Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Spanked by the Bad Boy



Spanked by the Bad Boy
Bad Boy Fever Series
by London Saint James

 

Decadent Publishing
Cover Art by Mina Carter
57 pgs, 49k words
Contemporary Erotic Romance (Spanking),
Suspense, Thriller, Heat level 5

SYNOPSIS:
 
As the personal assistant to the owner of one of the top engineering firms in Denver, Tiffany Brooks has worked hard at maintaining a professional façade, intent on ridding herself of terrible habits—like her attraction to bad boys. But when the owner of DC Construction rides his chopper into her world two years after their one-time anonymous sexual encounter, everything turns upside down.
 
Declan Cage is the type of guy who makes a lasting impression, especially with women, yet the gorgeous assistant at Stoub Engineering never remembers his name—or does she? Intrigued by her game, her sexier than sin body, and an infuriating prissy attitude, Ms. Brooks is begging to be taken into hand, and he’s the man to do it.
 
Armed with the knowledge Declan doesn’t recognize her, will Tiffany give in to her desire for him yet again, or will her past come back to haunt them both and ruin their chance at something real?






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Regular Excerpt:

When a commotion broke out somewhere not too far behind Declan’s table, he
twisted in his chair to see what was going on. His brow crinkled.
“I’ll be back,” he said without looking at his employees.
Declan stood and made a beeline for the hallway leading to the restrooms, stopping
when he came to a guy in a suit and a woman he recognized.
“Is there a problem here?” he asked.
The woman spun around to see him, shock and perhaps a little fear written all over
her features. “Mr. Cage?”
“I see we’ve made progress, Ms. Brooks. You’ve remembered my name twice today.”
“There’s no problem, buddy,” the man said, puffing his chest out, reminiscent of a
peacock. “You need to go back to your table and mind your own damn business.”
“The lady is my business.” He hooked his fingers around Tiffany’s elbow and
maneuvered her beside him. “Are you all right? Is this guy bothering you?”
She gazed up at him with large blue eyes. “I’m okay. Everything’s okay.”
“It didn’t look that way to me.”
The guy she was with squared his shoulders. “Listen, asshole.” The distinct smell of
alcohol rolled from his breath. Obviously, The Suit couldn’t hold his liquor and falsely
thought he was some sort of tough guy when he drank. “The lady said everything is
fine.”
“You’ve had one too many,” Declan said. “You should probably go home before you
do something you’ll regret.”
“Who the fuck do you think you are to tell me what to do?” The man stupidly poked
his finger into Declan’s chest. “Besides, I won’t have any regrets about beating you like a
redheaded stepchild.”
The dude was a walking cliché. What a douchebag.
“I haven’t had a beating since I was nine, and I doubt you’re going to change my track record, but you’re more than welcome to try.” He tucked Tiffany behind him in a purely protective move. “I’ll even let you take the first swing.”
Tiffany tugged the back of his shirt and said, “There’s no need to make a scene.”
“No scene here, sugar. I’m only giving the guy what he wants.”
The man in the dark suit took a horrible roundhouse swing. Declan didn’t put any
real effort behind his counter move. He ducked to the right. The guy missed, spun
around, and stumbled away. He figured Mr. Fancypants had had enough, but no. It took
The Suit a second, then he straightened and came toward Declan, all wild-eyed and
doing a boogedy-boo, I’m-crazy-scary motion with his arms.
Declan waited until he came close again then punched the man in the nose.
Immediately, the guy’s own blood soiled his silver-white shirt and tie. He staggered
back, dazed, before he cupped his hands over his nose. Blood dripped from his fingers,
dribbled down his wrist, and trickled over the expensive watch he wore.
“I think you broke my nose,” he mumbled in a nasal sound from behind his hands.
Declan’s men had flanked him—feet spread, arms at their sides. He ignored them and nodded. “Yep. It’s broken.”
“Hey! Hey,” the manager of The Last Inning sputtered, waggling his bony finger at
them as he came over. “I’m not having this kind of thing going on in my establishment.”
The Suit kept his nose covered, but aimed his pinky at Declan. “He started it by—”
“No,” the manager said. “I don’t want to hear it, and I don’t give a rat’s ass who
started what.” He turned to glower at Declan. “Pay your bill then all of you, get out.”
“This ought to cover it.” Jett handed the manager a hundred.
He practically ripped the money from Jett’s hand.
“Fine. Now, go,” he said, shooing them away.
“No problem. We’re leaving,” Declan said and took Tiffany by the hand. She trailed
behind him while they headed for the door then, suddenly, she resisted. He stopped and
studied her, unsure what the holdup was. She held her right foot out. His gaze started at
the pointed toe of her black shoe, skimmed up her shapely leg, hip, small nipped waist,
bountiful breasts, slender neck, nose, and then finally looked into her eyes. “What?”
“Shoes,” she said in an exasperated tone. “You’re pulling me too hard, and I’m
walking too fast on a tile floor. I’m stumbling.”
He glanced at the spiked heels and shook his head. “I’ll slow down.”
He slowed their pace but didn’t let go of her until they made their way outside and
into the cool night air.
Standing beneath the covered porch of the sports bar, he observed his workers come
out, their expressions serious.
“What’s going on, DC?” Jett asked.
“Nothing I couldn’t handle.” He motioned with his hand. “Guys, this is Tiffany
Brooks, by the way. Tiffany, that’s Jett, one of my foremen, and over there is Chris. Chris
is my concrete guy.”
“Hi,” she said in a small voice.
Jett and Chris nodded. “Ma’am,” they said, almost in unison.
“You guys go on home,” Declan said. “I’ll see you in the morning.”
“Are you sure you don’t need us to stick around?” Jett asked.
“Naw.”
“Okay. If you’re sure.”
“I’m sure.” Declan pulled his wallet from his back pocket and plucked a stack of
twenties out. “Here, Jett.”
Jett waved. “You don’t need to pay me back for the bill.”
“I do,” said Declan. Jett reluctantly took the money. “Go on home, and get some rest.”
He shoved his wallet into the pocket he’d pulled it from.
Once his workers left, he gave Tiffany his undivided attention. “I want you to tell me
why the man you were with was shaking you, maraca style?”


