Love in Black and White (spotlight) ADULT titles

                                             

Love in Black and White

is an ADULT anthology and releases tomorrow!  December 22, 2014

and features the following talented authors:


The Reunion – Jamallah Bergman


Successful lawyer Mackenzie Harper is not happy to get the invite to her 20th high school class reunion, since it only brings back bad memories of a time she’s long tried to forget. A time when she was teased by her peers because of her weight issues, and plagued by a hurtful nickname and hateful rumors—until the day she’s called upon to tutor the one guy who means everything to her, David Ashbury.

David Ashbury has it all in high school...the popular linebacker catches the eye of every girl he comes across and is the buddy of every guy in his school. One day he discovers that the only way to stay on the team is to pass History class, and that will require that he be tutored by the shy girl everyone calls ‘Mack Attack’. He doesn’t believe the rumors about her but it takes an effort for him to break through her shell, improve her high school experience, and develop a warm friendship that both treasure.
It’s been twenty years, but can Mackenzie and David recapture what they once had? First they have to attend the reunion...

Guilty Cravings – Sam Crescent

Henry has been attracted to April ever since he first met her, but he was already in a relationship with her best friend, Julia, and knew that each woman would consider it a betrayal if he followed his heart. A car crash that kills Julia and injures April prompts Henry to step in and take care of her, just as he’s always wanted to.

April has denied the attraction she’s felt for her best friend’s lover since they met, but it only intensifies as they spend more and more time together.

Can they find a way to get past the guilt that they each feel and finally take what they’ve both been craving?

On the Way to Heaven – Stacy-Deanne

When Trina Flack dies and ends up in the afterlife, she is shocked to learn she’ll have to perform a task to get into Heaven. Her task consists of helping Neil Styles, a single father of three little girls; move on from the death of his wife.

Neil has all but given up on life, but just when Trina feels hope is lost, Neil begins to open up to her. While guiding Neil, Trina must fight a deep attraction for him because if she acts on her feelings, she forfeits her chance to go to Heaven. This becomes even harder to bear when Neil develops romantic feelings for her as well.

Trina thought her mission was to help Neil get back on track, but she ends up learning the biggest lesson of her life in the process; that not even death can stop true love.

First Love – Lena Hart

When Jake Landon comes to Sabrina Monroe’s rescue on her first day on the job, the two develop a sudden attraction that neither can ignore. While Jake sets out to win her over, Sabrina’s focus is on her new career in Chicago’s top marketing firm—not on the attractive IT tech. Or so she keeps telling herself.

As the seductive pull of Jake’s charm draws Sabrina unwittingly close, she is powerless to stop herself from breaking her self-imposed rule: never date someone she works with. Yet as Sabrina and Jake grow close, tension and frustration begin to flare between them and Sabrina must decide if she is willing to release her inhibitions and give love a chance.

Indulgence – Mahalia Levey

Zoey Gray lives for the chocolate recipes she drums up. Sole Owner of Indulgence, a sweet shop that draws customers from far and wide. Her thriving business has surpassed her wildest dreams...though she longs for the right man to tickle her taste buds. Life couldn’t be better until the shop next to her is sold and a new pastry shop emerges.

Khristos Trakis loves his sister. When she begs him to buy her the spot next to a trendy popular sweet shop to open a Greek pastry bakery, he’s prepared to tell his darling sibling no, until he catches a glimpse of a woman and how she interacts with her patrons.


Bree’s Purr-fect Mate – Roxy Wilson


Lance Emerson enjoys a simple life, until one dark night, he finds himself staring into the harsh end of a gun. Completely terrified, Lance is rescued by a beautiful woman like no other he'd ever seen before. Slightly embarrassed but smitten, Lance finds himself thinking about the voluptuous Bree Winters.

Bree's life is vastly different from Lance's. Believing a relationship with a mortal wouldn't be a good idea, she resolves to try to steer clear of an evil shapeshifter, Garth, who has been vying for her affections.

