Jamie Salisbury's Blog
March 9, 2014
Nominated for 2013 RONE Award!
My second book with Secret Cravings Publishing, Life and Lies, has been nominated for a 2013 RONE award in the Erotica category. This category is strong, with some very worthy contendors. Voting begins soon and the Erotica category is up for voting in week five. Stay tuned for more. . .
March 6, 2014
Her Chocolate Fantasy!
Today I have Jamallah Bergman as my guest. Her new book, Her Chocolate Fantasy, is Jamallah's first at self publishing. Just put your imagination to work or better yet, check out the decadent cover.
Blurb
Hello my name is Sarah Alexander…..and I’m a chocoholicI’ve been this way for as long as I can remember…..Chocolate has been my passion since I was young and even as an adult, I dream about this yummy confection.Well I don’t always dream of chocolate though…..I do dream about Max Taylor, one of the executives in the office where I work at as a file clerk. I mean who wouldn’t want to dream about a man who sends my heart racing every time I would look his way.Soon Max and I get to know one another and we both realize that we have one thing in common with one another besides our love for one another…..An obsession over chocolate…..HER CHOCOLATE FANTASY is a story about what happens when you get two chocoholics together…..and all of the hot sweetness that happens in between.
EXCERPT“Want to share some dessert?” I nodded, and he took our containers to toss them in the trash. He made his way over to the trucks, as I continued drinking my water to cleanse my palate of the jerk chicken I had eaten. After a couple of minutes of waiting, I saw him coming toward me with a covered plate in one hand and two forks in another. When he sat down, he handed me a fork and took the paper towel off of the plate to reveal the most decadent piece of chocolate cheesecake I had ever seen in my entire life. I wondered where in the hell they got the damn thing—a cheese wheel the size of a wagon wheel? It was thick and looked so rich I knew once I took a piece with my fork it would just slide right on through stay there. “Dig on in,” he told me, and I was happy to oblige.I used my fork to take a piece off the end. I honestly didn’t mean to make that moaning sound when I let the creaminess play against my tongue for a while. Really and truthfully, I couldn’t help it at all, because honestly, when I taste chocolate, it’s more like an orgasmic experience for me. Especially when my taste buds know the chocolate is that of good quality like it was in that cheesecake. I couldn’t help but take another bite, and then another and another, until before I realized it, when I went back for another forkful, there was nothing left. I looked over at Max, who had been eyeballing me the entire time. The look on his face was that of shock, and I could tell he must have gotten into what I was doing as much as I was, because a light coating of sweat had formed on his face. He quickly grabbed hold of the napkins and wiped his brow.“I think we better head on back to work.” He took hold of our plate and sprinted toward the trashcan, disappearing before I could even get to my feet.
****
When I made it back to the office, I noticed Max’s door was closed and the blinds were all down. I didn’t want to make a scene, so I didn’t bother going to the door. Maybe he had to get back to work or something, but it was kind of weird of him to leave me so abruptly like he did. I went about my business, continuing where I had left off before I left for lunch. For the next little bit, every now and then, I would look up to see if maybe the blinds would open up, but they never did. Finally, about ten minutes later, the blinds were up but the door remained closed for another five minutes or so beyond that. I had to find out what had happened, so grabbing my coffee cup, I got up to walk past his door, and that’s when it hit me. But at first, I didn’t think anything of it, because it smelled like air freshener, but it was what was mingled along with the scent of fresh linen. As I drew in a deep breath, I clearly smelled the odor of sex. That hot, sweaty, heady scent slowly drifted through his open doorway. I didn’t bother to look inside, because I didn’t want everybody else looking my way, as well. But when I got to my desk, I had pressed a button that I never thought I would be pressing, even though I’d programmed his number into my phone a long time ago. Looking over, I saw him grab the phone, and before he could say a word, I whispered, “Mr. Taylor, I think you should open a window before you open the door next time, because the aroma of more than your air freshener is wafting throughout the office.”
