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June 19, 2014
One week only Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series 99 cent BLOW-OUT SALE!
“This book, as crammed with events as any suburban mom’s calendar, shows you what would happen if Buffy got married and kept her past a secret. It’s a hoot.”—Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author (on Carpe Demon)
“Ninety-nine percent of the wives and moms in the country will identify with this heroine. I mean, like who hasn’t had to battle demons between car pools and play dates?” Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times bestselling author
Yup! I’m about to head off to DisneyWorld, and since I’m in a happy mood, I figured I’d share the joy!
So for one week only, five — count ‘em — FIVE titles are only 99 cents (and you can still snag book 1, CARPE DEMON, for free!)
And be sure to grab the newest release, PAX DEMONICA, for the low price of just $3.99!
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Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
June 18, 2014
Hump Day books from Karen Sandler, Elle Thorne, Terry Odell, Stella Graves, Kathryn Shay, Jordan K. Rose, Kelly Boyce, and Paty Jager!
Please enjoy these eight new Hump Day books, including some sexy, some science fiction, and some suspense!
Rebellion (Tankborn Trilogy Book 3)
Enslaved by their genetics. Oppressed by their creators. Fighting for their humanity. The Tankborn trilogy rushes to a thrilling conclusion.
See more at Karen Sandler’s website!
Breaking Jessica’s Rules: Pleasure of Discretion
What happens when sex messes up love, or does love mess up sex?
Be sure to visit Elle Thorne’s website!
Dangerous Connections (Blackthorne, Inc.)
Computer Nerd Meets Cartel Lord – a best-selling Action Adventure Romantic Suspense!
More at Terry Odell’s website!
Priced to 99 cents June 17-22!
Connect with Stella Graves at her website!
Someone To Believe In (The O’Neils Book 1)
Now Free! First book in the beloved O’Neil Series.
Be sure to visit Kathryn Shay’s website!
Prim & Proper (An Eva Prim Novel)
New Paranormal Romance!
Visit Jordon K. Rose at her website!
A Scandalous Passion: Book 2 (The Sins & Scandals Series)
Book 2 in The Sins & Scandals Series!
More at Kelly Boyce’s website!
Adventures of Isabella Mumphrey-Box set: Isabella Mumphrey Adventure Series
Birthday Bash $.99 Box Set Sale! June 15th-30th!
Don’t forget to visit Paty Jager’s website!
Would you like to submit your book to be included in our Hump Day feature? Click here for more information!
June 17, 2014
FAB stuff planned for Authors After Dark! Are you signed up?
I am participating in SO much awesome stuff at Authors After Dark in Charlotte in August … I hope some of you are coming!
I’ll post even more details later, but right now, suffice it to say that I’m participating in no less than THREE parties! I’m a co-sponsor of the Leather & Lace party Friday night which is going to be freaking AWESOME (more details soon), and I’m sponsoring a table at the Sins & Virtues ball (I’m Temperance….ha!) and I’m one of the co-hosts for the Paranormal party!
Random House is sending some books for some lucky attendees, I’ll have all sorts of swag, and we’ll get the chance to hang out!
And it’s not just me … so many of your favorite authors (and mine … fan girl moment!) will be there, too!
So if you haven’t registered, get with it! We want to see you in Charlotte in August!!!
Register or get more information here at the Eventbrite page or at the AAD website/blog.
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
J. Kenner on writing erotic romance
I wrote this article for the Romance Festival, and I thought I would share it here! Enjoy!
J Kenner: Why I Love Writing Erotic Romance #Romance14
I’ve been writing sexy romance novels since the beginning of my career, mixed in with women’s fiction, urban fantasy, and all sorts of other things! But it wasn’t until recently that I spiced up my repertoire – and began to cross the line from sexy to erotic romance.
So why do I enjoy writing erotic romance? A lot of reasons, and it may not be the ones that you expect. I do love that women have become more open about their sexuality and that we’re reading sexy books – gasp – out in public (both on e-readers and in print form for all to see!). I love that women are owning their desires and not being shrinking violets, and that sexuality is now something that is talked about openly and not whispered about.
Click here to read the rest of the article at the festival site!