When another chance encounter brings Bree and Lance together, their feelings are undeniable, but with the evil Garth bent on keeping them apart, a happy ending may not be so easy to obtain. Lance and Bree will have to defeat Garth and remain unscathed in order to have the love they want.

Abby's Awakening - Alela Marsh

Abby Turner is thrilled and flattered when charismatic professor, Gordon Fairfax, asks her to elope with him. While her father is away, she eagerly runs off with Gordon to his tiny hometown in Vermont--only to find that his plans for her are anything but what she expected.

Complicating matters is the mysterious--but darkly alluring--man who seems to be following them once they arrive in Vermont. Abby isn't quite sure what's going on, but she soon learns that finding out may be a matter of life and death...her own.


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Please note:  I had the pleasure of editing these stories and enjoyed them all so much that I invited the authors to guest on my blog.

Sean's Sweetheart by Allie Kincheloe (blitz)

Sean's Sweetheart

By Allie Kincheloe

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Blurb: 



Sean has spent five years cleaning up his life. He’s shoved his past behind him and built a profitable business in the town’s most popular dance club. Falling in love with a college sophomore wasn’t in his plans. But, from the moment he rescued Talia, she brings out his every protective instinct. He tries to resist getting involved on a personal level. Talia’s persistence, however, is stronger than his will.

Despite just ending an abusive relationship, Talia finds an instant connection with a man unlike any she’s dated before. Older, tattooed, and totally inappropriate for her, Talia couldn’t keep Sean off her mind, especially once he calls her “sweetheart” in that deep drawl of his.
When Talia is in danger, they discover just how strong their relationship is. Can Sean and his sweetheart make things last when horrors from their pasts come back to haunt them and family seems determined to keep them apart?

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Author's Bio:

As a busy mother of five, Allie sneaks time to write between breakfast and tickles. Always a Kentucky girl at heart, she currently makes her home near Nashville.  Visit her at www.alliekincheloe.com

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Excerpt: 

Sean let Talia clasp his hand in her small soft one as she led him across the parking lot. He shouldn’t encourage her like this, but he couldn’t bear to dim her eyes with disappointment whenever he pulled his hand away. Her brother and father stood looking over the loaded pickup. They caught the tail end of an argument between Zane and his dad as they walked up.

Her father grunted. “That couch is damn heavy and once we go up and down those stairs twenty times with all those little boxes, we’re gonna be too tired to carry that couch upstairs. I swear the darn thing is made of lead.”

Releasing his hand, Talia wrapped her arms around her dad from behind in greeting. “Would it make you feel better if I said I brought someone to help with the heavy lifting, Daddy?”

The older man glared in response as Sean shook hands with Zane. He reminded the older man of his name and stuck his hand out in greeting. Her dad’s eyebrow rose, but didn’t offer his own hand in return. Well, alrighty then. Would it kill him to be polite?

The older man scowled at him and said simply, “Sam Richmond.” The overprotective father crap was getting old.

Zane broke the tension. “Okay, Dad, we will do it your way. Sean, you think you can handle one end of the couch while Dad and I get the other? It’s really heavy. I didn’t realize how heavy, until Dad and I were loading it by ourselves. I, for one, am glad you are here.”

He nodded and the three of them pulled the couch off the truck. Talia tried to help, but Sean told her to just grab a box, he didn’t need her underfoot when they went up the stairs. Zane snickered at the glare on her face, but didn’t comment on it until Talia stomped up the stairs ahead of them.

“You are a brave man, Sean. Brave, I say. You haven’t seen her temper yet, have you? She acts all sweet and shy, but she’s a little hellion when you piss her off. And I think you may have done just that.”

Sam chuckled at Zane’s words, but didn’t say anything as they carried the weighty couch up, pausing at each landing to angle it around the support posts in the breezeway.

Once they got it to the landing of the third floor, Sean could see Talia standing with her arms crossed outside the locked door of her brother’s apartment. She looked angry. Crap, Zane was right. He was in trouble. Where’d that spirit go when she was dating that asshat?