Her Chocolate Fantasy is available now on Amazon, Kobo and SmashwordsAmazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Her-Chocolate-F...Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Chocolate...Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eboo... https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...Where can readers find me:Email: jamallahbergman73@gmail.comWebsite: http://jamallahbergmansstoriesoflove.... @silentbutloud1Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jamallahbergm... http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/si... Novel Center Profile: http://www.romancenovelcenter.com/jam... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pmyodb1/
Blurb
Hello my name is Sarah Alexander…..and I’m a chocoholicI’ve been this way for as long as I can remember…..Chocolate has been my passion since I was young and even as an adult, I dream about this yummy confection.Well I don’t always dream of chocolate though…..I do dream about Max Taylor, one of the executives in the office where I work at as a file clerk. I mean who wouldn’t want to dream about a man who sends my heart racing every time I would look his way.Soon Max and I get to know one another and we both realize that we have one thing in common with one another besides our love for one another…..An obsession over chocolate…..HER CHOCOLATE FANTASY is a story about what happens when you get two chocoholics together…..and all of the hot sweetness that happens in between.
EXCERPT“Want to share some dessert?” I nodded, and he took our containers to toss them in the trash. He made his way over to the trucks, as I continued drinking my water to cleanse my palate of the jerk chicken I had eaten. After a couple of minutes of waiting, I saw him coming toward me with a covered plate in one hand and two forks in another. When he sat down, he handed me a fork and took the paper towel off of the plate to reveal the most decadent piece of chocolate cheesecake I had ever seen in my entire life. I wondered where in the hell they got the damn thing—a cheese wheel the size of a wagon wheel? It was thick and looked so rich I knew once I took a piece with my fork it would just slide right on through stay there. “Dig on in,” he told me, and I was happy to oblige.I used my fork to take a piece off the end. I honestly didn’t mean to make that moaning sound when I let the creaminess play against my tongue for a while. Really and truthfully, I couldn’t help it at all, because honestly, when I taste chocolate, it’s more like an orgasmic experience for me. Especially when my taste buds know the chocolate is that of good quality like it was in that cheesecake. I couldn’t help but take another bite, and then another and another, until before I realized it, when I went back for another forkful, there was nothing left. I looked over at Max, who had been eyeballing me the entire time. The look on his face was that of shock, and I could tell he must have gotten into what I was doing as much as I was, because a light coating of sweat had formed on his face. He quickly grabbed hold of the napkins and wiped his brow.“I think we better head on back to work.” He took hold of our plate and sprinted toward the trashcan, disappearing before I could even get to my feet.
****
When I made it back to the office, I noticed Max’s door was closed and the blinds were all down. I didn’t want to make a scene, so I didn’t bother going to the door. Maybe he had to get back to work or something, but it was kind of weird of him to leave me so abruptly like he did. I went about my business, continuing where I had left off before I left for lunch. For the next little bit, every now and then, I would look up to see if maybe the blinds would open up, but they never did. Finally, about ten minutes later, the blinds were up but the door remained closed for another five minutes or so beyond that. I had to find out what had happened, so grabbing my coffee cup, I got up to walk past his door, and that’s when it hit me. But at first, I didn’t think anything of it, because it smelled like air freshener, but it was what was mingled along with the scent of fresh linen. As I drew in a deep breath, I clearly smelled the odor of sex. That hot, sweaty, heady scent slowly drifted through his open doorway. I didn’t bother to look inside, because I didn’t want everybody else looking my way, as well. But when I got to my desk, I had pressed a button that I never thought I would be pressing, even though I’d programmed his number into my phone a long time ago. Looking over, I saw him grab the phone, and before he could say a word, I whispered, “Mr. Taylor, I think you should open a window before you open the door next time, because the aroma of more than your air freshener is wafting throughout the office.”
Her Chocolate Fantasy is available now on Amazon, Kobo and SmashwordsAmazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Her-Chocolate-F...Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Chocolate...Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eboo... https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...Where can readers find me:Email: jamallahbergman73@gmail.comWebsite: http://jamallahbergmansstoriesoflove.... @silentbutloud1Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jamallahbergm... http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/si... Novel Center Profile: http://www.romancenovelcenter.com/jam... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pmyodb1/
March 5, 2014
Liz Crowe Is In The House!
