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September 22, 2017
The highs and the lows.
Okay, lovelies. Time for another one of those posts where I blog about my life and my issues, and share gifs to make it all a little more tolerable. As usual, this will be a lot of info, so if you don’t wanna know – watch the sunrise, move along, play some candy crush. It won’t hurt my feelings, I promise.
Ready? Let’s start with the highs.
About a month ago Royally Mine hit the USA Today bestseller’s list and there was much excitement. I actually found out on a wednesday due to that fun trickery with the posting system on the USA Today website where you can see the next week’s post as soon as they’ve built it. I was actually with the Dom that day, both of us working on real-job stuff, when I got the text from Livia Grant. The best part? Not only had we hit the list, we had hit the top 50 on the list!
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There was disbelief, and ecstatic screaming. I interrupted the Dom in his office to basically freak out in a high-pitched tone about how amazing it was, and how thrilled we all were. There were texts and phone calls and FB posts and SO MANY GOOD AND WONDERFUL THINGS! I basically looked like this:
and then this where I kept having to double-check and verify, because it just did NOT feel real…
then my Dom, my friends, my lovely readers would confirm with posts / comments / messages that, holy shit, yes, it’s real. I’m a USA Today bestselling author. Holy fucking shit. It’s REAL!
I was ecstatic and so distracted I couldn’t get work done anyway (and I was sitting on about… 40-50 cane marks from the serious caning session he and I had done the night before), so the Dom decided it was time for a celebratory late lunch / early dinner sushi & sake marathon. While I texted / facebooked in the passenger seat with a stupid grin on my face, the Dom drove around to a bunch of different sushi places that were closed mid-afternoon, and then we finally found a place. It was mostly empty, but the food was delicious, and I didn’t care because I was so fucking excited. Literally, mid-sentence of me saying how thrilled I was and how excited I was to do SO MANY THINGS in September, I got a text message from my grandparents saying my mom wasn’t feeling well.
^ me in the restaurant staring at my phone ^
We texted back and forth asking questions, and the answers were… not good. It was one of those things where once the knowledge was in my head, it overwhelmed everything else. Kind of like a solar eclipse (hey, timely reference, right?) because the bright, shiny thing was still there. It was just hidden behind this giant other object and I couldn’t see past it. I felt myself sliding into a low point, away from all the glitter and joy, but in a slow way. Like quicksand, or plunging into darkness at the speed of a sunset.
Yep, the highs and the lows, right?
For those of you that don’t know, my family does not know I write, and my mother has Stage 4 cancer and is not doing well in general. Every text / call like that sends me into immediate thoughts of *is this it*? It’s a constant buzz in the back of my head, and has been for years, and having my grandparents tell me “this doesn’t look good” pretty much guaranteed a full-stop to all things.
I told the Dom I needed to get back to his house, get my stuff, and then go home because I didn’t know what was going to happen. When I did get home I stared at the computer, at all the happy posts and congrats and sweet messages and celebrations from others who had hit the list for the first time… and I couldn’t feel anything. So I just went to bed.
The next day, my mom was hospitalized. Underweight, weak, dehydrated. I went and saw her, which helped a little, but I couldn’t shake the doom & gloom that was keeping all of the golden joy from the USA Today blocked, leaving me in a gray-toned shadow.
She spent about three days in the hospital, got out, but was told she couldn’t do chemo until she was “stable” again. (Side note: she’s still not stable enough for chemo, which means pain because cancer is a dick).
If that were the only thing happening, I would have dealt with it. I’ve dealt with it before, but there were also health concerns for me that I had been putting off and was finally peer-pressured into handling. Without boring you with details, I was having some odd pains, some other stuff, and needed to see my doctor… who literally closed his practice the week before my mom went into the hospital. So I had to find a new doctor, get an appt, and get a bunch of tests done. The good news? I got a diagnosis, but it doesn’t explain everything, so now I’m *also* getting a cancer screening at the end of the month. I’m still having issues / pain, but life doesn’t stop for anyone and so I just tossed another log onto the proverbial fire and said, “Let it burn, I’ll deal with it.”
^ this gif is EVERYTHING right now ^
I really kept telling myself that everything would be okay. Mom would level out, or she wouldn’t, but it’s always pending on the horizon and I would be there for her. My health would get in order, I’d get myself fixed up, and be fine. EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. At least, that’s what I kept screaming into the aether while my family in South Texas dealt with a hurricane, then another hurricane hit Florida, and the wildfires, and earthquakes, and political hell…
aaaaaand then my usually stable life as a single mom with my kiddo exploded. I don’t talk about her much, mostly because I don’t think her life / image is mine to share with the random internets, but I am going to talk about the situation right now because it’s the straw that broke me – utterly fucking broke me – this month. She’s only four, in a daycare based preschool (because there is no pre-k in our school district), and I’m sure there are a hundred reasons why she could have suddenly lost her mind (including being stressed about her grandmother’s health, and being aware of my stress from that), but about a month ago she started losing her mind all the time. Epic tantrums lasting 30 – 45 mins where she just screamed and sobbed until she choked because she was so upset, completely nonvocal, and so they kept sending her to the director’s office because… well, class can’t really continue with a kid losing their shit for 30 minutes on the floor where a bunch of other 4 year olds are trying to work on writing the letter A.
I already felt like a terrible mom. A terrible fucking mom who had that kid in public and at daycare.
This rapidly escalated into her hitting/kicking other kids, teachers, and more violence, and then the school started to talk about kicking her out. Basically, if she can’t stay in the classroom, then she can’t stay at the preschool, because the director’s job isn’t to watch kids, it’s to run the school.
