Monday, May 31, 2010
Author Sherrill Quinn
If you like paranormal, sci-fi and a good witch and demom stories check out author Sherrill Quinn. She has a great style and quite a few print and e-books to choose from that offer a wide variety within these genres. I particularly like the short story she included in the Belong to the Night Anthology called City of the Dead.
About Sherrill From Her Website:
I started writing fiction at the age of 12 when my sixth-grade teacher gave the class the opening line "It was a dark and stormy night" and told us to write a story. I'm pretty sure my story had ghosts and goblins in it, because even at that age I was fascinated with the paranormal world. I got sidetracked with college and a career in Human Resources, but in 2005 I rediscovered my love of fiction writing. My first ebook was published in February 2006, and in February 2009 I signed on with Kensington Publishing with my first novel, Daring the Moon.
(Click on the book title to purchase the books)
Belong to the Night
–AnthologyISBN: 9780758238863
City of the Dead
Description:
Dori Falcon is a witch with a plan: get to New Orleans, locate her missing brother, and recover the Eye of Bastet, a mysterious and powerful amulet. Her plan never included falling for sexy Cajun cop Jake Boudreau; but without his help, she may never find the demon who has her brother, and the key to her family's survival.
Dragonlight
ISBN: 97816027256857
Description:
Ice dragon Gavril Stasio was caught while doing recon on a new dragon hunter. He never expected her to save his life. Kidnapping her was certainly no way to thank her, but he had no choice.
Marina Rodriguez wants to do what she can to atone for the havoc her family has wrought on dragons. She finally gets her chance and ends up defending herself against charges that she’s a dragon hunter. Once she’s done that, she’s faced with two sexy dragon men who want to protect her. And make love to her.
A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do...
Fallen Angel
ISBN: 9781419919664
Description:
Sassy Devils, LLC is a conglomerate of good and evil headed up by the Big Guy Himself, controlling all aspects of otherworldly interaction with humankind.
Talon of the Falcon Aerie is an Angel of Retribution. Sent to find and return a repentant Xerxes (the leader of an organization dedicated to eradicating all that Sassy Devils does) or kill him, he meets--and falls in love with--Raegan Stark, a no-nonsense homicide detective. He also finds something he never thought he would. Love.
Raegan finds out how bad an angel can be, and just how good bad can be...
Demon of her Dreams
ISBN: 9781419913563
Description:
Sassy Devils, LLC is a conglomerate of good and evil headed up by the Big Guy Himself, controlling all aspects of otherworldly interaction with humankind. Urian is a son of the Devil--literally--an incubus working for the Demon Division. His assignment brings him back into the life of human Hailey, a woman he's fallen in love with through the sex dreams they've shared over the years. Hailey isn't sure how to deal with this recent twist in her reality. The man of her dreams is really a demon and she discovers other supernatural beings are taking advantage of the magic of Halloween. Her relationship with Urian makes her a mighty tasty target. Their passion burning hotter than the flames of hell, it takes both of them to bring things to an explosive climax.
Angel and the Duke of Sex
ISBN: 9781419919671
Description:
Angelique Chadbourne had been trapped for 10 years in a loveless marriage while her wastrel husband chased after prostitutes in the East End of London. Now, in 1888--two years after his murder--she has ended her period of mourning and is ready to live life on her own terms. And a big part of that is learning what passion is all about. For that, she needs Harry Atherton, the Duke of Sexton or, as he is notoriously known in upper society, the Duke of Sex.
Harry has always had his eye on Angel, thinking her to be the perfect woman to be his wife. She's beautiful, gracious and intelligent--just the sort who would fit in his household and provide him with an impeccable hostess. To find out she also has hidden passions she wishes to pursue is the sugar in his tea. He's never been one to let an opportunity pass him by, and he's not about to start now. But there's evil threatening her. Jack the Ripper is in their midst and it's only a matter of time before he strikes again.
Claiming Hannah
ISBN: 9781602720794
Description:
Mix a zealous animal rights activist with two horny space cowboys and you get more trouble than you can handle...
Jax Marjani was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, all because the corrupt government of his homeworld wanted his sister's lover, the exiled prince of the planet Nosfer. Now that Jax has been released, thanks to his sister and the vampire prince, he's settled on the barbarian planet of O'Kar 6, content to raise cattle and complete legitimate shipping runs between O'Kar 6 and Nosfer with the help of his best friend, Ian Hunter.