Best selling author Liz Crowe is here today!
Stewart Realty: Life in the House Lane
Love is an easy word to use, a hard one to demonstrate, and sometimes impossible to trust.
The Stewart Realty series is a sweeping epic, encompassing many years in the lives of two people who know how to love with their bodies, how to please and get pleasure, to control and be controlled. When it comes to the deeper meaning of the one word they both need, backgrounds and personalities get in the way. While their physical connection sizzles they somehow manage to continuously disappoint one another on an emotional level. Jack Gordon has it all—money, success, a string of women—but also a deep longing for something more. When he thinks he finds it with Sara Jane Thornton, his world is never the same again. Sara releases a side of himself he considered buried out of frustration and unhappiness. Sara soon learns that she must trust him implicitly, something she cannot do, no matter how many times she tries...and he fails. With a rich cast of secondary characters, including a young man who presents a near-perfect foil to Jack's intensity, and who falls hard for Sara, The Stewart Realty series is a saga with an emphasis on contemporary life with a healthy dose of realistic eroticism. A tale of modern, busy, driven people seeking the ever-elusive and highly coveted combination—a friend, lover and trusted companion who will be there for the long haul.
Start at the beginning, with the Jack and Sara Trilogy, now for the first time ever in a print anthology. The Stewart Realty series is a best seller in family saga and urban fiction categories. See for yourself what the buzz is all about.
Sara put her palms against the ice-cold glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows. She smiled, observing the entire downtown of Ann Arbor spread out below her like a child's carpet map. The heat rose visibly from the pavement as the crowds scurried in and out of restaurants and shops.Adam's arms around her waist startled her. As she turned, a niggling voice at the back of her brain made her hesitate before brushing his lips with hers. They'd been in the vacant condo way too long. Now that he'd teased a satisfactory orgasm from her neglected body, an antsy, nervous sensation wormed through her psyche. She sighed and disentangled herself from his embrace. When the doorbell echoed through the cavernous space, she broke out in a cold sweat. Fumbling with blouse buttons, she pushed past Adam on her way through the kitchen and to the door, cursing under her breath. She looked back to make sure he was pulled together – not a tough thing since neither of them got completely out of their clothes – and scowled as he gave her a knowing smile.Shit. You should not have done this. You don't even really like him. But it had been so long and he was pretty good looking. Jesus, slut much Sara?Sara let guilty thoughts clang around her head long enough to hear the doorbell ring once more before yanking it open, her perfect pleased-to-see-you sales smile fixed in place, keys clutched in one hand.
Jack had a hot date, one that was going to yield him a kick-ass listing, but due to the unwarranted dawdling of the condo-shopping couple he had been dragging around, he'd be lucky to make it in time. The empty lock box on the door of the penthouse unit provided the real icing on the cake. He leaned on the doorbell, hoping they could skip this one and stop wasting his time while mouthing platitudes to his clients. He had hoped that the relocating, executive couple like the ones he was courting at that moment wouldn't spend so much of his valuable time arguing over granite colors and the relative benefits of central vacuum cleaners. God, he hated this job sometimes. He smiled, and turned, hearing the click of the deadbolt. Finally.When the heavy door swung open, the vision standing there froze him mid-sentence. Sara Thornton, one of the newer, and more successful, realtors at Stewart Realty, stared at him, eyes blazing in a strange combination of aggravation and satisfaction. Jack clenched his jaw at the sight of her smoking hot body encased in skintight short black skirt, creamy silk blouse and four-inch stilettos.As one of the few chosen to populate the downtown storefront office, based upon her good looks and the ability to rope in new buyers and sellers off the streets of Ann Arbor, Sara had serious sales skills. He'd studied the branch's numbers, as part of a management decision-making process, to ultimately turning down the offer to handle that stable of prima donnas. But at that moment Jack couldn't believe he'd never noticed her before – really noticed her. Where had she been hiding? And what was that amazing sexy aura that permeated the air? Jack's heart jumped in his chest."Um, hi Jack." Her voice was hoarse, making him blink. He made a conscious effort to wipe the idiotic look off his face, aware of the annoying clients still standing at his elbow. He held out a hand, needing to confirm that her skin felt as hot as it looked. Surprised no one else saw the sparks pass between them, he couldn't suppress a grin at the look on her flustered face.So, she sensed it too. This could get interesting."Sara." He heard his own voice, sounding a hell of a lot more confident than he felt at that moment. And he did not rattle easily. "Sorry to barge in but…” He was struck dumb once again by the sight of Adam Donovan, mortgage broker tool, at Sara's shoulder. Jack gave himself a mental shake. The sudden realization of what had undoubtedly happened, in the same condo he was about to show, made his head pound. Reluctant admiration mixed with something resembling jealousy fogged his brain. He raised his eyebrows at the tall blond man whom he could have sworn was engaged to someone else. "Jack." Adam moved around the beautiful woman who still blocked the doorway. "Good to see you."Jack shook the guy's hand, never taking his gaze from Sara, reserving his smile for her. His brain engaged, focus locked on Sara Thornton, and the world shifted under his expensively clad feet.