Since she was also doing this at home with me (and at her dad’s house) we were at a loss for what to do. Long story short, it has been chaos, panicked insurance talks to find therapists, desperate meetings with the preschool asking them to keep her, convos with my bosses at my day job pleading with them to be understanding, late nights where I did day job work to make up for missing time. Blah blah fucking blah. The main issue is that while this is seriously fucking stressful, IF my kid gets kicked out of this preschool, finding a replacement will be very hard for a TON of different reasons (please do not try and list suggestions on replacing her preschool, I promise I’m researching all options and I’m exhausted enough over it).
This clusterfuck of events, coupled with a bunch of other tiny things that normally wouldn’t wreck me (UPS refusing to deliver packages to my apartments, an ant invasion at my front door, having to stop eating things I like, breaking a glass so I don’t have two of them for bourbon with the Dom) has turned me into a useless mess in the last couple of weeks. Coming to work like an exhausted, stress-addled shell of a person that caught fire at some point and doesn’t have the energy to realize they’re burning because that would take too much effort.
^ something like this. this is how i feel at the day job. ^
The craziest part is that I’m not even listing all of the chaos going on, and the Dom and my friends and everyone keep offering to help, but the problems aren’t things that are easily fixable. My life has just exploded, and I’m so exhausted all the time that the handful of days I’ve written anything this month have been a miracle.
I’m incredibly behind on writing deadlines, not keeping up with promises I’ve made to readers / fellow authors, not being around on FB, not posting my weekly stuff, not participating in an author event I signed up for… and it’s just another nest of things making me feel like shit.
And the thing is, writing it all out helps a little, just because it turns down the screaming in my head for a few minutes to pour it all out into words, but I can’t even tell you when I’m going to feel more like myself. I don’t know when this fucking eclipse will end, because it just seems to be getting darker, and I’m so tired. People keep telling me that things will get better but I’m cursed to be a realist (have never been an optimist) and I am well aware that my mom will die eventually from this cancer shit, we just don’t know when. I know that my preschool can’t keep my kid if she’s injuring other kids, so they could kick her out. I know that the results from my health screening could be good, or could be bad, I won’t know until it’s done – so I do need to do it and I am. I know that my boss won’t continue to be understanding forever, so if I’m not careful I could fuck up at my day job which pays my bills (because USA Today bestseller or not, writing is not bankrolling me). And I know that my friends (online and real life), my Dom, and my family will only put up with me being a trainwreck for so long.
Eventually, I’ll have to not be on fire anymore, or I’ll have to shut up and burn in silence because this shit is fucking depressing.
I think that’s the main reason I just disappeared after the USA Today announcement got eclipsed by my mom’s health, and then the life shit in general. I didn’t want to rain on anyone’s parade. So many people are doing amazing things right now, and I just want them to go and be happy and successful without thinking about the mess that I am.
So, hi. I’m alive. I’m not in the pit with the demons, I’m in a grayscale haze, and my life is on fire, and I’m doing everything I can to get it under control but right now there’s only chaos and I’m sorry.
Trust me, I’ll be fine. Eventually.
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September 7, 2017
Thankful Thursday
Oh, lovelies, it’s #ThankfulThursday and you are all so wonderful, and so while I’ve got a trio of hotties for you to help us make it through the week, I want you to know that I’m so thankful for *you*. I’m having a rough time, and you all know that, and so many of you have commented / reached out / emailed to just say that you’re thinking of my mom and I, and that means more than I can say. As an author you’d think I’d have better words to be grateful, but I’m just overwhelmed by the kindness our little corner of the internet has shown in the past week (especially when it feels like the entire world is underwater, and in danger, and being hurt, and being threatened, and nothing really feels good when I lift my head up at the moment). My friend Lesley Clark (who is also having a shit time) said it best when she said I went from the highest of highs hitting USA Today to the lowest of lows finding out my mom had taken a turn. I think that has given me some kind of emotional whiplash because I just can’t process much of anything right now, and I’m relatively useless in general (as an employee, an author, a sub, a friend, a mom, a daughter). I promise I’m not in the dark pit, I’m more floating in a grayscale haze wondering if I slept or just laid still for hours and sometimes I’m just staring into space not thinking at all. Like I said, emotional whiplash. My brain is offline and the reboot isn’t complete, but hot guys are hot guys, and since I missed a bunch of my normal posts, I wanted to give you guys this.
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August 29, 2017
Teaser Tuesday! ‘Her Cocky Doctors’ by Tara Crescent!
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We’re back to the normal fun of #TeaserTuesday this week, but there’s nothing average about the two hotties in Tara Crescent’s latest sizzling menage ‘Her Cocky Doctors’. I’ve always loved Tara’s brand of dirty that always ends with the fuzzy HEA that has you grinning ear to ear, and this book is no exception. Just read these mini-teasers!!
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Her Cocky Doctors
Happy Endings? I don’t think so.
In the town of Goat, Oregon, the two cocky doctors who run the Clinic of Love don’t just provide medical care.
Nope. These doctors are notorious for their bedside manner, if you know what I mean. Women come in desperate for a good time, and leave extra-satisfied.
Not me.
I’m a reporter. Doctors like Declan Wilde and Blake Thorpe give the entire medical profession a bad name, and I’m determined to expose them.
Even if having a threesome is prominently featured on my Sex Bucket List.
Even if their washboard abs cause my girl-bits to spontaneously combust.
Even if I really want to make a special appointment with them, and I would love a ‘happy ending’ of my own.
