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Free- A Black Ops Romance by Riley Edwards

From best-selling author Riley Edwards comes another, heart-stopping last chance military romance. After the love of Lily's life and best friend dies in combat, she struggles to move on - until Carter Lenox enters her life. Carter has a secret, one that will destroy Lily. But when a terrorist hell bent on revenge tries to kill Lily, Lenox has no choice but to claim the one woman he should never have.
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He was my first love…
I wanted him to follow his dreams. I wanted him to escape the life he hated. I thought I was doing the right thing by not telling him how I truly felt. Until it was too late, and my silence turned into my biggest regret.
Twelve years ago, Shane Owings died, taking my heart with him. I was left devastated and broken hearted. Time didn’t heal, as the years went on I only missed him more.

She was my best friend… the only woman I ever loved.
When I ran off to join the Army, I left behind everything I had ever loved. I thought I was doing the right thing, but my good intentions quickly turned into my biggest regret.
Every year on the anniversary of Shane’s death I watched as Lillian Nelson visited Shane’s grave and spilled her secrets to a dead man. Each year I hoped she wouldn’t be back, that her heart would finally heal and she would move on. But year after year she was back. So many times I wanted to reach out and comfort the beautiful woman, but I knew she would never forgive me. It was my fault Shane was dead. 
Until… A terrorist shows up looking for revenge.
I had to come out of the shadows and protect the one woman I had no business falling in love with.Free is a steamy last chance at love military romance. No cheating. Guaranteed HEA. >>  https://books2read.com/u/bP1W0Y  <<   Add to Goodreads TBR List
About Riley EdwardsRiley Edwards is a best-selling multi-genre author, wife, and military mom. Riley was born and raised in Los Angeles but now resides on the east coast with her fantastic husband and children. Her two eldest children have flown the coop and are now serving in the US military. Riley also has a teenage daughter that is the source of laughter and wit around her house. Her youngest son is a "bad-ass" in training and is very much a mini version of his Alpha father.

Riley writes heart-stopping romance with sexy alpha heroes and even stronger heroines. Riley's favorite genres to write are romantic suspense and military romance. (Those are also her favorites to read.) She's known for her jaw-dropping plot twists. You know the ones? Those pivotal scenes in a story that when executed so flawlessly it leaves you breathless and begging for more? Yeah, those! She's mastered the art of blending suspense, romance, and smoldering sexy times. It's like Criminal Minds, and the Spice Channel mated, and a perfect love child was born.

