Monday, November 24, 2014

What's Coming This Week


Gregory Jonathan Scott will be a guest on the blog on Tuesday, November 25th. Make sure you stop by and take a look at the excerpt for Take To The Sky and enter the giveaway. Grand Prize: (US Only): Kindle Fire HD 6 Tablet and a Signed Paperback Copy of, Take To the Sky. First Prize: E-copies of Take To The Sky, The Plantation Affair and Heartbreak Beat. Second Prize: E copy of Take To The Sky.


On Friday, November 28th, Keeping Faith is released. Yay! You can still pick it up for a 10% discount direct from the publisher if you pre-order by Thursday. :)

Sunday, November 23, 2014

What Are Reading?

I started this post while Dad was in the hospital. I thought that I would be spending a lot of time sitting with him and because he dozed a lot I would have time to get in some reading. Sharing what I read through the week was a planned cathartic activity to get my mind off things while he recovered. As you know he didn't, passing away shortly afterwards.

With the original purpose gone I briefly considered dropping the Sunday post. Nobody really cares what I read anyway and the activity was to be an outlet for me. If others joined in, great! But if not, okay.

Now I believe I will continue with the weekly post. It's still fun. Still cathartic. And a time to think about my dad.

My rules are still the same:  I won't talk negatively about the books I post here. I won't give star ratings or a review. This is me saying, "Hey! I read this and liked it." If y'all have something that you liked, and wanted to give a shout out to then by all means, go for it.

Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller (audio)
Midsummer Moon by Megan Derr (audio)
Midsummer Curse by Megan Derr (audio)
Midsummer Law by Megan Derr (audio)
Trick of Light by Rob Thurman (audio)
Texas and Tarantulas by Bailey Bradford
Off Course by Bailey Bradford
The Whore of New Slum by TA Chase
Healing Minds by M.D. Grimm
Hunter and Hunted by M.D. Grimm
Cast the First Stone by Katherine Halle
Lukos Heat by Megan Derr
Diventando: The Vessel by JC Wallace
A Taste of Copper by Elin Gregory
Blue Mountain by Cardeno C.
















Saturday, November 22, 2014

The Valespian Pact Prints

Just a quick FYI for today...

As many of you know, for GRL 2014 I had trading cards made for the Valespian Pact. Breathless Design took my drawing and did illustrations for me, giving me a set of fantastic cards that I love. Now you can order prints of the character portraits from Imagekind. I already told my husband that I wanted prints but I also like the stretched canvas look. Decisions. Decisions. :)


Friday, November 21, 2014

GoodReads 2014 Nominations

The GoodReads M/M Romance Group 2014 Member's Choice Awards. Members of the group can nominate their favorites books in a huge list of categories until November 22nd. The first round of voting begins runs through 11/28 - 12/12, then the 2nd round runs through 12/13 - 12/27 . Results will be revealed in January 2015 and will include 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. If you haven't nominated anyone yet, I encourage you to do so. You have until Saturday, November 22nd. Oh, and you much be a member of the group. :)

As a reader, I love events like this because I browse the list for books or authors that I haven't read, adding to my ever growing to-be-read pile. I can easily spend hours clicking on links and reading blurbs.

This year, I have been fortunate to have been nominated for several categories. It's humbling to see the title of my book or series on the list, that someone thought enough of my work to nominate it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I can't say it enough. ((hugs))

Sumeria's Sons

Striker, The Valespian Pact #2

Striker, The Valespian Pact #2; Cover Artist Aisha Akeju

Zeus, Dargon, & Alpha from Striker, The Valespian Pact #2

Striker, The Valespian Pact #2

Striker, The Valespian Pact #2


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Cover Reveal: Ruby Red Booty Shorts & A Louisville Slugger



Lord have mercy, I adore this cover for the re-release of Ruby Red Booty Shorts And A Louisville Slugger through Less Than Three Press. The cover was created by the talented Aisha Akeju.

I don't have a release date yet, we haven't even started on the edits. Once I have the information I'll post it and update the ION Series page. This was just to wonderful to keep too myself and I had to share.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Guest Post: Remmy Duchene Talk Dirty To Me

Hi everyone!

I am here today to take over Lexi’s space and have some fun—no, not that space, get your minds out of the gutter! Lol.

Seriously, I am Remmy Duchene and I write interracial romance—most times erotic—it all depends on what I feel the moment I get to the first love scene in the book. I generally work on the romantic side with some spice tossed in. Anyways, I am multipublished, and so far people seem to dig what I do. I am very thankful and blessed in that regard.