This story is going to get written. I will destroy these cocky doctors.
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Teasers
She’s naked under the thin hospital gown, lying on her back, her feet dangling next to the stirrups at the end of the examination table.
Christmas came early this year.
She’s beautiful, and she’s ours. I want her soft pouty pink lips wrapped around my cock. I want to hear her moan my name, her large brown eyes hazy with need. I want to feel her muscles tremble as we make her come, over and over again.
I exchange a glance with Blake as the two of us move inside the room. When she hears us, her breathing quickens, but she stays where she is.
“Ms. Davey,” I greet her, my gaze drawn to her round breasts. I can see the outline of her nipples under the thin robe, firm and erect, and my cock hardens in response. “What brings you in today?”
Her cheeks are pink and flushed. “I’d like the special service, Doctor,” she whispers. “Will you make me feel good?”
Make me feel good. That’s the code phrase. Lana Davey isn’t here for a routine examination. She’s here for the extra service this clinic offers. She’s here for a happy ending.
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Declan doesn’t reply right away. He bends to pick up the sheet, and my heart stops beating.
Because he’s holding my Sex Bucket List in his hands.
And judging from the way his eyes widen, he’s reading it.
Ouch.
A slow smile spreads across his face. “Writers are far more interesting than I would have imagined,” he says, handing the sheet to Blake, who takes it from him with a raised eyebrow. “Don’t you think, Blake?”
My cheeks are hot with embarrassment.
Blake scans the list and looks up, his eyes dancing with merriment. “You have threesome on here twice,” he says.
My only option is to tough it out. I lift my head up and look steadily at the two men. “Can I have my list back?”
“Of course.” Blake hands it to me. “And if you’re interested in crossing items off the bucket list,” he says, his voice silky-smooth, “Declan and I are happy to help you out.”
Work-Lana would decline, sternly reminding herself that she’s here for a story and nothing else.
I’m tired of Work-Lana. She never has any fun. A devil-may-care attitude fills me. These guys want to up the ante? I’m on. “Yeah right,” I scoff. “Sure. You’re all gung-ho now, but any suggestion of your swords touching and I bet you twenty bucks that you’ll run away in panic.”
Declan wordlessly takes a twenty dollar bill from his wallet and sets it on the table.
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OH. MY. GOD. I absolutely love this story, it’s got medical play + menage + hot guys + Tara’s witty dialogue and I hate that it’s waiting for me on my kindle and mocking me as I try to be a responsible adult. ADULTING SUCKS! Hopefully you don’t have to wait to snag this book, because it is *delicious* and will give you all warm fuzzies… and tingles. Enjoy!
Amazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon UK | Amazon DE
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Want more of Tara Crescent?
Tara Crescent writes steamy contemporary romances for readers who like hot, dominant heroes and strong, sassy heroines. When she’s not writing, she can be found curled up on a couch with a good book, often with a cat on her lap. She lives in Toronto.
Website: http://www.taracrescent.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tara.crescent
Twitter: http://twitter.com/TaraCrescent
August 28, 2017
Music Monday – O.O.A.
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Oh, hell yes! It’s #MusicMonday and I fucking LOVE this song today, it’s called “O.O.A.” by 1st Vows (which I believe stands for object of affection, but I couldn’t find anything that agreed with me) and not only do I love the powerful beat/music, but I love this man’s voice too (especially since he’s singing some badass feminist lyrics that make me want to high five him). I mean, seriously, I fucking *LOVE* this song. Crank it up and love it with me!
Lyrics
She’s not your object of affection,
she’s not an object at all.
She’s not the answer to a question.
She’s not waiting to be made whole.
So, remember, remember,
remember, remember,
when you were young boys
with all your blood rushing.
So, remember, remember,
remember, remember,
she never did,
never has,
never will,
never owed you nothing!
Never owed you nothing!
It’s not your fault you’ve been conditioned,
to believe you reap what you sow.
Of woman, God has made no mention,
so does she wait for scraps from the floor?
So, remember, remember,
remember, remember,
when you were young boys
with all your blood rushing.
So, remember, remember,
remember, remember,
she never did,
never has,
never will,
never owed you nothing!
She never owed you nothing!
Never owed you nothing!
Never owed you nothing!
What color would you like her dressed in,
when you look down on her?
Just when you think that she is less than,
she multiplies herself and gives you a son.
Oh, so remember, remember,
remember, remember,
when you were young boys
with all your blood rushing.
So, remember, remember,
remember, remember,
she never did,
never has,
never will,
never owed you nothing!
She never owed you nothing!
She never owed you nothing!
She never owed you nothing!
O.O.A. by 1st Vows
August 27, 2017
LAST ‘Royally Mine’ Release Week Teaser! ‘Dancing King’ by Rayanna James!
Instead of just “Teaser Tuesday” this week, I’ve given you one every day from this fabulous boxset to celebrate our release week!! BUT TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! ‘Royally Mine’ is LIVE and waiting for you to devour all 22 sexy, royal bad boys! Good news if you haven’t snagged a copy yet, you can still get Royally Mine for just 99¢ but only through TONIGHT! So, hurry hurry!
As one last temptation, I’ve sharing a naughty excerpt from ‘Dancing King’ by Rayanna James! It’s a sinfully hot story, and I know this teaser is going to give you just enough of a peep show to lure you in…
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Dancing King (Royally Mine boxset)
I fell in love with a stripper. And then he became a king.
[image error]Royally Mine (boxed set blurb)
Powerful kings. Dirty-talking princes. Insatiable dukes.