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Captive By Zoe Blake

Title: CaptiveAuthor: Zoe BlakePublication Date: August 2017#captivereleaseblitz This book is a rerelease of the previously titled, “Captive of Chance”. Captain Jacques “Le Chanceux” (The Lucky) Tavernier is a pirate. He is not the bastard son of a wealthy duke, or some tortured hero in disguise on a noble quest. He is a pirate. He does and takes what he wants... and he wants Isabelle. Isabelle is getting very tired of not controlling her own fate. First, her father ships her off to England to marry some decrepit lord, and now pirates have attacked the ship and taken her captive. No longer willing to be biddable and obedient, Isabelle decides to fight the pirate captain at every turn, even when his forceful seduction and creative punishments give as much pleasure as pain. The fate of Isabelle’s companion, Marina, is no better. Claimed by not one but two pirates to be used for their own dark pleasure. Isabelle is playing a dangerous game. Denying a pirate something he wants is never a good idea, especially when that pirate is powerful, handsome and determined to bend you to his will. Will Isabelle’s pirate captor become her master, or will she capture his heart?
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CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! The alarm bell startled the two women out of a deep, if not restful, sleep. Sitting up in their cots, they looked about the small cramped cabin in confusion. “What could it be, miss?” “I haven’t the faintest idea, but there is only one way to find out.” Isabelle grabbed her dressing gown from the end of the cot and swung it over her shoulders as she approached the cabin door. She felt a tug on her nightgown and looked to see her companion, Marina, holding tight. “Don’t do it, miss. Let’s just stay here till the captain comes.” Pulling the fabric free, Isabelle continued to the door. “Posh! If there is something truly going on, we cannot wait for that old blowhard to come and let us know!” Isabelle, well to be correct, Esmerelda Leonor Isabelle Catalina de Recalde el Rojo, did not cower easily. Perhaps it was her father’s Spanish blood or even her mother’s English courage. One thing was certain, she did not possess the gentile temperament of the typical female or the patience, for that matter. Releasing the latch, she threw open the door to a chaotic scene. CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! Seaman were scrambling about in various states of undress while the cabin boy, who had been bringing them their meals during the long voyage, vigorously rang the sleep depriving bell. “All hands! All hands on deck! Captain’s orders!” he shouted over and over again. “You there. Boy! Boy!” shouted Isabelle. “Yes, you!” she clarified when he gave her a confused look as if surprised to see a partially dressed woman addressing him. “What is going on?” “Pirates! There are pirates! We’re about to be attacked! Best get back inside and bar the door,” said the boy impatiently as he went back to his duty. CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! Isabelle quickly shut the door, threw the latch and turned and braced her back against it for good measure. “Oh lord! Oh lord! Oh lord!” wailed Marina. She had signed on as companion to the fancy lady for a bit of adventure and fun. True she was hoping to catch the eye of some strapping young seaman because what was adventure without a lusty man by your side, but she did not sign up for pirates! “Stop that nonsense, Marina! I need to think,” groused Isabelle. Then feeling poorly for shouting at her frightened companion, she crossed the cabin and gave her a quick hug. “We cannot panic. The captain may be a slovenly man, but he runs a good merchant ship. I’m sure they are prepared and have fought off, well, hundreds of pirate attacks with great success.” Isabelle said with a false sense of confidence. “Do you really think so, miss?” asked Marina, her eyes filled with hope and fear. No. “Why of course, I think so!” she said with authority. “Now help me out of my nightgown and into my corset and dress. If we are to be attacked, I don’t want them finding me in my skivy!” Marina went to do as she was bid while Isabelle was left to ponder for a moment the real possibility of being taken captive by pirates. Her father was a wealthy Spanish noble. Ransom would not be an issue. She could provide the pirates with plenty of gold and jewels, but was that all they would ask of her? She shuddered at the thought. How bitterly ironic, Isabelle thought. When she set out on this journey, her every thought was how very much she did not want to reach her destination. Fate was cruel. Isabelle had been forced by her parents to leave her beloved warm and sunny Azores islands to travel to cold and dank England to become the betrothed of some stodgy, old English lord. Even the painted miniature he had sent with his marriage proposal showed a thin hairline and at least two chins. One had to assume the painter was being judiciously kind, and in actuality her betrothed had even less hair and probably one or two additional chins! She had begged, pleaded, stormed and stomped but to no avail. Her parents were stalwart. She would marry the English lord and secure an English title for the family. Her parents also felt Isabelle’s upbringing on the somewhat remote colony island was leading to “unladylike” behavior as her mother put it. They were sending her back to the continent not a moment too soon in their minds. So it was Isabelle, who found herself alone with only a hired companion for company on a merchant vessel bound for England. In the hold were trunks of silks, jewels and gold. Her dowry. Her father had chosen the well-armed vessel to carry his precious cargo. The galleon had at least fifteen guns. But would it be a match for a pirate ship? “Not that one, Marina,” said Isabelle when a satin walking dress was pulled out of their trunks. “The heavy worsted wool one.” “What, miss?” “The worsted wool one!” shouted Isabelle. The noise and clamor all around them was getting louder. Above their heads they could hear the pounding of boots and the screeching scrape of wood on metal as the thirty-six pound long guns were rolled towards the gun ports. Indistinct shouts and curses filtered through the wooden beamed ceiling of their cabin. Even without hearing the words, both women could tell from the excited tenor of the shouts, the seamen were scared. “Hurry, Marina! Hurry!” urged Isabelle. When both women were dressed in their warmest gowns, they sat on the cot and waited and listened. All the harried activity had suddenly stopped. There was a strange, tense calm. BOOM! Silence. BOOM! The women screamed and held their hands over their ears as the whole ship shook and rattled as each long gun was fired. Dust and debris were shaken loose from the ceiling and fell down on them like rain. Marina clutched desperately at the lapels of Isabelle’s dress. Isabelle held the frightened woman tightly to her side. Rubbing a soothing hand down her back, she said, “The sound of the guns is a good thing. I’ll bet they are sending those nasty pirates scattering away.” Marina raised her head off Isabelle’s shoulder and gave her a look filled with doubt. Isabelle’s attempt to soothe and calm had fallen short. Unfortunately, even she didn’t