Isabelle Drake's Blog, page 62

It's good to have a sense of humor.

The drink for bad girls

Is there any better combination than a sexy guy and the perfect martini? Even better if that guy is handsome, charming, fictional and creates a martini and names it after you. Bonus? You aren't a good girl who does everything right. You're a double agent who gets to travel the world, do naughty things and look great while doing them.

James Bond's famous “shaken not stirred” martini, The Vesper Martini, is named after Vesper Lynd, a character first introduced in Ian Fleming's 1953 novel Casino Royale. Despite her poor treatment of him, coming in the form of her being a double agent who assisted in his kidnapping, he continues to think about her. Super-secret badass spies have a weakness for smart, tricky women. If you’re a up for a good time, watch Casino Royale and its sequel, Quantum of Solace, back to back.



While you are watching, you’ll need a Vesper in hand.

Bold Moves, early download available now at Totally Bound

Orderly and predictable describes Eva Marie’s life, until she accepts the dare of a Brazilian soccer player with wicked moves and a notorious reputation.

The last thing Eva Marie needs right now, just as her event planning business is getting off the ground, is a man. Especially a sought after bachelor with a reputation for no-strings-attached, serial dating.

Famous Brazilian soccer player Davi Ferreira likes his games and women fast and flashy. Handsome and fit, he’s never met a woman he couldn’t quickly and easily charm into his bed. Until Eva Marie. When the opportunity to participate in her event, ‘The Ultimate Bachelor’ promises to give him one final chance to escape the friend zone, he eagerly accepts.

Thanks to a popular DC blog, people in Washington are watching the live stream featuring Eva Marie’s event. Cameras cover everything, including Eva and Davi’s ultra-sexy kiss. The steamy exchange sparks a firestorm of tweets that force Eva and Davi to settle a question posed by web viewers—was the sizzling kiss a promotional stunt or the real thing?

Bold Moves is the 4th story in the Invitations series. Get it today from Totally Bound.

Bold Moves, early download available now for at Totally Bound

Orderly and predictable describes Eva Marie’s life, until she accepts the dare of a Brazilian soccer player with wicked moves and a notorious reputation.

The last thing Eva Marie needs right now, just as her event planning business is getting off the ground, is a man. Especially a sought after bachelor with a reputation for no-strings-attached, serial dating.

Famous Brazilian soccer player Davi Ferreira likes his games and women fast and flashy. Handsome and fit, he’s never met a woman he couldn’t quickly and easily charm into his bed. Until Eva Marie. When the opportunity to participate in her event, ‘The Ultimate Bachelor’ promises to give him one final chance to escape the friend zone, he eagerly accepts.

Thanks to a popular DC blog, people in Washington are watching the live stream featuring Eva Marie’s event. Cameras cover everything, including Eva and Davi’s ultra-sexy kiss. The steamy exchange sparks a firestorm of tweets that force Eva and Davi to settle a question posed by web viewers—was the sizzling kiss a promotional stunt or the real thing?

Bold Moves is the 4th story in the Invitations series. Get it today from Totally Bound.

10 Best things to do when you visit a new city

This list was first featured in the UK' s awesome online celebrity magazine, Female First. If you haven't already check it out, after reading this, head straight over. 

1. Use social media before you leave. You might be surprised to find a friend who lives there or will be visiting at the same time.

2. Find the used and rare books bookstore. Supporting independent booksellers.
3. Visit historical sites. Learn!
4. Ask the locals where to get the best lunch. Best food, best price.
5. Take that lunch to a local park. People watching is always the best entertainment.
6. Takes snaps of random things. You’ll best surprised how fun they are to show friends.
7. Hunt down resale shops. Better than a tourist shops, you’ll get unique items that reflect the city.
8. Check the newspaper for free festivals or concerts.
9. Check the library for events. A great way to meet authors and hear them read.
10. Check museums for films. Many museums run film festivals featuring the best in foreign films.

Holiday shopping?

Pumpkin Bread, baking day recipe

Those of who follow me on Facebook, know I do a lot of baking and that about once a month I have Baking Day. My best friend and I get together, open a bottle (or two) of wine and bake. Sometimes we try new recipes, sometimes we make favorites. The pumpkin bread recipe below is a long standing favorite of mine and perfect for this time of year.


