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An Ode to the Romance Novel (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | It's Lit!

Interesting look at the romance novel.

Weekend Book Club--Coti's Unclaimed Mate by Elle Boon and Dark Warlord by Cynthia Sax

This week I'm featuring TWO books--COTI'S UNCLAIMED MATE by Elle Boon and DARK WARLORDby Cynthia Sax.


COTI'S UNCLAIMED MATE, the 8th book in Elle Boon’s Iron Wolves MC, has everything you expect from an Elle Boon book—sexy, dangerous heroes, sassy heroines, originality, action, and plenty of heat!

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Will they find beauty in the ashes as the fire settles, or will they go up in flames?

Shifters and humans don’t mix, at least not in Coti’s opinion. He’s more than just a wolf though, but his pack and fellow MC brothers don’t know everything there is to know about him, and he likes to keep it that way…until one human female comes along and changes everything.

Renee, or NeNe to her friends hates her life. Well, she didn’t hate it so much when she could count on her friends, but one-by-one they began finding boyfriends, leaving her alone. Suddenly, she finds herself on the outside looking in. A girl from the wrong side of the tracks, she knows she needs to make a change or she’ll end up like her mother, dead.

A connection between two of the most unlikely people seemed written in the stars, but Coti isn’t ready to accept his fate, while NeNe doesn’t want a man who’s a brawler like her father. No, these two will fight their attraction, even if it kills them.

When a new group moves into town just outside of the Iron Wolves territory giving NeNe the opportunity to make extra cash in order to escape, she latches on with both hands. Only is the saying something’s too good to be true going to bite her in the rear, or will her savior come to the rescue? For Coti he can’t seem to shake off the need to keep one tiny human safe, even if it puts him in a perilous position of claiming the female for his own.

 

DARK WARLORDby Cynthia Sax is the fifth book in her Refuge series. It was originally part of a boxed set, but I bought it again because I like to be able to read it again as a stand-alone novella. I LOVE Cynthia Sax's aliens and can't wait for the next book in this series.

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Battling the Barbarian...

All Chamele Warlords have a destined mate, a gerel they are fated to spend their lifespans with. Batu, being genetically enhanced, believes he's the sole exception. He devotes himself to battle, is resigned to living a solitary life, dying with swords in both of his hands.

Then he sees her.

Genine is a warrior female intent on protecting her loved ones. To keep them safe, she must face Fighter Batu in the ring. If she loses to the barbarian, she becomes his to do with as he wishes. And he wishes her to submit to his deep voice, rough touch, passionate kisses. If she defeats Batu, she will have to kill the one male she was destined to love.

This story was previously part of a box set.

Dark Warlord is a short companion story in the Refuge series and is meant to be read after Dark Flight.

It is a SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.

Upbeat Authors--Failure

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. ~J. K. Rowling

#UpbeatAuthors

Sweet 'n Sexy Diva's Blog

I'm sharing excerpts from each of the three books in my Dalakis Passion Boxed Set over at the SWEET 'N SEXY DIVAS BLOG.
Be sure to stop by.
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Summer Movie Picks

I'm over at the Decadent Diva's Blog sharing some of my movie picks for the summer. Drop on over and check it out.

https://thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com/2018/07/summer-movie-picks_21.html

Upbeat Authors--A Year of Positivity

#UpbeatAuthors--Reflections on a year of positivity.
     “She believed she could, so she did.” ~R.S. Grey

Cover Reveal--DRAKON UNCHAINED

Here is the cover for Drakon Unchained, the next book in my Blood of the Drakon series releasing on August 27th. Watch for pre-order links coming soon.


Drakon Unchained Blood of the Drakon, Book 5

Victoria Marshall is living a lie. She works for a member of the Knights of the Dragon, a secret society that traps and uses dragons for their own gain. As a child, she made an unlikely friend—a drakon. He went missing, and she’s spent the past twenty years searching for him. The only thing distracting her from her mission is Luther Henderson, her boss’s new head of security.
Luther is also living a lie. One, if discovered, could lead to a fate worse than death. He’s attracted to Victoria, but can’t fully trust her, doesn’t know if she’s truly innocent or a true member of the Knights. It’s not only his life at stake, but those of the people he loves.
As they’re thrust deeper into the dangerous dealings of the Knights, they each have to share their secrets in order to survive.

Dalakis Passion Boxed Set

I'm thrilled to announce that the first three books in the Dalakis Passion vampire series are now available in one boxed set for only $4.99. If you haven't checked out this series yet, then now is the time!


Harker’s Journey
From the first moment Johanna Harker read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, her life changed forever. The book unleashed an obsession with vampires that was all the more compelling for the intensely erotic dreams that filled her nights. It wasn’t long before she was consumed with thoughts of the dark creature who returned to ravish her in her dreams again and again . . .  

Lucian’s Delight
For years Delight Deveraux suffered from a recurring nightmare of being savagely attacked and assaulted, until the night a mysterious stranger appears in her dream to rescue her. When the same scene plays itself out in real life just days later, with the same mesmerizing dream man coming to her rescue, Delight suddenly finds herself swirling in a haze of passion and confusion, between what’s real and what’s not. But Lucian Dalakis is real, and he intends not just to save her but to bind her to himself for all time . . .  