Adult Excerpt:

“Straddle me, sugar,” he said in a sandpaper voice, all grit.
Willing to go where she knew she shouldn’t tread, she did what he asked, throwing
one leg over his lap, knees sinking into the leather cushion on either side of his denim
clad thighs. His hands went to her hips. Slid down farther, where he stopped. His
fingertips touched her flesh. Using his thumbs, he stroked the front of her thighs,
undoing her. Shivers traversed her arms and legs. Her sex pulsed.
He inched her skirt up, working until the fabric bunched around her waist. When cool
air struck the back of her thighs, one side of his mouth quirked up. He appeared pleased
with himself for exposing her panties.
“I’ll give you exactly what you crave,” he said and ripped the thong from her body.
Tiffany sucked in a breath. He threw the tattered silk to the floor with his right hand
while flicking her clit ring with the forefinger of his left. “Nice adornment.” He tugged on
her piercing, giving her the right amount of pressure. “But you need me to scratch your
itch, don’t you, baby?”
She’d come too far to lie about what she needed now. Nodding, she whispered,
“Harder.”
He chuckled, and the sound was a flashpoint of sensation added to the slow stroke of
the fingers he’d slipped between her crease.
She leaned forward, hand resting on the top of the sofa by his head, and kissed him.
While their tongues tangled, he rubbed her, his other hand going to her hair where he
tugged the clip, releasing the long strands. They tumbled down her back in time with his
palm curling around the base of her neck, claiming her.
Oh, she liked the way he took possession. Everything feminine inside her needed the
pure maleness of him.
Tiffany nibbled at his bottom lip, pulling scant inches from his mouth. “You make me
burn,” she admitted.
“The feeling is mutual,” he said and plunged a finger inside of her.
“Ahh, yeah,” she uttered her approval.
He shoved his finger deeper. “You’re so wet.”
“Yes.”
Her hand went to his bulging crotch. She squeezed him through his jeans. He
groaned. With nimble fingers, she unbuttoned his fly, freeing his thick cock from the
denim. When the heavy head rested in her palm, she smiled. He was fantastic, and she’d
known from past experience he’d be commando.
Wrapping her fingers around the base of his superb erection, she began to pump him.
“Good?”
“Hell, yes,” he said and fingered her in earnest, inserting another. His thumb pressed
hard against her clitoris, sending heated spikes of sensation through her body.
She moaned, spreading the silken pre-cum leaking from him with her fingertip and
licking her lips. Tiffany wanted to taste him. Put her lips over the crown. Skim her
mouth along his shaft. Take him down the back of her throat. She swallowed, knowing
the feeling when she took him inside her pussy would be even better. She needed to
experience her sex stretched over the head of his dick again. The fiery invasion. The
awareness of being totally filled when he pressed into her tight channel.
Her chest heaving, she mumbled, “Condom.”
“Sorry, sugar. We’ll have to settle for this,” he said. Declan removed his fingers from
her body and tugged her hips down on him before he placed his steel between her
feminine folds. “Slide your sweetness along the length of my cock.”
Oh, God. She was so slick, she easily made the glide up and down, her chest rubbing
against his.
In the next instant, he splayed his large hands across her ass, pulling her against him
even tighter. This was good, sex without penetration, something she’d never done
before, and the delicious sensation had her nipples pebbled hard against the material of
her bra, but when he flicked out his tongue, everything got better. She moaned and gave
him access to her neck, where he wasted no time and tickled the hollow of her throat
before he nipped at the soft flesh with his teeth. She shivered.
“There you go.” The vibration of his deep voice sent a wave of pleasure across the
canvas of her flesh. Every part of her body hungered for his touch. He slapped her ass.
She jumped and lost her rhythm—taken aback. “Faster,” he demanded, and she didn’t
have time to consider if she liked the swat or not. He spanked her again. “Move your fine
ass.”
She complied, sliding herself up and down. He slapped her ass once more, but this
time the sensation sent a buzz to her already-stimulated clit. The joy spreading across
her caught— a wildfire.
“Again,” she uttered in a breathy voice.
“Like that, do you?”
God help her, she did.