believe her words anymore. Her inherent lack of patience came to the fore. Isabelle jumped up and grabbed Marina’s hand. “Come. We cannot stay here like two geese for the slaughter!” “But where are we to go? It must be safer in the cabin!” complained Marina. “If they take the ship, they will search the cabins and the hold for treasure. We must find a place to hide where they will not think to look. Hopefully, none of the seamen will betray there are women on board. Now come on!” shouted Isabelle as she forcibly dragged a trembling Marina out the cabin door. The passageway was strangely quiet compared to the chaos moments before. All the men were above deck fighting off the attack. Isabelle continued to drag Marina down the passageway where they came to a steep wooden ladder leading down to the hold. “This way. Mind your skirts,” ordered Isabelle as she awkwardly descended the ladder. Reaching the wooden floor beneath, she helped Marina on the last few rungs. Taking a look around the dimly lit interior, Isabelle saw the entire space stacked with crates, provisions for the voyage, and trunks. Somewhere in this mess was her dowry trunk, she thought queerly. “This should be a good hiding place,” offered Marina as she took in all the dark nooks and crannies. “Usually I would agree, but they will probably come straight to the hold to see what cargo the vessel is carrying. We would be found out. No,” said Isabelle, “we have to go further. Somewhere they won’t think to look.” Isabelle tried to calm herself and think back to all those boring dinners in the officer’s quarters she had suffered through the past few weeks. They often talked about the ship. “The bilge!” said Isabelle. “We need to head to the bilge.” “The bilge? That sounds awful!” whined Marina. “If what I remember from the officer’s comments, I’m afraid it is going to smell even worse.” groaned Isabelle. They stumbled and groped their way through the hold, making their way to the back and the side of the ship. “The bilge is the lowest part of the ship and quite nasty with water and such. There will be no reason for the pirates to go there,” explained Isabelle as she tried not to breathe through her nose the closer they got. Leaning against the side of the ship, she gingerly stepped into the cold, foul smelling water and lowered herself into a crouch. Pulling Marina down by her side, once again they waited and listened. The sounds of battle were muffled from their low perch. They could better hear the lapping of the waves against the side of the ship. After what seemed liked hours, even the faint sounds of gunfire died out. As much as they were praying for the roaring sounds to cease, the silence was worse. Much worse. The women were left to wonder what was happening far above them. Had they won? Isabelle cursed her current fate under her breath. * * * “You have lost, Captain, but have good cheer. By surrendering, you have saved the lives of, well, what’s left of your valiant crew,” said the pirate captain sardonically as he stood over the prostrate merchant ship’s captain. “I’ll see you hanged for this!” ground out the man. The pirate captain sighed. Turning to his first mate, he said, “Why do they always say that? After I was being so pleasant.” “They don’t always say it. The last bloke said he would see you drawn and quartered,” answered the first mate helpfully. “That is true. And that puff piece of a captain before that did say he wanted my head on a pike,” offered the pirate captain with amusement. “But on the whole, I’d say I get threatened with ol’ Jack Ketch the most.” “Fairly put,” said the first mate. The two men made a striking pair. The pirate captain stood well over six feet with broad shoulders emphasized all the more by his narrow hips and wide-legged stance. His swarthy complexion from years spent at sea and shoulder-length jet-black hair gave him a sinister air. The malevolent appearance was helped by the leather brace that held no fewer than five loaded pistols. Attired in unrelenting black, with shiny black knee high boots and a long, black oilskin coat, it was no wonder hardy seamen trembled at his approach. He was Captain Jacques Tavernier “Le Chanceux”, The Lucky. Named so for the countless attacks he had survived without so much as a scratch. He was legendary among his men and beyond. Called Captain by his men and Chance by his friends, of which there was only one, his first mate Drake. Drake stood only an inch shorter than his captain. His almost white blond hair a stark contrast. Although it would be a deadly mistake to assume Drake was any less formidable. Standing by his captain’s side since they were two young bilge rats swabbing the deck of an English navy ship, he was fiercely loyal and just as fierce in battle. Chance placed his cutlass under the chin of the merchant vessel’s captain, forcing him to meet his gaze. “Now, good sir, why don’t you tell me about the cargo you are about to gift to me for sparing your life.” “Go to the devil,” spat out the merchant captain. “Tsk, tsk. Such manners,” admonished Chance before leaning down on his haunches and whispering in a low and threatening voice, “Bravado such as that gets a man killed. So unless you want me to slit your ungrateful throat from ear to ear and add your blood to this deck, I suggest you speak with more respect, vous comprenez?” The merchant captain nodded his head slightly, not wishing to cut himself on the razor sharp cutlass that was still wedged against his throat. “Bien! So let’s try this again. What nice trinkets can we expect from your hold?” asked Chance. “We stopped in the Americas before the islands. I carry tobacco, sugar and cotton. There is also a dowry chest full of gold and silks. It is yours if you leave my ship and crew unharmed,” stammered out the merchant captain. “It already is mine,” laughed Chance before turning to his first mate. “Drake, be so good as to direct the crew to empty the hold of our bounty. Leave enough food provisions to get the merchant crew to the nearest port,” ordered Chance. While having a bloodthirsty reputation during an attack, Chance was known for his benevolence once a ship surrendered… as long as they cooperated. “Yes, Captain,” responded Drake sharply before ordering some deck hands to help him below in the hold. Turning back to the anxious merchant captain, Chance asked in a calm tone that belied the question, “Now, Captain, shall we discuss the woman you have hidden on board? The one who belongs to the dowry chest?” he helpfully provided when it looked like the merchant captain was about to deny it. It was too late. The merchant captain realized his terrible error. Not being one to protect a woman over his own hide, he willingly told the pirate captain all he wanted to know about his beautiful passenger. USA Today and International Best Selling Author in Dark Romance We are all attracted to the forbidden. Addicted to the rush we get from reading something naughty...something kinky. We love to lose ourselves in the fantasy. The powerful lord who sweeps the lady away to his remote estate to ravish her. The cowboy who takes the sassy city girl over his knee to teach her a lesson. The devilishly charming pirate who seduces his beautiful captive. I write those erotic fantasies. 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Stolen Wish (Blood Realm Series) By Jennifer Blackstream

