Monday, October 28, 2013

The Inner Goddess November Spotlight Author: Tara Rose

  • Contemporary Romance  
  • Erotica
  • Menage
  • BDSM
  • Paranormal Shapeshifters




 Tara Rose has a book for everyone!   She currently has 13 books released, with two more due in November.  She writes about small towns that have big histories, filled with secrets and skeletons. 

We are excited to spotlight Tara Rose on the Inner Goddess Forum, starting on Nov. 1.  Enter the Forum here.

Racy Nights

Come on in and take a stroll through Racy, Indiana with its spunky heroines and drop-dead gorgeous heroes. This is small town America, and Racy residents gossip as much as anyone, but when the crap hits the fan, they’re there for each other. From ex-Doms and serial killers, to ex-wives and AWOL soldiers, and all the way to tornadoes and arsonists, Racy has its share of trouble, but our heroes are on hand to make sure no harm comes to their heroines.

There are 8 books in the series so far, but you can get the scoop on who's who by visiting the Racy, Indiana website.


Passion Peak, Colorado

Welcome to PASSION PEAK, COLORADO, where cowboys and sexy Doms compete with the mountains as the best scenery in town.  But years ago, this sleepy mining town in the Rocky Mountains included bootleg liquor, organized crime, and stolen money that's rumored to be hidden behind walls, and in the abandoned mines outside of town...

There are currently 4 books in the series, with book 5 releasing on Nov. 8. Read a blurb for each book on Tara's Passion Peak page


The Alpha Legend

There are shapeshifters among us, living quietly in secluded, remote villages in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains above towns like Passion Peak, Colorado. You may occasionally see them in town, although you won't recognize their true form unless you're one of them...
Welcome to THE ALPHA LEGEND... an erotic MFM menage series featuring cougar, leopard, and jaguar shifters, consensual BDSM, and an HEA in every book.


Book 1 of The Alpha Legend was released Oct. 18th and book 2 is scheduled for released on Nov. 29.  Learn more on the Alpha Legend website.  

 

SPOTLIGHT ACTION--Starts Nov. 1

 

Click here to Enter Spotlight Forum


BOTM Discussions--In addition to our current book discussions over Tara Rose's books, we will have BOTM style discussions on her three recent releases

Captured by Two Alphas - released Oct. 18
Persuading Eve - releasing Nov. 8
Protected by Two Jaguars - releasing Nov. 29

Interviews--In addition to an exclusive interview with Tara Rose, the author herself will be stopping by the forum to join in the discussions.  If we ask nicely, she might even gift us with an excerpt from her upcoming releases.

Contests--We will hosts contests to win Tara Rose swag and eBooks throughout the month.  Be sure to drop by the Inner Goddess Forum and participate!

Sunday, October 27, 2013

The Texas Book Festival

The Texas Book Festival is a literary event for all ages and all genres held on the last weekend of October.  It is the 5th largest book festival in the US, founded by Laura Bush in 1995, when she was the wife of then Texas Governor George W. Bush, inorder to promote reading, local authors, and the state's public libraries.

This weekend, the Capitol grounds once again hosted the event.  In addition to over 200 author presenting on panels and signing, there were five tents of publishers and book programs.  Saturday evening included a Lit Crawl complete with music, film, gin, and cemetery reading by RL Stine. 

Tink and I began our festival fun Friday evening at a cocktail party at The Book Spot, a local bookstore which hosted The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing house.  Ten of their authors discussed their books and mingled with readers.  Alexandra Allred, Gene Douchette, KB BoyleLissa Bryan,   Lorenz Font, Michael Schneider, Sandi Layne, Sherri HayesT.M. Franklin,  and Tara Ellison.





 On Saturday, we walked the tents and visited with writers and readers.  We bought books and posters and  picked up fliers and samples for more.  Tink had to find me a bag to keep from dropping all my stuff!  Great food and music also filled the common areas.   I wish there had been more romance authors this year, but there's always next year.  There were a few dystopian YA authors and several contemporary authors, as well as a few presidential historians.  I loved the cooking station, where the author showed the audience how to a cook recipe (which the main ingredient was bourbon). 

Sunday is another day of author and reader fun, so if you are in the area---come on down!!!

