Books that remind me why I love romance, #1

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So after finally finishing The Billionaire’s Wife I slept for like a week straight. I was completely wiped, you see, and unable to get anything out on my current story, Dead Man’s Curves, a BBW Vampire urban fantasy romp. This is the dreaded author burnout that comes from pushing out approximately 70,000 words over the course of a month. In these cases, it’s best to sit back, detox from all the caffeine you’ve been ingesting, and read some books. I picked up a couple at the grocery store. Yes, that’s right, I’m a supermarket reader when I’m not a straight up e-reader. I love brick and mortar bookstores, but my god. I just don’t have the time. They don’t sell ten packs of chicken thighs at brick and mortar bookstores. I love Barnes & Noble, naturally, I just never have the time to actually go there. It’s a tragedy. Anyway. Kresley Cole. Boy howdy do I love me some Kresley Cole. Not in large doses because it’s too much at once, but that just means that when I go back to her there’s more to choose from since she’s deliciously prolific. I saw this sitting there in my local supermarket and was like, Gee, I loved that one story where the witch and the demon got it on and also the one with the ghost and the insane vampire, and this one has an assassin in it! Sold, motherfucker. I’m on page 163 and the vampire assassin hero and his fated demon princess bride heroine are about to get funky (again). I’m psyched. It’s got everything. Fights to the death and danger and high stakes and a perfectly matched hero and heroine (a Cole trademark). I’m immensely enjoying it. I can’t quite put my finger on what Cole novels in this universe are like, but they are definitely turned up to 11. I’m quite jealous. I wish I had the time to craft such a huge and fertile universe, but them bills gotta get paid, if you know what I mean. If you like vampire assassins obsessing over waify princesses and sexily executing all who stand in their way, well… this is the book for you. Edit: I must be hella bloodthirsty because Trehan’s gift to Bettina in the lady’s choice round would have made my knickers wet, not made me nauseated.

Bartered Surrender — OUT NOW!

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09 Bartered Surrender -- AReUnited once more, Anton shares with Felicia the details of his past. Can the two admit their growing feelings and move beyond the mistakes they have made? Buy on Amazon Buy on Barnes & Noble Buy on All Romance eBooks Buy on Kobo Buy on Smashwords I will miss Anton and Felicia, but I think this was the end of their respective inner journeys that led them to each other. It’s not perfect, but it made my pulse race and my heart flutter and I hope it did the same for you. Thank you for all your support!

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Abruptly he stood up, the legs of the chair he sat in scraping over the floor, and held a hand out to me. “Please come with me, Felicia,” he said. “There’s something I want to show you.” “Is it your cock?” I asked. “Because I’ve already seen that.” To my complete shock, his face broke into a sheepish grin. A grin. Anton Waters knew how to grin. Well, how about that? I thought. Continue reading →

Bartered Betrayal — OUT NOW!

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Devastated to find her marriage has been built on a lie, Felicia goes back to her roots to figure out what she truly wants. Away from the swaying influence of Anton’s sexual hold over her, Felicia discovers her true feelings, but can she express them to a man who seems to fear love more than anything else? Buy on Amazon Buy on Barnes & Noble Buy on Kobo Buy on AllRomanceeBooks Buy on Smashwords EXCERPT:
I stopped sleeping so much. I dreamed about Anton too frequently: his voice, his smile, his surprised laugh. I dreamed about his hands on me, racing up my thighs, his breath on my pussy, his tongue deep inside me, clinging to me wherever he could find purchase, like a man afraid of being swept away. I dreamed of grinding my clit into his face. I dreamed of being tied up, wrapped in plastic, fucked until neither of us was afraid any more.Stranger things have happened. Continue reading →

Search engine results have revealed…

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…THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHEN BARTERED BETRAYAL IS COMING OUT. I’m super happy that people are excited to read it, even though I’m kind of thinking it’ll be a let down now since we are in the pivotal black moment when all is lost and that’s a downer, maaaaan. It’s the last book you’ll want to wrap up and feel warm and fuzzy about. BUT… I am literally working on it as you read this, and I will stop working on it when it is published. So. There you go. Let the record show that it is Monday, November 26th, 2012, and I’m hoping Friday is when it will finally be live on all sites. Edit: I wrote 2,000 words of Bartered Betrayal this morning and thought each and every one of them sucked, but then I read them this afternoon and they are fine. I love and hate being a writer.