  Title: Stolen WishSeries: The Blood Realm Series #5By: Jennifer BlackstreamPublication Date: August 7, 2017Publisher: Skeleton Key PublishingGenre: Paranormal Romance #stolenwishtour PRIDE MAKES HIM BOLD ENOUGH TO COVET HER Ali is a notorious thief, skilled enough to steal whatever his heart desires—except what it desires most. Anara. His fellow criminal would never let him get so close if she suspected he knew who she truly was. But a man can only resist temptation for so long… PREJUDICE CANNOT HIDE PASSION FOREVER Princess Anara is a tiger shifter obsessed with redeeming her race. With fierce determination, she’s stealing back the sacred objects of her people, the loss of which cost them the ability to safely convert their mates. Nothing and no one will stand in her way—not even a relentless thief who sees more than he should, and says more than she’s ready to hear… DUTY AND LOVE BOTH DEMAND SACRIFICE A dark sorcerer inadvertently gives Ali the leverage he needs to demand Anara’s hand in marriage. He’ll get the wife he’s coveted for so many years, and she will get the chance to finally explore the passion that she’s denied herself for too long. But even with a djinn’s magic at their fingertips, happiness is no guarantee. That which is easily gained is just as easily lost. If they want a future together, they’ll have to fight for it…
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The Blood Realm Series #4Amazon - http://amzn.to/2s6WyXK The Blood Realm Series #3Amazon - http://amzn.to/2rxxpsi The Blood Realm Series #2Amazon - http://amzn.to/2qz1UJk The Blood Rose Series #1Amazon - http://amzn.to/2seoF6i I’m not alone.Anara slid into the shadow cast by a large pillar, stilling her breath as she scanned her surroundings. Visconti Malik’s cavernous home was empty on this level, none of the current occupants trusted to be in the showroom when their master was away. The cool tile chilled her back through her cloak as she held still, reaching inside herself for her other half. Her beast stirred, a tiger’s soft golden head rising, opening shining green eyes. Three high-arched doorways on either side of her gave a breathtaking view of the city around the hilltop, but she ignored it, focusing instead on the surrounding room. The massive pillars could be hiding anyone. Her nostrils flared, parsing out the myriad of scents that swirled in the wind. The ghost of the night's dinner still hung in the air in a perfume of figs, pomegranates, goat meat, and barley. Underneath that slept the scent of the treasure the visconti loved so much, bragged of so often. And still below that was another scent. One that did not belong. Masculine. Sand. The sharp scent of clothing dye. And a familiar hint of foolhardy excitement.A smile spread over her lips. She knew that scent. Knew the man it belonged to. Her stomach fluttered in excitement as she remained hidden behind the pillar, waiting for the soft footsteps to pass her hiding place. Ali was silent for a human, she would allow him that. But a weretiger’s senses were unrivaled, and she would have heard the slap of his bare feet on the tile even if he had been moving as cautiously as he should have been. She shook her head, stalking him as he approached the far wall where the treasures glittered on rows of pedestals. “Hello, beautiful,” he whispered.Anara froze, her hand hovering over his shoulder. Irritation furrowed her brow, and she crossed her arms. “How did you hear me?” she demanded in a whisper.Ali jumped, whirling around in midair and nearly dropping the gold rhyton he held in his hands. Blue eyes opened so wide they caught the moonlight, turning his irises into crystal pools of light. The silky black hair hanging to his shoulders framed those eyes, made them all the brighter for the shadows that bathed the sides of his face. Anara dug her fingernails into her palm, resisting the urge to touch a lock of that hair, see if it was as soft as it looked.He exhaled a deep breath, muscled shoulders sagging under the thin material of his caftan. “Habibi, you scared a year off my life. Why would you do such a thing?”Her eyes narrowed. “You were talking to the rhyton, weren’t you?” She drummed her fingers along her biceps and lifted her chin in pretended offense. “What a fool I was to think I was the beautiful one you were greeting.”A grin spread over Ali’s mouth, and he rolled the treasure down his arm, carelessly flinging it to his other hand as he focused on her. The intricately carved head of a ram seemed to flash its disapproval as Ali raised the cup in a mock toast. “Had I known you were here, I would not have wasted those words on a meaningless trinket such as this. You are the true treasure here.”As always, Anara found his smile infectious, and soon she was returning his grin even as she tsked at him. “If you’re wasting your time with baubles such as that, then you are ignorant of the visconti's greatest wealth.”Blue eyes glittered with renewed greed as he replaced the rhyton on its pedestal. “Oh?”Anara cast a glance around to make certain they hadn’t disturbed the sleeping servants. The large room was open, security depending on the palace’s strategic placement atop a hill and the knowledge that anyone suspected of stealing from the visconti would suffer for a long time before he died. Malik was too proud of his treasures and his wealth to lock it away, and he clearly felt that the level of torture and violence he leveled on would-be thieves was more than enough to make up for his audacity. Anara said a prayer of gratitude for his foolishness as she redirected her attention to the locked door that led to the interior of the home. She took a careful step toward the door, her senses alert for any sound that might mean they were in danger of getting caught. The huge space remained empty, not a hint of sound bouncing off the gold and cerulean tiles that lined the floors, walls, and ceilings. With a wink at Ali, she resumed her original quest. He followed her lead, trailing without a trace of the pride that so often hobbled other men. It was perhaps his greatest quality, his ability to put practicality above pride. A very rare quality.“And what precious secrets is Malik hiding, then?” Ali whispered.“If you would do proper research instead of just grabbing whatever shiny object catches your fancy, then you would know. Now be silent.”The door’s lock gave way under the careful application of the slender tools Anara had crafted herself. Together, they snuck inside and made their way down the short hallway, going left when it came to a T. The scent of rich ink, expensive thread, and the unmistakable mustiness of a space with no windows guided Anara until she came to the room she’d been looking for. Polished tile cover the walls and ceiling as in the other rooms, but this alcove boasted comfortable pillows and cushions for lounging, and expensive silks and tapestries broke up the endless shining tiles. A room meant for entertaining. For impressing. Anara kept her eyes on the tapestry at the far end, its vibrant threads depicting a majestic Roc holding one of its precious eggs, its wings turned to burning red embers by the glorious, intricate stitching of a setting sun. She stepped around the various seating arrangements, her heart beating faster as she approached her goal. Her fingers had just brushed the wall-hanging when Ali’s body heat washed over her back. Anara blinked and paused, her nerves tingling with the pleasant awareness of Ali’s proximity. It wasn’t the first time he’d invaded her space, and once again she reflected that if he knew that the veil she wore was not just a means of hiding her identity during her nocturnal activities, but a means to prevent anyone from looking on the face of the sultan’s daughter—he would never dare to stand so close to her. No man did. But he didn’t know. And he must never know.“Have you forgotten what you’re looking for?” he murmured.The words were another curl of heat into the air, and he shifted closer. Anara realized she was holding her breath, concentrating on the gentle press of his chest against her back. The tingling in her nerves turned to a crackle, and she quickly snuffed it out.“I have not forgotten. I am waiting for you to realize your complete disrespect for my personal space.” She kept her voice light, gently recriminating. An inhale right next to her ear startled her, and she jerked her head to the side, prevented from seeing him by the hood of her cloak.“You smell good.”She pressed her lips together and turned enough to face him, narrowing her eyes at the wicked smirk on his face.“You smell of wine. Perhaps you could refrain from breathing on me so at least one of us can keep a clear head?”His blue eyes darkened and he stepped forward, crowding her and prompting her to tilt her face up to keep meeting his eyes or else step back in retreat. Her tiger raised its head, eyeing the man before her with burgeoning interest. Ali leaned closer, filling her senses with his unique scent. Her pulse throbbed as he stopped with his mouth an inch from her ear.“Am I making it difficult for you to keep a clear head? Perhaps you’ll join me for a drink so I can…apologize?” Jennifer Blackstream is a USA Today bestselling author of fantasy/paranormal romance. Urban Fantasy will soon be joining her repertoire, and if she doesn’t get hold of the insidious roving gang of plot bunnies, there’s going to be steampunk sprinkled in there too… For news, new releases, and a free copy of What Big Teeth You Have, sign up for Jennifer’s mailing list on her website at jenniferblackstream.com. Jennifer has unfailing affection for the authors who have influenced her, including Laurell K. Hamilton, Jim Butcher, and the sorely missed Sir Terry Pratchett. Her books include humor, romance, and action, with enough darkness to keep things very interesting. When Jennifer isn’t writing, she can be found re-watching Boondock Saints, Noises Off, or Gross Pointe Blank. 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Romance with the occasional crime committed on the side....