I was going to talk about why I write interracial but I do that all the time. I was going to talk about women writing manlove, but that too has been done to tears, so today I’ll be talking to you about phone sex. Oh yes, that’s right, I went there.

People still think phone sex is taboo. I’m not really sure why since kids these days are doing way worse.  I mean, back in the day, you had phone sex with someone then go to sleep, there is no evidence. These days, the young’uns are taking pictures and videos, sexting and all these other things that just make me scratch my head.

But why is talking dirty to someone on the phone so taboo—still? I’m not sure, but maybe it’s the fact you are being naughty with someone you can’t really see. Or does it still carry the stigma of men maxing out their credit cards calling to speak dirty little things to a woman name Lolita with an exotic foreign accent?

While I was writing Talk Dirty To Me I had the pleasure—not the pleasure—of speaking with a sex phone operator.  He was very nice and well spoken and explained a few things to me that shocked me and set me straight. These days, women call those lines as much if not more than men—most often times they are married and their husband either got bored with them or the romance has died so they are craving something a little more—risque. Now don’t get me wrong—I’m not defending it because cheating is cheating—but this is what I was told.

He also told me for the most part, his clients are gay men or men that are on “the downlow” –just an aside, remember when being on the down low just meant you wanted to keep a relationship a secret and had nothing to do with being gay and not wanting to tell people about it?—back to what my new pal told me.

These are men who want to hear the rough, hard voice of another man and using it to get off. After speaking with him, I understand why it’s so secretive. We live in a society that has certain norms and while phone sex is a normal thin that happens constantly, society still frowns on it. Because the rest of the world see it as wrong, people who indulge has to go to like the black market of sex.

We all have things that turns us on—weather it’s a breast fetish, a foot fetish, a fetish for ropes and leather, of being spanked…to talking dirty on the phone with some stranger—who are we to judge others when our little naughty selves want things that are carnal just like everyone else?

Let your freak phone flag fly, because being naughty, is sometimes the best way to go.

Call you later! Um—wait, wrong blog—Hugs to all!


Talk Dirty To Me

Majid Thalen is a successful doctor with a past who's been working crazy hours. Finally, exhausted, he takes some time off work and decides to get some rest. But he's about to learn that surgery isn't the only thing one must not do when tired. 
Zavon Mowat is a sex line operator because the bills and his tuition are not going to pay themselves. When Majid accidentally calls his line, he is instantly drawn in by this man. But there's something in Majid's past that is getting in the way of everything


You can find me on the interwebs at www.remmyduchene.com
Follow me at @remmyduchen
Or at my blog Mantasy http://remmyduchene.blogspot.com

Love,

Remmy Duchene  


Sunday, November 9, 2014

What Are You Reading?

I've been thinking about having a weekly blog post about what I've read for the week. I love to read when I get the chance and I love to talk about books. Once a month, if the stars align, I meet with the Chicagoland book club to spend 2-3 hours talking about what we read.

With Dad being in the hospital, I didn't go this month, and with his health up in the air I might not go next month either. So I thought I would post what I've read on Sunday of every week. Something light and fun.

What I won't do is post a book I don't like and I won't talk negatively about the books I post here. I won't give star ratings or a review. This is me saying, "Hey! I read this and liked it."

If y'all have something that you liked, and wanted to give a shout out to then by all means, go for it.

Nothing negative please. This is like cathartic therapy for me. I spend my days worrying about my dad and I need something to draw my attention and make me smile. ^_^

This first time I'm going to back farther than a week because I didn't get to read anything but what the editors sent me.

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A while ago, Evernight Publishing had a submission call for a shared universe that I wanted to participate in but there just wasn't time. They are menage stories, which is one of my favorites to read, and yes, I still read some M/M/F. I've read several.

(P.S. I'll add the book covers at the end. Blogger is such a snot and won't allow me to line the covers across, otherwise they take up too much space.)

Assassin by Nicola Cameron #Sci-Fi #MMM
Proposition by Beth D. Carter #Sci-Fi #MFM
Defiance by Beth D. Carter #Sci-Fi #MFM
Captive by Pelaam #Sci-Fi #MMM
Broken by Erin M. Leaf  #Sci-Fi #MMF

The others in no particular order:

Crave by Vivien Dean #UrbanFantasy #Vampires
A Tooth for a Fang by Liv Olteano #Paranormal
Dangerous Beauty by Tali Spencer #AlternateWorld #Historical
King's Conquest by Valentina Heart #Fantast #Mpreg #Reread
A Suitable Replacement by Megan Derr #Fantasy
Dancing in the Dark by Megan Derr #UrbanFantasy #Reread
Boots for the Gentleman by Gus Li & Eon De Beaumont #Fantasy
Ashes and Echoes by Gus Li #Fantasy
The Heart of the Kingdom by Sasha L. Miller #Fantasy
Captive Heart by Tali Spencer #AlternateWorld #Historical #MF
Assimilation, Love, and other Human Oddities by Lyn Gala #Sci-Fi

And that's it for the last 30 days. It seems a bit skimpy to me but I have to remind myself that some of these are longer than other and so took me more than one sitting to complete.