Author Bio & Links:

London Saint James has lived in many places, but never felt “at home” until she met the real-life man of her dreams and settled down in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. London lives with her husband and their fat cat who thinks he owns them.
As an award-winning, bestselling, multi-published author, London is living her childhood dream. She knew all the scribbling she did, that big imagination of hers, and all those clamoring characters running around in her head would pay off someday.

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Part-Time Lover, Full-Time Love

Part-Time Lover
The Doms of Sybaris Cove 5
 
by Tara Rose
 
a BDSM Menage Romance
from Siren-Bookstrand
 
 
 
The Doms of Sybaris Cove...
In the Gulf of Mexico, southwest of Timbalier Island, is a tropical paradise named Sybaris Cove. The original inhabitants of this island were escaped convicts from various Caribbean islands. They came to the island seeking refuge, but instead found greed and jealousy.

William and Robert Raleigh, brothers who made their fortune running rum and engaging in other illegal activities, hid out on the island in 1945. Taking advantage of the infighting among the natives, they began buying up land and laying down roots, promising the people of the island order and peace.

Instead, they were joined by cousins Agapito and Iago Durante, who were just as corrupt as the Raleigh brothers. The island soon became the private plaything of the Raleighs and Durantes, and the natives their servants. But the natives, who had brought with them a blend of voodoo, Santeria, and dark magic, had their own way of dealing with Robert, William, Agapito, Iago, and their sons.

The sons of both families started a mail order business, making and selling floggers, paddles, and other leather fetish toys. Phoebe's Playthings grew into a multi-million dollar corporation that the Raleigh and Durante ancestors now run from the island.

However, the male ancestors of William, Robert, Agapito, and Iago share more than their thriving business and paradise. If they try to leave the island, they die.

Someone put a curse on them, and no one knows where it originated, or how to break it, but they definitely know it's real...
**Click HERE for the Who's Who on Sybaris Cove page,
including the Raleigh and Durante family trees**
 
 
 
Part-Time Lover Synopsis:
 
Kai Thilenique has a safe, comfortable part-time play and lover arrangement with Dom Jagger Durante. Until he asks her to let Ian Raleigh top her in play as well one night. Both men want more from her than a part-time lover, but Kai is afraid to let her true feelings show.

Jagger and Ian were both burned once by the same woman, but Kai is not that woman. They’d rather share her than lose her. But there’s a complication. Their families hate each other.

As the evidence for a recent string of fires and murder against Kai’s family mounts, she pulls away from the men even more. How could they want her when her own family is responsible for this tragedy that affected everyone on the island?

Can Jagger and Ian convince her that their love for her has nothing to do with her family members? Or will a decades-long feud between cousins tear the triad apart forever?

Excerpt

 STORY EXCERPT
 
“Well, again, I’m thankful you let me top her tonight.”
Jagger finally smiled. “I enjoyed it, too. Maybe we’ll repeat it one day.” He gave her a long, searching look. “Would you like that?”
She didn’t know why he’d bristled a moment ago when Ian started asking about their relationship, but she knew that tone in his voice now. He might or might not give her what she wanted. He loved to mind fuck her almost as much as he enjoyed making love to her and playing with her. “Yes, Sir. I would. But the real question is whether you’re going to allow it. Right?”
Jagger pulled her closer, cuddling her against his muscled chest. “You’re such a shit. You saw right through that, didn’t you?”
She didn’t answer him. There was no need to. Instead she glanced over at Ian again to gauge his reaction.
“What do you think?” asked Jagger, glancing at his friend. “Do you think we should give Kai what she wants? Or should we make her work for it?”
The grin that spread over Ian’s face sent fresh wetness to her pussy. How the hell she could even still respond after that play session was beyond her, but she wasn’t going to argue with it. “Well, that depends. How do you usually make her work for things she really wants?”
“That depends on what she wants. This is a huge request, don’t you agree?”
Ian leaned forward in his seat, his eyes bright and alive with excitement. “Oh, absolutely. Huge request. And it’s obvious how much she wants it.”
Jagger glanced down at her face. “You know, I think you’re right. I didn’t notice until now. Her face is flushed, her eyes are all sparkly, and I can smell how wet she is.”
Kai couldn’t help the moan that escaped her lips. They might only be teasing her right now, but she also knew that Jagger could sense her arousal. It was one of the reasons he was able to help her slip into subspace so quickly when they played.
“See? There’s the tell, right there. She can’t stop the moans.”
“Sadist.”
Jagger laughed, but it was a good-natured one. He nuzzled her neck. “That’s right, my sexy Kai. And I have a feeling that Ian is just as sadistic. So what shall we do to make you earn the right to have us both top you again?” He stroked his chin as if there was a beard there. “Hmmm…let me think…”
“We could continue where we left off at the party,” said Ian.
“No. She took a lot and has had aftercare now. Her head is in the wrong space for play again. But she was very aroused during it. I think we both noticed that.”
“I know I did.”
“And I’m not entirely sure she got all that out of her system.”
“I agree.”
She snapped her gaze to Ian’s face at the bold, sexy, confident tone in his voice. Then she watched him and Jagger communicate without words, fascinated by the way their auras mirrored the expressions on their faces. She’d seen Dominants do that before, but only during scenes. Had these two topped a sub together all that often? She hadn’t believed so. Maybe it was simply more of the Durante and Raleigh charm at work? Most of the men on this island from both families had charisma in spades.
Jagger finally glanced down at her, a question in his eyes. “Exactly how aroused were you?”
“I’m not sure I understand the question, Sir.” Her pulse raced. She’d understood it. But she needed to hear him ask it, specifically. She wouldn’t agree to something like that without confirmation it was what he really wanted, too.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he suspected she knew what he was talking about. He could read her so well. It was one of the reasons they did so well during play together. “Were you aroused enough to give something a try now? Something dirty and erotic?”
“Like what?” Her voice came out all breathy, but honestly. How was she supposed to help that?
“Like something more than play with both of us at the same time?”
He was such a damn tease! Why not just come out and ask it already? Kai shifted her body so she could see both of them easier. “Sir, I’d like to know specifically what you both want me to do. Please.”
Jagger grinned then brushed a finger along her face, over her collarbone, and into the valley between her breasts. When he moved it over her left breast, he circled her nipple. She struggled to keep breathing, and she swore she heard Ian moan softly, which sent her own arousal through the fucking roof.
“If you want us to top you in play again one day, we’d like you to have sex with us tonight.” Jagger’s voice was soft but full of command. “Both of us. At the same time.”
She stared into his eyes, searching. She had to know this was what he really wanted even though she was ready to jump out of her skin. “I will if you want me to, Sir.”
“I want you to.” No hesitation. None at all. And no uncertainty in his tone of voice or deep in his eyes. “And so does Ian. The question is, do you want the same thing?”
She finally dared to glance at Ian, and she nearly came at the look of lust on his face. But she also glimpsed doubt there, and she hated that. This confident, sexy man had no reason to doubt his seductive powers. They’d both seduced her tonight with their strength, their dominance, and their words.
 
