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April 7, 2014
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April 6, 2014
Spotlight On: Love’s Paradox by Laura Kreitzer
Paperback, 1st, 288 pages
Expected publication: May 5th 2014 by Revolution Publishing, Inc.
Stalked by her abusive ex-fiancé, Rae Zachery retaliates by singing karaoke and spilling all their dirty secrets to the entire bar. When her ex attempts to silence her brazen performance, sexy, leather-clad Parker comes to her rescue and soundly punches her ex in the face. As valiant as that may be, Rae finds Parker’s violent assistance unsettling, yet she can’t help but be drawn to him and his tragic past.
Fighting her attraction for Parker is a battle Rae can’t win, and soon their night of sharing secrets morphs into an undeniable bond. But fate won’t so easily relinquish her grip on their happily-ever-after. Instead of blissfully skipping into obscurity, Rae and Parker are subjected to her ex-fiancé’s vicious proclivities. Who knew love could hurt so good?
“Ah, screw this. I don’t wait for him to make the first move; I kiss him.”
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Laura Kreitzer is a best-selling fantasy and science fiction author who hails from western Kentucky. Her full-time 9-5 job used to be working in a lab devoted to water dye-tracing investigations at Western Kentucky University, though her passion was always writing. After seven years of dedicating her life to the environment, she made the tough decision to leave the university to pursue her writing career. Now Laura has two series and eight novels published, with several more in the works.
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Character Profile of Parker from His Substitute Wife . . . My Sister, by Sylvia Hubbard
How 3 women can want one man? Meet Parker from His Substitute Wife… My Sister
Who is Parker? (Character Breakdown)
Originally Parker came from Love Like This. If you remember, he part owner in Nicole Black’s (main female protagonist) laundry business.
In most novels, I never really explore my male protagonist.
Other than William Stone, in Stone’s Revenge, the man just popped in the picture – handsome, self-sufficient and ready /not ready for love.
In Parker’s case, he was ready for love, but he looked in the wrong place and ended up with Chyna.
His past is filled with insecurities about his looks. Although Chyna was the wrong woman for him, she knew exactly what to do to clean him up. From his bad hair, bad teeth and bad skin, Chyna made Parker into a very handsome man. Of course pushing him in the gym got his body to look good as well.
Yet, originally, Parker was supposed to meet Cheyenne, Chyna’s older twin sister. An evil female incarnate of the devil, Cheyenne had sent Chyna in her place to meet Parker at a party when they were younger. Seeing his potential, Chyna married him and once cleaned up, Cheyenne made it her mission to steal him back.
The twins are on a quest to win Parker’s affection and they know the only way to win him is with a baby, yet neither can get pregnant.
In comes little sister, Charisse.
How she becomes a part of the twins’ elaborate scheme to fight for Parker? Read and find out!
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Life has never been worth living for Charisse before her father died. After three attempts to kill herself were unsuccessful, she makes a deal for release from hell on earth, with one of the people who made her life what it was.
It wasn’t until Chyna finds out that her husband, Parker Mills, was having an affair with her twin sister, Cheyenne, that she realizes she’s losing the best thing she’s ever had. Feeling the ultimate betrayal by her own sibling, Chyna knows she has to do whatever it takes to keep her husband and give him what he longs for – a baby. Knowing that she’s unable to have children and Cheyenne is afflicted with the same condition, she decides to go to the only person that can help her save her marriage – her younger sister, Charisse.
In the end, one sister will die, another will lose everything and one will get everything that she wants.
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Excerpt
“Spending fifty thousand dollars to produce off spring is crazy. Do you know what I could have done with that money? By this time, I’d have hundred college funds set up for you to donate to some third world child you could have adopted.”
Frustrated, Parker sunk down in the chair in front of Jaelen’s desk. “Yeah, but it’s not the same and you know it, Jae. Look at you. Five kids. Five damn kids.”
“Two are from my wife’s first dead husband.”
