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Cover Reveal: Taken by the Enemy!

 

Hey, lovelies! I can’t explain how excited I am that the book I wrote for Blushing Books is coming out in a little over a week! March 26th is the official release date, and it is dark and delicious. Here is the blurb, and you’re the first ones seeing it AND the cover! *squeals*

Emmie had spent her life pampered, sheltered, and mostly unaware of just how bad things were inside and outside of the city that she called home – but when reality comes knocking, Emmie must choose between staying and suffering, or running and breaking a promise that could break her heart.

After fleeing the city in the dead of night, Emmie expected the hazards of the forest, but she never thought she would run into real danger or be brutally taken by one of the raiders who had been banished outside the walls. She never thought she would be tied up and forced to submit to their rules, and she never planned to find herself kneeling before their leader – no matter how gorgeous he was.

Lucian had spent most of his adult life figuring out how to protect those banished by the corrupt men inside the city, but when he meets Emmie, he doesn’t just want to keep her safe, he wants to claim her – body and soul. But once he does, and she despises him for it, how can he possibly show her what life can be like when she’s really and truly free, and how can he show her that a good life might be possible with him?

In ‘Taken by the Enemy’ readers are taken on a dark journey of discovery where the truths that Emmie has held close since she was a child are turned inside out, and she discovers that the enemy she’s been raised to fear may just be her salvation. Will she be able to bend to Lucian’s demands for obedience, and the harsh ways in which he enforces them, so she can discover a world where real peace is possible? Or will she turn away from the people who can save them all just to protect her heart?

There have been many, many snippets revealed from this book over the last few weeks, and I’ve compiled them all here so you can binge read all the hotness between Lucian and Emmie before the book comes out! Want to help me out a bunch? Set a reminder to snag a copy on March 26th and then share what you thought in a review so others can find out about these two!

1/16/16 – #SatSpanks
1/23/16 – #SatSpanks
1/27/16 – #WIP Wednesday
1/30/16 – #SatSpanks
2/1/16 – A little folk song!
2/3/16 – #WIP Wednesday
2/6/16 – #SatSpanks

Thankful Thursday

It’s not only Thankful Thursday once again, lovelies, but it is also St. Patrick’s Day! I do hope you’ve worn a bit o’ green so you don’t get pinched, and I thought I’d bring you an Irish lad to help us all get to Friday a little bit faster! I’ve got a cover reveal for the upcoming release of ‘Taken by the Enemy’ (release date March 26th) coming later today, so look out for that, and I hope you all enjoy your happy hours! I’ll be toasting today with a little whiskey and celebrating my Irish heritage the proper way.

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Megan is in for it on #WIP Wednesday!

Oh, lovelies, I’m so sorry I missed the WIP blog hop last week, but I’m back with one last snippet from my latest release ‘Reunited‘! Haven’t snagged a copy yet? Well, maybe this treat will entice you to find out what happens next when these two hot Doms have their way with Megan. In this scene they just finished teasing and tormenting her with candle wax and some stellar orgasms, and now they’re ready to seal the deal.

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“Untie her legs, Colby. We’ll give her a minute to rest up before we have some more fun.” Eric was standing at the head of the table, and she felt his hands work the rope from around her wrist, but all she could do was huff out a laugh.

“More fun might kill me.” Megan sighed as one of her wrists came free and she stretched her arm out before pushing her waves back from her forehead.

“I think you’re more resilient than you think, Megster.” Colby grinned, and she rolled her eyes as they released the rest of the ropes and took the gauze away. As she pulled her feet up onto the table the two of them stepped away to talk and she strained to listen to their hushed voices.

“You do?” Eric asked with laughter in his voice.

“Are you kidding?” Colby laughed too and she propped herself up on the workbench as he grabbed his jeans from the floor. Digging in a pocket he took out his wallet, and then a stream of condoms unfolded from it, attached in an accordion of dark foil wrappers. “Please tell me you were not dumb enough to show up here without condoms, Eric.”

Eric grabbed his dress pants off the floor and yanked his wallet out. With a flourish he produced a single condom wrapper and held it up between his fingers. “I have one. One, Colby, because I apparently don’t whore it up as much as you do.”

“I believe the phrase is… by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail?”