ADULT EXCERPT
 
Kai relit the candles in Jagger’s room and then jumped on the bed and kissed Jagger’s face. She moved to his torso, tracing the Taino tats with her tongue, and when she reached his dick, he finally woke up.
“Whoa…why don’t you do this more often?”
She giggled and sat back on her heels. “Ian and I have been awake for half an hour. It’s about time you joined us.”
“What time is it?”
“Time for you to make good on your earlier promise, Sir.”
He looked confused for a second, and then a slow, sexy grin spread across his face. “Oh yeah. Almost forgot about that.” He narrowed his eyes at Ian. “So…you two have been up for half an hour? What were you doing?”
“Talking about our fucked-up families,” said Ian, shedding his shorts. He crawled on the bed and knelt behind Kai, reaching around to grab her breasts. “Mmmmm…I like this. Why don’t you finish what you started on him with that delicious mouth of yours, so I can fuck your pussy from behind.”
“Oh God,” she whispered, moving to do what he said.
“As long we take turns with that,” said Jagger.
“Absolutely.” Ian scooted backward on the bed, and when Kai began to lick Jagger’s cock, he slipped two fingers into her pussy. “You’re soaked. I don’t think we’ll need lube.”
“She does get wet easily, doesn’t she?” Jagger buried his fingers in her hair. “Fucking gorgeous, sexy wildcat.”
Kai moaned as Ian slid his dick into her pussy from behind. He reached around and stroked her clit, and she knew she was going to come quickly. She lifted her gaze toward Jagger. “Sir, do I have permission to come?”
“Yeah. Go for it, beautiful.”
“Oh, thank you.” She returned to sucking and licking his cock, and when her orgasm came, it wasn’t as intense as the one earlier, but it was still fucking incredible.
Ian withdrew and lay on his back, motioning her toward his crotch. She crawled over and took his dick into her mouth, making noises in the back of her throat to let him know how much she enjoyed it. Behind her, Jagger played with her clit and breasts, and then he slid his cock into her pussy and fucked her rough and hard.
Kai was lost in a sea of unfamiliar sensations. The combination of one cock in her mouth and one in her pussy was more exquisite than she’d ever imagined it could be. She never wanted it to end. They changed places one more time, and she was out of her mind with the need to come again. But before she did, Jagger crawled off the bed and told them he’d be right back.
Ian continued to fuck her pussy from behind, and Kai watched Jagger pull the bottle of lube out of his dresser, plus a package of condoms. Ian must have seen him, too, because he stopped thrusting and withdrew. He put on the condom that Jagger handed him, and then both men were behind her with condoms on.
“Safewords apply, Kai.”
“Yes, Sir.” She’d always loved anal and was so damn excited that now she’d get to experience it with both of them. One of them filled her asshole with lube, gently stretching the walls. She closed her eyes because she didn’t want to know who went first. It was more fun that way.
He slid his dick into her so gently that she guessed it was Ian. Not that Jagger had ever been too rough with her, but his touch was different. And it hardly mattered. It felt incredible. Jagger played with her clit and nipples while Ian fucked her ass, and then when they switched places, Ian did the same.
She could get used to this. Having both men play with her and fuck her. Is this what Leta and Giselle got to experience all the time? Lucky women.
The guys changed places a couple of times, and when Kai came again, she was too weak to do more than moan softly. But she didn’t mind. This was so damn erotic and fun, and she didn’t want them to stop.
“I need to fuck hard.” Jagger withdrew and tore off his condom. “I can’t take any more.”
He kissed her lower back, and then he pushed his dick into her pussy and fucked her like he’d never do it again. She grabbed fistfuls of the comforter and hung on as he slammed into her. An unprecedented fourth climax began to build. When he came, his cries joined hers, and then Ian was inside her, fucking her just as hard and deep as Jagger had done.
“Oh my God, you feel so damn good…”
 