But when feisty Hannah Trueblood helps steal his cattle, Jax finds he's as much of a barbarian as the natives on this backwoods world--and stakes his claim on her.
Submission never felt this good...
Daring The Moon
ISBN: 9780758231871
Description:
It takes a lot to ruffle Taite Gibson, investigator with the Pima County Attorney's Office. But the enormous, snarling werewolf that's stalking her through the streets of Tucson? Yeah, that oughta do it. Those terrifying attacks convince Taite to seek out Ryder Merrick, a reclusive British horror writer reputed to know everything about werewolves, including how to kill them. Turns out he also knows how to leave her shaking with desire...
On his remote private island, Ryder can live safely with the beast inside him, unable to harm others or himself. Then Taite arrives, her lush, sweet scent and gorgeous curves tempting him to give in to every wicked hunger. And as a full moon rises, the only way to keep Taite safe from the evil that's followed her here is to convince her to trust in an attraction that's deeply dangerous, and wilder than she ever guessed....
Seducing The Moon
ISBN: 9780758231895
Description:
It only takes a little moonlight to bring out the primal desire between two lovers...
Declan O’Connell has a history with Pelicia Cobb, but not the kind that’s going to help him win her back. It was bad enough that he broke her heart as a gruff ex-commando. Now he’s got another side to his personality, a furry, fierce side that goes a little wild under the light of the moon…
Pel wants nothing more than the chance to clean up the mess Declan made of her life—without his interference. But with a sniper taking shots at her on her doorstep, there’s no one better to protect her than Declan. And it’s hard to ignore all of his deliciousness, especially the way her body responds to his undeniable magnetism. There’s no question the rugged Irishman brings out the animal instinct in her—an instinct that propels her toward him, even when she knows she should run away…
Animal attraction is only half of the problem...
Taming The Moon
ISBN: 9780758231918
Description:
Olivia Felan has a wild side, all right. Even ignoring the fact that she turns furry and feral once a month, her natural style is take-no-prisoners, full-speed-ahead, come-what-may. But when it comes to her little girl, she doesn't take chances. So when a big bad werewolf alpha steals her daughter, Olivia will do whatever it takes to get her baby back. And in this case, that means killing Rory Sullivan.
The trouble is, killing him would mean wasting one sexy beast. Sully is all man, all cop, and as of late, half wolf. When he meets Olivia, Sully’s a little glad he stuck his nose into his friends’ business and came out with animal senses--until he gets a whiff of the chaos following her around. Now he has to decide whether he can’t take his eyes off Olivia because she’s too beautiful--or because she’s too dangerous…
The Claiming
ISBN: 1592795552
Description:
As an Intergalactic Marshal, Kassinda Marjani is all about the job. When her brother is imprisoned on trumped-up charges and she's virtually blackmailed into capturing Rhys Valorian... well, she'd bring in the exiled vampire prince--her former lover--to save her brother's life.
But things don't always go according to plan, and when she and Rhys crash land on a barbaric planet where men cherish their women and see to their pleasure whenever--and wherever--necessary, Kass realizes she might have to move onto Plan B. If only she had a Plan B.
Good thing she has Rhys.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Romance Book Review: His She-Wolf Warrior
Series Connection: Wulf's Den
ISBN: 978-1-59578-591-6
Genre: Paranormal/ Shifter/ Werewolf
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Not my favorite in the Wulf Den series book five in the series tells the story of Billie and Finn's brother Eli. Eli is the last of the York children to find a woman. His sister Billie is determined to find someone for him. While he is sitting in Wulf's Den on evening he meets Saskia.
Saskia is a warrior who has trained for hundreds of years to be part of the protection team for the chosen one, Roxie. She and her brothers-in-arms come to the Wulf's Den to lend their support. There she sees Eli and knows for the first time she wants to make love to a human. But as far as she is concerned a human could never be her mate.
This is a short story that was just a little too rushed for me. It would have been nice to go into more detail on the background of the team of protectors.
Description:
Eli vowed he would never tie himself to one woman. But when he sees a lone werewolf female at Wulf's Den with six large male werewolves at her back, he finds himself instantly attracted to her.
Saskia and her brothers in arms have come to Wulf's Den in search of the foretold one, the one they have trained most of their long lives to protect. What she didn't expect was to have one of her visions while there. Or to see that she and the male mortal who looks at her with hunger in his eyes would eventually end up in bed together.