Sara had never been more embarrassed. No, that was too weak of a word – mortified was better. Jack Gordon, king of the Ann Arbor real estate universe, wanted to show the condo where she'd just let Adam Donovan mercy fuck her. As she tried not to drown in Jack's deep blue gaze, Sara clenched her thighs, already imagining how he might have done it differently, and likely better. "Um, hi Jack," she croaked out. Her face flooded with heat; even more so when she put the keys in his outstretched hand, and yanked herself back at the intensity of their instant connection. Tall, ruggedly handsome with coal-black hair and a shimmering blue gaze, the man boasted a personality that bested all other males within a fifty-mile radius. Sara only knew of him, of course. They'd never actually met. However, she'd swear right then he seemed happy to see her. The realization made her zing from scalp to toes.She watched his full lips form words but remained deafened by the roaring in her ears. His gaze never left hers, even when Adam nudged her aside and shook his hand. Her whole universe suddenly shrank to two people. Looking back, she'd pinpoint that as the instant she fell hopelessly in love with an impossible man.
****
Amazon best-selling author, beer blogger and beer marketing expert, mom of three, and soccer fan, Liz lives in the great Midwest, in a major college town. She has decades of experience in sales and fund raising, plus an eight-year stint as a three-continent, ex-pat trailing spouse. While working as a successful Realtor, Liz made the leap into writing novels about the same time she agreed to take on marketing and sales for the Wolverine State Brewing Company.Most days find her sweating inventory and sales figures for the brewery, unless she’s writing, editing or sweating promotional efforts for her latest publications. Her early forays into the publishing world led to a groundbreaking fiction subgenre, “Romance for Real Life,” which has gained thousands of fans and followers interested less in the “HEA” and more in the “WHA” (“What Happens After?”). More recently she is garnering even more fans across genres with her latest novels, which are more character-driven fiction, while remaining very much “real life.”With stories set in the not-so-common worlds of breweries, on the soccer pitch, in successful real estate offices and many times in exotic locales like Istanbul, Turkey, her books are unique and told with a fresh voice. The Liz Crowe backlist has something for any reader seeking complex storylines with humor and complete casts of characters that will delight, frustrate, and linger in the imagination long after the book is finished.If you are in the Ann Arbor area, be sure and stop into the Wolverine State Brewing Co. Tap Room—but don’t ask her for anything “like” a Bud Light, or risk serious injury.
Find Liz online at the following places: Website: www.lizcrowe.comWriting Blog: www.brewingpasssion.comBeer Blog: www.a2beerwench.comTwitter: www.twitter.com/beerwencha2FB Author Page: www.facebook.com/lizcroweauthorFB Fan Page: www.facebook.com/groups/Lizcrowefans/
Stewart Realty: Life in the House Lane
Love is an easy word to use, a hard one to demonstrate, and sometimes impossible to trust.