“But you’re still a family. You have off spring. You have someone to carry on your bloodline and you’re sharing these moments with the woman you first fell in love with and married. I want that. I want to be you… well not all ornery and mean, but you know what I mean. I’ve been married ten years to Chyna and you weren’t even married to Kim before you were bopping out twins.”
“Well, she raped me to get mine.”
“Let’s not even go into that. I think you just harbor that over her just so you can take advantage of her.”
Jaelen smirked wickedly. “It does make the mundane marriage very exciting when you can tie up your wife and make her beg for you. You should try it sometime.”
“Chyna says it might mess up her hair and hands.”
“If you can spend fifty on a baby, you can spend a couple of hundred– “
“Let’s not go into this.” Parker really didn’t want to expand upon his wife’s shallow behavior.
Jaelen took the hint, understanding in advance this was a sore subject for Parker. “So, this crazy sister-in-law, what’s her story?”
“Nothing I haven’t already told you. Chyna says her sister is so pathetic she can’t even kill herself.”
“How many times has she tried?”
“This last time makes three.”
Jaelen stopped what he was doing and frowned. “I’m not religious and all that, but she ever thought that it just wasn’t her time, and that she had a purpose in life.”
“You ever thought you’re just saying that shit because you’re an ass and you’re trying to find some hilarity out of a bad situation?” He stood up.
“So I take it you haven’t told Chyna about the boat?”
Parker didn’t answer because he knew Jaelen already knew the answer. He was saving it for the moment when Chyna announced that they were going to have a baby. Knowing that they were going to dedicate eighteen more years together deserved an award and “the boat” was the key.
Yet that moment hadn’t come and he was starting to think it never would. The majority of Parker’s friends were married and those that were had children, vibrant healthy off spring. Their blood running through small versions of themselves.
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About the Author
Sylvia Hubbard knew she’d wanted to be a writer of romance long before she knew there were black writers in the world. Weaving stories magically as a summer past time to writing stories to get through the humdrum of school, she was able to create something from nothing.
Today, she has independently published over 28 books, is the founder of Motown Writers Network and The AA Electronic Literary Network, CEO of HubBooks Literary Services, runs over five blogs on a variety of subjects, host The Michigan Literary Network Radio Show and is a happily divorced mother of three children in Detroit, Michigan.
“I’m no superwoman,” she states with a smile that seems infinite on her lips. “I’m just being an asset in the world instead of a liability.”
Considered an addicted blogger by HoneyTechblog.com, nominated and recognized for her literary work in the Metro Detroit area, referred to as “A Literary Diva” by Detroit City Council and donned “Cliffhanger Queen” by her readers, she finds solace in speaking and educating on a variety of topics.
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April 5, 2014
Raining Romance Giveaway Blog Hop
Welcome to my stop on the Raining Romance Giveaway Blog Hop!
I’m having a great time reading new romance novels from other Entangled Publishing authors and am delighted to be giving away more ebooks from them!
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Spotlight On: Bette Stevens, author of PURE TRASH
Learn about PURE TRASH from the author, Bette Stevens
“Why did I write PURE TRASH, a short story adventure set in the 1950s?As a writer and a reader, I believe that we’re always getting fresh insight into our world from the books that we read.”
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* So, hop on your bike and get ready to pedal alongside Shawn and Willie Daniels.
As an elementary and middle-school teacher (since retired), I was an eye-witness to many of the direct effects of poverty’s aftermath on kids. What hit me the hardest was the way those who were among the haves would ignore, belittle or bully the have-nots. Don’t be disheartened, though. I’ve seen students, teachers, counselors, librarians, volunteers, administrators and parents, as well as church group and other community members who have made and are still making a difference in the lives of the poor and “different” among us.
In a nutshell, that is what PURE TRASH is about—discovering what poor kids went through in the 1950s. As a teacher, I believe this story can help us better understand the plight of poor children in our society today.
The RAVE REVIEWS BOOK CLUB SPOTLIGHT TOUR has already taken us through the first two scenes in this short story prequel to my upcoming novel. Shawn and Willie Daniels—two delightful boys who find adventure at every turn—are out on a Saturday adventure searching for empty bottles to turn into cash and candies at a story three miles from home. They’ve just left Stark’s General with full tummies and pockets full of licorice sticks. The boys are headed to the school playground to do some things they can’t do at recess.
