tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33978448336997517062024-03-12T21:07:46.581-07:00Deliza's Dirty DramasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956587478315747766noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397844833699751706.post-13445164108661997582015-01-04T12:45:00.000-08:002015-01-04T12:46:28.300-08:00Happy New Year, darlings! Long time, no see!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I realize I've been away for a long, long time. Unfortunately, that's what happens when "real life" gets in the way, you begin a new job, you get stuck in the middle of your W.I.P. because you've written yourself into a corner and then you get your heart broken and find that the last thing you want to do in the world is write about the sex and romance you're NOT having. </div>
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That said, I am going to try and pick myself up here. I think I am taking a break from my darling Savannah for a hot minute, because I think I have another story to tell with a new character. As I stew on that, I am going to at least try to get this blog up and running again in the meantime, if for no other reason than I need to keep myself busy and find my inspiration again. </div>
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Thank you for bearing with me. Hopefully processing my 2014 will turn out to be a creative wildfire that will be of benefit to us all in 2015. </div>
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“No one tells you when you start school just how homesick you will be, or how hard it will be to start life over with no direction and no friends or family. No one says that becoming your own person is terrifying.”</div>
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<i>“Is it bad? Is something wrong with Derek?” Abby knows better than anyone how much I obsessed over him for years. She’s the one who bought me the vibrator last year for my birthday that ended up being the catalyst for my entire relationship with him. Four years of high school and three of them consisted of me whining about how badly I wanted to be with him.</i></div>
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<i>“I don’t know. When he came to visit, it was amazing, of course, but now we are both so busy, and I don’t know.” I break down, crying for real for the first time since school started, because I know she’s right. It is weird and something must be wrong. I just don’t know what it is. It isn’t just Derek, either. School isn’t what I thought it would be. I feel like I am alone most of the time, even with my small group of friends. Everyone has his or her own schedule and it’s tough finding time outside of meals to talk. On the weekends, we usually try to hang out, but someone is always missing for work, a home visit, or just because something else came up.</i></div>
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<i>I’m about to argue again when I realize that what I do mostly is stay in and work on homework, or go to the library to work on homework, or talk to Derek. Yes, I go to meals and hang out with Kristen and the others, but I don’t take part in most of the events or activities on campus. I can’t claim that the environmental club is a happening social life. I honestly can’t say I know anyone outside of the group of people that Kristen hangs out with – and Jack.</i></div>
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<i>At one point, during my father’s trial, when I refused to take his side on the stand, he nearly kicked me across the lawyer’s office. “Your mother was a fucking junkie, and you meant shit to her. Driving up there every weekend, eaving flowers on her grave? You’re wasting your time. She’s dead and good riddance to her. There’s nothing in that grave because even if there is a soul, that bitch didn’t have one.” The lawyers later came to work out guardianship one afternoon when I was home and shook their heads when they saw me. Was it guilt? Irritation? Something else? I don’t know, but fuck them. That’s what I know now.</i></div>
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<i>“You know, they spelled her fucking name wrong. Right there on the tombstone. E-V-E-L-Y-N. It was Eveline, with an I-N-E. And no one even bothered to fix it. I remember being led to a plastic folding chair out on the cemetery lawn, the gaping hole my last physical memory of my mother, and looking up. That fucking Y. By the time we noticed, it was done and they said it would cost us several hundred dollars to change it. Like it was our fault.”</i></div>
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<i>“It doesn’t matter. They couldn’t really change it, even if they had put up a new one. They did it and you can’t fix something that deeply ingrained, can you? It’s been dug in too far. That Y is not going anywhere, no matter if I cry, punch something, or just give up.”</i></div>
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<i>“Things can always be fixed.” Sandee’s a regular source of inspiration, but her optimism wears me down right now. I don’t get how some things can be fixed. Whenever I think of my family, either then or now, all I feel is rage. Rage at my mother for turning out like she did, rage at my father for what he did, rage at the way the world shits on your dreams, and rage sometimes at myself. For existing.</i></div>
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<i>“All the fucking time,” he says. “I know you’re scared. I know I’m scared. But I seem to remember you telling me that I should remember what matters. I made you a promise, princess. Yes, your house intimidates me. Your life intimidates me. Hell, loving you intimidates me. But I’m in this. I’m here. Present. Entirely. I’m looking only forward. And all I see is you.”</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Delighted to be a part of Jessica Gibson's blog tour for her new novel, <i>Dressed In White</i>. Check out the excerpt and be sure to enter the giveaway below! Also, you still have five days to enter my <i>Little Drummer Boy </i>Book Blitz Giveaway <a href="http://dirtydramas.blogspot.com/2013/12/drummerboy.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Enjoy and as always, thank you for stopping by! I hope you will leave a comment before you go. :-)</span></div>
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Lorelei Peters had everything she had ever dreamed of. Amazing friends, a sexy boyfriend, and a job that she absolutely loved.</div>
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Dillon Brockwell was all she had ever wanted. Handsome, successful, and he loved her as much as she loved him. Life was going along the way it was supposed to, until someone from Dillon’s past shows up and shatters everything to pieces.</div>
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<span itemprop="description" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's Christmas Eve and sexy singer/songwriter Savannah Rossi has plans to spend the evening at a local jazz club sitting in with a friend's band. After months of flirtation with the smouldering drummer, Jesse Bauer, she's also got plans to light his yule log after the gig. Oh cum all ye faithful, it's the most wonderful time of the year! </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">*Contains graphic sexual content and strong language.*</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The Savannah Rossi Chronicles</b> </span></i><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">are a series of stand alone short stories/novellas preceding an eventual full length novel that follow the steamy adventures of sexy, independent, musically-gifted singer/songwriter Savannah Rossi, who is teetering on the verge of national success. This is no spoiled brat pop princess looking to be saved. Confident, driven, intelligent and unabashed in her sexuality, Savannah has created her own success and enjoys a vibrant sex life on her own terms with men of her choosing. Is it possible that any one man could tame such an independent free spirit? Who says she even needs to be tamed? Join Savannah on her erotic musical journey to find out! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Author:</b> </span>Susan Thatcher</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Release date:</span></b> December 1, 2013</span><br />
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<i>These Foolish Things</i> is a response to all the love stories that begin with young lovers and end immediately after mutual declarations of love. Life continues after youth and love can happen anytime, anywhere.</div>
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<i>At Last</i> picks up where <i>These Foolish Things</i> leaves off. Elizabeth Gardner and Ty Hadley seem destined for “happily ever after,” but fate has challenges in store that could tear them apart. Is their love strong enough to survive?</div>
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<i>“Well, this afternoon promises to be a good time,” Liz commented as she rinsed her hair.</i></div>
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<i>“Why’s that, Babe?” Ty asked over the hiss of the shower.</i></div>
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<i>“OB-GYN visit and mammogram, so much fun. ‘Mrs. Hadley, good to see you. We’ve devised some new tortures to visit upon your body in the name of practicing medicine, beginning with a nicely chilled speculum and ending with the pressurized fun of a mammogram. Welcome to your mid 40s, Elizabeth,’” Liz answered. "‘By the way, did we remember to recommend that you have a colonoscopy, too? Just a thought.’”</i></div>
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<i>“You make sure that prostate stays in good working order, Ty. I’m not done with it yet.”</i></div>
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<i>Liz raised her left arm over her head and began making firm circles on the skin of her left breast with her right hand, feeling for irregularities underneath. “Okay, so far, so good.”</i></div>
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<i>“Breast self-exam,” Liz answered. “Every month, like clockwork, haven’t missed in 9 years.” She put her right arm over her head and repeated the procedure on the right breast.</i></div>
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<i>Liz laughed, “Thanks for the offer, but it’s not really all...that…ero…tic…” The circling stopped and she returned to the spot and felt again. No, she hadn’t imagined it. “No. Oh, God.”</i></div>
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<i>“What just happened?” Ty’s eyes were fixed on her hand. He reached out to touch, imitating Liz’s hand and circling, pressing her wet flesh. “You found something?” Liz heard the fear in his voice.</i></div>
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<i>“I’m not sure,” she admitted, “Could be my imagination. Could be a cyst.”</i></div>
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<i>“Could be cancer,” Ty finished hoarsely. He yanked a towel off the rack and wrapped Liz in it, sarong-style, then pulled her close. They stood there for a minute, Liz holding as tightly to Ty as he held her. He was only wearing a towel around his waist and Liz needed the intimate contact of skin to skin.</i></div>
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<i>“God damn it,” she heard Ty growl, “God damn it.” She could feel the anger in him beginning to build.</i></div>
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<i>Liz put her hand on his shoulder and squeezed. She slid her hand up to Ty’s face and looked into his eyes.</i></div>
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<i>Quietly, she said, “Look. This may be nothing, okay? Let’s stay calm until we know for sure.” She brought Ty’s face down for a kiss that took on more urgency the longer it lasted.</i></div>
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<i>Ty broke off first. “I love you, Liz. I don’t want to think about losing you.” He kissed her forehead and left his lips pressed to it. “Ever.”</i></div>
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<i>He kissed her again. “That’s it. I’m coming to the doctor with you.”</i></div>
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<i>Liz buried her face in his shoulder, smiling. “No, Counselor. I can handle this. Besides, if there is a lump, the doctor will refer me to someone else for a biopsy and that will take a few days to schedule, so you’d be terrorizing the doctor today for no good reason. Take it out on opposing counsel instead, okay?” She kissed Ty again, deeply. “I love you.”</i></div>