The Stewart Realty series is a sweeping epic, encompassing many years in the lives of two people who know how to love with their bodies, how to please and get pleasure, to control and be controlled. When it comes to the deeper meaning of the one word they both need, backgrounds and personalities get in the way. While their physical connection sizzles they somehow manage to continuously disappoint one another on an emotional level. Jack Gordon has it all—money, success, a string of women—but also a deep longing for something more. When he thinks he finds it with Sara Jane Thornton, his world is never the same again. Sara releases a side of himself he considered buried out of frustration and unhappiness. Sara soon learns that she must trust him implicitly, something she cannot do, no matter how many times she tries...and he fails. With a rich cast of secondary characters, including a young man who presents a near-perfect foil to Jack's intensity, and who falls hard for Sara, The Stewart Realty series is a saga with an emphasis on contemporary life with a healthy dose of realistic eroticism. A tale of modern, busy, driven people seeking the ever-elusive and highly coveted combination—a friend, lover and trusted companion who will be there for the long haul.
Start at the beginning, with the Jack and Sara Trilogy, now for the first time ever in a print anthology. The Stewart Realty series is a best seller in family saga and urban fiction categories. See for yourself what the buzz is all about.
Sara put her palms against the ice-cold glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows. She smiled, observing the entire downtown of Ann Arbor spread out below her like a child's carpet map. The heat rose visibly from the pavement as the crowds scurried in and out of restaurants and shops.Adam's arms around her waist startled her. As she turned, a niggling voice at the back of her brain made her hesitate before brushing his lips with hers. They'd been in the vacant condo way too long. Now that he'd teased a satisfactory orgasm from her neglected body, an antsy, nervous sensation wormed through her psyche. She sighed and disentangled herself from his embrace. When the doorbell echoed through the cavernous space, she broke out in a cold sweat. Fumbling with blouse buttons, she pushed past Adam on her way through the kitchen and to the door, cursing under her breath. She looked back to make sure he was pulled together – not a tough thing since neither of them got completely out of their clothes – and scowled as he gave her a knowing smile.Shit. You should not have done this. You don't even really like him. But it had been so long and he was pretty good looking. Jesus, slut much Sara?Sara let guilty thoughts clang around her head long enough to hear the doorbell ring once more before yanking it open, her perfect pleased-to-see-you sales smile fixed in place, keys clutched in one hand.
Jack had a hot date, one that was going to yield him a kick-ass listing, but due to the unwarranted dawdling of the condo-shopping couple he had been dragging around, he'd be lucky to make it in time. The empty lock box on the door of the penthouse unit provided the real icing on the cake. He leaned on the doorbell, hoping they could skip this one and stop wasting his time while mouthing platitudes to his clients. He had hoped that the relocating, executive couple like the ones he was courting at that moment wouldn't spend so much of his valuable time arguing over granite colors and the relative benefits of central vacuum cleaners. God, he hated this job sometimes. He smiled, and turned, hearing the click of the deadbolt. Finally.When the heavy door swung open, the vision standing there froze him mid-sentence. Sara Thornton, one of the newer, and more successful, realtors at Stewart Realty, stared at him, eyes blazing in a strange combination of aggravation and satisfaction. Jack clenched his jaw at the sight of her smoking hot body encased in skintight short black skirt, creamy silk blouse and four-inch stilettos.As one of the few chosen to populate the downtown storefront office, based upon her good looks and the ability to rope in new buyers and sellers off the streets of Ann Arbor, Sara had serious sales skills. He'd studied the branch's numbers, as part of a management decision-making process, to ultimately turning down the offer to handle that stable of prima donnas. But at that moment Jack couldn't believe he'd never noticed her before – really noticed her. Where had she been hiding? And what was that amazing sexy aura that permeated the air? Jack's heart jumped in his chest."Um, hi Jack." Her voice was hoarse, making him blink. He made a conscious effort to wipe the idiotic look off his face, aware of the annoying clients still standing at his elbow. He held out a hand, needing to confirm that her skin felt as hot as it looked. Surprised no one else saw the sparks pass between them, he couldn't suppress a grin at the look on her flustered face.So, she sensed it too. This could get interesting."Sara." He heard his own voice, sounding a hell of a lot more confident than he felt at that moment. And he did not rattle easily. "Sorry to barge in but…” He was struck dumb once again by the sight of Adam Donovan, mortgage broker tool, at Sara's shoulder. Jack gave himself a mental shake. The sudden realization of what had undoubtedly happened, in the same condo he was about to show, made his head pound. Reluctant admiration mixed with something resembling jealousy fogged his brain. He raised his eyebrows at the tall blond man whom he could have sworn was engaged to someone else. "Jack." Adam moved around the beautiful woman who still blocked the doorway. "Good to see you."Jack shook the guy's hand, never taking his gaze from Sara, reserving his smile for her. His brain engaged, focus locked on Sara Thornton, and the world shifted under his expensively clad feet.