I hear them now:
“Can we head over to the playground, Shawn?
Right now? Please, please, purty please?” Willie begged.
I finally said, “Sure, Willie, let’s go!”
Get ready to ride!
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Willie was so excited that he stood up on his pedals for the whole five-minute ride. When he finally plopped his bike down on the blacktop, Willie took off like a fox chasing a rabbit to capture the highest swing. Mum would sure have killed me if she’d known I’d even thought about letting Willie have a hay day at the playground. She always said that I was the sensible one, the responsible one.
“Hey, Shawn,” Willie hollered out, even though I was sitting on the swing right beside him.
I knew exactly what he wanted.
“Now Willie, I’m not gonna push you, ya hear? Just pump yourself up as high as you can. You’re already lots higher than I am. Besides, I don’t think anyone can swing up over that top bar.”
Willie was having a race with himself, thumping and thudding in his seat trying to get high enough to fly over that bar. Me, I was happy to sit and swing and think. Didn’t have time for that during recess. I was always trying to figure out some way to make myself invisible. I sure didn’t want to be the target in a dodge ball game.
Sometimes I’d set up a game of marbles and practice on my own over near the building. One day Timmy Doyle asked me if he could play. I taught Timmy the rules and showed him how to shoot. The next week, Timmy gave me 10 puries in different colors, two aggies and two cat eyes―huge―a blue one and a gold one. Before that, my marbles were the old clay ones Grampa used when he was a kid. Last year for my birthday, Grampa gave me a soft cloth bag with a drawstring. It was filled with his painted clay marbles. He taught me how to play the game and told me that I was real good at it.
I liked Timmy, but it seemed like nobody else did. I heard some of the grownups say the Timmy was “a little slow.” Buddy Wentworth and a bunch of the other kids called him names all the time. I reckon that being Timmy was about as bad as being Eddie Daniels’s kid.
Willie finally leaped off his swing and took off like a tiger for the jungle gym. He raced up the bars and tiptoed around for a while, then dangled himself from the tiptop. His knees hung over the metal bar and Willie was swinging his chest for all it was worth, arms dangling and chubby tummy jiggling. Every now and then he’d lift up his back, grab the bar with his hands and flip himself upright and hoot like Tarzan. Willie sure did look like the king of the jungle perched up on that bar.
I still wasn’t in any hurry to head home. Dad wouldn’t give up his ballgame until he was good and ready. Figured I might get in some practice at climbing the bars and then try swinging across the ladder on the far end. I’d watched the other kids at school do it, hand-over-hand. It looked like a lot of fun.
“Hey, Shawn, come on up here and try it!” Willie hollered when I jumped off my swing and paced my way over to the jungle gym.
“Nah, I’m just gonna fool around over on this end, Willie.”
It was a great day. I was really having fun. Willie and me were the only kids on the playground. I had to admit that climbing and swinging across the bars of the jungle gym was cool. It was sure a heck of a lot easier than climbing pine trees out back of the house. Why, I really could do lots of things here that I couldn’t do on a tree. And, today, no one was around to stop me. No one to make me wish I was invisible. It was a great day all right.
“Hey, Willie,” I finally hollered up to him. “I think we’d better head home now so we can get Dad to take us out fishin’.”
Willie just ignored me.
I wasn’t in any hurry to get home either. Figured if we left now, we’d have plenty of time to stop at the top of Andover again and fool around. Maybe set up a few cans and get in some more practice. We were both getting pretty good at using that slingshot.
Soon as Willie heard about Andover Hill and the slingshot, he jumped down from the top bar, ran straight for his bike, jumped on and raced up the road as fast as his six-year-old legs could push those pedals.
“Hey, Willie, will ya slow?”
“Willie, SLOW DOWN!” I hollered.