“Did you seriously just quote Benjamin Franklin? About condoms?” Megan laughed and lay back against the smooth wood.

“Is that who said it?” Colby shrugged, and they all laughed. With a roll of his eyes Eric walked over to her, and she watched as the muscles of his thighs moved with each step, enjoying the view. When he got close he helped her sit up and she swung her legs over the side.

“You are so beautiful when you’re all flushed like this.” He trailed his thumb over her cheek and then dragged it across her lips. “It’s why I could never stop staring at you when we were younger.”

“I just thought it was because you were making sure you hadn’t imagined the sex.” Megan grinned and he laughed loudly, and Colby coughed and tried to hide his laughter behind him.

“Alright, maybe it was a bit of that too.” Eric tilted her chin up and she bit her lip, waiting to see what he’d say next. “Speaking of that, I really want to fuck you.”

“Ditto!” Colby called out.

“Of course. You ready for more?” Eric smiled at her, all charming dimples again, and she took a breath. Her eyes flicked between the two of them before she made herself nod.

In for a penny, in for a pound, right? No turning back now, Megan.

“Yeah, I am.”

“Yeah?” Eric raised an eyebrow and she couldn’t stifle the grin that stretched her lips.

“Yes, sir.”

“So much better,” he growled.

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I adore these guys, but if you want to find out what happens next you’ll want to swing by Amazon and grab a copy. Only 99 cents or FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Click here to 1-click away! Already read it? Do me a huge favor and post a review!

Also, if you’ve been hanging out on these blog hops with me then you know I have another book coming out from Blushing Books called ‘Taken by the Enemy’! The release date is March 26th, and if you like dark and sexy erotica you’ll want to check it out. Stay tuned for a cover reveal!

While you’re waiting with bated breath, there’s plenty more hotness from the other authors on the hop below!

There’s a devil in Music Monday this week!

 

It’s time for another Music Monday and this week’s ear worm for you is ‘Devil Devil’ by MILCK. As far as I can tell this is the first song released by the artist but both her voice and the lyrics are haunting and the moment I heard it I could not get enough of it. I’ll definitely be checking in to see what else comes out and I hope that the haunting song captures you as well. It’s been on a steady repeat for me alllll week!

Before I share some of my favorite lines I wanted to give an update that my book ‘Taken by the Enemy’ will be released by Blushing Books on March 26th! I can’t wait for you all to read this book and get a taste of the darker side of things again. It’s an adventure! I’m also still working on the free novella that I’ll be sending out to my entire mailing list, so if you haven’t signed up yet, make sure you do!

Now, back to the lyrics… these are fantastic.

Devil, devil

clever devil devil

How quickly they do sell their souls

For the feast and the promise of gold

But devil that won’t be me

Devil, devil

Bones of metal metal

You torture saints with a single glance

Make them think they ever stood a chance

‘Devil Devil’ by MILCK

Good girls stay quiet on #SatSpanks!

Oh, snap, lovelies, I totally failed with the blog hops last week because seven days ago I was hanging out with the lovely Livia Grant, Sophie Kisker, and Myra Danvers on a writing retreat where we all traveled to meet up. It was glorious, but it meant that all of us were so distracted with travel plans, and hanging out, that we completely spaced on our blog hops! Don’t worry though, I still have a few more delectable tidbits from my latest release ‘Reunited‘! In this snippet Colby and Eric have Meg tied down on top of a workbench in the woodshop of their old high school. Colby had snagged a candle from the table at the 10-year high school reunion and he’s been dripping wax over her, but the men have other ideas on how to torment her…

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The guys looked at each other over her and then Eric slid a finger inside her, followed quickly by another that had her arching off the table. “Oh my God…” she whined, tilting her hips up towards his hand.

“Here’s a good rule we can add. No coming without permission, Megan.” Eric smiled as his thumb landed on her clit and began slow, torturous circles that had her whimpering. “Ever played with orgasm control?”

“If by orgasm control you mean see-how-many-times-she-comes-before-she-begs-you-to-stop, then, yeah.” Colby laughed and Eric rolled his eyes before tormenting her even more by increasing the delicious pressure over her clit.

“I was actually asking Megan, but I’m sure she’d like to play that game with you when we’re done with this one.” Eric grinned, keeping his eyes glued to her as she pulled against the ropes and gasped as another wave of pleasure rolled up her spine.