Sara had never been more embarrassed. No, that was too weak of a word – mortified was better. Jack Gordon, king of the Ann Arbor real estate universe, wanted to show the condo where she'd just let Adam Donovan mercy fuck her. As she tried not to drown in Jack's deep blue gaze, Sara clenched her thighs, already imagining how he might have done it differently, and likely better. "Um, hi Jack," she croaked out. Her face flooded with heat; even more so when she put the keys in his outstretched hand, and yanked herself back at the intensity of their instant connection. Tall, ruggedly handsome with coal-black hair and a shimmering blue gaze, the man boasted a personality that bested all other males within a fifty-mile radius. Sara only knew of him, of course. They'd never actually met. However, she'd swear right then he seemed happy to see her. The realization made her zing from scalp to toes.She watched his full lips form words but remained deafened by the roaring in her ears. His gaze never left hers, even when Adam nudged her aside and shook his hand. Her whole universe suddenly shrank to two people. Looking back, she'd pinpoint that as the instant she fell hopelessly in love with an impossible man.
****
Amazon best-selling author, beer blogger and beer marketing expert, mom of three, and soccer fan, Liz lives in the great Midwest, in a major college town. She has decades of experience in sales and fund raising, plus an eight-year stint as a three-continent, ex-pat trailing spouse. While working as a successful Realtor, Liz made the leap into writing novels about the same time she agreed to take on marketing and sales for the Wolverine State Brewing Company.Most days find her sweating inventory and sales figures for the brewery, unless she’s writing, editing or sweating promotional efforts for her latest publications. Her early forays into the publishing world led to a groundbreaking fiction subgenre, “Romance for Real Life,” which has gained thousands of fans and followers interested less in the “HEA” and more in the “WHA” (“What Happens After?”). More recently she is garnering even more fans across genres with her latest novels, which are more character-driven fiction, while remaining very much “real life.”With stories set in the not-so-common worlds of breweries, on the soccer pitch, in successful real estate offices and many times in exotic locales like Istanbul, Turkey, her books are unique and told with a fresh voice. The Liz Crowe backlist has something for any reader seeking complex storylines with humor and complete casts of characters that will delight, frustrate, and linger in the imagination long after the book is finished.If you are in the Ann Arbor area, be sure and stop into the Wolverine State Brewing Co. Tap Room—but don’t ask her for anything “like” a Bud Light, or risk serious injury.
Find Liz online at the following places: Website: www.lizcrowe.comWriting Blog: www.brewingpasssion.comBeer Blog: www.a2beerwench.comTwitter: www.twitter.com/beerwencha2FB Author Page: www.facebook.com/lizcroweauthorFB Fan Page: www.facebook.com/groups/Lizcrowefans/
February 19, 2014
The Heart Knows
The Heart Knows has been released today, Wednesday February 19, 2014. You can find it at Secret Craving Publishing with Amazon and other fine book sellers to follow next week.
Excerpt:
If he was nervous, he didn't show it outwardly. This was something he'd been doing since he was a little boy, so I imagined it was pretty much second nature. Watching him stand off to one side by himself for a minute, I noted him taking what I thought were deep, cleansing breaths as he clutched his violin in one hand and bow in the other. Dressed in black pants, a dark shirt, and black jacket, his boots seemed out of place with the rest of his outfit.
