Dealing with Devils is on Tour

Dealing with Devils will be on tour for the rest of this week and next.  Check it out!  And while you're at it, enter the giveaway for a chance to win the first two books in The Road to Salvation series or just Dealing with Devils.  You can enter at the bottom of the page.

Here is the list of blogs I will be appearing on.

February 9
Mythical Books

February 10
Lisa’s World of Books

February 11
Fantasy Book Lane

February 12
CBY Book Club

February 12
Books Direct

February 13
Deal Sharing Aunt

February 16
Shut Up & Read

February 17
The World of Sarah Lou

February 18
Eclipse Reviews

February 19
Roxanne’s Realm

February 20
The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom

February 23
Fang-tastic Books

Waterfall by Lacy Danes‏

Lacy Danes made a New Year's resolution to write a hot, historical romance.

A year and a half later, she achieved her goal. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where besides writing she enjoys playing cards, chasing her kids around, and savoring a great martini with the man of her dreams all while watching the world go by.

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It’s easy to fall in love. Destiny requires tooth and claw.

Curses are designed to be cruel, but the one afflicting Jordan and his brothers is almost beyond bearing. A dragon born by blood magic, he is an immortal trapped in human form, with only one hope of finding his eternal mate. He must bite her—and pray she lives.

One dark night, he senses the wounded heartbeat of a woman in the shadows, begging him to end her life. Ever the gentleman, he chivalrously obliges her wish. Only to discover three days later that she lives. And has married another.

Celeste always dreamed of marrying for love, but the nightmare of living in her father’s home drives her to wed the Duke of Hudson. Yet on her wedding eve, she is compelled to follow a mysterious man who professes to know her secret. A man with curious blue scales on his muscular arms—whose shadowed eyes reflect a dangerous mix of destiny and desire…

Warning: This novel contains explicit sex, sex in water, four super-hot dragon brothers, and a curse born from magical power that has left them wondering who they are all their lives.

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Protect Her by Sophia Kimble‏

Sophia Kimble has always wanted to be an author, but for years, life got in the way. She wouldn’t change a thing about how her life turned out, though. Her family keeps her laughing and loving. Her wonderful husband and two extraordinary children stand beside her every step of the way and make this journey called life worth living.

Sophia has worked as a nurse for twenty years, but has put that career path aside to devote her time and imagination to writing down the stories that keep her up nights.

She takes her love of the paranormal, history, and genealogy, and weaves them into tales of family, fated love, and supernatural occurrences.

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Golden Alexander is trapped in a nightmare.

Trying to flee her hallucination of a demon, she runs heart first into the brooding alpha male she’s been dreaming about for years, and then her nightmare really begins.

Kris Pietka is done with women...he’s broken. But when he meets Golden, an overwhelming need to protect her tests everything he thought he knew about himself, and the paranormal.

A bond forged centuries ago thrusts them together as they search for a way to break an ancient Druid curse prophesying their demise. Racing against the clock, they travel from Vermont, to the Carpathian Mountains in Poland, and the Scottish Highlands in search of answers and a way to break the curse.

But something evil watches—it covets, and time is running out.

Will fate allow love to prevail against unbeatable odds, or will Golden wake to find it was all a delusion?

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Q) What inspired you to write this story?
The genesis of my novel, Protect Her, is a strange story.

When I was 18, I had an episode of sleep paralysis.

What happens during sleep paralysis is you wake while still being in REM sleep (the cycle of sleep when we dream). It’s thought that while in this part of sleep, our body is in a state of partial paralysis. Our body’s way of keeping us from acting out our dreams.

Whatever the reason, it’s terrifying. Your brain wakes up, while your body is still asleep. You can’t move or speak. Frequently, the episode is combined with hallucinations and shortness of breath.

Well, when this happened to me, I saw a demon hovering over me.

I’ve since learned that this is a common occurrence during sleep paralysis.

Back before the internet was readily available to look up what malady you’ve suffered from, I had no idea what sleep paralysis was, let alone how common it is.

For years, this demon has been in my head in Technicolor, so of course, when I decided to write my paranormal romance, Protect Her, I used this creature in my story.

Perhaps all the myths of demons that pin people down while sleeping are just an episode of Sleep Paralysis…perhaps not.

Q) How long did it take you to write?
My first novel, Protect Her, took a full year to write, edit, rewrite, enter contests (I was a finalist in two), get critiques, take classes, and rewrite again before it was ready. Then I received three contract offers, and here we are.

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing?
Letting my imagination run wild. Fiction is wonderful in the respect that absolutely anything you dream up can become a book.

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing?
Editing the first draft.

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why?
I would like to be a ghost hunter, don’t care whom, but want to see if everything is staged on those shows. I’d like to think at least some of it actually happens, but I’m sure it’s not all the claim.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it?
A jar of pickles from the summer. My husband is OCD about cleaning the fridge so we never have too much in there for any length of time except condiments.

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future?
Protect Her is the first novel in The Druid’s Curse series. I’m editing the second in the series, Avenge Her and hope to have it to my editor next month. I’m also currently writing the third in the series, Fear Her. I’ve also planned the fourth, Release Her.

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Falling from the Light by Regan Summers‏

Regan Summers is the author of the romantic urban fantasy Night Runner series. As a native Alaskan, she’s used to long, cold nights but thinks they’re better with a helping of sexy vampires. Don’t Bite the Messenger, the first in the series, was a finalist for the 2013 EPIC eBook Awards in the paranormal category.

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All Sydney Kildare wants is a minute in the slow lane, some time to decide where she’s going with her vampire lover, Malcolm Kelly. But after sitting out the last battle, the powerful Master Bronson is giving orders again, and he isn’t above blackmailing his former courier to get what he wants.