 
 
 
 NIGHT MOVES, Book 6
**Coming November 24, 2014**

Sunday, November 2, 2014

A Girl could only resist so much wickedness


SCANDALOUS SUMMER NIGHTS
by Anne Barton
a Historical Romance
a Honeycote Novel
 
 
 Blurb:
Lady Olivia Sherbourne isn't shy about speaking her mind, except when it comes to James Averill. For ten long years he has been her brother's best friend and her heart's only desire. But when Olivia hears James will soon set sail for an expedition to Egypt, she knows the time has come to make her move. It's now or never . . .

James has always found Olivia bewitchingly attractive, but what kind of gentleman takes up with his best friend's sister? Not that he's thinking particularly gentlemanly thoughts when she appears on his exploratory trip-three hundred miles from home!-and incites a tavern fight. No matter what the devil she's doing there, it's his duty to see her safely back to her family. But how safe will she be when every starlit night brings wicked temptation . . . ?


Review by pearls

The heroine possesses the independence of Jane Eyre, the sunny disposition of Anne of Green Gables, and the passion of Lady Chatterly.  Her actions for most of the book are those of a naively romantic young girl.  While she may grow up, her options for righting her wrongs are limited by Society.  In the end, Olivia is quite resourceful. Her appeal to both the reader and the hero is her passion for life and for discovering all its beauties and adventures.  The hero James has one foot out of town as the novel begins.  While he is a successful solicitor, he is a withdrawn man.  It is fun to watch his armor crack as he opens up.  My favorite line (and new motto) has to be: "a girl could only resist so much wickedness".  A delightful romp about not knowing what you truly want until it is staring you in the face.
 

EXCERPT


Rose’s eyes shone with compassion. “It concerns Mr. Averill.”

 “James?” Olivia’s knees wobbled, and she grasped the edge of a pot for support. “Is he”— dear God, she could barely bring herself to utter the word—“ engaged?” Her voice cracked.

Rose shook her head emphatically. “No.”

Olivia took a gulp of air and nodded. “That’s good.” If James was neither engaged nor dead, the news could not be that devastating. Could it?

“He just made an announcement. It seems that he’s preparing to travel to Egypt.”

The ballroom tilted. “Egypt?”

“Yes, where he’ll participate in an archaeological dig— for two years.”

Olivia blinked. “Did you say two years?”

“I’m afraid so.”

Olivia swallowed the painful lump in her throat. “When? That is, when will he leave?”

“At the end of the summer. I’m so sorry, Olivia.”

“It’s all right,” she lied. “I knew he was fond of antiquities, of course. I just never imagined . . .” A future without James in it.

“Would you like to leave the ball? I could tell Owen that you have a headache and we could return home.”

“No. No need to spoil your night.”

“I don’t mind—”

“I know.” Olivia smoothed a few stray locks behind her ears as though composing herself were just that easy.

“Summer’s end. That’s only, what, eight weeks away?”

“Yes.” Rose looked as distraught as Olivia felt.

 "Then that’s all the time I have.”

“For what?”

“To make him fall in love with me.”


About Anne Barton

Anne Barton began swiping romance novels off her mom's bookshelf as a teenager, so when she had the chance to spend a semester in London-home to her favorite heroes-she packed her bags and promptly fell in love with the city, its history, and its pubs. She dreamed of writing romance, but somehow ended up a software analyst instead.

Fortunately, a few years and a few careers later, Anne found her way back to writing the stories she loves and in 2011 won the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart® for Regency Historical Romance. She lives in Maryland with her husband (who, sadly, is not a peer of the realm-but a great guy nonetheless) and her three children, who try valiantly not to roll their eyes whenever she quotes Jane Austen. Her weaknesses include reality TV, cute-but-impractical shoes, and caffeinated beverages of all kinds.

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Interview with a Hot Vampire

The Orbus Arcana series

a Paranormal MM Romance
by Authors Vina Grey and Viki Lyn


Authors Vina and Viki interview Vince,

the exiled vampire hero from the Orbus Arcana series.

 
VV: You can tell a lot about a person by snooping in their cart. From the items I see below, I’d guess John hates to shop. Amazon is his one-stop shopping for lots of personal items besides books. Vince will be our guide to John’s Amazon shopping cart!

Vince: First is Taylor of Old Bond Street Jermyn Street Luxury Shaving Cream for Sensitive Skin.

 
VV: John must want to keep his skin smooth for you!