I reminded myself as I studied him, Brenden Mackenzie wasn't like any other violinist. He strode back to me and made sure I had a clear view of the stage. Not saying a word to me, he planted a kiss on my right cheek as they announced his name. He turned quickly and walked toward the bright lights.
Secret CravingsPublishing:http://store.secretcravingspublishing...
Excerpt:
If he was nervous, he didn't show it outwardly. This was something he'd been doing since he was a little boy, so I imagined it was pretty much second nature. Watching him stand off to one side by himself for a minute, I noted him taking what I thought were deep, cleansing breaths as he clutched his violin in one hand and bow in the other. Dressed in black pants, a dark shirt, and black jacket, his boots seemed out of place with the rest of his outfit.
I reminded myself as I studied him, Brenden Mackenzie wasn't like any other violinist. He strode back to me and made sure I had a clear view of the stage. Not saying a word to me, he planted a kiss on my right cheek as they announced his name. He turned quickly and walked toward the bright lights.
Secret CravingsPublishing:http://store.secretcravingspublishing...
February 11, 2014
COVER REVEAL!!
Here is the beautiful cover for my upcoming book, The Heart Knows, to be published by Secret Cravings Publishing.
Stay tuned for release date and other details. . .until then enjoy!
Stay tuned for release date and other details. . .until then enjoy!
January 4, 2014
Please Welcome Tonya Kinzer with her HOT New Release Under her Command!
Upcoming Release of Under Her Command by @TonyaKinzer
Thank you, Jamie, for letting me hang out with your readers this week as I begin the celebration of book five in The Boss’s Pet series, Under Her Command. I promised I would behave. For those who aren’t familiar with the series, my characters Nick and Sondra have way too much fun exploring the Dom/sub lifestyle of bondage and BDSM. I’d hate to run any readers off, but I’d rather you know, up front, that this series contains strong sexual content along with Dom/sub bondage. The excerpts contain the same adult content. If any of that offends you, please DO NOT click on the links for the book or the series. (Scroll down to read about my sexy western series and book one that are not bondage related)
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For the western romance readers, I’d love for you to check out the story of Gabe and Cassi as they work through mending their relationship in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Come Tame Me is book one in the Wild Fillies series and book two will come later in the year. Click the link for Come Tame Me where you can read Chapter One and read the excerpts.
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January 1, 2014
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Happy 2014 from Lady Sarah and The Duke!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all my readers! Whether you've been following me since the beginning or have just discovered my books through The Duke's Sweet Revenge, Thank You!
2013 went out on a high note and 2014 promises to soar as well! The Duke's Sweet Revenge, a regency romance became a overnight best seller, with absolutely no promotion. I am still humbled by the response to this book. Again, thanks to readers like you.
What does 2014 have in store? First off, the second in my "Heartfelt" series, The Heart Knows will be published through Secret Cravings Publishing late winter, early spring. The series is contemporary and fun.
Next, I am currently working on another contemporary to self-publish late spring. No title yet, though my working title currently is Encore! Encore! is one of those rare stories that has taken me in and drained every emotion from my being. You will love Daniel and Mary! The book is a stand alone spin off from the Tudor stories, and I promise Amadeus makes an appearance. . .
Another historical is next. This one revolves around one of the characters from The Duke's Sweet Revenge. I haven't decided whether to make a series out of the two with more to come or just let them fend for themselves. I'll know more as I get deeper into it.
More will come, but for now that is a taste of what to expect in this Year of the Horse. I hope everyone has a happy and prosperous new year!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all my readers! Whether you've been following me since the beginning or have just discovered my books through The Duke's Sweet Revenge, Thank You!
2013 went out on a high note and 2014 promises to soar as well! The Duke's Sweet Revenge, a regency romance became a overnight best seller, with absolutely no promotion. I am still humbled by the response to this book. Again, thanks to readers like you.
What does 2014 have in store? First off, the second in my "Heartfelt" series, The Heart Knows will be published through Secret Cravings Publishing late winter, early spring. The series is contemporary and fun.