With Mal sent to track a vicious killer, Syd is forced to infiltrate a pharmaceutical company responsible for a drug that turns vampires into real monsters. She’s unprepared and alone, but fiercely determined. If her investigation doesn’t satisfy the Master, Malcolm will pay the price. A wrong turn throws her into the middle of a vampire power play. Caught between twisting forces, with their freedom at stake, she’ll have to decide what’s more important: love, power or revenge. But choosing what feels right might turn out all wrong.

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Q) What inspired you to write this story? 

It wasn’t so much a lightbulb over the head inspiration as a pretty basic need to entertain myself. Which is my motivation for most things I do in life, to be honest.

Q) How long did it take you to write? 

This was a tough one. I usually finish a first draft in about two and a half months. I wrote for about two months, grew frustrated, and moved on to writing a complete, separate novel before coming back to this one. By then, I’d figured out how to make this story bigger and more dangerous, and really committed to heightening the romance. Total writing and editing time? Probably seven months. Total time with this novel on deck? A little over a year.

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing? 

I love capturing surprising scenes – revelations, humor, the awakening of strong emotions and the testing of character.

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing? 

Doubt. Writing is a massive act of faith, and when doubts creep in about lines and plot twists or whether the story will ever sell, it’s like an anchor has been wrapped around your hands. The words become hard to make, and that leads to frustration and more doubt. Luckily I’ve got a bit of a goldfish brain when it comes to doubt. I’m usually able to reset myself fairly quickly.

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why? 

Oh, wow. Well, someone alive to start with. I don’t want to be a famous zombie. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, I think. Full of exuberance and wonder and deep, deep intelligence. That choice is made with the hope that I’d hold on to some comprehension of complex scientific principles when I reverted back to myself.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it? 

Nosy question! Lol. I think it’s a bag of wheat germ. And it’s on the top shelf, in the back, on the left.

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future? 

Action, adventure, and romance – in that order. I have two novels drafted in separate worlds – science fiction rather than fantasy – which I hope to be announcing before too long.

Thank you so much for hosting me!

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Casual Curses and Meticulous Magic by Lee Roland‏

Lee Roland is a full time writer who lives in North Central Florida. She loves the peaceful rural area where she shares a home with three small dogs who think they are pit bulls and an evil cat with sharp claws.

Lee writes stories of urban fantasy and paranormal romance where strong men and women battle the wickedness hiding under the surface of the modern world. Her characters are passionate in life and love and are formidable enemies to the malevolent criminals in their worlds.

Her first series, the Earth Witches, was published beginning in 2011 by NAL. Her website, www.leeroland.com offers samples of the Earth Witches books and information on their world. There are short stories and news of any upcoming books and events.

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What happens when a dysfunctional witch and a tough PI work together to save an aging apartment house filled with ghosts, dragons and one oversexed house plant?

Spirits, spells and mayhem…Magic rises in the Gramarye

Melian Devlin is a witch who often resorts to exotic and slightly illegal methods of acquiring money to maintain the 300-year-old Gramarye, the stone apartment house that’s her heart and home. Her life is a series of skirmishes that occasionally end with her behind bars.

Titus Moran is a no-nonsense PI who makes big bucks busting insurance fraud schemes. So how did he wind up in a tortuous battle to keep Melian out of jail? Did the delightful young witch with her gray eyes and magic at her fingertips enchant him—or does the Gramarye hold greater mysteries.

Titus will enter a new exciting world when he joins Melian in her quest to save the Gramarye. Melian will fumble along in her usual impulsive way, leaving a trail of disasters behind her. If they’re lucky, they might survive.

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Hunters by Aoife Marie Sheridan

Aoife Marie Sheridan has loved reading from a very young age, starting off with mills and boon's books, given to by her grandmother her love for romances grew, by the age of 14 she had read hundreds of them.

Aoife had a passion for writing poetry or in her eyes her journal entries. It was something she did throughout her teens and into her twenties. Aoife won first place for two of her poems and had them published at a young age of just nineteen. Realising she needed to get a real job (What writing isn't) she studied accountancy and qualified working in that field for many years, until her passion for reading returned and she found Maria V Snyder. Poison study one of her favourite books has been read and re-read countless times.

Aoife's first book Eden Forest (Part one of the Saskia Trilogy) came to be after a dream of a man and woman on a black horse jumping through a wall of fire and the idea of Saskia was born. Now with her first novel published and taking first place for Eden Forest with Writers Got Talent 2013, Aoife continues to write tales of fantasy and is currently working on her third book for the Saskia Trilogy amongst other new works.

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Abigail is nineteen, her job she hunts demons.

Her life so far has been tough, having witnessed her family’s death and her mother’s suicide she’s taken in by a priest, who believes her when she says she sees ghosts. Father Peter trains her as a demon hunter with three other members, one being Daniel, who isn’t what he seems.

But when a possession goes wrong, and ghosts start to attack Abigail, the tight rope she had on her emotions soon starts to loosen.

Abigail draws the unwanted attention of the Vatican, and she finds out a lot more then she was willing to learn.

Knowledge is power, but for Abigail it’s her undoing, and the only thing keeping her together is Daniel.

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 Q) What inspired you to write this story? 

The inspiration for Hunters came to me, when a friend suggested I go to see a healer. I went and was fascinated by what I learned. Now I can’t say anything amazing happened to me when I was with the healer but I loved his perspective on angels and demons. After that I couldn’t stop thinking about guardian angels, and then the story hunters came to me.

Q) How long did it take you to write?
It took around six months to complete the story, so it was very long, but I knew what I wanted to write, so every time I sat down to type I knew exactly what I wanted to say. No writers block that way. J

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing?
Getting lost I would have to say. I love creating worlds and characters. I really enjoy a dark character it becomes a challenge for me and I have to dig deep to really put them together in the most believable way possible.

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing?
I don’t have a least favorite thing about writing only I never have enough writing time.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it?
Just went and checked it’s an onion LOL and it’s five days old, time for the bin.

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future?
Lots I am focusing on writing now, and all through 2015, so in 2016 I hope I have a busy year with releases.