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
June 16, 2014
Stark & Ignited on #MostWantedMonday
Well, I totally blew #MostWantedMonday (traveling just confuses me, LOL–how the HECK is it Monday??!).
BUT since Damien and Nikki appear in IGNITED, we’ll cheat and share this awesome post-of-Stark-quotes from Bedroom Bookworms!
http://bedroombookworms.com/2014/06/16/signed-giveaway-our-favorite-stark-quotes/
And be sure to pre-order Ignited!!!!
Amazon/Kindle http://amzn.to/Ure2wl
Amazon UK http://amzn.to/1hMv6r8
B&N/Nook http://bit.ly/IgnitedBN
iTunes http://bit.ly/IgnitediBooks
BAM print http://bit.ly/1pCm2VK
BAM digital http://bit.ly/SLgBbd
Indie Bound http://bit.ly/Sw6Gpq
June 14, 2014
Chapter 1 from Take Me by J. Kenner & Stark news on #StarkOnSaturday!
(thanks to Michelle on Goodreads for this really cool teaser image!)
Welcome to #StarkOnSaturday! Since TAKE ME is in print in the back of the US and UK editions of HEATED (out now!) – and since there are more Nikki and Damien novellas coming! — I thought doing a blog post with the entirety of Chapter One would be fun!
Grab Heated here:
Amazon print
Amazon Kindle
Random House
Amazon UK
Barnes & Noble/Nook
Books-A-Million
Indie Bound
Also, I have the release dates for the two scheduled Nikki and Damien novellas!
HAVE ME will be out on November 4!
PLAY MY GAME (which leads into an all new trilogy — with a new hero and heroine — set in the world of Stark International) will be out February 17, 2015!
Enjoy!
CHAPTER ONE
It is all around me. Soft and billowing. Gentle and soothing.
I am standing in a room, though I can see neither walls nor windows. There is only the endless flow of material. The sensual caress of silk against my body as I move through the drapes that fill the space before me. Hundreds, maybe thousands. They are beautiful. They are perfect. And I am not afraid.
On the contrary, I am perfectly calm. And as I move forward, my bare feet padding softly on the cool floor, I realize that I am heading toward a light. It shines through the diaphanous panels that flutter as I pass, as if struck by an ocean breeze.
I know that I am traveling toward something—someone—and I can feel the wellspring of joy rising up inside me. He is there. Somewhere beyond this forest of sensuality. Somewhere in the light.
Damien.
I quicken my step, my pulse increasing as I move faster and faster.
I am desperate to see him. To feel his fingertips upon my skin, as gentle as the brush of these curtains against my body. But though I hurry forward, I don’t seem to be getting anywhere, and now the soft flutter of the drapes has taken on a menacing quality. As if they are reaching out, clutching me, holding me back.
Panic bubbles inside me; I have to get to him. I have to see him, touch him, and yet no matter how hard I try, I do not seem to be moving forward at all. I’m stuck, and what had only a moment ago seemed like the welcoming beauty of a curtain into heaven now seems like a trap, a trick, a horrible nightmare.
A nightmare.
My pulse quickens as the truth settles over me. I am not in a room; I am in a bed.
I’m not running; I’m sleeping.
This is a dream, a dream, and only a dream. But it is one from which I cannot seem to wake, even though I am moving faster now, clawing my way through these damnable drapes because I am certain now—with the kind of certainty that comes only in the world of dreams—that if I can just get through them then I will be free. I will be awake. And I will once again be safe in Damien’s arms.
But I cannot get through.
Though I push and shove and beat my way through the gauzy silk—though I run and run until I am certain that my lungs will burst with the exertion—I can get nowhere other than where I already am, and I collapse, defeated, onto the cool ground, my skirt billowing out around me like the petals of a flower.
I tentatively stroke the material. I had not realized when I was running that I was wearing a dress, but this is a dream and I know better than to think too deeply about the odd parameters of this version of reality. Instead, I focus on gathering myself. On staying calm. On breathing deep. I am no longer moving forward, and that is good, because now that I have come to a stop, the curtains are falling away, drifting gently to the ground only to disappear like cotton candy touching water until there is nothing left but me and this room with white walls that seem to press in around me, moving closer and closer with each breath that I take.