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<i>“Done it before, remember? I know the drill.” Liz felt him relax slightly.</i></div>
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So <i>At Last</i> is considerably shorter than <i>These Foolish Things, </i>and it absolutely picks up in the middle of nowhere, so if you haven't read TFT, you'd better. Here's the good news: this book delves into the "happily ever after" part of romance novels, which frankly, doesn't exist - either in romance novels or in real life. That's not to say Liz and Ty's love fades and they get a nasty, bitter divorce, because they don't. But some rough shit comes down the pike after they marry. Like seriously rough. Like life-threateningly rough. But they are realistic issues that real people have to deal with in real life, as opposed to someone being kidnapped by a jealous ex or something soapy and silly. While I appreciated that there wasn't any noticeable fluffing out to make the sequel longer, I actually wished there was a bit more, because I very much enjoyed the comfortable ease and warmth the relationship exuded in this part of their story. Long past the butterflies and batting eyelashes stage, they settled into their <i>real </i>relationship and I would have liked Susan to have explored that in more detail. She makes significant time jumps in the story that in the hands of a lesser writer probably would've ripped you out of the moment, but fortunately she makes it work. I do happen to know Susan personally, and that means I also happen to know that <i>These Foolish Things</i> and <i>At Last</i> were originally one novel, so I highly recommend if you haven't read TFT yet, get both of them at the same time and read them back to back, because while both are good reads, I do happen to think they would've worked better as one cohesive work. But alas, we indie authors in particular are living in the world of The Almighty Trilogy and I understand why it is what it is. Still a well written novella and worth it. But again, you'll be lost if you don't read TFT first. Up next, I believe, is the prequel, which I'm looking forward to. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This Sexy Sunday I'm happy to welcome C.A. Szarek to Deliza's Dirty Dramas for the first time! Below is an excerpt of her latest novel<i> Collision Force</i> (Book One in the Crossing Forces series), a giveaway AND a link to download her FREE Christmas book featuring the stars of <i>Collision Force</i>, <i>A Cole In Her Stocking</i>. Check it out!</span><br />
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<b>Book One in the Crossing Forces Series</b></div>
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<i>Bad boy FBI agent and feisty widowed police detective collide pursuing a human trafficker in small town Texas on their way to true love. </i></div>
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Bad boy, married to his job FBI agent Cole Lucas always gets his man. So when the unthinkable happens and one gets away, Cole grits his teeth and hunts human trafficker Carlo Maldonado all the way to Antioch, Texas, where he collides with Detective Andi MacLaren. </div>
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Cole doesn’t do small towns and doesn’t get involved with women he works with, but Andi tempts him in ways he doesn’t want to acknowledge. </div>
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Two murders, her partner shot and leading the investigation on her own, the last thing Andi needs is a cocky FBI agent who sees her as no more than a tagalong. </div>
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Widow and single mother Andi is used to being on her own. When Cole gets stuck without a place to stay, crashing on her couch puts them in dangerous territory. </div>
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Attraction and passion bring Andi to a place she’d left behind when her husband died. Her three-year-old son quickly wiggles his way into Cole’s heart, and he starts contemplating things—family, love—that he’d never planned for himself. </div>
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Can being forced to work together make them stronger or will their differences jeopardise their case and their hearts?</div>
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<i>She was at the sink scrubbing her electric skillet. Cole pressed a kiss to the back of her neck, then nuzzled the hollow of her ear, nipping her earlobe. He watched the shiver travel down her spine and slipped a hand around her waist, settling it low on her stomach. He pulled her bottom against him.</i></div>
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<i>His cock shot from six o’clock to midnight in two seconds flat.</i></div>
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<i>“I thought he would never leave,” he whispered against the baby hairs at the back of her neck. Her ponytail brushed his cheek.</i></div>
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<i>“Stop thinking, Andi.” He nuzzled her again, rocking against her firm bottom. “That’s half your problem.”</i></div>
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<i>Cole whirled her around and covered her mouth with his. She yelped, but he smothered it with his tongue, exploring her sweetness. Kissing him back, she moaned after only a moment, shooting her arms around him.</i></div>
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<i>He pulled back, staring into her half-lidded sapphire eyes. Warm, probably soapy water sank into the fabric of his pale blue button-down shirt—the only non-tee with him in Texas.</i></div>
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<i>“You got me wet,” Cole said, his lips hovering over hers.</i></div>
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<i>“You won’t need it,” she whispered. Her tongue shot out to moisten her kiss-swollen lips, and Cole bit back a groan.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm thrilled to welcome back Elodie Parkes to the blog and spotlight her new novel, <i>Swoop on Love</i>, from Evernight Publishing. Scroll on down for an excerpt AND a giveaway for a $10 <span style="font-family: inherit;">(or </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">£10, depending what side of the pond you're on) Amazon giftcard</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">!</span> I'm also excited to unveil a new feature for my Author Spotlight, "20 Questions With Deliza," which will give you a little personal insight into your favorite authors featured here. Elodie has graciously agreed to be my guinea pig for the very first one. Hope you enjoy!</span></div>
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Lured to the place by its intriguing name, Jeanie was to find no owls lived there, but someone or thing does…will she realize before it’s too late?</div>
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Suspense…shifters…sex…and love...</div>
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Jeanie explores her new neighborhood and finds a strange little road leading to a place with an intriguing name. Owlswick. It’s Saturday and she has no plans, as usual, why not drive down this road? What she finds there is even more fascinating than the place name, and to her delight, a very attractive man lives there. Too bad he’s furious with her for taking a photograph. Why is that? What will Jeanie find when she checks the picture out at home later? </div>
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A love story, graphic sex scenes and a twist of fantasy suspense, 18+</div>
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<i>"Thank you for inviting me to the blog to celebrate the release of </i>Swoop on Love<i> from Evernight Publishing.</i></div>
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<i>I loved writing this story because of the inspiration behind it. Like my heroine, Jeanie, I found a sign post to a strangely named place and followed the country road that took me there. I didn’t find the two shifter heroes Nathan and Reed, but I did find the country restaurant that is mentioned in the story, and I passed the Christmas tree plantations that also feature in the scenery of the book.</i></div>
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<i>Nathan and Reed are special characters for me. They are similar in looks but so different in personality. Nathan is alpha and the enforced restrictions on his life in recent years have taken their toll. He’s reckless, risk taking and that’s how Jeanie uncovers his secret. He inspired the title since he saw Jeanie, wants her and love, and so he takes it. Reed is gentle, sensual, and giving, but he’s also very sexy."</i></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He
gave her a fright when he leaned around and opened her car door for her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She
jumped away and he laughed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Sorry.
I didn’t mean to startle you.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeanie
took hold of her car door and turned to him. “Thank you.” She was about to get
in when he touched her lightly on the arm. It sent a shock of sensation along
to her breasts. She shivered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I’m
Nathan, by the way. I’ve been hostile and rude. I’d like to remedy that. Could
I offer you a drink? There’s a restaurant further along the road, they have a
great garden bar. It’s still a lovely evening.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She
stared up into his face, overcome with longing to be with him in this
restaurant garden. He looked hopeful and interested. Loneliness made her
reckless. She nodded, casting aside suspicion and taking a chance. “Okay, yes
that would be nice.” She didn’t add that it would be the first Saturday night
in more than eighteen months she wouldn’t spend alone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I
can go get my truck if you’d like me to drive us.” His voice gave away his
happiness at her answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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smiled and little lines appeared next to his eyes. They were endearing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Warmth
spread through her as she imagined hugging him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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he settled next to her, she looked at him. “Which way?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Go
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restaurant was visible for a long distance on the straight road before they
reached it. Lit up in the summer evening, fairy lights twinkled in the trees
out front, and strings of them attached to the building looked like a sparkly
fringe, even in the remaining daylight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">It
was unexpectedly exciting to be next to this man.</span> <span style="line-height: 200%;">She
felt a wave of pleasure that he’d asked her out. “It must look so pretty when
it’s really dark.” Jeanie smiled as she glanced at Nathan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“It
does. It’s always full, too. It’s a happy place to be.” He sounded wistful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She
looked his way again. He stared out the side window, so she couldn’t see his
expression. Suddenly under a strong wave of need, she wanted to hold him, kiss
his incredible lips, snuggle against that muscular chest, and then… She sighed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“That
was a big sigh. You know you haven’t told me your name.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Surprised
that it hadn’t occurred to her to tell him her name even when he told her his,
she answered. “It’s Jeanie, sorry.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“A
pretty name for a pretty girl.” His tone was tender.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She
was tired of her solitary life. A spark of hope flared that maybe she’d met a
man interested in her, even if he was involved in some kind of strangeness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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reached the restaurant and Jeanie parked her car. Nathan got out of his side
and swiftly appeared at Jeanie’s door to help her. He smiled at her as she
thanked him. He didn’t move away from her and they stood so close to each other,
Jeanie yearned to kiss his perfect mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He
bent toward her and whispered, “You’re so pretty. I’m very glad you came back.