Vince: Oh, John is perfect just the way he is. Let's see, what else does he have in there? Also Aqua Di Gio men’s cologne - Giorgio Armani. I caught a whiff of this cologne for the first time in an elevator in Italy. The young beautiful Italian man smelled wonderful! John smells just as sexy when he wears it.

Next is no surprise: Hershey's Kisses - Original - Silver Foil, 5 pound bag. You will not believe how many Kisses he can go through in a week. Especially if work is stressful, and I’m not there to give him real ones. *grin*
 

VV: Right, John keeps his kisses in his office drawer.

Vince: And in the car and in his pocket (lol). Now John is particular about his toilet paper. It has to be 2 ply. Charmin Ultra Soft Bathroom Tissue 9 Family Rolls is a must.

 
VV: TMI!

Vince: LOL, okay, moving on. John has three books in his cart. Italy in Mind: An Anthology by Alice Leccese Powers.
 

VV: Ah, this is nice. John must be trying to understand your culture.

Vince: I hope. There is much I want to share with John about who I am and my family. He’s also buying, Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy.

 
VV: Oh, John is trying keep up with your wine knowledge, but that will be hard since you have hundreds of years on John.

Vince: He does pretty well, I would say. The last book in his cart is The Complete Sailing Manual, Third Edition Hardcover by DK Publishing.  John plans on buying a sailboat some day. Living in Arizona is one of the reasons he’s been putting it off. But he might be buying a boat sooner than he thinks!
 

VV: What? OMG. Is he going to give up the police work?

 Vince: Maybe, maybe not. Lets just say he’s thinking about his future. He could take several paths, yes?

 VV: Yes, of course, he has several options. But sure would be nice to know which way he’s leaning.

 Vince: You two are entirely too nosy. Wait and see.

 VV: Oh, alright, we’ll wait. Thanks for the tour. We’ll let you get back to baking cupcakes…and waiting for John to pop by the shop!

 
 

Book One

For the Bite of It
 
A vampire, a cupcake, plus one sexy cop, is a recipe for trouble.

Synopsis
VINCENT KAMATEROS is an exiled vampire making a routine living as the owner of a cupcake bakery in Arizona. Until a car with a dead driver crashes through the wall of his shop, bringing after it, All-American, closeted cop, JOHN REEDER. Smitten the instant he sees John, but bound to silence by the Vampire High Council, he can never reveal his true self to John.

John Reeder can’t control his attraction to the sexy Italian baker. But as addictive as the sex is, John can't overcome his fear of rejection for being gay, and open his heart to a man with so many secrets
 

Book Two

A Bite In Time
 
A dangerous secret, a vampire, plus one sexy cop is a recipe for trouble. 
Synopsis
JOHN REEDER has accepted his love for VINCENT KAMATEROS, but he doesn't know his lover is a vampire. When a killer targets Vincent, John has to deal with uncovered secrets that blow his life apart.

Will Vince reveal his true nature to protect the cop who has come to mean more than his own life? In doing so, he might ruin his only chance for a ‘happy ever after’ with John.
 

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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Melodie's Song hits top 5 on the charts



Melodie’s Song
 
The Black Dahlia Hotel, Three
 
By Skye Michaels 
 
an Erotic BDSM Romance
from Siren
 
 
 
This title is offered at a 10% discount. 
 Offer ends midnight CST, November 3rd
*Can be read as a stand-alone*
 
Blurb
Two years ago gallery owner, Melodie Buxton, was attacked and stabbed outside her art gallery in the Tribeca section of lower Manhattan.  When she awoke in the hospital with a knife wound on her face, she vaguely remembered the dark presence that held her barely conscious body and attempted to stop the bleeding.  After she left the hospital she was unable to find out his name. 
Dom Logan Hawk, lead singer and guitar in Dark Place, a rock band popular with the alternative lifestyle communities, had seen the attack.  He had stopped to help the beautiful young woman he’d noticed in the neighborhood but had not yet gotten up the nerve to approach.  As he put pressure on her wound and felt her pulse under his hands and her blood flow through his fingers, he knew that their souls had bonded. 
Two years after the attack, the angry red swirls running through the beautiful, tranquil pastel abstract painting in the window of Melodie’s gallery drew Logan.  The small signature at the bottom of the painting told him Melodie was the artist.  He wanted to walk into the gallery and talk to her but he hesitated.  He’d had glimpses of her through the gallery window since the attack and knew that she covered the side of her face where the scar would be.  One day on the urging of his band members he walked into the gallery to talk to her.  When she learned that he was her guardian angel she agreed to have lunch with him, and a relationship developed. 
The cloud on the horizon came in the form of Logan’s dangerous female fan and stalker, Karin Sanders.   Karin realized that Logan and Melodie’s romance endangered her delusions of a relationship with Logan, and she is determined to get rid of her rival in any way she can.  Karin attacks Melodie on the street outside Rockefeller Plaza at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony, and Logan and Melodie retreat to the new BDSM hotel in Florida owned by his friend, Jack Dalton Brown. 
Can Logan overcome Melodie’s need to hide her scar as well as the malevolent intentions of the stalker and compose a happy ever after? 
[Siren Everlasting Classic: Erotic Consensual BDSM Romance, spanking, flogging, whipping, kinbaku, sex toys, HEA]
 
 

 

Excerpts from Melodie's Song

 STORY EXCERPT
Melodie watched from behind the display panel near the front door. That guy was standing in front of the gallery window again. He stopped at the same time every morning to just look in the window and stare at the large abstract painting she had displayed there. It was her own work, and not for sale. The painting had helped her work through some of the anger she still felt every time she glanced in a mirror. She never really looked. The rest of her pain she kept as private as possible. The guy she had been seeing at the time of the knife attack had bailed when he saw the angry red scar on her face. He wasn’t up to the challenge, it seemed.
 
