Dirty Dealings

Dirty Dealings

By AJ Adams

US$3.99

Complete and self-standing novel

105,000 words

Romance and Crime

Blurb

I could’ve fucking strangled her. She knew it too because she stepped away quickly. “Touch me and I’ll have you!” she snarled.

“Bruja mala leche! What the fuck do you think you’re playing at! You can’t push me around!”

“Sure I can.” Her eyes were slate grey, the same colour as the sky, and just as cold. “I need help, and you’re going to give it.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“I’ve got a situation. I need someone who isn’t afraid of murder and mayhem.”

I should have charmed her, offered to help and maybe it would have settled it, but I was too mad to even consider it. “Help you? Over my dead fucking body!”

She shrugged. “We can do it that way, too.” She took out her phone. “I’ll call you soon, hopefully within the hour. If you still refuse, I call Smith.” The eyes were hard. “I’d rather not shop you, because I hate that bastard, but I will if you make me.”

I gave her my number. I mean, I wanted to kill her, but in London they notice things like bodies in the street. Especially if you’re careless enough to do it in broad daylight next to a cop shop.

Quique is having a bad time. Back in Mexico his marriage has fallen apart and his wife has made him a laughing stock by cheating on him. Now he’s in London and finding himself out of his depth with a complex commercial deal. To make things worse, Natalia Truelove, a chef and pub manager, is blackmailing him. Quique is ready to commit murder and he’s pretty sure who his first victim will be.

Warning: Dirty Dealings contains strong adult language and themes as well as graphic violence and fully depicted love scenes.

 
Review by pearls
Awesomely written.  Adams creates two separate distinct worlds:  a Mexican cartel and a lower income London district family.  Each with it's own voice and background, multiple characters and family connections.  Then she creates a plausible scenario that brings these two worlds together.  The literal collision happens between the highest ranking hitman Quiqui and the strongest female character I've ever read, Natalia.  He's responsible for building his cartel's empire in London and she's responsible for holding her family together and keeping the family business afloat.  A common enemy, a neighborhood gang, creates an unlikely alliance that leads to a mutual respect.  The story has constant action, a mystery who-dunnit, and flight across two continents--a real page-turner.  See the underbelly of London and Mexican societies while also seeing the gold in bad boy & girl's heart.

 

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Day 2: Hottest Male Contest

Welcome back to Day 2 of nominations for the Hottest Male character in literature. 

Remember: the 10 males with the most nominations wins, so keep coming back. 

Plus, each time you do is another entry into the gift bag. 
You can check out the complete basket on DAY 1 post. 

Each time you come back, check out these awesome authors found in the basket. 

 

Heather Rainier is giving away a print copy of Her Gentle Giant, plus a Sweary Words adult coloring book. 

Her Gentle Giant is Book 2 of the Divine Creek Ranch series, but can be read as a stand-alone. 

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Eli Wolf provides security at The Dancing Pony Nightclub in Divine, Texas. He'd like to provide security and a whole lot more for the beautiful and voluptuous Rachel Lopez. Rachel yis attracted to this cross between a huge Viking and Indian warrior brave, but knows her jealous nature will keep them from being happy together. Can she compete with the women who flock to him like moths to a flame at the nightclub?

When her apartment burns down, Eli is determined to make her a permanent houseguest. Can she deny the attraction she feels when he's always made it abundantly clear she's the only woman he wants? Tragedy strikes, and Eli and Rachel are forced to relive painful memories from their pasts. Eli proves he's willing to do what it takes to protect and avenge her, and Rachel discovers the inner woman who longs to live life with no regrets.

AJ Adams is donating an Ebook of her novel Beast.

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He stuck the knife in the ground and stripped off his leathers. The tunic came off, revealing a long, lean, muscled torso, covered in tattoos. Snakes ran up and down his arms, his pecs and his shoulders. A skull blazed on his chest. 
Then he was pushing apart my legs, settling between my thighs, leaning over me. He smelled of smoke, leather and musk. It was terrifying, like being at the mercy of an animal. 


