KATHLEEN'S PLACE TO REFLECT
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
SPOTLIGHT ~ A DIFFERENT CLASS ~ BY LEIGH ELLWOOD
A Different Class by
Leigh Ellwood
a 1NS Story from Decadent Publishing
M/M Erotic Romance, 11000 words
a 1NS Story from Decadent Publishing
M/M Erotic Romance, 11000 words
From Leigh: I am thrilled to be part of the Decadent family!
The idea for A Different Class came
about after an invitation arrived for an upcoming high school reunion. I asked
myself what might happen if somebody felt reluctant to attend because of bad
experiences and memories, and how one night arranged by Madame Eve changes
everything.
Right now I am halfway into the follow-up to this story,
another hot M/M. I hope you’ll pick up A
Different Class, and if you enjoy it drop me a line on Twitter at
@LeighEllwood. J
Blurb
FDR High
Class of 2004 graduate, Glenn Carson contacts fellow alumni to get a list of
who will be attending the upcoming festivities. One call to a disgruntled
former student leaves him shaken—apparently, not everyone is looking forward to
the reunion. Hoping to ease his frustration, he contacts the 1Night Stand
service for a relaxing and passionate encounter.
Known as
“Mumbles” to former classmates, Rod Maloney would prefer to focus on the
present and his successful business. However, past tragedies continue to haunt
him, so he requests Madame Eve find him a man to show him a hot time and help
him forget his troubles.
Will their
one night together lead to a reunion after all?
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Excerpt
“Mr. Maloney? I hope I’m not disturbing you.”
“Who is calling?”
The voice—deep and rich, anything but a mumble—intimidated him. Maybe the
guy had been a jock, a several-foot-wide football player who helped the school
win the championship senior year. He hadn’t attended many games and had skipped
homecoming. “Um….” Right, we’re planning
a reunion here. “I’m representing the reunion committee of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt High School Class of 2004. You can probably guess our big tenth is
coming up—”
“You know what? I’m going to save you the sales pitch,” Mumbles Maloney
said. “I don’t know who you are, and I don’t give a shit. It’s taken me a long
time to get past all the crap I put up with in high school, and if you think
I’m going to show up at some rented ballroom all smiles as though the hell you
assholes you put me through never happened, forget it.”
What? The man’s anger surged
through him and sped up his heartbeat. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean—”
“F*** you, f*** FDR High, and f*** every last piece-of-shit homophobe in
that backwater town. I hope you all get cancer.”
Click.
Beth burst back into the room, waving a thick tome with a scaly blue
cover. “Found it,” she chirped.
“Never mind.” Glenn pushed away from his workspace. Mumbles Maloney’s
palpable rage lingered in the quiet of the small office, invoking a sense of
doom in an otherwise dull place. He doubted he’d forget the voice for a long
while. The man had pent-up issues with his former schoolmates, no doubt, yet
for all the vitriol burning through the airwaves and sizzling in the veins,
Mumbles had sounded…well….
Sexy.
About Leigh
I am Leigh Ellwood. I write smutty stories about people who
like getting naked and having sex. Some have more sex than others, some have
sex with people of the same gender, some have sex with more than one person,
and still others have sex with toys and things that require the use of
batteries. My stories range from a few thousand words to well past 70k. My
books are available at Amazon, B&N, Smashwords, Kobo, and ARe.
Home – http://www.leighellwood.com
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Monday, May 5, 2014
SPOTLIGHT & GIVEAWAY ~ LONG OVERDUE ~ BY MADISON SEVIER
Long Overdue, River Jewel Resort, Book 3 by Madison Sevier. Release day is May 6, 2014. You can pre-order this hot romance below.
Blurb:
After a decade of working at the campus library, a
scandal involving a student leaves Olivia Milan unemployed and able to spend
much more time with her best friend, Matt. She’s always been attracted to Matt
Osgood, but believes he’ll never feel the same about her. When he heads out of
town for the weekend, Olivia takes the opportunity to visit the River Jewel
Resort in the hope of getting a new job. However, what she finds when she
arrives proves life can be stranger than fiction.
Romance author Matt Osgood has been in love with the
same woman for a very long time, but he thinks she’ll never return his
feelings. Years of going to the River Jewel Resort have allowed him to live out
his every fantasy. Still, he aches for a real emotional connection to the woman
he truly loves.