By putting the painting in the window of the gallery, she was displaying the only face she was willing to show the public. Someday it would end up on the wall over her mantel, but right now, it was where in needed to be. The puckered scar that ran from her right temple down to her jawline was better than it had been when she first came out of the hospital. Then, it had been horrible. Consequently, she looked in mirrors only when absolutely necessary. Two subsequent surgeries and time had made it smaller and lighter in color, and makeup helped as well. But she was still self-conscious and wore her hair longer on the right side in an asymmetrical cut that screened the scar from most eyes. Dr. Goldman said he wasn’t done with her yet, and was far from ready to give up.
 
The man standing on the sidewalk was tall and well-built. She hadn’t ever really seen what he looked like, because he usually had a hoodie pulled up like he didn’t want to be recognized. She had just gotten a suggestion of long, dark hair and high cheekbones. He usually dressed in black jeans with a lot of leather, but the clothes looked like they might be designer and expensive. Today he was wearing a black T-shirt and black jeans, but he somehow looked prosperous and well tended to her. What did he find so compelling about the painting? She felt it was her best work, but that might be because it had been so therapeutic for her. The pastel colors blended with the eddies of blood-red pigment depicting the anger that still swirled through her mind.
 
The police had never gotten the man who had cut her. Her handbag and wallet had been found in a garbage can in an alley several blocks away, minus her cash and credit cards. Even though he was still out there, she refused to live her life in fear. He had probably left the area months or years ago. The city’s homeless were migratory and moved from place to place, shelter to shelter. She forced herself to walk to work every day, although she tried to be home before dark. If she had to stay late to meet a client, she called a cab to take her the few blocks to her brownstone. She had made Jasper Winter the manager of the gallery after the attack, and he had done a great job—even implementing some of his own merchandising ideas while she had been in the hospital or laid up at home. She had another remediation surgery to look forward to this winter.
 
Ah, he was moving on. She wished she had the nerve to just walk outside and ask him what he thought of the painting. Before the incident, she probably would have done just that, but now she was hesitant when meeting new people. She hated the shocked look when they first saw the scar.
 
* * * *
 
Logan Hawk stood outside the gallery, staring at the astounding painting that was bathed in a cone of light. The small signature on the bottom right hand corner of the canvas read “M. Buxton.” He knew that was the name of the woman who had been stabbed on the sidewalk just up the street almost two years ago. He could hardly forget that name. It was etched in his mind. He had been walking toward her when he had seen the stabbing and called 9-1-1. Then he had stayed with her until the ambulance had taken her away.
 
Melodie Buxton was beautiful. She was tall, but not too slender, with glossy, dark hair and haunting deep blue eyes. The way she moved gave the impression that she might have been a dancer at one time. He had noticed her over two years ago on his morning walk for coffee and the newspaper. The gallery was on his daily route from the loft that contained his apartment and the rehearsal space where the band practiced, and where he did his composing.
 
That day, her blood had been all over his hands and clothes. It had oozed between his fingers. He would never forget the feeling of desperation he’d felt as he knelt beside her on the pavement. He had tried to stop the bleeding by putting pressure on the wound he’d covered with some napkins from the coffee he had been carrying. They were all he’d had to use. He had never felt the same about Starbucks again. Blood and cappuccino—not a good combination.
 
Now once in a while, he caught a glimpse of her in the gallery. She never came near the window when he was standing there. One of these days, he was just going to open the door, walk in and ask her how she was doing. After the incident, he’d called the hospital for her condition. He had not been able to get much information, so he’d just gone in and made his way to the intensive care unit. He’d bribed an orderly and had found out that she was in a medically induced coma. After that, he had not wanted to intrude on her family. Months later, when he began seeing her at the gallery occasionally, he noticed that she stayed away from the windows. He had seen her on the street a couple of times, but she kept her head down and turned away from passersby as much as she could. It was clear she was not ready to interact with people—particularly strangers. He figured she had to be scarred. The knife wound had been horrific.
 
 ADULT EXCERPT
 
 He took her hand and led her to the steps going up to the raised sleeping area. When they had ascended to the platform he finished unbuttoning her shirt. She reached out and undid the buttons of his black denim shirt. And then they were all rushing fingers and panting breath.
 
“I can’t wait to feel you inside me, Logan. Hurry.”
 
He made quick work of the rest of her clothes and then his. Finally, they were naked. They just looked at each other. When he continued to stare and said nothing, she said hesitantly, “Are you disappointed?”
 