Why did you? You never told me.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">His breath teased her
ear, and her nipples peaked against her T-shirt. She slowly moved her head until
her mouth hovered a centimeter from his. She closed her eyes, captivated by his
nearness. He kissed her then, softly. His lips explored hers, firm, then soft
and moist. A simple touch of his tongue against her mouth sent her into a
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<b>1) Elodie, where were you born and raised? </b></div>
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<i>I was born in the United Kingdom and raised mostly there.</i></div>
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<i>I like where I live but wouldn’t mind living further down the coast, maybe the surf coasts in Cornwall.</i></div>
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<b>3) If other than being an author, when you were a child you wanted to grow up to be a</b> <u> <i>vet</i> </u>. </div>
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<i>I’ve always written something and had things published in magazines as well as books. I do have a day job and work in an antiques emporium.</i></div>
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<i>I write contemporary romance, erotic romance, paranormal erotic, romantic mystery</i></div>
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<i>No I do have limits. I can’t write horror or anything violent.</i> </div>
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<i>I read so much and always have done. I have so many authors I like to read. I read Christine Feehan for paranormal romance. I like the mix of story, and sex. I especially like the Dark series. I read Robert Goddard for mystery, as his plots are so creative. Sometimes I read reference books too. I think I’ve read everything by some of the classic authors such as Dickens, Hardy. I’ve read all the Tolkien. You know it would take me weeks to list the books I’ve read.</i></div>
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<i>Purple and Blue vie for my affections</i></div>
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<i>I think driving across Europe with some hunky guy in my jeep, we’d stop at all the historical sights and beaches.</i></div>
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<b>18) I am very much looking forward to the day when</b> <u> <i>marketing my books isn’t such a huge part of my life</i> </u>.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Elodie Parkes</span> is a British author writing romance, erotic, contemporary, and often with a twist of mystery, paranormal or suspense. Her books are always steamy, cool stories and hot love scenes.</b></div>
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<b>Elodie lives in Canterbury with her two dogs. She works in an antique shop by day and writes at night, loving the cloak of silent darkness that descends on the rural countryside around her home.</b></div>
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<b>Elodie writes for, Hot Ink Press, Moon Rose Publishing, Eternal Press, and Evernight. She has also released titles as an individual indie author.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #990000;">Author:</span> Monica Garry-Allen (also writes under the name of Siren Allen) </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #990000;">Book Title:</span> Christmas Confusion</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #990000;">Genre:</span> Contemporary Romance/ New Adult/ Romantic Comedy</span></b></div>
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Can two people be any more confused than Bailey and Max?</div>
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Bailey Cooper is very much attracted to her neighbor Max Davis. Unfortunately for Bailey, Greg – Max’s lover is slowly becoming one of Bailey’s best friends. Bailey’s emotions are torn; she adores Greg’s friendship while at the same time she craves Max’s touch. What is a girl to do when she ‘thinks’ the man she's in love with is in love with someone else? </div>
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Max Davis and his baby brother Greg Davis are co-owners of the apartment building they live in. Max has fallen for his tenant, Bailey, but she avoids and ignores all of his advances. Max becomes suspicious of the friendship blooming between Greg and Bailey. He believes Bailey has a crush on his brother but Max wants Bailey all to himself. Now he has to think of ways to keep Bailey and Greg apart. </div>
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Will a holiday weekend full of chaos, confusion and a little bit of charm finally get Bailey and Max on the right track? </div>
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Max scooted back on the couch, he reached toward Bailey, eyes straying to her legs. Even though she wore jeans, he stilled pictured her legs bare, like they were when she jumped on his counter.</div>
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Her eyes widened as his hand came closer and closer. Max leaned forward, stretching his arm even closer to her body, he ached to touch her. His fingertips itched for a chance to slide down her body. As he moved closer he heard her inhale deeply and he couldn’t escape the erotic images that flowed through his mind. </div>
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<i>Oh the sounds I could cause her to make if she would give me the chance. </i></div>
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Max continued edging forward, until his fingers wrapped around what he was reaching for. He picked the remote control up and moved back to his side of the couch. His hand shook slightly. Bailey exhaled. The sound sent chills over his body. Max pointed the remote at the television and pressed play.</div>
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He cleared his throat. “Do you want to start from the beginning or do you want me to find that last scene you watched?”</div>
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“Whatever you want,” she whispered and his gut clenched. Max pressed pause.</div>
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What was his question? For the life of him, he couldn’t remember what he’d asked her. But her answer ‘whatever you want’ was the answer he craved. A thousand questions raced through his head, ‘Bailey, what do you want me to do to you with my tongue?’ her answer of ‘whatever you want’ would be perfect for that question. ‘Bailey, what do you want me to do to you with my hands?’ Whatever you want would be the perfect answer to that question. But none of those were the question she was answering. What had he asked her?</div>
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“Or we could just watch television,” she said. “We don’t have to watch the movie, I know it’s a chick flick and you may not like it.”</div>
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“Okay,” Bailey smiled and snuggled further into the comforter. His comforter, the one he would sleep under later on tonight. The comforter that would have her sweet scent on it until he decided to wash it, if he decided to wash it. <i>Get it together, now, Max.</i></div>
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<b>Bailey</b> – My name is Bailey Cooper and I’ve just moved into my first apartment. Living on my own is kind of scary. But not as bad as I thought it would be thanks to the big hunk of a man living next door to. His name is Max and he’s extra yummy. He’s also extra gay and his boyfriend, Greg, looks better in skinny jeans than I do. How unfair! Anyway, one interesting fact about me is, I play in stool, urine, blood and any other fluid the body can excrete, on a daily basis. I’m a Medical Technologist, so I get paid to be gross. Oh, one more fact: I’m in love with my neighbor, yeah, the gay one. Have I mentioned how unfair life is?</div>
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<b>Krista</b> - Hi, my name is Krista. I’m Bailey’s best friend and play cousin. There are a ton of interesting facts about me, but if I have to pick one to share I will share this one, I have always been and will always be a daddy’s girl. I love my dad with all my heart and I think there is nothing more special than the bond between a father and his daughter. Can I give one more? I’ll be quick. Another fun fact about me is that I when I’m tipsy I like to dance, but who doesn’t?</div>
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<b>Max</b> - I’m Max Davis. My two brothers and I own and are currently renovating, Lake Teresa apartment complex. It needs a lot of work but we are managing to get it done in a timely manner. I have a new tenant, Bailey Cooper. She’s the most frustratingly sexy woman I’ve ever met in my life. And she keeps ignoring my advances. My brother, Greg, is driving me crazy with his attempts to get Bailey and I together. Maybe we just aren’t meant to be. Damn shame though, because I know I could make her happy if she would give me a chance. </div>
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<b>Greg</b> – Hey, Y’all. I’m Greg. The youngest and most fabulous of the Davis brothers. One interesting fact about me; hmm let me think. I’m a great listener…. I bet you thought I was going to say something else. Okay, I’ll say it. I am homosexual and I’m proud of it. Oh and I’m also a part-time deejay. Just ask my new tenant and bestie, Bailey. My goal this Christmas is to get her and my brother together. I swear straight people can be so obtuse sometimes. Just call me the Christmas Cupid. </div>
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Hi all, my name is Monica Garry-Allen. When I am not writing I am working as a Clinical Laboratory Technician. Since I am a part of the medical field a lot of my characters have jobs as Doctors, Nurses, Laboratory Scientists, etc.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Author:</b> </span>Susan Thatcher</span></div>
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<i>These Foolish Things</i> is a response to all the love stories that begin with young lovers and end immediately after mutual declarations of love. Life continues after youth and love can happen anytime, anywhere.</div>
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<i>At Last</i> picks up where <i>These Foolish Things</i> leaves off. Elizabeth Gardner and Ty Hadley seem destined for “happily ever after,” but fate has challenges in store that could tear them apart. Is their love strong enough to survive?<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Connie Ann Michael</span></b> was raised a city girl but was converted to a country girl after college and now resides in a speck of a town in Central Washington State. Connie is married to her former boss as she worked at the local Pizza place and has two college age boys that provide endless material for books. She loves the outdoors and can be found mountain biking, kayaking, or camping with her family. Being a busy family she can be found working on edits and her newest novel while on long road trips.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Title:</span></b> Tatooed Dots</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>Author:</b></span> Kimberly Knight</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Release Date:</span></b> Early 2014</div>
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Easton Crawford put his modeling career and good looks before his marriage until it was over. Years later, he is finally learning how to be the father his daughter needed him to be. He’s not looking for a new mom for his daughter—just nightly casual hook-ups. When his best friend, Avery, convinces him that a good way to meet a lot of single women is to go on a single’s cruise, Easton finds more than just a hook-up when he meets a fellow cruiser, Brooke. </div>
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Brooke Bradley has taken care of her younger sister, Bailee, for most of their lives. While their mother was enjoying not being a mother, Brooke became the adult in the household at thirteen. She had always taken care of the people in her life, especially her boyfriend, Jared. If it wasn’t for Brooke, Jared wouldn’t know how to function throughout the day. </div>
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When Brooke’s best friend, Nicole, gives her a gift of going on a cruise without telling her that it’s a single’s cruise, will Brooke find someone willing to be her constant and finally leave Jared? </div>
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Brooke and Easton learn that people are brought into their lives for many reasons. Over time, they find out what those reasons are. Some are to be a temporary acquaintance while others are there for life. </div>
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What will Easton do when he meets Brooke and realizes that she is someone that is meant to be in his life forever, especially after Brooke has an unexpected surgery and Easton is scared of losing her forever? </div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Kimberly Knight </span></b>is the Amazon bestselling author of the B & S Series (<i>Where I Need To Be, Wanted, Anything Like Me</i>) and an office manager/paralegal by day. She lives in the Bay Area in California with her loving husband and spoiled cat, Precious. In her spare time, she enjoys watching her favorite reality TV shows, playing co-ed slow pitch softball in a few local leagues, and playing computer games like World of Warcraft and online poker. However, the bulk of her time is dedicated to writing and reading Romance and Erotic fiction.</div>
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Ten years ago, Jarrett Brandt left home and abandoned everyone of importance. After a hard reality check, the irresponsible young man matured into a ballsy DEA agent with a kickass Harley Davidson and a million-dollar bounty on his head. Ordered by his superior officer to take refuge at a safe house just days before Christmas, he headed back home to Washington State, instead, to make peace with his deceased brother’s memory.</div>
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Marissa Reinn Brandt never expected to see Jarrett again. Best friends since childhood and lovers as teenagers, immaturity, over-demanding parents and illicit drugs ripped them apart. Now a successful chef at a posh restaurant, the young widow and her son offered Jarrett a place to stay for the holiday. Even though she expected nothing from her former lover—the twin brother of the man she married—fate intervened.</div>
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As Jarrett and Marissa rekindled the flames of love and lust that once bound them together, an enemy from his past and a trusted mentor from his present vied their time in the snowy dark and threatened to destroy everyone he held dear. Needing a Christmas miracle to save his family, Jarrett needed the love of a good woman to save his battered heart. His second chance with Marissa meant the world to him and nothing, no one, would stand in his way of cherishing her for all time.</div>
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<i>Jarrett seethed. Ready to hit the highway on his Road King Classic and find a biker bar where he could bloody his knuckles, he turned and headed back toward the caretaker’s station. He reached the cracked sidewalk just as someone called out his name. His heart somersaulted as he flipped around. He’d know that voice anywhere. The woman who haunted his dreams skidded down the small hill in clunky shoes with damp auburn hair cascading around her shoulders. He expected her to stop a few feet from him just as his parents did but she jumped into his arms, instead, and knocked him back a few steps. She wrapped her arms around him. Her sweet scent filled his nostrils. He buried one hand in her curly hair and pressed her close to his chest with the other.</i></div>
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<i>“Marissa,” he breathed her name like a talisman. God, it felt so right to hold her again. She fit against him perfectly. Just a few inches under six feet, while he was a few inches over, their bodies meshed like a work of art. He should have married this woman, fathered children with her and lived his life to make her happy. Instead, he chose something just as intoxicating, just as beautiful to his ignorant mind, and abandoned her on the curb outside his family’s home. More than anything, he regretted that he’d left her behind.</i></div>
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<i>Twelve Doors to Ecstasy</i> is about a sexually naïve woman who is determined to broaden her sexual horizons. When Tryst Sanyon answers an advertisement guaranteeing her that opportunity, she finds herself in the presence of a millionaire voyeur who offers her a lucrative sum to participate in his 'experiment.' She is spirited away to a four story building with six different colored doors on each floor. Each door hides a different sexual task, fetish, or role-playing situation and Tryst must complete three 'doors' on exh floor to complete her goal. Along the way she finds sexual fulfillment, sexual dilemmas, and a growing danger that will threaten her very freedom.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
massive hunk chuckled and stepped up to Tryst's lower back. He removed the
cover by slowly dragging it across her prickling skin. Electricity raced from
the affected area and gathered at the nerve endings to her nipples and clit.