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Short Story Blurb: Experience the joy of a carefree Saturday and the blistering pain of feeling not quite good enough as you hop on a bike and ride into town with two delightful young boys who find adventure at every turn. Shawn and Willie Daniels live in the woods with no indoor water or plumbing. Dad spends most of his hard earned money on beer. Prejudice, class division, alcoholism, poverty, injustice, and bullying are cleverly woven into this 1950s adventure short. PURE TRASH is a prequel to the author’s upcoming debut novel scheduled for release Summer 2014.
To find out what happens next in this short story, grab your copy and take a LOOK INSIDE Bette’s other books, too at http://www.amazon.com/author/betteastevens
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AUTHOR’S NOTE: Caring adults can make a difference in the lives of all of our children.
As a reader, I can’t begin to count the lessons I’ve learned from fiction—life lessons. As a writer, I hope to advocate for children and to raise awareness of the plight of children living in poverty today. That’s why I wrote PURE TRASH.
I wanted to write a short story that could be used in the middle-school and high school classroom so that young people today could take a peek into poverty in the past. Like adult readers, young readers learn valuable lessons from the historical fiction they read. Today, our classrooms and students are more diverse than ever. Poverty and prejudice are still with us. No matter what our age, life has many lessons to be learned. Lessons about friendship. Lessons about being resourceful. Lessons about respecting people because we’ve had a chance to pick up a book and step into their lives.
Sign up for Bette’s email updates http://eepurl.com/t-7JP and get the inside scoop on her UPCOMING NOVEL including FREE pre-released chapters of this Work in Progress, Cover Reveal, Launch Party and more… Plus you’ll get notices of discounts and freebies from the author and Giveaways too. Sign up today to receive Bette’s FREE pdf “FUN & LEARNING with MONARCH BUTTERFLIES,” a companion piece she designed for her award-winning children’s picture book AMAZING MATILDA.
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DEBUT NOVEL Planned for Release Summer 2014!
The current working title is PURE TRASH, A Boomer’s Story. It’s the coming of age of a poor boy growing up in small town America in the 1950s and 1960s.
Here’s a Work-In-Progress Cover & Blurb SAMPLE I’ve been working on for my debut novel.
Back Cover Blurb:
Remember the Good Old Days? You know, the 1950s and ‘60s, when America was flying high. The All American Family lived a life filled with hopes and dreams and life’s necessities too.
Shawn Daniels isn’t your typical American Boomer Boy. No, Shawn is a poor boy. He can’t join Boy Scouts or sports teams. There’s not even enough money for necessities. Besides, Shawn doesn’t have time for that. But when chores are done, there’s always fishing!
Shawn Daniels is the oldest in a family of four children. His father is the town drunk. Shawn’s family has no indoor plumbing or running water, but they do have a TV. Dad deserves the rewards of his labor at the tannery—television, beer and ballgames—while the boys keep the firewood cut and stacked, haul in water for cooking and cleaning and weed the gardens or shovel snow. Shawn hates school. He’s been the butt of the kid’s jokes for years, eating his onion sandwiches in the cafeteria while others feast on food that he only dreams of tasting.
It’s 1964 and Shawn Daniels is ready to leave it all behind. Shawn’s on his way to U.S. Army boot camp in North Carolina to soak up some southern sun and begin a new life. But for some reason, he just can’t get Mum’s scrapbook out of his mind. When a little fellow with blonde hair sits beside him on the plane, the life Shawn is leaving behind comes back in a flash. The plane’s getting ready to take off, so fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride!
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I would love to hear what you think! ~ Bette A. Stevens
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April 4, 2014
Guest Post: Judy Serrano, author of Ivy Vines: Visions
Judy Serrano graduated from Texas A&M University, Commerce with a BA in English. She is a substitute teacher at her children’s school district and teaches developmental writing at a local college. She is also a freelance writer for certain on-line periodicals and does editing for indie authors. She is the author of The Easter’s Lilly Series, The Linked Series, and The Ivy Vines, Visions Series.
Although she is originally from New York, she currently resides in Texas with her husband, four children, (all boys) and five dogs. She is also a singer/songwriter in her spare time.