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Water’s Threshold by Jillian Jacobs

In the spring of 2013, Jillian Jacobs changed her career path and became a romance writer. After reading for years, she figured writing a romance would be quick and easy. Nope! With the guidance of the Indiana Romance Writers of America chapter, she’s learned there are many "rules" to writing a proper romance. Being re-schooled has been an interesting journey, and she hopes the best trails are yet to be traveled.

Water’s Threshold, the first in Jillian’s Elementals series, was a finalist in Chicago-North’s 2014 Fire and Ice contest in the Women’s Fiction category.

Jillian is a: Tea Guzzler, Polish Pottery Hoarder, and lover of all things Moose.

The genres she writes under are: Paranormal and Contemporary with suspenseful elements.

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What happens when a lonely water-girl finally finds her shore?

In a tourist town at the base of the Tetons, Maya Conway, a mythical being known as an Elemental, stands at a crossroads. On her current path, she is content using her life force water to protect humans and the environment. Her direction is altered when Mother Nature taps her to guide Terran Forrester, an analytical scientist, on his journey to become the next Elemental Earth.

If Maya crosses into his world, will her lonely heart find a partner or will his rational mind reject her otherworldly existence?

When an ancient evil evolved from dark matter shadows their steps, which path will they choose—logic or love?

Q) What inspired you to write this story? 

I love a good paranormal. Love the worlds and characters writers create. In the majority of paranormal stories, blood is a primary focus. So, I considered, what is as crucial to our survival as blood? A simple answer—Water.

This led to my thinking about a girl who survives only by water, which further led to the elements. Book one, Water’s Threshold is water and earth. The second story will focus on fire, and the third story is air.

Q) How long did it take you to write? 

I had Water’s Threshold edited in January 2014. I’ve learned so much since then, and have added that knowledge to the story throughout this year. I could have released earlier, but wanted my first release on my birthday, November 11th. One thing I did not learn over the year, is the proper usage of a comma, so please forgive any errors you might find.


Q) What is your favorite thing about writing? 

Creating that one perfect sentence. And my favorite thing about the writing world is the friendships I’ve developed since beginning this journey almost two years ago.

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing? 

 Forgetting where I am in a story, and then having to start from the beginning to get back in the flow. Commas!!

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why? 

Jane Eyre or Rebecca. Why? They lived dramatic, tragic lives, but had love in the end.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it? 

 Homemade pizza dough. A week.

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future? 

Two more books in this Elementals series. Then, Ember’s Center the first in my O-line contemporary series will release end of December 2014. This series will feature three players from a professional football team’s offensive line. And no, not the quarterback.

All my books will have a wicked villain causing mass chaos, and a love story that triumphs in the end.

Thanks so much for hosting me today. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss Water’s Threshold.

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The Agency: In the Defendant's Chair by Lynn Yvonne Moon

Lynn Yvonne Moon is the author of the successful Agency Series, which deals with the implications of unlimited government power and money. She has worked for state and federal government since the 1990’s and uses her extensive personal experiences to captivate her audience with realistic stories of political corruption and black Government espionage.

Her first novel, When Souls Collide, introduces the reader to the ultimate power of The Agency. The second novel, What Rings True, awakens The Agency to the ramifications of never-ending political power. Dysfunctional Bloodline traces the steps of a family serial killer out for revenge. Lynn graduated from Troy State University where she earned a Masters Degree in Government. She currently works for the Commonwealth of Virginia and resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Her last memory before falling asleep is the love she feels for her husband and kids. Then she wakes up, confused, dizzy, and sick, and realizes where she is; a courtroom. This is the nightmare and reality of Early Sutton and other women like her across America.

Carrie Clark and Maddie Edwards reunite with The Agency to solve the mysterious murders that are plaguing America. They risk their lives as they travel from coast to coast gathering clues and piecing together a strange puzzle where the pieces don’t seem to fit. In The Defendant’s Chair examines the inner working of our US Government and a secret society as they manipulate the human genome in evil seclusion. In a race against time to save the human race, the women must contemplate both the ethical and moral issues of genetic tampering.

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Q) What inspired you to write this story?
A) First imagine your worst fear or fears. Mine? Being put on trial for a murder I did not commit. Then add to that the horrors of genetic manipulation of the human genome. What is happening now outside of vision? We are eating genetically modified foods, so what's next? Genetically modified humans?

Q) How long did it take you to write?
A) Over two years of intense research went into the writing of this novel. Therefore it took me over two and a half years to complete.

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing?
A) My favorite thing about writing is the ability to use my imagination to take me and my readers anywhere we want to go. There is no limit to our travels as long as my imagination is allowed flow.

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing?
A) My least favorite thing about writing is that it does not bring in enough money to support me and therefore I must work a day job. I wish I could write full time, but at the moment is it a part time adventure.

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why?
A) If I could be famous for one I would be Woopie Goldberg. Why? Because Woopie is fun and full of surprises and I'd love to see the world through her eyes.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it?
A) The oldest thing in my fridge is me and I'm... well let's say I'm older than dirt. But I feel as if I'm in my twenties. Many my age sit back and allow life to consume them. Not me, I take life by the horns and push back. I'm not aging with grace, I'm battling through all the way to the end.

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future?
A) Readers can expect more excitement and more novels. Two are planned for every year with an extra side of Children Picture books or Middle School novels. The Agency Series is running strong with one more in the works and three more ideas on the shelf. The new young adult series is schedule to have a total of five novels to excite and entice my readers.

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Hellish Haven by L.K. Below

L.K. Below wrote Hellish Haven to bring her love of Orwell’s classic 1984 into the modern day…or near future, as it turns out.

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Two lives. Two realities. But only one truth.

The Senator reigns all-powerful in a manifested picture-perfect world. No worries. No wars. Only the unspoken threat of oblivion if you step a toe out of line. On the other side of the divide, the rebels face a debilitating war against an invulnerable robotic army. Every day is a struggle to earn back their freedoms. Freedom to feel. Freedom of speech. Freedom of thought.