Pumpkin Bread 
Grease and flour 2 bread loaf pans.Preheat oven to 350.
Dry ingredients:
31/3 cup flour2 teaspoons baking soda1 teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons cinnamon1/2 teaspoon nutmeg3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Wet ingredients: 2 cups canned pumpkin3 cups sugar1 cup water1 cup vegetable oil4 eggsPlace dry ingredients into medium bowl, blend and set aside. Place wet ingredients into large bowl and blend well.Gradually add dry ingredients, beating until smooth.Place in pans and bake for about 50 minutes. Done when toothpick comes out clean.
Top with cream cheese frosting or powdered sugar if preferred.

Bold Moves Invitations #4, coming early 2014

Famous Brazilian soccer player Davi Ferreira likes his games and women fast and flashy. Handsome and fit and, he’s never met a woman he couldn’t quickly and easily charm into his bed. Until Eva Marie. When the opportunity to participate in her event, ‘The Ultimate Bachelor’ promises to give him one final chance to escape the friend zone he eagerly accepts.

Thanks to a popular DC blog, people in Washington are watching the live stream featuring Eva Marie’s event. Cameras cover everything, including Eva and Davi’s ultra sexy kiss. The steamy exchange sparks a firestorm of tweets that force Eva and Davi to settle question posed by web viewers--was the sizzling kiss a promotional stunt or the real thing?
The last thing Eva Marie needs right now, just as her event planning business is getting off the ground, is a man. Especially a sought after bachelor with a reputation for no-strings-attached serial-dating.

Visit the Invitations on Pinterest About the Invitations series:
In Washington, D.C. USA, a city of glittering lights and all-night parties filled with beautiful socialites and powerful politicians, women can to go after what—and who—they want.

Waiting for invitations can get in the way, but smart, savvy women create their own opportunities for hot times and hook-ups.Sometimes a woman who breaks the rules to go after what she wants can get in over her head, but if she's with the right man, the more rules broken, the better it gets.

Undone by the Undead and Servicing the Undead, now in print together

Undead Heat from Ellora's Cave out now. 

This paperback contains both Undone by the Undead and Servicing the Undead as well as Warm Bodies by J.K. Coi.


Warm Bodies by  J.K. Coi
“He who makes wishes of the damned must accept the consequences of releasing them.”
Returning home from the Great War, Graham longs for something he fears he no longer deserves—Anna, the love he left behind three years ago. When a mysterious old woman begs him to retrieve a trinket, then disappears, Graham is compelled to rub the tinderbox and make a wish. He wishes to have Anna by his side…and she suddenly appears! They want the night to explore and pleasure each other.
But the tinderbox’s black magic is powerful and brings a price—a horde of walking corpses that will stop at nothing to sate their craving for flesh. Additional wishes can’t drive the ravenous dead back into their graves. They only succeed in raising an army of zombies that will destroy everyone in their path—starting with Graham and Anna.
J.K. and I @ Romanticon Undone by the Undead by Isabelle Drake
The Boston Public Library is lonely in the middle of a snow storm, but Hayden isn’t going anywhere until he gets what he wants—information he can use for a tabloid newspaper article he’s writing. A book on zombie sex rituals promises exactly what he needs to please his boss, who’s convinced the undead are roaming the streets.
Hayden’s been buried in research for so long, he can’t resist the urgent, sexual advances of the smudgy-eyed girl in tattered tights who climbs in through the library window. But is she human, something conjured by his imagination…or a zombie in need of human flesh?
Servicing the Undead by  Isabelle Drake
The city of Boston is hostage to a relentless blizzard, and the tabloid Hayden Thomas writes for warns readers of a new strain of zombie roaming the streets. Hayden already knows what these particular undead seek from the living—fierce, ritualistic sexual encounters.
Having sex with an ice-covered, smudgy-eyed woman in tattered fishnets and a barely there miniskirt is Hayden’s first mistake. His second is thinking he’s in control of what happens next. Mattie—one of the undead—forces Hayden to become her servant. And she wants more from him than just endless intercourse…
Reader Advisory: These zombies are in it for the flesh (pun intended), not the happy endings.
Undead Heat is available at Ellora's Cave and Amazon.

Romanticon 2013!