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Drink Number 2 #Sexmas

The Candy Cane Martini

Ingredients

1/2 oz. Schnapps, peppermint

1 oz. Vodka

1 mini candy cane

Shake the ingredients together with ice and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with the candy cane.

For extra peppermint flavor, you can add crushed candy cane to the shaker. The color of the candy will also color the normally white drink.

It’s Release Day! Have Yourself a Merry Little #Sexmas

And, to celebrate, have yourself a Christmas drink too!

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Sexmas

Carter’s been on his own since he came out at sixteen. He was one of the lucky ones—when coffee shop wages weren’t cutting it and he was on the edge of being homeless again, a kind stranger got him a fake ID and work as a dancer in a strip club. Since then, he’s saved his money, enough for a mortgage on a small fixer-upper of a house. He’s even started thinking about the future.



Given his career choice, the possibility of a normal relationship doesn’t get a second thought.



Thilo has never had his own apartment, never lived away from his family, never had a relationship that went farther than a kiss and a hug. Now he’s a thousand miles away, facing his first ever holiday season by himself.



His Christmas present—and Snowmageddon--is about to change that.

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Sexmas #ManLoveSunday

Click the blue button to see who else is posting excerpts today.

This one is from my soon-to-be-released Christmas novelette (long novelette–I worked real hard to keep it under 30K words, so the price would stay at $3.99) And, it’s on pre-order right now at Loose Id for $3.59.

In this excerpt, Thilo’s friends have let the alcohol do the thinking for them, and have decided they need to do something to cheer Thilo up. And the natural thing to do is to send him a stripper on Christmas Day, amIright?

Best friends don’t let best friends Christmas alone.

Find out moreHave Yourself a Merry Little Sexmas

A cheerful stripper and an awkward accountant, trapped together in the middle of Snowmageddon. There’s enough heat between them to melt the polar ice caps. Is it just Sexmas, or can it be more?

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Steph hung up the phone and flopped back on the couch, spilling some of her candy-cane martini in the process. “Damn!”

“Oh, it’s okay, honey. Here, try this one. I call it a Christmas tree.” Vic brought her over another drink, layers of red and green and white in a tall glass, and took away the dregs of her martini.

Steph tried the new one. “Oh, this is good. But I’ll bet it’s fattening. It’s fattening, isn’t it? Oh my God, I’m gonna be so fat after this.”

Vic laughed and finished passing out glasses to Wayland and Teela. “Relax. It’s Christmas. We’re all going to be fat.” He wobbled a little and landed on the arm of the couch with a thump. “Poor Thilo. That sucks, being all alone for Christmas.”

“It does.” Teela sniffed into her drink.

“We should do something about it.”

“Like what?”

“I don’t know. Get him a hooker or something.”

“Thilo’d never go for a hooker; his mom would kill him. She spends all her time volunteering with one of those groups that’s into getting prostitutes off the streets and helping street kids go to college and stuff, remember?”

“Yeah, you’re right. So what do we do?”

Vic hung over the back of the couch, a wicked grin on his face. “A stripper isn’t as bad as a prostitute, right? Let’s get him one of those. It’s either that or a glitter bomb, and I like Thilo. Glitter’s for people I hate.”

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Stay tuned next week for the drink recipes that precipitated this wise and loving decision.

So, who won the Flesh Market giveaway?

It was a lady named Ran, who lives in the Phillipines. She asked for this book:



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It’s a really good book. So, her copy of The FBI Career Guide is on it’s way to her. Because of where she lives, she probably won’t get it until the New Year, mail delivery being what it is. But it is on it’s way.

Congratulations, Ran, and happy reading!

And the Sales Continue #LooseId #15%off #25%off

Loose Id is having a Cyber Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday. Everything on site is 15% off, holiday stories (like Christmas Goes Analog ) are 25% off, and new authors are 20% off.

So, if you missed your chance to pick up Flesh Market during the ARe sales, you can still get it for $5.94 at Loose Id. Or, if you’ve read Flesh Market and need something light and fluffy for after

The Sales are Here!!!

Cyber Monday is the best!

You get half of everything you spend at All Romance Ebooks back in credits to spend again. Like getting a book and a half with every purchase! (I know, I’m being silly. But I have a few I’ve had my eye on, and now I can go buy them!)

Flesh Market: $6.99, but you get $3.50 back

Bite Me Tender: $5.99, but you get $3.00 back

Christmas Goes Analog: $4.99, but you get $2.50 back

Lead Me to You: $0.99, but you get $.49 back

The Flesh Market Giveaway Ends Tomorrow!

The Rafflecopter for it is on the top right of the website, or you can find it at any of the blogs on the tour. Read the guest post, check out the recommended read, and enter in the Rafflecopter. If you win, I’ll send you your choice of any of the books I used in researching the novel, or your second choice if the first one is no longer available (I think they’re all still out though.)

Blogs with guest posts are:

Kathy Mac Reviews

Jessie G. Books

BFD Book Blog

Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

MM Good Book Reviews

The Blogger Girls

Sinfully Sexy

Cheekypee Reads

Love Bytes Reviews

Molly Lolly

If I missed any, let me know and I’ll add them to the list. I got into something I’m allergic to this morning and, while it’s not bad, I’m as dumb as a post right now.

#ManLoveSunday – Have Yourself a Merry Little Sexmas

Yes, it might be a bit early to be thinking Christmas, but here we are, one month away. Click the linky thing to see who else is posting today.

Less than a month before Christmas, Carter woke up two hours early because the North Pole had moved into his bedroom. “Blech,” he stuttered and watched his breath flume away from him in a misty cloud. “What the hell? I bought oil last month. I can’t be out.” It must have gotten colder than predicted last night, or maybe that window in the kitchen had creaked itself open again. His poor furnace… Once the roof was done, he should look into getting one of those heat-pump things. He could live with the crappy pink bathroom and the toilet that plugged at least twice a week for a bit longer. Heat was a wonderful thing.

Gathering all his courage, he threw back the covers and dived for yesterday’s sweatpants, puddled on the floor by the bed. They weren’t any warmer than the air, and he danced in place as he pulled them on, making little noises of discomfort while he covered all the important bits and went hunting for more layers to add.

“Okay, house, what are you throwing at me this time?”

Flesh Market Update

Well, Flesh Market has fallen off the overall bestseller list at All Romance Ebooks, but it’s still climbing the Mystery and Suspense list, which is a nice little boost. I’ve had to put the sequel aside for a bit to work on the Christmas story, and get caught up on schoolwork. Check in tomorrow for a sneak peek at “Have Yourself a Merry Little Sexmas”.

Flesh Market is at #32 at ARe now!

Woohoo! You have no idea how much this means to me. I’m so excited. THANK YOU!!!

Still on sale, too, if you’re tempted.