She twisted her waist and released a soft moan that brimmed with a hint of
satisfaction. Tryst heard a muted noise and assumed he armed himself with more
of the fragrant oil. She gasped when he placed his warm hands on her ass and
squeezed. He alternately gripped and massaged her bottom while she sighed at
the sensations that coursed through her fragile psyche.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> “You have a spectacular body,” he rumbled, barely
loud enough for her to hear. “And possess one of the more remarkable backsides
I’ve seen here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i>God, I think
I’m in love.</i> “If
you say so,” she cooed. His remarks made her melt into the pink sheets
underneath her. “What’s your name…if you don’t mind?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> “It’s Trevor,” he said as a furtive hand ran between
her ass cheeks. He pressed a gentle finger across her anus, rubbed the bottom
of her vagina for just a few tantalizing seconds, and resumed his attentions to
her ass. “I’m a full blooded Cherokee Indian.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i>And I’m a hot
blooded girl from Virginia.</i> Her green eyes fluttered from his relaxing touch. “You’ve
got really big hands. Is it true what they say?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> His silence distressed her. For a moment, Tryst
wondered if it was the opposite. She chewed her inner lip and mentally
dismissed her thought. <i>No, if he works
here, he’s got to have a big dick.</i> A new fear suddenly pierced her
thoughts. <i>What if he fucks me? He’s got
to be way bigger than any guy I’ve been with.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Trevor moved to the head of the table. “Turn over
please.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Tryst did as commanded, albeit awkwardly. He applied
another dollop of oil to his palm, rubbed them together, and put them on her
breasts. His warm hands made her hardened nipples explode with pleasure. She
groaned when he pressed on her pectorals and used his fingers to frame her tits
with a carnal intensity that curled her toes. Curious to see if he was just as
stimulated, Tryst checked out Trevor’s shorts. The outline of his cock strained
against the silky fabric.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i>He’s hung like
a fucking horse.</i> After assuring herself that Trevor’s focus was on her breasts, she took
another look at his bulge. <i>He’s got to
have the biggest dick I’ve ever seen.</i> She sucked in a breath when he moved
closer to the table, his covered cock now just inches from her face. <i>Did he see me? Is this an invitation to
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Trevor moved down to her stomach, pressing her skin
with a gentleness that belied his rock hard physique. She stared at his shorts,
made out the head of his massive dick tented against it, and wished she had the
nerve to reach out and stroke it. Tryst cried out when his attentions turned to
her pussy. She moaned in delight as his fingers slid between her silky folds
and rubbed the tip of her clit upon their return. The slick oil, combined with
her hot juices, made the experience one that sent her eyes to the top of her
skull. He reached underneath her, cupped her ass cheeks with one hand, and used
the other to invade her vagina. Trevor steadily pumped her with a pair of
thick fingers and, little by little, increased his motions until they easily
brought her to the precipice of an orgasm. She clenched her toes, welcomed the
flood of sensations that swept over her body, and choked out a scream she muted
with the side of her fist. Trevor’s soft laugh at her expense thrilled her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> “You’re welcome to touch my cock, Tryst.” He smiled
at her shocked expression. “In this room, in any room here, don’t be afraid to
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> “Um…I think I will.” She sent out a nervous laugh and
pulled down his shorts while he continued to stroke her pussy. Tryst groaned at
his manipulations and finally laid her eyes on his rock hard dick. <i>He’s got to be twelve-inches and he hasn’t
been circumcised. I’ve always wondered what one looked like.</i> She wrapped a
hand around the girth, unable to touch her forefinger to her thumb. <i>Holy shit he’s big.</i> </span> </div>
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A life-long Georgia native, John D. Tucker has burned
through three wives, raised two sons, and has persevered despite being brought
up in a wonderfully dysfunctional family. Following on the heels of his novels
<i>Divisive, The Little Girl You Kiss Goodnight, Romancing the Fox, Terpsichore in
Love, The Fifth Game</i>, and <i>The Mark of Cain,</i> he plans to release three more
books over the course of the next few months - the erotic fantasy <i>Twelve Doors
to Ecstasy</i> (available now), the morally raw <i>Splits in the Skin</i>, and the third book in the "Bemused and Bedeviled Series," <i>The Seventh Seal</i>. He is a proud member of IWW (The
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Cody Garrett, a former Navy SEAL, has never met a skirt he didn’t fancy. His six-pack, rugged looks and bad boy image ensures a steady stream of hot babes waiting to slip him their phone numbers wherever he goes. </div>
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So, he is confused when Bridie Barker refuses to go on a date with him. </div>
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It’s not like she’s a stunning beauty or something. According to him, her ears are big, she’s well-rounded and she’s not even a D-cup. </div>
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In spite of her shortcomings, the more she pushes him away, the more he finds himself thinking of her. </div>
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Twenty-year-old Bridie Barker has control issues. Every detail in her life is planned. </div>
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Her closet is color-coded and she has an array of storage containers, to ensure that everything is in its correct place. </div>
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Her whole world is black and white, and grey areas are a no-no. </div>
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When she meets the warm and grounded Scott Garrett, she thinks she has found her soul mate. Unfortunately, and to her disappointment, things don’t pan out with Scott. </div>
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While waiting tables, she has a disastrous run-in with his brother, wild boy Cody Garrett, King of Body Shots, who parties every night with a different girl. </div>
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Even though he’s good to look at and makes her laugh, she turns down his advances as he’s clearly the tag-and-release kind of guy.</div>
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Besides, she is pretty sure he owns not a single storage container, and she’s certain that his closet is not color-coded. </div>
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Problem is, Cody Garrett finds her rejection an aphrodisiac and pursues her. </div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ignoring all their pleas, I drove on until I pulled up into the parking lot outside Bridie’s old place.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Where the FUCK are you going to, sister-in-law? Huh? We need to talk.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“CODY, PLEASE STOP!” she begged.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I flashed her a mirthless smile. “Scared? Huh?”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Why are you doing this?” She was crying now.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Because I thought I was in a bad dream, but guess what; it’s true, my brother and my FUCKING GIRL! Not a dream, honey, just my reality.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Cody…”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“What the fuck are you CRYING FOR?” I yelled.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Cody, I don’t understand; you cheated on me. Why are you acting like you’re so cut, huh?”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Cheated on you? What the fuck are you talking about, Bridie? I never cheated on you.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“When? When the FUCK did I cheat on you, huh? You talking about that stupid body shot? That was fucking cheating? Huh?”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“No, not the body shot, Cody. The night of the party – you cheated with Nicole!”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“What are you talking about, Bridie? You’re hallucinating. I did not cheat with Nicole.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Yes, you did, Cody! I walked into your room and saw you both in bed. I left straight away.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hooray! It's Sexy Sunday and J.L. Brooks second novel, <i>Rotten</i>, is here! I loved her first one, <i>Distractions </i>(read my one and only 5 smooch review <a href="http://dirtydramas.blogspot.com/2013/05/distractions.html" target="_blank">here</a>), and was very much looking forward to this one. Happy to be part of her blog tour and it just so happens that I have snagged an EXCLUSIVE excerpt from a deleted scene for you (thanks, J.L.!). Read on for my review and other cool stuff!</span></div>
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Growing up on the outskirts of Las Vegas as the daughter of notorious strip club owner, Stephen Knox, and a mother who abandoned her at birth, life was less than kind to a young Antoinette.</div>
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Years later, Toni is lost in a dead end marriage and makes a painful confession that sends her back to the one place she always wanted to escape. But can she really right the wrongs that haunt her? Toni soon finds that the only place where things stay the same is in your mind.</div>
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Digging through the years of heartache, Toni soon finds herself torn between the man she is committed to and the one who has always held her heart. As each layer unfolds before her, she discovers the root cause of her pain. Always believing the source was external, nothing could prepare her for the truth.</div>
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<i>While enjoying my impromptu pool lesson, I felt another cue slide back and forth between my legs. Shane still had both hands on me, causing me to turn in panic and yelp. I made eye contact with David just as he busted out laughing. Quickly narrowing my eyes, I waited to see if he was jealous. It was remarkable how well we could communicate without saying a word, and I could see David ready to challenge Shane, yet he looked away and headed into the office. </i></div>
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<i>I smiled and reached my hand up along his cheek to feel the coarse hair tickle my fingertips. Shaking my head back and forth, I placed my hand behind his head and drew him closer into a kiss. I had never kissed a man with a beard like this before. The whiskers brushed against my mouth aggressively, a sharp contrast to his soft lips. He tasted as sweet as I knew he really was. With a gentle tongue he began to dance against mine, unhurried and unconcerned with the spectators. Shane moved his hands languidly along my spine before trailing towards my ass and lifting me up effortlessly onto the pool table.</i></div>
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<i>I wanted to giggle again -- he was so adorable -- but his fevered lips stopped me and continued to melt any reservations I had. I knew I was acting out because I was safe. Shane would be gone in a few days, and unless he came back into the club, our paths would never cross again.</i></div>
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<i>Reaching his fingers into my hair, he started to massage my scalp as his teeth grazed my bottom lip. I moaned in delight as my legs squeezed his waist tighter. Bystanders be damned if this wasn’t one of the hottest moments of my life, and I wasn’t about to stop now. If it weren’t for the sudden jerk of Shane’s lips ripping away from mine, I possibly would have gotten naked right here on the table and let him have his way. This was a strip club after all, and naked women were the standard. He would however be the only lucky bastard that got to touch me. But I wasn’t a dancer; fuck, I wasn’t even available. Even though I didn’t belong to David, I should have known it was only a matter of time before he became territorial over me.</i></div>
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<i>The shouting sounded like a freight train as a sea of blue clothing, black leather, and flying fists surrounded me. The two men towered over the rest of the brawlers, and I feared for Shane knowing who David really was. Jumping off the table to try to stop them, it was only a matter of seconds before I heard the pop and the world went black.</i></div>