Sherri Hayes speaks about her books at the Book Spot


Friday, October 25, 2013

When Love turns into a Deadly Obsession: Mine to Take



MINE TO TAKE
Series:  Mine, # 1
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Genre: Romantic Suspense

AVAILABLE NOW!


Sometimes you want someone so much…

Sometimes you need someone so much…

Lust can become love.

And love can turn into a deadly obsession.



Skye Sullivan knows that someone is watching her. Not just watching—stalking her. Months ago, Skye was involved in a dangerous car accident. The accident ended her dancing career and sent her fleeing back to Chicago. Skye is convinced that her stalker caused the crash, and she fears that he won’t stop pursuing her, not until she’s dead.


When someone breaks into her apartment in Chicago, Skye turns to the one man she believes can protect her—Trace Weston. Once, Trace was her lover. Two lost souls, they’d come together in a firestorm of need and desire. But then Trace had pushed her away. He’d joined the military, vanishing from her life. She’d put all of her emotion into dancing, and she’d tried to forget him.


Now Trace is one of the most successful men in the United States. Rich, driven, and carrying dark secrets, he agrees to help Skye. He’ll protect her from the danger that lurks in the darkness, but Trace wants more than to just be a guard for Skye.


He wants her. And he’ll take her. The years have changed him, hardened him. He’s not just a poor kid from the streets any longer. Now, he can have anything—or anyone—that he wants. And the one woman he has always wanted has just come back into his life. He won’t let her go again.


But with the threats mounting against Skye, she suspects that her stalker may be intimately close. He’s a man who knows her too well. As his attacks grow ever more dangerous, she realizes that if she trusts the wrong man, she could be making a fatal mistake.


Lust. Love. Obsession.

Just how far would you go in order to possess the one person you want the most?
MINE TO KEEP
Series: Mine, # 2

Release Date: September 16, 2013
Genre: Romantic Suspense


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Love is the most dangerous obsession…

Skye Sullivan is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. She survived a brutal stalker and escaped his abduction, and now she is looking to the future—a future that includes Skye’s lover, billionaire Trace Weston. Skye thinks the danger is finally over for her.


She’s dead wrong.

When Trace’s past comes back to haunt him, Skye discovers that the man she loves isn’t quite who he seems to be. Trace has been leading a double-life. An ex-special forces agent, his military training turned him into the perfect killing machine. He made more than his share of enemies during his time in the military—and as he built his security empire—and one of those enemies is striking back.


He won’t lose her.

Skye is the one weapon that can be used against Trace—his only vulnerability. But he won’t let her go—he can’t. Trace will do anything necessary to protect Skye. Anything. Yet when she discovers the secrets that he’s tried to keep hidden, Skye’s pain and rage may send her running directly into the cross-hairs of a killer…


MINE TO HOLD
Series: Mine, # 3

Release Date: October 21, 2013
Genre: Romantic Suspense



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She was one man’s obsession…

Nine years ago, Claire Kramer’s lover brutally killed her family, and he tried to kill her. She escaped, but she’s been haunted ever since that attack. Too afraid to trust another man and too worried that her past will catch up with her, Claire never gets too close to anyone. But then she meets Noah York.



He must have her.

Noah York is a man with secrets. The world sees him as a billionaire hotel tycoon, but Noah has a dark and dangerous side. For years, he worked covert military operations before he built his fortune. When it comes to death, Noah is a master. He knows that he should steer clear of Claire, but the white-hot attraction Noah feels for the delicate beauty is instant—and consuming.


He will never let her go.

Someone else is just as consumed by Claire—someone who will kill to possess her. And if Noah can’t stop the hunter in the darkness, he may just lose the one woman that he can’t live without.


Author’s Note: MINE TO HOLD is a dark and sexy romantic suspense novel. It contains a twisted killer, a hot hero, and a heroine who has been pushed to the edge. Adult language and sexy situations are included. Please consider yourself warned. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

USA Today Best-selling author Cynthia Eden has written over twenty-five novels and novellas. She was named as a 2013 RITA® finalist for her paranormal romance, ANGEL IN CHAINS, and, in 2011, Cynthia Eden was a RITA finalist for her romantic suspense, DEADLY FEAR.