They’re ready to rule your heart.
Royally Mine is a sexy collection of bad boy romances featuring HOT royal heroes, brought to you by twenty-two New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling authors. This deliciously naughty bundle of ALL-NEW standalone novellas stars panty-scorching kings, princes, and dukes who are used to being in command. Charge up your e-reader, clear your schedule, and put on your best tiara, because these royal bad boys are ready to conquer your heart while making you blush oh so hard.
Featured authors: Susan Stoker, Annabel Joseph, Katy Regnery, Nikki Sloane, Renee Rose, Molly O’Keefe, Alta Hensley, Nora Flite, Natasha Knight, Sue Lyndon, Jenika Snow, Maggie Ryan, Celeste Jones, Lee Savino, Livia Grant, Alexis Alvarez, Rayanna James, Ava Sinclair, Addison Cain, Jennifer Bene, Becca Jameson, Mikey Lee
Publisher’s Note: The stories included in this smoking hot box set are MF and MFM pairings. Some contain kink. All will leave you breathlessly panting for more.
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TEASER
God, he was an asshole. After Brian, he had seemed like a breath of fresh air, but now I knew he was everything I needed to avoid.
Arrogant.
Chauvinistic.
Territorial.
Jealous.
Dishonest.
A fucking prince.
And hot. Oh fucking God. Every damn thing about him that I hated made him even fucking hotter and more irresistible.
He was stripping now, out of the fancy clothes he had worn to meet his father. I wanted to get up and run out of his room. To tell him it wasn’t normal to take off your clothes in front of strange women who didn’t happen to be waving dollar bills in your face.
I also wanted to lick him. His hard dark abs came into view, and all of my self-righteous anger threatened to fade away into nothingness. How was I supposed to focus on all the reasons I should hate his fucking guts when he stood in front of me looking like that?
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Sooooo tempting, right? A prince… and a stripper? That’s got to have a hot story behind it, and I know you want to find out! Remember, you can still get it for 99¢, but TODAY IS THE LAST DAY BEFORE THE PRICE GOES UP!
Amazon → http://amzn.to/2u1nBa4
iBooks → http://apple.co/2u6yuZo
Nook → http://bit.ly/2uFaeud
Not only has it been on sale all week, but there are also a TON of exciting giveaways happening around this boxset that I want to make sure you lovelies get the chance to enter & win! (Hurry and check these because I think they all end today or tomorrow!)
Two $20 gift cards to B&N
Crown Diamond Necklace Giveaway
$50 Amazon gift card giveaway
15 Signed Paperbacks
Bottle of Crown Royal Giveaway
Zales Key to the Kingdom Necklace Giveaway
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Want more of Rayanna James?
Rayanna is a coffee drinking, wine loving, sushi obsessed, knee sock fanatic who works her passions into every story she writes. She resides in Southern Utah with her husband, 2 kids, mother, grandfather, 2 dogs, and a lizard named Leo.
In her spare time, she enjoys celebrating life with good food, good drinks, and good friends.
She also writes kinky romance under the pen name Rayanna Jamison.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rayanna.jamison
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RayannaJames1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rayannajamison/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rayanna-James/e/B073TSFWLF/
August 26, 2017
‘Royally Mine’ Release Week Teaser! ‘A Princess for Cain’ by Becca Jameson!
Instead of just “Teaser Tuesday” this week, I’m doing a teaser EVERY DAY from this fabulous boxset to celebrate our release week!! ‘Royally Mine’ is NOW LIVE and waiting for you to devour all 22 sexy, royal bad boys! Good news if you haven’t snagged a copy yet, you can still get Royally Mine for just 99¢ through the end of the week (when our chance to hit USA Today is over)!
I absolutely love that Becca Jameson partnered with Susan Stoker to write about these princes for Royally Mine! Yesterday I shared a teaser from ‘A Princess for Cale’ by Susan, and today you get a teaser from the partner story ‘A Princess for Cain’ by Becca Jameson! Cutest idea ever, right? Only, “cute” may not be the right word… hot? sexy? panty-melting? Those are better adjectives for these stories. Enjoy, lovelies!
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A Princess for Cain by Becca Jameson (Royally Mine boxset)
As a royal prince, Cain Alexander has everything he could possibly want at his disposal. But he and his twin brother have always felt something was lacking. After spending their childhood under the watchful eye of the royal court, the two of them break the mold and head to America where dreams are made.
Shayla Peters had a rough start in life. Raised primarily in foster care, she and her closest friend have aged out of the system, gotten jobs, found an apartment, and forged a life.
What neither Cain and his brother nor Shayla and her friend can easily control is finding the right person to spend their lives with. They come from different worlds. They have incomparable backgrounds. But love doesn’t care. It worms its way into the soul without invitation.
Is it enough though? The probability of two such different people coming together in a parallel path is slim. Do Cain and Shayla have what it takes to defy the odds?
[image error]Royally Mine (boxed set blurb)
Powerful kings. Dirty-talking princes. Insatiable dukes.
They’re ready to rule your heart.
Royally Mine is a sexy collection of bad boy romances featuring HOT royal heroes, brought to you by twenty-two New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling authors. This deliciously naughty bundle of ALL-NEW standalone novellas stars panty-scorching kings, princes, and dukes who are used to being in command. Charge up your e-reader, clear your schedule, and put on your best tiara, because these royal bad boys are ready to conquer your heart while making you blush oh so hard.