Solstice Sacrifice — OUT NOW!

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The sun has hidden its face, and ice grips the land. In the days of old, a virgin would be sacrificed to the lord of the forest… Headstrong Klara is the only woman to defy the lecherous advances of Master Kazmer, the head of her village. When she violently rejects him yet again, Kazmer resurrects the old sacrificial ritual and offers her up to the god no one believes in any longer, hoping days without food and water will persuade her to submit to him. But when the God comes to collect his due, he wants more than just a dead body. Can Klara prove to him she could be a worthy queen and bride? Solstice Sacrifice is a 20,000+ word erotic novelette. Warning! Contains enthusiastic virgin defloration by a horned god hung like a stag, rough and reluctant oral and anal sex, masturbation and breeding. 18+ only please! Buy on Amazon Buy on Barnes & Noble Buy on Kobo Buy on AllRomanceeBooks Buy on Smashwords EXCERPT: With exaggerated care, he moved his nose to the crook of her throat and shoulder, where her cloak still hugged her tightly, and inhaled, taking in her scent. Her body responded, drawn toward him like the air into his lungs. “You are defiant,” he said at last. “A woman of spirit. The first of your kind in many, many years.” She didn’t know what he meant, only that his voice warmed her from head to toe. A hand caressed her cheek, and, gently, the god turned her face towards his. “Open your eyes, Sacrifice,” he rumbled. That voice bypassed all rational thought. She wanted to obey it, no matter the cost. Klara opened her eyes and met his. Continue reading →

A quick update on the State of the Avaverse

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After a scare yesterday where I spent most of the day with my 22-month-old son in the ER (bronchitis and pneumonia, yay) I’m back to writing again today. It owns. The particular title I’m working on right now is called Solstice Sacrifice. It’s a little something different, and I’m hoping to get it done and out the door Sunday or Monday. After that, Bartered Betrayal will be out around the 30th (after preschool opens up again), and then the final installment of The Billionaire’s Wife will come out after that in early December. I’m pondering a story for Felicia’s friend, Sadie, tentatively titled The Billionaire’s Muse, but that is, of course, subject to change. I do love me some Sadie, though, so I’ll probably get started on that closer to Christmas. I’m hoping to make Sadie’s story about the same length as Felicia’s, but in larger chunks. And I have a totally ridiculous story in my head called Dead Man’s Curves. You figure it out. Do you want to see me try my hand at something? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Bartered Pain — OUT NOW!

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Anton’s penchant for public sex lands him and Felicia on the front page of the tabloids, but coming to the attention of the media brings something far more devastating to the surface–a secret Anton has been keeping from Felicia. Buy now on Amazon Buy now on Barnes & Noble Buy now on Kobo Buy now on AllRomanceeBooks Buy now on Smashwords EXCERPT: He drew close, looming over me, and I was reminded of our very first encounter here in this office, when he seduced me. He hadn’t made me come, only touched me, stoking a fire inside that was so violent and out of control that I had to quench it myself the moment I was alone. Even now, just thinking about it, I was turned on. I didn’t want to be. I wanted to think rationally and calmly, but it felt like the moment Anton had entered my life that my reason had taken a flying leap off a cliff. And I liked it. I really didn’t like how much I liked it. I was losing myself in Anton. Continue reading →

Her Alien Instructor — OUT NOW!

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Out among the stars on Laqir’s ship, Levvi hurtles towards her new destiny with her unknown Kurazi master. First, however, Laqir must teach her the ways of pleasing a Kurazi male: total submission!

This 6,300 word short story involves bondage, light sadomasochism, mind control, tail-play, anal, and an alien orgasm to blow your mind! Part 2 of the Galactic Concubine series.

Buy on Amazon Buy on Barnes & Noble Buy on Kobo Buy on Smashwords This one turned out fairly kinky! Enjoy!

Saving Sins — FREE NOW!

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When she was eighteen, Father Michael saved Tara from a life on the streets and an early death by overdose, and she fell for him. Now, five years later, she returns to the man who saved her, determined to keep her infatuation to herself and help him in his work. But what if the only way to save him is to love him? This 17,000 word short story contains angst, longing, forbidden love and taboo lust between a man of the cloth and a former fallen woman. WARNING: Allusions to drug use, past rape, and an explicit scene of sexual intercourse in a church.
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