Cynthia is a southern girl who loves horror movies, chocolate, and happy endings.  She has always wanted to write (don’t most authors say that?), and particularly enjoys creating stories about monsters–vampires, werewolves, and even the real-life monsters that populate her romantic suspense stories.

Cynthia’s foreign sales for her books include translations to Japan, Germany, Thailand, Greece, and Brazil.

(Back in the day…) Cynthia graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Alabama where she studied Sociology (because people interest her) and Communication (because she likes to write about said people).  Cynthia has worked as a college admissions counselor, a teacher, and as an editor. But now, Cynthia is thrilled to be spending her days making up stories.



Connect with Cynthia:


TOUR GIVEAWAY:


Cynthia is giving away a $100.00 Amazon gift card at the end of her tour


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Lisa Renee Jones is Heating Up the Holidays {exclusive video}

Lisa Renee Jones' new story releases Monday, Oct. 28, 
in the the anthology Heating Up the Holidays!  

As leftover turkey and stuffing give way to stockings and little black dresses, this tantalizingly sexy eBook bundle offers up holiday-themed novellas from a trio of beloved romance authors. Lisa Renee Jones gives a dedicated reporter and a powerful businessman a chance to count their Thanksgiving blessings in Play with Me; Mary Ann Rivers presents Snowfall, the story of a woman who confronts a life-changing event—hopefully with a special man by her side—just in time for Christmas; and in Serena Bell’s After Midnight, an explosive New Year’s kiss leaves two strangers wondering whether they’ll ever see each other again.

PLAY WITH ME by Lisa Renee Jones

Kali Miller has spent three years reporting fluff stories, waiting for the article that will launch her career to new heights. When she suddenly finds herself forced to take a job as an executive secretary at a Vegas casino, Kali meets the subject of what will surely be a shocking exposé: her boss, Damion Ward, the arrogant and undeniably sexy CEO. But after Damion invites her to help him plan a Thanksgiving charity event, Kali begins to see another side of the man. And when she surrenders to the exhilarating tension simmering between them, Kali hopes her story will have a happy ending.


Message from the Author

Lisa and Diego are starting the holiday season off with Halloween.  Watch our exclusive video to see which horror movies made Diego's list and how Lisa is preparing for viewing them. 



Lisa has also shared a few comments about writing Play With Me for the anthology.  The anthology features contemporary romance. This story is a mystery written in 1st person.  She also said, "I wrote 35k vs the 20k they asked for, trying to meat it up for folks [who like longer stories]. Honestly I wanted to keep writing and could have gone much longer but alas, I had a limit since it was an anthology."  {Sigh} We wish you could have gone on longer, too, Lisa!  

You can read a chapter on Wattpad 

Amazon Buy Link
Barnes & Nobles

Lisa Renee Jones' upcoming Releases:

Heating Up the Holidays   Oct. 28
Infinite Possibilities           Nov. 11
His Secrets                         Feb. 24

Author Bio

 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT TRILOGY which has sold to more than ten countries for translation with negotiations in process for more, and has now been optioned by STARZ Network for a cable television show, to be produced by Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland).

Since beginning her publishing career in 2007, Lisa has published more than 30 books with publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Avon, Kensington, Harlequin, NAL, Berkley and Elloras Cave, as well as crafting a successful indie career. Booklist says that Jones suspense truly sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann.


TWO Giveaways!!!

First
  Inner Goddess is giving away an ecopy of Heating Up the Holidays on Oct. 28.  Leave a comment about Halloween and/or Horror movies.  Be sure to leave contact email.  We will choose the winner with Randomizer at midnight on Oct. 28. 

Second

 Halloween Blog Tour Contest  

Grand Prize!!!

 More prizes and More great authors and books to be found by Trick or Treating all month.  Check out these awesome Halloween Blog Hop stops by clicking on the image below: 
 
 For YOUR chance to Win the Grand Prize for this tour, Visit the Home site and Leave your comment about all the places you've been and who you've encouraged to participate. At our Event on Saturday, October 26th, we will announce the Winner of the Halloween Blog Hop! Prize announced at some time during the month of October.