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After a failed suicide attempt, Toni Knox fled her small town outside of Las Vegas, where she was bullied relentlessly in school for the fact that her father owned the local strip club. She reinvents herself in Indiana, becoming a psychologist and marrying "the right guy." When her father falls ill ten years later, she comes home to prepare for his passing and is forced into close proximity with her childhood love and "first time," former pro hockey player David Stark, who has plenty of demons of his own (well of course, cuz that's what we like in our book boyfriends, don't we girls? <img alt="smiley Wink" src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif" /> ). There were moments I admit in which I flat out disliked our heroine, who has a penchant for doing things for the sake of shock value (misplaced rage, anyone?), but sometimes I flat out dislike my oldest and dearest girlfriends, too, so I don't judge whether a book is good or not based on whether I am in constant bliss with a character. But I digress...</div>
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David makes a fine hero: gorgeous, built and hung (of course - yeah, daddy! <img alt="smiley 16a375z" src="http://i4.tinypic.com/16a375z.gif" />), but broken since his career as a hockey player imploded due to his explosive behavior (I guess even the NHL has its limits!). He's also a horn dog and we find out it's because he's only ever really had eyes for Toni (again, of course!) and he blames himself for her skipping town and never coming back. I found it interesting that Ms. Brooks turns the tables a bit - David seems to be the one acting more responsibly than Toni, seeing that she's married, while Toni seems to take great pleasure in tormenting David sexually every chance she gets. I can hardly blame her, since she hasn't been laid by her douchebag husband in four years, but still. Her past anger rears its head in all sorts of ways in this story. When they finally get together (and seriously, there were a couple times where I was like, "OH MY GOD, CLOSE THE DEAL ALREADY!!!"), it is worth it and morally everything ends up working out. </div>
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JL Brooks is a former columnist turned novelist. What started as a bet changed her entire course in life. With a passion for adventure, she believes everyone has a story to tell. Chances are she will try to convince you to tell yours.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dr. Anne Jamison, a brilliant neuropsychiatrist, is living the concrete jungle life in Minneapolis with her fiancé, prominent attorney Adam Whitney. But the mysterious death of Carter Leeds, her beloved former boyfriend, still haunts her…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After three years of unanswered questions, a mysterious package finds its way to Anne. The note inside reveals the possibility that Carter may, in fact, be alive. Even more shocking, her very own fiancé may have had a hand in his attempted demise. Anne doesn’t know what—or who—to believe, and the deeper she digs, the more she is overcome by a dangerous game of cat and mouse. But will Anne’s trust be restored—or will she be the one left plotting revenge?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Andrea was born a Midwestern girl, grew up in Iowa and South Dakota. She came out of the womb writing, her parents have recorded evidence of Andrea's whimsical imagination. She has had many poems and short stories published over the years, even did free verse sessions at a local coffee shop but there isn't any recorded evidence of that. Andrea is thankful for the lack of technology in the 90's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After twenty-nine trips around the sun, she decided it was time to sit down and write her first book. And, she did. Two weeks before her 30th birthday, Andrea completed Deadly Deception. Sadly, it sat in her laptop for two years before she decided to self-publish in November 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Montlake Romance loved Deadly Deception and Deadly Redemption so much, they wanted them and their author. Andrea and Montlake Romance decided to interweave the two stories into one novel. The "new" Deadly Deception was released October 8th, 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Andrea resides in North Carolina with her quirky family, where she home schools her son and writes about the craziness that pours from her mind. Her son, Logan, has caught the writing bug. He talks about being on the Autism Spectrum and homeschooling at his very own blog, The Quirky Mustache. Logan has touched many lives and is her hero.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pleased as punch to be reviewing new novelist Susan Thatcher's first release, <i>These Foolish Things,</i> today. I've been promising her a review for weeks and weeks and FINALLY here it is! I hope you will feel free to leave a comment for me or Susan at the bottom of the blog post because we LOVE to hear from you! And if you haven't already, please subscribe to my blog to be notified of future reviews and features (over here →). Thank you as always for visiting.</span> <img alt="smiley Crush" src="http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/darcimonet/crush.gif" /></div>
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Meet Elizabeth Gardner. She’s given up on being anything but a single woman who plays a supporting role in the lives of those around her. Fate, however, has a different plan for her. During a softball game, handsome, successful Tyrone Hadley literally runs into her and a stealthy kiss opens a world of new possibilities to her. What might have been “happily ever after” in most stories is just the beginning. Is love strong enough to survive?</div>
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Well, it's certainly nice to read a book containing characters I'd actually want to know in person if they were real. Not particularly because I have anything in common with them (they are softball-playing attorneys...WAY beyond my social, economic or athletic aspirations in life), but because they are <i>smart</i>. And they've accomplished something in their lives. And they listen to good music. And they are productive members of society who do charitable things. And...the pièce de résistance...THEY AREN'T 20 YEAR OLDS.</div>
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Ah. How refreshing. A love story about people who might actually know what the hell it is when they finally find it! <img alt="smiley Thumbsup" src="http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/darcimonet/thumbsup.gif" /></div>
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With the exception of the beginning of the story, which I personally found a little dry only because I'm not a sports person so the description of the softball game wasn't of much interest to me (take that with a grain of salt though, because it's still well-written), I found myself continuously interested in the story and characters. I particularly enjoyed the witty banter between not just our hero and heroine (Ty and Liz), but also between the secondary characters. It's obvious the author is smart as a whip and she wrote all her characters as such as well (including Beanie the Cat, who obviously can't speak but is still loaded with personality). When I was in my early 20's voraciously reading historical romances, it was always the snappy dialogue that sucked me in - to the point that I'd get to the first sex scene and flip through it without even reading it cuz I wanted to get to more dialogue. That was how I felt reading <i>These Foolish Things</i>. So kudos there.</div>
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Speaking of sex (since I am an erotica writer, I should probably bring it up), it's very discreet in this book, but I felt the characters were developed enough for it not to be a glaringly obvious omission. Because the author knows what she's doing, it felt perfectly suited to the story. In fact, I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed it as much if there had been extensively written sex scenes. Less is more in this case.</div>
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I am not entirely sure I am in love with the "boy gets girl back" part of the story because, without giving anything away, it just felt way too quick and easy for Ty. I felt he should've had to work harder. But a) sometimes humans are flat out STUPID when we want someone back so badly that we can taste it (that<i> is</i> reality, whether we want to admit to it or not) and b) I know a sequel is forthcoming and I suspect more shenanigans will ensue before Liz and Ty get their true HEA anyway. </div>
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As an aside...YAY, NO CLIFFHANGER!!! This is a stand alone read, which I VERY much appreciated.</div>
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I'm also gonna give Ms. Thatcher a lil bit o' shite about how Liz and Ty end up on their first date. It's really quite outrageous and would never in a million bazillion years happen in real life. HOWEVER...I will give her that she wrote it in such a way that I was able to suspend my disbelief just enough to carry on with the story. She covered her bases (heyo! see what I did there? softball reference, snap!) - and her arse - rather well, I'd say.</div>
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That said though, overall this is one of the better contemporary romance novels I've read lately and I highly recommend it. <img alt="smiley 16a3c6a" src="http://i3.tinypic.com/16a3c6a.gif" /></div>
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Susan Thatcher was born in New Hampshire and raised in Vermont, graduating from the University of Vermont (including a stint in Salisbury, South Australia as an exchange student starting in January 1982; she hates winter that much). She contributed occasional articles to UVM’s newspaper, the Vermont Cynic. Susan has also contributed to Morning Edition on NPR (they read her letter on the air.), the Boca Raton News and www.dognewsteam.com, a news parody website. Susan also earned a Juris Doctor from Franklin Pierce Law Center. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For this week's Sexy Sunday post, I'm glad to sneak in on the last day of the tour celebrating Antoinette Candela's first novel, <i>Breaking Elle</i>! Scroll away to check out all the teaser goodies, a smokin' excerpt AND my review. Also be sure to hit up Antoinette's Facebook page to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antoinette-Candela-Author/338524812920607?id=338524812920607&sk=app_228910107186452" target="_blank">enter the giveaway</a>! </span></div>
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How is it that the one person who you have avoided is the same person who could give you true happiness?</div>
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When Elle Bennett meets Reed Austin she can't deny the attraction. She discovers that certain people come into your life who make you question everything that you've ever believed about love and life. Will she risk everything for something exciting and dangerous or will she choose what is familiar and secure? </div>
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<i>"Hey,” she whispers, standing on her tiptoes gazing at me passionately. I lean in, crushing my lips to hers, wanting to taste her again, feel her body under my hands, and hear the sounds she makes when I'm pleasing her. "These won’t do," she murmurs in my mouth, and I feel her tug at the waist of my shorts. I groan when she slowly slides them off and kicks them aside. She grins when she sees how primed I am for her. I moan when she reaches down, curls her fingers around me, and strokes me up and down several times.</i></div>
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<i>I lift her by her thighs and press her up against the wall; she curls her legs around my waist, pinning her hips tightly against me. Grabbing my face, she kisses me slowly at first, but then all control is out the window. The kiss becomes deep and hungry. Pulling away<span class="ecxtext_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> breathless and panting, she stares into my eyes. I haven't seen this look before, and I hope I see it again. From where I stand, things look good for me.</span></i></div>
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<i>“No good girl tonight," she whispers in my ear. "Give me all you got. I want what we share tonight to hold me over until you come back." She breathes as she continues to kiss me, my mouth exploring hers. The heat in the room doubles, and I react by grabbing her waist tighter. "I want you to be rough with me." She purrs, tugging at my hair. I'm already insane for her, but those last words she speaks take me over the edge.</i></div>