Featured authors: Susan Stoker, Annabel Joseph, Katy Regnery, Nikki Sloane, Renee Rose, Molly O’Keefe, Alta Hensley, Nora Flite, Natasha Knight, Sue Lyndon, Jenika Snow, Maggie Ryan, Celeste Jones, Lee Savino, Livia Grant, Alexis Alvarez, Rayanna James, Ava Sinclair, Addison Cain, Jennifer Bene, Becca Jameson, Mikey Lee
Publisher’s Note: The stories included in this smoking hot box set are MF and MFM pairings. Some contain kink. All will leave you breathlessly panting for more.
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TEASER
No one would ever believe this story. Of course, the only person in the world she knew well enough to tell about it was currently also in the same penthouse, most likely being treated to the same care.
He ignored her protest, grabbed a giant, fluffy, white towel from the linen closet, and hooked it next to the shower door. When he faced her again, she flinched. Watching him move around the room was mesmerizing. Facing him head on was intimidating every time.
He was either undaunted or didn’t notice her plight, because all he did was cup her face, kiss her forehead again, and point toward the shower. “You got this? I could stay and help if you need?” The only way she knew he was at least partly kidding was the lift of one side of his mouth.
Her face heated, indicating she had turned every shade of red. “I can manage.” I don’t want to manage. I’d rather you took your clothes off and got into the shower with me. But I can manage. Ugh.
“I’ll be right outside if you need anything. Just yell.” On silent footsteps, he left the room.
The second the door snicked shut, she froze, staring at the back of the door, stunned. This could not seriously be happening.
She wiped her eyes and blinked several times, but the scene didn’t change. She was still sitting in the most opulent bathroom in Seattle, and the man she’d been drooling over for years was yards away, expecting her to get naked in his home.
Who was she to turn him down?
She hopped down from the counter, drew her favorite little black dress over her head, and then wiggled out of her bra and panties to add them to the pile. She actually felt sad that he wouldn’t see her wearing the sexy lingerie.
Too bad. With her pale skin and nearly white hair, she looked amazing in black lace.
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SO YUMMY!! These are some very sexy princes, so I hope you are already reading your way through this boxset. Remember, you can still get it for 99¢, but for this week ONLY. The price goes up on Sunday!
Amazon → http://amzn.to/2u1nBa4
iBooks → http://apple.co/2u6yuZo
Nook → http://bit.ly/2uFaeud
Not only is it on sale this week, but there are also a TON of exciting giveaways happening around this boxset that I want to make sure you lovelies get the chance to enter & win! (Hurry cause they’re ending SOON!)
Two $20 gift cards to B&N
Crown Diamond Necklace Giveaway
$50 Amazon gift card giveaway
15 Signed Paperbacks
Bottle of Crown Royal Giveaway
Zales Key to the Kingdom Necklace Giveaway
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Want more of Becca Jameson?
Becca Jameson is the best-selling author of the Wolf Masters series and The Fight Club series. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two kids. With over 50 books written, she has dabbled in a variety of genres, ranging from paranormal to BDSM. When she isn’t writing, she can be found jogging with her dog, scrapbooking, or cooking. She doesn’t sleep much, and she loves to talk to fans, so feel free to contact her through e-mail, Facebook, or her website.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beccajameson4/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beccajameson
Website: http://www.beccajameson.com/
August 25, 2017
‘Royally Mine’ Release Week Teaser! ‘A Princess for Cale’ by Susan Stoker!
Instead of just “Teaser Tuesday” this week, I’m doing a teaser EVERY DAY from this fabulous boxset to celebrate our release week!! ‘Royally Mine’ is NOW LIVE and waiting for you to devour all 22 sexy, royal bad boys! Good news if you haven’t snagged a copy yet, you can still get Royally Mine for just 99¢ through the end of the week (when our chance to hit USA Today is over)!
I know that I fangirled *hard* when I heard that Susan Stoker was going to be in this boxset with us, and her story ‘A Princess for Cale’ (which is a partner story to tomorrow’s teaser ‘A Princess for Cain’) is so deliciously naughty and hot! She’s a NY Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and #1 Amazon bestselling author (that’s right, #1 on allllll of Amazon). Those credentials alone had me nervous to even speak in her presence, but on top of being successful, writing HOT stories, she’s also incredibly sweet! How can you beat that?! Check out her teaser below!
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A Princess for Cale (Royally Mine boxset)
Katelin Kriss has fantasized about the handsome prince from afar, but never in a million years thought she’d end up in his bed after an almost-mugging. Once Prince Cale Alexander got the shy beauty in his bed, he wasn’t letting her go until he put a baby in her belly and claimed her as his own.
[image error]Royally Mine (boxed set blurb)
Powerful kings. Dirty-talking princes. Insatiable dukes.
They’re ready to rule your heart.
Royally Mine is a sexy collection of bad boy romances featuring HOT royal heroes, brought to you by twenty-two New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling authors. This deliciously naughty bundle of ALL-NEW standalone novellas stars panty-scorching kings, princes, and dukes who are used to being in command. Charge up your e-reader, clear your schedule, and put on your best tiara, because these royal bad boys are ready to conquer your heart while making you blush oh so hard.
Featured authors: Susan Stoker, Annabel Joseph, Katy Regnery, Nikki Sloane, Renee Rose, Molly O’Keefe, Alta Hensley, Nora Flite, Natasha Knight, Sue Lyndon, Jenika Snow, Maggie Ryan, Celeste Jones, Lee Savino, Livia Grant, Alexis Alvarez, Rayanna James, Ava Sinclair, Addison Cain, Jennifer Bene, Becca Jameson, Mikey Lee
Publisher’s Note: The stories included in this smoking hot box set are MF and MFM pairings. Some contain kink. All will leave you breathlessly panting for more.