As Eli and Saskia try to sort through the feelings of an unexpected mating, a new enemy rises to threaten Roxie in her position as the foretold one. An enemy that could end their mating prematurely.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Romance Book Review: Captive Heart
Series Connection: Dragon Kin
ISBN: 978-1-60521-370-5
Genre: Paranormal/ Urban Fantasy/ Dragons/ Shifters
Publisher: Changling Press
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Cassie was recently kidnapped by rogue dragons who did unspeakable things to her, so the last thing she would want to attach herself to a dragon shifter. That is until she meets Haydn, but does she really want to start a relationship or just a one night stand.
Haydn can't believe he has finally found his souler. The only problem is that the human he finds isn't fond of dragon shifters. He knows he must go slow and has to convince Cassie to be his.
This book is part of a series and it isn't necessary to read the rest of the series to read this book. Although that is the case, I think it would be better to hear more of the story about the dragons and their lives.
Description:
After years of playing the field, Haydn has finally found his soul mate. Problem is, the well-endowed Cassie thinks all dragons are trouble and she has no intention of letting Hayden anywhere near her. He's going to have to do some fast talking to convince her he's the dragon of her dreams.
Romance Book Review: Kiss Me...If You Dare
ISBN: 978-0-85715-142-1
Genre: Erotic Romance
Publisher: Total-e-bound
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[Excerpt]
Celeste is at home on Friday night contemplating writing her blog, Kiss me...if you dare. Rereading her blog she revisits the day she met a stranger in a diner and fell in instant lust. When someone come knocking at the door it winds up it is the stranger in need of a place to stay.
This is a quick paced short story featuring some really sexy scenes, between two people who are living their own demons.
Description:
Taylor Burnes has an old penny worth half a million dollars. His apartment was ransacked and now he needs a place to stay. Who can he trust with the penny in his pocket? Celeste Heplewich, a court reporter, comes to mind. It's Friday night, and there's more at stake than the penny . . . if only he can convince Celeste to shed her fuzzy pink slippers and her old robe. Secrets of the past haunt them both but can the past catch up with the future on a Friday night in bed together?
About the author from the back of her book:
Aurora Rose Lynn, a bestselling erotica author, lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and conure. She enjoys writing romance with a sensual twist but first and foremost, her stories must be about love. When she isn’t writing romance, she writes young adult and fantasy stories under a pen name.
Romance Byte: Lies and Seduction
ISBN: 978-1-60088-540-2
Genre: Historical/ Erotic Romance
Publisher: Cobblestone Press
[Excerpt]
It isn't often that you find romances that take place in this era.
Description:
It is 1941 and the second World War is raging. Captain Adrian Carruthers abducts lovely Helen James in the belief she is a German spy. But Helen is no traitor. She wants to fight the enemy by using all the charms of her body.
Helen believes she has found her ideal first assignment in the handsome captain. Can she seduce him into telling her all he knows? The last thing she needs is a man who has already learnt a bitter lesson about women who trade their bodies for his country's secrets.
From the back of her book:
Victoria Black lives in Australia. She is especially interested in the Second World War. She loves—admittedly from the safe distance of time—the inherent romance and danger of those days, when heroes and heroines pitted their wits and their bodies against a merciless and determined foe. When she’s not writing, Victoria can be found in the kitchen, cooking. She loves fine food and wine, along with the occasional margarita.
Romance Book Review: This Side of Heaven
ISBN: 978-1-60737-521-0
Genre: Fantasy Paranormal
Length: Novella
Publisher: Loose-id
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Samara has just lost her beloved uncle when Nathaniel walks into the door and shatters her world. Everything she believed about herself is now changed. Rather than just being cursed with being able to read people's emotions she finds out that there is much more to her "gift" than she ever knew. Now she is running from demons and falling in love with a stranger.
Nathaniel has been Samara's guardian forever and has fallen in love with her, something that should never happen between a guardian and his charge. Nathaniel realizes Samara knows nothing about her destiny and has little time to teach her what she needs to know to survive. There isn't any time for love making, but he can't seem to keep his hands off of her. And if archangel Uriel finds out he might just lose any chance he has at redemption.
This is a fast moving novella that accomplishes a lot. Despite it being a short erotic novel the author was able to pack a lot into the story, which I appreciated. Kudos to the author. Nicely done.
