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LIKE DIVINITY WARRIORS? Divinity Healers 1: Ariella’s Keeper – Early Amazon Release
LIKE DIVINITY WARRIORS?
Divinity Healers 1: Ariella’s Keeper
Alternate Reality Romance, Part of the Divinity Universe
When his father threatens to take away his research facility’s funding if he doesn’t come home, Dr. Sebastjan Walter has no choice but to do so. This isn’t just a family reunion. It seems his father has arranged a marriage—Sebastjan’s. Seeing his chance to make one last final deal to get his father out of his life, he agrees to marry the off-plane woman. After seeing her, he can’t help but think he’s made the better bargain.
Ariella has been held prisoner by the Medical Supreme since he cured her of a childhood illness. Forced to stay in his home as his ward, she has no choice but to do whatever he wants. When he demands she marry his son, Ariella finds this is one order she might not mind obeying.
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Official Release August 2013
Official Release: The Stubborn Lord (Dragon Lords 6) by Michelle M. Pillow
The Stubborn Lord (Dragon Lords 6) by Michelle M. Pillow
Repossessed…
Kendall Haven’s life turns upside down when she’s kidnapped off her fueling dock home by thugs claiming to have the right. Her father, the gambler, used her to cover his losses at the Larceny Casino Ship. Drugged and treated like cargo, she’s sold to the highest bidder—Galaxy Brides Corporation.
Landing on a primitive planet on the far edge of the universe, she has no intention of fulfilling her father’s contract—even if that contract includes marriage to a very handsome, very sexy, very intense barbarian of a man. He might be everything a woman fantasizes about, but he wants a little more than she can give.
Possession…
Lord Alek, Younger Duke of Draig, has not been lucky in finding his life mate. Resigned to a lonely life, he attends the bridal ceremony out of familial duty. Then the impossible happens—Kendall. Nothing goes according to tradition, but he can’t let that dissuade him. She is his only chance at happiness, and no matter how she protests, he’s not going to let her get away.
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They Call Me Trixie: Encounter Three by Elle Erotique
Contemporary Erotic
Short Story
Being an escort is easy…if you know the Trix of the trade.
They call me Trixie. I’m whatever you need me to be. Some like me to bend to their whim. Some like me to take charge. Others just like to take me, any way they can. I’m not ashamed of my job. It pays the bills and sometimes—I get off on it. I don’t have those puritanical hangups most Americans do. I like men. I like women. Mostly, I like to make money. Peek inside my world. I dare you. Be warned, my story is short and it is not a typical romance. I have sex with more than one man in this story. If you can’t handle that, then I’m not for you.
Meet The Boss.
Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, adult language, and no romantic thread.
http://ravenhappyhour.com/Trixie_Three.html
Pleasure Cruise (Pleasure Cruise I) by Michelle M Pillow & Mandy M Roth
Paranormal Erotic Romance
Clare needs to loosen up and have some fun—not to mention some hot sex with someone other than herself. Her best friend, Kira, knows exactly what she needs—a vacation full of hunky single men who’ll knock her panties off. When she booked the cruise for Clare’s birthday, the travel agent left out one tiny detail. It’s a supernatural cruise, and they aren’t getting off until they’re married.
The powers that be are tired of waiting for the supernatural to find their own mates and reproduce. In a desperate act to get the dwindling population back up, they’ve decided to take matters into their own hands. Dominik, a lycan, and Braden, a vampire, are just the two perfect candidates to start this experiment. They’re sexy, in the prime of their reproductive immortal lives and ready to mate—just as soon as they can seduce their unsuspecting brides, or at the very least, keep them from swimming back to shore.
WARNING: This book contains hot, explicit sex and violence explained with contemporary, graphic language.