“I suck at this game, Eric, seriously! Please!” She arched hard off the workbench when he curved his fingers to rub against her g-spot, and her rambling pleas were impossible to stop as she squeezed her eyes shut.

“Tsk, tsk, Megster. Didn’t Eric say to refer to us as ‘sir’?” Colby’s voice was the only warning she got before another streak of hot wax landed on her belly. A half-scream escaped her before Colby’s hand clapped down over her mouth, and her eyes popped open to find him grinning madly above her. “Shhhh. Good girls stay quiet.”

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Ahhhh, these guys are so HOT! There are only a couple more blog hops where I’ll be sharing snippets, but if you can’t wait and want to know what happens to them right now then swing by Amazon and grab your own copy for just 99 cents, or get it FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Just click here! Already read it? Do me a huge favor and post a review!

Also, if you’ve been hanging out on these blog hops with me then you know I have another book coming out from Blushing Books called ‘Taken by the Enemy’! The release date is March 26th, and if you like dark and sexy erotica you’ll want to check it out. Stay tuned for a cover reveal!

Now that you’re all hot and bothered, you should probably just keep going. There’s plenty more hotness from the other authors on the hop below!

Thankful Thursday

Did you think I forgot about Thankful Thursday? Never! I was actually just waiting to see what my good friend Livia Grant would let me tell you about the hottie in the picture below. See… this sexy gentleman is not only going to help us stay delightfully distracted until Friday arrives, but he’s ALSO Livia’s inspiration for a character in her upcoming book ‘Deceiving it All’ who will be cracking a whip at The Punishment Pit. Anyone else suddenly have the urge to break a few rules?

Want to talk about the deliciousness of Thankful Thursday? Join the comments happening on my Facebook page!

Music Monday

 

Today’s Music Monday was discovered NOT on my dark writing spotify playlist, but on a preview during The Walking Dead. It’s ‘We Carry On’ by The Phantoms. The second I heard this I couldn’t get it out of my head and I shazam’d the hell out of it and immediately started to listen to it over and over. This weekend was a perfect one to find a new song to zone out and write to because I spent the whole weekend with the amazing Livia Grant, Myra Danvers, and Sophie Kisker writing like mad. I actually put down almost 20k of my latest work-in-progress which will go out for FREE to everyone on my mailing list. Excited? I know I am.

These lyrics are absolutely beautiful and the way they sing them are even better:

This fire won’t go out though just a flicker it may be

Shifting through the shadows to a vision we can’t see

Hold fast to one another, we will stand stranger to brother

We are one, We carry on

This burden weighs so heavily

When our demons we must carry

Clinging to this fleeting breath

Dying for a fighting chance

I hope you love it as much as I do!

‘We Carry On’ by The Phantoms

Thankful Thursday

It’s Thankful Thursday again and I am super excited to be hanging out with some of my fellow authors this weekend for a ‘series planning / book writing / hang out and drink’ extravaganza in the snowy north! So, obviously, plenty to be thankful for. But, of course, I’m going to make sure we all have a little bit of deliciousness to carry us into Friday (which judging by the hangover I’m probably going to have in the AM, will be helpful). Isn’t he delicious? And he looks both sweet and capable of very fun things… any ideas, ladies?

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These two Doms are trouble on #WIP Wednesday!

We’re back for another #WIPITUP Wednesday, and we’re checking in with Megan, Eric, and Colby to see what kind of trouble they’re getting in to after they snuck away from their 10-year high school reunion to have some private time in wood shop. After a particularly devious punishment, Colby reveals he has more ideas for what they can do with Megan.

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“How are you doing?” Eric slipped up beside her and his voice was a quiet rumble close to her ear that sent a shiver over her. His hand joined hers in moving over the marks on her skin when she turned to look at him.

“I’m okay, but you are a lot more… intense.”

His dark eyes ran over her bare back and her ass before returning to meet her gaze. “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”

She swallowed, pushing down her nerves and the trickle of old emotions that tried to surface as he looked at her with that same powerful stare he’d first captured her with. “I think it’s good.”

“You’d tell me if we were playing too rough, right?” The concern that flickered over his features made her heart leap before she snagged it and mentally tied it back down in her chest.