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<i>Locking eyes with her, I reach down and caress between her legs. “I need you. So. Bad. Baby." I utter, pressing into her. She moans and steals my lips, taking it to a frenzied pace, her hips meeting mine. The noise that escapes her when she feels my length pressed against her is nothing short of ecstasy. I want her so fucking bad. I nip at her swollen breast, slowly working my way back to her sweet lips, tracing and teasing every inch of her body with my fingers.</i></div>
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Okay...straight up, here. Should you buy this book (and I do recommend it, as it's certainly one of the better written ones I've read since I started doing this reviewing thing - and understand I <i>quit </i>reading more books than I actually finish and review here), there are a few things that got a wee bit under my skin... <img alt="smiley 1zvaluu" src="http://i6.tinypic.com/1zvaluu.gif" /></div>
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First off, be prepared that this is a book full of excessively hot people who <i>all seem to know</i> they are excessively hot. But not necessarily in the way that the cocky hot guy is gonna get cut down to size once he meets his OTL, but in the way that everyone - EVERY. ONE. - in this book is above average in appearance and there isn't a troll or nerd or even a quirky hipster to be found. It's as if Boston were freakishly Stepford-esque (and I know that ain't right cuz I'm from the East Coast, holla...we can grow some fugly up there!). </div>
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Next, prepare yourself that our heroine, Elle, appears to have super powers because every man in her immediate vicinity seems to fall madly in love with her. Now how am I supposed to like a girl like that??? (j/k...sorta <img alt="smiley Wink" src="http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/darcimonet/wink.gif" /> )</div>
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Finally, prepare yourself that our heroine is also a bit of an emotional hot mess and has no idea what she wants, who she wants, why, how or when she wants it/them. Although, I suppose if I was that gorgeous, built like a brick shithouse and had three minor gods after me all at once, I wouldn't know if I was coming or going, either. But I left the book feeling like this girl wouldn't know what true love is if it literally bit her in her "super snatch," (to quote the vampiress Pam from HBO's "True Blood"). If she loves one, she loves them all. To be fair, I do recognize that Elle's discombobulation is very obviously part of her character's journey and because of the skill of the author I am confident that in subsequent books she will find her way; it just made me a little crazeballs at times.</div>
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I simply enjoyed reading this book. It kept my interest 90% of the time and that's saying a lot because the majority of contemporary romances I read bore me to tears by chapter two.</div>
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I really enjoyed that each chapter switched the POV from Elle to Reed (one of our hunks, who I assume is the eventual HEA, since we aren't privy to any of our other hotties' thoughts - at least not in this installment). This is a very refreshing take on the popular first person writing format in our genre. Since I personally prefer to know what <i>everyone's </i>thinking, I very much liked this twist. </div>
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I also thought the characters were well-developed and the subplots were interesting. Everyone's motivation was clear - or their frustrations were clear, as in Elle's case - and that is due to the author's detailed attention to exposition and her distinct writing style. After reading (and not finishing) so many books that are written with all the flare of a newspaper article, I appreciated that the author actually gives us more than just "then they went here....and then they went there...and then they fucked...and then it was true love," etc. The author lets us inside their heads, which as a reader and an author myself, is my favorite place to be. At times I felt like some of the exposition got a little repetitive and could have used a bit more editing, but I'd rather that than feel like I'm reading <i>the outline</i> of a book instead of the book itself.</div>
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There's lots of erotic tension and sexing up. Fun, sizzly, angsty yearnings and sweaty, scorchin' monkeylovin' between uber-hotties. Yeah, daddy. <img alt="smiley Animated-smileys-love-erotic-448_zps28f383ed" src="http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/darcimonet/animated-smileys-love-erotic-448_zps28f383ed.gif" /></div>
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<i>Breaking Elle</i> of course ends abruptly with a gargantuan cliff hanger, as we do in the ebook world, but it did leave me wanting to read the next one to find out how Reed manages to get out of his self-made mess and if Tyler (Elle's long time best friend whose love she doesn't reciprocate) gets to find himself a woman that actually deserves him, and I'm of course anxious for Elle to get her pretty little head on straight (what she really needs is TIME ALONE!!! A BREATHER!!! But then we wouldn't have a story, would we? <img alt="smiley Tongue" src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/tongue.gif" /> ). With all the characters to explore (and a little brother who should get his own story, too!), all of whom I actually like, the stage is set for a fun series.</div>
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One thing is for certain, Antoinette lives by her own rules. As a Bostonian she loves the Yankees and is proud to wear her “I Love Derek Jeter “T-shirt. You can catch Antoinette on the beach soaking in the rays, but when the rumble of the thunderstorm rolls in, she’s curled up with a book or tapping away on her keyboard.</div>
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<span style="color: #131313; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>It’s been two fuckin weeks since Mira stopped by the damn clubhouse wanting to talk to my daughter. What gives her the fucking right? She left me to raise a child at the age of thirteen, and eighteen years later, she thinks she can magically return into Tatiana’s life? Yeah, that’s right; I’m a thirty-one year old man with an eighteen-year-old daughter. Judge me bitches. I don’t give a shit. I admit I’m sitting at Club Sated and getting wasted off my ass over this shit. Why am I here, and not at Breakneck? Well, there’s plenty of naked pussy around, and when any man is upset and feeling down, he wants to be around pussy. Don’t let any of them lie to you. But there’s this one bitch here that I want and for the first time in my life, a bitch doesn’t want me back. I don’t see what the big deal is. I just wanna take her home and fuck the shit outta her. Hell, we don’t even have to leave the club. I can fuck her right here. I’m sure Winter and Braxxon wouldn’t give a shit, but then again, they just might because the bitch my cock is aching for is their manager Storm. And shit do I wanna ride that Storm. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For this installment of <b><span style="color: #990000;">Sexy Sunday</span></b>, I decided to be self-indulgent (because it's my blog and I can!) and share a piece of my own erotic poetry with you. I hope you enjoy it! I would be so grateful for your feedback in the comments section below this post. Writing is such an isolated art form - your interaction keeps me going. And pretty please, don't forget to subscribe (<b>→</b>). </span><span style="font-size: large;">I thank you in advance.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><img alt="smiley Crush" src="http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/darcimonet/crush.gif" style="text-align: start;" /></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">An erotic poem by Deliza Rafferty</span></b></div>
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<b>awakening </b><br />
<b>seven hours later</b><br />
<b>his aroma lingers on her skin</b><br />
<b>in her hair</b><br />
<b>between her thighs</b><br />
<b>mingled nectars</b><br />
<b>evaporated</b><br />
<b>imprinted on her sheets</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>still </b><br />
<b>she tastes him on her tongue</b><br />
<b>her lips</b><br />
<b>her fingertips</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>rolling over</b><br />
<b>an ache within her core</b><br />
<b>remembering him</b><br />
<b>with every move</b><br />
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<b>feeling his ghost</b><br />
<b>his mark</b><br />
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<b>pulsing </b><br />
<b>for </b><b>the memory of it</b><br />
<b>hooked upon him</b><br />
<b>impaled to her womb</b><br />
<b>helpless</b><br />
<b>the fullness</b><br />
<b>completed</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>owned</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>langorous, melancholy smile</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>still</b><br />
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<b>lilting, musical</b><br />
<b>his breath against her ear</b><br />
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<i><b>lo senti, bella?</b></i><br />
<i><b>do you feel it?</b></i><br />
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<b>...yes...god, yes...</b><br />
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<i><b>ti piace, bella? è buono?</b></i><br />
<i><b>do you like it? is it good?</b></i><br />
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<b>...sweet jesus, yes...</b><br />
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<i><b>dimmi...mi pregare...</b></i><br />
<i><b>tell me...beg me...</b></i><br />
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<b>...pleeeeeeaaaase...</b><br />
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<b><i>oh god...prenderlo...</i></b><i><b>take it...</b></i><br />
<i><b>remember me...</b></i><br />
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<b>her eyes open</b><br />
<b>skin flushed</b><br />
<b>nipples straining</b><br />
<b>bud hums</b><br />
<b>walls contract</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>but the emptiness there...</b><br />
<b>the nothingness...</b><br />
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<b>Forever Gone. </b><br />
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<b>Forever Remembered.</b><br />
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She feels lost, but is determined to move on and start her life a fresh. </span></div>
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However, Cole still fills her every thought and she is finding it harder and
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Cole is left a broken shell. He can’t think of anything but Ally and showing
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Can Cole prove to Ally that she is meant to be with him? </span></div>
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Can Ally ever learn to trust Cole again?</span></div>
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Can they start over and find happiness or will life keep throwing hurdles in