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An Excerpt From: Pleasure Cruise
Copyright © MICHELLE M. PILLOW AND MANDY M. ROTH
Prologue
Interoffice Memo
From: The Powers That Be
Re: Pleasure Cruise, Cruise Line Corporation, Pilot Program
TOP SECRET
Due to the dwindling population of certain supernatural factions and the reluctance of the supernatural kind to take mates for all eternity, we will be establishing a comprehensive program to repopulate the various supernatural species. Many of the supernaturals we’ve observed are unwilling to take mates from within their own population. This reluctance has been exacerbated in large part by the old grudges still held from the Middle Ages. In addition, the ratio of supernatural females to males have widened considerably. There are significantly fewer females for men to choose from. We assume Global Climate Change is to blame—if not, it does seem a good scapegoat.
In an unprecedented move, we will now be allowing humans on the Pleasure Cruise to participate in the preordained mating process. Because of existing prejudices against supernaturals in human culture, some human participants will not be aware of the paranormal elements on the cruise. However, these humans will be blessed with a sixth sense so as to subconsciously recognize their mates upon first sight. We do not wish to have a boat full of frightened humans defying our will. Some resistance is expected, but in the end, we gods know what’s best for them.
We do expect some opposition amongst the supernatural factions to this plan. Not all species will be happy to have their food source considered as suitable mate material. If questioned, you are authorized to cite declaration thirteen: The gods have willed it so. If they continue to question our judgment, turn their names over for possible smiting. We expect banshees and leprechauns to give us the most problems. You all know how they are when dealing with change.
It is our hope that, by introducing humans into their bloodlines, the supernatural will be less reluctant to take a mate. All humans who mate themselves to a supernatural will be blessed with eternal life. They will also be given the gift of procreation. If this goes well, we will be slowly introducing humans into our other business ventures as well, including Pleasure Air and Pleasure Train.
Excerpt: Cupid’s Revenge by Michelle M Pillow
Cupid’s Revenge by Michelle M Pillow
Naughty Cupid Series Book 2
Paranormal Historical Romance
Cupid’s livid. It’s bad enough he made two people fall in love, but now thanks to King Larus, the whole Immortal Realm knows about it. There’s only one thing a troll can do. Get Revenge.
Lady Mina and her sister, Sophia, are impoverished, starving and their castle is crumbling around there feet. Their father is dead, the servants are gone and it’s the dead of winter. Could things really get much worse?
After Cupid caused a great disruption amongst his lycans by bringing a human to their world, Larus has had to meet with the Council of Elders. He’s made sure it will never happen again. Or so he thought. Hearing two women scream-one whose enchanted to be madly in love with him and one who wants nothing more than to claw his eyes out-he’s quickly learning not to underestimate a troll bent on revenge.
Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, adult language, and violence.
http://ravenhappyhour.com/Cupids_Revenge.html
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Prologue
Damn the lycans anyway! Cupid’s little black eyes flashed with an inner fire. And damn the council of immortal elders! So what if he took his vengeance out on Ilar by entrancing the whole Lycan Guard at Lycaon to one mortal woman? It’s not like anyone had gotten hurt. Besides, Ilar, Commander of the Guard, deserved it for making fun of him–just as he deserved being forced to lifemate to an ugly human woman.
Cupid shivered in disgust to think of how his plan had backfired. Ilar had fallen in love with the hideous mortal and they were living their fairy tale, happily ever after. It was disgustingly romantic. It was hideously repulsive. It was unbearable to think about.
Bah! Ach!
Now he had to listen to the other trolls tease each time he saw them. They called him a cherub, a matchmaker, a rosy-faced babe who spread love and goodness throughout the world. If he had another basket of love darts left outside his cave door, he’d scream so loud the whole realm of magic would collapse in on itself.
Bah! Bah! Double bah!
Cupid hated the elders. He hated goodness and happiness. He hated Ilar and Rhiannon, his ugly human lifemate. He hated the council. He hated the realm of magic and the realm of mortals. He hated everyone and everything.
And, above all things, he hated love!
His humiliation wouldn’t have been so widely known if the council of immortal elders hadn’t been called forth. He blamed Larus, the elected king of the lycans, for that one. It was Larus’ court at Lycaon that had been affected by his small enchantment prank. He merely made the mortal woman irresistible to the lycan kind and brought the whole court howling to their knees with lust.