Falsely accused, Wynne is determined to clear her name. However, a trip to petition the Steward at Brighthelme turns disastrous when the Beasts, fearsome warriors from the frozen north, raze the city. When Wynne is carried away, she’s determined to regain her freedom but Rune, her captor, has other ideas.  

Beast is set in Prydain, an imaginary place that combines Anglo-Saxon England with Medieval England, the Teutonic Kingdom and the Viking Age. This story contains dubious consent and graphic violence, however, it is a love story rather than a dark romance. It is a standalone novel; no cliff-hangers. 

Kasey Belle is giving away 

1 ebook copy of Their Cajun Queen, Copper Creek Pack, Book One and Healing Cathy, Copper Creek Pack, Book Two

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Fiona is certain Fate is a mean kid with a magnifying glass who, for twenty-six years, has  given her the proverbial middle finger and it doesn’t seem like Fate’s going to get bored any time soon. 
Something bad always follows her something good. 

At twenty-three, Fiona Lafont became a widow and single mother when her Navy SEAL husband was killed in Afghanistan and has spent the last three years picking up the pieces and building a life for her daughter. When an unexpected visitor from her past threatens to destroy everything, she runs to Copper Creek, TX and her husband’s best friend, Kell, for help. In Texas, she finds more than protection, she discovers a whole new world.For years Copper Creek Pack Alpha Declan and Beta Cade Creed have searched for their mate. When they discover their cousin Kell’s friend Fiona is their mate, they realize finding the feisty little Cajun widow was the easiest part of the journey. In order to claim her, they must earn her trust, protect her from those intent on harming her, heal her grieving heart, and convince her she is their destiny.

On the verge of another something good, Fiona must decide if she can let go of her grief and risk it all once more, for a second chance at love. 

Will the dangerous men pursuing her, find her, and ruin her chance at happily ever after?

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Deliverance: an action adventure romance

 

 

Deliverance

By AJ Adams

Action, adventure and romance

130,000 words

Self-standing novel

Price US$3.99

Synopsis

“I’m sending you a girl.” “What?” “She needs sorting

out. I’m talking Exit Strategy.” Exit Strategy. That’s what we call deprogramming these days. You might call it brainwashing. It’s one of my skills. Give me a man whose idea of heaven is a suicide vest, and I can turn him into a peace loving hippy wannabe. “She’s a white widow?” “No. Human trafficking victim turned sex slave and mule. She’s a fucking mess.” Christ, poor little bint. Now I knew why Suarez was calling me.

 

Colonel Rory "Mac" Mackenzie, covert operations expert, is all set for an undercover job when an old friend lands him with Pepper, a human trafficking victim of a Moroccan-Turkish crime syndicate. Unable to turn her away, Mac now has two missions: to infiltrate a terrorist training camp in the Sahara and to become a Master for Pepper.

Warning: contains graphic violence and sex.

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About The Author

AJ Adams is a Scottish-Dutch author currently living in Malaysia. In her regular life she has been a columnist and feature writer for the last 20 years or so, selling over 3000 articles in more than 20 countries. She's currently finishing a Masters in Counseling because having one life seems too tame. She loves cats and cooking and hates traffic jams and doing paperwork.

   

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Hottest Male in Literature: Day 1

3rd Annual Hottest Male in Literature Contest
June 26-July 5

 

 Fans nominate characters Daily June 26-July 3
Fans vote from "Top 10" July 4-5
Winners Announced July 6

Participating fans are entered to win 1 of 2 Baskets of Male Hotness.
Each nomination & vote is an entry, so return each day!

 

REMEMBER:  Only the 10 names nominated the most will make the ballot, so come back each day.

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Randi Alexander is the author of 4 series: Cowboy Jackpot, All Cowboy, Hot Country, and Double Seduction.  Randi also has books in several multi-author sets, like The Sons of Dusty Walker, and has written several stand-alones about hot cowboys, like the new release Legend Awakening. 

