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ARC Junction Oct 29 – Nov 5

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Heat rating (provided by submitting authors):
* Sweet
** Sensual, but closed door
*** Sexy, doors open
**** Crazy, wild, and in detail

Rock Star

***Let Me Be the One by Christa Maurice

 

Firefighter

Three Alarm Tenant By Christa Maurice

 

Contemporary

***Breaching His Defenses by Allyson Lindt

*Forgiving You by Ginnie Carmicheal

 

 

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What I’m Watching: The Returned

The Returned (2013) Poster

 

Because I can’t let Halloween go without a few horror movies, I recently watched The Returned. This is not your average zombie flick. The eponymous Returned were infected with the zombie virus, but they were treated and now must take a booster every 36 hours or they will turn into your standard zombie. And the drug is running out. The main characters are a doctor and a man with the virus who met after he was infected. This zombie flick relies more on politics and betrayal than blood and gore. Highly recommended.

 

Video Friday

And now for something completely different…

This truck is part owned by the son of a friend and the pun on the name alone would make me want to try it.

ARC Junction Oct 22-29

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Heat rating (provided by submitting authors):
* Sweet
** Sensual, but closed door
*** Sexy, doors open
**** Crazy, wild, and in detail

Rock Star

***Let Me Be the One by Christa Maurice

 

Firefighter

Three Alarm Tenant By Christa Maurice

 

PNR

***Guardian Wolf by JK Harper

 

Suspense

***Dream Stalker by Sandra Kerns

 

Sci Fi

***Reckless Rescue by Rinelle Grey

 

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What I’m Reading

I’m in a sci fi class and a sci fi mood while working on an upcoming sci fi project with a friend. One of the assigned readings was John Carter and the Princess of Mars. I had seen the movie, which I thought was beautiful, but a little flat story-wise. Then I read the book. Holy smokes! For some reason Disney took out all the good bits when they made that movie. Highly recommend.

Seduction In Sierra Leone

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Seduction In Sierra Leone

The Men of FTI Book 1

by Olivia Night

 

  1. How much of “you” do you put in your stories?

Most of the female characters share a few characteristics with me. All three ladies in my Men of FTI series mention Dean Winchester (in book two and three I kind of made like a literary “Where’s Waldo”) and they are all a bit spunky. In my second series, as of yet untitled, there is one character that has decided to share more than a few of my traits. I will leave which one a secret.

  1. Where do you get your ideas?

The idea and characters for my first book quite literally popped into my head one night when I couldn’t sleep. As I wrote the book two other characters came forward and I began to write their stories down.

           The idea for my second series, book one, came to me while I was cleaning and listening to Billy Joel’s And So It Goes. The song is incredibly sad and it made me ponder real loss and how painful that is. The characters who had experienced this kind of loss came to me and I sat down immediately and wrote down as much as I could. As I wrote those first thirty pages three others ladies with loss in their past came forward and they will have books too.

  1. Do you write full-time or do you have a day job?

I have a full time job that is incredibly fulfilling, but leaves me with very little time to write when I am at home. Therefore, my insomnia is a blessing in disguise.

  1. What else are you working on?

I’m working on a few things. I am finishing up Book 2- Seduction in Seville and am halfway through Book 3- Seduction in Scotland. I also am working on a second series (currently untitled which will be a four book series. I have written about thirty pages of book one in that and have jumped forward to book four and have that one pretty much outlined (partly in my head, partly on paper and partly on my iphone notes app). I can’t wait to get all of these stories out on paper. I have this fear I will lose them somewhere in the recesses of my mind if I don’t. The second book series will take place in Asheville, N.C. and starts with a tale of love and loss that makes even me feel sad for what the characters have gone through.

  1. Who is your favorite author and why?

It’s a toss up between Suzanne Brockmann and Kristen Ashley. They both are amazing at creating characters that jump off of the page at you. The stories of the characters are often woven through several books so you become really attached and invested in them. Kristen Ashley has this way of explaining incredibly subtle nuisances of relationships that people, when they read it, will recognize that they have felt the same thing or thought the same thought, but never verbalized it. It’s great and it makes the reader relate to the characters on a different level.

 

Blurb:

In the mangroves of Sierra Leone, two strangers raised a world apart find themselves inextricably connected. Seduction in Sierra Leone, the first in a series of three novels, is a fast-paced tale of murder, lust, and love that transports the reader to a foreign and mysterious world of danger.

Aislinn Salameh, an American relief worker, is searching for purpose in her self- imposed lonely world. The stranger who enters her village on a blistering hot day looks more animal than man. She knows she should stay far away but can’t stop herself from being drawn to the mysterious man.