They eased the couch down next to the door and Zane dug the keys out of his pocket to unlock the door. Shoving past her brother, Talia snatched up her box and stomped inside. Sam laughed out loud. “Yup, she’s mad.”

Sean sighed and shook his head. Well, at least he’d made her dad laugh even if it was because he’d pissed Talia off. The heavy couch put up a hell of a fight going through the door. They finally battled it through and had to take a minute to catch their breath. The crashes and bangs coming from the kitchen made Sam and Zane both snicker.

Zane elbowed Sean, mock-whispering, “Good luck.”

When the other men started back down the stairs to get more boxes, Sean followed the noise to Talia. With her back to him, he watched as she slammed the cabinet door with such force it rattled.

“Hey, I didn’t mean to upset you out there,” he murmured. As he laid his hand on the small of her back, she tensed at his touch.

“You said I was in your way. Do I look like a child? Or maybe you think I am too stupid to get out of the way?” Her eyes flashed in anger as she spun to face him.

“Now, I never said that. I just didn’t want you to get hurt, that’s all.”

“I thought you were different, Sean. Caleb always treated me like I was too stupid to breathe on my own, and I won’t go through that again. I can’t.”

“I really didn’t mean it like that. I should have phrased it differently, I can see that now. I’m sorry.” He didn’t get how he’d called her stupid, but he enjoyed seeing this side of her. He’d have to piss her off more often if she’d look at him like that. It was a heck of a turn-on for her to be confident enough to stand up to him. He liked his women to have some spunk. Damn, she’s gorgeous when all worked up. He wondered if her eyes filled with such fire when she made love.

He moved closer and she retreated in response until she bumped into the counter. Tilting forward and placing his hands on the granite next to her hips, he surrounded Talia with his arms. He whispered low in her ear, “Anyone ever tell you how stunning you are when you are mad? Your eyes are sparkling and so damn expressive. Sweetheart, you’re really making me forget that we need to be just friends.”

He nuzzled her throat, inhaling her sweet scent. Her hands reached up to fiddle with the button placket on his shirt. When she leaned toward him, he knew she’d forgiven him. She shuddered and he pulled back to look at her. When she licked her lips, he couldn’t take it anymore. Fuck being just friends. He needed to taste her again. Groaning, he bent his head toward hers. A mere second before his lips touched hers Zane kicked the door open and walked in with another box.

Biggest cock-block ever.

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Buy links:

Secret Cravings  All Romance Ebooks  Amazon

NB:  FYI, I had the pleasure of editing this great title!

Rekindling the Flame by Eva Lefoy (spotlight and excerpt) ADULT title

Rekindling the Flame by Eva Lefoy (@eva_lefoy) is an ADULT title out now from Secret Cravings Publishing

Sometimes love needs a second chance.

Travel and work take a toll on Marcy and Paul’s marriage, bleeding the passion out of a once loving relationship. One day, Paul decides he’s had enough. He takes Marcy on a weekend trip to rekindle their romance and won’t take no for an answer.

Marcy’s sick and tired of Paul’s constant travel and the wedge it drives between them. Depression skyrockets her weight, so she’s surprised when Paul wants between her thighs all weekend – over and over again. Can she put aside her fears and reach for what she wants so badly before this second chance at love slips right out of her hands?

Excerpt:

After hiking a few miles through trees and mud and ferns, he spread out the blanket in a nice soft, secluded spot, laid her on it and plopped down next to her. Rolling onto his side, he kissed her, his tongue delving deep into her mouth. She locked her lips around his tongue and sucked. Down below, her panties grew moist as Paul speared her mouth repeatedly and moaned. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and tugged him closer. God, she’d missed this.

Seconds later, he pulled his lips from hers. “Take your shirt off.”

She gasped “Here? What if somebody sees us?”