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TEASER
He shifted his feet, forcing her legs wider apart, opening her to him. Pressing against her lower back with his hand, he urged her closer. When their bodies were touching from their hips to their chests, Cale leaned forward and nuzzled the purple streak of hair by her ear. His hand didn’t stop caressing her as he spoke.
“You on the pill?”
“No.”
“On anything else that might prevent me from planting my baby in your belly tonight?”
She shivered at his words, but mutely shook her head and looked at him with wide eyes.
“You want that?” Cale forced himself to ask. He wasn’t an asshole, he’d never do anything she didn’t want, but was relieved when she bit her lip and nodded her head.
“If you want to be a mom, I’ll make that happen for you. As many times as you want. One, two, five, sixteen. I don’t care. I’ve got the money to take care of you and as many babies as you’ll give me.”
“Cale.”
The one word said so much. It was a plea. And a question. And a declaration all at once.
He forced himself to take a step away from the woman he’d wanted the second he’d lain eyes on her. He stood before her, bare in both the physical and the emotional sense. He held out a hand toward her. “Let me make your dreams come true, princess.”
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Hooottttttttt!! Am I right? There’s just something so naughty and sexy about this scene and it made me go and dive for the full story so I could know what led to a conversation THIS delicious! Remember, you can still get it for 99¢, but for this week ONLY. The price goes up on Sunday!
Amazon → http://amzn.to/2u1nBa4
iBooks → http://apple.co/2u6yuZo
Nook → http://bit.ly/2uFaeud
Not only is it on sale this week, but there are also a TON of exciting giveaways happening around this boxset that I want to make sure you lovelies get the chance to enter & win! (Hurry cause they’re ending SOON!)
Two $20 gift cards to B&N
Crown Diamond Necklace Giveaway
$50 Amazon gift card giveaway
15 Signed Paperbacks
Bottle of Crown Royal Giveaway
Zales Key to the Kingdom Necklace Giveaway
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Want more of Susan Stoker?
New York Times, USA Today, #1 Amazon, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Texas where she lives, but this all American girl has also spent the last fourteen years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana. She’s married to a retired Army man who now gets to follow her around the country.
She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up with the SEAL of Protection Series, which solidified her love of writing and creating stories readers can get lost in.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorsusanstoker/
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August 24, 2017
Thankful Thursday
Mmmm, yesssss, it’s #ThankfulThursday and if you’ve been following me around the internets this week then you already know it’s release week for Royally Mine, and it has done AMAZING! Hit Amazon Top 100 on the first day, and then rose to #79 on the charts on Day 2! #crazy I’m so freaking thrilled with the results, and the number of people falling in love with Finn and Aubrey in my story ‘Decadence’. Honestly, I feel so lucky to have been in this group of incredible authors, and this boxset absolutely *sizzles*. It’s so damn good! Obviously, that means we need an extra hot hottie for Thankful Thursday so that we can make it to the weekend to finish binge reading these 22 royal bad boys. I’m just going to wipe the drool off my chin and let you enjoy, lovelies!
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‘Royally Mine’ Release Week Teaser! ‘Royally Screwed’ by Alexis Alvarez!
Instead of just “Teaser Tuesday” this week, I’m doing a teaser EVERY DAY from this fabulous boxset to celebrate our release week!! ‘Royally Mine’ is NOW LIVE and waiting for you to devour all 22 sexy, royal bad boys! Good news if you haven’t snagged a copy yet, you can still get Royally Mine for just 99¢ through the end of the week (when our chance to hit USA Today is over)!
Today’s delicious excerpt comes from Alexis Alvarez’s ‘Royally Screwed’ and this is one I can’t wait to dive into! Just check out this teaser below!
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Royally Screwed (Royally Mine boxset)
American volunteer Maya Murphy didn’t expect sexy, European prince Henri to whisper dirty French phrases into her ear, let alone invite her to spend a passionate night in his chalet. But the biggest surprise of all is how much they have in common… and how much she wishes for a happy-ever-after.
[image error]Royally Mine (boxed set blurb)
Powerful kings. Dirty-talking princes. Insatiable dukes.
They’re ready to rule your heart.
Royally Mine is a sexy collection of bad boy romances featuring HOT royal heroes, brought to you by twenty-two New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling authors. This deliciously naughty bundle of ALL-NEW standalone novellas stars panty-scorching kings, princes, and dukes who are used to being in command. Charge up your e-reader, clear your schedule, and put on your best tiara, because these royal bad boys are ready to conquer your heart while making you blush oh so hard.
Featured authors: Susan Stoker, Annabel Joseph, Katy Regnery, Nikki Sloane, Renee Rose, Molly O’Keefe, Alta Hensley, Nora Flite, Natasha Knight, Sue Lyndon, Jenika Snow, Maggie Ryan, Celeste Jones, Lee Savino, Livia Grant, Alexis Alvarez, Rayanna James, Ava Sinclair, Addison Cain, Jennifer Bene, Becca Jameson, Mikey Lee
Publisher’s Note: The stories included in this smoking hot box set are MF and MFM pairings. Some contain kink. All will leave you breathlessly panting for more.
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TEASER
She opened the door and almost gasped. If he’d looked handsome before, in his suit, he was wickedly attractive now in his formal tux that fit him effortlessly. His eyebrows raised and he murmured something in French as he stepped forward to kiss her on the cheek.