Can the River Jewel Resort turn fantasy into a
reality for these two best friends? Or will they run in opposite directions
when confronted with the truth?
Excerpt:
“Not enough pay. Not enough hours. Not enough
clothing.” She tossed the red marker across the room. “This newspaper is full
of shitty jobs. There has to be something in this town I’m qualified to do.”
“Have you considered starting your own
tantric-tutoring classes at the Y?” Matt waved his napkin as Olivia threw him
an evil glare.
“Hardy-har-har. Are you ever going to let that go?
It happened over a month ago.”
“I know, but I still wish I had been there to see
it. I’m afraid the images in my mind of you and the Professor rolling around in
your office just don’t do the real thing justice.”
“Perv.”
“You know it. I wouldn’t be surprised if the old man
still sits around picturing the two of you getting each other off while he
jerks off in that disgusting office of his.”
“Really? Did you have to go there? I feel dirty just
thinking about it. Gross. I still can’t believe I let my libido take control of
me.”
“Just kidding, babe. Tell you what, if you promise
to go to River Jewel while I’m in Chicago doing actual work this weekend, I’ll
stop teasing you about the senior-shag when I return.”
Olivia rolled her eyes. “Liar. You’re enjoying
this.”
“Well, yeah, but I promise to stop. Besides, I
overheard someone last night say that they’re putting a bookstore in at the
Resort, on the third floor. That tells me they’re hiring and who better to run
a bookstore than you?”
“No way.” She was speechless. A bookstore! It had
been years since she’d been in an actual bookstore. Working at the library,
reading Matt’s books and the ease of online shopping had supported her need for
books for years. To be employed at a shop full of her favorite things would be
amazing! Just the thought of working in one made her panties wet.
For Olivia, books had always been everything. The
way they smelled when one opened them
and the feel of them in her hands was like a drug. This was one of the
many reasons she’d loved her job at the library. She could be closest to the
things that made her happy.
One night after the library closed, her love of sex
and fiction came together in an amazing way. She’d snuck in with a guy and
they’d made love on top of one of the long, mahogany tables. Olivia had never
felt more alive than that night. She’d been surrounded by new and old authors,
their famous works standing at attention, surrounding them. Their stories of
happily-ever-afters calling to her as she milked every drop from her ex’s shaft
and after that, screwing in the library had become the only thing that came
close to satisfying her.
Her fiancé, Randy, had never been into anything she
wanted or needed and for a long time, she’d thought it was her fault. Olivia
had tried to be everything Randy Davis desired and it took her a long time to
realize that no one could have made him happy. His insatiability rivaled hers
but he preferred to satisfy his needs with other people behind Olivia’s back.
If she had known what he was doing, she never would’ve stayed with him for as
long as she did. Looking back, she had wasted so much time and she’d cried
enough tears to fill the Ohio River. If only she had met Matt sooner. Maybe
their lives would’ve been different. Straddling Matt on a library table, riding
him until they were both raw and exhausted…
“Hellooo. Earth to Olivia.” Matt snapped his fingers
in her face. “Where’d you go? Oh, you were thinking about Tim, the quarterback
again, weren’t you?”
Busted. “Not exactly. Okay, maybe.”
“You were! Library sex flashbacks? I’m so jealous!”
He teased. “I’ve never known anyone to hold on to a memory of an ex like you
have.” Did she sense a bit of real jealousy in his tone?
Maybe it was a fantasy of you that I was thinking
about. She’d seen how well-endowed Matt was. Helping him get into and out of
the shower safely every other day had played a huge part in her need to be
taken by a man, any man. Thinking back, she should’ve spoken up sooner. Maybe
their lives would be different if she had. An author and a librarian were a
perfect match. She’d give him plenty of inspiration for his books and he’d
fulfill all of her fantasies. But what if she was wrong?
GIVEAWAY
Madison is giving away an e-copy of Long Overdue to one of you. All you have to do is answer the question in the comments. Don't forget to leave your email address. Good Luck!
QUESTION
What fantasy do you want the River Jewel Resort to fulfill for you?
Madison is giving away an e-copy of Long Overdue to one of you. All you have to do is answer the question in the comments. Don't forget to leave your email address. Good Luck!
QUESTION
What fantasy do you want the River Jewel Resort to fulfill for you?