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Moving to Sedona was the only way Ivy could think of to start over. She would meet her high school sweetheart and work on making things right between them. Her psychic abilities were gradually becoming a curse and she needed a new start. Little does she know that when she applies for a waitressing job at a local, upscale French bistro, she will come in contact with the dark and mysterious Eli Dubois. What she doesn’t realize is she has just walked into the middle of the Vortex Murders, which involve a great deal of paranormal activity. Elijah’s army of seers are being murdered, one by one, which seems to be magnifying Ivy’s special abilities.
Eli’s best friend, Jake, arrives on the scene and reveals the secret that changes everything. With nowhere to turn, Ivy leans on the two men who offer her solace. And who is the old woman in the shroud? Is she a vision, a dream, or is she real? Only time will tell.
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Beef Cake Recipe
3 pounds of pure muscle
1 tsp. of stubbornness
1 stalk of passion
2 cans of good in bed
3 tablespoons of emotionally unavailable
2 teaspoons of betrayal
1 tsp. of danger
5 pounds of oh my God!
Mix muscle, stubbornness, passion, and good in bed, with emotionally unavailable. Add betrayal, danger, and oh my God with a fork. Mix together and season. It can be hot to taste, but be careful, you can burn easily. Pour into 11×9 pan and bake 20 minutes. Feeds enough to satisfy any hungry woman.
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Spotlight On: Orange Blossom by Sarah Daltry
Orange Blossom – Release Blitz
By Sarah Daltry
New Adult Contemporary
Date Published: April 4, 2014
“I’ve never understood a year. A year was always a measurement of something bad for me. A year in my father’s prison sentence, a year since my mom’s death, a year left of school before I could get far, far away from here. Now, as I look down the end of my college career, with only a little more than a semester to go, a year seems like something magical. It has been a year since Lily chose me, since she sat with me on the old swing set and made a decision that I was worthy of her. And every minute of the entire year has been better than the last.”
You already know their stories: Lily, the perfect princess, always living someone else’s life. And Jack, the broken boy, who had stopped believing in hope. Somehow, though, they found each other and what was one night blossomed into a love story.
Now, a year later, Jack and Lily are dreaming of the future. Despite all of his promises to himself that he would never be indebted to anyone, Jack makes a new promise – this time to Lily – that he will be there for her forever. But when life unravels for them, he starts to pull away, and Lily worries he’s out of reach for good.
When Jack does the unthinkable, Lily is left destroyed. Is it possible to have a happily ever after? Does love ever really save anyone?
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He’s smiling. Not that smirk he gets when he’s bitter but also pleased about something. It’s not the smile that says that he knows happiness is temporary. When he lines up his Skee-ball shot, there is a smile on his face that is pure. Genuine. It’s like taking a step back and seeing Jack in a photograph. One from years before his life went crazy. He is just a dorky kid playing Skee-ball and he’s so happy when he nails the shot. He does an awkward little dance and it’s the kind of thing about Jack that makes me love him. He’s gorgeous and sexy and aggressive yet sweet. He’s kind and considerate of me, both sexually and in general. But I don’t love Jack for that. I love him because there is light in the world in the space he takes up. I know he doesn’t see it, but he’s inside himself. From the outside, all I see is the absolute electricity and fire that fills the air around him.
“That’s how it’s done,” he tells me when he finishes his game, wrapping up his ridiculous stack of tickets. I’m so going to lose, but I don’t care. He’s happy. I just almost wish I were better at this, so we could stay here longer, so that Jack could be this part of himself for as long as he needs.
“I think you’re perfect,” I say.
“Because I’m good at Skee-ball? Shit, that’s all it takes?”
I shake my head. “No, but you tell me all the time. I don’t think I ever say it to you. I don’t like the idea of perfection. It’s too much of a standard to live up to, but I don’t think you even understand. It’s cheesy and probably cliché, but I just can’t imagine how I could breathe without you. How did I exist before this?”