Startled, nervous and attracted, she twisted her head at the exact moment he bent forward to kiss her, and his lips ended up on her neck, sending shocks of arousal through her body. He steadied her with his hands, and his chuckle tickled her skin.
“Sorry,” she said, breathless. “I’m not used to hello kisses. I don’t know how they work.”
“You don’t know how kisses work?” He raised an eyebrow and smiled. “I’m appalled. I will make it one of my duties tonight,” and he lowered his voice and leaned his head in, “to teach you about it.”
Her eyes widened, imagining his lips on hers, and her face flushed.
“First lesson,” he said, running a finger across her cheekbone for a mere second. “You let the man kiss you first here. Stand still, please.” He pressed his lips to her left cheek, lingering for just a split second longer than she remembered seeing these kisses go on TV shows. “And then he kisses the other. Yes?”
He paused and looked into her eyes and smiled, and she nearly combusted. Then he bent in and kissed her other cheek, sending wild sparks into her entire body.
“And do I…” her voice was breathy. “Am I supposed to kiss you, too?”
A broad grin spread across his face. He cleared his throat. “Usually to avoid destroying their lipstick, the woman kisses the air next to the face.”
“Okay.” Her heart pounded so fast she could feel it in her wrists.
“So. We try it again. Come here.”
She widened her eyes, but he took her hands in his. “You look breathtaking, Maya.” He smiled, then leaned in and kissed one cheek softly, then the other. This time she stood still and didn’t jerk her neck, but her breath came faster with the second kiss. She was sure he could see her pulse in her neck, feel it in her skin.
“Perfect,” he murmured, touching her arm for a second. “You are a natural.” Then he added, “Il y a tant de choses dont je voudrais t’ensigner, et ce bisou est juste le commencement.”
“What was that?”
He chuckled. “I merely said that I am looking forward to tonight.”
“I somehow think it sounded more complicated. Doesn’t bisou mean kiss?”
“That it does.” He raised an eyebrow.
“And doesn’t ensigner mean teach?”
“You only require a little more tutoring, and your French will be on point, like your kissing. This way, please.” He touched the small of her back, and she gasped at the warmth, and the way arousal flooded her. “We will drive together. And hopefully, if all goes well, Erik will be there shortly with your friend.”
“You know, for the record, I am a very good kisser. When it comes to real kisses.”
“Are you?” He stopped walking and looked into her eyes.
She sucked in a breath at the feral look in his eye. A muscle twitched in his jaw, and for a second—one crazy second—she was sure he was going to…
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Yesssss!! SO HOT! I know tons of people are already buried in this hotness, and don’t you want to be one of them?? Remember, you can still get it for 99¢, but for this week ONLY. The price goes up on Sunday!
Amazon → http://amzn.to/2u1nBa4
iBooks → http://apple.co/2u6yuZo
Nook → http://bit.ly/2uFaeud
Not only is it on sale this week, but there are also a TON of exciting giveaways happening around this boxset that I want to make sure you lovelies get the chance to enter & win!
Two $20 gift cards to B&N
Crown Diamond Necklace Giveaway
$50 Amazon gift card giveaway
15 Signed Paperbacks
Bottle of Crown Royal Giveaway
Zales Key to the Kingdom Necklace Giveaway
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Want more of Alexis Alvarez?
Alexis Alvarez is an author, photographer, and digital designer who loves writing steamy romances. Her female heroines are always strong, intelligent women who fall for the sexiest guy around…and get the happy-ever-after ending of their dreams.
You can usually find Alexis hanging out with her family or her sisters, who are also romance writers, at their website, Graffiti Fiction. The three of them love to drink wine together and laugh like hyenas while making dirty jokes and really inappropriate comments. Their mom is very proud.
One really cool thing about Alexis is that she’s a friendly author who loves meeting new people on Facebook. Please come on by and say hello. Thanks, and happy reading!
Website: http://graffitifiction.com/
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Alexis-Alvarez/e/B0107LJQEM
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/AlexisAlvarezAuthor/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14127116.Alexis_Alvarez
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexisAlvarezWr
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexis_alvarez_writer/
August 23, 2017
‘Royally Mine’ Release Week Teaser! ‘Her Royal Master’ by Renee Rose!
Instead of just “Teaser Tuesday” this week, I’m doing a teaser EVERY DAY from this fabulous boxset to celebrate our release week!! ‘Royally Mine’ is NOW LIVE and waiting for you to devour all 22 sexy, royal bad boys! Good news if you haven’t snagged a copy yet, you can still get Royally Mine for just 99¢ through the end of the week (when our chance to hit USA Today is over)!
Today, I have the sizzling sweet and sexy ‘Her Royal Master’ from Renee Rose, and I was lucky enough to read this ahead of time! This Devil Duke is one of my favorite characters she’s ever written. So dominant, so HOT, and so perfect. You will ruin your panties while you swoon and cheer! Just check out the teaser below!
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Her Royal Master (Royally Mine boxset)
Three days. Five grand. The ultimate reporter’s scoop. I just have to make myself available to six royal bad boys on a yacht. How hard can it be?
[image error]Royally Mine (boxed set blurb)
Powerful kings. Dirty-talking princes. Insatiable dukes.
They’re ready to rule your heart.
Royally Mine is a sexy collection of bad boy romances featuring HOT royal heroes, brought to you by twenty-two New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling authors. This deliciously naughty bundle of ALL-NEW standalone novellas stars panty-scorching kings, princes, and dukes who are used to being in command. Charge up your e-reader, clear your schedule, and put on your best tiara, because these royal bad boys are ready to conquer your heart while making you blush oh so hard.