Bio:
Romance author, Madison Sevier began her career at
Secret Cravings Publishing in 2012. Her days are spent homeschooling her
daughter and doing the bookkeeping for her husband's business. At night, she
gets to become someone else, creating characters who work their way into the hearts
and minds of romance readers everywhere.
Being a Gemini, Madison is known for doing whatever
strikes her fancy at any given moment. Some of her favorite hobbies include;
hiking, animal rescue, writing, reading, baking, horseback riding, coffee tasting
and she's a huge NASCAR fan.
Living in what everyone calls 'Kentuckiana', she's
found the perfect paradise to allow her stories to come to life. Against a
backdrop of the Ohio River and surrounding hillsides, she never knows where a
new romance will come from. But you can be sure you're going to hear about it.
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She loves hearing from her readers and meeting new
ones. Feel free to contact Madison at madisonsevieratyahoo.com or through her
blog: madisonsevier.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madisonsevier12
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Blog: Madison’s Place: http://madisonsevier.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 2, 2014
COVER REVEAL ~ HARD TO COME BY ~ LAURA KAYE
We are extremely excited to bring you the cover reveal for Laura Kaye’s HARD TO COME BY! Published by Avon Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollins, HARD TO COME BY is a thrilling Romantic Suspense novel in Laura’s Hard Ink Series. It is the third full-length novel in the series and is due to be released on November 25th!!
ABOUT HARD TO COME BY:
Caught between desire and loyalty…
Derek DiMarzio would do anything for the members of his disgraced Special Forces team—sacrifice his body, help a former teammate with a covert operation to restore their honor, and even go behind enemy lines. He just never expected to want the beautiful woman he found there.
When a sexy stranger asks questions about her brother, Emilie Garza is torn between loyalty to the brother she once idolized and fear of the war-changed man he's become. Derek’s easy smile and quiet strength tempt Emilie to open up, igniting the desire between them and leading Derek to crave a woman he shouldn’t trust.
As the team’s investigation reveals how powerful their enemies are, Derek and Emilie must prove where their loyalties lie before hearts are broken and lives are lost. Because love is too hard to come by to let slip away…
ABOUT LAURA KAYE:
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over a dozen books in contemporary and paranormal romance. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
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ABOUT HARD TO COME BY:
Caught between desire and loyalty…
Derek DiMarzio would do anything for the members of his disgraced Special Forces team—sacrifice his body, help a former teammate with a covert operation to restore their honor, and even go behind enemy lines. He just never expected to want the beautiful woman he found there.
When a sexy stranger asks questions about her brother, Emilie Garza is torn between loyalty to the brother she once idolized and fear of the war-changed man he's become. Derek’s easy smile and quiet strength tempt Emilie to open up, igniting the desire between them and leading Derek to crave a woman he shouldn’t trust.
As the team’s investigation reveals how powerful their enemies are, Derek and Emilie must prove where their loyalties lie before hearts are broken and lives are lost. Because love is too hard to come by to let slip away…
Pre-Order at Amazon | Amazon.ca | Amazon UK | B&N | iTunes
And don’t miss the other Hard Ink books, now available:
Hard to Hold On To(8/19/14)
Praise for the Hard Ink Series: For Hard As You Can: "TOP PICK! There is a sinister and desperate edge to this tale that will keep readers glued to their seats. Kaye has dark romantic suspense nailed!" ~ RT Book Reviews Magazine "Hard As You Can is another five star read. The characters Ms. Kaye has created are wonderfully broken and the drama is gritty, but the burgeoning romance and the tight-knitted relationship of the team leaves you with a sense of redemption. A must read series!" ~San Francisco Book Review For Hard As It Gets: "Edgy, sexy and full of suspense! A great read from a great new author!" ~ #1 NYT Bestselling Author J.R. Ward "Sizzling romance... The intriguing tattoo parlor and military background will appeal to fans of Suzanne Brockmann and Lindsay McKenna." ~Publishers Weekly Review "Kaye's depiction of sexual tension and her sex scenes are masterful and this will appeal to fans of Maya Banks' KGI and Julia Ann Walker's Black Knight's series." ~Booklist
ABOUT LAURA KAYE:
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over a dozen books in contemporary and paranormal romance. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
Links:
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Newsletter SignUp
Hard to Hold On To on Goodreads
Hard to Come By on Goodreads
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