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">When he reached Ally’s door he stood for a moment and took a deep calming breath before he softly knocked on the door. He listened for movement inside but there wasn’t a sound. He knocked once more but still there was no reply.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ally, please,” he begged pressing his head against the door. “Please open the door and talk to me. I love you.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">He listened for a sound but there was still none. Panic started to bubble up inside him. Why wasn’t she answering the door? What if Jason had come back? The sudden thought filled him with so much terror and he began banging on the door in panic.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">As she sat there, immersed in the hot water, she closed her eyes and once again her thoughts were consumed by Cole. She longed to see him. She longed to have him hold her in his arms and tell her this was all just a mistake. But she knew that was never going to happen. She could barely breathe, she needed him. But she knew she had to let him go. He lied to her and he broke her heart.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">As the song that was playing on her iPod ended, the sounds of Kiki Dee’s ‘Amorouse’ filled the bathroom. The words of the song hit her like a steam roller. “Should have told him, I’d do anything if I could hold him, for just another day.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Why is it stupid?” Cole asked looking her straight in the eyes, taking a step towards her. “You love me, don’t you?”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“And you know I love you?” He continued as he walked towards her slowly.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Yes,” she swallowed nervously as he stopped directly in front of her. He was so close she could feel his breath wash across her face. She knew she needed to stay strong but she also knew he knew exactly how to get under her skin. He reached up and traced his fingertips down her face and her stomach contracted.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I want you Ally,” he said breathlessly, his lips barely and inch from hers. “I want to have you with me when I go to sleep at night and I want you next to me when I wake up. I need you. Please. Tell me you want me too.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I know you have something on your mind, gorgeous girl,” he said finally. “And I know you will talk when you are ready. But I am begging you, please don’t shut me out. Let me help you.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">His words cut through her. He thought she was shutting him out because he had done something wrong. But truth was, she was about to destroy his world and she was afraid he would hate her for it.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I promise,” she said in a quiet voice. And she knew she would have no choice. Tomorrow, whether she was ready or not, she was going to have to tell him everything.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I love you,” he breathed against her mouth. Suddenly he moved above her and pinned her to the bed, his mouth claiming hers. She could feel the need in his kiss. She knew he was hurting and he was trying to deal with it the only way he knew how.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I’m yours” she whispered breathlessly back to him.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">He reached down and, taking hold of the end of her dress he slowly slid it up her body and pulled it over her head. Never taking his eyes from hers, he pulled back the straps from her bra, each one falling down on to her arms. Then he reached behind her and undid the clasp of her bra, slipping it down her arms and dropping it to the floor.</span></i></div>
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Clover Watson wants more from life than what she can find on her daddy's farm in southern Oregon. Young, smart, and driven, she has a plan and she refuses to be distracted from her goals. After four years at the University of Washington in Seattle, she heads home for the summer with her diploma and an acceptance letter to graduate school at University of Portland. She's sure she’s got things all figured out.</div>
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Braxton Cole lives in the Pacific Northwest where she spends most of her time holed up in her office writing stories. When she's not writing, she can be found riding her bike, hiking the fabulous local trails, chasing her kids, or wishing that her thumb was a little more green. She has a bad habit of killing what she tries to grow, but hasn't given up hopes of one day being a successful urban farmer. Braxton writes erotic romance because romance is the stuff that makes life great, and sex is fun. The two belong together, both in life and in fiction. </div>
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“Of course.” He kissed her cheek like she’d kissed his earlier and wished he had the nerve to move his mouth just a little to the side. That was all it would take to touch his lips to hers. Instead, he pulled back and shifted into drive. She settled into the middle seat right next to him with the length of her thigh pressed up against his. He much preferred to have her sit there than all the way over on the passenger side. He tried to sound casual, but he could feel his face flush with heat as he said, “I threw together some food in case we get hungry.”</div>
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“That’s sweet, thank you.” She stretched up and kissed <i>his</i> cheek. For one stuttering, suffocating, perfect moment, her lips touched his skin. His eyes drifted shut and held perfectly still. So far, their exchanges had been relatively chaste, but he felt something shift inside him with that kiss. His crush was moving far too quickly into something solid and his chest swelled with fear and hope. She lingered there for several seconds, close enough for him to feel the whisper of her breath against his skin. When she finally pulled away, he stayed in that position, stunned immobile by her closeness. She squeezed his leg, kissed his cheek again, quickly this time, then pulled away completely. “So, where are we going?”</div>
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He jerked into motion, embarrassed by his reaction. But what else could he expect? When a girl like Clover got close enough for him to smell the subtle fragrance of her shampoo and the lingering chlorine on her skin from the pool, well, something like that would always affect him. And this time it wasn’t just a girl <i>like</i> Clover; it was Clover herself. The crush he’d been cultivating for as long as he could remember had grown exponentially since he’d picked her up earlier that day.</div>
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“You got it.” Instead of holding her hand this time, Jake settled his arm around Clover’s shoulder. As he pulled onto the highway, she rested her hand on his leg. Unlike before, she didn’t play with his inseam. Rather, she let her hand lie in one place, low by his knee, with her fingers curled around the inside. It was for the best, he knew. The distraction of her hand sliding high up on his thigh while driving was simply too much to ignore. He’d nearly wrapped his truck around a pole while trying to corner on the way into town earlier. He didn’t need a repeat event. Still, he missed the feel of her hand exploring. If he could figure out a way to say it without sounding like an asshole, he’d tell her that she was welcome to touch him whenever and however she wanted. The fear that she might actually take him up on it was enough to keep him silent. For now, though, he was happy simply to drive down the road with her sitting next to him.</div>
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<i><b>A Cursed Demon</b></i></div>
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Twenty years ago Jude made a huge mistake resulting in him and four of his best
friends being cursed by the Dark Witch. For twenty years he has searched for
his mate-the only being able to break the curse placed upon him. Until he finds
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Lana is intrigued by Jude's ability to resist making love to her. She doesn't
know of the curse placed upon him years ago. No matter how hard she tries to
seduce him she always fails. His life means nothing to her and she is ready to
end his existence, but first she must know what prevents him from succumbing to
her seduction. She wonders if it's her or if Jude is like this with all women.
To test her theory Lana places one of her female prisoners, Carissa, and Jude
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Carissa is searching for her friend who is rumored to have been captured by
Lana and her men. She doesn’t plan on finding love but she can’t resist the
attraction she feels for her fellow captive, Jude. She senses the desire raging
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<i>“I was trying to be polite.” She licked his nipple. Between her legs, she felt his cock jerk and felt his hardness through her leather suit. She wanted him badly; more importantly, she wanted him to want her. He was an obsession she couldn’t get rid of; a puzzle she couldn’t figure out. </i></div>
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<i>“Aren’t you a little curious as to who I want you to meet?” Once again, he ignored her. His nonchalance only made her want him more. Every time he ignored her, or pretended to not want her, it only made her work harder to please him and </i><b>make</b><i> him want her. Every prisoner she owned would give their last breath to have her show them the amount of attention she wasted on Jude.</i></div>
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<i>Lana licked his nipple again. She refused to give up; defeat was not a feeling she was accustomed to. She placed soft kisses from his nipple up to his neck, and then nibbled along his jaw line. She tried to kiss his lips, but he turned his head causing her to kiss his cheek instead. Lana hissed in frustration.</i></div>
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<i>She was tired of playing games with him. When she told her brother about all the problems this slave was giving her, he asked to borrow Jude for a month to train him, but Lana said no. She wanted to be the one to break him. She gave him plenty of chances to give in to her demands. If she couldn’t have him by choice, she would have him by force.</i></div>
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This is flat out an EROTIC paranormal read. There is plenty of sex - in fact it's practically ALL sex, but the great thing is that I never got to the, "God, ENOUGH already!" point. I didn't feel that way because it's completely integral to the story line. There <i>has</i> to be sex or it simply wouldn't make sense...and it's fun, steamy stuff, to boot.</div>
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This is a quick read with an interesting premise and though part of a series can also be read as a stand alone to a degree. Don't get me wrong...I am anxious for the story to continue and to find out what happens with these characters, but though there's a cliffhanger at the end, Siren still wraps up this part of the story nicely so you can still close the book and go, "Well, good...at least THAT happened," instead of chucking it across the room going, "BUT WHAT ABOUT <i>THIS</i>?????" </div>
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One of the reasons I am obsessed with the tv show "Supernatural" (other than my beloved Jensen Ackles...I digress) is because it takes traditional folklore archetypes and turns them completely on their heads. This is what Siren seems to be doing here. I found it interesting that the main characters Jude (a demon) and Carissa (a witch) seem to be the good guys (at least so far - who knows in Book 2!) and that certain immortals can match with a mate that is typically an enemy of each others' kind. I hope that brings some more interesting story lines down the road.</div>
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Overall I enjoyed the first installment of this series, though if I have a complaint, it would be that it actually seemed a little too short. I felt like the author could've spent a little more time delving deeper into the characters' back stories, because let's face it - immortals are fascinating. But to be fair, that may be to come as well and I hope so. Otherwise, if you like to dive into otherworldly realms full of immortal creatures both beautiful and hideous and get a heaping serving of shmexy while you're at it, then download <i>Lovers Unchained </i><b><u>yesterday</u>.</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Title</span></b><span style="color: #2f5496;"> </span>– Bird Of
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Series</span></b><span style="color: #2f5496;"> </span>– Sémya Slotin Mystery #1</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #2f5496;"> </span>– Mystery Romance</div>
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<i>Sémya
Slotin had spent the last three years living in London with her best friend
Polliannah Koch staying away from solving cases. After Hawaii, she was taking a
break from puzzles, cases and mysteries that could potentially get her
killed. Instead, she had been doing her
second and third favorite things, drinking and selling expensive vintage wines
and having earthshattering sex with the mysterious, sexy, beautiful but ever so
secretive Josh Heinz. Life in London was good….until her funds ran out. Too
much wine drinking, not enough wine selling!</i></div>
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fashion designer and adoptive mother, Annika Slotin, summoned her back to Paris
to hire her for what Sémya considered being the easiest case of her amateur
sleuth career, all she could think of and seeing was money signs and a
well-deserved Cuban holiday once it was solved.</i></div>
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<i>What
Sémya didn’t see was her stumbling on the fresh corpse of supermodel Johanna
Cartier. She didn’t think that male model turned fashion designer Julian
Marais-Caldwin, who also happened to be Sémya’s ex, would be suspected of
brutally murdering her. Johanna was his girlfriend, his muse and he loved her.