Brandt Fairlane is a man haunted by the sins of his past. Detached from others, Brandt has spent his life alone. His line of work is too dangerous for the luxuries of love and family.

When Brandt sees Aislinn and her haunting eyes, he knows he must possess her. But when Brandt’s past comes back from the dead and Aislinn is caught in the crossfire, it is up to him to keep her safe. In order to survive, they must learn to rely on one another. As they run for their lives, the heat between them becomes undeniable. Now, Brandt must not only protect Aislinn from a madman committed to stealing her away but he also must protect her from himself. Because if Brandt steals her body and her heart, he’ll never let her go.

 

Excerpt from Seduction in Sierra Leone

The Men of FTI, Book One

Olivia Night

 

As he got closer to her, he realized there was something different about her eyes. He was a few feet away when he realized what it was. With the realization all oxygen left his body in a rush. It felt as if he had been punched in the gut. His heart stuttered. Shit, it did something weird at the sight of her. The woman’s eyes were…? He couldn’t think of word that would fit. And then it struck him. They were haunting, the color of a cucumber slice. Not the skin of the cucumber but inside. A pale, shivering light green. Her eyes widened as she realized he was looking at her. He could see, even from the distance, a small blush creeping up her cheeks at being caught staring. She was beautiful. All smooth pale skin and green eyes. He felt his dick jump. He almost looked down. It had been a long time since he had thought about his dick. And it was another man’s woman who was making him all too aware of it.

He felt heat course through him. Her tiny body had been placed purposefully behind the taller man. But Brandt could still make out her smooth legs and accommodating hips, accommodating as in she could spread those lush legs and accommodate his body between them. She was no doubt the man’s girlfriend, and here Brandt was thinking things that only a boyfriend should be allowed to think. Shocked at his own thoughts, he attempted to look away, but in the end, it was like pulling strips of Velcro away from each other. He wanted to close the distance between them, place his hands on the other man’s neck, twist, feel the snap, and watch the man drop to the ground. Then he would curl his fingers around the women’s neck, bring her to him, and angle her head so that he could kiss her. He shook his head like a man in a proverbial cartoon trying to expel the foreign thoughts and images. Envious. He was feeling envious of a man he didn’t know and a woman he had barely glimpsed. It was wholly inappropriate. He’d kill another man for thinking of his woman that way. Well, if he had a woman. Like the one he was staring at.

Fuck, he had to get a grip. For Christ’s sake, he was mooning over her like a teenage boy. Giving himself a mental ass-kicking, he averted his eyes and greeted Brima. He began to walk up the path to Brima’s home. But, as he walked, a magical sound floated over to his ears. She was laughing. His skin tingled at the musical note. His body tightened. Fury rose inside of him, a feeling he wasn’t expecting, a feeling that surprised him. She was laughing at the man who had been standing in front of her. Hatred for the unknown man charged through him like a herd of wild horses. Was he screwing her? His stance had been clear; it had said mine. Brandt wanted to eliminate the man, the threat. Bile rose at the idea of her lying beneath that man. Brandt realized he wasn’t envious. He was jealous. He had never been jealous. It was a useless emotion, and it got people killed in his line of work. If you wanted what someone else had, you simply took it. Jealousy could slow a man down. But he was. He was jealous. It screamed inside of him to move quickly, to take her from the man who was really just a baby. To make her his. To tie her to him in every way possible until she admitted that she was his. He wanted to mark her as his, use his teeth to mark her neck, her breasts, her stomach, the insides of her thighs. His. Fuck.

He had to stay far away from this woman. No woman needed a man like him. No woman deserved a man like him, one who would want to own her. He wasn’t one for laughter and cuddling. Puppy shit. Women wanted puppy shit. This woman, whoever she was, deserved more than Brandt could ever give. Brandt had to stay the fuck away from her. Because he didn’t give up what he made his.

 

 

Author Bio
Olivia Night, a fictional character herself, has always been an avid read and writer. She found the romance genre in college and has never been able to get enough. One sleepless night, the main characters of Book One in her Seduction series sprang from her head fully formed. They demanded she tell their story; so she did. As they revealed themselves, so did two other intriguing characters. Those characters convinced her to give them their own books because their stories were worth telling too. And so Olivia suddenly became a romance author. When Olivia is not writing, she has the best job in the world, which, too, will remain a secret. In her free time, she reads, write, runs, or is, most likely, out emulating Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Olivia lives in one of the most diverse and vibrant cities in the U.S.—Baltimore. She lives with her cat, which she is convinced was a gladiator in his past life. Olivia plans to continue being awesome at this thing called life. Really, that’s her only goal.