My chest is tight, and when I look down, I realize that my hand is fisted in the silk skirt. There are small yellow and gold flowers embroidered against the white silk at the hem, and the flowers are inset with shimmering white pearls that now feel hard beneath my palm. I glance down at the fitted bodice, the perfection of the silk, the gentle pressure of the stays.
I am in my wedding gown, and for a moment, that reality soothes me. Damien, I think again. He is not beside me, but I know that he is with me. This man—this incredible man who will soon be my husband.
Just the thought of him calms me, and I am able to breathe more easily. I can continue, I can move. I can stand and go forward and leave this room.
I can go into Damien’s arms.
I start to do exactly that, shifting my weight so that I can rise to my feet.
That’s when I see the stain.
A blur of pink rising up from the pure, white silk of the skirt. It is so faint that at first I think it must be a trick of the light. But then the hue deepens, shifting from pink to red as it spreads out, tainting the purity of my beautiful dress.
Blood.
Frantic now, I scramble backward, as if I can somehow escape the stain despite the fact that I am wearing it. But of course there is no escape, and I claw at the skirt, trying to yank it up, trying to see beneath it. Trying desperately to find the source of the blood.
I can’t. My hands are too slippery. Red and wet and stained. I rub them on the skirt, trying to clean them. My breath is coming in gasps, my pulse pounding so loudly in my ears I can hear nothing but my own blood flowing through my veins. That same blood that is coating me, escaping me.
No, no, oh, God, no.
But it is true—I am certain of it. The blood on the skirt is mine, and with one final, desperate jerk, I draw the material up, tugging at the silk and satin and lace until it is gathered around my waist and I can see my legs, bare and slick with blood.
I hear a noise—a gasp. It came from me, and I’m rubbing at the blood, searching for the source. I’m on my knees, my thighs pressed together, but now I separate them, and I see the scars that have for so many years marred the soft flesh of my inner thighs. Self-inflicted wounds made by the pressure of a blade held tight in my hands.
I remember the sweet intensity of that first slice. The glorious heat when steel penetrates flesh. The relief that comes with the pain, like the screech of a boiling kettle when it finally releases steam.
I remember the pain, but I no longer need it. That is what I tell myself. I don’t need the wounds; I don’t want the pain.
I don’t need to cut anymore.
I’m better now. I have Damien to hold me tight. To keep me centered and safe and whole.
But there is no denying the blood. And as I look down at the open wound—at the raw and mangled flesh, and at the blood that pools around me, so sticky and pungent—I feel the tightness building in my chest and the rawness in my throat.
Then, finally, I hear myself scream.
You can get your own copy of TAKE ME inside the print edition of HEATED (just follow these links and snag the print edition)
Amazon print
Amazon Kindle
Random House
Amazon UK
Barnes & Noble/Nook
Books-A-Million
Indie Bound
Or grab the digital copy of TAKE ME from these retailers:
Kindle
Kindle (UK)
Barnes and Noble
Random House
BooksAMillion
iTunes
Kobo
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
June 11, 2014
Hump Day books from J. Kenner, Joyce Harmon, Margarita Matos, Chantilly White, Donna Cumming, Cindy M. Hogan, Jo Robertson, and Nicola Marsh!
Please enjoy these amazing Hump Day books, including Heated, the second book in J. Kenner’s Most Wanted Trilogy!
I grew up believing in right and wrong, good and evil, black and white. I knew better than to trust. And then I met Tyler Sharp.
Second book in the Most Wanted Trilogy!
Find out more at J. Kenner’s Most Wanted Trilogy webpage!
A sparkling romantic romp in the classic Regency tradition.
More at Joyce Harmon’s website!
Demon Bonds: The Making of a Demon (Psy Demon Chronicles Book 1)
New Urban Fantasy Series!
Connect with Margarita Matos at her website!
Christmas Wishes, Valentine Kisses: Unwrapped & Cupid’s Mistake In One Volume
New Box Set!
More at Chantilly White’s website!
99 cents for a limited time!
Visit Donna Cummings at her website!
New Contemporary Mystery!
More at Cindy Hogan’s website!
Ripped from the 1909 headlines. Now 99 cents!
Visit Jo Robertson’s website!
Crossing the Line (World Apart, book 1)
Discounted to $0.99 for a short time only!