"Definitely a book to pick up!" 
Usually I found myself on the outside looking in, but not with this book. See Caitlin Kelly's review of Murder in Moscow here.

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"Classic Storm Chase, funny, sexy, and intelligent." 
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Wildcat in Moscow
Words: 77,070
Published: Sep. 28, 2012
ISBN: 9781301448548
Price $3.99

When Chelsea comes back Alaska she discovers her stepfather has embezzled her multimillion pound inheritance.

Not only is Chelsea broke but the police think she has colluded with her stepfather in a financial swindle. Worse, loan shark Carlos Santiago is after her too, determined to make her pay up for her stepfather’s debts.

Then Vladimir Voyeykov, a Russian business tycoon rumoured to be a member of the Red Mafia, enters the mix. He whisks Chelsea to Moscow where she is catapulted into a world filled with intrigue, uncertainty - and passion.

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Murder In Moscow
Words: 68,120
Published: Oct. 12, 2013
ISBN: 9781301816545
Price $3.99

Burned out ex-undercover detective Cassidy Stone leaves London for a new life in Moscow, but her past continues to haunt her. Life begins to look up when a favour for the embassy leads her into a lethal ambush, and into the orbit of Dmitri Milyukov, a fun loving millionaire who shares her passion for extreme sports. Cassidy slowly learns to love again – until she stumbles on proof that Dmitri is at the center of a carefully plotted Red Mafia corporate espionage operation aimed at her employer. Worse, there is a gruesome murder in her office, and everyone is convinced Cassidy is the killer…

Murder in Moscow: a thrilling tale of passion, romance, intrigue, betrayal and murder.        

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Chocolate: An Erotic Romance in Siberia
Words: 25,550
Published: March 01, 2013
ISBN: 9781301764693
Price $2.99

Star is a top escort with a lucrative sideline in Bondage and Discipline. However, a wrong move lands her in Siberia as the unwilling leading light in a series of extreme S&M films.

Refusing to give in to fear, Star fights back. She ruins productions by laughing at the Master, makes herself pass out at critical moments, and finally drives her captors to present her as a gift to Alexei, a prison officer who is feared throughout the state.

Star quickly discovers Alexei has a penchant kinky sex, and a seemingly unending supply of chocolates he rewards her with.  Star quickly falls in love, unaware that Alexei is hiding a secret even darker than her own past.

Chocolate is a fun fast read with a feisty heroine and a hero with a soft center.

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Lost Weekend: An Erotic Romance in Wales
Words: 30,000
Published: April 03, 2013
ISBN: 9781301191017
Price $2.99

“What’s going on?” Micah asked gently. “You say you’re an escort and you’re dressed like a wet dream come true. But you are embarrassed when I look at you. And when I offer to hire you, you turn me down flat. Furthermore, you were so frightened of me earlier that you hit me over the head with a frozen leg of lamb and yet now you are here, all curled up and cosy - in my bed I might add - when you could be halfway back to London or the nearest police station.”
“I, I,” Bryony stuttered. “It’s complicated.”
“So I see,” Micah said.

When Micah accidentally kills a major drug dealer, and Bryony is the only witness, Micah decides the only solution is to keep an eye on her while he makes plans to leave the country. However, when Micah and Bryony start talking to each other, things don't work out quite as either of them expect.

Lost Weekend is a love story with a hint of murder and a heroine who decides she likes it best when she's on top.              

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Blackmail Bride: An Erotic Romance in Scotland 
Words: 63,290
Published: Jan. 28, 2013
ISBN: 9781301149438
Price $2.99

Stalked by her abusive ex-husband, Lucy Grant is desperate for a protector. Lucy aims for the one man who is tough enough for the job, ex-convict Jack Welsh. 

Found guilty of a crime he didn't commit, Jack Welsh is convinced Lucy’s ex set him up. Jack will do anything to clear his name - even if it means marrying Lucy. 

Blackmail Bride is a story of love and redemption - without any fake Scots accents!

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The Gift: An Erotic Romance in Kiev
Words: 36,650
Published: Feb. 08, 2013
ISBN: 9781301785650
Price $2.99

When Tony rescues three of Kiev's most notorious mafiosi, he is showered with gifts, including Max, a Goth beauty with purple hair. At first determined to send her home, Tony quickly discovers they share a passion for clubbing and Scotch as well as a mutual horror of relationships. Is this a match made in heaven, or destined for disaster?