Website: Olivianight.weebly.com

Twitter: @olivianightread

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/olivianightauthor

 

Kobo

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/seduction-in-sierra-leone

 

Barnes and Noble

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seduction-in-sierra-leone-olivia-night/1122341426?ean=9781622102426

 

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Sierra-Leone-Men-Book-ebook/dp/B011J74H74/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1439751209&sr=8-14&keywords=Olivia+Night

 

Liquid Silver Books

http://www.lsbooks.com/seduction-in-sierra-leone-p1043.php

ARC Junction October 8 – 15

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Want a freebie? Willing to write an honest review and plaster it everywhere you can? Check out the list below and see what tickles your fancy.

Heat rating (provided by submitting authors):
* Sweet
** Sensual, but closed door
*** Sexy, doors open
**** Crazy, wild, and in detail

Firefighter

***Three Alarm Tenant by Christa Maurice

 

Rock Star

***Let Me Be The One by Christa Maurice

 

PNR

***Guardian Wolf by JK Harper

 

Contemporary

***Leashed by Zoe Dawson

 

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The Assistant by K. T. Black

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Elise Bennette doesn’t do relationships … even though her sexy-as-hell new assistant has her consumed by erotic daydreams. But things aren’t what they appear to be, and her dream life and real life are beginning to blur. Will her fantasies eventually become real or will a secret shatter the illusion?

 

Interview with Dylan Holt, from The Assistant:

Hello. My writer wanted me to take a few minutes to tell you a little bit about myself, and perhaps even entice you with her new story.

 

My name is Dylan Holt. I come from a long line of succubus/incubi, and history hasn’t always painted my kind in the best light, nor has it gotten things completely accurate. I’m not a “Demon”, but I’m not exactly human either, even though I do resemble one. An extremely attractive one. <Shrugs and grins smugly>. I know that makes me sound egotistical, but it’s part of how I’m able to draw humans to me.

 

So, I’m guessing you’re wondering if part of what you’ve heard about a succubus/incubi is true. Do I enter into dreams and tempt humans with erotic suggestions? Absolutely! It is my nature after all. The sexier the dreams, the more potent the energy for me to feed from.

 

Now don’t look at me like that. Before you go judging me, I must point out that this isn’t entirely one-sided. I don’t completely drain the life force of anyone I’m involved with. I do take what I require, but I also give them something in return. The inspiration to pursue the thing they desire most.

 

I also have the ability to enhance dreams, make them seem real. It helps to motivate the human I’m pursuing to keep them dreaming. If things progress to an intimate relationship, even better.

 

As far as me in general, I’m a bit of a wanderer, able to adapt to any situation. A true “Jack of All Trades”. I’m a whiz with modern technology, which comes in handy. I’ve had to reinvent myself more times than I care to count. And, for a long time I thought I was happy moving from town to town, person to person. Then I encountered Elise Bennette. That’s when everything changed. She made me want to set down roots and get lost in her dreams.

 

Short Author Bio:

K.T. Black often mixes genres when creating her romance stories. Whether her (F/F or F/M) stories are filled with witches or regular people, they frequently include mystery/suspense, sci-fi, fantasy or paranormal elements. She never limits the direction her imagination takes her when telling a good story.

When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to movies, cooking, traveling, playing video games, and meeting interesting/eccentric people–many of whom help color the worlds she creates while writing. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and three very spoiled cats.

 

Social Media Links:

Blog: http://www.ktblackbooks.com

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/KTBlack

Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.com/K.T.-Black/e/B00SUL7IDS
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/KTBlack26
Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/KTBlack_author

TSU:   http://www.tsu.co/KTBlackAuthor

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ktblackbooks

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZp4yv7-FtLRHVfqt-sNzQ

 

Buy Links:

Publisher: http://www.lsbooks.com/k-t-black-c497.php

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B010N4H5R8

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B010N4H5R8

Amazon CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B010N4H5R8

iBooks: https://itun.es/us/FtjF8.l

Kobo:   https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/the-assistant-8

Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/9781622102440

ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-theassistant-1866331-149.html

 

 

Giveaway:

Link: http://ktblackbooks.com/giveaways/

 

1st Place: (1) eBook Copy of The Assistant & (1) $15 Amazon US Gift Card.

2nd Place: (1) eBook Copy of The Assistant

ARC Junction Oct 1-7

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Heat rating (provided by submitting authors):
* Sweet
** Sensual, but closed door
*** Sexy, doors open
**** Crazy, wild, and in detail

Rock Star

***Satellite Of Love by Christa Maurice

 

PNR

***Guardian Wolf by JK Harper

 

New Adult

***A Perfect Mess by Zoe Dawson

 

Firefighter

***Three Alarm Tenant by Christa Maurice

 

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