What have you read recently?? ^_^

















Thursday, November 6, 2014

Cover Reveal: Songs of the Earth

Yay!! Lookie what I have. The cover for Songs of the Earth! So freakin' exited.

I've been working on the edits for Songs every day before I head off to the hospital to spend the day with Dad. Now I have something to show him today. ^_^ He is a captive audience...  LOL! Poor Dad.


Saturday, November 1, 2014

Guest Post: Blog Tour Dingo Run by Jack Byrne, Giveaway & NSFW Excerpt


You can't imagine how excited I am to have Jack Byrne on the blog with a HOT excerpt for Dingo Run. I recently read and loved The Billabong with its historical Australian setting and the refreshing storyline. Can't wait to dig into Walkabout and Dingo Run.

Before you skip down to read the steamy excerpt, don't forget to leave a comment! Two commenters (I know, not a real word) will be randomly chosen to receive an ebook copy of Dingo Run. Make sure you leave an email address with your comment. So don't run off without at least saying, "Hi!"

Oh, and if anyone knows about the swinging the tea thing, would you mind explaining why they swing it instead of letting the tea steep.  ^_^



Dingo Run

Book Title: Dingo Run (Bushrangers Book 3)
Author: Jack Byrne
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press; 1 edition (October 22, 2014)
Book Length: 60 pages
Genre: Gay Romance, Western/Cowboy, Historical

Book Blurb:

New South Wales, Australia, 1876. As captured outlaws, Jim Kelly and Mark Turner face the gallows. Help comes from an unexpected quarter, but their hasty escape goes wrong and now Jim's life hangs by a thread. Mark is driven by desperation to form an alliance with an infamous bushranger who may hold clues to his mysterious past. But as Jim and Mark’s relationship intensifies, it is also tested. Their secret is discovered, tempers fray, and jealousy flares.



R Rated Excerpt

Then Jim’s arms were around his neck, and Jim pulled him into a deep kiss. Mark surrendered to the kiss, careful because he could still feel the remnants of the fever in Jim’s hot lips and slightly uncoordinated movements.

He laid Jim back on the swag, kissing him so softly that Jim whispered, “I’m not going to break, you know.”

“I know.” Mark carefully removed Jim’s shirt and pants, then stripped him completely, kissing him all the while.

He stopped for a moment to undress himself, spared the horses and the cave entrance a glance, and then returned to kissing Jim. Dan wouldn’t be back for hours.

Silently he pressed kisses down Jim’s broad chest, nibbling gently at the hard nubs of his nipples, feeling with gratitude the chest below rise in a gasp as he did so. Mark tasted the taut stomach, slightly salty with sweat, and heard a moan of pleasure from Jim. He smiled and licked again, a gentle dab of the tongue, and got the same response. He listened to the contented moans from above and kept giving tiny licks and nips down Jim’s stomach, which was now rolling under him and pushing up into the pressure, until Jim’s erection bumped Mark’s chin. Mark lifted his head slightly and carefully took the taut glans into his mouth, tasting more salt—there was fluid leaking from the tip.

“Oh, Mark,” moaned Jim, his voice throaty and deep.

Mark smiled and worked the glans in his mouth, running his lips and tongue around in circles until Jim was pressing rhythmically up against him, pushing for more contact. Mark let his mouth open a fraction more to allow Jim’s erection to slide gradually farther into his mouth and heard Jim groan, “Oh-oh.” He looked up to see Jim’s chest heaving and blue eyes looking down to him, hooded with desire. The taste of salt increased, and Jim became rock hard in his mouth.

Mark wet his fingers with spit and precum and teased them around the outside of Jim’s entrance, wetting it thoroughly before slipping a finger in, then another and another. Jim’s moans became more desperate. Mark pushed his fingers in and out, circling them, then plunging them in and out of Jim’s body again and again until Jim’s moans gained a pleading tone. Then he extracted his fingers and shifted upward to let his own leaking erection press against Jim’s hole.