Stefan’s Salvation
Laurel Rose McCaffey never minded being branded an outsider, even when it meant carving out a solitary life for herself in the wooded hills of North Carolina. Now resort developers want to take her land, and vicious locals who stand to benefit from the deal have begun making threats. When a dark stranger enters her life, first as a protector, then as a lover, Laurel Rose is both fascinated and frightened by his mysterious power and all-consuming sensuality . . .  

BUY LINKS:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dalakis-Passion-Boxed-Set-Salvation-ebook/dp/B07FK4T6M6/ Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/877398
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1129074034
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dalakis-passion-boxed-set-books-1-3

Weekend Book Club--Awaken the Darkness by Dianne Duvall

This week I read AWAKEN THE DARKNESS, the 8th book in Dianne Duvall's Immortal Guardian's series.

I LOVE this series! I've been a fan since the very first book. Original, action-packed, and emotional. If you are a fan of paranormal romance you really should be reading this series.

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He awakens encapsulated in dirt with no knowledge of how he came to be there. Riddled with injuries, he can remember neither his past nor who he is. Nor can he remember what he is. But surely no mortal man could survive being buried deep beneath the earth. All he knows with certainty is that the soothing voice and presence of the woman moving around above enables him to endure the agony of his wounds. And he will do whatever it takes to be with her.

When Susan first sees the old two-story house for sale, such warmth and longing fill her that—against all reason—she makes an offer. It will take years of hard work and money she frankly doesn’t have to fix up the place. So she can’t explain why she bought it. She also can’t explain what compels her to spend hours one night, digging in the basement until she unearths a man. A man who still lives and breathes despite having been buried alive. A man whose intense brown eyes glow amber with pain, declaring him far more than ordinary. Susan knows she should keep her distance. He has no memory and possesses gifts that would make most fear him. But as the two work together to unravel the mystery of his past, she finds herself drawn in by his teasing nature and tender touch. So much so that she loses her heart to him even as they find themselves hunted by unknown enemies who are ruthless in their quest to capture them.

Throwback Thursday--Discovering Dani

This book is special to me because it's the first one I ever wrote. I started back in the fall of 1995. Where has the time gone? Discovering DaniJamesville, Book 1 Dani O'Rourke is no stranger to hard work. She’s been raising her two brothers alone since their parents died and she owns and operates her own business, O’Rourke Cleaning Services. Spending all her time working and looking after her family means she’s never had time for men. And if she was going to look for a relationship, it wouldn’t be with an arrogant and cynical man like Burke. A brush with death has successful businessman Burke questioning his priorities. He’s come to Jamesville for some peace and quiet to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. Catching a woman breaking into his cabin certainly isn’t part of his plan, nor is being attracted to her after her finds out just how wrong he was about her. Burke finds himself caught up in Dani’s family, but is there room in such a gentle woman’s life for a man as hard as him?  EXCERPT: Dani pictured the stranger in her mind’s eye, wondering who he was. Born and raised in Jamesville, she knew everyone, if not personally, then by sight. She suspected he was probably visiting friends or just passing through. What does it matter to you? She scolded herself impatiently. A man like that would never notice a woman like her. Her hair was a plain medium brown that was usually worn in a no-nonsense braid that fell to her waist, and she’d never had the money or the inclination to wear makeup. Her few attempts at mascara and eyeliner had left her feeling more like a raccoon than a model. Somehow, she never felt quite right if she was wearing anything more than lip-gloss. She could still picture his coal black hair, damp and shining from the falling snow. Eyes almost as black as his hair, snapping with impatience, as he’d issued his commands. An aura of power and arrogance had surrounded him as he’d barked his orders with no doubt that they would be followed. Of course, she reasoned, he had the size to back it up. He was built like a mountain, tall and broad, with a face that looked as if it were carved from stone. A long jagged scar had bisected his left cheek. Dani thought it gave him the dangerous air of a pirate or a highwayman. Just like the unsuspecting hero in a romance novel, she mused. “Stop it, Dani O’Rourke,” she muttered as she reached her truck and dug into her pocket for her keys. “He thought you were a man, for heaven’s sake.” But she could understand why. At five-foot-eight, she was a tall woman and solidly built. Not overweight, but sturdy. Wearing her brother’s hand-me-down parka that zipped around her face and covered her to her knees, well, it was no wonder he had mistaken her for a male. She consoled herself even as she wondered why the thought made her head hurt. She had wasted enough time, lusting for things she could not have. There was work to do. It was the same lecture she had been scolding herself with for the past seven years, ever since her mother died and she became sole guardian of her brothers. If it sounded a little flat, well, that was just too bad, she told herself as she unlocked the door to her truck and prepared herself to face the rest of the day. Buy Links:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074DYVLJFE... Publishing: https://entangledpublishing.com/disco... https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/disc... https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/disc... https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/disc...