 

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Randi is giving away

paperback copies of all 4 books of The Sons of Dusty Walker Series: Dylan by Jodi Redford, Jackson by Randi Alexander, Killian by Desiree Holt, and Rogue by Sable Hunter

 

Blurb for Jackson: The Sons of Dusty Walker

When rodeo bronc rider Jackson Walker’s father passes away, he’s shocked to find he’s not the only son of Dusty Walker. His dad had three other families at compass points around the country. When a stipulation in Dusty’s will requires him to live in his dad’s house and work at his company for one week, Jackson heads to Red Creek, Kansas to get it over with, so he can get the hell back to his regularly scheduled life.

Computer engineer Rori Hughes needs to solidify her position in Dusty’s company, but the only one of his four sons available is Jackson, and Rori has a mighty low opinion of rodeo cowboys. Finding inconsistencies in the computer files, Rori and Jackson work together to solve the mystery, but their constant contact fires a red-hot desire that burns wild between them.

Spending their days at Dusty’s opulent lakeside home, and their nights together making love, they both ignore the warning signs that point to their attraction becoming more than merely sexual. Jackson’s time in Red Creek is coming to an end, but can he follow his original plan and leave town, breaking away from smart, beautiful, sexy Rori?

 

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Candace Blevins is the author of several erotica series: Safeword, Chattanooga Supernaturals, Kirsten O'Shea, and Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club, as well as a few other titles.  She writes Hot Alpha Men in both the contemporary and paranormal worlds.

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Candace is giving away

an ebook copy of The Dragon King: book 1 of Chattanooga Supernaturals

 

Blurb for The Dragon King

Aaron Drake is nine thousand years old and one of the last remaining European were-dragons. With no female Dragons, his only hope of children lies in his grandmother's dying words. "The Swan Princesses may be the Dragons' only hope."

Sophia Siyanko is the first Swan Princess without at least one brother to take the throne in Aaron's long memory. However, her father chooses her husband when she's twelve, and sets the date for her twenty-fifth birthday. She is sequestered in her father's mansion, raised by governesses and tutors to be the future King's arm candy, and Aaron's options are limited.

But then Sophia escapes her father's compound a few weeks before her twenty-fifth birthday. Determined to escape or die trying, she comes to Aaron for help.

To protect her, he'll have to fight every Swan and Eagle on the planet, most of the Wolves, and all of Faerie. 

 

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Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra is the author of suspenseful romance novels The Coin and The Book of Hours.  Her men are surrounded by danger and secrets. 

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Maria Elena is giving away

an e-copy of The Coin and of The Book of Hours

Blurb for The Book of Hours

For artist Gabriela Martinez, psychopaths do hit twice.

A LOVE IN JEOPARDY
In 1993, artist Gabriela Martinez almost lost her life to a sociopath’s twisted vision. If not for Richard Harrison, the operative sent to protect her, she would have ended up dead. The dramatic showdown pushed them together, but there were too many obstacles temporarily pulling them apart.

A NEW THREAT
After catching a glimpse of Gabriela’s new work, The Book of Hours, Arnold Wickeham has been like a man possessed. Now, he will do anything—anything—in order to claim it, and nothing, especially not Gabriela, will stand in his way.

THE PAST IS CATCHING UP
Richard Harrison has never given up his true love, Gabriela. Now someone new is threatening her life, and he will risk everything to protect her. But the stakes are now higher, and there is much more to lose. And, if he doesn’t stay one step ahead of the danger, her life, but especially, their future, may very well go up in flames.

A LOVE TESTED
In The Coin, Gabriela and Richard were cruelly used by fate—and destiny isn’t done. In the shadow of this new threat, their choices may not just save their lives, but also their love.

 

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A.J. Adams is the author of three dark erotica novels The Bonus, Songbird, and The Degas Girl. 

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A.J. is giving away

 ecopies of Songbird

Blurb for Songbird

When cartel boss Arturo Vazquez discovers his girlfriend Gina is a DEA rat and his deputy Escamilla is staging a take-over, Arturo fixes his problems by killing everyone - except for Solitaire, Escamilla’s unwilling mistress. Solitaire is intelligent, tough, and shares Arturo’s interest in BDSM. Arturo falls head over heels but someone is leaking information - and the evidence point at Solitaire.

 

 

 

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