“Are you crazy? There is nothing to be disappointed about. If you keep that up, you might be getting a taste of that spanking you’ve been worrying about.” He grinned and shook his head. “You think I didn’t know that you were worrying? Your future Dom knows all.” He backed up to the edge of the bed and fell back, taking her with him. She landed solidly on his chest, and he put his arms around her.
 
He moved fast. Before she could protest, Logan had rolled her under him and had his muscled thigh firmly planted between her now-open ones. She looked up at him in surprise.
 
“Relax, baby. We have all night. I’m going to play with you for hours. By the time I let you come, you’ll be begging.” He proceeded to explore every inch of her sensitized skin with his lips. He was going to try to take his time. He flicked his tongue over her raspberry nipples. He knew it was his imagination, but he could swear they tasted sweet. And then he got serious.
 
He felt the wetness of her pussy and slid his body down until he was between her soft, spread thighs. He had dreamt of this many times. Over the last two years, she had never been far from his thoughts. He took her little pleasure button between his lips and started to suck and nip. Melodie began to toss and turn, but his shoulders kept her spread wide for him, and his arms controlled her thrashing legs. “Easy, honey. Just lay back and enjoy. You can’t come until I give you permission.”
 
She raised her head and looked down her body into his eyes. He could see the surprise in hers. “Really? How can I control that?”
 
“Try. I’m just giving you a little preview of the D/s dynamic. Don’t worry about it. We’re just playing.” He went back to work between her legs. He felt the quickening of her pulse as he continued to circle her clit with his tongue. He ran his tongue through the ruffled pussy lips that were slick with her juices. They tasted sweet to him as well. She tasted like heaven. He knew she would be begging soon. Now that would be music to his ears. She continued to thrash as she tried to gain closer contact with his mouth. “When I take you under sub training, you’ll learn that that is topping from the bottom and is not allowed.”
 
“Please, Logan. I need you inside me. I’m burning up.”
 
“Soon, baby. Soon. You are going to have to learn patience. You have to wait until I decide the time is right. I’m the one in control here.”
 
“I don’t know if I can do that, Logan. Please fuck me.”
 
That was it. He couldn’t hold back any longer himself. He was dying to sink into her sweet, wet heat. He moved back up her body, took her wrists in one hand, and held them over her head while he braced on his forearm. His rampant cock was primed and ready and homed in on the destination. He nudged her slick opening. He took his shaft in his hand and guided it home. Soon he was seated up to his balls. Her hot, wet pussy grasped his hard cock, and he could feel her interior muscles gripping him.
 
Oh, God. It was amazing. He knew he would never have enough. He had fantasized about taking her hard and fast many times, but now he found he wanted to make this last to the absolute last possible second. He felt his balls tighten as he began to stroke long and slow. He had to concentrate. Melodie met every stroke. Their bodies instinctively knew each other’s rhythms, and they were in perfect sync.
 
“Harder, Logan. Faster.”
 
He knew he should keep her wanting just on general principles, but she wasn’t a trained sub and couldn’t know she was breaking the rules. He began to speed up his strokes. Her legs were wrapped around his back, and she struggled to take him even deeper, if that was possible.
 
 * * * *
 
 Melodie was coming apart. She had never experienced anything like this before. She was desperate to run her hands down his back and grab his ass, but he still had them clasped above her head. For some reason, she found that incredibly erotic and exciting. She wanted to take him as deep and hard as possible. He was big and her pussy was stretched to the maximum, but she loved the fullness, the friction. She just wanted more. She wanted it all.
Logan was all hard, demanding man, and he played her body like one of his instruments. Even as a girl, she had never been one to have crushes on musicians. She had enjoyed the music, but that was all. She could see that was about to change. Was she going to be a thirty-five year old groupie? She started to giggle. When that got a lowered-brow look from Logan, she burst out in a delighted laugh.
 
“What’s so funny?” he gasped as he intensified his strokes.
 
“Nothing is funny. I’m just so happy. I think I’m going to be a groupie.”
 
“God forbid.”
 
She felt her pulse quicken and the ripple of her inner walls around his cock. And then he started to laugh as well.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Skye Michaels
     After my long time job as a paralegal was ended by the economic downturn, I decided to turn lemons into lemonade and finally write the stories I’d had in my head for many years. I had always wanted to write romance novels, but my family and job as a paralegal kept me too busy.
My major interest, aside from my family and friends, is horses. I enjoy putting an animal character into my stories if possible. I am extremely “low tech” and probably should have been born in the 1800's as I enjoy driving a horse and buggy for fun. I also enjoy horseback riding, but the ground has gotten harder and further away over the years.
I have a small farm/vacation home in Ocala, Florida which is my favorite place in the world. There’s nothing as wonderful as swinging in the hammock in the shade and listening to the music of the wind in the pines while reading a good book.
Books have always been my escape into love and adventure, and through reading I have been able to be many people, do many things, and go to many wonderful places I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to be, do or see. 
I hope that all hard working women who have a moment to put up their tired feet and relax with a cup of coffee (or a glass of wine) enjoy getting to meet my fantasy friends and to experience something new and different with a touch of hot romance thrown in for good measure!