For more information visit Nicola Marsh’s website!
Would you like to submit your book to be included in our Hump Day feature? Click here for more information!
June 10, 2014
Are you registered to meet J. Kenner in Seattle June 14?
I’m so excited! I’ll be at the Emerald City Author Event this coming Saturday, June 14 from 11:30 to 4pm in Seattle at the Red Lion Inn on 5th Avenue!
You need to pre-register to get in, but the event is free … and the author list is awesome! Check it out … and hope to see you there!
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
June 9, 2014
Want & Need on #MostWantedMonday – Heated by J. Kenner
He was everything I shouldn’t want and couldn’t have, and yet right then there was no denying that he was exactly what I needed.
from Heated by J. Kenner (Most Wanted series #2) on sale now!
Please enjoy the rest of the excerpt on #MostWantedMonday!
But though there was a thrill and a power that came from knowing that these men desired me, their interest didn’t have the same impact on me. I wasn’t dancing for them. It wasn’t these men who made me want to put on a show.
For that, I had to imagine Tyler.
Tyler, sitting in the dark.
Tyler, watching me as I slowly peeled my clothes off, and getting harder and hotter as each garment was removed.
He wasn’t really there—not yet. I knew, because every few minutes I let my gaze sweep the place. And with each look, I grew more disappointed. I wanted him to see me up here. Wanted him to know that I was doing this for him as much as for the job.
So help me, the man had truly gotten to me. He’d gotten under my skin, and this was as much punishment as it was tease. Except he wasn’t there to see any of it.
It frustrated me that I cared—that I wanted. That all I had to do was think of him to feel my body flush. Tyler Sharp was like a flame that heated me all the way through, making me weak. Making me melt.
I was a fool to toy with that man. He was dangerous. Distracting me, when I wasn’t the kind of woman who put up with distractions. Tempting me, when I wasn’t the kind of woman who was tempted.
He was everything I shouldn’t want and couldn’t have, and yet right then there was no denying that he was exactly what I needed. Tyler Sharp in my head, in my memories, in my imagination.
Don’t Miss Any of the Books in the Most Wanted Series
Coming Aug. 26
Where do you want to go next?
The Stark Trilogy and beyond ... bestselling, swoonworthy erotic romance. Have you been Damienized?
The Most Wanted series ... dark, edgy, sexy badboys. Need we say more?
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ... oh, come on. The series title says it all!
Protector Superhero series ... fun, flirty paranormal romance.
The Blood Lily Chronicles ... dark, sensual urban fantasy.
The Shadow Keepers ... edgy and sensual paranormal romance
Devil May Care ... who will the next ruler of Sin City be?
The Phoenix Brotherhood ... dark, dangerous, sexy ... and immortal.
and more stories to come ...
Looking to meet JK?
Got a question for JK?
You'll find contact info and FAQs here!
June 4, 2014
Hump Day books from Bella Love, Barbara Raffin, A.J. Locke, Carly Carson, Synithia Williams, Stephie Walls, Donna Fasano, and Molly O’Keefe!
Please enjoy these eight new Hump Day books, including a Contemporary Romance, an Urban Fantasy, and an Erotic Romance!
Spin: A Sexy Contemporary Romance
Super Sexy Contemporary Romance-Now Free!
More at Bella Love’s website!
Finding Home (St. John Sibling Series)
When life handed Sam Ryan lemons, he ran…headlong into love with the one woman who could teach him how to turn them into lemonade.
Be sure to visit Barbara Raffin’s website!
New Urban Fantasy
For more information visit A. J. Locke’s website!
Duke of Devonwood: Bachelors of British Nobility
New Contemporary Romance-Feisty American entrepreneur plots to regain her inheritance from an arrogant English duke.
Connect with Carly Carson at her website!
Worth the Wait (Crimson Romance)
On Sale for 1 Week!
More from Synithia Williams at her website!
Erotic Romance $0.99 sale!
Connect with Stephie Wells at her website!
Save 75% off regular cover price!
Visit Donna Fasano at her website!
Wild Child: A Novel (The Boys of Bishop)
99 Cent Sale!
Find out more at Molly O’Keefe’s website!
If you would like to submit a Hump Day book please click here and read the instructions!