But, could the lycan king let it go? No! He had to draw attention to the fact that Cupid had found love for Lord Ilar and Lady Rhiannon. He had to tell everyone who would listen to him that Cupid was personally responsible for Ilar’s eternal happiness.
Now he’d never live his reputation down. First, he accidentally hit a man instead of a goat with a love dart, causing one couple to fall in love four hundred years ago, and now this. He was going to be branded for his immortal life as a matchmaker. It was beyond torture, beyond fair and right, beyond tolerable.
And, as far as Cupid could see, it was King Larus who needed to pay for that!
Chapter One
Lycaon Castle, Realm of Magic
King Larus watched Lady Rhiannon with her lifemate, Lord Ilar. They seemed really happy together and he was happy for them. Ilar was his best soldier, a great leader, and a true friend. He deserved happiness. But the fact that Rhiannon was human still made him uneasy.
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Mandy Roth Contest Q & A
Mandy Roth contest Q & A
Q: I won a book by you but I know your situation with Mr Mandy not having a job and that you’re supporting five people… I don’t feel right about taking it (I’ve gotten this a LOT since Mr Mandy lost his job in Nov).
A: Accept the book! You won it! If you really really really want to help out, give it an honest review on a vendor site like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. Reviews help sell books. They really really really do! Also, spread the word about the book to your friends who love to read.
Q: I don’t live in the US. Does that mean I can’t enter your contests?
A: No. I will state very clearly if a contest if for US Residents only. I have only ever in my ten years of writing had a handful of contests that are limited to US. I believe fully that my readers come from all over the world, my contests should be open to all over the world.
Q: Why don’t I have more contests or give out more free books?
A: On average each year I give away over 100,000 ebooks (no, I’m NOT joking and no this isn’t counting pirate sites). I send out over 100 print books–I do NOT get my print books for free. Every print book I have I pay for–these add up. I give out thousands of dollars worth of gift cards. I give out thousands of dollars worth of other misc prizes. I spend thousands on mailing everything. I only make so much money–I think you can see and I’m guessing most readers will tell you all that I do a TON of contests and that I already go overboard prizes so that is why I do not do more.
Q: How soon will my prize be mailed if I win?
A: I do mailings 1-2 times a month. If I don’t do this I’m at the post office nonstop and not writing and earning money :)
Q: I missed your last contest. How can I be sure I’m finding out about all you’re doing?
A: Follow my FB Author Page Mandy M. Roth and be sure you set notifications for this to ON, follow me on twitter @mandymroth, check my blog www.mandyroth.com/blog, sign up for my newsletter http://mandyroth.com/newsletter.htm, I have a yahoo group as well that I do things at random on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mandy_M_Roth/join , and I do a LOT within my Street Team (these are a group of people who pass out my promo items, always help spread the word, give honest reviews, etc).
Q: Why do you tell winners if they don’t get in touch with you within 14 days that you will award their prize to someone else?
A: I don’t have the storage space/warehouse space to house prizes for extended periods of time. And I don’t have the manpower or time to keep checking back in.
:)
Mandy
A Midnight Seduction by Michelle M Pillow
Paranormal Romance
After her mother’s death three years ago, Audrey Hayes is mildly content to run the greenhouse left to her. She has a good life, though she is alone. Then, on All Hallows’ Eve, a man walks into the store looking for her mother, Clara.
Porter is a full blooded lycan sent to collect Clara and bring her back to the Dark Realm to be with Audrey’s vampire father so they may conceive a child by midnight in fulfillment of the elfin prophecy, or both their worlds will be lost to demons forever. Instead, he discovers Clara is dead and must he take her daughter instead —a woman who has no clue she’s even of supernatural descent. Getting Audrey to the realm is the easy part, it’s convincing her to join him in fulfilling the prophecy that proves to be a challenge.
This book was previously published in an anthology.
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Chapter One
“Tick or teat, smell my feet!” a little voice chimed. Audrey Hayes looked up from the shop counter and smiled. The round cherub face of a four year old was painted red like a demon, but the big brown eyes looked better suited to a cute little puppy dog.