The Gift is a lighthearted romance of two cold hearts who find love.

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The Mule: An Erotic Romance in Colombia
Words: 46,340
Published: May 17, 2013
ISBN: 9781301934003
Price $2.99

Cleo can't believe it when Colombian customs find 2 kilos of coke in her luggage or that Juan, her fiancée, instantly washes his hands of her. When Connor offers to arrange for Cleo’s release into his custody, Cleo is so desperate that she agrees. Living with Connor in his remote country home, Cleo evolves a plan that will help her find Juan and explain it’s all a huge misunderstanding.

A HEA erotica romance.

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Pandora
Words: 56,970
Published: May 16, 2014
ISBN: 9781311841216
Price $2.99

Treachery lies behind the closed doors of the government’s secret service, and Pandora finds herself a victim.

Stalked and then kidnapped, her safety depends on a cyber terrorist with no sense of empathy or obligation. A man who destroys lives from his laptop.

Captor or saviour? In a passionate story of intrigue, Pandora is about to discover nothing can be assumed about anyone. Even herself.

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Sold! A Romance in The Sudan
Published: March 10, 2013 Words: 15,290Language: EnglishISBN: 9781301079117Price $0.99

Frightened by a crocodile on Egypt's Lake Nassar, Lilly Chamberlain jumps into a fishing boat and finds herself in even bigger trouble. Traveling down the Blue Nile and put up for auction in a Sudanese market, her adventure is only just beginning.

Bored in Atbara, the armpit of Africa, Hafiq is delighted to see a white woman up for sale. If he can't ransom her to her family, he will take his reward in other ways. However, Hafiq quickly finds that his treasure is not quite what he expected.

A short, sweet, cross-cultural romance
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The Maid In The Cupboard
A Charlotte and Byron Erotica Romance, Book 1.



When Master Byron makes a pass at Charlotte the housemaid, and some unexpected visitors turn up, the cupboard beckons. A sweet erotica romance short story.

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The Knight and the Damsel in DistressA Charlotte and Byron Erotica Romance, Book 2


Lady Charlotte, the only daughter of Henry de Maine, Count of Summerville, is a law onto herself.Unlike the other gently bred maidens of Plantagenet England, Lady Charlotte does exactly what she wants, when she wants. She also has a reputation for rejecting suitors. However, when Lady Charlotte meets Sir Byron, the gallant knight just returned from the Crusades, she may have met her match…
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The Musher And the Stringer
A Charlotte and Byron Erotica Romance, Book 3



Charlotte loves her part time job as stringer but yearns to be a full time journalist. When her boss tells her the promotion hangs on interviewing the famous musher Byron Keenainak, Charlotte is determined to deliver the story. There’s only one problem: Byron is a notorious recluse. Undaunted, Charlotte resorts to every trick in the book to trap and interview her handsome quarry.


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A Grim Awakening Series By Michelle Gross

Join us in celebrating the RELEASE of Michelle Gross's final chapter of A Grim Awakening Series with Falling for Fear. This is the 4th and final installment of this Paranormal series.#grimawakeningtour How long does it take to change a person’s life from happy to terrifying? How long was I normal before that part of me was taken away? How long would I live in fear after that? After being attacked by something she can’t explain as a child, Melanie Rose is left with the ability to see ghosts and it haunts her everyday life. It only gets worse the night before her eighteenth birthday. Things that shouldn't be real, start appearing before her. The evil that attacked her as a child is back to finally take her life. Then he appears, a stranger wearing a black leather jacket. All the unanswered questions she’s had, start to unfold around her. She soon realizes it’s only the beginning. Melanie must control her fear before Fear claims her. Recommended for 18+ due to sexual content in the series and situations that might offend some.
Amazon US - http://amzn.to/1SndhgLAmazon UK - http://goo.gl/lALS7e Amazon CA - https://goo.gl/OzCsN0 Melanie met the monster she feared most and survived—but at a cost. A life was lost. And one became two. Now that Killian was no longer Grim Reaper, he was back to being an incubus demon. And if waiting for demons to attack weren’t enough on a girl, being around him while his pheromones were slipping—planting dirty thoughts inside her head—was enough to make anyone question their sanity. But her dirty mind and trying to stay alive weren’t the only thing she had to worry about. The Vessel had awakened inside her. She needed to figure out what it was and why there was suddenly a voice inside her head.  Soon, Melanie was questioning everything, wondering… all the while spiraling down a path toward Grim and Killian, discovering her own feelings.  Then came the question: What if they were wrong about the Vessel? 18+ for sexual content and situations that might offend some.
Amazon US - http://amzn.to/2bLYMqoAmazon UK - https://goo.gl/ofhPOaAmazon CA - https://goo.gl/SnUJU6 Fate was a magical thing, but it could also be a horrid reality if knocked off kilter.Melanie's life was changed the moment Fear marked her as a child...Now as Marcus's death approaches, Melanie's fight to save her life and very soul may finally reach its end, but a demon that knows Death is coming for him won't sit back and wait, he'll do whatever it takes.Nothing's for certain.... Melanie and Killian's future together, Ryan's fate harboring a demon inside of him controlled by Fear, or Melanie's life.But death is. And Fate knows exactly what it wants to happen.18+ for sexual content and situations that might offend some.
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WARNING 18+ this book takes a much darker tone than the first three books. This warning is here for a reason. This is FEAR's book so you should already know what you're getting yourself into. ENJOY! This isn't a sweet romance...This one's about villains and their selfish ways... and how far one will go to get what they want.It's painful and ugly and wicked.But maybe the bad ones can be loved after all.I was his right-hand ghost. Now he’s what I dread.Fear.I was his killer. Now he’s the guilt I carry.Ryan.Two completely different beings now stuck in one shared body that’s known as a merge. My ex-boss, the human boy I killed, and me, the ghost girl who stained her soul to get an adult body.What could go right?Nothing.What could go wrong?Everything.Bad girls like me don’t get happily ever afters… things are going to get ugly so why is he making me want something beautiful? Amazon US - http://amzn.to/2hdI1YJ Amazon UK - https://goo.gl/xVfWvL Amazon CA - https://goo.gl/qwr56q
Michelle Gross lives in a small town in Kentucky surrounded by mountains and opossums that sit on her porch at night trying to blend in with the cats. Reading, writing, and binge watching TV shows are some of her favorite things to do. K-dramas, apocalypses, supernatural, gore, zombies, alpha males and protective heroes with a whole lot of steam are her jams. Her greatest accomplishment is her twin girls who light up her world and keep her on her toes. Social Media Links Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/michellegrossauthor/ Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15037639.Michelle_Gross Twitter - @AuthorMichelleG Instagram - michellegrossmg
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Tips For Running Your Own Blog Tour