He looks down, uncomfortable because it is one thing to tell Jack he’s hot or sexy; he can handle that and he gets arrogant and ridiculous when I tell him that. However, this part of him, this vulnerability, he buries it so deep that drawing attention to it makes him want to disappear. But I don’t want that. I want him to embrace it, because it’s beautiful.
“Don’t look down,” I say and I lift his face to look at me. His eyes explode with light, the way fireworks do on New Year’s when the sky is like ink and then it’s suddenly on fire. I lean in and kiss him, feeling his hands tighten on my arms and his lips opening against mine. He’s scared. I can feel it in the way he kisses me today; he feels himself falling and he is trying to hold on and I need to figure out how to be steady enough to hold him. “Trust me,” I plead. “Let me take some of what you’re feeling. I can handle it, Jack.”
He nods. “Another day. Today, I just want to stay here, to be here with you, where it’s safe and comfortable and my entire world is this. Where strawberries and popcorn and Skee-ball and shitty plastic toys are the entirety of what exists.” He pauses. “I promise, Lily. I will. Soon. But let me hide from it. Just for a little longer?”
“Okay, but don’t hide from me, okay?” I ask.
About the Author
Sarah Daltry writes about the regular people who populate our lives. She’s written works in various genres – romance, erotica, fantasy, horror. Genre isn’t as important as telling a story about people and how their lives unfold. Sarah tends to focus on YA/NA characters but she’s been known to shake it up. Most of her stories are about relationships – romantic, familial, friendly – because love and empathy are the foundation of life. It doesn’t matter if the story is set in contemporary NY, historical Britain, or a fantasy world in the future – human beings are most interesting in the ways they interact with others. This is the principle behind all of Sarah’s stories.
Sarah has spent most of her life in school, from her BA and MA in English and writing to teaching both at the high school and college level. She also loves studying art history and really anything because learning is fun.
When Sarah isn’t writing, she tends to waste a lot of time checking Facebook for pictures of cats, shooting virtual zombies, and simply staring out the window.
The other titles in the Flowering series are Forget Me Not, Lily of the Valley, Blue Rose, and Star of Bethlehem. The final book, Ambrosia, will be out in June.
Sarah has also written Bitter Fruits, an urban fantasy romance, and Backward Compatible, a gamer geek romantic comedy.
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April 3, 2014
Spotlight On: Absolution, by Carlyle Labuschagne
Title: Absolution
Author: Carlyle Labuschagne
Series: The Broken Diaries (#1)
Genre: SciFi/YA/Dystopian
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: Late 2014
Editions/Formats It Will Be Available In: eBook
Carlyle Labuschagne is a South African Debut Author working her way into the hearts of international readers with her First Young Adult Dystopian Novel “The Broken Destiny. She is not only an author but works as a Sales Rep and Marketing Manager by day. She holds a diploma in creative writing through the writing school at College SA. Loves to swim, fights for the trees, food lover who is driven by her passion for life. Carlyle writes for IU e-magazine India, an inspirational non-profit magazine that aims at inspiring the world through words. The drive behind her author career is healing through words. Carlyle is also the founder of the first annual book drive – Help build a library in Africa project. “My goal as an Author is to touch people’s lives and help others love their differences and one another.”
A firm believer in – YA Saves!
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April 2, 2014
Spotlight On: Priceless by Shannon Mayer
Priceless – PROMO Blitz
Shannon Mayer
Urban Fantasy Romance
Date Published: November 2012
“My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker.”
When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.
I’m on the FBI’s wanted list. I have a werewolf for a pet, a Witch of a best friend, and I have no need for anyone else in my life.
But when a salvage starts to spin out of control, help comes from a most unexpected direction. One that is dangerously dark, brooding, and doesn’t know a thing about the supernatural.
One whose kisses set me on fire.
Shannon Mayer
Shannon Mayer lives in the southwestern tip of Canada with her husband, dog, cats, horse, and cows. When not writing she spends her time staring at immense amounts of rain, herding old people (similar to herding cats) and attempting to stay out of trouble. Especially that last is difficult for her.She is the author of the The Rylee Adamson Novels, The Nevermore Trilogy, A Celtic Legacy series and several contemporary romances. Please visit her website at http://www.shannonmayer.com for more information on her novels.