Next, I am currently working on another contemporary to self-publish late spring. No title yet, though my working title currently is Encore! Encore! is one of those rare stories that has taken me in and drained every emotion from my being. You will love Daniel and Mary! The book is a stand alone spin off from the Tudor stories, and I promise Amadeus makes an appearance. . .
Another historical is next. This one revolves around one of the characters from The Duke's Sweet Revenge. I haven't decided whether to make a series out of the two with more to come or just let them fend for themselves. I'll know more as I get deeper into it.
More will come, but for now that is a taste of what to expect in this Year of the Horse. I hope everyone has a happy and prosperous new year!
December 9, 2013
An Amazon Best Seller!
Consistant Regency Romance best seller as well as a hot new release on Amazon! Be watching this week (Wednesday) only for surprises as I join up with the 24 Days of Christmas blog hop!
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December 3, 2013
Sugar & Salt (The Sugar House Novella Series) by Pavarti K. Tyler
Today I'm hosting Pavarti K. Tyler and her newest project, Sugar & Salt (A Sugar House Novella). Be warned, this a Erotica, or more specifically Erotic Romance and intended for readers over 18. Check out my review below and make sure to enter the giveaway Pav has put together with free paperbacks and eBooks from some of the best Indie Erotica authors around.
Summary: After over a decade working in the sex industry, Janice Cane retains no illusions about the nature of relationships. Everyone lies and everyone wants something. Still, a part of her longs for a connection. Speed-dating becomes her addiction, a place to find a man for the night when she needs a quick fix, and her last hope that true love may still be waiting around the next corner. When a mysterious man entices both her intellect and her lust, she becomes entangled in an affair more complicated than she’d expected. Enter the world of The Sugar House. Here you’ll meet the illustrious Madam Janice Cane and her brood of men and women who will fulfill your every fantasy. But can they find a way to fulfill their own? Review: Wow! Even though I had an idea of what Sugar and Salt was about, I was utterly blown away. I've enjoyed everything this author writes and this has to be by far her best. Still though, I was unprepared by the depth of the story line and characters.Janice Cane runs an upscale brothel to the rich and famous. She cares about her "brood", her employees, seeing to their well-being. She is confident in her business dealings, but is she on a personal level. Upon meeting Salt, it made me wonder.Devon Salzmann is an intriguing man. Well educated, well traveled and well brought up it is quite obvious he's a man used to getting his own way. And that means pursuing Janice at all costs, even being on the sharp end of her verbal jousts. The sexual scenes are well thought out and written. I have found that writing erotica these days draws critics of how it's written like moths to the flame. Everyone is either an expert or a critic. Ms. Tyler's sex scenes smolders.Secondary characters are delightful and engaged and I can easily see them in their own sequel(s). There were a couple of lingering back stories to this book that were never totally dealt with here, but I can also seeing them being weaved into the story of Janice and Salt as the series progresses. I look forward to the next book in this series. Well done Ms. Tyler!I received an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.
4 1/2 Stars for Amazon and Goodreads!!Purchase your copyAmazon ~ Smashwords ~ Barnes & NobleGiveaway: a Rafflecopter giveawayAbout Pavarti K. Tyler
Award winning author of multi-cultural and transgressive literature, Pavarti K Tyler is an artist, wife, mother and number cruncher. She graduated Smith College in 1999 with a degree in Theatre. After graduation, she moved to New York, where she worked as a Dramaturge, Assistant Director and Production Manager on productions both on and off Broadway. Later, Pavarti went to work in the finance industry at several international law firms. She now lives with her husband, two daughters and one very large, very terrible dog. She keeps busy working with fabulous authors as the Director of Marketing at Novel Publicity and penning her next genre bending novel. Connect with Pavarti at www.PavartiKTyler.com
About Sugar & Salt
Author Name: Pavarti K Tyler Title: Sugar & Salt: A Sugar House NovellaPublisher: Evolved Publishing Genre: Erotic Romance Release Date: 12/2/2013 Length: 40,000 Words Available Now Amazon Smashwords Barnes & NobleWatch for Book Two - Protecting Portia Coming 2014!