So I set up my own tour blog and FB tour for His Laughing Girl and here are some of the things I learned.
BackgroundI chose to have a plain “read my brilliant book” post with a rafflecopter that offers a gift and gift card to attract people. 
I asked for reviews and recommendations as entries. This is to discourage people who just enter anything with random noise in the hope of snagging free money, and to reward fans.
I got 45 people signed up, and 43 of them have posted. Some posted multiple times!
The results have been excellent. I only had a handful of signups for the newsletter but I’ve had tonnes of posts and recommendations, my sales have spiked, and my KU reads have gone through the roof.
Overall, I’m delighted and I’ll be doing this again.
So here are some of the snags...
Problem #1 Gmail is vicious about deciding what is spam, so even if you’re writing to people you know, sending the same email to a group of friends will result in it going to the spam filter.
Most annoyingly, writing to individuals using the same email text is also likely to end up in the spam filter.
Solution: If you don’t hear back, assume it’s been trashed by the system and write again.
Problem #2 People forget. Also, email goes missing, especially when some systems automatically trash email with attachments.
Solution: don’t do everything in one day. Run the tour over a few days so people have time to catch up and post.
Problem #3 Blogger and Wordpress don’t work the same. So what looks good in one, won’t work so well in the other. And of course, everyone has their own settings, so you need to work with that too.
Solution: You need a post for each to make sure the worst formatting errors are taken care of. Then test on various platforms.
Problem #4 It takes time. Writing to people is easy, and setting up is easy, but visiting everyone to say thanks takes a long time, especially if you’re chasing posts on Facebook pages. This is because Facebook hides posts deliberately.
Solution: Still thinking! 
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His Laughing Girl A BBW- Billionaire Romance

by Ellen Whyte
30,000 words
Self Standing and Complete
$2.99

     “To being wicked.” His grey eyes were laughing at me. “Together.”
     The pleasant thumping in my knickers became a vigorous pounding. Richard Cummings was gorgeous. I could feel his charm wrapping around me like a warm blanket.
     Irresistible, right? I heard myself quip, “Are you Cumming onto me?”
     He bounced right back, “Absolutely.”
     Oh well, I told myself. It’s just a flirt fest. I have those all the time, and it hardly ever comes to anything. Because of the curves, probably. Men like me, but after we’ve had a laugh, they go to bed with someone skinny.
     This was no different. I’d have a giggle with Richard, enjoy the charm and the good looks, lust after him a little bit, and know it was purely a game. Because tech billionaires with a penchant for A-list models don’t fall for curvy caterers.

*****
Curvy chef Sophie Weston has given up on love. But when she is hired to cater for a very exclusive house party, she falls instantly for handsome tech tycoon Richard Cummings. However, she quickly discovers that Richard has a shady past. Should she trust him or should she walk away before her heart is broken again? A fun uplifting romance with a big beautiful woman and a yummy billionaire.

Where Can You Find The Books?
His Laughing Girl is available only on Amazon and on Kindle Unlimited.
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His Competent Woman is available internationally, click here to find your favourite shop.
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Shadow of the Rose (The Black Rose Guard Series #4) By K.L. Bone

