romance books as Felicity Heaton and F E Heaton. In her books she creates detailed worlds, twisting plots, mind-blowing action, intense emotion and heart-stopping romances with leading men that vary from dark deadly vampires to sexy shape-shifters and wicked werewolves, to sinful angels and hot demons!
If you're a fan of paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian, J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena Showalter and Christine Feehan then you will enjoy her books too.
If you love your angels a little dark and wicked, Felicity Heaton’s best selling Her Angel series is for you. If you like strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try the Vampires Realm series she writes as F E Heaton or any of her stand alone vampire romance books she writes as Felicity Heaton. Or if you’re looking for vampire romances that are sinful, passionate and erotic then try Felicity Heaton’s new Vampire Erotic Theatre series.
In 2011, five of her six paranormal romance books received Top Pick awards from Night Owl Reviews, Forbidden Blood was nominated as Best PNR Vampire Romance 2011 at The Romance Reviews, and many of her releases received five star reviews from numerous websites.
If you want to know more about Felicity, or want to get in touch, you can find her at the following places:
Website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk Blog: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/blog/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/felicityheaton Twitter: http://twitter.com/felicityheaton Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/felicityheaton

I want to read everyone's excerpts! The HOTTER the BETTER! Make us sweat, make us MOAN! Let us fall in love.


(and don't forget your buy links!!)

Looking back at the Romance Novel Convention

Part One of my RNC experience.
No, I'm not here to bash the convention or Jimmy Thomas . (though many have on Facebook and in their posted blogs)  Because overall, I had a really good time.

In the past 15 years, this was the first vacation my husband I have taken WITHOUT THE KIDS. Don't get me wrong, I love my duo spawn like the mother I am. Yes, I probably spoil them rotten. However, even us parents need a break from the constant reminding, refereeing, cleaning, and whining.

I couldn't wait to get on the road. Hubs had the SUV packed the night before -- guess he couldn't wait either! We woke up at 4AM on Thursday and were on the road by 5:00.




Departing from the California coast, here's a pic of the sun rising as we made our way through the flat plains of the central valley. Yes, we had the sun in our eyes the entire way!




Some of you from Los Angeles might recognize this picture. Gotta love the oil wells, or at least the ones that were working.




Not much to see out there except rocks, scrub brush, and highway. Maybe the occasional hill.



Out of the desert floor rose an oasis and we made it into Las Vegas . One nickname for this town is Lost Wages. I'm sure there's others and if you know any of  them, share!   *note how the sun isn't in our eyes*




We found our hotel, the Golden Nugget , thanks to Mapquest. Of course we arrived during the day, so it didn't look quite like this. More like....



Things are always less glamorous during the day. Maybe the neon distorts our perception at night. No matter, we were in Las Vegas, baby! Hubs parked in the massive parking garage. I reapplied lipstick and hunted for the shoe I'd tossed in the rear cargo area.
Purse on shoulder, matching shoes on feet, nerves tighter than a stretched rubber band, we strolled arm in arm down to registration where we checked in. Hubs upgraded our room to the Rush Tower and purchased their amenities package, which included use of the spa room and free WiFi - a necessity for any modern writer!   *note: WiFi is free after paying for it*
Using our key card to gain access to the 22nd floor, we took the long ride up in a very nice elevator while sipping free bottled water and munching on packaged peanuts offered to the Nugget's VIP guests. (part of the amenities package - squee!) 
Remember: we haven't been on vacation for 15 years! We were going to do this right!



This is our view out the west facing window looking down at the pool. All those little tanned slots down there are people! Yes, I'd say the pool was crowded for a Thursday afternoon. 
The pool is like a big ring and a portion goes underneath a landing. Nice and cool under there. I have pics :)  The yellow tube on the bottom left is the waterslide that goes through the shark tank. I heard you can't actually see the sharks when you're sliding since you're going mach speed, but it's bitchen to watch on the outside! 
No, I didn't ride the tube. LOL, Hubs and I affectionately called the water "the cesspool of salmonella". Which it wasn't, of course! The fumes of chlorine told us that. We're just not into that many people in the same body of water.


I know, it's a picture of the bathroom. Who the hell takes pictures of their hotel bathroom? ME, that's who! Jacuzzi tub on the left with clear doors that can fold back and don't stretch the distance, cool double bowl sinks with LOTS of counter space and drawers, and - best part - look at all those extra towels!! They even had an electrical outlet in a spot where you can put it to good use! Reflected in the mirror, you can see the vanity lit up behind me.



I loved our room. I even went down to the front desk and thanked the nice gal from Hawaii (it says where the employee is from on their name badge) and told her how much we were going to enjoy staying. The window on the right is the west view overlooking the pool. The other looks southward across Las Vegas, toward the mountains. King-size bed and leather furniture - oh yeah! Desk, dresser, and TV #1 directly across from the bed, and behind me is TV #2 - both were flatscreen and HUGE!  (should have taken a pic of that! Darn it!!)




What was my first stop after freshening up and leaving the room? The bar, of course! See the diver in the upper left corner of the pic?

More pictures and stories to come! If you like my travel tales, please let me know. I look forward to your comments!!

Remedy Maker excerpts & Guest Blog of Troll-y Yours

I'm visiting with the Romance Book Club and teasing with excerpts from Remedy Maker, Book 1 of The Centaurs.

As a special surprise, I'm also offering an insight to my characters in Troll-y Yours, Book 2 of The Centaurs.

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