Sergeant Grant Baker is pivotal to the war effort. But ever since his wife’s abduction, he’s been walking around in as much of a daze as the Senator’s brainwashed citizens. Then Eva reappears—without memories of him or their son. And he’s willing to do anything to keep her. Even if it means jeopardizing the war.

Eva doesn’t know which side to believe. Her predictable life as a single nurse, or the man claiming to be her husband. All she knows is she needs to discover how to end the war, quickly. If she doesn’t choose sides soon, she may lose the man—and the life—she never knew she wanted.

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Influenced by the Masters: On Incorporating Classic Fiction into Modern Books

When I was ten, I was taught by a teacher who worshipped books. While in her class, I read A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens), Watership Down (Richard Adams), and several fictional chapter books about the sinking of the Titanic. And these were only the books I read while within the confines of her classroom for reading period. During recess, I would sit beneath a sturdy tree and delve into whatever fantastic fiction caught my fancy. She must have seen in me a kindred spirit because, when the year was done, she told me:

Never stop reading.

That fantastic and clever past teacher of mine is the reason behind my love affair with classic books. When I left her class, she passed along her wisdom to me by recommending I read more classic books.

I started with Jack London and Mark Twain. From there, the sky was the limit. I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. My father and I read The Chronicles of Narnia to each other before bed, and it helped me to become less nervous when reading aloud in class.

I didn’t discover George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four until high school, but it has remained in my top five list of classic books ever since. I breezed through the book, through Winston’s struggle with oppression, his love affair with toeing the line of what the government deemed possible.

I guess by now, you can guess that Orwell’s book heavily influenced my newest release, Hellish Haven. Orwell’s themes are timeless, but in these days filled with technological security and little privacy, they are especially potent.

Like most things when I set out to do them, I took those themes to the next level. In Hellish Haven, the government doesn’t merely monitor you; through a widely-administered suggestion-enhancing drug, the government controls the populace’s very thoughts. Through this drug and the constant subliminal messaging and propaganda, citizens are made to feel as if they are happy. Their careers, their marriages, every aspect of their lives is chosen for them. Even when a war rages only blocks away, they don’t believe it exists.

One of the things which spoke to me the most about Orwell’s book was the act of erasing a person from history. Records of traitors were wiped clean from the archives, as if they were never even born. But, as I read these passages of the classic book, I thought to myself that it wasn’t absolute. The people those traitors left behind, the people who they touched in some way, they would remember.

So I took the idea and pushed it further. I’m good at that.

In Hellish Haven, traitors aren’t only wiped clean from the records. Their families, their colleagues, their friends are made to believe they never existed. The electronic photographs displayed on the wall are purged of their image. Children are believed to be artificially inseminated or adopted. The person’s thoughts and deeds are erased from history.

And that, I consider to be the ultimate punishment. The ultimate horror.

I’m an author, so I like to think my words and ideas will be around long after I’m gone. My goal, and I suspect the goal of many writers, is to touch people. To make the reader think. To give them strength on the days they feel their weakest. To help them forget about their troubles for a time, if that’s what they need, or to help them challenge the aspects of their lives which make them unhappy.

I developed my love for books early in life, and for that I’m grateful. Because I can’t imagine being the same person I am today without having read books like Orwell’s Nineteen-Eighty Four. Just like I can’t imagine not writing them. 

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Christmas at Thorncliff Towers by Marina Myles‏

Marina Myles’s love of books began as soon as she read her first fairy tale. During her college days, she received degrees in English Literature and Communications—and enjoyed the unique experience of being a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.

Now that she lives under the sunny skies of Arizona, she hasn’t left her glamorous life behind completely. After all, she gets to divide her time between her loving family, her loyal Maltese, and worlds filled with fiery—but not easily attained—love affairs.

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Thorncliff Towers is done up for Christmas, secure against wind and wolves. But Karina Petri is shut out, too, and the gypsy witch wants what’s inside. She envies the gifts, the feast, the pretty clothes, of course. But her true desire is for the love of Constantin Stoica. Her smolderingly handsome childhood friend agreed to serve Lord Draven after his brother was caught stealing last year. He suspects Karina was involved—and it would take more magic than she possesses to make him forgive…

Constantin has always been drawn to Karina’s dark curls, flashing eyes, and reckless ways. But trusting her has proven dangerous before, and this night holds more to fear than most. The wrong decisions could cost him his job, his safety—even his life. But letting Karina go could cost him his heart…

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Scooping up a few pieces of bread, Karina slipped out the back door. With the aid of the cane, she made her way to the stable house where the windows glowed a bright orange.

Hearing the crackle of a fire, she entered uninvited. Constantin had his back to her. Shirtless from the waist up as he’d been when she spied on him earlier, he was busy brushing a pewter-colored mare. The chore set his tendons into a fluid stretch and his biceps into a rippling bulge.

Karina shut the door with a loud clatter. He whirled around—his foul expression softening as he perused her new appearance.

“Karina. You look…nice.” Then he seemed to remember that he was angry with her. Resuming his task, he spoke in an icy tone. “I came here to be alone.”

She ignored his comment. “I brought you some bread since you missed dinner.”

“Thank you,” he said curtly. “Leave it on the workbench, please.”

She did and strode toward him. Gathering her courage, she released the cane and touched his solid shoulder. “Do you like my dress?”

He snatched a look at her but then avoided her eyes. “It’s beautiful.”

“You hardly saw it. Come. Take a long look.”

Gulping, his stare swept over her tiny waist, rounded cleavage, and elegant hairstyle. “You look very—different.”

She smiled seductively. “Is that a compliment?”

“Yes.” His voice was a growl. “You’re stunning.”

Motivated by the jealousy she felt over his connection with Lydia Brentwood, Karina slid both hands up his chest and laced her fingers behind his neck. “You’ve always been my friend, Constantin. But I missed you in another way when you left our Gypsy camp.” She paused. “Did you miss me?”