Description:
Samara Hale has learned to keep everyone at arm’s length, with good reason. Abandoned by a father she’s never known, she’ll do anything to not become her mother and waste her love on a man who will only end up leaving. A powerful empath, she’s grown comfortable hiding behind her self-imposed walls. On the heels of her uncle’s death, a stranger shows up claiming to be a Telal, a half-demon, half-angel. She’s sure he’s out of his mind—unbelievably hot, but still, out of his mind. When she’s attacked by demons, he’s the only one who can save her. Samara will have to trust him with her life. She’s just not sure she can trust him with her heart.
With a forbidden love, an ancient prophecy, and demons on the hunt, Nathaniel knows this would be the worst time to act on his feelings for his mortal charge. But with Samara’s life in danger, he must not only come face-to-face with temptation, but with an old rival whose ambitions include claiming Samara for Lucifer himself. Nathaniel will risk it all to save the woman he loves and he can only hope Samara will take a risk of her own.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content and graphic language.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Romance Book Review: Poppy's Passions
ISBN: 978-1-61650-109-9
Genre: Erotica/Romance/Threesome
Publisher: Lyrical Press
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After experiencing a miscarriage and then losing her fiance Poppy is at lose ends and not knowing what to do with the rest of her life. She hangs out at a local bar and meets three brothers who offer her a new way of life.
Having to leave after their father has a heart attack, the brothers lose track of Poppy not knowing that she's pregnant. Poppy doesn't know how to find them either so continues with her life.
Four months later the brothers find her and convince her to go back to Montana with them to see what life would be like if the four of them stayed together.
A little more serious then some dealing with a relationship of this kind, Stephanie Beck deals with the emotional issue and relationships away from the four involved in the relationship.
Description:
Can Poppy find the courage to risk triple the love -- and triple the heartbreak?
Poppy Maguire is tired of being a loser. Emotionally neglected as a child, she wants to find the courage to leave her family and the job she hates. She desperately wants to make a change. Little does she realize how much of a change sexy brothers Cody, Michael and Trevor Paraby will bring to her life when the friendly shoulders they offer turn into so much more.
Comfort turns to passion and Poppy learns what life could be like in the arms of not one, but three men who love her. But what happens when the pink line on a pregnancy test doubles and she’s expecting twins, courtesy of one of a Parabys?
The brothers blow her mind by offering her the family and love she’s always longed for. But do they realize what they’re in for? Cody is moving a little too fast, Michael may not be in for the long haul, and Trevor is a bit self-centered.
In order for Poppy to have the extraordinary love she fears she hasn't earned, everyone is going to have to do some growing. But can she break free from the bad seed of her abusive family and have the courage to bloom?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Romance Book Review: Wilder Rekindled Love
Series Connection: Wilder Series
ISBN: 1-60601-746-2
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Siren Publishing, Inc.
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In the last installment of the Wilder Series, Sandy Sullivan tells Jamie Wilder's story. Nine years ago Jamie was in love with Wyatt, but at 17 and him at 20 she knew that he needed to finish school before they could be together. Unfortunately, she knew that when she became pregnant there was no way he was going to leave her and the child alone. So she pushes him at the door and sends him away.
Wyatt stayed away for nine years. He always knew he would be back for Jamie and his child, he just had to convince her to take him back. When he first sees her it takes a little more convincing than he thought and of course there was her brothers. Those wild Wilder brothers weren't going to let Wyatt hurt their sister again.
This was a decent contemporary romance, but have to say I was a little annoyed in the beginning of the book when Wyatt was mad at Jamie for sending him away. He was the older of the two, he could of put his foot down and stayed. Later in the story though, I felt better when he admitted he took the coward's way out by leaving.
Description:
Jamie walked away from her love for Wyatt for
the sake of his career as a physician even
though she carried his child. When she runs into
him at the local emergency room, she can’t
believe her eyes, but her heart knows she never
stopped loving him. Can she let him back into
her life for the sake of their daughter?
Wyatt knew he would return to Laramie when he
finally finished school. He never stopped loving
Jamie, but she pushed him away and insisted
she didn’t love him. He wasn’t sure he could
forgive her for shutting him out of their daughter’
s life. When they come face-to-face again, he
can’t walk away, not from Jamie nor from his
daughter.
Will they be able to get past the
disappointments and tears to rekindle their love
or will old hurts kill the feelings that still linger
in their hearts?
Romance Byte: Beast Behaving Badly
Series Connection: Pride
ISBN: 978-0758231680
Genre: Paranormal/ Shapeshifter
Publisher: Brava
Purchase Beast Behaving Badly here
I'm so excited Beast Behaving Badly is now out. I'll be heading down to the book store later today to grab my copy.