Paul raised one eyebrow. “We didn’t see one person on the way in, and besides, I don’t care. I want you. Here, now.” His dark fingers went to work on the buttons of her shirt. When he had them all undone, he spread the material wide. His hands slid below the fabric of her bra to palm her ample breasts.

Marcy was already embarrassed, but somehow the daylight and the unusual circumstance had her sweating bullets. How long had it been since they’d made love with the lights on, much less au natural? She desperately wished she was skinnier. Paul’s hands slid her bra down and she laid her own hands over his, stopping him. “Paul, I’m not sure about this.”

“Shh. I love your breasts this big. Let me see them.” He reached behind, unhooked her bra and slipped it off. Her creamy, large breasts spilled out, the nipples semi-hard. She felt naked, exposed. But when his large hands covered them and squeezed, some of her nervousness ebbed.

He lowered his mouth and sucked on one, then gave it a little bite. The scrape of his teeth tightened the bud and sent tingles from her breast to her pussy. He nibbled again, then gave the other nipple the same attention.

“Paul.” Oh God, her pussy was already wet. She opened her legs and writhed underneath his possessive caress.

“Yes, baby. I want you to touch your breasts. Hold them, squeeze them while I get us undressed.”

She gulped and put her hands on her breasts. “Like this?”

“Yeah. Pinch the nipples. Harder.” Paul took his shirt off and tossed it aside, revealing a taut six-pack stomach. How the hell he kept in such great shape while on the road she didn’t know. Her man was as gorgeous today as the day she’d married him.

Buy links:
AmazonAll Romance Ebooks

Author Bio and Contact:
Eva Lefoy writes and reads all kinds of romance, and is a certified Trekkie. She’s also terribly addicted to chocolate, tea, and hiking. One of these days, she’ll figure out the meaning of life, quit her job, and go travel the galaxy. Until then, she’s writing down all her dirty thoughts for the sake of future explorers.

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Interacting with authors, live chats, a few contests (updated 1/27/14)

One of the most thrilling side-effects of doing reviews has been the access to authors.  It's amazing how much the internet has changed our lives with respect to being able to contact people since the days of sending off a fan letter in care of a publisher (yes, I am dating myself) and wondering if it ever arrived.  Most authors welcome contact with their readers (although the more I read about how hurtful some people are, the more I wonder if it is worth it when you have to deal with the crazies as well).  The thing they seem to appreciate the most is a nice review.  It doesn't have to be particularly long, but should say a little more than "this was a good book".  The second most appreciated seems to be a little note that tells them directly what you liked most about the story.

For those of you who like direct interaction, consider attending a chat with an author.  Night Owl Reviews hosts a chat most Mondays, 5:00 p.m. (West Coast US time) at this link and Writerspace.com has chats throughout the week at this link.  Occasionally there is a protocol so you may wish to observe before jumping in with your question (e.g. at Writerspace, you may be requested to type a question mark "?" and wait to be called on) and usually it is preferred that you wait until the author has a chance to put up a blurb about the book they are promoting.  These two are live chats that last about an hour but there are often chats that take place over a day or so on Goodreads, if you have a particular author that you like, make sure you sign up as a 'fan' and you will usually get notifications when there are new books or chats by that person.  Try to put Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 6:00 pm (West coast time) on your calendars.  I have the pleasure of having at least three of the authors I have edited for presenting their titles at the Writerspace.com New Releases chat and there will be a $25.00 gift certificate to Secret Cravings Publishing up for grabs!  Link
There are a variety of romance genres being represented from sweet to spicy, so come join us!

             







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Contests:

Chloe Neill is celebrating the February 4 release of Wild Things: A Chicagolands Vampire Novel with a Kindle giveaway! Visit chloeneill.com for details

Collette Cameron still has a great contest celebrating her blogiversary at this link

Delilah Devlin has contests frequently on her blog, there's a post featuring the talented Randi Alexander at this link (and continue browsing, there are other giveaways)

Don't forget to browse back through my blog, there are several giveaways that are ongoing and there will be more to come...