He untangled her fingers. “I’ve missed your companionship. That’s all.”

“Is that all I’ll ever be?” Frustration coated her voice. “A companion? A friend?’

He held her by the arm and she could swear she saw agony in his forest-green eyes. “We lost our parents at a young age,” he said. “That’s why we became friends, Karina. We had that in common.”

“You never thought I was pretty?”

“I’ve always thought you were beautiful, but you scared me. I had to grow up and be a father figure to Viktor. I couldn’t afford to let your rebellious ways distract me.”

“So that’s the reason…” her voice trailed off.

He released her arm and anchored his hands on his hips. “You were constantly defying authority and getting into mischief. I was too straight-laced—too responsible—to join in.”

“Sometimes opposites attract,” she suggested. “Besides, you’re a grown man. Are you still scared of me?”

His gaze dropped from her eyes to her mouth. Attraction replaced the agony in his stare. He moved closer. “I’m not afraid. But I am lonely.”

“I can see why,” she murmured. “The smug people at this mansion lack the Gypsy fire you’re accustomed to.”

Their lips hovered inches apart. A whisper of air slipped into Karina’s mouth as she parted her lips. Constantin nearly kissed her. But then he stepped back.

She wasn’t giving up that easily. “I liked the feel of your hand on my leg,” she purred. “If you let me touch you, I can erase some of that loneliness.”

As slow as a ribbon flutters in a quiet breeze, she feathered her fingertip up his arm. Under her touch, his skin burned as hot as lava. She knew in that moment that he was going to kiss her.

With eyes blazing with desire, he craned his neck forward and clamped his mouth to hers. Karina’s whole world changed in that moment. Responding to his warm lips, she pressed herself to his chest. And when he allowed his tongue to slip forward, her heart thrummed wildly.

“My God,” he said gruffly. “You smell like summer rain.”

Their bodies stayed molded together by pure lust. The feel of his muscles and his intoxicating scent reminded Karina that she’d never want any man but him. Would Constantin make her his tonight?

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The 13th Descent by Ky Lehman‏

Ky Lehman is a novelist, a children's author, a teacher of swimming and water safety, wife to her high school sweetheart and the proud mother of their three very tall sons. She lives in the Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia with her husband and their children where she is currently writing the second book in The Rosefire Trilogy, The 13th Rising.

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One Choice Can Make an Immortal Human

But What Choices Need to Be Made to Go Back Again?

The revolutionary year following Serenay "Ren" Avalon's eighteenth birthday could rival Clark Kent's entire adolescence.

After her mother and her grandmother were killed in a car bomb explosion at the heart of their sleepy hillside town where nothing extraordinary usually happens, she discovers that her mother is actually alive and in hiding, her long lost father is a Father, and her best friend, who turns out was once an Archangel, has taken a gargantuan step back in his evolution to live on Earth with her for the past thirteen lifetimes. And besides being the only one in her immediate circle with a serious case of past life dementia, she learns that during her first lifetime, she was married to one of the greatest teachers history has ever known who is now the gorgeous lead singer of a hot new rock band taking the world by storm, and who is keen to meet up with her again in the twenty first century.

As Ren realizes that the powerful family name she bears also brings with it the promise of an unnatural death, she is reminded that it has always brought hope to people on both sides of the veil, human and Tor. As the world draws closer to being completely shrouded by the dark cloaks of her age-old enemies, the Bloodstones, she now, more than ever before, has to draw strength from her origins to protect her family and their ancient truth from this global force responsible for torturing and killing centuries of her ancestors.

As she struggles to unearth who she was, who she is, and who she chooses to be, as well as the expectations of her first mortal love and the heavenly love she has always guiltily denied, she has until midnight on the Solstice find a way to bring light to a compromised heart and to a world on the brink of perpetual darkness.

This first book in The Rosefire Trilogy by debut YA author, Ky Lehman, is a reminder of how the choices we make in the throes of love, loss, hope, and adversity are what makes the divine human, and the human divine.

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Q) What inspired you to write this story?
When a family member suddenly died young, I started to question what I believed in, and found that as a free thinking adult, the answers provided by the religion I was raised in wasn't enough. So, I read, and I researched all of the religions I could think of, and although I found that every faith has its own beauty and wonder, other questions were then raised: Man's rules? God's rules? amongst many others. In short, Ren, Mike, Josh, Benni Dhoo, and all of the other personalities introduced in THE 13TH DESCENT each represent a piece of the puzzle I am still trying to put together, as they all find their own way to the one true constant of every era, country and religion that has ever existed: love.

Q) How long did it take you to write?
Eighteen months of nabbing an hour here and five minutes there during the school terms, and writing flat out during the school holidays!

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing?
Finding out more about myself when creating my characters and their backstories and detailing the feelings certain people and circumstances invoke in them, but what I find the most enlightening is what I envisage the future holds for each of them – it can be a real eye opener!

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing?
Honestly, it’s erotically-charged scenes! It's not really the writing of them, it's the editing of them! Some things have to be left to the reader’s imagination, but how much? I always struggle with how much description is, or is not, enough!

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why?
Florence Nightingale. Not only was she a renowned nurse and matron, she was also a rebellious daughter, a social reformer, and an accomplished writer who lived to the grand old age of ninety. For a day, I would love to be her as an old lady, and over multiple cups of tea, experience her memories of her grandest loves, relationships, challenges, failures and successes - to be inside the mind of a true trailblazer, one who in her younger years, shattered the mould, and in her adult life, started to break down walls we are still hammering away at today.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it?
A two year old jar of gherkin spread, which, thanks to your prompting, I have now thrown out!

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future?
In the near future, THE 13TH RISING: Book Two of The Rosefire Trilogy – I endeavour to have it ready for publishing by mid-late 2015 - and an educational children’s book about being safe in and around water.