Jim grabbed Mark’s hair and pulled him up to kiss him frantically, his breath coming in rough gasps in Mark’s ear. Mark teased him, nibbling and ghosting kisses across his neck until Jim begged, “Take me!” and claimed his mouth in a bruising kiss. Mark lined himself up and watched Jim’s face for any sign of a wince as he pressed into Jim slowly, his own erection so hard now that he didn’t have to guide himself in. The hot walls of Jim’s channel closed around him, and he heard himself give a guttural groan as he pressed slowly into the warmth and pressure of Jim’s body.

Jim closed his eyes and whispered, “I’m gonna shoot my load any second.”

Mark whispered back, “Open your eyes, then.”

Jim did, and the desire and pleasure in them was enough to make Mark growl again, grab Jim’s shoulders, and thrust hard and deep into him. Jim’s neck arched back, and he gasped. Mark wanted to sink his teeth into that exposed neck and thrust again and again, but he resisted and stilled, then pulled himself out very slowly.

“Jesus, Mark....” Jim’s voice was shattered as Mark began to push in again slowly.

Mark hesitated, then continued, watching the pleasure contort Jim’s face as he did. Jim’s teeth were gritted as Mark pushed himself fully home, and Jim whispered, “You’re killing me.”

Mark nibbled on his ear and breathed, “I almost lost you this morning.” He bucked his hips once, hard, and Jim gave a small noise.

Mark began to withdraw again with agonizing slowness, then heard a strangled whisper from Jim. “I can’t—”

Mark smiled and thrust himself in again, slowly but powerfully, pushing himself in until he was fully seated, then giving that slight buck inward that he knew Jim loved so much. Suddenly he heard Jim gasp and felt hot moisture between them and Jim convulse against him. He held Jim through his climax, watching the handsome face tighten and tip away from him as Jim arched up against him. He pressed quick, hot kisses up the corded tendons in Jim’s neck and whispered hotly in his ear, “I love you.”

“God,” managed Jim at last. “God.”

Mark kissed him and waited for Jim to meet his eyes again, then began to pump into him, still slowly, but putting all the power he could muster into his thrusts. Jim watched his face as he did so, and something in his look undermined Mark’s control so he began to thrust rapidly and deeply into Jim. Mark groaned his pleasure with each movement he made and was not sure when the groans became low growls.

Pleasure began to build in him, each push into Jim’s now slick, tight channel sending a thrill through his whole body. He struggled to keep control, but despite his best effortswas soon rutting into Jim’s body with abandon. When his climax came, it was intense, tightening his whole body and leaving him shaken.

Afterward he lay beside Jim, grateful to still be able to breathe in his familiar scent. If Jim had died.... Mark closed his eyes and pushed his face even closer to Jim. Jim rolled over to face him and pulled him into a close embrace, the strong, bronzed arms holding Mark tightly against him. Mark closed his eyes and tried to breathe.

Jim’s voice broke through the silence. “What do you feel?”

Mark looked up into his eyes. “What?”

“When we do that, what do you feel?”

Mark hesitated. “You. Inside you. The heat.”

“Is it like a woman?”

Mark hesitated for even longer, then whispered, “I wouldn’t know.”

They lay in silence for a few moments, then Mark asked, “What do you feel?”

There was a long silence, then Jim said, “You. Like you’re part of me. Like you come into my body, and we’re one person. And every time we do it, I want more.”

Mark looked away, then couldn’t resist looking back, and saw Jim’s eyes gleaming at him. He asked, “Would you go back to a woman? Do you want children again?”

Jim stared off into the distance. “I don’t think so. Haven’t thought about it. Have you?”

Mark nodded. “I bet you were a good father.”

Jim’s eyes suddenly turned ice blue, and he turned to Mark and answered, “If I had been, they’d still be alive, wouldn’t they?”

Mark blinked, unsure what to say, and looked away.





Author Bio:
Jack Byrne is an Australian who lives and works in the Australian outback training horses, doing farm work, and trying to stay out of trouble. He writes from experience (sometimes unfortunate experience!) and has been shot at (“a case of mistaken identity”) and bitten by a snake before. He writes on a laptop with a satellite connection and likes to ride or drive out to locations he is writing about to get a real feel for the surroundings.

He is happy to hear from readers.  He can’t promise an instant reply as he goes out working sometimes for a week or so, but he will get back to readers as soon as he can.


Author Contact Links:

Email: Jackaroo_Byrne@hotmail.com
Twitter:  @JackByrneAuthor https://twitter.com/JackByrneAuthor

Friday, October 31, 2014

Because I'm a Geek...

I couldn't help myself....

Today is the last day you can sign up to send your name to Mars. (See article here) I couldn't bypass the boarding pass. ^_^

Also, a quick note about tomorrow. Jack Byrne is a guest on the blog tomorrow and he'll be doing an ebook giveaway to 2 random commenters so don't forget to drop by!!