  Title: Shadow of the Rose Series: The Black Rose Guard Series #4By: K.L. BonePublication Date: July 10, 2017Genre: Dark Fantasy/Gothic RomanceCover Designer: Skyla Dawn Cameron#shadowoftherosetour If you stay with the Lorcan Guard, you will honor your original vow, it is true. But you shall remain forever a shadow of the rose… For as long as she could remember, Sarah had wanted to be a knight. One fated evening, a man with dark eyes appeared at her mother’s modest inn, and told her a story of love, loss, loyalty, honor, and a life of which Sarah had only dreamed. Devastated when the man is condemned to the dungeons by her own father, Sarah was told she would never see him again. She safeguarded his story, and secrets, resigned to them forever being the treasures of her imagination. More than twenty years later, he reappears, offering Sarah an opportunity beyond her wildest dreams. A half-mortal, illegitimate child of a lesser court, Sarah’s struggle only begins with leaving all she has known. Her hope for a better future, amid the prejudice of those who look down upon her tainted blood, is maintained by a blossoming love, and being personally trained by the court’s captains. An unexpected turn of events gives Sarah an opportunity to change her fate—a position of leadership in the Black Rose Guard. But to accept will mean abandoning both the man she has come to love, and her vow to Captain Edward. Loyalty and desire clash in one woman’s quest to find her place in the immortal guard.
  Kindle: http://amzn.to/2ujc8TONook: https://goo.gl/q2v2PCKobo: https://goo.gl/1w2GKLiBooks: https://goo.gl/S48ThVPaperback: https://goo.gl/Zb1yRV Black Rose - Black Rose Series #1Amazon - http://amzn.to/2ujAo8F Heart of the Rose - Black Rose Series #2Amazon - http://amzn.to/2t0q1Tl  Blood Rose - Black Rose Series #3Amazon - http://amzn.to/2toJjRF K.L. Bone is a bestselling author of dark fantasy. Her works include the bestselling Black Rose Guard dark fantasy series. The Rise of the Temple Gods fantasy series. And a stand-alone science fiction novel, The Indoctrination. Bone has a master’s degree in modern literary cultures and is working toward her PhD in literature. She wrote her first short story at the age of fifteen and grew up with an equally great love of both classical literature and speculative fiction. Bone has spent the last few years as a bit of a world traveler, living in California, London, and most recently, Dublin. When not immersed in words, of her own creation or studies, you’ll find her traveling to mythical sites and Game of Thrones filming locations.
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AJ Adams & Ellen Whyte Interview Toni Kenyon, author of The Pacific Billionaire Boss

The Pacific Billionaire Boss
By Toni Kenyon
265 pages

Hannah Scott’s bucking the southern small town mindset. She’s not going to settle down and marry a man who spends his days working in the local milk factory and then have a couple of children. She’s come to the big city to stake her claim on freedom and independence.

Robert Redfern is the equivalent of Auckland royalty. He’s been groomed to be the CEO of the family empire all of his life. But when he discovers that part of the requirement to maintain his position is that he take a wife, Robert’s not too happy. 
When the curvy and attractive, Hanna Scott crosses his path, Robert seizes the opportunity to strike a bargain with the attractive redhead that will bring them both what they want.


But, what neither of them anticipates is their magnetic attraction to one another. Can the boss and his executive assistant keep their dealings purely professional?

Meet Toni Kenyon!

AJ & Ellen: What tags best describe your genre?
I write billionaire romance and rockstar romance.

AJ & Ellen: When was your first book published?
September 2012 (the 'olden days' of indie publishing!)

AJ & Ellen: How many books have your published overall?
10 Novels and 2 Novellas

AJ & Ellen: What did you love most about this story? 
I love that the book is set in my home city of Auckland, New Zealand. Hannah is a lovely young country girl who has come to the city to earn some money so she can save to go overseas. We get to see Auckland through the eyes of a person who has grown up in New Zealand, but in small town New Zealand--which is completely different from the metropolitan city that Auckland has become. Robert is an adorable CEO who has no appreciation of the beauty that surrounds him. It is through looking at his city and his life through Hannah's eyes that he comes to appreciate the real beauty and meaning of life and ultimately love.

AJ & Ellen: What made you choose your genre?
I love the total escapism of billionaire romance. Cinderella was one of my favourite stories as a child. Being swept away by the handsome Prince is every little girl's dream come true--or it was mine anyway!

Over and over again, when I look at the stories that I'm drawn to they always involve an aloof, powerful man and a woman who has come from nothing and worked hard to make someting of herself. Pride & Prejudice anyone?

The same story translates well into rockstar romance. I always say that rockstars are just billionaires with massive ego issues. More often than not, my rockstars are self-made men who think that money, fame and all of the trappings that go with those things are going to help them find happiness--that's never the case.

The more I write, the more I see themes emerging in my work. Strong, aloof men who think that money can solve their problems discover that everything they have worked for means nothing, without a deep and meaningful relationship. The struggle with self and the destruction pride and ego. Women who think that they need to make it on their own discover that falling in love isn't about subjugating themselves to a man, but building a working partnership with someone that they love.

These are some of the recurring themes that I see coming through in my stories.

AJ & Ellen: What's the most challenging thing about writing? How do you cope?
Getting the words on the page is the most challenging part of being a writer for me. I love 'having written'. The actual, at the coal face of digging words out of the word mines and putting them on the page is quite another matter.

I cope by keeping a strict record of the words that I have written each day on a spreadsheet. I reward myself by filling in one coloured square for every two hundred words written in my bullet journal. I love seeing the page filled with colour at the end of the day. I remind myself that if I don't sit down and write my words for the day, then I'm going to have to get in the car, drive down the motorway and work to make someone elses dreams a reality.

I want to make my own dreams a reality--so I sit down and write.

AJ & Ellen: Tell us about your book blurbs. How do you go about it? Give us a tip about writing book blurbs!
The dreaded book blurb!

I saw a post on Facebook recently--the two faces of Gollum, "We has to write the blurb" all wide-eyed and full of hope. Followed by, "We hates writing the blurb" looking evil and mad!
Some days that's how I feel about the blurb. How to distil the essence of a 50-75k work down to three paragraphs and a tag line. It's hard work!

I wait until I have completed the story to write the blurb. Some writers like to write it first, to help them get to know their characters, but I prefer to know my characters and my story before I even attempt the blurb. I like to try and keep it simple by writing three paragraphs.

The first paragraph sets the scene for the story and introduces the heroine. The second paragraph tells us about the hero and his motivation. The third paragraph is used to hook the reader, either by setting out the conflict that is going to be the basis of keeping our lovers apart, or asking the reader a question that only reading the book can answer.

Buy Links for The Pacific Billionaire BossAmazon US: http://amzn.to/2sXrVYL
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0733CMCRL
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Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0733CMCRL