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Of Sentimental Value by Princess Fumi Hancock‏

Bestselling Author, NAFCA African Oscar People’s Choice Winner, Indiefest Films Merit Award Filmmaker, TV Host, Transformation Interventionist and Philanthropist are just a few accolades to describe this dynamic woman.

Born in the heart of Nigeria, Lagos State; Princess Fumi Hancock was raised to appreciate her royal roots from the South Western region of Nigeria, Emure Kingdom, where her family, the Adumori Nigeria Royal Household have ruled since the 1800s’.

After acquiring her first degree in English from one of the most prestigious colleges in Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University; she stormed the United States of America with a pen, a script and the dream to change the world. Little did she know that it would take her over thirty years to finally fulfill her dream of becoming a prolific writer and most importantly, one who would have the ability to translate her literary works into movies.

As an author, she has written several inspirational books for women, Beyond Idol Worship: A Diary of an African Warrior Princess; Starting Right Now to name a few! After writing these inspirational books and her return back to African after over 25 years absentia; she reaches out to help her community through her US based nonprofit organization, Adassa Adumori Foundation, Inc. (www.adassafoundation.org); she also decided to venture into the world of young adult fantasy. To her surprise, her very first young adult fantasy, The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell: Hydra’s Nest became an amazon bestseller! There has been no stopping her since then.

Her new novel, Of Sentimental Value, a mystery and suspense drama is yet another landmark for her. The book was made into a feature film which is scheduled for release soon (www.ofsentimentalvaluemovie.com). In the advent of its release, it has garnered multiple award interest. It was nominated in the NAFCA African Oscar Peoples’ Choice category for Favorite Trailer and Original Score while the Princess took home the winning trophy as Favorite Screenwriter. Since then, the movie itself has been nominated in the following categories: Best Diaspora Drama and Best Make-up. One of our supporting actors, Malik Yoba was also nominated as Actor in Foreign Film category.

Princess Fumi is one who truly believes that dreams do come true if we keep plugging away at it and never give up! Her very first crack at writing, she will never forget her professor at a college in New York telling her, “you need to quit! You are a horrible writer!” “I was devastated,” she said. But did not allow that to keep her down. With time, even the professor finally announced to the post graduate class that she was the best student he’d ever had. That screenplay, “The Royal Bird” ended up winning Best Screenplay of the year in 1988 in a New York festival. It was later auctioned to one of the largest television stations in Africa, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). The rest of her time today is spent presenting her new empowerment program, Your Vision Torch, an Innovator’s Prescription to Igniting Your Dreams and Harnessing Your Vision to leaders, business owners and women across Africa and the United States of America. More details on how to bring her to your event: www.worldoffumihancock.com
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One event Elects Who You Are 

One event Molds Your Values and Beliefs; 

One event Charts the Course of Your Journey… Good, Bad or Indifferent; 

One event Determines Your Destiny… For Life 

One event Will Change Your Life… Forever 

Bestselling Author, Indiefest and African Oscar Award Winning Filmmaker, Host of an African Oscar nominated TV Talk show, An African Heritage Leadership Award recipient and a globally sought after transformation interventionist, Princess Fumi Hancock delivers an inspirational and intriguing romantic suspense story, yet laced in mystery and comedy. Of Sentimental Value, a titillating and jaw dropping adventure set between the deep rich forest of Africa and the southern flat plains of Nashville, Tennessee.

A Twenty-one year old, Young African Immigrant, SIBERIA TONKA has all the ingredients of a successful writer: Commitment, dedication, and drive to become famous. Until her dream of becoming the next bestselling media sensation in America is threatened by an inexplicable cosmic force! Buried and spiraling in unsurmountable debt and a string of misfortune hovering over her, she is forced to pawn her most valuable possession. But when told her sister’s life in Africa hangs in the balance and that would die if artifact is not returned back to the rightful owners, Siberia in desperation sets out to retrieve the artifact at any means necessary. A Mystery enigma is released and the stakes are high! The harder Siberia tries… the closer she seems yet the farther she was from solving the turmoil.

Alas, in the midst of this chaos evolves an undeniably love triangle between Siberia, a wealthy rugged-looking African, but Nashville-based, art collector (Alan) and a simple American consignment store owner (Jake).

Will Siberia retrieve the artifact in time to save her dying sister, Naiya? Who / what wins her heart? Money or True Love?

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Of Sentimental Value Motion Picture Release 2015

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Q) What inspired you to write this story?
It was 2005, at midnight, when I received a frantic call from afar. As I picked up the phone, I felt in my gut that something terrible had happened with my family back in Africa. As I gently picked up the phone, I was visited by waling sounds in the background. It was the cries of my sisters I Africa! My young niece, Yemisi, just died during childbirth! Yemisi was 24 years old. She had been in labor for three days before her live in boyfriend finally dropped her off at the hospital. This was a destiny, which was cut short due to ignorance! You see, Yemisi had left home to be with her boyfriend against everyone’s advice. If she had self worth, if she knew she was beautiful and wonderful; if she knew she deserved the best; if she knew she was wonderful and marvelously made; would she have settled for the that kind of life? What saddens me the most was that I was not able to fulfill the promise I made to her when I was leaving Nigeria. I promised I would bring her here. It never happened! Today, her son is being taken care of by his grandmother who is my sister. Sadly, shortly after her death, her boyfriend died of AIDS!

What inspired this story? Yemisi was Of Sentimental Value. She just did not know it! While this particular story is different for all; there is a common thread which is that as women WE MUST VALUE OURSELVES AND NEVER SETTLE FOR ANYTHING BELOW GOD’S EXPECTATIONS FOR US.

Q) How long did it take you to write?
Whew! Great question. My writing this time was kind of different as I wrote the screenplay first in preparation for the movie itself (www.ofsentimentalvaluemovie.com ). So with the screenplay in hand, it took just 3 months to write the novel. I have to interject that this is not the typical duration of time for me. My last bestselling novel, the adventures of Jewel Cardwell: Hydra’s Nest took 2 years because of all the research I had to do to create a location unique for my readers.