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Links to other books in Series
Immune (The Rylee Adamson Novels, Book 2)
Raising Innocence (The Rylee Adamson Novels, Book 3)
Shadowed Threads ( The Raylee Adamson Novels, Book 4)
Blind Salvage (The Rylee Adamson Novels, Book 5)
Tracker (The Rylee Adamson Novels, Book 6)
Alex (A Rylee Adamsoin Short Story)
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Title: Tall, Dark, & Alpha
Authors: Various authors
Genre: Multi-genre
Age: 18+
Publication: March 8, 2014
He makes your heart pound and melts your resistance away. He promises you a world of passion and you find it impossible to resist his dark charm. When he catches your eye across the room, you know he means business. He could be an executive, cop, shape shifter, or a bad boy looking for a little fun. Once he has you in his sights, you can’t get away—and after one sizzling night in his arms, you won’t want to. He’s Tall, Dark & Alpha. The alpha male is the ultimate indulgence…the richest dark chocolate…and we’re offering him to you in abundance.
Delve into the sensual worlds of award-winning authors: Randi Alexander, Koko Brown, Sam Cheever, Delaney Diamond, Eve Langlais, Afton Locke, Dawn Montgomery, Farrah Rochon, Paige Tyler, and Eve Vaughn. Immerse yourself in the alpha male experience.
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Excerpts
(Please note that some excerpts may contain adult material)
Click here for an excerpt from Player’s Challenge by Koko Brown
Click here for an excerpt from Tall, Dark, & Apocalyptic by Sam Cheever
Click here for an excerpt from Silver Tongued Devils by Dawn Montgomery
Click here for an excerpt from Two Cops, a Girl and a Pair of Handcuffs by Paige Tyler
Click here for an excerpt from Chase and Seduction by Randi Alexander
Click here for an excerpt from Crazy by Eve Langlais
Click here for an excerpt from Fight for Love by Delaney Diamond
Click here for an excerpt from In Her Wildest Dreams by Farrah Rochon
Click here for an excerpt from Rock My Boat by Afton Locke
Click here for an excerpt from Sex with the Ex by Eve Vaughn
Who is your Alpha Male?
Find out what the authors had to say…
Afton Locke
Alpha Male: “Actor Steven Seagal because he portrays a man who is tough and honorable. He only fights when he has to but does it so well, incorporating martial arts.”
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Dawn Montgomery
Alpha Male: “Jason Statham. His characters are strong-willed and awesome. He doesn’t hesitate to do what needs to be done to finish a job. And that accent just makes me happy. Karl Urban is a close second.”
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Delaney Diamond
Alpha Male: “Don Draper from Mad Men. He’s confident, masculine, and wears the hell out of a suit.”
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Eve Langlais
Alpha Male: Damon – “Ian Somerhalder (From The Vampire Diaries) – He’s violent and unrepentant, but when it comes to those he cares about, he does the right, if bloody, thing”
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Eve Vaughn
Alpha Male: “Rick Grimes from the Walking Dead because when push comes to shove, he is a man who will get the job done!”
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Farrah Rochon
Alpha Male: “John Medina from Linda Howard’s ALL THE QUEEN’S MEN — because he’s freaking John Medina! And because he is the very definition of hot.”
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Koko Brown
Alpha Male: “Michael Fassbender because his shark-toothed grin is sexy and makes you wonder if he’s a biter”
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Paige Tyler
Alpha Male: “Chris Hemsworth – He’s so hot and totally alpha as THOR!”
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Randi Alexander
Alpha Male: “Dwayne Johnson, “The Rock.” He’s built tough, has that low, rumbling voice, but when he gives you that sweet smile, it just flutters your heart!”
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Sam Cheever
Alpha Male: “Theo James in Divergent because he’s willing to do the hard thing when he needs to, but you can tell it tears him apart inside. Plus he has extremely sexy eyes.”
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