“Ew,” Audrey flinched, shaking her head and wrinkling her nose in mock disgust. “I don’t want to smell your stinky feet. Gross!”
The child giggled and Audrey loaded his little plastic bucket down with candy. The kid’s dad was a customer and he smiled kindly, urging the boy to say thank you.
“Tank you!” he chirped, before remembering he was a scary demon. He held up his hands to make claws, as he growled.
Audrey jumped back and pretended to be scared. “Oh, no! Don’t hurt me!” Read the rest of this entry »
RT Left Behind Party!
Romantic Times Convention 2013 is happening now! Problem is… I’m not there. Up side to this, a whole bunch of us romance book lovers are not there. My solution? Have a Left Behind Party!
All this week I’ll be hosting a Left Behind Party on my facebook author page. I’ll put up a post each day with directions on how to enter for a chance to win prizes. Sound like fun? I hope so.
My Author Facebook Page is located here.
Excerpt: Cupid’s Enchantment by Michelle M Pillow
Cupid’s Enchantment by Michelle M Pillow
Naughty Cupid Series Book 1
Paranormal Historical Romance
Contrary to popular belief, Cupid is not a cute little cherub. And he’ll take revenge on any who say differently. Just ask Ilar, Commander of the Lycaon guard…
Lady Rhiannon’s beauty is distracting suitors from her older sister and ruining her chances at marriage, so her father has her locked her away in a tower. Believing she is going crazy from the isolation, Rhiannon hears a frightful voice. The next thing she knows, she’s waken up in a strange forest pursued by mythical wolf men. And, worst of all, their leader is taking her home with him.
Ilar is irritated to discover an enchanted female—a human, their ancient hunters—disrupting his Lycan Guards. One sniff of this mortal’s enchantment and the men go insane, trying to kill each for her hand. Only in making her his lover can the spell be broken. Ilar has no choice but to claim the female for his own. But who knows what will happen when Cupid’s Enchantment is broken….
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EXCERPT
Dedication:
To all those who don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day–a Cupid you can love.
Prologue
Cupid was livid. No, he was outraged. He was beyond furious.
Make fun of him, would he? Make the whole court at Lycaon think he was a joke–an incompetent clod that couldn’t make two pigs fall in love! Call him a fairy, would he? Call him a rosy-faced cherub? He accidentally hit a man instead of a goat with a love dart, causing one couple to fall in love four hundred years ago, and he got branded a matchmaker for life.
Bah! Ach!
It was time for the jests to end! Cupid would show them what this squat little cherub could do. He’d have the last laugh. He’d prove to them that not only could he make the whole Lycaon court fall in love–he’d make them fall in love with the same woman!
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About: Let the Wild Out by Madelyn Porter
Let the Wild Out Madelyn Porter (www.madelynporter.com)
Let the Wild Out is a paranormal erotic ménage contemporary romance. Heroine Rachel Dunne has a secret. One that will ensure her a seat on the shifter throne—a position of power she doesn’t want and a headache she doesn’t need. Thinking she’s safe from the shifter politics of the Old Country by living in America, she’s not expecting to come face to face with one of the clan chiefs in search of a mate. Only, with shifter royalty there’s a catch—one queen to two opposing clan chiefs. It’s hard enough fighting off the advances of one sizzling hot piece of alpha shifter man-flesh, but can she possibly resist two?
In this world, shifters naturally mate for life…usually just with one person. However, in an effort to maintain peace between the two shifter clans, a law was enacted that the two chiefs would share one queen equally. This sacrifice must be made or all ties between the clans would cease and war could again overtake them.
Overall, I love the way these three people make it work. It’s not just about the erotic (though that is fun and plenty in the book) but it’s about the relationships and making an impossible royal custom work in a modern day romance. Sharing goes against shifter nature, but that is what these two heroes are forced to do.
To learn more about me: www.madelynporter.com
Let the Wild Out: http://ravenhappyhour.com/Madelyn_Porter_Books.html
Rite of Passion: http://ravenhappyhour.com/Rite_of_Passion.html
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