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing?
Just the ability to take characters and live through their eyes is very captivating for me. It is exhilarating.

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing?
Editing. After I am done writing I find it hard to go back and read what I had written, particularly reading 3 or 4 times.

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why?
Maya Angelou. I love her personality, her philosophy about life. Maya Angelou made us believe we could soar like eagles. Her books are thought provoking and inspirational. Sadly, she has passed and she is greatly missed but her legacy remains forever. Caged Bird Legacy (http://mayaangelou.com/ )

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it?
Oh wow! A bottle of liquid vitamins has been sitting in my refrigerator since last year! Perhaps, I am hoping to drink it through osmosis, as I am not interested in it though I am supposed to be taking it. The bitter taste has turned me off. Hoping one day, I will take up the courage and just drink it.

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future?
When asked just few days ago who I was besides being a mother, a wife and an entrepreneur; with the African Oscar win for the movie, Of Sentimental Value; the inspiration for the novel; and the movie itself winning an indiefest film merit award, I can safely conclude that I AM INDEED A SCREENWRITER, AUTHOR, SPEAKER & A TRANSFORMATION CATALYST. So my readers will see my gear up in these roles. I intend to travel across country to meet my readers; to finish my long awaited sequel to The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell, a paranormal & fantasy book and hoping to have one more movie under my belt. Many have asked when will The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell be made into a movie. Who knows what’s out there…Stay tuned: www.worldoffumihancock.com

JOIN THE MOVEMENT. PICK UP YOUR TSHIRT AND MAKE THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR~ I AM OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE. Deal With It!

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The Necromancer’s Betrayal by Mimi Sebastian‏

Mimi Sebastian raised herself on books and the strange and unusual, and an unhealthy dose of comics and movies. When a career as a punk guitarist failed to materialize, she completed her degree in urban planning, spent two years in the Ivory Coast with the Peace Corps, and another three years in Brazil. By day, she debates the merits of transport oriented development, by night she writes about necromancers and pirates. She’s convinced she could live off coffee, ice cream, and comic books, but is sure only one of those is good for her health.

She's a member of Romance Writers of America and the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal chapter of RWA. A transplant from the beaches of Florida, Mimi now wanders the desert in Phoenix, AZ, and attempts to balance writing with a day career, fantastic family, and household diva: her Amazon parrot.

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Her powers have been hobbled. Her enemies are growing stronger.

Old loves challenge her. And her worst betrayer may be herself.

Necromancer Ruby Montagne is battling for her life in the realm of demons. Unfairly branded for the death of a fellow necromancer, she’s got to prove her innocence without the full use of her magic. And the real culprit is still on the loose.

While someone is stalking her friends among the witches, Ruby searches for answers inside the dark intrigues of both the demon and necromancer worlds. Ruby must confront this new, sinister threat while reconciling her feelings for her former lover, a demon warrior. Only it’s difficult . . . because a sexy vampire is making it clear that he’d like to be a lot more than just friends.

The competition for Ruby’s trust heats up as the enemy pushes her toward a dark side that could threaten the entire realm. Yet what can Ruby do when she’s not even sure what she is? With the fabric separating the realms at stake, she must decide whom to trust. But will the ultimate betrayal be her own?
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Christmas in Dogtown by Suzanne Johnson‏

Suzanne Johnson writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance (under the name Susannah Sandlin) from Auburn, Alabama, on top of a career in educational publishing that has thus far spanned five states and six universities—including both Alabama and Auburn, which makes her bilingual. She grew up in Winfield, Alabama, halfway between the Bear Bryant Museum and Elvis' birthplace, but was also a longtime resident of New Orleans, so she has a highly refined sense of the absurd and an ingrained love of SEC football, cheap Mardi Gras trinkets, and fried gator on a stick. She’s the author of the Sentinels of New Orleans urban fantasy series and, as Susannah Sandlin, the Penton Legacy paranormal romance series.

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A woman who spent years escaping her rural past learns that Dogtown, Louisiana, hides more family secrets than just the recipe for boudin blanc…..

Resa Madere’s on the verge of losing it all. The boyfriend’s gone. The job’s history. Her beloved house is on the brink of foreclosure. She’ll do anything to save it—even spend a long Christmas holiday working in St. James Parish, Louisiana, helping her uncle run the family meat business. But the community of Dogtown, which has been home for seven generations of the Madere and Caillou families, has deep roots and deeper secrets. For Resa, going home is one thing.

Getting out might not be so easy.

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Mistress for Hire by Letty James

Letty James has been devouring romance novels ever since she hid under the covers reading Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers. And, yes, searching for all the sexy parts. She completed her first novel participating in National Novel Writing Month in 2005 and has been writing furiously ever since, fueled by chocolate and multiple cups of tea.

Along with writing, she enjoys reading, painting, watching movies featuring studly men, and listening in on other people’s conversations.

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Stranded in Paris, Nikki Sommers is desperate for a job, willing to sweep the floors of a local bakery. But Gérard Beauvais knows where Nikki needs to be – not in the bakery, but in his bed. Offering her a job as his personal assistant, Gérard introduces Nikki to the workings of international business, along with the romance and beauty of Paris.

Nikki falls under Gérard’s magnetic spell, only to get a nasty surprise when she discovers she is merely a pawn in an international scandal involving her own sister. Her heart is torn between family and a love she had only fantasized about.

Will she win Gérard’s heart or only be his Mistress for Hire?

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Q) What inspired you to write this story?
A wonderful month long trip to Paris with my best friend from high school. We were able to stay for free because of a house-sitting gig, which I highly recommend! We walked all over the city, having picnics, and soaking in the romance that is in the very air of Paris.

Q) How long did it take you to write? From germ idea to completion, about a year. You would not believe all the variations this book has gone through. I guess I’ll save those other versions for new characters. Never throw anything away.

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing?
I love seeing how characters evolve. I must admit I have fallen in love with every single one of my heroes. It would be very tough to choose if they all sprang to life. Tee hee.