Sémya didn’t see the dead bodies piling up or the conspiracy theories.</i></div>
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<i> Sémya was a little rusty. But then again, it
was supposed to be an easy case and she was going to solve it. One vintage wine at a time… Sémya Slotin was
officially back in business!</i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Chapter 14</span></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Camera
left…camera right…camera left…camera right</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">… Sémya had been staring at her
board for the past three hours. Maybe she should take a break and go work at
the store today. Or maybe she should
give up all together and book their Cuban holiday. London was so cold right now
they should just go soak up some sun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She shifted her attention to her
phone. She was still waiting on Gary Finch’s aliases from Sergey. She had been
reading Emma’s emails over and over again. Nothing about another flat popped
out. What she found instead was the number of the moving company she was going
to use for her move but–</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">“Wait a minute!” She finished her
glass of </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">2005 Wolf Blass Black Label
Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon.</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"> “Where is that file?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emma had a file called <i>expenses </i>on her laptop. Maybe just
maybe, some of these expenses were taxi fares to this mysterious place. Johanna
couldn’t always be two steps ahead of them. The woman had been dead for more
than two weeks! She should also check Oyster card records for tube stations or
buses. Expenses…she would need to speak to Eileen and Julian. But first let’s
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same or just a variation. The name<i> Peter</i>
was always coming up. Then again Sémya had access to her email account she
could always reset it if she couldn’t find it.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“p-e-t-e-r-t-f-l-1,” she mumbled and
typed. The access had been granted. <i>Yeah!</i>
Emma lived in the small flat near Hammersmith station. She printed out her
journey history of the last three months. Hammersmith to Oxford Circus kept
showing up which made sense. It was her regular journey to work. East Putney
Station was also showing every three weeks and not on the weekend which could
mean that it was an errand she was running for Johanna. Sémya highlighted it.
The last trip was…the day she died. “What’s in Putney Emma?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She checked if there were any other
suspicious travels. A bus route came up a few times. She was either going to
Chiswick or to Chalk Farm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So…which one is it?” Josh whispered
in her ear and made her shriek. “Sorry, I thought you heard me,” he said
sliding on the sofa next to her, only wearing a towel. He picked up the bottle
of wine off the floor. “Already?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It’s two o’clock in the
afternoon…in Paris,” she told him. She
had one glass with her sandwich. “Is that the kind of shit I have to expect now
that you’re my <i>boyfriend</i>?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Nagging you about your drinking?
That’s not new,” he shrugged. He smoothed his damped hair back. He smelled like
aftershave and peppermint. Josh seductively nibbled her shoulder, “Good
afternoon,” he groaned and took her in his arms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We promised Polli, no more hanky
panky on her sofa.” She gently pushed him away. “Go put some pants on!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He reluctantly got up and entered
her bedroom, “Where is she anyway?” He came back out with a tank top and
flannel pants on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“With the mysterious John, she
didn’t come home last night so I’m guessing he is back,” Sémya told him. As
soon as this case was resolved she would have a serious conversation with
Polliannah about John <i>Smith</i>. She
might even create a small board… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So what do we have here?” Josh said
with a coffee in his hand. He looked at her board and whistled. “And I thought
your board in Honolulu was crazy!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Oh…did you now?” she giggled.
“There are two murders on that board.” She got up and added the information
from Emma journey’s history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Do <i>I </i>have a board?” he asked her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No!” she shouted back without
turning around. <i>I made a board for
everyone…so yes Josh Heinz you do have a board…</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You didn’t answer my question,” he
said tilting his head toward the board.
“Which is it?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’m not sure.” She pointed at the
map. “Emma lived in Hammersmith, it’s a four lines station but still the only
time she took the bus was for the same trip.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I haven’t taken the bus in London
in years but the way I see it I would
only use it if it would take me as much time or less time than the tube,” he
said and yawned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Good point… for <i>commoners</i> like me, we use the bus for
twenty minutes or less trip.” She circled the twenty minutes travel zone around
Emma’s flat. “Okay…” she mumbled walking back. “So…I’m thinking that she was
going east.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Do you have her bank statements?”
he asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yes, and before you say anything…it
may not be very legal–”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“There’s a charge on the seventeenth
for <i>Bramwell Eatery,</i> isn’t that in
Notting Hill?” he asked her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yes...let me check the journey
history.” She jumped up, “Yes, she used that route on that day!” She sat back next to him and grabbed her
laptop. “I need to check the expense file…I copied her hard drive,” she
explained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yeah…that’s not illegal at all,” he
joked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“She wasn’t dead then…at least we
didn’t know she was!” She opened the March spreadsheet. “Can you check the
March statement for the same expense?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He wrestled through all her papers.
“Got it! And I even had the Oyster journey.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The twenty-second?” she asked,
looking at the expense for <i>Dinners</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yeah, it could just be Emma’s
favourite restaurant,” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No baby, it’s not.” She got up and
went back to her board. “Charges are too high for it to be hers, it’s for
Johanna.” She put her hand on the Emma side of the board, “Emma was a hard core
vegetarian. She would have never gone to this place for herself.” She pointed
at the map, “The bus records indicate less than thirty minutes between both
trips…they don’t deliver,” she said with a wicked smile on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“She called her assistant to pick up
and deliver her food order.” He looked disgusted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Bigger picture, baby…her second
flat is in Notting Hill and walking distance from <i>Bramwell Eatery</i>,” she shrieked. <i>Where
was a chilled glass of wine to celebrate when you needed one?</i> “I need to do
the same thing with East Putney?” she said and joyfully straddled Josh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Did you just call me baby?” he
asked, caressing her flat stomach. He kissed her neck and brought her face
closer. “Now I deserve a reward…”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I tell you what, if you help me
crack that case, I’ll take you to Cuba with Polli,” she mumbled. He was
weakening her defences and she needed to stay focused. “Better yet, you’ll take
us. You seem to have strange deep pockets,” she giggled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He got up still holding her by her
thighs. “Deal!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Heinz, put me down. I have calls to
make,” she moaned. They were heading to her bedroom. “I’m very busy…big case.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I have a big case for you right
here,” he grunted and laid her on the bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Seriously? I have to tell Ally
about Notting Hill. She could contact the restaurant and maybe trace the number
used to place the order…It could be Gary Finch’s,” she said trying to justify herself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Josh was just nodding back; he was
very busy removing her knickers. “Do what you’ve got to do and I’ll do the
same,” he whispered so close against her ear it made her whole body shivered
and moaned. “Baby…”</span></div>
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"I was born in
Quebec City, Canada from Gabonese parents but grew up in Paris and
Libreville the Gabonese capital until the age of 18. Are you yawning yet? I
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French is my
first language and my next novel <a href="http://danielle-claude.wix.com/author-blogger#!my-books/cnec"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Bird Of Prey</span></a> will be released in both languages...wish
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I moved back to
Canada in 1999 after high school in Libreville to study Cinematography and
Digital movie production in Laval University in Quebec then The International
Academy of Design and Technology in Toronto. After graduating in 2003, I
decided to sell my soul to the corporate world and worked in the Benefit
Outsourcing Industry for seven in Toronto before reconnecting with her first
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I finally went
back to school to study creative writing at Georges Brown College in 2010
and 2011. I started to write <a href="http://danielle-claude.wix.com/author-blogger#!my-books/cnec"><span style="color: #0563c1;">The Coulda Woulda Shoulda Series</span></a> as an
assignment and finished Book One in late 2011 before moving to London. </div>
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And the rest as
they say is history... Almost two years later, I'm in London and wrote three
novels. One has already been released This Could Have Been Our Song! A coulda
woulda shoulda ballad... (Book one) the other two will be released by
March 2014."</div>
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