Description:
Ten years after Blayne Thorpe first encountered Bo Novikov, she still can't get the smooth-talking shifter out of her head. Now he's shadowing her in New York-all seven-plus feet of him-determined to protect her from stalkers who want to use her in shifter dogfights. Even if he has to drag her off to an isolated Maine town where the only neighbors are other bears almost as crazy as he is...
Let sleeping dogs lie. Bo knows it's good advice, but he can't leave Blayne be. Blame it on her sweet sexiness -- or his hunch that there's more to this little wolfdog than meets the eye. Blayne has depths he hasn't yet begun to fathom -- much as he'd like to. She may insist Bo's nothing but a pain in her delectable behind, but polar bears have patience in spades. Soon she'll realize how good they can be together. And when she does, animal instinct tells him it'll be worth the wait...
Video interview the author of Lover Mine
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John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown. Taken in by The Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was-or his true identity.
Xhex has long steeled herself against the attraction to John Matthew. Until fate intervenes and she discovers that love, like destiny, is inevitable.
Video Trailer for A Faerie Fated Forever
Here is a wonderful video trailer using more than just pictures of different models to tell the story. The developers put a lot of thought and effort into finding the right film to put it together.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Author Profile: Marie Harte
Some people have movie marathons at home, I have "author" marathons. The past few days I've been reading Marie Harte books. Marie write many different styles within the romance genre. The most common style within all the books is most definitely erotic romance.
Recently she released a spin off series, Dawn Endeavor, from a Sci-Fi series she wrote last Spring called Circe's Recruits. On her website she classifies her books as sci-fi, futuristic, paranormal, fantasy and contemporary. She's got everything going on in her books including male/female sex, male, female, male sex, male/male and female/female. Her characters include man made creations, werewolves, vampires, aliens and just ordinary humans. He male characters are strong alphas with a touch of dominance in them, while the females are strong and definitley on the sassy side.
From what I've seen, Marie started publishing books in 2005 and has been steadily releasing print and e-books ever since. I got lucky to pick up several of her print books at a local used book store about a year ago and have been hooked ever since.
Here's the blurb on her from her website:
I've been writing as far back as I can remember. Interest in the written word, no doubt spawned by my English teacher father, continues to this day. I'm a voracious reader, gobbling everything from romance to horror to science fiction and more. And I'm in love with the art of putting pen to paper...so to speak.
I majored in English from Penn State University, earning a B.A. in Liberal Arts, as well as a commission in the Unites States Marine Corps. Five years later, after serving as a communications officer, I left the service to focus more on family.
An assortment of jobs, from the Marine Corps Reserve to a government-contracted agency as an IT Representative to a middle manager for a Fortune 500 transportation company, have filled my days until I decided to devote myself full-time to my family.
Now the mother of four, I spend my time watching after my children and searching for that spare hour to write. Needless to say, I spend many of my nights typing away long into the a.m.
Above are some of the covers from her books. I've got several reviews from books she's written in my blog achieve files and if you check out her page on my website at you'll see some others.
Here is a list. Click on the link if you're interest in finding out somemore.
Over the Moon, Enemy Red
Fallon's Flame, Dawn Endeavor
Hayashi's Hero, Dawn Endeavor
CR: Roane, Circe's Recruits
CR: Zack & Ace, Circe's Recruits
CR: Derrick, Circe's Recruits
CR: Hale, Circe's Recruits
In Plain Sight, Cougar Falls
The Dragons' Demon, Ethereal Foes
Mirror, Mirror
Saturnalia
Rachel's Totem. Cougar Falls
Duncan's Descent. Ethereal Foes
The Fire Within, Storm Lords
Below the Surface, Storm Lords
Gale Season, Storm Lords
Aftershocks, Storm Lords
Guardian's Redemption, Storm Lords
Darkson's Forfeit
Firebreather
A Familiar Face
A Royal Continuum
Emergence
Creating Chemistry
Lurin's Surrender, Life in the Vrail
Caging the Beast
The Thief of Mardu, Life in the Vrail
Engaging Gren. Life in the Vrail
Deception's Calling
Tempting Traditions
A Scorching Seduction
The Perfect Creation
Creation's Control
Tied and True
Reaper's Reward
Enjoying the Show
Satyr's Myst
Willa's Wish
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