No. This was just fun. She was not going to fall for him all over again.

They were just having fun.

“I promise, you’d know if I wasn’t okay with it. I’d be a hell of a lot less well behaved,” she grinned before she added with a wink, “…sir.”

“Good girl.” Eric pinched one of the welts hard and she yelped, lifting onto her toes as she tried to squirm away from the zing of pain. “Now, I think Colby told you to get up on the workbench, didn’t he?”

“Yes, sir!” Megan gave a fake salute and hopped up onto the wooden surface, wincing when her tender skin made contact. Eric didn’t miss the sarcastic response and he bent her back with a hand in her hair, forcing her to lie back as she hissed air between her teeth.

“We may want to tie her up for this, too.” Colby held up a wide, lit candle and her mouth dropped open.

“Good idea, you do her hands.” Eric grinned as he released her and moved to renew the ropes at her ankles, spreading her legs to the edges of the workbench.

“Could you hold this for me, Megster?” Colby set the candle on her stomach, just below her breasts, and she immediately grabbed for it to steady it. He laughed and took her free hand to begin wrapping her wrist in gauze. “I think you’d better figure out how to keep it steady without that hand, because as soon as I’m done here, I’m tying that one up too.”

“Jerk.” She mumbled, and Eric landed a hard spank on her pussy that made her jump and she almost spilled the wax on her skin. “Hey!”

“Tsk, tsk… you’re going to want to hold still better than that, Megan.” He smiled deviously and she groaned as she dropped her head back against the wood. A moment later Colby was reaching for her wrist and she held her breath, balancing the wide candle as best as she could as he moved her wrists above her head. Her pulse was making the candle jump and she forced herself to take little sips of breath in an effort to keep the hot wax from spilling – which was pointless. There was only one reason Colby had stolen the candle from one of the tables at the party, and only one reason he had lit it… and it wasn’t for mood lighting.

“Now, this is a very pretty sight.” Colby stood to her side and Eric stepped up next to him, both of their eyes moving over her body spread out on the workbench. A blush flushed her skin, but it didn’t keep her from taking in the deep V just above Colby’s boxer briefs or the broad strength of Eric’s chest and shoulders. It was incredible that they both still looked so hot. Why couldn’t they have at least added a few pounds in the decade they’d been apart? Eric had filled out from the young boy she had known into a tall, powerful man. Colby had always been able to build muscle no matter what he ate, but she was sure the personal training had a lot to do with just how ridiculously hot he looked. They smiled at each other and she groaned.

“You two are fucking trouble.”

“Language, Megan.” Eric growled.

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Is it too early to make a Christmas list? Because these two are definitely on mine. If you feel the same way, you can snag a copy of the full story (and the 10k+ word extra I added to the end) for FREE on Kindle Unlimited, or just 99 cents for a 1-click! It’s available on Amazon, here. In the mean time, check out these other hot snippets from other authors on the blog hop below!

Music Monday – “Desire” by Meg Myers

I’m in the middle of writing something new, dark, and delicious and it involves two characters who are attracted to each other even though all they really want to do (or should do) is hurt each other, and by ‘hurt’ I mean beat, stab, and shoot each other. As I was writing this song came on while I was in the middle of a very fun, intense scene and a few of the lines made me laugh because this would be a perfect soundtrack to these two.

Honestly though, anything from Meg Myers is usually damn perfect. This just happens to be the one that came on at the right moment, and the video is so fantastic. Curious about the book I’m talking about? I’ll be giving it away FREE to my newsletter subscribers (subscribe here) and trust me, it’s going to be good.

Favorite Lyrics

See, I gotta hunt you

I gotta bring you to my hell

Baby, I wanna fuck you,

I wanna feel you in my bones

Boy, I’m gonna love you

I’m gonna tear into your soul

Desire… I’m hungry

and I hope you feed me

…

Honey, I wanna break you

I wanna throw you to the hounds,

I gotta hurt you, I gotta hear from your mouth

Boy, I wanna taste you, I wanna skin you with my tongue

I’m gonna kill you,

I’m gonna lay you in the ground

If you knew just how fierce these two were, you’d love this even more. Make sure to play it again once the book comes out! Enjoy!

Desire by Meg Myers