Featured authors: Susan Stoker, Annabel Joseph, Katy Regnery, Nikki Sloane, Renee Rose, Molly O’Keefe, Alta Hensley, Nora Flite, Natasha Knight, Sue Lyndon, Jenika Snow, Maggie Ryan, Celeste Jones, Lee Savino, Livia Grant, Alexis Alvarez, Rayanna James, Ava Sinclair, Addison Cain, Jennifer Bene, Becca Jameson, Mikey Lee
Publisher’s Note: The stories included in this smoking hot box set are MF and MFM pairings. Some contain kink. All will leave you breathlessly panting for more.
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Teaser
American Beauty drifted immediately to sleep. It was unbelievably adorable, her light sighs slipping through swollen lips, flushed face relaxed. I didn’t want to disturb her. I managed to remove the condom and toss it in the trash next the bed, and then I simply laid beside her watching.
She’d yielded so easily. Just gave herself to me. I hadn’t expected her to say yes. To docilely assume the position I suggested. Thought I’d have to command her surrender, trick her into it, even. I’d been ready for a worthy adversary in a battle of wills. But she was a natural submissive, even though her mind resisted. Her body had gone pliant, responded like it was made just for me. For my fingers to play, my tongue to lick.
And that delicious ass… mmm. American booty—so firm and round. My handprints still glowed pink on her smooth skin, like art on a canvas. I wanted to fuck her again. Spank her again. Take her ass next time. Chain her up, and keep her as my prisoner for the rest of the trip.
Which, actually, would be necessary.
She was trouble, for sure. Almost certainly a reporter, though she hadn’t admitted it. Young, but intelligent. She had nerve, showing up on this yacht. I needed to find out her name, and who she worked for. Mostly, I needed to keep her away from Kaspar. If she was responsible for another lurid story being printed about my deviant ways, it was one thing, but I couldn’t allow our future king’s reputation to be sullied.
So, yeah. She’d be my prisoner, and I’d train her in the art of submission.
I stroked a lock of hair back from her face, wanting to study the delicate bone structure, deconstruct what made her so beautiful.
She made a faint humming sound, and her eyelids fluttered open. Just a cat nap. For one brief moment, her eyes rounded with innocent awe, like she couldn’t believe she’d woken beside me. Then the wariness snapped into place, and she pushed herself to sit.
“Well…” Her gaze darted around the room, and she lunged for the t-shirt I’d given her earlier.
I caught her wrist. “I didn’t say you could cover up.”
Her face flushed, and she tugged to free her hand, eyes locked on mine with more curiosity than fear. Damn if her sweet nipples didn’t pebble up again. Had that tight pussy grown damp for me, too?
Her stomach rumbled.
I raised a brow. “Are you hungry, slave?”
She cracked a smile, which flickered with uncertainty, then returned to full wattage. “It’s slave, now? Not American Thighs?”
“It’s whatever I want to call you, even after you give me your real name. Which is…”
A resolute expression came over her face. “I’m going by Allegra here.”
I grabbed her other wrist and held both high in the air, lifting her pretty tits. With my free hand, I slapped her breast.
She gasped, her jaw dropping, eyes going wide. She’d probably never even heard of breast spanking.
I slapped the other one.
She struggled against my hold, panic creeping over her face.
I slapped each breast again. “Your name. Now.”
Tears welled in her eyes, but I knew it wasn’t from pain—I wasn’t slapping hard. My guess was that it had more to do with the helplessness and general fear about her situation.
I made my face stern. “Do I need to get the collar?”
That flipped her. Her pupils shrank with terror and she rolled away from me, making it hard to keep my grasp on her wrists. I leveraged my weight to haul her back, lifting her wrists high enough to stretch her arms taut, bring her shoulders up to her ears. “One name. Just your first. Give it now, or I’ll get the collar.” I wouldn’t. Not after I’d seen the real terror, but I’m not above a bluff.
“Ch-Chelsea!” The word came out in a rush, as if I had a choke chain on her and she was in danger of asphyxiation.
I released her wrists. “Good girl.”
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Droooolllssss…….. Just an FYI, he is THAT HOT through the entire story, and it’s all just so damn good. Remember, you can still get it for 99¢, but for this week ONLY. The price goes up on Sunday!
Amazon → http://amzn.to/2u1nBa4
iBooks → http://apple.co/2u6yuZo
Nook → http://bit.ly/2uFaeudNot only is it on sale this week, but there are also a TON of exciting giveaways happening around this boxset that I want to make sure you lovelies get the chance to enter & win!
Two $20 gift cards to B&N
Crown Diamond Necklace Giveaway
$50 Amazon gift card giveaway
15 Signed Paperbacks
Bottle of Crown Royal Giveaway
Zales Key to the Kingdom Necklace Giveaway
***
Want more of Renee Rose?
USA Today Bestselling Author Renee Rose is a naughty wordsmith who writes kinky BDSM and spanking romance novels. Named Eroticon USA’s Next Top Erotic Author in 2013, she has also won The Romance Reviews Best Historical, Sci-Fi and BDSM awards, Spanking Romance Reviews‘ Best Historical, Erotic, Ageplay and favorite author, and was a finalist for The BDSM Writer’s Con Golden Flogger award. She’s hit #1 on Amazon in multiple categories in the U.S. and U.K., is often found on the list of Amazon’s Top 100 Erotic Authors and has been a regular columnist for Write Sex Right. She also pens BDSM stories under the name Darling Adams. To receive four free books from Renee, sign up for her mailing list here.
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