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing?
I hate editing! Just ask my critique group. Things are flowing, sounding so wonderful, then I hit a brick wall because I realize there is no way on God’s green earth the hero/heroine would do such a thing and I have to cut it.

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why?
Lois McMaster Bujold. I know she’s not “famous” in the celebrity arena per se, but she sure is famous to me. I would love to be able to tap into her brain and write as beautifully (and funny) as she does. Plus, I would use the power of her name and go meet some other wonderful authors like Marian Keyes, Alexander McCall Smith and Eloisa James. I like to read authors who can touch on the serious while still being lighthearted and throw in a belly laugh for good measure.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it?
A bottle of Galway Bay Irish Eggnog. It’s a year old. It was a gift from last Christmas. I received three of them! Are my friends trying to tell me something? I thought I would save one to have early this year. Sure hope I get some more this season. Hint, hint.

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future?
A follow-up to Nikki’s story! I had to tell her sister Jessica’s story. Jessica is rather unlikeable in Mistress for Hire, so I had to figure out why and give her a love story of her own. And, of course, it’s set in Scotland because every woman needs at least one Highlander in her life, right? You can also check out my erotica line The Hot Shoppe series from Soul Mate Publishing. So many yummy men, so little time.

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Karma by Donna Augustine‏

Donna Augustine’s lifelong ambition was to become the crazy cat lady. Unfortunately, when family allergies cut short her dream of living in a house full of furries, she turned her ambitions toward writing. Combining her love of fantasy, scifi, horror and romance, she tries to string together interesting twists on urban fantasy.

A native of New Jersey, when she isn’t writing, or overdosing on caffeine, she can occasionally be spotted in disguise at the local dog park.

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People say karma's a...well, you know. Personally, I don't think I'm that bad. It's not like I wanted this job. I wasn't even in my right mind when I accepted it. 

Now, I'm surrounded by crazy coworkers like Lady Luck, who's a bit of a tramp, and Murphy's Law, who's a bumbling oaf.

But the worst is Fate. He's got a problem with transfers like myself and I have to see him constantly. It's unavoidable, since we're hunting the same man, my murderer.

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Q) What inspired you to write this story? 

 Horrible people getting away with lousy things

Q) How long did it take you to write? 

That’s difficult to nail down exactly. I started writing down notes and formulating the premise of the book a year before I actually started it. I also have the worst sense of timing. Things I think happened a couple of weeks ago could be a couple of months ago.

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing? 

Being able to do everything I want in it.

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing? 

Having to do everything in it. Having full control of what happens cuts both ways. As much as I enjoy having full control of the story, it would be nice if someone could read my mind, put it down and hand it back to me so I could enjoy it purely as a reader.

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why? 

If we could go back in time, it would be Einstein. I’d love to know what it’s like to possess that type of genius for one day.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it? 

Grated parmesan cheese. I couldn’t find a date on it but that stuff lasts a while!

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future? 

After The Karma Series wraps up, I’m thinking of dabbling in some PNR.

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Dragon and Flame by Zoe Perdita‏

Zoe Perdita writes gay shifter romance because the only thing better than one hot shifter dude is two hot shifter dudes making out.

She lives in the Pacific Northwest with a fluffy orange cat and a lively roommate. When she's not writing, Zoe likes to travel, read and play video games.

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Rory Sullivan thinks he has it all, until his boyfriend breaks his heart and the new landlord raises the rent on his bar. A chance meeting with Jin Yue, a rich dragon, gives Rory hope. Jin promises Rory he can save the bar and get even with his ex – for a price.

All Rory has to do is pretend to be in a relationship with Jin. Rory’s bad boy nature, and the desire for some no-strings-attached sex make the idea way too intriguing. Even if Rory’s brain thinks it’s a bad idea, his cock heartily disagrees.

Problem is, Jin Yue might be all kinds of hot, but he’s also Haven City’s one and only crime boss – sexy, powerful and deadly. Now Rory is tied to Jin until the dragon’s mission is complete, regardless of assassination attempts, hunters or the cops.

Jin Yue won the gang war, but the battle for Haven City isn’t over.

Enter Rory Sullivan – the tatted up fire mage who can help Jin lay claim to his rightful territory. However, things don’t turn out the way Jin plans. Rory pushes all the right buttons and riles up Jin’s dragon instincts. The fire mage is the farthest thing from Jin’s type, but the heat between them sets Jin’s blood on fire.

They’re playing a dangerous game that puts both of their hearts and lives on the line. While the passion between Jin and Rory sizzles, can a relationship built on deceit grow into something more?

Warning: contains violence and graphic gay sex scenes.

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Q) What inspired you to write this story?
Jin Yue was a popular character from the previous book in the Haven City Series (Tiger’s Den), and I wanted to tell a story about him and his sexy mate. Also, I wanted to know how Jin would react if someone didn’t fear him.

Q) How long did it take you to write?
About 5 weeks. I write fulltime and have a set word count per day, about 3000 to 4000 words, so it’s pretty easy to write a book quickly.

Q) What is your favorite thing about writing?
Everything! I get to work at home in pajamas! Also, I get to write the sort of books I want to read, filled with characters I love. It’s great!

Q) What is your least favorite thing about writing?
That it makes my hands hurt. Seriously. That part is no fun.

Q) If you could be any famous person for one day, who would you be and why?
Tom Hiddleston because I totes want to stare in the mirror and be like “holy crap, I’m Tom Hiddleston!” Then I’d go hang out with Benedict Cumberbatch and take selfies of us together all day.

Q) What is the oldest thing in your fridge and how old is it?
Salad dressing. Way too old to consume. Probably over a year. Eww!

Q) What can readers expect from you in the future?
More books! I’m working on Omega’s Destiny (Lost Wolves Book 3) which will be out on December 29, 2014, and Alpha’s Gamble (Haven City Series # 7) which will be out in March 2015.

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